The weather is fine, the clear clear sky is clean without a trace of floating clouds, and the one hundred and eight squares of Chang'an City under the sun are arranged like a chessboard, and the undulating walls of the square are stacked and scattered, and a little bit of dense golden light falls.

Chang'an City is bounded by the east and west cities, forming a living pattern of rich in the east and expensive in the west, poor in the south and cheap in the north.

But in those rich and noble people's houses, the land is expensive, and ordinary people can neither buy nor afford it, even if they rent a house to live in, it is sky-high.

On the long street at the end of the day, there are cars and horses like dragons, and on the bustling street, there are people carrying burdens along the street to sell, some are hurrying, and there are also calling friends to hang out and listen to music together.

The whole Chang'an City is filled with thick fireworks, lively and full of human touch, which makes people walk into it unconsciously and indulge in it.

Under the wall of Chongyi Fang near the door, seven or eight small food stalls are lined up against the root of the wall, and there is no one to eat at this hour, most of the stall owners only leave a look at the stove, and the heat on the stove is sparsely dispersed.

The stall owners had nothing to do, so they all took their small sticks and sat in the sun in twos and threes, munching on melon seeds and gossiping.

Zhang Di sat behind the snack stall, looking up at the sky, the sun was still bright and high, but before she knew it, it had drifted westward.

There was nothing left on her stall, a handful of dumplings, two flax cakes, and even the mutton soup for cooking dumplings, only a shallow bottom of the pot remained.

She thought about it, and the food was just enough for her and her brother to eat, so she began to pack up the tables and chairs on the flatbed truck, and prepared to collect the stall and go home.

Although the little donkey pulling the cart is a little thin, but the fur is smooth and slippery, lazy by the sun, wilting and gnawing on the grass on the root of the wall, hearing the sound of Zhang Di cleaning up the table and chairs, the donkey turned his head to look, and kicked the grass that was gnawed bald by it restlessly.

When Zhang Di heard the voice, she hurriedly touched the smooth hair of the donkey, and said comfortingly: "Okay, okay, I'll clean it up and go back to feed you the forage." ”

The little donkey opened a pair of big wet eyes and kicked the bald grass twice, which was very urging.

The middle-aged stall owner on the side saw it and laughed: "Hey, it's really a god, this donkey was originally stupid, how did it become a fine when it got into Adi's hands?" ”

Next door to Zhang Di's stall is a small food stall making meat steamed buns, the stall owner is very young, it looks like a little Langjun who is less than twenty, he gave birth to a pair of skillful hands, the meat steamed buns are pinched fast and well, his hands fly like flowers, and he pinched out a meat steamed bun with eighteen folds in an instant, round and full, even if it is raw, it looks very appetizing.

When Xiao Langjun heard the middle-aged stall owner's words, he laughed: "If you save it from the butcher's hands, it will also become a fine in your hands." ”

The lady who fried the dumplings nodded with a smile, and there was a bit of mockery in her tone: "But isn't it, if you want to say Adi, you are really generous, you can buy such a thin donkey for one or two silver, and I don't know when I will be able to raise fat and eat meat." ”

Her business was not very good in the first place, and it has been struggling to maintain, and later Zhang Di also came here to set up a stall, and her business was even worse than before.

She always thought that Zhang Di was young and beautiful, and she was old and decrepit, not enough to attract Xiao Langjun's eyes, but later she tasted Zhang Di's cooking

The gluttony, that is really refreshing and tender, very strong, the soup is also fragrant and mellow, she is very unconvinced, such a young lady came out to show up to sell small things, and she will definitely not be able to marry in the future.

When the little donkey heard the words of the eldest mother, he was furious, raised his head and roared twice at the eldest mother, and the donkey's hooves kicked heavily on the ground, raising a puff of dust, and the flatbed car was pulled forward by it.

"Ouch, what's the matter with this donkey kicking people?" The eldest lady exclaimed, staggered, and fell from the pestle to the ground.

Zhang Di was also startled, and hurriedly raised her hand to gently stroke the donkey's head, lying in its ear and whispering to comfort her.

The donkey's ears twitched a few times, and finally quieted down.

The little couple who were eating melon seeds clapped their hands and helped the eldest lady up one left and one right.

The little lady glanced at Zhang Di, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Adi, I didn't say you, you said that we should set up a small food stall to earn food, but you want to make a donkey, it is dirty and smelly and kicks people, if it hurts people, see if you can afford to pay it." ”

Since Zhang Di came, she cooked mutton soup, and poured the red hot red oil on the soup, and the fragrance floated so that the whole alley could be smelled, and suddenly snatched away a lot of old customers of Fu Yuanzi.

After all, the floating yuan seeds she makes are mostly sweet, and they are made of glutinous rice, so it is inevitable that they will get tired after eating too much.

The business slowly declined for a few minutes, and the little lady sprinkled her anger on Zhang Di's head, talking with a gun and a stick, and squeezing two sentences from time to time, which is a common thing.

