While eating, Lao Kai told everyone how he got the treasure knife.

Lao Kai spends half of the year receiving and selling goods in nearby villages and counties, although he has encountered dangers many times, but because he is very careful in doing things, he has successfully escaped the crisis.

Zicheng County is close to the military camp of the Yunhuan Region of the Moyuan Empire in the Colony of Youcheng, so the public security environment has been relatively stable, the population is large, and the business is prosperous, although the quality of residents is not as high as Shuikou Village, but the population base is dozens of times that of Shuikou Village, close to the size of a medium-sized city, Lao Kai followed the caravan in the village to take Zicheng County as the last stop every time, and sold the goods that were not sold along the way in Zicheng, and at the same time walked the streets and alleys to collect some items that could be taken back for sale.

In Zicheng County, you can find a lot of things that the soldiers in the military camp brought in from outside the colony city, because the soldiers stationed in the colony city change guards regularly, so waves of soldiers bring a lot of things outside.

Lao Kai was able to collect a whole cart of goods in Zicheng County at the earliest.

In other villages and counties along the way, because they are far away from the military camp and there is no strict management of Shuikou Village, the security situation is often worrying, so the caravan must gather together to sell goods in the local area just in case, and it is not allowed to leave the team to run around.

And when you arrive in Zicheng County, it is much safer, there are normal people everywhere, you don't have to worry about being robbed suddenly, you can go around more freely, Lao Kai's goods are collected everywhere, because his goods are more special, and very practical, so you don't have to worry about selling them when you get them back.

About two years ago, once Lao Kai was wandering around an alley in Zicheng County, and saw that there was a courtyard door that was not closed, so he glanced in casually, and actually saw an old lady fetching water by a well in the yard.

Lao Kai hesitated for a moment, but still stood at the door and asked, "Do you need my help?"

The old lady was using a wooden wheel fixed to the well to put the bucket into the well, and when she heard Lao Kai's voice, she turned around and said, "If you can help me, I will fetch a little more water." ”

Lao Kai hurriedly approached the courtyard.

Although the old lady is very old and very thin, her face is very good, her clothes are very clean and refreshing, and her face looks like she must have been a beauty when she was young.

Lao Kai was upright and in his prime, and quickly picked up a bucket of water and said, "Auntie, your bucket is too small." ”

The old lady smiled and said, "If you don't help me, I'll use a small bucket, and if you help me, then take a big bucket and fill those tanks for me." Lao Kai saw that there were five waist-high vats in a row along the courtyard wall on the edge of the well, and at first glance they were made of hollowing out and polishing with a whole piece of large spar, the surface was very smooth, and the whole body was translucent, and he said unconsciously: "Auntie, you have been in these vats for many years." ”

The old lady nodded and said, "It's been nearly a thousand years, and it used to be the least valuable thing in the family, but now, it's the most valuable." ”

Lao Kai smiled and said, "Good thing." Auntie, I'll help you clean it and fill it with water. ”

The old lady said happily: "Then trouble you, help me fill it up, and accompany me to dinner in the evening." ”

Lao Kai thought that the old lady was polite, and he didn't take it seriously with a smile, so he quickly asked for a cloth, cleaned the inner walls of those water tanks with well water, and then changed to a larger wooden barrel to draw water.

It turned out that the old lady originally had a husband and two sons. The two sons are also running business outside, the eldest son once went to the northernmost Zhuzhou region of Zhuyou City with his friends, and before he arrived in the Zhuzhou region, he encountered a large group of robbers on the edge of the Tongmu wild area, and was stabbed to death by the bandits in order to save his friends.

The second son was supposed to take turns with his eldest brother to go out to run goods, but after the eldest brother had an accident, the old lady didn't let him go out, and wanted him to find a wife to raise a man and a woman. But on that occasion, several people in the caravan disappeared, including the second son of the old lady, and according to those who returned, they were all likely to be captured and taken to the dungeons of the Zhuzhou Region.

Since then, for 30 years, I have never seen my second son come back, and the old couple depend on each other, because their ancestors are wealthy, they have left a lot of things, and they can live a stable life after selling them, but her husband died in poor health a few years ago, and now she is left alone to take care of herself.

Lao Kai was fetching water and chatting at the same time, and the old lady used the water brought by Lao Kai to cook meals in the kitchen, although she was nearly eighty years old, her hands and feet were still very nimble.

Although Lao Kai was strong, it took a lot of time to fill the five jars of water, and he poured the last bucket of water into the tank, closed the lid, and then relaxed, and sat down on the edge of a low wooden table in the middle of the courtyard.

Only then did he realize that there were already a few dishes on the table, and there were actually a few braised crucian carp, which smelled very delicious, and he realized that his stomach was really hungry.

The old lady smiled and brought two bowls of rice, gave him the big bowls, and said, "It's hard work, hurry up and drink some hot soup and eat some rice." ”

Lao Kai was not polite, took the meal and said, "Auntie, you can call me Xiao Kai, and you can eat together." ”

Every time someone catches a crucian carp in the river, he will buy it and raise it in a small pool, and he can catch one and eat it when he wants to.

The old lady asked Lao Kai to call her Aunt Lian.

Lao Kai found that the dishes cooked by Aunt Lian were indeed not the taste made by ordinary families, and they were very delicious.

Aunt Lian told him that the young people in the neighborhood would sometimes help her carry water, but no one had ever filled all five vats.

Lao Kai told her that he would come to Purple City basically once a month, and as long as he came in the future, he would help her change the clean water.

Aunt Lian didn't shirk it, it seemed that the two of them were very cordial after seeing it.

Since then, every time Lao Kai goes out with the caravan, as long as he goes to Purple City, he will help Aunt Lian do things, and every time he will leave some daily necessities for Aunt Lian.

Gradually, Lao Kai learned that Aunt Lian's ancestor was actually a supervisor of the Moyuan Empire stationed in the colony city, and stayed in the military camp of the Yunhuan region of the colony city for three years, when he met a beautiful and abnormal girl in the purple city, and fell in love, although the law of Moyuan law that the soldiers stationed in the colony city are not allowed to entangle with the women of the colony city, but even if it is rotated every three years, these three years are also a little difficult, from time to time there will be soldiers and local women have private feelings, and even occasionally someone will escape from the barracks, marry and have children with local women, and stay in the colony city for the rest of their lives。