I was speechless.

Fu Badai once introduced Liu Shizhou to meet my mother?!

I didn't expect that even if I knew that Liu Shizhou had participated in the erudite conference of Xishan Academy, and I knew that he had dealings with Fu Badai, I never imagined that he had also met my mother.

I hurriedly asked, "Did they talk about anything?" ”

Uncle Ai shook his head: "It's just a meeting." When the eldest lady met a poor scholar like him, she was exalting those scholars. What else can they say to the eldest lady with their nerds, huh. ”

“……”

"But—"

"But what?"

"However, the eldest lady was kind and generous, and gave him some silver taels to help him go to Beijing to catch the exam."

"Oh......"

I was not surprised to hear that my mother had always been a philanthropic person, but unlike the wives of large families who often went to the temple to do things, or gave rice porridge at the door of their own house, she rarely gave money directly, but helped people in other ways, so that people did not have to ask for help after receiving help.

The so-called teaching people to fish is not as good as teaching people to fish, she funded Liu Shizhou with silver, although it was money, but obviously, she also valued his future.

It's just that I don't know how many silver taels she gave Liu Shizhou, and now I think about it, it shouldn't be much, otherwise, Liu Shizhou wouldn't have given away Qinghan, that is, Liu San'er, who was so young at the beginning, because of poverty.

But my mother is so rich, why don't I give him more?

And......

My mind suddenly became a little confused.

At that time, Liu Shizhou took his children to Xishan Academy to participate in the erudite conference, and was recommended by Fu Badai to meet my mother, so I ...... I ...... with them, or rather, did I have a ...... with him back then

At this time, Uncle Ai suddenly said again: "By the way, even the name of the girl in his family was given by the eldest lady." ”

"Huh?" I was stunned and looked at Uncle Ai in surprise: "The girl from his family? ”

"It's his second daughter. At that time, many people in Nishikawa had seen her. The little girl was still young at the time, and had not yet kept her head, but some people looked at her face, and said that this girl was more precious than ordinary people, and that she was also a beautiful little girl—" he said, and said at once, "Of course, compared to the eldest lady, it is still far from it! ”

I was dumbfounded, but it was a little funny to hear him suddenly say this.

However, it turned out that Liu Li's name was given to her by her mother.

Liu Li......

Liu Li.

This name is not good, but it is not bad, and the name that her mother gave her is just a name without merit.

My mind still returned to what I thought just now, since even my mother has seen Liu Li and gave her this name, has she ever seen Liu San'er, what about me? Did I ever see him at that time......

Uncle Ai said, "However, the eldest lady likes that girl very much. gave her a name, not to mention, but also gave her a silk handkerchief. By the way, she still has her name on it. ”

"Silkmail?!"

I was shocked again.

gave her a silk handkerchief...... Keep her name......

I still remember that Aunt Liu had half a silk handkerchief in her hand, saying that it was a little evidence left by Liu San'er's father when he gave him away, and there were three points of water on that half of the silk handkerchief, and I also guessed that the other half should still be left on Liu Li's body, and there should be the other half of the word Li on it, a word "leave".

But I didn't expect that Spa to be given by my mother!

For a moment, I was a little speechless.

For my mother, for what she had done, or for the memories she had left for me, too long had passed, and every qiē had been washed away by the years, and her shadow slowly blurred, turning into a gentle smile at me in the most difficult times, and the silhouette of looking through the letterhead in the candlelight of the night.

And today, Uncle Ai suddenly appeared, gave me the key she had left, and told me what she had done, and each one surprised me even more, and made it more difficult to discern what had happened in those years.

My eyebrows furrowed slightly, and although my face was still calm, the waves in my heart did not suppress the wind and rain outside the ship at all.

My white fingers gently stroked the small brocade box, thinking back to how she had endured the stormy changes at the beginning, and what kind of mood she used to put down the key and hand it to me many years later.

Mother, what kind of person are you?

I was silent, in a trance, recalling the scenes that had been blurred back then, and Uncle Ai did not speak again, and the cabin was silent, except for the rustling sound of the rain on the cabin overhead.

That sound used to be extremely quiet, but now listening to it in my ears, it gives me an inexplicable sense of irritability.

It was as if a voice had been urging.

I just remembered that my son was still alone at home, and I had been out for so long, so I should go back quickly. And when I looked up at Uncle Ai, who had been watching me, I was a little hesitant.

He did tell me so much today that I didn't know, and he gave me what my mother had left behind, and I was very grateful to him, but my heart still couldn't really be happy.

Those things in the past have passed, even if they have been turned upside down, they are just a thing of the past today, except for making people emotionally moved, and even can no longer change anyone's life; But what is in front of me is something I can't avoid.

