【Chance Encounter】

Cotton craftsmen are all skilled, generally go to the village or open their own shop, there is one in the town, and there is one in her space, but this two-pole cotton maker said that he has not played for many years, and his hands are raw, so he does not dare to start such a snow-white and high-quality cotton, in addition, he has to prepare some tools, he has not found suitable branches to make wooden shelves and copper wires for elastic cotton.

It happened that Mengfan wanted to go to the city to have a look, so she planned to simply take the cotton to the cottonsmith in the city to try it, but she had to hide where her cotton came from, so she had to go to the town and rent a carriage for fifty yuan, let Ling Yaoxuan act as a groom, and the little bald head went to the county seat with her.

In the carriage, she and Lan Bao'er sat opposite each other, Liang's mother's newly made coarse cloth bag was folded and folded neatly in all directions, and she walked for about two hours before Ling Yaoxuan outside reminded that the county seat was not far from here.

The little bald head picked up an empty cloth bag, stood up, shook it a few times with her hand, it was empty, she smiled and reached out to the mouth of the bag and gently brushed it, and the cotton flowers that were dried up one by one and picked up the cotton seeds appeared silently in the cloth bag, from less to more, until it gradually filled the bag: "Okay Mengfan, when I tie up this bag, we will load it again." "One bag, two bags...... filled with ten cloth bags.

The first time she came to the county seat, she looked from the small back window in the carriage, and saw that the two words 'Dragon Gate' in the middle of the city gate were clearly distinguishable in the sun, and the soldiers guarding the door had no spirit, she saw Ling Yaoxuan jump off the front seat of the carriage, handed a copper plate to the hands of the small leader of the city guards, and said a few words, a small soldier came over and lifted the curtain behind him to look inside, and saw two young men and women who looked like dolls on the New Year's paintings, and the little soldiers also showed two white teeth and smiled.

"What's in the car?"

"Cotton, our own family, go to the city to make some new quilts."

"Where did it come from?"

"Qingshui Village, Qingquan Town."

"Okay, let's go inside!"

When Ling Yaoxuan walked back to the coachman's position and raised his whip and drove the carriage into the city, Meng Fancai said to the little bald head: "It's smoother than I imagined, it seems that this day is quite peaceful." ”

The little bald head pursed his lips: "Only you think so, everyone has to pay money, I heard them say that one person pays two copper plates, and the carriage has five copper plates, we just spent eleven copper plates, I knew that I would go inside first, and I will come out when I enter the city." ”

Babbling, this kid will calculate, Meng Fan sneered: "Then according to what you say, I should go to catch the car, so that you and Brother Ling don't have to pay?" ”

The little bald head pouted: "That's not good, you are alone, I don't worry, or you can accompany Brother Ling, you can bring me and the carriage in." ”

Meng Fan couldn't help but flick the forehead of the little bald head with his fingers: "You are a little money fan, you are very good at abacus." ”

The little bald head touched his forehead and smiled: "Mengfan, how do you know that I want an abacus?" Buy me a handful in a moment, okay? I want to learn from Brother Ling. ”

"Good!"

After asking someone, Ling Yaoxuan drove the carriage to a cotton shop, and told the boss that he was in a hurry and asked them to hurry up and make the cotton into a quilt as quickly as possible, but the boss refused, saying that there were a lot of people making quilts during this time, and if he wanted to take it, he would have to spend ten days and eight days.

Ling Yaoxuan was helpless, walked back to the carriage and asked Mengfan what he meant outside, just after saying a word, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps from the street, the street is not wide, the carriage is not big or small, just enough for a group of soldiers patrolling the street to walk, at this time, Ling Yaoxuan suddenly shouted: "Helian Gongzi ......"

Which Helian son? Xiao Shizi is chasing after him?

The little bald head sat down beside Meng Fan, and wrinkled his nose dissatisfied.

The footsteps outside the carriage suddenly stopped, and a slightly muffled voice sounded: "Ling Yaoxuan, is it you?" ”

"It's me, Helian Gongzi, such a coincidence......"

"Are you here?"

"Make quilts, Miss said that it was cold, and I was afraid that we would freeze and I couldn't help her work well......" Unexpectedly, this Ling Yaoxuan, who is quiet on weekdays, is in the mood to tell cold jokes when he meets an acquaintance.

The little bald head beside him was also grinning, and Meng Fan jumped out of the carriage and shouted to a young man in a small soldier uniform: "Big brother." ”

"Fanfan?" Helian Yutian looked at the pretty little girl in front of him in amazement, a dark blue floor-length cloak, wrapped in a slender and slender body, setting off a beautiful and pretty face, a pair of bright eyes looked at him with a light smile, stretched out his arms and rushed towards him.

A fragrant fragrance of a girl like a lotus hit his nose straight into his nose, he trembled, hugged her tightly and let go of her quickly, hugged her arms and looked carefully: "Fanfan, is it you?" Fanfan, why are you here? ”

"I'm ......," she said, and the words were rudely interrupted.

