As a single person, Yu Sheng was hostile to anyone showing affection, so he would turn around and kick Maomao in mid-sentence.
Maomao continued to be affectionate and ignored Yu Sheng at all.
Yu Sheng was afraid that Chu Sheng would misunderstand, so he raised his head and said to Chu Sheng, "I'm not talking about you."
Chu Sheng was depressed, "You don't need to say it specifically."
Yu Sheng then said to the old man: "This beast can run very fast. Let him meet you at your place in his free time. How about that?"
"Oh, yes." Without waiting for the old man's reply, Yu Sheng added, "There must be a betrothal gift. After all, it's the city lord's donkey."
He looked around and said, "It's just inconvenient on the street. What do you think?"
The old man was stooped. If the betrothal gift was given to him in public, it would probably bring him trouble.
After considering everything for the rest of my life, and being able to become relatives with the city lord's donkey, the old man was still very happy, so he agreed without hesitation.
Yu Sheng then asked Yu Sheng that the old man's home was in Ximiao Town outside the Xicheng Gate, and agreed with Yu Sheng to ask Ye Zigao to buy most of the vegetables.
Ye Zigao put the vegetables in the carriage, "We're just going to bring this many vegetables to the city lord's mansion?"
"This is just a greeting gift. You can't go to the City Lord's Mansion empty-handed, right?"
Ye Zigao looked at these vegetables and said, "I think it's more honorable to go empty-handed than to bring these."
Ignore him for the rest of my life and tell Maomao to leave quickly.
Maomao reluctantly moved forward step by step amid the urging, and only started running wildly when she couldn't see the female donkey.
Looking at the donkey cart driving away, passers-by who were sheltering from the rain under the eaves sighed, "Tsk, tsk, it's so rare for a donkey to have a wife." A woman cracked a walnut and said.
"What's so strange, you didn't hear, that's the city lord's donkey."
"How can the city lord's donkey pull their cart?"
"Who knows, but the boy in charge is quite funny. His clothes are so long, it looks like he is wearing a sack."
"What are you putting in a sack?" The owner of the shop under the eaves came out. His shop happened to be a cloth shop.
"That's Yun brocade, and it has gold embroidery on it. Only the City Lord's Mansion has this kind of fabric in the city," the shopkeeper said.
Yangzhou is not a big city, so the shopkeepers who run the silk and satin business are aware of these things.
"Is he from the City Lord's Mansion?" Everyone was confused. "I haven't heard of a man in the City Lord's Mansion."
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After leaving West Street and saying goodbye to Zhou Dafu, the donkey cart headed north and was stopped by a building complex with red walls and black tiles, and arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.
There are three gates in front of the city lord's palace, with people walking in the middle and horses walking on both sides.
At the foot of the steps outside the door stood two door pillars as tall as one person. What was carved on the door pillars were not lions, but two majestic monsters that had never been seen before.
Yu Sheng sat in the car and measured it. The monster had a face like a dog, ears like a rabbit, and two small tiger teeth showing. It was indescribably awkward.
"What is this? It's too ugly." Yu Sheng said.
There were already people waiting at the City Lord's Mansion. They didn't need Yu Sheng to get out of the car, and the donkey cart drove directly into the City Lord's Mansion.
Aunt Qing said: "Which one is ugly, it or the dog?"
"It's ugly." Yu Sheng said.
When it comes to plastic surgery, a dog can't just do whatever he wants when he goes under the knife. For this monster, even if he goes under the knife with his eyes closed, it's all plastic surgery.
"Then it seems you lost." Aunt Qing said.
Yu Sheng was puzzled, and Aunt Qing did not explain to him, and got out of the donkey cart after it stopped.
"It's getting late. Someone will take you to the guest room to rest later. Let's take care of things tomorrow," Aunt Qing said.
"We've arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, don't you want to see the City Lord?" The last time I caught a glimpse, Yu Sheng didn't bother to arrange a meeting gift with the City Lord.
