Chapter 81: Stalked
Mingyue's half-joking and half-serious words did make Li Qiang feel a lot more relieved, and said with a smile, "People always have a little temper when they live, you are not called tough." ”
Zhang Langzhong also laughed and teased, "You kid, where did you say this about yourself?" ”
Seeing that a few people had been spinning on this topic, Li Qiang hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "I haven't had time to go back to the busy store these days, how is my home?" ”
Mingyue responded, "It's all good, and the milk spirit is not bad, does Uncle want to continue to spread the grain?" ”
Li Qiang shook his head, "What kind of grain store is still opened, it will definitely not be able to open, but it is not a problem that this store has been empty, so I found someone to reorganize the store and prepare to open a dry goods store." ”
Mingyue nodded, "Oh, you want me to come over and help." ”
Li Qiang shook his head and said, "No, it's just such a big shop, I am busy with Lan Yatou, and you will take care of the family." ”
Mingyue replied with a smile, "No problem, Uncle can take care of the shop with peace of mind." ”
The three of them sat under the tree, drinking herbal tea, Zhang Langzhong and Li Qiang chatted without a word, talking about some short things in the parents of nearby villagers, Mingyue didn't know a few villagers, and couldn't interject, so he listened quietly on the side, playing with the teacup in his hand.
Not long after, Li Lan came in with a small knife of meat, Mingyue quickly got up and followed Li Lan into the kitchen.
Li Lan looked at Mingyue who followed up, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, let's go to the yard to cool off, it's hot in the stove house." ”
Mingyue responded, "Forget it, they are chatting, I can't interject, and it's boring to sit next to me, so let's come and cook with you." ”
Li Lan grinned, "Then sister-in-law help me make a fire." ”
Mingyue felt that she was okay with cooking, as for making this fire, although she was burning, she was not very good at it, so she said, "You haven't tasted my cooking yet, my skills are good, you come to light the fire, I'll do it, let you taste my skills." ”
Seeing Mingyue squeezing her eyebrows at her, Li Lan couldn't help but chuckle, "Sister-in-law, you are really not modest. As he spoke, the man had gone to the stove, and it seemed that he was going to go over and make a fire.
After having lunch in the shop, Mingyue and Zhang Langzhong helped clean up the shop for a while, seeing that it was not early, Li Qiang urged, "Yue'er, I'm almost busy here, you go back first, I'm afraid I'm going to touch the night road when it's late." ”
Mingyue, who was cleaning the cabinet, raised her body, looked at the sun outside, and responded, "Okay, godfather, let's go back first." ”
Zhang Langzhong stopped what he was doing, nodded in response, and Li Qiang on the side said politely to Zhang Langzhong, "It's really troublesome for Zhang Langzhong, and there is nothing to entertain, and I bother Zhang Langzhong to help with the work." ”
Lieutenant Zhang Lang put down the long shirt tied around his waist, shook his sleeves, and responded with a smile, "It's all a family, Brother Li is still polite to me, then I will go back with Yue'er first and say goodbye." ”
Shopkeeper Li replied, "Then I won't be polite, you should be careful on the road, I won't send it, say goodbye." ”
On the side, Li Lan also said to Mingyue, "Sister-in-law, go back and tell grandma, I will go back to see her in two days." ”
Mingyue, who was going out behind Zhang Langzhong, turned her head and waved her hand at Li Lan, "Okay, I'll go first, see you later." ”
On the way, Zhang Langzhong asked Mingyue about the situation of Li Qiang and Li Lan, and then they didn't talk anymore, and the two hurried back, so as not to touch the night road when it was dark.
Along the way, Mingyue followed Zhang Langzhong and hurried the way, but her mind was not idle.
Last night's incident, Mingyue has always been in her heart, and she feels that Li Yun is not simple, today this Xu Yuanwai suddenly called himself unexpectedly to ask Li Yun about the situation, if the shopkeeper Xu and the Li family know each other, it is normal, but I heard that the uncle said that the Li family and Xu Yuanwai have no intersection at all, so Mingyue had to think of Li Yun together, and always felt that Xu Yuanwai was interested in inquiring about Li Yun.
But Mingyue didn't know what Li Yun's secrets were, even if she wanted to, she couldn't figure it out, so she simply didn't want to, and went back to ask Li Yun.
Halfway through, the alert Mingyue felt that something was wrong, it seemed that there was always a pair of eyes staring at her, but she observed everywhere and saw no figure.
Seeing that the godfather who was walking in front didn't notice anything, Mingyue didn't make a sound, pretending to be okay, and continued to walk forward, but quickened his pace, and said to Zhang Langzhong, "Godfather, it's not early, let's go faster." ”
Zhang Langzhong looked at the sunset in the west, nodded, and quickened his pace.
Mingyue always felt that those eyes were following her, and she had been following her, reaching out and touching the bow and crossbow tied to her arm in her sleeve, the arrow was loaded, and Mingyue remained silent, as if she didn't know, and continued to hurry.
Waishan Village is a little closer to Liangshan Town, and as soon as she arrives in Waishan Village, Mingyue feels that her eyes are staring at her and disappearing.
