The old lady had a kind face, but her eyes were very bright, and although her face was full of wrinkles, it was evident that she must have been beautiful when she was young.

I was looking at the old lady's face, but she suddenly asked about the Youshui River, which really surprised me.

Except for a few of us involved in Youshuihe, outsiders don't know at all, when Qiu Yan went to save me, she only found two boatmen, and the others were from the company, I can't figure out how my grandmother learned about it.

When the old lady saw that I was stunned on the spot, she explained:

"Oh, you're wondering how I know, right? Hehe, your grandmother and I don't have any other skills, I don't know about the big and small river basins in the Yangtze River area! ”

I said in my heart that this cowhide is blowing a lot, the Yangtze River passes through more than ten provinces and cities under its own jurisdiction, and there are countless large and small tributaries, and you don't know what an old woman doesn't know? The leaders of the country dare not say that!

The old lady suddenly narrowed her eyes, looked at me and asked:

"You think I'm bragging?!"

I was shocked, this old lady can read minds?

"Hehe, no, where do you dare, I was just thinking, where did you find out about Youshui River."

At this time, Huang Yueling brought all the food, and the old lady put a chopstick dish in my bowl and asked:

"You've hired two boatmen in the Youshui River, haven't you?"

I nodded.

"One of the two boatmen is surnamed Peng and the other is surnamed Pang, right?"

I thought back to it, the two shippers were hired by Xiang Wei at the beginning, and I didn't communicate directly, but from little contact, I seem to remember that they were indeed surnamed Peng and Pang.

"Hehe, these two boatmen came to say hello to grandma a few days ago!" Without waiting for me to answer, Huang Yueling told the reason.

I first suddenly realized, and then fell into even more doubts, why did those two shipwrecks go all the way to greet this old lady, why did these people respect my grandmother so much?

"Eat first, let's talk slowly!" My grandmother put another piece of bacon in my bowl.

Huang Yueling said that the food cooked by her grandmother was very fragrant, which was only half right, and the food was not bad, but it was far from fragrant, but in this meal, there was a very special taste, just like the meal I ate at my grandmother's house when I was a child, which made people miss it very much.

"Zimu, Shoude~~ uh, it's your grandfather, are you okay?" During the meal, my grandmother asked casually.

"It's okay, I'm just confused, how can you have a tough aunt!"

"Well, I saw him once when he was a child, a very kind boy, but it's a pity that his father~~ Hey!"

"Grandma, do you know about your great-grandfather?" When I heard my grandmother mention Li Yishui, I immediately became interested.

"Hehe, he's my brother, can I not know?"

I quickly put down the dishes and chopsticks, swallowed the food in my mouth, and asked, "Grandma, my great-grandfather is really a corpse chaser?" ”

My grandmother didn't answer me, but put down her chopsticks and thought about it for a while.

I sat on the side in a daze, and I didn't dare to wait for my grandmother's answer, and Huang Yueling was also staring at my grandmother with chopsticks.

After a while, my grandmother put her hands on the table, looked at me and asked:

"Zimu, since you went to Youshui River and experienced such a dangerous thing, then I guess you got that Chenzhou rune book, right?"

Obviously, the Chenzhou rune book that my grandmother said was my codex, and this was the first time I had heard a codex with a serious name.

I didn't dare to lie to my grandmother, so I nodded and admitted.

Grandma smiled and said:

"Do you know, back then, we three brothers and sisters, I was the most qualified to get that book!"

So, my grandmother told me about her past:

Her grandmother's original name was Li Yili, and she and her two elder brothers, Li Yishan and Li Yishui, had a father who read poetry and books, named Li Shangru.

In that move. In the chaotic era, there were very few people like Li Shangru who could calm down and study, so Li Shangru was very famous in the neighborhood, and many people sent their children over, hoping to know a few words under the guidance of Li Shangru.

But what they don't know is that Li Shangru also has an identity, that is, a corpse chaser.

At that time, the Li family, relying on the accumulation of previous generations, had a good life in the local area, and belonged to the level of a squire, so Li Shangru did not need to work often, and because of this, he was not famous as a corpse chaser.

Watching his three children grow up day by day, Li Shangru wanted to pass on the ancestral craftsmanship, so he told his three children about the Chenzhou runes.

In fact, from childhood to adulthood, Li Shangru has been teaching these three children the knowledge of the Five Elements Bagua intentionally or unintentionally, but he has never revealed that he is a corpse chaser, and of course he has never mentioned the Chenzhou rune.

Gradually, Li Shangru found that among the three children, the eldest Li Yishan was the least interested in this business, he was bent on the outside career, where there was a war, where there was a revolution, he knew before anyone else.

And the most interested is the second Li Yishui, who has a good understanding and is particularly interested in those things that are vain, for this reason, the second child and the boss often argue.

As for my grandmother Li Yili, she behaved most decently, anyway, she followed the two brothers' buttocks all day long, and she learned whatever her brother learned.

But Li Shangru found that among these three people, Li Yili's comprehension is the highest, whether it is these five elements gossip or arithmetic articles, this female doll can learn almost immediately, and this female doll does not like to show off, always shrinks behind the two elder brothers, but whenever Li Shangru asks some difficult questions, often the two elder brothers can't answer, and this female doll stands up and speaks amazingly.

