Chapter 3 Coincidence and Reunion
5 bowls of fried noodles with sauce, 9 yuan per bowl, total 45 yuan; 10 buns, 1 yuan per bowl, total 10 yuan; mix cucumber, 6 yuan; sugar and yam, 8 yuan; cold potato shredded pork, 6 yuan; two bottles of glass bottles of cola, 4 yuan, total 79 yuan.
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As a counterattack, I think the next time our leaders visit the United States, they will all eat in the slums in the United States. The maximum consumption is controlled within fifteen dollars per person per meal. If you don’t have enough food, you will be hungry. We must firmly crack down on the arrogance of American imperialism.
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The Bashu Duzun Fort is located on the south bank of Wansuichi, the northern suburbs of Chengdu. It faces south and north, and looks like a reduced-scale imperial city. The entire fort is made of stone bricks, giving people a solid atmosphere, which is more magnificent than eighteen years ago.
In order not to attract attention, A Xue and I followed the group as servants of the Song family. Song Yuzhi did bring a lot of gifts this time and packed a whole boat. We came to welcome Song Yuzhi, a young man with sharp eyebrows and a handsome face. It looked like Xie Hui's son Xie Wenlong.
A person who looks like a housekeeper invited us servants to enter from the side door. After packing up, we had our servants from Jie's family arranged accommodation. Because of Song Yuzhi's explanation, A Xue and I were arranged in the same place, which was a very ordinary guest room. This reminded me of what happened eighteen years ago. I wonder how Lei Jiujie, who was forgotten here by me, was like that.
A Xue looked at everything in front of her, her eyes full of confusion.
"Axue, what's wrong?" I asked with concern.
"I seem to have been here." A Xue said in confusion.
This situation often occurs during this period. Some memories that do not belong to A Xue run into her head from time to time. She is very troubled by this, but these do not affect her emotions. A Xue's advantage is that she temporarily let go of what she can't figure out and then forget it.
What I am worried about is the personality fusion mentioned by Sun Simiao. Fusion should be a good thing for A Xue. I hope she can have a sound personality. I believe that life is neither kind nor evil, it does not have personality attributes, and everything is created after all.
"Don't think about it, the master will take you to the night market tonight." I patted her head and said dotingly.
"Don't shoot." A Xue protested, "My teacher's wife said that she would become stupid."
Axue and Susu have got along well these days. It seems that Susu has gotten along well with anyone. She is no different from when she was in the Longtou Mansion. She will take Axue to play with and patiently teach Axue something she knows. Of course, she doesn’t know much. She learned it from Zhai Jiao when she was in the Longtou Mansion.
Wei Zhenzhen was brought from Jiujiang to Luoyang by Bai Qing'er. She is basically an external staff member of the Yingui Sect. She is responsible for the food of the Yingui Sect. It is her idea to open a shop in Lingnan. She wanted to find something to do, and we didn't have a fixed income. It was impossible to live by the Song family's alms. Of course, the bun shop is not very well-known at present, and it is mainly supplied to people in the Song family's city.
The three months in Lingnan were idle and comfortable. This was the life I always wanted. I didn’t want to get involved in the disputes in this world again.
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After dinner, I took Axue to say hello to the servants of Duzun Castle and walked out of Duzun Castle and headed towards the prosperous place in the city. Song Yuzhi never came to greet us. He was probably very busy. This kind of welcome and delivery on the storefront is also part of the noble etiquette.
Compared with other parts of the Central Plains, this place is simply two worlds. The tranquility and prosperity of Chengdu are written on everyone's face. There are no panicked faces and no displaced refugees. They live a comfortable life. The battles in the outside world are just their conversation after dinner.
I am still very familiar with Chengdu City. Although there are some minor changes, the overall big pattern has not changed. Axue and I were tasting snacks in the downtown area. At this point, I have successfully pulled Fairy Jingzhai into the petty class. I can tell when I see her mouth full of oil.
I always feel that I have a generation gap with those family members. They can eat food stalls with you once, but they won’t eat food stalls with you every day. As a small person at the bottom of the future world, the difference between them cannot be made up for just a few big meals.
While wandering around, I found that Anlong's business was getting bigger and bigger. There were three wine shops in Nanshi alone. Long Hexing's golden plaque radiated in the night. A lotus carved in an inconspicuous place was his symbol, which only people in the Holy Gate knew about.
"Elder Ji, do you think he is here? Where are you now?" A woman's complaint came from not far away.
"Miss, Mr. Hou is a living person. It is common for him to leave here just now. You won't let us do it..." the middle-aged man said aggrievedly.
"You dare!" the woman scolded, "If Mr. Hou has any mistakes, I will only ask."
"I heard that, why don't you go and look for it!" The middle-aged man ordered to the person beside him.
The girl was wearing colorful clothes, with a long knife on her waist, a beautiful face, a coquettish personality, and a youthful aura. However, I was not paying attention to this girl, but the middle-aged man beside the girl. Although time left a lot of traces on him, I still recognized him.
I really didn't expect that the extras who were hired by An Long for fifty taels of silver to play the role of a dead body 18 years ago have now become the elders of the Sichuan Gang. It can be seen that nothing in this world is absolute, and a temporary setback does not mean eternal.
"Two, don't move for the time being, and take a place to hide." A man's magnetic voice sounded behind me.
"Are they looking for you?" I asked.
"That's right." The man responded.
"Oh, okay!" I looked back and confirmed it, then shouted to the crowd, "Come and see, Hou Xibai is here."
I don't want to cause trouble, but troubles follow one after another. Hou Xibai has met Shi Feixuan, and he is likely to recognize A Xue. Moreover, because of Shi Feixuan, he is the one who attacked me the most fiercely in the Holy Sect. He claims that it is a blasphemy to use despicable means to control Fairy Jingzhai as an evil emperor. I really don't understand that he is from there, which makes my relationship with him in an extremely tense state.
My shout immediately attracted the attention of the crowd around me. The girl rushed towards this side, and the middle-aged man followed closely. I pulled Axue and wanted to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
"Little brother, there is a reward for reporting, this is for you." The middle-aged man threw a piece of silver over and said loudly, "I am Ji Ning from the Sichuan Gang. I am still talking here. I will report my name if I have any questions."
A group of people frantically headed towards Hou Xibai's escape. I touched the silver in my hand and was slightly stunned. The encounters and reunions between people are so subtle. You don't know when you will meet someone you have met before, as if it has been arranged in a dark way.
He couldn't recognize me. This time I brought a brand new mask, the latest production of Lu Miaozi.
"Brother, long time no see!"
In a blink of an eye, I saw a middle-aged man dressed in bright clothes looking at me excitedly, his expression was like an abandoned resentful woman who saw the man who abandoned her come back to find her.
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Note: All "Xie Hui" or "Xie Wenlong" in the previous article are wrong and should be "solved". I will not change them one by one. I just discovered it today, so I will explain it here.
Chapter completed!