Chapter 11: An An and Jiu'er

On the way back from Shenfu, when I passed by the bazaar, I saw a gray-haired old man, dressed in tatters, holding a big sign with a family heirloom ring on it, which was sold cheaply.

There were already a lot of people around the old man, and I thought to myself, "Ring?

I squeezed into the crowd, looked at the old man's gray hair, yellow face and thin muscles, and thought to myself, what difficulties are encountered at such an age?

"Old man, sell me a hundred rice balls, hehe..."

I hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what difficulties have you encountered?" Can you tell me about them?

The white-haired old man looked at me and shook his head, and said with a sigh: "Alas, don't hide it from the son, the children of the old family have been weak and sickly since childhood, and when they came back from buying medicine last time, they accidentally bumped into Ruan San, the housekeeper of the Gao family's son, on the road." This Ruan San didn't give up, smashed the things in my house, and actually teased my children, my wife stepped forward to stop her, and they actually grabbed my wife and forced her to drink poison,... Woo, it's not that my poor child is still seriously ill in bed now, I would have compensated my wife a long time ago... Woohoo".

The old man actually left tears, "Old man, there is no way to do this, who let you mess with the housekeeper of the Gao family." "Yes, the Gao family is an important minister in the palace, and you have to accept your fate..."

I didn't expect such a thing to bully the world to happen.

I was furious and said, "Uncle, why are you selling rings?"

"I'm not afraid of this son's jokes, now the old and decrepit granddaughter is lying on the hospital bed and dying, I am penniless, and the valuable things in the family have already been robbed by Ruan San, only this heirloom is left, but there is no way."

"What's the use of this ring?" I asked indifferently.

"Of course you can store things, haha... I heard the old man say that there is a lot of space in it? It can be the size of a house.

When I heard this, I thought to myself, then this ring is too different from mine, and it won't be of much use to me. Besides, I have to go back and settle down as soon as possible, and tomorrow I have to go to the Ice and Snow Kingdom to find clues about Yunxi.

Thinking of this, I hesitated for a while, on the one hand, the current situation of the old man, and on the other hand, my An An finally has a little clue now, and I have to find it as soon as possible.

"Childe, the old granddaughter needs a few thousand yuan for medicine, otherwise they will pay a hundred rice balls, and I will sell them cheaply, which is too much difference."

"Old man, you want money crazy, a hundred rice balls is good, and you want a thousand rice balls." "yes, who knows if you're lying like this."

"I guess it's a liar...", "Haha...".

Everyone in the crowd said a word to me, and no one cared about the old man who was full of tears.

Also, isn't the world we used to be also a lot of deceptive tricks? To help or not to help, at this time I am deeply entangled in my heart.

"Childe, after all, it's not a small amount, if Childe can't give out a thousand, give as much as you can, and save my poor child."

"Childe, don't listen to this old man, he guesses he's a liar...", the man next to me said.

I glanced at this person and said, "Then if this old man is not a liar, everyone will not be saved?"

"Hehe, I don't have that much money, and I can't save it if I want to,... Hey, hey".

Looking at these people, gloating, I gritted my teeth in my heart, alas, help this poor old man first, it shouldn't take much time.

"Uncle, I don't want the ring, I will have a little medical skills, I'll go and help the uncle see your daughter first, if you don't see it well, I'll go back and get the money for the uncle."

As soon as I finished speaking, the old man suddenly knelt on the ground, crying and said, "The great grace of the son, the old man will be repaid for being a cow and a horse in the next life."

Although I didn't get good grades when I was in school, I also received nine years of compulsory education, so how can such an old man kneel in front of me?

I hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up, "Uncle, don't be like this, you are so old, this will cost my life, I can't afford it at all."

"Alas, there is no way to repay the old decay, and I feel guilty," said the old man.

"Let's go, don't say more, your girl is still seriously ill at home." I pulled the old man and quickly squeezed through the crowd.

Walking through the bustling market, I followed the old man to the door of a dilapidated house, and the old man pushed open the door, only to see that although the home was in tatters, it was also clean and neat.

"Grandpa,... Ahem... You're back," came the voice of a familiar girl from the back room.

"Childe, you come in with the old man, and the old man's granddaughter is in the back room." The old man led me and pushed open the door to the back room.

I was wondering how there could be two people with such similar voices when I saw the girl lying on the bed. I suddenly felt a suffocation, my mind short-circuited, my heart stopped, the whole world stood still, I was completely frozen...

I forgot everything, I forgot myself, I even forgot why I came, I cried, I cried silently, I cried tears, and time stood still at that moment....

The old man looked at me crying like this at the moment, and asked quietly, "Childe, you, are you okay?"

I didn't pay attention to it, but rushed over, hugged the girl on the bed, I didn't speak, a second, two seconds, just hugged it tightly, I was afraid that as soon as I let go, there would be no more, I was even afraid that it was just a dream...

