no one knows better than me

"???"

Zhuang Qingliu opened her eyes and looked at the person in front of her in disbelief: "Did I really like you before? Is it impossible? Was I blind before?"

Mei Hualan seemed unable to accept this doubt and lowered her head: "Even if I'm blind, you still like me."

"..." Zhuang Qingliu stretched out his hand without hesitation, and pushed her off the bed.

Plum Blossom Lane: "..."

Zhuang Qingliu said loudly: "Bring Sigui back quickly, I'm going to take my daughter out!"

Seeing this kind of momentum, Mei Hualan suddenly turned her head silently, bent her head and sent her face to her palm.Zhuang Qingliu immediately turned over her palms, and slapped her face: "Come on, I've seen through you a long time ago!"

……

Mei Hualan was quiet for a while with her face covered in smudges, and then she made another move, and kissed Zhuang Qingliu's palm, and said softly, "I see that I like you very much, are you at a loss for what to do?"

"..." Zhuang Qingliu suddenly gave her a strange and unspeakable look.

In all fairness, since she was taken away when the blue lake opened her eyes, she could vaguely see that Mei Hualan really cared about her too much. She seemed to be away from her for a while on weekdays, and she couldn't feel at ease. If she had something to do, she had to make sure He would only go out after hiding her at home, just like a weasel would only feel at ease after putting a chicken in its hole, but not outside.As for the "chicken", not a single feather can fall off.

After all... the hopeless waiting of being alone for 20 years is real.

So if she said this now, wouldn't it mean poking at Zhuang Qingliu's heart?

After Zhuang Qingliu looked at her subtly for a moment, he let go of his hand softly, and squeezed her face: "You can be angry with me for a day." He turned over and got up.

Mei Hualan could hear the helplessness in her tone, and the corners of her mouth curled into a line, "Where are you going?"

"Where else can I go, isn't it as you wished to earn money earlier?" In one sentence, it seemed that it was a crime for her not to earn money quickly.

Zhuang Qingliu stretched out his hand to her knowingly asking, and poked her forehead angrily.

Mei Hualan seemed contented, took clothes, fetched water and towels, waited for Zhuang Qingliu to wash up together, put her arms around her waist, and flew straight up, leaving Mei's Immortal Mansion in no time, and went straight to Mei's house at the foot of the mountain. Zhen: "Don't do it yourself, I'll take you to eat delicious food."

Zhuang Qingliu: "...Why didn't I see you take me down the mountain to eat delicious food before?"

Mei Hualan thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't think of a suitable answer. After all, this kind of thing was really a whim, and it's hard to say why it didn't "rise" before.

Zhuang Qingliu was angry: "You are for your beads!"

Because of her words, Mei Hualan suddenly changed from hugging to hugging, and buried her head on Zhuang Qingliu's neck, smiled happily twice, admitted and nodded: "Yes, I am very happy now."

But Zhuang Qingliu, who felt that he had gone into a routine again, couldn't be happy no matter what he thought. He glanced sideways at her indifferently, then poked her finger out, pushing her head away.

Mei Hualan was still looking down at her with a bright mood: "Although I don't know what worries you have in your heart, whether it is because you are not sure, how long will you have to think about—"

"But now it's really good."

After Mei Hualan finished the last sentence softly, she suddenly wrapped her hands around Zhuang Qingliu, and suddenly accelerated her speed.

Just as Zhuang Qingliu's heart was slightly moved by what she said, she was taken to a very special restaurant.The restaurant is special in its location and environment. It is not located on a bustling street, but on the edge of a river in the outskirts of the city. There is a large quiet yard and independent two-story attics. There are one table on the first floor, all facing the mountains and rivers. It's a good scene, the winding paths in the garden that surround them lead to a secluded place. Just by looking at it, one can tell that this place is probably some well-known private kitchen in the world of cultivating immortals. If you want to eat, you have to make an appointment in advance.

However, Meihualan looked around unfamiliarly, and then led Zhuang Qingliu up to the second floor of an empty attic. Without ordering food, many delicate stacks were put up one by one.Zhuang Qingliu took a general look, and most of them were special dishes that couldn't be named, but the taste was unsurprisingly good.

After ordering another stack of buttered rolls, Zhuang Qingliu casually asked Mei Hualan: "Jinchan Town should not be far from here, is Sigui coming back today?"

Mei Hualan didn't feel that anything was wrong, so she picked up two crystal clear fish skin shrimp dumplings, and said: "It should take a few days before I can come back, the two cities next to Jinchan Town have some troublesome things temporarily, Xiaohan has already Take her and Si Ji to check it out along the way."

