"Master, we searched all the nearby streets, but we didn't see even a shadow of a girl."
Xie Chen followed Xie Yunzhou and kept looking for Li Mengyue, but they didn't see her.
Although Xie Yunzhou didn't show it on his face, he was still very anxious in his heart.
He came out without any followers this time. At the beginning, because the situation was too tense, he didn't even bring his secret guards.
However, he later received a secret letter from his father, saying that there were floods in the south, severe drought in Qingshan Prefecture, and the possibility of a locust plague. The emperor then issued an order to prevent refugees from going north.
Afraid that he would encounter danger while searching for Xuanxuan, they sent secret guards to protect him and help him find Xuanxuan.
Xie Yunzhou stood on the street, watching the people coming and going, and decided to go to the government office first to ask his friend the human trafficker.
Just as he took a step forward, Xie Yunzhou felt something and looked to the right.
"aunt?"
Unconvinced, he rubbed his eyes again and tried to confirm that he saw the person, but the person was gone.
Xie Yunzhou quickly ran and chased in the direction of Li Mengyue.
This time was different from last time, he ran past and disappeared.
Li Mengyue bought beeswax, the main raw material for making candles, and was in a good mood.
"Sister, we still have a lot of meat at home. Would you like to make some braised pork for us?"
The wild boars brought down from the mountains were fed to every household in the seven villages.
But Li Jiayu didn't lose a single pound. At that time, the village chief wanted to give Li Jiayu a big wild boar.
It was just a big wild boar weighing four pounds, and the weather was hot, so it couldn't be kept for long.
Li Mengyue didn't want to take the food to the town to sell. She didn't need the melons and dates, but there were not many people in her family, and it would take a long time to eat them every day.
So she asked her mother to pickle it with salt and prepare some smoked meat, since there was no shortage of pine and cypress branches on the mountain anyway.
But even though most of the meat was used to make smoked meat, there was still a lot left, which she froze with some ice.
Speaking of ice, the moment she made ice with saltpeter, her parents were shocked.
At that time, her mother ordered her not to take the ice out and only use it at home, for fear that it would bring disaster.
In fact, she knew that she could make ice in summer. Once the nobles knew about it, they would definitely snatch the recipe away.
It’s not that she thinks too much, it’s just that this era is too backward.
Not everyone can afford to use ice in summer. Only wealthy families would send servants to fetch ice from the river in winter, transport it to the cellar and store it there for use in the hot summer.
And now she can easily make ice with saltpeter in the summer. How can this not be shocking?
She glanced at her mother's serious expression, and knew that she was worried about her mother. Therefore, before she became powerful, she would use it in a low-key manner and not show it to others. Only then did her mother breathe a sigh of relief.
Li Mengyue once again felt how much her mother loved her, and of course she would not put her mother in danger.
But she is not someone who would compromise her own character. If she has a more comfortable lifestyle, of course she would use it.
She taught her father how to make ice, and asked him to make several basins of ice with saltpeter every day and put them in the room to cool down.
The wild boar meat is also refrigerated and can be kept for a few days without having to worry about it going bad.
Now hearing that Hao wanted to eat braised pork, she naturally agreed.
"Okay, no problem. I'll make more so you can have enough."
"Oh yeah! Sister is so handsome."
Yuyu and Xuan also heard the conversation between the siblings, and they were happy to eat the braised pork.
Just when the four siblings were talking about braised pork, a person suddenly ran up from behind and blocked their way.
Xie Yunzhou saw Li Mengyue's appearance clearly from the front and found that he was not mistaken. This girl looked very similar to his aunt.
His aunt disappeared at the age of ten, and it has been seventeen years now.
Although he couldn't guess what his aunt looked like now, he remembered very clearly what she looked like when she was young.
The reason why I remember what my aunt looked like is that I have to remember it even if I don't want to, because there is a portrait of my aunt in my grandfather's room, and my grandfather looks at it every day.
Sometimes after watching for a long time, I would cry unconsciously.
He loved and doted on his grandparents, had no great interest in being an official, and did not want to compete with his brother for the position of heir.
Using the excuse of looking for my aunt, I opened the Xintang Clinic. Over the years, Xintang has been known for its affordable prices in the industry, whether it's doctors diagnosing illnesses or prescribing medicines.
He did this not for the money, but just wanted to do more things, hoping that one day it would benefit his aunt and allow her to live a better life outside.
Unexpectedly, as time went by, the Xintang was opened all over Da Zhou, but even so, my aunt was still not found.
As Zuli's health was getting worse day by day, he really wanted Zuli to see his aunt again in his lifetime to make up for the regret in his heart.
Looking at the girl in front of him who looked exactly like his aunt's portrait, he subconsciously called out, "Aunt."
Li Mengyue looked at the young man blocking the road. He looked good but had a mental problem. What a pity.
So she gave Xie Yunzhou a loving look and said in a coaxing tone: "Son, I'm not your aunt. Please move aside. I want to go home."
When Xie Yunzhou heard what Li Mengyue said, he realized that his aunt had disappeared at the age of ten and it had been seventeen years since then.
Even if she lived in the palace and lived a life of luxury, it would be impossible for her to maintain such a youthful appearance.
Obviously this girl couldn't be his aunt, but the girl and his aunt looked so much alike that he didn't believe that they had no relationship.
Before Xie Yunzhou could continue asking, Xie Qi and Manager Wang followed.
Shopkeeper Wang just stood up and saw Li Mengyue, and exclaimed: "Miss Lingzhi."
When Li Mengyue saw Shopkeeper Wang, she knew that she had just arrived in Wuning County and was short of money, so she sold Panax notoginseng and a 10-year-old Ganoderma lucidum in exchange for 10,300 taels of silver, which became her first pot of gold in this world and also made her more confident to go to Xinghua Village. Therefore, she had a good impression of Shopkeeper Wang.
"Shopkeeper Wang, long time no see."
"Miss Li, thank you for the Lingzhi. I hope you will be happy during this period."
"Not bad, no need to thank me, we've settled the bill in cash."
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Shopkeeper Wang heard the cough and realized that the boss was there. Without caring about losing his composure, he immediately said to Xie Yunzhou excitedly, "Boss, this is the girl who sold me Lingzhi."
Xie Yunzhou was also surprised. He didn't expect that the Ganoderma lucidum that saved his grandfather for thousands of years was sold by this girl.
Under normal circumstances, he would have found a way to buy another Ganoderma lucidum, but now he hesitated, wondering if this girl who looked like his aunt was related to him, or who his aunt was.
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