I looked back to make sure no one was following, so I opened the curtain and walked in.

As soon as I entered the door, I was greeted by a gray-haired old man.

I was stunned for a moment, and before I could react, the old man had already leaned over to me: "Meet Miss Yan." ”

Is it the person sent by Tie Yushan to welcome me?

I took a closer look at the old man, and saw that he had a white beard, a thin body, and the wrinkles and marks on his face showed that he was over sixty years old, but he was a very capable old man with light hands and feet, and strong spirits.

I politely waved at him and asked, "Old man, where is the Tie Yushan Iron Boss?" ”

"Wait inside, please come with me."

With that, he walked to the side of the door, made a gesture of please, and I followed him, passing through a spacious hall, to the main hall behind the bank. I saw Tie Yushan sitting there, and when he saw me, he quickly stood up, walked to the center of the hall, and bowed to my long body: "Meet the eldest lady." ”

"Uncle Iron."

I hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said, "I'm a junior, don't break my life Uncle Tie." ”

Having said that, Tie Yushan still stubbornly threw himself to the ground towards me, and then straightened up his waist and said, "I haven't seen the eldest lady for so many years, this gift is not good, Lao Tie is uneasy." ”

I smiled helplessly, and without saying anything, he invited me to sit down in the main seat.

As soon as we sat down, the old man had already come forward with a tea tray and presented us with a steaming silver hook, Tie Yushan waved his hand at him and said, "Old Mo, you go out and watch." ”

"Yes."

The old man saluted us with the tea tray in his arms, turned and walked out.

In the entire hall, only me and Tie Yushan remained.

The surroundings were very quiet, especially his shop was very deep, and even the sound of the traffic and people coming and going on the street could not be heard, only the sound of the water flowing very lightly came from the back of the hall, which made it even more silent.

I looked left and right and said, "Uncle Tie didn't open today?" ”

Tie Yushan sat up straight and said, "When I was in the Yan family, I received news from Sister Hong, knowing that the eldest lady was coming today, Lao Tie came back and let them all disperse. ”

I sighed and said, "Uncle Tie, why are you doing this? ”

"The eldest lady's business is a big deal, they are here, people come and go, and there will always be bad things."

But you're like this, but it's attracting attention.

I thought in my heart and didn't say it, but Tie Yushan seemed to guess what I was thinking, and said: "Don't worry, eldest lady, this afternoon was supposed to be the end of the month in Qianzhuang, and in the past, the door was closed, and outsiders couldn't see anything." ”

"In this case, then it will be troublesome Uncle Tie."

"Miss, don't say that!"

I laughed, picked up the teacup and lowered my head to take a sip, it was a very good tea, I couldn't help but sigh lightly, and when I looked up, I saw that although Tie Yushan was holding a tea bowl in his hand, he didn't drink a sip, but only looked at me fixedly. Seeing me looking at him, he smiled, but there was a bit of vicissitudes in his smile: "Lao Tie really didn't expect to see the eldest lady again." ”

I smiled too, and there was a bit of sourness in my smile.

Tie Yushan also watched me grow up, and I heard that he had received great favor from my mother, so his feelings for me were also extremely deep, and when I came back to see him this time, I was like seeing an elder.

However, now is not the time for me to catch up with him, and I know very well how sensitive and shrewd the people in the restaurant are. So he said: "Uncle Tie, I want to ask, did my mother leave something with you at the beginning?" ”

When Tie Yushan heard this, he immediately said without even thinking about it: "Yes! ”

"Is that thing still there?"

"Yes!"

I couldn't help it, my breathing tightened a little, but I still suppressed myself and asked as calmly as possible, "Did my mother leave anything else behind?" ”

This time, Tie Yushan thought for a while before saying: "The eldest lady told Lao Tie at that time that she must protect the things she left behind, even if Lao Tie's belongings are gone, but that thing must be kept, if the eldest lady comes back one day, Lao Tie will be handed over to the eldest lady intact." ”

“…… So, did she say anything else? ”

"Nope."

"Not a word?"

Tie Yushan glanced at me, as if he was a little sad, and said with a smile: "The eldest lady should remember that Madame never divulges her words, and with these few words, of course Lao Tie listened." ”

Hearing him say this, my heart was also sour.

Yes, my mother has always been like that, and I remember so few words from her, and even now, all I can remember is what she deliberately taught me, and other times, she seems to prefer to spend her years with a smile and an indifferent look.

No one else.

Thinking of this, I also gave up, lowered my head and took another sip of hot tea, and then said to Tie Yushan: "Uncle Tie, I don't have much time to come today, I just want to see what my mother left me." ”

When Tie Yushan heard this, he immediately stood up and said to me, "The thing is inside, eldest lady, please." ”

I also got up and followed him through the side door of the hall and walked in, only to find that it was really very deep and secluded, and walked through a corridor, and passed through several doors, and turned a corridor, only to see that behind the money village was a small courtyard that suddenly opened up, with a pool hollowed out in the middle, and a craggy rockery, and a few orange carp swimming around in the water, adding a bit of interest to this quiet small courtyard.

