Chapter 1 The Little Teahouse in Luyi County

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Autumn is getting stronger, the ginkgo biloba on both sides of the street falls all over the ground, forming a golden road at a glance, a gust of wind blows through the teahouse in the eastern suburbs, and pedestrians go there in twos and threes.

In the past few days, Luyi County has not been very peaceful, and there are policemen in black and white uniforms coming and going on the road, with batons pinned to their waists, forming a team of threes and threes, holding portraits in their hands, eager to catch everyone and investigate them carefully.

The fierce inspectors still smiled when they passed by the teahouse, lowered their voices and greeted Su Yuer, the proprietress of the teahouse, who came out to breathe.

She is wearing a crimson suede cheongsam today, with colorful threads embroidered with clouds and flowers and birds, revealing a smooth forearm, plump waves with a slender waist, lining the whole figure bewitchingly.

A pair of peach blossom eyes on the small face, the lips are redder than the maple leaves, and the hair is loose and loosely decorated with a black hosta, but it adds a touch of charm, and Captain Hu's face is unconcealable liking, so he asked the team members to check and wait for the guests next to him.

While approaching Su Yu'er's side, he said softly: "The top ordered a routine inspection to prevent traffickers from coming out to do evil, you haven't seen it for a short time since you opened the store, didn't it scare you, right?" ”

He got closer, and while reaching out to rub the oil, Su Yu'er's palm covered the salty pig hand and quietly moved the salty pig's hand away, and said with a smile: "Then it's hard for you, come to the teahouse to deliver good tea when you're done." ”

While looking at the guests who were frightened by the Inspector Bear Boys, he said with a little coquettishness: "But the team members under you, don't scare my guests away." ”

With a roll of his eyes, Captain Hu, who was hooked, was stunned, nodded and said, "No problem, no problem, I'll go elsewhere for routine inspection immediately." Su Yu'er laughed again, as if she had been electrocuted, and left with the team as soon as she blew the whistle.

The door of the store has just opened, but there are already many people waiting outside, the girl in the store is inviting people to go in, and at the same time the hands and feet are neatly placed with a single stool with cushions, and people who have not had time to enter the venue to listen to the book can temporarily sit outside and chat and drink tea.

The teahouse was also full, the small hall was crowded with small wooden tables in all directions, round single stools, the storyteller sat on the high platform in the southeast corner, and a mahogany table in front of him was covered with a layer of dark green gold satin, and a fan was placed, and a set of four treasures of the study.

On the right-hand side is a two-inch-long piece of Jiuping Xing Wood, the storyteller is not very old, named Meng Er, who looks to be only twenty-one or twelve, and wears a navy blue gown with satin fabric.

The neckline of the cheongsam is shorter than the general pressure, revealing the white-lined neckline inside, and the material is customized by Jiangnan embroidery. The pants are dark satin, the shoes are soft-soled suede, and the trousers are tied with black straps.

Su Yu'er just sat behind the cupboard and fiddled with the abacus, and there were girls in plain cheongsams on standby, and whenever the guests who came saw it, they would clip it out and put it in a small white porcelain plate. Then there was a half-grown little girl dressed in pink and blue shorts, holding a wooden tray high and full of snacks, shuttling around among the guests like little ants.

It is strange to say that this small hall is crowded into a pot of porridge, but there is an empty table in the center alone, and no one sits. Some people asked the little maid for an explanation, and wanted to go over to share the table but were softly scolded back: "I'm sorry, that table is exclusive to our husband, and we can't share the table." ”

Just sat down and was still a little noisy, and the person who asked for the explanation secretly looked at the past with some suspicion as soon as this sentence came out, wondering how she could be called Mr.

When the tea is added to the table, the snacks and fruits are served. The volume gradually subsided, and when the gentleman who was telling the story above raised Jiuping and patted it, it was completely quiet, and he could hear it clearly when he dropped a needle: "Speaking of this Hongnan County..."

The eyes around gradually dissipated when the story began, the girl's name was Tangxi, and most people only thought that Su Yuer was the proprietress of the teahouse, but they didn't know that the shopkeeper behind the scenes was such a little girl.

She didn't react to these curious eyes at all, just looked at the plate of peach blossom cake in front of her, picked up a piece casually, melted in her mouth, and was full of the fine sweetness of red bean paste. The table is covered with pages, densely packed with stories scavenged from the brain.

Recently, the days have been peaceful, just moved to Luyi County for only two months, after opening the store, the business does not need to worry about their own, there are Su Yuer and Meng'er in the natural boom, every day in their own store to drink tea and listen to books, the past experience of crossing the demon to write on paper, bound up and sold to other teahouses to tell the storyteller to earn some silver, not to mention the injuries on the body, but the bones of the body are lazy and broken.

