Chapter 626: Favorite Apricot Cake
It was past midnight and the sky was just right.
Thirty miles passed by in a blink of an eye, just because there was Li Xiuyuan who came from Dagou Town on the carriage.
The three carriages entered Tianluo City, but they did not go to the guest house of the City Lord's Mansion, nor to the Xia Mansion by the Yanyu Lake. Instead, they found an inn called Iuyun in the south of the city to stay.
After getting off the carriage, Li Xiuyuan was rubbing his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up yet.
Nowadays, everyone in Tianluo City knows that Young Master Hua of the City Lord's Mansion is about to get married. The guests who come to the city these days are either rich or noble. The waiters in various inns are afraid that they will not be well received, so they dare not embarrass them.
Suddenly a waiter called the coachman to drive the carriage to the backyard. The gentleman led a group of people into the inn to find a place to stay.
Tang Qiuyu asked the waiter to choose a quiet backyard with six clean guest rooms, which could accommodate a group of people.
After being led into the backyard of the inn by Xiaobai, Li Xiuyuan yawned, sat down on a stone bench under the big tree in the yard, looked at Mu Mu and said with a smile: "Sister, come here to sit for a while!"
Mu Mu sat down next to him and asked softly: "Brother, did you not sleep last night? Why did you look like this all the way here?"
Xiaobai walked up behind Li Xiuyuan, sniffed, and asked, "Brother, do you feel sleepy all over and weak in your limbs?"
Li Xiuyuan looked back at him and said with a smile: "It's just what you said. I woke up with a lot of strength, but my body was empty."
Seeing his nervous expression, Mu Mu smiled and said: "Brother, you were a mortal yesterday and became a monk overnight because you haven't adapted yet... don't be too nervous."
Xiao Bai thought for a while, looked at Mu Mu and smiled and said: "Back then, I was on Tianshan Mountain with my brother, and after transforming into a catastrophe overnight, I was too lazy for a few days to get used to it."
Li Xiu frowned and thought for a while, looked at Xiao Bai and asked, "Am I really your brother? Why is my sister only nine years old, but you and Xiao Qing are already adults?"
"That's because my brother and Sister Mumu are monsters. Sister Xiaoqing and I are so envious... We even dream of becoming like you!"
Xiaobai looked at Mumu and smiled bitterly.
Mu Mu shook her head, looked at him and smiled: "Xiao Bai will go to the Yingbin Building later to see if Sister Luo Yu is here. If she comes, tell her that Mu Mu wants to eat peach blossom cakes."
For some reason, Mu Mu didn't let Xiao Bai bring the news about Li Xiu Yuan to Hua Luo Yu.
Perhaps in his opinion, Hua Luoyu had a good relationship with the princess, and she didn't want to cause trouble at this time.
Xiaobai nodded and said with a smile: "Sister Hua will definitely come. I will go over and take a look after lunch."
"Don't tell her about Li Xiuyuan!" Xiaoqing came over, frowned at Xiaobai, and said softly.
Xiaobai responded: "Sister Mumu didn't say anything, so naturally I won't tell anyone else...unless she wants to live here with her."
Mu Mu hummed, nodded, and a smile appeared on her face. She was now looking forward to drinking Princess Wutong's wedding wine and walking back.
When Li Xiuyuan saw the smile on Mu Mu's face, he felt very happy for some reason and asked, "What is so happy about?"
Mu Mu asked Xiao Bai to fetch water, and asked Xiao Qing to ask her husband to come over for tea. She took out a tea set and placed it on the table, lighting the small red clay stove with a flick of her hand.
Then he looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "After playing here for a few days, we will go home. Our mother must be waiting at home anxiously. Brother, have you made tea?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and shook his head. As a bitch, he seemed to have never drank this thing that his sister played with since the day his mother disappeared.
Everything in front of him seemed to have only appeared in his dream.
He even had a suspicion that his mother had not disappeared, but was hiding somewhere, silently watching him struggle on the streets of Dagou Town with gentle yet cruel eyes.
But the group of people in front of him broke his fantasy, because the old Taoist master told him that his mother was waiting for him to return home at a certain landowner.
