Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Since the vast majority of the people followed the prison vans, the usually bustling market became deserted. The shops and restaurants on both sides of the road were wide open, but there were no people inside.

Vegetable leaves and dirt were scattered all over the stone road, making a mess. Yin Qiu followed Man Jiangxue deeply, weighed the purse at his waist, and said, "It's still time for breakfast. There is no need to eat the big fish and meat, Master Uncle will take me to eat a bowl of noodles."

Man Jiangxue looked at the long street, wandering his eyes over the hawkers who closed their stalls one after another, and said, "The sugar sellers are all gone."

Yin Qiu poked his head out behind her, opened his eyes and looked around, but saw that there was no hawker on the street, Yin Qiu said: "The day's plan is in the morning, why don't you do business?"

Man Jiangxue pointed to the land at his feet: "I'm afraid they are all sold out."

Yin Qiu looked along her fingers, and there were many bright red candied gourds scattered on the ground, as well as many pastries and beautiful sugar figurines, which should have been bought by the common people and smashed the prison cars.

"It's such a waste," Yin Qiu said sincerely, "There is so much sugar, how nice it is to give it to me."

Yin Qiu likes to eat sweet food since she was a child. Although she has never been a picky eater, whenever she is at the dinner table, Yin Qiu will always give priority to eating sweet dishes. Seeing her, Man Jiangxue smiled regretfully He laughed and said, "There is no other way, there is no sugar to eat today."

Yin Qiu looked at her sadly, and couldn't help complaining: "It's all my uncle's fault, I didn't want to eat candy at first, but you mentioned it to me [-] times today, and I want to eat candy right now."

Man Jiangxue bent over and said very seriously: "Then pick it up, wash it and eat it."

"Don't!" Yin Qiu shouted immediately, "The candy that fell on the ground ate rotten teeth, this is what my uncle said!"

Man Jiangxue said "oh", and stood up straight as if nothing had happened. She couldn't help laughing when she saw Yin Qiu's appearance as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

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During those few years at Jingyue Peak, Yin Qiu was spoiled lawlessly by the senior guards.

Because she is willing to practice swords with her seniors, not only is she never late, she also asks them to teach her, even if she is bullied by the seniors while she is practicing, Yin Qiu will not be really angry, and her temper The top one is good, so the brothers like her, seeing that she likes candy, they all share part of their wine money, and gather together to buy candy for Yin Qiu.

Yunhua Mountain is far away from Zhoucheng, even riding a horse to Shangyuan City takes less than half an hour, so the supplies in the palace are delivered by the disciples at the foot of the mountain on time every month, so although the food in the palace is not bad, it is not bad. Can buy snacks and other food. When Yin Qiu was in the disciples' courtyard, Man Jiangxue would bring some back to her when she went down the mountain due to business. She seldom leaves the palace in person, and Yin Qiu seldom has sweets to eat.

What's more, in the first two years, Man Jiangxue managed her strictly and forbade Yin Qiu to eat sweets.

Because the brothers bought too much candy at that time, so much that Yin Qiu's cabinet could not be filled. When she went to Mingguang Palace to learn martial arts with Xie Yijun every day, she still kept the candy wrapped in her mouth. There was no place to spend money in the palace. , Yin Qiu used the money bag to put her snacks, and every move and style when practicing swords had a sweet fragrance. Xie Yijun saw it clearly on the face, but he complained to Man Jiangxue behind his back, Man Jiangxue After Xue heard about it, she defended Yin Qiu, saying that she was still young, and no one bought candy for her before, so Xie Yijun let her go.

Xie Yijun didn't want to be that strict elder who would be hated by children, so he just turned a blind eye.

Until a thunderous spring night, Yin Qiu ran to Shen Xingdian with a small pillow in his arms, saying that the thunder sounded scary and wanted to sleep with Man Jiangxue. By the bedside, I used the oil lamp to read the palace booklets. For as long as she read, Yin Qiu kept chattering beside her.

After that, Man Jiangxue couldn't bear to throw away the book, stretched out his hand to pinch Yin Qiu's cheek and said: "It's almost time, you still don't sleep, you still eat candy in your mouth, I'm too used to you, go down and vomit!" clean."

