Transmigrated as My Aunt in the 70s
Chapter 36 - 036 Half-revealed

Chapter 36: 036 Half-revealed

In the evening, the Old Man asked Tian Manjin to bring Tian Sisi into his room, and Granny Zhao followed behind. Tian Manjin thought the Old Man wanted to play with his daughter, as he often did before. He placed Tian Sisi on the Old Man’s bed and then went back to his own room to sleep.

When Tian Sisi saw the Old Man’s serious expression, she felt a panic inside, not knowing what had happened. Could it be that Mr. Tian had found out she wasn’t his real granddaughter? Tian Sisi dared not meet the Old Man’s eyes and lowered her head to look at the pattern on the quilt. In the eyes of the Old Man, this was a sign that his granddaughter was definitely hiding something from him.

"Ah Nan, are you hiding something from Grandpa and Granny?"

Here it comes, the Old Man really discovered she wasn’t the real deal, but she was reluctant to leave the Tian Family who adored her! Although she had only lived here for a few days, and the living standard wasn’t as good as in her previous life, it was so warm and comforting here. Tian Sisi had a mournful face and quietly said, "Grandpa, Granny, I didn’t mean to hide it from you, I just didn’t know how to tell you."

The young girl was still tender, and the Old Man was extremely pleased with himself as he tricked her out, not realizing that what his granddaughter said was not at all what he was asking about!

"How could it be hard to say? Do you know how dangerous it is to casually take things out? If it weren’t for me, your grandpa, cleaning up after you, Xinhua and others would have suspected something long ago." The Old Man scolded with a stern face.

Huh? It seemed she had misunderstood; what the Old Man mentioned must be about her incident on the mountain in the morning. Tian Sisi breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he hadn’t discovered she wasn’t the original host. As for the Space issue, she had made up her mind; it seems impossible not to talk about it at all. The people of the Tian Family were too sharp, and it would definitely raise suspicions over time. She might as well tell some real and fake bits.

With her mind made up, Tian Sisi felt much more at ease and flatteringly said, "Grandpa, you are really amazing, you noticed it right away!"

"Hmph, don’t try to flatter me, just spill it out, Grandpa can still think of ways to cover it up for you." The Old Man suppressed his smile, as his granddaughter was now acting like a spoiled pet, her tail wagging.

Granny Zhao didn’t understand the conversation between the Old Man and his granddaughter, but she didn’t interrupt. After all, the Old Man would definitely tell her later. Granny Zhao’s tact pleased the Old Man a lot, asking when necessary, and never asking when not supposed to, with a very tight-lipped approach.

"I really don’t know what happened, just that last time when I was ill and delirious, it seemed like a white monkey spoke to me, saying my ancestors had been kind to it in a past life, and it wanted to help me in this life. It pointed at my bracelet and said it had placed a lot of things inside, whatever I thought of could come out, to make my life better. Actually, I think my life is pretty good." Tian Sisi explained about the Space half-truthfully, half-falsely. She extended her hand to show the silver bracelet to the Old Man and Granny Zhao, but in reality, the Space was now in the imprint on her wrist.

To prove her story was true, Tian Sisi also took out two bananas, offering them to the Old Man and Granny Zhao to eat. Watching their granddaughter magically produce two golden bananas, their eyes nearly popped out, and the Old Man found it hard to accept. Despite thinking of many possibilities, he had never imagined his granddaughter would have such a miraculous encounter.

"So, the things on the mountain today were all produced by Ah Nan? And the extra rice in the rice jar and oil in the oil pot?" Granny Zhao suddenly realized, finally understanding why the food in the kitchen seemed to be increasing.

"What else did you think?" The Old Man said, nimbly jumping off the bed, pulling the curtains closed, and securing the windows and doors before he felt safe to return to bed, tapping Tian Sisi’s forehead, "You girl, too daring, what would happen if someone saw?"

"Yes, Ah Nan, you can’t perform such tricks outdoors in the future, it could lead to trouble." Granny Zhao, having regained her senses, also advised.

The eyes of both elders were filled with worry and affection, allowing Tian Sisi, who had just revealed a part of the truth, to feel her anxious heart quickly settle down. She reassured them, "I only transformed in front of Grandpa and Granny, as the white monkey taught me, and it told me not to tell anyone else. It also said that if I told anyone else, it would take back my stuff."