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan unknowingly stretched out his hand to help Mu Mu clean the teapot and tea cup. The familiar movements looked familiar to Mu Mu, as if he had returned to a certain moment on Tianshan Mountain.
The gentleman sitting in the living room watched every move of the two people in the yard and found it very interesting.
He was obviously just a little beggar he met by chance in Dagou Town, but after one night, he seemed like a different person.
Could it be that it is really possible to integrate the past, present and future into one?
Even a well-read man has never seen such a thing.
Mu Mu was a little surprised by Li Xiuyuan's behavior. She looked at him and asked, "Brother, have you made tea before?"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile and replied: "I have only seen my mother cooking... but I have never touched it... just like in a dream."
The gentleman who walked out of the living room chuckled, looked at him and said, "It's also a pleasant thing to have your dreams come true. Mumu, you are really lucky."
Mu Mu stood up and asked her husband to sit down. She sighed and said, "No wonder my brother has been living in Dagou Town."
Xiao Qing, who was following her husband, was puzzled. She looked at her and asked, "What does sister mean by this? Why am I getting more and more confused as I listen to it? Xiao Bai, do you understand?"
Xiaobai shook his head, saying that he didn't understand what Mumu meant either.
The gentleman shook his head, looked at the two of them and said, "What Mu Mu means is that if Li Xiuyuan leaves Dagou Town and goes somewhere else, we won't be able to meet him during this trip."
Xiao Qing thought for a while and nodded thoughtfully.
Li Xiuyuan sighed. He thought that he only wanted to save his life when he stayed in Dagou Town. He didn't have the ability to go anywhere else before?
At least the people in Dagou Town would give him food from time to time, so he wouldn't starve to death on the streets.
Xiao Qing then nodded. From her point of view, Mu Mu had suffered so many years and finally had a smile on her face, which was a good thing for both her and Xiao Bai.
Even if Mu Mu's mother knew about this, she would probably let Mu Mu take Li Xiuyuan to Phoenix Valley to stay for a while.
Tang Qiuyu, who was smelling the aroma of tea as the water boiled, walked out and looked at Li Xiuyuan who was sitting quietly at the table waiting to drink tea. A knowing smile appeared on his face.
Because this look was so familiar to her. The National Master of the Five Regions looked like this when he was on the Tianshan Mountains.
But there was another girl at that time, Princess Wutong who was about to marry someone else in Tianluo City.
Li Xiuyuan in front of him obviously hasn't remembered everything yet. Thinking about it carefully, it might as well be like this to save the two of them from tormenting each other when they first met.
Thinking of this, Tang Qiuyu couldn't wait for the princess' wedding to end early so that he and his party could go home early.
Although the husband didn't know what Tang Qiuyu was thinking, he still cared about the family's little treasure.
She couldn't help but sigh deep in her heart, stretched out her hand to bring a cup of tea to Tang Qiuyu, and asked with a smile: "Now that we have arrived in Tianluo City, do you want to go to Xia Mansion to have a look?"
Hearing her husband's words, Mu Mu's brows seemed to be filled with an unbreakable coldness. But when she raised her head, she saw Li Xiuyuan's clean and clear eyes, and a pool of ice suddenly melted away quietly.
With her brother in front of her, Leng Qiu outside the door was no longer stern.
The world is big, what does it have to do with me? As long as I am with the person I like, that is enough.
Tang Qiuyu watched Mu Mu's eyes change again and again, and saw the smile in the girl's eyes, and immediately sighed secretly for his apprentice.
You can enjoy all the prosperity in the world, but you can't compete with the beauty in a girl's eyes.
Looking at the gentleman, he sighed and said: "We have all come to Tianluo City, why should we go and see the Queen of the year, right?"
The husband was stunned for a moment, then looked at Mu Mu and Li Xiuyuan and said, "I will accompany your wife for a walk in the afternoon. You don't have to wait for us to have dinner."
Xiaobai smiled and said, "I'm going out for a walk in the afternoon. Sister Xiaoqing, do you want to come with me?"
