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With a rumbling sound of thunder, Tong Shaolin suddenly opened his eyes.

Feeling his wrist being held by someone, Tong Shaolin shuddered with goosebumps all over his body, and tried to break free from the opponent with a strong wave.

Unexpectedly, this force had no intention of restraining her at all, it was just a light touch, and she directly hit the people around her with such a wave.

With a "snap", Lu Fan's head was slapped, and his loose long hair was pulled up a few strands, and he looked at Tong Shaolin in a dazed, dazed and innocent manner.

Tong Shaolin's heart was still beating violently, and the corpse in the dream still occupied her mind. When she saw Lu Fan, her memory went into confusion for a moment.

"Azhao?"

Not afraid of her inexplicable actions at all, Lu Fan held her hand again and called her small characters.

Tong Shaolin gasped for breath and gradually calmed down when he recognized the person in front of him.

"Are you having nightmares again?" Lu Fan's voice was very soft, almost swallowed by the occasional thunder and rain outside the house.

Tong Shaolin nodded without speaking.

Lu Fan carefully held her in his arms, coaxed her, and helped her relax.

Tong Shaolin lowered his eyebrows that were still tense just now, closed his eyes, and after a while quietly let go, he left Lu Fan's arms, held her face and said:

"Where did it hit?"

"Nowhere, it's okay."

"Show me, it's not a problem if it's all red. I knew it was quite strong just now. Come on, Xiaojun, let me rub it for you."

Sitting in front of Tong Shaolin, Lu Fan looked at her face when she was gently helping him relieve the pain, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked:

"It seems that every year when winter comes, you have nightmares."

"Hmm." Tong Shaolin said, "Probably because it's raining heavily at the moment, and the thunder is rolling all day long, making people's dreams disturbing."

"What did you dream about, so nervous."

"Some very scary goblins."

Tong Shaolin responded appropriately.

She has always been like this, no matter what happens, she never panics.

When Lu Fan first met her, she was so calm and graceful.

Lu Fan couldn't resist this kind of her the most, he fell in love with her almost from the first time he saw her, and after several encounters, Lu Fan fell into a deep obsession.

She never thought that Tong Shaolin would really like her.

After all, at the beginning of their acquaintance, Tong Shaolin had many choices, and he didn't show any special liking for Lu Fan.

Now that the two have been married for many years, Lu Fan occasionally still feels unreal.

Have I really become Tong Shaolin's wife?

Tong Shaolin got out of bed, opened the window, and looked out.

The courtyard was dark, and it was impossible to tell what time it was.

The feeling of rain and cold eased Tong Shaolin's depression a little. The rain hit the window sill and splashed a lot of her underwear, but she didn't seem to notice it at all.

Seeing this, Lu Fan took the shawl and stepped forward, covering Tong Shaolin's shoulders.

Tong Shaolin turned around, and Lu Fan was right behind her.

Originally, Lu Fan wanted to remind her that the weather was cold, and she was afraid of getting cold when she stood in the wind in such thin clothes, but seeing Tong Shaolin's eyes, Lu Fan couldn't speak for a while.

It was an elusive look.

Sometimes Lu Fan felt that when Tong Shaolin was looking at her, it might not be her.

There seemed to be another person in Tong Shaolin's eyes.

Even if the days are getting colder and colder, Tang Jianwei's plan is still advancing steadily.

The restaurant still has a lot of customers at night, especially after the winter solstice, Tang Jianwei launched a new main dish - hot pot, which triggered a new round of hot crowds.

This hot pot is hot, fresh and spicy, and the beef and mutton are boiled in the bottom of the boiling pot, and they are cooked and eaten immediately, and they are eaten together with the dipping sauce prepared by themselves, and the whole person is quickly awakened.

No matter how much cold air you have on your body before entering the store, after a few mouthfuls, you will immediately sweat and dissipate the cold air on your body.

Not to mention pairing it with a few sips of fine wine, chatting with friends around a small steaming stove.

Going to Tong's restaurant to eat hot pot with family and friends has almost become the favorite leisure activity of the people of Su County after the winter solstice.

The popularity of Tong's Restaurant swept across the catering industry in Su County.

