After I wear the book, I use the food to attract the attention of the big guys

Both of them were highly motivated, and they said they wanted to open a store, so they went to Xuanzhou the next day to find an intermediary to inquire about a suitable store.

After picking and choosing, I finally settled on a street with a small courtyard.This shop is not far from the snack street, just next to it.The pavement is on the street and has a small yard with a well and two empty houses.

The yard is fairly quiet, and a laurel tree is planted with luxuriant branches and leaves. You can imagine how the tree is full of flowers in golden autumn.

The previous tenant of the shop was also a restaurant, so kitchen facilities, seats and benches are all available.Xie Niannian is very satisfied. When the time comes, there will be a hot pot restaurant in the front, and people will be able to live in the backyard.

Even though the shop was not cheap, Xie Niannian was very quick to pay, and he paid half a year's rent in no time.Of course there is another reason - Chi Qing gave too much.

When a stack of bank notes with high denominations was handed over to her, Xie Niannian couldn't help but take a deep breath, and he only wanted one, and returned all the rest.

"Where did Chi Qing get so much money?" She was immersed in the shock of seeing the large-denomination banknote, and didn't notice that she asked.

When he reacted, Xie Niannian was afraid that Chi Qing would be offended, and was about to apologize, but she didn't care at all: "In the past, a colleague of mine went to rescue the disaster in the snow disaster in Cangzhou."

Xie Niannian didn't know why, why Chi Qing suddenly talked about this.

But she continued to say: "I met rogues on the road, lost my money and identity, and finally followed the vagrants all the way to beg for food. From then on, whenever I went out to do errands, I kept my money in two places, and I took it when I needed it."

"Pfft." Xie Niannian couldn't help laughing out loud. The original book described the intrigue among court officials, all of them were exquisite in heart, but he didn't want to have such a thing.

The embarrassment of accidentally asking what was in his heart just now disappeared, Xie Niannian asked with a smile: "Why don't you go to the local government."

"I can't." Chi Qing returned two words, and didn't say any more.

Xie Niannian had a vague guess about Chi Qing's identity, and she was indeed very curious, but she also knew that some things could not be forced.She didn't ask any more, and took the money to pay the deposit.

She really doesn't have big ambitions, but opening a hot pot restaurant is something she likes after all, and she also depends on it to support her family, so Xie Niannian is very caring.

From paying the deposit to handling paperwork, cleaning the shop, and ordering ingredients from merchants, Xie Nian has not had a break for nearly half a month, and even Chi Qing helped with the work for half a month.

Physical work like moving things can be entrusted to Chi Qing with confidence, and she can also give advice on paperwork and other matters, except for going out. .

"Too hot, too noisy, too troublesome." Chi Qing replied like this, making Xie Niannian dumbfounded.

After half a month of hard work, the signboard of the shop has been put up, and now the Red Furnace Restaurant only needs to recruit enough people to open.

Xie Niannian, who was finally free, saw the peach blossoms falling all over the city, and realized that it was already summer.

She took the time to give herself a day off, and under the osmanthus tree, she tinkered with the scallop seeds she bought from the pharmacy in order to make hand-rubbed ice powder.

Wrap the Sapura seeds in gauze and put them in a basin of well water to start rubbing.

Two cool chairs were placed under the osmanthus tree for enjoying the shade. At this time, Chi Qing leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest.Xie Niannian knew that she was not asleep, so he didn't relax much, and rubbed the Lizi with both hands together.

After a while the water turned pale yellow, Xie Niannian put the basin under the shade of a tree, and lay down with Chi Qing.

"When the store opens, I feel that there is nothing to pursue in life." Xie Niannian squinted his eyes and looked at the light leaking from the shade of the tree: "It's pretty good now."

"Ah."

Hearing Chi Qing's soft answer, Xie Niannian smiled, lay down in a comfortable position and prepared to take a nap.

When she woke up with a hutch, she found that Chi Qing was still asleep.

Xie Niannian got up to look at his hand rubbing ice powder, and found that the water in the basin had solidified.

She patted it with a spoon, and the solidified ice powder rippled like water waves, looking smooth and elastic.

Xie Niannian brought the basin into the kitchen, scooped a few spoonfuls into the bowl, cut fresh fruit cubes, poured brown sugar water on it, and stirred evenly.

The original light yellow ice powder is now stained with the dark color of brown sugar, and the fancy fruit dices dotted it looks delicious.

The diced fruit with ice powder is as cool and smooth as Xie Niannian expected. The ice powder melts on the tip of the tongue and slides into the throat, soft and sweet.

Well, it can be added to the menu of the hot pot restaurant.Xie Nian Nian thinks with satisfaction.She took out a bowl and put it on a small table under the laurel tree.

Seeing that Chi Qing still had her eyes closed, the dappled sunlight shone on the corners of her eyes and brows, like a butterfly, as if it was about to take off from her face.

Xie Niannian just stood there stupidly, staring at the "butterfly" in the corner of Chi Qing's eyes for a long time, she felt that her heart seemed to have turned into ice powder, and with a light pat, the sweet and sour feeling could ripple all over her limbs skeleton.

Whether it was the hawking on the street or the chirping of birds in the trees, it was suddenly far away. Xie Niannian heard his own heartbeat - "plop".

After a moment, Xie Niannian came back to his senses, looked at the sky, and said to Chi Qing who was sleeping or awake on the bamboo chair, "Let's eat fish tonight, I'll go to the pier."

