time-traveling sister

Chapter 46

In August, the lake level is too clear.

Well, this has nothing to do with this article.All Gu Mei wanted to say was that August came and she was bored.

She is really boring.There are not many customers in Qingpinglou, as an accountant, she really has a lot of time to spare.

While her eggs were hurting, she wandered all over Luoyang City, and she almost counted all the bluestone bricks in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City.

With a high salary, Gu Mei was not happy at all doing an easy job that couldn't be easier.

This child is not at home.If it was normal, she would have run around the world long ago with the money in her pocket.But now she doesn't dare, she doesn't even dare to leave Luoyang City.

When she is bored, she only thinks about food.

Mung bean soup, iced sour plum soup, leek box, steamed buns, she tossed everything.

She even made ice cream once.

The result can be imagined, failed can not fail again.

All kinds of modern delicacies mentioned in time-traveling novels are deceptive! !

Moreover, Gu Mei suddenly discovered once that her cooking skills were really weak compared to Rong Zhan's.

That night, she slipped into the kitchen as usual, and unexpectedly found that Rong Zhan was kneading dough there.

Under the dim oil lamp, he was dressed in green, with a dusty demeanor, kneading dough there.

...Although he is kneading the dough, why does Gu Mei still feel that there is a faint smoke surrounding him?

Hallucinations, must be hallucinations.She told herself silently.

It's not really an illusion.The wood in the stove was a bit damp, and the combustion was not complete, and the room was full of smoke.

Rong Zhan suddenly turned his head and saw Gu Mei who was standing at the door gradually petrified, he was not surprised at all, and smiled slightly, his voice was as clear as a spring in the mountain: "Gu Mei."

Gu Mei stopped her thoughts that were gradually diverging, and forced out a smile: "Rong Zhan."

But such a temperamental man with an apron around his waist and half-rolled sleeves doesn't fit well, my dear.

Seeing his eyes, Gu Mei's dog-legged attributes subconsciously appeared: "Do you want me to help?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she regretted them.Damn, isn't it okay to find trouble for yourself?He must not agree to it.

But Rong Zhan really agreed.He nodded as a matter of course: "Alright. Then help me wash the vegetables."

... So Gu Mei took small steps to help him wash the vegetables.

In fact, it is Chinese cabbage, sauerkraut and lean meat.

While washing, Gu Mei peeked at Rong Zhan kneading the dough.

Can she say that she thinks he even kneads the dough with a sense of elegance?

Slowly kneading and adding water slowly, Gu Mei felt that he kneaded too patiently.

Letting herself go, she wouldn't knead a piece of dough so slowly.

The dough is ready.He took a wet cloth to cover the small earthen basin, then turned around and asked her with a smile, "Have the dishes been washed?"

Gu Mei nodded hastily, and handed over the washed dishes.

Rong Zhan took it, drained the water, took the knife and began to cut slowly.

His fingers are fair and slender.Gu Mei thinks that these should be hands playing the piano or holding a scalpel, but these hands are cutting vegetables, well, that is also a kind of visual enjoyment.

When he was cutting lean meat, Gu Mei felt that it should be a pair of hands holding a scalpel.The meat was evenly cut and thin, she felt that he was very familiar with the texture of this meat.

Of course, when Gu Meizi knew Rong Zhan's true face later, when she thought of the scene when he cut the meat, the only feeling she had was to vomit.

She was extremely skeptical at that time, did he also use something similar to a scalpel when killing people, elegantly, and slowly cut off pieces of flesh on people's bodies.

The standard Ling Chi is cheating.

But Rong Zhan didn't think so.He said two words coldly, trouble.

That's right, he is used to killing people with one move, so he won't make people suffer piecemeal.

As for the reason, he has a cleanliness.He felt that blood would spurt out if he killed someone like this.

So he usually stabs between the eyebrows or the heart with a sword, and then retreats quickly to prevent the blood from staining his clothes.

And Gu Mei only had two words to comment on this, pervert!
But now, Gu Mei was deceived by Rong Zhan's appearance.She was making dumplings with him happily.

She still doesn't pack well.I always think about what kind of shape to make out, but what comes out in the end is often four different.

On the other hand, Rong Zhan held the rolled dumpling wrapper in his left hand and chopsticks in his right hand, put some stuffing on the dough wrapper, and then slowly pinched the dumpling wrapper.

After a while, a dumpling appeared like this.

It's just making a dumpling, why not be so artistic?

Gu Mei slandered.In fact, she just doesn't know how to make dumplings.

