When they returned to Xiucheng, the Qingxi family still lived in the house they rented when they held the funeral.

The Xu family is quite famous in Xiucheng. When my mother came back a few times, many neighbors and old friends came to visit.

Old Mrs. Xu was having an entertainment at home, and Qingxi led Cuicui out. She first went to the shop to buy tea and wine gifts, and then walked around the alleys of the ancient city. This was the place where she grew up. The first time she had left for so long, she finally came back. Qingxi was in a surprisingly calm mood. She still had enemies and aspirations to fulfill, but Qingxi was no longer irritable and anxious. Because of Mr. Yang's teaching, the prosperity of the noodle shop business and the support of her family, Qingxi already had a solid backbone.

"Miss, where are you going?" Cuicui asked in confusion.

Qingxi pointed ahead.

At the end of this alley is a lake covering an area of ​​about two acres. The water is clear, and nearby families are washing rice and vegetables here. Qingxi stands by the lake and watches more than a dozen white-haired ducks swimming leisurely inside. There are also a few children of seven or eight years old playing games on the other side, running around. Qingxi also likes to come here to play when she was young, but after getting engaged to Gu Mingyan, her grandmother disciplines her strictly and will never allow her to run by the lake again.

After watching silently for a while, Qingxi turned around and walked towards the row of houses in the east of the lake.

Cui Cui finally remembered. There were three chefs in Xu Qingtang Restaurant, and the master occupied one, followed by Master Liu and Master Meng. These two masters were both orphans. They were adopted by the old master when they were young and stayed in the Xu family as apprentices. Because they were about the same age as the master, they stayed together every day. The relationship between the three was like brothers. Liu and Meng were superb in cooking and cooked very well.

This was the fifth day they returned to Xiucheng. Without deliberately inquiring, many things were heard through the neighbors. After the lady's family moved to Hangzhou, the guys from Xu Qingtang all went to the new owner, the pawn hall and the accounting department. One of the two most important chefs, Master Liu, actually went to Fuman's house in the Du family to do things.

People also need to support their family, and it is understandable that the old boss will be replaced with a new one. But in terms of relationship, Cuicui didn't know what the lady was thinking, and she was a little confused. Fortunately, the other Master Meng was loyal enough and didn't go to any family. She took her son to take on some dinner parties for weddings and weddings, and Master Meng lived here.

The one Qingxi is going to visit is Master Meng.

When I was a child, my father liked to visit the Meng family, so Qingxi often followed him, so he naturally remembered the road.

The gate of the Meng family was open, and the clean and tidy yard was almost visible. Two pomegranate trees were planted by the east wall. Qingxi looked at the familiar yard and seemed to see herself playing here. Her father was wearing a jacket and playing chess with Uncle Meng. She followed Brother Meng to the pomegranate tree. Brother Meng jumped to the wall to pick pomegranates, and she looked down with her eyes.

Just as he was in a daze, a woman in her thirties suddenly walked out of the main hall, wearing a stone-green shirt and pants, holding a wooden basin in her arms, as if she was going to do laundry by the lake.

With eyes facing each other, Qingxi smiled and shouted affectionately: "Aunt San."

Xu Qingtang is called brothers by his brothers. Master Liu is the oldest. Qingxi is called uncle, Master Meng Xingsan, and Qingxi is called uncle.

"Miss?" Mrs. Meng recognized that the graceful girl outside the door was the eldest lady of the Xu family. She was surprised and happy. She quickly put the basin under the eaves of the house and ran over to greet her happily. She was flattered and explained: "It's true, it's time for us to visit you. Why did the young lady come here in person?"

"I miss Aunt San." Qingxi said sweetly, looking inside and asking, "Is Uncle Meng at home?"

Mrs. Meng sighed: "There is a student in Chenqiao Town who is admitted to university. The family holds a banquet. Someone in Dengjia Village gets married and has to hold a banquet for three days. Your Uncle Meng and Brother Meng go to Chenqiao Town first, and then you don't go back home and go directly to Dengjia Village. Now, 80% are on the way back. I just want to wait for the father and the two of us to come back, and our family of three will go to pay tribute to the old lady and the eldest lady."

"Uncle Meng is so busy?" Cuicui asked in surprise.

Mrs. Meng looked at Qingxi and wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words back. In the past four months, her husband was busy, but she couldn't find any work. Fortunately, her husband had been a chef in Xuqingtang for seven or eight years, and her son also stayed in a restaurant and saved up a lot of money. As long as she saved money, she would not have to worry about not having enough food in her life.

"Come on, sit in the house." Putting aside the distractions, Mrs. Meng warmly welcomed Qingxi.

The Meng family lived a good life, and the house was cleaned up. Mrs. Meng poured tea for Qingxi, then took out a newspaper, and said to Qingxi happily: "Look, this is the first lady's noodle restaurant that was published in the newspaper. Your uncle Meng heard that Xu Qingtang had entered the newspaper, so he went to the street to buy a copy, and laughed at it every time, and kept praising the young lady for being able to do it."

