The Three-Life Stone

Hua Xiaoyao doesn't understand how important power is to Lin Mo, and Lin Mo doesn't understand that Hua Xiaoyao only wants to spend her life with the person she loves.

Hua Xiaoyao did not choose to be with Jasmine and the others. She was already an old maid, and if she stayed, they would definitely feel guilty. Time flies, and if they knew that Lin Mo would not look back, they might even find a marriage for her. It would be better to let them think that she was with Lin Mo.

After Lin Mo knew Hua Xiaoyao's choice, he selected a small courtyard with two entrances according to Hua Xiaoyao's preferences and gave her two servants and two maids.

Hua Xiaoyao walked aimlessly on the street. A man in black clothes as dark as ink was staring at her. For some reason, a picture flashed through her mind.

That was the scene of Luxi and him getting along when Xia Jin and Luxi's memories merged.

"Are you ok?"

"Do you remember me?" Qin Yunhuai asked curiously.

Hua Xiaoyao quickly shook off the sadness that did not belong to her: "I don't remember, it's a little familiar."

"Hey, silly wife, where is your husband?"

"I don't know. Do you want to be my husband?"

"You don't have a husband, but I have a wife."

"Really? Then why didn't you see your wife, but blocked my way instead?"

Everything has its origin and destination. Although it seems regrettable, it is also the best time. She knows that he will not be content with being ordinary, and she is destined to be ordinary. Being able to live with such a person has allowed her to bloom the best flowers at her best age.

Qin Yunhuai did not answer Hua Xiaoyao's question and walked side by side on the street.

"He still took that path. What are his plans after that?"

Qin Yunhuai didn't say what his plans were for the future. Hua Xiaoyao knew that he was asking about herself, not Lin Mo.

"Let's open a fruit tea shop, it should be quite popular." Hua Xiaoyao could imagine the appearance of some colorful fruit drinks in her mind, and could vaguely identify the taste, and could also study the methods of making them. She thought it would be great if people could taste them in the summer, and switch to malatang in the winter, and with a small business, they would have no problem making ends meet.

“You haven’t been to the county yet?”

Hua Xiaoyao didn't know why the other party asked this. After a little recollection, she realized that her circle of friends was really small. She followed Jasmine to do the laundry and cooking, occasionally read a book, or walk around the fields and villages. It seemed that she had really not been to other places. At that time, Lin Mo was by her side. Hua Xiaoyao felt that the world was around her and she didn't think too much about it.

I can cook delicious food and watch Lin Mo eat it, watch Lin Mo write, copy Lin Mo's appearance on the drawing paper next to me over and over again, pick up the waste paper written by Lin Mo and cover his ink stroke by stroke. The only time I went on a long journey was to the military camp quietly, and I didn't pay attention to other places. Later, I went to a small courtyard not far from the county town, but I haven't had time to visit it yet.

Qin Yunhuai saw Hua Xiaoyao's expression and knew what she didn't understand. He sighed and asked Hua Xiaoyao to grab the hem of his clothes. Qin Yunhuai then used the jade flute at his waist to hold Hua Xiaoyao's waist. When they flew up, Hua Xiaoyao grabbed Qin Yunhuai's arm, her eyes half open and half closed, with a mixture of fear and anticipation.

When they arrived at the county town, Hua Xiaoyao let go of Qin Yunhuai's arm.

"I'm sorry, I'm scared."

"I didn't think well enough."

Hua Xiaoyao didn't care about Qin Yunhuai's estrangement. She went to the county town and took a look. Even without the memory of her previous life, she still felt that the place had changed a lot. Hua Xiaoyao thought, maybe this is the feeling of not having seen the world.

“There are so many foods in the county?”

Hua Xiaoyao looked at the streets selling all kinds of things, including candied haws, fried chicken legs, osmanthus cake, fried stinky tofu, crayfish, smoothies, etc. She couldn't tell what was wrong.

Qin Yunhuai said nothing. It was not entirely because of the underground palace. It just accelerated the progress. The fruit tea business had been less than a hundred years old when the Emperor of Beiliang began to develop gunpowder. Almost another hundred years later, the people discovered a simple way to make ice. So the only shop left was the Xianyun Building, which was used for the ladies to rest. The emperor continued to develop tea snacks, and became famous early on, so he was able to open several branches.

"Miss Hua, you don't need to look for a job to make a living. Your husband will definitely not treat you badly."

Hua Xiaoyao disagreed. She felt that she had been ordinary for nearly twenty years. Even though these twenty years made her feel as if she had always been ordinary, she did not want to do nothing. She felt that she might not be the kind of pearl that could be carefully selected. She did not want to stay ordinary forever. Maybe there was also a glimmer of light.

"What he does is his business, what I do is my business. Even if we are together, I will not interfere with what he does, and he will not stop me from doing what I want to do. I used to do what I wanted to do for him, and now I want to do what I want to do for myself."

"You seem different."

"I don't know what you mean. I am like this in my memory. Occasionally, some images flash by. They may be some strange dreams. I like to dream. The world in my dreams is strange. Maybe we have met in the dream. The reality is still very ordinary. I can look back on my life and there is nothing special about it."

"Your personality is indeed not suitable for the harem."

"Women's intuition, so I didn't go either."

Hua Xiaoyao shuddered as she recalled the sadness that surged in her heart when she saw the high brick walls.

"Do you need me to take you back?"

"you are leaving?"

"Ah."

"Do me a favor."

"what?"

"You should have lived here for many years. Can you help me find a store? I won't let you help me for nothing. When my store opens, you will be a VIP."

"What the hell, why do you think I'll help you?"

"It must be nice not to dare to speak out, but you can always get it for free."

"I'll go to your yard and talk to you in three days."

Hua Xiaoyao knew that this was the agreement and she was very happy, but she was still a little nervous about having her own store.

Hua Xiaoyao was busy during the three days. She bought all the fruits available on the market and went to the grain store to buy rice, Daqu, rock sugar, and some bottles and jars.

Hua Xiaoyao did not guarantee success, so she saved a few small jars that day and asked someone to dig up the soil and bury them.

Three days later, Qin Yunhuai came to the yard, took out the jade flute, put it around Hua Xiaoyao's waist, and flew to a building in the county town.

"I don't know what you are going to do. There is a small building here that used to be a teahouse..."

"That would be perfect."

Before Qin Yunhuai could finish his words, Hua Xiaoyao interrupted him. She looked around, admiring the layout of the shop.

"There's a decorator over there, if you have any suggestions, tell him."

"You are too kind. I declare that you are the second largest shareholder of this store."

"No, I won't invest money, what will I do if I lose money?"

"That's not necessary. If there's a profit, I'll give you 20% of the net income every month. If there's a loss, it'll be mine."

If Lin Mo used silver as compensation, as long as she didn't squander it, she could still give it a try.