Chapter 158 Mother and Daughter Meet

Pufu Temple is not as lively as it was during the New Year. There are fewer people in front of the gate, and fewer tables on the side street.

Jiang Ning saw Lan Xu at a glance among the stalls.

Lan Xu still looked the same, with simple but neat clothes and neatly combed hair. She always smiled friendly when someone came to buy osmanthus cake, and sat quietly when there was no business, with a hint of sadness between her eyebrows.

Jiang Ning looked at Lan Xu from a distance, and couldn't help but think of Luo Siyi who was far away in the capital.

They were both women, but Luo Siyi had a harmonious husband and wife, two children, and was spoiled for half her life. When she encountered problems, she would just throw herself into Nangong Ya's arms and cry.

And what about Lan Xu?

A conspiracy ruined her life. The innocent girl lost her chastity inexplicably. She gave birth to a daughter and wanted to depend on her for life, but God played a joke on her and forced her to send Nangong Ling back. She left her hometown and came to Qushui City to make a living by selling osmanthus cakes.

The cruel contrast inevitably made Jiang Ning's heart sink.

Jiang Ning stood there motionless for a long time, and then slowly walked forward after making enough mental preparations. Lan

Xu had just seen off a guest, lowered her eyes and put the copper plate she took over into the cloth bag containing money. When she raised her head, there was a girl standing in front of her.

"Miss Jiang! It's you!"

Lan Xu was a little surprised to see an acquaintance. She looked at her and asked, "Where is your Liu Juren? Why isn't he here?"

To Lan Xu, the gentle and polite Liu Ming'an left a deeper impression on her. At that time, Jiang Ning was setting up a stall beside him. Except for a gentle expression and a gentle smile when looking at Liu Ming'an, she was very cold and distant to the rest of the people and was not easy to approach. Lan Xu didn't say a few words to her. Most of the time, she chatted with Liu Ming'an.

Jiang Ning smiled lightly and answered seriously, "He is in the capital preparing to take the exam. I am here alone."

"Huh? You have such a good relationship, but you are willing to separate. It must be something important." Lan Xu said with a sigh.

Jiang Ning nodded: "It's very important, I have to come."

Lan Xu smiled, and just when she was about to say something, an old man holding a child walked to the stall, lowered his head and glanced at the light yellow cakes in the basket, and said: "Give me one."

Jiang Ning stood aside so as not to block her from doing business.

Lan Xu nimbly wrapped a piece of cake with oil paper, and handed it to the child in the old man's arms with a smile: "Here, Sanbao, take it."

The child took it and started to eat. The old man smiled at the child, took out ten copper plates from his arms and put them on the table, then carried the child away.

Lan Xu said "bye bye" as usual, put the money in her bag, and raised her eyes to chat with Jiang Ning, but found that she was staring at the basket of osmanthus cakes on the table.

"Miss Jiang? Are you hungry?"

Lan Xu asked with a smile, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, wrapped it in paper and put it in Jiang Ning's hand.

Jiang Ning looked at the cake in her hand and asked, "How many pieces can you sell in a day?"

Lan Xu just thought it was a casual chat and answered casually, "Well, now it's not as good as the New Year period. I make about fifty pieces a day. If I'm lucky, I can sell them all. If I'm unlucky, there are more than ten pieces left, which I share with people around me. Fortunately, after the Lantern Festival, the table in Pufu Temple has become fifty coins a piece."

Jiang Ning said "hmm", held the paper package and took a bite.

The osmanthus cake is soft and delicate, with the unique fragrance of osmanthus. It's not very sweet, but it's just right for Jiang Ning's taste.

Jiang Ning is calculating.

A full day of selling fifty cakes, one cake sold for ten coins, deducting the booth fee and costs, plus the coastal areas have a lot of rain, so business cannot be done when it rains. Five taels of silver a month is the limit.

However, the prices in Qushui City are high, and daily food and clothing expenses are still an expense even if you save money. How can Lanxu save money like this?

Not to mention that she also offered a longevity tablet and lit a longevity lamp for her, which cost one tael of silver every month.

Lan Xu waited for Jiang Ning to finish eating the cake before asking, "Miss Jiang, are you here to do business at Pufu Temple? Why don't you go and do your work first to avoid delaying us?"

Jiang Ning glanced at the osmanthus cake in the basket. It was still early and Lan Xu had only sold a few pieces. It would take until the afternoon to sell all the cakes. There were so many people here that it was obviously not a good place for them to meet.

"I don't have anything to do," Jiang Ning shook her head and continued, "I'll just stand here for a while. Will it affect your business?"

"No," Lan Xu smiled and shook her head, but she felt it was a bit strange.

Jiang Ning had just told her that he had something important to do, but now he said that he had nothing to do. His words were contradictory.

And for some reason, she always felt that Jiang Ning looked much softer than before, and she no longer had that aloof feeling that kept people at a distance.

Occasionally, Lan Xu looked at Jiang Ning and actually saw some well-behaved meaning in her.

Jiang Ning stood beside the table, watching Lan Xu busying herself, and rehearsed the scene of her confession in her mind.

Alas~

Jiang Ning thought about it over and over again, and sighed about it, but still felt that no matter how she started, it was not good enough. She

is really inexperienced. She should have asked Nangong Muyan before coming.

Lan Xu really thought that Jiang Ning would only stand here for a while, but until almost noon, Jiang Ning had not left.

Lan Xu felt even more weird.

But business is surprisingly good today. Maybe it was because Jiang Ning was standing next to them. She was pretty, so passers-by couldn't help but take a few glances at her, which attracted a lot of attention to this stall. Usually, half of the osmanthus cake would be left at this time, but today it was all sold out.

Another half hour passed, and Lan Xu sold the last piece of osmanthus cake. Looking back, she saw Jiang Ning still standing there motionless, with her eyes closed, wondering what she was thinking.

"Miss Jiang, I think it's all thanks to you that the osmanthus cake is selling so fast today!"

Lan Xu's words were somewhat light-hearted. After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Jiang Ning to react. She put the steamer and the oil paper bag on a small stool on the ground as usual, and then hung the cloth bag with money on her body, and raised her hand to carry the table of Pufu Temple back.

"I'll do it! Wait for me here, I have something to tell you."

Jiang Ning took over the job, and moved the table to the side gate of Pufu Temple and returned it to the monk there.

When they returned to the side street, Lan Xu was waiting there with a steamer in her arms and a small stool at her elbow.

"Miss Jiang, thank you." Lan Xu first thanked Jiang Ning for helping to move the table, and then asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

Jiang Ning reached out again and took the steamer from Lan Xu's arms, and then said, "It's not convenient to talk here, can we go to your house?"

Lan Xu was stunned. This was too abnormal. They were almost strangers. They had only met each other a few times.

How could they have any intersection? "I really have something very important to tell you. Can you take me home?"

Jiang Ning saw the wariness in Lan Xu's eyes, and her eyes unconsciously showed some eagerness.

Lan Xu met such a look, her heart softened, and she nodded.