Village Flowers and Female Scholars

Xie Yan didn't know how he got home.

Under being questioned by herself, Zhuang Wan faltered and explained that the person who drew the picture was herself. She suddenly felt a feeling of heat rushing to her forehead, and her brain was working quickly, thinking back to the woman Zhuang Wan had just depicted. Wasn't it the case when he asked her to take the medicine that day, but she really didn't expect that this dog scholar would actually draw such a picture.

For a while, both of them stood there uncomfortably, Xie Yan naturally felt secretly happy in her heart, the more she was like this, the more she wanted to escape from Zhuang Wan's presence, because she could no longer suppress the corners of her raised lips.

When Zhuang Wan saw the other party's frozen body, she was even more at a loss, and in vain came up with the idea that she shouldn't have told the other party just now.

"...You know, I have always been good at calligraphy and painting, but I have never had good materials. I couldn't help but draw it when I saw it that day..."

Zhuang Wan's words successfully poured cold water on Xie Yan in an instant, and the corners of her mouth drooped down without restraint.

After a long time, it turned out to be just a model.

But looking up at the red-faced look of the female scholar in front of her, Xie Yan recalled the damp heat on the side of her earlobe just now, and she didn't believe that a normal person would involuntarily make such a move. Thinking of this, she felt Zhuang Wan The explanation at this time was extremely lame, but no matter how the other party explained, it could not erase the fact that the other party had actually loosened up a bit. Thinking of this, the originally depressed mood became slightly elevated.

But maybe the other party has not yet awakened, or has not yet faced up to this matter, Xie Yan does not want to push her into a hurry at this time.

She straightened her long hair hanging on her chest as if nothing had happened, cleared her throat and said, "Oh, it turned out to be a model for painting, I understand, but there is really something going on in the shop, I have to leave quickly."

After speaking, without waiting for Zhuang Wan's response, she turned around and left the door.

But Zhuang Wan who stayed in the same place was stiff, but the scene just now was replaying in her mind, the soft little waist accidentally touched the slightly raised softness when she was hugged in her arms, and the delicate little lips around her mouth. Earlobe, she didn't know if she had run into something evil, or what, how could she make such a move on the spur of the moment.

This is not like myself at all!

Unconsciously, he walked back to the table and removed the books covered on the drawing paper. Fortunately, the ink on the drawing paper was not stained. Looking at the soft lines on the drawing, his messy heart was miraculously quiet down.

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The next day, Xie Yan went to the restaurant as usual. Now, including her mother, there are four employees in the restaurant. She no longer needs to do everything by herself. Most of the work of grinding rice milk has been taken care of by Cao E Go, so she can free up some time to do other things.

As soon as she went out, she felt that her eyelids were twitching violently, her heart tightened, and her steps couldn't help but quicken her pace. When she first arrived at Ningxikou, she looked at the door of the shop again, but the usual situation of queuing outside the door was gone. Instead, it was deserted and deserted. When I walked to the door and looked inside, there were only two or three people sitting there eating.

Xie Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she went straight to the back door in three steps at a time, asking Gao and the others what happened.

The little morning glory lady told her cautiously that it turned out that there have been rumors in several nearby villages since yesterday that the three mothers and sons in the restaurant at Ningxikou were ominous people, and that Ke, brother, Ke, father, and Kefu were all occupied by them. Anyone who goes to their house to eat noodles will bring disaster. These rumors have spread to several villages around Lushan Town in less than half a day. Since this morning, the entire restaurant has become extremely deserted.

Xie Yan suddenly felt his temples throbbing. It was this rumor again, it was Fang Wenbo's death, and it was Kefuke's father again.

Of course she knows that this matter will not be fermented in such a short period of time for no reason, and there must be someone behind it who is fueling the flames, but with such a precise strike and such a large-scale spread overnight, either the competitor wants to kill herself, Or there is a deep hatred for oneself, and pink eye disease can't see oneself getting better.

If it is a competitor, Xie Yan has no idea yet, but if there is a grudge, there is no doubt that someone is in her mind to choose, either the Cao family at the end of the village or the Fang family of Wutong village, both of them are small-bellied and greedy Pink eye disease, they can do such a thing.

Xie Yan asked: "Did someone from the Fang family or the Cao family come to eat in the restaurant yesterday?"

Mrs. Gao hurriedly replied: "The second child of the Cao family and your second cousin."