Zhang Di has always endured and done her own thing silently, but today she suddenly didn't want to endure it, crossed her waist and stared, sneered, and was about to scold, but was stopped by Lang Jun in the young couple.

Na Langjun held his own lady with one hand and stopped Zhang Di with the other, and persuaded softly: "Okay, okay, the big guys are all doing small business together, it's not easy, don't quarrel with your own people, you don't have to make people laugh, Adi," he looked at Zhang Di and apologized with a smile: "Adi, my lady is a cannon temper and doesn't listen to what she says, don't care, I'll compensate you." ”

When the little lady heard this, she was immediately angry, holding her neck, and seeing that she was about to jump out from behind Lang Jun and jump up and scold, Lang Jun hurriedly grabbed the little lady and persuaded her: "Okay, okay, it's all between looking up and not looking down, you don't feel cold." ”

It's okay if you don't persuade it, but if you persuade it, it will be even more popular.

The little lady blushed and kept scolding: "I, I, why am I cold, oh, you think I'm cold now, don't you just look at her young and beautiful, people are young, and they still think you're old, you, and you still dislike me." ”

As she spoke, the little lady covered her mouth and began to cry.

Lang Jun suddenly panicked, coaxing and persuading incoherently.

Zhang Di shook her head and smiled helplessly, died down, and continued to clean up the small stove and dishes.

Lang Jun is a good Lang Jun, but he can't speak too much, and he arches the fire as soon as he speaks.

After persuading for a long time, the cry, mixed with complaining and scolding, gradually quieted down.

Zhang Di has already cleaned up the stall and cleaned up the dirt on the ground.

That little lady is red

With an eye on it, he walked to the side of the flatbed truck with a twist, pulled the corner of his clothes and asked, "Adi, you, is this a stall?" ”

Zhang Di is a cool person, she passed after the quarrel, she didn't hold grudges, she looked up and smiled heartily: "Well, take it, the rest of the things are just to eat with my brother at night." ”

The little lady was a little embarrassed, her face flushed, and she said: "Adi, I, I'm anxious and can't speak, you, don't worry about me." With that, she turned around and ran.

Zhang Di smiled, took the donkey, sat on the cart, waved the small whip in her hand, and drove the car to the fangmen, greeting the stall owners with a smile along the way.

The lady who fried the dumplings looked at Zhang Di who walked into the sun, a big braid was flicked behind her, the red rope on the braid was bright and dazzling, her fresh and agile breath was a little more dazzling than the sun, and the eldest lady couldn't help sighing: "This girl is really capable, I don't know who will be lucky to marry her in the future." ”

Zhang Di's flatbed cart was mixed with the carriages coming and going, which was particularly dazzling, attracting many people with disdain or curious eyes, she didn't care, only waved a small whip, and drove the donkey cart to Zhaoguofang in the south of the city.

The farther south you go, the fewer the carriages are, but the more donkey carts there are, and more people are pulling on their shoulders.

The car slowly rolled over the green bricks, and several sections of culverts seemed to be blocked, and the sewage overflowed and dripped, and some rotten vegetable leaves, dung, rags and other things were floating in the sewage.

The wheels of the car ran over the sewage, splashing the water with a fishy smell.

Zhang Di and Zhang Yan rented two rooms in Zhaoguofang, the rent is very cheap, originally the two of them planned to return to Dunhuang after the spring release list, but then pondered carefully, Zhang Yan if Chunfu high school, you can be awarded an official, go directly to the post, no need to return to Dunhuang, but if you don't win, you must take the exam again after three years, Chang'an City celebrities and Confucians gathered, staying in Chang'an is extremely beneficial to Zhang Yan to take the re-examination.

Although it is not easy to live in Chang'an, Zhang Di has craftsmanship and is not a person who eats white rice, Zhang Yan is also an entry for copying books for others on weekdays, and it is not impossible for the two to save some money.

After discussing it like this, the two made up their minds that no matter what the outcome of the spring festival was, they would live in Chang'an City for a long time, so that Zhang Di's morning food stall would become a small food stall, serving morning food and lunch.

Zhang Yan was afraid that Zhang Di would work hard, so he would help in the stall every day, and then when the spring was approaching, Zhang Di refused to let him come again, and asked him to stay at home to study books, but he would still pinch the hour every day and wait for Zhang Di at the gate of Zhaoguofang.

After coming and going, most of the people in this square recognized the two brothers and sisters, and knew that the two of them had a very deep relationship.

Zhang Di drove the flatbed truck into the fangmen, stopped at the door for a while, but did not see Zhang Yan's figure, she was a little strange, did not think much about it, waved the whip and rushed home.

met someone she knew on the way, and asked her with a smile: "Adi, why did you come back alone today, what about your brother?" ”

Zhang Di also replied with a bright smile: "My brother is studying at home, and he will be out in two days, don't dare to delay him." ”

She was born beautiful, not as fair as the girl in Chang'an, although her skin was dark, but with a bright brilliance like the sun, especially those eyes, which were as clear as a stream.

She also has a cheerful temperament, and within a few days of moving into Zhaoguofang, she became familiar with her neighbors.