Yin Qiu quickly spit out the candied fruit in his mouth, and said inarticulately: "No, I won't eat...I'm going to sleep now..."

"Bring me the money bag." Man Jiangxue turned Yin Qiu over like a pancake, and touched her waist with both hands, "From tomorrow onwards, if you tell me to see you bring sugar to the Mingguang Palace again, I will punish you." You go to the ancestral hall to light lamps and pray for the ancestors, and copy the Buddhist scriptures a hundred times."

The ancestral hall enshrines the spiritual tablets of the masters and ancestors of Yunhua Palace. There are few people there, and there is a thick coldness among the green smoke. Yin Qiu has been there several times, and seeing those spiritual tablets always has nightmares at night. The place I am afraid to go is the ancestral hall.

Yin Qiu protected the purse with a terrified face, and said righteously: "No, no, no... I will concentrate on practicing swords from now on, and I won't bring sugar anymore!"

Man Jiangxue ignored her, and snatched the purse with her hands. She quickly got down on the couch, opened the door and was about to pour out all the food in the purse, Yin Qiu screamed while sitting on the couch, and directly Using lightness kung fu, he rushed towards Man Jiangxue.

In fact, Man Jiangxue was just scaring her, but with Yin Qiu's pounce, Man Jiangxue lost his hand, and the bag full of candies rolled down the stairs like that, not one of them was spared.

Yuankong was still thundering, and the soil was already wet before the spring rain. Yin Qiu's heart was bleeding, and he ran down the stairs barefoot, picked up the candies and wrapped them in a handkerchief. .

Not knowing whether he was comforting himself or those candies, Yin Qiu muttered to himself while rubbing: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, you can still eat it after washing..."

"Eat it," Man Jiangxue said ruthlessly while standing on the steps, "The candies that fell on the floor rotted your teeth."

Yin Qiu raised her head in disbelief, feeling a little angry, she shouted at Man Jiangxue: "You are talking nonsense!"

Man Jiangxue raised her finger and pointed in the direction of Wuhui Peak, and said flatly: "You have seen Vice Elder Li's rotten teeth. He just ate too much candy that fell on the ground. If you don't believe me, ask Huaiwei."

Of course she was lying to Yin Qiu.

Deputy Elder Li is old, how can he like candy?The old man has been studying disguise art all his life, spending all day in his room fumbling with various materials and improving his skills, and he refused to accept apprentices until a few years before his death, so he didn't have any peers to discuss it. In any bottleneck period or any problem, you have to take two puffs of leaf cigarettes to lift your spirits. One mouthful of teeth is really rotten, but it is not because of eating sugar, it is because of smoking.

When Yin Qiu saw Deputy Elder Li for the first time, he secretly told Man Jiangxue about his old man's rotten teeth. Now that he heard Man Jiangxue's serious words, Yin Qiu shook his hand holding the handkerchief a little bit. Can't stop.

After a long time, Yin Qiu couldn't help but pursed his mouth, and complained whether he wanted to cry or not: "It's all my uncle's fault, can't you tell me in advance if you want to throw away my candy? I can catch up in time..."

Man Jiangxue was about to reply to her, "I have to report to you if I threw your candy", when he saw a few disciples of the hidden guard showing their heads like monkeys on the maple tree.

"Oh, Xiaoqiu, uncle lied to you! That candy is edible!"

"Xiaoqiu is an idiot! Do you believe that too?"

"Take it and wash it! Wash it and eat it, what kind of tooth is rotten?"

Man Jiangxue's face against the light seemed to be coated with a layer of light brilliance. This description should have been gentle and warm, but she was standing under the eaves at the moment, her whole body seemed to be covered in frost, and she was separated from her body by a layer of icy frost. It can freeze people to death all the way.

"Haha! Unexpectedly, Xiaoqiu, the seniors are actually lying to you!"

"That's right! Uncle Shi is right! That candy rotted my teeth!"

"Xiao Qiu throw it away! Go to bed early!"

After the disciples of the hidden guards said these words, they immediately hid in the Fenglin. The speed of their escape was like being chased by wild dogs, and they disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Holding the candy, Yin Qiu frowned and asked, "Is it true that you can't eat it?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Didn't you hear what those brats said? Rotten teeth."

Yin Qiuqi sighed deeply, threw away the bag of candies, and said sullenly, "Then don't eat it..."

