Another year, the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching. Li Jinzhong sat on the stone steps in front of his house, staring blankly at the nearly full moon in the far sky, thinking about how great it would be to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with his daughter.
Cui Yingyuan came over, saw him in a daze, and asked, "Father, what are you thinking about?"
Li Jinzhong said: "My father misses you, my adopted sister."
Cui Yingyuan sat next to Li Jinzhong and said, "I wonder where my miserable adopted sister is now?"
Li Jinzhong sighed and said sadly: "It's all because of my bad father. She has to suffer because of my father's harm, and your foster mother has been reduced to a prostitute. My father is really not a human being."
Cui Yingyuan advised: "Father, please be more open-minded. Everything is over, so don't blame yourself anymore."
Li Jinzhong said: "How can I not blame myself as a father?"
Cui Yingyuan said: "Father, how about this? I sneak out of the palace and look for my adopted sister. Even if she is at the end of the world, I will find her and reunite your father and daughter."
Li Jinzhong shook his head and said: "There is no need to look for her anymore, my father has already found her."
Cui Yingyuan was startled and said, "Found it? Where is she now?"
Li Jinzhong said: "It's in the capital."
Cui Yingyuan said: "Now that I have found it, why is my adoptive father still worried? Have you and your daughter recognized each other?"
Li Jinzhong said: "No, as a father I cannot recognize her."
Cui Yingyuan asked in confusion: "Why can't we recognize each other?"
Li Jinzhong said sadly: "As a father, I cannot let her know that she has such a heartless father like me."
Cui Yingyuan said: "How could your adoptive father think so? No matter what, you are her father, and you have given her the gift of giving birth to her. Even if you have done something wrong and you have been sorry to their mother and daughter, she has to admit it."
You, adopted father, don’t hesitate any more and get to know my adopted sister quickly.”
Li Jinzhong sighed and said, "Let's talk about it later."
Cui Yingyuan said: "Don't talk about it in the future. Since you miss her so much, just recognize her."
Li Jinzhong said: "Don't worry about your foster father's affairs, just go and practice."
At midnight that night, Li Jinzhong, wearing black clothes and masked, sneaked into Fusi, Beizhen. He jumped across the ridge of the house and landed outside Mou Rongtian's bedroom. He gently pushed the door, but it opened without a latch.
Li Jinzhong walked in, took off his black mask, and took a look in the moonlight. He saw Mou Rongtian lying on the kang with his head facing outward. He sat on an armchair next to the table, took out a fire stick from his arms, and ignited the fire on the table.
candlestick.
The candlelight illuminated the room, and Mou Rongtian became aware of it. He suddenly woke up and stood up suddenly. He was startled at first when he saw a person sitting at the table, and then he recognized the person as Li Jinzhong. He had known this eunuch Li Eunuch before.
. He was wondering why his dog vigil skills did not notice Li Jinzhong's arrival. He thought to himself: "His martial arts is not very strong, shouldn't it be?"
He asked: "Master Li, why are you here here in the middle of the night? What are you doing here?"
Li Jinzhong smiled slightly and said: "I came here late at night, uninvited. I must have surprised you."
Mou Rongtian said: "Your movement skills really surprised me. I was not aware of your arrival. It seems that Master Li's martial arts is extraordinary."
Li Jinzhong smiled and said: "Master Mou is overly praised. Our family only knows a little bit of Three-Legged Cat Kungfu."
Mou Rongtian smiled faintly and said: "Master Li is being humble. If it is just the Three-Legged Cat Kung Fu, it can't be hidden from my ears." After a pause, he said: "Why did Master Li come here?"
Li Jinzhong said: "Do you know my relationship with the Third Eye?"
Mou Rongtian said "hmm" and said, "The third eye has already told me."
Li Jinzhong said: "Our family can't forgive Tianmu's father. My brother-in-law died because of me. Our family can't forgive Tianmu's aunt either. It was our family that caused her to fall into the world and unfortunately suffered from internal diseases.
He passed away early. Our family felt guilty about Tianmu and wanted to make it up to him. We once intended to entrust Jiaoyue's life to him, but he didn't agree. He said that Lord Mou had already gotten along with Jiaoyue. I don't know if this is the case.
ah?"
Mou Rongtian said: "It is true."
Li Jinzhong said: "So, Master Mou may be our future son-in-law?"
Mou Rongtian felt very awkward when he thought that his future father-in-law was actually an eunuch, and said, "Master Li is here tonight just to talk to me about this?"
Li Jinzhong said: "The Mid-Autumn Festival will be in two days. As the saying goes, 'I miss my loved ones even more during the festive season.' Our family has missed the bright moon for more than ten years, and now we have finally found her. We want to get together with her on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Ju, I would like to ask Lord Mou to help facilitate this matter. I wonder what Lord Mou would like?"
Mou Rongtian pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you want to get to know Jiaoyue and his daughter?"
Li Jinzhong said: "No, I just want to get together with this kid."
Mou Rongtian said: "Okay, I'll help you make arrangements."
It was the Mid-Autumn Festival in a blink of an eye. On this morning, people from the Fusi Logistics Office in Beizhen came to the Office of the Detective Division and informed Mou Rongtian to collect moon cakes and festival expenses. Mou Rongtian said to Shi Yi: "Yanzi, you and Zhixi go."
After a while, Shi Yi and Xia Zhixi came back with four baskets and placed them on their respective desks. The baskets contained six kilograms of fine puff pastry mooncakes and a red envelope.
