Chapter 490: "Recruiting Bees" (I)
There are many guests in the plain glaze factory, and before the year, it is even more busy, and the pedestrians are weaving.
Today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Cao Shuo took his daughter-in-law to "go back to the door", and the wedding shed in Cao's house has been demolished.
Zhiran has been in Beijing for a month. Cao Hao used to be an errand boy in the Yamen, and after the seal, he was still busy with the affairs of the house, and he couldn't get out. Zhiran was mostly accompanied by Mr. Zhuang, and as an old friend, he was also a little embarrassed.
Now that he was free, Cao Hao went to the front yard to find Zhiran and walked out of the house with him.
I originally wanted to go to Xishan to see the snow, after all, there is a scene of "Xishan Ji Snow" in the "Eight Views of Yanjing". It's just that there were a few snows at the beginning of the lunar month, but there were fewer in the middle and late months.
In addition, the weather has been fine recently, and the residual snow on the ground has almost melted.
Even though the temperature in the mountains is lower than in the capital, there is no fresh snow, so the scenery is limited. Therefore, Cao Hao and Zhiran did not go out of the city, but only looked for a place to walk around the city.
Before leaving the house, Cao Hao went to the Banyan Courtyard to ask Mr. Zhuang to go with him.
Mr. Zhuang drank a little too much yesterday, had a hangover, and was uncomfortable, so he didn't come out, so Cao Hao and Zhiran were at their own devices.
The scenery in the city, Mr. Zhuang has been there a lot with Zhiran. Cao Hao asked about it, and knew that the glaze factory had not been there, so he took Zhiran to the glaze factory.
He had already asked the housekeeper to ask the tailor to sew a winter coat for Zhiran, so Zhiran did not wear Cao Hao's clothes again. He was wearing a cyan monk's robe, covered with a hooded trench coat of the same color, which looked very refreshing.
Although the trench coat looks like it is made of fine cloth, it is covered with fine leather, so it is very warm.
Cao Hao wore a plain satin robe and a fur vest on the outside, and he looked like a noble son.
Cao Hao only took Xiaoman, Wei Hei, Zhang Yi, and Zhao Tong and a few of them, and rode out, and the horses stopped at the corner of the street for people to see. A group of people walked around the glaze factory.
Seeing that there were many people on the street who brought their children out to buy New Year's goods, Cao Hao thought of a few children in the house. Because of the cold outside, the children were too young to take them out. This time, I came out to buy them some toys to go back.
Tianhui is still young, Niuniu is a little girl, it's good to say, the other little boys are about to reach the age of naughty.
His eyes, in addition to looking at the plaques on both sides of the road, fell on the small stalls selling miscellaneous things.
Zhiran is a monk in the end, and he just swept away the antique calligraphy and paintings, and more focused on Buddha statues, prayer beads, and some old scriptures.
Xiao Man used twenty copper plates on the street to buy a small bag of sugar melons, starting with Cao Hao and Zhiran.
Cao Hao and Zhiran don't like sweets, so they smiled and waved their hands; Wei Hei saw that the sugar melon was bright and cute, so he picked one by one and sent it to his mouth.
Xiao Man held the remaining sugar melon and picked a green one to eat.
Speaking of which, Xiaoman also grew up watching Wei Hei.
Seeing that he was so old and childish, Wei Hei smiled and said: "You will be nineteen in the next year, and the son is your age, and you will be a father." Didn't you nag you to marry your daughter-in-law and have a baby earlier? ”
Speaking of marrying a daughter-in-law, Xiao Man blushed and said with a smile: "What's the hurry? Zhang Ye and Zhao Ye are in their twenties, so they want to say goodbye. I want to be at ease for a few more years! In the end, he looked at Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong, shook his head, and said, "The two of you are going to be tied to the house!" ”
Zhang Yi was amused when he heard it, patted him on the head, and said, "What is this called?" I haven't heard that if I marry my mother-in-law, I can't leave the house. But you, honestly, are you still a child? Tell my brother, my brother will take you for recreation one day, and you can earn a small ingot. ”
In a word, Wei Hei and Zhao Tong both laughed.
Xiao Man's face was full of shame, he straightened his chest vigorously, raised his chin, and said: "I don't have to look down on people like this, I have been following my uncle to go south and north for longer than you, what haven't you passed?" It is the flower wine on the Qinhuai River, and I also drank it back then. ”
Zhang Yi squinted and looked at him, but he didn't believe it.
