Chapter 7 Spend my little money, won't your conscience hurt?
only to find that the white ball pounced directly on the antique stall, hugged an inconspicuous clay pot in the corner, and did not let go.
Su Xinyan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran over, wanting to catch the mischievous fox.
The stall vendor who had been closing his eyes and recuperating was also shocked, but when he saw that there was a business coming to the door, he still put on a smiling face, "What did the customer like?" ”
Su Xinyan smiled awkwardly, and whispered at the fox, but he didn't expect the other party to appreciate it, and he didn't even look at her, his small body was holding a big clay pot and was intoxicated, and a fox face was rubbing the clay pot slowly, looking like he had found a home.
The peddler also found out about this, and hurriedly said, "It seems that the little boy's pet likes old things very much, so why don't the little boy buy it for him." ”
Su Xinyan stood up straight, glared at the fox with hatred, and then turned to look at the vendor and said, "How much?" ”
The vendor smiled slyly, pointed to the things in front of him and said, "These are all antiques with a history of 100 years, especially the clay pot that the little boy has taken a fancy to, which is even more valuable, with a price of 500 taels." ”
Su Xinyan casually glanced at the things he was selling, tattered, some with dirty soil, obviously just dug up from the cemetery, if she guessed correctly, these things should all be eliminated by tomb robbers.
Although she doesn't understand antiques, just look at the clay pot held by the fox, not to mention 500 taels, even five taels are not worth it! This is obviously because the hawker sees that she is stupid and has a lot of money, and wants to blackmail her.
Thinking of this, Su Xinyan couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Ten cents!" No more, anyway. ”
"Shiwen!" The vendor shook his head, "No, no, it's too little." ”
Su Xinyan didn't say much, just beckoned to the white fox and said, "Come over here, Baiqiu, I'll buy you something better, whether it's a cat teaser stick or cat food, I'll buy it for you." ”
It's a pity that her words didn't impress the white fox, and the other party still kept holding the clay pot and didn't let go.
Wuxiang smiled lightly, and also looked at the fox with interest.
The vendor also closed his eyes, looking like he was sure of everything.
Su Xinyan was a little annoyed, looked at the smug vendor opposite and said, "In that case, I don't want this fox anymore, I'll give it to you." I still have countless exotic beasts at home, what is it to lose a fox? ”
She turned around and really planned to leave.
The vendor panicked when he saw this, he set up a stall here all morning, and he didn't see a few people come to ask the price, and now he finally came to a person, but he couldn't let him run!
He hurriedly said: "Little boy, please stay, we can discuss this matter more, but these ten articles are too little, it is better to add a little to the old man." The vendor looked down, picked up a string of bracelets and said, "This should be given to Childe." ”
Su Xinyan looked at the bracelet and the jar, and nodded a little reluctantly, "Okay, it's not easy for everyone to make a living, these things are just five taels of silver." ”
The vendor's eyes lit up, and he quickly nodded and said, "Okay, good, five taels is five taels." ”
The things he put on his stall were all old scraps, and they couldn't even be called antiques. In his opinion, these bunches of money may not be worth five taels of silver.
Holding the little fox with the jar to his chest, Su Xinyan poked the other party's head with some hatred, "What do you want to do with this, do I lack anything for you to eat?" The small silver basin prepared for you before, why didn't you hug it excitedly? ”
The little fox squeaked twice, but its paws clung to the jar and refused to let go. It looked at Su Xinyan, squeaked again, and swooped into the jar, as if it was using the jar as its temporary nest.
Su Xinyan pouted, although this jar looks ugly, but it is lightweight, I don't know what material it is made of, the whole body is pitch black, held in the palm of the hand, and the weight is not much.
She turned her head to look at Wuxiang, and found that the other party was also looking at the jar, but her eyes were dark, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"Is there something wrong with this jar?" Su Xinyan asked suspiciously.
Wuxiang shook his head and handed her a cloth bag two palms wide that he had with him, "Use this." ”
Su Xinyan nodded, and stuffed the jar into it with the little fox inside, and although the bracelet that came with it just now looked a little ugly, she also bought it back for money, so she casually threw it into the cloth bag.
With a soft clang, the bracelet touched the jar, and the body of the jar, which had been dim just now, suddenly emitted a red light. The light was fleeting, and no one was alarmed.
If someone takes a closer look, they will find that the bottom of the jar that was still deep and gloomy just now, but suddenly an extra red bead appeared, which was quietly dormant inside, as if sleeping.
After that, the little fox didn't behave anymore, and kept lying quietly at the bottom of the can, Su Xinyan bought some daily necessities and some snacks, and went back to the prince's mansion.
Wuxiang was called away by a masked man halfway, which also saved Su Xinyan from finding an excuse to continue to escape.
Su Xinyan's small courtyard is in the prince's mansion, although it is not very big compared to other courtyards, but compared to the courtyards of ordinary wealthy merchants outside, it is still much larger.
The whole yard is divided into two courtyards, the front yard is paved with bluestone slabs and bricks, mainly for viewing and entertaining guests, there is only a small garden in the backyard, but the small garden is deserted at the moment, only a few half-dead flowers, growing crookedly.
Su Xinyan sat on the recliner, eating snacks bought from the street, while looking at the deserted small garden in a daze.
This courtyard is simply golden, ruined, and I don't know how the original body was dotted before, it seems that if she wants to live for a long time, she will have to renovate it.
