General's Gown

A group of kids kept arguing about who was stronger, Helian Rongchuan or Yan Changqing.Although Yan Changqing had a stern face, he couldn't forcefully break off those chubby little claws that were clinging tightly to his legs.

He Lian Rongchuan was about to say "Come on, let's go" to rescue him, but suddenly heard a childish voice from a group of chattering small groups: "Oh! It's better to let these two gods Brother, help us pick elm money from the tree!"

When the group of children heard this, they were even more upset. They excitedly shook the arms of Yan Changqing and Helian Rongchuan, raised their heads one by one, and said coquettishly, "Big Brother, help us!"

"Big brother is the most powerful, he will definitely pick a lot!"

"Big brother is the best!"

He Lian Rongchuan picked up a little chubby girl who was hanging by his lap and was the most noisy, rubbed her little yellow hair with his big hands, and said: "I can help you, but this big brother He is injured, can you let him go?"

The chubby girl glanced at Yan Changqing reluctantly.Children don't know how to read faces, he was really reluctant to let go of this very powerful big brother, pouted and said pitifully:

"Oh, then... let this big brother accompany us to pick up elm money down there, okay?"

Helian Rongchuan hugged the chubby girl with a smile, and said to Yan Changqing: "Then, is this big brother willing?"

Yan Changqing: "..."

Helian Rongchuan raised the corners of his mouth, jumped onto the big elm tree lightly, and shouted down: "Children, take the elm money."

After a stick of incense, the commotion under the big elm tree finally gradually stopped.Every child's small bamboo basket was stuffed full of bright yellow and green elm coins, which bounced and scattered.Yan Changqing bent down, picked up the last bunch of elm coins and put them into the little fat girl's small bamboo basket, clapped his hands, and was about to leave, but was stopped by the crying and kowtowing village woman just now.

This village woman is the mother of Amao and that little chubby girl.She also carried a big basket on her arm, which was covered with blue floral cloth, and the exposed corner was filled with bunches of bright yellow elm money. She rubbed her hands together with some embarrassment, and said earnestly with a blushing face. :

"The two nobles saved my life, Amao. I'm a big boss, and I don't know how to thank you. Why don't you invite you two to my house for lunch?"

Before Yan Changqing finished saying "no need", he was hugged by Amao and the chubby little girl. The older one hung on his arm, and the younger one hugged his leg, and the two looked up. The very similar red face looked up at him pitifully.Helian Rongchuan had never seen Yan Changqing so helpless being entangled by the little doll, he covered his stomach and laughed:

"I can't see that Master Yan is still so attractive to baby dolls, hahaha, I think if you don't agree, this little doll will definitely not let go."

There was a warm invitation from a village woman, and then there were two fat dolls who acted coquettishly and cutely. Yan Changqing was dragged into Amao's farmhouse like this.

Although it is a hut built of thatch, bamboo and mud, the room is quite clean, the ground has been swept with a broom, and there are still thin broom marks.The little chubby girl sat next to Yan Changqing awkwardly, as if she was afraid of Yan Changqing's cold face, but kept peeking at Yan Changqing.

Helian Rongchuan liked this clever little girl very much, he hugged her and said, "Hey, little fat girl, what are you looking at?"

The little chubby girl was only three or four years old. When asked this question, she lowered her head shyly, pointed at Yan Changqing with her little finger, and said in a childish voice, "I'm looking at that big brother."

"Aren't I your big brother? Why don't you look at me?" Helian Rongchuan pinched the chubby girl's tender face and asked casually, but his eyes flicked away, and he sat aside and drank coldly. Yan Changqing of tea.

The little chubby girl was frightened by Helian Rongchuan's intentional frowning and anger, tears welled up in her eyes, she honestly pursed her mouth, and said, "Because that big brother is good-looking."

Helian Rongchuan gently pinched the little chubby girl's cheeks with both hands, and deliberately teased her in a rough voice: "Then I don't look good?"

The little fat girl glanced at Helian Rongchuan with tears in her eyes.

In fact, Helian Rongchuan is very good-looking, with straight eyebrows, straight nose, and healthy wheat-colored skin.Whether viewed from the side or the front, the facial contours are very deep and handsome, with a bit of wild and unruly charm, which is extremely masculine and aggressive.It's just that this kind of appearance is not appreciated by three or four-year-old female dolls, especially now that Helian Rongchuan is still pinching her face so fiercely, so in the little fat girl's heart, Helian Rongchuan's image has dropped a bit .

In the eyes of this little doll, Yan Changqing's handsome, yet somewhat youthful face is more approachable.

Although that face is now cold and seems a little unhappy.But when he was picking up elm money just now, this big brother was still very gentle to her.

So the little chubby girl sucked the snot that was about to flow out suddenly, she was wronged and cried loudly to Helian Rongchuan: "Hmph, you are an ugly monster, that brother is a beautiful fairy!"

cough.

Yan Changqing choked slightly, and put down the teacup with a calm expression.

Here, Amao Niang has already prepared meals quickly.As soon as the bamboo steamer is opened, there are four big bowls of steamed soft and tender elm coins wrapped in cornmeal and flour in the steaming white heat.The emerald green shallots and garlic beside the desk were what she had just asked Amao to collect from her own vegetable field, and they also brought mud from the field, which was very fresh.She quickly rinsed these ingredients with spring water and chopped them up, then poured vinegar and freshly ground sesame oil on top of the mixture, and a fresh, spicy, hot rice scent wafted out.

Helian Rongchuan looked sideways, there seemed to be sparkles floating in his brown eyes.He rubbed the corners of his eyes, and saw that Amao had already placed a large bowl of steamed elm money in front of Yan Changqing, and said, "Big Brother, eat first!"

Helian Rongchuan curled his lips: "He has no conscience."