Tian Sisi made up an excuse, also adding some leverage for herself, still somewhat worried about the fickleness of human nature. It was better to make the Old Man and Granny Zhao believe that these things could only be used by her!

The Old Man and Granny Zhao believed her without doubt. Although the Old Man was a veteran of the revolution, he had always believed in these tales of spirits and deities, and Granny Zhao, needless to say, even more so. They both instructed Tian Sisi, "Then you absolutely must not tell anyone else, Grandpa and Granny won’t say it either. Make sure to keep that bracelet safe, never lose it."

"Um, I know, Grandpa, what kindness did our ancestors owe to the White Monkey? Why did it give only me this treasure, and not to Qinghua and the others?" Since Ah Nan only found out about her adopted status after becoming an adult, Tian Sisi deliberately asked this way, also to add credibility to the claim.

Old Man and Granny Zhao looked momentarily flustered, but Old Man quickly fabricated an excuse, saying, "It must be because the White Monkey found Ah Nan the prettiest, so it gave the treasure to you."

"That’s right, I am the prettiest. The White Monkey also said it likes me very much and will come to look for me in the future." Tian Sisi pouted cutely, laying the groundwork for her future endeavors to earn money.

Granny Zhao hurriedly chanted a Buddhist phrase twice; she always knew that this granddaughter was destined for great fortune. See? The fortune has arrived. Tian Sisi peeled a banana and stuffed it into the mouths of Old Man and Granny Zhao, who had eaten this fruit called banana before in Beijing and knew their granddaughter would have more, so they started eating right away.

"What else do you have in there?" Granny Zhao, eating the banana, was very curious about what other things were stored in that tiny bracelet of her granddaughter.

Tian Sisi took out various items one by one: rice, flour, oil, salt, soy sauce, meat, fish, seafood, fruits, etc. Each time she took something out, Granny Zhao chanted a Buddhist phrase and urged Tian Sisi to quickly put them away. Granny Zhao’s face was joyful. With all these good things, they no longer had to worry about the family going hungry.

"Grandpa, Granny, the White Monkey said all these things are for me, and we can eat meat every day from now on."

"Ah Nan, keep these things safe, and don’t take them out carelessly. These are your blessings, taking out too much could be bad for you, just take out a little at a time. Life is not too hard for us now," Old Man rejected Tian Sisi’s suggestion, recalling the old saying that blessings diminish as they are used, worried that taking out too much would reduce her fortune.

"Exactly, exactly, your grandfather is right; Ah Nan, you should not take out so much stuff like today in the future." Granny Zhao agreed completely.

Tian Sisi was deeply touched and felt ashamed of her deception, but she restrained herself from revealing the truth. Instead, she acted coquettishly, saying the White Monkey told her to use the items as she wished. After much persuasion, she finally got Old Man and Granny Zhao to agree to let her take out some grain and meat every few days to help with household expenses.

Having cleared her mind, Tian Sisi yawned repeatedly, having walked many miles on mountain roads, she was very sleepy. Before long, Tian Sisi closed her eyes and fell asleep on Old Man’s lap, even snoring softly.

"Let Ah Nan sleep here; otherwise, she might wake up from the cold in her own bed." Old Man, in fact, wanted to cuddle with his granddaughter, who used to sleep with the two elders until she was six before moving to her own room.

Granny Zhao smiled but didn’t expose the old man’s excuse; after all, she also wanted to sleep next to her granddaughter. "Old man, who really are Ah Nan’s biological parents? That bracelet is also strange; it doesn’t fade from Ah Nan’s wrist and can hold so many items in such a small space," Granny Zhao still couldn’t understand how all those items fit into the tiny bracelet.

"I don’t know. I guess Ah Nan’s ancestors must not be ordinary folks; a family that could forge ties with deities is surely no common family. No wonder the elder said Ah Nan has extreme fortune. It seems our Tian Family’s prosperity will keep rising," Old Man was very excited.

"Should we really not tell Man Yin and the others about this?" Granny Zhao hesitantly asked.

Old Man’s expression darkened, "Don’t tell anyone, besides the two of us, no one should know. Didn’t Lord Bai Yuan say to only tell us? Remember, telling others would not only harm Ah Nan but the Tian Family as well."

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