Chapter 7 Streetside
Xue Qing didn't know that Young Master Liantang was regarded as an extraordinary child because of this incident. Of course, even if Young Master Liantang said this to her face, she just nodded and smiled.
She is not ordinary at first, and Xue Qing is a person who values herself very much. She will not be demoted unless she has to.
Xue Qing didn't care about this small episode, because when Manager Wu said that Guo Huaichun was not at home, he didn't rush to see him anymore. He just walked around and moved his body every day, no longer going to the small garden, but went out the door.
“…Brother Qingzi, Brother Qingzi….”
As soon as Xue Qing walked past the corridor, she heard the shouts of the children. She smiled slightly, and without raising her head, she raised her shirt and raised her feet... A ball rolling over was stepped on by her feet, and then she pushed the instep with her toes and pushed the ball of the leather wrapped rice bran flew out.
The ball passed through the bamboo pole door hole and rolled away and hit the piled firewood basket.
The children croaked and waved their hands to chase after them.
The yard was messy and worn, and the clothes these children were wearing were shabby, and some didn't even wear shoes, but this did not affect their fun. They were all fighting for the ball and laughing happily.
Xue Qing seemed to be looking at a picture of a naughty boy, but the atmosphere in the city is strong and real.
"Brother Qingzi plays together." several children shouted.
Since playing football that day, these children have recognized her. The children Shang Xiao didn't know what foreign households, son-in-laws or skinny dogs they were, but it was enough to just remember Xue Qing's name and how to play football.
Xue Qing didn't think there was anything wrong with playing with these four or five-year-old children. He would get involved in the past two days after coming and going from here.
This time was no exception. She tugged her long gown slightly upwards, and mixed with the children with the balls, turning left and right, until she walked through the courtyard, then turned around and kicked the ball into the door. As soon as she put the gown, she stepped out of the door, and the children behind her screamed and quarreled.
The alley was a little quieter, two little girls squatted on the ground to catch sheep, and a little girl with a braided hair and holding a small windmill to watch.
Xue Qing walked over and stood aside and watched for a while, but couldn't help but squat down and tried to grab it. It was probably the first time that the little girls saw such a big boy playing with them. They looked at it in a daze and didn't stop them.
Xue Qing did not steal the little boy's fun. He let it go after playing for a while and then walked towards the entrance of the alley.
The spring is getting stronger and the streets are crowded with people, and the hawking and laughing are overwhelming. Xue Qing stood at the intersection and couldn't help but feel dazed. He seemed to have walked to an antique scenic spot, but the men, women, young and old, and the layout of houses on the street are not comparable to those artificial landscapes.
Xue Qing did not go to the street, but sat down on the horse-mounted stone on the street. A little boy was riding on it. When he saw him sitting down, he rolled down and ran away.
Xue Qing couldn't help but smile when he looked at the tiger-head hat and tiger-head shoes worn by the child, and his eyes moved to the street again, watching the city's style and humanity.
This is not the most prosperous street. It is mostly a small street selling loose wine, food and toys. There are also many households living on the street. At this time, the weather is sunny and the day is good. Many women are chatting and laughing on the street in their headscarves, either taking shoes or picking vegetables in their hands.
Seeing that the scenery looked like Tang and Song dynasties, the years were also well passed by, and prosperity and happiness were everywhere, Xue Qing meditated in his heart, and looked at the other side, but saw an old woman hunched over and hunched over and walking towards a girl of seven or eight years old, her gaze slightly condensed.
The girl had a grass mark on her head.
This is selling children.
The old woman murmured to the people on the street while walking. Passers-by looked at each other or avoided them, but no one bought them. A man passing by in a sedan chair stopped and stretched out a chubby hand with a gold bracelet dyed with bright red nails and waved.
The old woman happily led the child over and pushed it to the sedan chair to show it to others. Xue Qing couldn't hear the specific situation. She only saw that the hand in the sedan chair threw out a bunch of big money.
