After rebirth, she turned around and married the emperor's uncle and tore the scumbag apart

Ever since Su Lingyue moved to Muyunxuan, with Xiao Yu personally looking after her, Li Jing has had some free time every day and doesn't have to stay in the mansion every day.

Walking on the bustling streets of the capital, looking at the places I haven't been to for seven years, there haven't been any major changes, except that some shops have changed their signs.

Li Jing turned two streets and found a familiar alley. She walked straight into the alley and saw a stall selling sugar-roasted chestnuts at the end. Her face lit up with joy.

"Old man, give me ten cents' worth of chestnuts."

The white-haired old man looked up at the person in front of him, looked him over carefully, and made sure that he didn't make any unnecessary movements before he began to wrap the chestnuts for her with oil paper.

"Girl, how did you know I was setting up a stall here?"

He has been setting up a stall here for decades and has never seen this woman before, so he couldn't help but feel curious.

"I ate it when I was a kid, so I came here to try my luck. I didn't expect to actually encounter it."

The old man wrapped the chestnuts and handed them to Li Jing. Li Jing happily took the chestnuts and took out a silver ingot from his arms and handed it to the old man.

The old man looked at the silver, his hands paused, not knowing whether to take it or not. "Girl, give me ten taels of silver, but I don't have the change to give you!"

"Then consider it as a deposit I give you. When I want to eat chestnuts in the future, I will come to your stall."

As she spoke, she stuffed the silver into the old man's hand, stood there with the silver in her hand, hunched over, looking at the receding figure, but couldn't remember who it was.

The old man couldn't remember Li Jing, but Li Jing remembered it very clearly. At that time, his back was not so hunched, and he set up a stall at the entrance of Wuyi Lane on Chang'an Avenue.

At that time, Li Jing was only thirteen years old. Her brother, who depended on her for everything, was still alive. He was a seventh-rank captain under Pei Yan, the Marquis of Zhenbei. Relying on her brother's salary, she lived a pretty good life.

Her favorite chestnuts sold by the old man are very fragrant and sweet yet not expensive. They are her favorite food.

Later, due to the disaster seven years ago, people on Chang'an Street were in panic, and the old man's stall was moved to the more remote alley.

On the day her brother died, she bought a bag of chestnuts, ate them while crying, and left the capital with her brother's body.

She came to Wuyi Lane, the familiar courtyard where she and her brother once lived.

The gate of the yard was closed, but the entrance was clean and everything was the same as before. Seven years had passed and the yard was not damaged except that it was a little old.

She stroked the stone wall of the yard, just like when she was a child, she would walk home by feeling the wall.

But now, there is no one in this world for her to wait for.

She knocked on the wooden door, wanting to go in and see the place where she and her brother had lived.

"Who?"

After knocking a few times, the owner's voice was heard from inside.

"Hello, I used to live here. I passed by here today and wanted to go in and take a look. Is it convenient?"

There was no sound from inside. Li Jing thought the owner didn't like to be disturbed, so when she was about to leave, the door opened.

The person who opened the door was a man in dark blue cloth clothes, with an upright figure and a stern face. He looked very young, perhaps in his twenties.

Li Jing looked at the man and asked, "Are you the owner of this yard?"

"Yeah." The man responded in a cold voice.

"I've lived here before, and I want to go in and take a look. I wonder if you can give me a hand."

The man turned around and walked into the yard, leaving the door behind him open.

"come in."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing followed the man into the courtyard.

After the man went in, he went into the main room, leaving Li Jing in the yard.

There is a stone table in the middle of the yard, with three stone benches next to it. There is a well in the corner of the yard, and a chicken coop in the other corner with a few chickens.

All the furnishings are the same as before, and the chicken coop that my brother built is also preserved.

Looking at the furnishings in front of her, she seemed to see the past.

Although she was young at that time, she already knew how to cook. Every time her brother came back, she would cook a table full of delicious food.

The two of them ate here, and the elder brother would tell him interesting stories from the war.

Li Jing's eyes were slightly hot and she choked up when she spoke.

"You bought this yard and never touched up the furnishings?"

"No." The man's words became much gentler, yet still concise.

"why?"

"It's too much trouble."

"Can I take a look inside?"

"……Can."

After a long while, a voice came from inside.

When Li Jing opened the door, she saw the main room. There was a table at the entrance and three stools next to the table with tea sets on them.

There are two bedrooms on both sides of the main room. The one on the left used to be hers, and the one on the right used to be her brother's.

The door on the right was closed, so the man should be inside. Li Jing went into the left side, which was her room.

The bed and wardrobe were empty, but the dressing mirror her brother bought for her was still there, spotless.

Li Jing felt a strange feeling in her heart. It had been seven years, and the things inside hadn't changed at all.

She walked to the bedroom on the right and knocked on the door. "My brother used to live here. Can I take a look?"

The man opened the door and said calmly, "Okay."

Then he turned sideways.

Li Jing walked in sideways, and what came into view was the bed where her brother used to sleep. It was covered with a quilt that had turned gray from washing, but it looked clean and tidy.

There was a desk by the window, on which were written pens, ink, paper, and an inkstone, as well as several scrolls, which had not been there before.

Li Jing stared at the man. "You bought the yard, can't you decorate it according to your own preferences?"

The man looked at her and chuckled, "I think I quite like the previous arrangement."

"Do I know you? Or do you know me?"

"Meeting is fate, why do we need to know each other before we meet?"

When the man said this, he looked away with a look that seemed to be filled with sadness.

"You're quite weird." Li Jing didn't look at her. She walked towards the bed where her brother had slept. She stroked the bed frame with her hand, and her eyes became moist.

When her brother came back to see her during his leave, he loved to sleep in, saying that he was not allowed to sleep in in the army. However, she liked to wake her brother up early in the morning and go to the market together.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have called you then." Li Jing sat on the edge of the bed, gently stroking the bed, tears rolling down her eyes.

"You are a strange person. A woman ran to a strange man's house and cried on his bed. Aren't you afraid that I will take advantage of the opportunity to do something?"

The man's voice was gentle, with a hint of teasing.

Li Jing wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then stood up and said, "Whatever you want to do to me, I'll be reincarnated. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

The man looked at Li Jing and smiled, "Forget it, I still want to live a few more years."

Li Jing stopped looking at the man behind her, stood up and walked straight out.

As soon as she reached the courtyard, she paused, took out a few chestnuts from her arms and handed them to the man, "Thank you for letting me in."

The man chuckled and took the chestnut from her hand. "You're welcome. You can come back if you like."

Li Jing glanced at him, which didn't seem like she had any ill intentions. She said "thank you" softly and walked out of the hospital.

The man sat down on the stone bench in the yard, placed the chestnuts on the table, opened one at random, put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, with a faint smile on the corner of his lips.