He ordered a lot of things, many good things that could only appear in his dreams before and could not be eaten at all.
But the problem now is that he has no money!
No, he has money.
It was just that he had banknotes in his arms and had not exchanged them for cash. The only property he had on his body was just a few pennies in his pocket.
With that money, I could barely buy two sesame seed cakes...
Seeing him pause in taking out money, the vendors who were about to cut meat and chicken and duck for him also stopped immediately. They all looked at him suspiciously, even with a bit of teasing in their eyes.
"Here!"
Suddenly, a silver ingot was handed over.
Not silver dollars, but almost twenty taels of silver ingots.
Sparkling, shining.
Li Jinglong smiled and said, "Take it, use it for settling accounts!"
"I borrowed it!" Xu Ping'an gritted his teeth, then threw the silver ingot in his hand, and regained his arrogance, "Serving the dishes! I'm already hungry!"
As he said that, he looked at the boy who was helping the vendor who was buying the roast duck, a boy about the same age as him, and said, "Come here! Go to the bank opposite to change money for me!"
The boy looked at his father in fear. After receiving permission, he tremblingly took the silver ingot and ran away.
"I'll eat first, change the money and then we'll pay the bill!"
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"Your Majesty... try this fat sausage, it's delicious!"
Xu Ping'an looked at Zhu Yunxi eagerly, fearing that the emperor wouldn't be able to get used to what he thought was the most delicious food.
"Well, it's okay!" Zhu Yunxi took a bite, which smelled slightly of organ meat. After all, it was a roadside stall and couldn't force it.
"Compared..." Xu Ping'an lowered his voice, "How does it compare to the fat intestines in your palace?"
"In the palace?" Zhu Yunxi was stunned.
Palace, don’t eat these things!
But he still said kindly, "Well, it's almost the same as in the palace!"
This answer made Xu Ping'an feel very happy.
He poured the broth from the pork belly onto the white rice, then lowered his head and began to stir it up desperately.
Even though he ordered ten bowls of pork belly, there was always a piece of red pork belly on top of his white rice, and he couldn't bear to swallow it in one bite.
"Brothers, please eat!"
Deng Ping first glanced at Zhu Yunxi, and then he and others lowered their heads and began to eat heavily.
~
"What are you going to do with the money?" Zhu Yunxi asked casually after taking a few bites.
"Go back to your old home and build a house!"
This answer surprised Zhu Yunxi. He smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be better to buy a place in the city?"
"No, no, we country people look down upon us in the city, so I'm not asking for trouble!" Xu Ping'an said with a slur in his mouth, with grains of rice on his lips, "Besides, my old house was built by my grandfather and father.
Yes, you can’t just throw it away!”
Zhu Yunxi nodded slightly, with some approval in his eyes.
"Build the old house, rent a bigger place, and continue to set up a stall. By the way, I will also find a doctor to treat my mother! Well... I will be filial to her from now on!"
"Don't you want to study?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
"I'm not that material!" Xu Ping'an lowered his head, "Seeing the square characters makes my head hurt!"
"What about being an official?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.
"How can you be an official if you don't know how to read?" Xu Ping'an raised his head with questions in his eyes.
Then, he suddenly chuckled, "You can't be an official! What if... what if one day I become greedy for money, and you'll have my head chopped off!"
"Hahaha!" Zhu Yunxi laughed, "Just build a house and set up a stall, nothing else!"
"Nothing else!" Xu Pingan said seriously, "Is there anything else?"
"With so much money, you don't want to do anything else?"
Xu Ping'an's expression became solemn, "This money is the hard work of my father and brother-in-law, and it will be passed down to the family. I will keep it for my wife, and then leave it to my son in the future!" As he said, he frowned deeply, "Well, also
Not all of it is my money, my sister also has a share. I have to give it to her as a dowry."
Speaking of this, he seemed to be in a low mood, "My sister is so good-looking, but she has already been married, so it's hard to find someone else. The only way is to have a richer dowry, so that she can hold her head high in her husband's family!"
At this time, he was a little annoyed again, "Although my sister is married, she is so beautiful and fair... and she is also good at making food and taking care of housework. Most people really don't deserve it."
she!"
"Haha!" Zhu Yunxi laughed after hearing this.
Xu Pingan's words swept away the haze in his heart for many days.
Because it is beautiful and simple, and simple beauty is the most real beauty.
~
Suddenly, Zhu Yunxi saw Xu Ping'an looking at him secretly, his eyes rolling.
"What are you looking at?" Zhu Yunxi smiled.
