Chapter 8: Chance Encounters Outside the Palace
ββ¦β¦ Rock sugar gourd ......"
"Mrs. Wang, your juanzi is really getting more and more expensive......"
ββ¦β¦ These are all famous calligraphy and paintings, you kid can't read the goods......"
Despite the cold winter, the shouting on the street is still warm, the bustling crowd, the enthusiastic vendors, Yu Tang was attracted by the sugar-fried chestnuts on the street as soon as he walked to the street: I always see the heroine of the TV series when she walks to the street and must buy sugar-fried chestnuts, I will also try to see if there are modern sugar-fried chestnuts delicious!
"Boss! How much does it cost to have a fried chestnut with sugar? β
"Hey! This young lady has a good eye, my sugar-fried chestnuts are the most authentic, and the women and ladies in Beijing like to come to me to buy, and it is not expensive, a piece of silver. β
"I believe you for the time being, bring me a copy, and Hongxing will pay."
I saw that the boss was stirring in the pot for a while, then wrapped the chestnuts in oiled paper and handed them to Yu Tang, "Miss, taste it and come back next time!" β
"If it's delicious, I'll come again, and I'll leave the boss."
The chestnuts that had just come out of the pot were still a little hot, and after a while, they cooled down a bite, Yu Tang gently bit one, chewed it a few times, and said with a flat expression: "It's really not as good as what I ate before, forget it." β
Hong Xing was surprised when she heard this: "Has Miss eaten chestnuts anywhere before?" Why doesn't the slave remember? β
Knowing that he had missed his mouth, Yu Tang hurriedly made up for it: "I didn't come out with you at that time, I ate it when my father took me out, and I always felt that it tasted better at that time." β
Nodding her head, Hongxing suddenly saw a light in front of her: "Look! That's juggling, Miss! β
"Let's go, let's go faster, I'm going to go over and take a closer look!" After speaking, he put the chestnut into the red apricot's arms, picked up the skirt and ran forward.
Seeing this, Qingzhi hurriedly followed: "Miss, slow down, there are a lot of people here, let's not be scattered!" Hong Xing stared at the young lady carefully. β
"Sister Qingzhi, don't worry, Hongxing is watching carefully."
Squeezed through the crowd, Yu Tang was finally able to get closer to see what kind of juggling this was, but he didn't expect it to be a little girl on the pile of chairs stacked high and doing all kinds of movements as light as a swallow, Yu Tang felt terrifying just by looking at it, and this is not like modern acrobatics, there will be some protective measures below, this is the bare ground, a careless fall has unimaginable consequences, just thinking about it I only heard a gong sound, the gong was a middle-aged man, while banging the gong while shouting to the surrounding onlookers:" Ladies and gentlemen, it is not easy for my daughter to learn this skill, you have money to hold a money field, and some people have a personal field......"
"Hongxing, do you have some loose silver?" Yu Tang turned his head to look at the red apricot.
Hongxing nodded lightly and said, "I know that the young lady likes to buy some things, and the slaves and maids carry a lot of silver taels when they go out, and the broken silver slaves and maids have five taels."
"Okay, give it to me, it's not easy for me to see this girl......"
Before the words were finished, he only heard a bang behind him, what Yu Tang was worried about still happened, the chair collapsed instantly, the little girl seemed to know some kung fu, but she couldn't react in time, and fell in the middle of the chair, the man saw this scene, and hurriedly stuffed the money he received into his arms, pulled up the whip on the side and walked towards the girl, scolding while walking: "Little beast without a father and no mother, Lao Tzu provides you with food and drink, this is how you repay Lao Tzu?" Finally, there are more people today, Lao Tzu can earn more, you are a little miscellaneous person, it is a bad thing for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will kill you today! β
The girl seemed to be injured a lot, watching the man come over and struggle to run, but he was injured and unable to move, and in a blink of an eye, the man threw up the whip and pumped at the girl with enough strength, seeing this, Yu Tang hurriedly stopped: "Stop!" β
The man didn't seem to expect anyone to speak, so he stopped his movements, and looked back at a little woman with even more disdain: "This young lady, I advise you not to take care of other people's housework, I taught my daughter that it has nothing to do with you, so let's get out of the way, lest I, a rough person, hurt you." β
Yu Tang ran to the girl and looked at the man: "Isn't it just for money, and you just said that this girl is not your biological daughter, in this case, I lack a maid to take advantage of, you make a price, I bought this girl." β
"Yo~ The dead girl met a warm-hearted master, Miss didn't know, this girl's father died of famine, or I rescued her and raised her for so many years, and then she had to make money to repay me, how could Miss lack a maid? This girl is clumsy and won't do anything......"
"Miss, Miss, I can do everything, laundry and cooking, boiling water and chopping wood, I can also do some martial arts, please Miss buy me, please Miss ......" As soon as the girl heard Yu Tang say that she wanted to buy her, a glimmer of brilliance suddenly appeared in her originally dead and godless eyes, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Yu Tang.
"You dead girl, you don't want to live anymore, I think you're ......"
