It wasn't until the army gradually disappeared from sight that An Xiabai reluctantly turned his gaze back.

Last night, in order to develop wound medicine, she didn't close her eyes all night, and now she is finally idle, but she is not sleepy, she gently pressed the corner of her forehead, stood in place and slowed down for a while, before walking in the direction of the restaurant.

At that time, the restaurant had already opened, as lively as usual, and everyone came and went, and no one noticed An Xiabai's loneliness.

She sighed silently in her heart, reached out and rubbed her cheeks to adjust her mentality, and then slowly walked through the door.

The guys and guests all found out about her arrival, and greeted her with a smile, An Xiabai agreed one by one, and turned his head to see Shen Ya standing near the window, the other party was looking up and talking to Ruqing, with a smile on his face, and he didn't know what he was talking about. An Xiabai looked good, and also walked over to join in the fun: "You two are talking and laughing here, what are you talking about?" ”

"Mrs. Lu is also back," Ruqing smiled, "I didn't expect it to be so early." ”

"I want to talk to my husband for a while, but it's a pity that it's time for the team to leave, so it's not good to delay." An Xiabai said helplessly.

Ruqing patted her shoulder, patted her chest again, and comforted: "Your husband is gone, and we are with you, and you have to live a good life in the future." ”

An Xiabai's heart warmed slightly, and he smiled and said that he could see it.

It just so happened that An Xiabai hadn't eaten yet, so while she was talking to Shen Ya, she sat down and asked the kitchen to make a bowl of porridge for herself.

Ruqing was worried when she heard this, after all, her appetite has always been good, and she has no meat for three meals a day, so she asked worriedly: "Wouldn't it be good to only drink porridge?" ”

"I don't have much appetite." When An Xiabai spoke, the corners of her lips involuntarily outlined a wry smile, because her face was pale and her lips were dry due to lack of water, she looked very haggard.

Ruqing's warm hand touched her cheek, half-frowning and told her that she must remember to rest well in the future, An Xiabai said that she understood, but turned her head and forgot about it again.

"Lord Shen, what do you want to tell me?" An Xiabai turned her head to look at Shen Ya, but it happened that the latter was also staring at her, and between their eyes, they smiled at each other.

Shen Ya said calmly: "The news brought today is related to the capital. ”

Shen Ya told An Xiabai that after Zhou Wensheng returned to the capital, he went straight to his father-in-law's house to beg his wife not to leave, in order to save Mrs. Zhou's heart, he even did not hesitate to kneel down in front of the house, but Mrs. Zhou was not soft-hearted at all, saying that if she wanted to leave, she insisted on leaving and leaving, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

Zhou Wensheng's persuasion was useless, so he stabbed the matter to the old father-in-law, hugged the old father-in-law's thigh and cried, but instead of calling for sympathy, he was thrown out of the house.

An Xiabai was in a happy mood when he heard it, and he couldn't help but eat two more bites of breakfast: "If you want me to see, Zhou Wensheng deserves it." ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Ruqing echoed with a smile, "The old man is always just the old man, not his own father, if this kind of ugly thing happens, his old man will definitely look up to his daughter, Zhou Wensheng He can't help but think too highly of himself." ”

Shen Ya recalled that the person who was powerful in the yamen not long ago was now embarrassed, and he was in a good mood: "He just didn't turn his brain fast enough, if he didn't make a big deal at the beginning, he didn't intercede with his wife, but went directly to see his father-in-law, maybe there was a cheap life, but now it's good, his wife and the official are gone." ”

"Yes, yes, if you are an official, you should be like Lord Shen." An Xiabai hurriedly smiled and agreed.

After breakfast, An Xiabai took a nap in the attic of the restaurant, and when she woke up later, it was already evening, and she walked downstairs in a daze and asked the cook why she didn't wake up.

Noon is the busiest time in the restaurant, because there are too many guests, sometimes they can't even get busy, An Xiabai originally planned to take a nap and get up to help, but she never expected to oversleep again, and she suddenly regretted it.

The cook blinked, indicating that she had gone upstairs to call An Xiabai more than once: "But Mrs. Lu, you may be too tired to wake up no matter how you call it." ”

An Xiabai pressed his forehead in distress, and in a blink of an eye, he saw the bookkeeper standing behind the counter in a trance, and a guest stood in front of him to talk to him, but he didn't even pay attention to it, as if he had something on his mind.

It's probably Sichun, after all, he's a hairy boy who hasn't married yet, and it's estimated that he lost his soul when he saw a girl who was good-looking.

An Xiabai didn't blame Zhou Hedong, but he was afraid that the guests in front of the counter would wait for a long time, so he went over to settle the bill for the guests in person.

