Young Master Liu sat in a daze under the locust tree where Old Man An often sat, swaying in his hand a willow branch he had picked up from nowhere.
Young Master Liu was meditating, thinking about something, thinking about how he had arrived at the border of Jinling when he woke up in Jinling City. There was only a cry of "Heavenly Sword" in his remaining consciousness, and then nothing more. From Murong Shan's plump figure
He flew straight into the air and fainted.
How did you faint? It seemed that you were knocked unconscious by a strong air wave. When you woke up, you were lying in the thatched hut. Although you didn't suffer any serious injuries, your body was soaked in water.
Young Master Liu wanted to shout to the sky, "You are provoking someone, can't you just live a peaceful life?"
They are all from time travel, others are either marquises or kings, and the worst one is a county magistrate. I don’t have such big ambitions. I just live my own small life in a down-to-earth way, earn my own small money, and hug myself.
Why is it so difficult for my little Yunyun to tease her little Yingying?
He slammed the willow branch in his hand to the ground, and Young Master Liu looked ferocious: "Grandma, don't let me know what the Heavenly Sword is, otherwise I won't be done with you, and I will send you thousands of miles away. You
Do you think you are Master Fei?"
Young Master Liu was alone by the river, fuming. An Gou'er, wearing coarse linen clothes, came over with a chipped porcelain bowl in his hand: "Brother Liu, I'm going to drink fish soup. If I drink a few more bowls, I'll be fine."
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Liu Mingzhi gathered his thoughts and turned around. He looked at An Gouer, who had a dark complexion and was malnourished but had a simple aura. He chuckled and said, "Jiang He, thank you for your hard work. Have you eaten?"
An Gou'er held a porcelain bowl in one hand and scratched the back of his head with the other and smiled Burmesely: "Eat, I've already had the porridge. Brother, just call me Gouzi. You are the only one in the village who calls me Jiang He, so I'm not used to it."
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Liu Mingzhi took the fish soup from An Gou'er. To be honest, the fish in the Qinhuai River was pretty good, pure wild yellow croaker, but An Gou'er's skill in making the soup was a bit unsatisfactory. There was only a fishy smell, and there was no trace of it in the soup.
The seasoning doesn't even have a bit of salt, it's fishy and astringent. Wash and peel the fish, remove the scales and internal organs, put it in a crock pot and cook the soup until it's cooked.
Liu Mingzhi endured the discomfort in his taste and drank a bowl of fish soup. He had seen the food of Old Man An's family. An Gou'er said he had porridge, and the porridge was just clear water with a few grains of rice pops floating on it.
, they themselves are not willing to eat fish, but they are willing to make soup for themselves.
Liu Mingzhi secretly saw An Gouer and An Xin chewing fish bones for a long time that had no minced meat. At that time, Liu Mingzhi realized that the delicacies he had eaten before were not as heavy as this bowl of fish soup.
No comparability at all.
Sighing secretly, Liu Mingzhi suddenly started blaming himself, complaining that he always brought banknotes with him when he went out because he disliked the burden. Now the banknotes were so soaked that they couldn't even be seen. It would be great if he could bring a few taels of silver with him.
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"An Jianghe is An Jianghe. You are already thirteen. It is disrespectful to call you by your nickname again. From now on, if someone calls you a dog, just tell them your name is An Jianghe. An is the one who has established the world and Anbang. Jianghe is
Rivers and rivers are like rivers and rivers.”
An Gou'er laughed shyly: "Hey, brother's words are different from those of us country bumpkins."
Liu Mingzhi patted An Gouer on the shoulder: "Don't worry, you will be like my elder brother in the future. You can proudly tell others that your name is An Jianghe. This is the promise that my elder brother gave you. Let's go and see your grandfather."
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"Hey, listen, brother."
Liu Mingzhi and the two walked together to the thatched house. An Xin, wearing coarse linen clothes, stood in front of the door of the thatched house and poked his head inside. After hearing the footsteps, he stood aside like a frightened rabbit: "Brother, Brother Liu."
Liu Mingzhi asked kindly: "The doctor hasn't come out yet?"
An Xin nodded: "No, but it's coming soon. Brother Liu and grandpa will be fine, right?"