When hot pot was popular, many other shops were also inspired to start making hot pot.

However, the hot pot made by other houses still can only learn one shape, and cannot get the essence of the hot pot bottom material. After all, the taste is a little bit worse.

Only when Tong's restaurant is really full and they don't want to queue, will these diners choose another restaurant.

Tang Jianwei was busy from morning to night every day, so busy that his eyes were dizzy, and he kept receiving complaints from diners queuing up.

Said that their shop is too small to meet the dietary needs of the neighbors.

"Boss Tang, it's not a good idea to ask everyone to wait outside in the cold weather. Look at my legs are numb from the cold!"

"Exactly! If I didn't really want to eat your family, I really don't want to suffer here."

"Boss Tang, haven't you thought about building a restaurant? Even if it's not a five-story building like Hehua Tower, at least a two-story building will be better than now."

Hearing someone here tell the truth, they turned around and talked to Tang Jianwei:

"That's right, Boss Tang. The shop is too small now, and the market is full of people. We line up here, which sometimes hinders other people's business. If you set up a restaurant yourself, there will be Isn’t a place specially for us to wait better than now?”

"That's right, when the time comes, everyone will have a place to sit, drink tea and knead sunflower seeds together. Even if you wait for half an hour, you won't find it difficult."

The neighbors in the neighborhood were all talking to Tang Jianwei, and Tang Jianwei listened to them all.

It can be heard that everyone really likes Tong's Restaurant and wants the restaurant to develop better.

It's not that Tang Jianwei has never thought about running a restaurant in Su County.

When Tong's Restaurant first opened, Tang Jianwei felt that it would be a long way to go to run a restaurant, and he would not be able to accumulate capital for three to five years.

She didn't expect how long it took, and the capital she had accumulated was already rich enough to really put the restaurant's plan on the agenda.

Because of the rain, sometimes the shop is not so busy, so Tang Jianwei took advantage of this time to go out to find a suitable small building, and ask if anyone's shop wanted to sell.

She saw two more suitable places.

One is in the center of the commercial street in Su County, and the other is in the market.

The locations are very good, and they are all hubs with a lot of traffic.

The asking prices in these two places are quite high. Tang Jianwei counted the belongings in his hands, and there are not so many, but if she really wants to settle, she can go to Song Qiao to discuss and borrow some from Song Qiao. enough.

By expanding the shop, you can flex your muscles.

Later, when she and A Nian left Su County together, she had better entrust the restaurant to Third Sister.

With the income from the restaurant, the children's mansion will not have to worry about food and clothing in the future. Even if she and Anian land in Boling, they don't have to worry about their family.

Tang Jianwei wanted to settle the matter of the restaurant before New Year's Eve, so that he could receive the New Year's Eve banquet later.

New Year's Eve is very important to Da Cang, and it is the most important festival for family reunion.

Ordinary people in Su County naturally celebrate New Year's Eve at home, but some businessmen, gentry and officials also have the need to hold banquets outside.

Tang Jianwei aimed at these people.

If managed well, the New Year's Eve banquet could make her a fortune.

Of course, if we can take this opportunity to cultivate the habit of ordinary people in Suxian County also coming to restaurants for New Year's Eve banquets, they will surely find that eating out can save them a lot of trouble.

At the same time, Tang Jianwei's wallet will be even richer.

Tang Jianwei had a lot of thoughts in his head, and he kept his feet on the ground when he was busy.

The restaurant needs to be found, and after finding it, it needs to be repaired and decorated.

The main dishes and ingredients for the New Year's Eve banquet should also be prepared from now on.

At the end of each year, the price of precious ingredients will skyrocket.

What's more, due to the natural disaster caused by mudslides in Su County this year, the farm was almost buried, and she needed to buy goods from other counties, and the price was even more worrying.

If you plan next to the end of the year, you will definitely not be able to tell the price.

Just after the winter solstice, Tang Jianwei began to purchase.

She went out and visited the surrounding counties for a whole circle, picked them herself, and ordered a carload of good mushrooms.

Tang Jianwei plans to use Eight Immortals Soup as the main dish of this year's New Year's Eve banquet. This mushroom is a very important ingredient in Eight Immortals Soup.

