When Lin Ziyi came back from buying snacks, he looked at the woman's back standing under the willow tree, walked over with a smile, and said:
"These snacks are the specialty of Xiliang Lake. Although they are not as delicious as the ones you make, they have local characteristics. It's okay to try them occasionally!"
The woman turned around and looked at him doubtfully. When she saw that it was not Xia Jin, the smile on his face froze.
"I got the wrong person!"
Lin Ziyi looked away and frowned.
"Where did she go?"
Turning his eyes to look around, he saw that the streets were bustling with people. He just turned around to buy a snack and disappeared. Could it be that he was in danger?
His heart tightened and he hurried to look for it.
Just when I was passing by an alley, I was tapped on the shoulder.
Lin Ziyi turned around and saw Xia Jin holding candied haws and a beautiful rabbit lantern.
"I've been waiting for you for too long, so I went out to the street by myself!" Xia Jin said.
Lin Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his eyes and saw that his hands were empty, and then he remembered that he had left the snacks he bought just now because he was anxious.
Xia Jin chuckled, took out the bunch of snacks from behind, blinked and said, "I just tried it, it's delicious!"
Lin Ziyi's face softened slightly, "You can't run around like this in the future!"
"tasty!"
He turned his eyes and saw Xia Jin's cheeks bulging from eating, and a fond smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of her mouth. The anger that was still full of anger disappeared in an instant because of this satisfied smile.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and the sun is setting towards the west unconsciously.
When they returned to the general's mansion, it was already evening. As soon as they arrived at the mansion, the housekeeper was waiting outside to welcome them in.
"The old lady has prepared a table of delicious food today, and guests are here!"
"Is it Fourth Aunt?" Lin Ziyi asked.
The housekeeper nodded, and Lin Ziyi turned to look at Xia Jin.
"Fourth Aunt is here. I guess she has something to ask you to help with. If you don't want to go, you can refuse."
Seeing that he spoke so firmly, Xia Jin asked, "How did you know that Fourth Aunt wanted to see me for something?"
"She won't come here for no reason, and the reason why she came here must be because there are some problems in the mine, or she needs advice on forging," Lin Ziyi said.
Xia Jin raised her eyebrows, it seemed that Lin Ziyi knew his fourth aunt quite well.
Not long after, the two entered the hall. A table of delicious dishes was placed in front of the round table in the hall. Looking at the dishes, Xia Jin recognized that they were customized in the Food God Hall, because the rare fish on the table came from Li Qiang.
hand.
The ice cubes underneath and the slices of fish as thin as cicada wings are something that only Li Qian in the whole capital can make.
"Zi Yi, Jin'er, you are back! Please sit down!"
The old lady sat on the main seat, and next to her sat a woman dressed in black, who was Lin Ziyi's fourth daughter Linniang.
The two of them sat down one after another. At the dinner table, the old lady brought food to Xia Jin from time to time. She and Liniang also talked about common things, but they didn't say anything at the dinner table.
After the meal, Liniang was ready to leave. The old lady asked Xia Jin to see her off, and Xia Jin sent Liniang to the door.
Liniang suddenly stopped, looked at Xia Jin, and said:
"Actually, I came here today because I want to talk to you about something!"
Xia Jin always wanted to know something, so she said, "I heard there is a good pub, go and have a seat!"
Liniang smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant!"
…
The second floor of the pub.
Liniang picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said: "Jin'er should know that I am in the ore business, but the mining village is far away from the mining village. It is a long way from the capital. There are many ore thieves along the way, and there are countless robbers and bandits.
After all, we need to spend a high fee every year to hire bodyguards to escort the ore. After calculation, the annual income is only enough to maintain the mine, so we have to rely on the power of Xuerong City."
"But this means that the mining village needs to spend more money. To some extent, it is also restricted by leaving home."
"My miners have been working hard in the mines for most of their lives. They just want to make some money, but after working so hard, they can't make much money!"
Liniang held her forehead and expressed her bitterness.
"Is Liniang looking for me to transport ore?" Xia Jin asked.
