Moreover, Dye Qing had long observed that Xiang'er had a secret promise to Ling Mofang, and in the operation of Donglaishun, the two had a tacit understanding. She thinks that maybe she can pull this red thread for Xiang'er.

A good man's fat and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, if Xiang'er can grasp Ling Mo, she will definitely be happy.

After telling Lizhu Niang what she thought in her heart, seeing the disappointment in her eyes, Dye Qing smiled and comforted: "Mother, Brother Ling is so good, if Xiang'er can become a good thing, I can also be happy, maybe I will come to marriage." ”

Lizhu scolded with a smile: "It's poor again, the girl's mouth is always so exaggerated." Xiang'er also grew up with me, so I naturally hope that she will be good, if she can tie the knot with Ling Mo, it will indeed be a happy event. ”

Indeed, Xiang'er has been with them for so many years, and in the hearts of the two of them, they have long regarded her as a maid, but as a relative. Dye Qing understands that Lizhu Niang's idea of husband and son from the beginning is deeply rooted in her mind, and it is really impossible to resolve it for a while. If she said that she would not marry in this life, Lizhu Niang would definitely not be willing, so it would be better to use Xiang'er's matter to divert her mind first.

At night, the Donglaishun shop was already closed, so Dye Qing walked into the neighboring garden. Because Ling Mo bought two connected houses at the beginning, Dye Qing later opened a door in the courtyard, and it was easy to come and go.

As time went on, a number of people came in to the two courtyards, who were dedicated to taking care of the housekeepers of the two houses, as well as the flowers and rough maids. These were all arranged by Ling Mo, because they partnered to open Donglaishun, and they didn't have the energy to take care of the family house at all, and Xiang'er also needed to help, and Lizhu Niang's health was not good, so it was indispensable to invite these laborers.

Through the courtyard gate, he walked directly into the backyard of the inner room, which was where Ling Mo lived.

As soon as he entered the backyard, he saw Ling Mo looking up at the sky, under the starry sky, a white shadow flashed, and when he heard the sound of footsteps, he turned around.

"Brother Ling, I'm stocking Xiaobai again, be careful that it won't come back if it runs away."

Xiaobai is a pigeon raised by Ling Mo, and she didn't know what her name was, but after she saw it once, she gave it this common name because of the white hair.

She knew that Ling Mo often contacted outside businessmen through the white pigeon, and often introduced some famous dishes from other places for the kitchen to study in order to innovate from time to time. Now because she has opened a bookstore, the contact is more diligent, because he has to introduce new books to her from time to time.

Every batch of books comes, Dye Qing will read them carefully, and if they think they are good books, they will also ask the "pen" invited by the bookstore to copy them, and then bind them at a cost, so that they can be widely supplied. The writer is a person who specializes in transcribing books, and most of them are poor scholars, and they are also considered to be looking for a job.

Ling Mo smiled, "How many times have you ever seen Xiaobai go and not come back?" Pigeons are also human. There is a merchant in Tongzhou who has found a lot of books for me, and I just want to discuss this matter with him, maybe he will come back tomorrow with a reply, and I can ship the books over. ”

Dye Qing Yixi, Ling Mo had mentioned this matter to her before, but the boss in Tongzhou did not reply for a long time, and now that Ling Mo said this, he must be eighty percent sure. Because Tongzhou is close to Huaicheng, there is a steady stream of new layers of books there.

But this trip is not to discuss the matter of books, so Ling Mo can't be bypassed.

He looked around and proposed, "Brother Ling, let's take a step to speak?" ”

Surprise flashed in Ling Mo's eyes, but then it disappeared, and his hand was raised, pointing inside the house, "Why don't you go into the house and say." ”

Ran Qing saw that the candlelight in the room was bright, and she was not afraid, so she went directly inside, she was still very convinced of his character. Walked to the table and sat down, "Brother Ling, you ...... Xiang'er" turned back to his mouth, but choked.

It may be that she was unprepared that she would suddenly turn back, the complicated emotions in Ling Mo's eyes did not hide, and he was hit by Dye Qing, and after touching her sight, he immediately calmed down.

This subtle change may be fleeting, so fast that it is only a second, and she feels that she may be dazzled.

"Xiang'er?" Ling Mo reminded the stunned person in front of him loudly.

Dye Qing came back to his senses, looked at his expression carefully, calmly, flashed the doubts in his heart, pursed his lips and smiled at the purpose of this trip.

"Xiang'er's girl is smart and lovely, and she is empathetic, and her mind is also delicate, I have seen a tacit understanding with you in the past two years, almost the two of you are in charge of the overall situation, I am an idle person. So I don't beat around the bush, I want to ask the eldest brother, is he interested in Xiang'er? ”

The eyes looked directly at the expression on his face, not letting go of any change.

But Ling Mo really responded to the word "ink" in his name, according to Dye Qing's idea that he should change his name to Mo, after her words, his expression remained unchanged, and he didn't see joy or anger in his eyes, just looked straight at himself.

After a while, he asked in a deep voice, "Is this what you mean or what Xiang'er means?" ”

Dye blue slightly stunned, is there any difference in this? After thinking about it, he said: "It's Xiang'er's intention, and it's also my meaning." I think even if you are sluggish, you should be able to see Xiang'er's hidden affection for you in the past two years. ”

Ling Mo has a silent temperament, but it doesn't mean Mu Ne, otherwise how can he run Donglaishun so well?