Xiao Qing ignored him, but looked at Mu Mu and asked: "Sister, what about you?"
Mu Mu looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "Brother will probably go to sleep like Xiaobai in a while. I have to stay with him at the inn."
According to Mumu's original plan, when she came to Tianluo City, she would definitely go shopping and buy some skirts. Ever since she met Li Xiuyuan in Dagou Town, she only had eyes for her brother.
Xiao Qing sighed and chuckled: "Forget it, I'll go with Xiao Bai for a walk and buy some clothes for Li Xiu Yuan."
"Just be the same as before!" Mu Mu thought for a while, looked at her and said.
Xiaobai was stunned, looked at Xiaoqing and smiled: "Do you know what it was like in the past?"
Xiaoqing was annoyed, pinched his ears and said with a smile: "You are the only one who talks a lot."
Tang Qiuyu smiled and said: "That's fine. Mu Mu and Li Xiuyuan will stay in the inn. I will take the general and the general to meet them. It won't be easy to see them again in the future."
Because of Li Xiuyuan, neither her husband nor Li Hongxiu wanted to have anything to do with the Xia family. As a wife, she naturally followed her own man.
Only Li Xiuyuan yawned stupidly, looked at Mu Mu and asked: "Sister, when are you going to eat? I want to sleep again?"
...
It's not past half time, it's a good time to meet guests and friends.
In the flower hall by the Yanyu Lake, faint sounds of joy and laughter could be heard from time to time, and a gust of wind swept up the faint ripe fragrance of the lotus pods in the lake, refreshing the guests sitting there.
Xia Changfeng, who had not been emperor for many years, looked at the gentleman who was still wearing a green shirt and said with a smile: "Decades have passed, how come I haven't seen you change to other colors?"
The gentleman who was holding a cup of tea smiled lightly and said, "These clothes are stain-resistant, so I won't have to worry about doing laundry every day in the autumn rain."
Tang Qiuyu was stunned, thinking when will it be my turn to wash your clothes.
Being smart, she naturally understood her man's thoughts and didn't bother to argue with him. Instead, she looked at the silent Xia Wutong and asked, "In two days, you will get married. Are you afraid?
"
Xia Wutong, who was dressed in a yellow dress, took Tang Qiuyu's hand and said with a smile: "I was just thinking about why my wife can't come over, and where are Xiaoqing and Xiaobai?"
Tang Qiuyu chuckled and said: "Your wife is bringing Xiaobao to me at home. Xiaoqing and Xiaobai went shopping... By the way, you haven't seen Xiaobao yet."
At this point, Tang Qiuyu remembered that his precious disciple had not set foot in the Apricot Blossom Valley for several years.
Not to mention seeing a baby who is just over one year old.
Jiang Ruoyu, who was sitting aside, looked at Tang Qiuyu and exclaimed: "I didn't expect that you are already a mother. Why don't you tell me about such a big thing...at worst, I will go live with you for a while."
Tang Qiuyu shook her head, looked at her husband and said: "My husband said that having children is only a matter of our own family and cannot cause any trouble to you. Everyone needs time to practice."
When the husband heard this, he sighed inwardly. After a storm, the woman who could not lie to him actually became smooth.
Looking at the family in front of me that my master and apprentice had spent countless efforts to protect, the words Li Ye said on the Beihai battlefield suddenly rang out.
"It's okay not to have such a fate!"
Thinking of this, I realized that my disciple had already seen all this clearly, otherwise how could he have ascended to Tianyu City and be thinking about how to break through the Nine Abyss and return to the Shura Heaven.
That's because the people here are no longer worth his efforts.
The disciples are all so open-minded, but as a master, I am not as good as a disciple.
Thinking of this, the husband finally said calmly: "We have planted a lot of apricot flowers over the years. If you and your wife have time, you can stay there for a few months."
Lin Yueru on the side laughed when she heard it, looked at Jiang Ruoyu and said: "Those apricot trees will be beautiful when they grow up. You can enjoy the flowers in spring and eat apricots in early summer."
Tang Qiuyu didn't expect that in just a blink of an eye, her man would change his attitude.
Chapter completed!