Descendants of Pangu in the Great Desolation

Chapter 17 Maid Axiu
Two handsome teenagers ran in the afternoon market, adding a little vitality to the dull market.

"Master, wait for me, I can't keep up with you." Xu Lu followed behind me sweating profusely, for fear of losing me.

I looked at him out of breath, and said with a smile: "Hurry up, you can't keep up with my pace. You are not afraid of making jokes when you say it." Although Xu Lu was only 14 years old, he He already has a height of 1 meters, because the management of flowers and plants is always exposed to the wind and the sun, the original fair skin is dyed with a layer of bronze, which makes him look extremely healthy, and his arms have shown strong muscles.But now I am only about 6 meters tall, and my body is even more horrible. Not to mention muscles, I don’t even have any flesh. In the end, not only did it fail to make up for it, but it made me feel nauseous when I saw the greasy things, and in the end it all went into Xu Lu's stomach, so I went to make up for him.

Xu Lu came to me panting and complained: "I can be regarded as catching up with you, young master, since you have been learning art from Taoist Luofu, although you are thin but have good stamina, you can walk or run very fast. I chased you there. It's up to you."

Hearing what Xu Lu said, I also rubbed my head and thought: "That's right, since I learned art from Master, I have become healthier and have not had any illnesses, and my body feels much lighter. The suffering for so long is not in vain. But how many times has Xu Lu told you, don't use honorifics to me, even though I am the eldest son, I am still a few years younger than you, isn't it good for us to be friends instead of master and servant?"

Xu Lu looked unnatural when I said this, and said with a little panic: "Master, Xu Lu is your servant, and it is right to use honorific words for you. Dad told me that one day is the master and the rest is life." Lord, don’t be disrespectful to your master.” I pointed to his slightly strong chest and said, “You are such an elm-headed person, you can’t make any sense at all, and it’s just a waste of my words to talk about it. Now, as your master, I I order you, you are not allowed to say honorific words to me from now on, if you say honorific words to me again in the future, I will punish you not to eat for three days, and if you want to eat, you can only eat those big fish and meat that I can't eat."

Xu Lu touched the back of his head and smiled at me, and said, "Master, are you punishing me or rewarding me?" I raised my right foot and stepped on his left foot fiercely, and said with a straight face: "I I'm not as tall as you and I can't hit your head, but I still have the strength to step on you. If I hear the word "you" from your mouth again, I will exert more strength and step on your feet directly. discounted."

Xu Lu rubbed his left foot that hurt from my stepping on it, and said grinningly: "Master, don't make such a big effort, okay, if my left foot is really broken, who will accompany you out to play? Where are you going to go today?" For fun? Qingsong Mountain in the outskirts of the city or the Wuhua Temple where incense is at its peak?"

Hearing that he gave me no honorifics, he smiled at him and said: "I heard from the kitchen lady Sun that there is a temple fair in the Town God's Temple today, let's go and see it." Temple fairs are such an ancient thing, which aroused my curiosity.

As soon as he heard that there was a temple fair, Xu Lu's eyes flashed a little, he forgot the pain in his left foot instantly, and said: "Temple fair, there are many interesting things there, let's go, master." After finishing speaking, he pulled me hand, walked to the Temple of the City God.

Seeing how excited he was, I also wanted to know about the temple fair in advance, so I asked, "Xu Lu, have you ever been to a temple fair before?"

Xu Lu smiled slightly and said: "When I was young, I went to the temple fair in my hometown with my father, but the temple fair in my hometown is very small and not too big, but as long as there is a temple fair, the whole town will be very lively, there will be many people doing small business, delicious food There are a lot of them." Seeing Xu Lu recalling the past with a happy expression on his face, I am looking forward to the temple fair even more.

"Young master, you look so lively." After a stick of incense, Xu Lu and I came to the Town God's Temple, and saw that the entire street was occupied by vendors doing business. At least one-third of the people in the city walked on this street. The excitement of that scene cannot be described in a few words.

I looked at a booth with all kinds of small stones, and some of them showed translucent light green substances.Then he shook the excited Xu Lu's arm and asked, "Xu Lu, what is that? Why have I never seen it before?"

Xu Lu looked at the booth I was pointing at and explained: "Master, those are crushed jade stones, which are peeled off from big jade stones, and can be used as accessories for hairpins or belts. But these jades are not of the highest quality. Only those ordinary people who can’t afford high-end accessories will buy them and then be processed by people in jewelry stores to give to friends or relatives.”

I didn't expect to see jade embryos here, so I have to go and have a look, "Let's go and have a look, I've only seen finished products in the mansion, I haven't seen anything like this."

When I came to the stall selling broken jade, I picked up a jade embryo with a piece of dark green and looked at it. Seeing that I was holding it, Xu Lu thought I was going to buy it, so he negotiated the price with the boss: "Boss, what's the price?" What's the price of broken jade?"

"Brother, these pieces of broken jade don't matter how big or small they are, you can choose whatever you want." The boss immediately smiled when he saw the business coming.

Xu Lu also picked up a piece of broken jade, and said to me: "Master, do you want to buy it for three coins?" Xu Lu interrupted my contemplation, and I put down the broken jade in my hand and said, "Xu Lu, these I want all the broken jade, you go ask a price."

