My Family Is Very Odd

The weekend arrived quickly.

Even though it was the weekend, Little Gui woke up early, although sometimes she liked to stay in bed a little longer. But Little Gui really liked the mornings around 7 or 8 o'clock, they were soft and gentle.

Li Xiao Gui brushed her teeth, washed her face, changed her clothes, and tidied herself up. Like a little chick inspecting her territory, she walked all over the house.

Her father's eyes were glued to the television, unblinking. On the screen, the male and female leads, dressed in school uniforms, were flirting on a school path. The lighting was that kind of fresh, soft light. It was clearly a pure love drama.

Young Ghost's eyes were fixed straight ahead, his body unmoving. He seemed to be concentrating seriously, but Li Xiao Gui knew he was actually bored out of his mind and wasn't paying attention to the TV at all.

If Young Ghost was really interested in a show, he would have a lot of expressions. Of course, most of them were sarcastic laughter.

Next, Little Gui strolled over to her grandparents. She saw Grandpa reading the newspaper and Grandma looking at flowers.

The flowers in the living room were picked by Little Gui from the backyard of the haunted house.

That backyard, they said, had a lot of graves underneath and was full of ghostly energy. Because Little Gui loved flowers when she was little, they planted a whole field of flowers in the backyard. The flowers bloomed, bright and beautiful just like Little Gui, growing in the backyard.

Little Gui would usually go to the backyard to pick some flowers and put them in the house.

At first, Little Gui didn't know anything, so Ghost Granny accompanied her, teaching her how to plant flowers, how to dig the soil, how to pick, how to prune. Ghost Granny also taught her flower arrangement.

Ghost Granny was the one who knew flowers best in the whole house.

But at first, Little Gui didn't know that Ghost Granny knew so much about flowers. At that time, she just saw that Ghost Granny was happy when she saw flowers and would look at them more, so she also liked flowers.

Later, under Ghost Granny's guidance, Little Gui also understood, and when her parents and brother took her to pick flowers, she would teach them in a childish voice.

The flowers that were picked and put in the vase could only live in the house for a week. No matter how carefully they were taken care of later, how often the water was changed, or how carefully they were pruned, they would completely wither on the seventh day.

And Li Xiao Gui would usually change the flowers on the fifth day, before they withered.

Li Xiao Gui approached Ghost Granny, who was looking at the flowers, and said, "Grandma, let's go out and buy some flowers to arrange later! I saw beautiful lisianthus and bunny tails at the flower shop!"

Ghost Granny's eyes crinkled in a smile, and she nodded kindly. "Okay."

At this time, Burly Ghost shouted, "Breakfast is ready!"

"Okay!" Li Xiao Gui replied in a long voice.

When they were having breakfast, Female Ghost also came out of the room. Recently, Li Xiao Gui could see Young Ghost and the others whenever she was at home...

...

Soft, soothing music played in the flower shop. A gentle, crisp voice spoke softly, "Hello, could you please wrap this up for me?"

The woman in the apron was wearing headphones and looking down at her phone, concentrating on a video playing on a certain website:

"I really can't stand it anymore, I have to go next door and see what's going on, but I'm too scared to go alone, will you guys come with me... Wow! What a big spider! It's really a spider! I really don't understand why anyone would like to take a spider..."

The dim picture and shaky footage captivated the clerk.

"Hello, miss, could you please wrap this up for me? Miss? Miss!"

"Ah!" At the last call, the clerk finally realized someone was calling her. She hurriedly took off her headphones and stood up. She looked up and saw a pretty young girl standing in front of her.

Short hair, wearing a straw hat, a tender yellow sundress, a white cardigan, and yellow kitten heels with daisy embellishments. A large pearl adorned the center of each nodding daisy. Her exposed calves were straight and fair.

Seeing the clerk looking at her, the girl's face, as delicate and soft as a blooming flower bud, broke into a lovely smile.

Li Xiao Gui pointed to the flowers in the basket. "Miss, could you please wrap these flowers up for me?"

The clerk's phone volume was turned up very loud, and after taking off the headphones, the sound from the headphones blared out:

"... If you like my video 'Strange Neighbors,' please give me a like and forward it..."

The clerk hurriedly turned down the volume on her phone and said embarrassedly, "Okay, okay, I can do that."

The clerk took the basket from Li Xiao Gui's hand and said apologetically, "Please wait a moment."

Three minutes later, the clerk handed the wrapped bouquet to Li Xiao Gui and watched her slowly leave alone.

What the clerk couldn't see was that Li Xiao Gui was also accompanied by a kind and dignified old woman.

Li Xiao Gui held the green, white, and yellow bouquet and walked along the path home, her light brown eyes looking at the beautiful flowers with uncontainable fondness.

"Grandma, the lisianthus are so beautiful."

"Yes, they are." Ghost Granny looked at the flowers and Li Xiao Gui tenderly, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes crinkling with her smile.

"They're really beautiful! And this one too!"

Li Xiao Gui couldn't help but want to touch and smell the flowers along the way.

Back home, Li Xiao Gui took off her shoes and carefully placed the bouquet on the table. Then she ran to the kitchen and stood on tiptoe under the cupboard, trying to reach for a new glass vase.

As soon as she raised her hand, she saw the cupboard door suddenly open by itself. The transparent glass vase inside floated into Li Xiao Gui's hand.

Burly Ghost's tall figure slowly materialized beside Li Xiao Gui.

"Thank you, brother!" Li Xiao Gui said.

