After the three little ones met with their grandparents, they began to shop and eat in the West Market.

Cui and her grandfather want to express their gratitude to Princess Ankang, so they pay for the treats along the way.

Princess Ankang was still a little embarrassed, after all, Xiaocui and her grandfather worked hard to make money, and they didn't want them to break the bank.

But the attitude of the grandfather and grandson was extremely resolute, so that Princess Ankang didn't want to say anything more.

Although the grandfather and grandson are not rich, they can still do it by inviting Princess Ankang to eat some roadside snacks in the West Market.

It is also important to accept the other person's gratitude appropriately.

Otherwise, condescending charity will distort the relationship.

There are a lot of strange foods sold in the West Market.

Some of them are the characteristics of Daxing, and after they were introduced to the capital, some improvements were made appropriately, which were more in line with the tastes of the locals.

In addition, there are some exotic foods that insist on their own characteristics, but because they are too special, those who like them like it very much, and those who hate them just can't even smell the slightest taste.

"Steward Shang, won't you taste it?"

Xiao Cui was asking the three little ones to taste the maren candy from the Western Regions, and seeing that the old housekeeper who was following the three little ones had been silent, keeping a smile and following them, she couldn't help but ask.

Previously, when Princess Ankang introduced Mr. Shang, she said that he was a trusted old housekeeper in the family.

Xiao Cui and her grandfather naturally had no suspicions.

Grandpa Xiaocui knew that Princess Ankang's background was either rich or expensive, and it was only natural to have an old housekeeper with such a temperament to follow.

After all, the last time Princess Ankang came to Xishi, she brought a lot of powerful young guards.

And Xiaocui knows the true identity of Princess Ankang, the last time Princess Ankang took her to the county government to report the case, although Xiaocui stood behind, she also heard some words, but it was enough to guess the identity of Princess Ankang.

It's just that Xiaocui doesn't know that Princess Ankang is exactly the number one royal princess.

And this old housekeeper surnamed Shang made her heart move.

Before, when Princess Ankang asked Xiaocui to have something, she went to Ping An Commercial Bank to find a manager Shang to deliver the news, I am afraid that this person is the person.

Ping An Commercial Bank is the first commercial bank in the capital, and its strength is the existence of the hegemon.

It's just that the actual person in charge of Ping An Commercial Bank has always kept a low profile, and few people even know what this person's surname is.

But now Xiao Cui has a vague guess, but she has to continue to pretend not to know.

Princess Ankang asked Xiaocui to call her Miss Li all the time, which naturally made sense.

She just needs to know that Princess Ankang is Miss Li who saved her and her grandfather.

Regarding Xiao Cui's idea of inviting herself to eat maren candy, Manager Shang just smiled and declined.

Speaking of which, this is also a very novel experience for Mr. Shang.

It seems that this is the first time that someone has asked him to eat maren, and he is still a little girl.

Mr. Shang just glanced at the maren candy in the three little hands, and then nodded slightly at them.

Although Li Xuan didn't know how Mr. Shang did it, he also understood what he meant.

Mr. Shang is telling them that there is no problem with the food and they can eat it with confidence.

Along the way, Mr. Shang was doing this kind of thing, and every food had to be checked.

After all, this is also the responsibility of Mr. Shang, and the three little ones will naturally not make it difficult for him.

After Xiao Cui and her grandfather invited the three children to eat several small snacks, they came to a noodle stall opened by Hu Ren.

This noodle stall is not big, but the business is very good, and there are even quite a few people eating noodles standing up.

As soon as they came to the vicinity of this stall, they all smelled a strange smell.

"Wow, what does this smell like?"

Princess Ankang sniffed her nose and asked curiously.

Li Xuan also sniffed it twice, and indeed smelled a very fragrant smell of bacon.

"Hey, what kind of food is this?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but raise his neck to look at the bowls of those who were eating noodles, and after a cursory look, he didn't see anything special.

"It looks like ordinary noodles, what does it taste like?"

At this time, Xiaocui's grandfather shouted at the stall owner:

"Abu, set up another table!"

The busy boss of Hu Ren raised his head when he heard the voice, and suddenly showed a big smile on his face, and asked strangely:

"Old Liu Tou, do you have a big birthday today?"

"You're willing to come to me to eat noodles."

This Hu Ren boss called Abu spoke a strange Daxing official dialect, and his tone was full of ridicule, and he seemed to have a good relationship with Xiaocui's grandfather.

Xiao Cui's grandfather's face suddenly turned red, and he immediately urged:

"Don't talk nonsense, we have one bowl per person, hurry up!"

"Okay, good, you pay and you are the uncle!" Abu nodded repeatedly, and with his hands and feet neatly set up another table behind his stall, and then returned to cook noodles.

"Miss Li, let's go in and sit."

