Chapter 117: Meet the old lady again, helpless to go to the upstairs

Liu Mingan was fishing, and the harvest was quite rich.

The wooden barrels he and Zhou Yi brought were already filled with fish of all sizes, including a turtle.

This afternoon, Liu Mingan repeated the actions of casting the rod and pulling the line, and gradually realized the fun of fishing.

When he came to his senses, it was dark. Liu Mingan looked at the sky and it was actually the evening hour.

"Brother Zhou, I'm going home, are you still fishing?" Liu Mingan put away the fishing rod and asked Zhou Yi beside him.

Zhou Yi had had enough, and it was cold sitting here in the dark, so he got up and said: "No more fishing, go home!"

The two of them walked back with a bucket of fish. Zhou Yi realized later that he seemed to have not eaten dinner yet.

This is not the key point.

The key point is that he caused Liu Mingan to not go home for dinner!

"Brother Liu, your sister-in-law won't be angry if you go home at this time?"

Zhou Yi asked a little embarrassedly. He didn't know how Liu Mingan and Jiang Ning got along. Anyway, in his house, if his father was like this, he would have to sleep in the guest room that night.

Liu Mingan smiled at Zhou Yi soothingly: "It's okay, An Ning is a very good person."

The most important thing is that Jiang Ning is going out tonight, and there will be no one at home.

Thinking of this, Liu Mingan secretly sighed, raised his head to look at the bright moon in the sky, and an unspeakable worry came over his heart.

I hope everything goes well for An Ning, Liu Mingan thought.

The two walked along Jinse Street for a while, chatting from time to time. When they walked to a certain place, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in Liu Mingan's sight.

It was the old lady who mistook someone for someone else!

Liu Mingan saw the bewildered old woman at first sight. She was still dressed neatly and simply. At this moment, a man was standing on the street where they met yesterday, holding a paper bag in his hand, alone, like a lost child, with a clear look of sorrow on his face.

Liu Mingan's heart tightened, and he stuffed the fishing rod in his hand to Zhou Yi: "Brother Zhou, let's say goodbye here. I have something else to do. We'll meet again tomorrow."

"Ah? I wanted to give you half of the fish." Zhou Yi looked at Liu Mingan in surprise.

"No need, this place is close to Junyue Wine House, you can take it back directly."

After Liu Mingan finished speaking, he waved to Zhou Yi and walked towards the direction of the old man.

Zhou Yi thought he was in a hurry to go home, so he didn't think much about it. He picked up the pole and the bucket, turned around, and stepped onto a path connecting Xichun Road and Jinse Street.

"Old Madam Lou, why are you here alone?"

Liu Ming'an walked to the old woman and stopped, asking.

Yesterday, the old man called her "grandmother", so it was obvious that this old lady was the wife of the old master.

The old woman's eyes were dull, just like yesterday, and she didn't seem to hear Liu Ming'an's question.

Liu Ming'an used the same trick again, waving his hand in front of the old woman to attract her attention.

"Old Madam Lou, where are your maids and servants? Why didn't they follow--"

Before he finished speaking, the old woman's hand like a dead tree grabbed Liu Ming'an's sleeve, and her not-so-clear eyes were instantly filled with tears.

"Qingzhi!" The old man called out with deep affection.

"Alas, you have mistaken me again." Liu Ming'an smiled helplessly.

"Qingzhi, mother bought you some crispy candies, look..." The old woman raised her other hand and handed the paper package to Liu Ming'an, with an expectant and flattering look on her face: "Would you like to stay? Would you like to come home with me?"

Liu Ming'an was stunned, looking at the package of candies, then at the old woman's silver hair, wrinkled face, and dim eyes. He understood that this was a mother's deep longing for her child, and he felt sorry for her. Liu Ming'an reached out and

took a piece of candy from the paper package and put it in his mouth. The candy is made of crushed peanuts, walnuts, melon seeds, almonds and other nuts, covered with a layer of sugar, fried in oil, sprinkled with white sesame seeds, and rolled in soybean powder. It tastes crispy, sweet and fragrant.