"If they say rotten teeth, you will believe it," Man Jiangxue said, "If I tell you, you will not believe it."

Yin Qiu stepped on his right foot with his left foot, and his left foot with his right foot, and said, "Who told my uncle to throw my candy..."

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Man Jiangxue was both angry and funny. She picked Yin Qiu up from the ground, went back to the hall, took a wet handkerchief, wiped her feet, and put on her shoes.

Yin Qiu didn't dare to speak anymore, and her temper was gone. As soon as Man Jiangxue let go, she hurriedly ran to the couch, but Man Jiangxue caught her back before she ran two steps.

"gargle."

Yin Qiushuang beat the eggplant like an eggplant, obediently rinsed his mouth, and then followed Man Jiangxue back to the bed again, and fell asleep with a heavy heart.

Early the next morning, the sugar cabinet in Yin Qiu's room was moved to Shen Xingdian.

It rained last night, and the courtyard was wet. There were a few birds resting on the maple tree, but no one was there.

But Man Jiangxue still said to the maple tree in the usual tone: "If you think the monthly salary is too much, from now on, you will all be halved."

There was no wind, but a few maple trees trembled for no reason. The disciples of the dark guards hid behind the branches and leaves, and no one dared to make a sound.

Yin Qiu spent a while in the bedroom, and when Man Jiangxue made tea in the hall, she walked out with a low eyebrow, greeted Man Jiangxue and saluted, and then looked at Man Jiangxue lightly Next, Rumang walked towards the Mingguang Palace behind his back.

The senior brother stopped her on the small bridge outside the courtyard, and said to Yin Qiu earnestly: "Little sister, the senior brothers can only help you so far. You should eat less sugar and practice swords more in the future. Don't make the uncle angry." , do you know what it means if you make Master Shu angry?"

Yin Qiu said, "What does it mean?"

The senior brother looked up at the sky and sighed: "It means that the senior brothers are having a hard time..."

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The wind blows the residual leaves, blowing the ground into a mess, the wind smells of icing sugar, sweet and fragrant, Yin Qiu looked at the dirty sugar on the ground, as if he returned to that spring night a few years ago in an instant .

Now that she has grown up, she naturally knows that Man Jiangxue was lying to her back then. How could the candy that fell on the ground rot her teeth?

Yin Qiu secretly slandered, looked up at Man Jiangxue, Man Jiangxue was also looking at her, as soon as the two looked at each other, they showed different expressions, obviously because of the conversation just now, they remembered that fun of the year.

Yin Qiu said: "Outsiders always say that the uncle is so good. In fact, my brothers and I know that the uncle is bad and likes to bully others."

The hawkers had already put away their stalls and returned home. Gradually, people in the market began to clean up the dirt with brooms. Man Jiangxue dragged Yin Qiuxing to the side of the street, and said frankly: "I never said I was a good person. "

"I finally know why my uncle refuses to accept apprentices." Yin Qiu said cunningly, "If there are too many people coming to Jingyue Peak, my uncle will show his true colors, and his reputation and reputation will also decline. It’s because you’re afraid that people will discover your true colors!”

Man Jiangxue smiled silently: "Yes, you are right."

The two walked hand in hand, wandering around the city along the street market, there were no vendors on the street outside the post station, but the market next to it was bustling day after day, Yin Qiu was not very familiar with Yao Dingcheng, and he was watching the surrounding restaurants along the way , entangled in which place to go to eat, until a teahouse appeared at the end of the line of sight, Yin Qiu turned his eyes, and suddenly saw a steaming small stall opposite the teahouse, and the business was booming as usual.

Yin Qiu's eyes lit up, and he said immediately, "I want to eat that!"

Man Jiangxue took a look at the place and found that it was a noodle stall specializing in wonton noodles, so she took Yin Qiuxing over there and paid for two bowls.

Each wonton is like ingots, pinched very delicately and cutely, the soup in the pot is fresh and fragrant, the smell makes people appetite greatly.

When she was ten years old, Yin Qiu was taken away from Sangyu Mountain by Man Jiangxue, and came to Yao Dingcheng. She slept in the inn for a few days, and then was brought out by Man Jiangxue to breathe, and ate at this noodle stall My son's wonton noodles were also in the teahouse opposite, and Yin Qiu learned of his own life experience.

