"Shaobing, fresh and hot shaobing!"
"Shaobing!"
In Yanyang City, a woman's cry came from an alley.
After shouting, I saw the woman coughing.
Seeing her mother like this, Cao Qingxue walked over cautiously with tears in her eyes.
"mother."
Cao Qingxue shouted, tears falling down uncontrollably.
Cao Qingxue's mother is now in her forties and married late after Cao Qingxue's father.
At this time, my daughter is now only seventeen or eighteen years old, almost twenty years old.
Hearing her daughter's voice, Cao Qingxue's mother turned her head.
Although Cao Qingxue's mother is in her forties, she now has white hair, a face full of wrinkles, and her hands are thin and rough. It can be seen that she has worked hard over the years.
With her old eyes, she looked excitedly at her daughter in front of her. Seeing her daughter Cao Qingxue shed tears, she said with a smile:
"Silly boy, why are you so tearful?"
After speaking, Cao Qingxue, wearing shabby sleeves, reached forward and wiped the tears from the corners of Cao Qingxue's eyes with her sleeves.
While wiping it carefully, my mother asked, "Is the business in the restaurant going well today?"
Cao Qingxue nodded and responded: "Very good, business is as usual."
Looking at the stall in front of her mother, Cao Qingxue said:
"Mom, why are you out selling sesame cakes again? Didn't I tell you that you are not in good health? Don't do such heavy work. Your daughter is here."
After hearing her daughter's words, Cao Qingxue's mother smiled happily:
"It's okay, you're an old man. Look at you, you're almost twenty years old and you haven't married yet. My mother knows that you don't marry because of your mother. But if you don't marry and the court urges you to pay a fine, then How can you live with the little money you make in a restaurant and pay the fine?"
While talking, Cao Qingxue's mother coughed again.
"mother."
Cao Qingxue stepped forward slightly, supporting her mother with one hand and gently patting her mother's back with the other.
"Mom, my daughter doesn't want to get married. She just wants to stay by your side and live with you."
Seeing her daughter Cao Qingxue's kindness, her mother smiled slightly: "Silly boy, you stay with me, but what will you do when I pass away? Who will take care of you? You can't stay married all your life."
Just as she finished speaking, a breeze blew, and Cao Qingxue's mother coughed again.
"Mom, you are not allowed to say that."
Looking at the stall in front of her and seeing how many people were waiting, Cao Qingxue shouted:
"No more selling, no more selling! Call it a day."
After saying that, Cao Qingxue put the stall away.
"Look at you silly kid, there are still people here, and the sesame cakes haven't been sold out." He coughed as he spoke.
Seeing her mother like this, Cao Qingxue said: "Mom, look at your body, you must be coughing again. What's more important, money or life."
After closing the stall, Cao Qingxue pushed the stall towards home, with her mother following beside her.
As everyone knows, in a corner, Sun Luolin is watching all this.
Looking at Cao Qingxue's look, Sun Luolin began to laugh quietly. Looking at her mother's look, Sun Luolin felt pity again.
He followed and followed him to Cao Qingxue's home.
Her home is located in a small alley, and almost no one passes by the small door.
"Mom, you go first."
The young and beautiful Cao Qingxue put down the cart and supported her mother to walk into the house.
"Hey, no need. I can walk the road."
It can be seen that Cao Qingxue's mother is still a bit stubborn.
"Okay, then you can go alone."
Even though she said that, Cao Qingxue was still a little worried. After watching her mother walk into the house, she felt relieved and closed the stall at the door.
In the night, Yanyang City was still brightly lit.
Cao Qingxue's house in a small alley has lights on. These lights are not candles used by dignitaries, but relatively cheap kerosene lamps.
At this moment, Sun Luolin, the second young master of the Sun family, was squatting under the paper window beside the city wall of Cao Qingxue's house, listening to the words in the house.
"Qingxue, mother knows that you are filial. But there is no reason for a woman not to marry. Listen to mother, quickly find a husband, marry yourself and live a stable life. Don't worry about mother, ah."
Cao Qingxue's mother's eyes were moist, as if she had been looking forward to this for a long time.
Looking at her mother's appearance, Cao Qingxue, who was eating her food with chopsticks, felt her eyes well up for some reason.
"Mom, please eat more."
Cao Qingxue picked up a large piece of shredded radish with her chopsticks and handed it to her mother's bowl.
At this time, Sun Luolin, the second young master of the Sun family who was lying under the window, was very happy after hearing this, and seemed to understand better the reason why Cao Qingxue refused to marry.
Luolin was not accompanied by anyone, and Sun Luolin was used to it over the years.
Since the Sun family was raided in the last years of Hongdao's reign, many valuable items in the house have been taken away.
Considering the expenditure of the Sun family's money, the Sun family had no choice but to remove many servants.
