Zuo Jingyan arrived in Tongxiang County and followed the flow of people out of the passenger terminal. The unique Huizhou architecture in the south of the Yangtze River came into view, with white walls and gray tiles, small bridges and flowing water. The awning boat rowed leisurely on the water, and the paddles paddled across the water, causing microwaves to ripple.

, very leisurely and comfortable.

Wuzhen has not yet been developed into a tourist area. Everything is in its original appearance. Walking on the bluestone road is a bit painful, but Zuo Jingyan just feels very friendly.

People here dress differently from those in the north, and people tend to be thinner, which is also related to their food culture.

Zuo Jingyan stood by the river. Almost everyone on the riverside in Wuzhen had boats. There were many boatmen on the river. Their skin was tanned by the wind and sun. It was not easy to find her young grandfather among them.

But my grandfather's surname was Zuo, a rare surname, and he had a hunchback, which narrowed the scope of finding someone.

Zhao Xiaobao saw that Zuo Jingyan was looking for someone. She had been standing by the river for half an hour. He couldn't help but ask:

"Sister-in-law, who are you looking for? Do you need me to ask?"

"I'll ask myself!"

Perhaps due to the shyness of being close to home, Zuo Jingyan was a little afraid to ask, afraid of being disappointed, and afraid that the 1980s she lived in was not the 1980s her grandfather lived in.

Zhao Xiaobao followed Zuo Jingyan silently with his luggage, and saw her asking a boatman who had just rowed to the shore.

Zuo Jingyan: "Hello, I'm looking for a relative. His name is Zuo Yuzhu. He is also a boatman and he is in his forties."

The boatman waved his hand: "I don't know you, go ask someone else!"

After saying that, he tied the awning boat to the shore, walked up the stone steps into a house near the water, and closed the door.

Zuo Jingyan had no choice but to ask other boatmen. Whenever a ship docked, she would go there and ask. After asking more than a dozen boatmen, they all said they did not know Zuo Yuzhu.

Zuo Jingyan was full of enthusiasm when she came, but now the person who was hit was also weak. She ran to Wuzhen to find her grandfather regardless of it. She thought she could find her grandfather just by asking around here, but now it seems that she was thinking

too easy.

If this method doesn't work, she needs to change her approach.

"Xiaobao, let's go, let's find a printing company."

Zuo Jingyan decided to find her grandfather by posting missing persons notices in places where boatmen often come and go, or in crowded places like teahouses. As long as she was willing to spend a large reward, she would be able to find her grandfather's information.

This is the fastest and most labor-saving method.

Zhao Xiaobao followed Zuo Jingyan without complaint and saw her missing person notice stating that he would be willing to thank her for fifty yuan if she could provide clues and find the person.

He smacked his tongue, this trip with Zuo Jingyan was an eye-opener. How could he spend so much money? Good guys are like running water.

But I have to admit that this money is not in vain. With the incentive of fifty yuan, I can save the time of finding people and find people as quickly as possible.

Calculated, it's not expensive at all. Everything in this place is expensive. If we're delayed for ten days and a half and can't find anyone, we'll still have to spend a lot of money on accommodation and food.

Zhao Xiaobao admires Zuo Jingyan from the bottom of his heart. No wonder his sister-in-law can open a furniture store and a barber shop at such a young age. She can also open a furniture factory. She is more courageous than men.

Zuo Jingyan didn't have a photo of her grandfather, so she made her look like her grandfather in her memory, with fewer wrinkles, no drooping of her eyelids, and her eyes were as kind as when her grandfather looked at her.

After Zuo Jingyan finished the painting, her eyes were red when she looked at the young grandfather in the portrait. The grandfather in his forties was very handsome, but his eyes were still kind and he looked at her with a smile. In her memory, her grandfather was getting older.

He looked a little uncomfortable looking at such a young man.

Zhao Xiaobao saw the portrait of Zuo Jingyan at the side, and his eyes became more adoring. His sister-in-law is really versatile and her paintings are lifelike, as if she had learned professionally.

"Hello, please print this portrait on the missing person notice."

Zuo Jingyan handed the painted portrait to the person from the printing house. The person from the printing house took the portrait and took a look, with a look of annoyance in his eyes. Why is it not someone she knows? If he knew him, he would get fifty yuan.

It’s more than their monthly salary.

Zuo Jingyan waited until she got off work in the evening at the printing press to get the missing person notice, which made her anxious. The efficiency at this time was really too slow.

Moreover, the portrait on the missing person notice is not printed clearly, and you can’t tell who it is. If that doesn’t work, you have to manually draw the image and paste it together with the missing person notice.

At night, lights were lit on both sides of the river. Zuo Jingyan stood on the quaint little stone bridge and looked at the lights of thousands of houses. Did she know that the light was from her grandfather's house?

A late-night awning boat rowed across the river, with a kerosene lamp hanging on the bow. The light was like a firefly fluttering in the dark night, reflecting on the dark river surface and being swallowed up in an instant.

Zuo Jingyan watched the awning boat approaching and then sailing away. She regained her fighting spirit and said to Zhao Xiaobao, "Let's go eat."

People are like iron, and food is like steel. If you don’t eat, how can you have the strength to find grandpa?

As soon as they talked about eating, Zuo Jingyan heard Zhao Xiaobao's stomach growling. The young man was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to look up, so she looked down at his toes.

Zuo Jingyan smiled and used words to resolve Zhao Xiaobao's embarrassment:

"Jiangnan's noodles are excellent. Get on the bus and get the dumplings off the noodles. Come on, let's go eat noodles."

Walking in the Wuzhen alleyway paved with bluestones, the moonlight shone down, and the bluestones curved forward. Zuo Jingyan was looking for a noodle shop, and she didn't know who was singing softly. The melodious Pingtan soothed Zuo Jingyan's anxious mood.

I found a small noodle shop on the side of the road. It was past dinner time and there were no customers in the shop. The owner took the shutter and was about to close the shop.

Zuo Jingyan quickly stepped forward and called out to the boss:

"Hello, don't close the door yet, let's eat noodles."

"Okay, okay, let's go inside."

When a customer comes, the boss greets him warmly into the room. His accent is somewhere between dialect and Mandarin, making it easy to understand.

Zuo Jingyan didn't look at the menu after sitting down and said directly:

"I want the Yangchun Noodles that Emperor Qianlong ate when he went to Jiangnan to serve us two plates of delicious braised noodles."

Zhao Xiaobao didn't understand anything when he came to Jiangnan for the first time, and he didn't dare to order. Anyway, he ate whatever Zuo Jingyan ordered.

The boss agreed and went to work in the kitchen. Zuo Jingyan took out her grandfather's portrait and planned to ask him about it after the boss finished cooking the noodles.

Soon the boss brought out two bowls of Yangchun noodles. The soup was crystal clear, with scallions floating on top. The soup was light and the noodles were thin. You could smell the faint aroma when you picked it up. You were very satisfied after one bite.

The two braised dishes include one plate of long strips of pork belly and one plate of sauce-red duck feet. The braised food is very tasty and makes you appetizing just by looking at it.

The boss smiled and nodded to Zuo Jingyan and Zhao Xiaobao: "You two eat slowly, and call me if you need anything."

Zuo Jingyan picked up the portrait of her grandfather on the table and handed it to her boss:

"Boss, have you seen this man before? He is in his forties and is a boatman."
Chapter completed!