Poor children

Chapter 44

一
Today, the old lady’s room is full of people. Several ladies, young masters and young masters are all there, and the old god is also chatting with her.

"The old fairy has not been here for a few days. Please take a look at my little grandson." The old lady held the young master Chengda, the third wife's son, in her hands. "Since you are here, I can't help but take a look at this child's fate." "

The old immortal looked at the third lady. The third lady sat up straight and was very nervous. "Immortal Lord! Old lady, this young master is so noble just by looking at his face. No need to think too much, he is a destined person."

"Hahaha, okay, okay! Let me borrow the good words from the old god!" The old lady was very happy, and the third lady also breathed a sigh of relief.
In the middle of the floor, brothers Cheng and Chengzhe were sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals, talking. The fourth lady was originally sitting on the Kang with the old lady, but she was only thinking about Cheng He, so she got down and sat next to Cheng He and kept handing him a hand. food

"I don't eat, I don't eat, don't always give me food" Chenghe said
"Don't you like these? I'll ask someone to prepare whatever you want to eat." The fourth lady arrived. "You have been going south for a long time, and everyone in your family is thinking about it. How can those who eat and sleep outside be as good as those at home? You are so much better now that you are back." "Tonic is the way to go"

"I'm eating well. Besides, I have my mother to worry about, so I won't bother my fourth aunt."

The Fourth Madam didn't say anything and quietly stuffed a newly made bag into Chenghe's sleeve. There were so many people in the room that Chenghe couldn't bring it out to her. He sat there not knowing what to do. He was so embarrassed.

"Have you brought anything for me when you came back this time?" the fourth lady asked
"I came back in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts for Fourth Yiniang. Please don't blame Fourth Yiniang."

"I didn't mean that, as long as you think about me, it's fine."

"You are my aunt, and the child will naturally miss you," Chenghe said. "Old grandmother, my grandson suddenly remembered that he has something to do, so he won't spend much time with you."

"You are a filial child. Now your father has a lot of official things and he needs your help. Just do it if you have something to do. Why don't you stay here with me?" The old lady arrived
Chenghe bowed his hands and came out, and the fourth lady followed him.
"Chenghe, Chenghe, wherever you want to go, I will go with you."

When Chenghe saw her coming out, he quickly took out his wallet and returned it to her, "I'm going to my uncle's house. I don't need a wallet for anything. Thank you Fourth Aunt for your trouble. You'd better give this to someone else."

two

In the poor boy's residence in the backyard, Tiedan'er was teaching Lai Bao how to practice swordsmanship. He had really made some progress in two days. Suddenly he saw Cheng He coming in from outside. Lai Bao didn't pay attention and almost stabbed Cheng He.

"Fortunately, it's a wooden sword. If this was a real sword, I wouldn't wait for the New Year's Eve. It's time to go to the Gate of Hell." Chenghe smiled and touched Lai Bao's head.
"Chenghe, let's have a sword duel. I've been practicing better recently. I have a great master." Lai Bao arrived
"Really?" Chenghe looked at Laibao dotingly, "How can I dare to compete with you in this case? My face won't look good if I lose."

The two of them were talking when they saw Chengzhe also come in.
"What happened today?" Pao'er said with a smile, "Why did the two young masters come to my place?"

Chengzhe handed a bag of candies to Lai Bao and said, "I saw my brother coming out, so I came out too because I was bored. Yesterday, my aunt brought me some candies when she came. I don't like eating this even at any age. Come on." Bao likes sweets, so I thought of bringing them to her, but I didn’t expect that my brother would also come here.”

"It just so happens that you are here. Let me introduce you. This is my sworn brother Huang Mufeng." Pao'er and Tiedan'er came to them. "He is the apprentice of the old god Wang."

"The apprentice of the old god?" Chenghe said, "Isn't that my uncle's junior fellow apprentice? He is of the same generation!" "Brother, there is no need to make such a fuss. If this is the courtesy, I will still be your uncle's fellow junior fellow apprentice." Pao'er He smiled and said, "Let's forget about your uncle for now. You two are my brothers, and he is also my brother."

A few people laughed and said nothing, and sat down to talk. Noble loved Chengzhe, and Chengzhe also preferred Noble more. He wanted to give her anything delicious and fun.
"Do you still like the clothes I brought you from Jiangnan?" Chenghe asked the poor boy.
"Of course I like it, but the clothes look very expensive. I have to do a lot of menial work all day long, so why would I wear it? I locked it in the cupboard."

Chenghe nodded, "It's still some time before lunch. Let's go to the street and pull a few feet of cloth to make two new clothes for you and Laibao. No matter what, we have to give you two new clothes for the New Year. Okay. If you don’t want to wear it every day, just make something similar. This piece of clothing still has to be worn to be valuable.”

"Since my brother has said it, I will naturally not shirk it. Is there anyone who doesn't like new clothes? What do you think is Noble?"
"I want new clothes. Thank you so much, brother Chenghe. Then I can ask my sister to help me choose. Chengzhe and I are going to the old Taoist priest's house now," Lai Bao said.

"You want to go to my master?" Paoer thought for a while, "That's fine, then go. Just tell me that master said it was me who told him to eat less wine at home. If I know that he has eaten too much, If it hurts his body, I will definitely not let him go, and he will never be able to eat the snacks I made again."

Lai Bao agreed and pulled Cheng Zhe to prepare to leave. Pao'er looked at their backs as they left and told them, "Cheng Zhe, take good care of Lai Bao. Don't let her run around and cause trouble."

three

Here Chenghe, Tie Daner, and Poorer also went to the tailor shop. The tailor shop the three of them went to was in charge of the four seasons clothes of all the masters in the palace. , invited them to sit down and quickly served tea, "Whatever the young master wants, just send someone over and ask me to come over and give instructions. Why did he come in person during the New Year's Eve?"

"It's okay. I'm bored at home. You can find two pieces of material to make clothes for this girl." Chenghe pointed at the poor boy.
The shopkeeper looked at the pauper and said, "Yes, yes! This girl is truly a beauty. She has such a good figure, but if it weren't for the best material, I don't think it's worthy of her. I have a new one here." Yun Jin, I asked the guy to bring it for the girl to see, do you still like it?"

"Shopkeeper, I don't want too good materials, just cotton. I wear it on weekdays. I don't like it to be too shiny. The more plain and simple the better."

"Here, there isn't any thick cloth in the shop, and there are a few bolts of makeup that are the most simple. How about I ask someone to bring them to the girl to have a look at?"

After a while, the boy placed several horses in front of the poor girl. She looked at them carefully and said to the shopkeeper, "I want this grass-colored one. My sister will use this apricot-colored one for her clothes."

The shopkeeper hurriedly sent people to cut the materials.

"The shopkeeper" Cheng He said, "Tell your people to hurry up and do it before the year is over."

"Yes, yes, I asked all the tailors to sew this girl's clothes first. I just don't know what style the girl likes?"

"Just an ordinary style, no need for too much decoration or embroidery, just something simple"
The shopkeeper said yes, and asked the poor boy where he lived. He said that when the clothes were ready, he would ask the waiter to deliver them there as soon as possible.

Chenghe paid the money, and the three of them walked around the street for a while. Near noon, the poor boy had to go back to the kitchen to do some work, so Chenghe and Tiedan'er went back to the mansion together to compete in martial arts.

(End of this chapter)