Midsummer has come to an end, but there is no hint of the coolness of the approaching autumn in Wuyang City. Instead, it is still hot and dry.
The business of vendors selling cold cakes on the street was booming. The stall owners in gray gowns were sweating profusely from their work, but they didn’t feel hard at all and instead were smiling. After all, such busyness means free money. If you want to work in this martial arts
It is worth the hard work to settle down and live in the royal capital of Yang Dynasty.
The woman selling candied haws on the street was not so lucky. The hot weather made pedestrians more willing to patronize food that could relieve the heat. Few people cared about things like candied haws. She held her cheek with one hand and thought about going home.
Rest, it's not a problem to dry out in the hot sun. After all, she is only over forty years old, and her skin is fair and beautiful. If she gets tanned, wouldn't it mean that Wuyang City will lose another beautiful woman?
beauty?
The woman was thinking with self-pity, her thoughts were flying, but she couldn't help but remember that she was selling candied haws at the New Year's Eve a few years ago. At that time, her child was seriously ill. When the time came, Wuyang City was filled with dignitaries and ordinary people.
They all returned home, and heavy snow kept falling on the streets.
The woman who had been delayed for taking her child to the doctor came out to finish some work. She only sold a few copies of the candied haws that she made after working overtime yesterday, and the rest were about to go bad. The helpless woman could only leave without giving up.
I walked through the streets, thinking of selling a few more copies to at least raise enough money for the children's medicine tomorrow. Unfortunately, there were few pedestrians on the empty streets, and the woman pushed the stall and found nothing.
At that time, the woman could not help but feel a little desperate. The premature death of her husband and the serious illness of the child weighed down her shoulders.
She squatted in the snow and sobbed softly, but she did not dare to cry too hard for fear of disturbing the joyful atmosphere of the people living in the yard next to her.
Sometimes life is like that.
Even sadness itself has become a very luxurious thing at some point.
"These candied haws on a stick are pretty good, how much does one bunch cost?" At this moment, a frivolous voice came from the side.
The woman Wen Yan quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, put on a smile, looked at the visitor and said: "Ten cents a string..."
The woman was startled by the sight she saw. The person who came here didn't look like a guy who knew how to eat candied haws.
He was dressed in a brocade robe, with a handsome appearance and a handsome face. He was from a wealthy family, and his wife had once met him by chance on a certain occasion.
They recognized each other by chance - a few years ago, Li Mulin returned to the court in triumph and toured Wuyang City. At that time, the prince stood beside him, enjoying the cheers and applause of the people of Wuyang.
At this time, Prince Li's notoriety had begun to take shape in Wuyang City, and the woman could not help but shrink her neck in fear.
"How many strings do you have..." His Excellency Prince ignored the woman's strange behavior and just continued to ask.
"Let's go for a hundred..." the woman whispered.
"Okay." The prince nodded noncommittally, took out a silver ingot from his arms and placed it in front of the woman. Then he took a bunch of candied haws from the stall, took a bite, and chewed it in his mouth.
Yes, he muttered: "Yes, it tastes good."
"Bring the rest to your house tomorrow." The prince said, then staggered away with a bit of drunkenness.
The woman froze on the spot, looking at the money on the stall that was enough to buy ten carts of candied haws, she was stunned for a moment.
She raised her head and looked at the leaving figure of the prince, still a little unclear whether the sudden good fortune was reality or a dream. But at this moment, the departing prince suddenly stopped, and the woman's heart tightened and she secretly thought
The other party was about to regret it, but saw that the prince turned around, raised the candied haws in his hand and said.
"correct."
"Happy New Year."
From then on, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come here every now and then and would often buy all her goods when he was happy.
…
"Alas." The woman who thought of this sighed again, thinking that it would be great if she could meet Li Danqing again.
Given the prince's character, he thought that once he was in a good mood, his cart of candied haws would have somewhere to go.
Speaking of which, Crown Prince Li has been away from Wuyang City for more than a month. Although the people in the city usually scold His Royal Highness for being ignorant and extravagant, but thinking about it carefully, it seems that the Crown Prince is not only indulging in wine and sex.
Sometimes I get a little more domineering, and it seems that I really haven’t done anything that would make people and gods angry in the true sense...
On the contrary, some traders got a lot of benefits from Prince Li's generous spending...
It's just that His Highness the Crown Prince was exiled to the border, and I'm afraid that he will never experience the good luck that year at the end of the year again in his life.
The woman couldn't help but sigh when she thought of this, and the bright sun above her head seemed to be getting hotter and hotter.
“This candied haws store is good. I used to like this one the best.
." At this moment, a clear and tender voice sounded and reached the woman's ears.
The woman with her head drooped in front of the stall heard about the business. She hurriedly suppressed the displeasure on her face, cheered up, smiled, and said warmly: "The guest is right, my candied haws.
I say Yangcheng is second, no one dares to say first, how many skewers does the guest want?"
The sun was shining brightly, and there were a lot of customers standing in front of the stall, seven or eight of them. Because of the light behind her, the woman couldn't see clearly the appearance of the other party, but she vaguely felt that the young man walking in front of the team looked familiar.
I think he must be a regular customer of this stall.
"Isn't it just candied haws on a stick? We are children again, who can afford to eat this stuff?" The girl next to the young master pouted and complained angrily: "I clearly agreed that I would eat it when I came to Wuyang City.
That’s it, you just want to use this thing to fool us?”
"Alas... If you want to eat a big meal, you also need to eat candied haws." The leader of the young master said, he picked up a bunch of candied haws from the woman's stall and stuffed it into the side of the woman who was carrying a bunch of candied haws, which was not much smaller than her body.
The girl with the big knife in her mouth.
The girl was obviously dissatisfied and was about to get angry, but the sweet taste of the candied haws in her mouth gave her a pause, and her expression suddenly changed: "Huh?"
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Young Master asked with a smile.
"It's not bad." The girl seemed a little unwilling to give in, and said with a tone of disbelief.
The young man smiled and didn't care. He just took out a piece of silver from his pocket and put it in front of the woman's stall. He said, "As a rule, the rest will be sent to the house."
"Oh, okay." The woman immediately beamed when she saw the silver, nodded hurriedly, picked up the silver, the smile on her face spread, but suddenly she froze in place.
"Old rules..."
She muttered like this, as if she finally realized something was wrong. At this moment, she raised her head and looked in the direction of the group of guests, but at this time, the visitor had already led everyone away...
Her feet softened, and she finally understood. She slumped down on the ground and spoke loudly.
"The Crown Prince...is back!"
As a result, Wuyang City was abuzz that day, from the market to the three prefectures and nine divisions.