"No need." There was a maid holding an umbrella for her next to her. Aunt Qing waved her hands and walked towards the depths of the city lord's palace without looking back.
"You won't lose any meat when you see me." Yu Sheng muttered and jumped off the donkey cart.
"Puch", the waiting maid couldn't help laughing when she saw Yu Sheng and the funny Yun Jinyi.
Yu Sheng was just talking, and then he saw many maids in white standing around the donkey cart.
These maids in white were also looking at Yu Sheng curiously, wondering what the city lord’s nephew looked like?
Suddenly being surrounded by beautiful maids, Yu Sheng felt awkward, but Ye Zigao actually stood quietly beside Yu Sheng.
Bai Gaoxing pushed Ye Zigao, "You took the wrong medicine today."
"No," Ye Zigao whispered, "I have difficulty choosing. Happiness comes too suddenly and I feel a little overwhelmed."
He was at a loss, but Yu Sheng was at ease and said hello: "Hello."
The maid couldn't help laughing again.
"Don't lose your etiquette." The speaker among the maids suppressed a smile, scolded the maids with a straight face, then stepped forward and said, "Sir, please come with me."
Yu Sheng followed, and the maid behind him spontaneously came up to hold an umbrella for him.
"Move to the middle, little sister, don't get wet." Yu Sheng's mouth was sweetened with honey.
Bai was happy to see that Yu Sheng had made the maid smile like a flower, and said softly to Ye Zigao: "I didn't expect that the shopkeeper is a master of hiding things, much better than you."
Ye Zigao was unconvinced, "What a master! If he were a master, he should have understood the mystery on that page of the book long ago."
"What's the mystery on the page of the book?" Bai Gaoxing didn't know about the betrothal gift on paper.
"It's a long story, let's talk about it later." Ye Zigao's decision was not difficult now, because there was only the maid holding an umbrella beside him.
He sniffed lightly, "Girl, the fragrance of orchids."
The maid smiled politely and ignored him.
Ye Zigao didn't care and continued: "A gentleman is like an orchid. He doesn't lose his beauty because there is no one around. A girl has taste."
Being praised by Ye Zi, the maid's eyes were filled with waves and she no longer smiled perfunctorily.
"It's just that the fragrance of this orchid is a little tacky, not picked from the empty valley, and it slightly damages the girl's temperament." Ye Zigao said.
The maid nodded lightly and whispered: "The empty valley is too dangerous to go there."
"Don't be afraid." Ye Zigao said, "Our country of gentlemen has a herb that is more wonderful than orchids, called fumigation."
"They live and die, but they are humble and polite, and do not compete with grass. Their fragrance is light and inaudible, but once you smell it, you will never forget it."
The maid became interested and talked with Ye Zigao about the beauty of incense.
Bai Gaoxing rolled his eyes, turned around and looked at the maid beside him silently. He wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, so he could only keep shutting up.
Walk on, stop for the rest of your life.
He raised his head and said, "Miss, would you please take me to see the city lord? I just remembered that there are two jars of good wine in the car to offer to the city lord."
He lowered his voice and said, "I'm not even willing to give it to my little aunt."
The maid was startled, "The city lord and your aunt have something important to do, why don't you let me pass it on?"
"That won't work. I can't express my sincerity if I don't hand it over to the city lord in person." Yu Sheng insisted, and he confirmed what he was thinking.
"Then let me tell someone." The maid said after hesitation.
She knew that the city lord was fond of wine, and if there was good wine, she would definitely be eager to do so.
A maid was sent to report, and she led Yu Sheng and the others to a small building, which was the guest room where they rested.
The small building is very clean and filled with a light fragrance.
"When did we bring wine?" Bai Gaoxing said after the maid left.
Yu Sheng said: "Of course you have to keep it a secret, otherwise what will you do if your aunt sees you?"
The carriage belonged to the Zhou family, and they didn't know the layout inside. There might be hidden compartments or something like that, and Ye Zigao and the others didn't ask in detail.