Part 1 Staggered Time and Space Chapter 4 The Journey of the Kingdom of Li

Section 350 Travel (2)

Yueqing and his party walked aimlessly on the street for a long time, their team was very strange, the carriage was large, but the number of people accompanying them was very small, and there were not many carts with two horses. As long as it appears, it must be a person with status. These are all okay, mainly in the curtain of the car there are female relatives boldly looking out, which is very eye-catching.

But no one dared to be bold enough to keep staring blatantly, after all, the four men in this team were not easy to mess with.

Today is not a festival, although there are a lot of people on the street, but most of them are making a living or sitting together in groups drinking tea and chatting, and the people walking on the road are also in a hurry. There are a lot of shops on the street, I don't know what is sold inside, there are different kinds of small stalls on the side of the road from time to time, Yueqing looked all the way over, and didn't find anything interesting. The flowers are not good-looking, the food and color are not good, and those ornaments, toys and the like don't look very good. Even if it was really fun, she couldn't understand it.

The carriage walked very slowly, and Chang Rong basically didn't drive the horse much, so he let it walk slowly by himself, so that Yueqing could see the scenery outside.

Yueqing held her chin with a boring face, what's so funny about this. sighed and said, "Chang Rong, I'm not going to take the carriage anymore, I'm going down for a walk." ”

Chang Rong stopped the carriage.

Qiao'er was excited: "Miss, look outside, how can there be a girl walking on the street." ”

It's true that there aren't many women on the road, but it can't be said that there are no at all, just a few.

Yueqing pointed to a shop selling baked cakes and tea on the side, "Isn't that a woman?" ”

Qiao'er saw that there was really a little girl there to help her father sell baked cakes. "Miss, this girl looks like a child from a poor family, helping the family work here, and not playing on the street."

Yueqing said: "Oh, it's okay to have a woman, let's go there and sit down." ”

Saying that, Yueqing was about to get out of the car.

Chang Rong got out of the car and helped her put the stool away. "Miss, do you want to eat pancakes?"

"Go try it." As he spoke, he took him by the arm and walked down.

Jiao and Shen dismounted and looked at this inconspicuous stall.

They got off their horses and became even more noticeable, and the people around them pointed and looked at them.

Qi Jiao's eyes swept over, and everyone immediately dispersed.

Everyone walked towards the baked cake stall, and the guests immediately scattered without giving any money.

The anxious old man who sold baked cakes shouted, and when he saw them, he immediately stopped his mouth, and took a few steps back in fright before standing still.

Chang Shen stepped forward with a smile, handed out a small piece of silver and said, "Uncle, we are a little tired from walking, and we want to rest here, so we hope that it will be convenient." ”

The old man, when he saw the silver, immediately took it and said happily: "Hey, okay, please sit down." I'll bring some baked cakes for a few uncles. ”

Qi Jiao looked at Yue Qing, who was already sitting on the old bench, and said, "Miss, do you eat?" ”

"Take one and try it." Yueqing replied with her chin propped up.

Chang Shen smiled and said, "Then ask my husband to bring up a piece and taste it." ”

The old man said, "Well, I can't find this money." ”

Chang Shen said: "Don't look for it, count it as an apology for us for disturbing my father-in-law's business." ”

The old man nodded and beckoned to his little granddaughter, "Cui'er, quickly get a piece of baked cake for this noble lady, and then serve a bowl of tea." ”

The girl looked timidly at this side and went to get the pancakes. The old man stood beside him with a smile on his face.

The girl worked very quickly, and after a while, she brought it. "Miss nobleman, you eat baked cakes." As he spoke, he handed it over with both hands, and Qiao'er stepped forward to take it. The girl brought tea again.

Yueqing smiled, looked at the thing in front of her, seeing that so many people ate it just now, it should be delicious, this looks like it's just a cake and water.

"Well, don't you have a side dish?"

The girl didn't understand: "Miss Guiren, what is a side dish?" ”

The old man said beside him: "Miss nobleman, we don't have any vegetables here, if you want to eat vegetables, you can get the restaurant opposite." ”

Yueqing looked in the direction he pointed, there was indeed an attic, was it a restaurant?

"Oh, it's okay, I'm not hungry, I'm just curious, come and try it. Are you here just eating this bread and this clear water? ”

The old man nodded and said, "Back to the nobles, yes, yes, we only sell these here." ”

Yueqing smiled: "Don't always be called by nobles and nobles, you just call me well, call me Miss Qing." Sit down, I'll talk to you. ”

The old man looked at Qi Jiao's several mountains, hesitated for a moment and sat down.

Yueqing said to Qi Jiao and the others, "You guys should also sit." Don't stand all the time. ”

Several people glanced at each other and sat at the table next to them.

Chang Yuxiao and Qiao'er sat next to Yueqing.

Yueqing asked the girl to sit too, but the girl was too shy to sit and stood behind her grandfather.

Yueqing smiled: "Don't be restrained, we don't come to the capital often, we are very curious about here, so we want to come and see what they have." ”

The old man touched his head and said, "So that's the case, so you are not from the capital, have you just arrived in the capital?" Where did it come from? ”

The old man was a little more at ease when he saw her.

"Yes, we are not from Lijing, we came from far away, and we have not been in Lijing for long."

"Oh, no wonder. Yes, there have been a lot of outsiders in the capital recently, and I heard that something big is going to happen. ”

"What's the big deal?"

