Beloved Concubine

Chapter 68
This time is not the time to eat, the restaurant is not busy, Erlong is watching the shop by himself, and Chunhong is chatting with Gao Xiang in the backyard.

It was when Gao Xiang saw peppers growing in their yard that he proposed to eat dishes made of peppers.

Standing next to the chili field, he asked, "When did you grow these chili peppers?"

"March."

"It grows very fast, it looks like it's almost done."

"The ones in the yard were planted earlier, about [-] days earlier than those in Nangou Village and my family, so they ripened earlier. By next month, the peppers at my house will be almost fully ripe."

"Do you go home often?"

"It's not very often, I go back once or twice a month."

"How do you usually go back?"

"Take the car back."

For more than 30 miles, Chunhong used to be reluctant to take a car and walked instead.But now that she has money, she won't walk in order to save tens of pennies.Besides, as long as you save two bowls of rice noodles, you will have the fare.

"Then... you have to make a special trip to collect peppers?"

"It's not necessary, just ask the driver to give my parents a message."

Now her parents opened a small restaurant selling rice noodles in their town.The driver ate at her parents' side and also at her place.The driver is from the town, as long as you give him a bowl of rice noodles for free and ask him to help with a sentence, it's a very simple matter.

"When did you come to Chunji Snack Restaurant?" Gao Xiang asked.

"It's early."

"How early?"

"I came here before it opened. I found all the houses here."

"Hey, that's right. Sister Chen's surname is Chen, and Brother Fang's surname is Fang. The snack bar is not called Chen Ji or Fang Ji, but Chun Ji. The snack bar is named after you, right?"

Chunhong smiled and said: "Yes, Sister Chen and Brother Fang are not from South Vietnam, so it is not convenient to come forward. I will handle the renting of the house and the filing of the government office."

Before there was no small restaurant, Chunhong had nothing to be proud of.Starting from a small restaurant, she searched for houses, negotiated prices, renovated shops, and purchased tables, chairs and utensils, all of which were handled by her. ——She ignored that it was Chen Xiao who taught her how to do it.

"Wow! You're amazing!" Gao Xiang cast admiring glances.

Then he asked again: "When did you follow Sister Chen, Big Brother Fang?"

"It's early."

"How early?"

"When they first met."

Gao Xiang was moved in his heart, thought for a while, organized his words, stepped forward, and asked in a gossip tone, "Sister Chen and Brother Fang are not actually married, are they?"

Chunhong sized him up with scrutiny.

Gao Xiangdao: "I met them when the Red Garden was not changed to Yihong Garden. I happened to hear Big Brother Fang say to Sister Chen, 'If you marry me, I will never take a concubine in the future' At that time, I called out 'Miss Chen', but Big Brother Fang didn't correct my address, which means that they are not actually married."

If they get married, they should be called "Ms. Chen" instead of "Ms. Chen".In fact, when Gao Xiang first stepped into Chunji Snack Restaurant, he called her "Miss Chen", but Chunhong didn't realize that there was anything wrong with this address.

Chunhong suddenly understood that this was the case.

She said: "Yes, Brother Fang has always wanted to marry Sister Chen. But Sister Chen has always refused."

"why?"

"I don't know. Sister Chen said that they don't know each other well enough."

"They should have been together for a long time. How come they don't know each other?"

There was a mocking look on Chunhong's face.Of course, she was not mocking Gao Xiang, but this sentence.

Gao Xiang whispered: "Dinning in Yihong Garden that day, Big Brother Fang said that he ran to South Vietnam because someone molested Sister Chen and beat her to death. Is it true? Big Brother Fang really beat someone to death?"

The sarcasm on Chunhong's face became more and more obvious, and she said, "Maybe he beat someone to death because of other things."

"Brother Fang's martial arts is really good?" Gao Xiang looked curious.

Chunhong nodded.

"How did Big Brother Fang and Sister Chen know each other?" Gao Xiang asked after thinking about this sentence.He didn't say whether you know how they met, but directly assumed that Chunhong knew how they met.

Sure enough, Chunhong replied: "I met by chance."

"At that time, you followed Sister Chen?"

"I'll follow Brother Fang."

"Brother Fang is really the captain of Yueqi? That's a sixth-rank officer!" Gao Xiang had an admiring expression on his face.

Chunhong looked at him suspiciously, saw the admiration expression on his face, shook her head and said, "I don't know."

"Do you have brothers and sisters in your family?" Gao Xiang suddenly turned around and asked.

"No, I'm the eldest in the family."

"How many years have you been out to work?"

"It's only coming out this year."

"How old are you?"

"fourteen."

Gao Xiang babbled and asked some more about her family situation, seeing that the time was about the same, he said:
"I'll go back and ask someone to come over for dinner. How big are the fish and chicken? I'll bring them over later."

Chunhong froze for a moment.

Gao Xiang said: "I forgot that you still have to visit the store, and you don't have time to go out to buy vegetables. You don't need to buy them, I will bring them over later."

Chunhong thought for a while, and was about to take out the twelve taels of money for grocery shopping.

Gao Xiang pressed her hand and said with a smile: "Anyway, we have ready-made ones in our store. You can keep them." He meant keeping the money.

It was the first time Chunhong was touched by such a delicate hand, his hand was soft and a little cold. ——Although Chen Xiao also held her hand, it was a woman's hand, and this was a man's hand.

Gao Xiang smiled warmly at her, and left.

I have to say that Gao Xiang's smile is very attractive, giving people a feeling of being a gentleman and gentle as jade.

Watching him leave, Chunhong was a little cranky.But quickly dismissed the idea.She is still self-aware.

She put it down to: Shopkeeper Xiang is an amiable person.Otherwise, Xiao Shitou and the others wouldn't call him "Brother Xiang".

……

Ruyi Building.

After listening to Gao Xiang's report, Gao Can frowned in thought.

Gao Xiang said: "It is certain that what Fang Yu said at the dinner table the day before yesterday was a lie. He probably didn't know Chen Xiao at all at that time." He was referring to someone in the army molesting Mrs. Chen.

Gao Can said: "Let's write a letter! Report back what we know. Whether he is Major General Ayu or not, let the people above judge."

They are just doing business, not espionage.Besides, Major General Ayu is from Suyang County Mansion, and they are from Duanwang Mansion.

Of course, the two mansions are also related.Princess Suyang is the cousin of King Duan.

……

As the evening approached, Gao Xiang brought three of his men, along with the slaughtered chicken and fish, to Chunji Snack Restaurant.

The guys helped Chunhong and quickly prepared a sumptuous dinner.

In addition to green pepper fish and green pepper chicken, Chunhong also made green pepper fried smoked meat, and served with other dishes.

Several people talked and laughed after dinner, and then left.

Walking out of Nanmen Street, Gao Xiang asked the guy next to him:
"Did you understand all the dishes just now?"

"Understood, young shopkeeper. It's actually very simple."

For a professional chef, such a simple dish is easy to see at a glance.

"Yeah." Gao Xiangyi nodded.

Today is really rewarding for him.

(End of this chapter)