Worship tomorrow

Chapter 166 Soft rice

The innermost alley.

The house was already burning with raging fire, thick smoke was billowing inside, and the entire alley was almost covered in smoke.

The two rushed in regardless.

As soon as they entered the small courtyard, the entire burning house suddenly collapsed with a "boom".

The rising flames and smoke looked like devils, grinning and devouring everything here.

cried the nightingale, rushing toward the fire and smoke.

Just as Luo Qingfeng was about to rush in, he suddenly grabbed her again, and a green light suddenly lit up in his pupils.

Nightingale cried and struggled: "Let me go! Let me go quickly! I want to find Ah Ya and grandma!"

Luo Qingfeng immediately said: "Sister Nightingale, there is no one in the room."

As soon as these words came out, Nightingale's crying suddenly stopped, she looked at him and said, "Really...really?"

Luo Qingfeng looked at the house that was swallowed up by the fire and smoke again, nodded and said: "There is indeed no one in the house, I can be sure."

At this time, the two of them were shrouded in smoke.

There was scalding temperature and thick smoke all around, but at this time Luo Qingfeng's eyes could clearly see through the smoke and flames and look farther away.

"Let's go out first, Aya and grandma are not here."

After Luo Qingfeng was sure again, he immediately pulled her away.

The two walked through the smoke-filled alley and arrived at the entrance. At this time, a familiar voice suddenly sounded: "Sir, whose house is on fire?"

Luo Qingfeng looked up and saw Dong Miaomiao, who was wearing a red dress and holding a bunch of candied haws in her hand, looking at him curiously.

Next to this little girl, there was another little girl holding a candied haws of sugarcane with a natural look on her face.

Grandma followed behind with vegetables in her hands.

Seeing the three of them, Nightingale immediately started crying again, and immediately ran over and hugged the stunned Ah Ya tightly in her arms.

At this time, the female shopkeeper next to her also said with an embarrassed face: "Nightingale, I'm so sorry, I thought Ah Ya and your grandma didn't come out, so I was shocked."

Grandma's face suddenly changed. She looked at the thick smoke in the alley and said with a trembling voice, "Is our house... on fire?"

The female shopkeeper nodded sympathetically.

She knew the situation at home. There were only three women in the family. They finally had a house here, but it was burned down by fire today. It was freezing cold and it was going to snow again. , their family of three lost their house, where should they go?

Grandma looked ugly and sighed: "What can I do? What can I do..."

Nightingale wiped away her tears, her heart full of happiness after despair, and comforted her softly: "Grandma, it's okay, the house is gone, we can just rent it again. As long as you and Ah Ya are fine, it will be the same wherever we live. "

At this time, people from the Yamen also arrived.

The patrol dispersed the crowd, and the people from the Yamen found Nightingale and asked about the situation.

The nightingale knows nothing.

Ah Ya and grandma had also gone out shopping a long time ago, and they couldn't explain why the house caught fire.

The people in the yamen couldn't figure out the reason and saw that there were no casualties, so they had to wait at the entrance of the alley for the flames to extinguish.

The entire house quickly burned down and the flames gradually extinguished.

Those flames that jumped elsewhere were doused by neighbors with water.

When the smoke almost dissipated, the people from the Yamen immediately entered the alley and began to explore everywhere, but no useful information was found.

It was already midnight.

The people from the yamen were in a hurry to close the case, so they had to say: "It should have been caused by the stove in the house. There was no one at home. Maybe the wind blew the curtains, clothes, etc. onto the stove, and then caused the fire..."

Grandma was about to argue, but Nightingale shook her head at her.

The people from the Yamen glanced at them and said: "There are no casualties, which is the best result. If there are other clues, or you think someone is suspicious, you can go to the Yamen to find us again."

After leaving these words, several people from the Yamen yawned and left.

After making sure that all the flames were extinguished, the patrol team also left.

Nightingale stood in front of the burned house, looking at the scorched black ground. After being silent for a long time, she said, "It's okay. We'll look for a house tomorrow."

Ah Ya stood there blankly, never taking another bite of the candied haws in his hand.

Grandma sighed a few times and didn't dare to say anything else.

The cold wind at night blew a biting chill straight into the hearts of several people.

Dong Miaomiao on the side suddenly said: "Sir, would you like my wife and the others to stay at my house first? There are many empty courtyards in my house, and they can live in them wherever they like."

Luo Qingfeng said nothing and looked at the girl in front of him.

He knew her character.

Nightingale turned around with a smile on her face: "No need. Miaomiao, it's getting late. Go back quickly. We'll just find an inn to stay in later."

Dong Miaomiao said: "Our family is very big, and the inn is not as comfortable as ours. Master, don't worry, no one dares to speak against you."

Nightingale still shook her head: "Thank you for your kindness. We can just stay in the inn for one night and look for a house tomorrow."

