A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

After several rounds, the shopkeeper returned empty-handed, having not even touched the hem of the old beggar's clothes.

Liu Yan didn't want the old beggar to have to hide and dodge every time he ate a meal, so she took him back to Liu's restaurant, but on the other side of the restaurant, far away from Lord Tang.

After finishing his meal, Tang Jincheng took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth and said to Nie Qianqian, "I'm going to stroll around the West Market by myself. This restaurant is busy, so you can go and do your work."

Before Tang Jincheng got up, he looked at Liu Yan, who was pouring water for the old beggar in a corner of the small restaurant, and his eyes were filled with warmth.

If all the people in the county were as kind-hearted as Liu Yan, he, as the local official, could finally rest easy.

After Tang Jincheng left, Liu Xiong tugged at Nie Qianqian's sleeve and asked, "Who is this? He doesn't look like an ordinary person."

Nie Qianqian jokingly praised, "Well done, Uncle, you have a good eye for people now."

Liu Xiong puffed out his chest. "Naturally, with so many guests every day, I can tell what kind of people are worth just by looking at them."

Nie Qianqian tried hard to suppress her laughter. Hmm, men really are creatures that bloom with joy at the slightest bit of sunshine.

Nie Qianqian glanced at the old beggar and asked in a very soft voice, "Then do you think that old man is an ordinary person?"

Liu Xiong replied with unusual certainty, "Of course not."

Nie Qianqian raised an eyebrow. Oh ho, even her uncle noticed something was up.

Nie Qianqian was looking forward to it when she heard Liu Xiong say, "How could an ordinary person make something so filthy?"

Nie Qianqian couldn't help but burst into laughter, laughing so hard that tears were almost streaming down her face.

Liu Xiong and Nie Qianqian didn't notice that the old beggar, who was drinking water in the corner of the restaurant, coughed and choked on his water.

Liu Xiong scratched his head, not understanding what Qianqian was laughing at. "What are you laughing at?"

Nie Qianqian: "It's nothing, it's nothing. I just like to pick things up randomly for fun."

If Gu Xiao were here, he would notice that Qianqian's personality has changed. As the family members get to know each other and trust one another, Nie Qianqian has become more lively and loves to joke and tease everyone.

Nie Qianqian covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, "That person just now was our county magistrate, Fulin County."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiong's eyes widened instantly, and he clutched his chest, nearly collapsing. "My God! It's the county magistrate!"

Nie Qianqian left Liu Xiong alone, talking to himself. She had just seen a martial art that only appeared in records, and her heart was already burning with excitement. She had also become interested in the old beggar. She quickly walked to the side of the restaurant, sat down opposite the old beggar at the table, and said with a smile, her voice becoming several pluses sweeter, "Old man~ is this braised pork delicious?"

The old beggar, with food in his mouth, glanced up at Nie Qianqian.

Nie Qianqian stretched her mouth even wider, her smile becoming even brighter, revealing sixteen small white teeth.

Ha, this girl knows she's laughing like a weasel.

The old beggar smacked his lips and said, "Let's just make do with this."

If an ordinary person had given this old beggar food and then heard his comments, they would probably have wanted to punch him; his mouth was just too rude.

Nie Qianqian wasn't annoyed at all. She said seriously, "Well, this food is just ordinary, enough to fill my stomach. I'll make many more delicious dishes."

The old beggar pursed his lips, clearly not believing it.

After serving food to the new guests, Liu Yan came over and said, "Grandpa, this is my daughter Qianqian."

"Are you one of those millions?"

Nie Qianqian looked puzzled. Who are these thousands of people?

Liu Yan said to Qianqian with a hint of helplessness, "The old lady will call people by their own names."

Nie Qianqian wasn't annoyed; she still smiled, her eyes curving into crescent moons. "Then, sir, what's your name?"

Liu Yan also looked at the old beggar; so many days had passed, and she had truly forgotten to ask.

