Chapter 455: Mei Jiren's Persistence
Shen Zhanghua has an official position, even if Xiu Mu is inconvenient to visit Du Mei in Dujiagou, he has been hanging about Du Mei's injury, and after a few days, he is looking for a reason to check the autumn grain, and personally came down to inspect the farmland.
Qinghe County Commander Du Jue relied on his own father-in-law who was the king of Shu, and ignored Lord Zhizhou, Shen Zhanghua was worried that he had no chance to shake off this annoying tail, so he asked Han Liu to accompany him, Du Jue was so happy that he didn't go to the countryside to bask in the sun, and immediately agreed.
Du Huaibing accompanied Shen Zhanghua to see the rice growing in the field, and the two of them, as before, talked while walking, from the autumn grain harvest to the days of the villagers, during which it was inevitable to mention what happened to Du Mei.
Shen Zhanghua naturally went to visit Du Mei accompanied by Du Huaibing, there is a difference between men and women, he can only glance at the person lying on the bed through the door curtain, although Shen Zhanghua has been prepared, but seeing this situation, his face changed instantly, his heart seemed to be pinched fiercely, and he couldn't breathe in pain.
Xu invited them to sit and drink tea under the shade of the big elm tree in the courtyard, Shen Zhanghua remembered in a trance that he came to leave that day, Du Mei said to him with a smile, he was going to Jiangling City to do business, and if he wanted to come and go more in the future.
Today, under the shade of this mottled tree, it is still the same table, stool and teacup, but the girl with her eyebrows and eyes flying and smiling is sleeping silently in the room at the moment, leaving him here to touch the sadness.
Shen Zhanghua sat in a daze until the sun shadow was far west, there was no sunlight in the courtyard, the wind was blowing in the evening, and it was cool under the big elm tree, Han Liu invited him a few times, Shen Zhanghua suddenly woke up from his past meditation, Xu sat for too long, he couldn't stand steadily for a while, thanks to Han Liu's timely support for him.
Bidding farewell to Xu and Du Huaibing, Shen Zhanghua looked at Du Mei's house again, and finally turned his head away, galloping in the twilight countryside, the tears in his eyes were all scattered in the cool night breeze.
Of course, Chu Lin came to see Du Mei the most, he came at night almost every two days, in order to avoid gossip in the village, he stayed in Shewu Mountain until it was completely dark, and then avoided the villagers jumping over the wall.
Xu knew that he had a deep affection for Du Mei, and he came and went at night, and did not deliberately care about him, every time Chu Lin came, he first used two hours of luck to ward off the cold for Du Mei, and then spent three hours talking to Du Mei.
Night after night, Chu Lin grabbed Du Mei's hand, recalling the bits and pieces of the past that belonged to them, those beautiful, sweet, even if they were quarrelsome and annoying, they felt happy when they thought about it at this time.
More often, Chu Lin would talk about his vision for the future, showing his eternal love and love, but no matter how emotional and tearful he said, Du Mei still slept quietly and did not respond at all.
"Mei'er, wake up, okay?" The sky is gradually revealing the white belly of the fish, and every time Chu Lin leaves, it is an inseparable parting.
He begged God for mercy countless times, so that Du Mei could open his smart eyes one day, look at him, and call him a third brother softly and glutinously, he probably has nothing else to ask for in this life.
However, no matter how sad it is, time will not stop and wait, the sun sets and the moon rises, day by day, and soon it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15.
This is the last festival before the autumn grain harvest, Dujiagou people start to grind rice flour early in the morning to make sesame-filled cakes, the village is full of glutinous rice fragrance and sesame grinding sweetness, only Du Mei's home is still very strong medicinal juice taste.
"Second sister-in-law, I'll send you a few cakes." Fang Shi brought more than ten round cakes with a small basket.
"Brother Jiasuo is at home, you can keep it for him to eat." Xu excused himself.
There is a patient at home, Xu is so busy that he has neither the energy nor the mood for the holiday, and the Du Ying sisters are also well-behaved, even Juniper is not noisy, and only revolves around her mother and sister at home.
"He doesn't like sweets, so let me give them to Komatsu." Fang said with a smile.
Xu had no choice but to take the small basket, return to the kitchen, put the cake on the plate, turned around and took a few salted duck eggs at home, and put them in the basket as a return gift.
After a while, Chunya hugged the child and sent some tofu, dried tofu and hundred leaves, and Butcher Zhang also sent his son to send a knife of fine meat and a few thigh bones.
At that time, Aunt Zhang's man didn't know which ditch to catch a big black fish, specially sent to Du Mei to make up for it, although Aunt Zhang is a woman who regards money as life, and has a mean mouth, but also a person who is reasonable, Du Mei not only asked the imperial doctor to give her son bones, but also gave her rice to raise ducks on credit.
Xu Shi accepted the fish and gave him money as usual, but he didn't want anything, Xu didn't want anything, Xu didn't want to pull with him, so he had to give him a piece of royal blue muslin at home, and in autumn, he just made a new dress for Xiao Chun.
In the afternoon, Zhong Yu brought a large package of new medicinal herbs, and after a while, Murong Xi brought some pastries, and the two sat in the courtyard, whispering about Du Mei's condition, Zhong Yu has been consulting medical books these days, and plans to give Du Mei a needle to try.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chu Lin must be coming, there are fish and meat at home, Du Ying went to the field to dig vegetables, Xu's killed a chicken again, the mother and daughter were busy cooking, and they stayed until the twilight was dark, and a hearty dinner was served.
