Chapter 82: The Town
Mayday in the town is quiet and peaceful.
At this time, the sky has not yet warmed up, but the wild flowers on both sides of the dirt road are competing to bloom, and the willows are still clinging, sending a gentle breeze.
Whose children are herding cattle and returning to sprinkle the sound of the shepherd's flute all the way.
The children on the street ran with the big scalper, giggling and laughing.
Some women shouted and cursed, as if they were scolding the man for eating and drinking, and in a flash, she shouted at the child to come home for dinner. The pots and pans at home are banging and beating, as if the anger has not yet been vented.
It was evening dinner time when a group of men and horses galloped outside the town, stirring up dust along the way.
The town is not large, and it is not a bustling fortress, and there are few horse caravans passing by.
All of a sudden, every family opened their doors and came out to see.
Some daring children chased after them all the way, wanting to see the sturdy horses.
The group turned a corner and dismounted at the mouth of an alley.
A tall man at the head threw a piece of broken silver to the half-grown child who caught up: "Child, help watch the horse." Ask your family to feed our horses some fodder. ”
The child stared at the silver in his hand for a moment, and then screamed to find his own adult.
The man laughed a few times and led the people to the last house in the alley.
It was a small courtyard with a large open door, but it was small but clean, and a sturdy woman was feeding a flock of chirping chicks.
Not far away, a big white fat cat was lying behind a pot of flowers, and its pair of blue eyes stared at the little yellow chicken, as if it was about to leap up and take its prey into its claws in the next moment.
"Sister-in-law!"
The tall man stood still at the door and said respectfully: "Dare to ask if there is a man and a little girl with disabled legs living in this house?" ”
The woman's face was wary: "Where did you come from?" What's the matter with our Mr. Sun? ”
The man and his companion glanced at each other and smiled at the woman: "Sister-in-law, Mr. Sun is the eldest son of our family, and that little girl is the little lady of my family." ”
The woman suddenly said: "It turned out to be Mr. Sun's family, you came unfortunately, Mr. Sun was invited to eat and drink by Pavilion Chief Liu in the town." You're on your way, aren't you? I still have some food at home, and I'll go and warm it for you. ”
The tall man's companion wanted to refuse, but was stopped by the man: "The king said, it's good to find someone, don't expose the hidden." If His Highness doesn't like us to follow, we'll leave after we meet in person. ”
His companion's face was pale: "Her Royal Highness the princess is just a child, how could she come up with such a torturous method." It must have been figured out by that Sun Chi. Really, people are paralyzed and their tempers have become eccentric. ”
The tall man reprimanded angrily: "Fang Wu! Be careful with your words and deeds! ”
Fang Wu immediately pursed his lips and said a little unhappily: "What are you afraid of?" It's just a paralyzed person, and our captain doesn't take him seriously! ”
The tall man shook his head helplessly: "What's the use of you being here for a while?" Don't forget, when Sun Chi was on the battlefield for more than ten years, your kid was still wearing open crotch pants! ”
Several of the men laughed.
The tall man in the lead whispered again: "Put away your thoughts!" Her Royal Highness the princess is the person on the tip of the king's heart, and our captain has suffered two losses in her hands. Eat honestly, eat, if they haven't come back, let's go to the pavilion chief's house to find out. ”
The crowd was silent.
Although the princess is small, there are many ways to torture people.
A while ago, he actually asked people to send more than a dozen minions to the Taiwei Mansion all the way from Enzezhuang, beating gongs and drums, saying that the minions sent by the Taiwei were too good, and the princess didn't dare to accept them.
As long as you are not a fool, you can hear this, the princess is saying something, and she is sarcastic about the captain.
Taiwei didn't dare to argue for himself, but the lady of Huaqing Palace couldn't sit still, and went to Jinyi Palace the next day to cry to the king, but was reprimanded by the king, saying that the Diao slave raised by the Taiwei wanted to harm the princess's reputation.
The king likes Mrs. Allure the most, but in the past year, he has reprimanded Mrs. Allure several times because of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Someone has already let out the wind, and now, the king's favorite is his daughter.
Right now, this princess, who is loved by thousands of people, is eating at the pavilion chief's house.
Sun Chi was quite helpless, it had only been more than ten days since he came out, and he and Lao Hai had lost a lot of weight, only Xiao Yuan was good, and his cheeks were fat.
Could it be that the queen mother in the palace did not feed Xiao Yuan well, so that as soon as she left the palace, she was like a hungry wolf?
The pavilion chief's lady is an old lady in her fifties, and her granddaughters have given birth, but she has never seen such a white, tender and lovely little girl as Xiao Yuanhao, a pair of eyes seem to be glued to Xiao Yuanhao's body, no matter how you look at it, she can't see enough.
"Tsk, how did this come about? Look at these little arms and legs, with fine skin and tender flesh. ”
The eldest daughter-in-law of the pavilion chief's wife also surrounded Xiao Yuan and looked strange: "Aunt Jun, the little girl is from the capital, and the water in the capital raises people." ”
The second daughter-in-law disagreed: "What my sister-in-law said is not right. In the past few days, our two girls have also run out, and after a few days of tanning, this face is tanned, but the little girl is still thin and tender. The little lady is also eating the water in our town now, why can't she tan? It's a real wonder. ”
Xiao Yuan smiled and didn't speak, let her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law look around her, and after drinking the second bowl of porridge, she finally touched her bulging belly.
"Uncle, have you finished talking to the pavilion chief? I'm full. ”
Sun Chi glanced at Xiao Yuan, he hadn't eaten a bite.
The pavilion chief laughed: "Don't be in a hurry, don't worry, the male and female monarchs are nobles, since they are here to check the water of the Lanjiang River, I must know everything." ”
Xiao Yuan nodded, the pavilion chief is a scholar, and he speaks in a crepe.
"Pavilion Chief, you said that this Lanjiang River didn't come here twenty years ago?"
The pavilion chief said: "What the male monarch said is that the water of the Lanjiang River floods almost every year, and there was a big flood in the twentieth year of Qing'an, and that big water came fiercely. There used to be a small town nearby, which was washed away overnight, and not a single living mouth was left. ”
Speaking of this big flood, the pavilion chief still has 7 palpitations.
"The water of the Nalan River was still three miles east of our town before, but now it has moved to five miles."
Sun Chi asked: "I have seen the fields in your town these days, and it seems that the crops are exceptionally better in the land where the Lanjiang River was originally channeled. ”
The pavilion chief nodded: "Yes, it's really strange to say, every time the water of the Lanjiang River floods, the harvest of this crop is better than that of other places." ”
Sun Chi couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yuan, and was really right by this girl.
Along the way, the towns and villages they asked almost all gave the same statement, as long as it was flooded by the Lanjiang River, when the flood receded, the land seemed to be more fertile.
Xiao Yuan blinked a pair of almond eyes proudly, and spit out his little tongue at Sun Chi while others were not paying attention.
Sun Chi smiled helplessly, I don't know what happened in the capital, they are leisurely here!