Chapter 36 The Murderer (3)

On the day of the Lantern Festival, just after lunch, Yuxi found Han Jianye and urged her to go out early.

Han Jianye couldn't help laughing and said: "You are too anxious, it's only noon, and there are still several hours before night! It's not too late to go after dinner."

Yuxi pulled Han Jianye's sleeve and said, "Second brother, I'm free at home, I want to go to Shangyuan Street to see Mother Fang first, and send her something by the way."

Han Jianye looked at Yuxi and looked at her eagerly, as if if you don't agree, I will cry for you, there is nothing wrong with it: "It only takes more than an hour from Shangyuan Street to Huadengcheng River, it's too early to go now gone."

Yuxi naturally calculated the time: "After seeing Mother Fang, I want to go to the bookstore to buy two books."

Han Jianming didn't understand: "What book do you want to buy, tell me, and I will buy it for you."

Yuxi shook her head and said: "Second brother, you have to go up the mountain tomorrow, and you probably won't be able to come back until the Dragon Boat Festival next time. Second brother, I'm fine today, so I won't delay anything if I go out early. Second brother, just promise me!"

Han Jianye didn't give up on acting like a spoiled child and tears, and immediately lost the battle: "Okay, I'll go and tell my brother."

Han Jianming happened to be going to buy a few books, so he nodded and said, "Yes. Let Jianye take you to Shangyuan Street, and I will wait for you at the bookstore." It happened that he knew that there was a bookstore that would not be closed even during the Lantern Festival.

Mother Fang was taken aback when she saw Yuxi and Han Jianye, and hurriedly saluted the two of them before inviting everyone into the house.

Yuxi saw that the storefront was completely different from the first time she did it. A shed was built in front, and there were six small tables and chairs in the shop. These tables and chairs were all clean without a trace of dust.

Yuxi smiled and said: "Second brother, I'll go to the backyard to have a look." The two servant girls, Hongshan and Mo Ju, followed behind with two packages in their arms.

The small yard has also changed a lot, with sheds built on the left and right sides, piles of firewood on the left, and a stove on the right, with more than a dozen steamers on it.

Yuxi didn't go into the kitchen, but into Mother Fang's bedroom. Looking at the simple layout of the room, Yuxi's eyes were astringent: "Mom, it's hard for you." Dozens of taels of money every month are not so easy to earn.

Mother Fang smiled and said: "It's not hard, I have something to do every day, I feel energetic all over my body!" Here, I have to get up early every day to chop stuffed buns. It must be harder than being in the house. It's just that she is free to do things here, and she doesn't worry about implicating the girl if she does something wrong, and when she thinks that she is making money for the girl, she feels that doing these things is very meaningful.

Yuxi thought, when she sells the ointment prescription and buys the property, she won't let Fang's mother do such hard work again.

Mother Fang called Mrs. An in and said, "Girl, this is Mrs. An. She does the hard work of chopping firewood and carrying water in the shop, and she also sells the buns every morning." Things like steamed stuffed buns, selling steamed stuffed buns and greeting customers are all handled by Mrs. An. Mrs. An is tall and thick, and her physique can knock down two men without any problem. Of course, this was also the reason why Xiang Yang took a fancy to her in the first place.

Yuxi rewarded Mrs. An with a red envelope, and increased Mrs. An's monthly payment from six hundred Wen to one tael of silver.

Mrs. An knelt on the ground and said gratefully: "Thank you for your kindness, miss." With money, she can better inquire about her family.

Yuxi didn't stay in Baozipu for a long time, and left within two quarters of an hour.

A guard surnamed Huang who happened to come to this street saw a carriage parked in front of the bun shop. The vermilion lacquered carriage was only used by powerful families. He hurriedly asked the boss next to him: "What is the origin of this steamed stuffed bun shop, that there are noble people here?"

The boss said with a smile: "The proprietress of this steamed stuffed bun shop has a lot of background. I heard that she used to work in the Duke's mansion. No one on this street would dare to mess with her."

As he was talking, the yamen servant surnamed Huang saw a young man in brocade clothes coming out of it, followed by a female doll who looked like a New Year picture.

Yuxi followed Han Jianye to a bookstore on Shangyuan Street. As soon as he entered the bookstore, he saw Yun Qing and Jiang Hongfu coming out of it.

Yun Qing saw the white and tender Yu Xi at a glance, and wanted to step forward and squeeze her. Not only did he think so, he did so.

Seeing Yun Qing pinching her face, Yu Xi was dumbfounded. The murderer in the previous life actually pinched her face, what could be scarier than this!

Han Jianye reacted quickly, walked over and patted Yunqing's hand away, then pulled Yuxi to look left and right, and said, "You're pretty smart at home, why are you so stupid when you go out?" Not stupid, being pinched The face just remained motionless.

