In the restaurant of Youfeng Xiaoyuan, Xu Hongdou cooked rice noodles, called Zhou Chen to come over to eat with him, and asked about the B&B.
"I heard that Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin want you to take over the B&B in the village. What do you think?"
Zhou Chen wiped his mouth and said: "To be honest, I really have no interest. I came here to travel, not to start a business. It's okay to live here for a while, but I definitely don't want to live here for a long time.
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Rural areas may be better than rural areas. If you choose to lie down alone, rural areas are a good choice.
But the problem is that Zhou Chen is not ready to settle down in the countryside. After all, rural areas are not as convenient as big cities in every aspect.
"oh."
Xu Hongdou breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Although she also thought it was a good place, it was only a good place for vacation, and she had not thought about staying here permanently.
Zhou Chen said that he would pursue her. If Zhou Chen chooses to stay in a B&B here, wouldn't everything he said before be in vain? She doesn't want to have a long-distance relationship.
Now that she heard that Zhou Chen would not stay here for a long time, she felt relieved.
"Before, Xie Zhiyao and Huang Xinxin wanted me to help them shoot a promotional video, but I refused."
Zhou Chen was delighted: "Well, they also invited me to take the photo, but I declined. It seems that the two of us really have a good understanding."
Xu Hongdou rolled his eyes and said coquettishly: "Just be poor."
Zhou Chen put his hand into his pocket and took out something.
"Xu Hongdou, reach out and give you a small gift."
"What little gift?"
Xu Hongdou looked confused, but still stretched out his hand naturally and spread it flat in front of Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen put the object in Xu Hongdou's hand, and Xu Hongdou took a closer look.
"Hey, it's a tiger."
"Well, this year is the Year of the Tiger. Let me carve a little tiger as a souvenir for you. This is the first wood carving zodiac sign I give you. In the future, there will be rabbits, dragons, snakes... When I give you a complete set, then
It proves that we have known each other for twelve years."
Xu Hongdou looked at the wooden tiger in his hand. Although it was carved from wood, it was not prickly at all and was very smooth.
There was a happy smile on his face, but he said: "I also have a set of wooden zodiac animals. Maybe this will be the last one."
Zhou Chen said: "That must disappoint you. This is just the first one, it won't be the last one. I will definitely give you more than one set in the future."
Xu Hongdou smiled and didn't answer. Why didn't she understand what Zhou Chen meant? Wanting to give her a few sets didn't mean they would meet every year. Men and women met every year and gave her something. What else could it be?
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"Your wood carving skills are really getting better and better. I remember when I first came here, the things you carved were average, but now they are so good."
Zhou Chen boasted: "So I am a genius. For a genius like me, being your boyfriend would be a perfect match."
"Can you stop boasting so much?"
Xu Hongdou rolled her eyes again, but there was no dissatisfaction on her face, and she still happily played with the little tiger Zhou Chen gave her.
After returning to the room, she placed the little tiger given to her by Zhou Chen on the bedside.
"Nan Nan, he said he would carve a zodiac animal for me every year from now on. Do you think he can do it?"
"I don't think he is joking, nor is he teasing me. Is he really a good match for me? I always feel that I am not good enough for him, and I feel very uneasy."
In recent days, she has become accustomed to Zhou Chen always appearing next to him. Now that Zhou Chen is teasing her, she has become accustomed to it. Instead of feeling disgusted, she feels close to him.
"Oh, Nan Nan, falling in love is really boring."
Xu Hongdou sighed and got into bed with complicated emotions.
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These days, a lot of things happened in Yunmiao Village, and it was rare for Ma Qiushan in the courtyard to make some noise. For his business plan, he had a meaningful conversation with Aunt Agui, and then decided to take action.
, start with going home.
Aunt Agui and Uncle Zeqing, an old couple, also encountered setbacks. Originally, they were invited by their son to visit their son and daughter, but who knew that their son was on a business trip temporarily, so their plan had to be abandoned halfway.