When Xu Lu saw what I said, he negotiated with the boss: "Boss, I want all these young masters, let's make a price." When the boss heard that I wanted to make a circle, he was immediately elated, and hurriedly said: "Little old man, here are 22 pieces of broken jade." A three-coin silver is a total of six taels of silver, so let’s count it as the young master’s six taels of silver.” I’m quite satisfied when I heard this price, although six taels of silver can support an ordinary family’s livelihood for more than a month, but for me It's nothing to say, so he asked: "Xu Lu, give the boss seven taels of silver and find something to wrap it up."

Xu Lu took out seven taels of silver from his waist and threw it on the stall, and said to the boss: "Our young master is generous, this is seven taels of silver, and the extra will be a reward for you. Find something to help my young master pack the broken jade. stand up."

Seeing that the person in front of him was so generous, the boss wrapped up the broken jade with a square scarf pressed under the broken jade on the stall and handed it to Xu Lu, and said with a smile: "Thank you, young master, this is the parcel brought by the little old man from home." Broken jade square scarf, if you don’t mind the young master, use this to wrap it.” Xu Lu took the package and said to me: “Master is all right, let’s go shopping elsewhere.”

When I left the broken jade stall, I suddenly felt a little hungry, so I said: "Xu Lu, I'm hungry, let's go eat, there are many delicious snacks here." Xu Lu nodded at me, and dragged my hand to shuttle Wander the food stalls at the temple fair.

Xu Lu and I brought the items we purchased along the way, and just as we climbed over the courtyard wall, we saw Axiu, my mother's maid, standing in the corner, as if she was waiting for me.Axiu, who was wearing light yellow silk clothes, leaned against the corner and said to me: "Master, let's sneak out to play again, be careful and I will tell Madam."

As soon as I saw Axiu, I knew that this outing was discovered again, so she told her mother that she would have to be disciplined again, so she hurriedly grinned and greeted her with a smile: "Sister Axiu, what a coincidence, did you also come here to hang out?" Axiu ignored me at all, and sneered at me with a stern face: "Yo, how can I have the elegance of the young master, hanging around the courtyard wall." Hearing Axiu's tone, Xu Lu knew that Axiu It's time to use the ultimate move 'Lion's Roar Kungfu', so he hurriedly persuaded him from the side: "Sister Axiu, please find the young master if you have something to do."

"Young Master" came out of Axiu's small cherry mouth with a sound like thunder, and all the birds on the tree flew away in fright, and all the carps in the pond sank to the bottom of the pond, even the old one who was still tied outside the hut. The yellow dog couldn't hold it any longer and nearly passed out.

Even if I cover my ears with both hands, the sound can still linger in my ears. I have to admire Axiu's lion roar skill is really the best hidden weapon in the world, killing people invisible.If things go on like this, I'm very likely to suffer from deafness, and I will be insulated from sound from now on. In desperation, I had to admit my mistake in a low voice, and begged her for mercy: "Sister Axiu, I know I was wrong, please be merciful, I don't want to die young."

When Axiu saw that I had admitted my mistake, she stopped pursuing it. She retracted the lion's roar and said softly: "It's good to know that I'm wrong. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you now. Go back to the room, wash your face and change your clothes. Miss Xin came just now. Madam told me I'm looking for you."

"Cousin Xin is here, right? I'm going back to my room to change my clothes. Xu Lu took these things to my room." When he heard that Yu Xin had come, the lion's roar that was left in his ears just disappeared. The mood became very sunny.

This Yu Xin is the daughter of Situ Hai's mother's sister. Her father, Situ Hai's uncle, is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He used to be very good to Situ Hai. Relying on Situ Hai's identity, he got close to her a lot.Every time she comes to the mansion, she will definitely bring some strange things to her cousin, me, and she is both beautiful and dignified, which is a model of an official lady.

Although I was happy because Yu Xin entered the mansion, I was still worried that I would be reprimanded by my mother for sneaking out of the mansion, so I hurriedly asked Axiu who went back to the room with me: "Sister Axiu, mother doesn't know that I go out to play, right?" Axiu He smiled and said: "Master, Axiu, I'm not the kind of person who exposes people's faults. I'll tell Madam that you are taking a nap, and I will go to find Miss Xin when you wake up." I felt relieved when Axiu said that.

Axiu's surname is Jiang. The princess picked it up from the street when she was four years old. From her mouth, she learned that there was a flood in her hometown and the whole family fled here.I don’t want her family members to get sick one after another and die in a foreign land on the way. Only she barely survived, but she was too small and weak to survive. If the princess didn’t find out, maybe she would starve to death and freeze to death on the street.Seeing that she suffered such hardships at such a young age, the princess couldn't help feeling sorry for her, and finally brought her into the mansion to accompany Yu Xin who was living in the mansion at that time.Later, after Yu Xin returned to live in the Shangshu Mansion, Axiu served at the side of the princess, and lived in the mansion for 16 years.Although sometimes she is very fierce towards Situ Hai, she can be regarded as the woman who loves Situ Hai the most after the princess and Yu Xin.The princess has always wanted to find a husband's family for her to find a good home, but she flatly refused.She told the concubine that her life was given by the concubine and that she would never leave Prince Ping's mansion. Even if she wanted to marry, she would find a simple and honest man in the mansion to remarry. After marriage, she would continue to stay in the mansion to serve the concubine.In Yunchao, she can already be called an old lady. The princess is very anxious and always asks some women in the mansion to help match the bridge, but maybe the marriage has not yet come, so far she still has not found the person she likes to entrust her life .

(End of this chapter)