"Your Majesty..." Xu Ping'an came closer and whispered, "How about you ask for my sister!"
puff!
Before Zhu Yunxi could respond, Deng Ping beside him couldn't hold back his breath and the rice spurted out from his nostrils.
"I'm sorry!" Deng Ping covered his mouth and sprayed the rice particles into his palm, making it sticky.
Zhu Yunxi couldn't laugh or cry, "You asked me to ask for your sister..." As he spoke, he hit Xu Ping'an on the head with his chopsticks, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"You don't like my sister?" Xu Ping'an lowered his voice again, "When you were eating soup dumplings that night, I clearly saw you peeking at my sister several times!"
throat!
Next to him, Li Jinglong finally couldn't help it. A mouthful of meat was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't get up or get down.
"Eat, don't talk nonsense!" Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes at Xu Ping'an, but he didn't get too angry.
"Hey!" Xu Ping'an sighed, "It seems that I, the emperor's brother-in-law, will not be able to do it after all!"
Cough! Hi...
The meat choking in Li Jinglong's throat went directly into his nasal cavity. In an instant, snot and tears poured down from his nose, and his head was buzzing and sour.
~
"From now on, live a good life with your sister!"
After dinner, standing at the end of the long street, Zhu Yunxi smiled and gave instructions.
"Well, Your Majesty, I remember!" Xu Ping'an clenched his fists and blushed, "If I have any further grievances, I will go directly to the capital to find you..."
"No!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, "This pass is enough for me!" After saying that, he looked at Xu Pingan, "I will be leaving tomorrow. Is there anything else you want?"
After the words fell, Li Jinglong, Deng Ping, He Guangyi and others all looked at Xu Pingan with envy.
This silly boy is really lucky. When has the emperor ever said such a thing to anyone?
As long as you ask, the emperor will satisfy you!
"Yeah!" Xu Ping'an thought carefully, solemnly and hard.
Then, his eyes widened, "Can you allow me to solicit customers on my orders?"
"Soliciting?" In an instant, a picture appeared in Zhu Yunxi's mind.
Xu Pingan went all over the street to attract people, "Hey, do you want a girl or not? The emperor asked me to ask?"
Fortunately, Xu Ping'an gave a correct major case.
"You have eaten my soup dumplings. From now on, I will tell you that you Chrysostom said that Xu's soup dumplings are the best in the world... My sister sells soup dumplings. I can go wherever I want to attract customers.
No one can stop me!"
"Haha!" Zhu Yunxi laughed, "Okay, you are allowed to solicit customers and sell steamed buns according to the order!"
As he said that, he turned around and waved his hand, "Let's go!"
"Let's go...?" Xu Ping'an stood there confused, looking at Zhu Yunxi's back, stretched out his hand and waved it.
"Hey!" He sighed again, "If the emperor's brother-in-law is not qualified, then he can just solicit customers according to the order!"
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The scene changed and it was evening again.
Wuchang City is still filled with human fireworks. The officials have changed and they are no longer in tune with the people.
No matter who is an official, the people will eat, drink and have diarrhea!
The riverside streets in the outer city are particularly lively.
This place has become a blessed place, and many wealthy people in the city even come here to buy land and build houses.
If nothing else, it’s just to soak up the emperor’s immortality.
This is the place where the emperor has been!
And in this bustling street market, there is one of the busiest places, where a guise is flying high.
Above is a line of large characters!
"The emperor said that Xu's soup dumplings are the best in the world!"
Under the guise, Xu Ping'an stood proudly on the street, with his hands on his hips, "Line in line..."
If you look closely, you will see that there is a fan inserted into his waist.
Behind the stall, a girl from the Xu family and her aunt, sister-in-law and family members from Heyan'er Street were busy working briskly with a rolling pin in their hands.
Every soup dumpling carries their smile and happiness.
"Que in line, everything is available, no need to grab it!" Xu Ping'an shouted loudly, "The emperor said that Xu's soup dumplings are the best in the world!"
The crowd burst into kind smiles.
Is his soup dumplings the best in the world? Maybe!
But regardless of whether he is the best in the world or not, everyone knows that this story is destined to be sung by the people here from generation to generation.
Even if there is a change of dynasty in the future, the dynasty will die and the empire will be shattered. But the legend will still be passed down orally.
"Do not miss passing through!"
Even though the stall was already overcrowded, Xu Ping'an was still proud and shouted when he saw people, "The emperor said that Xu's soup dumplings are the best in the world!"
When he was happy, he opened the folding fan in his hand.
The letter read in big letters, "I am ordered to solicit customers and sell soup dumplings!"