Soon after the caravan of Sikong father and son left, merchants from all over the world who returned from Chang'an and West from the east and Chang'an came one after another, and they stayed in my inn in an endless stream.

It turned out that every time they encountered a caravan on the way, they would tell them how to bypass the Loulan Sand Sea and reach Khotan along the continuous oasis at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains.

Moreover, these merchants will be specially instructed that there is an inn on the shore of the Qingfengze Great Lake, and the shopkeeper is the first choice for the caravan to stay and rest.

This trade route to the south was pioneered by their father and son, and now they do not hesitate to share it with their fellow people.

Brother Lie's original intention may have been to solicit business for my inn, so as to repay the kindness of our Yi Mansion to their father and son during the Khotanese period.

As everyone knows, nine times out of ten, these Western merchants are old guests of my inn, as long as the road is over the Khotanese royal city, Qingfengze Inn has always been the best choice for these caravans.

"Wei Feng" has clouds: Vote for me with peach wood, and repay it with Qiong Yao. If you don't report it, you will always think it's good!

Brother Lie's sincere heart can shine on the sun and the moon, this Han brother is a settled man in this life.

The Qingfengze Inn, which had been deserted for a long time, finally returned to its former prosperity, and during the day, merchants from Persia, Kushan, Rome, and poisonous countries were staggered, talking about various things they had seen and heard in the Eastern Tuhan Kingdom.

In the evening, the two sisters, Yinglan Lille and Yinglan Gebu, will lead a group of dancing musicians to cheer these foreign businessmen with singing and dancing to relieve their homesickness.

The little sister Gulando is even more serious about the old business of the maid, shuttling back and forth in front of each couch in the hall with wine cups and food plates, and using proficient and authentic Persian, Kushan official dialect, and Canaanite local language to gag with these merchants, which from time to time attracted the sound of laughter in the hall.

Standing at the spiral staircase on the second floor and looking down at the scene in the hall, the past is vivid!

I seemed to see Uncle Charles, a Byzantine merchant playing a trick of beads, and a Roman woman and a beautiful Yamica who followed old Alexander behind the stage to settle the bill.

There is also the one who stood beside his mother, Mrs. Khotan, the Yi family boy in purple robe and brocade robe, and the jade tree in the wind, and the deity of his youth.

The past is like smoke that cannot be traced, and it only adds sadness in retrospect.

"Brother! How are you watching the excitement there? Don't come down and help me yet! ”

Gulandot was hurrying downstairs with a plate in one hand, several wine cups in the other, and an oak barrel under his arm.

Seeing me upstairs in a daze, he yelled at me anxiously.

It's going to be the Buddha Festival soon, and the inn business is cold, so you don't need too many people.

My wife, Kuzhina, gave half a month's annual leave to the local guys and maids in the store, and let them go back to their hometown for the holidays.

I didn't expect so many passing merchants to come to Hula at once, and the manpower couldn't be used, and the old and young in our family could only be called by a few people, and only then did Gu Landuo hate to grow three heads and six arms.

"Good Lat! Come on! ”

As if I had woken up from a dream, I laughed and ran down the stairs to take the oak barrel from my little sister's armpit.

"Brother, what were you looking at there stupidly? Look at my sister-in-law? ”

The little sister smiled evilly and pointed to the location of Kuzhina with her chin, and my wife was carrying a large number of keys to the guest room, ready to lead the merchants to the backyard to stay!

"Or are you admiring the beauty of this girl?"

Gurandot smiled at me with a charming smile, this mischievous girl did not forget to make fun of her brother in such a busy moment.

"I'm going to see when the barrel you're holding rolls down! It's not too busy, is it? Do you want to put this cask on your head? ”

My family's "Princess Ronglu" has finally grown into an adult! Blue-eyed blonde, captivating the country and the city, but she is a farmer, an embroiderer, a calligraphy and painting, swordsmanship, psychic Dafa, and a strange woman who is all-encompassing.

My mother's compassion brought us this little sister who never changed her money, which is really a great creation of our Yifu!

"Brother, how did you become an elm pimple on a trip to Rome! The amorous Yi Jin Chengjun in the past will never come back! Alas! Alas! ”

The little sister skillfully avoided the barrel of my "Mount Tai pressed the top", pretended to sigh compassionately, and gave it to a few nearby diners

The man delivered the food tray.

