The name is tacky and not high-end in Yueyang City, and the so-called building is just a two-story wooden building. It is old and dilapidated and creaks when the wind blows.
A basin of dirty water poured down from the second floor. Passers-by were so frightened that they jumped to avoid it, then raised their heads and cursed: "Those who suffer from the plague don't have eyes!"
The woman upstairs was not polite either. She was wearing a short-sleeved cheongsam and had a somewhat heroic face. However, she had a huge mole on the wing of her nose. After hearing this, she immediately scolded back: "Hey, isn't this Zhang Juehu? I haven't congratulated you yet, old fifty."
I can still have a son next year, hahaha, but I don’t know if this son is my biological child.”
"Hongxiu, don't mess with me. If you mess with me, I'll clean you up at night!"
Hongxiu couldn't stop laughing: "Just those two times of yours? Just close your eyes and count one, two, three, four, five and you're done. You can't even catch a mosquito bite!"
The passers-by were so angry that they couldn't curse Hongxiu, so they could only curse and take a detour.
Hongxiu curled her lips in disdain: "How many people are eager to drink my foot-washing water? Bah, you are getting an advantage!"
At this moment, Hongxiu's expression suddenly froze, and she caught a glimpse of a small figure walking from the other side of the street. She was far away and waved: "Sister Hongxiu!"
Hongxiu was happy at first, then became furious: "Damn it, Nizi, you said you wouldn't come back, why did you come back anyway?"
Fu Yunzhao, holding large and small bags in his hands, stopped downstairs at Yihong with a smile on his face: "Sister Hongxiu, I miss you."
Although she still had a straight face, Hong Xiu still lost her guard. She rubbed her eyes and said harshly: "I didn't think about you at all... Where have you been running around in the past few years?"
Fu Yunzhao didn't answer, which was shocking. She looked at it, took two steps, pretended to step on the pillar and climbed up the wall, turned over and jumped to the window again.
"Ah, damn girl, you can't walk up the stairs, so why are you tumbling up?"
"Hey, hey, what does this mean? I have become a god now that I have become a monk. Now, I bought the authentic Aozao noodles from your hometown."
Hong Xiu was angry: "That's nonsense. My hometown is thousands of miles away from here. Did you fly here?"
Fu Yunzhao was still smiling: "Yes, it just flew here."
He stepped into the window, jumped down, put the earthen jar on the table, opened it and the aroma immediately filled the air.
Hongxiu choked back as soon as the words came to her mouth. The smell of Aozao noodles was authentic. She couldn't help but move her index finger, stepped forward and took a deep breath, and said in surprise: "It smells like this, where did you buy it?"
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"Kunshan, the one you mentioned no longer makes it. I searched for a long time before I found this one. The old woman is still the one who makes the noodles. Sister Hongxiu, eat it while it's hot."
Feeling suspicious in her heart, Hong Xiu picked up a few kuaizi and took a bite. The delicious taste hit her mouth, her taste buds sensed a familiar taste, and childhood memories suddenly appeared in her mind.
Hongxiu was originally a Kunshan woman, and her family had always run a small business. Unfortunately, a turmoil more than ten years ago caused her to go bankrupt, and her parents had no choice but to sell Hongxiu.
After that, Hongxiu went through several twists and turns, and finally ended up living in Yueyang, an inland city, where she became a receptionist. She was only five or six years older than Fu Yunzhao, but her face looked like she was thirty years old. The long-term skin and flesh business was making her
Rapid aging.
A few years ago, Fu Yunzhao passed by Yueyang. Due to her lack of experience in the arena, she was taken away and harassed. She hid under Yihong's building to take shelter from the rain, and was entertained by Hongxiu. Fu Yunzhao has been anxious about this kindness, especially after
Recently, the memory has become clearer.
She knew clearly that this was probably her responsibility.
With tears in her eyes, Hongxiu ate up a bowl of Aozao noodles with soup and noodles, wiped her mouth, took a deep breath and said: "Good girl, I have always wanted to have this bite. I have been thinking about it for many years, and I asked the chef in Kunshan
I've made it before, but it doesn't taste like that. I don't know where you got it from, so thank you very much."
Fu Yunzhao looked at it with a smile, and then unfolded another tied oil paper bag: "Look at this again."
"Yeah, Wan San Ho?"
Hongxiu skillfully pulled out the bones, divided them into pieces, picked up a piece and stuffed it into her mouth. She burst into tears and said with a smile: "It's so delicious... When I was a child, my family was pretty well off. During the holidays, my father would always visit me.
I bought several thousand three-legged hooves, and I eat the most every time. And the Ao Zao noodles, I can always eat them every now and then."
Fu Yunzhao said: "Sister Hongxiu, since you want to do this, why not just stop doing it and go back to Kunshan?"
