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In the back kitchen, Wang Qi looked at Lu Tangyi who was adding lard to the pot for the second time, and couldn't help but stop her further movements.

"Tang Yi, we are the next noodle. Don't you put so much lard in it?"

Smiling embarrassingly at the other party, Lu Tangyi still held the lard jar with his hand, "Hey, I'm used to it."

"Didn't your family have a difficult time before? Just eat lard like this?"

Lu Tang choked one by one, she couldn't say that after coming to Huanxi Inn, she couldn't move her legs when she saw pigs and sheep, and couldn't hold the oil when she was cooking.

"No, it's in our store. By the way, Brother Qi, you haven't told me what happened to the shopkeeper?"

After throwing the vegetables into the pot and stirring them twice, Wang Qi sighed quietly, looked at Lu Tangyi, hesitating whether to say it or not.

"What's wrong? Isn't it convenient to say?"

Wang Qi shook his head: "It's not inconvenient to say, anyway, this is something everyone knows, alas."

After sighing, Lu Tangyi heard such a story about Hong Xier.

It turned out that the Hong family's Huanxi Inn was opened by Hong Xier's grandpa, and it has been handed down to her for the third generation.Mr. Hong has two sons. The eldest son doesn’t like to do business, so Mr. Hong provides him with education, but he has been unsuccessful in repeated trials. However, the eldest brother of the Hong family is also stubborn, and he persists day after day and year after year. reading test.The second elder brother of the Hong family, Hong Xier's father, ran the inn with Mr. Hong. It wasn't until the year Hong Xier was born that the eldest brother of the Hong family finally passed the Jinshi. The whole family was as happy as anything. When Hong Xier was born, the reincarnation of a lucky star brought a good omen to the family, so she was named Xier.

The eldest brother of the Hong family waited for a year after high school, but Mr. Hong donated money to find a position as a local official. Two years later, he took his wife, one son and two daughters to the post and reunited. So far, only Hong Er The elder brother's family stayed in Huanxi Town with the old man.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the year of Hong Xi'er and Ji, when Mr. Hong and Hong Xi'er's mother had both passed away, the second elder brother of the Hong family inherited the Huanxi Inn and arranged a marriage for Hong Xi'er.The other party was a rich family in Zhoucheng, or their family came to propose relatives in person. Master Hong Er didn't want to cling to the rich family, but seeing the other party's sincere words, and his brother's elegant and suave appearance, after asking his daughter, seeing the other party also No problem, it's settled.

Unexpectedly, the good times didn't last long. Hong Xier was engaged to the elder of the Hong family who had been promoted to Huai'an Zuodushi, but because of being implicated in a military payment case, he was dismissed and beheaded, along with his eldest son. Officials demoted to common people will never be hired.The big family of the Hong family declined overnight, and the second master Hong took out all his savings and managed them up and down. Even Tian Zhuangzi was almost sold, but he still couldn't save his eldest brother's life.Fortunately in the misfortune, the two daughters of the eldest family of the Hong family were both married at that time, so they were not implicated, but although their marriage was not hindered, they felt sorry for Hong Xier.Originally, the big family in that state city wanted to marry the Hong family because they took a fancy to the influence of the elder of the Hong family, but whoever imagined this happened, even if the other party was a little reluctant, the agreed wedding date was postponed again and again, and even It was also rumored that the maid who was betrothed to the young master had already given birth to a son first. Not only that, but later she even planned to take Hong Xi'er in as a concubine.

After this old master Hong was asked to beheaded, the second master had already suffered from a heart attack, and his health deteriorated. Hearing the news, he immediately vomited blood and passed out. .Hong Xi'er had to stay at home to be a filial piety for her father for three years, now the other party had even more reason to regret the marriage, and the reasons for regretting the marriage were really deceptive.They actually said that Hong Xi'er's fate was not good, that he restrained his father and mother at home, and married Ke Fuke's son. The family seemed to be afraid that others would say that his family was cold and unrighteous, so they arranged Hong Xi'er in a good way, as if the Hong family Many changes were caused by her unlucky fate.Naturally, the marriage was given up at this point. Hong Xier didn't refute herself, and didn't get too entangled with them. She took care of her father's funeral and resigned the engagement, so she started to carry the Huanxi Inn by herself. It is the third year.

"In the past three years, the shopkeeper's face has always been smiling in front of everyone, and he is kind to everyone. Who in our town doesn't say a word about shopkeeper Hong? But every time I see one of the shopkeeper's faces , I feel very uncomfortable, why is God so hard-nosed sometimes? I want to train this kind and good person."

Wang Qi sighed, and gulped down the last bit of noodle soup.Looking at Lu Tangyi next to him, he was still holding half a bowl of noodles in his hand.

"Tang Yi, why don't you eat?"

Lu Tang regained his senses after hearing her question, but now he couldn't eat the fragrant noodles in his hand, "Are you full?"

"Well... it's okay."

"I'll give this to you too." Lu Tang sighed softly as he stuffed the bowl in his hand to Wang Qi.

Seeing her gloomy look, Wang Qi comforted her and said, "I think the reason why the shopkeeper was not very happy when we talked about Miss Ruan just now is probably because of the emotion. Let's be smarter in the future, and don't mention these pitiful things about weddings and funerals. If you want to damage a woman's reputation, the shopkeeper is not a stingy person, so he won't be really angry."

