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Volume Three: Smoke and Clouds in Weicheng Chapter 53: Controversy

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    In the early morning, the morning sun has not yet appeared, and a faint fish belly white has just appeared in the eastern sky. The first hazy morning light, with a slight comfort, awakens the sleeping earth.

    At Xijiekou in Dongcheng District, the fire that burned all night gradually subsided. After the fire was extinguished, only a large area of ??burned ruins was still left with smoke curling up.

    On the side of the street, the small wine shop that used to be quite lively at this moment has disappeared in the fire. The neighbors who got up early and were busy couldn't help but sigh.

    From here to the east, ten miles beyond the gate of Weicheng, there is a small mountain village with a population of 100 households among the white mountains next to the pipeline. Because all the villagers have the surname Zhao, the small mountain village is named Zhaojiatun.

    Zhaojiatun is surrounded by low mountains and dense forests on all sides. The scenery is beautiful and intoxicating all year round, and it has become a paradise.

    At the entrance of the village, a winding mountain road stretches into the distance. This small mountain road is the only road that the villagers in the small mountain village rely on to trade with the outside world and obtain their daily necessities.

    In the small mountain village, the genius has just dawned. Many villagers with simple nature have already gone out one after another and started to work hard for a new day.

    Butcher Zhao's house at the entrance of the village was no exception. As soon as it started to light up, he got up early, drove the fat pigs in the pen, and sharpened his knives in his small workshop, preparing to take advantage of the early morning.  After the pig was killed, he rushed to the market to buy it at a good price, so that he could give it to the mother-in-law at home and the daughter who was getting married. Everyone bought decent new clothes, so that they could look good in front of the people in the village.

    With the longing for a better tomorrow, Butcher Zhao happily sang a ditty. His hoarse and off-key drake voice, mixed with the sound of sharpening a knife, could be heard far and wide in the peaceful and peaceful mountain village.

    A few wisps of smoke rose up, and the sound of pots and pans rang out in the backyard. Zhao Xiaowan, who also got up early, was dressed in clothes and was busy preparing breakfast for the family.

    ??Now she washes rice and makes porridge, now she washes the pot and stir-fries, and now she lights the fire. Zhao Xiaowan cooks in an orderly manner, and is very busy inside and outside.

    After the rice was out of the pot and the vegetables were cut and washed, Zhao Xiaowan, who had a little free time, calmly put on the clothes draped over her shoulders, sat in front of the stove, and got a new pair from somewhere.  Looking at the shoes carefully, a blushing smile would appear on his face inexplicably from time to time.

    Rolling up her sleeves, she carefully polished her new shoes that were already very clean. Zhao Xiaowan nodded with satisfaction. Taking advantage of the unripe rice, she held her chin in her hands and stared blankly at the hazy scenery outside the room.  world.

    In the Guotang, the raging fire made her pretty cheeks, which were blended with a bit of weakness, glowing red, just like the sky on the same side, showing the fish belly white and blooming with rays of light, red like fire, resplendent in the entire sky.

    Holding her chin, Zhao Xiaowan spent the "long" free time boredly. In the world outside the door, the glow became more and more brilliant, slowly lighting up the still hazy world.

    I thought that I could go to Weicheng with my father after sunrise. After selling the pork, I could buy a set of beautiful clothes that I usually couldn't bear to wear. I also thought that after buying new clothes, I could go see my brother Xichen and make them overnight.  Zhao Xiaowan felt so happy when the new shoes were handed over to the other party with her own hands.

    At this moment, he wished that the "damn" sun would burst out from the horizon with a whooshing sound, and he could not wait to appear in Weicheng immediately, sell pork, and buy clothes so that he could see how brother Xichen, whom he had not seen for a long time, was doing.  good.

    Thinking about it, Zhao Xiaowan couldn't help but feel a hint of blush on her cheeks. She felt the slight heat coming from her cheeks. She quickly lowered her head and covered it up like a little girl, for fear that her parents who had finished their work would suddenly come back and see her laughing at her.  .