Abu set up a large round table, large enough to seat them all.

At the signal of Princess Ankang, the chief monk of Yu'er also sat down.

Otherwise, they were standing on one side, which would only make Xiao Cui and her grandfather feel cramped and uneasy.

After a while, Abu brought them noodles.

The fragrance that Princess Ankang and Li Xuan smelled earlier suddenly became much stronger.

The three little ones couldn't help but swallow and spit in unison.

This noodle can be served so quickly, it must be Abu who has given them an urgency.

After all, there are still a lot of customers waiting to eat noodles at the noodle stall.

But even though Abu gave them noodles first, the others didn't say much.

Li Xuan thought about it, it should be that this extra table is a bit famous.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people standing there eating noodles now, and he estimated that there should be an additional service fee.

Otherwise, the other guests will not acquiesce in their behavior.

"Miss Li, this bowl of noodles is very popular in our West Market, let's try it."

Xiao Cui said, handing Princess Ankang a pair of clean chopsticks.

Everyone at the table, including Li Xuan, had a big bowl in front of him.

Inside the bowl is a two-finger-wide belt of noodles, covered with bacon and onions, and nothing else.

But to be able to have such a strong fragrance, it can be seen that there are many other spices in it.

Seeing that everyone had gotten the chopsticks, Princess Ankang picked up a piece of bacon and noodles under the expectant gaze of Xiaocui and her grandfather, and put it into her mouth.

The next moment, Princess Ankang's eyes widened, and after being stunned for a moment, she used chopsticks to send some noodles to her mouth.

"Shhhh

"It's so fragrant and spicy!"

Princess Ankang hissed, obviously spicy.

Seeing that Princess Ankang liked this noodle, the grandfather and grandson who treated them were also relieved.

Originally, they were still a little afraid that Princess Ankang would not be used to eating these foods, but looking at Princess Ankang's reaction now, it seems that they like it quite a lot.

Li Xuan saw Princess Ankang's reaction, and he couldn't wait to taste it, and it was really fragrant and spicy, with a strong taste.

And the bacon in the noodles is also very delicious, and the muscle texture is thick, so I don't know what kind of meat it is.

Li Xuan looked at it carefully, and found that the texture of the bacon had a little green in it, and he immediately remembered the beef he had eaten at the Cross Slope Inn before.

"Hey, this should also be the meat of the green cow."

Li Xuan didn't pay attention to it before, but now he finds that on the dinner table of ordinary people, this green beef seems to be quite common.

Although the three little ones eat imperial meals on weekdays, they suddenly encounter this exotic food, and they are also very appetizing.

Li Xuan can eat it, although the ingredients in this bowl of noodles look ordinary, but the main source of this spicy flavor is still in those invisible spices.

Occasionally, some powder can be seen in the bowl, and it is clear that these are the essence of this bowl of noodles.

Others also moved their chopsticks, and even Mr. Shang sat down and ate a bowl of noodles at the request of Princess Ankang.

Mr. Shang eats very quietly, unlike Sanxiao and Xiaocui, "Sihasha" non-stop.

Fortunately, before coming to eat noodles, Xiaocui brought them to buy ice yogurt.

Yogurt with ice ballast, sweet and sour taste, just to relieve their spiciness.

This is an indispensable set of birthday banquet combinations for Xiaocui's birthday every year.

Ice yogurt with this bowl of bacon and belt noodles, a table of people are eating happily.

Xiaocui and her grandfather were also happy to see Princess Ankang and others eating so deliciously.

During the noodle eating, Xiaocui's grandfather got up and asked for a little vinegar.

But Li Xuan had long noticed that when Xiaocui's grandfather ate noodles, he always held one hand in his arms, and then handed over a handful of things when he was vinegared with Abga.

Li Xuan saw that it was a piece of broken silver and a handful of copper coins, which should be paid for the face.

Seeing Xiaocui's grandfather come back pretending to be nothing, Li Xuan continued to bury his head in eating noodles, but he didn't see this scene.

But he still started the math problem uncontrollably in his mind.

"Is this meal thirty or fifty cents per person?"

"It's not cheap."

Li Xuan knew that there should also be a separate service fee for them to add tables and stoppers.

But when they come out to set up a stall on weekdays, they only use flatbread and steamed buns to satisfy their hunger, which is definitely a big expense.

Even if the grandfather and grandson have a good business of selling knots, inviting Princess Ankang to dinner today is definitely a big expense for them.

"It's a simple man who understands Entu's retribution."

This meal is really nothing to the three little ones today.

But for Xiaocui and her grandfather, it shows their sincerity.

"Maybe let them try."

Li Xuan thought silently, then stretched out his tail and wrote restlessly on Princess Ankang's hand.

Princess Ankang continued to chat with her grandfather and grandson, chatting about family matters, pretending not to notice Li Xuan's movements.

