Zhong Ziqi was stunned when she saw Zhao Ning, and immediately looked down at herself. Fortunately, she was wearing an undershirt, which should have been put on by Zhao Zhengan while he was asleep. Zhong Ziqi then raised her head and asked him, "Why are you coming?"
"Your family, Zhao Zhengan, came to me and said you were not feeling well."
After all, Zhao Ning is an unmarried brother, and he is a little embarrassed to face such a situation, with a shy expression on his face.
Zhong Ziqi felt quite uncomfortable being teased by him, especially now that he was sore all over and couldn't sit still, so he had to lay down again: "Where is Zheng'an?"
Could it be that he left
"He came to me early in the morning and told me to take care of you. He also said that he was going on a long trip and asked me to be your company at night. Is it true?"
"Well, he's going south."
"What? South?" Zhao Ning exclaimed, "Why did he go to the South? How?"
Zhong Ziqi rubbed her waist and explained: "He is going with my uncle. My uncle has a small business in the south. Zheng'an is going to learn and investigate business opportunities."
"Your uncle is in the south?"
"Um."
Zhao Ning heard from his mother that Ziqi's uncle came here and his family was not bad, but he didn't say where he was. He didn't expect to be so far away: "Then are they going to leave today?"
"Well, they said they were leaving today, what time is it?" Zhong Ziqi asked Zhao Ning.
"It's almost noon now."
Zhao Ning said helplessly that he came early in the morning, but Zhong Ziqi didn't wake up, and he didn't have the nerve to wake him up. He wanted to help him clean up the house, but found that Zhao Zhengan had done everything he needed to do. Before I left, I boiled a pot of porridge, and it is still hot in the pot now!
Zhao Ning couldn't help being a little envious of their relationship. He didn't know what his future partner would be like. He didn't need to ask how rich he was, but he had to treat him well.
Unexpectedly, it was already noon, and he slept so soundly. It was obviously too late to go to town now, and they should have left soon.
"Ziqi, are you hungry?"
Zhong Ziqi rubbed her belly and nodded silently: "Is there anything to eat?"
Zhao Ning smiled: "You wait, I'll bring it to you." Then he went out.
Zhong Ziqi slowly got up, shook off the neatly folded clothes at the head of the bed, and put them on. He didn't need to guess who put them on. Don't look at him as a man, but he is careful!
After a while, Zhao Ning came in with a bowl of porridge and a plate of pickles.
"Huh? Did you do that?"
Zhao Ning covered his mouth and smiled: "It's not me, I'm not so thoughtful."
"Not you?"
Zhong Ziqi was taken aback and immediately knew who it was, and his heart felt warm like the summer sun shining on him.
"What about you? I remember there were a lot of dishes last night!"
Zhong Ziqi sat on the chair slowly, after getting used to it for a while, she raised her head and asked Zhao Ning.
"I saw it. It's hot in the pot. I'll bring it."
Zhao Ning and Zhong Ziqi didn't get along, when he was heating the porridge just now, he had already heated up those delicious dishes together! Originally, he had to eat here today, and Zhong Ziqi couldn't be tired, so he had to solve it by himself. He didn't know how to cook, but he still knew how to cook hot dishes.
After dinner, Zhong Ziqi lay down on the bed again, and Zhao Ning sat at the table with a stool.
"What are you doing?" Zhong Ziqi asked, tilting her head.
Zhao Ning held a piece of blue cloth in his hand and was tinkering, not knowing what he was doing.
"I'm embroidering a purse."
Zhao Ning raised his hand and showed Zhong Ziqi what was in his hand: "My mother told me to learn how to embroider a purse and give it to my future husband when we get engaged."
Zhao Ning was a little bit shy after talking about it.
Zhong Ziqi took it over and took a look, and found that Zhao Ning's work was very beautiful. The mandarin ducks were only half embroidered on it, but it was not difficult to see their delicacy.
"It's beautiful, I didn't expect you to be so good at needlework!"
He is not good at this aspect at all, usually he just makes do with sewing clothes, but if he is asked to embroider things, it will kill him!
"It's okay, I'm only good at this aspect, and I don't know anything else."
Zhong Ziqi returned the purse to him, and said lazily: "No, we can learn! You stay here with me, and I will teach you how to cook."
"Really? Okay, okay!"
Zhao Ning is naturally willing, and it just so happens that his mother also wants him and Zhong Ziqi to learn how to cook, otherwise who would dare to ask him, the most important thing for a countryman is cooking and sewing!
At this time, on the wharf of Qingshui Town, a passenger ship heading to the south was docking on the shore.
Zhao Zhengan and Shen Yubei walked to the pier one after the other. Zhao Zhengan still looked back from time to time.
"Didn't you say he won't come?" Shen Yubei looked sideways at Zhao Zhengan.
"Well... I won't come."
"Then what do you always look back at?"
Zhao Zheng'an shook his head with a wry smile. He just couldn't help but turn his head. He knew that that person would definitely not be able to get out of bed now, let alone appear here. He obviously just separated not long ago, and he began to miss him. There was an impulse in his heart. I will stay by his side instead of going to the south, but reason tells him that since he has made a decision, he must implement it to the end, and he cannot give up halfway!
"Let's go, the boat is leaving soon, and you will be back soon." Shen Yubei patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Well, let's go."
