Chapter 265 Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed
That's Ah Liu...
Zhang Shou suddenly saw that there was a wooden barrel in front of Ah Liu. There was a round iron box fixed in the middle of the barrel. It seemed to be a viscous liquid inside. Under the barrel, he could surprisingly see Ah Liu's feet.
He was stepping on the pedal. When he suddenly heard the boy snort softly, he saw the pedal flying very fast, and the iron box in the middle suddenly started to rotate at high speed.
In a moment, countless filament-like objects were shot out from the iron box. As Ah Liu continued to stir around the barrel with bamboo sticks, he suddenly saw a white cloud gradually taking shape. At that moment, he simply
I was so stunned that I almost thought I was back in a modern market.
Although the fluffiness is a little worse, and although the shape is also a little worse, isn't it...not a marshmallow?
He remembered that after the new spinning machine was made, he casually mentioned it to Guan Qiu. This method of using a hand or pedal to drive the wheel actually has many applications. He also explained how to heat and melt rock sugar.
Then he came up with the idea of a marshmallow machine that uses centrifugal force to draw wire. But in his opinion, without a motor drive, the hand-cranked and pedal-operated machine is not efficient enough.
Therefore, he also forgot about it in the blink of an eye after saying it, and didn't take it to heart. But now...
Zhang Shou lowered his head and glanced at Ah Liu's feet placed on the pedal at the bottom of the machine. He saw that the feet were moving very fast and non-stop, so fast that he could see the phantom. You didn't need to think about it to know that this kid was moving at a high speed.
He doubted whether the life of this machine would last until today, but what was even more amusing to him was that Ah Liu actually used the martial arts he had practiced for many years on such a thing!
Just when he didn't know what to say, he suddenly felt someone pulling on his sleeve. Looking sideways, she saw Zhu Ying's eyes shining and said: "Ah Shou, what is this? You
Could it be that I asked Ah Liu to give me a surprise here?"
No, I think this is not a surprise, but a shock... at least I was startled! Zhang Shou wanted to answer this way, especially when he found that all the people watching the fun from all directions were focusing on him and Zhu Ying.
Even more so. Before he could answer, a large marshmallow was already delivered to Zhu Ying.
"That's right, the young master told me to wait here and wait." Ah Liu told lies seriously. Seeing Zhu Ying reaching out to take it with surprise and joy, he said calmly, "This is a marshmallow, it's sweet, okay.
eat."
Zhu Tingfang, who had just squeezed into the crowd, saw Zhu Ying taking the suspicious white fluffy object in Ah Liu's hand without hesitation, and then bit it. He was suddenly shocked and angry. However, before he could ask,
Zhu Ying suddenly narrowed her eyes, and then shouted happily: "Ah Shou, this marshmallow is so sweet!"
"How can you call it candy if it's not sweet?" Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile bitterly, especially when he saw many young ladies and young wives around him looking at Zhu Ying with envy. He couldn't help looking at Ah Liu helplessly and asked, "Ah
Six, you didn’t make your first marshmallow just now, did you?”
"I've seen Guan Qiu do it twice. This is my first time doing it today. I failed here many times and wasted a lot of sugar." Ah Liu did not mince words about his failure, and then added
, "But I made three before, and Eunuch Lu, who had been here last time, squeezed in and took it away. He said that the emperor was watching the lanterns on Dong'an Gate and enjoying it with the people, so he wanted to have a taste."
Zhu Tingfang immediately put his hand on his forehead. He realized that the emperor had already eaten and Zhu Ying had eaten too. What else could he say?
But Zhu Ying just pretended not to notice the whispering onlookers around her and ate more than half of it in two bites. Then she said to Ah Liu: "Ah Liu, make another one. Ah Shou can't just watch me eat it!"
Before Zhang Shou could refuse, he saw Ah Liu agree, and then he saw the shadowless feet start to move again. After a while, another snow-white marshmallow was delivered to him. He helplessly stretched out his hand to take it.
After passing by, he had no choice but to taste it under the gaze of Zhu Ying. The next moment, the memory that had been very long ago suddenly came to mind.
When he was a child, such a marshmallow was the thing he longed for most and was the happiest after getting it... However, the age when such simple and easy satisfaction has passed. He looked at Zhu Ying's delighted smile, and he knew
The reason why I am more and more attracted to the girl in front of me is precisely because her joy from the bottom of my heart always comes so easily like a child.
Although she can also complain, get angry, and lose her temper, most of the time, she is very easy to be content and happy.
Maybe it was because of the scene where Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying had only one bamboo stick left in their hands for a moment, and everyone got the best demonstration. Maybe it was the powerful effect of hearing that the emperor asked his chamberlain to take three sticks back. When
When Zhang Shou pulled Zhu Ying to squeeze out again, they heard countless scrambling sounds from behind.
"No matter how much it costs, give me one!"
"Give me one too... no, give one to me and my wife!"