This is the end of our brother and sister's busy giggling.

After several catastrophes in recent years, the mother, Mrs. Khotan, finally learned to let go.

She passed on all the affairs of the inn to the eldest daughter-in-law and my wife, Kurina, just as she took over the family affairs from my grandmother Murong Qionglin.

Before the death of my grandmother, the family temple for the Buddha was still there, and now my mother and her old man are in addition to burning incense and chanting scriptures in front of the shrine every day in the morning and evening, and worshiping the Buddha.

He led his eldest grandson and my daughter around the homes of all relatives and friends in Wangcheng and the suburbs of the city, and treated them as guests.

The mother will also hold a banquet in the backyard of the inn every once in a while, entertaining the old and young clansmen of the Murong, Yuchi, and Lu clans of Khotan.

Raising oneself and enjoying oneself, if nothing else, is to be lively, and my mother likes to be lively all her life.

Whether it is running an inn or supporting Mr. Fu's private academy, it is all for popularity and liveliness.

My mother's temperament has not changed even in old age, and I am very gratified.

One evening, when I went to my mother's room to say goodbye, I mentioned to her about reorganizing the caravan, and my mother was very calm.

"O Jincheng! In the future, you should not come to ask my opinion on all the business operations in the family, as long as your wife agrees, I will not interfere! My mother's biggest preference now is to take my eldest grandson, but your mind is to walk the world, and our mothers are different and do not conspire with each other! Hehe. ”

My mother was smoking a shisha leisurely, and she looked kindly at Su'er Dao, who was playing in my arms.

"Who got Su'er's bun? What's this look? Ha ha! Is it your aunt or aunt? ”

My mother's attitude was not as resolute as when we first came back years ago, which made me feel a lot more relieved, so I raised Su'er and looked at his hairstyle and couldn't help but smile.

was originally a pendulum child who was less than two years old, but there were four or five twisted braids on his head.

"Who else but this stupid woman is Duo'er! Hehe, my girl is a maid who combs people's hair, and it is not too troublesome to braid her own hair, and she has to toss her nephew! I just gave Su'er two horns yesterday, which is very good-looking! It's a different trick today! Hehe, she also told me that the children in Rome and Persia have short hair, and if I hadn't stopped them, I would have cut my grandson's hair a long time ago! Ay! This woman is really worry-free! ”

My mother lovingly took Su'er from my arms, chattering about her little girl.

Just like our three brothers when they were young, our mother would always take us with us every night, no matter how busy we were.

Now that she is teasing her grandson all day long, the inn has also regained its popularity, and my mother seems to be satisfied and has nothing else to ask for.

It's so good, and what I was most worried about when I went on the road again was my mother's reluctance, but now that she has this optimistic mentality, I am at ease.

My wife, Kurina, came back from the hall downstairs very late, and the third-generation hostess of the Qingfengze Inn had completely inherited her mother-in-law's housekeeping style.

Every night, the lady has to check all the lights in the front hall and backyard of the entire home before returning to the house to rest.

"Husband, what is Grandma's attitude towards reorganizing the caravan?"

Kuzhna changed into a thin feathered cloud dress and asked me with a charming smile.

The beautiful wife is in the year of peach and plum, and the fragrance is still overflowing, which makes me intoxicated and fascinated.

"Mother only has Su'er in her eyes now, hehe, the key depends on your opinion, madam."

Kuzhna was combing her freshly washed sideburns in front of the bronze mirror, and I stepped forward and took a deep breath in her curly, silky hair.

"Forget it! The slave family only hopes that the husband can be safe and secure when he goes out, thinking of our mother and son, go early and return early! Mr. Lonely once laughed at me, I'm about to become Tu Shan's clan! ”

My wife sighed softly and snuggled up in my arms and smiled bitterly, but my heart was sour.

In the past, the holy monarch Yu ruled the water, and his wife Tu Shan climbed high day and night to look forward to the return of her husband, and finally turned into a statue of Xuanshi standing at the east foot of Tu Mountain, and the world respected it as "Wangfu Stone" or "Mother Stone".

