Jiapingguan Chronicle

The group of people separated from the shopkeeper and continued walking in the direction of the racecourse. As they walked, they chatted with the shopkeeper about his newly opened shop.

Hong Ye saw a stall selling hawthorn cakes next to her, so she ran over and bought a few pieces. She asked the stall owner to cut them into small pieces and put them in a hard paper box with bamboo skewers inserted on them for everyone to eat. .

"Little Ye Ye is like a roundworm in my stomach. I was thinking of eating some of this just now!" Xue Ruitian took a piece from Hong Ye's hand and said with a smile, "However, the hawthorn cake here is not very good. It’s so sour that my teeth will fall apart.”

Hongye didn't believe it, so she poked a piece and put it in her mouth. The sour taste of hawthorn spread in an instant, filling her entire mouth. Her whole face wrinkled up with the sourness.

"What the hell is this!" Hongye looked disgusted, "Is this hawthorn cake stuffed with vinegar? Is it a serious hawthorn cake?"

"Isn't it? It's simply too sour." Xue Ruitian looked at Hongye's painful look and felt particularly empathetic. He covered his cheeks and said, "Don't eat it. Let's wrap this up. This taste only tastes like this." Uncle Qi likes it, he loves this very much, let’s take it and give it to his old man, it will also save waste.”

"Is it so outrageous? Let me try it too!" Shen Cha was extremely curious by what they said. He took two steps to the side, took a small piece from Hong Ye, took a bite, and tasted the taste. , blinked his eyes and said, "It's a little sour, but it's not as exaggerated as you said."

"Give me a taste too."

"Okay." Shen Cha handed the remaining piece to Shen Haolin's mouth and watched him eat it. Then his eyebrows wrinkled and he couldn't help but laugh, "Brother, you feel sour too?"

"Sour." Shen Haolin nodded, looked at the red leaves, and said, "It's better to wrap it up and give it to Uncle Qi. This is really his favorite taste."

Merlin walked slowly behind them and couldn't help but sigh when he heard their words.

"Uncle Qi would be so happy if he knew you were so filial to him!" She rolled her eyes and looked at Xue Ruitian and Hongye who were still sore. "Shall I buy you something to drink?"

"No need!" Hongye waved his hand, "When we get to the racecourse, just drink a cup of hot tea."

A few people wandered around the street for a while and bought some snacks they wanted to eat. They felt that the time was almost up, and then they actually walked to the racecourse.

It was a coincidence that as soon as they arrived at the gate of the racecourse, they saw Xiu Shuishui, the servant next to the owner of the racecourse, Qi Bo, rushing out of the racecourse. He suddenly looked up to see them and waved to them while jumping on his feet.

"Why doesn't this little guy show off? He's so cute when he jumps around."

"My lord, your lord, your general, come quickly, come quickly, it's time to give birth!"

"This little Xiu Shui..." Xue Ruitian smiled helplessly, and while walking towards Xiao Xiu Shui, he complained to Hongye beside him, "I don't know, I thought we were going to give birth!"

Xiao Xiushui couldn't wait for them to come over slowly, so she rushed over and hugged Xue Ruitian's waist.

Because this little guy is not very old, he just celebrated his 11th birthday, and I don’t know if it is due to congenital deficiency. He is surprisingly small. He is half a head shorter than his peers of the same age. He looks quite petite and exquisite. .

"Xiao Xiushui, you said you are not big, but you are not light!" Xue Ruitian held Xiao Xiushui's face, rubbed it twice, and said, "It hurt me."

"Hey, brother Xiaotian, don't rub my face all the time. My face is rounded by you."

"Your face is still round even if I don't rub it." Xue Ruitian took Xiao Xiu Shui's hand, took the handkerchief handed to him by Hong Ye, and wiped it on Xiao Xiu Shui's face, "You just ran so anxiously. What are you going to do soon?" "I'm going to see you at the Duke's Mansion!" Xiao Xiushui took Xue Ruitian's hand and followed everyone into the racecourse. He looked at Xue Ruitian, then turned to look at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Ah I said the foal is about to be born, and I want to call you all over to take a look."

"Then let's go!"

Merlin glanced at Xiao Xiushui and saw that it was a bit hard for him to follow them with his short legs. He stretched out his hands to pick him up. Seeing that he was a little unhappy, he patted his head.

"Sister, let's take you flying, okay?"

Before Xiao Xiu Shui could nod, she looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. After getting their permission, she stood on tiptoes, hugged Xiao Xiu Shui and walked quickly towards the stable.

It was the first time for Xiao Xiushui to experience this feeling. She hugged Merlin's neck with excitement on her face. When she arrived at the stable and was put on the ground by Merlin, she was still recalling it very much.

Before Xiao Xiu Shui came back to her senses, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Xue Ruitian and Hongye also arrived. Seeing Xiao Xiu Shui's confused look, they all found it very funny. They leaned over one by one and pinched his little face. Even Shen Haolin couldn't hold back and reached out to squeeze Xiao Xiu Shui.

After being squeezed by these people, he saw a few more fingerprints on Xiao Xiushui's face. Qi Bo just ran out of the stable and saw it at a glance. He ran in front of several people aggressively and blocked Xiao Xiushui behind him.

"How old are you, and you still bully children!" Qi Bo rolled his eyes at a few people, "Why don't you go in? What are you doing here?"

"Just arrived!" Shen Haolin reached out and took the carton that Hongye had been holding, and stuffed it into Qi Bo's hand, "I brought you snacks."

"Oh?" Qi Bo opened it, looked at it, and snorted, "It's because you can't eat it, so you just gave it to me, right?"

"Hey, Uncle Qi, it's really not the case this time." Xue Ruitian looked up and down at Uncle Qi with a smile, "What's going on? You're very angry today? Is Chibai's condition not going well?"

"It's still within the controllable range." Qi Bo breathed a sigh of relief and poked a piece of hawthorn cake into his mouth. He narrowed his eyes in enjoyment, "It tastes good. Where did you buy it?" ?Bring more with you next time you come to see me.”

"Don't you feel sore?"

"No, the taste is just right. This is the most delicious hawthorn cake I have ever tasted. Back then, the people in the imperial kitchen couldn't make it taste like this." Qi Bo shook his head gently and looked at Shen Cha, "Xiao Cha, You wash your hands and go see Chibai, I feel like it has always missed you and wanted to see you."

"okay, I get it."

"I will go with you."

Shen Haolin looked at Xue Ruitian, winked at him, and followed Shen Cha away.

Seeing Shen Haolin's color, Mei Lin probably guessed what Xue Ruitian wanted to talk to Qi Bo, so he dragged Xiao Xiu Shui and Hong Ye and followed Shen Haolin and Shen Cha into the stable.

"What are you doing?" Qi Bo poked two more pieces of hawthorn cake, looked at Xue Ruitian and said, "What do you want to ask me?"

"No, I want to tell you something." Xue Ruitian sighed softly, "Lao Qi is back!"