After all, it was Mei Xiaohan, a master at work, Zhuang Qingliu thought about it and laughed, but nodded without saying anything.After breakfast, Mei Hualan paid the whole bag of money before they left.

Duan Bin, who was vigorous and resolute, has disappeared at this moment, but two guys have been recruited in the original stewed shop, and they are waiting for Zhuang Qingliu.Zhuang Qingliu quickly entered the role, and began to stay in the small yard here for a few days, doing nothing but doing the big business of spicy strips—arranging two guys to buy things in an orderly manner, and developing the formula by himself. After all, this thing is simple but not simple , It's not difficult to say.

Mei Hualan moved her place of discussion from the Zongge of the Immortal Mansion to the small courtyard here, and the daily messenger talisman was burning in the air.Occasionally, I would go in to take a look at Zhuang Qingliu, but more often, I would turn to the pawn shop opposite... Just take a look at "my bead" if you have something to do, and then reach out to touch it.

A new young guy at the pawn shop is very strange, because she can't afford to pay for her attire, but she comes and goes like this several times a day, and she doesn't know what it means.So the more I thought about it, the more uncertain I was, and I called the boss.

Naturally, the boss recognized Mei Hualan, and was frightened as soon as he came out of the curtain in the backyard. He quickly took the amber beads out of the locked cabinet, handed them to her with both hands, and beckoned her to take them away.

"..."

Mei Hualan raised her eyes to look at him for a while without saying a word, and then lowered her eyes: "...Put it back, don't sell it."

The boss didn't know what was hidden in it at all, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he put the amber beads back carefully, and put on three magic locks with his own hands, before nodding solemnly: "That's natural."

Mei Hualan looked down for a while with an indescribable expression, then turned away... and couldn't help but look back before leaving.

It wasn't until she walked away that the two disciples of the Mei family who had been sent here to guard the pawnshop recently looked away and asked each other in a low voice, "Why are we guarding here all of a sudden?"

"Maybe there's something important in there?"

After a few random guesses, the two were still confused, so they practiced sword moves against each other in the street, and it was the same wherever they practiced.

And on the plane tree next to the pawn shop, Zhuang Qingliu was hanging on the branch to bask in the sun, and she had a panoramic view of everything in the pawn shop just now, so after smiling for a while under the dappled sunlight, Just jumped off the tree and went back to the shop.

As soon as she entered the door, Mei Hualan pointed to a small box on the table: "Duan Bin just sent someone to bring it back."

Zhuang Qingliu held back a smile and stepped forward to open it, only to find that it was a small box of gleaming gold, not too much, not too little, just enough to redeem the things.

Mei Hualan observed her profile, blinked and said: "He also sent a message saying that Shangzi's business is very good, and Lingbi is not as good."

Zhuang Qingliu finally laughed so hard that he couldn't help covering his face with his hands: "Okay, lovely Mr. Duanzhu, I'm afraid Shangzi's business is like this because of your concern and patronage, right?"

In just a few days, he earned more than twenty gold back.

Mei Hualan held the tea calmly: "There is absolutely no such thing."

"Hahaha... Well, there is absolutely no such thing."

Zhuang Qingliu closed the small box that could be carried easily, and said: "But even if Duan Bin sent back the money, it can't be regarded as mine. I arranged for him, just to let him find something to do, and I didn't treat him as a subordinate." , the money he earns should also belong to him.”

Plum Blossom Lane: "..."

Zhuang Qingliu turned her head to look at her expressionless face, and couldn't help laughing for a long time before she stretched out her hand to seduce her, and pointed out: "Didn't you see, my spicy stick shop is also doing very well, earning a lot of money. The money is fast. So don't be a monster."

The business is very good, but Mei Hualan turned her head and looked at the copper coin that can only be recovered by a whole bag of spicy noodles... she felt completely hopeless.

There was a little humor in Zhuang Qingliu's eyes silently, and he pulled her out: "Let's go, didn't you just come back today after returning home. There is a crispy fish dish that I think is delicious in the world, so I just packed some and took it home. Your family had family rules before. No one would dare to go there to eat."

As he spoke, he picked up the fresh gold that had just been delivered to his door, and turned to Linshui Restaurant again.Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of the restaurant happened to be waiting for guests. Hearing this, he came over with a plate of exquisite dim sum and apologized: "I'm sorry, but our private dishes here are not delivered or taught privately."

Zhuang Qingliu blinked: "Can't you take it away by yourself?"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant spoke very modestly: "Because they are all unique recipes outside, so they can only be tasted here, so as not to leak out and be imitated, please understand."