"Dad, I want it too, I want marshmallows too!"
Zhang Shou didn't know how the unskilled Ah Liu would deal with this surging crowd of buyers, but he was at least sure that Ah Liu would definitely offer a quite outrageous price. Originally, although sugar is no longer a luxury item these days,
But at least it's not particularly cheap. What's more, if the price is not set high, even if Ah Liu has Shadowless Feet, the marshmallows will be in short supply.
Sure enough, when he finally squeezed out of the crowd on the third floor and the third floor outside, he could only hear Ah Liu's voice clearly audible among the countless shouts: "Fifty cents a piece, no two prices."
Before Zhu Tingfang could squeeze out of the crowd, he saw that the turbulent crowd just stopped for an instant, and then more than half of it dispersed. For a moment, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, like every master, like his servant, this is simply a profiteer.
But thanks to this, he would not lose track of the pair of children in front of him, but after taking only two steps, he heard a weak voice.
"Eldest Young Master? Why are you here?"
Looking sideways, he saw Zhu Hong with a face full of astonishment, and he had to say with a straight face: "Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the emperor is enjoying himself with the people on the Dong'an Gate Tower. I also came out to take a look.
. Just leave me alone and why don’t you hurry up and follow Yingying and the others?”
Just take a look... But the eldest young master has never been interested in crowded places, and he is even less interested in joining in the fun. No matter how false this statement sounds, it is true that he is clearly worried about the eldest lady! Zhu Hong murmured, and quickly
He waved to others to chase Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou, but before he moved to follow them, he said something to Zhu Tingfang by mistake.
"Eldest Young Master, Young Master Shou is really good to the eldest lady. When he was dealing with those traitors who suddenly attacked in Cuiyun Room, he even tried to block the arrows of the eldest lady." When he said this, Zhu Hong couldn't help but
Thinking of that interesting scene, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. Although it turned out that Zhang Shou's pounce was actually a mistake, it still proved Zhang Shou's intentions.
It was from that moment on that he recognized the eldest lady as his fiancé from the bottom of his heart.
After Zhu Tingfang heard Zhu Hong's words, he saw people and other guards chasing Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou in the direction they left. He couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Zhu Ying is so affectionate. There is nothing better than the man she likes.
He risked his life to save him in a critical moment? The only blame to blame is God's will, and his idiot brother!
If someone hadn't messed up the mandarin duck book, my grandmother wouldn't have sent Zhu Ying to the countryside, so she met Zhang Shou!
Although she had just eaten a marshmallow, Zhu Ying was still in high spirits. After sharing a bowl of four sweet sesame-filled Yuanxiao with Zhang Shou, she fell in love with the golden donkey rolling again. It was Zhang Shou again.
I was advised not to eat too much at night, so I shared half with Zhang Shou again, but then I drank half a bowl of noodles and tea, and then I couldn't eat any more.
"Many things are also available in the palace. Although these stalls are crudely made, they still have a unique taste. Ah Shou, you don't know, Emperor Taizu likes to eat, donkey rolling, and other things like Aiwowo, Tangzhuanguo, etc.
Pea yellow...many of them were made by him under his own guidance from the cooks, and later spread to the people. Not only that, I heard that he often traveled incognito in search of delicious food in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China!"
At this point, she suddenly stopped and looked at Zhang Shou with a smile: "Emperor Taizu once laughed at himself and said that he was a foodie."
If others heard these words, they would of course feel a little disrespectful. However, what Zhang Shou cared about more was the original words of Emperor Taizu. Thinking about his various requirements for food, he couldn't help but laugh: "People are like
Food is heaven. Furthermore, Confucius said that food can never be tired of fine food and fine food, which shows the importance of diet. Do you know? I once had a dream to eat all the delicacies in the world until I die."
"Bah, bah, you're just talking about death!" Zhu Ying scolded angrily, but soon she turned her anger into joy, "This is a good dream! I will be as big as the south and the north tomorrow, and I will accompany you to eat together from now on!"
Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile. But Zhu Ying couldn't eat anymore. Looking at the increasing flow of people around, she smiled and said: "Shall we go into Dong'an Gate to see the palace lanterns? From Dong'an Gate to Donghua Gate,
This area is the lantern market in the palace, so there will be a lot less people! Besides, now that the queen can't come out, the eldest prince is busy preparing to go to Cangzhou, and the second prince has to prepare to be beaten, no one will come to spoil our fun! "
Of course, Zhang Shou had no objection to such a proposal. However, when he followed Zhu Ying into the Dong'an Gate smoothly, Zhu Hong and others who followed him were dumbfounded. Although they were the guards of Zhao Guogong's palace, they still could not enter the palace gate.
go!
So, when Zhu Tingfang pretended to be "passing by", what he got was that Zhu Ying had brought Zhang Shou into Dong'an Gate, supposedly to see the palace lantern market. He didn't need to think about it to know that this must be Zhu Ying's idea, and for a moment he was confused.