Dong Fuyu opened the red envelope, which contained a banknote. He took a look at it and said, "It's still twelve taels. When will our festival fee be increased?"
Shi Yi said: "Senior Brother Dong, don't be dissatisfied, Senior Brother Xia and I are only five taels."
Mou Rong added: "Fuyu, ten taels is quite a lot. Those poor people can't earn more than ten taels of silver even after a year of hard work. Just be content."
Dong Fuyu said: "Rongtian, who are we? How can you compare me with those poor ghosts? Isn't this nonsense?"
Shi Yi said: "You all can come to my house tonight and let's get together."
Mou Rongtian said: "I won't go, I have something to do at night."
Shi Yi said: "Goodbye, Brother Tim, how could you not come? What's the matter with you?"
Without waiting for Mou Rongtian to answer, Dong Fuyu said, "No need to ask, I must go and spend some time with Miss Li."
Shi Yi said: "Brother Tian, please take Miss Li to my house and let my mother see her."
Mou Rongtian said: "Next time."
Shi Yi said: "Don't do it next time. I plan to rub the horse crane while admiring the moon. If you don't go, how can I beat this lame horse crane?"
Dong Fuyu joked: "Rongtian has Miss Li by his side, so how can he care about us? Yanzi, please don't embarrass him."
After get off work, Mou Rongtian took the mooncake basket and went to the Flying Tiger Escort Agency. He had made an appointment with Li Jiaoyue yesterday.
Li Jiaoyue was beautifully dressed and sitting in the front hall waiting for him. Mou Rongtian came in and said, "Si Li gave out some mooncakes. I couldn't eat them, so I brought them over for you." He put the basket on the table.
Li Jiaoyue said: "Is it still the puff pastry mooncake from Sujidao Village?"
Mou Rongtian said: "It belongs to his family."
Li Jiaoyue said: "Second Senior Brother likes to eat his mooncakes the most." He shouted towards the back hall: "Second Senior Brother, come here and get the mooncakes to eat."
It was not long before Hu Kan walked in and said with a smile: "Master Mou, we are here to send moon cakes again. You are so kind. You send us moon cakes every Mid-Autumn Festival."
Mou Rongtian said: "Si Lifa sent it. I am also borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. Bright moon, let's go."
Hu Kan saw Li Jiaoyue and Mou Rongtian walking out and asked, "Junior sister, aren't you eating at home tonight?"
Li Jiaoyue said: "No, Rongtian and I will go out to eat."
After leaving the house, Mou Rongtian said: "Jiaoyue, you are so beautiful today."
Li Jiaoyue smiled and said: "So, I was not beautiful before, but I am beautiful only today?"
Mou Rongtian said: "No, that's not what I meant. You were very beautiful before, but you are especially beautiful today."
The two walked south for a while, and Li Jiaoyue asked: "Where are we going? Could it be to Bei Mo Ting?"
Mou Rongtian said: "Just go there."
Li Jiaoyue knew that Tian Xiaofeng was interested in Mou Rongtian, so she didn't want to go to Bei Mo Ting, so she said: "There are so many restaurants in the capital, why do we have to go there? Can we find another place?"
Mou Rongtian was startled and said, "Is there anything wrong with going to Bei Mo Ting?"
Li Jiaoyue said: "Rongtian, haven't you seen that Boss Tian is interested in you?"
Mou Rongtian had noticed it a long time ago, but refused to admit it, saying: "No way, you are too worried. She just regards me as her younger brother. I don't see that she has any other intentions."
Li Jiaoyue said: "Anyway, I just don't want to go to Bei Mo Ting. Let's go to another place."
Mou Rongtian said: "I have already made an appointment with Uncle Tianmu. He must have arrived by now. How can I change places again? Just hold on to me this time. Next time we go out to eat, we won't go to Cup Mo Ting."
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Li Jiaoyue said: "I thought it was just the two of us, why did you make an appointment with Daxia Li's uncle too?"
Mou Rong added: "His uncle has no children and is staying alone in the capital. Tianmu is the only relative left in this world. When he left, he asked me to take care of him. During this big festival, the old man is alone.
It's so pitiful to stay at home with no one to talk to. I want us to liven things up with him, eat some food, talk, and make him happy."
Li Jiaoyue asked: "What does Mr. Li's uncle do?"
Mou Rongtian was unable to tell the truth and lied that Li Jinzhong was engaged in small business.
While they were talking, the two came to Cup Moting, and Tian Xiaofeng came over to greet them with a smile. Li Jiaoyue knew the general situation and hated Tian Xiaofeng in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face at all, chatting and laughing with her.
Mou Rongtian asked: "Sister Tian, have the guests I invited arrived?"
Tian Xiaofeng said: "We have arrived a long time ago. Who is that guest officer?"
Mou Rongtian said: "It's uncle Tianmu."
Tian Xiaofeng said: "Oh, it turns out he is Daxia Li's uncle."
Li Jinzhong was sitting in the box, feeling extremely excited. The year he used his wife and daughter to pay off his debt, his daughter was less than three years old. The daughter he had longed for for more than ten years would soon be able to see him. How could he not
Excited?
The box door opened, and Mou Rongtian and Li Jiaoyue walked in. Li Jinzhong looked at Li Jiaoyue, with tears in his eyes, and said in his heart: "Yu'er, after sixteen years, our father and daughter finally meet each other."