From this time on, Li Shangru had the heart to pass on the Chenzhou rune book to Li Yili.

But people are not as good as the sky, once when Li Shangru crossed Dongting Lake with his three children, he encountered a strong wind, which covered the sky and the sun, and overturned the boat in which Li Shangru's family was traveling.

This family of four doesn't know how to swim over, even if it's only a few tens of meters offshore.

It was at this time that the young boatman named Jiang Lieyang relied on his own strength to drag Li Shangru's family of four to the shore.

When the wind had passed, it began to rain heavily, and the young boatman said that there were people he knew nearby, so he simply went to take shelter from the rain, and by the way suppressed the alarm.

Li Shangru thought about it, he was capsized on his boat, so don't be polite!

So, the family of four followed the young man to a nearby house.

In the evening, Li Shangru saw Jiang Lieyang serving his family with tea, and when he walked to his daughter's side, the girl's face was flushed.

Li Shangru felt bitter in his heart, it's over! This girl is moved by her heart!

Sure enough, after the man and the woman had contact several times under various pretexts during the period, this man named Jiang Lieyang brought someone to the door to propose marriage.

Li Shangru was a hundred unwilling, but his daughter was determined to go with others, so Li Shangru had no choice but to call his daughter into the room, and then put the Chenzhou rune book on the table, asking her if she wanted a book or a man.

Li Yili was in love for the first time, at this time, she was full of thoughts about being with her sweetheart, where to care about the family heirloom skills, so she chose a man without much thought.

Li Shangru was furious, took the broom and kicked her daughter out of the room, telling her to follow her man.

In this way, my grandmother Li Yili married on the shore of Dongting Lake.

Of course, Li Yili did not turn his face with Li Shangru, after getting married, the two often went home to see, and often took the second elder to Dongting Lake to live for a while, until Li Shangru and his wife died.

What I want to focus on here is the young boatman I don't know what to call it, which is my grandmother's man, Jiang Lieyang.

My grandmother said that when I first got married, the Jiang family was almost destitute, and Jiang Lieyang's brothers had already left the country, leaving only Jiang Lieyang and his parents at home, and the whole family relied on Jiang Lieyang to live on a boat in Dongting Lake.

But Jiang Lieyang has an advantage, that is, he is righteous, and he is willing to suffer losses, and he is very popular in the local area, so although his life is hard, he is also happy.

Aunt Grandma was smart and clever, and it didn't take long to help Jiang Lieyang clean up the dilapidated home, and at this time, the boss of the boat gang above Jiang Lieyang passed away for some reason, and the people in the gang unanimously elected Jiang Lieyang as the new boss.

At that time, the water was not very peaceful, and boat hijacking and hurting people happened from time to time, so the establishment of such a gang was to help those who make a living on the water, and to maintain the safety of the water.

Jiang Lieyang is willing to help others, Li Yili can handle it again, and it didn't take long for the new boat gang boss to have a name in the Yangtze River Basin, and the large and small ships that come and go often come to visit their homes, in order to leave a name here, so that it will be convenient in the future.

Decades have passed, the Yangtze River has changed, but the reputation of the Jiang family has not been lost, even after Jiang Lieyang passed away, these people who do water business will still come to visit their house, speaking of which, this is also a river and lake.

My grandmother said that they have been working for decades, and they have not earned much money, but people have made countless money, and there must be tens of thousands of people who come to visit and ask for peace on a regular basis like just now.

My grandmother also smiled and said, if I said that I was a descendant of Jiang Lieyang, let alone those two boatmen, it would be the entire Youshui River, at least hundreds of boats would come and rush to carry me.

Hearing my grandmother mention the word descendants, I couldn't help but ask:

"Grandma, where are your descendants?"

Grandma shook her head with a smile and didn't speak.

"Hey! What did you take me for? I'm grandma's descendant, nephew, you have to call me aunt in the future, you know? Huang Yueling knocked on my bowl at this time and said.

I ignored Huang Yueling, but looked at my grandmother.

After a while, my grandmother said with a little sadness:

"The biggest regret in my life is that I didn't give birth to a boy and a half girl to my old man, but fortunately, he didn't dislike it, we have helped each other for so many years, Yue Ling'er was picked up by me by the river, without her, my old woman might have died a long time ago."

I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a sense of intimacy arose, and I moved to my grandmother's side, held her hand, and said:

"Grandma, didn't you find me? I am your great-grandson, your relatives, in my family, and my grandfather, by the way, and my grandfather, my father and my mother, are all your descendants. ”

My grandmother patted my hand.

At this time, Huang Yueling also leaned over, she put her hand on my hand, and said to my grandmother:

"Yes, grandma, in the future, I will honor you with my eldest nephew, don't be sad!"

The dead girl took advantage of me several times in a row, and I rolled my eyes at her, letting her go, and then asked:

"By the way, grandma, since you picked up this girl, then she should be surnamed Jiang, or Li, why is she surnamed Huang?"

Huang Yueling didn't seem to care that she picked it up, and after hearing what I said, she just pouted at me:

"You don't care what my surname is!"

But my grandmother's words made me suddenly realize, and I saw her look at me in surprise and say:

"Didn't your grandfather tell you that our ancestor was surnamed Huang?"