"What do you mean by being right, didn't Miss Xuefei have any conflicts with the Mu family?" Zhu Xingchun asked rhetorically.

Xue Fei was stunned, revealing a complicated expression.

Zhu Xingchun used an almost indifferent tone, as if it really didn't matter to him: "Miss Mu Er was buried in the fire, although I feel sorry, but all this has nothing to do with me at all, right?" The tragedy caused by Boss Mu's inadvertent storage of wine, I was just innocently involved. ”

The meaning contained in these words is obvious, but Xue Fei never thought that the woman in front of her, who was light and breezy and still dusting her sleeves, turned out to be not as thin as she looked, but she didn't blink when she saw blood, and she didn't lie and didn't make drafts.

It's strange that two completely different things, soft-hearted and decisive, can be vividly embodied in the same person......

Mu Dazhuang did business and opened a shop on the surface, but in fact, he relied on the power of the Mu family behind his back, openly put money in Yangzhou City, and also had contacts with people in underground gambling houses.

The Mu family threw all this dirty work to him to do, although he was not the mastermind, but these sins of bullying men and women passed through his hands, that is, he was innocent and did not deserve sympathy.

As for the Mu family who is really hiding behind it...... The rope head is much more greedy for small profits, and there will always be more gains than losses.

Zhu Xingchun smiled and watched Xue Fei gradually figure it out. Yes, there is no such thing as Miss Mu Er in the world, she is just a girl whose name is somewhat similar to others, and she sells paintings on the bridge on weekdays to make a living.

Xue Fei was silent, but Zhu Xingchun had already made another cup of tea, brought it to her, raised her eyebrows and said: "This tea has a transparent bottom and a light taste, it is this year's fresh Huangshan Maofeng." Snow Maiden, would you like a drink? ”

Take this teacup, and it's a real ally in the same boat. Xue Fei knows it and can ......

"Okay."

She stood up, clasped her hands together, and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing, he poured the cup to Zhu Xingchun to make sure that not a drop fell.

Zhu Xingchun lowered his head and smiled: "You don't have to look like a righteous man going to die, you should drink to quench your thirst, can you taste the fragrance of tea when you take a sip?" ”

Her tone of voice became much closer than before, and Xue Fei's eyebrows also relaxed: "I'm just a half-person at the tea ceremony, drinking to quench my thirst and have fun." If you know, why don't you teach me? ”

"Okay, is there a bundle?" Zhu Xingchun approached Xue Fei's bookcase and looked at her masterpiece repeatedly.

Xue Fei leaned closer to her, leaned her head on her shoulder, and rubbed her neck: "I'm so poor that I can't open the pot, only my skills are good." How about working for a few more years and paying off your debts? ”

Zhu Xingchun was calm and calm, and pushed the fluffy head away from his body with a slap: "My honor." ”

……

"Auntie, you said that there is still a vacant house in the city that is about the same as this place, but is it true?"

Zhu Xingchun paused for a long time, so long that Xue Fei couldn't help but reach out and push her, and it took a long time for her to find her voice with difficulty.

Although the woman was still smiling, her words were full of regret: "Yes, it was ...... Before that incident, my craftsmanship was in that place, and the reputation was praised by everyone. ”

"Later, when I got older and my daughter was not around, my wife and I didn't spend much money, and after some discussion, we didn't put this room out with the store in my hometown, but locked it and closed it. At that time, I thought that I could still think about it when I revisited my hometown in the future. Who knows that today there will be a good time for it to see the light of day again? ”

As she spoke, the woman's voice choked up.

But everyone understands that this is the joy of knowing that there is still the possibility of being lost and regained after the flame of hope has been extinguished.

She wiped the corners of her eyes, "Look at this indisputable, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, such a good thing, how can I ......"

"Mother!" Xue Fei couldn't listen any longer, she threw herself on the woman's knees, and buried her whole face in her waist.

The woman's unfinished words were also pinched in the cradle, and she stroked Xue Fei's bun with a genuinely comforting smile.

Then, tightly hugged each other's worlds.

After a long time of incense, the woman took out a piece of silk from the cupboard with a yellowed edge.

The embroidered pattern on the top has been a little off the thread, and it is not good-looking. But the woman didn't feel it, and still brushed the flowers and trees on it lovingly.

Then, the four corners of the silk were unfolded, revealing a copper key hidden in it and intact, and stuffed it into Zhu Xingchun's palm.

The key is also carved with a simple pattern, and at first glance it looks like it is paired with the lock.

The woman's tone was nostalgic: "This lock is now hanging on the original shop, and the key is kept by me, which is the craftsmanship of my wife back then." In the blink of an eye, he had been gone for years...... The stall owner you met before was my former neighbor, when I was embroidering on the riverbank, he was doing the work of chopping meat on the other side, and I saw that my mother and daughter were pitiful, and they intended to help one or two. ”

She didn't seem to want to say much about the stall owner, and went back to the original topic.

"I used to laugh at my wife, who gives his wife a gift, it is a key and a lock. And guess what he said? The use of this lock is to restrain his movements, and the key is reserved for me to keep him on a leash. ”

"In this way, no matter where he goes, he will always have me doing manual work under the lamp, preparing hot meals at home, waiting for him to come back."

"How young we were at that time......"

The woman's voice was ethereal, and her eyes were empty.

Zhu Xingchun pursed his lips, closed his palms and opened them, and finally, in Xue Fei's shocked gaze, returned the key to the woman intact.

"Auntie, this is the most precious memory of you and your lover, and I am not qualified to transform it into another strange appearance. In case the uncle wants to come back and see, but can't find his own home, how can it be good? ”

She had seen such a fiery love when she was young, so she really knew too well how hurtful the memories of the heartfelt people were, and how worthy of thinking about them to this day, and she is still savoring them repeatedly.

The woman hesitated, "It's all been so many years, it doesn't matter. But you are different, if even the settled deed fails, where will the business prosper? ”

"Not necessarily."

Zhu Xingchun's gaze cast farther and farther out of the window, and finally locked in front of the two high-rise buildings where the doors were confined.

She thought about it seriously: "Auntie, I can do embroidery, Xue Fei can paint, now, there is a lack of your skills in beading, can you teach us?" ”

When the woman heard this, she was too late to be happy, and she said, "This is simple, if you want to learn, just ask me." Alas, if you have nothing to do in your hands, you can learn a style or two now. ”

Zhu Xingchun shook his head: "No hurry." ”