As he said that, he turned around and prepared to go out, but suddenly heard Chi Qing's lazy voice behind him: "It's going to rain, come back early." Xie Niannian turned around and smiled slightly: "Okay."

Going out from the backyard is not in the market, but a quiet tree-lined path. Xie Niannian was carrying a bamboo basket to buy fish, but he didn't find a few figures at the end of the path.

"I said—" the leading man was dressed in black, his eyes were as bright as stars, and he complained to the four people behind him, "Are you going to the toilet too?"

If Xie Niannian was here, he would definitely recognize that this is Bai Yan who hadn't seen him for a long time.

He was counting the four people who nodded and bowed behind him: "It's fine to follow me when I eat, but you also have to follow me when I go to the bathroom?"

Those four people wrinkled their faces and complained in their hearts. Ever since the incident happened, Lord Inspector sent them to follow the envoy from Fengjing.

On the surface it was said to prevent accidents, but in fact everyone knew it was to monitor his every move.

This uncle doesn't do business all day long, just wanders the streets, eats a lot, and let them pay for it.

Walking around from morning to night, he didn't go back to the house to rest until they felt that their feet were no longer feeling.

Now Bai Yan is standing in front of a latrine, muttering that he needs to go to the lavatory, not letting them follow in.

"Okay, we'll wait here, my lord, as soon as possible." Thinking that there was only one road around, one of them compromised helplessly.

Bai Yan was finally satisfied, and turned to go to the toilet.The four people outside didn't know that there was a window in this latrine, just enough for an adult man to get through, and outside the window was a courtyard wall.

He easily climbed up, slipped out of the window silkily, and fell to the ground without even making a sound.

After brushing the dust off his clothes casually, Bai Yan lifted himself up and jumped onto the courtyard wall, walking along the courtyard wall in a swaggering manner.Looking back, the four people were still standing there waiting.

With a playful smile on the corner of Bai Yan's mouth, he quickened his pace, passing through courtyard walls and roofs one after another, as light as a cat.

Until he stopped on Xie Niannian's courtyard wall, he turned over and entered the courtyard, and immediately saw Chi Qing who was eating ice cream under the osmanthus tree.

"Hey! It's not easy." The smile on the corner of his mouth became more obvious, and it was no longer the previous sarcasm, but seemed genuinely happy: "I haven't seen you for a few months, have you changed to soft food?"

She didn't answer, and continued to eat ice powder.The ice powder is cold and slippery, and the fruit is sweet, which is suitable for eating in summer.

Bai Yan stepped forward carelessly, and walked around Chi Qing: "I whipped Duoying several times in order to find a chance to come to Xuanzhou, that girl should hate me."

Chi Qing put down the bowl and gave him a neutral look.

"Where are the others?" Bai Yan saw that the chair next to him was empty, and sat on it as soon as he fell down.

Chi Qing finally said coolly: "It's buried in Bailu Mountain."

"Tsk." Bai Yan narrowed his eyes, put away the smile on his face: "Have you been tricked? Do you have a clue?"

Before Chi Qing could reply, he said to himself again: "Your Majesty has been very annoying recently. Once you leave, those princes and nobles will come to Tianshu Division more often. When are you going to go back?"

"Go back and stare at Gu Chen for me, I still need to stay here for a while."

The Baiyan carp on the side jumped up stiffly, with a half-smile expression on his face: "She's your senior sister."

"Those who died, I also regard as my own juniors." She replied blankly.

The courtyard fell silent, and no one spoke for a while, Bai Yan sighed: "Is there anything else?"

"Find me a weapon that can defend myself." Chi Qing tapped the table with her knuckles, very crisp.

"What kind? Hidden arrows?" Bai Yan asked curiously.

"not useful."

"dagger?"

"Too obvious."

Bai Yan looked puzzled, feeling that Chi Qing was asking too much: "A sword in the sleeve?"

Chi Qing picked up the bowl slowly and continued to eat ice powder: "It's hard to learn."

Hearing this answer, Bai Yan blurted out without thinking: "Do you think it's hard to learn? You"

He suddenly thought of something, stopped his voice, and asked with a confused and uncertain face: "Isn't it for you? It's for that little girl?"

Chi Qing didn't respond, it was a tacit agreement.

"I like it so much, why don't you bring it back to Fengjing?" Bai Yan cheered up, his eyes glistening with gossip.

This was news that could shock the entire Tianshu Division. If he told the empress, he might be left to eat a meal cooked by the imperial dining room.

Chi Qing glanced at the noisy person in front of him, as if asking him why you still haven't left.

"I wanted to ask just now, what are you eating? Is it delicious?" Bai Yan continued to stand in front of Chi Qing fearlessly, looking curiously at the bowl in her hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yan turned his face slightly, as if a wind passed by his face.

He stretched out his hand to hold something, and a silver light turned over his fingertips several times, and he spread his hand again to see that it was a small diamond-shaped thin blade.

"You're so stingy. If you don't want to break up, I'll just say it. Why hit someone?" Bai Yan climbed up the courtyard wall with a smile while talking: "Let's go."

After a few ups and downs, Bai Yan disappeared from sight.

The small courtyard became quiet again, Chi Qing lowered her eyes for a while, and suddenly said softly: "I can't." Her voice was too shallow, as if she was speaking to herself, and it would be broken by the wind.

The sky suddenly darkened, and the clouds piled up in layers, pressing down thickly, looking inexplicably heavy.It's going to rain, but Xie Niannian hasn't come back yet.

Chi Qing frowned, went to the house to find an umbrella, and went out to look for Xie Niannian.