After taking the old newspaper that had been folded many times, Qingxi felt warm in his heart by imagining Uncle Meng's happy appearance.

The three girls were reminiscing about the past. At around 10 o'clock, a man's shout suddenly came from outside: "Are you at home? Get a basin of water quickly."

Qingxi's eyes lit up, it was Uncle Meng's voice.

She shook her head at Mrs. Meng who was about to go out, then she picked up another washbasin in the house, went to the water tank in the kitchen to scoop water, and then carried it out.

Master Meng had just finished peeing from the cottage. When he looked up, he saw a beautiful lady in a white dress standing in the yard. His first reaction was that he had walked into the wrong house and then he recognized that it was Qingxi!

"Miss?" Master Meng was completely stunned.

A man in his thirties, with a medium-sized body and a slightly fat body, his red face looked like a cook in the kitchen. Just after a meeting, Qingxi thought of his father's past happy time in the yard. Her eyes turned sour and she ran towards the loving and friendly man in the distance.

Master Meng's eyes were also sore, and he opened his arms and hugged the poor girl who was respected as his niece in his mouth but always regarded her as his niece.

Qingxi cried silently, Master Meng patted the girl's shoulder gently, Master Meng Jin, the son of Master Meng Jin, came back with the newly bought pork belly and grass carp. When he saw Qingxi and Cuicui, he was shocked that the things in his hand almost fell down.

"Brother Meng." Qingxi secretly wiped his eyes with a veil, feeling embarrassed.

"When will I come back?" Meng Jin still couldn't believe his eyes.

On the day of the Little New Year on Qingxi Road.

After a simple greeting, everyone went into the room and talked again.

Qingxi was concerned about Master Meng's health. Master Meng excitedly asked Qingxi to talk more about the noodle restaurant. He was too involved and it was noon before he knew it. Master Meng rolled up his sleeves and left Qingxi to have dinner here. He held the spoon in his hand. Qingxi agreed with a smile and sent Cuicui home to say. Mrs. Meng was careful and asked her son Meng Jin to go there as well, and by the way, he would like to inform the old lady that the couple would go to greet her again in the afternoon.

Master Meng's cooking skills are also the best in Xiucheng. Qingxi rarely eats over this lunch.

"Uncle Meng, actually, I'm here and I want to ask you for help." After the meal, Qingxi looked at Master Meng and said.

Master Meng immediately patted his chest without thinking: "Tell me, even Uncle Meng will do it for you."

Qingxi smiled, took out an envelope from the cuff, handed it to Master Meng and said, "Uncle Meng, this is 500 yuan. After the New Year, I want to ask you to hire a worker to help us rebuild the house and restaurant. You are the most familiar with our family, and you can make it the same. I know you in Xiucheng, so I can only ask you to help me watch it."

The Xu family’s old house must be rebuilt. Master Meng took the envelope and solemnly promised: "Don't worry, before Qingming Festival, Uncle Meng will definitely restore the Xu family’s old house to its original state."

Qingxi nodded and added: "You use the money first, I will come back next time..."

Master Meng waved his hand: "Five hundred yuan is enough. The young lady is living in Hangzhou with peace of mind. When you are ready to reopen the restaurant, as long as you don't dislike it, Uncle Meng will continue to be a chef for the Xu family. Humph, my life is given by the old man, and I also learned cooking skills from the old man. I don't look like some people. When something happens to the boss, I will rush to join my new boss."

Qingxi lowered her eyes, and she naturally hoped that another chef would wait for her like Master Meng, but everyone had their own ambitions and could not force her.

After chatting for a while, Master Meng's family of three went with Qingxi to pay tribute to Mrs. Xu and Lin Wanyin.

In the eyes of Mrs. Xu, Master Meng is equivalent to the loyal minister of the Xu family. Of course, she was very pleased and wanted to reward something. Whether it was money or goods, Master Meng and his wife refused to ask. Mrs. Xu thought about it and asked Meng Jin: "Why don't you go to Hangzhou to help Qingxi entertain guests? Now she and two maids in the noodle restaurant. I'll feel relieved if you are there, otherwise I'm really afraid that the three maids will be bullied."

Meng Jin wanted to go and be a runner-up in a restaurant. It was more comfortable than running around and was more decent when he spoke.

He looked at his father with advice.

Master Meng also felt that it was easy for a girl who was as beautiful as a noodle restaurant to open a noodle restaurant. Her son was tall and strong. When he went to that stop, he could at least scare away ordinary gangsters, so he agreed in one breath.

