Mrs. Tao thought of Chu Ruyue's mentally retarded son. She sighed and said, "Even if your son is not smart, at least he is still by your side. Your son is gone, and you can only look at his photos!"
Chu Ruyue's expression stiffened slightly: "I'm sorry, I don't know..."
"Forget it, it's all in the past!" said Old Lady Tao. "This is my sad place. I don't want to stay here any longer. I want to go out and have a look while I can still walk, but it doesn't go as I wish..."
"In fact, if it weren't for your reminder, the child might not have survived!" Chu Ruyue said.
Mrs. Tao's eyes flickered: "You know?"
"Tan Zhenye once collected a copy of your calligraphy, and the handwriting on it is exactly the same as that in the letter." Chu Ruyue sighed, "Then, I mustered up the courage to look at Sister Hua's body, and my heart became even more desolate. In the past, I listened to you and did not pass on the most wonderful part of 'stealing and replacing' to Tan Zhenye. Now he treats me well and is devoted to his son."
Old Mrs. Tao sighed: "What do you want to do now?"
"놖 wants to pass on 놖's skills to Yi Anan, what do you think?" Chu Ruyue said.
Old Mrs. Tao was stunned for a moment: "That's your Chu family's secret technique. Are you willing to pass it on to an outsider?"
"Yi An'an is an outsider, didn't you pass on the Tao family's secret skills to her?" Chu Ruyue smiled bitterly, "Now both of us have been harmed by Tan Zhenye and have no descendants to inherit. This is better than the skills being lost, right? And it can be regarded as repaying your kindness!"
Old Mrs. Tao looked at Chu Ruyue gratefully: "Then I would like to thank you on behalf of An An!"
Chu Ruyue nodded.
After a while, Yi Anan felt that the two had talked enough, so she came in carrying the thermos.
"Don't make tea yet. An'an, come here and kowtow to your Aunt Chu!" Old Mrs. Tao waved to Yi An'an.
Yi Anan was stunned and stepped forward, but still kowtowed to Chu Ruyue as instructed by Old Lady Tao.
"This is a new society, this isn't allowed anymore!" Chu Ruyue hurried forward and helped Yi Anan up.
"It's a new society, but this is the rule of our industry!" Old Mrs. Tao said, looking at Yi An'an very kindly, "You will have another master in the future, that is, your Aunt Chu."
Yi Anan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what it meant.
"Silly child, your Aunt Chu is willing to teach you the Nanchu secret technique of 'stealing and replacing'!" said Old Lady Tao.
Yi Anan finally reacted and she quickly knelt down to salute again.
Chu Ruyue helped Yi An'an up again: "Alright, alright, why do you keep kneeling? You don't have a daughter, but you coveted someone else's daughter before, and now you finally have one!"
Yi Anan nodded.
Chu Ruyue agreed with Yi An'an that she would come to Old Lady Tao's place every night, and she and Old Lady Tao would teach Yi An'an the restoration techniques.
"Don't tell Professor Tan about this!" Chu Ruyue said, "We should learn it quietly."
Yi Anan was confused, but she didn't ask any more questions and just nodded.
After Chu Ruyue left, Old Lady Tao took Yi Anan's hand and said with a smile: "You are a really lucky child."
Yi Anan smiled and said: "Thank you for your preference, Master. Without you, Aunt Chu wouldn't have taught me!"
Old Mrs. Tao smiled and just said, "You should study hard. No matter when you are in the future, you must be filial to your Aunt Chu and treat her children as your own brothers. If one day, your Aunt Chu gets old and dies, you will be responsible for taking care of her children. Are you willing?"
Yi Anan said quickly: "Aunt Chu has passed on her family secret skills to 놖, so 놖 will of course take good care of my brother."
Old Mrs. Tao nodded: "I believe you. You are a kind child just like your mother."
Yi Anan thought of Mrs. Tao's current situation and asked, "Master, do you still want to go abroad? You only said you wanted to go out, but never said why. Can I ask?"
Old Mrs. Tao smiled helplessly: "I got the news a few days ago that the father of the deceased child is still alive, but he went abroad a while ago and is very old. I wanted to ask him before I die if he still holds a grudge against me. Unfortunately, it seems that he can't go out now!"
Yi Anan said quickly: "How about you tell me your name and characteristics, and if there is a chance, I will find someone to help you check it out?"
Old Mrs. Tao nodded.
From then on, Yi An'an went to Mrs. Tao's house at night to learn the techniques of Southern Chu and Northern Taoism, and made rapid progress.
A month later, that is, after October 1st, Zhan Nanhui brought back a telegram. It was a telegram from the Chinese Embassy in the United States, saying that the person that Old Lady Tao was looking for had been found, but unfortunately, that person had passed away some time ago.
Yi Anan looked at the telegram, wondering whether to tell Old Mrs. Tao the news.
If I tell her, I'm afraid she will be sad. If I don't tell her, I'm afraid that Mrs. Tao will still have the idea of leaving.
In the evening, Yi Anan went to Mrs. Tao's house. After hesitating for a while, she handed the telegram to Mrs. Tao.
Old Mrs. Tao looked at the telegram in a daze for a long time, then locked herself in the room for an hour.
Yi Anan was guarding outside the door, very worried about Old Lady Tao's situation.
At noon, Old Lady Tao came out, looking back to normal.
"Master, are you okay?" Yi Anan asked.
Mrs. Tao smiled and said, "It's okay. I just feel bad because I didn't ask some questions."
Yi Anan trembled a little, not daring to ask what was said.
"When something happened to my child and he left, I wanted to ask him if he hated me in his heart." Old Mrs. Tao sighed.
Yi Anan whispered: "Maybe he has stopped blaming you. After all, you don't want such a thing to happen."
Old Mrs. Tao smiled bitterly: "There is no need to go out now, so I can teach you with peace of mind!"
Yi Anan immediately perked up: "Master, I must study hard and integrate the skills of Southern Chu and Northern Taoism to carry forward."
Old Mrs. Tao nodded: "It's good that you have such an ambition. At least you still have something to do while you are alive."
In order to comfort Old Mrs. Tao, Yi Anan quickly made braised pork for her.
Although Old Mrs. Tao was in a bad mood, she had a good appetite. She ate half a bowl of meat, some vegetables, and walked around for a while before going back to sleep.
A few days later, Yi Anan saw the news that Xue Shiqi and Zhan Ronghua had resigned from their posts in the newspaper.
"What are you looking at?" Zhan Nanhui came in and put his book on the table.
Yi Anan took the newspaper and showed it to Zhan Nanhui.
"Both of them can be said to have retired at the peak of their careers, which is good," said Zhan Nanhui.
Yi An'an asked: "How did your mother figure it out?"
"You have to understand it. If he doesn't retire, I won't give him money!" Zhan Nanhui said.
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