Capital

Single Moon Temple

In the quiet palace, two slender figures stand by the window, and the delicate moonlight outside the window makes people feel more mysterious. The moonlight entered the palace and scattered all over the room, adding to its brilliance little by little. Silent for a long time

At the end of April, in the capital, the temperature was a little cool in the morning and evening, and the breeze hit the curtain, blowing layers of twists and turns, slowly pulling the wind chimes on the curtain, and the two slowly opened their mouths from the silence

"As soon as you say it, do what the protector says. Zhao Qi, is there any other reason why you are so obsessed with what happened back then? Such Zhao Qi and Zhao Qi when he first met were completely two people, at that time, he was calm, rational, and strategic. Although these are still there, I always feel that there is more impetuousness in them. Such Zhao Qi made him puzzled and worried.

Other reasons? Zhao Qiwei raised the corners of his eyebrows, his eyes stared straight into the distance, as if he saw the night when the accident happened, everyone only knew that the eldest prince disappeared on that night, but no one knew that it was also on that night that his most beloved sister passed away. When everyone was busy looking for the eldest prince, he accidentally fell into the lake and drowned because of the negligence of his subordinates. During that time, not only the entire court, but also the entire capital was gloomy, and they were protecting the country, and it was also because of this incident that their mother was too sad and died of illness in the second year.

Over the years, this matter has been like a hurdle, and he can't pull it out no matter how he pulls it out in his heart, so he began to talk about his sister, and his mother's death is remembered in this matter, and he always feels that if it weren't for those people kidnapping the eldest prince, her sister's mother would not have died. However, more than ten years have passed, and things have not progressed. Originally, he was going to give up, but unexpectedly he found the eldest prince, so the hatred that had been silent in his heart for many years burst out again.

Retracting his gaze, a layer of bloodlust appeared on his handsome face, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was still open

"Yes, it's still not a common enemy."

Xiao Dalang was stunned for a moment. He seemed to see the shadow of his daughter-in-law in him. At that time, the Xia family suddenly changed, and the daughter-in-law also had such a look. It was an expression of forbearance but hatred. For Zhao Qi, although he already knows something, he doesn't go deep into his heart. He didn't understand what was going on in his mind right now, but he felt some of the emotions.

It's been three months, and before you know it, he's been gone for three months. The anxiety and longing when I first arrived in the capital, slowly adapting and sighing, transformed into today's forbearance and non-hair. It was only after I came here that I understood. The words that the daughter-in-law said, the origin and identity are not up to him, from the moment he decided to come to the capital, he was no longer burdened with not only his own life, but also the rise and fall of the entire family of the mother and concubine who supported him and supported him. Therefore, he cannot be willful, and he cannot do what he wants. At the beginning, I thought it was simple, but now that I think about it, I understand what my daughter-in-law said helplessly.

However, he still doesn't think that separation is the best outcome for them. He can try to be strong, try to be strong for him. Strive to work for her. Daughter-in-law. Are you okay at this point? Will you miss me, will you have forgotten me.......

Xia family

"Second sister, they are really too much, those fields are obviously left by the brother-in-law to the second sister, why do they say that they want to go half of it. Isn't it a long time ago? When he got home, Dabao followed Xia Chan into the house angrily, and saw that Xia Chan looked half fine, and he was going to go to the kitchen to cook when he put down his things, and he wanted to scold people even more angrily.

"Second sister, have you listened to me? You weren't like that before. What's more, this time it's still fifty acres of land, fifty acres. That's a lot of silver. Now you're going to open a restaurant. Money is not abundant in the first place, so why should they be lenient? ”

Forgiving, Xia Chan smiled secretly in her heart. She had said that she had never been a good person, so how could she let them take advantage of such a big one. It's just that. If she doesn't say it now, there is naturally a reason why she doesn't say it. Xia Chan took out the rice noodles and handed them to Dabao, and went to get some vegetables

"Dabao, I thought you had grown up a few days ago, but today it seems that the second sister is wrong. Sometimes what the eye sees is not necessarily the truth, remember this sentence as for the rest. You'll find out in a few days. After speaking, Xia Cicada left an unfathomable smile and took the dishes into the kitchen. It's not early, just do something, tomorrow he has to go to the county, the restaurant she bought is about to be renovated, and recently I have been busy with the design drawings and didn't look at it, and I took advantage of tomorrow to solve the decoration project.