"Eight Immortal Soup?"

Hearing this, Tong Shaoxuan was puzzled, "Why do I think this Eight Immortals Soup is so familiar? But I have never eaten it, did I forget it?"

Tang Jianwei said with distaste: "Forever and forever, Tong Changsi's vinegar can't be finished. Come on, don't pretend to be stupid and tease me here. Didn't Magistrate Ruan know it from him when he first came here?"

Tong Shaoxuan: "Oh, it turned out to be the Eight Immortals soup that the eldest princess never forgets."

Tang Jianwei found out that Tong Shaoxuan was not really jealous, she had changed from drinking vinegar to holding a jar of vinegar in front of people, blatantly threatening——

I haven't drunk it yet, but if you don't say a few nice words to coax me, I'll be so jealous!

Tang Jianwei said: "I have superb cooking skills, and there are many people who never forget my cooking skills."

Tong Shaoxuan was about to speak when Tang Jianwei suddenly thought of something, and let out a loud "ah":

"If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have thought of it! We can definitely use the fact that the eldest princess likes to drink the Eight Immortals soup as a selling point to attract the attention of diners. Yes! When the time comes, I will write a large character and paste it on the door of the restaurant, just say Boling Taste—the favorite of the eldest princess! All right, this is a good idea! Why do you think Tong Changsi is so smart? This little head is good at writing articles and solving cases, and he is not far behind when he thinks about ways to make money."

Tong Shaoxuan: "..."

Tang Jianwei praised her crazily like he didn't want money, not only praised her but also hugged her and kissed her so much that the rouge she just put on was gone.

"That's enough, that's enough." Tong Shaoxuan said nothing, "Didn't I just say something? Look, you haven't finished yet."

Tang Jianwei: "People's love for you will never end."

Tong Shaoxuan: "..."

Tong Shaoxuan was ashamed by her extremely enthusiastic words.

Tang Jianwei was also a little bit intoxicated - the jar of vinegar has turned into honey, and my technique of coaxing my daughter-in-law is getting better and better.

After much deliberation, Tang Jianwei finally decided to buy the two-story building in the commercial center and transform it into Tong's Restaurant.

After settling down, Tang Jianwei put up a signboard at the door of the original restaurant, informing the diners that their family was moving to the restaurant.

The old neighbors came to congratulate him one after another, saying that Boss Tang is really capable, but he has been upgraded from a small mobile stall to a big restaurant in just two years.

No one can match this ability.

While accepting the praise from all directions, Tang Jianwei was also verbally promoting the New Year's Eve banquet.

"I would like to invite all the villagers to continue to join us. This New Year's Eve banquet has brought together all my special dishes, and there is even the Eight Immortals Soup that the eldest princess will never forget! Please enjoy it when the time comes!"

Tang Jianwei and Song Qiao went to the restaurant together.

The location is nothing to say, the family discussed it, the lobby is on the first floor, and private rooms are set up on the second floor, so that the needs of diners from all walks of life can be catered for.

On the first day of reservations for the New Year's Eve banquet, all the private rooms were sold out, and by the afternoon of the second day, the seats in the lobby on the first floor were also sold out.

It seems that the people in Su County still trust Tang Jianwei's craftsmanship very much. Even though the New Year's Eve banquet is expensive, the sales are still not worrying.

No matter where he moves, Tang Jianwei himself is a living sign.

Everything is moving forward in an orderly manner towards New Year's Eve.

Lu Fan and her gang brothers were responsible for transporting mushrooms, the most important ingredient in the New Year's Eve banquet, back from Lin County.

Tang Jianwei, the sister-in-law who is in charge of affairs, can rest assured that she has been responsible for delivering the goods for so long, and there has never been any mistakes or omissions.

If there was anything she didn't understand, she would ask Tang Jianwei in advance.

So this time it was taken for granted, and Tang Jianwei didn't think there would be any mistakes, so he didn't follow up on this matter.

The decoration of the restaurant was coming to an end, Tang Jianwei ran between the restaurant and the food shop every day, he was really tired, and it was not early to go home every day.

Originally, the mushrooms were to be delivered directly to the restaurant, but at night, the agreed time had passed, and Lu Fan and the gang still hadn't returned.