But she's good at making trouble.

Strange-shaped dumplings kept appearing in her hands, she was not ashamed, but proud, and then continued to make persistent efforts.

Rong Zhan watched her make trouble with a smile.The light of the oil lamp was dim, and her smile was in a trance.

Suddenly he felt at home.

Gu Mei had had enough fun, patted the flour on her hands, and simply ran to the stove to tinker with the wood there.

She can't make dumplings, but she can add wood to boil water.

She raised her head, smiling brightly in her eyes: "Rong Zhan, Rong Zhan, the water is boiling. Can the dumplings be served?"

She was already hungry after all this work.

Rong Zhan looked at the ashes on her face and smiled: "It's fine."

The dumplings floated up one by one, and when they were poured with old vinegar, Gu Mei ate them quickly.

When she put down the chopsticks, Rong Zhan was still eating slowly.

Gu Mei's feeling at this time is that, looking at it this way, it really feels like a brother and sister.

Brother, it's not bad to have one.And this brother seems to be very good to himself.

Gu Mei is a person who is used to pushing her nose and face. She noticed the change in Rong Zhan's attitude towards her, and she ran to Rong Zhan more diligently when she had nothing to do.

Anyway, brothers and sisters should be closer.

She just thought about it so simply, without thinking about it at all, what if she and Rong Zhan weren't siblings?

The days went by like this.Gu Mei even felt that maybe her life would be so dull.

But one day, she met Song Chu.

At that time, it was already the end of August and the beginning of September, and the heat of summer had begun to slowly fade away.

That day, Rong Zhan seemed to be absent.To be precise, he wasn't there yesterday.

Sometimes Rong Zhan is not in Qingpinglou, and Gu Mei never asks.what?It's just a private matter.Maybe they are going out to find her a sister-in-law.

She rolled up her sleeves, leaned against the counter, and chatted with the owner of the little rice cake, and the west, and suddenly heard someone call out in surprise: "Hongyao?"

There was a sudden jump in her heart.

Here, everyone calls her Gu Mei.After staying for these few months, she almost forgot that she was once called Hong Yao.

She turned her head stiffly, and saw Song Chu's peach blossom eyes close at hand.

"Hong Yao, it's really you."

There was no surprise in Song Chu's voice this time, only joy.

And Gu Mei had already grabbed his collar quickly, almost pulling him to the side of the counter with such force.

"Song Chu? Why are you here? Where's Lian Hui? How is he doing recently?"

Lian Hui.He obviously pretended to have forgotten him, but when he saw someone related to him, the first thing he wanted to ask was his recent situation.

Song Chu looked at her and didn't speak.The emotion in Taohua's eyes is very subtle.

Gu Mei grabbed his collar and almost trembled.Could it be that something happened to Lian Hui?Could it be that his old man is really stubborn, can't he still beat him when she leaves?
"Lian Hui, did something happen to him?"

Her voice slowly changed.She no longer had the joy of teasing with Xiao Nian Gao just now, but trembled slightly instead.

Song Chu sighed: "Find a quiet place, and let me explain to you in detail."

Gu Mei almost dragged him to an elegant seat on the second floor, closed the door, walked to the table and sat down uneasy: "Speak."

Song Chu's gaze slowly shifted from her tightly clasped hands to her face.

There was unconcealable tension on her face.

"Have you seen enough? Say it quickly."

Being looked at by him like this, Gu Mei felt that her heart was about to jump out.

Song Chu sighed.Gu Mei's heart skipped a beat, and her hands clenched even tighter.

"Hong Yao, do you really know nothing?"

Gu Mei frowned: "You know what? What happened to Lian Hui?"

"Zhuang Qiurong is dead." Song Chu answered the wrong question.

But Gu Mei didn't care at all: "I don't care about this. I just want to know, how is Lian Hui doing now?"

Song Chu looked at her suspiciously: "Zhuang Qiurong is dead, and you didn't react at all?"

Gu Mei frowned even tighter: "How should I react? To be honest, I don't care at all. I just want to know about Lian Hui. How is he living now, okay? Don't put me off, hurry up." Say."

She was about to die of anxiety, but why didn't the person in front of her say anything.

"Lian Hui can't be said to be good or bad. After you disappeared, Lian Hui didn't even heal his injuries, and went looking for you everywhere the next day. As for where he is now, I don't know."

Gu Mei's nose suddenly became sour.The fool.Isn't the reason why she wants to leave is that she wants him to live his life well?What do you want her for?So what if you find it?She and him will never be possible again.

