Chapter 1599 Visit
Perhaps it was because there were almost no carriages in and out of places like this. The further they went in, the more curious looks they received. There were also many children running after them, laughing and screaming.
After turning for a long time, the carriage entered a small alley, swayed past two large puddles of water, and finally stopped in front of a large, dilapidated courtyard.
Outside the yard there are two huge locust trees that are so thick that two people can hug them together. The red brick wall of the yard, which is more than half a person's height, is very dilapidated. Moss grows at the base of the wall, and the outer wall is mottled in large patches, revealing a grayish and decadent look.
The two original courtyard doors had long been dilapidated by wind and rain. Several of the original wooden boards had been broken, and they were later patched up, making them look even more dilapidated.
Lixia went forward and knocked gently on the door, which was pushed open a little. She was startled and shouted inside: "Is anyone there? Does Mr. Zheng Sangge live here?"
There was a slight commotion in the yard, and soon, an old lady came over tremblingly and opened the door. She looked at Lixia with cloudy eyes and asked cautiously, "Girl, who are you..."
Behind the old lady, there were five or six children, both boys and girls, pushing and shoving together. They were wearing clothes that were full of patches and had been washed white. They were thin and small. The oldest one looked no more than six or seven years old, and the youngest was only about three years old.
With a timid look on his face, he secretly looked at Lixia, feeling curious and a little scared.
Lixia subconsciously looked over and met their eyes. They immediately shyly avoided her and smiled awkwardly.
Lixia smiled and said, "Mr. Zheng Sangge must live here. Grandma, my master and his wife are friends of Mr. Zheng. They agreed to come visit him two days ago. Is Mr. Zheng at home?"
The old lady said "Ah?" and smiled tremblingly: "Yes, it's Xiao Zheng's friend? Then, please come in, please come in. Yan'er, Jing'er, please go find your Uncle Zheng and come back..."
The two children agreed and ran away.
Two or three more old men came out of the house and asked what was going on.
Qiao Xuan brought Lixia, Aye and others in and greeted them with a smile.
The elderly people were a little nervous at first, but when they saw Qiao Xuan had a kind face, spoke with a smile, and was gentle and kind, they gradually felt relieved and quickly invited her to sit inside.
The yard was originally quite large, but it was filled with houses. In addition to those built with rammed earth, there were also those built with wood and covered with thatch, which looked dilapidated and old.
There are too many houses, so the courtyard is squeezed to a very narrow space. Even in this small space, some garlic sprouts, onions, coriander, etc. are planted.
It makes sense. There are more than seventy people living here, and if it is not built like this, there will be no space for them to live in.
"This - we have nothing here, and our house is a mess, Mrs. Shao, please bear with it."
"It's okay, it's okay, you're too polite, old man!"
Qiao Xuan brought a lot of food. Knowing that there were many of them, she bought things in large quantities. The three baskets lifted from the carriage were filled to the brim with pork, mutton, eggs, radish, cabbage, winter melon, tofu, dried tofu, dried mushrooms, packages of snacks, fresh apples, pears, dates, etc. There were also ten live chickens and thirty kilograms of rice and flour.
Seeing this, several old people thanked them repeatedly. The children couldn't help but their eyes lit up and they couldn't help but stare at these things with desire in their eyes.
Qiao Xuan smiled and asked Mianmian to take a bag of peanut sesame candy, open it and share it with them.
After today it will be 2022. Thank you for your company, my dears. I love you!
(End of this chapter)
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