"Ah! Let's eat!"
The old man straightened his back instantly and put his hands behind his back, "You scared us, what are you going to do next?"
"My brother is my benefactor, and even more so my cousin. I am an ordinary family. I can't cook any delicacies, but ordinary food is better than clean food. If you don't mind me, please give me a thumbs up!" the tea stall proprietress said with a smile.
"No!" Zhu Yunxi said from the side, "We understand your feelings. We still have things to do at home. We have to go back after a day out!" After saying that, he said to the old man, "Grandpa, let's go!"
The old man stood there without moving, squinting and said, "What's the matter? You go back first! Let's go for a walk by ourselves!" After that, he smiled at the tea stall proprietress and said, "Where do you live, sister?"
"It's right next to the tea stall!" the landlady said with a smile.
"That's not far from our home!" The old man also smiled.
The two of them were talking and laughing, while Zhu Yunxi stood beside him, neither leaving nor staying.
"Grandpa" Zhu Yunxi called softly.
"Ah!" The old man turned around, "Are you okay? Let's go first!"
"I" Zhu Yunxi thought about it, "my grandson should go with you!"
"Don't force it?"
"Don't force it!"
The group of people left the government office, laughing and walking towards the long street on the other side of the Qinhuai River.
The old man strode forward, and the Wang family members carried Wang Liu, who had just been beaten, and joked all the way.
The proprietress of the tea stall also smiled and greeted the neighbors who came with her, "Everyone, please go and sit at home in the evening. Please prepare some water and wine!"
Turning misfortune into good fortune is a happy event. People are very friendly in this era, and neighbors treat each other like relatives. The Wang family is very happy, so naturally they want to have fun with it.
Wang Liu was lying on the stretcher, with plaster wrapped on his buttocks. Perhaps his fierceness had faded, and his honest face was full of fear.
"Young man, I just finished killing someone, and I feel uneasy and can't sleep at night!" The old man said with a smile, "So, after I go back, I will drink a few bowls and fall asleep." After that, he laughed again,
"Don't take it too seriously. It's not a big deal. A real man will inevitably have an unkind wife and unfilial son. Murder is not a big deal. I was just scared for the past few days, but it will be fine after that. I think back then, it was our first time."
"Uh-huh!" Zhu Yunxi coughed a few times, fearing that the old man would say it right.
Fortunately, Wang Liu was preoccupied and did not listen. Instead, he said with a worried look, "I'm sorry for the old man today. I used the money you gave me to buy some snacks. I even plucked the feathers of the goose, thinking about it."
"What is this? This is fate!" The old man didn't take it seriously, "We won't let you sell snacks, and you can't find out what your wife is doing with others." He continued to laugh, "This means we found out early.
, if it were later, your wife would not be able to discuss with others how to clean up your property and then kick you out!"
"Maybe I'll secretly poison you to death, you can't tell! Tsk, tsk, it's the most poisonous thing to a woman's heart!"
Wang Liu's face once again showed a bit of resentment, "I took advantage of that adulterer and whore!"
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While chatting and joking, we arrived at the home of the tea stall proprietress.
Wang Liu's house was still sealed, and besides what happened just now, he had to arrange rituals to ward off the bad luck, so he settled in the landlady's house.
The proprietress is also very popular. After greeting the neighbors, the relatives of the Wang family start to work on their own. Those who buy vegetables, make fires, cook, kill fish and chop meat, make flour and wash rice.
Several old women surrounded Wang Liu, who was lying on his stomach, and tried to comfort him.
"Don't take this matter seriously, isn't it just a woman? I'll tell you another one!"
"You are a down-to-earth person, you are full of strength, you can support your family without hesitation, and you are still afraid of not having a wife!"
"Look, you're as strong as an ox. I'll find you a big girl later!"
The old man and Zhu Yunxi sat on the only two decent chairs in the Wang family, looking at the lively scene of the market in front of them. Inadvertently, Zhu Yunxi turned his head, and there was warmth flowing in the old man's eyes.
