Chapter 254: Folding Willow (Fanwai 3 His Highness's Birthday Gift)

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Spring in Daizhou has always come later.

If it weren't for the willows spitting out new green, the yellow sand would be no different from winter except for the slightly warm air and the melting snow.

"Your Highness, Your Highness the King of Han!"

A boy of seven or eight years old, herding sheep, with a little blushing face, ran from the bottom of the hillside, "Here are the Persian merchants, here are the Persian merchants!" ”

A tall boy is setting up an easel on a high post, looking at the scaffolding made of giant wood below, assembling a large area of coal mining site, and measuring the data.

Wen Yan quickly counted the last few lines, "It's good right away!" Sanshun, don't run up, tired! ”

"It's okay, I'll give you a picture clip!" The child named Sanshun still ran up, but he stood very obediently seven or eight steps away from Min Bai and did not bother.

Watching the boy write and calculate on the picture folder from afar, I was envious and admired.

Don't look at His Royal Highness's age, but the old people in the village all privately said that he was the reincarnation of the true dragon in the sky and brought a rich little immortal to their village.

Because of his arrival, the plague that was supposed to cause trouble is gone.

He and his master, the more powerful old man with the white beard, also found the local charcoal.

From then on, the children in their area no longer had to pick up cow dung and burn it all day long.

In the words of the old people, it is simply a boundless happiness.

They've all been choosing for a lifetime!

And because of the charcoal quarrying workshop, the people in the village no longer have to worry about running out of work.

Like Sanshun's family, in addition to his father, who is still farming, his two elder brothers have already gone to work in the workshop. Even my mother and sister-in-law went to help cook and wash clothes, and they could earn back the food for white flowers every month.

It's not like before, the family is hungry and growling all day long. At the end of the year, you can only get some meat at the end of the year.

Now, as long as the mother is not so stingy, every day of the payday, the whole family can have a good meal!

Therefore, for His Royal Highness the King of Han who brought all this, the whole village has great respect.

What's more, he is still so good-looking.

If it weren't for the immortals, how could any mortal grow like this?

The plague charcoal or something, but it didn't convince Sanshun.

But on this one, he believed in His Royal Highness the King of Han, and he must be an immortal.

Anyway, in his limited life, he has never seen anything better-looking.

Of course, he spent his entire life and never saw him again.

It didn't take long, and the boy finally finished calculating, and quickly put away the paper on the folder, "Let's go!" Take me there! ”

Sanshun hurriedly put the wooden shelf on his back, "Don't look at me small, I can even carry a sheep, how light is this!" Hurry up, keep up! ”

The little guy shook off his little short legs and ran faster than a rabbit in order to prove his strength.

Min Bai shook his head helplessly, so he had to take out a cherished smile from his purse and stuff it into the little guy's mouth.

This was sent by my sister last fall.

Because it is not easy to preserve, Ren Shao cherishes and eats it, and there is not much left.

But seeing that a child is doing things for him seriously, he is indifferent.

Sanshun bared his teeth, biting the red date with walnuts, and smiled sweeter than the honey wrapped in the walnuts.

Immortals, they are really good people!

It's just so delicious that he can't bear to bite at all. Just sucking on this sweetness, you will be very happy!

On the winding ancient road leading to the capital outside the village, a camel team came.

Shangguan's order is already here.

The old man took a fancy to a barrel of black fire oil and must buy it.

The Persian merchant didn't want to sell, so he said all the way. This is what they took to light a fire on the road to defend themselves, not a commodity.

However, His Royal Highness the King of Han appeared and pointed to a few carts of charcoal to indicate the time of exchange.

The Persian merchant did not know whether he was moved by His Highness's arrogance or His Highness's face.

In short, he put his hand on his chest, muttered a long list of words that no one understood, and shouted Allah several times. The barrel of black fire oil was sent to His Highness with great enthusiasm.

Shangguan Ling was satisfied.

His Highness then called the Persian merchant aside and asked the interpreter to question him.

"Are there any gems?"

The merchants from Persia sold either jewels or spices.

His Royal Highness had already thought about buying a few beautiful hairpins with gemstone roots to congratulate a person's birthday.

But this merchant didn't sell any of the above two.

He only sold rhino horn, coral, glass, gold and silverware.

Min Bai was disappointed.

A good-looking face, and sadness is hung on at the sight.

The Persian merchant was in a hurry and untied his belt.

There's a gem on it!

It's all the best, and it's big.