Bai Yuncanggou, the battle turns and the stars move, a few years passed by, Yin Qiu stood in front of the stall, and there seemed to be a sick and thin little girl in front of her, she was hugged by Man Jiangxue, looking at the stall owner eagerly Cooking wontons neatly.

"I didn't expect this stall to still exist," Yin Qiu suddenly felt a little emotional, "At that time, I really thought that the wontons my uncle bought for me were the most delicious things in the world."

Man Jiangxue's eyes flickered, and she reached out to touch her head.

There were quite a lot of diners, and there was a long queue in front of the stall. Just like in the past, the seats in this stall were fully occupied. The stall owner held two white porcelain bowls and said with a smile: "You two girls , I don’t have any seats at this stall, let’s sit at the teahouse opposite, I’ve already paid for it, and I’ll just go over and collect the bowl later.”

Yin Qiu smiled happily: "Then I will trouble you."

There are not many customers in the teahouse today, and there are all empty seats in the lobby. Yin Qiu deliberately picked a table by the window, and said happily, "I also sat at this seat back then." She looked back and said, "It's a pity The storyteller is gone, so I can’t hear the story.”

Man Jiangxue rinsed the chopsticks with tea, handed them to Yin Qiu and said, "If you want to hear the story, you have to come in the afternoon, and no one goes to the teahouse in the morning."

Yin Qiu thought about it too, took a deep breath towards the Yuntun in front of him, and said with a smile, "It smells so good."

The method of this wonton is extremely simple. The soup boiled by big bones is white and light, without extra condiments. There is a little pepper in it, which smells a little spicy. Sprinkle with a handful of chopped green onions, it is even more fragrant. It is a cold winter day. After eating a bowl, I feel warm all over.

Yin Qiu ate very comfortably. While eating, he saw that Man Jiangxue's eating movements were still so elegant and well-mannered, so he asked, "Uncle, aren't you used to eating?"

"A few years ago, I heard you talking about this thing." Man Jiangxue held the chopsticks in a very special posture, and she looked at it with a different kind of solemnity. She said, "I tried it today, but it's just mediocre."

Yin Qiu made a grimace, and said with a little displeasure: "That's because the uncle eats too much delicious food, and the street food uncle naturally doesn't like it, not to mention that I was hungry every day and couldn't eat it." If you are full of food, even if you buy me a dry pancake, I think it is the best in the world, and uncle has never been hungry before!"

"Why haven't you ever been hungry?" Man Jiangxue said, "When I was young, I fought outside the customs all the year round. How could there be a time when I wasn't hungry?"

After hearing this, Yin Qiu almost blurted out the sentence "How could the princess be hungry?" Fortunately, she stopped the conversation in time, closed her mouth, and said in her heart that it was dangerous!

Yin Qiu took a sip of the soup silently, and tried his best to remain as calm as possible: "Master Uncle looks like he was born in a wealthy family. In troubled times, wealthy families may not be able to suffer from hunger..."

Man Jiangxue put down her chopsticks, poured a cup of tea, and said in a flat tone, "How can you tell that I was born rich?"

Yin Qiu said, "Guess."

"Guess?" Man Jiangxue looked at her, "Didn't Nangong Min tell you?"

Yin Qiu was taken aback for a moment, and a bit of uncontrollable panic suddenly appeared in his heart.

She paused, swallowed the wonton in her mouth, and said with a little guilty conscience: "What do you mean by Master Uncle's words...?"

"She can even tell you that I didn't show up for my senior sister's wedding and birth date," Man Jiangxue said, "Then she will definitely not be stingy about my life experience."

Unexpectedly, at such a time, she would admit her background in a disguised form, and Yin Qiu was inevitably a little shocked.

"So... is it true?" Yin Qiu asked in a low voice.

Man Jiangxue watched her reaction with great interest, and knowingly asked, "What do you mean?"

Yin Qiu said: "Of course it refers to my uncle's background."

Man Jiangxue looked at the hot tea in the cup, her plain face was reflected in the tea, which became slightly blurred in the tiny ripples.

She said "um" in a low voice, then met Yin Qiu's inquiring gaze, and said softly, "It's true."