Since the last time Qiao Chen'an memorized a thousand-word Analect in one breath, Mr. Wu often mentioned Qiao Chen'an, as if he was a good material and beautiful jade to train, and Qiao Chen'an also answered smoothly, which made him more and more surprised, and felt that he really didn't look away, although this son is lazy, but it is indeed a material that can be made, maybe he will really be able to embark on a career in the future.

It's just that Qiao Chenan still doesn't like to read, but with the accumulation of more than ten years in his previous life, he learns things very quickly, which is incomparable to other children.

Slowly, Qiao Chen'an's name of "prodigy" gradually spread among the neighbors, but it surprised Qiao Yuan and the others, often thanking their ancestors for their spirits, bless their descendants with a bright future, and only hope that he can glorify his ancestors.

"The third day of the third month of March is coming, Xiao An, do you have anything you want?"

In the house, my mother asked while choosing the vegetables in her hand, "If there is anything you want, tell your mother!"

Qiao Chenan tilted his head and thought about it, and said with a smile, "Mother, I want to eat Fengmanlou's Sixi Pills, I don't know if it's okay?"

Sixi meatballs are the signature dish of Fengmanlou in the city, I remember the last time I ate it was during the Chinese New Year, and the delicious taste left a deep impression on his standard foodie, but the price is relatively expensive for the family, and there is usually no chance to taste it.

When his mother heard his words, she smiled, reached out and touched his hair, and said, "Of course, our family can still afford to eat a meal of Sixi balls, and I will let your father buy them another day." ”

Qiao Chenan nodded, rubbed his astringent eyes vigorously, and wondered for a while, in recent days, his eyes would have pain from time to time, and occasionally tears would flow.

He thought he was suffering from some eye disease, but he found that he was seeing things more and more clearly, and there was no other change, so he simply didn't pay attention to it.

The time of two days flies by, and in a blink of an eye it is already the third day of the third month of March, which is the birthday of the legendary Yellow Emperor, and it is one of the most important festivals in the Great Xia Dynasty.

Qiao Chen'an naturally couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and after talking to his parents, he came to the street with Xu Xian, who was like a fart, but saw the wine flags fluttering on the street, there were vendors everywhere, the shouting was endless, the willow branches were tender green, and the peach blossoms were bright red, it was a good time in March.

"Eat rice balls! There are three copper plates for one large rice ball, and one copper plate for three small rice balls!"

There was a loud shouting sound from afar on the street, which attracted everyone's attention in an instant, and Qiao Chen'an was naturally no exception, pulling Xu Xian towards the source of the sound.

Under an old willow tree, an old man with white hair sat on a small stool, with a pair of flat shoulders beside him, the soup in the pot was steaming with white steam, and the round rice balls floated on the water, the big ones were twice as small as the small ones, and they exuded a faint sweet fragrance.

It turned out to be an old man selling rice balls.

After hearing the old man's shout, the crowd burst into laughter, and one of them said: "Old man, you shouted wrong! Adjust the price of the big soup ball and the small soup ball to the right one!"

The old man grinned, but he didn't listen to the advice, and continued to shout: "That's right, there are three copper plates for one big rice ball, and one copper plate for three small rice balls!"

In the crowd, Xu Xian pulled Qiao Chen'an's sleeve and said, "Chen'an, this old man is so strange, obviously the big rice balls should be sold more expensive, how can he sell them cheaply?"

Qiao Chenan shrugged his shoulders and said in his heart How do I know, but the people around him gathered more and more, and they all took out money to buy the old man's big rice balls, and they were sold out in less than a quarter of an hour, leaving only a few small rice balls floating on the water, and no one cared.

The old man was still selling unhurriedly, and he didn't seem to be worried that the rest of the glutinous rice balls would not be sold, Xu Xian saw that everyone was gone, so he wanted to pull Qiao Chen'an away, but who expected that Qiao Chen'an's body did not move at all, and he couldn't help but look at him with some wonder.

But I saw Qiao Chenan walking in front of the old man step by step, took out three copper plates from his arms, and said with a smile: "Old man, please give me a small rice ball!"

After the old man heard his words, he glanced at him with a smile, but he gave Qiao Chenan a strange feeling, and after saying hello, he scooped out a rice ball with a bowl.

Xu Xian then understood what he was going to do, and hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed his sleeve, and said, "Chen'an, since you want to eat rice balls, why don't you buy those big ones, but instead wait for people to buy these small ones after they leave......?" Isn't that a waste of money?!"

There was a hint of reproach in his tone.

Qiao Chen said with peace of mind I am also very distressed, when he went out, his mother only gave him six cents, and he threw out half of it this time, but what reverberated in his mind at this time was all kinds of "foolish people have stupid blessings" that he had seen in the book in his previous life, and he got the opportunity by chance, since this old man is so strange, maybe he is the legendary strange man?

