Chapter 21: Gathering and Opportunity

Yuan Anping originally planned to take advantage of the holiday to sleep lazily, but the genius turned white, and two excited children came to knock on the door of his house.

"Brother Anping, open the door, open the door!"

"Brother Anping, open the door, open the door!"

Yuan Anping got up angrily, "I really want to beat those two stinky boys!" he shouted in the direction of the door, "Wait for me!" Then he got up and got dressed, put away the quilt, tied his ponytail, and he was really annoyed when he talked about this long hair.

went out and opened the door, Yuan Anping asked angrily: "Why are you two here so early!"

Fat Dun immediately said excitedly: "Brother Anping, today everyone will go to the county town to catch the market, you should go with you." You can take my donkey cart to go!"

Li Zi nodded violently, grabbed Yuan Anping and was about to leave, "There are so many people today, it's lively, it's rare, let's go!"

Yuan Anping shook him off and sighed: "Why don't you let me wash my face, wait!" he said and closed the door again. After brushing your teeth and washing your face at the fastest speed ever, open the door, lock the door, and leave.

The three of them ran wildly all the way, and when they reached the entrance of the village, Yuan Anping saw that it was really lively. There was an ox cart and four donkey carts, and the adults were talking in a heap, and the children were running around, looking excited. Seeing Yuan Anping, many children ran over to greet him.

Fat Dun pulled him to the side of his donkey cart, "Dad, Brother Anping is here, let's go up first and take a good position." ”

Yuan Hezhuang greeted Yuan Anping with a smile, heard his son say this, and advised: "Okay, you go up and sit first, there is a quilt prepared by your mother on it, draped, don't freeze." ”

"Good. Fat Dun got into the car quickly, beckoning Yuan Anping and Li Zi to go up.

Yuan Anping asked Li Zi to sit first, and then got into the car, which was covered with thatch and sat very soft. Fat Dun pulled the quilt, and it was quite warm for the three of them to huddle together.

Yuan Anping looked at the people gathered at the entrance of the village and asked the two, "Why are there so many people?"

Li Zi explained to him: "Tomorrow is the winter solstice, and if you want to eat dumplings, everyone has to buy meat." It is also an opportunity to go into the city and add something to the house. ”

Yuan Anping looked at it, "Oh." He asked with some curiosity: "Why do I think that so many children are learning Chinese characters with me?"

Fat Dun looked as a matter of course: "Because I did well in the exam, I was left behind, and my father and mother want to reward it, so I can go to the county seat to play with me." ”

Li Zi, "Yes, usually adults don't take children to the county seat." There are many good things in the city, and children want to buy them when they see them. They are annoyed when it comes to trouble. ”

Yuan Anping nodded, and seeing that everyone was still waiting, he asked, "How long will it take to leave?"

Fat Dun looked up and saw his mother coming from the pile of people who were originally speaking, "It's almost over, my mother is here, we can leave soon." ”

Yuan Anping saw Cai Xiaohua followed by several women and children, "There are so many people, can you sit in just a few cars?"

Li Zi glanced at him strangely, "Most of the people in the car are children, and many women and men are walking. ”

Yuan Anping stopped talking, where did he know this. deliberately yawned to show that he was sleepy, as for him, he was not small, and he was not a woman, so he didn't want to sit in the car. Fat Dun said very understandingly: "Brother Anping, you sleep, it will take more than an hour to reach the county seat." ”

Yuan Anping touched Fat Dun's head, "Wait for the car to start leaving before sleeping." ”

Several children came up in the car one after another, looking like they were all playing with Li Zi and their usual time, including Zhang Weihu, Li Dongfeng, Zhang Chun, Yuan Fuyuan and Yuan Dahe, although everyone was not very comfortable together, it was warm. The children were lively when they got together, and they were very excited to talk to Yuan Anping about the city. The next to sit up were Zhang Xiaoliu and Huo Xiaoxi. Zhang Xiaoliu was still holding a sleeping child in his arms, wrapped in a small quilt, and it seemed to be Huo Xiaoxi's younger brother.

Yuan Anping looked at Zhang Xiaoliu, this was one of the few twins he knew, and he was still married and had children.

Fat Dun saw Yuan Anping looking at Zhang Xiaoliu, so he leaned on his ear and whispered: "My mother said that Xiaoxi's father has a doll and wants to go to the county seat to see a doctor." ”

Yuan Anping was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked at Zhang Xiaoliu's stomach, and found that it was blocked by the child, and then realized that it was a little rude for him to do this. However, he did be a little surprised that Shuang'er could have children. It is said that Shuang'er looks the same as the man's body, but is more handsome (and accidental), and has flower-shaped birthmarks on his body to distinguish them.

Huo Xiaoxi sat obediently next to Zhang Xiaoliu and saw Yuan Anping looking over. Although Huo Xiaoxi has a somewhat introverted personality, Yuan Anping has always been gentle with him, so he is not afraid of Yuan Anping. Huo Xiaoxi looked at Yuan Anping and asked happily: "Brother Anping, do you like to go to the city? I heard that it is fun there, I don't know if it's true." ”

Zhang Xiaoliu was so sad when he heard his son say this. Because Huo Xiaoxi was a twin, he was not treated by his mother-in-law, and he was never allowed to go to the county seat before. This year, they finally separated from each other and had the opportunity to take their children to the city.

Yuan Anping knew something about Huo Xiaoxi, so he told him: "It should be fun, you can take the opportunity to take a good look." ”

Huo Xiaoxi smiled and nodded, he was very happy to go to the city, and he always heard his cousins say that he had always been envious.