"Nonsense. If I don't do it, how will I make a living?"
Fu Yunzhao felt that Sister Hongxiu was a mean-spirited good person, and good people should not live like this. She once heard Fei Jingting say that most women born in this era are miserable. It is said that women in Jinmen and the Shanghai Concession
, 70% to 80% of them are engaged in skin and flesh business.
Either go to a dance hall to accompany the dancers, or enter the building with a clearly marked price. If it is worse, you can only enter a brothel or do business with a half-open door.
At this time, the average life span of Chinese people was only over 30 years old, and the average life span of these women who were in the flesh business was even shockingly low, only 23 years old!
Sister Hongxiu is already twenty-seven years old. Looking at the fine lines at the corners of her eyes that cannot be covered by makeup, Fu Yunzhao can't help but feel a little distressed.
"If you don't do it anymore, then I'll take care of you."
"Nonsense."
Fu Yunzhao was still smiling. She felt that it would be good for Sister Hongxiu to be alive. Then she asked: "Where is Sister Xiaocui?"
Xiao Cui is Hong Xiu's bitter rival. Perhaps the two of them are not compatible by nature, so they quarrel almost every time they meet.
Hong Xiu paused and said calmly: "No more."
"No more? Why no more?"
"I contracted a heart disease, and it suddenly broke out. I didn't get over it. That night, I was rolled up in a blanket by the old bustard and sent to a mass grave."
After a pause, Hong Xiu continued: "Later, the sisters felt that we couldn't just leave it like this, so they pooled their resources and bought her a coffin to bury her again. Sigh, she was lucky. After she died, everyone could still think about waiting for me.
If you die, maybe no one will think about you."
Fu Yunzhao sighed, then grabbed Hongxiu's wrist, rolled up the sleeve, and saw dots of red rash on it.
"Don't, don't touch it, the disease will be contagious."
Fu Yunzhao was still laughing: "Hehe, don't be afraid, I have become an immortal and I am immune to all diseases."
"Just talk nonsense, you know how to confuse people like a three-legged cat."
"Sister Hongxiu, please wait."
"Oh, go to the latrine? You know the place. I have to eat the pig's trotters quickly."
Fu Yunzhao just smiled, and then suddenly disappeared. Hongxiu only felt a gust of wind beside her, turned around and disappeared from sight of Fu Yunzhao.
"Ghost girl, you run really fast."
After finishing eating a pig's trotter, Hong Xiu was satisfied. Just as he was thinking about whether to go to the latrine to look for Fu Yunzhao, there was another gust of wind behind him, which scared Hong Xiu and immediately turned his head.
"Ah, you girl, you won't leave a good door because you are afraid of going anywhere. You are not young anymore, what will you do if you get married?"
Fu Yunzhao was holding the medicine box in his hand, playing with it on the table, and casually replied: "I have been married a long time ago."
"What does the Huff family do?"
"Like me, those who cultivate immortality are very powerful."
"That doesn't make sense."
"Really, right now he is waiting for me in heaven."
Hongxiu suddenly froze, and was about to say "Sorry" when she saw Fu Yunzhao pointing a needle at herself.
"Eh? What are you doing?"
"If you are sick, treat your illness. Reach out and don't move. If you prick the wrong person, you will be punished twice."
The needle was inserted into the upper arm muscle, the needle was pushed in, and the cold liquid entered. It was not until the needle was withdrawn that the restraining technique on Hong Xiu was released: "I, why couldn't I move just now?"
"I was afraid that you would move around, so I cast a spell."
After a pause, Fu Yunzhao pushed the two boxes of medicine over: "This is for oral administration, one pill a day, for half a month. And this injection, once every two days, and then twice. I read the medical book, you
This is only the early stage, so it is relatively easy to treat. It would be difficult to wait until the late stage."
Hongxiu watched Fu Yunzhao busy, her eyes were sore, and her tears kept filling her eyes: "Yunzhao, you are serious. My disease cannot be cured."
"Who said that? This is a special medicine. Oh, by the way, remember, you must not drink alcohol. Brother Jingting said, just drink the cephalosporin and send it away immediately. I have many things to do, so I can only give you one injection. The rest
Give the next two injections yourself, remember not to leave any air bubbles. And this—"
She pushed the square object wrapped in red silk over, opened a corner of her red sleeves, and was shocked. It was a bundle of gold bars.
"Go back home and buy some property for yourself...or find a reliable man to marry. You can't be stuck in this Yihong Building for the rest of your life."
"Yun Zhao..."
"Hey, please don't say disgusting words. You saved me back then. What happened to me helping you?"
Hongxiu kept sobbing, and it took a long time to calm down, and sighed: "Tell me about this man. When I was young, I always thought that I could meet a good person to save myself from the fire pit. This man came and went, and his words were better than his songs.
