Shanglin Night Snow

Three poles in the sun.

In the quiet courtyard, the little boy skipped across the flower path, pushed open the closed door, slipped in, put the oiled paper bag in his hand on the table, and tiptoed towards the bedroom.

"Although...obeying orders...finally...cooperating with the rebels...sentenced to the army..."

Intermittent and vague voices flowed from the half-covered tent, the little boy was taken aback for a moment, stopped, and carefully looked inside, but when he saw the figure lying on his side behind the tent remained silent for a long time, he suddenly realized—— That man was talking in a dream!

Cautiously stepped into the room, was hesitating whether to wake him up, but saw the person on the couch turned over and sat up abruptly, two guarded eyes were directed at him, the little boy trembled in shock and fell silent.

"I told you earlier that you must knock on the door first when entering my bedroom, otherwise you will be caught as a thief!" After seeing the person clearly, the person on the bed spoke accusingly.

The little boy shrugged his nose just now through the flowers to teach the flying insects to bite out the red bumps, obviously aggrieved: "It's already high in the sun, you told me to buy buns last night and said, if I come back at the right time, you will get up too, and immediately The door is not closed, how do I know you are still asleep..."

"Come on, let me tell you a few words, you talk more than I do, what's the point?" Guo Kai frowned, interrupted his resentment, slowly moved out of the quilt, and sighed secretly: ten Several 20 people went to the court one by one. The first trial of this case lasted for three days, and there was no rest from morning to night. Even in the dream, it was the scene of the trial in the court.Fortunately, today is a ten-day holiday, and I can always relax for a day.

While thinking about how to spend this rare free time, he washed hastily before sitting down to have breakfast, but Guo Jian came, and he seemed to be in a hurry.It was originally a message uploaded today that he was going to the shop in the afternoon to teach Guo Kai how to choose frogs at that time.When he mentioned this, Guo Kai remembered that there was indeed such a thing, and said that the time limit agreed with Song Yan was less than ten days, because it was true and it was not too late.

After the words were brought, Guo Jian was about to leave, but Brother Clinker said to go with him for a while, telling him to sit for a while.Although Guo Jian was reluctant, but the experience he had often since childhood made him dare not disobey, so he dragged a stool and sat far away, watching the man calmly and anxiously eating the plum blossom buns for breakfast. And secretly swallowed.

The one-born compatriot, the man didn't know what he liked, so he ordered the boy to send him a bun.

Taking it with trepidation, Guo Jian was obviously flattered. He pulled the stool forward a few inches, carefully took out the sweat towel in his sleeve to line the bun, and put it in the mouth. After biting for a moment, the familiar sweet fragrance filled his teeth and cheeks, refreshing his body and mind. , Most of the restraint dissipated in an instant.

Guo Kai took a sip of tea and said casually, "I often come to your shop today?"

Guo Jian ate the steamed stuffed bun, careful not to let the oil stains on his clothes, he said vaguely: "I don't come here often, I came here once in the past few months, but I came here more frequently in the past two months..." At this point, he suddenly realized something and covered his mouth With a dejected look on his face: "I... I mean, I seldom come here." Hearing the elder brother snorted, his hands trembled, and he almost shook the buns: "You...don't you say that I said it, I do not know anything!"

Guo Kai sneered: "My memory is different from ordinary people, but the more you talk, the faster I forget. However, if it's just a few words, I remember them clearly, and I don't know when to let go..." Stop talking at the right time, obviously He glanced at him with threatening eyes.

"This..." Guo Jian showed bitterness, hesitated for a long time and finally took the steamed stuffed bun from the boy, bit his mouth, lowered his eyes and whispered vaguely: "The princess said that you can't teach outsiders to know, and you..."

Guo Kai said in an easy-going tone, "I forget after listening too much, but how can I explain it to outsiders?" After saying this, he picked up the teacup and ordered the boy to take two buns out to eat.

Guo Jian stood up and pulled the stool to the front of the table. He seemed to feel that something was wrong, and moved a few inches closer to his elder brother before speaking in a low voice.

