Chapter 135: Maqiao Town

"I used to think that we eat beef and mutton every day in Mobei, and I am very familiar with this, but when I came to the Central Plains, I realized that there was such a delicate method, which was more delicious than us roasting and eating." Zhu En's facial features are incomparably beautiful, and his smile is warmer than the bright sunshine, which is very similar to Lu Gui.

"Come, give you more hairy belly, hairy belly must be fished out in time, otherwise you won't be able to chew it, and now it's crispy and just right." Ruan Mianmian pinched the chopsticks in her little hand and pinched several pieces of hairy belly for Princess Zhuen, piled up her bowl into a hill, and giggled herself.

This thing of hairy belly, although it doesn't look good, but if people who really have a heart don't dislike its appearance like a rag, they can never forget the wonderful taste after eating it once, Ruan Mianmian is such a person who dares to try, she is also the first to try Mu Ruqing's hairy belly in the hot pot, and naturally knows its subtlety, so it is recommended when you see someone.

"Mianmian, you let us eat so much Zhuen, and we won't be able to drink rabbit broth in a while, it's really cunning." Lu Gui drank a few sips of wine, and gradually opened up his speech, grabbed Zhu En's shoulder, and leaned on her shoulder affectionately, the two of them were as inseparable as a young couple in love.

"Brother Lu is looking at Sister Zhuen, don't sleep." Ruan Mianmian pretended to purse her lips, her eyebrows and eyes were still crooked, and she drank the soup by herself.

For Lu Gui's overture, Zhu En was naturally very useful, and his heart blossomed, and he personally fed Lu Gui a mouthful of soup before he smiled and ate it himself.

The others saw that the original delicate relationship between the three people gradually became normal, and a stone in their hearts also fell to the ground, after all, everyone is a friend, it is good to say, if it is because of Lu Gui's attitude that Zhu En's heart is unhappy, then I am afraid that there will be an incident, since Lu Gui listened to their persuasion and mastered the measure, they will also relax.

When the slippery tofu rabbit soup was served, most of the people were half full, so they only served half a bowl respectively, only Ruan Mianmian still drank it, and he filled a full bowl himself, and put an extra bowl to dry next to him, before he ordered someone to distribute the remaining rabbit meat soup to the nearby entourage, and specially shouted out Hayabusa and Wuyi to drink a bowl.

The two of them naturally excused themselves in every way, with a serious face and did not squint, as if Ruan Mianmian was a witch and put some poison in the soup she was holding, which made Ruan Mianmian unconvinced, and insisted on letting them drink the soup before leaving.

The two of them had no choice, they took the soup with a bitter face and drank it all, there was a great sadness of a strong man going to death, Ruan Mianmian also went up to check whether it was all drunk, and nodded with satisfaction when the bowl was empty: "That's right, is it delicious?" ”

Wuyi and Hayabusa glanced at each other, and nodded helplessly: "If the master is fine, we will retire first." ”

"I'm fine here, you go back and rest, I'll call you if there is something delicious in the future." Ruan Mianmian touched his round belly, tiptoed and patted Wuyi's shoulder, this pat didn't matter, Wuyi, who was in good shape, stumbled, obviously uncomfortable with such a gentle touch with people, and his face was full of embarrassment.

Ruan Mianmian didn't want to joke with them anymore, waved his hand and let them go, and the two of them immediately turned around and fled, running faster than Ruan Mianmian on the day he was in danger, and the people on the grass who watched were stunned.

"Mianmian, why bother them, they are all dead soldiers trained since childhood, and their temperament is extremely cold and withdrawn, you treat them like this, but it makes them shaken and can't do things well." Zhu Eun covered her lips and chuckled, as if she was still amusing at the scene of Falcon Yu and running away without a single desert.

"There is no shortage of dead soldiers in my brothers and sisters, but when I come here, I don't like cold guards without a little human touch, be kind to them and let them feel what is going on in this life, besides, when they send it, it is like two weapons without emotion, I train the weapon to be a person with a weapon, wouldn't it be more protective for me?" Ruan Mianmian talked about the Tao, and shook his head like an old gentleman in a private school.

"Okay, good, Mianmian is right, sometimes I admire Mianmian, I treat my own people equally no matter what their identity is, but I am never merciful to my enemies." Zhu En took a sip of meat soup, and his pale blonde hair swayed casually behind his back, which was very pleasant.

After eating and resting for an hour, the army set off again and marched along the main road, and everyone returned to their respective carriages, King Ying took Duan Yan, Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue followed on both sides on the same horse.

Ruan Mianmian was a little bored staying in the carriage by herself, and opened the left curtain to look at King Ying for a while, and then opened the right curtain to look at Jiang Xinyue and Mu Ruqing, but she couldn't sit still, so she simply got out of the car and ran to Liu Xin'er's car, and called Ruan Bai over, and the three of them sat together affectionately and chatted.

