After Teng Juan returned home, they omitted the word "side" when they called her "Xun". In the past, when Teng Juan was away, she was also called "Hun Fei". Now they no longer need to consider whether Teng Juan is there or not before opening their mouths.
Ning Fang walked all the way to the kitchen like looking at a peep show. Before he entered, he heard laughter coming from inside. He secretly went to the door and looked inside. He saw Xuan, Fei'er, Qing'er and Jiazi cooking rice and fighting with each other. It is obvious that Fei'er and Qing'er have relaxed a lot under the influence of Xun. Although Xun does not have the style he should have, he is respected from the bottom of his heart by Jiazi and others. This kind of respect is better than that of Teng Juan. Superficial respect is much more comfortable.
Ning Fang smiled faintly and looked at Hyun lovingly:
My baby is so powerful. Now those gangsters from the Forbidden Army are bowing down to General Zhuo. What ability does this guy have that he can take over all of us in the blink of an eye?
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the sound of children playing in my ears, and then I felt a few meat buns bump into me. I looked down at the three buns who looked confused.
Soon, Ning Ping shouted:
"Mom! Mom! Dad is peeking at you! Dad is peeking at you!"
After saying that, he ran in. Ning Cheng and Ning Meng screamed and wanted to go in, but Ning Yu rushed in with one under his arm and bumped into Xuan on purpose:
"The shoulder-fired catapult is launched!"
It made Ning Cheng and Ning Meng laugh.
The whole kitchen is happy and full of warmth.
Hyun, Fei'er, and Qing'er went to buy the servants. The three of them carefully selected ten people to buy first. When signing the paperwork, Hyun was in trouble, so she wrote the name "General Zhuo". The servants are easy to buy. But it’s hard to buy a housekeeper. Not just anyone can be a housekeeper.
Because the three of them were all wearing men's clothes, they sat casually on the roadside after coming out, discussing where to buy a suitable butler.
Suddenly Hyun said:
"By the way, Qing'er, your and Niao's wedding will be held soon. I've been away for almost a year. Are you all ready?"
Qing'er blushed and said:
"Sister Fei'er has almost prepared everything for us."
Hyun looked at Qing'er's shy look and clicked her tongue:
"Why is that bastard Niao so lucky to have deceived our Qing'er? Qing'er, how come you were deceived by Niao so easily? I won't let him marry you unless you pull out a few layers of his skin this time. !”
Mayfair reminded:
"Sister, their wedding is paid for by the palace. Pulling off Niao's skin is not the same as pulling out your own skin?"
Huan paused and forgot about this, Qing'er covered her mouth and snickered.
Hyun stood up and patted the soil:
"Let's go buy some jewelry for Qing'er. Prince Yi's concubine has prepared a dowry for Qing'er, but the black-faced Master Zhuo hasn't prepared it yet."
Qing'er pulled Hyun and said:
"No, the palace has already prepared enough for us, don't buy any more."
Hyun pulled her over, put his arm around her shoulders and said:
"Don't speak in such a weak and spineless manner. Don't let Niao think you are easy to bully. You want you to bully him, but he cannot bully you."
Qing'er smiled and said:
"Is it like Concubine Hyun bullying the prince?"
Hyun Yi raised his head:
"That is!"
Mayfair poured cold water on the side:
"I don't know anyone who was bullied by the prince and couldn't get out of bed."
Hyun coughed awkwardly:
"Let's go and buy jewelry for Qing'er!"
Then regardless of whether Qing'er wanted to or not, he took her and walked to the jewelry store.
I went to a jewelry store and picked out a lot of jewelry for Qing'er. I also bought her a jewelry box! It was the kind that had several layers when opened. The store owner grinned with joy from ear to ear.
When the store was packing, Hyun turned around and looked at the men's accessories. She remembered that although she had bought fabrics and the like for Ning Yan, she had not bought accessories yet, so she carefully selected them for Ning Yan.
When the store owner came out, he saw the three of them waiting for men's accessories again. The man with a smile on his face did not disturb them and waited quietly.
Only today did Hyun know that men’s accessories include jade pendants, thumb rings, belt hooks, fans, swords, and rope-like decorations like those worn by Jia Baoyu on his head, called forehead supports. The last one surprised Hyun the most, so It's a hairpin! It's similar to the kind of hairpin that women wear on their heads. When Qing'er talked about this, Hyun felt a chill all over her body! She really couldn't imagine the scene of Ning Ming wearing a hairpin.
Ask the store owner to take out a jade pendant that is complicated to assemble. There are dozens of small jade pendants connected in series with silk threads to form a group of miscellaneous pendants. Look left and right, and then ask the boss:
“What kind of jade pendants do men like?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Feier pinched her waist, facing the store owner, and her face changed shape, which startled the store owner. After Feier let go, Hyun rubbed her waist and looked at her sadly.
The store owner knew that although these three people were dressed in male attire, apart from the person whose face was pinched and deformed, the other two could discover their female identities if they stayed together for a while. Now it seems that the person with the deformed face is also a woman. woman.
The store owner wanted to understand this, so he pretended not to know and said:
"In the past, men loved to wear such complex miscellaneous pendants. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, fewer and fewer men wore miscellaneous pendants, and gradually they only wore simple jade pendants."
Hyun is still rubbing the place where Feier pinched:
“I didn’t expect that the store owner is an expert and knows so much.”
The store owner smiled and waved his hand:
"In this business, I have to know something to make the young master laugh."