After talking about yesterday's events in detail, he finally said with a little uneasiness: "Jin Niang, was it wrong for me to do what I did yesterday? Maybe it was because those two people were so anxious that they did such a thing."

Xie Yan shook his head and said: "Auntie, you did the right thing. If I were here, I would do the same thing. This family is not a good person. Even if it wasn't because of what happened yesterday, seeing our family do a little business now I have earned money, but I don’t even have a place to live, and I’m sure I’ll talk about it everywhere when I’m so anxious, sooner or later.”

Gao shi was relieved when she heard her affirmation of his actions, but seeing the desolation in front of him, he still couldn't help but look sad.

It's hard to find such a good job, but don't just work for a month and can't continue.

As for Xie Yan, she couldn't avoid the rumors of Kefuke's father, because the ancients were superstitious, as long as people have memories, as long as someone wants to tell the truth, these stigmas will inevitably follow their mother and son for the rest of their lives. It will make this rumor more and more engraved in the bones.

She had expected such a situation before opening the store, but even so, she still had to face up to the difficulties, because her life was still long, but the rumors were always there, it was impossible to be imprisoned because of such slander, forever Stay inside and don't go out to make money.

It is often said that food and love cannot live up to each other. Since they can be compared with love, Xie Yan believes that the power and temptation of food will definitely lead them out of the predicament.

Taking a step back, once my restaurant can't continue, most people will ask her to sell the secret recipe of rice noodles. Xie Yan is confident that it will be a lot of money. Of course, she doesn't want to take that step until the last moment .

All of this is also the reason why Xie Yan will still take pains to open the restaurant when he knows that he may face various difficulties.

Although Xie Yan took the first sap in the first step of the enemy's attack, she knew that she had to adjust her mentality as soon as possible, so she couldn't show timidity at this time.

From the separation of the Cao family, to building a house and then opening a restaurant, although it is not very capable, at least no one within a hundred miles can do it like her, at such a young age, with such a low start and such a background. It's so miserable, but the speed of climbing up is so fast, who in the village can't look up to her now, and now encountering such a public relations crisis, these people in the store are bound to follow her closely, so Xie Yan knows this At that time, as the spiritual pillar of the store, you must be tense.

So the young girl calmed down the workers in the store with gentle words, telling them not to be confused by the rumors outside, and Gao and the others calmed down a lot because of her calm posture.

Xie Yan comforted the others, and after thinking for a while, he pulled Miss Hua over and whispered to her before telling her to get off work early, and then said to the remaining three people: "These days we will still open the shop normally, but two people will stay It will be done in the store, Aunt Gao, arrange for everyone to take turns to rest, and then operate as before when it returns to normal."

Gao Shi naturally listened to her, and nodded in agreement.

Xie Yan asked her mother to make a bowl of noodles for herself, and as soon as she brought it outside, she saw a person who seemed to have known him before, and there were several people in uniform with him, and the word "dart" was written on the clothes. I remembered that this person was the female escort who asked her to deliver the letter last time, but I didn't expect to appear here.

At this time, Mrs. Hua just came out to collect the bowl, and when she saw the woman sitting on the seat, she greeted her with a smile, "Here comes Escort Zong."

Zong Jing nodded, saw Xie Yan coming out and said with a smile: "Long time no see, little lady."

"Yes, it's been a while," Xie Yan said, "You should have heard the rumors outside, how dare you come to eat fans."

Zong Jing raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't dare. I finally found a restaurant that suits my taste. I wish I could eat all three meals a day here."

Xie Yan felt relieved when she heard her answer like this. There are still people who like to eat noodles. As long as seven people come to eat noodles a day, the rent can be earned back. If it is twice as much, the labor cost will also be returned. As much as it is consumed, so it will not be wasted. Now that I still have the money from Zhuang Wan's storybook, it is impossible to lose it. It depends on when I earn the book back.

Zong Jing interrupted her train of thought with a chuckle: "I asked you to deliver a letter for me last time, and I haven't been able to thank you yet."

Xie Yan said indifferently: "Why be polite, I just took it along the way, and the recipient is my friend."

Zong Jing understood, gave her a fist and said, "My surname is Zong, and my name is Jing. I happen to have a letter here, and I would like to trouble the young lady to do me another favor by sending a letter to Zhuang Xiucai." .”

Xie Yan was a little puzzled, Zong Jing came here on a horse, and with two whips, she would be able to reach the scholar's house soon, but why didn't she send it herself, instead of letting herself do it for herself?

