Chapter 507: Coming Home
Out of Lin'an to the south is not more than 20 miles is the county seat of Qiantang County, originally Qiantang County Ya was in the same city with Lin'an, but later Lin'an although it was not officially designated as the accompanying capital, but the Great Song Emperor and even the center at all levels are here is true, so Lin'an is becoming more and more prosperous, the population is becoming more and more dense, Qiantang County Ya has to withdraw from Lin'an City, in the town of Lin'an to rebuild the city.
But after all, guarding Lin'an, within a few years, although Qiantang County was newly built, it was becoming more and more prosperous, and compared with some prefectures in the north, it was not far behind.
Xu Xuan and his entourage entered from the north gate of Qiantang City, both sides of the street that leads from north to south are all kinds of shop signs, this is almost noon, but the street is crowded with people, there are small snacks sold on the roadside, and there are many people who sell vegetables. It makes people feel like they are rushing to the temple fair in the future.
The carriage driver parked the car on the side of the road, and said with a smile to Xu Xuan, "This gentleman, it's not that I'm lazy, you have also seen this road, the carriage is really difficult to travel, why don't you get off here?" ”
Looking at this crowded street, Xu Xuan was also depressed, even if he didn't agree, the carriage driver really couldn't walk, but Xiaoqing on the side was dissatisfied, "You coachman, you must have seen that my family officials are easy to talk to, so I thought about fooling him, you are familiar with the road in this Lin'an Qiantang, since it is not accessible here, can't you change the road?" Hmph, if you really dare to put us down here, we won't give you the money for the car! ”
"Qing'er," Bai Suzhen saw that the coachman Xiaoqing said was red and white for a while, gently pulled Xiaoqing, and looked back at the coachman, "We have a lot of things in this car, if we move too far home, presumably the handlebar style is still very familiar with this Qiantang, please take a detour." ”
Xu Xuan and Xiaoqing said so, Xu Xuan was also a little surprised, the other party was looking at himself for talking, and deliberately fooled himself, just now Xu Xuan also thought, why did this person keep picking himself up and walking through the north gate when he came back, and his feelings were waiting here, but Xu Xuan was a little puzzled, Qiantang didn't remember any temple fairs and festivals on this day
Seeing that his plan was seen through by everyone at this time, the handlebar style didn't dare to reply, so he had to honestly turn the carriage around with his companions
"Alas, isn't this Li Tou's younger brother Xu Xuan?" Someone shouted in the distance.
Xu Xuan looked back and saw a few catchers in the crowd shouting towards him. But after a while, these people came out of the crowd and came to Xu Xuan, "I heard Li Tou say today, his brother-in-law is coming back in the next few days, I didn't expect you to arrive today, how do you choose the north gate when you enter the city today?" “
Seeing this, Xu Xuan hurriedly surrendered his hand and said with a wry smile, "It turned out to be the brothers of the Yamen, I went back to the city today, but I don't know when we had a market in Qiantang, and it will be blocked here as soon as I come back."
When I heard this, I laughed, stretched out my hand and patted Xu Xuan on the shoulder, "This thing is really not long, our county magistrate thinks that Qiantang is withering, and the people will have to run to Lin'an to buy New Year's goods at the end of the year, so they set the end of Qiantang to have a market every Monday, March and 5 every month, and now in the past two or three months, our Qiantang has become a well-known New Year's market near Lin'an. No, in order to prevent those thieves from making trouble, Li Tou asked his brothers to come over and inspect. “
While talking to Xu Xuan, he glanced at the coachman, and suddenly frowned, "Why are you an old man sometimes?" “
Catch quickly said, his eyes rolled, but he already understood the cause and effect, he took a few steps to the coachman's approach, and kicked the coachman's buttocks, "A few days ago, a brother said that a coachman from Lin'an deliberately took advantage of the market day to come to Qiantang, and after blocking the door, he would take the guests around the other city gates, and go to the mountains and forests in the east of the city. What's the matter, hit the attention on Xu Xianggong's head? Do you know who he is? This is our brother-in-law who catches the head, if you still want to live in this Qiantang Lin'an, put away that little bit of caution for me, otherwise we have a way to make you unable to live! “
After doing all this, the head catcher turned around and smiled, "Brother Xu, these coachmen don't look at their honest duties, but they are all used to deceiving people, and if they are not careful, they will be pitted, but don't worry, this old boy I have remembered, if they dare to blackmail you in a big way, although tell me, Qiantang Lin'an naturally has brothers looking for them"
Listening to the words of this fast catch, Xu Xuan couldn't cry or laugh, and now he also saw that there was a problem with this fast catch, but there were still five family members in the car behind him, and these two coachmen still dared to blackmail them? Xu Xuan was also afraid of the five ghosts who had been bored in the car behind him, so he robbed the two coachmen with his backhand......
