After dinner, Song Yuehua and Xiaoyu prepared to take a walk on the streets outside.
Let’s discuss it further and see what gifts would be appropriate to bring to the Qiao family tomorrow.
As soon as the two of them went out, Pei Feng drove a carriage to the door and jumped out before the carriage stopped.
Pei Feng came to Song Yuehua and said, "Girl, I'm back."
Xiaoyu, "..."
"You haven't eaten yet?" Song Yuehua asked.
Pei Feng said, "I'm not hungry."
At this time, Granny Liu had gone home. Song Yuehua said to him, "Pull the carriage in first, and then come to the kitchen. I will make you some food."
"Miss, don't bother yourself." Pei Feng said.
Song Yuehua said, "I have nothing to do anyway, how about I cook you a bowl of noodles?"
"Um."
After entering the kitchen, Xiaoyu couldn't help, so she just said to Song Yuehua, "Sister, I'm going back to my room first."
"Go ahead."
Song Yuehua still wanted to keep her to help watch the fire, but now she thought it would be better not to let her come. If she got hurt, it would not be worth it.
Fortunately, after a while, Pei Feng came over, sat at the stove and added some firewood.
"Have you washed your hands?" Song Yuehua asked.
"I have washed it."
Song Yuehua nodded and said nothing more.
"Girl..." Pei Feng held his breath for a long time before asking, "Wei Da is back, I..."
Pei Feng has mentioned this matter several times.
Song Yuehua thought that it would be good for him to stay in the village, and said while kneading the dough in her hand, "Then you can go back with me."
Pei Feng did not agree, but stood up and went out.
When he came back, he took out a purse and said, "Miss, I have 20 taels of silver here. Can I learn martial arts from Master Duan after I go back?"
Song Yuehua was stunned for a moment. In fact, Pei Feng's skills were quite good.
At least he is stronger than the personal guards around Gongsun Yan.
Moreover, according to Xiaoyu, Pei Feng never stopped practicing martial arts even when he was in Qingzhou or Wenzhou.
"You don't need to pay me. Master Duan will definitely be happy if you go back and become his apprentice."
At this point, Song Yuehua also laughed, "I didn't expect you to be so good at martial arts."
"Yeah." Pei Feng lowered his head.
Song Yuehua sensed something was wrong and leaned over to ask, "What's going on? Is there anything else?"
"No," Pei Feng said, "it's just that Master Duan is very capable, and I want to follow his example."
It is not easy to follow Mr. Duan’s example, but it is a good thing for young people to have ambitions.
Song Yuehua said, "It will be a good thing to learn Master Duan's skills. When you go back, you can cancel your indenture and then move your household registration to the village or county. You have 20 taels of silver, which is enough to build a house."
Pei Feng hummed, "Thank you, young lady."
Only after Pei Feng finished eating the noodles did Song Yuehua return to the house to rest.
"Sister," Xiaoyu asked with a smile, "what did you talk about?"
Song Yuehua said, "Pei Feng wanted to learn martial arts from Master Duan, and took out the silver he had saved and said it was for tuition, but I confiscated it."
"That's it?" Xiaoyu asked.
"What else?"
"oh."
The next evening, Song Yuehua and Xiaoyu came to Qiao's house together.
The Qiao family's house is located in a remote narrow alley. The yard is not big, but it is exquisite and tidy.
"Miss Song!"
Now in Wenzhou, when Granny Zhang saw Song Yuehua again, she felt very close to her. As soon as they met, she held her hand and said, "I didn't expect to see you again. It's really fate."
Grandma Zhang is still as healthy as ever, and her voice is very loud.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "You look the same as before, not changed at all."
"Oh, I'm old, old."
There was also an old lady named Qiao at home. It took me several seconds to hear what she said clearly. It seemed that her hearing was not very good.
Ah Xing prepared a large table of dishes. Xiao Tao and Xiao Yu joked around during the meal, and the whole meal was a very enjoyable one.
Qiao Mei just kept her head down eating and didn't talk much.
However, after dinner, Qiao Dadong bowed to Song Yuehua and said, "I often heard Ah Xing mention her benefactor, but I didn't expect it was Miss. If Miss has any problems in the future, as long as Qiao can help, just let me know."
"You're too polite, Brother Qiao." Song Yuehua also bowed.
When I left, Grandma Zhang, A Xing and Xiao Tao saw me off together.
I don’t know if it’s because of her age, but as she spoke, Granny Zhang’s eyes became wet. “Miss Song, you left in a hurry that day, and I haven’t thanked you properly yet. If it weren’t for you…”
"Grandma," Song Yuehua interrupted, "Let's not talk about the past, let's just live a good life in the future."
"Yeah, okay."
After a few days, we finally arrived at the Hailin Banquet.
Xiaobao didn't return to the county town with Wei Da until that morning.
"Hasn't Qi Zi come back?" Xiaoyu asked.
Xiao Bao said, "Sister Xiaodie is feeling a little uncomfortable, I'll leave Sister Qi to take care of Sister Xiaodie."
After hearing this, Xiaoyu looked at Pei Feng and sighed, "Okay."
Song Yuehua was just about to speak to encourage Xiaobao when Xiang Chen, who was not far away, shouted over here.
Xiaobao quickly ran over and queued up with Xiang Chen to draw lots.
The first two rounds are called the preliminary test and the second test. Ten people are drawn into a group and a round-robin system is adopted. The winner in the end will take part in the second test.
The round-robin system means there are 9 games, each with a time limit, for a total of 3 days to decide the winner.
Xiang Chen and Xiaobao were drawn into different teams.
This is fine, after all, only one person can stay in a group.
The drawing of lots was held at Haishenglou. This was also the first time that Song Yuehua stepped into Haishenglou, which is known as the best restaurant in Wenzhou.
Looking up, I saw the words "Haishenglou" engraved on an ancient wooden plaque high up. It was not gorgeous with gold carvings, but it always made people feel extraordinary.
Looking down, there are two tall ancient wooden doors with carved patterns. Judging from the material, they should be made of the same wood as the plaque.
I haven't gone in yet, but just looking through the door, I can see that there are crowds of people inside, it's very bustling.
After Song Yuehua went in, she saw two double-curved staircases. The chess players lined up to go up from one side and down from the other.
The height of the beams is astonishing, the house has an ancient style and charm, and is bright and magnificent. I don’t know how the food here is, but the presentation is definitely enough.
Both floors are used as chess fields, with the individual competition venue on the first floor and the team competition venue on the second floor.
Most of the people in the crowd now are chess players, and some are just there to watch the fun, like Song Yuehua.
"I guess it's not cheap to have a meal here." Song Yuehua looked around.
The person next to him was probably just there to watch the fun, so he smiled and said, "It's not that expensive. A bowl of clear soup noodles is only five taels."
This unreasonable price suddenly seems reasonable in this unreasonable place.
Song Yuehua laughed dryly and said, "That's indeed quite cheap."
The person next to her should be a local. Knowing that Song Yuehua was from another place, he introduced Haishenglou to her.
All he said was how luxurious this place was, but he didn't mention a word about the dishes.
What surprised Song Yuehua was that this place was just one of the floors of Haisheng Building. The real luxury was still behind. The building behind was the real den of money.
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