, but in the end no one counts. Instead, it’s you, my sister..."
Fu Yunzhao smiled and said: "Sister, think about it for yourself, how many good men come to this place? Brother Jingting once said that men's two main hobbies are to persuade prostitutes to be good, and to lure good families into the sea."
"That's not it."
Fu Yunzhao suddenly reached out and grabbed Hongxiu's wrist: "Sister, have you decided to leave?"
"Well, I'll go tell the madam later that she will always give me some face when we are sisters."
"Say what you say, let's go!"
As soon as the words fell, the two of them disappeared on the spot.
After becoming a human immortal, Fu Yunzhao naturally understood the Five Elements Escape Technique. Wei Jiang could develop the Escape Technique, and so could Fu Yunzhao. Because of their talents in the Five Elements Technique, they ended up in the same place.
Hongxiu was shocked, her vision went dark, and the next moment she appeared outside the city. Before she could take a closer look, her vision went black again. This was repeated several times, and when she opened her eyes again, she was clearly on the familiar streets of Kunshan.
She was shocked and turned to look at the smiling Fu Yunzhao: "You——"
"I told you before, I am a god. Sister Hongxiu, you are free and live a good life in the future. I'm leaving!"
Fu Yunzhao waved his hand and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Hongxiu looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar streets, holding a medicine box and a bundle of gold bars in her hands. She was at a loss for what to do with a mixture of sadness and joy.
…………………………
Fu Yunzhao didn't go far, so he hid his figure and stood on a low building. He stared at the red-sleeved hair and was stunned for a while. Then he stretched out his slightly stooped figure and walked towards the alley with small steps.
She grinned: "Good people are rewarded. Hey, it almost made me cry. It's really——"
With a stamp of his feet, Fu Yunzhao disappeared, and in a few flashes of movement, he had arrived at Longtang in southern Hunan.
Under the scorching sun, Aunt Mei, wearing a bamboo hat, was carefully hoeing grass in her garden. The breeze was surging behind her. She subconsciously turned around and saw Fu Yunzhao holding an ice cream in his mouth and looking at her with a smile.
"Scare! Why are you here, girl? You scared me!"
Fu Yunzhao casually handed over a piece of ice cream: "Sister Mei, eat ice cream. Hey, hey, I missed you, so I came over to have a look."
Aunt Mei took the ice cream and rubbed Fu Yunzhao's head lovingly: "What kind of trouble is this? Why didn't you see Mr. Fei? Did you have a quarrel?"
"No, we're fine."
"Look at your virtue, how shameless."
Fu Yunzhao said shamelessly: "Why are you so shameless? My brother Jingting is a good guy."
"Okay? If you're okay, you're going to cause trouble everywhere?"
Fu Yunzhao began to pout. Yes, Fei Jingting was good at everything, but he was a little too romantic.
Mei Sangu knew she had said something wrong, so she hurriedly explained: "But Mr. Fei is very capable. It's normal to have three wives and four concubines." She opened the ice cream package, took a bite, and suddenly felt chilled: "Hmm -
—It’s delicious. What does it taste like? Why does it stink?”
"Durian, it smells bad and tastes delicious."
The two girls found themselves under the shade of a tree and squatted down to eat ice cream. After eating, Sangu Mei said, "You have to rest for a while. I have hoeed the grass and cut some meat to make your favorite stir-fried pork."
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"Okay, okay."
Mei Sangu picked up the hoe and continued busy, while Fu Yunzhao kept chatting.
"Sister Mei, why do you think of taking care of your own home?"
"I grow some vegetables myself, so I can save some money."
"Isn't it quite profitable to treat patients?"
"Hey, why are there so many outside diseases these days? There were no new ghosts in the mountains in the first two years, let alone outside. Last time, there was a place that was said to be haunted. I rushed over excitedly, but found out that my wife and son were working together to use poison.
It’s a waste of time for me.” Mei Sangu sighed: “It’s getting harder and harder to work as a naval engineer.”
"Then Sister Mei, why don't you just stop doing it?"
"If you don't want to be a naval engineer? Then what will I do?" Mei Sangu laughed at herself and said, "We only have one house at home, and we don't even have a third of the land. How can we live?"
"Marry someone you want. Marry someone you want."
Mei Sangu smiled bitterly: "I'm already thirty, where can I find someone I want? Besides, my family has been passed down, but one thing is missing. You see, I have no illness or disaster, so I can only be single and widowed.
Otherwise, great disaster will happen."
Fu Yunzhao said: "Sister Mei, do you regret being a navy master like this?"
Do you regret it? Sangu Mei raised her head and saw the young man and woman walking down the mountain from a distance. The two walked shyly together, occasionally bumping their shoulders. Maybe, she really did regret it.