The big ferry boat paused gently at the ferry of Jinping City, and the people on the boat shook. The crew members on the ferry tied the cables thrown from the boat tightly onto a large stone pier. More than a dozen crew members on the boat carried an iron anchor weighing hundreds of pounds and came to the side of the boat, threw them down and sank into the river.

The crew member responsible for order on the ship shouted: "The King Ping City has arrived! The King Ping City has arrived! Those who want to get off the ship get tickets and line up! Only after checking one by one can you go down."

Ada and Shiwu took their respective tickets and lined up at the front of the line, waiting for the boards on the boat to drop off the boat in turn. But while they were still waiting, they saw Yu Qinghou on the shore waving goodbye to them, and then Mr. Feng left with him.

Now even Ada said: "Is there anyone else to care about it? They won't have bought tickets, right?"

Shi Wu added fire and said, "Well! It must be. These immortals are the most unruly."

Even if you have any opinions, Ada also knows that the monk next to Yu Qinghou has reached a state where he can teleport. Such a monk can really be called an immortal in the eyes of mortals.

After Ada and Shiwu finished checking the ticket and got off the boat, Ada actually felt as if he was close to homesickness.

Shi Wu looked at A Da and said, "Grandpa A, this Jinping City looks big, where is the address written on the address that Grandma Ajiu left to you."

Ada took out the letter again and said after confirming it, "It was in a place called Anping Lane. She said she lived in the sixth house in the alley, and there was a peach blossom mark engraved under the door post on the left."

Shi Wu nodded and said, "Then let's go."

Ada touched the guqin box behind him, and after calming down, he took Shi Wu away.

Jinping City is located in a special place. In addition to the main stream of the distant river, there is also a tributary called Binhe. In the evolution of Binhe City, this tributary gradually formed a moat, which surrounds the urban area of ​​Jinping City, shaped like a gourd and like a chain of pearls. The riverside water is as clear as a mirror and beautiful scenery. The riverside gulls and wild ducks often play in the river, which makes the people in the city stop and watch.

There are Guangci Pagoda on both sides of the riverside to worship incense and Buddha, Beining Pavilion where scholars often go, Bindong Book Garden where children attend classes, Wenyan Tower where young men and ladies listen to games, etc. There are 28 stone bridges of all sizes in the city, and various famous trees are planted on the side. The riverside is complemented by pavilions, platforms, towers, pavilions, pavilions, towers, etc., and the humanities and natural scenery are integrated, laying a simple and solemn cultural heritage for the Jinping City.

Nowadays, the most famous one on the twenty-mile riverside river is the inland flower boats. Most of the boats are strange women who are good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. There are already many rich young men or literati and poets who spend a lot of money to write poems and ink for the women on the boat.

Ada and his friends asked many shops in Jinping City, but they searched for about an hour but couldn't find Anping Lane. Jinping City was too big. Fortunately, the address arranged by Wuyougu to Ajiu was in the inner city. If it was a territorial area outside the city, then Ada and his friends might have to rent a carriage to get there.

Shi Wu's feet were a little painful when he left. He counted and they had to cross the bridge in the morning. Shi Wu smiled and said, "Grandpa, this is not a city, it's almost the same as a maze."

A Dadao: "The Qin State has always said that 'a distant river that nourishes half of the people'. I won't talk about the main stream outside. This extended tributary alone has brought many water resources to the Jinping City. The cultural heritage here is very strong, and people here value talents more than money, so there are more literati and poets here than Qin."

Shi Wu smiled and said, "When you are hungry, you can't seem to be a food to eat."

As he walked, Ada said, "If you were heard by those literati, you would definitely scold you for being ignorant and ignorant."

Shi Wu stopped arguing, but looked ahead and said, "Grandpa, how should I go now?"

Ada looked at the simple picture drawn by the kind-hearted shop just now, pointed to the front and said, "After passing the intersection, there is Anping Lane. After we went in, we found the sixth house and looked at the one with peach blossom mark under the door post on the left."

Seeing that he had a direction, Shi Wu cheered up and said, "Let's go, work hard!"

A Da nodded, led Shi Wu over another bridge and then arrived at the intersection just now. The alley here is a bit narrow, and it can barely allow three people to pass side by side. A Da and Shi Wu walked side by side. A Da's steps were very heavy, and his breathing would increase every step he took. Shi Wu felt that Grandpa A's feeling of turning around and running at any time.

Shi Wu joked: "No, Grandpa, why do I think you seem to be very nervous?"

Ada admitted: "You are right this time."

Shi Wu smiled and said, "We are going to meet Grandma Ajiu, not fighting with the Red Fire King Scorpion. Besides, you are not afraid of fighting hard, are you still afraid of seeing Grandma Ajiu?"

