Cousin, cousin! ”

Soon, Han Xing also came over with Li Xi, Li Chuanying, and Li Tingyou.

The hall was suddenly crowded with the Li family, and it became more lively.

Li Xi saw Duanmujun and Duanmufei coming to see him off, smiled from ear to ear, and affectionately pulled the sisters to speak: "Ah Jun, Fei'er, I was still talking to Hanxing just now, I received a letter from Minzhou last night, saying that I had arrested a group of Japanese robbers at sea a while ago. ”

"Your fifth uncle also seized a batch of Western gadgets from the ship of this gang of pirates, and I heard that there are a few parrots from the West, which are colorful and very intelligent, and can speak, and your little girl's family must like it."

"When we go back to Minzhou, I'll have someone send a few American parrots over for you to play, okay?"

"Good, good!" Han Xing's dark eyes were as bright as gems, shining brightly, and he nodded again and again, "Grandfather, you are so good!" I can't even bear to let you and your grandmother go! ”

Han Xing's mouth has always been sweet, as if it had been smeared with honey, which made Li Xi and Mrs. Li laugh.

Looking at the three flower-like cousins, Li Xi's smile deepened, and he glanced at Li Tingyou with disgust, and said in his heart: This boy is thick and rough, but he is not as intimate as the girl's family!

"......" Li Tingyou looked at his grandfather inexplicably, and said in his heart: What else do you say about women's hearts, he thinks that his grandfather is not far behind!

Li Xi continued to coax the three cousins, for a while he said that he would send them some Western jewelry and brocade after he went back, and for a while he said that it would be the bayberry season soon, and he turned around and asked people to bring them bayberry, and after a while, he stuffed each of them with 20,000 taels of silver tickets, saying that it was a birthday gift in advance, and his posture really wanted to bring them back to Minzhou together.

While they were talking lively, a housekeeper with a tuantuan's face came in and said to Li Chuanying, their luggage had all been packed and loaded into the carriage, and the implication was to ask Li Chuanying if he could set off.

Li Chuanying cleared his throat and reminded Li Xi and Mrs. Li: "Father, mother, it's not too early, we should also go." ”

Outside, the sun was high in the blue sky, and the sun was shining, and it was already halfway through the hour.

It's time for them to leave, and if they don't leave, I'm afraid they won't be able to make it to the next station before dark.

"Let's go."

As soon as Li Xi gave the order, everyone surrounded him and Mrs. Li to go to the Yimen, and then got on the horse, got on the car, and got on the car, only Duanmujun was pulled by Mrs. Li to her carriage.

Duanmu Fei and Hanxing rode horses left and right beside Li Xi, and the three of them walked all the way, talking all the way, and laughing all the way.

A group of carriages and horses drove out of Xiangyun Lane under the escort of a group of elite soldiers, which also attracted the curious eyes of many people.

There was a bustle outside the carriage, but there was silence inside the carriage.

......Mrs. Li was in a complicated mood, and her expression was a little hesitant. She deliberately pulled Duanmu Jun into her carriage, and she had something to say to her.

What she wanted to ask was that last time Duanmujun said that Cen Yin handed Duanmuxian a Geng post before leaving Beijing, what was going on.

After that day, Mrs. Li tossed and turned for several days, but because Duanmufei's wedding was approaching, she didn't have a chance to ask Duanmujun again, until now she finally had a chance.

Thinking that once she missed today, she might not have the opportunity to ask, but Mrs. Li finally asked: "Ah Jun, you and Cen ...... Last time you said Geng Ti ......"

Mrs. Li was almost a little incoherent.

"Gongzi Cen handed his grandfather a Geng post." Thinking of the scene at that time, the corners of Duanmujun's lips couldn't help but curl up, and his face was radiant, "He said that he would come back in a year or two at the latest." ”

"I originally wanted to go to Huaizhou with him......" Duanmujun's eyes brightened even brighter when he spoke, and Cen Yin's "nonsense" was still in his ears at that time.

