Chapter 17 Big Brother Presents a Pendant
In order to take care of the girls around you, Shangguan Nan thought of that good place. After starting the car, he drove all the way. After about half an hour later, the car parked outside a small courtyard.
Fang Zhiqi was suspicious, was there food here? But it didn’t look like a restaurant?
With a lot of doubt, he followed Shangguan Nan's footsteps into the courtyard.
What catches your eye is not the international luxury like "Heaven and Earth", but like the ancient teahouse, with two floors of the house, with wooden structures, exquisitely decorated and ancient. A red lacquer plaque hanging high on the wide door lintel, with six large golden powder characters written on it, and there is a powerful Zhangcao Wenzhen on the Zhutong color door on both sides.
Food is the most important thing for people
Food is first
Fang Zhiqi then woke up. It turned out that this was a restaurant. Just by this couplet, it was confirmed that the boss was a moral businessman, and cooking was all based on his conscience.
"Master, you are here, long time no see!" Suddenly, a man wearing an apron immediately ran over and said in surprise. After saying that, he gave Shangguan Nan a big hug.
Shangguan Nan patted the man's strong back and said, "How is the business recently?"
After letting go of Shangguan Nan, the man replied, "That's it! Let's talk upstairs!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand to signal the request, and suddenly saw the girl behind Shangguan Nan, he was slightly stunned and asked, "What is this?"
"I'll tell you later! Fang Zhiqi, follow me!" Shangguan Nan kept a secret, looked at Fang Zhiqi and stood there stupidly, then reminded him.
What surprised Fang Zhiqi was that the first floor was full. I originally thought that only Shangguan Nan had a weird idea and wasted half an hour on the road for a meal, but I didn’t expect that there were so many strange people. Is the food here really delicious?
With curiosity, Fang Zhiqi followed Shangguan Nan to the second floor.
Two tables were left on the second floor, but they never entertained guests. Of course, every time Shangguan Nan came to have dinner, it was arranged on the second floor because only entertaining relatives and friends.
Fang Zhiqi found a seat by the window and sat down. Through the wooden window, what she saw was a large vegetable field. The vegetables were growing just right at this time, and they were green. Fang Zhiqi was very surprised that there was such a large vegetable garden in the place where every inch of land in S City. The area was estimated to be 1,000 square meters!
"That vegetable field was cultivated by Lao Qi himself. All the side dishes sold in the store came from here. Lao Qi's vegetables are never made of pesticides, and even fertilizers are pure natural. You will know how delicious it is when you try the vegetables later." Shangguan Nan seemed to know Fang Zhiqi's doubts, and before she could speak, she explained independently.
The man named Lao Qi was originally named Zhou Hongqi. He had a horse face, light eyebrows, a high forehead and a high nose, tall figure, and not cool in appearance, but a great popularity between his eyebrows. He was the owner of this restaurant. Although he respected Shangguan Nan very much, they were good brothers who lived and died together.
"It's so strange that you can actually see such a large vegetable garden in City S!" Fang Zhiqi couldn't help but exclaim, her big shiny eyes were full of incredible.
"What's so strange about this? I'm just a farmer, and growing vegetables is my good at." Lao Qi shrugged and said disapprovingly.
Hearing the word "farmer", Fang Zhiqi seemed to be a little traction in her heart. Her identity was also a farmer. Even after living in S City for ten years, she could not forget that she was a child born in a farmer's family. Her parents ten years ago also lived a life of working from sunrise and resting from sunset. At that time, she always thought that life facing the loess and backs was too hard and too tiring, and she could not make much money in her life. But ten years later, she realized that such a life was actually the most comfortable, without pressure, without the darkness and complexity of society, and she could sleep at night. Unlike a bustling city, even in the middle of the night, there were still many people who worked hard to stay up late and work overtime for their livelihood. Because here, if you don't have money, you don't have a foothold, and you even need money to drink water.
"Is there anything you want to eat?" Shangguan Nan was unhappy with the girl around him who was interested in Lao Qi and suddenly asked.
Fang Zhiqi was still staring out the window in a daze, immersed in her thoughts, and did not hear any questions from the man next to her.
The people around him didn't say anything for a long time. Shangguan Nan turned his face suspiciously and looked at Fang Zhiqi staring at the vegetable field outside the window in a daze. He muttered in confusion: Is the vegetable field that beautiful?
Then, he reached out and patted her head.
"Ouch!" Fang Zhiqi suddenly came to her senses, touched the top of her head, and glared at Shangguan Nan unhappily.
Is this guy misaligned?
"Where are you asking? Why are you stunned?"
Am I in a daze? Really!
"Don't scold me in my heart. If you want to scold me, just curse me openly." Seeing Fang Zhiqi flattening her mouth in discontent, Shangguan Nan seemed to know the inner activities in her heart.
"Master, be gentle to girls. By the way, haven't you introduced this beautiful little sister to me yet?" Lao Qi seemed to be unable to stand Shangguan Nan's tone of speaking to the girl, and quickly persuaded her.
After saying that, her eyes began to look at Fang Zhiqi quietly. Her long dark hair was draped on her shoulders like a waterfall, and her curly bangs were like a black chrysanthemum with black hair, covering her slender black eyebrows. Under her slender eyebrows, there were big crystal-like bright and clear eyes. I wonder if because of his words, she actually smiled gratefully at herself, her eyes were curved like crescent moons, as if the charm also overflowed. Between every frown and smile, the noble expression naturally revealed, making people have to be amazed at her elegant and elegant light.
