The New Year's Eve reunion dinner was probably the first time Mei Qiang and the others had such a stable meal in the Mei family's old house.
Whether it was hypocrisy or pretense, the people at the table all showed rare kindness on the last day of the year.
After a meal, everyone goes home to watch the New Year.
The Meiberry family enthusiastically invited the Meiyu family to play mahjong.
Mei Bei looked at this familiar scene and thought that if there was another TV on the wall showing the Spring Festival Gala, it would be almost like her attending the Spring Festival Gala in the future.
Mahjong and poker are played among relatives, juniors play mobile games directly, and the Spring Festival Gala is listened to in the background, and time flies by.
Nowadays, the adults have found their fun again, but Mei Li doesn’t have a mobile phone or a TV. In the end, she and Mei You can only talk about the topics they didn’t continue during the day in the back room.
"Sister, is there really anything valuable buried in my grandfather's field? Did Mrs. Ge dig something in my grandfather's field and was discovered by my grandfather, so he was killed by my grandfather?"
All of Mei Berry's suspicions now point to Old Man Mei.
Coupled with the system's beep, there is a high probability that Old Man Mei will not be able to escape from this matter.
I have to say that her grandfather is really a real person.
If it weren't for the heroine who has stories happening wherever she goes, who would have known that there was something about her grandfather in this?
"By the way, sister, didn't you say you also found some valuable items from there? Can I take a look?"
Mei Berry was curious about what Mei You got, and maybe something could be found out from it.
"I didn't put it on me, at home. It's just two pure gold phoenix hairpins."
"Mist grass!"
Meiberry's eyes widened, obviously frightened by what Meiyu said.
"Gold? Phoenix hairpin?"
Mayberry asked again in disbelief.
"Um."
"Oh my god, that phoenix is not for ordinary people, right?"
Even if Meiberry had no common sense, she would still understand that the word "phoenix" was not used by ordinary people.
"Sister, are you sure that's Feng and not something else?"
"Even if it's not a phoenix, its gorgeous appearance must be a bird closely related to the phoenix. It should not be used by ordinary people..."
As soon as Mei Berry reminded her, Mei You recalled the style of the hairpin in her mind and said it truthfully.
"Oh, that's true."
Meiberry nodded after hearing this, feeling even more headache.
Mei Berry never expected that Old Man Mei would have these things.
I don’t know how Mrs. Gerard discovered such a valuable thing. Even Mei Berry could understand now. If something similar was discovered like this, it wouldn’t be unusual for Mrs. Gerard to be silenced.
“But—why are those things buried in the ground?
Is my father crazy? Shouldn't this thing be kept at home? No matter how bad it is, it would be better to put it in the vegetable field than to put it in that place. "
Mei Bei felt that Old Man Mei's operation was too confusing. It was hard to understand that such a valuable thing was buried outside instead of beside him.
"Everyone in the village knows that my grandfather was working outside when he was young. This valuable and unknown thing was probably saved at that time. He is also cautious enough. It seems that even his family hides this kind of thing."
Just because it was a phoenix hairpin, it was made of pure gold. Mei You could tell from his toes that the old man Mei had probably done something shady in his youth.
It's hard to get rid of these valuable things, and it might lead to death if they show up.
"So I said, it's better to be buried in the vegetable patch behind the house than to be buried outside. This is so far away... someone could pick him up and take him away without paying attention."
Mei Berry was puzzled by Old Man Mei's confusing behavior. Upon seeing this, Mei You cleared her throat and said, "Although I don't know about this, I think - someone should know."
After she finished speaking, her eyes suddenly turned to the door.
At this time, the sound of mahjong outside the house stopped.
Mei Bei was about to speak when she saw Mei You making a silent gesture with her fingers. Mei Bei immediately stopped talking and just turned her head to imitate Mei You's movements and looked at the door in the house.
After about a minute like this, there was finally a knock on the door: "Berry, open the door, your dad~"
Mayberry:......
Meiberry stepped forward to open the door and saw four adults crowded in front of the narrow door. She subconsciously took two steps back.
Mei You also took a step forward at this moment. While bringing Mei Berry back, he looked at the four adults in front of him and said, "Dad, second uncle, tell me everything you know."
After Mei You said this, Mei Berry saw a flash of embarrassment on the faces of her father and third uncle, and the eyes of Wei Meili and Miao on the side flashed slightly.
Obviously, all of them knew this.
"Well...actually, we are not your father's biological children."
There was a thunder, and Mayberry's eyes widened.
She turned to look at Mei You without blinking. Seeing that Mei You didn't speak, she then looked at several adults.
Apparently it's just her who doesn't know?
This unexpected but reasonable result made Meiberry couldn't help but grab a handful of fried peanuts and chestnuts on the small table on the kang.
"You guys... talk about it carefully?"
Mei Berry's reaction was something that no one else could react to.
