Chapter 7 Flowers and Birds

On this day, Xueyushu went to buy bean curd again, and before she reached the door, she heard Duan's shouting and asking: "Ah Li, Sanguan money is not a decimal, what use are you going to come for?" ”

"Oh, I can't tell you for a while, it's a pie in the sky! Hurry up and get it! Ah Li's voice was sharp, and Yushu's eardrum hurt.

Duan's chest was stuffy by her anger, and he sat down nearby with a flick of his hand, and said with a cold face: "I didn't!" ”

The neighbors of the tofu shop poured out to see the excitement, and many pedestrians stopped to watch. Yushu was squeezed into the innermost by the people coming from behind, she had the heart to leave, but the more people gathered, she simply stayed to watch the excitement.

"How could you not? We can't afford to pay for such a big shop? Ah Li turned to Shanzi angrily and asked sharply, "Did you hide the money?" Hand it over quickly, or report to the police to arrest you! ”

Ah Li's contemptuous attitude was not excited, and Shanzi was furious, and he motioned with his eyes to Duan to stop arguing with Ah Li.

The two looked at each other, and Ah Li felt that they were selfish, "The shop belongs to me, not yours." I have a share of it, too! If I want three runs, you'll have to give me three runs! She kept shouting at Shanzi, and Duan's face was flushed with anger, "Ah Li! Why aren't you big or small? He's your brother-in-law! ”

"He's a son-in-law, I need to be polite to him?"

Duan raised his hand and pointed at Ah Li tremblingly, and only said the word "you", and tears burst out of his eyes. She doesn't care what outsiders think of Shanzi, Ah Li makes her feel cold.

"It's so noisy, what do you want to do with three times? I don't know why I watched the white drama for a long time! Shopkeeper Hong from the dried fruit shop next to him asked while sipping melon seeds.

Many people also agreed, "Yes, yes." Three times money, that's it. ”

Ah Li thought for a while and said triumphantly: "In this selection, my good sister is expected to be selected." However, her family is poor and has no money left over to buy decent clothes. She said that I would borrow her three times, and when she entered the palace, she would pay me back ten times. Isn't this pie in the sky? ”

"Shh Shopkeeper Hong couldn't laugh or cry, dusted off the crumbs on his clothes, stretched his hand back, and the clever young man put a few candied kumquat in his palm. Shopkeeper Hong ate it with his hands, and said vaguely while eating: "Your little sister is a fairy?" How many new clothes can you buy to be a mother? Besides, entering the palace does not necessarily mean that she will be a mother, if she is a palace maid, when will she be able to make up enough ten times for you? If you don't get it, you'll have to go down the drain. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, "That's it, that's it!" Ten dollars, that's it. ”

was said by the shopkeeper Hong, Ah Li was also a little lacking in confidence, stiffened her shoulders and raised her head high, "She's good-looking!" ”

Pretty?

Shopkeeper Hong wandered around the crowd, and finally fixed on Yushu's face, pointed at her, and asked, "Is it better looking than this little lady?" ”

The eyes of the people around him suddenly seemed like chestnut thorns, piercing Yushu's face, and it was really more convincing to speak with facts, and they echoed one after another: "Is there one?" Have it? ”

Ah Li followed everyone's gaze to look at Yushu, and then smiled contemptuously: "She? Shopkeeper Hong, take a closer look, she is crippled and hard! Want to enter the palace? Oh, next life! ”

Crippled? No way? So, everyone looked Yushu up and down again. There is no shortage of nose and eyes, hands, feet and arms! Which is crippled? I didn't expect Duan Ali's ability to talk nonsense.

Yushu looked calm, her eyes were clear, and she smiled generously and looked at Duan Ali. It didn't take long for Duan Ali's eyes to shrink, and she wanted to damage Yushu a few more words, so as to save some face for herself. I heard someone in the crowd say: "This little lady, according to your face, has three sons and one daughter in her life, but she is a good child." It's just ......"

In the scorching summer, this sound is like a sweet spring that can relieve the heat. However, Yushu felt that this person was speaking in a loud voice and frivolous.

The person who spoke was not far from Yushu, wearing a big wide-brimmed straw hat, the brim of the hat was low, covering most of his face, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, he could only judge from the little white chin he exposed, at most sixteen or seventeen years old. Dressed in a water-colored shirt, the material is thin and soft, and the price is expensive at a glance. Some of the people guessed his origin, some guessed his appearance, and no one inquired into whether he was joking or serious.

He paused for a moment and continued: "It's just that the little lady wants to marry a beggar." ”

"Beggars? Waha...... "The shopkeeper Hong thought that he was embarrassed by Ah Li, and deliberately laughed very exaggeratedly and cooperated.

Then there was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Duan Ali was young, and her face was flushed when she was laughed at like this, especially when she said that she was going to be a beggar woman, her aggrieved eyes were full of tears, and she turned around and ran to the back room.

The farce ended, everyone laughed enough and dispersed, what should they do, no one took it seriously.

At night, Yongnian County Ya, backyard.

These days seem to be raining, there is no wind at night, and it is stuffy and breathless. Under the old locust tree, the four-legged bed was full of wine and food, and Liao Zhixian sat cross-legged with a middle-aged man with delicate skin.

Two people, three pairs of chopsticks were placed in a regular manner.

"Chengyou, you and I have been separated from Kyoto for more than two years, right?" The middle-aged man's voice was feminine, which was extremely incommensurate with his broad-shouldered bee waist.

Liao Qi poured him full of wine and teased: "No! Goodbye this time, you have become a flower and bird envoy, and it can be regarded as a heavy responsibility, right? ”

"Heavy duty?" The middle-aged man's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "I can't afford it, a eunuch." ”

He wasn't so eccentric. is neither yin nor yang, neither male nor female, after a long time, his temperament is inevitably gloomy, and he speaks in a strange voice.

Liao Qi understood his difficulties and hurriedly changed the topic, "How long can you stay?" ”

"It depends on whether the errand goes smoothly. This trip is mainly for the prince Xin to pick a few to serve. ”

Liao Qi was slightly surprised: "Huang Zixin? Didn't you already set the Anyi county lord of the Qin King of Donggu? Speaking of which, the county lord is almost thirteen, right? ”

The middle-aged man raised his glass and took a sip of wine and said, "Yes." Tai Shi Ling presented several wedding dates, and His Majesty chose September 16 next year. I pondered that His Majesty sent me to Yongnian County this time, perhaps intentionally to promote Qin Zheng. ”

"Oh, there are two little ladies in the Qin family who are the same age as the prince Xin, Qin Shiyi Niang is a good character and a concubine, and she has also entered the study center this year, she is a clever person. Qin Shi Niang was born to a cheap concubine and was not very favored. ”

The middle-aged man nodded, "It's almost impossible to be favored by Shen Niangzi." Maybe the prince will like it too. ”