It's all about their own personal experience, it's easy to get distracted after listening to it for a long time, and when Jiuping rings again, the hall is lively again, and then her scattered thoughts are pulled back, and everyone puts some loose money and broken silver in the copper plate held by the little girl as a reward for Meng'er. Then they went together in pairs and discussed the content of the story.

Ruan Jiesheng didn't listen to what today's excerpt was about, he had been a little troubled recently, his brows were tightly locked, and his eyes were heavy blue and black, describing him as haggard and unbearable.

When the people were almost gone, Soft Jason sighed and was about to get up and go home, but when he raised his eyes, a woman sat in front of him, and he was so frightened that he almost fell off the stool.

"Young Master Ruan is worried, this luck will be driven away by you. She held a wolf's hair in her hand, as if she were writing something on a piece of paper, and as she spoke, her eyes were full of smiles. Ruan Jiesheng was a little annoyed, but he couldn't help the curiosity in his heart and asked, "Which girl are you?

The girl was born good-looking, at a glance, she first sighed that her skin was fair and transparent, and she saw a pink lip like peach petals, a small nose, a pair of Ruifeng eyes, pupils like paint, wearing a black cheongsam, embroidered with white thread, and the classical charm of the whole body was naturally revealed.

After Ruan Jiesheng saw the whole picture of the girl, the anger in his heart was naturally a little smaller, and his tone softened, as if he felt uncomfortable with the bluntness just now.

"I'm the owner, and my name is Tangxi. She blinked, completely unaware that the brush had scratched a black mark on her face, and the tone of her voice was more heroic, biased towards the voice of a teenager, and her black hair was soft behind her ears, only slightly above her ears, which made people sigh that it was a pity that such a good hair was twisted, and she felt that this hairstyle also lined her.

Ruan Jiesheng's eyes were a little straight, and he muttered in surprise: "You are the shopkeeper...?" looked at her special treatment, and believed a little in his heart, and doubted that he had never dealt with the shopkeeper, this teahouse is just a newly opened teahouse, although it is popular and has a steady stream of customers, but the store is full of outsiders, and it is impossible to know yourself without any foundation, whether it is a joke or a liar You will know it as soon as you try it.

Tang Xi waved his hand casually, put the pen down, and said comfortingly: "You don't have to be afraid, I calculated it through these gadgets." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and there were two German silver coins lying quietly in his palm, but Ruan Jiesheng had inadvertently thrown them in.

Thinking that it was being thrown into the plate as a random thing, Ruan Jiesheng's cheeks were flushed: "Girl, don't make fun of me, this is the coin I used when I was studying in Germany, and it is not a useless thing." I'll give you the money in exchange. ”

Tang Xi saw that Ruan Jiesheng mistakenly thought that he was blackmailing, and said with some unhappiness: "I'm not a charlatan. She put the silver coin on the table, looked at Ruan Jiesheng and said slowly: "Young Master Ruan's family is obviously a happy event, your sad appearance is good." ”

"The child is full moon, this is a good thing, why are you still full of sorrow?" The young master of the Ruan family met with his new wife Xiuyun when he was in Yang, and he got married in Germany at first sight, and later followed Ruan Jiesheng back to Luyi County to learn to take care of the family business, and has a six-year-old daughter, and now it is easy to give birth to a boy who is about to be full moon, speaking of which is still the only seedling of the Ruan family's generation.

"Yes..."His own matter was said by Tang Xi little by little, Ruan Jiesheng had some doubts in his heart, but looking at Tang Xi's clear eyes, he was much more respectful, and subconsciously wanted to find someone to relieve the anxiety in his heart, and his fingers were lightly tangled on the edge of the table for a long time and sighed: "Although the moon is full, it is not a good thing here, and I am planning to send people to my mother's house, and my heart is very confused." ”

Tang Xi didn't speak, but the pen with something written in his hand was put down, and he listened to Ruan Jiesheng and continued: "How long did the girl come to Luyi County?"

"I only came here about two months ago. After listening to the answer, Ruan Jiesheng's face revealed some understanding: "That girl may not know that there has been no child in the county for three years to grow up safely." ”

Tang Xi didn't pay attention, she rarely went out this month, and spent most of her time writing books in the teahouse, and her eyes lit up when she heard this: "I haven't heard of this." ”

"At the beginning, it was said that there were traffickers, the previous county magistrate spent two years searching and arresting some traffickers at the beginning, and the children were still missing after being imprisoned, and almost seventy or eighty children under the age of three were lost in two years, which put everyone in danger, and the county magistrate also lost his official position, but after the new officials took office, there was still no progress, but everyone was worried, some went to other places, and more did not rush to have children, and this kind of thing did not happen. ”

Tang Xi's sixth sense dedicated to monster detection has already begun to work, since people can't catch it, it won't be the children who disappear out of thin air, she suddenly smiled, revealing her tiger teeth: "If I have a way to help you, will I consider cooperating with me?"

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