Just forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes is the best ending.

Song Chu looked at Gu Mei with her head down, and couldn't help asking: "Zhuang Qiurong is dead, do you have anything to say?"

Gu Mei raised her head, her eyes were a little red: "What can I say? Do you want me to say that she died well, died wonderfully, and died croakingly? Although I really think so in my heart."

"But some people say that you killed Zhuang Qiurong."

"Who is it?" Gu Mei looked at him in surprise.She scratched Zhuang Qiurong's face that night, but the conscience of heaven and earth, that can't kill Zhuang Qiurong, right?Could it be that she woke up, saw herself disfigured, and committed suicide?
"Your master, Tong Yuanzi." Song Chu said this slowly.

Gu Mei was even more surprised.She couldn't figure out more and more what this idiot was going to do.

"Didn't she commit suicide?"

Gu Mei thought it would be better to ask clearly.

To this, Song Chu gave a very definite answer: "Wu Zuo had an autopsy, and the two stab wounds on his cheeks were not fatal. The fatal one was the stab wound between his neck. Flesh turned out, it must not be a suicide .”

But Gu Mei is also very sure that she just scratched her cheek twice that night.As for the knife wound on Zhuang Qiurong's neck...

She suddenly felt that she could guess who did it.

What the hell is this idiot up to?Killed his apprentice, and then came to blame her?
The complexion on Gu Mei's face changed really quickly.First doubt, then surprise, and then calm.

Song Chu looked at her, and continued to speak slowly: "What did the Zhuang family say in Yangzhou City? It is also a private family. Now the Zhuang family has reported this matter to Zhizhou. Your master Tong Yuanzi has also passed the court and said You have always been at odds with Zhuang Qiurong. That night he saw you kill Zhuang Qiurong with his own eyes, and even he himself was overwhelmed by you with the sweat medicine. Well, when the yamen servants found him and Zhuang Qiurong, he was indeed still in a coma Where Zhuang Qiurong died, there is also a blood-stained dagger, is this dagger yours?"

Gu Mei sneered: "That's right, it's mine. Now that I have witnesses, physical evidence, and even my motive for killing people. Are you going to convict me on the spot?"

Song Chu nodded: "The magistrate of Yangzhou issued an arrest warrant on the spot, and the banker even offered a reward of 1000 taels of silver. Hong Yao, the arrest warrant with your portrait on it is probably posted everywhere now."

Gu Mei's heart shuddered, but she really didn't know about it in Luoyang.

She has visited almost every corner of Luoyang, but she really didn't find any wanted notices about herself.

Song Chu seemed to know what she was thinking, and frowned and said, "But it's very strange, I'm here in Luoyang, and I haven't found any arrest warrants about you."

Gu Mei suddenly understood.She felt that Rong Zhan must have done something in the middle.

Sure enough, with a strong brother, he instantly felt like cheating.

"Song Chu, do you believe that I killed Zhuang Qiurong?" Gu Mei asked suddenly.

Song Chuxiao: "To be honest, I didn't know before. But I didn't know Tong Yuanzi, and secondly, I didn't know Zhuang Qiurong well. Before, I thought that since you killed her, there was a reason to kill her. But now, I saw you and saw your reaction upon hearing this, so I knew that you would not have killed Zhuang Qiurong."

Gu Mei really wanted to pat him on the shoulder and praise him, good brother.

She expressed her thoughts in her heart with her eyes.

Song Chu smiled slightly: "Don't look at me like this. If you look at me like this again, I will think that you are fascinated by my handsome appearance, and you can't wait to marry me."

Gu Mei made a nauseous expression, and then she asked again: "Where's Lian Hui? Does he believe that I killed Zhuang Qiurong?"

That's what she wanted to ask most.She wanted to know what Lian Hui was thinking.

Song Chu shook his head: "I don't know. But I don't want to lie to you. At that time, when he saw the dagger, his face really changed. Then he said that you are his wife, even if you did something wrong, He will bear it with you. He will find you, and he will find you in every corner of the world."

Gu Mei's heart trembled with these words.She couldn't tell how she was feeling right now.

"Song Chu," she lowered her head, and said softly, "Can you not tell others about my presence here?"

"Including Lian Hui?"

Gu Mei nodded slowly, and said slowly with a shy voice: "Yes. Including him."

Song Chu left.In fact, he didn't go to other places, just passing through Luoyang.

Sitting behind the counter, Gu Mei was depressed for a few more days.

In July, there is fire, and in August, it is not young.