Master Yuan Yi laughed at my wife like this,

It must be that this infatuated Loulan woman is also like the Tu Shan clan, often climbing to the heights and looking west, hoping to see our horse team returning east.

"Let Mrs. be so concerned, how can Jincheng be embarrassed! The long business road is thousands of rivers and mountains, and people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes! All a husband can do is that people are in their hearts and never lose each other! Hehe! ”

I suddenly remembered the prank that Gulandot had played on Su'er, who had spread out my wife's hair in a bun and braided it into a ponytail like a Roman woman.

"How can a husband stand up to the heavens and the earth to do this? Do you want to learn from Zhang Chang? ”

Looking at the hairstyle that she had never seen in the bronze mirror, Kuzhina complained with disgust.

I didn't expect that the wild history of Zhang Chang's thrush in the Han Dynasty had spread to the Western Regions, or my wife had heard it from Mr. Lonely.

"Learn nothing! Sleep with your wife! ”

I was ashamed of my wife's unintentional words, so I raised my hand and picked up my wife, and threw her to sleep.

The warm breeze in March is the time of strong love, how can you live up to such a beautiful spring festival.

"Kulia has been working endlessly lately, is she okay? Your own little sister, you should also care more about your sister! Qin Chong definitely won't be able to come back, do you want to find her a family again? Mr. Lonely's people are good, do you want me to help them match? ”

After the joy of fish and water, he didn't feel sleepy, so he chatted with his wife next to him.

"What are you talking nonsense about! The master is not confused, my sister is still in the prime of her life, how can they be compatible! Besides, the master already had a small family in Middle-earth, and every time my family's caravan went to Chang'an and Jiankang, he would entrust his grandfather to bring them back with family letters and money. ”

Kuzhna sighed softly and said sleepily.

"I thought Mr. Lonely was a widower, hehe, then I will help the little sister find another among the children of the family in Wangcheng."

"I also told Kulia about this, but this girl is infatuated with Qin Chong, so she has to wait for him for another year." My wife said quietly.

"What about Yinglangebu? Is there a good match? I then asked, this sister of the song and dance girl was originally going to be rationed to Liu Zhen'er.

"I haven't heard of her having a new crush among my little girls, but this sister plays drums and sings all day long, and she is not lonely in her life."

Kuzhna laughed evilly twice, turned to look at me, and said.

"Husband, why did you suddenly care about the affairs of our woman's family, do you have any ideas?"

"Joke! What can I think? I'm about to go out of the house, and I shouldn't care about the trivial things at home? ”

I was amused by Kuzhina, she didn't think I wanted to take her little sister and Sister Uran as concubines!

"Hey! Husband, Qin Chong and Liu Zhen'er are also powerful characters, did they die so easily? The slave family always felt that they were still alive, maybe on the way back. My hunch has always been accurate, you and Doer have been in Rome for a few years, and everyone else thinks that you have died a long time ago, but the slave family firmly believes that the husband will return safely. How's it going, aren't you coming back! ”

My wife smiled with relief.

"Madam, you haven't seen the fight between the two armies. Once defeated and surrounded by enemy troops, it is like the trapped beasts hunting in the spring suburbs. Even if Qin Chong and them had the courage of ten thousand people, they would not be able to escape death in the end. ”

As I spoke, the pictures of the remnants of the encirclement and suppression of Rome were displayed in my mind one by one.

"May the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of great compassion bless them, hey. Husband, the Buddha Festival is coming soon, let's leave after the festival. Our family finally reunited once, and I can't bear you for my wife. Kuzhna pleaded with me around the neck.

"Alright! Just listen to Mrs. once, celebrate the holiday at home, and celebrate well! ”

When I looked at my wife again, my wife had already slept quietly after a hard day's work.

With the acquiescence of her mother and Kuzhina, the plan to reorganize the caravan and go to Fulousha was officially launched.

Uncle Su, Shamihan, Uncle Men, and I separately informed the caravan members living in the vicinity of Khotan, and within two days, more than 50 old fellows came to return to the caravan.

The procurement of jade, the preparation of camels and horses, and the reorganization of the outfit were carried out in an orderly manner under the arrangement of Uncle Su and Sha Mihan

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Everyone is just waiting for a spring thunder after the Buddha Festival, and they will go west with me and embark on the long business journey again.