Chapter 320 Narrow Road
The process of viewing the shop went smoothly. When negotiating the price, the other party was also very sincere. However, when Xia Daohua looked at the owner of the shop, she felt inexplicably familiar with him.
After completing the handover formalities and riding her little black donkey leisurely on the street, Xia Daohua suddenly remembered that the owner of this shop looked 70% similar to Mr. Feng.
If that man's surname was not Feng, she wouldn't have waited so long before remembering Mr. Feng.
The people are similar, but their surnames are different. This person is probably not related to Mr. Feng.
Xia Daohua thought so, but she didn't know that the owner of this shop was just the cousin of Mr. Feng's aunt. Mr. Feng's family had also experienced more than half a year of displacement and had only recently arrived in Jixiang County.
Mr. Feng and his family encountered several groups of bandits on the way. Many servants and hired bodyguards were killed, and the family was separated twice.
Fortunately, Mr. Feng had anticipated that he might encounter some accidents on the way, and agreed with his family on the place, time and secret signal for them to meet if they were separated.
They walked all the way to Ping'an County before they were able to reunite the scattered family members.
However, this large family was separated and then reunited, so population loss was inevitable.
Mr. Feng lost two concubines, three maids, and a bastard son born to one of his concubines along the way, and his eldest son-in-law also disappeared.
After the younger daughter was separated from Mr. Feng, she encountered robbers.
In a moment of panic and fear of being humiliated, he bumped into the thief's knife and was seriously injured and bleeding profusely.
Fortunately, the son-in-law was a reliable man. Seeing that his wife was injured, he desperately rescued her. He threw away all the gifts and belongings, carried his wife onto a horse, and stabbed the horse's butt. With great difficulty, the couple escaped with their lives.
In the second half of the journey, the injured horse gradually became exhausted, so the son-in-law carried his little daughter on his back. Fortunately, they were not far from the county town at that time.
After entering Qingliu County, the couple paid a high price to stay in an inn.
That night, Mr. Feng's little daughter developed a high fever. Mr. Feng's son-in-law took out the silver he had hidden on his body and asked for medical treatment and medicine for his daughter-in-law. He finally managed to save his daughter-in-law.
After the family was reunited, the younger daughter and son-in-law were so thin that they looked unrecognizable. Thrown into the crowd, they looked no different from ordinary refugees.
Even Mr. Feng, who was originally a wealthy man with a big belly, became as thin as a stick.
Mr. Feng's family knew that the Xia family had taken root in Jixiang County, but they did not intend to recognize the Xia family because they had complicated feelings towards the Xia family.
Firstly, the Xia family had the merit of tipping off their escape and providing them with warnings and reminders.
Secondly, compared to them, the Xia family was originally a poor family that had a few acres of land but still needed to rent out the land for farming. However, not long after arriving in Jixiang County, they became wealthy.
However, the Feng family lost a lot of property on the way to escape, and after arriving in Jixiang County, they spent a lot of money to settle down.
These ups and downs inevitably caused some disappointment to Mr. Feng's family.
Thirdly, the robber who injured the little girl was also somewhat related to the Xia family. Although Xia Jinhua was dressed as a thief's wife, she was still a beauty after all. The son-in-law recognized her at the first sight.
At that time, he was only concerned with escaping with his wife and did not bother to pursue the matter. But when he thought about it later, he hated Xia Jinhua to the core.
After the Feng family arrived in Jixiang County, they found their cousin's family and settled down with the help of their cousin. After hesitating for a few days, they inquired about the current situation and actions of the Xia family in detail. In the end, they decided not to seek revenge on the Xia family, but they were also unwilling to contact the Xia family again.
Therefore, the Xia family did not know that Mr. Feng and his family had arrived in Jixiang County.
The Feng family had just arrived and were still in the adaptation stage, so they were very well-behaved and rarely went out. The Xia family, except for a few people who were doing business and working, were busy all day long and no one liked to go out.
The two have never met each other once.
In fact, Mr. Feng knew a little about his cousin's sale of the shop, but he didn't know that the buyer was Xia Daohua.
Otherwise, there is no guarantee that there will be interference.
The thought of the Feng family only flashed through Xia Daohua's mind, and then she let it go. After a short while, her thoughts returned to this shop.
She carefully observed the location, orientation, and layout of the shop and found no problems with its feng shui.
If there really is any Feng Shui problem, it is most likely that the carpenter has been offended, and some tricks were done when the foundation was laid or the beams were put up.
Xia Daohua plans to do the renovation first.
She has always wanted to open a teahouse. The location of this shop is quite good, so it would be a good idea to open a teahouse there.
However, she still doesn't have many people to use.
If there is no traitor in "Puji Rescue", she would like to use the people there.
But now that there is a traitor, a ruthless person who is willing to personally drug those dogs that everyone likes, it is becoming increasingly difficult to decide on the candidate.
Otherwise, if you choose someone with strong ability, but find out later that he or she is the one who betrayed you, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?
Xia Daohua rode the little black donkey, slowly and leisurely letting it go wherever it wanted.
I squinted my eyes, basked in the sun, and thought about things. I was so comfortable that I almost fell asleep.
As a result, he was distracted and bumped into a few playboys who were having fun riding horses on the street.
After Xia Daohua took the gold, silver, pearls and jade from them, County Magistrate Yang sent many people out to catch the thief, but they failed. The ones who were the most noisy could not stay in the inn anymore, so they took the money that Gu Shanrou lent them and went out to have fun.
First, they were really restless and wanted to have some fun;
Secondly, I also want to go fishing.
Just hoping to meet that little thief who stole from you without anyone noticing again!
County Magistrate Yang had already plowed all the ground in Jixiang County, but no thief had yet claimed responsibility for the crime. They became impatient and decided to catch the thief themselves.
At this moment, the most flamboyant and unrestrained ones were making trouble in the front. The sinister, cautious and suspicious ones were supporting them from behind. They had already caused trouble in several restaurants with great fanfare.
Xia Daohua didn't know what they had done, but she was naturally unhappy that she was woken up by a group of noisy guys when she was almost asleep. When she looked at these people in bright clothes and riding horses, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Since they have come out to cause trouble in such a blatant manner, it is obvious that they have too much silver. These guys cannot have too much silver on them. If they have too much silver, they will inevitably spend it and cause trouble to the people.
Xia Daohua smiled slightly.
After giving the little black donkey a gentle pat on the head, the little black donkey obediently leaned against the roadside, its little hooves clattering as it turned into an alley very swiftly.
The dandies whizzed past the road which was originally covered with swaying summer rice flowers, raising a trail of yellow-brown dust.
Good night, sweet dreams.
(End of this chapter)
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