Everyone sat in the kitchen, just waiting for Chu Lin to come and eat together, but they didn't want someone outside the courtyard gate to call the door abruptly.
Du Yingfei ran away, but saw Ye Dan and Song Jiu standing outside the door, hurriedly opened the door and let them in.
"Why are you here?" Zhong Yu asked a little uneasily.
"Meizi has been sick for more than a month, and Mei Ji can't hold on." Song Jiu pursed his lips and said.
He knew very well that if he said this at this time, he would be disgusted, but if it wasn't for the critical moment, he had nothing to do, how could he beg Lin Dan to come with him.
"It's poured, if Du Mei can still give you ideas at this time, I want to bow three times and thank you!" Murong Xi said coldly, his eyes were full of annoyance in the dim light.
"Let me meet Meizi, Mei Ji has spent too much of her effort, if she can hear me, she will definitely not be willing to be usurped by Mei Ji, maybe she can wake up early!" Song Jiu's face was blue and white when Murong Xi said it, but he still insisted cheekily.
"Let him talk about it, let's listen to it together, Mei Ji is Du Mei's industry, although she is seriously ill, but she is the descendant of the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion, the emperor personally named the lord of Qinghe, who dares to fight her idea, fishing in troubled waters, this is eating the bear's heart and leopard gall!" Chu Lin walked in from the dark outer room and said majestically.
"Meizi should drink rice cereal now, you can go after eating." Xu Shi brought the hot rice to the table and whispered.
Everyone was silent when they heard this, and silently picked up the bowl to eat, and Xu Shi brought another half bowl of rice cereal into the house to feed Du Mei.
At the dinner table, the atmosphere was depressing, everyone was sad, even though the dishes cooked by Xu's were still as delicious as before, but everyone didn't know the taste and didn't have much appetite, they quickly pulled the rice in the bowl, and put down the chopsticks.
After about two hours, Xu Shi came back, seeing that the dishes on the table barely moved, and wanted to say something, seeing that they were all sad, he was speechless and choked.
Zhong Yu specially prepared a silver needle today, Du Mei was thinner than before, and Zhong Yu was very careful with the needle. Song Jiu saw Du Mei like this for the first time, and he couldn't control it all of a sudden, and tears flowed down his eyes.
"Here's the thing......" Ye Dan couldn't help himself when he saw Song Jiu crying, so he had to speak for him.
On that day, Mei Ji was washed in blood, a tragic situation, Du Mei was poisoned by arrows, unconscious, although Dong Chang gathered the cook and men, Xiaoli also led the takeaway team, but in the end the group of dragons had no leader, and I didn't know what to do for a while.
When Ye Dan heard the bad news, he ran early, gathered everyone together, and waited until the Lin Zheng brothers and Lin Yong and his wife came back, bringing Zhong Yu's plea asking them to keep the Mei Ji signboard, which also became the only wish that the Mei Ji people insisted on and refused to give up.
However, Mei Ji was burned to the ground, and Du Mei was even more dangerous, hovering on the line of life and death, not only Lin Zheng was the shopkeeper of Dong, but in this panic, he didn't know where to start.
Mei Ji was destroyed overnight, the shops on the royal street, each with their own hearts, those who did not participate in Mei Ji takeaway, it is inevitable to stand by and watch the jokes, and those taverns and restaurants that taste the sweetness in the takeaway are secretly anxious, Qiao Shouzheng has always been old and serious, he got this bad news, and it was inevitable that he was shocked, when he arrived at Mei Ji, everyone was in a hurry, and they were in a hurry.
"The big shopkeeper has suffered bad luck, but Mei Ji's signboard can't be down, although the restaurant has burned down, but fortunately you are still there, Zuixianlou is willing to vacate a little space for you to continue to eat." Qiao Shouzheng looked up at the blackened door, patted the shoulder of the shopkeeper Dong and said.
"The kitchen of our Chunjiang restaurant can also be lent to you." Zhang Sanniang interjected busily.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mei Ji has not yet fallen to the point of cooking in another kitchen." The shopkeeper Dong thanked him, but he still firmly refused.
Mei Ji is not without a place to make a kitchen, the shop on the dock, and the small façade on the royal street, are more than enough to make a kitchen.
"That's it, Mei Ji takeaway is temporarily managed by Zuixian Lou, the name of the person, car, and takeaway is still Mei Ji's, and when the big shopkeeper comes back, I will hand it over to her immediately, what do you think?" Qiao Shouzheng continued without giving up.
Now, the food sold by takeaway can already account for half of the sales of Zuixianlou, Qiao Shouzheng doesn't want to give up this business, besides, Mrs. Feng and Du Mei are sworn sisters, and they are in Mei's group, so they will never stand by, helping her at this time is to help Zuixianlou.
Dong Chang naturally knew that Meiji Takeaway was founded by Du Mei, and if he wanted to maintain the operation of takeaway, he had to insist on receiving orders and delivering food, but at this time, the restaurant was ruined, and there was no place to stay, so how could it continue?
Although Ye Dan has the ability to take over Mei Ji takeaway, Luo Mei Xuan is not a food eater in the end, and he can't let Mei Ji's takeaway business be smashed in his own hands.
The two discussed in a low voice, and in the end they still agreed to Qiao Shouzheng's proposal, Dong Chang bowed and saluted, "Then thank you Qiao Shopkeeper, Mei Ji takeaway is temporarily placed in the Drunken Immortal Building." ”