    After writhing for a while, she found that no one came in, and no one saw her embarrassment just now. Zhao Xiaowan sighed slightly, stood up and started busy with breakfast again.

    "Perhaps it was a coincidence that as soon as Zhao Xiaowan got up, the red rope tied around her neck suddenly broke for some unknown reason. The half piece of jade pendant she secretly took from Yan Xichen on her chest lost its traction and fell down from the hem of her coat.

    "If you do it this way, it will fall off." Zhao Xiaowan complained, leaned over and picked up the fallen half of the jade pendant, holding it in the palm of his hand like a treasure, and wiped the dust on the jade pendant over and over again until he was sure that there was no more dust left.  After the dust was gone, I carefully tied the jade pendant back on with the red string and placed it on my heart.

    Feeling the warmth belonging to the jade pendant coming from her heart, Zhao Xiaowan's heart suddenly sank, and the good mood she had expected suddenly disappeared by half for no reason.

    manyDays ago, everything that happened during the night she spent with Yan Xichen in Weicheng flashed through her mind like lightning. Although it was a bit too dangerous, deep down in her heart, she was vaguely envious of that kind of life. As long as  The two of them will never leave each other, even if they are on the run, life will still be sweet.

    However, the helpless farewell by Yangliu Lake made the life she longed for completely shattered before it even started. Sighing secretly, Zhao Xiaowan grabbed half of the jade pendant on her chest and murmured.  : "How is he doing these days?"

    "Gulu." The boiling sound of rice porridge awakened Zhao Xiaowan's suddenly messy thoughts. She quickly straightened her mind, temporarily forgetting the trivial matters of the past, opened the lid of the pot, put out the firewood in the stove, and started again.  I was preoccupied with breakfast.

    At this moment, the sky outside is getting brighter, and the sun, reluctant to leave its home, lazily pokes out half of its big round head from the horizon.

    After finishing the two pigs quickly, Butcher Zhao stretched himself, packed up his tools, and was ready to stop working and go back to the house to enjoy the delicious breakfast prepared by his daughter.

    "His father, it's not good. It's not good." Beside the workshop, outside the wooden fence surrounded by firewood, Butcher Zhao's wife, Ma, twisted her waist like a bucket and ran back to her courtyard door panting.  .

    "What's the matter? I'm so surprised. You're so old and you're screaming like that, don't you think it's embarrassing?" Butcher Zhao threw half of the tools aside and said angrily.

    Mr. Ma glared back at Butcher Zhao fiercely, then poured two large bowls of water in a row, then regained his breath slightly and said, "Dad, I was washing by the river this morning, and Lao Wang came back from the city.  Tell me, my sister-in-law Yan, I don¡¯t know what happened. The small wine shop was burned down overnight, and the whole family died and was injured. It was so miserable."

    As Mrs. Ma spoke, she kept waving her arms and gesticulating at Butcher Zhao from time to time, as if she had witnessed the fire in the small restaurant with her own eyes.

    Butcher Zhao¡¯s expression changed slightly. Being a simple person, he quickly asked with concern: ¡°Then the situation is like this in the end, are Sister Yan and the others okay? How about we stop doing business today and go over to have a look? After all, we are in-laws.¡±

    "Bang." Before Butcher Zhao could finish his words, Zhao Xiaowan came out of the kitchen with rice porridge. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and her hand loosened. The wooden basin fell to the ground, and the rice porridge spilled all over the floor.

    "Daughter, this is what you are doing." After hearing the sound, Ma turned his head and blinked a pair of small eyes, knowingly looking at Zhao Xiaowan, who was looking downcast at the moment.

    "Mom, are everything you said true?" Zhao Xiaowan stared at Ma's somewhat ugly face in a daze, and after getting a positive answer, she timidly said to herself: "No, I have to go and take a look, Xichen  Brother, he will be fine."