But at this time, he was faced with a confession equivalent to a child's love, and his expression was still not surprised or happy, and he couldn't help but feel discouraged, couldn't he have another emotion?

I only heard him speak calmly: "Xiang'er is a good girl, but I have no intention of getting married for the time being, so Qingran should find another good match for her, don't delay her for me." ”

Plain refusal, leaving no room for error.

Dye Qing was silent, which made her want to say that there was no excuse for him to think about it, his expression was gloomy, it was obvious that he really didn't want to do this, and it was not perfunctory to her. Xi rushed to talk about the matchmaker, and seeing that he also took care of Xiang'er a lot on weekdays, he thought that he would be able to achieve good things, but he got this answer.

Sighing softly, Xiang'er was unrequited after all.

Fortunately, she didn't talk to Xiang'er about this in advance, and fortunately she didn't bring Xiang'er over, otherwise it would be embarrassing to refuse in person like this, and the two of them might be embarrassed to meet in the future.

The air froze suddenly, and Ran Qing knew that he should also make a statement at this time, "Brother Ling, the matter of men and women, Qingran knows that it is not easy to force, I came to the matchmaker today, I was presumptuous, and the night is late, you can rest early, and I will go back first." ”

Ling Mo nodded and watched her go.

Walking to the door, she thought about it and felt unwilling, and turned around to fight for Xiang'er for a few more sentences, but bumped into Ling Mo again, her expression was abnormal, this time she saw it clearly, and there was a trace of pain in her eyes.

I sighed in my heart, did he have something unspeakable? It can't be that there is some physical problem, right, because of this reason that Xiang'er is rejected?

When he thought of the hope in his heart again, he suddenly had a smile in his eyes, "Brother Ling, you should think about Xiang'er's matter, she is really a good girl with a good heart." If you...... Why don't you find a doctor earlier? ”

Ling Mo frowned inexplicably, not knowing what she meant by the second half of her sentence.

Ran Qing waved his hand and said, "Okay, no need to send it, I'll go back to the house, you can rest." ”

She didn't mention it to Xiang'er when she turned around, after all, Ling Mo's attitude was unclear, and when there was really any movement, it would not be too late to say it again. But because after learning this secret, every time Dye Qing looked at Ling Mo's eyes, there was a trace of pity and pity, and he couldn't imagine that he, who was strong in martial arts, actually had a hidden illness.

Ling Mo naturally didn't know what she was thinking, but she wondered in her heart that every time she looked at herself, her eyes were weird, and there was nothing strange about her outfit, and once she even tried to ask for an exit, but Dye Qing waved her hand again and again and said that it was nothing.

On this day, Dye Qing was idly flipping through a newly shipped book in the bookstore, looking at the middle of the mind, there was a "crackling" firecracker sound in his ears, and he raised his eyes to see outside the store, and a restaurant opposite was newly opened.

Recently, many new shops have opened around Donglaishun, and the sound of firecrackers is common and disturbing. Since the rise of Donglaishun, some restaurants around have closed a lot because they can't continue to operate, and there are still people who open restaurants at the opposite door, which makes her feel a little strange.

Summoned the clerk at the door to see what the name of the door was, and after a while the clerk came back to report, dyeing blue couldn't help but be more interested, because the restaurant that opened was called "Xilaifu".

They are called Donglaishun, and the opposite one is called Xilaifu, so you don't need to ask to get on with them.

This year, the competition also depends on strength, but just taking a corresponding name, I'm afraid it won't work. Even if it makes a gimmick for a while and attracts some customers to patronize, it will definitely not be able to do the old business after a long time.

So dying blue was just a joke and didn't pay too much attention to it.

It wasn't until two days later that she went to Donglaishun and saw the bustling customers in the store, and even Xiang'er, who was usually busy, was sitting behind the counter and resting, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why is business not good today?" Even our big shopkeeper is resting here? ”

Xiang'er sighed and said, "Young Master, you really don't listen to what's going on outside the window, you just look at your bookstore, and you don't care about your own store." Our Donglaishun business has been so cold for two days in a row, and I am worried to death. ”

"What about the guests? Where did they go? Are there fewer people coming out to eat? ”

But I heard Xiang'er shake her head and say, "Definitely! It's because they all went to the opposite side of the West Rifle. ”

Dye Qing walked out of the door and stared at the opposite side, sure enough, it was very lively, and there was a steady stream of guests going inside, and some of them who had no seats even waited in the waiting area at the door to get a number and queue up.

This situation is not even the best time for Donglaishun's business, what is the name of this Xilaifu that can make everyone like it so much?

"What about Brother Ling? What did he say about this? ”

Xiang'er frowned and said, "Brother Ling has already gone to the door to understand the situation, and he can't figure out what kind of famous hall Xilaifu can be so attractive." ”

After squinting and thinking about it, Dye Qing patted Xiang'er's shoulder and said, "I'll go over there to find Brother Ling, and I'll also go to explore the wind, and I'll be back in a while." Remember, we do our best and don't think about anything else. ”

Since the other party came prepared, she wanted to see how she won.

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