In the afternoon, when the passenger ship docked at the Xiaoximen Wharf in Quzhou, Wu Ming instructed two energetic young men to follow behind and help the two women pick up heavy suitcases containing silver tickets, gold bars, oceans, and a few antiques to get off the boat together.

The wharf is full of people, more than ten times more than Changshan Wharf, hundreds of boats of all kinds come and go in and out of the wide water, shouting, bargaining, shouting one after another.

Wu Ming looked up, the tall city wall of Quzhou City was magnificent, and the towering gatehouse on the city gate stood tall under the blue sky, which seemed to carry countless years, which made Wu Ming look up for a long time and was quite shocked.

Two groups of people and a large number of luggage took three rickshaws into Xiaoximen, passed Shuiting Street, turned into the wider stone road of Fuxi Street, and then turned into Fangmen Street, where there were many shops and pedestrians, and soon came to the Shenglongsheng Inn with a huge signboard of carved beams and paintings.

Fang Zhichun saw that after Wu Ming got out of the car, he kept looking at the gray tiles and white walls on the opposite side of the building, and told Wu Ming in a low voice that it was Quzhou Academy, which is now the largest institution in the counties of western Zhejiang, and if it wasn't for her father insisting that she go back to Changshan last year, it is estimated that she would have been teaching at Quzhou Girls' School.

Sister-in-law Fang rushed in and asked for two adjacent guest rooms, and by the way, she ordered a few dishes and told the innkeeper to send them to the house.

Everyone followed the courteous man into the courtyard and came to the guest room on the second floor of the west, Wu Ming put the suitcase into the room of Fang's sister-in-law's family, led the two apprentices back to their own room next door, looked at the various furnishings slightly, and found that although the whole room was not big, it was clean and spotless, and the wooden bed and furniture were beautifully made and very strong, thinking that the inn of this grade did not seem to be cheap.

The diligent guy brought a copper basin of hot water and waited for Wu Ming to wipe his face, Wu Ming said thank you Xie Xie took out his towel, and after washing, he saw that the young man with low eyebrows was still looking at him and laughing, so he reacted, took out a dime of silver quill to reward, and the happy guy bowed frequently, loudly promising to be on call.

In less than half an hour, the meal was delivered, Wu Ming stopped the two food delivery guys at the door, pointed to the Eight Immortals table in his house, and ordered the food to be placed on it.

The guy immediately splashed his saliva and showed off that his inn was one of the best time-honored brands in Quzhou, and the famous Piaoxiang Building in the four provinces on the side was opened by his family, which not only had local flavors, but also the signature dishes of the major cuisines in the north and south, like tongue twisters to report the names of various dishes.

Wu Ming hurriedly asked him to stop, and ordered a steamed osmanthus fish, a plate of roasted marinated cold spells, a fresh bamboo shoot meat slice and a braised lion's head. The guy made a little calculation and said that nine yuan and two dishes were paid, and Wu Ming generously put ten ocean dollars into his palm and asked him to send him a few newspapers for the past two days and a box of cigarettes.

Sister-in-law Fang and Fang Zhichun were very embarrassed when Wu Ming called them to dinner, and even said that they had already inherited too many favors from Wu Ming, and they couldn't let Wu Ming break the bank.

Wu Ming didn't say anything, went to the side of the bed, took the pillow and put it on the chair, hugged Fang's sister-in-law's son, and started to serve food to the little guy with green eyes: "The little guy sit tight, I guess you must be hungry." Kui Yuan, Lei Peng, don't sit stupidly, do it yourself. ”

Sister-in-law Fang and Fang Zhichun politely began to dine, and after a while, the guy sent steaming and fragrant steamed fish and braised lion's head, and the two women suddenly understood, and watched Wu Ming use another pair of chopsticks to pick up vegetables for the timid little guy, and then clip a piece of fish belly, carefully remove the fish bones for the little guy, the two women looked at each other and were very moved.

"Eat, you're welcome, don't eat cold." Wu Ming picked up a braised lion's head and stuffed it into his mouth, bit it twice and opened his eyes in surprise: "Delicious!" I've never eaten such a good braised lion's head in my life, and it really lives up to its name! Don't look at it, let's eat it, there are only eight of them, and if you start slowly, it's gone. ”

Fang Zhichun couldn't help laughing, and when he saw Wu Mingwang coming over, he hurriedly lowered his head to eat. Lei Peng and Kui Yuan also lost the restraints they had at the beginning, ate deliciously, and soon added another bowl of rice.

Sister-in-law Fang asked gently, "Xiao Wu, how many brothers and sisters do you have in your family?" ”

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he knew that Sister-in-law Daofang hadn't heard those conversations between herself and the bandits, so she hurriedly put down the bowl and replied: "I am alone without worry, and I have no brothers and sisters." ”

"What about your parents?" Sister-in-law Fang asked again.

Wu Ming hesitated: "I haven't seen my father since I was sensible, and my mother passed away last year." Don't talk about that, eat! You still have to do something after eating, by the way, do you need me to accompany you? ”

Sister-in-law Fang shook her head: "Don't bother...... In the afternoon, we went to find Youchun's colleague, his name is Wang Zhiyuan, and now he is the senior staff member and political training section chief of the security headquarters. ”

"Okay, I'll go out for a walk and come back later, if you need something, don't be polite, just call me." Wu Ming saw the little guy sticking out his tongue and licking his mouth, and immediately became happy, and then put a lion's head into the little guy's bowl: "Eat slowly, if you like it, there will be it at night." ”

"You've spoiled him, let him do it himself." Sister-in-law Fang sighed.

Fang Zhichun couldn't help but look at Wu Ming, bursts of inexplicable emotions swelled in her heart, before she learned the whole process of being kidnapped by bandits from her sister-in-law's account, knowing that the bandits were in flames, Wu Ming, who was also kidnapped up the mountain, suddenly took action to help the cottage bandits fight back, one person shot another group of bandits who came to attack multiple in a row, so that the cottage turned into a safe, and the cottage bandits were extremely grateful to Wu Ming, and at Wu Ming's request, they released all the kidnapped people, and returned a lot of gold, silver and antiques that were robbed.

Therefore, Fang Zhichun has always been grateful to Wu Ming who helped her sister-in-law's family, but she has always had no good impression of Wu Ming with blood on her hands.

But Wu Ming in front of him completely subverted Fang Zhichun's opinion, Wu Ming didn't say much all the way to the same boat, but he talked elegantly, had a keen mind, and was very good at taking care of other people's emotions, not at all the reckless man who only killed in his imagination, Wu Ming smiled so naturally at the child, as if he had been with the child for a long time, and when he talked about his parents just now, the sadness that flashed in his eyes was so trembling, his eyes were so deep and calm, which made people feel invisibly relieved and trusted, and gestured, Naturally, it exudes a mature and steady and fascinating temperament, which makes Fang Zhichun's heart pound.

Wu Ming saw Fang Zhichun staring at him blankly, so he lowered his head and took a big bite of the bowl to eat, as if he didn't see anything, he killed the two bowls of rice in three times and two times, put down the bowl and picked up another pair of chopsticks to remove fish bones for the little guy.

As a result, after a meal, the child affectionately called Uncle Wu, Wu Ming was so happy, the other party's sister-in-law said that it was inconvenient to go errands with the child, so he simply left the child behind, and then he took the child out to go shopping. Fang's sister-in-law was already holding a baby who had just turned three months, so she politely agreed, warning her son not to be naughty with his uncle, not to buy things, etc.