The boat continued to move ahead, and Mianmian was still as happy as when she arrived.
Soon they arrived at the dock in Da'an County.
Mianmian took Aruo and got off the boat secretly avoiding the crowd. She didn't want others to discover her identity, so she specially changed into a man's clothes.
She was dressed as a man, and she really looked like a young master from a wealthy family.
A Ruo followed her, "Mianmian, where are you going?"
Mianmian held a folding fan in her hand and said with a smile: "Of course we are going to my old home, Changliu Village." ?.?????.???
The house in Changliu Village is now unoccupied, and Aunt Zhou will send people to clean it every once in a while.
This house holds many memories between Xiao Mianmian and Qing'er.
She and A Ruo got into a carriage and drove towards Changliu Village.
Changliu Village has changed a lot. Since growing rice and spices with the Zhou family, everyone has become rich.
In the past, most of the people lived in mud houses, but now they have been replaced by houses made of blue bricks and small tiles.
By the time they arrived at the door of the Zhou family's old house, it was already evening.
Mianmian stepped out of the carriage, looked up at her door, and said with a smile, "Let's sleep here tonight."
She took out the key and opened the door. As she walked inside, she said, "Aruo, you don't know, our family used to have a duck that was particularly good at laying eggs. However, my grandmother took her to Cheng'an County for retirement and is not here."
A Ruo felt very strange, "It's been more than ten years, and the duck is still alive?"
Mianmian looked back at him and said with a meaningful smile: "The world is so big that there are no wonders."
She finished speaking and continued walking inside.
Looking at the bricks and tiles inside, her mind was filled with memories of playing in the yard in the past.
Aruo strode forward to clear the way for her, wiping the chair and looking around.
Mianmian smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are the only ones here."
She raised her eyes and rolled her eyes, "If there is anything else, it should be something invisible. Maybe there is something behind you."
Aruo's shoulders trembled visibly, and his face darkened instantly. He was not afraid of anything, only the ghosts that came out at night.
Mianmian chuckled and said, "Okay, I'm kidding you, I definitely don't have these things at home."
Aruo breathed a sigh of relief and his face gradually improved.
He always has a cold face, and only Mianmian can tease him.
Mianmian took him to the room where she had lived when she was a child. There was also the crib where she and Yi'er Yuer slept.
A Ruo walked forward slowly, stretched out his hand and shook it gently.
At this moment, he seemed to see Xiao Mianmian's appearance as a child. His cheeks were flushed and he couldn't help but smile.
Mianmian continued walking inside, "There are some things belonging to my parents here."
They were all books, calligraphy and paintings left by Zhou Ruiyuan. When he and Du Wanchun left, they had thought that they would come back here one day.
So I didn't take anything away.
Mianmian quickly let go of his hand, "My father told me that things here cannot be touched."
However, Aruo started too quickly and accidentally picked up a stack of paintings on the desk.
Paintings were scattered everywhere.
Mianmian and Aruo were both shocked.
All I saw were Du Wanchun in the paintings.
These were secretly drawn by Zhou Ruiyuan in the past.
There was Du Wanchun looking pregnant, and there was the way she and Aunt Zhou were smiling while making fragrant pills.
And the way she looked when she was calculating accounts with an abacus.
Mianmian looked a little lost. She slowly bent down and picked up the painting, "I didn't expect that my father would draw so many portraits of Tan behind my mother's back."
She folded the painting and put it back in its place, her face full of envy.
A Ruo saw her expression and immediately said: "I will paint it for you from now on."
Mianmian raised her head and said with a smile: "You should paint for your wife in the future."
Aruo looked at her blankly and fell silent again.
After the two came out of the room, they came to the backyard.
The kitchen in the backyard is very clean, and there are even piles of firewood in it.
Aruo put down his sword and went to clean up the kitchen.
They brought some food with them when they came, and they could eat it as long as they were heated.
Soon, the house that had been quiet for many years began to smell like fireworks again.
In the palace, Wei Qing happily entered the palace to see Mianmian, but Du Wanchun told him that Mianmian was not in the palace.
He was greatly disappointed, "Aunt Wanchun, do you know where Mianmian went?"
