Chapter 55: Ten Years of Wontons
In the East Palace, the two spent the most intimate three days after the wedding, and it was the day when Ruo Ao Ziyan went home to visit relatives. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The north wind rolled up a drizzle, and at dawn, the first ice rain of winter fell in Yingdu, and the weather suddenly became a little colder.
But early in the morning, despite the severe cold, Mi Huang still got up, greeted Si Qin and them very carefully, and prepared to meet Ling Yin Ziban and Mrs. Wang today's gifts, Ruo Ziyan lazily leaned on the phoenix bed, smiled at her doing everything, and said leisurely, "It seems that someone can't wait to see her in-laws." ”
"I'm not all for you yet. Mi Huang said hatefully.
She didn't want his father and mother to think that he had married a big girl and went back.
She wanted to be his perfect wife.
When the forbidden army surrounded the palace chariot and drove out of the East Palace, heading towards Ling Yin's Mansion.
Although the autumn harvest was a bumper harvest, there were still starvations in some places, and some displaced people flocked to the city of Yingdu in order to survive, just like the little beggars that night.
At the intersection of the main city street and the north city street, in the Wanji wonton shop, a charcoal stove has been lit, and the warmth is melting.
Looking south from the window, in the early morning mist, the East Palace of Chu can be faintly seen, stacked and saggy, and the lights are like nine stars flickering.
There is an old man sitting in front of the window of Wanji wonton shop, eating hot wontons, and he wants to gamble with Lao Wan.
What he gambled on was that the position of the princess would soon be vacated by the Ruo Ao clan.
The eldest princess who became famous in the first war of Yongguo, and now the daughter of the king of Chu, now lives here.
The old man's gamble was not his own idea, but came out of the rumors in the streets and alleys in the past two or three days.
As we all know, since the first order of the Chu State, Yin Yanzi married the princess of Chu, Ruo Ao's power has been pulled to a height that no one can do.
In just three days, it was rumored inside and outside the city of Yingdu that thousands of acres of fertile land had been forcibly occupied and swallowed by the clansmen of Ruoao, and there were several Huazhai Jingyuan, all of which were unreasonably occupied.
The displaced people outside the city have no land to plant and no houses to live in, but the Ruo Ao clan in the city occupies thousands of acres of fertile land and thousands of acres of mansions.
It's outrageous.
"Princess, but we are the princess of Chu State, and we have Sun Hou who holds 400,000 iron guards in Wancheng to rely on, and she is brilliant, how can she be that ordinary woman, that is the reincarnation of the phoenix in the sky, with her blessing, the flood in my Chu country has receded for three years, and this year's harvest is more than enough. How could he be deceived by Ruo Ao's clan. Lao Wan, who was standing behind the counter, scolded when he heard this, "You old man who doesn't know anything, don't scare your mouth here every day!"
"Beware of the misfortune that comes out of the mouth. Lao Wan shook his head and reminded.
The old man twisted his jaw and yellow beard, smiled hehe, and sneered, "You just pretend to be deaf and dumb all day long, and sell your wontons!"
"Who doesn't know that now most of the Chu country is in the hands of the Ling Yin family, and when the current one goes, it will be the turn of the princess, and the world of the Chu country will not know when to change its name and surname. ”
The old man dragged a group of curious neighbors and talked about the heavenly family in a grand manner, just as he said that tomorrow's cabbage will rise by three percent, and the pork of the day after tomorrow will have a price.
Lao Wan said lightly, "This future has not happened yet, you old thing, every time you seem to have seen it, it's really amazing!"
The crowd laughed.
The old man was thick-skinned, and he said with his yellow beard, "If you don't believe it, make a bet with me." How about betting on a year's worth of wontons? I'm not black-hearted. ”
"Do you dare, Lao Wan?" asked with a gray eyebrow.
The house was full of some neighborhood dramas, and when I heard that the old man was blowing the New Year over there again, he also laughed funny, "Bet on one!" Lao Wan, everyone knows that you have made a fortune in the past few years, so invite him to eat wontons for a year, gamble." ”
Lao Wan pretended to be deaf and dumb, so he didn't fall for this, he opened this mouth today, and someone will definitely ask him to gamble tomorrow.
The crowd was in a commotion, only to hear a cheerful voice raise their voice and say, "I'll bet with him! If he wins, I'll treat him to eat wontons for ten years until he dies of old age." ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they all looked back at the young noble man wearing a purple moon-white robe who walked slowly down from the second floor.
Lao Wan shook his head and smiled, "Childe, why are you involved in this boring gambling in the market." ”
When the old man heard this title, he knew that he was a nobleman, and immediately clapped his hands and said, "This nobleman, you really want to gamble with me and give me ten years of wontons." ”
Cheng Jia bowed slightly, "Why don't you want it again?"
"Yes, of course, but you are bound to lose this bet. The old man hesitated, he just wanted Kuang Lao Wan's free wontons, but now there are big nobles who deliver them to the door by themselves, so he replied repeatedly.
From outside the gate, gusts of wind whistled like knives.
I saw Cheng Jia walking out of the wonton shop against the wind and rain, and said quietly, "Wouldn't it be good to lose." ”
"There are losses to wins. ”
Lao Wan ordered Xiao Si to hurry up with an umbrella to send him off, but Cheng Jia just stood under the eaves of Wanji wontons and held an oil umbrella to reveal a pair of cloudy and breezy eyes, looking along the main city street in the direction of the East Palace of King Chu, until a palace car hugged in front of the mighty team, slowly coming towards Beicheng Street.
At the intersection, a group of homeless people were rushing from the other direction of the main city street, and from far and near there was a group of people galloping in, the golden armor was shining, and a huge family emblem with the word "Ruo Ao" came into view, obviously it was someone from the Ruo Ao clan who was about to go out.
But today is obviously a big day for Ruo Ao Ziyan and Mi Huang to get married and go home.
Someone actually left temporarily.
Mi Huang looked at this scene from a distance, turned around and said, "It seems that the first time I came to the door, there were people in your family who didn't like me very well." ”
"How could it be?" Ruo Ao Ziyan hugged her, but his eyes fell on the canopy carriage that was galloping across the opposite side, and a middle-aged man with a rich figure showed a corner through the curtain.
While the two were talking, they heard someone outside crying for help, "Xi'er, Xi'er, wake up, ladies and gentlemen, please, please save my sister." ”