Gu Qian caught up with Qiu Yan again, "Xiao Ran is not my biological daughter. It's not that I'm not being honest, it's just that things are too complicated. I will tell you everything you want to know."
Qiu Yan paused slightly upon hearing this, then turned around and looked back at Gu Qian with a puzzled expression.
Gu Qian lowered his eyes, then put down his basket and the prey on his back, grabbed Qiu Yan's sleeve tightly, and started running.
"Gu Qian, what are you doing? Explain yourself first."
Qiu Yan was annoyed by Gu Qian's inexplicable actions, but Gu Qian didn't say anything and pulled Qiu Yan to run faster and faster.
When they arrived at the two pine trees and saw the tomb in front of them, Qiu Yan's eyes suddenly widened.
Isn't this the place Uncle Li once visited?
"The person in the tomb..." Qiu Yan suddenly remembered the time she and Uncle Li searched for someone in the middle of the night, and a bad feeling arose in her heart.
“It’s his mother.” Gu Qian’s words were filled with sorrow.
Qiu Yan was utterly shocked, "You guys before..."
Gu Qian said seriously, "It's not what you think."
Qiu Yan was very curious, "What is the relationship between Xiao Ran's mother and Uncle Li?"
Gu Qian closed his eyes briefly. "Father and daughter."
Qiu Yan felt a little unsteady on her feet. "How could this be?" Thinking of Aunt Ye's eager anticipation for her daughter's return, she felt heavy-hearted.
"Yan Yan, you absolutely cannot tell Master's wife about this, and you must not tell Master about Xiao Ran's identity for the time being."
I'm sorry I reminded you of something sad.
Gu Qian's deep voice revealed the pain and sorrow in his heart. Although Qiu Yan didn't know what kind of experiences this man had gone through, she didn't press him further.
The fact that he can say these things to himself shows that he trusts himself.
"Don't apologize to me."
...
The two men turned back, retrieved their game and herbs, and began their journey home.
When he returned home, Gu Qian was carrying a lot of game, big and small, on his back, and a large basket of herbs on his back, with some wild fruits on top of the herbs.
Qiu Yan was empty-handed and wanted to pick up a basket, but Gu Qian walked very fast. "Even if you're empty-handed, you're still not as fast as me."
"Who said that?" Qiu Yan retorted, quickening her pace to catch up with Gu Qian.
Just then, the two faintly heard an old man's cry for help. "Help...help..."
This business sounds familiar.
Qiu Yan listened intently to the voice, "It's Great-Grandpa!"
Gu Qian also understood, "Let's go, let's go take a look."
Qiu Yan followed the sound and kept searching.
As they searched, they called out, "Great-Grandpa, where are you?"
However, they could only hear cries for help, but received no response.
The cries for help grew closer and closer until Qiu Yan finally saw a figure ahead.
Isn't that where she set up her traps?
"Girl, come and save me!" When Old Zhao saw someone coming, hope returned to his troubled eyes.
"Great-grandfather, why did you come out again?"
Qiu Yan rubbed her temples, sighed, and hurried forward to check on the situation.
Gu Qian followed closely behind.
Upon closer inspection, she discovered that Old Man Zhao's foot was caught in her snare and he couldn't escape.
Qiu Yan was glad that she hadn't set a trap; otherwise, if the old man had accidentally fallen in, his old bones wouldn't have been able to withstand it.
Gu Qian put down the prey and quickly untied the snare for Old Man Zhao.
Old Zhao regained his freedom, got up and took a few steps, saying, "Thank you."
Gu Qian shook his head, knowing that Old Zhao was old and had difficulty walking, so he put down the basket on his back and carried Old Zhao on his back.
Qiu Yan took the basket and the prey.
Old Zhao was a little embarrassed, and said to Qiu Yan, "Qiu Yan, your little husband is really good. When are you going to get married?"
Qiu Yan: "...Great-Grandpa, you've learned to joke around too."
The question warmed Gu Qian's heart.
Yan Yan is still young, let's wait two more years.
Gu Qian carried Old Zhao on his back, his steps steady and his gait extremely firm.
They returned to the village before dark.
Along the way, when they encountered villagers, they couldn't help but take a second look and secretly praise Gu Qian for being a good person.
By the time Gu Qian carried Old Zhao home, Old Zhao was already lying on Gu Qian's lap, snoring loudly.
Gu Qian carefully placed him on the kang (a heated brick bed) and covered him with a quilt.
Qiu Yan, on the other hand, took the herbs and game home first. With so much stuff, she didn't want to carry it back and forth.
At dawn the next day, Qiu Yan got up early again.
To his surprise, Qiu Ling'er and Gu Xiaoran woke up just as early as he did.
They all hoped to make a trip to Baiyang.
Gu Qian and Qiu Xu also woke up. Together they put the table and chairs on the carriage, and then Qiu Xu went to find his master to practice martial arts.
Afterwards, Gu Qian tied all the game that his master and he had just hunted to the basket and then tied it to the roof of the carriage.
With everything ready, Gu Qian drove the carriage and set off.
Qiu Yan was taking care of the two children inside.
On the way, the two children curiously lifted the car curtain and peered out at the dark sky, their faces beaming with joy.
When Gu Qian visited his aunt's house again, he gave her all the prey he had caught the day before.
Qiu Yumei couldn't refuse, so she accepted it.
She hadn't expected Gu Qian to come again today.
Seeing that Qiu Ling'er and Gu Xiaoran had also arrived, she quickly gave the two children some snacks.
Today, Qiu Yumei got up even earlier. When Qiu Yan arrived, she and her aunt made wontons together as usual.
The laughter of the two children woke up Qiu Dayu, Zhao An, and Zhao Yang, who were sleeping inside, and they all got up.
Zhao An and Zhao Yang quickly joined in playing with the two children, and Qiu Dayu, being very perceptive, came to help.
The number of wontons was double that of yesterday, and in addition to the previous ones, three more were brought to the table. Qiu Yan and her aunt had bought a lot of bowls and chopsticks yesterday.
When they returned to Flower Food Street, Qiu Dafu arrived as promised.
When Qiu Ling'er saw her second uncle, she buried her face in his arms again.
As soon as Qiu Ling'er arrived, she followed Qiu Dafu to his side and helped add firewood.
Qiu Dafu was worried that she would get burned, so he told her to be careful.
In order not to affect business, Gu Qian called Qiu Ling'er away.
The two children obediently followed Gu Qian as they wandered around the neighborhood, each holding a hot steamed bun and munching on it with relish.
With Qiu Yan and her group setting up their wonton stall, Qiu Yumei's original wonton shop suffered a sharp decline in business.
The shop owner was in the shop all morning yesterday, and although business was a little slow, she didn't care.
Because Qiu Yan and her group finished work early, the shop owner didn't pay attention to their stall.
But today, the shop owner saw the wonton stall on the street early in the morning.
When the shop owner finally realized that the person setting up the stall was Qiu Yumei from her shop, she felt a real sense of unease.
Qiu Yumei is clearly trying to steal her business.
She initially intended to confront him, but upon seeing Qiu Dafu again, she suppressed her anger and shouted a few curses in front of the shop.
"Pah, what kind of person is he? He learned a little from me and dares to go out and do business. He doesn't even know his own worth."
After cursing, she had someone notify her husband, instructing him to demand back the month's wages from Qiu Yumei.
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