The girl pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes flowing, looking forward to the brilliance, and the joy that came from her heart naturally emanated from her smile, just like the bright spring light in May.

Mrs. Li originally had a lot of questions she wanted to ask, but looking at Duanmujun with a sweet expression, she couldn't ask anymore.

Mrs. Li grabbed the string of rosewood Buddhist beads in her hand and looked at Duanmu in a daze.

A thousand words turned into a sigh in her heart.

As the old man of her family said, no matter how sorry they are for the juniors, it is impossible for them to take care of them for a lifetime, let alone live for them.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Mu Jun really regrets it in the future, she is not nowhere to go, she still has Minzhou to accommodate her, and they are her backing, she will not lose a lot.

She still has them!

Although she told herself so in her heart, Mrs. Li's mood was still a little heavy, and she looked at Duanmu Jun silently, her eyes were deep.

Duanmujun always smiled and groaned, and held Mrs. Li's hand tightly.

Her palms are so warm, yet so resolute.

Mrs. Li continued to stare at her, and did not move for a long time.

There was silence in the carriage, and only the laughter of Duanmu Fei and Hanxing was heard from outside the carriage from time to time, which caused Li Xi to laugh.

"Ah Jun," after a while, Mrs. Li finally made a move, she held Duanmujun's hand instead, "If you really decide, then you must go out in a dignified manner." ”

If the name is not right, the word is not good, this is the eternal truth.

The granddaughter of their Li family must marry in a dignified manner, and they can't be dragged out so inexplicably.

Mrs. Li's eyes were very firm and could not be shaken. That's her bottom line.

"Grandmother, I will." Duanmujun did not shy away from meeting Mrs. Li's eyes, smiling brightly, bright and unusual.

Outside, there was the laughter of Duanmu Scarlet, which was as light as spring water.

Mrs. Li also smiled, with a little love, a little helplessness, and a little sigh in her smile.

She stretched out her finger and nodded at the center of Duanmujun's eyebrows, and said dotingly: "You and your sister don't have anything to worry about!" ”

Duanmu didn't answer this, she affectionately took Mrs. Li's arm and asked coquettishly: "Grandmother, is it very hot in Minzhou this season?" ”

Of course, Mrs. Li knew that her granddaughter was changing the subject, but she also let her go, and replied: "Minzhou is much hotter than the capital now, and those Westerners often walk on the road with only one single coat. Mrs. Li shook her head disappreciatively.

"Grandmother, I have also seen Westerners in the capital, do they all look like that, with very white skin, high noses, blue and green eyes?" Duanmu Jun asked curiously.

"Well, there are also gray-eyed, yellow-eyed, brown-eyed, ......"

Mrs. Li answered all questions, and talked to Duanmu about Westerners, Westerners, Japanese ships, and Nanyang......

Duanmujun listened with relish, his eyes were bright, and he said with a smile: "Grandmother, I must go to Minzhou to see you and my grandfather in the future." She said "later", of course, after Cen Yin returned.

Mrs. Li also understood the meaning of Duanmujun's words, and her heart became more complicated.

While the grandfather and grandson were talking, the carriage gradually slowed down, and finally stopped, and Li Xi's bold voice came from outside: "Tingyou, Hanxing, Fei'er, send you thousands of miles, you must say goodbye in the end, you can send it here." ”

"yes. Don't send it away, go back early. Li Chuan responded.

Duanmujun opened one side of the curtain and looked out of the carriage, only to find that the convoy had arrived at Shili Pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing.

Li Chuanting and the Xin couple also echoed and persuaded a few juniors not to send them anymore.

"Grandfather, uncle, father, mother, you have a good trip." Li Tingyou solemnly clenched his fists at several elders.

Duanmu Fei and Han Xing looked at the elders reluctantly, wanting to speak and stopping, and the air was filled with a parting sadness. I don't know when I will see you again this time.

The horses did not know what to say, and they barked and flicked their long tails.