But His Royal Highness glanced at it with disgust, he didn't want anything that a stinky man had used, let alone give it to her?

Persian merchants cannot.

Looking at His Royal Highness like a little fairy, he turned around lonely. Something suddenly occurred to him, and he pulled something out of his luggage.

A small scimitar about the length of a foot.

The blade is sharp and the chill is refreshing.

The scabbard is inlaid with beautiful gemstones, and the yellow gold wire is used to outline beautiful and intricate patterns.

It's very delicate and beautiful.

This was originally what he planned to bring to the capital to curry favor with his lover.

Well, because of the long-term travel between the two places, this businessman also has an old friend in the capital for many years.

But the old man is good-looking, and it is not as important as the little fairy!

When Min Bai saw it, he liked it.

I bought it and planned to leave.

But I saw Sanshun standing on the side with a lonely expression, at a young age, his brows were so furrowed that he could almost kill flies.

What's going on?

Pulling the little fairy aside, Sanshun quietly pointed to a willow not far away.

Spring has arrived, and the willows are green.

That green onion is just a few bright colors on the vast loess Daizhou.

Under the tender green of the newly sprouted tree, a young man, Sanshun's second brother Ershun, was hiding behind the tree, looking at a girl who was following her family, as if she was going to the city.

The girl looked back frequently, as if looking for someone.

But Ershun hid in the tree, but he didn't show his head.

What is this for?

Sanshun said sadly, "Sister Manniang's relatives told her about her family affairs in Yucheng, and they are richer than my family." But she grew up with my third brother, and my second brother always said that he would marry her when he grew up. But last night, my father said that he was going to find a matchmaker to propose marriage, and he said that he couldn't delay people. ”

Sanshun didn't understand, "Your Highness, now my family's life is better, and I can eat meat once a month." Why is my third brother not willing to marry Sister Manniang like before? ”

"So he's stupid! You are not sensible yet. ”

Min Bai glanced coldly at the tangled second brother.

"You go and tell your second brother that in this world, there is no regret medicine. Does a rich person have to be a good person? In case people don't like your Sister Manniang, or marry a daughter-in-law to enter the door, they will let her give birth to a baby and work all day long. Even if you eat meat every day, what is there to be happy about? ”

Sanshun nodded desperately, "That's it!" married far away, and there was no one in the family when they fought. My mother said, now that life is better, I don't want my little sister to marry far away, and I don't know what will happen in the future! ”

"Your mother is also a person who understands. Go for it! ”

Sanshun Rabbit jumped out again.

After a while, he saw his second brother's face change, and finally gritted his teeth.

In desperation, the girl got into the ox cart and headed for the Jade City, and rushed out from under the willow tree.

"Wait, don't go! Manniang, Manniang's sister! ”

Then the girl's eyes lit up, and she jumped out of the car and ran backwards without asking why they were chasing.

"Brother Ershun, Brother Ershun!"

But the girl's father also brandished his whip and snapped it.

The men of Daizhou are all bold people, and they scold like a bell.

"You bunny, how long have you been squatting there? Embroider tweed for you! What's wrong with my daughter, why is it so difficult when you come to the door to ask for a kiss? You have to force Lao Tzu, drive cattle and carts, and send your daughter to the city before you are willing to come out! ”

"Get out! Go back to your dad and come to the door to propose! Lao Tzu hasn't disliked your poor family, you little rabbit cub is still crooked. Girl, get out of the way, Lao Tzu won't be angry if he doesn't smoke him! It's too much work, boy! ”

The crowd laughed.

Even Sanshun looked at his second brother and was screaming, grinning without sympathy.

has a daughter-in-law, what are you afraid of being smoked by my father-in-law?

Then Sanshun and his father came and cheered him on.

"Well drawn! Manniang and his father, you pump hard! I've wanted to give this kid a smack, too. What a good girl you say Manniang is, can you rest assured that you are married so far? It's better to be at our own doorstep, and in the future, when the young couple fights, we can manage it, right? ”

"Isn't it! It's not that life can't go on now, am I the one who points to my daughter and climbs the high branches? ”

Manniang's father finally had enough of it and threw the whip at the new son-in-law.

"Drive the ox cart back to Lao Tzu! It's a shame to be busy for a long time! ”

"Let's go, leave this kid alone, I'll ask you to drink. Family, let's discuss and discuss, what to do with family affairs matters......"

Seeing that Manniang was blushing, she secretly helped her lover and drove home.