Lu Tang smiled faintly, and said in a daze, "Actually, I think the shopkeeper is not angry, but just sympathizes with Miss Ruan's experience and doesn't want others to slander her reputation. It's my fault. I forgot that people's words are scary here."

The two were silent for a while, before Lu Tang suddenly asked: "Brother Qi, after all these years, does the shopkeeper have no one he likes? Or is it because of those rumors that even her marriage has been postponed now? "

After eating half of Lu Tangyi's bowl of noodles, Wang Qi rubbed his belly and shook his head when he heard the question, "It's not like no one proposed marriage later on. The boss Huang who runs a restaurant in the next town is in his [-]s. He wants to find a matchmaker to continue." , I was kicked out at that time, what is it! The shopkeeper also said that in the future, such people will not be allowed to enter the door, and no one will come to propose marriage after that. But since last year, Mr. Feng, who teaches in a private school in the town, has I often come to the store to eat, and I think it seems to have a little meaning for the shopkeeper."

She spoke slowly, and Lu Tang couldn't help asking: "Then what happened next?"

"Later, it seemed to be a painting and calligraphy sent to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took it, and then gave him a small box. This time, the shopkeeper returned it to him, and he never came to the door again. It happened not long ago, probably you A month before coming."

"Mr. Feng..." Lu Tang repeated softly. Wang Qi thought she was curious when she heard her talking, and then added: "Well, Mr. Feng is also from Huanxi Town. His parents died early and his family was poor. He grew up with a family. The old shopkeeper helped him a lot when he was there. Speaking of which, he and our shopkeeper have known each other since childhood. Later, he was admitted as a scholar, and he taught in a private school in the town while preparing for the exam. Mr. Feng's heart Shan, students from poor families don’t need to study hard when they come to class, they only need to send some rice and noodles every month, in fact, it doesn’t matter if they can’t pay the food, Mr. Feng will never care about it.”

"I heard you say that Mr. Feng is a good man, but why did the shopkeeper return his gift?"

"Huh? I don't know. Maybe the shopkeeper has no intention of growing up with his children after all these troubles. Of course, I'm just guessing." Wang Qi shrugged, stood up and put the two bowls in the sink to wash them.

Lu Tang sat on the small stool next to the stove and meditated silently. It was not until Wang Qi packed up her things and asked her to go back to her room that she asked again: "Brother Qi, who is the one who divorced the shopkeeper?"

"That family." Mentioning this, Wang Qi showed a look of resentment and disdain on his face, "The family's surname is Fang, but it's a food seller in Anzhou City. They're dead, bad luck."

Lu Tang stopped talking after hearing this, and the two went back to the room to rest one after the other. Only this night, she tossed and turned in the middle of the night before she fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, the two got up on time as usual. Wang Qi saw that Lu Tang's eyes seemed to be black and blue, so he asked, "Tang Yi, why do you look so haggard today?"

"Is there?" Lu Tang touched his face, pressed his forehead and said, "Maybe I didn't sleep well last night."

The two were setting up stools in the hall, when Hong Xi'er walked out through the curtain in the inner hall, she happened to hear this sentence.

"Didn't sleep well?"

Ever since Wang Qi finished talking to her about those things last night, she had been thinking about Hong Xi'er for half the night. Now that this person suddenly appeared in front of her, Lu Tang was in a daze for a while, and her tone of voice softened involuntarily when she spoke. Two points: "Good morning, shopkeeper."

Good morning?Hong Xi'er couldn't help wondering when she saw her dazed look and then suddenly smiled gently, so she heard Wang Qi say over there: "The shopkeeper, she probably missed you last night." Wang Qi originally wanted to let anyone listen. It's just that she didn't mean anything else, but it didn't make sense to the ears of the two of them.

As soon as Lu Tang didn't know that they all knew that she was a woman, when she heard Wang Qi say this, she was afraid that Hong Xi'er might misunderstand her intentions, especially since the other party was so sensitive about emotional matters, it would be bad if she really resented her.

"No, no, I didn't, don't listen to Wang Qi's nonsense!"

Hong Xi'er didn't think much about it at first, but when she saw the other party's fair face blushed instantly, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Brother Qi is not a liar, look at you blushing, Ah Tang, you Why couldn't you sleep last night?"

"I, I..." Lu Tang kept silent for a long time, seeing Hong Xi'er's smiling face close at hand, his ears gradually became hot, and his heart began to thump wildly.

Hong Xi'er felt really embarrassed when she saw her, so she held back her teasing thoughts and reminded: "A Tang, why are you so pale and tender today? Because you haven't slept, okay?"

"what?"

It was only then that Lu Tang realized that she woke up in a daze this morning, and she hadn't put on makeup yet.

"Oh, maybe I didn't sleep well and I was a little anemic."

"Anemia? What do you mean?"

Hong Xi'er wondered why this little guy kept saying things that people couldn't understand.

"Ah? Oh, it's because of starvation and ischemia that your face turns pale. What's the shopkeeper, I'm going to eat something. You haven't eaten breakfast, have you? I'll do it."

After saying that, without waiting for Hong Xier to answer her, she turned around and walked quickly to the backyard.

Hong Xi'er looked at the people who seemed to be running away, and asked, "What's wrong with her?"

Wang Qi smiled: "She, alas, is a kind-hearted child."

As soon as Lu Tang returned to the room, he closed the door, stroked his heart that was out of proportion just now, and let out a long breath.She walked to the table and sat in front of the bronze mirror, looking at herself in the mirror, and after a while, she murmured: "Huh! My dear, why is this heart beating so hard?"