Author: Willow leaves in winter

Zhou Ningyue didn't think so much and said with a smile: "I know. Dad doesn't believe this. If he hears about it, he will definitely scold me."

"Yes, men don't really believe this." Mother Zhou told her daughter, looking tired, "Mother, take a nap, and you should go back to your room and sleep too."

Zhou Ningyue left and the room became quiet, but Zhou's mother tossed and turned without feeling sleepy.

On the way back to the bookstore, Xin You and Ji Cailan walked together for a while, quietly asking: "Sister Zhou's family just came from out of town, will their Mid-Autumn Festival customs be different from the locals?"

Ji Cailan immediately came to talk: "I heard from my cousin that there are some differences between the north and the south. The mooncakes they eat in the south are stuffed with meat."

Having said this, Ji Cailan couldn't help but show a look of disgust on her face.

Mooncakes are obviously made with bean paste, jujube paste, and five kernels. Meat mooncakes are simply evil!

"Meat moon cake?" Xin You responded with a strange expression.

Seeing her like this, Ji Cailan seemed to have found a soulmate: "Isn't that strange?"

Xin You nodded: "It is indeed different from what we are used to."

"Not only that! My cousin and the others in the south not only eat moon cakes stuffed with meat, but also salty rice dumplings, and spring rolls are also salty, but they eat tofu curd with sugar! Sister Kou, can you imagine sweet tofu curd?"

Xin You Congshan Ruliu shook his head: "It's unimaginable."

In fact, not only can she imagine it, she can also eat it deliciously.

Of course, everything Aunt Xia cooks is delicious, from all over the world, fried and fried. So she is used to eating both sweet and salty food.

"So during the Mid-Autumn Festival, will Sister Zhou get used to eating sweet mooncakes?"

"In the early years, my uncle and the others were able to eat in the capital, but these years they have become accustomed to salty food, so mooncakes with meat are better. I told my cousin two days ago that there is a snack shop not far from Jixiangfang, which is served every Mid-Autumn Festival.

Not only the common mooncakes, but also meat mooncakes will be on sale these days. My cousin said she would buy some back then, but wouldn't let me mention it to my aunt and the others, saying she wanted to give them a surprise."

Xin You couldn't wait to give Ji Cailan a hug.

How could there be such a considerate girl?

There was surprise on her face: "Are meat mooncakes also sold in Beijing?"

"Yes, that pastry shop is called Wuxiangzhai. It didn't sell meat mooncakes originally. It is said that the young master's wife was from the south, and then they started selling meat mooncakes. The business is actually pretty good, and most of the customers are from the south."

Ji Cailan's disgust when she mentioned "business is good" was so obvious that Xin You unconsciously curled her lips.

When they were standing at the intersection to say goodbye, Ji Cailan held Xin You's hand reluctantly: "Sister Kou, you have been in the bookstore, right? I'll go see you later to play."

"I'm usually here whether it's a year or a holiday. Sister Ji can come to me at any time."

Back at the bookstore, Xinyou told Aunt Fang: "There is a snack shop called Wuxiangzhai near Jixiangfang. Nurse, please go and find out the specific location."

With the name of the store and its approximate location, it was very easy to find out. It didn't take long for Grandma Fang to report the information to Xin You.

"That shop is just two streets away from Jixiangfang. It is located on the roadside and its business is very prosperous. In the afternoon, when the snacks are sold out, it closes early..."

Aunt Fang's words also verified Xinyou's conclusion that the murder occurred in the morning.

That night, Xinyou didn't sleep well, thinking over and over again in her mind what to do on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

She had probably figured out the layout of the Zhou family. Today, she went to see Zhou's mother in the east room. The layout was different from what she saw in the picture, so the only place where the crime occurred was the west room.

There are three main rooms in the Zhou family. The west room is connected to the main room. There is no place to hide in the main room. It is even more inappropriate to go under the window outside the house. If the time is not right, Zhou Ningyue will notice it at a glance when she comes back from outside.

After much thought, the most suitable place to hide was on the beam in the west room. It seemed that she was going to be a "gentleman on the beam" for a time.

With the plan in mind, Xin You fell asleep in a daze.

The next day, while she was nesting in the east courtyard, Shitou ran over to deliver something, which turned out to be snacks from Wuxiangzhai.

"It was given by your friend, Miss Ji."

Seeing that Xin You was going to see Ji Cailan, Shitou hurriedly said: "Miss Ji heard that you were in the east courtyard, put down the snacks and left. She said she was going somewhere else and happened to pass by here, so she brought you the snacks for you to have a taste of."

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Xin You opened the snack box and took some pastries to Shi Shi: "You and Liu Zhou should try it too."

For children like Shi Shi who live a difficult life, snacks are a good thing that they can't even eat during the New Year.

"Thank you, boss." The young boy took the snacks and left happily.

Xinyou sat quietly for a while, then picked up a peach blossom-shaped snack and put it into his mouth, tasting it slowly.

The snacks were soft and sweet, and tasted very good, but her heart was not soaked by the sweetness.

After eating a piece of snack, Xin You sighed slightly.

Even if the outcome of Zhou's mother's murder is changed, it is inevitable that the couple will turn against each other. I wonder how the two cousins, Ji Cailan and Zhou Ningyue, will get along with each other.

As for her friendship with the two of them...it is a friendship based on falsehood. If you think too much about it, you are asking for trouble.

In a blink of an eye, it was August 14th. Xinyou went to the front bookstore to browse around, then went out and headed towards Wuxiangzhai.

She wanted to check it out in advance to estimate the distance from Zhou's house to the dim sum shop.

As Ji Cailan said, Wuxiangzhai is indeed not far from Jixiangfang. Xinyou walked over slowly because he was not in a hurry, so there was already a long queue there.

The dim sum at this restaurant is really popular - Xin You suddenly had this thought and suddenly stopped at his feet.

Why is Zhou Ningyue in the team?

A moon-white shirt, a lilac-colored pleated skirt, and a small basket on her hand... Zhou Ningyue's outfit is exactly the same as in the picture.

Xin You stared intently at the beautiful girls in the queue, and her heart suddenly sank.

wrong!

It turns out that the time in the picture is not the Mid-Autumn Festival, but August 14th!

Xin You couldn't care less about her misconception and quickly walked towards Zhou Ningyue.

"Sister Kou?" Zhou Ningyue was quite surprised to see Xin You, "You also know this dim sum shop?"

"The other day, I heard from Sister Ji that this snack shop tastes good. I was thinking of buying some snacks to take back to my grandma's house for the holidays." Xin You explained, holding Zhou Ningyue's hand, "You see, Sister Zhou, you can't buy snacks.

Already."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Ningyue was confused.

Xin You pulled Zhou Ningyue towards Zhou's house and said in a low voice: "I looked at Sister Zhou's face and it was because my parents were in danger, and they were right in front of me."

Relying on "parent" to refer to parents, Zhou Ningyue immediately thought of what Xin You said about her mother's bloody disaster that day, and couldn't help but change her face: "My mother——"

Xin You didn't need to hold her back anymore, she held up the hem of her skirt and ran home.

Xinyou chased after him silently.

Zhou Ningyue was worried that something would happen to her parents, so she ran quickly, but it still took her a quarter of an hour to reach the door of her house.

The door of Zhou's house was closed but not locked. Zhou Ningyue opened the door and rushed in, heading straight to the main room.
Chapter completed!