Chapter 103 Regret (Monthly Ticket 150 plus more)

Xia Mingyue worked very hard today, and the person who served her rice felt sorry for her. With one spoonful, the rice was full of thick stuff, and he even gave her an extra steamed bun.

Xia Mingyue had been busy all morning and was very hungry. She ate all the tofu and steamed buns in her bowl and helped others clean up the bowls and spoons.

After everything was done, the temple keeper thanked all those who came to help voluntarily.

You Qi said to Xia Mingyue, "Today is all thanks to Madam Xia. Madam Xia and Madam Lu came to the temple to pray for blessings and peace. The many things you have done for the City God today will definitely be remembered by him. Please bless Madam Xia and Madam Lu's family to be safe and sound."

After that, he took out two amulets and gave them to Xia Mingyue and Lu respectively.

"These amulets have always been placed on the table of the City God. They have been blessed by the City God. If you two take them back and give them to your relatives, they will surely keep you safe."

Most women like them come to ask for amulets because someone in their family is in the army.

The temple keeper has been in the City God Temple for many years and can see it clearly.

"Thank you." Xia Mingyue and Lu thanked him, happily took it, and then put it away carefully.

After staying in the temple for a while and bowing again and again before the City God, Xia Mingyue and Lu left and headed home.

Those who helped in the temple also left one after another.

Lou Shanzi left last. After coming out of the temple, he entered the alley next to it.

He walked to the end of the alley, pushed open the most dilapidated door, and walked in.

Passing through the somewhat deserted and dilapidated courtyard, Lou Shanzi entered the house. Chef Lai was leaning on the kang, sipping rice wine.

Seeing Lou Shanzi coming in, Chef Lai stood up and asked, "How about it, can we show off our skills today?"

"No." Lou Shanzi looked embarrassed. "That Miss Xia is an excellent cook. The tofu meatball soup she made tastes quite good. I think it tastes much better than your cooking, Brother Lai."

"Really?" Chef Lai was a little surprised, but he murmured, "There are always people who are better than you, and it's not surprising that someone is better at cooking than me."

"As for you, you have been in Jinqiu County for quite some time, but you have never found a proper job. I thought that this time I pretended to be sick, and you could show off your skills. Then you can take over the affairs of the temple. When your reputation spreads, other people will be willing to ask you to do weddings and funerals."

"I never thought that someone would intercept me today, and the one who intercepted me turned out to be a young lady. I think the temple keeper will want to ask her to cook for him in the future, and it won't be your turn. Tell me, your luck is really bad."

Chef Lai was a little annoyed.

Lou Shanzi, however, smiled frivolously, "Brother Lai, what are you talking about? I was helpless after arriving in Jinqiu County, and I survived only because of your help. Isn't this the greatest luck?"

"You're not very capable, you just know how to talk nonsense." Chef Lai rolled his eyes at Lou Shanzi in annoyance, "Come on, I'll think of another way for you, and at least find you a job."

Since you have been called the elder brother, you must live up to the responsibility of being the elder brother.

He also had a younger brother before, but unfortunately the world had been in turmoil for so many years, and his younger brother died of illness while fleeing from famine more than ten years ago.

If my younger brother were still alive, he might be as old as Lou Shanzi.

"Just now when I was busy in the temple, I was chatting with someone and he said that Yueran Restaurant was short of kitchen staff these days. I'll go and try first." Lou Shanzi said.

"The chef of Yueran Restaurant is surnamed Gao. He is just like this, with his eyes wide open. He looks down on others and is always hiding things from them. If you go there, you will probably not be able to hold a spoon for three to five years, and you won't be able to learn any skills. You can only do hard labor."

Chef Lai was a little worried. "You are smart and quick to learn. If you were at Yueran Restaurant, I'm afraid you would be completely delayed."

If you only work as a waiter, you will be a waiter for the rest of your life. You can't lift a spoon or control a fire, and your future as a cook is ruined. "Stay here for now and see if there are other opportunities." Lou Shanzi said, "This Yueran Restaurant is not very good, but it is still a restaurant. If you stay in the kitchen, you will still have some other opportunities in the future. If you stay outside all the time, you will have even less contact with being a cook, and I'm afraid it will be even more impossible."

The most important thing is that after becoming a waiter, food and accommodation will be provided, and I can get some monthly salary, and I can also buy two jugs of wine for Chef Lai to drink.

"That makes some sense..."

Chef Lai thought for a long time before nodding, "Okay, let's do as you say. I remember I knew a guy named Feng Dahai before, and he's now cutting vegetables at Yueran Restaurant. I'll invite him out for a drink, say hello, and I can take care of you more."

"Thank you, Brother Lai."

Lou Shanzi felt very warm in his heart.

I guess this elder brother is just like this...

After Xia Mingyue and Lu returned home, they each put the amulet away.

Lu placed it on the bedside, while Xia Mingyue put the amulet in a small wooden box and placed it on the head of the earthen kang where Lu Qiyan had slept before.

Lu Qiyan is a good person.

I hope Lu Qiyan can be safe this time.

Xia Mingyue closed her eyes and meditated, blessing silently in her heart.

At this time, Lu Qiyan, who was more than a hundred miles away from Jinqiu County, sneezed involuntarily.

"The captain has sneezed twice since the beginning. I'm afraid he has caught a cold." A soldier nearby asked.

"It's so hot, how could the captain, who is strong, catch a cold?" Another soldier joked, "I think someone must have been talking about the captain."

"The captain got married in the spring, and he hasn't been home for a long time. His sister-in-law must have missed him so much that she kept saying something to him, which led to the captain sneezing?" The soldier who spoke first suddenly realized, "So that's it!"

Xia Mingyue misses him?

A face as beautiful as a lotus suddenly appeared in Lu Qiyan’s mind.

Xia Mingyue is a gentle and smart person. Even when his attitude is unclear, she can still keep calm and start her own life in an orderly manner.

People often use duckweed to describe women, but Xia Mingyue is clearly the Selaginella that can take root quickly and is not afraid of any difficulties or obstacles.

Would a woman like this really miss him, a husband who is just a figurehead, in her free time?

Lu Qiyan narrowed his eyes and turned his head, glancing at them. "It seems you have quite some experience?"

These people are all younger than Lu Qiyan, and they are still single.

After being retorted by Lu Qiyan, he was speechless and felt a little embarrassed.

No matter what, I have to find a wife when I go back this time!

But the premise is that I can return safely this time...

The siege lasted a long time but failed, and there were countless casualties. Among them, several people they knew had been killed or wounded.

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