Li Xi looked at Duanmu Fei and said, "Fei'er, my grandfather will guard Minzhou well." ”

For Li Xi, holding Minzhou is for the court and the people, and now there is another reason, for his granddaughter Duanmufei.

He will defend Minzhou and support his granddaughter.

Duanmu smiled, his eyes were slightly sour, and his eyes were shining.

Li Xi's gaze looked at Han Xing again, "Han Xing, if Ting You dares to bully you, you will come to your grandfather to complain." ”

Han Xing was busy: "Grandfather, I can point to you!" As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Li Tingyou, meaning, did you hear it?

Li Tingyou smiled helplessly, and gently scratched Han Xing's palm, meaning, I just bullied you!

The sadness of parting was swept away, and the atmosphere became lively.

Li Xi has a bold personality, and he has said everything that should be said, so he will not delay any longer, and take Mrs. Li and her two sons on the road in a mighty way.

Duanmufei and Duanmujun stayed by the Shili Pavilion and quietly watched the convoy go away, until they couldn't see the shadow of the Li family, and then they embarked on the return journey together.

After entering the city, Han Xing proposed, "Cousin Scarlet, let's send you back to the palace first." ”

"No need, I told Ah Yan that he would come here to pick me up at noon, and we would go to the market together." Duanmu sneered.

"Cousin Scarlet, have you been bored in the palace recently? Let Cousin Yan take you to play! ”

Han Xing looked at Duanmu Fei sympathetically. She understands best that in the palace, there are so many rules and boring, and being locked up in the palace every day can simply make people sick.

Duanmu smiled and winked at Han Xing, "Don't worry, I'll have fun by myself." ”

Duanmu Fei said the truth, she recently ate and slept in the palace, slept and played, walked around the imperial garden when she had nothing to do, teased the little fox, and only flipped through the account books in her spare time, and her life was very pleasant.

Han Xing only believed half of it, Duanmu Fei was really good at enjoying himself, but the palace was still boring!

Han Xing leaned over and whispered to Duanmu Fei to bite his ear: "In two days, I'll hand the sign into the palace to play with you, okay?" ”

Duanmu Fei nodded again and again, and also leaned over to bite Han Xing's ear: "Cousin Han Xing, you come early." Dango has made new friends in the palace these days. ”

Thinking of the little fox and the red horse, Duanmu Fei couldn't help but smile, revealing a pair of shallow pear vortices on his cheeks.

Dango's new friend?! Han Xing's curiosity was aroused, and he changed his mind immediately: "Then I will enter the palace tomorrow." ”

Han Xing reluctantly separated from Duanmu Fei at the gate of the southern city, and left first with Li Tingyou.

Duanmujun didn't rush to leave, she didn't worry about her sister alone, so she accompanied her to a nearby teahouse to wait for Mu Yan.

After a cup of tea, Mu Yan hurried over on a galloping horse, he had just changed into ordinary clothes after going down to the court, and then slipped out as fast as he could.

Mu Yan came, and Duanmu Jun left.

Thinking that he hadn't been with Duanmu Fei for several days, Mu Yan took Duanmu Fei's hand, patted his chest and said generously: "Zhen Zhen, buy whatever you want." ”

Luofeng, who was two feet behind, stared at Mu Yan's back silently, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he said in his heart: When he was about to go out, the master also borrowed two taels from himself, and said that he would double it later.

Luofeng's eyes are a little subtle, and the master is probably the legendary "strict wife".

The emperor should have been the richest person in this Dasheng, not only did the thousands of miles of Dasheng belong to him, but the emperor also had his own private treasury - the inner transport warehouse.

However, the master gave the inner transport warehouse to the queen, and even forgot to keep some private money, so that when he went out to visit the market, he had to borrow money from himself.

Ay!

Luo Feng sighed secretly in his heart, feeling that it was really not easy.

It's just a mere two taels of silver, if he tells his master not to pay it back, isn't he saying that he is richer than the emperor, but if the master pays it back, how can he accept it?!

Luo Feng sighed in his heart, followed far behind the two, and helped the two masters lead the horses by the way.

