Chapter 121: The Monster

The sun hadn't risen yet, but the whole street was already bathed in sunlight.
With the warm rays on his face, Jing Mo turned around and saw an old acquaintance.
"Mrs. Lin? Why are you out early setting up your stall?"
Turning a street corner, there was a deep alley. Jing Mo hadn't realized yet, but when she turned her head and saw the familiar stall, even though the figure was busy and hard to see, she instantly recognized it. This was where Mrs. Lin set up her stall.
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Jingmo quickly called out to her and walked forward to help.
Mrs. Lin heard the commotion and got up from the ground. She looked up to where the sound was coming from and saw Jingmo. She hesitated for a moment, seeming to not remember who she was.
"Are you..."
No wonder Mrs. Lin doesn't remember, after all, since the last time he came to eat noodles, Jingmo has never had the time to come over to Mrs. Lin's house to eat again.
"Mrs. Lin may not remember me, I came here with Huo Jingcheng before, and I have been thinking about the noodles you made, so I came here again this time."
京墨一边跟她解释，一边帮着她一块儿，把醒好的面团一块一块的放到案板上。
林大娘听着她的话，皱着眉头思索了半天，终于是想起来了京墨是谁，恍然大悟道:“我想起来了，我记得你呢，前几个月霍小公子来我这儿吃饭，我还问过他怎么不跟你一块儿呢。不过最近他没怎么来我这儿，我这脑子，记性也不行，竟然没想起你来。”
As she spoke, Lin Dama didn't feel embarrassed and scratched her head, laughing in a simple and honest way.
"Don't say that. It's my fault for not coming to take care of your business regularly. It's normal for you not to remember me." Jing Mo still remembered having Honeysuckle by his side, so he pulled her over and introduced her to Lin Dama, "This is my friend, you can call her Honeysuckle."
Ren Dong was not in a good mood, but since the person in front of her was an elder, she didn't want to appear disrespectful, so she smiled and nodded along with Jing Mo.
"Hello, Auntie. My name is Ren Dong, and I work at the Bai mansion with Jing Mo."
林大娘笑的慈爱，拍拍忍冬的手，记下了她的名字。
“忍冬，这真是个好名字。”
她乐呵呵的招待起两人:“都坐吧，都坐吧，我给你们煮碗馄饨吃。”
还不等两人反应过来，她就拽着两个人离开了摊位，走到长凳子边上，强硬的要两人坐下。
“这、这不好吧，时间也不早了，等一会儿街上往来的人多了，你一个人恐怕来不及，不如叫我们两个帮您吧。”
Jingmo couldn't sit still. As soon as her bottom touched the chair, she bounced up again.
She wanted to help Mrs. Lin, but Mrs. Lin smiled and refused.
"You are guests here. How can I let guests do work? You, just sit down and wait for me to bring you wontons to eat."
Lin Dama left a message and then turned back to her stall to get busy. Her stall was not big, but it was organized and tidy. Jing Mo looked at her slightly bent figure constantly bustling about, and couldn't help but think of the late Grandma Zhao.
Below is the translated content with the original HTML tags:\n\n```html\nThinking of Grandma Zhao's kindness towards him, and then considering the dilapidated house that Grandma Zhao lived in, Jin Mo felt unable to sit still any longer. He got up and went to Lin Daiyu's side, trying to assist her in her tasks.\n```
Lin Dama originally wanted to refuse, but the honeysuckle on the other side couldn't sit still and came over to help. They both worked together to prepare the food.
It was indeed quicker with someone helping out. In less than fifteen minutes, the plump and round dumplings were cooked one by one in the pot.
盖上了锅盖，林大娘这才松了一口气，笑呵呵的转身拍着京墨与忍冬两个人的手，满是感激。
“今天多亏了你们两个，要是我一个人料理，恐怕得用上小半个时辰，到那个时候，吃早餐的人都已经走光了。今日有了你们，我这速度可快了不少，估计能多赚不少银子。”
Granny Lin was smiling happily, chatting away as she served a steaming bowl of wonton to the two of them. In the cold winter mornings, it was the coldest time, and Jingmo was dressed lightly. Even though she was now feeling warm from all the activity, holding the bowl of wonton, she couldn't help but feel happy inside.
她跟忍冬对视一眼，笑眯眯的一人捧着一碗馄饨，就去一边的桌子上吃了起来。
不得不夸赞，林大娘的手艺是真的好。一碗普普通通的猪肉馄饨，在她手里却格外的鲜香，格外的好吃。
The man finished a bowl of noodles in one breath, and was just about to ask Mother Lin to serve him another bowl when a big man limped over at the entrance of the alley.