Ada blurted out and said, "I would rather fight against the Red Fire King Scorpion again." This shows how nervous Ada is.

But this was different from Shi Wu's ears. Shi Wu nodded and said, "I have to remember this sentence, and it's worth it when I please Grandma Ah."

"You..." Ada was speechless for a moment, and he ignored Shi Wu and walked in quickly.

They counted the doors one by one. When they reached the sixth, they saw two families opposite each other. One door had an upside-down character Fu, and the other door was not just nothing, but it also looked particularly old.

Shi Wu searched under the door posts of both families. The door posts with the word "Fu" were as smooth as new, without any trace of peach blossoms carved. Shi Wu went to the door post on the left opposite and looked again, and finally found the peach blossom mark that was almost filled with mud and sand under the door post. To be honest, Shi Wu's first feeling was that no one had come here for a long time, and this door didn't look like it was often opened, but he couldn't say this directly, so he had to say, "Grandpa, it should be this house."

Ada's hand tightened, and he knew that there might be no one inside, but his hand still knocked on it unconsciously.

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." Because he saw that the door was not locked from outside, Ada still had some hope. Adalian knocked on it dozens of times, but there was no response inside. Instead, he knocked out the family with the word "Fu" on the opposite side. An old lady in the door opposite poked her head out and said, "Who are you looking for?"

Ada clasped his fists and said, "Hello, I wonder if the other person opposite you are going out?"

"I'm opposite?" The old lady looked at the old door opposite, "I've lived here for five or six years, but I haven't seen anyone living in the opposite door."

"Oh." Ada said in disappointment, "I'm disturbing."

The old lady saw that Ada and the others were about to leave, and hurriedly said, "Wait, I haven't finished talking yet."

When Ada heard this, a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart and said, "Do you know where she moved?"

The old lady said alertly: "Who are you from the opposite family?"

Ada thought for a while and said, "I used to live in a distant sister from my room opposite. Many years ago, she asked someone to leave a letter to me, saying that she lives here and let me come and see her when I have time."

The old lady looked at Ada in surprise and said, "I have lived here for so long and have never seen a woman who has gone in and out of the opposite door. And the head of the house in the opposite door should be an old man. He comes here to clean it up every year before the Chinese New Year. But that man is probably a mute. Every time I talk to him, he just shook his head and nodded. I saw that there was nothing to talk to like this, and I never came into contact with him once."

Ada was stunned and asked, "Is the owner of this house a man?"

The old lady thought about the man's appearance, then looked at A Da said, "Maybe it's your sister's husband. You can stay in the city for a few days. It's almost the Chinese New Year. He will definitely come back to clean it up in the past few days. He insists on this habit every year."

The old lady said that Ada was there, like a stone statue. Shi Wu saw that something was wrong with Ada and helped him say to the old lady: "Thank you, grandma, let's go to the city to look for it again. If the person on the opposite side asks, don't say we have been here. It is very likely that my grandpa's sister has sold the house and changed it to the place. We should not disturb others."

The old lady saw that Shi Wu was very good at speaking and very handsome, and said enthusiastically: "Don't be polite, your baby is quite handsome. If my granddaughter wasn't much older than you, I really wanted you to enter our house."

Shi Wu said embarrassedly when he heard this, "Grandma, you are joking. It's the Chinese New Year. I wish my grandma a hundred years of life, good fortune and good health in advance."

"You are so cute." As he said that, the old woman took out a handful of peanuts from her arms and put them in Shi Wu's hand.

Shi Wu hurriedly thanked him embarrassedly.

The old lady said, without thanking her, she closed the door and continued to sit in the room and rest.

Shi Wu said to A Da: "Grandpa A, let's go to the city to look for it."

Ada shook his head and said, "No need, in fact, it's good that she has her own life, and she should give up from the past. My shadow like her past should not appear in her current life again."

"Oh." Shi Wu sighed heavily. He had never understood what the relationship between men and women was. He was extremely surprised that his fourth uncle was confused at the critical moment. Unexpectedly, even his grandfather could not escape now.

"Let's go." Ada took a last look at the peach blossom mark under the door post and turned around and left.

Shi Wu had no choice but to follow him.

Shortly after Ada and Shiwu left, an old man in gray clothes came to the door of the sixth room in Anping Lane. He looked at the peach blossom mark under the doorpost on the left and sighed: "The owner of the shop asks me to come back every year, but he hasn't waited for the person she is waiting for."

After saying that, the old man in gray clothes took out the knife he carried with him, dug out all the mud and sand filled into the mark, then carved it again, polished it with his sleeves and returned the same way.

A gust of winter wind blew through Anping Lane, rolling up the mud and sand on the ground, and gently kissing the brand new peach blossom mark.
Chapter completed!