Amao Niang has already brought a few more bowls over here, and said a little embarrassedly: "There is nothing to entertain at home, only this freshly picked elm money." Seeing that Yan Changqing didn't move his chopsticks, her face turned redder and her voice became softer. : "This benefactor, but I despise..."

Yan Changqing picked up the chopsticks, nodded politely and smiled: "Why do you dislike it, it's just that I've never seen such food before, and I was a little curious for a while."

His smile was like spring rain, and Amao Niang's face turned red for no reason, and she said: "The benefactor is a high-ranking official at first glance, and he should have never seen the food of our poor family. But this steamed elm money is my best Yes. Everyone who has eaten it says it is much more delicious than the big fish and meat!"

He Lian Rongchuan ate with relish, while accosting: "This is reasonable. I have found so many cooks, but none of them can make this stuff."

Amao Niang's eyes lit up: "This nobleman has eaten this kind of food before?"

With something in his mouth, Helian Rongchuan said vaguely, "I ate it when I was a child."

Amao Niang was inexplicably proud, and said: "The food must be different from what we eat in Qixia Village. You don't know, but the old elm tree in our village is very magical. If you eat the elm money from this tree, you will be able to flourish of!"

Helian Rongchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "How to make a fortune?"

Amao Niang pretended to be mysterious and lowered her voice, and said, "The benefactor doesn't know something. Thirteen years ago, there was a seven or eight-year-old boy in our village. Here, he is as old as my Amao."

Amao Niang patted Amao who came to listen to the story with a curious face, and continued:

"That little boy, oh, it's so miserable. He has no father and no mother. He is so poor that he eats hundreds of meals every day with his bare feet. But that child is also considered to have a backbone. Every spring, when the elm money grows, he will I am ashamed to go to dinner. Climb to this old elm tree every day to pick elms for money to eat, but you have seen that such a big old elm tree is picked bare by him every year. Guess what happened?"

Helian Rongchuan smiled and cheered: "What's the matter? Could it be that the elm tree turned into a monster and ate the child? I can't guess."

Amao Niang looked envious, and said: "Hey, it's even more amazing than that elm tree becoming a spirit! One day, this little boy was picking elm coins from the tree to eat, when suddenly the village brought a large group of officials, dressed in One of them is better than the other, and with a saber, they knelt under the elm tree and called the little boy His Highness. It turns out that the little boy is the second prince of Dongyun Kingdom on the other side of the mountain! You God or not, such a pitiful little boy has suddenly become a high-ranking official! It must be the old elm tree that saw the child's pity, so it appeared to bless him!"

The little chubby girl didn't agree, she puffed her full cheeks and said:

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe it's because the old elm tree has been plucked every year. It's too embarrassing to see people, so I thought of a way to send that little boy away!"

For the first time, Amao did not argue with his sister. He desperately stuffed another big mouthful of steamed elm coins into his mouth, his cheeks moved round and round like a little hamster, and he said vaguely: "Eat more for that nest, too, after the night." Make imperial paper!"

Amao Niang smiled and rubbed the heads of the two little boys: "Okay, eat more, Dongjia girl, Xijiawa, picked elm money to play house, you have a bunch, I will eat it." Into the royal, in the royal!"

After eating, the two thanked the village woman for her kindness and walked out.After walking not far, he returned to the ground of the big elm tree.Yan Changqing glanced at Helian Rongchuan and stopped.

Helian Rongchuan said: "I know what you want to ask."

Yan Chang looked at Helian Rongchuan quietly.He suddenly discovered that the reason why he couldn't see through Helian Rongchuan at all was because he had never understood him before.

Whether as a friend or as an enemy.

"So you used to be from Yan Kingdom?"

Helian Rongchuan said nonchalantly: "That's right, but not anymore."

He has a bad habit of being able to stand upright without being serious. As he spoke, he leaned lazily on the rough trunk of the big elm tree, raised his chin, and said:

"What the village woman said just now is nothing more than a mythical legend. I happen to know another version. Would you like to listen, Master Yan?"

The golden sunlight poured down from the green branches and leaves, Helian Rongchuan narrowed his eyes, and continued:

"For example, in their rumors, they won't tell you how that little boy suddenly became Prince Dongyun."

"Actually, he was not blessed by the old elm tree. It was his mother who kindly rescued a man who was hunted down at the foot of the mountain one day. Although she was not beautiful enough, she had a very good heart. She not only used With all the money on my body, I healed the man's wounds and committed myself to him. I was pregnant with the child"

"It's a pity that after the man recovered, he disappeared without a trace. The woman knew that the man was not very human, so she worked tirelessly, climbed over the high Qixia Mountain, and came to Dongyun to look for it. Guess what? The woman stood at the gate of the hall where the white jade was the hall and the gold was the horse, but she only got an indifferent look from the man when he went out."

"That woman just knew that the man she loved with all her heart turned out to be the majestic crown prince of Dongyun. As for this crown prince, there are many beautiful wives and beautiful concubines, and she doesn't need an ordinary village woman like her. The crown prince also There are plenty of gold, silver and jewels, but they are not at all willing to give to his savior and his own unborn son."

"So this miserable woman had to grit her teeth and go back to this small village. Her tears were dried up, and a little boy was born. It's just that they are orphans and widowed, unable to make ends meet. In order to survive, the woman wanted to A brilliant way."

Helian Rongchuan paused, with a faint smile still on the corners of his mouth: "Didn't Master Yan always look for the quenching snow stone that I robbed? What a coincidence, the survival plan that the woman thought of was the same as that of the twenty The location of the ship's Quen Xueshi is closely related."

(Friendly reminder, those who haven’t eaten enough for dinner had better not read the “Author has something to say” in this chapter, hehe)