So on the tenth day of the first lunar month, when Qingxi and his family returned to Hangzhou, there was a Meng Jin next to him. Old Mrs. Xu arranged for Meng Jin to live in the front yard to be a clerk for Qingxi during the day and to guard against thieves when she came back at night. She paid twenty yuan a month.

Han Ying knew the return date of the Xu family, so she came to visit the next day and sent five invitations, inviting Qingxi Niang to accompany her to attend the fireworks conference held in Nanhu on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. At that time, fireworks could be seen everywhere on the lakeshore, but Hubei has a most suitable location for viewing, with limited seats, and those who can go to are famous figures in the three circles of Hangzhou Jun, Zheng and Business. Han Rong is the president of the bank, so it is easy to get five seats in the back rows.

Han Ying likes Teacher Lin and the Qingxi sisters, and her motivation for sending invitations is very simple.

But Old Mrs. Xu immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to make friends with noble people. She supported her daughter-in-law to have a good relationship with Han Ying, but wasn’t that what she wanted?

"Thank you so much, Yingying, don't worry, we will all go that night!" Her heart was overjoyed, and Old Mrs. Xu made the final decision.

Yuxi and Yunxi were very happy. Lin Wanyin, as a widow, did not want to participate in such a lively atmosphere, so she told her mother-in-law that she wanted to stay at home. But how could Mrs. Xu agree? The invitation from the Han family was given to her daughter-in-law Guqin's relationship. How could the real owner not go? A bunch of relatives attended the meeting with her daughter-in-law Guqin?

"Go, it's rare to have such a lively atmosphere. Don't let Yingying down." Old Mrs. Xu said very lovingly.

My mother-in-law insisted, and Lin Wanyin had to agree.

Next to Lin Wanyin, Qingxi was in a state of uneasiness again. What if she went, what would she do if she had made an agreement with Gu Huaixiu? But if she didn't go, she worked hard to find an excuse to refuse Han Ying, but Gu Huaixiu didn't come back at all?

It has been two months, but who knows if Gu Huaixiu still remembers the words in the photo?

That night, Qingxi tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Gu Mingyan came and greeted old lady Xu and Lin Wanyin. He also took out a few invitations.

Old Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes and asked with a smile: "Your grandmother, will your mother go too?"

Gu Mingyan looked at Qingxi and explained: "The venue was divided into three parts, and grandmother and the others sat on the east side of the main venue. These seats were on the west side."

The implication is that the two families may not be able to meet.

Old Mrs. Xu was very happy. What a coincidence that the invitation Han Ying gave them was also a seat in the east. Didn’t Mrs. Gu look down on their mothers? This time she asked Old Mrs. Gu to take a look. Looking at Hangzhou City, the places where the Gu family could go, the Xu family’s female family members were also qualified to go!

"I appreciate your kindness, but Miss Han had invited us yesterday, so I'd better give Mingyan's seat to someone else."

Gu Mingyan was stunned, but when he thought of Han Rong and his daughter, he quickly understood.

It was too late to show his sincerity. Gu Mingyan returned in disappointment and stepped out of Xu's house. The man looked at the direction of Qingxi's boudoir. He came a few years ago, and Qingxi would show up at least. Today, she actually avoided him. Did she hate him so much? If she had known this, he wouldn't have sent those idiots to follow her...

As soon as Gu Mingyan left, Old Mrs. Xu took her three granddaughters to go shopping and buy clothes in a mighty way!

Yuxi, Yunxi is still young, and she is also a girl-like movie. Old Mrs. Xu mainly packed up her granddaughter and bought Qingxi a beautiful cheongsam with big red sole and color, a set of off-white coats worn outside, and then bought all new shoes and new jewelry. Qingxi's straight-picked feet made Yuxi envious.

But Qingxi's mind is not about dressing up at all.

In the blink of an eye, it was the 14th day of the first lunar month. In the photo, he planned his return date.

Qingxi was in his room, staring blankly outside the window, the sky was as blue as it was. During the New Year, Hangzhou was sunny and warm as spring.

She found the photo she hid in the depths of the cage.

The handsome and cold man seems to have become unfamiliar.

"Ah, where did this dog come from?"

Suddenly, the old man's scream came from the front yard, his voice full of fear and fear. Qingxi was shocked, and by the devil, he thought of Lai Fu.

She immediately put on her shoes and ran out, and turned back halfway. She hurriedly hid the photo under the quilt, and continued to run out after hiding it. Only when Qingxi went out, she saw the majestic Lai Fu coming to the backyard without restraint. Seeing her, Lai Fu stopped slightly, and then it blew like a black wind, which instantly blew in front of her.

Rich and noble barking.

Lai Fu ignored it, squatted on the ground, raised his neck, revealing the cloth bag hanging on the collar.

Before my mother and grandmother came, Qingxi quickly took off the cloth bag, pulled it open and looked in. In addition to 150 yuan, there was also a thin piece of dry willow leaves.
Chapter completed!