"Ouch, this little girl is really good-looking, even better than the little lady in the painting, why, Helian Gongzi, don't introduce it?"

Meng Fan's eyes froze, and she suddenly turned her head, only to see a person who was obviously dressed differently from the other soldiers staring at her with a very uncomfortable look.

"Liu Juntou, take care of your eyes and mouth." This was not said by Helian Yutian, but by another young man in this small team wearing ordinary military uniforms.

"Humph! Don't think that your young master has anything great, wasn't he sent to us by the Lingyun City Lord? What's ......, what are you glaring at me? If you have the ability to open a back door with the adults of our family, you will say that your eldest young master can't bear the hardships of guarding the city and patrolling the city, and wants to go back to be his eldest young master...... Let's go, we're patrolling the streets, what are you doing here? It's in the way of others, let's go! ”

It seems that the eldest brother's road to the army is not so smooth.

Meng Fan stood on his tiptoes, whispered something in Helian Yutian's ear, turned to Ling Yaoxuan and said: "Defending the city and patrolling the city is all to protect the peace of our little people, Brother Ling, the fruit in our carriage will be brought to quench their thirst." Her hand was slightly raised and pointed to the carriage.

Is there fruit in the wagon? It's just a pile of cotton and a small bald head.

However, Ling Yaoxuan didn't say anything, and walked directly to the back of the carriage to lift the curtain, only to see the little bald head bending down to pick up a basket of golden citrus and hand it over.

Ling Yaoxuan knew that his young lady was the young lady, and without saying a word, he took the basket from the little bald hand, and in the blink of an eye, there was an extra basket of green-skinned pears, and he reached over with his other hand and carried it over.

"Commander, taste it, this is what we met on the road where a man from the mountains came to sell the fruit, so he bought it and prepared to take it home to eat, come, take it." Ling Yaoxuan was sleek, and he handed both baskets directly in front of the military leader.

"Oh, how embarrassing is this, this ......, we are patrolling the streets, we can't stand on the street and eat fruit, isn't it ...... look good" The military leader saw that the young man in front of him was a knowledgeable person, and when he saw so many mouth-watering citrus and green-skinned pears, his tone of voice was much softer.

"Oh, hehe...... we've been hungry since we came from home, I don't know where the restaurant in this city can be accommodating, my young lady is a little picky about food, why don't you trouble the military commander to show us the way?"

This kid is indeed a master.

The military head with a smile in his heart waved his hand: "What are we big men joining the army for?" For the peace of the people, so ...... Let's show the way, find the land, and eat for this beautiful girl and her entourage! ”

What a high-sounding word, Ling Yaoxuan nodded with a smile at the right time: "So, thank you!" ”

Helian Yutian lowered his eyes and looked at the silent little Mengfan in front of him, and the corners of his lips overflowed with a touch of praise for her selection of people.

A restaurant that is not big or small, the grade is not high or low, it is time to eat, the guests in the lobby are only three or three, but the private room inside is very quiet.

Ling Yaoxuan invited the head of the army and the three street patrolmen to find a window seat in the lobby, and shouted to the boss to hurry up with delicious food and delicious wine.

The wine and food were ordered, and while waiting, Mengfan looked at Helian Yutian and didn't say a word.

She took a sip of the tea here, then put it down, looking at him with sparkling eyes.

The little bald head propped his hands on his chin, and watched quietly like her.

Helian Yutian sighed lightly, chuckled, and took the initiative to speak: "Lazy, just wait for me to say without even asking?" ”

Mengfan shrugged his shoulders and looked at him with a smile.

"Okay, that day, I suddenly joined the army under the command of the city lord of Lingyun City, and I didn't report my name, so I just made an ordinary recruit ......, and a month later, the recruits had to promote the small army leaders, and then find out the candidates for the flag order from these small army leaders, Luo Hu, who was in the same camp as me, helped me register, and then, I reluctantly became a small flag commander first; Ten days later, a letter came from the capital, asking the city lord of Lingyun City to help her take care of the eldest son of the Helian family under him. ”

Meng Fan raised his eyebrows and shook his head: "Since my eldest brother appeared in front of many people with a rebellious posture, he casually showed a few kung fu under his hands, and was discovered by the dark flag placed in the military camp of the city lord of Lingyun City, and then reported to the master of the capital, as a result, the stealth technique of the eldest brother was successful, and he immediately became the one in the city lord of Lingyun City who thought that it was the one who put it in his barracks......

"Just shoot hard...... little girl." Helian Yutian relaxed his body and leaned back in his chair, and said with a wry smile: "If I were the city lord of Lingyun City, I would also wonder if it was that troubled woman who put a shadow beside me, staring at every move in the barracks; In addition, I didn't visit the city lord at that time, and it was certain that people had a mustard in their hearts, and General Sima under the city lord of Lingyun City, on the grounds that I was too far away from home to take care of the old man, affectionately entrusted his military friend and seconded me back to Longmen County......"