Poor children

Chapter 47

一
Chenghe and Tie Dan'er went straight to the pauper's residence after they came out of the house. Tie Dan'er only came to stay for a few days and wanted to see the pauper every day. Chenghe was also happy to stay with them, and the two When the talent entered the courtyard, they saw Chengzhe and Laibao practicing their swords.

"Laibao, where is your sister?" Tiedan'er asked
Lai Bao accepted the move and said, "My sister went to give clothes to the old Taoist priest."

"What clothes?"

"New clothes, my sister made a new robe for the old Taoist priest. I started making it in the summer. I finished it last night and sent it over in a hurry."

"Why don't you go together?" Tiedan'er asked
Laibao was a little embarrassed. "The old Taoist priest was sleeping when we went there yesterday. I saw that his beard was a little long, so I cut it with scissors. When he woke up, he didn't thank me and got angry. He told me to stay away from him in the future. I originally wanted to go with my sister, but my sister said she was afraid that the old Taoist priest would still be angry, so she asked me to go back in a few days."

Chenghe went over and touched Lai Bao's head, "There's never a day when you don't get into trouble. The old Taoist priest usually pays the most attention to his beard. Why did you just cut it off for him?"

"I didn't know it before I cut it, but I regretted it after I cut it. The old Taoist priest looked very strange without a beard. He sat there crying for a long time, saying that it was hard to go out to meet people."

After hearing what Lai Bao said, several people couldn't help but think of the appearance of Master Sanyang, and they all burst out laughing.
"You people really have no sympathy. My master is sad, but you are still laughing here." The poor boy happened to come back and heard what they said.
"The Taoist priest is so out of tune. I couldn't help it when I thought of his appearance." Tiedan'er laughed so hard that he kept wiping his tears. "I think Laibao did a good job this time."

When Noble heard Tiedaner praised her, she became more energetic

"Poor" Chenghe calls her

"Brother?"

"Go and take a break from Su's mother. Since we are all here today, let's go to the busiest market in the city and have lunch there. I know a restaurant that makes braised lion heads. It’s best to take a walk after dinner, buy you two some New Year’s gifts, and come back in the evening.”

two

The east and west streets here can be regarded as the most prosperous places in the capital. There are many shops on the left and right sides of the road. Everything you can think of is here. The two brothers Cheng and Chengzhe love Paoer and Laibao the most. In short, these two The girl bought them whatever she wanted. As soon as it was noon, everyone felt hungry and walked to the restaurant Cheng He mentioned. Coincidentally, they met two acquaintances at the door who were also going to eat.

"Uncle, aunt" Cheng and Chengzhe hurriedly walked forward to say hello.

"Senior brother, aunt," Pao'er called, Fang Shaoqin nodded in embarrassment. Kan Lianrong hadn't seen Pao'er for some days and missed her very much, so he took her hand and asked her for warmth, and kept saying no. stop

Tie Dan'er inevitably stepped forward to greet "Senior Brother"

"Oh, okay, okay, it's better not to scream, my head is about to explode." Fang Shaoqin arrived and looked up at Lai Bao again. They both asked at the same time, "Who are you?"

"I'm Noble, who are you?"

"I am uncle"

"Uncle" Fang Shaoqin nodded, "This little girl is quite pretty. I like her very much. When you grow up, marry her into my family. Your aunt will give birth in the Chinese New Year. They all say it's a boy." , can you come to my house to be a child bride?"

"I don't want it. Who wants to be your child bride? I want to follow my sister all my life."

Chenghe really couldn't stand his uncle's unruly look, "Let's not stand here talking anymore. Let's go in quickly. Aren't we all hungry?"

