All night

After chatting with passers-by, I learned that Xiaorong has a night market every seven days, and today is the twenty-seventh day, which is the prosperity of singing and dancing, and living and working in peace and contentment.

Lu Changying took out "can hold up to three hundred catties" from her bosom, reached in with a serious face and took out a pearl for a long time, then happily went to the pawn shop to pawn a tael of silver, bought two packs of sugar-fried chestnuts, Sit with Xin Wan and go to the roadside tea shop to have tea and snacks.

Although the tea shop is small, the business is good. The two sat at the side seats and ordered a pot of tea and a few small dishes.

Lu Changying ate a few chestnuts, and suddenly said, "Oh."

Xin Wan asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Changying said: "I gave Qingchi the pearl before and asked him to help me find out if it was a shark pearl. He thought it would be easy to lose it if it was round and small, so he stuffed it back into my pouch. Is it a shark pearl?" Zhu hasn't checked yet."

Xin Wan snorted coldly, "Did you touch it from me?"

Lu Changying didn't change his face and said as a matter of course: "One tael, you charged us 15 taels at Qingjiu Qi shop, and you still owe me fourteen taels."

Xin Wan was shocked by his shamelessness, she was speechless, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "It's a shark bead, don't need to check, it's Jingli's."

Lu Changying peeled a chestnut and stuffed it into his mouth with a smile, "I guess so. I was wrong to hide it from you at the time, but now that we are all here, I don't know when we can go back. There is no need to pursue this. Right? (Xin Wan snorts) Actually, I just want to find this half-man, half-fish spirit, whose tears can melt into pearls, and ask if there is a magic stick fish in their group that likes to dream and spread rumors... "

Xin Wan recalled the dream he said about not being able to fall in love with anyone, she was silent for a while, the boss had already served some tea and snacks, Xin Wan temporarily put her troubles behind her, took a sip of tea, and said, "Huh?" , this tea is really good."

Lu Changying has been extremely pampered since becoming Lu Qingchi's right-hand man. Zhu Mingfeng didn't want any expensive things, and he didn't have any hopes for this mortal crude tea. Hearing what he said, he picked it up and took a sip casually. After picking it up, he called the owner of the tea shop over and rewarded him with the remaining scattered silver, saying: "Boss, your tea is very good."

The boss is not very old, he is smiling, friendly but not flattering, he replied: "As long as the guest is satisfied, as long as he is satisfied." There are quite some damages, but it can still be seen that it is extremely dignified, and he is respectful when he speaks.

Lu Changying said: "Your tea is ordinary, but the tea is very palatable."

The boss smiled and said: "The cost is small and the profit is small. I can't afford to lose any expensive tea. The small shop is just more careful in the water used. The small tea shop opened on the street, customers often don't sit down and taste it carefully." Tea is served to quench thirst when you are tired from walking, so my tea is often poured earlier, and when it is served on the guest table, it is just ready to drink, neither warm nor cold, so everyone thinks it is delicious. If you listen to operas in the teahouse, the tea in the small shop will not be available on the table.”

Lu Changying nodded and said: "This kind of meticulousness is rare, thank you very much." The boss bowed back and went to greet other guests.

Just when the cars were running like flowing water and the horses were like dragons, Tong Chen appeared out of breath, and sat next to Xin Wan, took a gulp of tea and said, "My god, I almost lost my life here."

Xin Wan couldn't help laughing, poured him another cup, and said, "Nonsense must have annoyed him."

Tong Chen was dissatisfied and said: "How can it be called nonsense! Can I... the matter of poor people be called nonsense? Let me tell you, I also saw that there must be changes tonight. If you want to be alone, go home and sleep quickly—cough cough Cough!" He drank another cup of tea as he said it, choking it out too quickly.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone from the tea shop ran out quickly and shouted: "Boss! The lady boss is going to give birth!"

The smiling boss suddenly panicked, sent someone to invite Mrs. Wen, apologized to the guests, and went into the house in a panic.He is a small businessman. The outside of the house is a shop, and the inside is a residence. It is convenient to come and go and save money.

The folk customs here are simple and simple, and all the tea guests left after congratulating each other, and Tong Chen also clamored to leave quickly, muttering "what a disaster tonight", Xin Wan couldn't laugh or cry: "God stick... Daoist, what do you want to say?" If you have trouble, don't say it at the door of someone's house, they are giving birth..."

I saw Mrs. Wen running tremblingly and hastily following the tea shop handyman, holding her feet. Not long after entering, she heard a few screams from inside, and the handyman went out in a panic, and came back with a pack of medicine , as anxious as a headless chicken, jingling out the charcoal stove for making tea and ready to boil medicine.

Xin Wan didn't look well, she tugged at Tong Chen's sleeve, Tong Chen understood what he meant, and said helplessly, "I shouldn't meddle in the affairs of the mortal world. Things... and men and women are different, I can't enter the delivery room..." He said halfway, his nose twitched, and he couldn't help stepping forward, listening to the movement of the parturient inside, leaning down to smell the medicine jar Shaking his head, he took advantage of the handyman to bring hot water in, emptied the medicine jar, took out a pill, dissolved it with water, and put it in a clean tea bowl.

After a while, the servant came out to look at the medicine, and Tong Chen said, "Seeing that you are too busy, I poured out the medicine for you, take it in quickly."

The handyman nodded gratefully, not doubting him, and hastily brought the tea bowl in.

Tong Chen sighed and turned his head, and saw the two people over there looking at him with half smiles, and couldn't help saying angrily: "What a joke! Lao Tzu... just one of the elixir that this genius doctor used to save lives is gone!"

Xin Wan said: "Miraculous doctor, you are so great, I admire you."

Tong Chen glared at him angrily, and said, "Go back! Do you still have to wait here for the child to be born? Could it be yours!"

Xin Wan smiled and said, "According to what you said, you used the life-saving elixir to save this child. Could it be yours?"

Tong Chen said: "Go away!"

The three attacked each other and went back to the inn. Tong Chen ate half a pack of Xin Wan's chestnuts. As soon as he arrived at the inn and sat down, he heard the sound of horseshoes, which was very different from the noise of coming and going in the night market. Come very neatly.

Xin Wan said, "What the hell is this?"

Tong Chen frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Sounds like officers and soldiers." He looked at Xin Wan, and in order to prevent him from asking "what are officers and soldiers", he said helplessly, "I wandered outside for a while when I was young. For a while, in the mortal world, there was an organization that managed everyone called the 'Government', and the officers and soldiers were the ones who helped them do things."

Xin Wan nodded half-understood, and Lu Changying said: "At night market time, officers and soldiers parade, I'm afraid that this crow-mouthed magic stick really hit the mark, there will be chaos tonight." He paused, then smiled, "It's not that It's coming for us."

Tong Chen had a slightly strange expression on his face, but he didn't say anything.When the group of officers and soldiers arrived in Xiaorong Town, they were divided into five groups, four of which scattered in four different directions, and the remaining group went to the downtown area.The head of the man in armor said loudly: "The national teacher has an order that all babies born today, no matter where they come from, must be handed over to the government, and there must be no violation—"

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The magic stick finally surfaced...