On the opposite side of the pool was a very elegant-looking house, with the eaves and window edges carved very exquisitely, and Tie Yushan walked over and carefully opened the door, and immediately could smell the faint incense coming from the room.

He explains: "I usually live here. Let the eldest lady smile. ”

I smiled and shook my head.

He invited me into the room and sat at the table, walked to the desk by himself, moved the table away, and knocked a few times on the position of a brick on the wall behind the desk, I immediately knew that he was turning on the machine, but looking at the room, there was no movement, but I heard a sudden sound of water outside, I was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stood up, and Tie Yushan had already walked out.

I also walked to the door, looked out, and saw that there was suddenly a black hole in the fish pond outside the door, and the water flowed in, forming a small whirlpool, and the surrounding fish were frightened and fled in all directions, but in the end, they couldn't go against it, and they all flowed into the black hole along the water.

In a few moments, the water in the pool was almost completely drained, and only shallow, less than a foot deep, was left, and the bottom of the pool could be faintly seen covered with stones, and some silt was still underneath.

Tie Yushan walked to the edge of the pool, leaned over, reached into the water and fished for a long time, and scooped up a water-drenched thing wrapped in oiled paper.

I understood immediately.

Returning to the house with the package, he closed the door, put the package on the table, and opened it layer by layer, under the oiled paper was asbestos, brocade cloth, and then underneath it, there was another layer of oiled paper, asbestos, and brocade cloth.

It can be seen that he has protected this thing very well, water and fire can not infringe, and at the end, an iron box was revealed, he took out a key, opened the iron box, and then carefully took out a brocade box from the inside.

While he took it, he said in a deep voice: "This thing, Lao Tie has been preserving it for more than ten years, and today, it can finally be handed over to the eldest lady." ”

After speaking, he held the brocade box in both hands and carefully placed it in front of me.

For a moment, my breathing became heavier.

This is a brocade box that is not amazing, compared with any brocade box in the world, the only thing that can be felt is its heaviness, when Tie Yushan put it on the table, there was a very dull sound. Of course, the inner layer of the brocade box of Tiejia Qianzhuang is all iron plates, which is naturally heavy, and I can also guess that what Tie Yushan prepared for his mother must be the strongest and most reliable.

I looked at it for a while, and asked with a slight tremble, "Uncle Tie, do you know what's in this box?" ”

He shook his head: "When Madame was packing the box, Tie Someone also withdrew. ”

"Oh."

"Miss, Tie someone is guarding the door first, if you have any orders, please call me at any time."

After saying that, he got up and walked out by himself, and I thought that he probably thought that I was going to be like my mother, and let him avoid it, but since my mother didn't let people see it back then, when she took it out, she naturally wouldn't want to be known more.

I didn't ask any more questions, until he too walked out and closed the door.

Now, I'm the only one left in the room.

It seemed quieter than before, with only the faint sound of water slowly sounding in the silence of the surroundings, and I sat at the table, still looking at the brocade box.

This is what my mother left me.

What she left me, perhaps, was the only thing.

For some reason, she has been gone for so long, and I have hardly dreamed of her over the years, but at this moment, I have a strong feeling, as if those faint, always smiling eyes are quietly watching me.

It's my mother's eyes, it's her looking at me.

Thinking of this, I even felt a little difficult to breathe, so I couldn't help clenching my fists and taking a deep breath, then I stretched out my trembling hand, reached in from the neckline, and pulled out a red line.

Below the red thread is the key that Uncle Ai gave me.

I carefully inserted the key into the hole, and with a slight twist, I heard a click inside.

Then, the key in my hand trembled slightly.

I was startled and subconsciously let go of my hand.

The key is still in the keyhole, although my hand has been released, it is still trembling slightly, and then, there is a continuous sound from the heavy brocade box, it seems that the machine inside has been activated, after a breath, I feel that the box is quiet, and the buckle on the keyhole snapped, and automatically collapsed.

My heart skipped a beat.

After a while, he stretched out his hand and gently opened the lid of the brocade box.

What caught my eye was a translucent, but dyed tulle, lying quietly in a box.

Inside, it seems that something is wrapped in layers.

I couldn't help but hold my breath, and I picked it up carefully, feeling that the contents were about the size of my palm, a little heavy, but I didn't knock my hands. I peeled back the layers of translucent tulle, and finally, something heavy landed in my palm.

It's a jade plaque.

And the moment I saw the jade plaque, my heart stopped.