Angry and funny, I could only leave Zhu Hong alone and enter the palace after checking his identity.
It was already past Haishi, and there were not a single dark cloud in the sky. The full moon hung high in the sky, bright and bright, and contrasted well with the palace lanterns below. Compared with the folk lanterns outside and the lantern towers where dignitaries, dignitaries and wealthy families competed for their beauty.
, the number of lanterns in the palace is not so large, but they are extremely exquisite, but the most eye-catching thing is the words on each palace lantern.
"Ah Shou, look, the swallow lantern says Changning on it, which means it was made by Concubine Hefei of Changning Palace. Of course, saying it was made means that Concubine Hefei paid for it and hired the craftsmen herself."
"The palace lanterns with the words Changning, Yongning, Xianyang, Changyang, Yonghe, and Changshou belong to the Eastern Sixth Palace. They were prepared by the concubines of the palaces in twos and threes. Many palace lanterns are hung year after year. As long as they are kept intact
, take it out and hang it every Lantern Festival, and the emperor will not only not blame it, but also praise it for being thrifty."
Zhu Ying spoke eloquently, ignoring the looks around her, and kept dragging Zhang Shou forward. Soon, Zhang Shou noticed that she was not so much introducing the exquisite palace lanterns to him.
He said that she seemed to be taking him to see something intentionally. Finally, he saw Zhu Ying stop, and in front of him was a very simple palace lantern made of silk.
At this time, Zhu Ying just let go of her hand, smoothed her hair around her forehead uneasily, and then whispered: "Ah Shou, today is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and our birthdays are also five months later.
This lamp...well, I made it and gave it to you."
Zhang Shou was stunned. He raised his head and looked at the lamp carefully again. He saw white silk gauze covering the bamboo frame. In many places, traces of lack of skill could be seen, and even some
Glue seeped out. And on the thin silk gauze, there was a poem written in extremely graceful handwriting.
"On a spring outing, apricot blossoms are blowing all over your head. Who is a young and romantic family on the street? I plan to marry and rest for the rest of my life. Even if I am ruthlessly abandoned, I can't be ashamed."
Zhang Shou was also familiar with Wei Zhuang's "Spring Tour in the Hometown of the Emperor". At this moment, he chanted it in a low voice. Looking at Zhu Ying's face that was so beautiful that her cheeks glowed, how could he not know the meaning?
Because the lamp was not hung high, he just stood on tiptoe slightly and took it down and held it in his hand.
"I like this gift very much." He looked at Zhu Ying with a smile, but he didn't ask her why she put the lamp she made here and waited until he got here before giving it to him. Instead, he said word by word, "Just right."
, I also have a gift for you."
Zhang Shou took out a string of dark beads from his arms. Seeing Zhu Ying staring at them with bright eyes, he smiled and said: "A few days ago, a lot of Bodhi seeds were shipped from the south to Beijing. I'll go
I went through several stores for a long time and finally selected eighteen round ones with similar sizes. I went home and drilled holes to string this bracelet. Although it is not as gorgeous as jade, agate, emerald, and pearls, it is my heart."
Zhu Ying happily took it and rubbed the Bodhi seeds one by one, which still had a bit of astringency. She found that there seemed to be some marks on one of them. When she looked carefully, it was the character Ying, so she put it directly on her wrist.
The more I looked at it, the more I realized that the pitch-black color perfectly matched my snow-white skin.
She smiled and said: "I can give you the most beautiful palace lantern, but I have to make this one for you with my own hands, just for my heart. I like gorgeous clothes and beautiful decorations, and I like golden houses and beautiful houses. But
I prefer that you make the things for me with your own hands."
After saying that, she stepped forward and gently hugged Zhang Shou's waist, and then said: "Ah Shou, I have read Wei Zhuang's poem before, but I never took it to heart, but I accidentally read it again a few days ago.
I became a little bit crazy when I read it, and I felt it was so appropriate that it made me panic. My eldest brother always said that I like you too much because I am too affectionate. If you change your heart in the future, maybe I will suffer."
"At first I just liked your handsomeness and elegance, but then I stayed with you day after day. I liked your funny conversation, your way of doing things, your resourcefulness, your kindness and softness, and your personality.
Digging holes for others... So, I have made up my mind. Just like the words say, even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed."
"If you really don't want me anymore, just tell me directly. By then, I won't pester you anymore!"
Zhang Shou didn't expect that Zhu Ying would say that. After being stunned for a moment, he grabbed her hand with a smile and said softly: "The bond between life and death is broad, tell me about it. Hold your hand and grow old together with me."
.”
Not far away, Zhu Tingfang was about to come over when he heard the words "Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed". When he heard Zhu Ying's sincere confession, he stopped. When he heard Zhang Shou's calm response, he
Finally he sighed and quietly turned around and left.
His sister has grown up after all...
End of Volume 2
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