But seeing that her behavior seemed reasonable, Wei Meili smiled first and said: "I knew that Pei Bao wouldn't be confused by this, and... it seems that your girl has known about it for a long time. ~”
Mei Youqian had no intention of hiding the matter from Mei Qian, but Mei Sanma was worried about the negative impact if his children knew about it, so he wouldn't tell her unless he had to.
Mei Youqian also knew that his daughter was often seen through in front of Mei You, so he pressed down.
Who would have thought that Meiyou seemed to have known this for a long time.
"Your aunt said this."
It's been a long time since I heard anything about Plum Blossoms. Suddenly, Mei Berry was slightly startled when she heard that it was related to Plum Blossoms.
Last time, Mei Youqian and Mei Sanma helped the police escort the grandfather and grandson, but Mei Jinhua scolded them vigorously along the way.
It was a joy to scold her, but she realized that it was useless no matter how much they scolded her, and she didn't know what Mei Jinhua was thinking about actually telling them about it in the end.
"The third child didn't believe it at first! Such an honest person thinks that the old lady Mei Jinhua has ulterior motives!"
Mei Youqian laughed as he spoke, "When she saw our strange expressions, she thought that saying this would really make me sad~ I've been waiting to hear this news for a long time, hahahaha! I just said what's wrong with his old Mei family?" Maybe the evil bamboo produced good bamboo shoots and gave us two nests, hahahaha!"
Mayberry:......
Meiyou:......
"Dad, can you laugh after you finish talking about it? This life has been difficult in the past. How could Grandpa be so kind and suddenly pick up two children and take them home to raise? Even so, did you have no objection at the time?"
“She was not the one in charge of the family at that time, it was my grandma.
Naturally, a mother has to cover for her son, forcing her to recognize us. During those two years, she also worked outside, so when she brought the child back, no one thought she was not the child. "
"But I still can't explain why grandpa is so kind?"
"Of course not."
At this point, Mei Youqian looked at Mei Sanma. The expression on Mei Sanma's face was also very melancholy at this moment. It was obvious that he was still very sad when this matter was mentioned.
"Your aunt said that your grandpa did something that was detrimental to his moral character. Some experts suggested that he should do good deeds and accumulate moral integrity. She only raised us to offset his sins."
Meiberry was speechless after hearing this explanation.
Just how her grandma has treated the two of them over the years, how can she be so virtuous~
"As for what he did, I don't know, and your aunt doesn't know either, but she does know that her brother does have money, but she won't use the money unless absolutely necessary.
And once used, it will do something to offset the sin. "
"Oh, no wonder he went to worship Buddha."
Mei Bei remembered that after Old Mei bought the land, he took Mei Dahu to the temple. It seemed that the "wealth" in the land was also touched at that time.
"So, what did he do to be so superstitious?"
Mei Bei thought of Feng Chai and couldn't help but guess: "It couldn't be someone who committed murder, set fire to the house and robbed the house, right?"
"He doesn't have that skill."
Mei You denied Mei Berry's guess. Old Mei's body didn't look like a martial arts practitioner at all. If he really did such things as murder and arson, he wouldn't end up in a farm even if Jin Pen washed his hands.
"He attaches great importance to these treasures of his, but is also taboo about them. He also has to do good deeds, burn incense and worship Buddha to accumulate social morality. In addition, the things that my aunt said were harmful to one's morality, I'm afraid he is not engaging in dead people's activities, such as robbing tombs."
"No way?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard that Mei You suspected that the young man's true identity was that of a tomb robber.
"Is there any evidence?"
"Those things will be understood if you have a chance to find someone knowledgeable in the future."
"But this thing can't see the light? What if it was really pulled from the four dead people? If this is true... if it is exposed, it will kill the whole family!"
After the Mayberry family came here, in addition to buying basic elementary school books like "The Thousand Character Classic" in order to learn to read and get rid of illiteracy, their family later bought some geographical travel notes (for running around) and laws to understand the world.
Mei Bei heard their speculations along the way, and now she can only say that the identity of Old Man Mei cannot be revealed anymore!
I can’t stand it anymore!
Mader, no wonder the system says there is no penalty for failing to clock in.
Even if the check-in is successful, it's no different than making money out of fire or making gold out of shit!
Unfortunately, the second after Mei Bei reminded her, the sound of a successful punch-in suddenly sounded in her mind.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully checking in to the famous scene "Investigating the Identity of Grandfather". The reward of 200 kilograms of seeded cotton (the source of joint efforts can be arranged) has been distributed to the system space. Please check it~]
At this time, a little person in Meiberry's heart lay peacefully, and a song - "Let It Go" sounded in her ears.
Question: Why do you need to run away in advance?
Mayberry: It turned out that I wanted to prepare it in advance;
Now, I really don’t want to mess with Lao Mei’s family, I’m afraid! ! system:【……】
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In the original work, all of Lao Mei’s family members are basically dead in the later stage_(：3」∠)_The specific reasons will not be spoiled hahahahaha~
