Chun Niang recalled some sporadic fragments, and hurriedly asked her to sit in the counter: "Remember, you were still a thin and weak little girl that time, and now you have become the shopkeeper of Jubao Street Noodle Factory. ”

Yanzi's big eyes are black and white, and a pair of long eyelashes are flashing: "How can I compare with Sister Chunniang, you are the number one beauty in our mouth." ”

"Look at this little mouth, you can really say, sit down quickly." Chunniang took Yanzi's hand and insisted that she sit next to her in the counter.

"No, Sister Chunniang, I just came to see how Brother Simao is doing, and inquired about the recent situation of Zhang Niangniang and Uncle Zhang, what's wrong, isn't Simao here?" One of the swallow's eyes slid around.

A hint of imperceptible strangeness flashed in Chunniang's eyes, and in a blink of an eye, she returned to normal, still smiling and saying quietly: "Simao, every day I go out early and return late, and I don't know where the wild is now, or you wait here, let's have a meal together at home in the evening." ”

After all, Yanzi is young, and he is far from the realm of not showing mountains and waters, after listening to Chun Niang's words, it seems that he is already familiar with Simao, and the smile on his face can't help but become a little stiff, and he said forcefully: "Then I'll come back another day, don't bother you, you are busy first, I have to go back to the noodle factory....."

Chun Niang continued to hold Yanzi's hand, and with a reluctant expression on her face, she sent her to the door before turning her head, turning around to look at the sky, and snorting and instructing one of her men: "You go to the dock for a run, and then Simao will come back early." ”

"Come on, shopkeeper, you must bring it with you, and let my uncle get back quickly." The guy is also a flamboyant person, and joked with a smile.

When Simao took those brothers into the backyard with one foot, the banquet had already been set up, and Chun Niang was directing people to unseal the wine urn, and the aroma immediately filled the entire courtyard. The black and thin man at the head stretched out his hand to stop: "Shopkeeper, don't drink the wine, just have enough meat." At night, the brothers kept vigil and did not dare to make mistakes. ”

Since the incident of Liuzi, Simao and his brothers have lived in the backyard of their teahouse every day in the past two days, obviously to prevent Liuzi's people from coming to find trouble, as for the daytime, people come and go, and the dock where Simao and others stay is very close to the teahouse, and they can arrive with a stick of incense, so they are not worried.

Chunniang didn't persuade either, and said with a smile: "Brothers have worked hard, you eat and drink first, Simao and I have a few words to say." ”

Simao stretched out his hand and picked up a pair of chopsticks, grabbed the pig's head meat and sent it to his mouth, chewing loudly, while muttering: "If you have anything to say, I'm still hungry." ”

Chun Niang glared at Simao fiercely: "I said that I had something to find you, and I can't wait for a while?" If you're not hungry, won't you come back? ”

Everyone giggled and said: "Go quickly, don't grab food from us, the shopkeeper has said, if you have something to tell you, maybe you will also prepare bamboo shoots and fried meat for you to open a small stove." ”

Simao reluctantly put down his chopsticks, and said as he walked: "I can't eat raw ..... food."

Chunniang followed Simao into her small courtyard.

Simao has not entered Chunniang's boudoir for a long time, and he revisits his hometown at this moment, and he has some emotion in his heart.

The newly pasted silk screen window paper, the new bed curtains, the new sour branch tables and chairs, the room is full of fragrance, and only people are the same.

On the table are several cold dishes and delicate seasonal vegetables, red and green, refreshing and pleasant, which will make people have an appetite and appetite on a hot summer day.

Simao sat down with a smile: "Let's drink two cups together!"

Chun Niang didn't shirk it, and after setting up the wine array, she handed the cup full of wine to Simao's hand, and said casually: "That little girl named Yanzi found here today, I asked her to come in and wait for you, but she refused, turned around and left."

Simao sighed, and ate intently with a piece of white-cut chicken, his face full of nothingness.

Chunniang glanced at Simao out of the corner of her eyes, and suddenly raised her voice: "What are you pretending to be stupid, that little girl, I know that there is something hidden in my heart at a glance, and she has a rejecting expression towards me, does it have anything to do with you?"

Simao sighed: "I've been back to the mouth, except for the dock ship, you are here, and I went to Lao Wang's Taoist temple halfway, and you can't see it, where do I go to have anything to do with others."

"You don't interrupt me, not being able to go out and whether you have anything to do with it are two different things, you are ready to resist in the end and not tell the truth, right?" Chun Niang's tone was not good, but her smiling and beautiful expression made Simao mutter.

Simao replied in a rare and serious manner: "Yanzi has enough of his stepmother's suffering, his father is away all the year round, this girl is no different from an orphan, my mother raised her as a daughter, and I also protected her as a sister, so Yanzi sticks to me, but I don't have any other thoughts, don't be suspicious of this kind of thing."

As soon as she said this, Chun Niang's face was a little unbearable, she groaned for a long time, and sighed faintly: "I said the wrong thing, don't mind." In this life, I hope to be widowed for a lifetime, and the days are sad during the New Year's holidays and in the dead of night, but I can grit my teeth and stay up. Sometimes when my heart is really empty, I go to my old aunt's house, she is a widow at the age of 20, and she has been guarding until she is 82 years old, I ask the old aunt, how did you come here, guess what the old aunt said? ”

Simao couldn't help asking, "What did you say?"

"The old aunt said silly girl, you, just prepare a clay jar, fill a jar of soybeans, when it's dark, splash all the soybeans on the ground, and then, pick them up one by one and put them in the jar, the beans are finished, the chickens are also crowing, the window paper is white, the night is over, and my aunt has counted the beans for more than 60 years....."

Simao listened to Chunniang's plain narration, but in his heart he felt the long night and endless loneliness and despair of the widowed old man, and he couldn't help but be moved. He gently stretched out his hand, held Chunniang's slender jade fingers, and said softly: "You have me, your life is better than the old aunt's life."

Chunniang rubbed her cheek with the back of Simao's hand: "You are no longer the gangster on Jubao Street before, I know that you are not the kind of man with a wife and children who have a hot kang head, you are destined to be an eagle flying in the sky, and you are a natural person who does big things in the rivers and lakes, I can't stop you, and my father and Uncle Heipi also advised me not to be confused." But in this matter, I can't control myself, I don't know when I think about you, and when I know, it's too late. I can't talk to other men in my life except you, I will follow you in the future, enjoy happiness with you, suffer with you, if you die, I will accompany you to the underworld, only one word first, you don't want to hide anything from me. After all, I'm older and you're a lot, you give me a son and a half daughter, and when I'm old, I'll live with my children, and I won't ask you for your suspicion in front of you. ”