Mei Hualan didn't know what to think of, she turned her head to confirm with a little surprise, "I can't take it away either?"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant quickly and respectfully returned the money they spent today: "Mr. Duanzhu will naturally not disclose it, but this kind of thing is easy to break beforehand, and it will be difficult to establish rules afterwards."

Mei Hualan glanced at the returned money, indicating no need, but reconfirmed: "Are there no such precedents before?"

Although the shopkeeper of the restaurant didn't know why she asked such a question, he immediately nodded seriously: "The family history has been passed down for a hundred years, never once."

Mei Hualan's gaze shifted away from him and returned to Zhuang Qingliu's face, feeling indescribably soft for a moment.

Although Zhuang Qingliu didn't understand why, but after blinking, he turned his head and said to the shopkeeper: "Then we won't take it away, but the crispy fish is cooked as usual, and we will eat it here."

The shopkeeper of the restaurant responded again and again, and after stepping back to order the kitchen, he served them a pot of excellent red maple tea.

It was night, Zhuang Qingliu turned around and went to the house to uncover the tiles, secretly sat on the roof of the kitchen to learn the method, left a box of gold for stealing fees, and leisurely left the Linshui Restaurant.Then, before returning to Xianfu, I bought a few large bags of fish and spices, and happily marinated them together.

It wasn't until almost before going to bed that Mei Xiaohan and the three who had been busy outside for several days rushed back from the outside with a chill in their bodies.Seeing that Zhuang Qingliu was waiting to pick her up in front of the mountain gate, Mei Sigui immediately rushed into her arms with a "tweet, chirp, chirp, chirp" and rubbed her head to beg for a kiss.

Zhuang Qingliu lowered her head and carried it around, and kissed it on the forehead several times: "Have you washed your body clean?"

Mei Siji, who was not picked up, immediately snorted next to her, raised her foot and turned away.

Mei Xiaohan shook the fan she had repaired and explained with a smile: "She washed Sigui's thick hair, and the sand almost peeled off a layer of skin on her hands."

"That's it." Zhuang Qingliu also turned her head with a smile, "Then I'll treat her to fish tomorrow."

Mei Hualan asked Mei Xiaohan beside him: "What about Crane City?"

Mei Xiaohan's face immediately became serious: "It's not over. Not only in Hecheng, but in the past few days, from Hecheng to Yancheng and then to Yancheng, corpses and woundings have happened one after another in more than a dozen irregular villages with poor mountains and bad waters. It’s strange, but I can’t find the reason, so I rushed back first. The scroll of details has been handed over to the Zong Pavilion. Hua Zhou should immediately convene a meeting overnight, so you go first. past."

Mei Hualan quickly frowned and nodded: "Okay." Then she turned around and touched Mei Sigui who had already slipped into Zhuang Qingliu's arms, "Go back to sleep first, don't wait for me."

Mei Sigui poked his head out and kissed her face.

Naturally, Zhuang Qingliu probably heard Mei Xiaohan's words, but it was normal for the Mei family to deal with this kind of matter. She couldn't help her left and right for the time being, so she nodded.

The Zong Pavilion of the Mei family was bright day and night, and Mei Hualan quickly turned around and left in the night.

It wasn't until this moment that Mei Xiaohan turned his head to look at Zhuang Qingliu, glanced down at her hesitantly, and shouted: "Senior Zhuang."

Zhuang Qingliuguang saw her expression, lowered his head, and put a soundproof cover on Mei Sigui casually.

Mei Sigui raised her head and asked cutely: "Chirp?"

Zhuang Qingliu smiled and lowered her head and rubbed its dull fur a few times to make it behave, then followed Mei Xiaohan's footsteps, and walked along the path with her.

As a member of the Mei family, Mei Xiaohan is naturally very familiar with every plant and tree in the Immortal Mansion, so he walked back to the courtyard with ease, and turned to a place where there were few people before he said: "Senior Zhuang, you burned incense and found Mrs. Bian." people come."

Although Zhuang Qingliu immediately turned his head to look at her, he did not deny it indifferently, but asked, "How do you know?"

"Because I've looked for it too."

Mei Xiaohan looked away from her face with some deep meaning, pushed away a section of plum branches in front of her, and said: "In Jinchan Town before, I pretended that the Bian family was not aimless because I knew Xuechuan Bian very well. contacted in advance."

Zhuang Qingliu's footsteps were slow and unchanged, he lowered his head thinking about something, and said "huh".

However, Mei Xiaohan stopped slowly when he turned around the corner of Lingshan Mountain, turned his head to look at Zhuang Qingliu's expression seriously, and said solemnly: "So Senior Zhuang, the silk thread on your body is not insignificant, right? You - yes I have something to hide."