I can't tell what the wonton tastes like when I chew it in my mouth, but after a bowl of hot wontons, Shi Gui has some warmth on his body, and he walked a few streets in a row, first sweating, and then standing at the corner of the street blowing the cold wind, his body was wet and cold, and his fingertips were frozen red.

Mrs. Liu didn't know where to go, she didn't see her back and forth, she couldn't find it all by herself, she took a bowl and drank the soup, then nodded, and didn't care to ask Mingyue why he came here, seeing him put all the side dishes into his mouth, the dishes and bowls were collected by someone, and he pointed to the city gates on both sides: "The new people who come to the city live in cold and warm shops, and you can't find them in the inn." ”

Shi Gui really didn't know what a cold and warm shop was, and Mingyue smiled: "Those who entered the city, whether it was to do business or find people, couldn't touch the north for the first few days, and they all rested in the cold and warm shops at the city gate, and waited to find a place to stay, and then went to the city." ”

Shi Gui didn't know that there was another experience in entering the city, she followed the Song family into the city, got off the boat and walked directly to Shangshu Alley, as for Mrs. Liu, she had never been out of Jinling in her life, let alone know.

Mingyue still lived in the warm shop when she followed her brother to Jinling to give Zhang Lao Xianren a birthday gift when she was a child, and the brothers who came didn't know the way, first rested in the warm shop, asked for water to wash, took care of it neatly, asked about the place, and then took the birthday gift to Yuanmiaoguan, Mingyue saw a lot of relatives looking for relatives, they all settled there first, and the rent was cheap, twenty dollars a day for one person, if it was a cold shop, it was cheaper.

Shi Gui followed behind him, went to the cold and warm shop at the gate of the city to find it, first looked for the warm shop, and shook his head and said that there was no lone female guest, and when Shi Gui said that there was no companion, the man looked at her with his eyes, if she didn't look at the person who was making a living, she didn't even answer this, waved her hand and said: "Go down to the house to find it, we don't have it here." ”

Mingyue made a friendship with the same person: "It's about a woman in her thirties, she came to Jinling City to find someone, and someone sent a letter, you see, but there is such a worthy number, I really don't know how many people came, what about the many sisters in the family, which one followed and which one didn't, how can you guess." ”

Only then did the man relax his face: "We really don't have it here, you go ahead and ask." "Just across the street, the cold shop is not as good as the warm shop, it is said to be a cold shop, that is, there is no light, no fire and no hot water, there is only one bed, even the quilt is not covered, everything has to be cooked by yourself, there are poor people living there, who come to Jinling to find a living.

No matter how bad the cold shop is, it is better than the Jimin Institute, Mingyue expects that if she can send a letter, she will not live in the Jimin Institute like a homeless person, and pull Shi Gui to the side of the small courtyard, and there is no one to greet her, that is, there are soldiers patrolling the city from time to time, and next to the city gate, the two teams of city guards change guards from time to time, and there is no one to make trouble.

Shi Gui looked for her one by one, Mingyue was by her side, but no one dared to look at her carefully, she called her mother twice, and then changed her mouth, called Qiu Niang, and called two or three times in a row, but no one answered.

Mingyue shouted for her, and couldn't stop glancing at her, she didn't think to ask at all just now, and then she thought about it, if she found her mother, would she still have to go to Suizhou.

Shi Gui was anxious, if there was no more here, where did Qiu Niang go? Jinling City is so big, where is there a place where she can stay, I really didn't find it, Mingyue used her brain again: "Don't you live in the Land Temple?"

Shi Gui really didn't think about this stubble: "This can't be stopped." "Where there are abandoned temples near Jinling City, they are all full of incense, and even if she borrows it, she can't live in the temple.

They looked for it a few times, but someone in the cold shop spoke: "Are you here to find your mother and your sister?" Shi Gui was stunned, where did she have a sister, but Mingyue's eyes turned, and a lone woman went on the road, and there were also companions, so she smiled and asked, "I don't know what it looks like?"

The man smacked his mouth, his eyes stared at the sauce meatloaf in Mingyue's hand, which he was preparing to go back to eat for Xizi, seeing that the man's eyes were staring, he laughed twice, and the man swallowed his saliva: "A mother and daughter, who came to Jinling City to find their sister, said that they were sold to everyone as a girl." ”

Shi Gui was about to nod, but Mingyue grabbed her: "I don't know if it's or not, listen to it again, where are you going now." The man saw that he didn't believe it, he was greedy for his two meat patties, and then he became angry: "Why not, both of them are melon seeds with white faces, and the little one still knows a few words, and the two discussed that if they can't find anyone, they will set up a wonton stall and make a living." ”

Is this "sister" in her mouth a green calyx? Shi Gui's mind was in turmoil, and he couldn't figure out how the green calyx could come out with Qiu Niang, where did Chen Niangzi and Chen Dalang go, she didn't have time to think about it, Mingyue had already asked for her, he didn't stuff the two meatloaf over and said, "Then where did these two people go?"

Shi Gui pulled him: "I know where it is." Said that he was in a hurry to go out, Mingyue heard the man say a few more words, he had already left the cold shop, and he didn't know where to beg for a living.