Just when Tang Jianwei was feeling strange, Tong Shaolin came to find him.

Tong Shaolin was wearing a thick fur coat with a fur collar, closed the umbrella, and saw Tang Jianwei walking towards her, the rain on the tip of the umbrella hadn't drained off, so she couldn't wait to step forward and ask:

"It's already this hour, and Hoduo hasn't come back yet, will he encounter any danger?"

Hearing what she said, Tang Jianwei knew that Lu Fan must not have returned to Tong's Mansion, and the elder sister couldn't bear it anymore, so she ran out to find someone.

Tang Jianwei first comforted her and said, "Elder sister, don't scare yourself. My sister-in-law and brothers are together, and everyone is a capable person. There should be nothing wrong. It may be that the road back is not easy, which delays Time, after all, it has been raining too frequently recently."

Tong Shaolin nodded, knowing that Tang Jianwei was right, but his face was still not pretty.

Tang Jianwei could understand her mood very well, and put himself in the situation, if Tong Shaoxuan had encountered such a thing at this moment, and she hadn't seen anyone for a long time, she would definitely be too restless.

"How about this, elder sister, you go home and wait, I'll look for someone." Tang Jianwei said as he was going to get the coir raincoat and prepare the horse.

How could Tong Shaolin have the intention to go home and wait: "I'll go with you, if there is really something, we can take care of it."

"Can eldest sister ride a horse?"

There are indeed two horses in the backyard of the restaurant, but Tang Jianwei has never seen Tong Shaolin riding a horse.

Reminiscent of Tong Shaoxuan's hurried appearance when he was in the royal class, they are all sisters, Tang Jianwei is not sure about the elder sister's riding skills.

After all, Su County is small here, and everyone has to walk a lot when going out. Even if the road is a bit far, everyone is used to riding in a carriage, and there are few people riding alone.

Tong Shaolin's expression froze for a moment, Tang Jianwei thought he had guessed that she couldn't ride a horse, but he didn't expect Tong Shaolin to say:

"Yes, I have learned it before."

Tong Shaolin quickly took off Yongrong's fur-collared fur coat and went to get the coir raincoat.

The two went on the road together in the rain.

Tang Jianwei paid attention to Tong Shaolin the whole time. Unexpectedly, Tong Shaolin was really good at riding, and the strange horse was obedient under her.

Even galloping and dashing is no problem.

Seeing Tong Shaolin's actions, Tang Jianwei felt relieved and accelerated his progress.

From here to Lin County, the best and safest way is the official road.

Lu Fan and the others were driving a carriage, so they must take this path.

On a rainy night, the official road was dark and dark. Tang Jianwei had good eyesight and rode in front, asking Tong Shaolin to keep some distance from her and follow behind.

Tong Shaolin's heart was burning with anxiety, and suddenly she heard Tang Jian yelled slightly, and she immediately stopped the horse.

"Sister-in-law! Is it you!"

Tang Jian yelled to the front as he turned and dismounted slightly.

There was only the sound of heavy rain washing the earth, and suddenly there was a "boom", and a torch was lit.

On the torch, someone supported a thick oilcloth with both arms, and the light illuminated the originally dim and unclear surroundings.

This is Ah Zhou, one of the gang brothers.

"Miss Tang San!" Ah Zhou also recognized her.

Tong Shaolin immediately got off his horse and galloped towards them: "Where is Hoduo!"

"Ma'am." Lu Fan stood aside, walking up with a somewhat bulky body.

Lu Fan was soaked through, and there was a striking streak of blood running down her cheek and down from the top of her head.

The moment Tong Shaolin saw her, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and immediately stepped forward a little out of control, and hugged her tightly.

Lu Fan noticed Tong Shaolin's obvious nervousness, and her body was shaking.

"It's okay, Ah Zhao, I was only slightly injured." Lu Fan comforted her.

Tong Shaolin tried hard to control her trembling body. After the emotions in her heart were completely suppressed, she raised her head, and when she wanted to give Lu Fan a smile as usual, she saw Lu Fan smiled and said:

"My lady can ride a horse. I never knew about it."

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