Lao Qi unknowingly, since he was stunned.
It felt so uncomfortable that the thing he liked was staring at greedily. Shangguan Nan felt very unhappy, but because of his brother's identity, it was inconvenient to say something sad. He coughed hard and said, "Fang Zhiqi."
Shangguan Nan's exaggerated cough immediately pulled back Lao Qi's thoughts. After calming down, he promoted himself: "Hello Fang Zhiqi, my name is Zhou Hongqi, you can call me Lao Qi or Qi Ge, but I would rather listen to you call me Qi Ge. My family is all brothers and no sisters. I hope my mother has a sister for me since I was a child, but everyone who pops out of her belly is accompanied by a handful."
After saying that, he yelled twice, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth.
"I call you Brother Qi, are you really my elder brother in the future?" Fang Zhiqi blinked, and her slender eyelashes blinked, like two butterflies dancing.
"Of course, the elder brother goes through fire and water for his younger sister, and he will never refuse!" Lao Qi nodded vigorously, patted his chest, and said confidently.
After hearing his words, Fang Zhiqi subconsciously felt a stir in her heart. Has he really become my elder brother? I will not be alone in the future? If this is true, no matter what I encounter in the future, my elder brother will help me.
"Brother!" Fang Zhiqi shouted in a trembling voice, with a faint burst of tears in the depths of her apricot eyes.
No one knew that she was too eager for her relatives deep down. Since Xu Manli's death, she felt lonely and scared. No matter what grievances a person encounters, she would swallow them all into her stomach. No one comforts or cares about them. She thought that her only days would continue to follow her.
But unexpectedly, a big brother suddenly fell from the sky, a big brother who was willing to go through fire and water. Can Fang Zhiqi not be moved? She even wanted to kneel down and thank God!
"Ai! Haha, I will have a sister in the future." Lao Qi responded happily, with a big curve cracked on the corner of his mouth, revealing white teeth all over his mouth. Suddenly he felt like he had met too late. Looking at Fang Zhiqi's delicate and delicate facial features, he liked it no matter how he looked. He was very excited. I have a sister, and I finally have a sister!
Although Fang Zhiqi sat quietly, her originally lonely heart seemed to be injected with lively factors and became noisy.
"I want a meeting gift when I recognize my sister!" Shangguan Nan said coldly.
Compared to Lao Qi's excitement, he felt very sad, as if he was sharing his most precious treasure with others, and he said in a distorted mood: This Lao Qi really missed his sister crazy, but he even advocated to recognize Fang Zhiqi as his sister without my consent! Why are you going through fire and water? With me here, do you still need your escort? Really!
"Of course! How could I forget this meeting gift?" After saying that, Lao Qi took out a Guanyin pendant from his pocket.
Shangguan Nan was slightly stunned. He remembered that this jasper pendant was the ancestor of the Zhou family. How did he give it to Fang Zhiqi?
"Lao Qi, isn't this..." Shangguan Nan asked.
Lao Qi's eyes flashed slightly and he said, "Hai, I am a big and sturdy man, it's useless to hold it. It's best to give it to my sister."
After saying that, the other party said, "Qiqi, this is a gift for you by brother. Come on, brother bring it with you!"
Fang Zhiqi saw that the pendant in Lao Qi's hand was round and smooth, as if the whole piece of jade was soaked in water. It was moist and shiny, dark green in color, without any variegation. She was carefully polished and emitted a faint aura. Although she didn't know what the market price of this piece of jade was, the quality was absolutely superior and the price should not be cheap.
"Brother, is this too expensive?"
"What is expensive or not? It sounds nice to say, jade, but for the elder brother who has been doing farm work all year round, it is just a stone. Is it more expensive than others?" After Lao Qi said that, regardless of Fang Zhiqi's obstruction, he insisted on putting on the Zhou family's ancestral jade on her. He said happily: It is cost-effective to exchange a piece of jade for a sister!
"Thank you, brother!" Fang Zhiqi touched the pendant on her neck, and a touching sweet smile spread to her lips.
Shangguan Nan saw that Lao Qi really gave Fang Zhiqi the things he passed down to him, and he felt indescribable. Lao Qi was not willing to give it to that woman before, but today he gave it to Fang Zhiqi without thinking. Could it be that Lao Qi really wants to recognize Fang Zhiqi as his sister or? It’s the former, that’s good. It’s naturally a good thing to care about Fang Zhiqi, but if it’s the latter, wouldn’t it be very dangerous? I, Shangguan Nan, didn’t even get her heart done, so don’t be beaten by Lao Qi!
Shangguan Nan became more and more scared as he thought about it. He glanced sideways and caught a glimpse of Fang Zhiqi's smile on his neck caressing the jasper pendant on his neck. This scene seemed to hurt his eyes. He felt that the pendant was so annoying that he wanted to pull it off with one hand.
He reached out several times to pull off the pendant, but remembered the various life and death moments between him and Lao Qi before, Shangguan Nan gritted his teeth and retracted his hand.
"Why don't you make some special dishes to celebrate?" Shangguan Nan changed the topic and said, but there was a sour smell in his words.
Lao Qi didn't point it out directly, but just patted his forehead, "Look at me, I forgot about this when I am happy. You guys sit down for a while. I personally cook a few good dishes for my sister. Wait for a while and it will be fine soon!" After that, he hurried downstairs.
Chapter completed!