Chapter Sixty-Eight: Joy Goes to the General's Mansion
"That's good, you're lucky today, by the way, what about your rice and clothes? Who's going to bring it back to you?" Yun Zhibai looked at them empty-handed and asked, so much rice, it must have to be pulled away by a donkey cart.
"Old Zhou, we were about to go back, and we bumped into him, we loaded those things on the donkey cart, give him a penny, and he can't see his happy teeth!" Yang Sanlang said happily from just now to now, his eyes were shining when he spoke.
When they walked to the gate of the city, Yun Zhibai went to the post station to send medicine, and the group separated, Yun Zhibai waved his hand at them, and walked quickly to the post station, and Gongsun Aunt They went to their home in the suburbs, taking advantage of the afternoon time, Gongsun Aunt went to the vegetable field to pull out some more vegetables, Yang Sanlang also caught more fish, Zhao Dalang made more sesame Hu cakes, they are all looking forward to the arrival of tomorrow morning.
After Yun Zhibai went to the post station to send the Chinese medicine to Xiyan's grandfather, he hurried home with his clothes in his hand, pushed open the gate of the courtyard, walked into the house quickly, and saw that Xiyan was coaxing the child, he hurriedly said happily, "Lady, Xi'er, look what good clothes I brought back for you!" ”
When Xiyan heard Yun Zhibai's voice, he immediately got up and walked to the door of the house to welcome Yun Zhibai into the house, "Zhibai, you went to Yunjin City to buy Chinese medicine, why did you buy clothes for me and the child again!" Didn't you just buy clothes for me and the baby the day before yesterday? ”
Xiyan took the clothes in Yun Zhibai's hand, pretending to be disgusted and said, she touched Yun Zhibai's cold hands, and hurriedly took a long shirt and put it on Yun Zhibai, "It's such a cold day, I woke up in the morning and found that you had already gone to Yunjin City, why didn't you come back now, I haven't eaten lunch yet, I must be hungry, hurry up and have some lunch, I just ate for a while, and the food is still hot." ”
Saying that, Xiyan hurriedly lifted the plate of the meal that was upside down on the desk and served the meal to Yun Zhibai, Yun Zhibai was reminded by Xiyan like this, but he really felt that his stomach began to growl, he hurriedly sat down and asked while eating, "Lady, have you eaten it!" I delayed a little bit today, so I came back late, you see I didn't have time to cook this lunch, and you have to cook it yourself, and I'll talk to you slowly after I finish eating. ”
Xiyan looked at Yun Zhibai, who was gobbling up, and hurriedly filled him with a cup of hot water, "You eat slowly, don't choke, I've been hungry for so long, eat slowly, if you eat too fast, it will hurt your stomach." ”
Yun Zhibai finished his lunch with lightning speed, and drank the hot water handed over by Xiyan, after drinking a few sips of hot water, the hot meal and hot water warmed his stomach at once, he patted his stomach, stretched his waist and said, "It's still comfortable at home, now the weather is getting colder and colder, and Aunt Gongsun is getting more and more guilty of setting up their stalls!" By the way, lady, take the clothes out of the bag and take a look, they are better than the ones I bought for you. ”
Xiyan put the child on the bed, untied the hemp rope tied to it, took out the clothes inside, shook it off and looked at it, and admired while watching, "This style is so good-looking, the short jacket and trousers are really thick, I get up at night to feed Xi'er and wear this cloak just right, how to buy this whole set of clothes for the child today, Zhibai, it cost a lot of silver taels to hold a full moon banquet yesterday, where do you still have silver taels to buy this clothes, and I didn't see you buy one for yourself!" ”
"Lady, these two sets of clothes didn't cost me a copper coin, believe it or not?" Yun Zhibai smiled and waved his hand, Xi Yan looked at Yun Zhibai with a surprised expression, and shook his head in disbelief, "Not a single copper coin has been spent, I don't believe it, is it that pie has fallen from the sky!" Which kind person gave it to you, oops, you say it quickly! Seeing that Yun Zhibai was still selling guanzi there, Xiyan asked anxiously, looking at Yun Zhibai with a curious expression, especially wanting to know the ins and outs of the matter.
Yun Zhibai pretended to cough, cleared his throat, and began to narrate, "This early in the morning, I went out to meet Aunt Gongsun and them, and they asked me to come back and get the yellow book of the two of us, it turned out that the child in General Mo's Mansion was full moon, and General Mo's Mansion specially distributed free materials to the people, I got a set of clothes for you, Chu Yue helped me use your yellow book to get the child's clothes, I am timid, I'm afraid that the soldiers who read the yellow book will see something, this child's clothes are still won by Chu Yue for me." ”
"The things issued by General Mo's Mansion are also too good, there are not many people who receive them, and there are some other things!" Xiyan was very happy when she heard that it was really free clothes, and it was so good, she also got a bargain.
"Also, there are rice, men's clothing, fabrics, Chinese medicine, there are a lot of people in line, just when we entered the city, there was a long queue, we spent a lot of time entering the city, not to mention the people who received things, this will be distributed tomorrow, it will be issued for three days, but a yellow book can only be received the same, the child in General Mo's Mansion was born on the same day as our Xi'er, but this treatment is very different." Yun Zhibai looked at Yun Jinxi who was sleeping on the bed, put his hand outside the teacup to warm his hands, and suddenly felt a little guilty about Xiyan and Xi'er, but his birth was like this, and he was helpless.
"What's so good about the children of the General's Mansion, can't our Yun family compare? Where the security is strict and the family education is very strict, you don't know how to walk on thin ice, if you want me to say, this child is still born in a family like ours is the best, living in this suburb, free, happy and happy to grow up. Xiyan is good at observing words and feelings, and after following Yun Zhibai for so many years, he knows that she is a little cranky in his heart.
