Hua Pingyang looked at her smile, and his resistance to Mr. Lu gradually faded away. No matter what the current relationship between Zhier and Mr. Lu was, he believed that every decision Zhier made must have been well thought out.
The inn was nearby and they arrived in a short moment. Gu Yanxi had not only arranged the rooms but also ordered the meals. The meals were served as soon as the three of them arrived. There were two dishes that he remembered Ah Zhi had eaten a few more bites of when they came last time, and they were half meat and half vegetable.
Hua Pingyang frowned when he saw that she only ate vegetarian food, "How can you run all this way without eating something nutritious?"
As she was about to pick up some food for her niece, Hua Zhi moved her bowl to the side and said, "Fourth Uncle, please forgive me. I was afraid that I would have nothing to eat outside, so I prepared a lot of dried meat when I came out. Now my mouth is full of the taste of meat. Please let me eat some vegetarian food to calm it down."
Hua Pingyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How could asking her to eat some meat be like asking her to eat poison? But he wasn't surprised because this girl preferred to eat vegetarian food when she was at home.
Gu Yanxi glanced at Azhi, picked up the serving chopsticks and picked up some stewed bamboo shoots for her. He had specifically asked the shopkeeper not to add meat to it. Although the taste was a little worse, Azhi liked it.
Hua Pingyang's impression of him improved after seeing him, and he was willing to talk to him. "Thank you for troubling Mr. Lu to make this trip again."
"With pleasure."
“…” It’s better not to say anything.
After dinner, Gu Yanxi went to the kitchen and soon came out with a large wooden barrel full of water that was still steaming. The uncle and nephew who were talking were both stunned.
After watching the man go upstairs, Hua Pingyang's eyes fell back on his niece, "He...you..."
Hua Zhi smiled, "That's it, Fourth Uncle, don't worry, I know what's going on."
Hua Pingyang, who wanted to talk more, stopped talking, sighed and said, "You've had a hard time along the way, go to bed early."
Hua Zhi knelt down and thanked Fourth Uncle for not asking any further questions. If she really had to say something, she would have hoped that everyone was there so that she wouldn't have to tell everyone about it.
Hua Zhi took a nice bath and slept well all night. When she woke up, it was already daybreak. She knew it was getting late just by looking at the shadow of the sun shining through the window and falling on the ground.
After I finished packing and opened the door, Yan Xi was already waiting there, as if he had calculated the time, with a bowl of steaming noodles in his hand.
Mian Tuo is a kind of food unique to Yinshan Pass. It looks ordinary, but tastes good. Hua Zhi said it was delicious after eating it last time, and Gu Yanxi has always remembered it.
"Eat a little before you go."
Hua Zhi smiled gently and agreed obediently.
Seeing Ah Zhi eating happily, Gu Yanxi's expression became gentler, "I'll go see Wu Yong later."
"General Wu?"
"Well, there are some things I need to discuss with him."
Hua Zhi nodded and didn't ask any more questions. "There's no need to fight for the Hua family. It's enough for the Hua family to stay the way they are now. It's not appropriate to stand out too much. After all, they are still criminals now."
"I'll find the right balance."
Hua Zhi raised her head and smiled, "In fact, it was you who helped my fourth uncle enter the Guardian's Mansion."
"I only asked him to take care of it for a while. Your fourth uncle is able to be reused because of his ability."
That's true. Once you're outside, you don't have to worry about this or that. Fourth Uncle's skills can finally be put to good use.
Gu Yanxi pushed the bowl towards her and asked, "How many days do you plan to stay here?"
"About three or four days. If you have anything to do, just go and do it. It doesn't matter if you come back late."
"That's enough time. Eat it quickly. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Hua Pingyang saw the door was open and walked over quickly. When he reached the door, he was about to speak, but when he saw the two people in the room, one trying hard to eat and the other watching with a smile, he swallowed all his words. Born and raised in the Hua family, he has met too many people, known too many things, and also seen love that is committed to life and death and never leaves.
But none of them is as beautiful as the scene before my eyes, a beauty that cannot be described in any words.
But he was also worried that there were too few fairy couples who could walk hand in hand for life. He had seen with his own eyes that two people who were once madly in love ended up with one staying behind while the other was tired of the relationship, and that concubines were brought home one by one. The more beautiful the beginning, the more tragic the ending. He was afraid that Zhier would encounter the same thing.
Gu Yanxi had known that he was coming. Seeing that he remained silent, she looked up and said, "Fourth Master Hua."
Hua Zhi looked up when she heard the voice, put down her chopsticks and called out, "Fourth Uncle."
"Eat your food, there's no rush."
"We're done." Hua Zhi wiped her mouth, picked up a large package from the bed, stood up and said, "Let's go, everyone must be waiting anxiously."
They were indeed getting impatient, but no one came to urge them. They knew how far they had come from the capital, and although riding horses seemed faster, it was just as painful.
"Yan Xi, go and do your own thing. I'll be at the house over there and won't be going anywhere."
"good."
Hua Pingyang took the heavy package and stepped over the threshold, then paused and turned back to say, "We have prepared some light wine at home. If it's convenient for you, Mr. Lu, you can come over and have a drink."
Gu Yanxi and Hua Zhi looked at each other, and Gu Yanxi immediately agreed, "I will come to pick up Ah Zhi in the evening, and I will definitely have a drink with the elders then."
Hua Pingyang snorted and turned away.
Hua Zhi smiled and winked at Gu Yanxi, then quickly followed.
Gu Yanxi stood there for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.
All the old and young in the Hua family gathered together, filling the main room. It was too small, so some of the younger generations had to stand outside the door.
"Eldest sister is here!" Hua Baili exclaimed and excitedly walked towards the door to greet her.
Everyone immediately looked over and Hua Zhi smiled at them all. Compared to her tired appearance yesterday, Hua Zhi, who had had a good rest, looked particularly radiant today.
"Zhi'er is here? Come in quickly."
Entering the house from the corridor that everyone had made way for, Hua Zhi took a quick look and had to admit that the Hua family was indeed very prosperous.
"Zhi'er has met grandfather, father, and all the uncles and elders."
Hua Yizheng stroked his beard and nodded, "Sit down and talk."
Hua Zhi sat down on the only empty chair at the bottom. Facing the expectant eyes of the crowd, she felt even softer in her heart. Home is different. There are families like her in her previous life where everyone schemed against each other and wished each other dead, and there are also families like the one in front of her that still care about their family members even when they are in trouble.
Well, let's start with something good.
"Fourth uncle should have received sister Qin's letter. She got married a few days before I came out. I met her brother-in-law once. He is very good."
Hua Yichen, the fourth son of the Hua family, had a smile on his face and nodded repeatedly, saying, "I've read the letter. Qin'er also said that you took good care of everyone and spent a lot of money to prepare for her marriage, so that she had the dignity she deserved. Uncle also thanks you."
Hua Qin's letter was thick, and of course it contained more than that. She talked about the current situation at home, how her younger brothers went to the clan school every day, and how they were not discouraged by the decline of the Hua family, but were full of fighting spirit. She said that Hua Zhi had distributed the profits from a business to several families to make a living, and that they were no longer in the initial embarrassment. She said that Hua Zhi had gone south a while ago, also for a business, and had only rested at home for four or five days before going north again...
After talking a lot, it was obvious that Hua Qin admired this cousin very much, which also made Hua Yichen's love for the granddaughter of the eldest house no longer superficial. A person's character can be seen from whether he talks more and does less or talks less and does more, and Hua Zhi is the latter.