Min Bai grabbed Sanshun, who wanted to come forward to help, "Let's go, I don't need you there." ”

Sanshun was ignorant, scratched his head embarrassedly, and suddenly noticed the scimitar in His Highness's hand.

"This is so beautiful, was it newly bought by His Highness?"

"It's a gift. Hmm, you said to give it to a girl, is it appropriate? ”

The boy suddenly realized.

In front of the people you like, everyone will be like Brother Ershun, nervous and entangled.

I am afraid that what I give is not good enough, and I am afraid that what I give is not what people need most.

Sanshun nodded vigorously, "It's so beautiful, I'll definitely like it." Hey, you wait! ”

Because he was grateful to the little fairy for helping his second brother get a daughter-in-law, the enthusiastic little guy jumped under the green willow tree, broke off the tender green willow, and deftly braided a small round basket with ten fingers, just put down the round little scimitar.

"If you put it on this way, you won't be afraid of breaking it. There is also this basket, the girl's family can put needles and threads, and they can use it. ”

Thankfully touching his head, His Highness accepted it.

Sanshun hadn't read a book, so he didn't know. In the poetry of the literati, wicker is such a twisted and lingering thing.

"In the past, I was in the past, and the willows were still there."

"The spring breeze knows not to be bitter, and does not send wicker green."

"Thousands of wind and rain, every year is long and short."

"Thinking is a ruthless tree, and you don't understand how to welcome people and only give them away."

"The wicker is broken and the flowers are flying, and the pedestrians are asked if they will return?"

……

So, do you want to send it?

The tangled emotions are like this fine and dense willow, entwined, troubled, the heart of His Royal Highness the young man.

Senior sister is no longer a little girl.

She will turn fifteen this summer.

July 22.

Min Bai remembers it very clearly, better than his birthday.

According to the customs of the Central Plains, the girl's family is fifteen, she will perform and salute, and she can insert hairpins, and she will be a big girl from then on.

You can also,

Said kiss.

Senior sister is so good-looking, so smart and capable, there must be a lot of people who like her and want to say goodbye.

No matter who she marries, she will definitely be able to live an excellent life.

But why,

But the heart is always sour?

I was in a trance, and I don't know how many days have passed.

On this day, Min Bai suddenly heard a faint cry.

He hurriedly walked over, but saw a little girl of four or five years old, squatting under a peach blossom tree and crying.

"Little sister, why are you crying?"

When he spoke up, Min Bai was also shocked.

He, how did he get smaller?

It has also become a small point.

How about the tall man who finally grew taller?

The little hands and feet seem to have returned to when they were four or five years old.

The little girl turned her head, and her tearful little bun face was pitiful and cute. Amazingly, amazingly-

"Senior sister?"

Xiao Meiniang blinked her dark eyes suspiciously, "Sister? Are you a younger brother? ”

No, no!

He's three months older.

Min Bai stepped forward with his short legs, regardless of it, and hurriedly ran forward, "I, I'm older than you, and you also call me brother?" ”

He's been looking forward to it for a long time!

But the little beauty frowned in disbelief, "Don't, you don't look taller than me." My brother is taller than me! ”

Brother Xiaofei,

I hate that little flying brother the most!

Why are you so tall when you have nothing to do?

But now, he's obviously taller than him!

Min Bai was in a hurry and wanted to say that age is not in height. He was born short when he was a child, and he was desperate!

It's good that his IQ is not when he was a child.

"So, then why are you crying? Need I do something to prove it? ”

After successfully changing the topic, I saw the little beauty girl bowing her head sadly, her little fingers picking at the corners of her clothes, and tears once again filled her round black eyes.

"I, I want to go to school too...... But Dad, my brother won't teach me ......"

Yes,

Min Bai remembered.

My sister didn't go to school when she was a child, and all the words she knew were taught by her brother Xiaofei.

Think,

More jealous.

"I, I can teach you to read too! Me, I've read a lot of books...... Believe it or not, I'll write your name. Lin Meiniang, isn't it? ”

Min Bai picked a small branch and wrote the ground.

I don't know why, that girl's character has never been written well.

The more he writes, the more messy it gets, and the more messy it is, the less he knows how to write.

was so anxious that Min Bai was sweating profusely, and he couldn't wait to grab himself when he was a child and beat him hard.

Why are you so stupid?

Poof.

The little beauty smiled, the corners of her mouth were sweet, and her black eyes were crooked.