Xiao Man was so angry that he couldn't do anything, his eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "It seems that Zhang Ye is a frequent visitor to the hall, so I want to show off with Sister Xiyun." ”
Zhang Yitong's family affair with Xiyun has been decided, but because the mansion was busy with the marriage of Cao Song and Cao Shuo a few years ago, he couldn't take care of him, so he had already asked someone to find a son and arrange the happy event before the Lantern Festival.
Listening to Xiao Man's words, Zhang Yi's expression froze, his left hand pinched his right fist, "hehe" laughed twice, and said, "Master Man, it seems that our brothers should be close to each other!" ”
Xiao Man had already turned sideways behind Wei Hei, poked his head out, and said with a smile: "If Brother Zhang wants to compare, I will ask Uncle Wei or Zheng Ye to help and see if it is amazing!" ”
Zhang Yi saw that he had found a backer, so he didn't have a way, so he pretended to say: "Master Man spared the little one!" The little ones don't dare to ...... anymore Don't dare to ...... again"
Xiao Man saw that he was soft and secretly proud, so he heard him say behind him: "...... Don't dare to laugh at Man Ye anymore for being a boy chicken! ”
Xiao Man was so angry that he jumped to his feet, glared at Zhang Yi, walked a few steps forward, and said to Cao Hao: "Uncle, it's terrible, Zhang Yi is in spring, and he is full of serious words!" ”
Cao Hao and Zhiran walked side by side, listening to everyone teasing Xiaoman, but they didn't pay attention to it.
Seeing that Xiaoman couldn't talk about Zhang Yi, he stopped, turned his head, and said to Zhang Yi with a smile: "Don't be complacent, be careful that someone will check the account for you!" ”
Zhang Yi laughed twice and said, "Uncle, don't worry, don't say that you haven't passed the door yet, even if you pass the door, there is no reason for a woman to ride on a man's head!" ”
Cao Hao saw that although his words were hard, his face showed a little uneasiness, and he shook his head with a smile and did not say anything more.
Seeing Zhang Yi like this, Xiao Man was not angry, and made a grimace at him, saying: "Since Zhang Ye is not afraid, then I will tell Sister Xiyun to go tomorrow!" Not only the mature girl in the hall, but also the little widow who sells wontons! ”
Zhang Yi hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother Xiaoman, where can you be so unkind, how can we talk to the ears of the girls?" ”
Seeing them arguing, Cao Hao ignored them and said to Wei Hei: "Brother Wei, it's rare for us to take a stroll on the street, don't forget to buy something for your sister-in-law, it's a big New Year." ”
Wei Hei nodded and said with a smile: "I know, Childe." Lao Hei was also thinking, if he saw a bracelet or a hairpin or something, he would buy two pieces for her. All year round, she is not easy to ......" Before he finished speaking, his face changed, and he said hurriedly: "Childe, little master......"
Seeing that Wei Hei's expression was wrong, Cao Hao hurriedly turned around to look for Zhiran, but he was not in front of him, he had already walked more than ten steps away, and fell on the side of the road in order to avoid the galloping carriage.
Cao Hao hurriedly stepped forward, and Zhang Yi and Xiaoman didn't care about arguing, so they followed closely.
I heard the cry of "Wow Wow" coming from under Zhiran, and it turned out that when the carriage was galloping over, there happened to be a child on the road. Zhiran saw it and pulled the child away, but he was in no hurry to dodge and was almost hit by the carriage.
The boy was no more than four or five years old, and he got up from the ground and wept a handful of snot and tears.
There was a pool of red blood on the ground, and Cao Hao jumped.
The child stood up, and there was no injury left except for soil, so the blood was naturally from Zhiran's body.
Seeing that the child was crying heavily, Zhiran picked up the half-pulled fire that he had just fallen on the ground, blew the dirt on it, and returned it to the child.
The child took the half-pulled fire, looked at Zhiran's blood-soaked sleeves, and cried louder and louder.
The child's mother was buying Spring Festival couplets at a stall not far away, and because she was illiterate, she was begging the merchant to read a few of them, but she didn't notice that the child was missing.
When she heard the cry, she knew that something was wrong, and rushed over, and saw her son crying to a young monk.
She hurriedly stepped forward, protected her son behind her, looked at Zhiran suspiciously, and asked, "You great monk, why do you bully children, are you ashamed?" ”
Zhiran smiled faintly, disdainful of justification.