After a day of shopping and eating in the West Market, the afternoon is about to be over.

Princess Ankang proposed to send the grandfather and grandson who had closed the stall early back, and they naturally had no objection to this.

Xiao Cui and her grandfather followed Princess Ankang into this luxurious carriage, and they were naturally amazed.

But as Princess Ankang chatted with them, she gradually diverted the attention of the grandfather and grandson from the carriage.

Mr. Shang dutifully drove the carriage towards Xiaocui's house.

Xiaocui and her grandfather live in Baoningfang, some distance from the West Market, and there is still some time left on the road.

"Xiaocui, has anything interesting happened in the city recently?"

"I'm always at home and don't know much about what's going on in the outside world."

Princess Ankang asked naturally.

Hearing Princess Ankang ask this, Xiaocui was naturally interested.

Xiaocui is only sixteen this year, and she sets up a stall in the West Market every day to sell knots, so there is more gossip in her stomach.

I talk to my grandfather on weekdays, but I don't have a match, and it's boring to talk about it.

Men, especially older men, have an almost instinctive knee-jerk reaction to some useless words that go in the left ear and out the right ear.

Xiaocui always shared interesting gossip news with her grandfather, and her grandfather always didn't listen to a word.

After three times and two times, although Xiaocui felt bored, because there was only one person around her who could talk to her grandfather, she still insisted on chattering to her grandfather.

But over the years, Xiao Cui found that her grandfather's ears were getting worse and worse, and she didn't know if she was really old or deliberately ignoring Xiao Cui.

Now Princess Ankang took the initiative to ask Xiaocui to gossip, and Xiaocui was naturally happy.

"Miss, if you talk about the major events in the capital during this time, it is nothing more than the two major things of the female ghost asking for her life."

"I heard that it was the son of two big officials, because he killed a woman in a green building, he was asked for his life by a female ghost, and he was burned to death by a ghost."

"Recently, it has been rumored that after the female ghost took revenge, her strength has greatly improved, and she has picked on the big and young people who harm people, and burned them silently."

"Because of this, many domineering sons and brothers have not dared to come forward these days."

Xiaocui, this girl, still has some storytelling skills, and she said a few paragraphs vividly, and she changed her tone and expression, almost stunned the three little ones.

"This is talking about Hou San and Zhao Si, right?"

Li Xuan was the first to react, although there were some discrepancies in the details, but it was basically like this.

It's just that, with false rumors, there is now an extra female ghost in the capital who is in charge of squirrel.

Li Xuan estimated that the rumors should contain the simple expectations of many people.

"I didn't expect this to be like this."

"It seems that the people don't care much about the government's conclusions."

In this matter, Sissi's uncle was pushed out to be a substitute for the dead, and the case was closed by the government.

But apparently, the common people have their own version of the description of this matter.

Princess Ankang also glanced at Li Xuan, and reacted that what Xiao Cui said was what they knew.

"Is there such a thing?"

"But this is also an evil retribution, God has long eyes."

Princess Ankang and Yu'er reacted sufficiently, which made Xiaocui very happy.

Isn't the gossip just for someone to cheer on and chat together?

Thinking of this, Xiaocui glanced at her grandfather resentfully, and gave Xiaocui's grandfather an inexplicable look.

"I'm not that, what are you glaring at me?"

Grandpa Xiaocui looked innocent.

Xiao Cui was too lazy to worry about her grandfather, it was rare that someone was willing to listen to her say these things, she seized the opportunity to continue:

"In addition to the female ghost asking for her life, there are many other rumors."

"I spend every day in the West Market, and I can hear a lot of things just by standing there."

Then Xiao Cui told the fresh rumors of the near future one by one, and there was one thing that Li Xuan cared about.

"I heard that Hu Yulou on Dongshi Flower Street is going to be auctioned these days."

"It seems that the original boss owes money and runs away, and those creditors are going to sell Hu Yulou to pay off their debts."

"This matter has also been boiling in the West Market recently, and there are many well-known Hu businessmen who seem to be gearing up."

"Miss, you probably don't know."

"It's not easy for Hu Shang to buy some properties in the capital, and I heard that the government has strict requirements."

"But it seems that this time Hu Yulou's debt auction is different, and the conditions for participation have been relaxed a lot."

"Anyway, those big businessmen in the West Market are bound to win."

Hearing this news, Li Xuan couldn't help but be stunned.

He clearly remembered that Hu Yulou's Oiran Ayimu wanted to seize Hu Yulou's property.

Speaking of Hu Yulou's industry, Li Xuan remembered some things again.

"Is there something in the Dihong Bone Ring, it seems to have something to do with Hu Yulou?"

Li Xuan frowned slightly, and his brain began to run out.

(End of chapter)

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