Chapter 208: Strange Old Man



With a Changran Ding oven, the mooncakes come out of the oven very quickly, but it takes longer to wrap the mooncakes.

However, with the hard work of Shen Yizi and the other three, the number of mooncakes soon exceeded one thousand.

These should be about right.

Shen Yizhi began to prepare holiday gifts for the families he knew.

There are quite a few of them in the village and in Langcheng.

Every family’s holiday gifts are the same, a box of mooncakes (20 pieces, flavors are random), a jar of wine, a packet of pastries, and a box of tea.

In Lang City, there are the shopkeeper Su Guangbai and Doctor Su Zhe of Huichun Hall, the shopkeeper Zhou Caifeng and Zhou Ruonan of Tianbao Pavilion, and the City Lord's Mansion. I have gotten to know so many people without realizing it.

Let Qianwu take care of these families.

He knew all the addresses and went there often when delivering goods.

As for the people in the village, Shen Yizi and Kun Sansan acted separately.

Just as she was leaving Aunt Li's house, the childish voice of the banyan tree spirit rang in her mind: "Sister, a strange old man has entered the village. He looks like an ordinary person, without a trace of spiritual energy, but I feel that he is not simple."

The banyan tree spirit stands at the entrance of the village. If anyone enters the village, it will be able to sense them.

Shen Yizi had reminded it before that if any stranger entered the village, it should remember to remind her.

So the banyan tree spirit told her as soon as she found the old man.

Shen Yizhizi, who was originally heading home, turned and walked towards the village entrance.

As they got closer, they saw an old man, still wrapped in a tattered jacket in the middle of summer, performing a puppet show for the children. Qing Bao and Nian Nian were sitting with a group of other children, listening with great interest, without even moving their eyes.

Shen Yizhi walked over and stood by to watch for a while. The silk threads in the old man's hands pulled the puppet to make various movements, which were vivid and lifelike. The old man was also dubbing on the side, switching freely between men, women, young and old.

Not to mention the children, even Shen Yizi couldn't help but watch intently.

After the old man finished his performance, Shen Yizhi stepped forward and put a dime of silver in his copper bowl. The old man hurriedly thanked her, his eyes full of simple gratitude.

It seems like he is just a juggler walking around the streets.

Qing Bao and Nian Nian pounced on her from the left and right, occupying her legs.

"Mother!"

"Aunt Shen!"

The children also greeted her happily. Shen Yizi responded with a smile and took out candies from her purse to share with them.

The old man observed Shen Yizi imperceptibly. Although this woman did not have a trace of spiritual energy, she gave him a feeling of being a fellow traveler.

When Qingbao called her "mother", a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.

He knew Qing Bao, and this time she came especially for him. Since he called this woman "mother", her identity was obvious.

She was actually the girl that his good disciple had taken a fancy to! He had thought she was a widowed village girl! This image was quite different from what he had imagined.

When I saw the scar on her face, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Most beauties in this world are beautiful on the surface, few have beautiful bones as well, and even fewer have both.

However, this woman is a beautiful woman with beautiful appearance, but unfortunately she has a flaw because of the scar.

Even so, she has an excellent bone structure, clear eyes, and an elegant temperament. She doesn't look ugly at all, but rather quite pleasing to the eye.

No wonder she caught the eye of his disciple.

This old man is naturally Gu Xueting’s master, Luo Yaoyao.

Seeing Shen Yizhi leading Qing Bao and Nian Nian away, his eyes rolled, and he covered his forehead and groaned, his body swaying as if he would fall down at any time.

Shen Yizi paused, walked forward and supported him: "Old man, what's wrong with you?" As he spoke, he helped him sit down under the banyan tree next to them.

Luo Yaoyao leaned against the tree trunk and said weakly, "I just suddenly felt dizzy and couldn't stand still."

"Tsk, you're pretending really well." Yichang's voice came out.

"Is this old man a cultivator?" Shen Yizi asked.

"Well, it seems that his original cultivation was quite high, but after being sent to this land, any high cultivation was suppressed to below the foundation-building stage. The strength that this old man can exert is probably at the perfect level of Qi Refining. I guess he used some kind of breath-hiding technique like you, which resulted in no breath leaking out, making him look like an ordinary person. It's enough to fool ordinary people, but it's not good enough in front of me."

Yichang's tone was a little proud.

Shen Yizhi glanced at the old man. What was he trying to do by sneaking into Lijiazhuang disguised as an ordinary person? Was he coming for her? Or Qingbao?

Since he wanted to pretend, she would just stay put for the time being and cooperate with him.

Shen Yizhi felt his pulse and said, "Old man, you have a heat stroke. I happened to have some medicine with me."

She took out a porcelain bottle and poured out a pill.

Luo Yaoyao picked it up and put it in his mouth. He had no intention of really eating it. After all, heatstroke was just an illusion he created.

Unexpectedly, the pill dissolved as soon as it entered his mouth, and flowed down his throat into his stomach without him having to chew or swallow it.

Immediately, a cool feeling spread throughout his body. Although he did not suffer from heatstroke, he felt much more comfortable.

This medicine... is unusual.

Luo Yaoyao's desire to explore became stronger and stronger.

"Girl, can I go to your house and ask for some water to drink?" he asked.

Shen Yizi's eyes flashed, and he thought, the fox's tail is exposed.

"Okay, follow me." She helped him carry the puppet show's burden and walked in front of him, and then instructed Qing Bao, "You and Nian Nian support this old man."

Qingbao and Niannian held Luo Yaoyao's hands, one on the left and one on the right.

Luo Yaoyao was being held by two soft little hands. She was so happy that she was a little disoriented and followed in a daze.

"Old man, we're here." Shen Yizhi put the burden in the thatched pavilion outside the yard.

This thatched pavilion is used to receive guests who are not convenient to invite into the house, after all, her family has too many secrets. Pedestrians can also go in to rest.

As this old man had unknown origins and seemed to have bad intentions, she naturally would not bring him home.

"Please wait a moment. I will bring you some water."

Shen Yizhi led Qingbao and Nian Nian into the house and said, "Go help Third Sister Kun clean up the crabs."

She went into the kitchen and came out a tray with a bowl of water, a bowl of sour plum soup, and a large piece of watermelon.

She carried it to the thatched pavilion and said, "Here, old man. If it's not enough, call me and I'll give you more."

Luo Yaoyao looked at the three things on the tray and her liking for her increased even more. This girl is really kind-hearted.

"Enough, enough, enough. Thank you so much, girl."


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