"Master, you really know how to order, the three signature dishes that our restaurant has made the best have been ordered by you. The little one is really damned, the old eyes are dizzy and blind. The shopkeeper was surprised that he turned out to be a person who could eat, and couldn't help but laugh vigorously.

"Count you as acquaintances, get out." Xia Qingyu waved his hand, and the shopkeeper hurriedly went down.

Although Sioux City is far away from the capital, it is one of the most prosperous places in the Southern Dynasties, the water network in the city is dense, the lakes are vertical and horizontal, known as the land of fish and rice, the pavilions and buildings are hanging high, the merchants from the north and the south are endless, and the wealth and luxury are extreme.

The Xia family, the Su family, the Qin family, and the Long family are the four wealthy merchant families in the city, among which the wealth of the Xia family is the head, it is said that the wealth of the Xia family is rival the country, and now the saint in order to consolidate its country and win the heart of the Xia family, every year a daughter of the Xia family will enter the palace as a concubine.

The day before yesterday, Concubine Li, who was surrounded by a large number of guards and maids who returned to her hometown and province, was Xia Yulan, the twenty-seven-year-old daughter of the Xia family, who was said to be one of the three concubines who were named by the saint to accompany her to Lishui Palace for summer vacation.

Because Concubine Li passed by the neighboring city on the way back to the palace, she was homesick and tearful, and the saint asked for the reason, and took pity on her filial piety and allowed her to return to her hometown for ten days.

Although the diners were surprised that Xia Qingyu, a ten-year-old hairy child, was so generous, they quickly turned their attention to the two thirteen or sixteen-year-old girls who had just come in through the door.

I saw that the two of them were pretty, gorgeously dressed, and each had two maids beside them, and at first glance they knew that they were the daughters of the rich and noble families. Among them, an insider whispered to his surrounding friends: "Look, that's the second and fourth ladies of the Xia family." Hearing this, everyone unanimously secretly peeked at the two of them.

Xia Qingyu happily nibbled on the roast duck, and smelled that Miss Xia also followed everyone to look over. I saw that the second miss of the Xia family was wearing a goose yellow gauze skirt and melon seed face, her eyebrows were far away, her lips were not pointed, and her eyebrows and eyes were gentle and dignified, and the fourth miss in green clothes was four points similar to the second miss, but she was more charming and charming than her, and her face was childish and a little more coquettish.

"Second sister, why did each of you indulge her when the eldest sister came?" Xia Qi, the fourth lady of the Xia family, has been pampered by her family for a long time, and she is arrogant and domineering, and she is extremely dissatisfied with the focus of the whole family's attention on the eldest sister Xia Yulan in the past two days.

"Fourth sister," Xia Xin hurriedly scolded when she saw that she was open-mouthed, "Remember that her current identity is the current Holy Concubine Li, if she is not inferior again, not to mention that you can't even afford the entire Xia family." ”

Xia Qi still muttered dissatisfiedly: "What about the concubine, maybe I'm still the queen."

"What did you say?" Xia Qi saw that the second sister, who had always been kind, also turned dark, and closed her mouth sneeringly, but her mouth was cocked.

Xia Xin saw that she didn't speak anymore, and was afraid that she was going to cause some trouble, so she hurriedly pulled her, so she followed the shopkeeper upstairs to the elegant seat, and ordered a few snacks that Concubine Li loved to eat, so that she could pack them and take them away.

Xia Qingyu has deep internal strength, but compared to others, she can hear the conversation between the two young ladies of the Xia family clearly, and in comparison, she can't help but have a good impression of Xia Xin. Then Xia Qingyu couldn't help but feel sad when she thought of her mother who died of illness on the outskirts of the city, she came back this time mainly to visit her mother who she hadn't seen for half a year.

After leaving the inn, Xia Qingyu went straight to a small village outside the city, found a small dilapidated house by the river, bypassed the bamboo forest behind the house, picked a handful of peony flowers and walked straight along a path. After walking for a short time, Xia Qingyu stopped in front of a small tomb. I saw that the wooden tablet in front of the tomb was simply engraved with a row of crooked words, "The Tomb of Mother Ye Han", and the name of the person who erected the tomb was not engraved.

"Mother, I'm sorry, the unfilial daughter came back to see you." Saying that, Xia Qingyu knelt in front of the tomb with tears in her eyes, and respectfully put the flowers in her hand in front of her.

"Mother, in the past six months, I have listened to your words and studied medicine with Uncle Wu and Aunt Luo in Moyin Valley. It's just that I accidentally fell into a water hole the other day and stayed in it for more than four months, so I couldn't come to see you.

Mother, let me tell you that I met a very, very good little hairy boy, and he said that he would come to me in five years, and I would bring him to see you at that time. Although he talks a little less and looks a little cold, he is very good, and you will definitely like it when you see him. Hehe...... "Xia Qingyu laughed as she spoke, and forgot to wipe the tears on her face.

At this time, the colorful little fox came out of her arms, looked around curiously, and just wanted to run away, but was grabbed by Xia Qingyu and held it up to the tombstone: "By the way, mother, there is also this beautiful little fox, it is called Liuli, but I call it Xiao Liuli."

Xia Qingyu touched Liuli's head with her hand and smiled: "Xiao Liuli, this is my mother, let me tell you that she is the first beauty in Suzhou City." This time, even if you are lucky to meet me, you have this rare opportunity to see the first beauty in Sioux City, but others can't ask for it. ”

The colorful little fox listened to its words and looked at the bare mound in front of him, and couldn't help but roll his eyes, struggling to come down, but he was grabbed by Xia Qingyu, and after struggling for a long time to no avail, he fell directly into her palm and pretended to be dead.

"Haha...... Look, Xiao Liuli is pretending to be dead, how cute it is! Xia Qingyu saw the cute appearance of the little fox, she really loved it, and simply teased the little fox in front of her mother's grave.

After worshipping her mother, Xia Qingyu and Xiao Liuli returned to the cabin where she and her mother lived before, and dug out a wooden box from the corner of the wall.

Xia Qingyu opened the wooden box and saw a yellowed paper and a blood-red bracelet in the box. Xia Qingyu took out the yellowed paper and opened it to take a look, but it was written on her birthday, and took out a blood-red bracelet and put it on her right wrist, but because she was still young and her arm was too small, the bracelet couldn't be worn and went straight down.

Xia Qingyu had no choice but to take it off and take a closer look, this blood bracelet was bright red in color, without the slightest impurities, crystal clear, lustrous and luster, and it was not a rare treasure to think about.

Xia Qingyu noticed that there seemed to be a word engraved on the inside of the blood bracelet, and when she looked closely, she recognized it as the word "Ming", and felt a tingling in her heart. My mother only loved one person in her life, but this love was too heavy and hurtful for her as a weak woman, so she became sick and depressed at a young age.

Xia Qingyu took out a sachet from his arms, put the paper and blood bracelet into it, put it away, and looked at the humble house carefully, and there was a burst of sadness, and he choked silently with tears: "Mother, I'm leaving again, don't worry, I'll come back."

Xia Qingyu gently closed the door, turned around three times in one step, burst into tears, and finally raised his hand to wipe his face, and then disappeared around the corner and never looked back.

This day is the annual Lantern Festival in Sioux City, and this year is different from previous years, because the concubine also came to watch the lanterns, so the grandeur is even more than in previous years. In addition to dancing lanterns, watching the local opera competition also added a mysterious lantern boat activity.