Chapter 51 Fifty

Maria goes on a trip (4) Relieved, Lila got dressed and walked out together with Ulla. Three people stood at the door talking.Maria noticed that Lila became lively and young as soon as she stepped out of the room. She no longer looked like a middle-aged woman, but looked about 20 years old, and her brown hair also showed vigor.She grabbed Maria's hand and said eagerly: "Maria, Aunt Maria! Are you really from there? Can you tell me what happened in the locksmith's workshop 40 years ago? Ah, Please don't be offended, that thing is like a big stone on my heart. My God, I'm going to be speechless! Ulla! Ulla..."

Her face was flushed, and Ula thumped her back considerately, comforting her and saying, "Don't worry, don't worry, Maria is here, and she will tell you everything." "What happened in the locksmith's workshop 40 years ago was a consensual murder." Maria said cautiously, "So, are you really the locksmith's daughter?" After hearing this, Lila's face brightened immediately, and she said "ah" several times in surprise. "So is Nick still with the cripple? The devil?" she asked through gritted teeth. "He's still there, but he didn't do it. Your father was a man of his own."

"I know." She agreed in a low voice, and her eyes suddenly became scattered. "It wasn't long before Lila came to North Island and became the daughter-in-law of a family here!" Ulla said loudly and congratulated, and raised a hand in a strange gesture. A gust of wind blew, and Maria had goosebumps again.She couldn't help complaining: "It's so cold here." Lila and Ulla laughed when she said that.Ula explained: "You haven't gotten used to the climate here. People here have a fire in their hearts. It is difficult for us to live like people outside. In fact, Qing can't deprive us of the right to farm alone. It's because we have such a request in our hearts, and the Qing family just saw through the nature of the villagers."

When Ulla spoke, Lila leaned against her, reluctant to let go. Shouts sounded from inside the room, as if they were condemning, Lila changed color and hurried into the room. Ulla explained: "The two old men are protecting Lila. Without them, Lila might not be alive today. After her father died, she didn't want to live at all." "Is her husband there?" "It was a very special thing. No one could see her husband, it was a shadow, not even Lila. The man was only living in the old man's narrative. Lila listened to the two old men I was deeply moved by the story, so I stayed at his house.”

Maria felt a pair of eyes staring at her from the depths of the bamboo forest, it was a very familiar look.When she wanted to see what happened, the figure disappeared.She frowned, trying to remember who it was.Ulla was also looking there, looking thoughtful. "If you're not afraid of the cold, I'll take you to my grandmother. She lives alone in the depths of the bamboo forest, with a stream at the door. She is the only one in the village who doesn't raise golden tortoises." "Is she your grandmother?" "No, she's everyone's grandmother. They say she's nearly a hundred years old, but she's pretty nimble."

"I want to see her." Ulla told Maria to hurry up, saying that she would get hot.After walking for a while, the road in front of them disappeared, and they could only walk around among the bamboos.Maria's head was dizzy, but Ula seemed very energetic. If she hadn't slowed down to accommodate Maria, she could have walked as fast as the wind in the dense bamboo forest.Just when Maria was about to collapse from exhaustion, Ula stopped. "Are you there?" Maria asked weakly. "Yes. But we can't go into the house yet, because her old man sits in the stream to take a bath, and she will be embarrassed if she sees anyone."

"Such a cold day!?" Maria exclaimed. "She's not cold, she's so hot. Few people come here, so grandma often walks outside naked. People in the village deliver food to her once a month. Look, she's coming up." Maria saw the wrinkled body of the grandmother, which was smaller than a dwarf, and she entered the mud house in a blink of an eye.The small house is behind a few weeping willows, and it is almost impossible to find it without looking carefully. "Grandma! Grandma!" Ulla yelled as soon as she entered the door. The old man didn't answer.The room was very dark, like entering the depths of a hole.Ulla led Maria forward.The strange thing is that I haven't touched the wall after walking for a long time. It seems that this house only looks like a house from the outside, but it is actually a tunnel.

"Grandma!" Ulla shouted again.