Early in the morning of the second day, Xia Chan first sent Dabao to the academy, and then drove an ox cart to the county seat. Since Xiao Dalang left, only she and Dabao were left in the family, and after there was no man, she began to learn to drive an ox cart by herself, although she can't say how skilled she is, she can barely make do. At least you don't have to find someone else every time you go out. Although she is not a widow and has a good reputation because of the winter wheat matter, she understands that people's hearts are unpredictable. So, she became more cautious than before.

When she arrived at the county seat, it was still early, and she didn't go to the county government and went directly to the restaurant. Today's restaurant is empty, and there is no decoration, there is only one uncle who watches the door, and he has already opened the door when Xia Chan arrived. Seeing Xia Chan, he respectfully shouted to the owner. Xia Chan nodded, smiled at the uncle, and entered the restaurant

"Uncle, do you know the person who renovated the restaurant?" Originally, he planned to go to Murong Ye, but remembering the incident of the previous two days, he dispelled this idea again. It's just that she is not familiar with the county, so she smears and looks for it, which is equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack.

The uncle walked in front of Xia Chan, heard the words, thought about it, and said, "There is really such a person, if the owner is in a hurry to see him, I will go and find him." ”

"Really?" Xia Chan turned around with joy when she heard this, "Then you can go and find someone now." I've already taken the design of the restaurant today, and if that person is good, we can start work tomorrow. ”

"Okay, then the owner, you wait first, and I'll go find someone." Seeing that the owner agreed, the uncle turned around and walked out of the restaurant.

In less than an hour, the uncle brought people into the restaurant. Seeing the two of them come in, Xia Chan put down the things in his hand, patted the dust on his hands, and walked down the stairs

"Dongjia, this is the Xu Foreman I mentioned to you, his decoration skills are famous in our entire Qingyang County." The uncle took Foreman Xu and stepped forward and introduced Xia Chan

"Foreman Xu, come, let's go inside first. Uncle, you have also worked hard, so go and rest first, and I'll call you later. ”

"Good owner"

Xia Chan took Foreman Xu to the private room upstairs, sat down, poured him a cup of tea, and handed him the design he brought today.

"This is the layout of the restaurant that I designed myself. You take a look at it first, and then ask me if there is anything you don't understand. ”

Xu Gongtou didn't expect that this little girl who looked like she was only a teenager turned out to be the owner of this big restaurant, and when Uncle Liu (uncle) went to look for him, he guessed what kind of person this was. But I never thought it would be a beautiful little girl.

XCMG has been decorating the house for some years. From the beginning of the opening is to beg for life, to later set up a special decoration team, every year for a lot of shops, houses to do decoration. Today is also a coincidence, the work of the previous owner was originally not completed until the end of the month. In the end, he went back to Qingyang County yesterday, otherwise, Uncle Liu would not be able to find him now.

Foreman Xu glanced at Xia Chan a few times, took the drawings on the table and looked at them carefully, the more he looked at them, the more excited he became, and then he forgot about the difference in age, and excitedly stood up with the drawings and walked to Xia Chan's side, pointing to a place on the drawings and asking

"It's amazing how you came up with this place to deal with it like this. In this way, the wastewater generated by the restaurant every day in the future does not need to be treated by special people, and it is good to pour it directly from this pipe. And here, too, this design is wonderful, it's amazing. Dare to ask which master this design is from? ”

I am afraid that I can't find a person in Qingyang County for such a design, Xu Gongtou glanced at Xia Cicada curiously, and thought about it for a long time in his heart and didn't think of where he had seen such a design before, he had also been to some distant places to work in recent years, and he had also seen several novel designs, but this design was the only one. It's just perfect. XCMG likes to decorate this industry, and when he encounters good drawings, he always likes to find out, and today is no exception.

