Chapter 69: Rescue (1)
April 18 is the Buddha's birthday, and the Huguo Temple in the capital will hold a bathing Buddha puja on this day. On this day, good men and women should take a bath and change their clothes, go to the temple to worship the Buddha, and pray for peace and happiness. On this day, even the streets near Gokokuji Temple are bustling with people. All kinds of fresh food, novelty goods, and even rare imported items, you name it. This day is also very precious for those women, because they can have a head out to go shopping.
According to the usual practice, Zhang's family was supposed to go to Shangxiang together, but because Qi Ying was about to get married, it was inconvenient to go out, so the Liu family did not go. Qi Jiao didn't have the heart to go out because she had just experienced that turmoil, so she said that she was not in good health, so she didn't go. Wang didn't worry about Qi Jiao, so she naturally didn't go, she only bitter Qi Yun, and wanted to go out for a walk, but Wang didn't go, she didn't dare to go against Wang's will. So in the end, only the old lady took Saitama to go, Zhang Hou was not at ease, so he let Zhang Xiao follow, and there was a good response on the way.
This is the first time Saitama has gone out since returning to Beijing. Since that meeting with his father, his father hasn't mentioned anything about entering the palace draft, and Saitama is relieved, and if it hasn't happened, it's as if it hasn't happened.
It's just that after that unpleasant encounter with Qi Jiao in the back garden, Saitama stayed in the old lady's yard or her own yard except to greet the Wang family, and didn't go anywhere. At the same time, she also restrained her maids, she was not allowed to go out when she was fine, she was not allowed to chew her tongue with the people in the house, and if she did not comply, she would be thrown out, but she lived a rare and clean life.
When she first returned to Beijing, Saitama treated Qiying and her aunt as if they were relatives, and she was ecstatic that she finally found a sense of home again. But the incident of the Chu family made her fall into an ice cellar, and when it came to her own vital interests, her family affection was vulnerable. What deeply disappointed Saitama was not that she couldn't marry into the Chu family, but that she was betrayed by her relatives. In this world, the only one who is really good to her regardless of return is the old lady.
"Yu'er, what do you want?" the old lady looked at Saitama and asked with a smile:
"Nothing, thinking about something delicious to eat in a while. ”
"When did you become a greedy cat, too!" the old lady looked at Saitama lovingly.
"Grandmother, the vegetarian food of Huguo Temple is very famous. It is said that it is not inferior to the imperial food in the palace!" Zhang Xiao, who was outside the car, interjected when he heard the conversation between the old lady and Saitama. Saitama has a good impression of this younger brother, because she sees something called justice in this younger brother.
"yes, then we must try it!" Saitama's interest also increased.
"The second sister hasn't been to the street outside the Huguo Temple yet, it's really lively, there are all kinds of rare things. ”
"What's there?"
"You will be dazzled by the things that have been shipped from the West, what kind of quill pens, pronunciation boxes, crystal ornaments, so many. ”
"So good?"
"Yes, why don't the second sister follow me to have a look. Saitama listened, and looked at the old lady with a pleading eye, and the old lady relented when she saw it,
"Alright, alright, don't look at me like that, like a puppy. After a while, send more people to follow, and let you have a good day, poor Jian'er, accompany my old wife every day. ”
"Grandmother, it's true!" Saitama said excitedly, and at this time, she was still a little like a child, no longer the usual old and dignified appearance.
A few people were talking, and they arrived outside the Huguo Temple. There are a lot of people today, fortunately, now Zhang Zan is already a secretary of the ministry, and at any time, there is always some preferential treatment for such court officials, even the holy land of Buddhism.
The monks in the temple couldn't help but give priority to the old lady and they worshiped the Buddha, and also arranged a retreat for the old woman to rest. Of course, in return, the old lady also contributed a lot of sesame oil money to the fundraising book.
Seeing the old lady settle down in the house, Saitama took Li's mother and Qiu Yan, and Zhang Xiao took her personal maid and family, left Huguo Temple and walked towards the lively market.
Saitama has never seen so many people since he was born. Originally, she thought that she was shocking to the world, and a young lady came to the market, but she found that there were not a few young ladies with hats like her, and there were many ordinary women who did not bring anything, so she put her mind at ease, and her eyes were gradually attracted by those new things.
Those things in the market that she had never eaten were also very attractive to her, but Mother Li, who followed her closely, did not allow her to eat them, for fear that they would not be clean. She couldn't help it, so she had to give up and look at the rare objects instead.
In the past, Saitama always brought Autumn Frost, but this time Autumn Yan begged in every possible way, and Saitama agreed to take her out. She was so excited to see all this, and she bought some of this and some of that, and the money in her purse was running out. At this time, he was standing by a stall selling beads.
Saitama wasn't interested in any of this, but the shiny ornaments placed in a small stall attracted Saitama's attention, which might be what Zhang Xiao was talking about. She took a few steps forward, picked it up and saw that it was a little rabbit carved from crystal, with a crystal body and two rubies inlaid with its eyes, which was lifelike and extremely cute.
Her physiognomy happened to be a rabbit, and she just wanted to call Li's mother to pay, but at this time, the crowd suddenly stirred, and Saitama didn't have time to put down the rabbit in her hand, so she was hugged by the people behind and walked forward involuntarily. This sudden change frightened Saitama, she panicked, Mother Li, who was only a few steps away just now, disappeared, and she didn't know where they were squeezed to.
Her hat was also squeezed off, and her hair bun was a little messy, and she couldn't care so much at this time, she couldn't stop at all, so she could only follow the crowd. In the crowd, the cries and shouts were chaotic, and some people fell down, and before they could stand up, they were stepped on by the people behind them, and they became a mess.
Suddenly, Saitama was pushed by someone behind and fell to the ground, she struggled to get up, but her skirt was stepped on and fell to the ground again. Just when she was terrified, a pair of strong arms pulled her up from the ground, and escorted her to the side from behind, into an alley. At this time, Saitama found that the man was holding her arm with one hand and her shoulder with the other, and she was almost protected by that person in her arms, and she felt embarrassed. And the man also noticed the somewhat awkward posture of the two people at this time, and quickly let go of his hand. Saitama also lowered her head in shame and only looked at her feet. Or the man spoke first:
"Please forgive me, the situation is urgent, and I am offended. With that, the man bowed and bowed to Saitama. Saitama hurriedly returned the salute.
"What is the crime of the childe, if it weren't for the rescue of the child, the little girl may have lost her life. It should be the little woman who thanked Engong for saving her life. ”
"Miss is serious, saving Miss is just a gesture, not enough to worry about. ”
Saitama listened to this voice Qingyue, a little familiar, so she looked up at this life-saving benefactor, she was a little surprised, the person was also surprised, and the two of them exclaimed at the same time:
"It's you?!"