"Shut up! I said, I don't have this handy girl, you make a price, if you dare to prevaricate again, I will rob her back today, to tell you the truth, I have dozens of guards at home, and you can see if you can beat them. β
Seeing that Yu Tang's clothes are not bad, his face is like a famous daughter, and the man is not as tough as just now, he looks left and right as if he has made up his mind: "Since Miss really wants this girl, I will also sell Miss personal favors, it just so happens that this dead girl eats my food all day long, and I don't want to raise this money-losing thing anymore, so Miss can take fifty taels to redeem her." β
"Fifty taels?! You don't have such a lion opening your mouth, you usually buy a maid for a maximum of ten taels of silver, you black-hearted thing ......" Hongxing heard the price and refuted directly.
"I don't care, since Miss wants to be so kind, then naturally she has to show sincerity."
Yu Tang glanced at Hongxing's disapproving eyes, and then at the girl's pleading eyes, hesitated slightly, and saw Yu Tang's hesitation, the light in the girl's eyes suddenly went out, and she lowered her head deeply and read softly: "This young lady, Miss Ling'er Xie is kind enough to help Ling'er speak, but Ling'er is not worth Miss spending so much money......
"It's a deal!" The firm voice made Ling'er look up at her in surprise, and looked at Yu Tang's eyes when he turned his head, at that moment it seemed that the world had lost its voice, and only a crisp and firm voice surrounded her ears: "But fifty taels is really not a small amount, I really didn't bring so much silver with me when I left the house, so let's call my maid to go back and get it for you, okay?" β
Seeing Yu Tang agree directly, the man was overjoyed, and was about to agree, but was interrupted by a voice.
"Miss Yu is kind, and she is willing to spend so much money to redeem this woman, my brother Jing wants to help Miss Yu, and I brought more silver when I went out, here is exactly fifty taels, you can order a little." Stretched out his hand and threw the purse to the man, the man hurriedly caught it, opened it and took a closer look at it was really fifty taels, and suddenly his face was happy, "Okay, it's fifty taels, that's right, then this girl will belong to you." β
After getting the money, the man hurriedly packed up the scattered props, and hurriedly turned around and left without looking back.
Yu Tang turned around and gently helped the girl up, Hongxing and Qingzhi also hurriedly came over to help, Yu Tang looked at Ling'er and said to the two: "Hurry up and rent a carriage and send Ling'er back to the house." β
Later, he leaned on Qingzhi's ear and whispered: "Sister Qingzhi, come back later, and help me bring fifty taels of silver by the way." β
"Yes, don't worry, Miss, the slave will take care of it."
Looking at the figures they turned to leave, Yu Tang put down his snack slightly, and then turned to look at Bei Jingyu: "Thank you, courtiers, ...... palace."
Bei Jingyu gently supported Yu Tang's arm with his hand, stopped her from saluting, and said: "Miss Yu doesn't have to be polite, besides, my surname is Jing here, and please keep in mind Miss Yu, there are many people here, and it is not a good place to talk, I have predetermined the location in Hechun Tower, and I am about to go to dinner, if Miss Yu goes together, don't worry that your maid can't find you, I will send someone to inform you." β
Seeing that he thought about it in such detail, and helped himself just now, Yu Tang couldn't refuse, so he could only nod and go together.
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As soon as he entered the Hechun Building, Yu Tang was attracted by the scene in front of him, only to see that the restaurant has three floors, the hall on the first floor is full of people, friends at the same table push each other's cups and change lamps, the second and third floors seem to be private rooms, only a few people dressed in non-rich or noble clothes near the railing chat, and the other rooms are closed doors.
"This Hechun Tower is so big, I've always heard that it has been built before, but this is the first time I've come here, so many guests, I think the dishes should be good." Yu Tang looked around and said to the people around him.
Bei Jingyu smiled softly and replied, "Since Miss Yu is here for the first time, Brother Jing must treat Miss Yu well." β
As soon as the words fell, the shopkeeper hurriedly walked over: "Yo~ Jing Gongzi is here for dinner?" This young lady has a raw face. β
Yu Tang looked at his puzzled eyes, smiled and said, "It's the first time I've come to your house for dinner, and I hope your dishes won't disappoint me." β
"Oh, Miss, you just put a hundred hearts! My dishes will definitely make you eat the first time, and think about the second time! Then Jing Gongzi and this young lady, please move upstairs, this best Tianzi room is reserved for Jing Gongzi! β
Bei Jingyu nodded and responded, "That's very good." β
If the first floor is lively and full of fireworks, then the moment the door of this room is opened again, Yu Tang thought of one word: trench! The utensils in this house are not even lost to the palace, this prince is the prince, and the best must be used everywhere, this is the gap in the level of reincarnation~
Seeing Yu Tang's heartbroken expression, Bei Jingyu seemed to see through her thoughts, slowly walked to the table and sat down, looked up at Yu Tang and said: "This private room has been wrapped, and everything has to be replaced with a lonely one, of course, if Miss Yu wants to come here to eat in the future, Gu Ke can directly order, and this private room Miss Yu can also come in and out at will." β