In an instant, I felt that I was thinking too much, and I shook my head to forget that thought, narcissism is the devil!

The shopkeeper was looking at her with a smile on his face, and Tang Shu became more and more embarrassed. He opened his mouth and asked, "I wonder where the girl is from?" The smile on his face did not wane.

Well, you can't say it's China, right? Tang Shu was entangled for a long time and replied, "I'm from Puhe Country." ”

At this moment, there was a woman's gentle water-like Qingyue laughter in the hall, Tang Shu was attracted to the past, a middle-aged woman, carrying a basket, the cloth dress was clean and tidy, the smile was bright and bright, a trace of fine lines climbed up the corners of the crooked eyes, and a woman who was eating stood up and talked to the woman who had just entered the door, and the two talked and laughed. After a while, the woman waved her hand and walked towards the counter.

She saw Tang Shu at a glance and looked at her with curiosity and eagerness. The shopkeeper spoke first, "Coming back?" Show me how many wild vegetables I picked today? Oh, that's a lot! ”

"yes, it just rained yesterday." The woman smiled happily, and there was a hint of innocence and cuteness in her wrinkles.

The shopkeeper opened his mouth to introduce her, and his voice had a feeling that his father-in-law was looking at his future daughter-in-law. Tang Shu became inexplicably nervous.

"This is the little Tang girl that Mo'er asked us to take care of temporarily."

Tang Shu looked at the woman politely and returned obediently, "My name is Tang Shu, hello." ”

"What a well-mannered girl!" The woman looked at her as if her eyes were glowing, "When did you come here, are you hungry, I asked the cook to cook some food for you, what do you want to eat?" Before Tang Shu could react to this series of questions and answers, the woman said to the shopkeeper with a coquettish reproach, "Yude! How do you get Don Jr. to stand here? Go upstairs and let them pack up that good room! ”

The champa in her hand fluttered and rose with her hand, like clouds on a summer night in the wind.

Tang Shu waved her hand again and again, "No need, no need, I'll just order it, just live there, it doesn't matter if the conditions are almost!" ”

The woman hurriedly reproached lovingly, "How can that work!" You're Moer's! ”

Me, when did I become his man!? Tang Shu twitched the corners of her mouth in embarrassment, but she didn't know how to explain it, so she simply didn't explain. Feelings: They regard themselves as Gu Jianmo's women...... Tang Shu thought helplessly.

The woman still looked at her with an ambiguous smile and asked long and short questions. Although this woman may have some misunderstanding about the relationship between Tang Shu and Gu Jianmo, she does not speak like a village woman, but it also gives Tang Shu a feeling of reading poetry and books.

During the conversation, she learned that the woman's original name was Zhang Ruolan. The shopkeeper's name is Yude, and they are a husband and wife. Tang Shu was not surprised to hear this, although the woman looked much younger than the shopkeeper, but the behavior between the two people was very cordial and warm.

The two came here a few years ago and used their savings to open a tavern, and the business is quite lively. After a long time, I settled here.

"Then how did you know Gu Jianmo?" Tang Shu was indeed curious about this. Although these two people don't seem to be that kind of poor family, but with Gu Jianmo's bearing, Tang Shu felt that he was either rich or expensive when he saw him for the first time, even if he was a child of a businessman's family, he should be the kind of businessman on the rich side. It seems unlikely that this tavern hostess is the child.

Zhang Ruolan didn't seem to mind his question, and said frankly, "He is indeed not our child, and Yude and I have no children." When she said this, a little sadness flashed in her eyes, "Yude and I have both grown up taking care of Mo'er since childhood, and treating him like our own children." He was also very kind to us, which makes us really grateful, and he took care of many of our problems when we first came here. ”

Tang Shu was puzzled, feeling that they had taken care of him since he was a child, so what if he was a slave, why should he say that he was grateful?

She continued, "If only he were really our child, there is such a child who burns high incense on the ancestral grave!" ”

"Does he have a good family?" Tang Shu asked, but she could see some of it herself, but she just wanted to know more exactly.

"Don't you know?" The woman looked at her in surprise.

"Is he famous......

The woman suddenly looked at her with a smile, not saying anything. After a while, the upstairs room was cleaned up, Tang Shu moved in, and the woman also brought her a lot of small pastries and fruits to eat, Tang Shu was kind enough to say thank you many times. After eating, Tang Shu fell asleep on the bed.

She had a dream.

In the dream, it was a desert. The desert was very similar to the desert she had gone to the country of Puhe, but it was different, there were no cacti, no lizards, only sand and dust blown up by the wind, and a round stone formation like a black magnet.

