The person at the door was an old woman, over seventy years old, with gray hair, wrinkles on her face, and a stooped figure. Beside him were a bamboo stick and a luggage package.
Seeing Li Fenglan and the others, the old woman hurriedly came over to greet them.
"Oh, I can see you!" The old woman's voice was very excited, and there were even tears in her eyes.
Li Fenglan asked: "Mother-in-law, who are you?"
The old woman calmed down her excitement and said, "Where are the people who came to look at the moon together? The shadow of the wind is vaguely like last year."
Hearing this poem, Li Fenglan showed an expression of joy on her face: "Mother-in-law! You are from our Changfeng Tower!"
A few days ago, Li Fenglan sent a letter to Li Changnian, telling him that it was no longer safe for his disciples, and asked him to send a message to his disciples scattered in the world, asking them to go to the Xianren Hall, and attached a poem, which was a secret code for contact.
The old woman held Li Fenglan's hand, and the tears that had been in her eyes finally flowed out. She sobbed and said, "It has been eighteen years, and I thought I would never see my old friends in the building again."
The old woman was crying and her body became more and more stooped. Li Fenglan held her up with both hands and said softly: "Mother-in-law, let's go to the house and talk."
Helping the old woman into the hall, Amber took out her treasured pastries and gave them to the old woman. Amber doesn't know how to treat guests, she only knows how to be nice to her own people. As for what is a good way, it is what she thinks is good, that is good.
The old woman looked at the cakes, smiled and waved her hand: "Girl, I have bad teeth and can't eat sweets... What a handsome girl, are they all children of our Changfeng Building?"
Li Fenglan replied: "No, the three of us are from the valley. My name is Li Fenglan, her name is Feicui, and her name is Amber. These two are our friends, this is Master Zhu Mingyu of Qingfeng Temple, and this is... uh... ...Muyun.”
The old woman held Hu Hu's hand and said: "Okay, okay, I used to have no important position in Changfeng Tower. I just did odd jobs and helped young men and girls prepare medicine to heal their injuries. I thought I had found a home for the rest of my life. Who knows? I know...hey...the children in the building back then were all chivalrous and loyal, and loved to fight against injustices. They often came back with a lot of success. You know Aji, right? She is a girl, she is the best at fighting, and she is also the most injured. "
The old woman probably hadn't spoken to anyone for a long time. When she saw her own people, she suddenly started to talk a lot. Once she opened her chat box, she couldn't close it. Fortunately, what she was talking about was about Chen Yi, and all three girls listened with great interest.
The old woman continued: "Once, Ah Yi and the original poster were ambushed by someone. This girl has always been strong and insisted on breaking off her back, but she came back covered in blood, with five stab wounds on her body, and her face was almost disfigured... Ah, Ah Are you okay now?"
Jade replied: "She... is my mother, she is very good."
The old woman was a little surprised: "Ah's married? Yes, it's already been eighteen years, and Ah's not young anymore. Did he take advantage of Zhou Xiao, a stinky boy?"
Jade rarely felt a little embarrassed: "Well... yes."
"Hahaha," the old woman laughed happily, "So, Zhou Xiao has to thank me. When he chased your mother, I was the one who gave him the idea."
Jade was even more embarrassed. She wanted to know about her parents' past, but this kind of past... it wasn't like she didn't want to know, it was just very contradictory and a bit hard to talk about.
Li Fenglan suddenly asked: "Mother-in-law, after talking so much, I still don't know what to call you."
"Hey, look at me, I'm at a loss when it comes to conversation. I'm an orphan and don't have a surname. The young people in the building used to call me Aunt Mei. You can just call me Granny Mei."
Amber smiled and said: "Mother-in-law, you must be tired from the journey. I will take you to rest. Let's have dinner later."
Granny Mei shook her head: "I'm not tired. My hiding place is not far from Luoyang. It's only half a day's journey. Granny, I'm here to help you, not to trouble you. Don't worry, my mother-in-law is not a freeloader. From now on, I will I am responsible for cooking and washing clothes for you, but my old bones are still of some use."
Li Fenglan said hurriedly: "How is that possible? If Lao Mo, no, the owner of the valley finds out, he will scold me. Someone will cook the food, and we will wash the clothes ourselves."
Jade rolled her eyes at Li Fenglan and said to herself: When did you wash your clothes?
Amber also said: "Yes, yes, we will wash it ourselves."
Jade gave Amber another white look: You haven't washed it either.
Granny Mei waved her hand: "I've been working all my life and I can't take any time off. Girls, don't refuse. Where is the kitchen? I'll make you lunch."
After much persuasion, she finally persuaded her and stopped letting Granny Mei cook. Zhu Mingyu still has to worry about cooking. Zhu Mingyu has nothing to say, he is soft on others and short on words. A young martial artist now works as a cook every day. Although he told Li Fenglan about his positioning problem in the morning, he knew that at least he would be full here, but he would go hungry when he returned to Qingfengguan.
During the cooking time, the three girls chatted with Granny Mei about the household affairs. Granny was very talkative and kept talking about the past events in Changfeng Building, which sometimes made the three of them giggle, and sometimes brought tears to their eyes.
Originally, Li Fenglan decided to leave for Yaoxian Valley that afternoon. She was a person who left at will and never left ink. But Granny Mei was here, and it seemed too unkind to leave now, so she postponed her departure until the next day. She needed to make arrangements for Granny Mei's safety.
For Jianghu people, the current Xianren Hall is Changfeng Tower. Although the Songshan sect was attacked a few days ago and gave the Jianghu people an attitude of "we don't seek revenge and kill people, but we will beat up anyone who messes with us", we still have to guard against those who are unwilling to give up. Grandma Mei is an old woman. If someone knocks on her door, she won't be able to guard against it.
