On December 18th, the weather was freezing, and there was an endless stream of customers coming to Liuxiang Snacks to eat hotpot and drink.

Recently, at the checkout, there were about twenty customers placing orders every day, introduced by Shaoyao, and they could all match Zhang Xiucai's limerick.

At the end of the month, Mao Xi counted the commission money he earned from selling wine to Shaoyao this month. It was not much, far less than the fifty gold he had paid to redeem his life.

Mao Xi came up with this idea in the first place, not only to attract diners to the restaurant, but also to allow Miss Shaoyao to see clearly that Meng Jie was not a good match in her busy schedule.

She calculated the commission and gave it to her mother-in-law, Chen, and asked her to give it to Shaoyao when she went to the Tianxiang shed to deliver fruits.

Of the money that Shaoyao saved, the most valuable were the pearls and jades donated by rich men and officials. Knowing that she wanted to redeem herself, the oiran Peony also helped her collect 10 gold.

Shaoyao called Mother Chun into the room, pointed to the two wooden boxes of orbs on the floor and a row of silver coins on the table, and said:

"Mom, please count. These beautiful jade jewelry and silver coins are enough for 50 gold. I want to redeem myself today!"

Mother Chun first stepped forward to persuade her to stay. When she saw that Shaoyao was determined to leave, she asked her servants to count their belongings.

The sisters stood aside and tried to retain their former sisters.

"Sister Shaoyao, don't leave, we can't bear to leave you!"

"Sister Shaoyao, now that you're gone, you have to take good care of yourself in the future!"

"Good sister, remember to come back and see us often in the future, don't forget everyone."

Shaoyao and her sisters said goodbye one after another. Lin Chun's mother left her a plate of silver coins as payment, held her hand and said:

"Daughter, if you get tired outside in the future and want to come back, mom will always be waiting for you here. I will keep these jewelry for you first. When I come back one day, these will still be yours!"

Shaoyao packed her bags, took her money and set out on her own to find her husband.

Before leaving Lihua Town, she made a special trip to Liuxiang Snacks.

Seeing that she was determined, Shao Xi was worried that it would be unsafe for her to go out alone, so she suggested that Shaoyao find someone to stay with her so that she could have someone to take care of her.

"Miss Ah Shu, it's okay. Meng Lang's home is in Linzhou County. I'll rent a donkey cart and we'll be there soon."

Shaoyao didn't seem to understand yet. Even if he found it, he might not be able to enter Meng Jie's house right away.

She really won't look back until she hits the wall, so let her go alone!

Shui Xi set up a simple farewell banquet, and together with Lou Laner, bid farewell to Miss Shaoyao.

Zhang Xiucai admired her behavior of redeeming herself with Shaoyao and running for love, and called her a strange woman from Lingnan.

Lou Lan'er spent her early years wandering around the world and said boldly: "Miss Shaoyao, I'm not good at poetry, so I'll bid you farewell with this bowl of wine!"

"Miss Shaoyao, take these two naan cakes with you. They can be used as dry food on the road." Shu Xi wrapped two naan cakes and put them in Shaoyao's luggage.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Shaoyao drove a donkey cart to Linzhou alone.

After washing away the dust, the cold wind slightly blew her hair away, and Shaoyao's ears echoed with her lover's promise to her.

"Meng Lang, wait for me..."

Two hours later, before he could find a resting place, Shaoyao went to Nanshan Street in Linzhou County and inquired all the way until he came to the door of Meng Jie's house.

The housekeeper opened the door and asked what happened to Shaoyao. When he learned that she was young master Meng Jie's lover, he sent her away without saying a word.

"Let's go! Our young master doesn't recognize you, so don't come and cause trouble!"

Shaoyao was not convinced. After she found an inn and settled down, she squatted in front of Meng's house.

At noon the next day, I saw Meng Jie, whom I hadn't seen for many months. Shaoyao rushed forward and recognized him.

"Meng Lang! I am Shaoyao. I have redeemed myself. You promise me that you will go home to discuss our marriage with your parents..."

Meng's father stood beside Meng Jie and interrupted Shaoyao's words: "Kanglang! You are a lowly prostitute in a brothel. Even though you have extraordinary talents, you are not in the mainstream. How can you be worthy of my son!"

Shaoyao took out the topaz mandarin duck pendant, trembling body, and confronted Meng Jie.

"Meng Lang, have you forgotten our friendship?"

Meng Jie took a step back and said: "Miss Shaoyao, you should forget about me. I will marry her soon, so let our fate stay in the Tianxiang shed."

Seeing Meng Jie's eyes flickering, he didn't dare to look directly at her, but hid behind Meng's mother, shrinking in fear.

She angrily raised the yellow jade mandarin duck and smashed it in front of Meng Jie.

"From now on, the relationship between you and me will be as good as this! From now on, I, Shaoyao, will be cut off from you!"

After that, she hurried back to the inn and rushed back to Lihua Town.

Lou Lan'er saw the slightly weak Shaoyao at the door of the food shop and helped her into the inner hall.

"Mo Xi, I shouldn't be stubborn and disobey you. Meng Lang...he has changed his mind!"

Mao Xi asked Lou Lan'er to help take care of the peony while she went to the kitchen to cook yam porridge.

"Give me wine, I want to drink!" Shaoyao asked for a drink.

The waiter Ah Xing stood aside with a bottle of wine and asked Lou Lan'er: "Sister Lan'er, do you want to give this wine to her?"

"Take it back first. If she gets drunk, she will be in trouble."

Mao Xi arranged for Xiaoqing to go to the Tianxiang shed to inform Miss Peony and ask her to come and help take care of Peony.

She put the yam porridge on the table and went to the kitchen with Lou Lan'er to get busy.

When Mudan came to Liuxiang Snacks, she saw Shaoyao sitting there in a daze with her eyes wandering, so he opened her mouth and persuaded her, and Shaoyao finally ate the yam porridge.

At this time, Monk Wen Yuan came to the store, and Mao Xi was preparing to give him a naan cake as a vegetarian meal.

"Amitabha! I am not here to ask for alms today!"

He turned around and walked to Peony and Peony, and said: "Color is emptiness, emptiness is color. The donor is not as good as the world of mortals. He breaks away from the world, finds a pure place, devotes himself to practice, and can be liberated!"

"Practice! I want to practice! Mudan, I know what to do." Shaoyao said, holding Mudan's hand.

"Okay, okay, it's all up to you. Come back to the Tianxiang Pavilion with me to rest. You must practice and have a good body."

After saying that, Mudan left the meal money and left with Shaoyao.

Xiao Qing looked at the two people's backs and said to Shao Xi: "You have guessed the shopkeeper. Miss Shaoyao will not return to Tianxiang shed in the future."

"With her temperament, she may not go back. Don't worry, Peony will take good care of her."

A week later, Mao Xi was studying snacks in the store.

Two new diners from Kaitang County came to the store, and they came just for the snacks and fruits from Mao Xi's family.

"Have you heard that there is a famous prostitute in Lihua Town who redeemed herself, but after being abandoned by her lover, she became a Taoist nun in a rage?"

"I've also heard that she calls herself the lay scholar Zhemei. She is practicing at Yuqing Temple. She plays a good piano and knows poetry. Many talented people came to visit her, but they were all driven away by her!"

Lou Lan'er, a gossip, stepped forward and asked: "Sisters, the layman Zhemei you are talking about used to be called Shaoyao?"

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