Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 305

"Really, have you two never gone out to a temple fair at night?" Seeing a group of children running towards him, Yan Bo grabbed Qin Zheng, stopped Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, and let the group of children pass by, " Are you particularly unaccustomed to it?"

"I'm not used to it. When we come out at night, we either arrange arrests or arrange the next battle. It's the first time like this tonight." Shen Cha rubbed his nose and looked at the bustling market, "Now this It looks really different from what we remember!" She raised her head to look at the star-studded sky, and at the adults with smiles on their faces and the children playing wantonly around her, she sighed, "Never before I never thought that Jiaping Guancheng would become what it is now.”

"Yes!" Shen Haolin stretched out his hand to support a little boy who was running too fast and almost fell, "Run slowly, keep an eye on the road, don't fall!"

"Thank you, brother!" The little boy bared his teeth at Shen Haolin, and ran forward to greet his little friend.

After all the children had disappeared without a trace, everyone continued to move forward.

"At first, I thought that the lantern festival was just to look at the lights and guess lantern riddles, but I didn't expect that there would be food for sale." Shen Cha looked curiously at the snacks in the hands of the passers-by who passed by her, "The stalls are not closed at night. Is the family reunited?"

"Some people just want to take advantage of the Chinese New Year, festivals, and temple fairs to earn more money, so that after the spring, the children, old people, and female relatives in the family can live a little better." Yan Bo sighed, "Although we don't Like Xijing, the gap between the rich and the poor is so wide, but we cannot deny that there are still some people who are not living so well." He stopped in front of a stall selling vermicelli soup, and handed it to the stall owner. A small piece of silver bought ten bowls of vermicelli soup and distributed it to others except Qin Zheng, Shen Cha and Song Jinyu. "It's delicious."

"Conscience!" Jin Miaomiao nodded towards the stall owner, "Real ingredients, full of flavor!"

"Thank you for your compliments!" The stall owner saluted, looked at the group of people passing in front of him, turned his head to look at the broken silver in his hand, and was surprised, "Hey, guest officer! Guest officer! The guest officer stays, there is no change yet!"

"Stop yelling, Boss, I didn't expect you to find this when I gave you this." The diner standing next to him, seeing the puzzled expression on the stall owner's face, sighed, "Do you know who these people are? ?”

"No matter who they are, I can't take their money!"

"He will give you some silver coins, except for the money for the ten bowls of soup, the rest will be rewarded to you." Another diner explained, "The old man who bought soup with you just now is the steward of the Duke of Zhen's mansion. A man and a woman beside him are Lord Zhen Guo and General Shen, and Lord Wu Ding is following behind."

"Ah? Ah!" The stall owner opened his mouth wide in surprise, he didn't expect so many big people to buy his soup, "I...I..."

"Hey, don't be so surprised. Now is the truce period. There is no war to worry them. You can meet them on the street in a short time. Just get used to it." The third diner finished drinking the soup and wiped his mouth , handed the boss a few copper coins, "See you later!"

The stall owner was still immersed in the surprise and joy of seeing the big man, completely unaware of what was happening around him.

"The boss just now looked at Miansheng, and he doesn't seem to be active here very often." Shen Cha turned around and took a look from afar, "Are newcomers coming to the city recently?"

"It's just that you don't go shopping often." Yan Bo raised his eyebrows, "That stall is often placed at the entrance of the North Gate, and now the North Gate is not allowed to enter and leave, so I had no choice but to move here. Besides vermicelli soup, his family also Knowing how to make roasted duck fat has a unique flavor." He pointed to a stall not far away, "There are lantern riddles over there, you children, go and join in the fun!"

"Okay!" Shen Cha grabbed Shen Haolin's arm, walked quickly a few steps until he stood in front of the lantern riddle guessing booth that Bo Yan mentioned, and looked at the lantern riddles hanging on it seriously, "Boss, count from right to left, The first is rosin, the second is coriander, and the third is..."

"The third one is Chunfeng." Shen Haolin stretched out his hand and pulled Shen Cha to his side to prevent her from being hit, and then looked at the stall owner, "Boss, are we right?"

"The younger one has met the Duke and the eldest lady, and the answers of the two are correct!" The stall owner bowed politely when he saw Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "These three lantern riddles have different levels of difficulty. There are also different prizes to choose from." He pointed to the small objects on his left hand, and then pointed to the one on his right, "Or the two of you can continue to guess the riddles. There are many correct guesses. There are more prizes."

"Pen holder, ruler, slingshot..." Shen Cha looked over everything, and there were some things that children like, and then he looked at the things on the right hand side of the stall owner. They were mostly small ornaments. There are quite a few in the Duke's Mansion.On the contrary, those small gadgets are very suitable for her.