Without Zhao Zhengan, Zhong Ziqi was quite uncomfortable at first, but after a long time, she gradually got used to being alone.
Oh, what he said is ambiguous, it shouldn't be said that he is alone, because Zhao Ning has been staying with him at his house, eating and living together at night.
During this time, Zhong Ziqi added a new product to himself—twist. He put a small amount of honey, which tastes sweet and delicious. All of a sudden, it attracted many customers.
Because of the materials used, the price of natural twist is a bit higher than that of fried dough sticks. But it is still sought after by many customers, and it has become a major feature of Qingshui Town. Many foreigners will come here to buy, because twists can be stored for a long time, so many people will buy a lot at once, which is a must-have for home.
The shopkeeper Jin also came to him to discuss with Zhong Ziqi to provide twisted dough sticks and fried dough sticks to the restaurant, but Zhong Ziqi refused because he had no manpower and time.
If you want to provide twisted dough sticks and deep-fried dough sticks to restaurants, it cannot be too little, and dozens of them a day is definitely not enough. Now even his small shop can't sell enough every day, let alone other things.
He was too busy himself, he couldn't help thinking about whether to find a helper, he had to think carefully.
After a busy day, the harvest is the most pleasing way to sweep away the tiredness.
Zhong Ziqi and Zhao Ning returned home, washed up and went to bed after a simple meal. During the busy day, Zhong Ziqi didn't have time to think about other things, but before going to bed, he would also think about Zhao Zhengan, Think about how many days he has been away, how is he doing in the south, whether he is tired, whether he has made money, whether he has found a miracle doctor, and... is there any flirting with other brothers behind his back, These are all Zhong Ziqi's wild thoughts every night, and then send herself to sleep.
This day, Zhong Ziqi chatted with Zhao Ning who was standing next to him while taking a break: "Xiao Ning, since Brother Sheng's marriage is broken, why don't you find another one?"
Zhao Ning pursed his lips and glanced at his brother who was busy with the spinning top: "It's definitely broken, but that person doesn't know what's going on, and he comes to my house every now and then, just like we have some relatives. There is that brother, every time people come to their house, he will bring him. Every time, that brother will look at my brother shyly, which makes me sick. Isn’t it that we are all busy in the town? , I don’t see many people, but that brother came here a few days ago.”
Zhong Ziqi was surprised: "I found it here? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"Two twists! A bowl of tofu!" someone shouted outside.
Zhao Ning said, "I'll tell you later." He went out with his things.
After a while, I came back and said to Zhong Ziqi: "Actually, none of us knew about it, because my brother found out before that brother came in. My brother seemed very angry, so I told him not to come here in the future." I'm looking for him, he won't marry him, let him find another place."
"Then how do you know?"
Zhao Ning chuckled: "Later, my brother told us that he slipped the tongue, and we only found out, but my brother's words seemed to have an effect. That brother hasn't come these days, but his parents seem to be still determined."
Zhong Ziqi understood very well. After all, Zhao Ama's family has earned a lot during this period of time, and their family has also become well-off. No matter how stupid they are, they still know whether they want bear's paws or fish. It's just too late to turn around.
Besides, Zhao Zhengan, who was in the south, had just arrived in the south, went out with Shen Yubei to learn business during the day, and lived in the Shen family's mansion at night.
When he first arrived at the Shen family, the second elder of the Shen family summoned him as soon as he learned of his identity. The second elder of the Shen family had gray hair but a strong body. Father Shen looked as serious as Zhong Ziqi said at first glance. A person, and Mrs. Shen is a kind and kind old lady. It's just that his eyes were red at this time, obviously he had been crying for a while, and Father Shen's hand holding the cane tightly also indicated that he was not calm.
"Tell me what you know again." Father Shen said in a deep voice.
Zhao Zheng'an glanced at Shen Yubei and could only tell about the matter between Amo Shen and Uncle Zhong, and finally mentioned his marriage with Zhong Ziqi.
However, it was obvious that the old couple had omitted what he said later, and Shen Yubei's Ah Mu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and began to cry bitterly. Father Shen was also like a deflated rubber ball, even his back was bent a lot.
Although they couldn't find any news about their eldest brother for so many years, they had always imagined that he was living well in a certain corner. I just didn't expect the white-haired man to send the black-haired man in the end.
"It's all your fault. You insisted on marrying your eldest brother, otherwise you wouldn't have died so unclearly like now." Shen said while weeping and complaining.
"Yeah, it's all my fault."
Father Shen muttered to himself, and suddenly fell off the chair. Fortunately, Hong Ying next to him caught it quickly.
"Father? What's the matter with you, dad?" Shen Yubei took Father Shen in a panic and patted Father Shen on the cheek.
"Old man, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
Amo Shen also panicked: "I don't blame you, don't take it to heart, wake up quickly."
Zhao Zhengan was startled by the series of events in front of him.
The doctor came soon, and the diagnosis was that it was caused by heart disease and deep depression in my heart. If this knot cannot be solved, my life span will not be too long.
The doctor finally left some medicine for recuperating the body and left. And Zhao Zhengan couldn't stay any longer, so he went back to the room arranged for him by the Shen family.
Mr. Shen woke up the next day. On the surface, everything was normal, but the knot in his heart could not be solved overnight.