Dong Miaomiao wanted to persuade her, but Luo Qingfeng patted her on the shoulder and said, "Go back quickly, your father and mother will be worried again."

Dong Miaomiao was worried and refused to leave.

Luo Qingfeng directly grabbed her wrist and sent her out of the alley, waving her hand and saying: "Go back quickly. When we get a new house, we will call you over for dinner."

Dong Miaomiao looked at him and said, "Sir, did some bad guy burn down your house?"

Luo Qingfeng was silent for a moment and said: "It has nothing to do with you, go home quickly."

Dong Miaomiao pouted and said unhappily: "Sir, we are brothers and sisters, teachers and students, and good friends. How come we have nothing to do with me? Sir, if there is anything you need help with, please tell me Me. And I’m very tight-lipped and won’t tell anyone.”

Then he whispered in a low voice: "Even if I help Mr. kill someone, that's okay."

Luo Qingfeng raised his hand, rubbed her little head and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Sir is a teacher, how can he kill someone? Go back quickly, sir, I appreciate your kindness and I will prepare something delicious next time."

Dong Miaomiao immediately asked: "What's delicious? Did Xiaotao and Xiaomei eat it secretly that night?"

Luo Qingfeng raised his palm to hit her.

Dong Miaomiao giggled and ran away, waving her hand and saying: "Sir, I'll go back first. No matter what difficulties you encounter, if you need your beautiful and lovely little senior sister, you can come to her at any time."

After saying that, he smiled, put his hands behind his back, and left in a bound.

The lively and playful petite figure soon melted into the dark night in the distance.

Luo Qingfeng stood there for a while, then turned around and looked at the ruins in the alley. The soft light in his eyes gradually turned as cold as a knife.

The four of them found an inn nearby and stayed in it.

Two people per room.

Ah Ya and her grandmother shared a room, and Luo Qingfeng and Nightingale shared a room.

Even though what happened, none of the four felt sleepy, but they were at least warm in the house.

The cold wind is biting outside at night, and the elderly will definitely not be able to bear it.

In the room, a heater was burning and an oil lamp was lit.

Luo Qingfeng closed the door, looked at the girl standing in front of the window, paused, walked over, hugged her gently from behind, and comforted her softly: "It's okay, go to bed, let's go find a house tomorrow ." Nightingale looked at the dark night outside the window, her hair on her temples fluttering gently, and whispered: "I hurt them..."

Luo Qingfeng hugged her tightly and said softly: "What are you talking about? What does it have to do with you? It's not your fault that you have such blood and talent. Sister Nightingale, you can't think like this. Don't think it's the bad guy's fault. Treat it as your own fault, you have nothing wrong with it.”

There were tears in Nightingale's eyes, and her body was trembling slightly: "I'm so scared... I'm afraid of Ah Ya and grandma..."

Luo Qingfeng comforted them softly: "It's okay, they will be fine, and I will protect them."

The girl turned around, fell into his arms and cried softly.

Luo Qingfeng gently stroked her hair and looked at the dark night outside the window, with two piercing cold lights flashing in his pupils.

The next day.

The four of them left the inn and prepared to find a house.

Unexpectedly, Dong Miaomiao suddenly came over with Sun Er, the fourth housekeeper, and said happily: "Sir, Mrs. Sun, housekeeper Sun said that our Ningguo Mansion also has a rental property, which happens to be in an alley next to Ningguo Mansion. There is a small courtyard for rent.”

Sun Er quickly lowered his head and said respectfully: "Master Luo, that small courtyard has been put aside for a long time. It is located in Lihua Lane, less than a mile away from Ningguo Mansion. Although the house is not too big, it has a front yard and a backyard, and the rooms inside are also small. It’s enough for five or six people.”

This fourth housekeeper is the uncle of Uncle A-Bian.

When Luo Qingfeng entered Ningguo Mansion for the first time, he was led by the fourth housekeeper to meet the chief housekeeper.

Luo Qingfeng quickly greeted him respectfully.

Sun Er said with a smile on his face: "You're welcome, Mr. Luo. Mr. Luo is a distinguished guest in my house. Both the master and his wife are full of praise. When A-Bian brought you into the house, you were rewarded by the butler. "

Luo Qingfeng was polite to him and asked, "Steward Sun, how much is the rent for the small courtyard you mentioned?"

Sun Er glanced at his young lady and said with a smile on his face: "One tael of silver a month."

Luo Qingfeng said no more.

When Nightingale was about to refuse, Dong Miaomiao immediately said: "Fourth Steward, are you wrong? How did I hear that there are five taels of silver a month? How could it be only one tael?"

Sun Er quickly lowered his voice and said: "Miss Third, you don't know something. There... people died there, and they couldn't rent it out, so it's so cheap."