The weather is really starting to cool down.Morning mist, evening dew.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is here.

This is Gu Mei's first Mid-Autumn Festival in this era.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in my previous life was actually nothing special, but it was just lying on the computer and surfing the Internet as usual.

Oh, and I will still eat mooncakes for the occasion.

But the Mid-Autumn Festival in this era is very lively.Even a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaonian Gao and the others were already very excited.

Xiao Nian Gao pulled Gu Mei and kept telling her how beautiful the lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival night in Luoyang were, and how many kinds there were.

But Gu Mei still couldn't be happy.

She thought about what Lian Hui told her, that I will spend every holiday with you in the future.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qingping Building was closed for one day.Before evening, all the people ran out.

Gu Mei sat alone on the table in the lobby downstairs, depressed.

"Why don't you go play with them?"

Rong Zhan's gentle voice suddenly sounded from behind her.

During this period of time, he was rarely in Qingpinglou, and he didn't know when he would come back today.And she didn't even know it.

Gu Mei lowered her head: "I'm not in the mood."

In Rong Zhan's eyes, she looked like this, with her head half down, her eyebrows lowered, her upper teeth biting her lower lip lightly.

Very aggrieved look.

Rong Zhan actually wanted to ask, who made you unhappy?speak out.Brother to help you kill him.

But he didn't ask anything, just continued to speak very gently: "Luoyang Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns are worth seeing. Let's go, go and see with me."

Now that Rong Zhan has said that, does Gu Mei still dare to say no?
There are indeed many kinds of lanterns, and they are indeed very beautiful.

Gu Mei looked at the bustling crowd, but for some reason, she was still not happy at all.

If it was Lian Hui who accompanied her out today, maybe she would be happy.

She squatted by the water, looking at the men and women who closed their eyes and prayed devoutly around her, but she didn't even know what wish she wished.

Slowly putting the lotus lantern in her hand into the water, she sighed in her heart, if the wish can really come true now, then let her time travel back.

She doesn't want to be in this age.She felt that maybe, there was really nothing to miss.

Standing up slowly while supporting her knees, she looked up at the people coming and going on the other side.

But suddenly, her eyes widened.

On the opposite side was a person with a dark green gown and a handsome profile. Who else could it be if it wasn't Lian Hui?

Although it was far away, she could still tell it was him at a glance.

He walked among the crowd, alone.Obviously there are so many people, but why does she still feel that his back is desolate.

Gu Mei felt that she was about to cry.She wanted to wave to her, wanted to shout his name.

But she still didn't do anything.She didn't even dare to see him.

What if I see you?The river separated her from Lian Hui.

When Cowherd and Weaver Girl fall in love again, the Queen Mother can completely separate them with a galaxy.

The magpie bridge meets one day a year, but what about the remaining 360 four days?
How many days can there be in a lifetime?
Lian Hui, Lian Hui, and Gu Mei covered their faces.

But with tears in her eyes, she still saw Lian Hui turning his head slowly, as if he was looking towards her.

Gu Mei quickly grabbed Rong Zhan's arm and looked up at him: "Rong Zhan, help me, help me. I don't want him to see me."

Rong Zhan looked at the other side thoughtfully.

"Rong Zhan, help me, help me." Gu Mei was still begging.

Rong Zhan looked down at her.The eye circles were red and tears glistened.

But the tears were not for him.

He reached out and took her into his arms.

"That way, he won't be able to see you."

The clothes on her chest were wet, it was Gu Mei's tears for Lian Hui.

He looked at the disappearing figure on the other side with calm eyes, and made a quick decision in his heart, he absolutely couldn't keep this Lian Hui.

He couldn't let his only sister in the world have someone else's place in her heart.

Don't say yes, you can't even think about it.He must be uprooted.

In her heart, there is only him.He wants her to have nothing but him.

Gu Mei leaned against Rong Zhan's chest and wept silently.After a long time, she asked softly, "Is he gone?"

Rong Zhan looked at the crowd on the opposite side, obviously Lianhui was no longer there, but he still said slowly: "No."

Instead of relaxing the arms around her, they tightened even more.

The next day, Rong Zhan was not in Qingpinglou again.

While Gu Mei lowered her head and held a brush in her hand, she looked at the account book stupidly, and listened absent-mindedly to Xiao Nian Gao and the others talking about the lively scene last night.

The writing brush was not held firmly, fell down, and rolled along the counter to the ground.

Gu Mei knelt down and wanted to cut the brush.

(End of this chapter)