The old woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and walked forward in the sedan chair, and the girl was urged to follow and take her away.
It was not until this moment that the girl with a blank expression started crying, as if she was about to pounce back, but the servant beating her by the sedan chair twice, grabbed her arm and pushed her and scolded her in a low voice, and the girl was wrapped around her and left.
The old woman still knelt on the ground and couldn't get up. After a long time the sedan chair on the street disappeared, she trembled.
Xue Qing saw the old woman's eyes crying red, murmuring and staggeringly, and sighed lightly.
There will always be a difficult life.
No wonder Cui is reluctant to leave the Guo family. It is not that easy for an orphan and widowed mother to survive outside, especially when she brings a woman, she is restricted from showing off in public... Fortunately, Cui is greedy and ridiculous for a while to pretend to be a man.
As long as men have the strength and mind to read, it is not difficult to make a living. Xue Qing was thinking about what kind of livelihood to do, and someone stopped by his side.
"Xue Qing, what are you doing here?" said a crisp female voice.
Xue Qing raised her head and saw that it was a girl wearing a green cloth dress and a girl with no headdresses, only two red ropes, which looked beautiful and cute.
This is the youngest daughter of Sister Song, Chanyi, who is twelve years old this year.
I don’t know if I happened to see the cicada shed when I was born, but fortunately it was not called the cicada shed. The cicada clothes sounded better, although this thing was not very beautiful.
Xue Qing thought to herself and smiled at her. This little girl often comes to visit her and comfort Cui. She is a sensible and well-behaved child.
"Look at people." Xue Qing smiled.
Chanyi laughed and said something, when she saw Xue Qing moving to the other side of the stone, she reached out and patted her side.
"You sit down," she said.
Chanyi was slightly surprised, thinking that Xue Qing had never talked to anyone before, let alone invited her to sit down, and she was still next to her.
She was twelve years old and knew that there was a difference between men and women. She thought in her heart that she should be like the big girls in the family who were posing in a noble manner and not sitting, but she felt unwilling to... After all, she was a child and was more willing to follow her original intentions. She stroked her dress and sat down as she said.
"If you want to see someone, you should go to Chenghuang Temple with me today." She spoke on her own initiative, and after that, she thought that Xue Qingcai was seriously ill, "But you can't go, there are a little far away and there are too many people. You can't stand it if you go."
"What's wrong with the City God Temple?" Xue Qing asked.
The cicada yelled.
"How do you know that something is wrong with the City God Temple?" she said, "Did you hear from the people in the mansion?"
It’s because if the Chenghuang Temple has always been crowded, you don’t have to point out today.
Xue Qing smiled and said nothing.
The cicada's clothes were thrown away.
"I only heard the sisters in the mansion say in the morning that the Guo family in Chenghuang Temple will hold a ceremony today." She said, "I also invited a gong and drum troupe. I was too late to go there. I couldn't see how many little Hu Deng was turning around when I stood behind."
Although I don’t know what the offering is, I can also imagine the excitement of watching the show, Xue Qing listened to her giggling and giggling.
Chanyi was so sloppy that she saw Xue Qing listening quietly. In the past, Xue Qing was also quiet, but she was avoiding people and avoiding others and making people unable to continue to speak. Now the young man's eyes are clear and gentle, and he occasionally nodded slightly, listening very seriously and interested, as if he was urging her to continue to speak.
Even my parents have never heard her speak like this.
Chanyi felt happy for no reason, she laughed and looked at Xue Qing with her head tilted.
"Speaking of this, it has something to do with you, Xue Qing," she said.
Xue Qing nodded.
"Is it because I am celebrating my becoming the son-in-law of the Guo family?" she said, with a smile on her eyes.
Cicada Yi giggled.
"How could it be?" she blurted out, then hurriedly stuck out her tongue to cover her mouth, looking at Xue Qing with an uneasy expression.
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Chapter completed!