"What? Someone died!"

When Dong Miaomiao heard this, she became furious and raised her palms to hit him. She said angrily: "How dare you recommend to my husband a house where people have died!"

Sun Er quickly shrank his head and said, "Miss Third, calm down, there are other houses, but the price is a little more expensive."

Dong Miaomiao snorted coldly: "How expensive can it be? Sir, it's not someone else, give me a discount! Humph, if my father and mother find out that you dare to accept money from sir, I'll give you a discount on my legs!"

Sun Er quickly said: "If there is a discount, it must be a discount. If Mr. Luo wants to stay, it must be the lowest discount."

The two of them were talking to each other, and their performance was extremely exaggerated.

Luo Qingfeng couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Butler Sun, did the first house you mentioned really have people die?"

Sun Er whispered: "Return to Mr. Luo, people really died there. When a distant cousin of the master came to seek refuge, he lived there, but for some reason, the man hanged himself in the house, so that place The house has always been empty and I didn’t dare to rent it out.”

Then he said with an embarrassed face: "To be honest, no one has lived in that house for a long time. Last time I took a look, it should be overgrown with grass and dust. I am actually embarrassed to recommend it to Mr. Luo. ,only……"

He glanced at his young lady again and did not dare to continue talking.

Of course Luo Qingfeng understood.

This should be what his beautiful and lovely female student meant.

The other party knows that they are unwilling to be given charity. If the house is too cheap, they will definitely not rent it; and if the house is too expensive, they may not be willing to rent it.

Real estate in Ningguo Mansion should not be cheap.

There happened to be such a house where people had died, so it was cheap. Both he and Nightingale were cultivators, so they were naturally not afraid of this, so he tried to recommend it to them.

"Go and see?"

Luo Qingfeng looked at the girl beside him.

Nightingale naturally knew that this was the kindness of the third lady of the Dong family, so she hesitated for a moment, thinking that she might not be able to find a house while aimlessly looking for it. The weather was cold, so she and Ah Ya didn't care, because they were afraid that grandma wouldn't be able to bear it.

Thinking of this, she nodded: "Then let's go and take a look."

Dong Miaomiao immediately beamed and said quickly: "Four Housekeepers, lead the way!"

"okay!"

Sun Er immediately agreed and led the way.

A group of people followed behind, each thinking about their own things.

Only Dong Miaomiao was smiling and chattering non-stop.

Not long after, several people arrived at Lihua Lane.

The alley is very large, with houses on both sides. Judging from the gates and courtyard walls, they are the residences of wealthy families.

Those who can live here are naturally either rich or noble.

Nightingale frowned slightly when she saw these houses.

Sun Er smiled and pointed to the left direction and said: "Going straight from here is Ningguo Mansion. If Mr. Luo lives here in the future, he can go there to take classes at any time without having to travel so far."

After hearing this, Nightingale glanced at someone and said in agreement: "Yeah, it's really convenient. You can go there at any time, day or night. Sometimes if you can't sleep at night, you can go there directly, right? ? Mr. Luo?"

The corner of Luo Qingfeng's mouth twitched and he did not dare to say a word.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Dong Miaomiao would not open any pot, and said with a smile: "Sir, you can ask Xiaotao and Amei to come over to serve the teacher's wife in the future."

Luo Qingfeng quickly quickened his pace, pointed to a house in the alley and said, "Is it this one?"

Sun Er smiled and said: "It's not there yet, it's at the very back."

Luo Qingfeng immediately walked with him and asked about the house.

Nightingale followed behind and snorted.

at the same time.

In the North Courtyard of the Demon-Suppressing Academy, in the Library Pavilion.

Granny Ning went upstairs and was reporting in a low voice what happened in Hongye Alley last night.

After hearing this, Bai Ruofei was quiet for a moment and asked, "Where is he?"

Grandma Ning said: "I should have gone to the inn last night. I guess I went looking for a house with Nightingale and her family early in the morning. Miss, should we..."

Bai Ruofei was silent for a moment and said, "Is Uncle Wei here?"

Granny Ning whispered: "We arrived last night. We spent the night in the house. We should come to the courtyard today."

Bai Ruofei nodded, was silent for a while, and said, "Go and see him later."

Grandma Ning laughed: "The young lady said she wouldn't help the boy and let him solve it on his own, but she still couldn't help it... Ahem, I talk too much..."

Bai Ruofei said calmly: "I'm just helping him delay some time. If he wants to completely solve this matter, he still has to rely on himself."

Granny Ning nodded and said: "It is true that he has to rely on himself. A manly man, if someone bullies his own woman, he naturally has to rely on himself to solve the problem. Relying on other women's help is not his ability."

Then he muttered in a low voice: "But that kid seems to like eating soft food..."

Bai Ruofei lowered her head to read and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)