Three days later, Zhiqing went to the red bean tree again. She looked left and right on both sides of the road, and suddenly was tapped on the back by a fan, "Don't look back." A familiar voice came from behind, and she only felt that someone had inserted something in her hair, and she touched it with her hand, which seemed to be a hairpin. She turned her head to look at Bai Xuan, and he smiled slightly, "I gave you a gift, I think it's especially worthy of you." ”

"It's precious, I can't take it." She was about to take it off when a hand grabbed her hand and stopped. Shen Zhiqing touched the strange man's hand for the first time and retracted it like an electric shock.

Bai Xuan realized that he was a little presumptuous, "I'm sorry, this hairpin was bought at the market last time, don't you like it, if you don't like it, I'll change the ......" He was suddenly a little speechless.

Shen Zhiqing didn't expect Bai Xuan to be shy too, crimson climbed up her cheeks, and the sunlight projected on her long eyelashes, pulling down a small shadow. She didn't know how to reject a shy person, but it was indeed too easy to win favor with a good-looking person. "No, don't get me wrong, I like it very much, thank you, Childe." The mouth did not obey the call. Bai Xuan still smiled faintly, this smile was both warm and distant, but it made her feel just right, and her heart was inexplicably relaxed.

As soon as the two arrived at the market, Bai Xuan found a stall selling mirrors and let Shen Zhiqing take a look at the hairpin. Although it is just an ordinary sandalwood hairpin, it looks a little unrefined in Shen Zhiqing's hair, and it is more flavorful than the bells and whistles headbands worn by those Qinghebang girls. Zhiqing looked in the mirror and thought to herself that she was so stinky and beautiful. "Yikes!" At this time, a child bumped into her, and she stumbled, but fortunately Bai Xuan held her. The child ran forward without looking back, Shen Zhiqing touched his clothes, the money bag was gone, "Catch the thief, he stole my money bag!" She shouted. Bai Xuan immediately rushed out, his steps were light, and after only a few jumps, he had already rushed to the front of the child, and before Zhiqing could see how he ran, he had already slipped the child back.

"Why do you steal something, return it to others quickly, and pay it back." Bai Xuan said sharply.

"Sister, I didn't mean to. My mother died early, my father also fell ill, and the family had nothing to eat, so I could only go out and steal some back to see my father. Zhiqing saw that the child looked sloppy and there was only one shoe, so she couldn't help but feel pity, "It's really pitiful, let's go see your father together, maybe we can help." ”

"No, no." The child waved his hand again and again, "The house is too dirty, I'm afraid of soiling you, I'll take care of it myself." Zhiqing thought for a while, and stuffed the money bag back to the child, "Take it, it's important to see your father." The child hurriedly thanked him again and again, and ran away.

"Girl, you were deceived by that child." A grandmother on the side of the stall quietly stepped forward and said, "That child's father is in good health, he is a famous drunkard on this street." Children don't learn well with such a father, and they either make up nonsense all day long, or steal and cheat. The stolen money was then given to his father for gambling and drinking. ”

"Really?" Shen Zhiqing was stunned, looking at the place where the child disappeared, "Then why didn't you say it just now?" ”

Grandma looked at both sides, "We are annoyed when we see his father here, and we are afraid that he will cause trouble, I think you are too kind, let you stop being fooled." ”

Zhiqing glanced at Bai Xuan beside him, he raised his eyebrows at her, his expression was very strange. "So," Zhiqing suddenly understood something, "Do you know that the kid has a problem?" ”

"You can see that although he is sloppy, his fingernails are clean, and there are still a few drops of greasy on the front of his clothes, which means that he has eaten well."

"Then you'll watch me get deceived." Shen Zhiqing was a little angry.

"There are poor people who do have hate, but that doesn't excuse us from being kind to others. Maybe one day our good deeds will also influence these people, I prefer to see your kind appearance, a little silly and cute. He winked at her.

Zhiqing didn't seem to understand what he said, she only knew that her mother had taught her since she was a child to be kind to others and help others. It's just that the embarrassing thing at the moment is that she has no money to buy flour and goes back, and the most embarrassing thing is that she was laughed at for being a good person. I thought to myself, it turns out that this person is so scheming, and he has been stupid for a few days and walked with him so many times, will he be sold and have to count the money for him, how can he be so happy to see that he was cheated of money.

The more Zhiqing thought about it, the more angry he became, but he couldn't spit on him with a sigh of resentment, after all, he didn't have this obligation, so he could only walk back silently. "Why are you going?" Bai Xuan pulled her back. "There's no money, I'll go back." Shen Zhiqing dropped the words and continued walking. A money bag was shoved into her hand, "Take it and buy flour." ”

"I don't want it." Zhiqing was as if she had received a cannon fight, and hurriedly threw it back before she could heat it, "I can't use your money." "Now that I think of bribing me with money, I don't know how I'm going to pay it back.