In her opinion, planting some vegetables and fruits is more in line with her than flowers for people to see.
After making up his mind, Su Xinyan called the gardener and the steward, and everyone discussed it together for a while before deciding on the location of the vegetable patch and the vegetables to be planted.
The steward was extremely efficient, and it didn't take long for him to bring his subordinates over to start the work.
After arranging all this, Su Xinyan leaned back on the recliner and sat under the shade of the tree to eat pine nuts. The little fox was also holding his jar, his face full of intoxication.
A man and a fox look harmonious under the tree.
At this time, the eunuch Xiao Zhuo trotted into the courtyard and said to Su Xinyan: "Father-in-law Su, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has summoned!" ”
When Su Xinyan heard this, he hurriedly spit out the pine nut shell in his mouth, stood up from the recliner, shook the crumbs on his body, and said energetically, "You can go and get the money again!" ”
Before leaving, he didn't forget to turn his head and pick up the little fox that was messing around, and quickly ran towards the prince's study.
The study was unusually quiet at this time, Gu Fengjin had a tired look on his face, and he was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed.
Su Xinyan ran over on his feet, and only after seeing the prince did he slow down and said softly, "Your Highness." ”
"Hmm." Gu Fengjin opened her eyes and frowned imperceptibly when she saw the sweat stains on her forehead.
He handed over the handkerchief he was carrying, and said in a deep voice, "Wipe it." ”
Su Xinyan took the handkerchief and wiped it twice, before carrying the fox in his hand in front of the other party, "Your Highness, it was this little thing that disturbed the Gao family's house, and the slave has caught it according to your instructions, and the Gao family also said let us dispose of this fox by ourselves." ”
Gu Fengjin nodded, glancing at the fox casually out of the corner of his eye.
The fox that was being targeted suddenly exploded, looking at each other fearfully and cautiously.
Su Xinyan was curious, the last time she saw the fox show this kind of expression, it was when Wuxiang accepted this thing before. I didn't expect it to be like this when it saw His Royal Highness the Prince, could it be that the prince and Wuxiang had something on them that made the fox fearful?
Without waiting for Su Xinyan to think about it, Gu Fengjin suddenly raised his head and said, "What do you want?" ”
Su Xinyan was overjoyed, but he still said very implicitly, "It is a small blessing to help His Highness do things, His Highness can give it casually, of course, it would be better if he could give cash directly." ”
After listening to the other party's words, His Royal Highness the Prince, who had seen the world, was also shocked by the other party's arrogant posture of asking for money, and only smiled after a while, "Okay, wait a while, the palace will send someone over." ”
Su Xinyan was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him and planned to quit.
But before she could take two steps, she was called by Gu Fengjin, "I heard that you have been learning to write recently?" ”
Su Xinyan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied, "It's just that the subordinates have nothing to do and write casually." ”
Gu Fengjin glanced at her with a smile, "But this hall heard that Gonggong Su wrote a good hand in the past." ”
Su Xinyan wiped her cold sweat and smiled awkwardly, "Rumors, they are all rumors." ”
Gu Fengjin nodded noncommittally, then stood up, spread out the rice paper, and looked at her, "In that case, let this hall see the results of your study in the past few days." ”
Su Xinyan said weakly, "This is not good. ”
What's the matter with the prince trying to teach her how to learn characters? Suddenly, she felt like she was back in her student days, and she was still a little nervous for some reason.
Facing the prince's unquestioning eyes, Su Xinyan reluctantly walked over, picked up the brush, and silently drew a one on the rice paper.
Then he looked up and looked at each other innocently, with an expression of whether it was okay like this.
Gu Fengjin hooked her lips and looked back at her.
"Okay......" Su Xinyan was finally defeated, she silently lowered her head, almost took the brush into a modern pencil, and drew one stroke at a time, and wrote a Su character completely.
When Gu Fengjin saw the Su character who had no bones and no flesh and blood, the disgust in his eyes almost overflowed.
Su Xinyan blinked, looking very innocent.
Gu Fengjin couldn't, so he could only sigh and say, "Xi Zi is not like this. ”
After he finished speaking, he walked slowly behind her, took her hand with his right hand, and taught him hand by hand.
The warm breath sprayed on Su Xinyan's ears, almost burning her mind, and her whole body stiffened, allowing the other party to hold her right hand and write and draw on rice paper.
His Royal Highness's hands are very good-looking, slender and slender, fair and noble.
Su Xinyan's mind wandered, and his attention gradually fell on those hands.
Gu Fengjin obviously didn't notice her thoughts, but lowered her head and said softly, "The most important thing in this writing is the root bones, otherwise it won't be beautiful when you write it." The main hall will arrange for you to have a teacher, and you can practice with him when you have time. ”
After hearing this, Su Xinyan hesitated for a while before saying, "Your Highness's kindness is understood, but in fact, ...... I'm busy every day......"
She doesn't have enough time to eat and sleep every day, so how can she have time to practice calligraphy!
Gu Fengjin hooked her lips slightly, patted her head and said, "You will have time." ”
Su Xinyan pursed his lips, and then said sullenly, "Yes." ”
Returning to the small courtyard from the study, Su Xinyan's mood was not beautiful at all, thinking that she was now seventeen years old, and she still needed to learn to learn words again, which was simply insulting her age.
As soon as the sullen Su Xinyan walked to the gate of the courtyard, he saw the eunuch Xiao Zhuo leading people to hang a plaque at the door.
"What is this?"