Chang'an Ferry

"It's so lively!" Mu Yanying and Lin Chen shuttled through the crowd, Li Shengye and the servants of Mu's house followed closely, afraid of being dazzled, "What is this?"

"Stir-fried chestnuts!" Lin Chen and Mu Yuying stood in front of the stall. A big shirtless man was sweating profusely frying the contents of the pot. asked enthusiastically.

"Delicious!" Lin Chen leaned closer to Mu Yuying's ear, "Boss, take a spoonful." Lin Chen has been walking around the streets with his Shang Shu father since he was a child, and he knows everything in the market like the back of his hand.

"Okay!" The woman scooped up a spoonful and wrapped it in paper, "My lord, be careful!"

"A lot of money?" Lin Chen touched his small bag, Mu Yanying looked at it curiously, and also touched his own small bag, which contained the broken silver specially prepared by Jiang Ning for Mu Yuanying, and asked him to look at him Buy what you like.

"Five cents." Mu Yanying quickly handed it over, "Oh, I can't find it, young master!" The woman was a little embarrassed.

"Mine!" Although Lin Chen's family was frugal, they still prepared some pocket money for him.

What Lin Chen gave was exactly five renminbi, and Mu Yanying asked in a low voice, "Can you buy so much with five renminbi?" Just counted, and there are more than ten chestnuts!

"Five cents can buy ten steamed buns or four big meat buns!" Lin Chen said, and took a few chestnuts in his hands. The chestnuts had already opened a small mouth, and they opened with a light pinch. "An'an, come here."

"Delicious!" Sweet and glutinous, "Aye, come quickly." Although Li Shengye has never been out of the palace, he is still an eleven or twelve-year-old child. He is more stable than Mu Yanying and Lin Chen, and has never said a word. Followed behind, and waited for Mu Yanying to call him before walking to them, "This is delicious!"

Mu Yanying gave a few to Li Shengye, and under Mu Yanying's gaze, she peeled off one, "Well, it's delicious!"

After eating a few, the chestnuts in the paper bag were gone. Mu Yuying felt a little regretful, "You can't eat too much chestnuts, or you will have a stomachache soon." Li Shengye explained standing beside Mu Yingying.

"That's right! When we grow up, we can eat more." Lin Chen took Mu Yuying's hand, "There is still food ahead, and those who practice juggling, let's go and see." Mu Yuying quickly grabbed Li Shengye's hand hands, the three children ran forward, and the people behind quickly caught up.

"Lin Chen, don't run so fast! An An can't keep up." Li Shengye repeatedly stopped, Mu Yanying panted a little, her forehead was wet with sweat, "I'm fine!"

Lin Chen blamed himself a little. He was so busy playing, he forgot that An An was not in good health, so he hurriedly found a noodle shop by the side of the alley and sat down. Li Shengye waved to the servants who were following him. She quickly opened the package, took a handkerchief from inside, stuffed it behind Mu Yanying's back, and asked the noodle shop owner to bring some hot soup.

"A Chen, you don't have to blame yourself. The doctor said that sweating more is a good thing." Mu Yanying's body is cold, and the doctor specifically explained that he should exercise more and sweat more on weekdays, but Jiang Ning dared not let him exercise vigorously in the scorching summer , for fear of catching heat, this is the first time Mu Yingying has sweated since the beginning of summer, so her hands feel warm to the touch.

Li Shengye let go of Mu Yanying's hand, "Didn't you say you wanted to eat at the beginning? This side smells quite delicious."

Lin Chen raised his head, secretly reminding himself to pay attention next time, don't forget Bei if you are happy, "An'an, I will definitely pay attention next time."

Rested at the noodle shop for a while, drank half a bowl of soup, the boss didn't charge for a bowl of soup, but Mu Yuying felt sorry, so she asked Qingfeng to put some money on the table, and when the boss saw it, no one could be seen .

Along the way, Mu Yuying ate a lot of fresh food next to each other. Li Shengye was a little worried about Mu Yuying's belly, for fear that he would hold on, but seeing that Qingfeng didn't stop him, he held his mind.

It was getting late, and the jugglers also set up stalls. Li Shengye had grown a lot these days, and he could be seen by stepping on his feet. However, Mu Yanying and Lin Chen's two short legs couldn't be seen, so they had to call two A strong servant picked him up.

After watching for a long time and rewarding the troupe with money, Mu Yanying and Lin Chen squeezed out from the crowd. Li Shengye stood on the side of the street and watched them come out before going up, "It's almost time to go back."

"Catch him and steal my steamed buns"

"catch"

There was a commotion, Li Shengye quickly hugged Mu Yanying, and the dark and dark little man fell to the ground, "Stop, what are you doing?"

Qingfeng blocked the front, and the servants of the surrounding Mu family also gathered around. The thin man in an apron pointed at the villain and said angrily, "He stole my steamed buns."

The onlookers also stared at the child with disdain, many eyes fell on Li Shengye, Lin Chen and Mu Yanying in Li Shengye's arms, such a cute child.

Qingfeng frowned coldly, and glanced at the child who covered Mu Yanying tightly, "Since this is the case, you should report to the official, why bother chasing and beating" and glanced at the rolling pin in the skinny man's hand, one beat at a time Adults may not be able to bear it either, the child huddled into a ball, and he could see bloodstains falling around him.

"Hmph, let me let him go as soon as the official arrives." The skinny man didn't want to report to the official. "I have to ask him to kowtow and apologize."

"No, what I ate was what you threw away and didn't want." The child also resisted the beating, and retorted loudly after a while.