"Is it delicious? You used to love this the most. I went to that shop to buy it." The old man held back tears, but smiled at this time, revealing a bit of bitterness and sadness in his smile. "It's delicious

." Liu Mingan replied with a smile, and then he saw the old man immediately happy like a child.

"Then come home with me, and I will buy you every day in the future."

The old man said, and without waiting for Liu Mingan to say anything else, he hurriedly pulled his sleeve and walked in another direction, as if he was afraid that he would struggle, and his hand was very strong.

Liu Ming'an wanted to accompany the old woman and wait for her family to come find her, but he didn't expect the old woman to take him home.

"Old lady! Just wait here..."

The old woman turned a deaf ear, muttering "go home", "go home", and walked forward vigorously.

Forget it, just send her home. Liu Ming'an thought.

Jiang Ning was not at home anyway, the weather was so cold, and there was wind at night, and he was also worried that the old woman would freeze.

So Liu Ming'an said no more, let the old woman grab his sleeve, and he went forward to support her to where she wanted to go.

The two walked through two long streets, leaving the noisy and bustling market behind. The stalls around them gradually decreased, and there were no various wine shops on the street. Instead, they were replaced by spacious and tall mansions.

Liu Ming'an remembered what Zhou Yi said, that the layout of the capital city can be generally summarized as four districts and eight streets, where the four districts refer to the circle close to the imperial palace, which is divided into four districts: east, west, south and north. The people living there are either rich or noble. The eight streets are outside the four districts, where ordinary people live.

The more Liu Ming'an followed the old man, the quieter the surrounding environment became. He knew that he should have entered the four districts.

When they passed a certain street corner, two people who looked like maids in front were running around with lanterns in their hands and looking around. When they saw the two of them, their eyes lit up and they ran over in two steps.

"Old lady!"

The two maids looked about the same age as Liu Ming'an, sweating profusely, and they were not even out of breath when they ran over.

They first looked at Liu Ming'an warily, then reached out and held the old man's other arm, trying to pull him to their side.

"Madam, you left without saying hello again. The old Grand Tutor, Grand Tutor, Madam and Young Madam were all very worried. Even the young master kept asking, 'Where is great-grandmother?' Alas..."

One of the round-faced maids spoke with a hint of reproach, speaking softly, with an expression of relief on her face.

Seeing that the old lady's maid had come, Liu Ming'an let go of her hand and wanted to say goodbye.

But just as Liu Ming'an took a step back, he saw the old lady brushing away the maid's hand and looking at him pleadingly: "Qingzhi! Come home with mother, mother begs you, come home..."

The two maids looked at each other and knew that the old lady's problem of not recognizing people had come back again.

"Old lady, he is not, you remembered it wrong."

The round-faced maid said and wanted to come forward to support her, but the old lady still avoided her.

"Qingzhi, come home with mother!" The old lady's eyes were filled with tears again.

The round-faced maid wanted to persuade her, but another thinner maid pulled her and said, "Yan Cui, forget it. She only listens to the old and the Grand Tutor. We can't persuade her."

"What should we do? Hua Fei, how about I go and call them out?" Yan Cui frowned and looked at the scene in embarrassment.

The two were still thinking about what to do. The old lady seemed to have suddenly regained her clarity and ordered the two: "You don't need to call them. I will go back by myself. I want to tell them that I have found Qingzhi."

After the old lady finished speaking, she forcefully pulled Liu Ming'an to a mansion. The two maids had to follow and said nice things to Liu Ming'an at the same time: "This young man, thank you for taking this trip. Don't worry, when you get to the Grand Tutor's Mansion, the old and the Grand Tutor will persuade the old lady. You just need to stay for a while."

Liu Ming'an replied "OK" indifferently.

Walking this extra distance can be considered as fulfilling the old man's longing for his son.