Changning Town is a small town in the east of Qizhou Prefecture, not too far from the state capital, but because it is located in the mountains, the road is difficult to travel, and it seems a little poor compared to the surrounding towns. Although it is called a town, it is not more prosperous than some villages on the edge of the state capital, and as for the villages around Changning Town, it is not comparable.

The town is not big, there is only one main street running through the whole town, and it only takes a cup of tea to walk from one end to the other, and there are only about 20 shops on both sides of the street. If it weren't for the fact that there were still many merchants on this street who picked up things to sell, and some townspeople supported stalls to sell some food and the like, adding a bit of liveliness and vitality to the street, the streets of Changning Town would be even more deserted.

"Aunt Wei, cut me two pieces of tofu." The middle-aged woman carried a basket on her arm, glanced at the white tofu on the stall, and said with a smile.

"Eh, okay." The stall owner, Mrs. Wei, raised her eyes when she heard the sound, and after answering, she picked up the knife to cut the tofu and cut two squares on the top of the tofu, and then took the clean lotus leaf and carefully wrapped it and handed it to the woman.

"It's not me saying, Aunt Wei, you're not the only one who sells tofu in this town, but your tofu is the best to eat." After the woman took the tofu, she handed over the copper coin, and after flattering her, she couldn't help but complain a little: "But Aunt Wei, your tofu is getting less and less now, and I came a little late last two times, so there is nothing left." ”

Aunt Wei took the money and smiled embarrassedly: "No way, I'm old, and I can't do it anymore." ”

Speaking of which, Aunt Wei is not very old, now she is only in her early forties, and she is not a few years older than the woman who bought tofu. It's a pity that her life is not good, not to mention the widow in her early years, and her eldest son, who finally pulled her eldest son, also joined the army a few years ago, and now she is the only one left in the family to live alone. After a lot of hard work, her face was inevitably stained with a little frost, so she looked much older than the woman.

This town is not big, and everyone has known each other for a day or two, so the woman naturally knows this. It's not good to complain about anything anymore, so I just smiled dryly: "That's it, then when I didn't say it, I'll come earlier in the future." ”

Aunt Wei smiled when she heard this, and after a few polite words, she sent the woman away. She has been setting up this tofu stall for more than ten years, and the business is really good, and soon someone will come to the stall to buy tofu, and she will turn her head and get busy again.

After putting the tofu in the basket, the woman turned around and left, and did not say anything more, because everyone in the town knew that Aunt Wei did not live on the income from this tofu stall. The Wei family is different from other stall owners, her family still has a few acres of tax-free fertile land to rent outside the city, just Aunt Wei alone, the rent is enough for her to eat, why bother? So everyone said that Aunt Wei set up a stall at the entrance of this town just to wait for her son to come back. It's just that how many of the people who left as soldiers can really come back alive?

Recently, the weather has been cold, and there are always a lot of problems with older people, and Aunt Wei is not cheerful these days, so the tofu is becoming less and less. Today, I only made three plates of tofu, and when the woman came, she had already sold the last plate, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the last plate of tofu was also sold.

However, it is still early, and Aunt Wei is not in a hurry to collect the stall and go home. Everyone in the town said that she was waiting for her son, and she was indeed waiting, because her family's name as a military household had not been removed, which indirectly proved that the person was not dead, and she also had a hope.

So this wait, Aunt Wei has waited for seven years, from the initial ardent expectation, to now she is becoming more and more disappointed year by year. It just so happened that she was really uncomfortable in the past two days, and the weather was getting colder and colder, so after selling tofu, she just waited until noon, and then closed the stall and prepared to go home.

It was winter, the weather was getting colder and colder day by day, and the cold wind was raging in Changning Town. The slightly gaunt old woman wrapped her winter coat tightly and glanced back at the road leading to the outside of the town, but unfortunately there was still no familiar person in sight.

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Before setting off again, Wei Lai was actually nervous all night. Because soon after returning to the room, she suddenly thought that what Miss He said about the road might not mean going back to Changning Town with her, but asking her to go back to Beijing directly, and then the two would break off the marriage contract or something.

Fortunately, He Zhi is not such an unreasonable person, and she has no intention of going back home directly after all her efforts.

Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast in the lobby of the inn in silence, and then the coachman brought the carriage, Miss He and Xi Qiu got on the car again and sat down, and never proposed to change the itinerary and return to Beijing. Of course, this time Miss He firmly ignored General Xiao Wei's hand that was stretched out to help her into the carriage, and then got into the carriage with the help of Xi Qiu.

Wei Lai was a little disappointed in this regard, but when he thought about it, this was actually an excellent result. After all, Miss He did not ask to go back to Beijing directly to dissolve the marriage contract after she confessed her identity, otherwise even if the coachman and Xi Qiu were both from Shangshufu, she would not be able to stop them from leaving on the premise that she could not solve the problem by force directly.

Seeing the curtain being lowered again, Wei Lai couldn't help but let out a long breath. She flipped over on the horse's back, and then clamped her legs around the horse's belly, and the horse beneath her obediently took a step, kicking and tapping forward.

This time, Wei Lai didn't look back, because even if Miss He changed her mind at this time, it was not something she could control.

Riding on the back of the horse to clean up his mood a little, and temporarily put aside the messy things between him and He Zhi, Wei Lai's mood soon jumped again-after seven years away from home, she finally had to return, not to mention any clothes to return home, just thinking that she would be home in half a day, and then seeing her mother, who had not seen her for many years, she couldn't help but be excited.

On the last leg of the journey home, Wei Lai rode his horse very fast, and the carriage behind him also followed very quickly.

Since today's departure, the carriage of the carriage has rarely been quiet all the way, and He Zhi on the carriage still looks preoccupied, so that Xi Qiu, who has always talked a lot, does not dare to speak indiscriminately.

It wasn't until later that the carriage became more and more bumpy, and Xi Qiu and He Zhi were even bumped into one place, and then one finally came back to his senses, but the other secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and took the opportunity to complain to the coachman outside the carriage: "Why is it like this?" Can't you drive well?! ”

When the words fell, the innocent voice of the coachman came: "Girl, you and Miss bear with me for the time being. This road is not good, and if you go fast, it will inevitably be a little bumpy. ”

"What are you doing if you don't have a good road and walk so fast......" Xi Qiu was not happy when he heard it, but he was stopped by He Zhi as soon as he was halfway through his words.

Why do you still walk so fast when the road is not good? Naturally, it's because someone is like an arrow.

Xi Qiu has always been straightforward, so he complained without thinking too much, but He Zhi quickly thought of this, and then subconsciously stopped it. It's just that after stopping it, a little frustration inevitably rose in her heart - she had decided to draw a line with Wei Lai yesterday, and the two of them have nothing to do with each other in the future, Xi Qiu is just complaining today, why did she take the initiative to stop it?

It was only a day or two for Wei Lai to confess his identity, but in this short period of time, He Zhi found that he seemed to have become a little wrong.

So the half-day journey from Qizhou Mansion to Changning Town ended unconsciously in the entanglement of Wei Lai's excitement and He Zhi. By the time there was another loud noise outside the carriage, it was already noon.

Xi Qiu lifted the curtain and looked at it, and found that the carriage had driven into a strange town. Roughly speaking, there are not many people in this town, and there are not many shops, so it is not prosperous.

Wei Lai, who was riding a horse in front, looked back as if he was conscious, and after a slight pause, he raised a big smile, and even with a little joy and excitement in his voice: "We have arrived!" ”。