Yuxi came to her senses, shivered, and quickly hugged Han Jianye. Can you not be afraid? It is said that it cost tens of thousands of dollars to die in Yunqing's hands, but a pair of blood-stained hands actually squeezed her face, thinking of this, Yuxi shivered again.

Seeing that Yunqing touched his face, he said to Jiang Hongfu, "Cousin, am I so scary?"

Jiang Hongfu said helplessly: "Aren't you scary like this?"

Yun Qing felt that Yu Xi's courage was really too timid, and she was frightened like this when she pinched her face, she was hopeless. But in the end it was him who scared people, and he still needs to apologize. Yun Qing took off the Liuyun Baifu jade pendant around his waist, handed it to Han Jianming, and said, "This time it was my fault, and I won't do it next time. This is my apology to my cousin." He thought Yu Xi was very cute, I wanted to pinch it, but I didn't expect it to scare people.

Han Jianye didn't take the jade pendant, and said very dissatisfied: "Don't make such a joke next time." No matter how careless he is, he also knows that the girl's face can't be pinched casually. His reputation was ruined by Yunqing.

Jiang Hongfu looked at Han Jianye's expression, and immediately explained: "Brother Ming, don't misunderstand, my cousin has always regretted that my aunt didn't give her a younger sister! So when I saw the white and fat cousin Xi, I was a bit overstepped."

Jiang Hongfu's words made Yu Xi embarrassed. Unexpectedly, the murderous maniac liked the chubby little girl very much, which made her feel disillusioned.

Han Jianye said: "I hope there will be no next time."

Yun Qing said embarrassingly, "It won't happen again in the future."

After apologizing, the two brothers left. After the people left, Han Jianye patted Yu Xi's head, and scolded with a smile: "Why is it so useless? You got scared like this when you pinched your face?"

Yuxi muttered: "He's just scary!" She didn't faint from fright, she was already very powerful, okay?

The two were talking, and Han Jianming came out from inside.

Han Jianming knew about the episode he discovered just now, and said with a smile: "The Yun family is full of elders and has no girls, so girls are rare in their family." Han Jianming knew about Yunqing's problem. But Han Jianming knew that Yunqing was a measured person, so he wasn't angry.

Yuxi asked strangely: "Isn't Jiang Hongfu's biological mother a girl from the Yun family?" These words are contradictory!

Han Jianming smiled and shook his head, "Jiang Hongfu's biological mother is not General Yun's biological daughter, but an adopted daughter, but Old General Yun treats her like his own daughter."

Yuxi didn't expect that there was such a thing.

Han Jianye was not very interested in these things, and said, "Fourth sister, don't you want to buy books? There are many kinds of books here, you can choose by yourself."

Yuxi went to choose the book according to her words. After searching for a long time, she couldn't find the medical book she wanted. There are no medical books in such a big bookstore.

Seeing Yu Xi's disappointed face, Han Jianming asked with a smile, "What other books do you want?" From this appearance, it was obvious that he hadn't picked a suitable medical book.

Yuxi shook her head and said, "It's nothing." She could tell her second brother about some things, but she couldn't tell her elder brother. Don't look at the second brother who is careless on weekdays, but he is very loyal, as long as he promises, he will never tell others.

Seeing that Yuxi didn't say anything, Han Jianming just smiled and said: "Other bookstores in the capital are closed at this time, but this bookstore is open all year round. If you don't buy the book you like, wait until the next time you have a holiday I'll take you to Songyun Pavilion, where you should be able to buy the books you want." Songyun Pavilion is the largest bookstore in the capital, and there are all kinds of books in it. It's just that it's Lantern Festival now, and Songyun Pavilion is closing down.

Yu Xi smiled until her teeth were exposed: "Okay."

After dinner, it was already dark. When I left the restaurant, I saw that lanterns of various colors had been hung on the street, which was very beautiful.

Han Jianming has participated several times and is familiar with this place, so he took a group of people to the place where lanterns are sold. There is a feature of the Lantern Festival, as long as you can guess the riddle on the lantern, you can take the lantern away without paying.

A group of people found a stall selling lanterns. There is also a limit to guessing riddles, each person can only guess twice, if you guess wrong, you will lose your chance. Han Jianming guessed two riddles and got one right. As for Han Jianye, his family knew about his family affairs, so he became a spectator.

Yuxi wanted to give it a try. She looked carefully at the high hanging lanterns, and swept away the most beautiful ones, because they were the most difficult. Yu Xi looked at it for a long time, pointed to a lantern with a little rabbit painted on it, and said: "The answer to this mystery is mysterious."

The stall owner looked at Yu Xi with admiration: "The little girl is really smart." After speaking, he took down the lantern and handed it to Yu Xi.

In fact, the workmanship of this little rabbit lantern is not very fine, but Yuxi just likes it, after all, it is what she has learned in exchange for it.