Chapter 86 Simple Happiness
The Weaver Girl Temple is located on the hillside of a mountain in the city. Today is the Chinese Valentine's Day, and there are crowds of people coming and going. The mountain is crowded with passers-by. For fear of disturbing the tourists, Ye Jinmo, Su Qiyu and others dressed in homely clothes and dressed up.
Blended in as an ordinary businessman.
"I didn't expect it to be so lively here. It's much more fun than the palace." Su Qiyu looked at the passers-by and saw so many people passing by for the first time.
"Yu'er, you promise me not to run around!" Ye Jinmo reminded, with a bad look on his face. When he saw so many people, he felt a little regretful for bringing her here.
Su Qiyu was in high spirits and agreed casually. "Okay, I promise not to run around! Let's go!"
Then, Ming Qingyang and Dong Li walked in front to clear the way, Su Qiyu and Ye Jinmo walked in the back, and Mei Xiang Lanzhu followed closely, surrounding Su Qiyu in the middle.
Su Qiyu looked around. The temple was as lively as the market. There were small vendors setting up stalls on the roadside, constantly selling.
"Tanghulu, big and sweet candied haws!"
A loud voice came, and when Su Qiyu heard it, she immediately became interested.
"Yu'er!" Ye Jinmo grabbed Su Qiyu who was about to run away, and then said coldly: "Who promised not to run around just now?"
Su Qiyu curled her lips and looked aggrieved: "I'm just greedy! Hehe..."
Ye Jinmo would not be fooled. Although she was cautious in the palace, her true nature was exposed outside. There was no doubt that she was just too playful.
"Emperor... Young Master, I'll come as soon as I go!" Ming Qingyang turned around and said to Ye Jinmo.
Ye Jinmo nodded, and Ming Qingyang was about to go, but Su Qiyu suddenly said: "Dongli, you can go too, buy a few more, and let everyone try it!"
Dong Li hesitated for a moment, looked at Ye Jinmo's eyes, and then agreed, "Okay, I'll go right now!"
Seeing Dongli follow Ming Qingyang's footsteps, Su Qiyu smiled slightly, but her smile could not escape Ye Jinmo's sharp eyes: "Yu'er, what are you thinking about?"
Su Qiyu pulled Ye Jinmo and gave him a look. Ye Jinmo followed her gaze and saw Dongli and Ming Qingyang standing together in front of the stall selling candied haws. They were picking candied haws together.
, Ming Qingyang handed a candied haws to Dongli's mouth, Dongli opened his mouth slightly and bit it with a shy smile. That scene was really enviable to others.
Ye Jinmo suddenly realized.
"Yu'er, you're such a ghost!" He couldn't help praising her.
Su Qiyu smiled mischievously, held his arm affectionately, and pulled him while walking and said: "The two of them are so restrained in the palace, so you can't control them outside the palace. Let them go. Let's go to the front and have a look?"
Ye Jinmo smiled softly and put his hand on her arm. "Okay!" Then the two of them walked forward together.
Roadside vendors are Su Qiyu's favorite place to hang out. This is difficult for Ye Jinmo. On the one hand, he has to protect her from being crowded, and on the other hand, he has to tell her not to run around casually. Now he regrets taking her with him.
I came out, but when I saw how happy she was, I felt that I couldn't bear to spoil her happiness, so I had to feel embarrassed for myself.
Fortunately, Ye Jinmo did not bring any bodyguards to escort him in order to hide his identity from others. Otherwise, those people would have been shocked when they saw that Ye Jinmo had become Su Qiyu's loyal guard.
"Colorful glutinous rice balls, delicious and beautiful colorful glutinous rice balls!"
Another hawking sound attracted Su Qiyu's attention. She exited the jewelry stall and looked towards the colorful glutinous rice balls.
"Boss, how do you sell this?" Su Qiyu looked at the white steam coming out of the pot of soup and the colorful glutinous rice balls rolling on the water. She swallowed and felt a little hungry.
"Madam, three pennies a bowl!"
"So cheap?" Su Qiyu said in surprise. Just looking at the colorful glutinous rice balls cost more than three cents.
The seller of glutinous rice balls was a sixty-year-old grandma. She looked at Su Qiyu and smiled kindly and explained: "Madam, I don't know. I have no relatives and no connections. I rely on the government to allocate some land to me, saying that the emperor
Thank you for your kindness. If the emperor hadn't been so kind to the people, I would have been living on the street long ago. Now that the country is prosperous and the people have enough food and clothing, since I have the ability to support myself, why should I be greedy for a few pennies? My old bones will be turned into nothing in a few years.
"If you don't bring money with you or carry it with you when you die, it's better to earn less and make some contribution to the people."
Su Qiyu listened very seriously. She didn't expect that this old woman could understand such a profound truth at her age. She couldn't help but turn her head and looked at Ye Jinmo. She saw him smiling slightly, as if he was feeling satisfied and happy because of the old woman's words.
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She knew that he was a diligent emperor who conquered the country at a young age and devoted himself to governing the world, but she did not expect that he would be so considerate of the people, which really made her admire him.
"Old lady, I only know that glutinous rice balls are stuffed with sesame and bean paste. Why are your glutinous rice balls so colorful? They are so beautiful!" Su Qiyu asked curiously. There should be no raw materials like pigments in this era, so I don't know how she did it.
The old lady replied with a patient smile: "Madam, this is the special thing about colorful glutinous rice balls. I use vegetable juice, juice mixed with flour to make these colorful glutinous rice balls. For example, the glutinous rice balls made from spinach juice are green, and the glutinous rice balls made from orange juice are green.
The glutinous rice balls that come out are orange..."
The old lady explained patiently, and Su Qiyu understood that although this method is simple, it is not easy for people to actually implement it. I didn't expect that she was so imaginative and could still do it. Su Qiyu really admired such a self-reliant old man.
"Old lady, you have told me such an important secret recipe, aren't you afraid that I will steal your lesson?" Su Qiyu joked.
The old lady smiled cheerfully: "Madam, this is not a secret recipe. If someone really learns to make it, I won't let these colorful glutinous rice balls be lost in my hands a hundred years later. If you want to learn it, old lady
I will teach you step by step and cook it for your husband when you go home to make sure he is happy!"
Su Qiyu felt happy when she heard this. She felt that this old lady was so kind-hearted and broad-minded, which made her feel that there was still a trace of warmth in the world. When she said the word husband, her face turned slightly red. Maybe she was just an ordinary person.
The happiness of home, two simple words, made her feel warm in her heart.
She raised her head to look at Ye Jinmo, and he was also looking at her, their eyes facing each other, and there were hot sparks in their eyes. Like her, he felt the happiness between the two of them in the simplicity and plainness, and couldn't help but smile.
With a sound, he teased her by her ear: "Madam!" He called her affectionately.
Chapter completed!