Chapter 58 Reopening
Chapter 59 Reopening
Fang Qing wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and sat on the bed blankly, recalling everything in her dream. She didn't know how to explain the scenes she saw in her dream. If it was a dream, why did it feel like she had experienced it herself? But if it wasn't a dream, these were things she didn't remember. Could they be memories she had forgotten after her rebirth?
Unable to fall asleep any more, Fang Qing simply got out of bed, poured a glass of water, and stood in front of the window to look out. The moonlight outside the window shone through the gaps in the curtains and sprinkled on the floor, making Fang Qing feel a little dazed. In the dream just now, there seemed to be a full moon like this. Everything was too real, which made Fang Qing suspicious. Judging from the situation in the dream, the strange man seemed to be related to the destruction of his family in the previous life.
Thinking of the old man he met in the temple on the mountain today, Fang Fang felt that the old man seemed to have seen something.
So as soon as it was light, Fang Qing asked her elder brother to accompany her to Tongyang Temple again. She wanted to find the man who came to ask clearly and solve the doubts in her heart at the same time.
But to Fang Qing's disappointment, the old man was nowhere to be found this time, and even the monk who was sweeping the yard in front of the door was nowhere to be found.
This time, Fang Qing knelt devoutly before the Buddha and prayed sincerely, hoping that he could solve these mysteries as soon as possible and protect his family's safety and health.
During the holiday, the family of four continued to travel in Taishan County for three days. Finally, Fang's father felt that it was almost time to go out. There was an important meeting in the county next week and he had to go back to attend. The family reluctantly took the bus back to Jingtan County.
Autumn came in a flash, and it was time for Fang Qing to go back to school. Fang Qing's study load became heavier in her second year of high school, so in order not to delay her studies, she applied to live on campus again, and all the third-year students were transferred to another campus for closed-door training, so she had fewer opportunities to meet with Wen Ning and his sister.
After returning from Taishan County, Fang Qing asked her brother to deliver the amulet and the jade pendant to the Wen brothers and sisters. From then on, except for meeting and greeting each other at school, she did not participate in any entertainment activities. She only ate in class and slept, returning to the solitary life she had when she first entered high school.
That day, Fang Qing received a letter from Tang Xiaoyu.
Soon after Tang Xiaoyu returned to the provincial capital, she took part in the provincial dance selection competition. With her intelligence and talent, she successfully won the first place. Then her father used his connections to send her to study with a dance professor in the capital, hoping that she could be admitted to the Capital Dance Academy the following year.
In the letter, Tang Xiaoyu complained bitterly. She had originally planned to visit Fang Qing during the summer vacation, but her father was afraid that she would run around in the countryside and get hurt, which would affect her exams in the fall, so he locked her up at home to practice every day. Fortunately, the letters between the two of them never stopped. Tang Xiaoyu said that the snacks Fang Qing sent her last time were delicious, and even her dance teacher praised her good craftsmanship, and hoped that Fang Qing would make some for her next time.
"What a greedy cat." Fang Qing finished reading the letter with a smile, carefully put it away, spread out a piece of paper and began to reply.
Compared with Tang Xiaoyu's detailed account, Fang Qing's reply was much more concise. She simply talked about the major events that happened around her, and also said that she went to Taishan for a trip, and thinking of the scenery on the mountain, she couldn't help but take out a piece of paper, sketched a picture of the sunrise and sea of clouds, and put it in the letter.
Finally, Fang Qing stuffed the amulet and the letter into the envelope. When applying glue, Fang Qing suddenly remembered the strange man in her dream. Although Fang Qing couldn't see the man's face clearly in the dream, what Fang Qing remembered deeply was the gorgeous watch on the man's wrist.
In this era, it was a luxury to have a Shanghai watch, but the young man was wearing a high-end watch inlaid with many diamonds. Anyone who could afford such a watch must be of extraordinary status.
But Fang Qing had no experience in this area, and no one around him could recognize such a high-end watch. Thinking of Tang Xiaoyu's prominent family background, the circle she came into contact with should be able to recognize the brand of the watch. Fang Qing thought that this might be a way to crack the secret.
So she recalled the bizarre dream, drew the watch on the man's wrist, and enclosed it in the envelope, hoping that Tang Xiaoyu could give her an answer.
Fang Qing came home from school on Friday. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his mother sitting on the sofa looking at a few big red books with a happy face. He didn't expect that the bungalows that he asked his father to buy before were really demolished. He heard that the demolition fee had increased a lot this time. This news made Fang Qing completely excited.
But somehow the news that the Fang family's house was to be demolished was known to Wang Huizheng, the eldest sister-in-law of the Fang family.
Wang Huizheng told his mother-in-law about this matter as soon as he got off work. "Mom! The second son is doing really well now. Not only did he renovate the house and open a restaurant, but he also caught up with the county's demolition. Why didn't he tell us when he knew this? I heard that the compensation for the demolition this time was 10,000 or 20,000 yuan!"
But Old Lady Fang was playing with her Buddhist beads and muttering to the Bodhisattva statue, and she didn't hear her eldest daughter-in-law's complaints at all. It was not until Wang Huizheng squatted down and shook her anxiously that Old Lady Fang slowly opened her eyes.
"They're demolishing their house, what can I do? Last time you said they were opening a restaurant, I just had to go over and ask them, they would definitely listen to me. But what happened? We fought and quarreled, and in the end I ended up losing face in front of the court, but I only got 15 yuan more than I started with. Why did I bother?"
Old Madam Fang pushed her daughter-in-law's hand away and slowly stood up. "Hui Zheng, I won't ask what you were thinking at the beginning and how the house was sold. Now that we have separated, we should live our own lives. If you are not satisfied, go by yourself and don't bother me anymore! I am looking forward to my old son getting married soon and giving me a big fat grandson. I will be satisfied then!"
Seeing the old lady lying on the rocking chair and closing her eyes again, Wang Huizheng gritted her teeth in hatred, secretly cursing the old woman for always waiting for ready-made things. Thinking of the second son's family who were about to eat and drink delicious food, her eyes were jealous and she turned around to think about how to deal with Fang Qing's family.
After the autumn harvest, the weather gradually turned cold. Fang's mother thought the restaurant could continue to operate, so she called her eldest brother and his family back. However, the restaurant had not been open for several months, and many customers had left. Besides, her uncle and aunt did not know how to cook complicated dishes. After much thought, Fang Qing finally came up with a new dish - clay pot noodles.
Fang Qing had tried clay pot noodles once in his previous life, and they were not available in the local area yet. Fang Qing consulted a lot of information, combined with the taste in his memory, and after many attempts and adjustments, he finally made an exclusive secret sauce. When cooking noodles, add a spoonful to the bottom of the pot, which instantly enhances the bottom flavor of the soup pot, making people unable to stop.
(End of this chapter)
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