The little courtyard by the lake.
Second Madam hurried over with her son, Yan Jingyang, and a group of servants.
The gate stood open.
But the group did not go inside. A maid called from outside.
"Mr. Li, are you there?"
There was no reply. Instead, they heard a cow moo.
"Moo~"
(He went out for a stroll.)
The maid called a few more times without getting an answer.
"Mother, he doesn't seem to be here. What do we do now?"
"Go inside and wait a while."
The group entered the courtyard.
The house was empty, and no one knew what he had gone off to do.
The maid brought over stools, and Second Madam and Yan Jingyang sat down.
Yan Jingyang's face was gloomy. Whenever he thought of that live-in son-in-law entering the third rank,
he could not feel happy at all.
He could not help complaining, "Who knew this blind man was some master beyond the mundane world? He dresses like a beggar. How was I supposed to tell?"
Second Madam said sternly, "Watch your words."
"He isn't even here."
Yan Jingyang muttered under his breath, then noticed Old Ox beside him watching him with a deep, quiet gaze.
He suddenly had an odd impression.
Old Ox seemed to... understand what he was saying.
Yan Jingyang could not help chuckling. How had such an absurd thought occurred to him?
"Waiter, bring some wine!"
The character of a wine also revealed the character of its homeland.
For Li Ping'an, having wine to drink was truly a blessing.
All the more so now, in golden October, the perfect season for eating crab.
As the saying went, "Females in the ninth month, males in the tenth."
It meant eating female crabs in the ninth lunar month and males in the