peasant young lady

Chapter 222 The Big Man in the Small Town

"Do you know why he came here?" Yang Dalang couldn't believe that she even knew this.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Xia raised her eyebrows triumphantly, but yawned involuntarily.

Yang Dalang turned over quickly and got out of bed, blew out the oil lamp in the room, and let her rest quickly.

On the second day, both of them slept until the sun was up, because they were so sleepy.If Cheng Xia hadn't agreed to take Yang Dalang to meet the mysterious man, she would still have been in bed for a while.

It was already mid-noon, Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang packed up and went to the lobby on the first floor of the inn for dinner. They heard many people gathered to discuss what happened at Linjiang Inn last night.For a small town that is usually calm and calm, such an incident can still cause quite a stir. Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang looked at each other and left the inn after eating their own brunch.

Passing by Linjiang Inn, Cheng Xia looked up at the direction of the third floor. The closed windows on the third floor were opened, as if to prove to everyone that the person who occupied the first floor a few days ago has left.

Cheng Xia took Yang Dalang directly to the beach, and finally stopped in front of a house closest to the beach.

Yang Dalang looked at the house in front of him calmly, it was no different from the ordinary houses around him, he really couldn't see anything unique, did the person Wang Yue was looking for live here?

Standing in front of the door, Cheng Xia stroked her chin and thought for a while, thinking that she shouldn't just go in rashly, so she turned around and dragged Yang Dalang to the beach.Many fishing boats are about to sail away, or will return, and the returning fishing boats are full of all kinds of lively fish.Cheng Xia asked Yang Dalang to wait a while, and went up to ask the fisherman himself, then handed over some money, and brought back some big fish.

Cheng Xia shook the few fish in his hand, "Visiting the door will inevitably attract suspicion, and it will look much better if you hold something."

Cheng Xia went back to the door of the house and took a few deep breaths. Although she didn't know who was living inside, but just because Wang Yue traveled thousands of miles to visit this small island, she felt that this was not a small character. , so be cautious.

Cheng Xia knocked on the door, and there was a delicate reply from inside, Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang looked at each other, is it a woman?
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw an old woman in her [-]s open the door. Looking at the two strangers who appeared at the door, she couldn't help feeling suspicious, "Who are you?"

Cheng Xia smiled sweetly, "Grandma, we came from Fuzhou, and we heard that the sea here is very beautiful, so we plan to stay here for a few days." Cheng Xia shook the fish in his hand, "My husband is not used to the food in the inn, so I wanted to cook something for him alone, but the inn's kitchen was not allowed for us to use, so I thought about finding someone to borrow the kitchen."

The old woman laughed immediately, "Then what can you do to eat?" She was more concerned about this.

"Why don't you let me try, grandma?" Cheng Xia asked affectionately.

Although this old man is old and his face is covered with wrinkles, his skin is still delicate, especially his eyes, which are so profound that they can see through people's hearts.And her subtle actions revealed a sense of demure, elegant and reasonable, which made Cheng Xia couldn't help sighing, this old man is really not an ordinary person.

Seeing Cheng Xia's confident appearance, the old woman was also very comfortable seeing these two men and women, so she nodded and let them in.

This person, living to her age, can tell a thing or two even by his appearance. These two people are not ordinary people, but they are not bad people.

As soon as he entered the yard, Cheng Xia heard a vigorous old man's voice coming from the room, through the window into the yard, "Yongqing, who's here?"

Yongqing?Cheng Xia frowned. The name seemed familiar.

Before Cheng Xia could figure out why, she heard the old lady who closed the door behind her and walked over, saying, "It's two guests, please borrow our kitchen."

"Oh," the people inside went out to have a look when they heard this, and when they saw two young people, they immediately smiled, "It's been a long time since such handsome people came to our house."

The grandma called Yongqing walked up the steps and smiled and hit the grandpa, "It's not serious again." Then she waved her hand to let Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang in, then took Cheng Xia's hand and walked towards the kitchen, " It's just noon, and I'm going to cook too, so you can come with me."

Cheng Xia turned her head and looked at Yang Dalang anxiously, seeing him nodding to herself to express that there was no need to worry, she felt relieved and followed the old lady into the kitchen.

Seeing Yang Dalang staring at the direction Cheng Xia was leaving, the old man smiled with love in his eyes, "Young man, come and sit down."

Yang Dalang smiled politely, "Old man, you can just call me Dalang."

When Cheng Xia heard Yang Dalang's self-proclaim the moment he entered the kitchen door, he immediately wanted to vomit blood.She didn't think much of it before, Dalang Dalang himself would shout, but now hearing these two words from his own mouth, she instantly felt that this name really ruined his face.

Even if you choose a random name in the village, don't call him Dalang.Didn't he read a lot of books? Hasn't he read "Water Margin"?Don't you know that there is a man named Wu Dalang who was cuckolded?Hey, I can't complain.

