“Knock knock knock—”
Fuling followed Li Xia's instructions, stood in front of the gate of the courtyard, raised her hand and gently knocked on the door knocker.
"Who is it?"
A powerful voice came from the courtyard.
Even though she hadn't heard it for almost two years, Li Xia could still tell that it was the voice of Gou'er's grandmother.
"Squeak——" the door was pushed open from the inside.
An old woman with gray hair and a slightly hunched back came out.
"You are... Madam? You are Madam, right?"
The old woman felt that Fuling looked unfamiliar when she saw her knocking on the door. When she raised her eyes, she saw Li Xia standing beside her and her expression instantly became excited.
"Old lady, long time no see. Are you okay?" Li Xia saw that she recognized her and greeted the old woman with a faint smile.
"Thanks to my wife, I am still alive today."
The old woman wiped her tears. When she thought of the past, she couldn't control her emotions.
At that time, I was very ill and my mind was often confused.
To be honest, without this lady's help, I would have been in trouble.
She must have been buried long ago.
"You are too kind, old lady. I didn't do anything. It was just some small favors. It was Gou'er's kindness that moved God and moved me even more."
Li Xia said.
“People should look forward and not dwell on the past. No matter how hard things were in the past, they are in the past. As long as we live well now, that’s enough.”
The old woman raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve. "Madam is right. Thanks to you, I am now living a life like a god. I am very content."
She smiled with satisfaction.
"Look at my brain, madam, please don't be surprised. I'm old and my memory is not very good. I even forgot to make way and let you come in." The old woman said in annoyance.
She quickly stepped aside and made room for the door.
"It's okay. I just happened to take some time off to come and see you. I'll be back soon."
Li Xia moved her lips and said.
The old woman frowned, "Madam, don't you want to live here?"
They did not forget that this was the lady's courtyard.
They were just guarding the gate for her temporarily and never thought of taking over her place.
The lady was very kind to them.
They would never do such an immoral thing.
Not to mention that the lady hasn't come back for two years, even if she hasn't come back for twenty years, she and Gou'er will take good care of this courtyard until the lady comes back, and then hand it over to her.
"No more." Li Xia shook her head. "I feel relieved that you old ladies are here."
"By the way, old lady, where is Gou'er? Why haven't I seen him for a long time?"
She changed the subject.
"Gou'er went out. He didn't know that Madam would come, otherwise he would never have gone out. Madam didn't know that the boy kept talking about when Madam would come."
Li Xia followed the old woman into the courtyard.
The two talked and conversed along the way.
"When Gou'er was young, I could see that he was a kind and loyal child." Li Xia said with a smile.
The old woman took Li Xia to the main room where guests were received.
"Madam, please have a cup of tea here first. I'll go to the front to call Gou'er."
"Old lady, you don't have to call him specially. I'm not in a hurry to leave, so you don't have to be anxious." Li Xia said when he heard it.
The old woman waved her hand and said, "It's okay. It's not a big deal. It's just two steps. I'm not too old to walk."
She had said so much, and Li Xia didn't know what to say.
She was afraid that if she said too much, the old woman would think she was looking down on her because she was old and useless.
Li Xia had no choice but to nod and said, "Okay, then old lady, please walk slowly and pay attention to your steps. I'm not in a hurry."
"Don't worry, ma'am."
As soon as the old woman finished speaking, she turned and left.
"Madame Wang..."
"Who are you?"
Not long after the old woman left, a middle-aged woman appeared from nowhere.
She looked at the backs of Fuling and Yuzhu and asked with a frown.
Upon hearing this, the two turned around and followed the voice.
Li Xia glanced at the woman's face through the gap between the two of them.
Her eyes suddenly widened, "Princess Hong!"
Li Xia opened her mouth in disbelief.
Why is Princess Hong here?
Dongfang Xunyi didn't tell Li Xia much about his mother.
But from his few words, Li Xia also got some information.
Just when the confidant sent by Dongfang Xunyi was about to find Princess Hong, she left the city with the acrobatic troupe. They performed at will and moved forward without a purpose, which made it very difficult for the team searching for Princess Hong.
Dongfang Xunyi did not tell Li Xia about many things that happened in the meantime.
She just knew.
It seemed that at the end the acrobatic troupe encountered bandits, most of the men were killed, and the women were captured.
later.
As soon as Dongfang Xunyi learned about this, he ordered the relevant officials to suppress the bandits.
After the bandit group was wiped out, Princess Hong was not found inside.
She disappeared again.
There was no news at all.
The little clue that I finally found was gone just like that.
Dongfang Xunyi has never given up looking for his mother in the past two years.
Who knew that she was right under their noses and they were completely unaware.
"How do you know that? Who are you?"
When Princess Hong heard Li Xia address her, she frowned and stared at her closely.
Judging from the girl’s age, she should not be even 10 years old yet.
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