The house was closed, and Yu Xi was too embarrassed to bother him, so he had to go back to Ren Zhonghui's courtyard. Ren Zhonghui and the princess were so addicted to honey and red bean porridge that they couldn't help themselves. They drank bowl after bowl of porridge and ran out of soup.

"Yeah! Will he be angry if he didn't leave it for my best friend?"

"Princess, what is the bestie you just mentioned? Is it honey produced by an animal called bestie? Is the honey delicious?"

The princess squatted in the corner of the courtyard and washed the cauldron with water.

"Yi Zhi said that he and I are best friends, what kind of best friends."

Ren Zhonghui was digging soil under the big tree while talking. "Azhi is a man, how can he be your sister? I understand, there is something wrong with this boy."

"I think he is very good, but not good at love. Some of the things Yi Zhi said to me were like what a woman said."

Ren Zhonghui was panting from exhaustion. He took out a black clay pot from the pit. "I hid a jar of rice wine last year. Do you want it?"

"Empty wine and no food."

Ren Zhonghui went back to the house and took out two bronze bottles, opened them and poured wine. The sweet-scented osmanthus-colored syrup slowly poured into the bottles, and the aroma of the wine overflowed. Ren Zhonghui couldn't help but take a sip first.

"Princess, you have your own sword. Why didn't you use your own sword when you were sparring with Zhou Ping that day?"

Ren Zhonghui pushed the cup in front of the princess.

"My sword cuts iron like clay, I'm afraid of bullying him!"

Ren Zhonghui had already drank three cups. The princess took a sip secretly and choked and coughed.

"Ahem."

"Hasn't the princess ever drank?"

"Yu said, wine is a thing that will destroy a country. How can I try it?"

Ren Zhonghui drank another bottle. He took a closer look and felt that the princess's sword was very dazzling.

"Princess, your sword looks like a good thing. Where did you buy it?"

"Why do you ask? Common people don't have the money to take it."

"Don't underestimate people!"

"Have you drunk two ounces of wine and you're drunk? This is Kunwu's indium iron, which is only for nobles."

"One more drink?"

"Don't tell me, this stuff is bitter-sweet and has some flavor."

Yu Xi pushed the door open and happened to see the two of them pouring wine. The princess picked up the wine glass and smelled it. She was about to swallow it in one gulp, but Yu Xi took the wine glass away from her.

"You can't drink."

"Brother, I took it out because I thought my father wouldn't come again. I didn't drink much."

Yu Xi drank the wine: "What do you know? She can't drink for seven days!"

Ren Zhonghui poured wine into the bronze bottle in Yu Xi's hand.

"Why can't I drink?"

"You don't understand, she is Tian Guiqi. Don't fall!"

"What is Tiangui?"

"Yizhi can't say."

Yu Xi drank it all: "You can't drink it anyway. It's almost like getting sick. You have to avoid eating it."

"Sick? This woman who is as fierce as a tiger and an ox can still get sick? I think she can go to the dock to carry sacks now."

Yu Xi didn't want to explain anymore and hurriedly changed the topic.

"Aren't you going to eat at a very popular place? Get ready, it's time to go, there's not even a dish, how can you drink?"

"That makes sense. Let's go out and drink without being discovered by my father."

"Why do you always want to drink lately?"

Ren Zhonghui drank a glass of wine and looked at the distant mountains with profound meaning. "There are some things I can't say!"

"Yi Zhi, I eat two meals a day in the palace, but I can eat three meals a day outside the palace. I'm really happy."

"Princess, ordinary people also eat two meals. It's just that Yi Zhi saw that you like to practice and consume a lot of physical energy, so she proposed three meals a day. At noon, there are early meals and there are few people."

After packing their clothes, the three of them went to eat at the most popular restaurant on Youxin Street. That shop was the place where Wuming almost ruined his career. The three of them were just about to go in when they saw a young kid rushing in front of the three of them. He

Looking at the three of them with a pair of watery eyes, pouting like a goldfish.

"Who wants the pot?" Half a piece of snot flowed down his nose.

Ren Zhonghui was a little impatient and stared as big as an ox.

"Go away, we don't want the blame. We've been very unlucky lately. Scammers don't change their tricks to deceive people. They always take the blame!"

Yu Xi bent down and asked, "Kid, where is the pot?"

The child scratched his belly and took out a piece of paper from his arms.

"I don't know, it's the owner of a jewelry store, and he asked me to come over and ask. This is what he gave me, and he said you'd understand it after you see it."

Yu Xi took the object from the child's hand, which was a piece of white paper. In this era of scripts, paper had not yet appeared, and bamboo slips were used. The princess had never seen paper before, and she was looking at the object in Yu Xi's hand intently.

"Child, can you take me to that shop?"

"I don't know either. The boss said that if you want to ask, just go to Chengdong Station and someone will answer. You don't need to return the paper to him. Also, it seems that there is no more left."

Si Ziyi looked at Yi Zhi in confusion. She snatched the white thing and smelled it again and again. The child fled the scene in panic.

"Yizhi, what is this? It looks like cloth and is easy to break, so it's not as good as cloth."

"This thing is called paper. I have something to do, so you can eat it first."

Ren Zhonghui is worried about Yi Zhi.

"Azhi, where are you going? We will go with you!"

"Remember the old man's pot?"

Ren Zhonghui looked at Yi Zhi in front of him as if he were a fool. He had countless suggestions in his heart, but he couldn't say a word.

"How can someone like you be so eager to be deceived?"

"I'm not lying, it's really magical. You two eat first, and I'll come back as soon as I go." Yu Xi took the paper and turned around to leave.

"Can you give me this white one?"

Yu Xi handed her the paper without saying anything.

"Here!"

"Yizhi is the best! We'll wait for you at the table. If you don't come back, we'll take some back."

Yu Xi went all the way east. Si Ziyi and Ren Zhonghui went into the store to order food. Si Ziyi saw paper for the first time, maybe because she was drunk and a little bored. She thought it was very fun to tear up this thing, and she couldn't stop it from the moment she sat down.

After a pause, Ren Zhonghui was also very curious, so he grabbed a handful of scraps of paper and played with them in his hands.

"My dear guests, what would you like to order?"

"Azi, order it, I won't eat it."

"Those three bamboo signs."

"One of the dishes is a special stir-fry of a small shop. The stir-frying method consumes animal oil and is more expensive. Can you bring enough shell coins?"

"Just do it, it won't cost you anything."

"Unfortunately, we have run out of leeks. How about frying eggs with celery instead?"

"Can."

The boss leaves.

"Ren Zhonghui, why are fried vegetarian dishes more expensive than stewed fish?"

"Oil is difficult to refine, so it's more expensive. Ordinary people can't afford this fried food."

The princess looked around.

"Here are either merchants or royal aristocrats."

"The common people are hunting, plowing the land, fishing and making hemp. Ordinary people don't eat meat every day."

"I didn't expect you, a businessman, to live more comfortably than that nobleman."

The boss saw the scene of tearing the paper just now, and now he stepped forward to ask.

"My dear guests, what is this?"

"This is paper."

"Who gave you this gift?"

"Who are you? What do you ask?"

"I am the owner of the shop. If you want to tell me where this comes from, I will treat you to all the delicacies you ordered."
To be continued...