Mu Yan had long forgotten about Luofeng, and took Duanmufei's little hand to the market.

Today is a five-day market, and the market is full of people and the sound of hawkers everywhere, and it is very lively.

The two of them walked all the way, bought all the way, bought sugar paintings, grinding and drinking, sugar gourds, small purses, etc., and only then did they go shopping, and they already had a full basket.

Mu Yan was very attentive, and personally carried the basket for Duanmufei, but whenever Duanmufei saw something, it was always one word: "Buy!" ”

Looking at the master's wealthy appearance, the corners of Luofeng's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart: I'm afraid that this uninformed person still thinks how much silver the master has! The master really used two taels of silver to show the magnanimity of ten thousand taels of silver!

Mu Yan was more energetic than Duanmu Fei, pulling her to shuttle flexibly between those stalls:

"Zhenzhen, do you think this straw parrot and straw grasshopper are cute?"

"Zhenzhen, this candied green plum looks good, how about we buy some and try it?"

"Zhen Zhen, look at this rattle, doesn't this doll painted on it look like Ze Ge'er? Ze Geer likes rattles, shall we buy them and give them to him? ”

“……”

"Zhen Zhen, you see that the combs in this stall are doing well, do you want to pick one?"

Mu Yan picked up a peachwood comb from a stall on the side of the road and handed it to Duanmu Fei, "Look, the cat on this comb is quite smartly carved." ”

This is a stall selling groceries, and the stalls are full of grates, small copper mirrors, needlework, fans and other gadgets.

Duanmu grabbed the peach wood comb that Mu Yan picked, played with it lovingly, and said, "This cat is indeed very interesting." ”

This wooden comb is not so exquisite, it is better than carving three cats on it, one cat is lazily stretching, one cat is fluttering butterflies, and the last cat is curled up in a ball and falls asleep.

The stall owner of this stall is also a discerning one, and said with a smile: "This son, this lady, the combs I sell here are all high-quality products, you see so many combs, none of them are repeated, and each one is exquisite." ”

"Madam, this comb in your hand only needs twenty copper plates, it is definitely good and cheap!"

"Madam, if you pick another one, I can calculate it a little cheaper, and two combs will only cost thirty-eight copper plates."

Duanmu stretched out his finger to the cat on the wooden comb and rubbed it slightly, and said, "I want this one!" ”

Mu Yan saw that Duanmu Fei liked the comb he chose, and he was even happier than the stall owner, and smiled, "Boss, we want this comb." ”

Mu Yan said as he reached out and took out the money in his sleeve pocket......

"It's not for sale, it's not for sale!"

At this moment, an excited and shrill male voice came from behind in the distance.

"......" Mu Yan raised his eyebrows and followed the prestige.

A middle-aged man in a straight blue shirt hurriedly ran over, he was short and stocky, and his fat body trembled and he was out of breath when he ran.

The short and fat middle-aged man pointed to the comb in Duanmufei's hand and said, "I won't sell this comb!" ”

Greeted by the suspicious eyes of the two guests, the stall owner explained embarrassedly: "Son, madam, these peach combs are all consigned by this master Wang here. ”

The stall owner is only a small business, and some of the goods are purchased by himself, and some goods are stored by some craftsmen to sell here.

For example, for each of these peach wood combs sold, the stall owner can earn three copper plates.

Master Wang straightened his chest and raised his voice and said, "That's right, these combs are mine." ”

"Now, I don't want to sell it!"

"Madame, give me back this comb!" Master Wang confidently stretched out his hand to ask for it.

Duanmu Fei was a little reluctant, she still liked this comb.

Mu Yan frowned slightly, and said to Master Wang unhappily, "Why didn't you sell it all of a sudden?" You can say as much money as you want! ”

Mu Yan showed a generous appearance.

This is said by him, which is very convincing, after all, although he and Duanmu Fei are micro-clothes, the robes and jewelry on their bodies are worth a lot of money at a glance, and they are from rich and noble families.