Seeing Cheng Xia's rich facial expressions, the old grandma smiled instantly, "You couple have a very good relationship."

"Is there?" Cheng Xia covered her face, she was still a little shy when someone said that, even though it was true.

"Seeing you like this, I can still think of when I was young." The old grandma fiddled with the flowers on the counter, and couldn't help but think of what happened decades ago.

Only then did Cheng Xia notice that there were several vases in the kitchen, each of which was filled with flowers, purple lilacs and yellow Sophora osmanthus, even Baiping picked from water, and pinkish reddish heartbroken flower.The embellishment of flowers and plants brings vitality to the simple kitchen, adding elegance and indifference.

These two old people live a truly poetic life, which is Cheng Xia's ideal life.

"Grandma, I think you and grandpa are very close now, and you are so carefree, this kind of life is really enviable." Cheng Xia sincerely sighed.

The old grandma smiled, "I fought for this myself." Then she suddenly turned her head to look at Cheng Xia, "What do you want to cook, do you need my help?"

Cheng Xia suddenly thought that Yang Dalang would suffer from diarrhea after eating seafood, so he asked first, "Grandma, can you and grandpa eat eel?"

Grandma was taken aback, and immediately smiled heartily, "Girl, grandma, I worked so hard to live here just to eat these things from the sea. Why can't I eat them? I'm afraid that what you cook is not new."

Came here just to eat?That is really the highest level of foodie.But it’s good to be able to eat, Cheng Xia asked calmly while handling the eels, "Grandma, I heard your and grandpa's accents, it seems that you are not from the local area."

The Beijing accent is still unique. Cheng Xia has listened to the old Beijing dialect for many years in modern times. As soon as he heard the voices of his grandparents, he knew that although they deliberately concealed their tones, the Beijing flavor still could not be concealed.

The old lady was taken aback, and her eyes narrowed immediately, "Can you hear it?"

Cheng Xia knew that she was being suspected, so she said innocently, "Grandma's voice is very different from that of a fisherman."

"That's it," the old lady relaxed a little, "I thought that I've been living here for 25 years, and I've integrated with this place long ago. I never thought, it's still different."

Cheng Xia cut the eel into three pieces with the head and tail removed, and then asked, "Where is grandma's hometown?"

Hearing Cheng Xia's words, the old woman immediately raised her head and looked out the window, as if she wanted to miss her hometown through the long sky, "I am a person in the capital city. I was tired of some things back then, but I really liked The sea came to this place for 25 years and never left.”

Cheng Xia cut several eels into sections, put them in a basin and marinated them with soy sauce, salt, vinegar and sliced ​​ginger, then smiled and turned to look at the old grandma, "Grandma, I am looking at the furnishings and layout of your house , I think you are not an ordinary person."

Grandma suddenly smiled, "Girl, look, grandma, you didn't come here to cook, did you hear something or see something, so you came directly to our house."

The old lady said this bluntly, and Cheng Xia felt rather embarrassed, "To be honest, we heard a news in the inn today, saying that Wang Yue, a once well-known big shot, appeared in Pingtan Town, and last night He was attacked again, and it is said that the guards around him died or were injured, and the scene was very tragic. Some people said that Wang Yue came all the way to Pingtan just to visit his grandparents." Cheng Xia couldn't help scratching Scratching his head, he smiled shyly, "I'm a very curious person, and I think that grandparents must not be ordinary people to be visited by such a big person. Looking at it now, if this is the case, the identities of grandparents are probably more The dreaded Wang Yue is much more powerful."

The guard is dead?

The old lady took a deep look at Cheng Xia, and with her weather-beaten eyes, she seemed to be able to see into people's hearts just by looking at it. Cheng Xia was not afraid, and greeted her with a smile. What she said was originally her. For the purpose, she did not lie.

The old grandma was just about to say something when she heard a knock on the door from the yard, her eyes suddenly turned cold, Cheng Xia could clearly see from the side, she couldn't help shivering, for some reason, the moment grandma's eyes turned cold, Cheng Xia She even saw the cold face of the fourth prince Zhu Youzhao from her.

"Yongqing, Yongqing," the grandfather outside the kitchen shouted quickly, and the grandmother waved Cheng Xia not to go out, and left the kitchen by herself.

The sound of the courtyard door being slapped became louder and louder. The old lady went outside and signaled to Yang Dalang to come to the kitchen with him to keep silent, and then opened the door.

Through the kitchen window, Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang saw a person walking in through the opened door. Cheng Xia didn't know him, but he felt the sudden tense body of Yang Dalang beside him and the cold light in his eyes. She was so blessed that she suddenly knew who it was.

It's Wang Yue.

(End of this chapter)