Why did Uncle Ai come, and why did he come?

Thinking of this, I raised my head to look at him and said softly, "Uncle Ai, do you have any other purpose for coming today?" ”

He also looked at me, with a little smile on his face: "Does the eldest lady know too?" ”

I laughed silently. But in his eyes, there was not the slightest smile.

He smiled too, but in his eyes was the tenderness that I was familiar with, the one I had been stared at countless times when I was a child.

After a while, he said slowly: "However, I just came to visit the eldest lady." ”

“……”

I was stunned and looked at him with some puzzlement.

Uncle Ai said: "Childe did want me to invite the eldest lady, and Childe also said that no matter how the eldest lady is outside, Xichuan is the eldest lady's home after all, even if the eldest lady doesn't go back to take charge, she should go back to have a look." ”

Hearing his words, I sneered in my heart.

It seems that the words I said to Pei Yuanfeng last time more or less really bluffed people.

Perhaps, even he himself realized that my mother, the eldest lady of the Yan family, still has a lot of money, and those in the family who watched me grow up can be called my elders, and even those who have a lot of power in Xichuan, still respect me as "eldest miss".

If I go back, it's really hard to say who Nishikawa will obey.

Actually, I never thought that I would not be able to fight him, just like at the beginning, there were many people who thought that my mother was not necessarily inferior to the new lady, but - thinking of that child, thinking of the blackness of his eyes, as if in the deepest night, the kind of dark that has no light, as if it would swallow up the qiē in front of me, thinking of him, still makes me shudder, a little shivering.

Over the years, his methods, from what I have heard and heard, have indeed increased unabated.

Thinking like this, I couldn't help but say to Uncle Ai, "Then, will he blame you?" ”

Uncle Ai glanced at me and chuckled softly.

But I clearly felt that there was no smile in his eyes, and even there was a trace of imperceptible fear.

"Childe does want me to invite the eldest lady back, but the old slave is not enough, whether he can invite the eldest lady or not, it's two words."

When I heard him call himself an old slave, I somehow felt sour: "Uncle Ai." ”

"When the old slave came back, he brought what he should have brought and gave what he should have given, and he had already fulfilled his mission; What's more, the old slave knew that the eldest lady was married now, and there was Miss Sun, and the old slave was even more happy, even if he died immediately, he would have no regrets even if he died. ”

As he spoke, he shoved the thick stack of silver tickets in front of me.

I said, "Why don't you give this money to Susu?" ”

Uncle Ai said, "It wasn't for her." ”

The tip of my nose was sour again.

That stack of silver tickets is indeed nothing to him who used to be the head of the Yan family, and the money that passes through him every year is millions of records, and his family wealth is also very strong, not inferior to the local tyrants and gentry in any place. It's just that he has been a monk for so many years, and he has left Hongchen, and he still has such a few thousand taels of silver tickets, but he is not leaving it to his granddaughter, and it is self-evident who he keeps it for.

This time, I finally didn't refuse, and gently picked up the stack of silver tickets.

When Uncle Ai saw this, he finally smiled with relief, then raised his hand and folded it, and recited Amitabha.

This is the first time I've seen him in so long and heard him call the Buddha's name.

But what about the Buddha call? In life, not everyone can find their own Amitabha, and if he doesn't take me back now, who can be his Amitabha?

The more I thought about it, the more worried I became, and I was about to ask him, but I saw Uncle Ai say again: "Over the years, Xichuan has been the son of the master. Miss, in fact, if you really go back, it may not be a good thing, at least the son is to you-" He glanced at me, and did not say it immediately, but was silent for a while, as if he was considering the words, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think about it, and only said: "Even if it is Miss Sun, you should really take her back and recognize the family." ”

"I know."

Over the years, I may not have thought about it, but the thought of the person in Nishikawa always makes me shudder. And now, the key that my mother gave me was forged by the Iron Family, and if I wanted to know what she had left me, I really needed to go back.

I said, "I'll think about it." My daughter always has to go back. ”

Uncle Ai said, "I don't know Miss Sun, she-"

Speaking of my daughter, I smiled: "She's at home, Uncle Ai doesn't go to see her?" ”

When Uncle Ai heard this, he also smiled: "Okay." ”

I didn't expect him to agree so quickly. I had come to see him not even to see me, but to invite me to come to the ship, and I thought he would not want to see my daughter, so I laughed and got up and walked out of the cabin.

As soon as she saw me out of the cabin, she immediately came up to me and took me by the hand, and then I turned around and waited for Uncle Ai to get off the boat.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement in the cabin.