A man stood in the center of a stone formation in the desert, his silver armor glittering. In front of him was an army. The army was overwhelmed, in stark contrast to the lone man. Out of the black-pressed army came a man, his golden armor gilded on the yellow desert. The golden armor had a pair of eagle eyes, and Tang Shu felt a chill from the bottom of her heart as she watched her.

Tang Shu was like a phantom walking on the desert, she could only see the man's back, but that back made her inexplicably familiar.

The eagle-eyed man spoke, Tang Shu could clearly hear what he said although he was far away, he first broke out into a burst of crazy laughter, the corners of his mouth gave people a feeling that he was about to crack, and the expression of that face at this time was so arrogant, so vicious, it made people shudder, "You must die here today!" ”

The man in silver armor seemed to be saying something, but Tang Shu couldn't hear his words anyway, and she couldn't see what the man was saying, but she could feel what he was saying.

The surrounding black stele suddenly began to spin rapidly, a twisted wind swept everything, she saw the corner of the twisted eagle's eye mouth shouting a name rampantly, his voice had also disappeared, the black stele was like a grim reaper, Tang Shu read his lips at the last moment as if he was calling-

"Shi Xu!" Tang Shu woke up, and cold sweat penetrated the lining behind the spine.

The lights in the guest room were still on, the windows were ajar, and the candles were going on and off like her heartbeat.

"Why...... You can have this kind of dream......" Tang Shu muttered to herself.

After that, Tang Shu didn't have this dream at night for a few days, but she was always inexplicably frightened when she woke up. So much so that her face became pale and foggy, which made the shopkeeper's wife very worried, and privately discussed whether to find a Chinese medicine doctor for Tang Shu to see.

In the summer heat, the shopkeeper's wife also prepared pear tea for Tang Shu. Tang Shu stayed here for about a month, and Gu Jianmo seemed to have evaporated from the world, and he didn't come once. Tang Shu sometimes felt very uneasy when she thought of this, as if Gu Jianmo's departure this time had something to do with Shi Xu.

However, there was nothing she could do but be so agitated. In order to get rid of these thoughts, Tang Shu gets up early and goes to bed late every day to help the tavern take care of business. At first, the couple insisted on not letting her help, but Tang Shu insisted again and again, saying, "I was originally living here, and I was still taken care of by you, I really feel guilty for staying here if you don't ask me to do something, if you don't let me do this, then I won't come here to live." ”

Although the words were urgent, they were indeed Tang Shu's sincere words.

The couple accepted this statement.

For some reason, Tang Shu felt that things were strange recently. Even the people you see on the street are not wearing bright colors.

"Why is everyone dressed so plainly?" Tang Shu asked the proprietress .

The proprietress avoided her puzzled eyes and laughed dryly, "Maybe plain color has been popular recently." ”

It's really confusing.

However, whenever I have free time, that dream comes to mind, and when it is severe, I will have palpitations. Tang Shu sometimes even thought she might have a heart attack.

Finally, Tang Shu couldn't help but ask Zhang Ruolan, that is, the proprietress one day, "Is there a desert around here?" ”

The proprietress was wiping the table, stopped her movements suddenly, and asked her a little suspiciously, "Why are you asking this?" ”

Tang Shu felt that her performance was a little strange as before, she didn't know why she always gave Tang Shu a panicked feeling when she spoke recently, Tang Shu only thought too much about herself.

"It's okay, I just like the feeling of the desert, and I've been bored inexplicably lately, and I want to go out and have a look."

"Oh, there's some desert around here."

"Okay."

It's a tense atmosphere. Be all abroad.

In the evening, after Tang Shu finished some simple chores, the proprietress seemed to think that the conversation between the two in the morning was not very pleasant, so she offered to let her go out for a walk with her, accompanied by a girl in the tavern, it is said that she was the niece of the proprietress, who came here a few days ago and said that she was going to stay for a few days, the little girl was very fun-loving, although she came not long ago, but she knew much more about the interesting places around than Tang Shu.

"Where do you want to go?" The little girl asked her.

"What's there to do here?" Tang Shu asked rhetorically, with a hint of lack of interest.

Seeing that she didn't look interested, the little girl couldn't help but show off and said, "I know that there is a desert nearby, although it is not particularly close to here, but it should be possible to reach it in about half a day by carriage." ”

Seeing Tang Shu's eyes glowing, the little girl said with satisfaction, "I heard you ask your aunt today, I don't know why she lied to you." ”

Tang Shu thought thoughtfully, "I don't know." ”

"But my aunt is still very good!" The little girl suddenly realized that what she said might make Tang Shu misunderstand her aunt, and hurriedly explained.

"yes, I know."

But why did she lie to me?

In the distance, the sky gradually dyed rose red, and the beauty made people charming and confused.