"Actually, besides meeting them, I have one more thing to do." Xiao Mu continued.
"Anything else?"
I didn't expect that Xiao Mu, after living in Qingshan Village for so many years, would still be so deeply involved with the capital.
"It's the seal that was seized from the bandits last time." Xiao Mu said.
Ye Luoxin remembers this.
Xiao Mu once said that it was a warehouse where property was stored, and this seal was needed to open it.
"Are you going to that warehouse to take out the contents?" Ye Luoxin asked.
"No." Xiao Mu replied, "The contents inside are not important. It's just that such an important thing would fall into the hands of a gangster. I'm afraid something has happened to the Xiao family, so I want to check it out."
"Then you have to be careful!"
"Well, don't worry, madam." Xiao Mu gave Ye Luoxin a reassuring look.
Before leaving, Xiao Mu had to help Ye Luoxin handle some minor matters in the two stores.
Parting is imminent, and the two people seem to have endless things to say and endless feelings to express. They are inseparable all day long. No matter where they go, they are always in pairs.
At noon that day, two people came out of the handicraft store and wanted to find a place to eat.
Xu Cai followed him up and down, "I say to you two masters, you are so inconsiderate of the servants. Now that I have caught up, you have to treat me to this lunch meal, right?" .”
Xiao Mu glanced at him sideways, and just about to refuse, Ye Luoxin quickly said: "Okay, we finally met today, so you can go to dinner with us."
Xu Cai glanced at Xiao Mu proudly and followed the two people into a wonton shop.
Each of the three of them ordered a bowl of wontons, and Xiao Mu ordered four more side dishes.
Before taking a few bites, Xu Cai regretted it.
"I said, aren't you two really tired? Can you take care of my mood as a bachelor and have a meal? You don't need to pick this dish for me. I'll pick it up for you."
Xiao Mu ignored him.
Ye Luoxin deliberately smiled at him, took another piece of goose breast and put it into Xiao Mu's plate.
Xiao Mu picked up the goose breast and ate it with relish.
Xu Cai really couldn't stand it and said, "Brother Xiao, it's the food that's serving the food, not my sister-in-law's face. If you keep staring at my sister-in-law, can you make the food taste more delicious?"
"If you're not staring at her, why are you staring at you?" Xiao Mu glanced sideways at him, picked up another goose wing, and put it into Ye Luoxin's plate.
Xu Cai was asking for trouble. He simply ignored these two people and just lowered his head to eat his own food.
However, I didn't eat much at this meal, but I felt very full, which was really strange.
After eating, Xiao Mu wiped his mouth and said to Xu Cai: "I will be away for a while in a few days. During this time, you should pay more attention to things in the store. You should also take more care of your sister-in-law. .”
Although Xu Cai was dissatisfied with the show of affection between the two, he was still very serious in business matters.
"Don't worry about this. I will definitely take good care of my sister-in-law and I will never let her lose even one ounce of meat."
"If you are worried, I will follow my sister-in-law every step of the way. How about that?"
Ye Luoxin: "That's not necessary!"
Xiao Mu also said: "You don't need to be inseparable. If you come to the store, isn't there Miss Liu? Just take care of her."
Mentioning Liu Xiyue, Xu Cai immediately blushed.
"Okay, anyway, Uncle Liu said he would keep an eye on her, so I'll just keep an eye on her together!"
Things in the store were almost settled, and Xiao Mu planned to discuss the departure date with Divine Doctor Pei.
Unexpectedly, before the two of them had reached an agreement, news came from the Marquis.
The one who came to deliver the news was one of the Marquis's bodyguards, named Chu Yi.
He is only fifteen years old and as thin as a bamboo pole.
When he was at Xiao's house, Xu Zhengxiang saw that he was too thin and always secretly stuffed him with delicious food.
So Xu Zhengxiang was very surprised when he saw the first grade student.
"Why did you come back by yourself? Where is the Marquis? The Marquis asked you to come back to deliver a letter?"
On the first day of the new year, he was riding a horse all the way. Even if he was like this, he couldn't even stand firmly when he dismounted.
"Xiao, is Second Young Master Xiao here?" Chu Yi asked anxiously.
"You mean the second child? He went to the county store!
What are you doing with him? Did something happen to Mr. Hou? "
When I first heard that Xiao Mu was not here, I was so anxious that I almost cried.
"The Marquis is in trouble, and he said that he asked Mr. Xiao to come to him for help!"
When Xu Zhengxiang heard this, his face immediately turned pale.
"Help...help?"
Xiao Changhe also heard the noise outside. He slowly moved out of the house on crutches.
"The second brother is in the county town. Let the boss take the bullock cart to the city to find him immediately!"
"The bullock cart is too slow. I'll go!" After Chu Yi finished speaking, he struggled to climb onto his horse.
The horse was also tired. Seeing that Chu Yi wanted to ride on it again, it hid slightly to the side. In the first year of junior high school, I couldn't stand firmly and sat down on the ground.
"Okay!" Xu Zhengxiang grabbed the horse's reins from him.
"Even if you don't feel sorry for yourself, you still feel sorry for the horse. The horse is so tired that it still runs away. Just sit here and rest, and I'll have someone search for it in the county town."
"Auntie, it's not me who is in a hurry, it's the Marquis who is really in a hurry!" Chu Yi's voice was dry and hoarse.
"It's useless to be anxious. Even if you go to the county seat, do you know where my store is?"
"I……"
"If you had the time to inquire, they would have arrived long ago."
Xu Zhengxiang walked away as he spoke: "I'm going to call the boss right now. You have a rest for a while, and I'll prepare food and water for you. There happens to be a manger at home, and I'll take your horse there to eat some grass in a while."
There was nothing I could do on the first day of the new year, and my body was too tired to move, so I listened to Xu Zhengxiang's words and sat in the yard obediently, watching the Xiao family making preparations in a hurry.
Xiao Changhe comforted him and went back to the house to lie down and rest.
Yang Feng lit a fire and quickly cooked half a basin of noodles.
"Little brother, you look like you haven't eaten for a long time. Eat this noodles quickly to cushion your stomach."
It’s true that I haven’t eaten for a long time in the first year of junior high school.
Ever since the Marquis was taken away by a group of men in black, he ran away for a day and a night before he came back.
Apart from letting the horse drink a few sips of water on the way, neither the man nor the horse ate anything.
"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Chuyi took the noodles and ate them directly in the basin without even using a bowl.
The Xiao family's cooking was always delicious, but now that he was hungry, it tasted even better.
After taking two mouthfuls, I don't know whether it was because he was burned or moved, but some liquid filled the eye sockets of the first grade of junior high school.
"I can't cry. What's the point of crying after eating noodles." Chu Yi comforted himself.
But when he thought that he could still eat, but now the whereabouts of the Marquis were unknown, Chu Yi couldn't help it anymore.
As soon as I swallowed a mouthful of noodles, I cried out loud.
