There are only six rooms left in the inn. Looking at the number of people, there is simply not enough room for them.
Of course, this is what Song Qiu thinks.
But the leading guard came forward and only wanted the remaining six guest rooms.
Then, a group of people, carrying the carriage, went up to the second floor in a mighty manner.
Then, Song Qiu saw guards standing guard at the stairs and in front of the doors of the wing rooms.
With this posture, Song Qiu frowned slightly.
When he thought about the woman whom he had clearly seen before, but who just pretended not to know her, his brows became even tighter.
She has a good memory, and even if a year has passed, she will remember it correctly.
This woman is the nanny next to the lady who stayed at Songshan Inn last year.
The lady gave her a bracelet as a gift when she left, which she still wears on her hand.
A year has passed, and I didn’t expect to see this grandma here again. Then which lady? Why haven’t I seen her?
Why does this grandma seem to have never seen her before?
Maybe it's because noble people forget things so much that they don't have to remember a little girl like her?
Song Qiu looked at the bracelet on his wrist and still felt something was wrong.
But he couldn't figure it out right now, so Song Qiu simply didn't think about it.
If the lady hadn't said she was kind and gave her a bracelet when she left, they would have had nothing to do with each other, they were just guests who stayed for one night.
Perhaps those guards were standing at the entrance of the stairs. The group of guests who had previously said they were going downstairs to have dinner did not come down now, so they ordered dinner to be delivered to the room.
The middle-aged man also ordered two light dinners to be delivered to the room, and the rest of the escorts were placed in the lobby later.
Although there are provisions prepared every day in case there are guests staying overnight, but there have been no guests for several days in a row and the weather is bad, so there are not many provisions.
There were suddenly so many people having dinner today, and the few ingredients left at noon were simply not enough.
Song Qiu hurriedly asked Ma Liang to drive the carriage to take Jiang to Wufeng Village and buy some chickens and vegetables from the village.
With the ingredients still in the kitchen, it took more than half an hour to prepare dinner for these guests.
There was nothing left, so I simply cooked a pot of gnocchi and ate it.
After dinner, Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Liu helped boil two pots of hot water for the guests before leaving work and going home.
Song Qiu watched the guests rest, except for the guards who were still standing guard. Guessing that there would be no other orders, Song Qiu and Aling took a bath and rested.
Meng Chaoqun wanted to get up before dawn to go shopping, so he also took a rest. There were guests staying at the hotel, so he left it to Ma Liang to stay overnight.
She was in a daze and didn't sleep for long when she heard Ma Liang calling her outside the window.
"Girl, girl."
Aling beside her woke up first, went out and then came back, saying: "Sister Ah Qiu, the grandma who was with the guest later came downstairs and said that her master wanted to have some midnight snack."
Thinking about the barely touched dinner that had been put away upstairs, Song Qiu got out of bed, put on his coat and went outside.
The guests need to get up in the middle of the night despite the strong wind, heavy snow and extremely cold weather.
Not to mention it's not cold right now, so getting up is not difficult.
When Ma Liang saw her coming out, he repeated what he said again, "Then grandma is waiting outside."
Song Qiu nodded, stepped outside, opened the door curtain of the lobby, and saw the grandma standing there.
She walked over and asked warmly: "I wonder what the guest would like to eat?"
The grandma looked at her and ordered the dishes with a cold face, "My wife has a light appetite, please ask the store to make some light food."
Song Qiu's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly thought of last year.
The first time we met, this lady and her entourage stayed at the Songshan Inn, and this grandma said the same thing at the time.
So the person who was carried up in the carriage was the lady inside, right?
She saw her grandma wink at her again, but it was fleeting. When she looked over again, she saw the cold-faced grandma again, and she almost thought she was being deceived.
Song Qiu felt more and more strange, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of the guard standing at the top of the stairs, listening to what was going on here with his ears raised.
She pursed her lips and asked with a smile: "Then let's make some red date porridge, steam some steamed dumplings, some minced meat and egg custard, and some stewed tofu in chicken soup. What do you think, mama?"
These four kinds of food were exactly what the lady ate that night when she stayed at the Songshan Inn.
Mammy twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, but didn't say much. She just nodded and said: "Okay, just do this. When it's done, I'll send it to you as soon as possible."
After that, he turned around and went upstairs.
Song Qiu withdrew his gaze and turned around to go to the kitchen.
A Ling followed to help, and Ma Liang also followed. Seeing that he had been waiting for so long, Song Qiu asked him to go to sleep for a while, as he had to be busy tomorrow.
These four things of eating couldn't be done for a while. They were going to be delayed in the kitchen anyway, so they happened to be watching.
First, boil the porridge on a small stove, then mix in the dough and let it rise for a while.
Pick off the chicken legs and stew them, then start mincing the meat filling.
Eating these four things takes time. If the madam really waits to eat, then grandma will not agree to the four things she said.
But he agreed, so Song Qiu felt that it was most likely not for food.
If it’s not eating, then what is it for?
Song Qiu thought a lot at the moment, and it was already nearly an hour later when all the food was ready.
She and Aling carried it upstairs together.
When we arrived at the side room, there were two guards guarding the door. The door opened inside, and grandma saw that the food was ready, and asked them to carry it in.
Song Qiu walked in with a tray, and with a quick glance, he saw that the bed curtain had been put down, covering the inside so that he could not see clearly.
After carefully placing the food on the table and setting it up, no sound was heard from inside the bed tent. The grandma didn't say anything and just let them go out.
Song Qiu wondered, was it really just for food?
After going downstairs, thinking that he might have to ask them to clean up the dishes later, Song Qiu did not go back to the backyard. He just sat behind the counter and chatted with Aling to pass the time.
Within a quarter of an hour, there was movement upstairs.
The nanny came down personally carrying the tray, "The food you made is very suitable to my wife's appetite. My wife asked me to watch it."
With that said, he handed over a purse.
Song Qiu saw that the dishes in the tray were all empty, and he ate very cleanly. When he saw the bag again, he hesitated to take it.
There was a big hand next to him and he reached out and took it.
But it was a guard guarding the stairs.
He took the purse and poured it into the palm of his hand, and poured out a pile of silver coins. He shook it again and found nothing else.
Mammy's expression was indifferent, "Madam, I haven't eaten much for some time. It's rare that I have an appetite today. That's why I'm here to reward you."
The guard saw clearly that there was nothing extra in the purse, so he put the things back and put them back in Grandma's hands.
Mammy passed the purse forward and said, "Take the reward my wife gave you."
Song Qiu paused, then reached out and took the purse, "Thank you, madam."
After leaning a little, Ma Liang got up from his sleep and watched the night. Song Qiu and Aling returned to the house, took off their shoes and went to bed, so that they could sleep for a while while it was still dark.
Song Qiu took out his purse, poured out all the silver coins inside, and checked them one by one, but found nothing wrong.
Although Aling on the side didn't understand what was going on, he was a little curious when he saw the formation of guards just now and Song Qiu looking at a purse over and over.
He reached for his purse and rummaged through it, then he suddenly paused while pinching a spot, and then he opened the purse, and a note came out of the fabric.
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To be honest, it is so hot this year. It has been sunny for half a month without rain. It is so hot that I doubt my life.
I really miss my childhood when I didn’t have air conditioning and didn’t feel how hot it was and I ran around in the mountains and fields. Now I’m covered in sweat every time I go out and it’s so hot.