044 Great-Grandmother Taizu

  "What? You don't want to?"

  The old woman's voice was somewhat sarcastic, although she was doing business, she also had to be polite.

  This old lady in front of me, she says she is already 180 years old, but I completely can't tell, I thought the old lady was only 80 years old. Maybe all people over 80 look like this?

  Or is she not a normal person?

  In the past, a fortune teller said I wouldn't live beyond 18. I asked Uncle, as a medium, what was the oldest person you've ever seen? At that time, Uncle said it was 180 years old. I thought Uncle was fooling me or comforting my heart, but I didn't expect that two years later today, I really saw this 180-year-old elderly person.

  A sentence flashed through her mind: She's not a good person, you'd better leave, she's not a good person.

  I was so scared that I moved my feet and prepared to escape from this place.

  "Don't be too greedy." It was Uncle's voice that woke me up as I was about to leave.

  I looked at Uncle Ah, he was somewhat indignant, and his appearance at this time was not the Uncle Ah I knew.

  He turned around and looked at me with a somewhat helpless gaze, then said, "Let's go back."

  The uncle took my hand and walked forward, ignoring the old woman.

  "Qin Yuanyang, are you really going to do this? Don't you care about her life or death?" The old woman's voice sounded behind us.

  Uncle's footsteps paused, he looked down at me and asked, "A Li, are you scared?"

  I don't understand what Uncle Ah is saying, but no matter what happened, I shouldn't say that I'm scared, although for a moment my heart was filled with panic.

  "I'm not afraid, as long as I'm with Uncle, even if it's going up a mountain of knives or down a sea of fire, I won't be afraid."

  Uncle's mouth corners rose, he stretched out his hand to stroke my head, I smiled at Uncle and walked forward, ignoring the old woman's calls behind me.

  You've been willing to risk so many years of your life, why aren't you willing to make this final deal?

  This makes me even more certain that Uncle is making some kind of deal with the old woman, perhaps at a great cost, perhaps for my sake, and perhaps also for... Liu Xiujun's.

  Met Da Zhu again, he was alone and had taken care of the things his mother had entrusted to him. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon and the event was about to disperse, but I didn't see Yang Liu Ying anywhere.

  "Uncle smiled at me, 'It's rare for you to come here, take another look and see if there's anything else you like, if you find something you like, just buy it.'"

  Although it's time to disperse, there are still fewer people than before. On this Mid-Autumn Eve, who doesn't need to prepare for the festival?

  I strolled along the street, and from afar I could still see Uncle and Da Zhuang talking about something. In front of me was the boss who sold lotus lanterns earlier, he had already started packing up his stall.

  I walked up and arrived at the stall, "Uncle, is this river lantern made by yourself?"

  "I'm not that skilled, there's an old lady named Wang Mujiang living next to the Lotus River who is very good at this, I always buy from her." The uncle chuckled and said, "Little girl, actually I won't hide it from you, with the festival approaching, my child is still in school, we need money at home, we do small business just to make sure everyone can have a full meal."

  I smiled at him, "Uncle, you're overthinking, I just like this lotus lantern, that's all."

  Is he afraid that I will snatch his rice bowl? I secretly laughed to myself. Businessmen are not easy, life is not easy, I just like it.

  Walking along the Lotus River to the end, the Lotus River is not big, a three-minute journey, following someone's guidance, I saw the woodworker's shop on the other side of the river. The woman was facing away from me, folding and cutting some bamboo strips to make lotus lanterns.

  I was about to knock on the door and enter, but then I saw her, Yang Liu Ying.

  She was facing away from me and talking to the woman making lotus lanterns about something, I didn't quite catch what they were saying. Xiao Bai was very quiet in my arms, I took a step forward and pressed my ear against the wooden door.

  "Sister, this time you must help me, Qin Yueyang is back, and he brought Jun Li with him. No matter what, you have to help me, sister."

  Willow Yang was shaking a woman's arm, what was she doing?

  I'm back with Ahui, what's wrong, what is she afraid of?

  Maybe she and Qin Auntie are still hiding something from us?

  "Big sister, you also know that I can only do this much, Great Grandma has already gone to find them, perhaps only Great Grandma can help you."

  Great Grandma?

  "Really? Sister, you're not fooling me?"

  "Why did I cheat you? When have you ever seen me cheat you? Alright, my big sister, just rest assured and go back. With Great Grandma around, they can't stir up too much trouble."

  Yang Liu Ying seemed somewhat satisfied with this sentence, and handed a basket of eggs to Wang Mu Jiang's wife, "You see I'm always coming to bother you, sister you must accept it, they're from my own home-raised chickens."

  The woman also pretended to push it away, "This is still what I should do, take this egg back."

  "No way, sister, you have to accept it no matter what."

  Yang Liu Ying repeatedly persuaded, Wang's wife again pretended to delay, and finally took everything including the basket and eggs. "Sister wants anything in the future, just tell me, I'll help you with whatever I can as your sister."

  The two men reached an agreement and shook hands with a smile in the carpenter's workshop.

  What does Yang Liu Ying want to do and why is she afraid of our arrival, Ah Shu and mine?

  Just as I was about to turn around and leave, the wooden threshold at the door creaked under my foot and shattered. I glanced back into the shop, and they were both turning their heads to look in my direction.