It turns out that Mu Yunqi usually came to his shop to teach him to collect some small things for himself, because the Guo family often has merchant ships traveling in various places in Daxi, so it is considered cheap to be with Guo Jian, and Mu Yunqi will not let him He does it for nothing, and usually pays it several times the market price. If the quantity lasts for a long time, it will be settled once a month.Guo Jian didn't dare to accept it at the beginning, but the princess said it's okay, after several times, she took it for granted.It's strange to say, but the things Mu Yun ordered him to collect became popular in Beijing not long after, and I don't know who leaked the news, people often came to his shop to inquire about prices, and if there were any surplus, the princess would sell them without authorization. Mu Yunqi learned that not only did he not blame the crime, but he never asked about the profit and loss. Even if the princess mentioned it, he took it into the account and used it as the payment for the next purchase.

Guo Kai pondered: "So, his siblings are very close?"

Guo Jian thought for a moment, a little confused: "I don't know this very well. The princess seldom goes back to the palace on weekdays, and she seldom talks about her parents and brothers. But when the officials come, she is very happy and must personally buy dishes and fruits. The officials In private, he is also very easy-going, having meals and drinking tea with us is like a family member, and occasionally there is nothing to do at night, and we even play games together, but I am not good at this, and often teach his siblings to make fun of..."

"Bo play?" Guo Kai's eyes lit up, and he passed the last steamed bun that Fang got to him, but with a pleasant expression: "Shang and Ru Bo play, which ones do you often play? Shuanglu? Caixuan? Playing horses? (1 )”

"There are all of them." But at this point, Guo Jian's face suddenly brightened, he took the buns, and described the scene with joy: "The official family is good at Shuanglu, and the princess is good at horse racing... I am the one who loses, and the princess is good at it." Win it back!..."

Guo Kai changed his impatience, but quietly sipped his tea and listened to him in detail, sometimes frowning as if confused, sometimes chuckling lightly as if stunned.At the end, the tea was exhausted, and Guo Jian's steamed stuffed buns had been eaten, so the elder brother got up and said, "It's getting late, let's go."

After going out, Guo Jian urged him all the way, saying that the princess had to wait for him to go back before going out to buy tea and fruit for lunch.Guo Kai seldom goes to his shop, he doesn't know his situation, he always thinks that there is a servant girl in the shop, but he doesn't think that his wife and his wife are really hard-pressed, and there is no one to replace the shop. !Really surprised.

After careful questioning, I found out that when the princess got married, there were several palace maids who were close to her, but those palace maids relied on the servants of the Tian family and did not pay attention to the common people's Guo family. Being bossy, she made her mother, He Shi, unhappy. The princess felt uneasy, so she told the queen mother to send the maid back, and since then she has no relatives by her side.Since the establishment of this powder shop, his wife and his wife have been too busy to turn around, but it takes a lot of money to hire people (not because they are stingy, but because they are starting to make a living. It is small enough for two people to eat and wear, and it is so big that the shop buys goods and operates them everywhere. All must be carefully calculated, and never dare to waste a penny.), fortunately, an orphaned old lady, Bi Shi, was taken in at home to do some chores of cleaning, washing and cooking, but only for her to eat and live. Regarding the matter in the shop, Grandma Bi has more than enough heart but not enough energy.The officials learned that they were going to send palace servants to take care of it, but they told the princess to decline, because at the moment, the two of them still have to take care of all the big and small things in the shop.

After Guo Kai heard this, he sighed: He thought that the golden branch must be beautiful and hard-working, but he didn't expect that Princess Changfu would have such a hard-working, thrifty and family-friendly side. Really impressive.

The two walked and chatted, but they didn't realize they had arrived.

As soon as I entered the gate of the powder shop, I heard an old woman's voice: "You are young at this age, but you are not married, there must be a reason, if you don't explain it in detail now, how dare I teach you how to get along with you? "

Guo Kai was startled, but when he looked up, he saw a man standing behind the cabinet!Before he could see his face clearly, he heard Guo Jian's surprised voice from his side: "Brother Xun? How can I help you..." It turned out that the person was Xun Miao.