The donkey cart walked slowly on the fairly flat post road, and the old carriage made a creaking and creaking sound, but it was not harsh at all, but it seemed to tell the scenery that he had seen, simple and deep.

This is an ordinary carriage with no characteristics, and if you have to find a little, it is probably very old.

Xu Mingyuan sat on the wheel for a while, and then got into the carriage. Lao Huang knows the way to Shuzhou City, and he doesn't need to catch a car outside, which is also what Xu Mingyuan thinks Lao Huang is magical.

The carriage of the donkey cart is larger than that of ordinary donkey carts, and when they used to go out with the master, if there was nowhere to stay, the master and apprentice could sleep in the car.

There was no decoration in the carriage, but it was very clean and tidy, with bamboo mats and a few books neatly placed in the corner.

Zeng Qingyi sat curled up by the car window, rolled up the curtain halfway, holding a book in her hand, and was reading it with relish.

Xu Mingyuan sat on the other side of the car window, rolled up all the curtains, reached out to take a book, and looked down.

When the donkey cart came to the gate of Shuzhou, it stopped, Zeng Qingyi lowered the curtain, Xu Mingyuan got out of the carriage and sat on the wheel, said hello to the soldiers at the gate of the city, and said a few words to acquaintances, and entered the city.

After all, Zeng Qingyi is still a girl who has not yet left the cabinet, if she is seen riding in the same donkey cart with Xu Mingyuan, it is inevitable that she will be caught by the wind and shadows, and some unpleasant words will be heard.

Entering the city from the west gate, the donkey cart walked through the streets and alleys until the east gate did not stop.

Shuzhou City is divided into east and west, north and south, of which the west city is basically the mansion of the powerful in the city, and the south city is relatively deserted and quiet because there is a academy, and most of the people who live are scholars. Beicheng is the most lively, in addition to Fengming Street, there are many restaurants and restaurants, it can be said that ninety percent of the shops in Shuzhou City are in Beicheng.

Most of the people living in Dongcheng are poor people, and there are low and dilapidated buildings on both sides of the road, and even the streets are also a little potholed.

The donkey cart stopped, Xu Mingyuan and Zeng Qingyi both got out of the car, Xu Mingyuan led Lao Huang to the side of the road, so that he could eat the grass on the side of the road, and then took the bamboo box down.

The east gate is as tall as the west gate, and the walls and towers are often repaired compared to the buildings that have fallen into disrepair around them. There were also soldiers standing at the gates, but compared to the other three gates, the east gate facing the mountain was much more deserted.

However, after all, the city gate is a place to enter and exit, and the east city has the most people, so there are also many stalls on the side of the city gate, selling some small items, or vegetables and fruits grown in their own fields.

Zeng Qingyi obviously didn't follow Xu Mingyuan for the first time, so she took the book she had read in the car before, and followed Xu Mingyuan to the old kui tree on the side of the road.

The old tree was a little off the city gate, and although the lush foliage blocked most of the sunlight, the people preferred to stay in the sun than hide under the tree to set up a stall.

There are also two stone benches and a small stone table carved under the tree, and a nineteen-lane chessboard is carved on the stone table, which is supposed to be placed here by the residents who live nearby, but there is no one at this time.

Xu Mingyuan took out the things in the bamboo box and put them on the table, there are a lot of pen, ink, paper and inkstones, and he came here today to help others write family letters.

The scolding war between the East and West Cities back then made Xu Mingyuan know a lot of people, rub a lot of food, and naturally formed a lot of love.

There are many poor families in Dongcheng, although they can still have food and clothing, but reading and literacy are still a little far away for them, so some relatives travel far away and don't know how to write a letter to their families.

So over the years, Xu Mingyuan would go to the East City Gate every few days to help the people here write letters to their families, or to help them do what he could.

Xu Mingyuan sat down on a stone bench, and Zeng Qingyi did not sit on another stone bench, but sat on the bamboo box placed aside, and continued to look at the book in his hand.

It was a gossip that Xu Mingyuan bought on his last trip, and I don't know who wrote it, but it was quite interesting, but even the fox demon and ghost appeared, and it seems that most of them are made up by scholars, and it is good to use it for recreation.

Xu Mingyuan has been helping people write family letters in this place for two years, and if there is a need, he will naturally come here to find him, which is already a tacit understanding, and he doesn't need to shout.

Not long after Xu Mingyuan sat down, a little girl walked towards them from the city gate, carrying a pot of herbal tea and two cups.

The little girl was about ten years old, with two pigtails, a floral cloth dress, a smile on her cute round face, and two small dimples, like a little beauty embryo. The little girl walked up to Xu Mingyuan and said with a smile: "Brother Mingyuan, you can be counted as coming, Granny Li has been here several times, but you haven't come in the past few days." By the way, my mother asked me to bring you and my sister a pot of herbal tea. ”

Xu Mingyuan smiled and took the teapot and teacup and put them on the table, rubbed her head, and said with a smile: "My brother has something to do these days, why don't you come here if you have nothing to do today, and I will thank you for your mother's herbal tea for my brother." I haven't seen her for a few days, but Xiao Lingling is beautiful again. ”

The little girl who was called Lingling by Xu Mingyuan heard Xu Mingyuan praise her, and she also smiled happily and nodded in response: "Well, okay." ”

Zeng Qingyi also put down the book in her hand and walked over, squatted down and took the little girl's hand, and said with a smile: "Xiao Lingling still remembers my sister." ”

Xiao Lingling nodded and said, "Sister Qingyi is so beautiful, of course Lingling remembers." ”

Zeng Qingyi turned her head and smiled proudly at Xu Mingyuan, but the smile on her face immediately stiffened because of Xiao Lingling's next sentence.