Shi Gui went all the way to Dongcheng, Mingyue caught up with her in two steps, Shi Gui took two steps but suddenly stopped: "Where is Dongcheng going?" She said that she stayed in Jinling City for so much, and then went out but only twice, and she really couldn't tell the difference between the east gate and the south gate.

Mingyue laughed: "You follow me." He knew that his steps were fast, and he deliberately slowed down, but Shi Gui's feet were not slow, and he didn't take two steps, and a thin sweat appeared on his forehead.

When he arrived in Dongcheng, Shi Gui immediately left Mingyue behind, trotted up, and went all the way to Shangshu Lane, there is a bridge in front of Shangshu Lane, and the end of the bridge is Shangshu Lane, all of which are the houses of some officials, and there are stalls selling food at this end, and there are all on both sides of a street.

Selling wontons, selling dumplings, selling fried meat, and dried apricots, plums, slices, hawthorn candy, all of them are house business, girls, girls, young masters, if you want to eat, you can buy a bowl, everything is available, and the street is fragrant.

Shi Gui didn't usually come out, but she didn't expect it to be so prosperous at night, lanterns were lit on the stalls, she looked for them one by one, and distinguished Qiu Niang's face in the hazy heat.

Most of the diners are men, women are small, they have to spread cars and stalls, and they have to boil such a pot of water, it is difficult to think about it, and the women who do this work are tall and fat, but there is no Qiu Niang.

Mingyue took out the money and bought five more meatloafs, and said while giving the money: "The wontons wrapped in a mother and daughter that I ate two days ago taste good, why can't I find a stall today?"

The man picked up five cakes from the pot, wrapped them in oiled paper and handed them to him, quickly looked for money, and dusted off the crumbs on the pot with a towel: "Not there." Saying that, the towel was flicked, there was really a small wonton stall diagonally opposite, the place was not conspicuous, but the business was good, there were people sitting on two stools, the dishes to be washed were stacked, and the cauldron couldn't help steaming out the heat, blocking the face, and it was not clear to see.

Mingyue didn't know Qiu Niang, and when she got closer, she saw that it was indeed two women who were busy making a living, both dressed as women, one looked in her thirties, and the other was very young, with a white silk flower pinned to her sideburns, showing that she was a widow.

Mingyue stood still, Shi Gui also found the stall, one bowed his head and wrapped wontons, selling fish and meat wontons, using chicken soup as soup, selling cheaper, sparing a penny or two, don't look at their widows unemployed, but don't care, the business is doing red, some people are red, but they don't dare to make trouble at the mouth of Shangshu Lane, in and out are dignitaries and nobles, cars and sedan chairs back and forth, which dares to make trouble here.

Shi Gui stood still and looked, Qiu Niang's face couldn't be seen clearly, the two of them walked back and forth, collecting bowls and taking money, obviously doing business for a long time, with excellent cooperation, the voice was thin, and it was accompanied by a plate of honey ginger, which made people chew and warm their bodies, Shi Gui took two steps forward, and the young widow raised her head: "How many bowls of wontons do you want?"

Eyes looked at the bright moon following behind, when they came to eat wontons, Shi Gui looked at her in a daze for a while, and looked at the little woman embarrassed, his hand stroked the white flowers on the sideburns, his face was uncomfortable, his eyebrows were small, but he didn't have the timid appearance, Shi Gui's eyes were red and called her: "Green calyx." ”

Who is this not the green calyx in front of her, I haven't seen her for seven or eight years, her demeanor is completely different, she starts doing business quickly and skillfully, and the guests at the two tables are all taken care of, if it weren't for the fact that her eyebrows and eyes have not changed, Shi Gui would not dare to recognize her.

The green calyx nodded at her fingers, and it took a long time to shout: "Mother, come and see." blurted out and called his mother, Shi Gui's heart trembled, and when he saw the woman who was busy working on the stove come out, tears fell down, Qiu Niang was dressed in coarse linen, with an apron tied on her body and hair

Tied up in a bun at the back of his head, a thick silver hairpin, and the clothes on his body are old but clean.

Shi Gui trembled his lips and couldn't move, Qiu Niang was the same, she looked at her a few times, she couldn't believe that it was Shi Gui in front of her, her daughter, who was thin and small and had fine yellow hair, actually looked like this.

Qiu Niang called "osmanthus", Shi Gui laughed while crying, she wiped her hand and wiped it, so she dared to touch her daughter's face, she grew up and bloomed, if she walked on the street, she was afraid that she would not be recognized.

Shi Gui grabbed Qiu Niang's hand, her hands were full of calluses, washing dishes in frozen water, her knuckles were thick and big, and she was still suffering from chilblains, she gasped in distress, and she was still crying while gasping, but Qiu Niang was difficult to say to her daughter, and she didn't know how to tell her about her happy son.

Shi Gui wiped his tears and laughed: "Mother, I found my brother." Turning around, Mingyue saw her turn her head, stood behind her first, saw that they were all crying, didn't dare to laugh too much, only nodded at Qiu Niang, Shi Gui pointed to the moon: "He saved Xizi." ”

When the mother is most worried about the child, Qiu Niang day and night frying heart, in addition to Xizi is Shi Gui, the daughter has a day to find, but what to do with the son, the mountains and rivers are far away, and I don't know where it was sold, as soon as I heard that Xizi found her sister, she cried and bowed to Mingyue: "Engong!"