Lan Congxiao

Two years later

"Boss, I want two bottles of peach blossom wine."

A woman walked into a tavern for peach blossom wine and knocked on the counter. The boy behind the counter poked his head out and replied with a smile, "Auntie, it will take some time for the peach blossom wine to be ready."

"But my son is going home soon. I want to buy some for him. He loves the peach blossom wine brewed here."

"Auntie, come and get it after a while, I'll keep it for you, this wine won't be able to produce a mellow taste after a long time, otherwise look at our other wines here, my elder brother can make more than just peach blossom wine .”

"Okay, okay, then choose a good one for me, and I'll come back to buy peach blossom wine in a few days."

After the woman left, it happened that a thick and strong man came in from the outside pushing a cart full of wine jars. The boy hurriedly called the shop assistants to help unload the goods.

Just as he was about to roll up his sleeves to help, the big man stopped him from doing such rough work.

"I'm already 15 years old, and you still treat me like a child." The boy complained slightly puffed up his cheeks, and the big man just smiled naively, and went in with the wine jar.

The young man waited until the caravan of wine jars were unloaded, then poured out a large bowl of tea and sent it, took out a purse from his arms, counted the silver and stuffed it into the big man's hand, the big man looked at so much money, and showed a smile on his face. Surprised face.

"Take it, you have to work so hard all day long, Qiu Zhu said that I will give you an extra wage, go home early today, I have a wife and children, so I need to take care of my family."

The big man showed that silly smile again, touched his head, and then touched the boy's head.

"Okay, looking for someone, you go home quickly, don't keep your wife and children waiting for a long time." The young man kicked him lightly, and wanted to send him away.

With nothing to do today and so many people patronizing, the boy turned around and gave some instructions to the shop assistants, then walked towards the backyard.

"Autumn candle..." The young man shouted towards the room in the backyard, pushed the door open and walked in. A young man was standing in front of a large wine jar, inspecting this year's new wine.

"You, you are frizzy." The man calmly closed the wine jar and turned around, "No matter how old you are, you can't change your temperament."

"What's the matter, if I've changed, it's not Xun Fei." Xun Fei leaned close to Qiu Zhu while speaking, and quietly wrapped his hands around his waist, "You stay here all day, leave me to look after the shop ..."

"I don't study new wine well, what do I get to support my family?" Xun Fei has grown a lot in the past two years, and he no longer needs to bend down as before, just bowing his head slightly is enough.

"Don't be too busy today. I'll let the searcher go home, so don't stay in the store." As he said that, he wanted to pull Qiu Zhu away, "Let's go for a walk, or it will be too boring."

Having lived in this small town for two years, no one knows their backgrounds and identities, no one knows that Qiu Zhu was the second young master of Lin, no one knows that Xun Fei was the grandson of the Qiao family, they only thought they were outsiders who moved here. come here.

"Boss Qiu, it's rare for the two brothers to come out." The town is not big, and people coming and going are all familiar faces, and after a while, they frequently meet neighbors who say hello.

"The weather is fine today, let's go out for a walk." Qiu Zhu didn't talk much, but she was very gentle with these neighbors, and seemed to enjoy this kind of day very much.

They walked to a noodle stall and sat down. Xun Fei loved the beef noodles cooked by this family the most. The owner was also very familiar with them.

"Here comes the beef noodles..." The boss put two bowls of hot beef noodles in front of them. "Boss Qiu, I will give you two more side dishes today."

"Thank you boss." Xun Fei put his head down and began to eat big mouthfuls.

The noodle stall owner sat in front of them and greeted them warmly, "Eat more, if you don't have enough, don't charge more."

"It's all a small business, how can we not charge money." Qiu Zhu looked at the boss so enthusiastic, but felt a little restrained.I just heard the boss start chatting, "Boss Qiu, I remember that you are also over [-] years old, do you have someone to marry?"

Xun Fei burst out laughing when he heard this, Qiu Zhu glanced at him angrily, and shook her head with a gentle smile still.

"Boss Qiu managed the tavern so well at such a young age, how many young girls here want to marry you, why don't they have someone they like?"

"Marriage is destined, and now the fate has not arrived." Qiuzhu felt helpless in her heart. The neighbors here are all so enthusiastic, and from time to time, they can meet matchmakers, and they can even meet people asking for marriage after eating noodles.

"It's better to decide this kind of thing early, so that Xun Feixun can have a sister-in-law to take care of him."

"Thank you, boss, for your kindness. I know it well."

Xun Fei saw the depression in Qiu Zhu's heart, and smiled like a little mouse, "Qiu Zhu's peach blossoms are really flourishing here, how many girls are waiting to be your wife, sometimes I go to buy a piece of tofu, that mother-in-law Can ask 'When will your brother get married?' Do you think I am tired?"

"Then I'm really married, what should you do?"

"you dare!"

Crossing a few streets, I walked to the other side of the town. The ruined houses here have been silent for many years, and the original scenery was completely submerged in the overgrown weeds and messy ruins.

But compared to the past, although this mansion still looks a bit deserted, it has already undergone continuous repairs, which has changed the original dilapidated state.

"I knew you would come here." Xun Fei seemed not surprised at all, rolled up his sleeves and was about to push the door open.The house was swept clean, no fallen leaves and weeds could be seen, so he walked towards the lobby naturally.

"It's not an option to keep a good house idle all the time. Naturally, it needs to be refurbished." Qiu Zhu moved out a bunch of tools from a small room. "Don't be idle, come and help."

Qiu Zhu leaned down to paint the railings and posts in the yard. There were blood stains all over the place, which had already turned black and were difficult to remove, so the paint was a headache. , It took many times to paint the blood stains away.

"People outside say this is a haunted house, how dare you live in a haunted house?" Xun Fei, with paint on his hands, couldn't help teasing Qiu Zhu.

After hearing this, Qiu Zhu just smiled slightly, "Although I am a businessman, so what about the haunted house, you are the young master of the Qiao family, no matter how fierce you are, you can live in it, and the price of the haunted house is cheap, less than [-]% of the ordinary house, so it is worth it. "

"Then why don't you find a master to do these jobs, you have to do it yourself, it's been two years and you haven't finished it yet." Even so, it's really hard work, they come here to repair in their spare time , but also very happy.

"You say it's a haunted house, so don't embarrass the master, he can't live in it like our young master."

After brushing the paint, Qiu Zhu arranged the clothes meticulously, patted Xun Fei on the shoulder and walked to the depths of the house.

The ancestral hall is the most important thing for Qiuzhu in the whole house. Master Qiao died here, and Xiaolu saved Xun Fei's life here.Qiu Zhu always felt that the ancestors of the Qiao family were watching all the time, that's why the young Xun Fei was able to escape death by a narrow margin.