Xiao Lingling pointed at Xu Mingyuan with one hand and continued: "My mother said that my sister will marry Brother Mingyuan in the future. ”

When Xu Mingyuan heard this, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter, and quickly turned his head to look at the sky, pretending not to hear.

Zeng Qingyi turned her head and glared at Xu Mingyuan, looked at the little girl and explained with some embarrassment: "Xiao Lingling, it's not what your mother said, and my sister doesn't like him, how can I marry him." ”

Xiao Lingling shook her head with an expression of who believes you: "My mother said, if you don't like Brother Mingyuan, how can you run around with him every day, if Brother Mingyuan doesn't marry you, then Brother Mingyuan will be a negative man." By the way, sister, what is a negative man? ”

This time it was Xu Mingyuan's turn, and he quickly turned to look at Xiao Lingling, and explained with a serious face: "Xiao Lingling, what about this negative man, you will know when you grow up in the future." However, Brother Mingyuan and your sister Qingyi are really not what you say, she is so fierce, how dare I marry her. ”

"That's right, your brother Mingyuan is bad, you have to stay away from him in the future, he is the most negative." Zeng Qingyi glared at Xu Mingyuan, pulled Xiao Lingling to the side, and said with a disgusted face.

Xiao Lingling listened to the words of the two, her brows frowned slightly, it seemed that her little head still couldn't figure out whether what the two of them said was right, or what her mother said was right. But just for a while, her eyes lit up, she looked at Zeng Qingyi and asked, "Does that mean that my sister won't marry Brother Mingyuan?" ”

Zeng Qingyi didn't know what was going on in this little girl's mind, but she still nodded.

Xiao Lingling saw Zeng Qingyi nodding, her face was happy, she looked at Xu Mingyuan and said with some excitement: "Brother Mingyuan, my sister said that I won't marry you, so when Lingling grows up, she is as beautiful as her sister and marries you." ”

Xu Mingyuan was suddenly petrified, although Zeng Qingyi was surprised by Xiao Lingling's words, but looking at Xu Mingyuan's stunned appearance, he also covered his mouth and laughed.

Xu Mingyuan looked at the expectant expression on the little girl's childish face, a little crying and laughing, thought about it, coughed lightly, and then said with a smile: "Xiao Lingling, you are still young, you have to wait until you grow up to make a decision." Look at your sister Qingyi, she is sixteen or seventeen years old, and she is not married yet, so we don't need to worry. ”

Zeng Qingyi's face was also dark when Xu Mingyuan compared himself to him, but he couldn't bear Xiao Lingling to fall into Xu Mingyuan's clutches and couldn't extricate himself, so he also said: "Xiao Lingling, your brother Mingyuan is not as good as you think, you see that he is eighteen years old, he can't marry a wife, and he doesn't even have three meals for himself, if you marry him, then you don't have to drink the northwest wind." ”

In the face of Xu Mingyuan and Zeng Qingyi's bitter persuasion, Xiao Lingling shook her head unswervingly and said: "Lingling is not small, my mother said that in three or four years, she will find her mother-in-law's house for Lingling." Brother Mingyuan can't even eat three meals, it must be that the two big men with Dao Chang's grandfather can't cook, Lingling learned to cook with her mother, I'll make it for you to eat in the future. ”

Xu Mingyuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Xiao Lingling doesn't dare to say that, if Aunt Liu hears it, she won't pick my skin." ”

"My mother said that if you look for a man in the future, you have to find a man with a good heart, like Mingyuan's kid is good." Xiao Lingling said seriously.

Zeng Qingyi glanced at Xu Mingyuan, and she didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup Xu Mingyuan poured into the little girl, but she was so desperate for him.

Xu Mingyuan smiled innocently, if he wanted to say that he seduced Xiao Lingling, it was really wronged.

Xiao Lingling's name is Guo Cailing, his mother opened a noodle restaurant at the city gate, in fact, it is a noodle stall near the city gate, the scolding war between the east and west cities back then, Aunt Liu has become the absolute main force in Dongcheng with her sharp words, not weaker than the momentum of the lady of the big family.

And Xu Mingyuan also rubbed a lot of food in Aunt Liu's noodle restaurant, and followed Aunt Liu to constantly strengthen her eloquence, when Xiao Lingling was only seven years old.

In the past few years, he has helped people write family letters under this old kui tree, and Aunt Liu often beckoned him to eat and asked Xiao Lingling to bring him tea, it can be said that he has watched Xiao Lingling grow up in the past three years, Xu Mingyuan thinks that he is not a beast.

Seeing that Xu Mingyuan and Zeng Qingyi stopped talking, Xiao Lingling looked at Xu Mingyuan and said with some grievances: "Brother Mingyuan, do you think Lingling is not beautiful, so don't marry Lingling." ”

Xu Mingyuan looked at the little girl's crying appearance, felt that his scalp was a little numb, and hurriedly comforted him softly: "Where will it be, if you want me to say that Lingling will definitely be more beautiful than your sister Qingyi in the future, but this marriage, let's talk about it when Lingling grows up in a few years, do you say okay." ”

Xiao Lingling snorted and said a little slyly: "Then I will agree to you." My mother said that I would let you go to the noodle stall for lunch, I will go first, you have to come over. ”

After saying that, he waved his hand and walked towards the city gate.

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