After Cai Xiaohua got into the car, the donkey cart of the Fat Dun family began to set off. After Yuan Anping greeted everyone, he pulled Fat Dun into his arms, then pulled the quilt to cover it, felt warmer, and closed his eyes. He kept spinning all kinds of ideas in his head, but he still had to wait until he entered the city and looked at the situation.

After walking for nearly three hours, they came to the city gate, left the car outside the city gate, and everyone separated. Yuan Anping looked at those enthusiastic women, and really admired them, they had been walking for so long, and their spirits were so good, I had to praise them for their good foot strength.

Li Zi and Fat Dun did not follow their families, but followed Yuan Anping. Anyway, they don't have anything to buy, so it's better to follow Yuan Anping around the city.

Yuan Anping looked up at the tall city wall, felt that it was really imposing, and looked at the two words above the city gate, Slippery City.

Li Zi and Fat Dun looked up like him, and Fat Dun looked at it and said, "I know that city character." "Because one of the children is named Zhou Cheng, they learned the word "city" by the way. To be honest, these children studied really hard, not only learned the words taught by Yuan Anping, but also learned the names of other children, saying that they could learn more words in this way.

Yuan Anping nodded, "That's right, the other word is slippery, you will learn it sooner or later." Let's go, let's go inside. ”

The city is really lively, you can see people everywhere, and you can see a lot of stalls. The three of them didn't buy it but didn't let it go, and they all watched it, and exchanged their feelings. It's just that when they passed by a candy seller, the two children couldn't take their eyes off. Yuan Anping looked helpless, because he didn't have the money to buy them either.

As a result, Li Zi and Fat Dun discussed it, and took out the only penny they were holding, which together was exactly two pennies, and they could buy a small sugar man. Li Zi asked Fat Dun to hold the candy man, and Fat Dun held it up to Yuan Anping first: "Brother Anping, you eat first." ”

Yuan Anping looked moved, but he made it clear that he didn't like to eat candy people, so let the two of them eat.

Li Zi and Fat Dun judged that Yuan Anping was not lying, and happily You bite a little bit, I bite a small bite, hold it in your mouth, the sugar in your mouth can be eaten for a long time, and let Fat Dun take the rest.

The three of them were continuing to walk towards the city, and when they saw some people gathered around the bulletin board, they also walked over curiously. Yuan Anping was stunned for a moment when he saw the list posted on it. And as long as Fat Dun and Li are any words that can be seen, they will see if there are any words they know in them.

Fat Dun read the word he knew, "Rui Wang...... Look for...... Treasure. ”

Yuan Anping said with a smile: "You have recognized the key words." ”

Li Zi asked curiously: "Then what is it talking about?"

Yuan Anping was about to explain, when he saw a servant strike the gong and said loudly: "Everyone pay attention! Attention! Princess Rui's birthday is approaching, in order to please the princess, the prince hopes that the general public will contribute treasures to him." The prince promised that if the princess took a fancy to the treasure, he would thank him heavily. ”

Hearing the whole thing, Yuan Anping led Li Zi and Fat Dun out of the crowd, and after walking for a while, he asked Liangxiao: "What do you two think of King Rui?"

Li Zi thought for a while and said, "Our village belongs to Huaxian County, and Huaxian County belongs to Xinlan County. This Xinlan County is the fief of King Rui. King Rui is the emperor's third prince, but he is not favored, so the fief is so remote. People say that King Rui is infatuated, he loves his princess very much, even if the princess is a twin son, and he has no children for many years, he did not marry a side concubine. It's not surprising to find a baby for the princess's birthday to please the princess. However, many people say that King Rui has no ambitions, and only likes to take the princess to the mountains and rivers, and is not a person who has achieved great things. ”

Fat Dun also interjected and said in a very low voice: "Yes, yes, many people envy the princess." I also heard my father say that King Rui is very good, he doesn't collect much taxes from fiefdoms, but our county master is too greedy, and we have lived so hard by collecting taxes for various reasons, and other counties are much better than ours. ”

Yuan Anping was thoughtful after listening. The three of them continued to wander the streets, and before they knew it, it was almost noon. Smelling the scent wafting from the restaurant, both children swallowed. Yuan Anping looked at it again and was helpless because he had no money. He took out three cakes from his arms, one for each person, and the three of them found an unobtrusive place and began to nibble on the cakes. The two children enjoyed eating it, after all, it was a pie, and they could eat some meat, although it was a little cold, but they still thought it was delicious.

Eating cakes in the cold wind, Yuan Anping felt a feeling of tears. Seeing the two children eating happily, I felt that I was a little poor and fastidious, and I should be on par with the two children.

The three of them were gnawing happily, when they suddenly noticed a crowd surging, and after a while, they saw a team of chariots and horses coming, and the three of them happened to be standing on the side of the road, and they could see very clearly.

Fat Dun and Li Zi were very excited to see it, and they also sighed with real majesty.

Yuan Anping looked at the carriage that looked really luxurious, the guards with knives on the tall horses on both sides of the carriage, and the luggage cart behind the carriage. It can be assumed that the people in this carriage must have been rich and noble.

Then he heard a discussion on the side.

"Who is in this car, why is it so majestic?"

Another person who seemed to be in the know said proudly: "I don't know, this is our Master Zhang of Huaxian County." ”

"You're talking about that very young Master Zhang?"

"yes. ”

"It's the old man Zhang who is a friend of King Rui and was designated as an imperial merchant by the royal family!"

"It's him, it's him! Master Zhang has been living in the county town, and I heard that he is coming back to visit relatives this time. ”

Yuan Anping was thoughtful, an imperial businessman, a lover prince with no ambitions, quite interesting. He had the idea of offering a treasure, but he had to think about it again.