Chapter 1784 Old Mrs. Guan
Shu Yu and Ying Xi walked to the door of the main room, and the girl who had opened the door earlier helped an old lady out.
"Grandma, this is the girl who's looking for you."
Shu Yu nodded to the old lady of the Guan family and smiled, "You must be Grandma Guan. I heard from Yuan Gui that you were originally from Dong'an Prefecture. My family is from Dong'an Prefecture, so we're from the same hometown."
Upon hearing that the other party was from Dong'an Prefecture, the eyes of the old lady of the Guan family, who had been somewhat uneasy and puzzled, instantly lit up.
"Young lady, you're from Dong'an Prefecture? Oh, come in, come in!" The old lady was delighted and stepped aside to let them in, leading them inside as she said, "I've been away from my hometown for decades. In all these years, I've only seen one fellow townsman, Yuan Gui, recently. Which part of Dong'an Prefecture are you from, young lady?"
"I am from Jiangyuan County."
"I'm from Donggu County, which isn't far from Jiangyuan County."
The old lady invited them to sit down and then quickly asked her granddaughter to pour them some water.
It seemed that only the Guan family, grandmother and granddaughter, were at home; everyone else had gone out.
Miss Guan immediately went to the kitchen, and then Shu Yu said, "I've been to Donggu County a few times, to Wangyuan River, Liu Family Ancestral Hall, and the big camphor tree at the city gate."
Hearing the familiar names of her hometown, the old woman became even more excited. "Yes, yes, all of these are still there! Back then, during that great flood, the Wangyuan River was up to our calves. If you weren't familiar with the area, you could easily slip and fall. And there's the big camphor tree, that tree must be over a hundred years old now, it's the symbol of our Donggu County. Have you ever been to Fangtuo Street? That place..."
The old lady kept rambling on and on, probably because she had finally found someone with whom she could share common interests and reminisce about the past. She couldn't stop talking, and Shuyu listened quietly.
Miss Guan poured water over, and seeing that everything was alright, she went back to her work.
Shu Yu chatted with the old lady for a while, building rapport, before finally revealing the purpose of her visit: "Grandma Guan, actually, I came here today to ask you about something."
Grandma Guan was taken aback. Right, she had almost forgotten that this girl was not related to her at all. She couldn't have come to listen to her reminisce about the past. There must be something she wanted to say.
She got so carried away with her words that she forgot everything else.
The old lady slapped her forehead. "Look at me, rambling on and on about nothing. I'm getting old, so I'm a bit long-winded. It's really kind of you to listen to me for so long. So, what do you want to know?"
Shu Yu smiled and said, "I met Granny Fang a while ago. I heard she was also from Dong'an Prefecture, so I chatted with her for a bit and felt quite close to her. Then I was curious and wanted to ask her how she escaped the disaster to Changjin Prefecture back then, and whether she still had any relatives in her hometown. But Granny Fang was unwilling to say much, and she seemed a bit down. I wondered if something had happened to her, or if she had encountered some difficulties. If so, perhaps I could help her."
Upon hearing this, the old lady suddenly realized, "So that's how it is." She nodded, "No wonder, she has always been reluctant to talk about what happened back then. Now that she has such a stubborn and good boy like A-Gui, it seems there are no difficulties. If there are any difficulties, those are things from more than thirty years ago."
Shu Yu couldn't help but straighten her back slightly. "What do you mean? More than thirty years ago, wasn't that when she fled here to escape disaster?"
(End of this chapter)
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