Just when his father wanted to turn back, Mingzhe made a major discovery. I saw that there was a stall under the weeping willow closest to the city gate, with a tall bamboo pole and a long talisman, with two big characters on it: dragon egg!

Mingzhe hurriedly tugged at his father's cuffs, "Dad, shall we go to that stall and have a look?" and then pointed to the stall under the weeping willows.

The father knew what was going on and walked to the stall.

Mingzhe was taken aback when he came to the stall, it turned out that the stall owner was the old man who had come to the city by boat together! The old man still covered his head with his back hat, and seemed to recognize Mingzhe, and said with a smile: "Little brother, don't come to harm." ”

The father looked puzzled, looked at Mingzhe, and asked, "You know each other?"

Mingzhe looked at the old man blankly, and replied casually: "Yes, the old friend on the ship when I came." ”

The father turned to the old man and said, "You... Belch... How do you make a move with a dragon egg?"

The old man did not answer his father's question, but said slowly: "Your son-in-law is kind-hearted, his bones are amazing, and the content is good, he will be a dragon and a phoenix among people in the future..."

"How much less?" his father interrupted, his face full of disdain.

The old man frowned, looked at his father, and said leisurely: "You can only take one of them, no more, no less than thirty silver ingots." ”

The father was immediately furious, "What? There are still thirty pieces, and I can only take one of them, I have seen a lot of different fruits in the north and south, don't think that I don't know you coconut fruit in the south, do you want to give me a bamboo tube to suck?!"

Mingzhe hurriedly grabbed his father, who was about to beat someone, and Uncle Zhang was also there to help avoid a fight.

Mingzhe and Uncle Zhang forcibly pushed their father into the distance, and only agreed to go back to the inn after persuading each other with good words.

I only heard the old man's voice sound again: "Full of anger and dull foundation, it is really providential to make people, little brother, we will have a period in the future..."

_

After three days, his father did not receive any news from the General's Mansion, which made him even more annoyed when he was already angry, and he either drank for fun or scolded the old man all day long.

Uncle Zhang was very uneasy about Mingzhe going to see Xueyan every day, and from time to time persuaded his father to let Mingzhe go back to the village as soon as possible to inform the villagers to prepare enough herbs in case of emergency, but his father prevaricated on the grounds that the business had not been negotiated and what to prepare.

Seeing that Uncle Zhang was becoming more and more uneasy, the father began to understand the child's thoughts, and responded to the sentence: Knowing the son is better than the father.

_

Finally, in the early morning of the fifth day, an officer and soldier dressed in bronze helmets and iron armor came to my father, saying that he had something important to discuss.

The father hurriedly dressed appropriately and led him into the inner house for a secret conversation.

The officers and soldiers who walked out of the inner house carried a small money bag in their hands, and after squinting at Mingzhe, who was sitting in the living room in a daze, he hurriedly returned to his life.

The father shook Mingzhe's shoulder and said happily: "The dragon god blesses, the ancestors are virtuous, and our Yuan family is developed! By the way, today you will go back to the village and ask everyone to prepare a large number of crane grass, purple pearl grass, as well as Panax notoginseng, Puhuang... More baiji, mint leaves... Belch... By the way, this is a prescription, you must keep it properly, remember to remember!"

With trembling hands, he held a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Mingzhe, who carefully put it away in his arms.

Mingzhe looked at his excited father and said with relief: "Got it, Dad." "I started packing.

Uncle Zhang, who was sweating profusely, hurried from outside, and the stairs made a loud 'bang', and when he opened the door, he asked, "It's done?"

Father nodded, Uncle Zhang was naturally excited, hugged his father tightly, and praised the dragon god in his mouth.

The two separated, and Uncle Zhang saw that Mingzhe was packing up his clothes, and his excitement calmed down a little, so he asked his father, "Let the child go back?"

The father replied, "Without further ado, lest you have long nights and dreams." Uncle Zhang nodded yes, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'd better take you to the ferry, so that there will be no accidents on the way. Father said earnestly.

Mingzhe hurriedly waved his hand, "Dad, no need, I'm not too young, not to mention that the stakes are very high, and the child knows the stakes." ”

His father looked at him thoughtfully, and then sighed, "Ah... It's okay, I'm also worried about this business, so be careful on the road. ”

Mingzhe said goodbye to his father and Uncle Zhang and walked towards the ferry.

_

After Mingzhe arrived at the ferry, he refused to get on the boat, pacing back and forth, bowing his head and not saying a word.

At this moment, one of them patted Mingzhe on the shoulder.

Mingzhe looked back and was overjoyed, it turned out to be Qiao Bo who sent him to Lu School, stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and said, "Qiao Bo, why are you here?"

Qiao Bo smiled at him and stroked Mingzhe's head, "You kid is really resistant to beating, maybe you can't live if you change others, no, I heard that there are a lot more people here, come to earn a little money, hehe..."

Mingzhe scratched his head habitually and said with a smile: "Where is it, I'm just lucky, and it's true that people in the underworld don't look down on me." The two laughed.

Then Uncle asked, "Are you going back?"

Mingzhe nodded, "Well, I'm going back to the village, but I'm a little urgent to do, so I don't know what to do." ”

Joeber's eyes widened, "Tell me about it." ”

Mingzhe slurred: "My father... Let me put something important... Bring it back to the village as soon as possible and hand it over to my mother, and Xueyan is here... I think... Stay with her for a few more days..."The more he said, the redder his face became.

Qiao Bo smiled knowingly: "Of course this is no problem, give me something, and I will bring it back to you." ”

Mingzhe was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly took out the bamboo slip of the prescription and a letter from his bosom and handed it to Qiao Bo, and gave a deep salute and shouted thank you.

Qiao Bo pushed him and scolded with a smile: "Silly boy, what are you polite to me, go and see your lovely person." ”

Mingzhe gave another salute and quickly ran towards Xueyan's residence, Qiao Bo shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighing at the good of youth.

_

Pushing open Xue Yan's door, she saw Xue Yan lying on the table crying, and when she looked up and saw Mingzhe, she burst into tears and laughed, and Mingzhe hurriedly told her about Qiao Boken's help, which made her praise the dragon god.

The affectionate smile reflected by the jade face of the pear blossom with rain made Mingzhe look stupid, Xueyan lowered her head, blushed and said softly, "Haven't you seen enough?"

Mingzhe just giggled, as if nothing else.

In the past few days, we have almost to tell all the interesting things about the baby. Silent here, louder than sound, they stared at each other, sometimes smiling, sometimes pleasant.

_

"By the way, can you go buy dragon eggs with me?" Mingzhe suddenly remembered something.

"Uh... What are you talking about? Dragon eggs! How can there be such a thing..."Xue Yan, who was in a daze, was confused by the word 'dragon egg' and looked at Mingzhe in disbelief.

Mingzhe scratched his head and said, "Under the weeping willows of the East City Gate." ”

Xue Yan didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so she said helplessly: "It's so late, will he come out of the stall?"

Mingzhe looked at the dark night through the window and said, "Maybe, you don't have time during the day, it's better to take a walk." ”

Xue Yan stood up and pulled him out the door.

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Standing under the towering archway, Mingzhe looks at the market from afar, and the situation of coming here a few days ago is really very different, there are a lot less people, the shops on both sides have long been closed, the net depression, only the spring building with bright lights and noisy taverns add a bit of liveliness to the market. The night of "Zhenyuan Yaju" is also lively, and from time to time there are operas, cheers, and laughter.

They walked side by side on the stone pavement of the market, as if they were rushing to the end of their lives, happy and sweet.