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????:??????????????????? ignored the rice porridge that was spilled on the floor, and without any explanation, he walked around his mother, Mr. Ma, and his father, Mr. Zhao, and trotted all the way to grab the door.

    "I'll go take a look too, we can't lose our etiquette." Butcher Zhao took off his blood-stained apron in a hurry, confessed to Ma, and prepared to follow Zhao Xiaowan to Weicheng.

    "Come back here, do you hear me?" Ma let out a roar, akimbo like a lioness, pointing at Butcher Zhao's backbone.

    Since Mr. Ma has accumulated prestige for a long time, Zhao Xiaowan and the honest butcher Zhao immediately stopped as soon as the roar came out, waiting for Mr. Ma's reprimand and instructions.

    Ma smiled slightly and expressed that she was quite satisfied with the actions of the two people. After a moment of pause, she continued: "In the past, we reluctantly agreed to the marriage because of our old friendship with Mrs. Yan.  Now that Mrs. Yan herself has been burned to death by the fire, the marriage will naturally be abandoned. Listen to me and stay at home and don't go anywhere. To see them is to give money and gifts."

    Listening to Ma¡¯s almost helpless words, Butcher Zhao¡¯s face looked slightly ugly. He wanted to say something, but when he saw Ma¡¯s fierce face, he swallowed it back.

    "I don't agree with the marriage. You agreed, so you can regret it." Upon hearing Ma said that the marriage was cancelled, Zhao Xiaowan's face changed drastically, and she yelled angrily at her mother, Ma.

    "I'll give it up if I say it. Your father and I make the decisions in this family." Madam Ma also lost her temper. After replying a few words reluctantly, her tone softened slightly: "My daughter, I am doing this for your own good.  With your appearance, even marrying one of the rich young men in the city would seem aggrieved. In the past, when you married Yan Xichen and Mrs. Yan¡¯s wine shop, at least you wouldn¡¯t go hungry, so your mother reluctantly agreed, but now  He has nothing left, and I won¡¯t let you marry him and suffer with him no matter what.¡±

    Ma¡¯s words were heartfelt, but Zhao Xiaowan didn¡¯t take them seriously at all.Satisfied, he still angrily retorted: "In the final analysis, it's not that you dislike the poor and love the rich. You like money so much and don't live with money so much."

    Being so angry, Zhao Xiaowan didn¡¯t prioritize, she just opened her mouth and spoke without thinking about anything. Ma was so angry that her teeth were itching with hatred.

    "Pa." Ma finally couldn't hold back the anger in her heart, slapped Zhao Xiaowan on the face, and said angrily: "You damn girl, I am doing this for your own good. You are not allowed to go there today.  I'll handle it for you, and this piece of jade belongs to that boy, right? It's better to confiscate it and use it as a few bucks than to keep it as that boy's thoughts." As he said this, Ma pulled it off involuntarily.  Zhao Xiaowan put half of the jade she was wearing on her chest into her bag.

    Zhao Xiaowan held her aching cheek and glared at Mr. Ma angrily, her eyes gradually filled with tears. She wanted to say something more, but Butcher Zhao on the side saw that the situation was not right and pulled her back.

    "Daughter, I am also doing this for your own good." Ma looked at her right hand, thinking of her daughter's angry expression on her, and felt helpless in her heart. In her opinion, everything she did was for Xiaowan's happiness.

    She was not so optimistic about Yan Xichen in the first place, but because her husband and daughter both agreed with the marriage, she was forced to agree. Now that a fire has made the stupid boy in her eyes lose everything, of course she will not  Let the daughter continue the engagement and endure hardships with the other party.

    But little did she know that by doing this, the mother-son friendship between Zhao Xiaowan and her was gradually weakening. Perhaps, until one day, it faded to the point where they didn¡¯t recognize each other, and maybe she would wake up.
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