Or the pedestrians watching the bustle next to him couldn't see it, gossiping, this said: "This sister-in-law, why don't you know what to do?" If it weren't for this master's help, your son would have been hit by a car. ”
The one said, "I saved your boy's life, don't you kowtow quickly." ”
The woman was stunned for a moment when she was said, but when she came to her senses, she looked at the blood on the ground, and she was also horrified. She crouched down, looked at the child carefully, and asked if there was any pain.
Seeing that her son was not injured, she knew that she had just been rude, and she was busy leaning over to thank Zhiran.
Seeing the blood stains on Zhiran's half sleeve, the woman was surprised, and touched the two hangs of money in her purse for New Year's goods, and the word "thanks" came to her mouth, but she couldn't say it.
Cao Hao looked at Zhiran's arm, worried about his injury, and didn't bother to pay attention to others, and said, "Is this rubbing?" Quick, let's find a doctor. After speaking, he remembered that the carriage that caused the accident was coming, and turned his head to look around.
Because it was so much more lively here, the road was blocked, and the carriage was also stranded here.
Rushing through the city, whose carriage is so rampant?
Looking at the Zhulun carriage surrounded by the chief of the guards, Cao Hao wondered a little in his heart, which palace is this, it looks very familiar?
In his heart, he felt extremely unlucky, since his identity was different, it seemed that he couldn't get justice for Zhiran directly. You can't suffer this loss in vain, you have to teach this person a lesson.
Just as he was thinking about it, Cao Hao heard someone step forward and lean over and say, "Cao Eyu, our prince asked Cao Efu to come forward and speak." ”
Sure enough, there was a prince sitting in the car, but I don't know which palace it was?
Cao Hao turned to Wei Hei and said, "Look at the nearest medical hall, and find a doctor for the little monk first." ”
Wei Hei responded, and Cao Hao said to the visitor: "May I ask which prince is in the car?" ”
The person who came leaned over and replied: "Our master is the king of the iron hat county, but the name is not something that we can say as a slave." ”
There are several iron hat princes in the Qing Dynasty, among which only the king of Pingjun and the king of Shuncheng are of the rank of county king.
It seems that in the car is Mububa, the king of Shuncheng County.
No wonder Cao Hao looked at this carriage familiarly, a few years ago, during the epidemic, Mububa took this carriage and wanted to break through the city gate, but he happened to be met by Cao Hao.
While speaking, Cao Hao had already followed the person and walked to the carriage.
Mububa stretched out a hand, lifted the curtain, and was staring intently into the crowd, not even noticing Cao Hao.
Cao Hao saw that Mu Buba was squinting, and there was something wrong with his face, and he followed his line of sight and landed on Zhiran.
At this time, I heard someone in the car say: "Good prince, which one is this?" Baba is reluctant to look away! ”
Mububa didn't hear it, and looked at it with his neck crossed. One arm had already climbed to his shoulder, and he heard someone say angrily: "Lord Wang......"
Cao Hao was in front of the carriage, thinking of the "great name" of the prince in the car, and then listening to the man in the same car, he only felt that the hairs on his body were about to rise.
The handsomeness of the little monk was born, he knew this, but he didn't expect to be targeted by men.
Before, Mr. Zhuang laughed and talked in private, and he couldn't take the little monk to the front door to listen to the play, so as to save making trouble, Cao Hao was still a joke. Now it seems that I can't really meet anything that is not eye-opening.
Cao Hao's heart only felt disgusting, but he also had to make a thousand salutes and said, "Little Cao Hao has asked the prince to say goodbye!" ”
Hearing Cao Hao's movements, Mu Buba saw him in front of him, reluctantly withdrew his gaze, asked someone to open the car curtain, and said with a smile: "It's Xiao Cao Hao, I haven't seen you for a while, why don't you go around this palace more?" ”
Since the 24th Congress of the Lunar New Year, it has only been three or four days, where is it for a long time, but there is nothing to say.
Cao Hao also responded to two sentences, thinking about finding a stubble to talk about and leaving quickly, but it was good to keep a distance from this prince.
Mu Buba exchanged a few words with Cao Hao, and was also a little absent-minded, pointed to Zhiran's side, and asked: "This king looks, Xiao Cao is close to that little master, and that is ......."
(To be continued)