"Like it?" Shen Haolin looked at her expression, "Take whatever you like."

"Come here!" Shen Cha waved to Li Yu, Zhang Jing, and Mo Kai, "Look, what do you like, my sister will give it to you." Seeing the three children swarming up to choose gifts, she looked up. Looking at the stall owner, he asked, "These... are all made by the boss?"

"Yes, the young ones are carpenters, and these are all made by small ones." The stall owner scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "The young ones are not good at learning skills, and their craftsmanship is not good."

"No, it's already very good. Many details have been handled well." Seeing that the three children had already been selected, Shen Cha nodded slightly towards the stall owner, "Excuse me!"

The stall owner watched the group leave, and heaved a sigh of relief. Everyone said that the members of the Shen family army were very kind from top to bottom. Although they were very skilled, they never bullied others.Before contacting him, he thought it was nonsense, but seeing him tonight, he really deserved his reputation.

Looking at the small slingshots in the hands of the three children, Shen Haolin took Li Yu's one, tried it a little bit, and raised his eyebrows, "The slingshot is good." Then, he returned the slingshot to Li Yu, "You have practiced the slingshot, I can take you hunting in the spring."

"My lord, when can we learn archery?" Li Yu looked anxiously at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, "We..."

"I have to ask your senior sisters." Shen Haolin smirked, "Senior sister, when are you going to teach the juniors how to archery?"

"As soon as your slingshots can hit a hundred shots, that's when you start learning archery." Shen Cha glanced at Uncle Yan, and pouted at the children, "Uncle Yan, do you think so?"

"Yes, you are going to ask Yan Bo to teach you well, he is a strong player in this field."

"You two little fellows!" Yan Bo stretched out his finger to Shen Haolin and then to Shen Cha, "Okay, let me teach you, just like General Shen said, when the slingshot is perfect, when will it start." He patted the three children, "Bow soldiers are difficult, but magic bows are even more difficult. You still have a long way to go!"

"What Yan Bo said is that you should practice diligently and don't slack off." Seeing the three children solemnly agreed, Shen Haolin patted their heads and looked at the lanterns around, "There are many kinds of lanterns this year."

"Well, we have a lot more at home." Shen Cha tilted his head to look at a lotus lantern, "This one is quite delicate."

Shen Haolin glanced at Mei Lin, Mei Lin nodded, ran over to pay, and brought the lotus lantern over to Shen Cha.

"Brother, I just think this looks pretty good, and I don't mean to want this." Shen Cha held the lotus lantern, dumbfounding, "I can't praise you, brother will buy something, right?"

"But that's what I mean. If you like it, buy it, so as not to regret it." Shen Haolin nodded, and pulled her to follow Qin Zheng and Yan Bo, wandering slowly on the street, "When I was young, Cha'er was not in good health. Well, I seldom go out during the day, not to mention such a cold night. It’s no joke to be sick with frostbite. I can’t leave her at home alone to play by myself if the tea doesn’t come out. So, I don’t understand to the fun of shopping." He smiled at Shen Cha, "Let me have a good time today, okay?"

"Little Cha, just let Haolin enjoy himself, so that he won't feel regretful all the time." Yan Bo looked at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, and said with a smirk, "Besides, this is what he should do as an elder brother."

So, in the following time, as long as it was something that Shen Cha agreed to, or that his eyes stayed for a long time, Shen Haolin waved his hand and bought all of them, so that not only Shen Cha himself was carrying things in both hands , Plum forest, plum bamboo, red leaves, golden seedlings, and even Song Jinyu's hands are all gifts from Shen Cha.

"Hey, this evening's shopping was not in vain, it was quite fruitful!" After shopping for about half an hour, a group of people met Chen Jiu, who was patrolling with soldiers, and saw that everyone was in a big bag. Xiaobao smiled and said, "Shall we help take it back?"

"Xiaojiu, it's not that we have a lot of harvest. These are all your sister's things. Your brother is really rich and self-willed. Your sister buys whatever she likes, and doesn't even stutter. It's really enviable. Ah! And we are just helping to carry it." Xue Ruitian put all the things in Chen Jiu's hands, "Come on, everyone give things to Xiao Jiu and ask them to take them back to the house."

"Then what about you?" Shen Jiu waved his hands towards the guards behind him, and took the things from everyone's hands, "What are you going to do?"

"Go to the army to watch the night training!" Xue Ruitian turned to look at Song Jinyu and Jin Miaomiao, "Xiaojiu, by the way, let's send Xiaoyu and Miaomiao back."

"Okay!" Shen Jiu nodded, and smiled at Song Jinyu and Jin Miaomiao, "Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)