This big man turned out to be a cripple, he looked dirty and ragged, with his clothes in tatters. In this cold winter, he was still exposing flesh. His face was smeared with something unknown, making his whole face dark and terrifying.
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Granny Lin didn't feel scared, she smiled and greeted the man.
"Excuse me, are you here to have a bowl of wonton soup?"
The big man limped along, ignoring the people talking to him. He passed Granny Lin, passed Jingmo and Rendong, and walked towards the depths of the alley.
"This person is so strange and looks scary."
As the big man slowly walked away, Honeysuckle whispered into Jingmo's ear and chewed on her tongue. Her face still showed some fear and uncertainty as she patted her chest and sighed.
Kyomo shook her head without saying a word. She couldn't help but feel that the big man was a bit familiar, but couldn't recall where she had seen him before. She looked around a few times, but couldn't see the big man's figure anymore.
She turned her head to look at Aunt Lin, who was ignored by the big man. Aunt Lin didn't feel discouraged either. She happily started packing up her stall, holding a rag in one hand and a broom in the other, working vigorously.
Hesitating for a moment, Jing Mo finally asked.
\"Mrs. Lin, do you know who that big man is?\"
\"Him?\"
Mrs. Lin was surprised, shook her head, and answered uncertainly: \"I don't know who he is, but he's been coming to this alley now and then these days. I don't know what he does. He's quite nice, even though he's a bit intimidating. Sometimes when he passes by, if there's anything like tables or chairs fallen over here, he'll help me put them back up.\"
At this point, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but sigh.
"I feel sorry for him too. Sometimes when he passes by, I ask him if he wants something to eat. He never responds to me, so I wonder if he might be mute. But the other day when I was closing up shop, I suddenly heard a voice, and it was him speaking."
京墨正听的入迷，突然间，林大娘住了声。她不由得疑惑起来，正要开口询问，就看见原来是来了客人。
林大娘转身忙碌起来，京墨也不好再打扰她，转身回到座位上，也没心思吃东西了，只全神贯注的回忆起这个身影在哪里见过。
忍冬吃的不慢，这一会儿也吃了个七七八八。她还有些意犹未尽，砸砸嘴还想再叫一碗。
“林大娘！我还想再来一碗！”
Hearing the commotion here, Lin Damei didn't even have time to look up. While answering, she continued to knead the dough and roll the wrappers at the same speed. In no time at all, she had filled another full pot of wontons.
"Mrs. Lin, I would like another bowl too,"
When Jing Mo came back to his senses, he heard the voice of Rendong and also spoke up.
"Alright, coming right up,"
Before Mrs. Lin could respond, Jing Mo turned to give instructions to Rendong.
"It's getting late, you should eat a bit faster. I'm afraid we'll be caught by Madam and the others if we return too late."
"Don't worry, I may not be good at anything else, but when it comes to eating, no one can beat me."
Honeysuckle picks up her eyebrows with confidence.
After a while, Mrs. Lin brought two bowls of wonton over carefully.
"Eat slowly, they just came out of the pot, still hot."
Jing Mo took it and helpedLDaimei set it up, but he pulled on her arm when she turned to leave.
\"Auntie, this bowl of won tons isn't for me. I originally intended to give it to that big man. I just don't know where he is. Can you point me in the right direction so I can deliver it to him?\"
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Madame Lin sighed and patted Jingmo's arm.
"I know you have a good heart, if you meet this person again next time, I will give him a bowl of wonton."
"Thank you, Granny."
Jing Mo smiled and took out a piece of silver from her pocket. She didn't bring any loose copper coins with her on this trip, and the price of this piece of silver was much higher than the cost of these five bowls of wonton. Without waiting for Granny Lin to refuse, Jing Mo stuffed it into her hand.
"Auntie, you hold on to this for now. I don't have any other change on me, so I'll leave this piece of silver with you. If I come across that person again, I'll trouble you to give him a few more bowls of rice."
When Mrs. Lin looked confused, she touched the broken silver in her hand and hurriedly tried to hand it back to Jingmo.
"Oh my! I can't accept this. You've helped me so much today, it would be too much for me to take your money again."
\"Grandma, if you don't accept it, I won't come here again.\" Jing Mo gave a cunning glance and pretended to be angry, \"I understand, you're not taking me seriously just because I'm a little girl, right?\"