"Little brother, it's good if you teach me to write this Lin character. Don't be in a hurry, learn slowly. ”

she

She called me little brother!

Min Bai was so excited that he wanted to jump up, but now his hands were short, his legs were short, and his head was too big, so he didn't jump up.

On the sand,

He looked at himself when he was a child, seriously, and taught Meiniang to write over and over again.

suddenly

Suddenly, I don't know why, but I feel the urge to cry.

Why do you cry when you're so happy?

This is obviously something he has been thinking about and looking forward to, isn't it?

Min Bai wiped his face fiercely, revealing the brightest smile. took her sister when she was a child, taught her to read, and took her to the play.

also bought her the old uncle with the best craftsmanship in the alleys of the capital, a big sugar man.

No one will bully her, scold her, or treat her poorly anymore.

……

And then day by day, the two grew up together.

They are always together.

Always together.

Inseparable.

Suddenly, a fog hits, and the little beauty girl is gone.

"Senior sister, senior sister!"

Min Bai was terrified.

But in the fog, a voice said coldly,

"What are you pestering her for?"

"Do you think you're great if you're rich?"

"Do you think that if you are the prince and you are the king of Han, you can do whatever you want?"

"She's just a little girl with no family background, you keep pestering her like this, how will you let her marry in the future?"

"Think about your mother, or your father's wife? But now it's not the same as a concubine? ”

Me, me!

Min Bai wants to say that he is different, and he wants to say that he will not let the beautiful girl become the same as his mother.

But the voice said coldly,

"Why are you?"

"Your father is the emperor, and he can't do anything, why should you?"

"And why are you?"

The boy finally roared.

"Why did you deny me because my father couldn't do it?"

……

In the dark night, a candle was lit, and the sound of peace came from outside.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you, Your Highness? Is it a nightmare? ”

Min Bai woke up suddenly.

"No, nothing...... No need to come in. ”

Lying down again, holding his pounding heart, the strong unwillingness also aroused the young man's bursts of enthusiasm.

Why?

Why!

He hasn't started doing anything yet, he's just seriously liking a girl, is that wrong?

On his chest and abdomen, the small basket with a scimitar and wicker weaving had been warmed by his body temperature.

Suddenly, the teenager decided.

Get up and get a box and put them up properly. I was just going to say to Ping An and send this away tomorrow.

Suddenly, the heavens and the earth shook, and even the doors and windows rattled!

"Your Highness, it's the earth!"

Ping'an was barefoot, and a flying body pounced in, grabbed him, slammed open the window, and rushed out.

"My stuff!"

The boy shook him off vigorously, rushed into the house regardless of the danger, and picked up his box.

It's like picking up a precious treasure that has been lost and found.

That was his youthful heart, and it was the first heartbeat in his life.

I don't know what to do, and I go deep.

Maybe in the future, it will end without a problem.

But the only thing he is sure of is the present, which is the most important thing for him.

A girder smashed straight down, right above his head.

Min Bai rolled on the spot to avoid it, but his ankle was knocked in the end, and his teeth were bared in pain.

"Your Highness!"

Ping'an was frightened, broke in again, picked up the disobedient highness, and jumped out again.

With a bang, the roof collapsed in half.

If people don't come out, it's dangerous.

It's okay, it's okay.

Stuff is fine.

Seeing that he was still cherishing and holding the box, Ping An was almost angry.

Roaring, "What a terrible thing, can someone care about it?" ”

But there are some things that are really worth guarding with your life.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness, who knew that he was wrong, did not stimulate the general manager of Ping An, who was on the verge of madness, to change the topic.

"Go and see how the gentleman is, hurry up and rescue the disaster!"

A few days later, there was an urgent report of a rebellion in Ganzhou.

His Royal Highness the King of Han, who urgently decided to lead the army, was busy and did not forget to send out the box that he had been carefully keeping.

Stepping on the black steed, his expression grim.

"Let's go!"

The strong wind blew the dark cloak on his body, leaving a distinct mark on the reckless yellow sand.

Some things may be really done without results, and there is no reward for hard work.

But if you don't work hard, if you don't try, how can you know?

The book says,

People do not take young people lightly.

The book also says,

There are flowers that can be folded straight and must be folded, and there are no flowers and empty branches.

His mind,

If he gives it away, he will work hard and fight for it.

Instead of always thinking about the impossible, and then waiting until you miss it, and then regret it too late!

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