"Oh." The onlookers looked at the man. Generally, snack sellers would put the leftovers from the day before yesterday in the corner of the shop, and let those beggars eat them. They would chase and beat those who didn't want it, which was too much.

The skinny man's face changed, his eyes flickered, "He came before I put it aside, isn't this robbery?"

"Even if you haven't let it go, you can't put down such a heavy hand." Mu Yanying was in Li Shengye's arms, and hurriedly asked the servants to take a look. Although the child recovered, the blood on his body was still dripping .

"If there is one, there are two. I don't care if I steal this today, but will I steal it from my cage tomorrow?" The thin man insisted.

This seems to be the case, and everyone looked at the child again. The child was black and he couldn't see his expression clearly, only that he was shaking violently.

At this moment, a woman's voice came over, "It's that man, the steamed buns he sold me were mixed with rancid."

The skinny man was about to run, but Qingfeng kicked a stone at his feet and hit the man's knee, and then fell to the ground. After struggling for a long time, he didn't get up. I know, the man mixed the leftover steamed buns from the previous day into the fresh steamed buns. The woman was the proprietress of a restaurant. She happened to meet a person with a weak stomach who had a stomachache for several days. question.

It turned out that the reason for chasing and beating the children was that the man wanted to take these steamed buns and pass them off as good ones, and if he ate one, he would lose one. The onlookers escorted the man and left.

"Sister Qingfeng, find a doctor quickly." Mu Yanying realized that the child had passed out. She was so engrossed in seeing the turn of events just now that she forgot that there was another injured patient. Mu Yanying felt embarrassed.

After some inspections, the child was severely malnourished, and the wound he had scratched somewhere just now was bleeding continuously. The medicine boy quickly prepared the medicine and brought it up, and poured it down. Mu Yanying asked the servants to go out again I bought some porridge and waited for the child to get up to eat.

As soon as the porridge came in, the child woke up as soon as his nose moved, and he ate and drank it with the bowl in his hand, and it was not too hot.

The doctor took the pulse again, and only said that it is best to rest and change the medicine on time.

Because the medical center has a special room for patients to rest, Qingfeng paid the money and asked the drug boy to buy him some food every day before leaving.

As a result, the child got up from the bed and limped after him. The child also gave him a wink, knowing that he was the son of a rich family. If he could enter their house, even pouring slop would be better than wandering around.

Lin Chen looked at Mu Yanying, it wasn't that he didn't want to help, it was mainly because there was already an old woman in the family, or because his father was busy these days and he was afraid that his mother would be tired, if he was adding a child.

"Sister Qingfeng, do we still need to add staff to our family?" Mu Yanying looked at the child who was about the same age as her. She was well-clothed and well-fed, but he was living on the street and had no food to eat. Help if you can!

Qingfeng thought about it, there is no shortage of people in this mansion, and he is still a child, what can he do? "Young master, there is no shortage at home." Although Qingfeng couldn't bear it, he told the truth.

"I beg you, let me do anything, as long as I have something to eat!" The child strongly recommended himself, although now the imperial court has sent people to build a lot of settlements for homeless people, and arranged for them to do things, but he Being young, I couldn't grab those old oily guys every time, so I had to come out.

"The imperial court has a place to accommodate you. Even if you are a child, you won't be hungry. Why do you have to follow us?" Li Shengye looked at the child carefully.

The child huddled into a ball and shivered, "I don't want to stay there forever, I can't win them"

Li Shengye also listened half-heard to the affairs of the imperial court these days, and knew that things like resettlement would happen from time to time, but the matter didn't make a big deal, so the officials kept their eyes closed, but he was still unable to say a word.

"Then you come to my house and play with me!" Mu Yanying couldn't bear it.

"Young Master" Qingfeng still has a little concern, that is, he is afraid that this child is a spy, but his own son has already spoken, so it is hard to say anything, so he will take him to the mansion to observe and observe.

When I got home, I asked my servants to send Lin Chen back.

Mu Yuying went straight to Jiang Ning's yard. Jiang Ning was making clothes. Seeing Mu Yuying coming back and seeing the children following behind, she was taken aback, "This is"

Qingfeng went up to explain the whole story with a few words, Jiang Ning nodded, his son is kind, but a mother must be careful, "An An wants him to play with you?"

"Um"

Jiang Ning and Qingfeng had the same idea, "It's not enough now, he has injuries, let him heal up in the outer courtyard before coming to your side."

"Thank you ma'am, I will take good care of you, and be loyal." The child knelt down, not afraid of pain, Jiang Ning raised his eyebrows, "You are smart, let's heal your wounds first! It's not too late to be loyal after you heal your wounds."

"Yes" the child's eyes sparkled.

Guessing that Mu Yanying also ate outside, Jiang Ning didn't keep anyone, so he hurriedly asked them to go back to the house to wash and rest early.

"An'an" lying on the bed, Li Shengye looked at Mu Yanying, and said very seriously, "It is necessary to guard against others, even if you are a child, you are not necessarily a good person, do you know?"

"Yeah..." Mu Yanying naturally knew that the emperor and queen would tell her the same thing, but Mu Yingying thought that if the child was left alone, he might have died that day, "but I don't think he is a bad person."

Li Shengye sighed in his heart. Growing up in the cold palace, he saw a lot of insidiousness under the sun, but Mu Yanying had never seen this before, and hoped that he would not see it. That's all, I will pay attention to it in the future, so I don't believe in the royal family and the Mu family. I can't protect a person, "Go to sleep!"