Zhou Hedong woke up like a dream, and when he saw An Xiabai beside him, his breathing suddenly fell out of tune, and he said in a panic: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Lu, I was careful to be distracted just now!" ”

"It's okay." An Xiabai smiled and said, "The young man's thoughts, I can understand, must be in love with which girl, so I am very happy." ”

She misunderstood, Zhou Hedong's cheeks were red as if he had smeared rouge, and even the roots of his ears began to turn red: "That's not the case, Mrs. Lu, don't misunderstand, I was suddenly in a trance just now because I received a letter, a letter from Caiyue, I just finished reading it, and I am struggling with whether to hand it over to Mrs. You." ”

Hey, it turns out that there is still a connection between Zhou Hedong and Liu Caiyue?

An Xiabai wanted to read it, but he was afraid that the letter was someone else's privacy: "The letter my cousin sent you, isn't it good for me to see it?" ”

Zhou Hedong originally wanted to say that there were no special words in the letter, and it didn't matter if he looked at it, but An Xiabai categorically refused: "Forget it, I'm an outsider, it's not good to look at it, just tell me about their recent situation." ”

Zhou Hedong nodded, thought about it carefully, and told her that Liu Caiyue followed the Liu family to settle down in a small town a little farther away, and their mother and daughter reflected each other, and they had already bought a house in the small town, and even set up a small stall to do business.

It sounded like their life was going well, An Xiabai nodded, her eyes lit up slightly: "If their life goes on, I'll rest assured, Brother Zhou, help me tell them when you reply to them, if you encounter any difficulties over there, send a letter to explain the situation, and I will definitely help if I can help." ”

"Who? How can it help? Ruqing happened to be passing by here, and when she heard the voice, she subconsciously asked.

An Xiabai smiled and said: "It's Liu's mother and daughter, they said that they are doing well in other places, it seems that they are doing business with a small stall, I feel happy, so I asked him to reply by the way."

Ruqing raised her eyebrows and thought, and joked with a smile: "I didn't expect you to remember them, didn't you hate them so much that you didn't want to have anything to do with them before?" ”

"It's all in the past, and it doesn't matter anymore." An Xiabai didn't know what was going on with him, it was estimated that his life was too smooth, so he couldn't harden his heart.

Zhou Hedong said that he was busy with things in the restaurant, and when he returned home, he wrote a letter to Yanmo to thank An Xiabai on behalf of Liu's mother and daughter.

An Xiabai said that it was okay, and then was pulled away by Ruqing.

"Do you think there's something wrong with the way this person looks at you?" Ruqing pulled An Xiabai to the corner and asked her in a low voice.

An Xiabai's thinking didn't keep up with her rhythm for a while, and asked who was in a daze, and then saw her eyes turn in the direction of Zhou Hedong, and laughed with a snort: "No, I think he likes Liu Caiyue, didn't they get along well before, looking at me with something wrong, it is estimated that there is too little contact with women, so I am shy." ”

The explanation was reasonable, but Ruqing always felt that something was wrong.

An Xiabai raised her hand to smooth the wrinkles between her eyebrows, and said softly: "All worries must be your delusions, don't think about it, go in and work." ”

As she spoke, she pushed Ruqing into the door Ruqing was helpless, so she had to go in: "I can help, you can forget it, I haven't rested well these days, and now the whole person is haggard, hurry back and rest." ”

Ruqing really felt sorry for An Xiabai, but it was a pity that people accepted her love, but she was reluctant to leave, mainly because An Xiabai felt that Lu Li had just left, and the house was empty and alone, so it was strange and lonely, it was better to stay in the restaurant to help, so she didn't go back, and for a few days in a row, she was busy in the restaurant, and her body quickly lost weight with a visible difference.

Ruqing was so anxious that she was about to get angry: "If you continue like this, it is estimated that before Lu Li comes back, your body will collapse first." ”

An Xiabai waved his hand and said that he was fine.

On this day, when Ruqing was still thinking about how to let An Xiabai have a good rest, a guest suddenly came to the restaurant, claiming to be the housekeeper of a large family in the city, and he came over to make a birthday for his master, and there was a lack of a chef at home.

The remuneration they gave was the amount that the restaurant had earned after three days of operation, and An Xiabai was a little moved, so he nodded, and went to the house to help the next day.

This busy work was directly busy for three days, she lost weight all of a sudden, and her already haggard face was even more unsightly, because of this reason, she didn't dare to go to the restaurant to see Ruqing, but took leave and went home to rest.

The house was empty, and there was no warm flickering light when he got home, which made An Xiabai very uncomfortable.

She misses Lu Li a little, and this feeling is strongest when she wakes up in the middle of the night when she is thirsty, and there is no one on her side, and there is only one light flickering in the room except for her.

An Xiabai got up and poured herself a glass of water, it was cold, walked to the window with her hand, and looked up at the stars in a quiet daze.

I don't know if there can be such moonlight at the border pass, and Lu Li can't see it, what is he doing now?

What she didn't know was that in a clearing at the border, her husband was listening to the cicadas and looking up at the stars, and the stars that were originally scattered turned into a shadow in his eyes.

Lu Li also misses her.