After walking for a short time, when Ruan Mianmian opened the curtain again, there was a large fluttering green wheat field on the side of the road, and a few farmers scattered on the ridge of the field bent over to weed and catch insects.

"Brother Mu, there is such a large wheat field here, is there a town in front of it?" Ruan Mianmian played with the curtain and went out to talk to them.

Mu Ruqing called a soldier who was exploring the way and asked a few words, there is indeed a town in front, the scale is not small, called Maqiao Town, the officials in the town got the news, and they have already cleaned up the place where the welcoming team lives early, and it is estimated that the team can stop and rest before dark.

"It's a horse and a bridge, and this town is close to the river?" Ruan Mianmian was very interested when she heard this novel name.

"The county lord is smart, although this town is not close to any big river, but the roads extend in all directions, people who come and go to transport goods and do business here are here to rest and rectify, and then they form their own bazaar, and then the whole town of people have begun to do business, very rich, think of this horse is the meaning of the freight business, the bridge is a bridge connecting all places." Seeing that Ruan Mianmian was cute and lively, the soldier sat on the horse and patiently relaxed his tone and said more.

"That's right, we'll stay in Maqiao for one night, and it would be nice to leave tomorrow." Ruan Mianmian nodded, touched the purse on his waist, and took out a small piece of broken silver to reward the soldier who sent the message, and the soldier respectfully accepted the silver to thank him, shook the reins and rode forward to open the way again.

Ruan Mianmian lowered the curtain and pulled Liu Xin'er's sleeve with some excitement: "Sister Xin'er, did you hear it, he said that there is a town in front of him, and there is a big market, let's go shopping more." “

"That's a good dare, I was about to buy a pair of boots for Ah Yan, but his pair was too old, and the stitches I embroidered were too ugly to give them away, which was really annoying." Liu Xin'er held her chin, and from time to time her eyes glanced through the crack in the curtain to Duan Yan who was riding a horse outside.

"You made him boots? I'll take a look at where it is. Ruan Bai and Ruan Mianmian urged and begged for a while, and finally made Liu Xin'er rummage through the small cabinet with a red face, and the two of them put their boots on the table and looked at them carefully.

The boots are made of Yunjin fabric, with a blue and black color, and there is a circle of moire on the boots, but it is really like Liu Xin'er said, the stitches are a little messy, and they don't look perfect, but the boots are carefully incensed, and it looks like a lot of effort.

Liu Xin'er saw that they saw it, snatched the boots and wrapped them in cloth and stuffed them into the cabinet: "Okay, okay, I've seen it, but don't say it outside, otherwise... I told Brother Mu to let him administer justice. ”

"We have a strict mouth, when do we talk nonsense, my sister can rest assured." Ruan Mianmian smiled and promised, but turned his head and glanced at Ruan Bai, thinking about it, no matter how good the boots he bought, how could he show his heart compared to making them himself?

The convoy really entered Maqiao Town in the evening when it was dark, and Ruan Mianmian in the carriage naturally didn't have to get out of the car to show up, and were directly led by the local officials to sit in the car to the place where they stayed.

"Isn't this yard usually occupied?" Mu Ruqing watched the little servants lead the horses to the stable, and the maids he brought went to settle the master's residence. Ruan Mianmian and several people also got off the station at the door, and the local officials worked hard, and a carpet of weaving flowers was laid on the ground, so that these noblewomen did not have to step on the ground.

"Lord Hui, this is a rich merchant's courtyard, it is very fine and elegant, the rich merchant is not here, I heard that there are nobles staying in the house, I am overjoyed, Tuo Weichen said, please don't dislike it." A chubby clerk who looked to be forty or fifty years old stepped forward to reply, bent over as if he was about to be stuck in the ground.

"Well, do we have any arrangements for the thousands of soldiers we brought?" Lu Gui asked.

"There are arrangements and arrangements, and the small ones have deliberately vacated dozens of houses in the vicinity for them to live in, as well as fresh food and supplies, which are the best we have here." The clerk was still hunched over, cautiously replying.

"Houses? Where have all those people moved? Jiang Xinyue looked around with some confusion, as if there was indeed no sound of the normal life of the people nearby, it was evening, and there was not even a little cooking smoke in this area.

"They all volunteered to make room for the soldiers, and it was a big deal to squeeze in the homes of relatives and friends all night, or simply lay out the floor in the yamen." The clerk wiped his sweat, and he was a little unsure of what these nobles meant.

"Nonsense, we are just here to borrow for one night, if we disturb so many people's hearts, how can we go, go and order these people, let them still return to their own homes to live, and each household will be given ten catties of corn as compensation, didn't our soldiers bring tents themselves, and set up tents around the courtyard for the night, and they are not allowed to disturb the people, nor are they allowed to take the people's things." Ruan Mianmian's voice was soft and beautiful, but his tone was anxious, if he let the people toss like this because he came to live for a day, he was really ashamed.