Luofeng in the rear was a little speechless when he listened, others didn't know, he knew best, the master only borrowed two taels of silver from him, and he bought this basket of things in the market all the way, and it had already cost more than one or two.

Luofeng can be sure that the master is afraid that there are only a maximum of fifty copper plates left in his pocket now.

In this way, the master still dares to say what "you can say as much silver as you want", and if the other party asks for ten taels of silver with the lion opening his mouth, what is the master going to do?

Do you want to borrow it yourself?

But I don't have ten taels of silver on me now, so I can't let the emperor make up the jade pendant on his body in order to run a comb to the pawnshop, right?

Luofeng couldn't imagine that picture.

The stall owner also had the heart to do this business, and persuaded: "Master Wang, you will sell this comb to this son and his wife......" He scolded Master Wang in his heart, and felt that the other party was simply inexplicable. Don't cooperate with this kind of person in the future!

"If I say I won't sell it, I won't sell it!" Master Wang didn't wait for the stall owner to finish speaking, and interrupted him, with a very strong and firm attitude.

Since the other party insisted on not selling, Duanmufei was not reluctant, and put the comb back on the stall, "Ah Yan, then forget it." ”

Master Wang seemed to be afraid that Duanmu Fei would regret it, so he grabbed the comb carved with the cat in his hand like a wolf, and then put all the other twenty or thirty combs into the baggage.

After packing up the comb, Master Wang didn't say hello, but hurriedly ran away with his baggage.

The face of the stall owner of the "......" seemed to be covered with a dark cloud, and it became more and more ugly.

Luofeng looked at the back of Master Wang, and didn't know whether to be glad that the master didn't have to go to the pawnshop, or whether to sigh at the boldness of Master Wang, even if the emperor and queen wanted it, he didn't sell it, this was written into the playbook, I'm afraid no one would believe it.

Mu Yan grabbed Duanmufei's little hand, looked at her disappointed little face, and said flatteringly: "Zhenzhen, when I go back, will I carve a comb with my own hands?" ”

Duanmu Fei immediately showed his face, smiled with crooked eyebrows, and said with his chin bowed: "Hmm! ”

The comb he made with his own hands must be better than the one he just made!

Duanmu Fei shook Mu Yan's hand, "Then you carve dumplings on the comb for me?" ”

"Good!"

"Let's engrave snow jade again."

"Good!"

"How about just letting Xue Yu and Tuanzi play butterflies?"

Whenever Duanmu Fei's proposal is made, Mu Yan has always been good, and the two of them laughed and laughed.

The stall owner politely smiled and said, "This son, madam, why don't you two look at something else?" My fan here is also beautiful! ”

The young couple finally bought a fan embroidered with dragonflies on the stall, and the stall owner apologized for undercharging them three copper plates.

Mu Yan and Duanmu Fei continued to stroll around the market with great interest, ate some roadside snacks, and did not return to the palace until dusk.

When the two dismounted at the palace gate, Mu Yan avoided Duanmu Fei and stuffed all the remaining copper plates in his sleeve pocket to Luofeng, and said with his mouth: "I'll pay back the rest later." As he spoke, he wondered in his heart: Should he ask Zhen Zhen for some pocket money?

"......" Luofeng where dare to have any objections.

He looked at the remaining eight copper plates in his palm in a daze, and couldn't help but remember that before returning to the palace, the master proposed to buy some hibiscus cakes to eat, but fortunately, the queen mother vetoed it.

Otherwise, with these eight copper plates should not be able to buy a box of hibiscus cakes?

Luofeng silently pinched a cold sweat for Mu Yan in his heart.

Mu Yan didn't notice Luo Feng's complicated thoughts at all, and when he was at the top of the wooden scarf, he forgot about the pocket money again, and proposed with a bright face: "Zhen Zhen, let's go pick the wood for carving the comb together." ”

Although the young couple walked around for an afternoon, they were still in good spirits and went to the inner carrier warehouse to pick timber.