"The lady is right, being happy, being healthy is more important than anything else." Yun Zhibai said happily, he talked to Xi Yan about changing Chu Yue's clothes and going to the General's Mansion in Chang'an City early tomorrow morning.
After listening to the story for an afternoon, Yun Zhibai and Xiyan had dinner, now the weather is getting colder and colder, the sky is dark early, the two of them are bedridden early, and they fall asleep while chatting, Xiyan only heard Yun Zhibai's last sentence in a daze, "Lady, I will definitely try to make you live a better life." Xiyan fell asleep in a sweet dream.
Early the next morning, it was still dark, Gongsun Auntie, Yang Sanlang they set off from their home in the suburbs, the suburbs could not hire a carriage at all, yesterday afternoon they went to Zhou's hometown to borrow a donkey cart, they put the goods in the donkey cart behind the cart, Yang Sanlang put the lantern on the cart, and the group rushed to Yunjin City by the faint light.
When they reached the city gate, they saw that there were many donkey carts and carriages with goods waiting there at the city gate, and when they inquired, it turned out that they were all vendors who brought vegetables and fruits to the general's mansion, and several gorgeous carriages were parked at the city gate.
The soldiers of General Mo's Mansion checked their entry permits one by one, and with a finger of their hands, they asked them to move the goods to the carriage of the General's Mansion, Yang Sanlang and Zhao Dalang and they were panting and unloaded the goods from the donkey cart and put them on the carriage, and the soldiers saw that they were all together, asked Zhao Dalang's name, and wrote Zhao Dalang's name on the rice paper, and then pasted the rice paper on the carriage containing their goods, so that the people and goods could be right.
Zhao Dalang led Zhou Lao's donkey cart to the pillar of a tea shed, tied it up, they set up a stall on weekdays, and they would drink a bowl of tea in the tea shed after the stall, and they were familiar with the tea shed owner, when the tea shed owner knew that they were going to the General's Mansion, he said enviously, "What a good opportunity to go to the rumored Mo General's Mansion to see and understand, and you have to talk to us when you come back." ”
Zhao Dalang smiled heartily and replied loudly, "That's for sure, then we'll put the donkey here first, and if Zhou Lao comes, you can let him take it away." He waved his hand and hurried towards the city gate.
The soldiers of General Mo's Mansion let these stalls and vendors line up in a line, a group of six, and sat in a carriage with a carriage, and walked towards Chang'an City with the carriage loaded with goods, and Gongsun Auntie They sat in the gorgeous carriage, and finally came up a slightly fierce hawker, hawk-billed harrier, and dressed in black clothes, without saying a word, staring coldly at the top of the carriage, Gongsun Auntie They saw that their companion was such a person, they were silent, and they didn't dare to say anything new.
The whole carriage was quiet, if there was no person sitting beside them, Aunt Gongsun and they would definitely talk happily, Aunt Gongsun squinted and looked at the vendor carefully, I haven't seen him sell anything when he is in the market on weekdays, is he also sending things to the general's mansion?
He doesn't look like a small stall vendor, although he can't be a person, but he always feels that this person has an indescribable discomfort, Gongsun Auntie glanced at Yang Sanlang, Yang Sanlang also pouted, and the group rushed to Chang'an City in a carriage in silence.
The carriage paused, Gongsun Aunt lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked out, it turned out to be at the gate of Chang'an City, the soldiers of the Mo General's Mansion rode to the front, and showed the waist card of the Mo Mansion to the soldiers guarding the door, and the soldiers guarding the door of Chang'an City came to see the goods of the carriage, and opened the curtain to look at the people who were sitting, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so they waved their hands and allowed them to go.
The carriage entered Chang'an City, Aunt Gongsun opened the curtain, Chu Yue and Shen Luo also poked out a small head, women are women after all, a few of them didn't care about the black face that accompanied them, and discussed it like a magpie, the carriage passed through the east and west markets of Chang'an City, and the bustling trading places made them really open their eyes, each stall is a shop, not like they directly put the goods on the ground for trading, even the pedestrians are gorgeously dressed handsome men and women, When Aunt Gongsun saw them, they exclaimed in a low voice and sighed, this Chang'an City is worthy of Chang'an City, and it is a world of difference from Yunjin City.
Watching and sighing all the way, they went around the gate of the huge beast head, stopped in front of a small side door, the horseman stopped the horse with a cry, Gongsun Auntie they opened the curtain one after another, got off the carriage, the soldiers told them to each hold their own goods, Yang Sanlang They immediately stepped forward to the carriage to carry their goods on their backs, lined up according to the instructions of the soldiers, and when the team was lined up, they came over a few soldiers, searched them in turn, and after careful inspection, they waved their hands to let them in.
After Aunt Gongsun walked in, what they saw was a super large courtyard, many people in the courtyard were busy working, some were washing vegetables, some were cutting vegetables, Aunt Gongsun looked at it, this is the row of noodles that are making a banquet, is it possible that the full moon banquet of the general's mansion will be held for three days and three nights, this courtyard is really big, this courtyard of the back kitchen, several times larger than their house, she carefully skimmed around, only to see the beautiful trees and onions, strange flowers are burning, and the four corners of the courtyard are planted with strange flowers and plants, The courtyard of this kitchen is so exquisite, you can imagine how luxurious this general's mansion is.
"What are you doing in a daze! Don't unload all these goods yet! As soon as the Gongsun ladies heard the words of the soldiers, they hurriedly put all the things on their bodies on the ground, and then lined up in front of the things according to the instructions, and the soldiers called a general manager in charge of the kitchen to carefully inspect their goods.