This incident had a great impact on the old couple. Even a cheerful person like Aunt Agui was very disappointed and was in a bad mood for a long time.
Zhou Chen knew all these things from Xu Hongdou and Nana. These two people originally came from big cities, but after coming here, they slowly became little gossip experts.
Zhou Chen knew very well what happened to Mr. Ma. He was determined to start a business this time, otherwise he would not have moved the nest that had not been moved for so long.
As for the matter of Aunt Agui's son and daughter, he also lamented that no matter how much Aunt Agui praised her sons and daughters, in fact, only her own family knew the hardships of her family. Her son and daughter were not very filial.
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In the early morning, Xu Hongdou got up and prepared to meditate with Zhou Chen. But to her surprise, she came to the place of meditation and did not see Zhou Chen.
"What's going on? Have you slept today?"
Zhou Chen didn't show up, which made her very confused. She had been here for almost two months. Unless it rained or something happened, Zhou Chen would basically meditate on time.
But the weather was very good today, but Zhou Chen didn't show up. Either he had slept or was delayed by something.
Although she was confused, she didn't pay too much attention to it. She sat down and began to meditate.
Time passed by, and Xu Hongdou opened his eyes again. It was already more than an hour later. It was already broad daylight, and Nana got up and got ready to go to work.
Nana walked over and said with a smile: "Hongdou, why are you the only one today? Where's Zhou Chen, why didn't he come down to meditate?"
Xu Hongdou replied: "I don't know, maybe I slept with him."
Nana said in surprise: "Have you slept before? That's really strange. I've never seen him get up later than me."
"Hongdou, are you going to the restaurant today?"
"I won't go today. I want to rest."
"Okay, I'll go to the tavern first, bye."
"Bye-Bye."
Watching Nana leave the courtyard, Xu Hongdou's eyes unconsciously turned to the room where Zhou Chen was on the second floor.
"Have you really slept?"
Damai rubbed his eyes, saw Xu Hongdou, said good morning, then went to the kitchen and started cooking.
"Anko, come and have breakfast."
"good."
Hearing Damai's greeting, Xu Hongdou stood up from the futon and came to the restaurant. Seeing Damai eating breakfast feebly, he asked, "Have you been up all night again?"
Damai scratched his head and sighed and said, "Yeah, I'm busy working on the manuscript. I'll go back to sleep after eating later."
Halfway through the meal, Xu Hongdou couldn't help but look at the stairs to the second floor.
"What's going on with Zhou Chen today? He hasn't come down yet. Could it be that he's sick?"
"Zhou Chen?"
Damai raised his head and said: "I saw him carrying a bag and carrying things out in the early morning."
Xu Hongdou: "What? He went out early in the morning, so he is not in the room?"
"That's probably it. I saw him leaving when I came out in the early morning, and I didn't hear him coming back later. He probably didn't come back."
"You left early in the morning. Did something happen?"
Xu Hongdou guessed in her mind, so she didn't think much about it. Maybe Zhou Chen went out because of something.
But in the afternoon, Zhou Chen still didn't show up. This was the first time that Zhou Chen didn't show up for a day since he said he wanted to pursue her.
She felt uneasy, so she took out her mobile phone and dialed Zhou Chen's number, but the phone turned out to be turned off, which made her feel something was wrong even more.
So she went to the parking lot at the entrance of the village and found that Zhou Chen's car was no longer there. Zhou Chen drove away from Yunmiao Village.
Zhou Chen indeed left Youfeng Xiaoyuan in the early morning, because today was a very special day for him.
He took his painting tools and drove to a secluded place near Erhai Lake.
Zhou Chen sat on the edge of Erhai Lake, feeling the breeze on the seaside, his expression full of nostalgia.
Today's lunar day is the death anniversary of his wife Sheng Hualan from the previous world. He remembered it very clearly, so he came here specially today.
To be continued...