Li Fenglan's idea is to place Granny Mei in Bai's house first, and then take her to the Xianren Hall when she comes back.
But her idea was not implemented because after lunch, another person came to the leisure hall.
A middle-aged man in his forties stood at the gate, staring quietly at Li Fenglan and others.
This middle-aged man has resolute features and a strong build. He should be a good martial artist.
Li Fenglan felt a little embarrassed. She had just greeted the middle-aged man, but the middle-aged man was unmoved and just looked at them quietly.
Li Fenglan asked softly again: "Who is the senior?"
Finally, the middle-aged man spoke: "Where are the people who came with me to look at the moon? The shadow of the wind is vaguely like last year."
"Are you from Changfeng Tower?"
"Xiao Junhao from Changfeng Tower."
At this time, Granny Mei came to the door and saw Xiao Junhao. Granny Mei's eyes lit up and she said in great shock: "Are you... a little mouse?"
Xiao Junhao also saw Granny Mei. Compared with Granny Mei's shock, he, a middle-aged man, cried "Wow" and ran over to bow to Granny Mei. Granny Mei hurriedly supported him.
Li Fenglan and others were a little at a loss when they saw this reaction.
"Aunt Mei! You're still alive! You're still alive!" The middle-aged man cried like a child, which was embarrassing.
Grandma Mei also shed a few tears. She stroked Xiao Junhao's head and said in a trembling tone: "Little mouse, Aunt Mei thought you were dead. I looked at you then... Good luck, good fortune."
Xiao Junhao choked and said: "I thought I was going to die, but I was desperate and crawled out of the mass grave. Haizi, Ying'er... they all died, and they all died beside me."
At the gate, it would not look good for two people who were over a hundred years old together to cry here. Li Fenglan hurriedly welcomed Xiao Junhao into the courtyard.
Aunt Mei took Xiao Junhao's hand and said, "Eighteen years have passed in a flash, little mouse. You must be forty-three this year, right?"
Xiao Junhao shook his head and said, "I'm forty-six, and I'll be fifty in a few years."
"Are you married?"
"No, I'm too stubborn. No girl can like me. I've been alone all these years."
"delayed."
The two talked for a long time before they remembered that there were three girls beside them. Xiao Junhao stood up quickly, hugged Li Fenglan and the other three, and said, "Miss Fenglan, Miss Jade, and Miss Amber, my subordinates will come after receiving the message from Mr. Li." I came here non-stop, and from now on I will stay here and be driven by the three of you."
Li Fenglan waved her hands hurriedly and said: "No, no, no, we are not eldest ladies, and you are not our subordinate. You will stay here from now on. You don't need to do anything. These are all things Changfeng Tower owes you. And how did you divide them?" The three of us?" Li Fenglan hadn't introduced herself since she entered.
Xiao Junhao said: "Mr. Li mentioned three young ladies in his letter. I could tell them from your clothes."
Li Fenglan was a little speechless. It was also her fault that Aunt Zhou gave Jade and Amber these two names and made them green and yellow clothes since they were young. It was somewhat superficial.
Xiao Junhao continued: "Mr. Li also told me that the three young ladies were in and out of the world and did not know much about many things. I used to manage finances and collect information in Changfeng Tower, and I have some useful things. You are indispensable for this trip. You need me."
Granny Mei also said: "Just agree, little mouse is a very stubborn person, don't argue with him."
Li Fenglan had no choice but to agree.
Xiao Junhao was not polite, stretched out his hand to Li Fenglan and said, "Miss Fenglan, please give me the key to the warehouse."
Li Fenglan scratched the back of her head in embarrassment and said, "We don't have a warehouse yet."
Xiao Junhao thought for a moment: "There will be many brothers and sisters in the building in the future. Money is a big problem, but it doesn't matter. I will find a way to solve it."
Amber said: "We still have fifteen hundred taels of silver, but we keep them at Bai's house."
Hearing this, Xiao Junhao showed a slight smile on his face: "I thought that the big guys were living a hard life in the valley, but I didn't expect that when the three ladies came out of the valley, the host could still scrape together so much money."
Li Fenglan said sheepishly: "The valley is so so-so. The harvest has not been good in the past few years, and the food harvest has been poor. With our money..."
Li Fenglan was embarrassed to continue, but Hu Bo took over her words and said, "We stole the money!"
Xiao Junhao's face was full of disbelief. These three eldest ladies didn't look like people who did evil things.
Li Fenglan quickly said: "You have traveled a long distance, Uncle Xiao, you must be tired. I will take you to the backyard to rest."
Xiao Junhao said he was not tired, and he wanted to take a closer look at the Hall of Retreat... mainly to see where it was suitable to build fortifications. Li Fenglan accompanied Xiao Junhao around and talked about the current situation. Li Fenglan briefly talked about what happened during this period, and then said that he would leave for Yaoxian Valley tomorrow.
Hearing this, Xiao Junhao shook his head and said, "You can't leave tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Tomorrow is August Day."
Li Fenglan suddenly realized that tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Xiao Junhao said: "The brothers in the building are all from the martial arts world, and many of them have no fathers or mothers, so the building owner attaches great importance to celebrating festivals, and must make a big deal about it no matter what festival it is. This is the first time for the ladies to celebrate the festival after leaving the valley. , we can’t be careless, if anything happens, we’ll talk about it after the August Festival.”
Li Fenglan felt warm in her heart. She thought Xiao Junhao was a dogmatic and stubborn person, but who knew he was quite humane.