Mingyue finally breathed a sigh of relief, and sent Zhang Langzhong to the door first, but did not enter the house, greeted Zhang Langzhong, and planned to continue to rush to Huidalu Village.
Seeing that the sun was going down, Zhang Langzhong didn't hold back anymore, and only asked Mingyue to be careful.
Mingyue nodded, and quickly left Zhang's house and went in the direction of Dalu Village, but as soon as she left the outer mountain village, Mingyue felt that those eyes appeared again, and followed her all the time, until she arrived at Dalu Village, those eyes disappeared again.
When I went back to Li's house, I saw the old lady sitting in the yard, Mingyue only said hello casually, and hurried to the backyard, and the old lady Li murmured incomprehensibly, "This kid, what's wrong with the panic?" ”
Entering the backyard, I saw Wu Wei cleaning up weeds on the edge of the flower garden, Mingyue greeted, "Wu Wei, go see when you can eat, I'm hungry." ”
Wu Wei raised his head and got up, "Sister Yue, haven't you eaten at noon?" As soon as I came back, I shouted that I was hungry, you wait, I went to the kitchen to urge my mother. After saying that, he slipped out of the backyard.
Seeing that Wu Wei had left, Mingyue entered the house, and saw Li Yun sitting quietly at the desk, not reading, as if thinking about something, when she heard Mingyue's movement, she pushed her wheelchair and turned around, "Are you back?" ”
Mingyue leaned over and whispered, "Someone followed me when I came back, and I followed me from the town to the entrance of the village before disappearing." ”
Li Yun frowned, "Do you see someone?" ”
Mingyue shook her head, "I haven't seen anything, but I'm sure someone is following me." ”
Li Yun was silent for a while, and then said, "Since it is just following you and not doing anything to you, it should not be unfavorable to you, and when you encounter this situation in the future, you should not act rashly, just don't know." ”
Mingyue nodded, of course she wouldn't act rashly, the person who followed her, she couldn't even see a shadow, she definitely wouldn't be that person's opponent, how could she act rashly, startle the snake, and be in trouble if it was not good for herself?
Thinking of Xu Yuanwai, Mingyue felt that she should also tell Li Yun, "Do you know Xu Yuanwai in the town?" ”
Li Yun looked at Mingyue, "Why do you ask this?" ”
Mingyue said, "You should know about the festival between our Ming family and Xu Yuanwai, before I went to treat his son's leg with my godfather, and never gave us a good face, but after today's incident, he invited me and my godfather to the front hall for tea, if it was just to drink tea or thank us for treating his son's leg, it would be normal, but these are not, but invited us to the front hall together, and suddenly asked me about getting married, and the topic always revolves around you, asking how your leg is." ”
After listening to Mingyue's words, Li Yun thought for a while before speaking, "I'm sure I don't know that Xu family member." ”
Mingyue was about to continue speaking, but when she heard a sudden movement outside, she quickly swallowed back the words on her lips, and Li Yun also fell silent.
Sure enough, Wu Wei quickly came in with dinner, "Dinner is here, Sister Yue, move quickly." ”
Mingyue had put away the tense emotions she had when she talked to Li Yun before, and responded with a smile, "Quick, you have grown a pair of scuds, can you be happy, put it on the table, you go to eat by yourself, and I'll do the rest." ”
Wu Wei put the tray on the table and said happily, "Okay, son, Sister Yue, then I'm going to eat." After saying that, he ran away with a smoke, but in response to Mingyue's description, often coming and going like the wind, like having a scud.
After Wu Wei left, Mingyue pushed Li Yun to the edge of the dining table, listened to the movement outside, and made sure that Wu Wei left, Mingyue continued, "I can be sure that Xu Yuanwai inquired about my marriage because of you, think about it carefully, is there any inside story here?" ”
Li Yun said lightly, "I'm afraid it has something to do with them, they care so much about my legs, it seems that they are still not at ease." ”
Mingyue frowned and spoke, "What are you talking about 'them'?" ”
Li Yun looked at Mingyue, who was frowning and placing the dishes and chopsticks, and sighed lightly, "I didn't want you to be involved, but now I'm afraid I can't, so I'll tell you." ”
Hearing that Li Yun was about to tell himself, Mingyue sat down opposite Li Yun and looked at Li Yun with a serious and curious expression, so he heard Li Yun continue, "My grandfather, because he once saved the life of the first emperor, was given an edict by the first emperor and was named Zhou Yuanhou, but he can be hereditary for generations, and my mother is the only daughter of my grandfather Zhou Yuanhou. When I left Dalu Village with my mother, I went back to Yanjing Houfu, but when I went back with my mother, my grandmother had already passed away because of my mother's disappearance, worried about illness, and my grandfather, who lost his wife and daughter, was not as good as a day, but fortunately, my grandfather had a younger brother who had been taking care of him and gradually getting better; And my grandfather was also moved by his brother's care for him, and took all his brother's family into the Hou Mansion, and planned to pass on the title to him. ”
Li Yun paused, and Mingyue interjected, "Let me guess the bloody plot in the back, did the appearance of you and your mother change everything?" ”
Li Yun nodded, "My grandfather was overjoyed and never mentioned the matter of his younger brother again. ”