In the market, Xiao Chu accompanied his mother and shuttled through the crowd. In a few days, it will be the most traditional festival in the Great Xia Kingdom - the Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival here is as Xiao Chu knew, that is, the first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival every year. This modern traditional Chinese meaning has the same meaning. All things are resurrected, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and in the Spring Festival every year
The entire Great Xia Kingdom will be in celebration. Whether it is the royal family or the civilians, they will attach great importance to this festival. On this day, people will remove the old and send new ones to welcome the joys and blessings, especially in the royal family. The emperor will also lead the royal family members to worship the gods.
For the ancestors, we hope for good weather and peace in the coming year.
People will prepare the Spring Festival utensils and food before the last day of the year, and naturally the Xiao family is exceptional. At this time, Xiao Chu was walking on the streets of the market with his mother, and the entire market was filled with a scene of the Spring Festival coming.
It is festive, and there are several times more people in the market than usual.
"Mother, I'm a little hungry!" Xiao Chu said.
Liu smiled at Xiao Chu. It was true that both of them had been away for a whole morning and were indeed a little hungry. Then he said, "Okay, my mother will take you to eat the scallion pancakes in the county, okay?"
Xiao Chu nodded. His family was poor, and scallion oil pancakes were not something that could be eaten frequently. Xiao Chu knew in his heart that if he hadn't celebrated the Spring Festival, he might not even have to eat scallion oil pancakes. But Xiao Chu didn't mind, after all, he came here himself.
It has been five years since I got here, and I have adapted to the life here, so the requirements for eating are still too high. After all, I was very poor in my previous life and never took the initiative to eat anything.
Expensive stuff.
"Waiter, give us a scallion pancake!"
The two of them arrived at the restaurant, Liu's house was waiting on the second road.
Because the end of the year is approaching, the business in the store is much more popular than before, and almost the tables in the store are almost full. Liu took Xiao Chu to find an inconspicuous corner and sat down. The two of them were quiet.
Waiting quietly.
The scallion cakes here are not very expensive, only one copper coin is a piece, but compared to their family's income, a copper coin is a relatively luxurious one. A bag of rice only costs twenty copper coins, but this bag of rice is
It can be eaten by the family for half a month. However, Liu doesn't care. She usually saves a lot of small treasurys when she does needlework for others to use when needed. Today she just takes her son to eat.
Once, his favorite scallion pancake was worth it to be happy to see her.
After a moment, the scallion pancake ordered by Liu was prepared and brought directly to the two of them.
Looking at the scallion pancake in front of you, seeing that the pancake had been cut into delicate pieces with a knife, Xiao Chu simply stopped caring about anything else and started to eat it. However, Liu did not move his chopsticks, but his face was full of kindness.
Looking at Xiao Chu who was eating voraciously, a faint smile appeared on his face.
Seeing that Xiao Chu was choking, he poured Xiao Chu a glass of water, then poured himself a cup of water, and started drinking it in big mouthfuls. After walking for a morning, Liu was also a little thirsty, and although he was a little hungry, he was still
I couldn't bear to buy another cake, so I just drank a few more sips of water, after all, the water here is expensive.
Xiao Chu ate for a while, and he was surprised to find that his mother did not turn on her chopsticks, just watched him eat.
Looking at Liu's face full of love, Xiao Chu was a little moved. Xiao Chu, who was already thirty years old, could not understand his mother's intention? She was reluctant to buy a cake to eat.
Then a feeling of sorrow surged in my heart.
"Mother, you eat, I'm already full." Xiao Chu smiled and said to Liu.
"Chu'er, eat, mother is not hungry!" Liu smiled, shook his head and said.
"Mother, I'm really full. How can I finish such a big cake by myself?" Xiao Chu said again, and then patted his not too full belly.
"Then I will pack these cakes and keep them for Chu'er to eat when she is hungry." After speaking, he did not take Xiao Chu to speak again, and took out a handkerchief from his arms to add all the remaining cakes in the plate.
Wrapped it up and put it in your arms.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Chu's nose calculated and his eyes were a little red. He knew that he was not Liu's biological child, but Liu treated him better than his biological child.
"Mother, let's go home."
After saying that, Liu paid the money and the two walked out of the store.
As soon as he arrived outside the store, Xiao Chu saw a group of people around a few meters away, as if he was talking about something, as if there was a dispute between the two.
One of the big men grabbed the other person's clothes and shouted, "Boy, you stole things and stole them on your Grandpa Liu's head. What a birthday star who hangs you. Do you think you have a long life?"
Xiao Chu looked at the big man. The big man was dark-skinned and strong in body. He was the boss of the pork stall next to him. The man who was grabbed by Boss Liu was thin and looked weak, and the two of them were both thin and weak.
The contrast is sharp.
"I didn't steal your money. How could you wrongly accuse others in broad daylight?" The thin man's face was full of innocent expression. Although the strong man with a big waist grabbed his clothes, he still defended him.
Seeing the two of them, everyone started to talk about it. The young man was thin, but he looked like a scholar. No matter how he looked, he didn't look like a stealer.
Then someone spoke in the crowd, "Boss Liu, are you mistaken? This young man is just a scholar at first glance, and he doesn't look like a thief no matter how he looks like!"
Xiao Chu and Liu were also attracted by this quarrel. Standing at the end of the crowd, we had to see how this matter developed.
The man surnamed Liu couldn't help but feel angry when he saw someone in the crowd making noise about the scholar, and then said, "I saw with my own eyes that the money he stole from my money box. This money is the money I sold pork.
How could you make a mistake?"
The scholar felt a little uncomfortable when he was pulled by the man, and he said hurriedly, "Let me go, I didn't steal your money. Everyone has testified. This copper coins are my money for studying. Do you want to rob me in broad daylight?
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When everyone heard the scholar say that the money was his money for studying, they couldn't help but feel excited. Then they looked at the big man with a bad look. One of them said, "Liu Lao Er, don't bully people because you are strong,
This money is the money from others to study, so you can pay it back to them soon, otherwise we will take you to meet the officials and we will all testify at that time."
"Yes, we can all testify." Seeing someone in the crowd taking the lead, others also followed suit.
Hearing the words from the crowd, the man named Liu was so angry that he kept it in his heart. The group of people shouted to see the officials and wanted to testify. If he arrived in the county government, would he not be able to argue? Is it a pity for me today?
Is it a must-eat?
Then Liu Laoer wanted to give up, but when he thought about what happened today, he was a little angry, and he began to hesitate for a moment.
However, just as the atmosphere among the crowd began to stalemate, a childish voice came from behind, saying, "Boss Liu, I can prove your innocence again. Are you willing to let me help you?"
Everyone looked back and saw the man who spoke was standing beside a woman, still not losing her childishness, and the person who spoke turned out to be a child?