In this way, a few people entered the restaurant together, had lunch together, and went crazy on the street together after the meal. They did not disperse until the evening. Needless to say, these people cheated Fang Shaoqin of a lot of money.

three

On the early morning of the [-]th day of the lunar calendar, everyone got up to dress up and put on the new clothes they had prepared for a long time. After breakfast, the boys, except for Chengda who was younger, followed the prince to his home to worship in the hall. Several ladies Miss He went to the old lady's house to say hello, and everyone in the family talked with the old lady and spent New Year's Eve together

Today, the seventh prince and the old princess also came over. They said that everyone in the family was tired of seeing it. If they wanted to play cards and win, it was all their own money, so they had to go to the mansion for half a day to lively, and then go back during dinner. , the old prince and the princes were playing cards together, and the old princess couldn't stay idle anymore. As soon as she entered the house, she took out her money pocket and asked several ladies to play cards with her, saying that she wanted to win all the money in their pockets. willing to give up

Baozhen was wearing a bright red brocade dress that she had made, which looked very eye-catching. She was sitting next to the old lady reading cards, helping her to deal cards, and collecting and paying money for her. She just looked at her as if Deliberately suppressing her upset, she would grab a few handfuls on her face every once in a while. When the fourth lady saw it, she winked at Chunya. The two looked at her uncomfortable look and couldn't help but look at each other and smile. The third lady was touching the cards. I happened to see the two of them smiling strangely, so I knew something was going on, but I didn't know what they had done, and I felt that they were still in their infancy and couldn't do anything big, so I ignored them.

"Baozhen, my son." Mrs. Wang also noticed that something seemed wrong with Baozhen and asked, "I see that your rouge today is a little too red."

"Mom, I didn't use it too much, why am I so red? It's just that I feel a little itchy on my face today, and I don't know why."

The fourth lady suppressed a smile and said, "Oh! My son! It must be that your lice are getting worse, right? Now they're biting your face?"

When the seventh princess heard this, she immediately ran away and said, "Baozhen, do you have lice? Why do you, a wealthy lady, hate being clean so much? Don't you like to take a bath? If you have lice, don't get too close to me." The seventh princess shook her shoulders again, as if she felt there were lice on her body.

When Baozhen heard what the seventh princess said, she twisted her handkerchief and kept stamping her feet, with a look of grievance on her face.
"Look, why are you still twisting, don't stomp your feet, will you shake off the lice if you shake it like this? Don't shake it on me again." The seventh old princess said the more she hid the farther
The old lady also felt embarrassed, so she said to Baozhen, "Baozhen, go back to your room and take a bath before you come back. Don't worry your seventh grandmother for nothing."

Baozhen didn't say anything, and gave a hasty gift and went back to the room. Seeing that Baozhen was about to take a bath, Chunya suddenly thought about it, so she kept winking at the fourth lady, who was looking at the cards of the seventh princess. Not seeing her eyes for a moment, the third lady was sitting opposite the seventh princess, but she felt that the daughter next to her was acting strangely, so she asked, "I don't know what happened to our second lady today. Is her neck cramped? Or does she also have a long hair?" Got lice? Why are you shaking there?"

Only then did the seventh princess feel relieved. After hearing what the third lady said, she became nervous again, "Sister-in-law four, what's wrong with all the girls in your family? It's not nice to spread the news that a daughter of a royal family has lice."

"Second girl, in that case you should go and take a bath before you come back," the old lady said
"Yes, grandma, I heard from the fourth lady today that her body is itchy. Why don't you ask the fourth lady to wash it too?" Chunya arrived
"Ah?" The seventh princess was almost going crazy after being tortured by them. "Fourth sister-in-law, can I stay in your house or can't I?"

The old lady hurriedly comforted her, "Don't listen to these children's nonsense. Why can't they stay here? I'll let them all wash up. You can play your cards in peace. None of my daughters-in-law have lice on their bodies."

"Yuefang, would you like to take a shower too?" the old lady said to the fourth lady

"Ah? Me? Do I need to wash it?" The fourth lady felt a little strange, and she saw Chunya winking at her, "Ah! Then I will go and wash it too."

(End of this chapter)