Now it was Zhang Li's turn to be stunned. Before she could react, Xu Ruantang stood up and left.
She knew that Zhang Li wouldn't listen to anything she said.
There are many people who seem to complain about life but actually enjoy it. What others say or do doesn't affect their thoughts. No matter how much they talk, it's all just talk.
If you want to take her away from her current life, that would be worse than killing her.
Xu Ruantang returned home, took a shower, went upstairs, looked at the bed, and after thinking for a moment, took out the bedding and made a makeshift bed on the floor.
Will she still sleepwalk when Chen Ji isn't around?
Xu Ruantang harbored doubts, but the answer would soon be revealed.
Lying on the floor, she was unusually wide awake and got up to go to the study next door.
The bookshelves were neatly arranged in rows. Chen Ji had a wide range of interests, from military books to Chinese and foreign classics.
Back in Dahe Village, he would often be reading a book, but she didn't think much of it at the time.
Those deep black eyes and that resolute, handsome, cold face reappeared before her eyes. Xu Ruantang shook her head, realizing that she couldn't concentrate on reading at all.
She sighed, got up to leave the study, and her gaze fell on a bottle of wine in the corner of the bookshelf.
It was opened; she secretly drank some, and Chen Ji probably wouldn't have noticed, right?
Xu Ruantang walked over and picked it up, silently memorizing the shape of the bottle. She figured she could just pay him for another one.
Holding the wine bottle, Xu Ruantang returned to her bedroom. After downing a glass of baijiu, she felt like she saw her great-grandmother.
Not long after, he tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep.
When Xu Ruantang woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky. She stretched comfortably and got up to find herself still on the ground.
Therefore, she does not sleepwalk.
Chen Ji is lying.
With her answer in mind, Xu Ruantang went downstairs to wash up, then went into the kitchen to prepare the items she would be selling that day.
When she finally arrived at the flour mill by bus, the timing was awkward; it wasn't yet the end of the workday, and there were hardly any people at the gate, so she had no choice but to wait.
The flour mill was next to the Xifo Temple Market. Xu Ruantang planned to take a stroll around the market and come out again after work.
Before she could even stand up, someone walked over.
Xu Ruantang looked up and saw that the man in front of her was the same man who had asked her to sample the food that day.
"What do you want?" Xu Ruantang asked warily.
The man didn't say much. He looked at the box on the ground with a stern face, opened the large cloth bag in his hand, and said, "I'll take all the pastries you have."
Xu Ruantang was startled, but decided to tell the truth: "Sixty honey buns and sixty mung bean cakes. If you want them all, it will cost forty yuan in total."
The man quickly took out money from his pocket, counted out four ten-yuan bills, handed them to Xu Ruantang, and left with a large bag of pastries.
This person is so strange.
The first time she only wanted to try the food, but the second time she took it all home, and she even changed locations. How did he find her?
Xu Ruantang only considered it for a moment before deciding to secretly follow the man to find out what was going on.
Fortunately, the man was walking, not riding a bicycle or taking the bus, and Xu Ruantang followed at a distance behind him.
Soon, the man turned a corner and entered a grocery store not far from the Xifo Temple Market.
At that time, most of the non-staple foods were sold in state-run stores, and there were very few privately owned shops like this. The shops were small, and there was only a handwritten sign at the door.
The man quickly came out again and stuck a piece of paper on the sign.
Xu Ruantang looked at it from afar, and it read: "Freshly made honey bread rolls and mung bean cakes, two for one yuan!"
Xu Ruantang: "......"
So they come to her to buy goods and then resell them at high prices?
This is hard to judge. A shop actually buys things from a small vendor like her. Moreover, honey bread is easy to make. Logically, if she can open a shop, she shouldn't not know how to make it.
Anyone with a little experience can make the same thing by eating a few more and doing some research.
Xu Ruantang left quickly. As long as it wasn't something illegal, she didn't care what others did with her pastries.
She was happy to be able to relax.
I had only taken a few steps when a rumbling sound came from the sky, followed by large raindrops that pelted down on my face.
Xu Ruantang chose to take shelter from the rain at the nearest Xifo Temple Market.
The rain was heavy and torrential, and it wasn't going to stop anytime soon. Xu Ruantang thought of the wine she had drunk yesterday and decided to buy a new bottle to return to Chen Ji.
"Boss, do you have Harvest Brand Lotus White Wine?"
Before leaving, Xu Ruantang went upstairs to check the name of the wine.
"Of course we have it! This is our best-selling product here, five yuan a bottle! Young lady, this is medicinal wine, don't drink too much when you get home!"
Xu Ruantang paid the money, stood at the store entrance holding the wine, and looked at the seemingly torn sky, sighing, "Medicinal wine, did I drink someone else's body wash?"
She was about to cry.
When the May rains fell, they brought a gust of wind, and it was still a bit chilly.
Xu Ruantang rubbed her arms, hoping the rain would stop soon; she didn't want to spend money on an umbrella.
The compound.
Chen Ji used the key to open the courtyard gate and stepped into the house.
He rushed back day and night, and as soon as he got home, a torrential downpour began.
Putting down his backpack, Chen Ji parted his thin lips slightly and called out to the closed door, "Xu Ruantang?"
He walked around the house and even went upstairs to check, but found no one home.
It's still raining outside, where can they go?
A strange feeling suddenly welled up in Chen Ji's heart.
I've lived here for three years, and every time I came back, it was deserted. I never thought anything of it.
The courtyard was still the same courtyard, and even the furnishings in the rooms were exactly the same as before. But it seemed that something inside was taking root, sprouting, and growing into a towering tree at a rapid pace.
Chen Ji's eyes flickered slightly, and he turned and walked quickly outside.
He knocked on Aunt Liu's door, and someone came out quickly.
Seeing Chen Ji, Aunt Liu's eyes lit up. "Commander Chen, you're back? Come in and sit down."
Chen Ji's eyes were deep as he spoke softly, "Auntie, I won't go in. Do you know where my wife is? Nobody's home."
Aunt Liu immediately laughed, "What's wrong? Didn't see anyone when you got back? Were you worried?"
"Yes, it's raining," Chen Ji replied, seemingly unrelated to the question.
Aunt Liu could tell from his expression that he was anxious. She had never seen him so proactive before; he had just gotten home and came straight to his wife, without mentioning his children or godmother.
Three grown men, their eyes are only on their wives.
“Your grandma, brother, and sister-in-law came over yesterday and took Xiaobao and his godmother away.” Aunt Liu noticed Chen Ji’s expression and, sure enough, saw a hint of panic on his usually expressionless face.
"What about my wife?" Chen Ji's face was tense, and a look of panic flashed in his eyes.
"She must have gone to the Xifosi Market to sell groceries. Look at this rain, she's probably soaked. Go and bring her back!"
Aunt Liu chuckled softly.
These days, not only is the weather strange, but even the iceberg next door is starting to melt.
Strange things happen every year, but this year there seem to be more than usual!
Watching Chen Ji's departing figure, Aunt Liu shook her head with a smile, but when she turned her head and thought of her own bachelor son, her smile vanished.
Chen Ji grabbed an umbrella and headed straight for the Xifosi Market without even changing his clothes.
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