Foreman Xu stood in front of Xia Chan. The surprise on his face she saw in her eyes, and her lips chuckled

"What master, I drew this blueprint myself. Master Xu, have you understood the design on the drawings? Can it be done? ”

Painted yourself? Foreman Xu couldn't believe it, his eyes flashed with inquiry, but he didn't look surprised when he saw Xia Chan. What was originally a suspicion turned into an affirmation.

"Yes, yes, if I do this in Qingyang County, no one dares to recognize the first, you can knock it out, a month, and definitely give you a new restaurant." It's just the owner, how did you come up with the design on this drawing? I, Xu, think that I have seen extraordinary knowledge over the years, and I have never seen such an innovative design, which is simply wonderful. ”

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that I have nothing to do, and I spend more time pondering than others." Xia Chan smiled and didn't want to say more, now that the matter had been discussed, she was going to rush back to Xialiang Village. After saying goodbye to Foreman Xu, he led the ox cart and prepared to go home.

"Sister Xia, Sister Xia. It's really you, Sister Xia, I looked like you when I was shopping with my son just now, but Childe insisted that I was wrong, but what kind of person am I potatoes, I have a pair of fiery eyes. How could you be wrong. The potatoes ran towards the summer cicada, and they didn't forget to show off their versatility. didn't know how much Xia Chan wanted to rush over and slap him twice at this time. Nima's, my mother has been busy for so long, I just don't want to see you, are you blind or blind. Don't you see the big dismiss written on my face?

Murong Ye followed closely behind and walked over and smiled at Xia Chan. Standing aside, Xia Chan didn't speak, he didn't speak, and the two stood at the mouth and stalemate. The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Seeing this, the potato wiped the cold sweat from the corner of his forehead, and he couldn't figure out what the situation was now. I suddenly remembered the scene when the son left the Xia family with a displeased face the day before yesterday, and I wanted to slap myself twice at this time. What kind of memory is this? Childe just gave himself a good face for two days, and he forgot about the hard days of some time ago.

Can he say he regrets it now? Childe, can we continue shopping as if we didn't see Sister Xia?

Potato looked like he wanted to cry without tears, looked left and right, and planned to find a safe place to hide for a while.

"When did you come to the county seat, why didn't you go to the county office?" This woman always has the ability to make him compromise, and this time was no different. He could see that if he didn't make concessions, she would dare to walk away from him without saying a word.

Xia Chan glanced up at Murong Ye, the corners of his eyebrows were frivolous, and he looked like he didn't want to see him. Without saying anything, he pulled the ox cart and walked forward, Murong Ye shook his head amusefully, and quickly stepped forward to pull the ox cart. This woman, he has already bowed his head, what else does she want him to do?

"Let go" Xia Chan looked back and said with a displeased face

Murong Ye was rare and stubborn for a while. Learning from Xia Chan's appearance, he looked at Xia Chan with displeasure on his face, "Don't let go, if you don't forgive me today, I won't let go." ”

"Murong Ye. Are you naïve?" the parents of a county pulled and pulled with a woman on the street, and he didn't want to image her.

If it had been placed in the past, Murong Ye would definitely not have done such a naïve thing, but today, I can't tell why I just didn't want her to leave so soon, no matter what method was used.

"I don't care. It's okay if you call me naïve, and I won't let go if you don't answer my questions anyway. ”

"You're insane. Whoever asks you questions will have to answer you. Xia Chan couldn't laugh or cry angrily when he was so difficult Murong Ye.