"This little old man didn't know, but he knew that there were many people in the city recently, and there were more guards patrolling. Xiao Lao'er's business at the baked cake stall has also improved a lot. ”

"Oh, and there were outsiders among those guests just now?"

"Yes, it's mostly a bit of a trader. Xiao Lao'er's stall is not on the stage, and those big people are not coming. ”

Yueqing nodded, looked at the baked cake in her eyes, tore a small piece with her hand, put it in her mouth and tasted it.

After two bites, it stopped, it was very light, and a little dry, there was no smell at all, not even oil and water. Looking at the water on the table, I took a sip and took a sip, which was a little sweet.

Yueqing swallowed the piece of cake and laughed dryly: "It's a little light." ”

The old man scratched his head and smiled honestly: "The noble man must not be used to eating us." ”

Yueqing commented: "It's okay, if you add some more salt to it, and then add some chopped green onions, sesame oil, and mix some sauce." ”

The old man said: "Little Lao'er can't afford to sell these, these things that the nobleman said are all precious things, and the little old man's own salt is not enough to eat, when do you have spare time to make cakes to sell." The green onion is also a precious thing, but I can't afford to sell it. Besides, I've heard of the sesame oil and sauce little old man, and I think it's only in the homes of dignitaries. ”

"Is salt expensive?" Yueqing looked at Chang Yuxiao and then at Chang Shen.

The old man said: "Ouch, the noble person is a young lady raised in a big family, and she doesn't eat fireworks in the world, of course this salt is a precious thing, but it is precious, and it is good for ordinary people to eat once or twice a month." Hey, but this is the capital of Li Kingdom, and there should be a lot of big families who can eat salt. ”

Yueqing was stunned. After a while, he came back to his senses and said, "How many years has the old man been in Lijing?" Who else is in the family? I don't see any women going out on this street, so why does your granddaughter let her work here? ”

"Me? Hey, the nobles don't know anything, and the little old man has a hard life. I had two sons and a daughter, and my eldest son died while hunting in the mountains, and he didn't even marry a mother-in-law. The daughter got married early, and the other party was also a big local family, and she became pregnant with a child not long after she arrived at her husband's house.

The youngest son came out and joined the army, and was appreciated by the military master and became a commander. After winning the account, he returned to the capital with the team and has been working under the military master. Later, in the city, he said that his relatives became a family, and slowly bought a house outside the city.

I thought there was hope for this day, but I didn't want to come back after a battle, and I died at the border. Hey, my old wife also died of illness, and my daughter-in-law was overworked and sad, so she left not long after.

I left this little granddaughter alone, but fortunately she is a capable person, and she can help me do some work at a young age. And that's how it went. She is also approaching the age of marriage, so I thought about finding a family to marry her, which can be regarded as finding her to rely on. ”

As he spoke, the old man blinked his eyes, tears in his eyes, and wiped them with the gray clothes he had washed.

Yueqing was dumbfounded. I didn't expect her to go to such a place casually, and it really made Qiao'er right, she was a poor family.

Yueqing comforted: "Don't worry, grandpa, your granddaughter is so capable, she will definitely be able to find a good family." ”

The old man sighed and said, "I don't want to be rich and expensive, just be able to eat and dress warmly." We can be regarded as having some accumulation, and there are more people in this world who are poorer than us, and we are content. ”

Yueqing nodded. "Thank you old man for chatting with me, I'll go first, and I'll come to see you another day."

Saying that, Yueqing stood up.

The old man also quickly got up, nodded and sent Yueqing to the sky.

Not far from the stall, Yueqing sighed.

Chang Yuxiao asked, "Why are you sighing?" Not happy? ”

Yueqing looked at him and said, "Of course not, I just think it's better to go out for a walk, listening to what the old man said, I just feel like a frog at the bottom of a well." Nothing to understand. Let's go, let's move on. ”

Qiao'er asked beside her, "Miss, are you going to walk on the street like this all the time?" ”

"Is there something wrong? Don't think too much, I look at the old man's expression, it's not the first time I've seen a female guest, it's just that it's relatively rare for a woman to go on the street. Don't you think it's too eye-catching? Our group is already eye-catching. It's not bad to pay any more attention, let's go, what can you see just sitting in the carriage. ”

After speaking, Yueqing looked at the restaurant mentioned by the old man in front of her, and raised her feet to walk over there.

The group had to follow, Chang Rong looked at the carriage, and pulled the reins a little helplessly. If the young lady plans to use it all the time, then it would be better to leave the carriage somewhere.

Walk through the wide street and come to the restaurant opposite. Yueqing looked up at the tall building, this restaurant is not small, and there are many people coming and going in front of the building, but there are many more people than the old man's stall just now.

There were endless guests coming and going in the building, and they were a lot bolder, and some of them stared at Yueqing for a long time. Sihao was not afraid of the eyes of Qi Jiao and others, and even some people surrounded the young master and son from front to back, and they were even more bold, looking at Yueqing and Qiao'er up and down, with a playful expression on their faces, they didn't dare to take the initiative to talk. Qi Jiao frowned and stood with his arms crossed, his face full of unhappiness.

There was also a carriage passing in front of the building, and most of the people sitting in it were men, and some people in the car were curious to lift the curtain and look over.

Yue Qingsi gritted her teeth and raised her feet to walk in.

A voice stopped her: "Yo, that's a coincidence. Why is Miss here? ”

Yueqing turned her head to look and saw Yue Ke sitting in the carriage and lifting the curtain and looking at her.