"Qiao Xiya?" A nice voice came from behind.

Qiao Xiya turned around and saw a woman with a good face, a slender figure, and a long red dress standing behind her. Qiao Xiya tried hard to recall, but she didn't have the slightest impression of this woman in her mind.

"You know me?" Qiao Xiya looked at the woman.

"That's right." The woman smiled brightly, "Do you remember your childhood friends in Xianyang's hometown?"

Qiao Xiya frowned, her childhood memories were awakened, it was in Xianyang's hometown, that was when her father had not yet paid official homage to Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the whole family had not yet moved from Xianyang to Jin'an...... Playmate...... A vague figure gradually became clear in Qiao Xiya's mind.

"Are you ......?"

"Zhuang Yumeng." The woman reminded sweetly.

"Yes, Yumeng." Qiao Xiya nodded and said, "You also moved to Jin'an?" Being able to meet her childhood playmate in Jin'an, Qiao Xiya felt very kind.

"Hmm," Zhuang Yumeng smiled softly, "come to him."

"He?"

"Well, you've met since you left Xianyang." Zhuang Yumeng nodded, smiling happily, "We flew kites together, caught fish by the river together, fluttered butterflies, rolled on the grass together, and exchanged beautiful stones we found. In the spring, he would pick the most beautiful flowers and put them on my head, in the summer he would give me watermelons fished out of the well water, in the autumn he would take me to climb the mountain to see the reddest maple leaves in Xianyang, and he bought me sugar gourds for the New Year's money. He said that he was going to take the scientific examination, and he would definitely be the top student in high school, and then ride a tall horse and spread ten miles of red makeup to marry me."

I don't know if it's an illusion, when Zhuang Yumeng said it, this scene seemed to be repeated in front of Qiao Xiya's eyes, clear and real, even the smiles on the faces of the two of them at that time, Qiao Xiya could feel the sweetness of honey and oil.

"And then?" Qiao Xiya faintly felt that Zhuang Yumeng's mood had changed slightly, and she had a bad premonition.

"He didn't pass the first time." Zhuang Yumeng's eyes dimmed, "Later, my parents were sick, so we got married in advance, and soon after the marriage, my parents passed away one after another. Their family paid for the burial of my parents, half out of their love for him, half out of gratitude to him, and since then I have worked hard to exchange money for him to study. Doing farm work during the day, spinning and embroidering at night, my eyes are exhausted, and my body is exhausted."

Qiao Xiya looked at Zhuang Yumeng's tired eyes and wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her eyes were full of tears, she stretched out her hand and caressed Zhuang Yumeng's face, the roughness of the sand made Qiao Xiya's heart like a knife.

"Look at my face, I put on the powder, but I am just deceiving the eyes of the world, I can only look at it from a distance, I can't touch it or touch it, and when I touch it, it's that ageless aging and haggard." Zhuang Yumeng touched his face and looked at Qiao Xiya, "Xiya, I'm not even twenty years old."

With Zhuang Yumeng's touch, the powder on her face shattered into countless small pieces, and fell off with Zhuang Yumeng's fingers. Revealing wrinkled brown skin underneath.

Qiao Xiya took Zhuang Yumeng's rough hand, walked to the side and sat down under the willow tree, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe away the tears from the corners of Zhuang Yumeng's eyes, and after she calmed down a little, motioned for her to continue.

"Because of the years of hard work, I have never been able to add a son and a half daughter to him. So that the face of the in-laws became more and more ugly, and they scolded Huai every day, saying that I was a chicken that did not lay eggs, saying that I ate their family's every day, drank their family's, and lived in their family, but I didn't do anything, and I couldn't even give birth to a child, and secretly wanted to take a house and concubine for him. Zhuang Yumeng's crying made Qiao Xiya tremble angrily. Although Zhuang Yumeng is not a child of a rich and noble family, the Zhuang family is also a scholarly family, but he didn't expect to be humiliated like this.

"Fortunately, these hard days have finally come to an end this year." Zhuang Yumeng wiped the tears on his face, and the smile climbed into the corners of his eyebrows and eyes again, "This year, he entered Jin'an City to take the exam and won the top prize." br>

"So you came to Jin'an City with you?" Qiao Xiya was sincerely happy for Zhuang Yumeng.

"Yumeng." As soon as Qiao Xiya finished speaking, she heard a man shouting Zhuang Yumeng's name and walking towards them.

"He's coming." Zhuang language

Meng looked at the visitor and smiled sweetly, and then looked at Qiao Xiya expectantly, "Tomorrow is our wedding day, you must come!"

"I'll go." Qiao Xiya was infected by Zhuang Yumeng's emotions, and responded sweetly, "Not only do I want to go, but I also want to give you a big gift."

No, as soon as Qiao Xiya's voice fell, Zhuang Yumeng's face changed slightly, just when Qiao Xiya was surprised, Zhuang Yumeng smiled softly: "There is no need for congratulatory gifts, he said that he has just won the champion now, everything should be low-key, not to mention that I am not a new daughter-in-law who has not passed the door, he just wants to fulfill his promise, so we didn't invite many people, but I hope you can come."

Qiao Xiya felt a subtle sense of strangeness in her heart, but just as Qiao Xiya was about to ponder it, that trace of strangeness quietly disappeared.

"Yumeng, it's time for us to prepare supplies for tomorrow's banquet." The man not far away was slow to come any closer.

"Here we go!" Zhuang Yumeng responded happily, and then took Qiao Xiya's hand and instructed, "You must come tomorrow." Wait for me here, and I'll send someone to fetch you."

"Okay." Seeing Qiao Xiya agree, Zhuang Yumeng was reluctant to walk towards the man step by step.

Qiao Xiya looked at Zhuang Yumeng's back, and the person not far away gradually became clear, and a familiar aura came to her face, but Qiao Xiya didn't remember who this person was after thinking for a long time.

"Girl, let's go back too." Chunling's voice sounded behind her, drawing Qiao Xiya's gaze back.

"Okay." Qiao Xiya helped Chunling back to the carriage and said to Qiao San, who was driving the car, "Third Master Qiao, go to the gold shop."

"Okay, girl, sit down." Qiao San's words fell, and the carriage slid towards the largest gold shop in Jin'an City.

"Girl, that girl just now looks so familiar." Chunling sat in the carriage and chatted with Qiao Xiya.

"My childhood playmate in Xianyang, Zhuang Yumeng." Qiao Xiya smiled, "I haven't seen you for nearly ten years. I didn't expect to meet her just today, just in time for her wedding. Do you think I'm going to give her a bracelet or a golden hairpin in the shape of a wild goose?"

"Big goose, the slave maid heard that the wild goose is a loyal bird, and Miss Zhuang is getting married, so it is perfect to send the wild goose." Chunling said with a smile.

As he spoke, the carriage slowed down and slowly stopped.

"Girl, it's here." Qiao San stopped the carriage and lifted the curtain.