"I prescribed." Speaking later, Murong Ye's tone softened, with a nervousness rarely seen in the past, "Are you still angry?" ”

"If it were you today, would you be angry? Murong Ye, I remember that I made it very clear to you at that time, I wanted the past to be in the past, and now I want to start my life again, and I want to avenge my parents by my own efforts. Let Dabao become a talent and let yourself live the life you want to live. But I don't want to have anything to do with them. When I was a friend, that's why I thought of you and asked you to help. But what about you? Do you like the feeling of being watched? ”

"He's for your good." Murong Ye pondered for a long time before he squeezed out such a sentence. But even I feel far-fetched.

"I don't need that good." After Xia Chan finished speaking, he walked over and tore Murong Ye's hand, jumped into the ox cart and left. Leaving Murong Ye standing in place, he retracted his gaze for a long time.

Day 2

The decoration of the restaurant has been agreed with the Xu foreman and will be delivered in a month. During this time, she just stayed at home and concentrated on the recipes. In her previous life, although she was a senior foodie, she rarely cooked by herself. This will make the dishes a little uncomfortable. In one morning, Xia Cicada made four signature dishes, and it took six images to be made several times. After eating at noon, she was tired and fell asleep in bed.

"Erya, Erya, are you at home? I'm the eldest sister."

Xia Chan usually likes to lock the door when she is home alone. It will. She was asleep in a daze, awakened by a knock on the door, rubbed her hazy eyes, got up and got out of bed and opened the door.

"Big sister. Why did you come here at this time" Now that the braised pork and dried tofu are given to Xia Xiaohua to make, they are very busy all day long, and she usually goes to find them. They haven't come to the door for a long time. Seeing that it is afternoon, this will come, and it will not be long before I have to leave. Could it be something?

Xia Chan thought, Xia Xiaohua pushed the door into the courtyard. Seeing Xia Chan's puzzled look. Shaking her head and smiling, this sister of her own family is just worried, she hasn't done anything yet, she began to worry. In fact, I don't blame Xia Chan for being like this, since the Xia family had an accident, she has become much more sensitive than before. But the slightest disturbance would make her very uneasy. Now she takes Xia Xiaohua and Dabao very seriously, which are as important as her life.

"Look at you girl, eldest sister can't come over to see you if she's fine." Xia Xiaohua stepped forward and looked at Xia Cicada from head to toe: "Just woke up?" "The marks on my face are still there, and I think they were left by sleeping in the middle of the day.

Originally, he had forgotten about it, but when Xia Xiaohua mentioned it, Xia Cicada remembered that he had just been woken up. pouted at Xia Xiaohua, "It's not that I just woke up, I was woken up by you just after I fell asleep." ”

"I see, I thought you didn't welcome my eldest sister over." Xia Xiaohua smiled, pulled the child behind her, and said, "Do you still have an impression of this child, not long ago, you gave him a hundred copper coins on the road." ”

At that time, this child was very impressed by Xia Chan, and she recognized Xia Xiaohua as soon as she pulled people in front of her. I also remember that she told him at that time that if she encountered any trouble in the future, she would go to Wang Shishi's house. He is with his eldest sister now, what should have happened to his family? Xia Chan was still thinking, and the boy stepped forward and knelt down in front of Xia Chan, kowtowed to her a few times, and said

"Eldest sister, I know you are a good person, please buy my sister. Yesterday my dad came back, and as soon as he entered the house, he asked my mother for money, but we still had money at home. In the end, when he saw that he couldn't get the money, he turned his attention to me and my sister, and he also said that he was going to sell my sister into some Fengyue place, I was scared and didn't understand at the time, and then my neighbor Ah Qiang told me what kind of place it was. Eldest sister, my sister is only five years old, if this is really sold into such a place by my father, it will be ruined for the rest of her life. Please, big sister. You just bought my sister. ”

Xia Chan is a businessman, and businessmen put profit first. From a businessman's point of view, buying him would be worth more than buying his sister. But as a bystander, their experience is indeed pitiful. But it didn't get to the point where he was willing to help.

