Chapter 661 May my son be safe, happy, and have a smooth life.
At the riverside stall selling lanterns for blessings, Li San Niang spent five copper coins to buy a lantern for Lu Zhu'er.
Li San Niang, with Lu Zhu'er by her side, wrote down her prayers for Lu Zhu'er at the writing brush and ink provided on the square table set up by the stall owner.
May my son be safe, happy, and have a smooth life.
Dewdrop was still young and had not yet received any formal education, so she couldn't understand the words written by Li San Niang. However, she knew that these were auspicious words for blessing.
Dewdrop looked up and smiled at Li San Niang: "Mother, Dewdrop is here to release the lanterns."
Li San Niang naturally wouldn't refuse Lu Zhu'er's request. She lit the lotus-shaped lantern for blessing and handed it to Lu Zhu'er.
Dewdrop, full of excitement, carefully carried the lantern towards the riverbank, with Li San Niang, Qiu Xiang, and Lao Shi following behind her.
When they arrived at the riverbank, Li San Niang was still a little worried, so she stood behind Lu Zhu'er to protect her and watched as she carefully squatted down, leaned out onto the river, and gently placed the lotus lantern on the water.
Without wind, the water flows on its own. As soon as Dewdrop put down the lotus lantern, it drifted downstream with the current.
Dewdrop stared wide-eyed at the lantern she had released. Li San Niang picked her up, and the group stood by the river for a while, watching it until it drifted far away and merged into the sea of lanterns released by many others, making it impossible to distinguish which one was theirs. Only then did Dewdrop turn her gaze away.
Dewdrop, who had been playing with Li Sanniang and the others all day, was wearing a small cloak and being held in Li Sanniang's arms. Now she finally felt tired.
Li San Niang patted her a few times, and Lu Zhu'er fell asleep on Li San Niang's shoulder.
Qiu Xiang stepped forward and put the hood on Lu Zhu'er's cloak. The group then headed towards the street corner, where Li's mother had said they would meet after releasing the river lanterns.
When Li San Niang arrived at the crossroads carrying Lu Zhu'er, Qiu Xiang, and Lao Shi, Li's parents were already waiting there.
"Asleep?"
When asked by Li's mother, Li San Niang did not speak, but only nodded in response.
Seeing that Lu Zhu'er was wrapped up very tightly, Li's mother didn't ask any more questions.
Soon after, the rest of the Li family arrived. Sure enough, Xiao Liulang was in Li Da Xiong's arms, and Xiao Wulang was in Li Er Xiong's arms. Both Xiao Wulang and Xiao Liulang were asleep.
And isn't the one Li Erlang is carrying on his back Xiao Silang?
Koshiro wasn't asleep, but judging from his appearance, he was clearly forcing himself to stay awake, gritting his teeth and refusing to sleep.
After all, Xiao Silang kept yawning and rubbing his eyelids, clearly indicating that he was extremely sleepy.
“If you walk back from the intersection ahead and hurry, you’ll reach the entrance of the West Market in about 15 minutes.”
The Li family, led by the eldest brother carrying Xiao Liulang, followed behind with Li Sanniang carrying Luzhu'er. Qiuxiang was beside Li Sanniang, and Lao Shi was behind her. The group walked back like this, protecting each other.
By the time Li San Niang and the others returned to the Li family, it was already past midnight.
Li San Niang handed the dewdrop to her mother, saying, "Mother, thank you for watching over the dewdrop for me tonight."
I need to go find Mr. No.
Mother Li took the sleeping Lu Zhu'er and simply nodded, without asking Li San Niang what had made her leave Lu Zhu'er behind to attend to other matters at this time.
After settling Lu Zhu'er in, Li San Niang turned to Qiu Xiang and nodded. The two walked to the Li family's gate. Lao Shi hadn't driven the carriage home.
Just as Li San Niang was helping Qiu Xiang into the carriage, a voice from inside the Li family gate called out, "San Niang?" causing Li San Niang to stop in her tracks.
Two breaths later, Brother Li, carrying a lantern, opened the door and came in.
Brother Li came out carrying a lantern. Seeing Li San Niang's appearance, he knew something must have happened. So, Brother Li asked, "What's wrong?"
Are you still busy right now?
Where are you going? What brings you here? I'll go with you.
After saying this, before Li San Niang could reply, Brother Li raised his hand to blow out the lantern he was carrying. Li San Niang quickly called out to him, "Brother!"
No, no need, I can manage.
But Brother Li had already blown out the lantern and came over, reaching out his hand so that Third Sister Li could help him get into the carriage.
But Li San Niang did not move. She looked up at Li Da Xiong's worried face under the surrounding lamplight, and Li San Niang took a breath and said to Li Da Xiong, "Brother, you really don't need to come with me."
Qiu Xiang and Lao Shi are enough!
Chang'an is very peaceful right now, so nothing bad is bound to happen.
Furthermore, I feel at ease knowing my elder brother is home. I've sent Dewdrop to Mother so she can take care of it tonight.
"Brother," Brother Li lowered his head and saw the seriousness in Li San Niang's eyes, "Sister-in-law has been out with us all day today, she must be very tired."
Xiao Liulang is so young. If it weren't for his excellent health, I wouldn't have agreed to take him out today.
Go back and take good care of your sister-in-law and Xiao Liulang. I'm really fine here.
If something happens, I'm not the kind of person who wouldn't speak up.
After much persuasion, Li San Niang finally managed to convince Brother Li to go back.
Thus, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang boarded the carriage, and Lao Shi pulled the reins and drove the carriage to one of the strongholds of the Bad Guys in Changshoufang.
After winding and turning for nearly half an hour, the carriage finally stopped at the back door of a house.
After exchanging the secret code, Lao Shi called out to Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang to get out of the carriage, and the three of them then went into the courtyard.
After Li San Niang entered the house, a thin old man stood by the dim oil lamp. This was the same old man who had met with the woman selling baked buns with a headscarf at the gangsters' hideout in the West Market during the day.
"Li San Niangzi".
"Uncle Black".
It turned out that this skinny old man was an old acquaintance of Li San Niang. In the past, when the Li family members were called to treat the injuries of the scoundrels, it was this old man called Uncle Hei who received them.
"You didn't use too much force, did you?"
Li San Niang asked Uncle Hei with some trepidation. Uncle Hei remained expressionless and nodded. His dry, grating voice, like a withered twig scraping against his throat, echoed in the room.
"The old man didn't know what Li San Niangzi wanted to ask, so he drugged him with sleeping pills, keeping him asleep ever since he was kidnapped."
After saying this, Uncle Hei paused for a moment, then added, "No torture was used."
Li San Niang was relieved, as she was somewhat afraid of the tricks of the scoundrels.
Of course, rationally she knew that in this kind of environment and in this kind of organization, she really couldn't do it without some means, but Li San Niang still felt a little uncomfortable.
Seeing that Li San Niang looked relieved, Uncle Hei turned around and took out all the items he had searched from the merchant man behind him.
"Aside from some ordinary things, the one that Third Sister ordered that tasted off must be this."
Li San Niang stared at the tray, where there was a long-handled, rod-shaped opium pipe and a small porcelain bottle with a lid next to it.
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Sorry, that's all for today.
Because I'm feeling a bit emo, I know my book isn't very well written, but people always love to hear nice things.
I'm the kind of person who's highly sensitive and easily hurt, and I kept telling myself not to look, but I still couldn't help but read the comments.
Sigh, I'm not in a good mood and my mind is a mess. It's my own problem. I'll adjust myself and try to make up for it tomorrow if I can.
I'm sorry.
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