Min Yueqing and Shi Tou ran for two kilometers in one go, and only stopped when they were sure that the old man could not catch up with them.

As soon as the stone stopped, it burst into laughter.

Pei Ji didn't react at first, but leaned on Min Yueqing's shoulder and looked at him, asking in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"

Looking up and seeing Pei Ji's bewildered expression, Shi Tou laughed even harder, clutching his stomach and bending over with laughter.

Min Yueqing couldn't help but chuckle.

Pei Ji saw that Shi Tou was only laughing and not answering him, so he turned to Min Yueqing and asked, "Mother, why is he laughing? And why did you run away just now?"

Looking at the little boy's bewildered expression, Min Yueqing found it incredibly cute and earnestly began to analyze the situation with him, "Lele, what kind of person do you think the old man was?"

“A very capable person, hmm, and also very strong-willed. He even scolds Shi Tou for trying to help him, but he seems to have a bad temper,” Pei Ji said thoughtfully.

"You've observed very carefully. Do you think he would accept more money from his mother?"

Pei Ji immediately shook his head, "No, they might even scold me."

Min Yueqing looked at her with a "you're teachable" expression and said, "That's it, so Mother left immediately after giving me the silver notes."

Pei Ji suddenly realized, "So Mother was afraid of being scolded by Grandpa, haha, no wonder Shi Tou was laughing like that."

Upon hearing this, Shi Tou felt that Pei Ji was wrong and immediately disagreed, "Who said I was laughing at that?"

Pei Ji asked curiously, "If you're not laughing at that, then what are you laughing at, and why are you laughing so happily?"

“I was laughing at that old man because even if he were ten years younger, he still couldn’t catch up with us. Master was clearly doing a good deed, which is why she deliberately gave us so much more money. How could I laugh at her?” Stone said indignantly.

Pei Ji was genuinely surprised that Shi Tou was laughing so heartily for this reason, and looked at him in disbelief, "You actually had a race with an old man?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Tou was speechless. He hadn't realized it when he was laughing, but after Pei Ji's words, he suddenly felt incredibly childish, and even suspected of bullying an old man...

After running around for a while, Min Yueqing felt a bit hungry and suggested, "Let's find a place to have lunch."

Upon hearing "lunch," Pei Ji and Shi Tou immediately felt hungry and both agreed. Since they were not far from the main street, they strolled back.

There were plenty of restaurants and eateries on the street. Now Shi Tou knew his master's criteria for choosing shops: go where there were the most people. He looked around and his eyes immediately locked onto the restaurant with the most people.

"Master, should we go to that house?"

Upon seeing this, Min Yueqing readily agreed, "Okay, this is the place."

The waiter greeted them with a cheerful smile and led them inside. "Sir, please come this way. You've come at the right time; a table by the window has just become available. It's spacious here, and you can see the river view!"

Pei Ji immediately took a liking to the seat. From here, one could clearly see the boats on the river; the view was truly superb. He tugged at Min Yueqing's hand, "Mother, sitting here, we can see many big ships."

Min Yueqing smiled and said, "You like big ships so much? We can't leave anyway, how about we go for a ride tomorrow?"

Pei Ji immediately nodded, "Okay."

Stone smiled broadly upon hearing this. He felt that being outside was much more fun than being in the manor. Although a few bad guys had appeared last night, they had been caught and their evil deeds had not been accomplished.

Seeing them sit down, the waiter asked, "What would you gentlemen like to eat? We're located by the river, so our river delicacies are the best. We have hairy crabs, river shrimp, and yellow croaker, all freshly caught from the river this morning!"

Min Yueqing said, "Then bring up more of your signature dishes. There are three of us, so you can decide the portion sizes as you see fit."

The waiter, upon hearing this, readily agreed and went off.

Because he had just thought about what happened last night, Shi Tou couldn't help but ask, "Master, what happened to those three people last night?"

Pei Ji was also curious, so he looked at Min Yueqing as well, waiting for her answer.

Min Yueqing looked at the two pairs of burning eyes and felt helpless. It was not convenient to answer this kind of question outside. "Let's talk about it when we get back."

Pei Ji and Shi Tou exchanged a glance, knowing that this matter was probably not simple, so they obediently nodded and waited to ask again when they got back.

Soon the waiter brought the dishes to the table. Sure enough, people who live by the river eat the river's food. Most of the dishes on the table were river delicacies, including not only the hairy crabs, river shrimps, and yellow croakers that the waiter had just mentioned, but also crayfish, river clams, and so on.

Because the ingredients are fresh, the cooking methods are mainly steaming and boiling, with only hairy crabs and crayfish being stir-fried.

The three of them tried it one by one. Although the cooking method was simple, the fish and shrimp were quite fresh and tender, and had a unique flavor. Min Yueqing and Shi Tou both ate with great relish.

Pei Ji had the hardest time eating. The vegetables were either shelled or prickly, and without A Mei's help, it would take Pei Ji a long time to get a single bite of meat.

Min Yueqing hadn't expected this at first, but after discovering it, she secretly ate and watched the fun. When she saw Pei Ji clumsily peeling river shrimp, she almost burst into laughter.

A perfectly good river shrimp was not only left with its shell not peeled properly, but the shrimp meat was also torn into pieces, and most of it ended up in the trash. The amount that actually got into your mouth was barely enough to fill a tooth gap.

Pei Ji, however, was a persistent person. The more he couldn't do it well, the more unwilling he was to give up. He got fixated on the plate of shrimp and ate several of them, but didn't get to eat much meat.

Pei Ji felt very strange. He had clearly followed his mother's and Shi Tou's methods, so why were they able to peel the shrimp meat intact, while his peeled shrimp didn't even have a shape?

Min Yueqing, having laughed enough, finally resolved to rescue the little one from his confusion. She placed a shrimp in her bowl and watched as the little one demonstrated in detail, "Lele, look, when we peel a shrimp, we first tear off the head, and then..."

With Min Yueqing's hands-on guidance, Pei Ji followed her instructions and finally succeeded in peeling a whole shrimp.

Pei Ji held up the shrimp meat with a happy expression.

Min Yueqing thought to herself, "Poor child, finally getting to eat a whole shrimp meat, it's really not easy." But before she could finish her reflection, a familiar shrimp meat was back in front of her.

The little boy looked at her with bright eyes, brought the shrimp meat to her mouth, and said, "Mommy, you eat."

Min Yueqing: ......

Min Yueqing felt guilty for the nth time after teasing the little one. However, in order not to let the little one down, she still ate the first shrimp that the little one had peeled after failing countless times.

Min Yueqing thought to herself, "I condemn myself, but I can't help but tease you again next time. What a sin."

Pei Ji watched Min Yueqing eat, and then happily continued eating. After successfully learning how to peel shrimp and eating two, he was no longer too fixated on this dish.

After dinner, Min Yueqing and Pei Ji were eager to go back and take a good look at the paper-cuttings they had just bought, so they didn't continue strolling around and went back to the inn together.