Xia Cicada was silent and did not speak for a long time. The boy kneeling on the ground was a little panicked and looked up at Xia Cicada

"Eldest sister, I beg you, I beg you."

"You get up first. I'm just thinking about what I can do to help you."

The boy stood up with tears in his eyes, a look on his face that was different from that of his peers.

"Big sister, I'm ......"

Xia Chan suddenly interrupted him and asked, "Why don't you ask me to buy you together, don't you want to live with your sister in the future?" ”

"Yes. Of course I thought about it, but that would be too troublesome for the eldest sister. I know that my eldest sister has a kind heart and helped me when I first met, so I can't ask so much. ”

"But I think you're more valuable than your sister." Xia Chan said bluntly. Born in a poor family, you must adapt to this cruel world as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will encounter more and more difficulties, and only being strong is the only way to save yourself. Xia Chan hopes that he can understand that this world is so ruthless and terrible, but he has no right to refuse.

"But ....... my sister is actually very smart, she's just too young." The boy wanted to defend his sister. But I understand better that the eldest sister is telling the truth. I bowed my head with some anxiety for a while.

Xia Chan stood aside and didn't speak again, Xia Xiaohua couldn't bear it in her heart when she saw this, and stepped forward to beg Erya for the boy, but was stopped by Erya with her eyes. Seeing this, he knew that Erya had his own plans, so he stopped.

"I can buy all three of you," Xia Chan paused, "However, you must sign an agreement with me, which is valid for ten years. During these ten years, you must be heartfelt to me, and you must not betray. Otherwise, I can sell you at any time, what do you think? ”

"Thank you, big sister, thank you so much, you can rest assured that we will do a good job. I will never let you down. The boy knelt down again and kowtowed to Xia Cicada a few times before getting up

"What's your name?"

"My name is Forestry, my sister's name is Lin Mu, and I don't know what her name is, but everyone calls her Sister-in-law Lin. The eldest sister can also call me mother like that. ”

"Forestry, woods. Very pertinent name. Xia Chan nodded, "How much money are you going to sell the three of you to me?"

Forestry was silent for a moment after hearing this, with sadness and anger on his face that did not match his age, and he looked up for a long time and said, "Twenty taels." When my father and mother were arguing, I overheard my father saying that he wanted twenty taels of silver to buy jewelry for his little wife. ”

It's ironic that one's own children are not as good as a set of jewelry. A sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, "Okay, I see." I'll go to your house early tomorrow morning. When the time comes, you will cooperate with me. I guarantee that this time your father will not only have less than the twenty taels of silver, but will also end up with chickens and eggs. ”、

In her previous life, she rarely talked about her family, and she never reported good news but not bad news. No one knows, in fact, she also has a father who abandoned his family. However, fortunately, she later had an adoptive father who loved her like her biological father. made up for her lack of fatherly love in childhood. However, she still has a deep resistance to the word negative man. There may be a reason for being willing to help this time.

"Erya, if you want to go to Wangjia Village tomorrow, why don't you go back with us today, the bolt is still yelling at home for the past few days."

It is true that she hasn't seen the plug for some days, but she still has something to prepare for in the afternoon, so she shook her head and rejected Xia Xiaohua's kindness

"Wangjia Village is not far from here, and it will be there soon with an ox cart. What's more, now that the weather is warm, it's time to go for a walk. ”

"Okay, you decide. It's not too early, and your brother-in-law is still busy at home alone. I hurried home to help. Remember to go home tomorrow. When the time comes, my sister will cook you a few delicious dishes to make up for you, you can see how thin you are these days. ”

"Where have I lost weight, I still feel fat. Okay, big sister, you should go back quickly. I'd like to take another nap. Xia Chan smiled and pushed Xia Xiaohua out, the hour is indeed not early, and she will have to go to the town later. It's too late.

"It's afternoon, and who's more. Alright, here we go. You take care of yourself at home" (To be continued.) )