Hyun was chatting with the store owner while choosing. Swords were not available here. I had never seen anyone bring one here before, and they were not sold in the store. As for fans, Hyun fell in love with one at a glance, but the boss said it was ivory. Hyun curled his lips, no wonder the ivory trade is constantly banned. Ivory products are really beautiful, so beautiful that you can’t put them down, but when you think about them being made of ivory, no matter how beautiful they are, Hyun is not interested anymore. Think about those poor elephants, and the poor Rhino, behind these exquisite items is a life. What you spend money to buy is not an item, but a living life. Thinking about it, Hyun feels that this fan is hot to her hands!
Putting this fan down and looking at other fans, there were no folding fans at this time. They were all Wan fans, that is, round fans. After looking at them, I felt that this thing was not as convenient as a folding fan, so I gave up the plan of buying a fan.
Finally, in addition to the dowry for Qing'er, I also bought a jewelry box of jade pendants with hooks and rings for Ning Yan. I happily carried the jewelry box out of the store.
When I came here, I didn't see it because of the direction. Now when I came out, I saw a stall directly opposite. The stall owner was shivering in the cold wind. It was said to be a stall, but in fact there was nothing there. There was only a flag standing next to the stall owner. , it says, "Those who are destined to come will come."
Hyun asked the store owner about the stall, and the store owner said:
"I don't know where this person came from. He has been setting up a stall here for a while. Such an inexplicable name attracted a lot of people, but they all broke up after just a few words. I don't know what kind of fate he found. What kind of people are they?"
Hyun rubbed her nose:
"I'll try."
The shopkeeper bowed his hands and said:
"The young one is here to wish the young master good luck."
Hyun chuckled, put the jewelry box under his arm, and walked towards this weirdo.
The weirdo saw Hyun walking towards him and kept looking at her. Hyun walked over and sat on a small stool and asked:
"Sir, how many days have you been like this?"
The weirdo looked at her and said:
"I don't know, I set up a stall here from the State of Zhao."
Speaking of the State of Zhao, Xuan thought of the father and son Shi Hu and Shi Sui. He couldn't help but shudder. People who came out of such a difficult environment might not be looking for ordinary people, so he changed his mind:
"Sir, how about we look for the right person later?"
"What do you want to do, Master?"
"I'm hungry. Now that I've met Mr., let's go have some drinks and eat something together. It's not the time to find the right person. Besides, if we are really destined to be the right person, even if we miss this meeting, we will definitely meet you again later.
See you again."
The weirdo laughed and said:
"Young master, you think clearly."
"Sir, you are overrated. You have to fill your stomach to be strong enough to do anything."
After saying this, he called Fei'er and Qing'er to come over, gave Fei'er the jewelry box, then strung two small stools on the flags, carried them on his shoulders, and walked to the restaurant laughing with the weirdo.
When they arrived at the restaurant, they asked for a private room. After the four of them sat down, Hyun asked:
"What do you like to eat, sir?"
The weirdo said:
"Just a simple meal."
Hyun shook his head:
"Sir is not happy."
Then I asked the waiter for some dishes, some meat and some vegetarian.
Looking at the clothes of the three of them, the weirdo knew that they were not ordinary people, but the food that was served was enough for four people to finish, and they did not order a whole table like the rich people showed off.
After all the dishes were served, Hyun said:
"When ordering just now, sir, you were not straightforward. Now don't be so reserved when eating. Also, sir, I'm afraid you haven't eaten enough for a few days. You can't eat too hastily, and you can't eat too much. You can't finish it.
Sir, you can take it away, but don’t eat too much, or it will get bad.”
The weirdo nodded.
During the meal, the weirdo noticed that the three of them didn't waste a single bit. They even ate all the cartilage on the bones that could be chewed. He asked in confusion:
"Looking at the clothes the three young masters are wearing, they don't look like they belong to a poor family. Why do they eat like this?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the jagged bones.
Hyun smiled and said:
"Mr. Geng is laughing. If you want to talk about the reason," look at those bones, "these foods are obtained by depriving other lives. We eat one life after another, but we can't stop eating, so we have to hug them."
With a grateful heart, eating all the food that I exchanged for my life is a sign of respect for these lives, at least their death was not in vain."
The weirdo’s eyes lit up and he pointed at the vegetarian dishes:
"What about these?"
"These are alive, too. Furthermore, these require people to spend time and labor to take care of them," pointing to all the meat and vegetable dishes on the table. "Each one is hard-earned. You have to respect the work of others, and to do these
The chefs also worked hard for a long time, and after finishing the meal, I would like to express my gratitude to them by eating it clean."
The weirdo nodded with satisfaction:
"Yes, Young Master is right."
Eating the meal in a good mood.
After the four of them finished eating, Hyun planned to call the waiter and order a few more dishes for the weirdo to take away.
But the strange man stopped her, took the flag, and broke it into two pieces on her legs:
"I have found the right person. If you don't dislike me, I am willing to follow you."
Hyun was stunned for a moment and kept cheering:
"There happens to be one less housekeeper in the house. I would like to ask your husband to be the housekeeper."
The weirdo bowed and said:
"I am willing to do my best."
On the way back home, the three of them learned that the strange man called Huami was once a well-known and wealthy family in the local area. However, Shihu imposed excessive taxes and local officials robbed women, causing the death of ten people.
There were several people, and now he was the only one left.
Hearing what he said, Hyun thought of his experience in Zhao State again and hated that Kunyu State was a small country. Not only could it not exercise justice, but it had to smile to the tyrant in order to survive. (To be continued)