Cao Qingxue in the room didn't know why, thinking about what Luolin said today, she felt like she couldn't control her mind, and her mind was filled with Luolin's words.
"Qingxue, what's wrong, what is this?"
Seeing her daughter Cao Qingxue stunned, the mother on the side asked without knowing it.
Then, the sound of coughing came to mind again, which made Cao Qingxue's heart shrink.
"mother."
Cao Qingxue shouted, quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks, and patted her mother's back gently.
"Cao Qingxue, mother, I just hope that I can see you get married and have a child while I'm here. Mother has nothing else to ask for."
Cao Qingxue once again didn't know how to answer her mother's words.
At this time, either because it was too cold outside or because Luolin's heels were not steady, he stepped on a branch, causing the branch to break and a sound to be heard.
Hearing this sound, Luolin was a little frightened.
After hearing this, Cao Qingxue and her mother in the room looked towards the window.
"Qingxue, go and see what the noise is?" her mother said.
After hearing this, Cao Qingxue picked up the wooden sticks on the side of the house and walked carefully towards the window.
The moonlight is extremely bright today. Although there is no kerosene lamp shining here, there is moonlight shining, making the window a lot brighter.
No shadow could be seen on the white window paper, so Cao Qingxue opened the window carefully.
Knowing that Cao Qingxue was going to open the window, Sun Luolin's head sank even further, fearing that Cao Qingxue would see him watching from the window of her house.
With the friction between the window and the window edge, there was a squeaking sound, and the window opened.
When I was still very confident that I could avoid all this, I was still spotted by the bright-eyed Cao Qingxue.
"Shopkeeper?"
Cao Qingxue shouted in disbelief.
After hearing this, Sun Luolin smiled awkwardly and didn't know how to explain it.
"Qingxue, what is outside?"
Suddenly, her mother's words caused Cao Qingxue to shift her vision.
"Mom, it's nothing. It's just a wild cat."
Cao Qingxue responded hurriedly, then turned her head, and when she was about to look under the window, Sun Luolin had disappeared.
Cao Qingxue looked around with a smile, and when she couldn't see Luolin, she closed the window.
Walking back to the square dining table, Cao Qingxue laughed unknowingly as she thought about the scene just now.
Looking at her appearance, her mother smiled and asked Qingxue curiously:
"What was that outside the window just now?"
Cao Qingxue smiled slightly:
"Didn't I tell you before? It's a wild cat."
After hearing her daughter's words, Cao Qingxue's mother was not confused and said with a smile:
"I still want to lie to my mother. Even if my eyesight is not good, my ears are very good."
Cao Qingxue smiled shyly at her mother's words:
"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper of the restaurant."
"What is he doing outside?" My mother looked confused.
Cao Qingxue shook her head.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Go and invite him to the house. Let's have a meal."
"he's gone."
"gone?"
Cao Qingxue nodded.
Seeing Qingxue like this, Cao Qingxue's mother sighed and suddenly coughed a few more times.
"mother."
"It's true, your daughter, people are under our roof, and you don't even invite them in."
When her mother said this, Cao Qingxue didn't know how to respond to her mother's words.
"Is he the shopkeeper of your restaurant?"
Cao Qingxue nodded.
"I think you two are quite suitable."
"What nonsense are you talking about, mother."
Cao Qingxue was a little shy after being told by her mother.
…
Thinking about what happened just now, Sun Luolin wanted to laugh even more.
After entering the mansion, what Sun Luolin saw was still the same as before.
The aunt and the young lady were sitting in the pavilion, eating fruits and chatting, while the father stayed in the study and was busy with things.
As soon as she saw Luolin's figure, the second lady, Ma, shouted happily:
"Luolin! He's back."
Listening to his mother's words, Luolin nodded and said, "I'm back."
"Why are you back late today?" The young lady looked at Sun Luolin with a smile.
"Mom, there are a lot of guests today, so we were delayed a bit." After saying that, Luolin said again: "Mom, if you have nothing to do, go back to your room first."
Listening to Luolin's words, the two ladies hurriedly shouted:
"etc."
"Something's happening, something's happening."
"Quick, come and sit."
Luolin had no choice but to walk over and sit down after hearing what she said.
Seeing the smiles on their faces, Luolin asked:
"Mother, little mother, what can I do?"
"Luolin, these gifts are all ready, do you think...?" Mother asked with a smile.
"Mom, since you're ready, let's go tomorrow." Luolin smiled happily.
"Okay, then tomorrow, take these gifts with you, ah."
"Okay, mother."
After answering, Luolin was about to get up and go to the bedroom.
Seeing Luolin like this, Mrs. He was finally happy for once.
What I am happy about is not the money or jewelry, but the fact that the Sun Mansion is finally going to be lively.
"Mother, little mother, I still have something to do, so I'll go back to my room first."
"Well, okay, let's go."
After listening to his mother's words, Sun Luolin happily went to the bedroom.
