The Liu Family's pier was built outside of Juyun City. This was because even if a city's walls were high, there was still a limit. The masts of cargo ships were generally very high. It was impossible for any city to have such a large water gate. Therefore, large cargo ships could only be parked outside the city.
Little Crane Grass looked through the carriage window at the distant Juyun City. The Liu Family's pier was at least 30 li away from the city. This wasn't a very close distance, but the city's walls were very high. Therefore, they could still see the city's walls clearly from here.
The city's walls were very high. The entire body was made of bluestone. It looked tall and mighty, as if it couldn't be broken through by Ren Xiu's people.
On top of the city's walls was a large flag. This flag had a large saber drawn on it. This was the flag of the Saber Spirit Nation.
The Old Gatekeeper was holding Little Yu 'er as he listened to her talk about the ship. The Old Gatekeeper was very concerned about what happened on the ship. When he heard that Little Crane Grass and Little Yu' er were hiding under the bed and listening to the pirates outside, his expression changed. Later on, when he heard that Liu Ji and the others were knocked out, his expression became better. However, his hand that was holding Little Yu 'er unconsciously tightened.
When Little Yu 'er finished speaking, the carriage had already arrived at Juyun City. At this time, the city's gate was very busy. This was because the gate was directly connected to the pier. There wasn't only the Liu Family's pier, there were also several other piers. There were even public piers. There were a lot of carriages coming and going, naturally, it was very lively.
After waiting for a while, the carriage finally entered Gathering Cloud City. What made Little Crane Grass surprised was that after entering Gathering Cloud City's gate, there weren't many shops here. Instead, there were large courtyards. This made Little Crane Grass puzzled. One must know that in Green City, there were many shops near the city gate. How could there be no shops here?
The Old Gatekeeper didn't know what Little Crane Grass was thinking. He was still talking to Little Yu 'er. Now, the Old Gatekeeper knew from Little Yu' er what Little Crane Grass did on the ship. To be honest, he didn't expect Little Crane Grass to be so outstanding.
But seeing that Little Crane Grass was concentrating on looking outside, the old man didn't say anything to Little Crane Grass. Not long after entering the city, the carriage turned into a relatively remote alley. After walking for a while, they arrived in front of a tall mansion. There was a large square in front of the mansion. The square was paved with bluestone. On the side of the square, there were several stone buckets with several carriages tied up.
Outside of the square was a large signboard with four words written on it: Juyun Liu Mansion! The carriage stopped in front of the mansion. The old man brought Little Crane Grass out of the carriage. Little Crane Grass looked around and saw that there was a tall six-story building. On both sides of the gate, there was a pair of majestic and domineering stone lions. Behind the stone lions, there was a row of stairs with a total of six steps. On the stairs, there were two people. These two people were ordinary souls, but they had two long sabers on their bodies.
On the gate was a plaque with the words "Mansion" written on it. On both sides of the gate were two huge lanterns with the word "Liu" written on them.
Below the gatehouse were four large doors, and in the middle were two middle doors. These two middle doors were very large, and each door was nearly five meters wide. They were completely black and had a trace of metallic luster, but it shouldn't be a projection of metal. Each door was nailed with twelve palm-sized nails. The nails were yellow and shiny, and in the middle of the two doors, there were two lion head knockers, which clearly had an extraordinary aura.
Next to the main door were two small doors. Each of the two small doors was about two meters wide. There were six doornails and two knockers nailed to the door.
The old gatekeeper led Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er to the small door on the left. When the three of them went up the stairs, the two guards immediately bowed to the three of them and said, "Greetings, Chief Gatekeeper."
The old man only nodded and responded before walking to the small door. A guard immediately ran over and helped the old man open the door. Only then did the old man lead Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er into the door.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw a large garden. There were many trees in the garden and beautiful flowers could be seen everywhere. However, the Old Gatekeeper didn't stop here. Instead, he went straight into the garden. As he went forward, he saw some workers working in the garden. These workers were obviously gardeners. When the workers saw the Old Gatekeeper, they all saluted him.
The Old Gatekeeper just nodded and kept going inside. Behind the garden, there was a row of courtyards. These courtyards weren't very large, but they were all individual courtyards. Obviously, the people who lived here weren't low in status. Next to these courtyards was a gatehouse. However, this gatehouse wasn't as big as the main gatehouse and wasn't as imposing. In front of this gatehouse, there were two guards. These two guards were wearing red clothes and had long swords on their bodies. Their aura was very extraordinary.
The Old Gatekeeper led Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er to one of the courtyards. He stopped in front of one of the courtyards and then pushed the door open.
