Shen Zhiyao smiled gently and said: "Aunt, my surname is Shen. These are my brother and sister. We are new residents who have moved next door to you. We came here to say hello. This is a small gift for meeting you. Please accept it. "
Hearing this, Zhang Dan was a little shy and stretched out his hand to refuse: "This can't be done, little girl, don't waste your money. By the way, my surname is Zhang, and this is my husband He Zheng."
"Yes, little girl, take it back." He Zheng also waved his hand.
Seeing that they only have three children and no parents following them, I am afraid that their life will be difficult.
Shen Zhiyao: "Aunt Zhang, Uncle He, isn't it normal for neighbors to watch each other and send things to each other? We just moved here. There are many things we don't understand. Maybe we will trouble you in the future. This is just a little bit of myself. Just accept the snacks made with sugar, oil and fruit."
She had already mentioned it, so Zhang Dan couldn't refuse anymore. After accepting it, he asked her to come to them directly if she had anything to do in the future.
Shen Zhiyao smiled and nodded, saying goodbye to them and going to the last one.
The last one is on the left side of their house.
After Shen Zhiyao knocked on the door, a gentle female voice came from inside.
"Who?"
Creaking, the door opened from the inside.
A beautiful woman stood at the door.
Seeing this woman, Shen Zhiyao was startled: Isn't this the person she saved last time who was almost trampled to death by Guo Huai's horse, the son of the county magistrate?
Last time, she didn't take Lin Suxin's statement that she lived in Qinglian Lane into consideration.
Shen Zhiyao was marveling at how small the world was when a clear sound of footsteps gradually approached behind her.
When the shadow of the setting sun fell on her side, Shen Zhiyao turned her head and saw Lin Jinglan, who was holding a few books in his hand and looking bookish, ran into her sight.
"Jinglan, you're back." Lin Suxin raised her eyes to look at him and spoke softly.
"Um."
Lin Jinglan also saw Shen Zhiyao, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. He took his eyes away from Shen Zhiyao's face, walked to the door, and asked calmly:
"Mom, who are these?"
"Oh, by the way, girls, who are you?"
Shen Zhiyao handed over the sugar-oiled fruit wrapped in oil paper and skillfully said what she had said a dozen times.
"Then you're welcome." Lin Suxin accepted the things generously, introduced herself and Lin Jinglan, and then said:
"The dozen or so families living in Qinglian Lane are relatively simple, and nothing evil has ever happened in the alley. It's a good choice for you to move here."
Shen Zhiyao smiled and nodded: "Everyone is very kind."
After that, it was time to say goodbye to Lin Suxin.
Lin Suxin asked her to wait and went back to the house to grab a handful of candies and give them to Shen Baiqiu and Shen Baiyue.
"Thank you, aunt." Shen Baiqiu and Shen Yueya said their thanks obediently.
Seeing this, Lin Su felt soft-hearted and allowed them to come over and play when they were free.
After sending away the three sisters Shen Zhiyao, Lin Suxin returned to the house, put the sugar-oiled fruit on the table, pulled up a stool and sat down, then looked at Lin Jinglan and said:
"Jinglan, why do you think this Miss Shen looks familiar to me? Her surname is also Shen..."
The last time Lin Suxin stayed with Shen Zhiyao was relatively long, and Shen Zhiyao saved her, so Lin Suxin had a deep memory of her darkened face with spots.
"Mom, you guessed it right, it's Miss Shen." Lin Jinglan put down the book.
He recognized Shen Zhiyao at a glance.
Lin Suxin was slightly surprised: "Is it really Miss Shen? It turns out that Miss Shen is so beautiful. I was a little regretful that I didn't ask Miss Shen where she lived last time. I didn't expect that Miss Shen would be the one who moved next door to us. It seems that we have quite a lot. By fate.”
As for why Shen Zhiyao concealed her appearance last time, Lin Suxin had no intention of finding out, nor was she curious. She only knew that Miss Shen saved her.
"Jinglan, did you recognize Miss Shen at the door? Why didn't you remind mother just now?" Lin Suxin suddenly thought of Lin Jinglan's very sure tone just now.
Lin Jinglan knew what Lin Suxin was thinking, and thought: "Mom, she didn't recognize her at the time. Maybe she had her own concerns or it was inappropriate at the moment. Now that we know who she is and where she lives, we can repay the favor naturally in the future. That’s it.”
"makes sense."
Lin Suxin went to the kitchen to bring out the warm food, and then her eyes fell on the bag of sugar-oiled fruits.
Opening the oil paper, four round and hot sugar-oiled fruits appeared, and the sweet smell instantly penetrated the nose.
"Jinglan, try it." Lin Suxin gave Lin Jinglan a sugar-oiled fruit, and then tasted one herself.
Lin Suxin was amazed as soon as she took the sugar-oiled fruit into her mouth: "Miss Shen said she made it herself. I didn't expect it to be so delicious. It's even better than the pastries and fruits from Wuxiangzhai."
Since Miss Shen said last time that she could bring some candy with her, Jinglan kept it in mind and bought her some sweet candies or cakes and fruits from Wuxiangzhai. When she showed signs of panic and dizziness in the past few days, she ate them Sugar is no big deal.
"Well, it's indeed delicious."
Lin Jinglan is not a person who attaches great importance to food, but he also thinks this sugary fruit is good.
In his previous life, he was in a high position. Although he had never eaten it, he had seen most of the food in the world. It seemed that he had never seen such small cakes as sugar-oiled fruit.
It seems that he did not stand high enough in his previous life, and his life was too short. There are still many things in the world that he does not know.
However, in the yard next to their house, it was not Miss Shen who moved in in the previous life. Could it be that some changes occurred due to his rebirth?
It was such a coincidence that he saved his mother and happened to move in next door to them...
Gently shaking his head, Lin Jinglan put aside his complicated thoughts. From the way he looked at people, he intuitively felt that Miss Shen was not a person with evil intentions.
"Mom, you eat these."
Seeing that Lin Suxin liked it, Lin Jinglan placed the remaining two sugar-oiled fruits in front of her.
While eating, Lin Suxin talked about Guo Huai's case: "It turns out that he also did something to rob civilian girls. I don't know what the final verdict will be."
"He was also involved in his father's corruption. The amount of silver they embezzled is enough to behead someone. The imperial envoy sent by the court will not let them go."
A large part of the money that Magistrate Guo was greedy for went into the pocket of the noble concubine.
The imperial envoy is from the Queen's faction. He has given this "big gift" to the imperial envoy in this life. The imperial envoy will definitely not be lenient.
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After Shen Zhiyao returned home, she asked Shen Baiqiu to boil the hot water for washing first.
She took out the suet she bought and prepared to boil some lard.
After boiling the lard, Shen Zhiyao said to get hot water for Shen Yueyue to take a bath.
Shen Yueya held her arm and shook her: "Sister, I can wash it myself. Sister has worked too hard today."
"Sister, you've been busy all day. You should wash up and rest first. If you have anything else to do, just leave it to me." Shen Baiqiu put down the tongs and advised him.
"Okay." Shen Zhiyao said nothing and turned around to wash up.
She has already thought about where to set up a stall and what food to sell. Tomorrow she will have to find someone to buy special pots and other things needed to set up the stall.