But she didn't ask, she was happy to send a letter to Zhuang Wan.

Looking at the precious sword with a simple scabbard on the table, Xie Yan would definitely take advantage of such a good opportunity to get close to the heroine in front of her if she was in the past, but now that something happened in the restaurant, she was not in the mood for a while. But looking at the familiar look of Aunt Caihua when she greeted her just now, I think this guy often comes to restaurants to eat noodles, so this time is not bad.

For four or five days in a row, the business of the restaurant was not good. Although Xie Yan was already mentally prepared, she still felt a little disappointed when she thought of the deserted situation in the store. She woke up early for several days in a row. Cao E prepared rice milk Then he was about to go out, but saw his daughter sitting in the yard in a daze, put down the things in his hands, and sat next to her.

Xie Yan watched her mother hesitate to speak, and sighed in her heart. With Cao E's temperament, she probably wanted to persuade herself to give up.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

"Jin'er, don't worry, there have been a few more customers in the store these two days than the day before yesterday, and a few more bowls of noodles were sold yesterday. After a while, the rumors of our noodles are so delicious, there will always be There are repeat customers, as long as the rent and meat money can be earned, the others can survive with gritted teeth."

Xie Yan was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that Cao E, who had always been timid, would take the initiative to cheer her up at this time, and her depressed mood improved a lot.

She hugged her mother's arm sideways, and said coquettishly: "Mother, it's fine if you help me watch."

It has been a week since the rumors happened, Xie Yan adjusted her mentality, but she still stayed at home most of the time, concentrating on researching her simple mimeograph.

This day, she was the same as before, in order to obtain better lighting conditions, she moved the materials under the eaves and fiddled with them until someone opened the door and came in. When she looked up and saw Zhuang Wan standing at the door, she called him. After saying hello, I continued to work hard.

Zhuang Wan didn't say anything when she came, she just sat aside and quietly accompanied her.

I don't know how long it took, Xie Yan felt the rain drifting in under the eaves, and then came back from his consciousness, looked at the rain outside, stretched out his hand and murmured: "It's raining."

Zhuang Wan turned her head, took her hand and said, "Let's go inside and light a fire, so we don't freeze."

Although it was the vernal equinox at this time, the weather was still very cold. Xie Yan felt the cold fingertips of the other party, and then looked at the slightly wet long hair and the deep concern in the other party's eyes. All of a sudden, he came back to life, thinking of this person sitting in the courtyard so stupidly just to accompany him, a warm current passed through his heart, and he grabbed Zhuang Wan's hand.

"Come inside, let's warm up."

The fire in the stove hadn't been extinguished yet, Xie Yan added some firewood to it, and the fire ignited immediately, the bright fire shone on his face, and the sluggish look just now was swept away.

He stretched out his hand to warm on the fire for a while, and finally felt the warmth, so he stretched out his hand to touch the woman's slender fingers, they were still cold, and couldn't help rubbing them twice, saying: "You have little blood, you need to replenish it. "

Zhuang Wan snorted, but held Xie Yan's hand when she wanted to take it back, not letting her take it away.

Xie Yan looked at the two intertwined hands in front of her eyes, her ears were slightly red, it was the first time that she was so intimate with another person's fingers, and she didn't know what the woman in front of her meant.

Perhaps sensing the slightly ambiguous atmosphere between the two, Zhuang Wan hurriedly took back her hand, as if nothing had happened just now, only to hear her cold voice rang out in an unhurried manner: "What about the restaurant?" , don’t worry too much, some non-existent things will not stand up after all.”

Hearing what she said, Xie Yan smiled. Although she lived reclusively these days, she still received the news. Nowadays, several scriptbooks based on her are popular in various villages and towns, which criticize Kefu's false rumors with many cases. , Public opinion still has a certain effect.

Seeing the blackness in Zhuang Wan's eyes, she restrained the thought of reaching out to caress her, and said softly: "I know, when I was in Cao's house, the situation was worse than it is now, and I can survive it. Now is not the worst time, it will pass."

"You can think so."

Just when Xie Yan felt that he still had to take some measures to deal with these increasingly rampant rumors, he heard an unbelievable news——Fang Wenbo, the third child of the Fang family in Wutong Village, was rumored to have been beaten to death by bandits and returned home. up.

The author has something to say: I always thought that my temper was similar to Cao E, but later a cute person said that I am actually Cao Granny. _