However, people looked at his brother-in-law's face and gave himself justice, but he didn't have to say anything, so he had to thank him, and in the trembling of the two coachmen, he went around the east gate and came to Li Gongfu's house. Of course, the two drivers were very fair in asking for the money.
Looking at the somewhat familiar door in front of him, Xu Xuan stood at the door, remembering the days when he and his sister were dependent on each other, Xu Xuan hesitated a little, Bai Suzhen gently held Xu Xuan's arm, "Official, you are ......"
Xu Xuan patted Bai Suzhen's arm, took a breath, and then said, "It's okay, it's just that I'm cowardly in my hometown, but when I get to the door, I don't dare to enter the house." “
Xiaoqing stood behind the two of them, the cold weather made her a little unbearable, and she shivered and looked at Xu Xuan still at the door to remember the past, but she couldn't help but walk to the door, "Oh, it's so cold this day, the official and sister are still freezing here, you can stand it, and others can't stand it, Bai Fu and their faces are so white that they are frozen."
The nostalgia that finally arose was completely disrupted by Xiaoqing's words, Xu Xuan reached out angrily and funny and knocked on Xiaoqing's head, "Bai Fu, their faces are already white, and I am afraid that you girl who really can't stand it"
"What are you doing" Xiaoqing covered her head in pain,
Finally, Xiaoqing and Xu Xuan didn't quarrel in the past few days, but they didn't expect that there would be a noise when they went home, Bai Suzhen hurriedly came out and said to this Xiaoqing, "Qing'er, knock on the door quickly"
Xiaoqing pouted, came to the wooden door, and reached out to pull the knocker.
But he said that inside the house, Li Gongfu came out of the house, while tying his belt, he hung the waist knife hanging on the wall to his waist, and shouted at the house, "Wife, I went to the yamen"
Xu Jiaorong heard that the house came out, "Father-in-law, come back early when you finish work, don't go to drink, every time you drink, you get drunk, and you vomit everywhere"
Li Gongfu was said by Xu Jiaorong, and said with some embarrassment, "I don't drink it often, once in a while, besides, did I vomit last night?" I didn't vomit, did I? Xu Jiaorong couldn't help laughing when she heard this, "That's right, when I was drunk and vomited yesterday, I still knew how to hold it with my hands, but where did you put the vomit in the end, do you know?" “
Li Gongfu was stunned by Xu Jiaorong's question, he didn't know who was drunk yesterday, where did he know where to put it? Xu Jiaorong continued, "In the end, you didn't vomit anything, you threw all the quilts on the ground, and I dismantled the quilt in the middle of the night......
Li Gongfu, who was said by Xu Jiaorong, hurriedly waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I've said it several times in the past half a day, just don't drink it."
Xu Jiaorong saw Li Gongfu's perfunctory face, and said coquettishly, "If you drink again, don't enter the door today, let me go to the firewood room to sleep." ”
Li Gongfu saw that Xu Jiaorong was angry, and he didn't dare to talk back, and while walking out, he muttered, "If you sleep in the firewood room, you will sleep in the firewood room, and you haven't slept in ......."
Xu Jiaorong was originally angry, but when she heard Li Gongfu's words, she couldn't help laughing.
At this moment, I only heard the door banging and someone knocked, Li Gongfu happened to walk to the door, and was nagged by Xu Jiaorong in his heart all morning, and he was also angry in his heart, and shouted while walking, "Okay, okay, here it is, you are working harder, the door is going to be knocked down"