Liniang nodded and praised: "You are very smart. I like to deal with people like you. If you don't like Ziyi in the future, just dump him and let's go to the mining village to develop together!"
Xia Jin has a black streak on her head!
One said, asking her to refuse Fourth Gu's help.
One said, let her stop dating Lin Ziyi and go develop the mining village together?
Is this the fourth aunt?
"Didn't Jin'er open an escort agency? What's it called... Zhui Feng Express? The last time the ore was delivered successfully, it was all thanks to the escort, so I would like to ask you to escort me one more time. If possible,
I hope to cooperate with Zhuifeng Express for a long time!"
After saying that, she placed a ten thousand tael ticket on the table.
"This is the deposit, the price is not an issue!"
Xia Jin raised an eyebrow. It turned out that he was here to escort the escort. If business came to visit, Xia Jin would naturally be happy.
"Of course!" Xia Jin picked up the banknote.
When Liniang saw that Xia Jin had agreed, she frowned and emphasized, "I want the escort named Mo Tuo~"
At this moment, Motuo, who was busy preparing for the official opening of Zhuifeng Express, suddenly shuddered.
"Boss, are you cold?" the subordinate asked.
Motuo glanced at the moon above his head and said, "I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a chill. Maybe I caught a cold?"
He shook his head and didn't think much about it. After finishing his work, he went back to the house and fell asleep.
On the other side, on the second floor of the tavern, when Xia Jin and Liniang were drinking to their heart's content, Xia Jin took the opportunity to ask:
"Where did my grandmother get the spiritual stone she got from Sigu Mine some time ago? It looks weird!"
Liniang was lying on the table, her cheeks were flushed, and she was obviously drunk. She stuck her tongue out and said, "You are talking about the raw jade stone, right?"
Xia Jin nodded. The aura of the spirit stone could not be sensed by ordinary people, let alone recognized, so Liniang mistakenly thought it was the original spirit jade stone.
"Strange to say!"
Liniang picked up the wine glass, looked at the moon outside the window, fell into memories, and slowly said:
"It was also a night like this that day. When we were about to call it a day and go home, suddenly the night sky brightened up, and then we heard a loud noise. A meteorite fell from the sky and made a big hole in the mine. I took the miners down and found those
Strange stones. No matter how hard you cut them with a knife or an ax, you can’t open them!”
"Later, a piece of the raw jade stone was given away and fell into Zi Yi's hands. If the old lady hadn't asked me, I almost forgot about these strange stones!"
"So, those spiritual stones didn't come out of the mines, but fell from the sky?" Xia Jin asked.
"That's right!" Liniang said with certainty.
"Okay, it's getting late, Jin'er, please go back quickly, lest Ziyi say that I led you astray!"
She stood up, drunkenly, and the male servant beside her helped her up.
After watching her leave, Xia Jin turned around and walked towards the General's Mansion, thinking about this matter all the way.
When he reached the door, he looked up and saw Lin Ziyi standing at the door.
The silver moonlight shone on his side face, making his facial features appear deep and three-dimensional. Dressed in a black robe, he stood leaning against the wall, giving people a mysterious and cold beauty.
For a moment, Xia Jin was stunned, as if on a moonlit night, she had sketched such a picture in her mind, that figure, so beautiful, so cold, so hard to look away...
"Have you been drinking?" he asked.
"A little bit." Xia Jin said.
Lin Ziyi walked over, took off his cloak and put it on Xia Jin.
Xia Jin raised her eyes and saw him looking at him tenderly.
"Go back to the house, it's cold at night."
Xia Jin looked at him blankly, shook her head, and leaned on his shoulder with her head heavy.
"drunk?"
Lin Ziyi picked up Xia Jin, walked into the house, put her on the bed, and took out hangover pills.
"Eat it and you will feel better!"
Xia Jin opened her mouth and took the pill. The pill was sour and sweet, a bit like sour plum paste.
Maybe he drank alcohol and took hangover medicine, or maybe he was tired from the day's travels and felt sleepy, so he fell asleep without realizing it.