"Childe,... You, you don't want this"?

As soon as I heard An An say this, I quickly let go of her. Looking at my haggard daughter-in-law, who was not looking good, I burst into tears, "An An, what's wrong with you, what happened?"

"Childe,... Ahem... Ahem, you recognized the wrong person, my name is Jiu'er, you, I don't know An An you said." The girl pushed me away, but she didn't dare to look at me, lowered her head, and whispered.

"Childe, you must have recognized the wrong person, this is my granddaughter." The old man was also stunned when he saw my behavior, and he spoke for a long time.

Looking at the girl in front of the bed, she was in a trance, and she was almost too sick to support it, so I quickly helped her lie down. I turned to the old man and said, "Uncle, now it doesn't matter if your granddaughter is my An An or not, let's cure her illness first, and you can find some flowers."

"What are you doing with flowers?" asked the old man, puzzled.

"You don't have to worry about this, just find it quickly, as long as it's an open flower. After saying that, I looked at the girl lying down, who is An An who is this not me? Won't it be like where we have amnesia?

"Childe... You, who are you talking about?" Is it important to you? Jiu'er asked weakly.

"Jiu'er, An An is a very important person to me, whether you are or not, let's cure the disease first and rest first."

"Childe, it's only this cauliflower, can you take a look?" The old man ran back panting with some cauliflower.

"Yes, uncle" I took these fresh cauliflowers with dirt, and used them, and gathered them into medicine.

In a moment, the yellow cauliflower turned into a sparkling seven-cauliflower.

The old man was still amazed when he saw such a scene, no matter how old he was and how well-informed he was.

"An An, I'll feed you," I gently came to the side of the bed and looked at the weak Jiu'er.

"Childe... , you still call me Jiu'er, after all... After all, I really don't know the girl An'an you are talking about... I don't know."

"Okay, Jiu'er, I don't call it, you take this medicine quickly." I'm holding colorful flowers.

"Male... Son, this... What is this..."? Jiu'er wanted to struggle to get up.

I hurriedly stepped forward and helped Jiu'er who wanted to get up.

The old man leaned over and said with concern: "Girl, hurry up and listen to Childe's words, take it, Childe can't help but shed tears for you, he must treat you as a close relative."

"Grandpa... I...". Jiu'er's pale face seemed to have a little more red rhyme.

"Sister Jiu'er, give me your hand."

I put the colorful petals in the palm of Ninety-two's hand, and with the Divine Yuan, I urged the petals into Ninety-two's body.

Looking at Jiu'er, whose face was gradually turning red, the old man grabbed my hand excitedly, and burst into tears of joy.

"Childe, old man..."The old man was speechless with excitement.

Looking at the old man's excited appearance, I thought that if I had just taken the old man as a liar, I am afraid that I would never see An An in my life, and I would regret it for the rest of my life.

This may be karma, is there always a good reward for a kind person? But why did I see An An who had endured such hardships, and how many things she had experienced? I was so painful in my heart that I looked at An An who was lying down and asleep. I vowed never to let her leave me again.

"Uncle, don't say anything, no matter what, let's let Miss Jiu'er rest first, I have a lot of questions I want to ask Uncle."

“... Okay, Childe, let's go to the outhouse." Grandpa Jiu'er walked out with me.

"Childe, please be seated," the old man said to me as he poured water.

"Uncle, I want to know, Jiu'er has always grown up here"?

"Alas, don't hide it from my son, Jiu'er is not my own granddaughter...". The old man said with a sigh.

"Uncle, what the hell is going on?, the person I'm looking for is Jiu'er!"

The old man stroked his beard, looked outside and said slowly, "Childe, here's the thing..." ”

It turned out that the old man's surname was Li, and he and his wife went to the suburbs to visit relatives three months ago, and on the way back, they met Jiu'er who fainted on the road.

After Uncle Li woke up Jiu'er, he found that the girl knew nothing, didn't remember anything, and didn't even know her name.

Thinking that the poor girl had nowhere to go, she brought it back with her wife, and looked at the well-behaved and sensible Jiu'er, Uncle Li and his wife recognized it as a granddaughter, and said that she was a frail and sickly child since she was a child. Jiu'er is also the name taken by Uncle Li.

Who knew that since Jiu'er, who was suffering from hunger and cold last time, contracted a disease, it was only mild at first, and he could help with some farm work, but then it became more and more serious. As for what happened later.

After listening to Uncle Li's words, I was sure that Jiu'er was my An An, but as for what happened, I didn't know.

"Uncle, you have no place to go now, Jiu'er is the sister I am looking for, you will go to my inn to live, how about it?"

I looked at Uncle Li and asked sincerely.

"Childe... This..."Uncle Li hesitated for a moment.