Burly Ghost smiled naively. "What does Little Gui want the vase for?"

Li Xiao Gui put the vase under the faucet and turned the handle clockwise with her fair fingers. Clear water gushed out from the faucet, bouncing and tinkling in the vase.

"I'm going to arrange flowers! Brother, do you want to come too? I bought a lot of beautiful flowers!"

Burly Ghost nodded firmly. "Yes!"

Li Xiao Gui and Burly Ghost stood beside Ghost Granny, skillfully gauging the height of the vase and trimming the flower stems. After trimming the stems, Little Gui handed them to Ghost Granny.

Ghost Granny's aged hands, marked by time, seemed to possess a kind of magic. One hand took the flowers, the other passed through the handle of the scissors, choosing some flowers to trim, some to insert directly into the vase, crisscrossing, scattered yet orderly.

Elegant and smooth.

Li Xiao Gui had already done the simple processing of the flower branches. She propped her chin in her hand and watched Ghost Granny with admiration. Li Xiao Gui loved to watch Ghost Granny arrange flowers, and every time Ghost Granny arranged flowers, Li Xiao Gui would definitely watch attentively and obediently from the side.

As the flower arrangement gradually took shape, Ghost Granny said, "Little Gui, go to the yard and cut a few flowers."

Li Xiao Gui nodded and carefully cut a few flowers.

Ghost Granny looked at the bright red flowers in Li Xiao Gui's arms, stretched out her old fingers, picked the most beautiful and vibrant red flower, and gently pinched it off.

Ghost Granny took the pinched flower and with a gentle wave of her hand, adorned it on Li Xiao Gui's ear.

Li Xiao Gui's long, curled eyelashes fluttered like fans. Her hand instinctively touched the red flower by her ear, her big, light brown eyes filled with Ghost Granny's kind face, suddenly curved, and a glassy light overflowed from them.

Absolutely radiant.

Little Gui turned to look at Burly Ghost and asked with a giggle, touching the flower, "Brother, does it look good?"

"It looks good! Little Gui is super cute!" Burly Ghost said.

Little Gui laughed happily, then pinched a flower from her arms and reached out to Burly Ghost.

Looking at Little Gui's approaching fair little hand, Burly Ghost froze subconsciously, his large head instantly like a wooden fish waiting to be struck, not daring to move.

Little Gui smiled and tucked the red flower in her hand onto Burly Ghost's head.

If ghosts could breathe, Burly Ghost would definitely be holding his breath right now.

Little Gui's hand didn't touch him, so it didn't pass through. She looked at the red flower on Burly Ghost's ear and laughed happily.

"Brother looks good too! Super cute!" Li Xiao Gui said.

So Burly Ghost laughed along with her.

None of the ghosts in the haunted house didn't like being close to Little Gui, but they were also afraid.

"Little Gui, Little Gui, stand still, I'll take a picture of you!!!" Burly Ghost said.

"Then I want to take a picture with Grandma!" Li Xiao Gui said.

Ghost Granny stood aside, smiling as she put the flowers Little Gui brought into the vase.

Li Xiao Gui ran to Ghost Granny's side and stood still. In front of them were the flowers arranged by Grandma.

Li Xiao Gui also tucked a red flower into Ghost Granny's hair.

Then they faced the camera together.

Click.

Burly Ghost captured the image of 18-year-old Li Xiao Gui adorned with flowers.

After the photo was taken, Burly Ghost kept looking at the camera with a silly grin, like a silly big brother.

Li Xiao Gui also liked this picture very much. After the photo was sent to her, she couldn't wait to show it off in the group chat with Chen Yuanyuan and Shen Chen.

Chen Yuanyuan: It looks so good!!! The flowers are beautiful too! Did Grandma arrange them? Grandma is amazing!!! But the picture of Grandma is not very clear, it's a bit blurry!

Actually, it wasn't blurry, their photos with her were always like this, very few normal, complete photos, it was hard to get one in a hundred.

Li Xiao Gui didn't explain and typed: Yes! The weather is so nice today! Grandma and I went to the flower shop to buy flowers! And then we arranged them with the flowers from the backyard! The red one is the one we planted ourselves!

Chen Yuanyuan: It looks so good!

Shen Chen: Looks good.

Li Xiao Gui sent a 'duck' sticker.

Chen Yuanyuan: That's great! The weather is so nice, why don't we go out and play? It's been a long time since we last hung out, right? How about going out tomorrow?

Li Xiao Gui: Okay!!

Shen Chen: Okay.

Chen Yuanyuan: So where should we go?

Li Xiao Gui thought for a moment and overheard the rumbling sound from the TV.

She had just shown off the picture to Young Ghost and sat down next to him. The TV show Young Ghost was watching happened to be playing the scene where the male and female leads were on a date at an amusement park and kissing under the Ferris wheel.

And two hours ago, the two leads were still quarreling on campus.

Young Ghost was still indifferent and even wanted to change the channel.

Li Xiao Gui, however, seemed to have been struck by some inspiration. Her eyes lit up and she suggested, "How about going to the amusement park? Remember the amusement park we wanted to go to when we were little but didn't manage to?"

Author's Note:

[Black Box: When did this old woman feel the passage of time again?

It was when I started raising this human.]

[Things Little Gui wants to do: Grandma likes flowers, so I want to plant many, many flowers for Grandma, and show Grandma many, many flowers! Grandma is happy, Little Gui is happy. Grandma doesn't like it when flowers wither, she will be sad when she sees them, so the flowers must be changed before they wither! Remember that!]

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