The old beggar shook his head and said, "My name? It's been so long since anyone called me 'Old Beggar,' I've forgotten it."

Nie Qianqian: "So what's your surname?"

The old beggar was slightly taken aback.

He was a beggar when he was young, often hungry, and always stealing food from everywhere.

One winter, it was so cold, so very cold, that it chilled you to the bone. The snow was falling heavily, and the world was a vast expanse of white. He was so hungry that he stole some steamed buns from a bun shop, stuffed them haphazardly into his mouth, and ran away. But the snow was so heavy, and his small body was slowed down by the snow-covered ground. After running for a while, he was out of breath and was caught by the shopkeeper. He was almost beaten to death in the alley, but luckily, someone saved him.

He was beaten so badly that he couldn't even lift his head, and could only see the black brocade robe of the person who came.

"What's your name?" It was the voice of a young boy.

"I have no name."

“Since I have saved you, you shall follow me from now on. I will give you my surname, and from now on, you shall be named Qiao.”

From then on, he had a name, a lord, no longer went hungry, learned the highest martial arts, and became the lord's strongest armor and sharpest sword.

The old beggar murmured, "My surname is Qiao."

Nie Qianqian: "Then I'll call you Old Qiao."

Old Qiao seemed lost in his memories, not paying attention to his hand movements. When he moved his hand, he knocked the bowls and plates off the table, and they were about to smash to the ground.

Nie Qianqian stretched out her right foot and caught the bowl that was about to fall to the ground with the instep. With a flick of her right foot, the bowl rose into the air again and landed steadily back on the table.

Old Qiao appeared to be lost in thought, but he deliberately knocked the dishes over, taking full view of Nie Qianqian's actions.

Old Qiao leaned back, picking his teeth with a straw he'd come from who-knows-where, and said, "Not bad footwork."

Nie Qianqian flattered, "It's not as good as your skill."

Old Qiao: "You've got some insight, girl. Those two moves you made just now were deliberately shown to me, weren't they?"

Nie Qianqian smiled and said, "You deliberately smashed these dishes for me to see, didn't you?"

At this moment, the two of them were surprisingly in sync.

What a cunning old fox.

What a little fox.

Liu Yan was completely confused by their conversation, but it reminded her of what Old Qiao had said last time. "By the way, Old Qiao, didn't you say last time that if you drank Qianqian's wine, you would teach Qianqian kung fu?"

Nie Qianqian's eyes lit up. "Wow, Mom did a great job! You've paved the way for me."

Nie Qianqian seized the opportunity: "In that case, I'd like to learn the movement technique you used to dodge the shopkeeper."

Old Qiao snorted, "You little brat, you're dreaming. I only drank one pot of your wine, and you want to switch to that movement technique? That movement technique is profound; you can't learn it."

Nie Qianqian's footwork was quite skillful, but she still has a long way to go to learn this style of movement.

Liu Yan naturally saw Qianqian's desire. "Old Qiao, Qianqian is very smart. She can learn anything in no time. One pot of wine is not enough. I'll have Qianqian give you a few more pots."

Liu Yan: "But you promised this."

Nie Qianqian: "Please teach me, I'm sure I can learn it."

Liu Yan's face held a pleading expression, while Nie Qianqian blinked her big eyes, which were filled with longing.

Old Qiao looked at the two of them, his head throbbing. This woman was such a nuisance.

He's always stayed far away from women his whole life, so why is he being besieged by two women in his old age?

However, Nie Qianqian and Liu Yan are truly open and honest people. Liu Yan goes without saying, and although Nie Qianqian had a purpose from the beginning, she didn't hide it and was very frank, which he quite liked.

After pondering for a moment, Old Qiao said, "For ten jugs of wine, I will only teach you three moves. No matter how much more wine you drink, I will not teach you the moves after that."

If it weren't for the fact that Nie Qianqian was quite clever and had decent leg skills, he would never have taught her.

Yes, humph, it wasn't because he wanted to drink those few jugs of wine!