XXXVI. On the way home
"Are there any snacks around here?" Yu Rui looked at the sky and asked.
"Forget it, let's go home." Ning Xi pulled Yu Rui's sleeve and said.
"Gege," Lin Yuan still smiled, "It's all here, I'll have to cook it for a while when I go back, so let's take a closer look." ”
Ning Xi heard that this made sense, so he nodded. This Lin Yuan followed her when she was in the palace, although his martial arts were not the highest, but he had an optimistic personality, smiling and grinning all day long, which made people hate it. He dared to speak so presumptuously, and there was no lack of acquiescence and connivance in Ning Xi's daily life.
Walking on the street, looking at the signboards, Yu Rui said: "This is in a busy section, things may be more expensive, or we will walk for a while, I am still very familiar with the shops near the Dutong Mansion." ”
"Whatever," Ning Xi smiled, "I haven't been there anyway, you can make up your mind." ”
After walking for a while, Yu Rui stopped in front of a small shop with the sign of "Lao Niu Noodle Restaurant", stared at the price list posted outside for a long time, and then raised his head and said, "You guys wait here for a while, I'll go over there and have a look." ”
"Let's go over together." Ning Xi said.
"No, it's just a few steps." Yu Rui took a few steps, a little uneasy, he stopped, looked at Chang Sheng Lin Yuan, who was following Ning Xi for a while, and said, "Chang Sheng, you can go with me." ”
Chang Sheng took the order and left with Yu Rui. Ning Xi watched the two of them gradually walk away, then turned a corner at the end of the road and disappeared.
"Didn't you say it's not far, how can you walk for so long?" Ning Xi muttered.
"Gege, do you want to go sit down for a while?" Nian'er said, sticking her head out and looking inside the store. Seeing this, she not only frowned, but whispered in Ning Xi's ear: "Gege, it's better not to go in this kind of small shop, it's a loss of identity." ”
"Wait a little longer and see what he wants to do." Ning Xi said, "I'm married to him, so naturally I have to listen to him." ”
After waiting for a long time, Chang Sheng came back alone and said, "Gege, the third young master has booked a place in the store over there, and he wants Gege to come over." ”
"What kind of store, the location still needs to be booked." Nian'er had a smile in her eyes, it seemed that the third young master had reacted, and she also felt that it was not good to take Gege to that kind of place where he lost his identity!
"It's far away, I see you going for a long time." Lin Yuan complained, "It's in the opposite direction from the road back to home, and it's worth the detour." ”
Chang Sheng didn't say anything, just pointed and put it in the direction, letting Lin Yuan go first. He deliberately dragged it behind the most, and when Nian'er walked to him, he secretly pulled Nian'er's sleeve. Nian'er was shocked, and then rejoiced, could it be that her eldest brother Chang opened up and knew her feelings?
Thinking like this, Nian'er's face was slightly red, she lowered her head, and said shyly: "Brother Chang, what are you doing?" ”
"The shop over there, Yangchun noodles are cheaper than here." Chang Sheng said in a low voice.
"What?" Nian'er didn't understand what it meant for a while.
"At that time, the third young master kept staring at the price list and studied it for a long time before making a decision. He took me there, probably thinking that I was stricter than Lin Yuan, but I used to be a guard in the palace, and Gege was my master, so it was necessary to talk to you. Whether you want to tell Gege or not, it's up to you to decide, after all, you are a woman, and you have to be careful. After Chang Sheng finished speaking, he walked forward quickly, and walked alone in the back.
"What!" Nian'er muttered, "It turned out to be Gege's business." Why didn't you say it earlier, it hurts people to misunderstand! Stupid, stupid! She tapped her head, and suddenly, she stopped, "Wait, two pennies cheaper?" Looking at the price list? Is the third young master really so stingy? ”
"Nian'er, what are you doing, why don't you catch up quickly?" Lin Yuan turned around and urged.
"It's coming!" Nian'er shook her head and quickly followed.
Walking into the noodle restaurant, Yu Rui had already ordered five bowls of Yangchun noodles. He beckoned everyone to sit down and said, "Come, sit down and eat together, today outside, don't talk so much about the rules, and have a good time!" ”
Lin Yuan grinned, sat down, and said, "Third Young Master, that subordinate is not welcome." ”
Nian'er pondered what Chang Sheng had just said in her heart, and saw that Yu Rui really ordered Yangchun noodles, and felt a little uncomfortable. She glanced at Ning Xi, and saw Ning Xi smiling as usual, holding a spoon and drinking the soup carefully. She glanced at Chang Sheng again, but saw Chang Sheng eating noodles with a calm demeanor, as if nothing had happened.
After eating and drinking, Nian'er teased Ningxi to go to the downtown not far away. Ning Xi was hard to come out of, and when he heard Nian'er describe it so vividly, he was naturally moved.
It's the time of the Chinese New Year, and there are more people in the downtown than usual. Nian'er regretted a little, but she couldn't take back what she said, so she had to follow closely by Ning Xi's side, using her body to block the crowd that would squeeze over at any time. In front of a stall selling jewelry, Ning Xi squatted down, picked up a pearl-studded bead flower, and asked, "Old woman, how do you sell this?" ”
"This lady has a good eye," boasted the old lady who sells jewelry, "and these are pearls from the South Sea, and they have been brought in by someone else, and cannot be bought anywhere else." Seeing that this color is quite suitable for Mrs., I will give a sincere price, fifty Wen, how about it? ”
Ning Xi smiled slightly, put down the bead flower, stood up and continued to walk forward.
"Do you want twenty wen?" The old lady shouted at her.
Ning Xi ignored it and continued to walk forward. Instead, Nian'er turned her head and paid attention to Yu Rui's expression. Yu Rui acted as if he hadn't seen it, just walked around and looked at the stalls around him, and didn't say anything.
Nian'er had a plan, kept up with Ning Xi, and took advantage of the moment when a fat woman squeezed over, Nian'er fell on Ning Xi's body, and dragged down the money bag on Ning Xi's waist without a trace.
"Be careful!" Ning Xi held her up and smiled at her.
Nian'er smiled back, and a trace of guilt suddenly rose in her heart. Gege, I'm sorry I calculated on you. But don't worry, everything I do is for your good, really.
After walking for a while, Ning Xi fell in love with a hairpin, and was about to take out money, but when he touched it, he found that his waist was empty, and he forgot to bring his money bag when he came out in the morning?
Ning Xi's pleading eyes looked at Nian'er, and Nian'er made a helpless expression: "Gege, the slave didn't bring any money." As she spoke, she glanced at a few men without a trace, and it happened that Yu Rui was next to her, while Chang Sheng and Lin Yuan followed from a distance. Nian'er weighed it, and said in a voice that Yu Rui could hear: "Why don't I go and borrow it from the two guard brothers." Secretly looking at Yu Rui's expression, she added: "It's only five cents, there will always be." ”
Yu Rui glanced over here, his hand moving slightly, as if hesitating. In the end, he looked away, pretending not to see it, and forcibly moved his gaze to the folding fan stall next to him. Nian'er saw it in her eyes, and she had a plan in her heart.