"I am also responsible for making you lose money this time, I invite you to eat as an apology, you can't shirk it." Bai Xuan bent down and held the fan in his hand to make a gesture of please.

Shen Zhiqing didn't agree, but she didn't leave either. "You see that when you go back at this time, it's not easy to explain. I was also misunderstood by my father and mother that you spent the money yourself. It's better to think of a way while eating. Zhiqing really didn't have an idea in her head, and she made up a reason to explain it to her father and mother, and she had indeed sung "Empty City Plan" in her stomach. But the appearance is very strange, it will always be reminiscent of the character value linkage, Shen Zhiqing thinks about what else can happen to a meal, what is really wrong, a Qinghebang will rush here to seek justice for her.

Bai Xuan took her into a restaurant, although it is not very big, but the courtyard is very chic, only to hear the sound of silk and bamboo, the figure in the screen looms, there are green bamboos planted in the patio, and there are several jars of water lilies, they walked through the patio and arrived at a private room inside, the little man at the door saw it and hurriedly greeted: "Bai ......" Bai Xuan glanced at him, blocked his mouth with a fan, and Xiao Xuan immediately understood, "Guest officer, please inside." After sitting down, Bai Xuan said to the little man, "Let's serve a few of your signature dishes here." ”

Zhiqing looked out the window, it was a small yard, the small bridge and flowing water were all insufficient, and there was a peach blossom tree in full bloom. "It's incredible that you can still see peach blossoms now."

"The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom." Bai Xuan opened the fan and shook the fan to look at the peach blossoms, "It's just that the microclimate is different, and the flowering period is also different." Do you see the pond in the yard, where ice cubes are sometimes thrown into the pond to reduce the temperature and prolong the flowering period without damaging the flowers. ”

"In order to make the flowers bloom for a while, it is still so painstaking." For a person like her, who has to think about three meals a day, of course, she can't understand the behavior of burning so much money just to enjoy the flowers.

After a while, the food was served. Shen Zhiqing has never seen these dishes, not to mention the taste, but the appearance is extremely exquisite, and even the shapes of flowers, grasses, fish and beasts on the plate are made of food, which makes people unbearable.

"It's a squirrel mandarin fish, come and try it." Bai Xuan sandwiched a chopstick fish and put it in a bowl.

"Well, it's delicious." For the first time, Zhiqing ate fish that was sweet to the mouth and fresh to the root of the tongue, and he couldn't guess how to make it so delicious when he saw the fish being golden all over.

"At this time of year, the mandarin fish is fatter, and this fish is not easy to catch, and if it is accidentally stabbed, it will be poisoned and feverish. Squirrel mandarin fish is fried at high temperatures to bring out the delicious mixed sauce in the meat. ”

At this meal, Shen Zhiqing opened her eyes and became curious about Bai Xuan's background. This hotel is by no means an ordinary hotel, and what his origin is has always been so mysterious. Looking at this table of dishes that no one in Qinghebang may have seen before, I don't know how much timidity I felt in my heart, whether this meal was still a favor or that she owed a favor. Bai Xuan saw that she didn't move her chopsticks much, thinking that she was worried about Yinzi, "Don't worry, this is my friend's restaurant, he owes me money, and he has to take care of me eating and drinking for a long time." ”

"What if this is going to make your friend poor." Zhiqing is not a fool, this nonsense is made up, she smiled and winked at Bai Xuan.

"Haha, I'll change another one when I'm poor." Bai Xuan gave Zhiqing another chopstick dish, still so polite, as usual, Shen Zhiqing estimated that the table of dishes was swept away, but recently she ate like everyone else's ladies, because she really had too many questions in her heart, and finally knew what it meant to eat without knowing the taste.

As soon as the meal was over, the little man brought the flour. "It's for you, as an apology." Bai Xuan handed over the flour, "I'm to blame for this after all, otherwise you really won't be able to get over this hurdle today." ”

Shen Zhiqing had the words "nothing to do" in her heart, "You have already invited me to dinner and apologized." Zhiqing said politely, waving his hand and going out the door.

"Why don't I send it to you?" Bai Xuan smiled.

"Where?"

"Your home. The last time you went to that alley and walked to Qinghebang, I went there and asked, can't you ask? ”

"Don't." Shen Zhiqing felt that if he did this, she would be even more intelligible. Alas, I blame myself for being greedy for others, beauty? No, how could she Shen Zhiqing have such a dirty thought, this should be called a warm feeling, she felt that after meeting a few times, her face was thicker than the bluestone on the bank of the river. "Forget it, I borrowed it, and I'll pay it back to you next time."

"Okay, you have the final say." Bai Xuan smiled, borrowing and repaying, often coming and going.

Bai Xuan still sent Zhiqing to the alley, "It's still three days later, I'll wait for you under the red bean tree." He looked at her and smiled.

Zhiqing nodded, didn't speak, pinched the flour bag, and walked forward without looking back. She didn't dare to look back, afraid to look again, and she didn't know when the next time her soul would run away from home.