Right, when he's too bored these days!

Thinking of this, Qiao Chenan turned his head sideways and grinned at Xu Xian, and said, "Maybe...... Is it better to have smaller rice balls?"

When he said this, he didn't even believe it, and the harvest was naturally Xu Xiao's gaze like a fool, Qiao Chen smiled bitterly with peace of mind, and secretly said that his image of 'Guang Weizheng', which he had erected with great difficulty, had collapsed, and Xu Xian was not sure how to arrange him in his heart.

Just when he couldn't see Xu Xian's gaze, after paying, Qiao Chenan took the bowl from the old man's hand, it was steaming, a small rice ball floated on the water, he blew lightly, and the rice ball dripped.

Qiao Chenan lowered his head and sucked the rice balls into his mouth, only to feel the indescribable tenderness, and before he could react, the rice balls actually slid into his stomach with a grunt as if they were spiritual.

"This ......"

Qiao Chen was slightly startled, and returned the bowl in his hand to the old man, who smiled at him, then closed the stall, picked up the burden and walked towards the end of the street, humming as he walked:

"Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, but the fame cannot be forgotten! Where will the ancient and modern meet, the barren mound is gone, and the world knows that the gods are good......

In an instant, the figure of the old man blended into the flow of people in the streets and alleys, and Qiao Chenan looked at it again, but he couldn't find it anyway.

After the old man left, the two of them wandered around the street, and along the way, Qiao Chenan was naturally preached by Xu Xian, but he went in the left ear and out the right ear, and the look of indifference made the latter sulk, but he was helpless against his thorn.

The two of them had been wild outside for a day, and when it was almost dusk, Qiao Chen'an and Xu Xian were separated, and he had just returned home, but he suddenly felt a stirring in his abdomen, as if there was some living thing wandering away, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and suddenly remembered the rice ball he ate at noon, could it be that thing making trouble?

"Xiao An, it's time to eat, there is your favorite Sixi ball, come on!"

When his mother's voice came, Qiao Chen answered, feeling that there was nothing wrong with his body, so he didn't take it to heart.

Unexpectedly, on the dinner table, Qiao Chenan looked at the fragrant and steaming Sixi Pills in front of him, but suddenly lost his appetite, only felt that his body seemed to have endless strength, and said with a smile: "Dad, mother, I'm not hungry, you eat first!"

"Xiao An, what's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable?"

The mother put down the chopsticks in her hand, reached out and touched his forehead, frowned slightly, and said, "Don't you want to eat Sixi balls?"

Father also said: "Chen'an, are you being bullied, tell your father if you have anything, don't hold it in your heart." ”

Qiao Chenan raised his head, just met two pairs of equally concerned eyes, his heart was full of emotion, and said with a smile: "I'm really fine, it's just that I ate too much at noon, and some can't eat!" After speaking, he deliberately rubbed his little belly.

"I'll go out to play first, Daddy, you can eat first!"

Qiao Chen'an ran out with a cigarette, and his mother's voice faintly sounded in his ears, and he felt a warmth in his heart, he grew up in an orphanage in his previous life, and lived alone since he was a child, and only in this life did he truly experience the warmth of family affection.

There are no high-tech things in this world, and there are few things for entertainment, if you really want to count them, there are probably only jugglers on the street and the Red Mansion Painting Boat, the former will gradually become bored if you see too much, and the latter ......

If he dared to go to that kind of place, he would probably be beaten by his father and wouldn't be able to get out of bed for a few days!

Unconsciously, Qiao Chen'an came to the small bridge he often went to again, and looked down, the water was sparkling, glowing with a little silver light, reflecting a white jade disk-like moon.

The moonlight is cold, sprinkled with cold moonlight, shrouded in this heaven and earth, seemingly telling the resentment and sorrow of thousands of years.

It makes people feel cold for no reason.

Perhaps because this white jade plate hanging in the sky has been the carrier of so many sorrows since ancient times, and even the myths and legends about her are closely associated with the word sadness.

Chang'e ran to the moon, leaving only the descendants alone in the boundless night sky to look at the silver moon ring, where there was his beloved woman, was she also looking at him from afar?

A cool breeze blew, Qiao Chenan couldn't help but shiver, although it was early spring, but the temperature difference between day and night was very large, and he only wore a few thin shirts, so it was strange that he didn't feel cold.

He had planned to go back like this, otherwise his parents would have been worried, but he had just stepped on the stone bridge, but suddenly he saw a lone lamp on the corner of the street not far away, and the dim yellow light dispelled the darkness, and the old man he had seen during the day was sitting there, still holding the flat pole beside him, like a man in a painting.