Liu Mingzhi was stunned for a moment, thinking of Old Man An's tuberculosis. He was afraid that it was hopeless, but he still comforted An An: "Don't worry, your grandpa is a kind man and nothing will happen to him."
An Xin nodded heavily and took the porcelain bowl from Liu Mingzhi's hand: "Brother Liu, I'm going to wash the dishes."
An Gou'er staggered for a while: "Brother Liu, the fishing net has been repaired. I'm going to catch more fish and sell them to Grandpa to get medicine. Grandpa will trouble you later."
"Be careful, don't go too far."
"Hey, I know, brother Liu, don't worry."
Not long after An Gouer left, a doctor with a goatee emerged from the thatched hut. Liu Mingzhi hurriedly stepped forward: "Doctor, how is the old man?"
The doctor looked at Liu Mingzhi complicatedly and shook his head: "The tuberculosis is severe, and coupled with malnutrition, my body may not be able to hold on. It will only be the next day. Let's prepare for the funeral."
"Doctor, think of another way. Just tell me what medicine you need."
The doctor sighed and shook his head and left: "The medicine and stone are useless."
Liu Mingzhi got into the thatched house with a complicated expression. His vision went dark, and he slowly got used to it. Old Man An was half lying in the weeds, bloodless: "Old man, how do you feel?"
When Old Man An heard the sound, he opened his cloudy eyes and saw Liu Mingzhi grinning: "Brother Liu, why did you come in?"
He helped Old An sit up and said, "An Xin went to wash the dishes, and Jiang He went fishing. The doctor told me to take care of you. As long as you have a good rest, you can go fishing again in a few days."
Old Man An sighed: "The old man knows what he is like. He has been alive for a few days, but he just can't worry about these two children. First he lost his father, and then he lost his mother. I will suffer and suffer from following the old man. The old man has no ability.
, he has been working blindly for half his life and has not left anything for his brother and sister. If the old man dies, how will they live?"
Old Man An sighed, but his cloudy eyes looked at Liu Mingzhi with an expression of eagerness and expectation. He could tell that Liu Mingzhi was from an extraordinary background. Apart from anything else, he couldn't even afford to buy one of the robes he was wearing in his whole life.
, he hoped that Liu Mingzhi could give his grandchildren a way to survive.
Liu Mingzhi grabbed Old Man An's hand and put it in his hand: "Old man, don't worry. From now on, brother and sister Jiang He and Anxin will be my biological brothers and sisters. As long as I, Liu Mingzhi, can eat them, they won't be hungry."
After hearing Liu Mingzhi's promise, Old An relaxed his mind and said, "Brother Liu, Nao Nao, please help the old man sit under the old locust tree."
"Old man, you are like this"
"There are only a few days left. If you don't sit down, you won't have a chance to sit down."
Liu Mingzhi didn't know what to say, so he supported Old Man An and walked towards the old locust tree.
Old Man An was panting and sitting under the old locust tree, looking at the river in the distance and thinking quietly: "It's time for your good grandson to come back."
"Hurry, be back soon."
Old man An raised his dry tobacco bag again, and Liu Mingzhi did not stop him. Instead, he carefully loaded a pot of tobacco leaves for him and lit the tobacco leaves.
Old man An leaned against the old locust tree: "Brother Liu, you said we poor people have been busy for half our lives and have never tasted anything good. Why are we so busy every day?"
"Of course it is for the happiness of our children and grandchildren."
"The happiness of children and grandchildren, why is there such a simple request?"
With a clang, Old Man An's pipe dropped to the ground. His pupils had lost their luster, and his deep eye sockets stared closely at the Qinhuai River, with a trace of reluctance on his face.
Liu Mingzhi closed his eyes and sighed fiercely. He touched Old Man An's dull eyes with his hands. After arranging the funeral arrangements for his grandchildren, he finally couldn't hold on any longer. Unfortunately, An Jianghe hadn't come back from fishing yet.
Liu Mingzhi stood under the old locust tree with his hands behind his back and looked at the turbulent Qinhuai River: "Old man, a person lives a lifetime, and the grass and trees fall, there must be some goals. You are right, what are people living for? I don't know about others,
Liu Mingzhi promises you that the people of Dalong Dynasty must be able to afford tea eggs."