After thanking the person, I followed the directions.
Knowing they were coming, Aunt Zhang prepared tea and waited with the old lady at the courtyard gate.
"Aunt Wen, it's been a long time." As soon as they reached the fork in the road, they saw the old lady standing there looking at them. Xiao Pingyu immediately went over, took the old lady's hand, and greeted her.
Logically speaking, when the old lady of the Xiao family was still alive, they were considered close friends. However, after the old lady passed away, the old man's health deteriorated day by day, and the family was really worried about him. So, the youngest son took the old man back to his hometown in Sichuan Province to live out his remaining years. Therefore, now only Xiao Pingyu is the only member of the Xiao family still in the capital. Now that he has his own family, he has less contact with these elderly people.
"Pingyu, you've arrived! Come on, come on, come inside. You all come inside too. Old Ruan and Old Gu are waiting." The old lady took Xiao Pingyu's hand and led them into the house.
"Uncle Ruan, Uncle Gu, it's been a long time." Lu Zhixing led the children and the He family to the two old men.
"You're here! Please sit down. It's so hot today, have some water first," Grandpa Ruan said as he poured water for them.
“Grandpa Ruan, let’s do it ourselves.” Lu Shuyu, the eldest son of the Lu family, dared not let the old man pour water for him. He immediately stepped forward, grabbed the teapot from the table, and began to pour water for everyone.
"Why did you all come together today?" The old man asked, seeing that Lu Shuyu was a good young man and didn't move.
"Uncle Ruan, we came here today mainly to express our gratitude," Lu Zhixing said after taking a sip of the water his son had poured for him.
"Oh, why are you thanking us?" His words of thanks left the two old men bewildered. They hadn't done anything special recently.
"Uncle Ruan, this is what happened..." Lu Zhixing then recounted the process of Ruan Ruan rescuing the person, emphasizing what Ruan Ruan had told them. He felt that this needed to be explained clearly, otherwise the old man might misunderstand and say that they had betrayed their savior.
"So, you're thanking our girl? Hey, you're talking in such a dramatic way! I thought I'd done something to help you recently!"
The elders had already received the information about what Lu Zhixing and the others were talking about, but they didn't know that Ruan Ruan had instructed them to say such things. She was trying to lead people to her side. This girl really had a lot of ideas. But they wouldn't blame her.
“Our daughter has been taught a lot of skills by her father-in-law. She often says that as a doctor, one should save lives and heal the wounded. This is what she should do. So, you don’t need to go to such lengths to thank us. However, we still want to thank you for telling us about this!”
Huo Haocheng had called him before, asking them to investigate the Miao family. Now they had made some progress, but they didn't expect them to act so quickly. It seems they need to take action as well.
"Uncle Ruan, we can't accept your thanks. We feel really bad that these kids caused trouble for my niece. We don't know who it was that had such audacity." Lu Zhixing could tell from the old man's words that he doted on his newly found granddaughter.
Although he had never met the young lady of the Ruan family, there were many legends about her in the capital, and opinions varied. Now, not only did he hear admiration for her from his daughter, but he also heard praise from the old man. It seemed that this girl who grew up in the countryside was quite remarkable.
"These people, you should know them, they're from the Miao family," Old Master Gu didn't hide anything. Both families worked for the government, so it was only a matter of time before they were found out, so he just said it directly.
"The Miao family? They were that family of renowned physicians back then, weren't they always practicing medicine and helping the needy? How could this be?" He Mingyu was incredulous upon hearing the name Miao family. His family did have some connection to the Miao family; his father had been a follower of Bai Shu, the eldest apprentice of the Miao family, and later joined the army with him. He had heard about Bai Shu and the Miao family afterward. Before leaving, Bai Shu had told him never to return to the Miao family, no matter what happened. So, after the war, He Mingyu took the money Bai Shu had given him and settled in the capital.
"You..." No one present knew why he was reacting so strongly.
"Actually, our family has some connection with the Miao family. My father, He Dong, used to be a servant of the Miao family, responsible for taking care of Mr. Bai Shu's daily life. Later, he followed Mr. Bai Shu to the battlefield, but for some reason, after the war, Mr. Bai Shu gave my father a sum of money and told him not to go back to the Miao family or look for him again, no matter what he heard. So from then on, until my father passed away, he never paid any attention to the Miao family again."
He Mingyu told them directly about his father's relationship with the Miao family. He was upright and honest, so he wasn't afraid of what they would say. Besides, he knew the Ruan and Gu families' character, and they wouldn't bother to gossip about him.
"Oh, I never expected that your family and Mr. Bai would have such a connection." Old Master Ruan was also surprised to learn that the He family had once been by Mr. Bai's side. If that incident hadn't happened, the He family would now be considered Mr. Bai's people.
"So you really haven't paid any attention to the Miao people all these years?" Old Master Gu asked with some doubt.
“I remember that my father had actually paid attention to this before he passed away, but he seemed to be trying to find Mr. Baizhu through the Miao people. However, he never heard from Mr. Baizhu before he died. On his deathbed, he told me that if one day we learned about Mr. Baizhu and he needed help, our He family must do everything we could to help him and repay his kindness in saving us.”
"Alas, fate is cruel," everyone said, unsure of what to say, only able to sigh that it was all destiny.
"Alright, this matter is beyond your control. The military and public security have already begun making arrangements. They will definitely let you know if they need your help someday. Now, you can go back and do your own things."
Hearing what the old man said, the group didn't linger. They all had important things to do at that moment. After finishing their tea, the two families went home.
After they left, the two old men looked at each other and said, "Let's settle on this place then. We'll go talk to them tomorrow."
"Okay, let's do it this way. It'll make things easier later on."
After the two discussed it, they called Gu Wenpeng and asked him to inform Ruan Ruan that the Miao family had come looking for her and to tell them to be careful.
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