There were two young girls cleaning the courtyard. These two young girls weren't very old, only about 13 or 14 years old. They wore coarse clothes and their appearances could only be considered ordinary. When the two girls saw the Old Gatekeeper come in, they immediately saluted him and said: "Gatekeeper."
The Old Gatekeeper waved his hand and said: "Alright, these two are Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er. From now on, you can call Little Crane Grass Young Master and Little Yu' er Miss Yu 'er. In the future, they will be like me in this courtyard. What they say is what I say. You must take good care of them."
These two girls were servants of the Liu Family. However, they weren't the children of the Liu Family. Instead, they were servants that the Liu Family sold from the outside. They weren't fully trusted by the Liu Family, so they were given to the Old Gate and became the Old Gate's personal maids.
The Old Gatekeeper turned his head to Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er and said: "Yu' er, Bao 'er, from now on, you can go to this courtyard and the garden outside. You can also pick the flowers in the garden. But remember, the two people in red are guarding the door. You can't go in. Otherwise, they will beat you. Do you hear me?" The two quickly responded.
The Old Gatekeeper looked at the sky and said: "Bao 'er, Yu' er, you can play in the courtyard first. When Menqing comes back, you can ask him to take you out to play. Grandpa still has things to do. When Grandpa is done, I'll take you out to play."
Naturally, Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er didn't object. The two were already used to this situation. This was because Tian Niu was like this before. If he wasn't busy, he could take you out to play. But when he was doing something important, he couldn't be disturbed. Otherwise, he would lose his temper. Because of this, the two girls were very clear about when they should play and when they should stay.
Seeing the two agree, the Old Gatekeeper nodded. Then he turned his head to the two maids and said: "Lingdang, Cui Zhu, you two go and take out the toys that I bought a few days ago. Take them all out. Also, take out the snacks and candies. Prepare the fruits as well. Right, give each of them a cup of honey water, make it sweet." The two maids complied, then they turned around and left. At this time, Menqing, who had parked the carriage, also entered the courtyard. The Old Gatekeeper used the Liu Family's own carriage. This kind of carriage was parked in the Liu Family's courtyard. The carriages that were parked outside the courtyard were the carriages of people who came to visit the Liu Family.
Seeing Menqing come back, the Old Gatekeeper said to Menqing, "Menqing, take good care of the two at home. Right, take some money. But Little Crane Grass and the others like to go out and play. Take them out and look after them. Don't get lost. Also, buy whatever they want to buy." Menqing complied, then the Old Gatekeeper turned his head to Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er. Then he smiled and said: "Bao' er, Yu 'er, you two play with Brother Menqing. Grandpa needs to go out and do some work."
Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er quickly complied. They looked very sensible. Seeing the two's appearance, the Old Gatekeeper was very happy. He smiled and left the courtyard.
At this time, the two maids also took out toys, food, and drinks. Seeing the things that the two maids took out, Menqing couldn't help but smile. He knew that the Old Gatekeeper prepared a lot of these things, but he didn't know why the Old Gatekeeper prepared these things. Now, he finally knew.
Menqing also had some experience in taking care of children. After all, the Men Family was a small family. Menqing also had a lot of siblings. He also helped take care of children, so he wasn't unfamiliar with taking care of children. He looked at Little Crane Grass and Little Yu 'er and said, "Crane Grass, Yu' er, come and eat something. You couldn't eat anything on the ship. Now that you're home, tell me what you want to eat. I'll have them prepare it for you."
Yu 'er smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Menqing. I like to eat fruit." Little Crane Grass also thanked Menqing, but didn't say anything else. This made Menqing even more curious about Little Crane Grass.
At this time, Little Bell took two cups and handed them to Little Crane Grass and Yu 'er. Little Crane Grass and Yu' er took the cups and thanked Little Bell. Then they began to drink the honey water. But seeing the two's performance, Menqing became even more curious. Whether it was Little Crane Grass or Little Yu 'er, they both showed good upbringing, which was very rare.
The two of them drank a cup of honey water. Little Yu 'er picked up a fruit to eat. However, after drinking the honey water, the fruit didn't taste that good anymore. Little Yu' er only ate a few mouthfuls before she stopped eating. She stuffed the fruit into Little Crane Grass's hand and ran to the pile of toys to play.
Little Crane Grass looked at Little Yu 'er and bitterly smiled. Then he finished eating the fruit in two or three mouthfuls before he went to the pile of toys. There were a lot of toys in the pile. There was a small wooden snake that could move around, a small carriage, a small water wheel, a small windmill, and a few small wooden dolls. There were a lot of fun things.
Meng Qing looked at the two and couldn't help but smile. At this time, the two looked like normal children.
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