"For the old man, the palace is too deserted. He has not enjoyed such real human fireworks for a long time in his life."
"Grandpa Huang!" Zhu Yunxi whispered, "From now on, my grandson will often accompany you out for a walk!"
"Use you?" the old man snorted, "It's not like we don't have legs ourselves!"
"Brother, how many cups do you want to drink? I went to get some wine and came back!" Over there, the tea stall proprietress came in with a bottle of wine and said with a smile.
"Haha, I'm happy today, let's have a few sips!" The old man said loudly without anyone noticing.
"Then sit down for a moment while I go to the kitchen to clean up!"
"You're busy, don't worry about us!"
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It was already the time when the lanterns were starting to go up, and the boss’s wife’s house was right next to the Qinhuai River where the fireworks were blooming. From her yard, you could see the scene on the river.
The painted boats on the river have already started moving, and the faint sound of musical instruments and singing floats from the painted boats.
There were more and more people on the street and by the river. Rich businessmen with big bellies, scholars wearing scarves, hawkers, rowing boats to pick up people. The wind was blowing under their feet, and they were running back and forth.
The fireworks in the world include prosperity and work. There are lights and noise.
The two men sat in the yard and looked at the scene on the river bank, feeling very calm in their hearts.
Suddenly, Zhu Yunxi looked at the bustling crowd, stood up slightly and stepped forward.
"Li Qi!"
"Here it is!"
Li Qi, who was bored following them and couldn't let down his guard yet, trotted over and said, "Your orders!"
"Look, is that your father?" Zhu Yunxi pointed to the shore, and a man with a few people in robes waiting for the boat to pick him up said, "Look at the back, he looks a bit like him!"
Li Qi squinted his eyes and looked over, "Hey, it's true!"
"real?"
"My own father, how can I be wrong?" Li Qi said.
At this time, a small boat was seen pulling up to the side, and a few turtle slaves got off the boat, and they politely asked Li Jinglong to get on the boat.
"Is my dad going to have fun?" Li Qi murmured, then felt something was wrong and quickly shut up.
His father, Li Jinglong, was dressed like a rich man, and he had a few people with him. Wasn't he just looking for fun, or could he be paying a private visit incognito?
"Who?" The old man also came over, "Li Jinglong?"
"Look at it, grandson!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Tell him to come here!" the old man said angrily, "He only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long!"
"I obey!" Li Qi agreed and flew away.
The old man and Zhu Yunxi stood there and looked at each other. Li Qi ran and shouted, "Dad, dad!"
Li Jinglong in the crowd heard the sound, and when he was about to step on Zhouzi, he stopped, and then turned back in surprise.
When he saw his son, he was even more surprised.
Then the Li family father and son whispered a few words, and Li Jinglong abandoned the people around him, waved his sleeves, and ran towards this direction with a huff.
"He's having a great day!" the old man scolded with a smile, "When he went to court, he lived with five or six people, but when he went to court, he lived happily! Damn it, even if he's a high-ranking official and has a generous salary, he's taking advantage of it!"
As he spoke, the old man suddenly stopped talking and pointed at a few more young scholars who were not far away.
"Dasun, look, we have bad eyesight. Why do those guys look so much like the bastards at home?"
Zhu Yunxi quickly looked over, took a closer look, and quickly shook his head to confirm again.
Before he could speak, the old man was already furious, "They really are, go and call them over, we can't beat them to death!"
The few young scholars they met were not other people.
They are the young princes in the palace who have not yet become feudal lords.
The old man's twentieth and twenty-second sons, Zhu Song, who has just turned seventeen, and Zhu Ying, who is fifteen years old, are the first, followed by his younger brothers. The youngest among them is only eleven or twelve this year.
"Isn't that great? If you don't even have hair, you have to go to the Qinhuai River?" The old man was furious.
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It’s Chinese New Year, let’s write something festive.
It is unlucky to hit or kill someone.
This chapter has been completed!