Grandpa Huang, it looks like someone has raised that duck for several years and helps manage the ducks! Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, he has understood human nature, and he may not sell it for how much money he pays to raise ducks!
The old man didn't like it, I don't care, I just want to eat a duck today! He said in a dull voice, we are all going to die, if we eat a duck, our son won't buy it, what's the point of living?
Okay, okay! Zhu Yunxi has a headache. My grandson will help you!
I don’t know why, but after the old man got sick this time, he kept telling Zhu Yunxi that he was going to die and what should he do, and what should he do if he couldn’t live for a few days.
What if they don't sell it? I, the grandson of the emperor, can't rob it openly! Zhu Yunxi thought to himself.
I'll do it! Li Jinglong smiled on the side and said, isn't it just a duck? If he doesn't sell it, I will throw down the money, catch it and run away! After saying that, he took out two shining silver coins from his waist and continued to laugh.
, seeing this, what kind of duck can’t be bought!
After speaking, Li Jinglong saluted and strode towards the ducks.
On Zhu Yunxi's side, he got off the sedan chair and jumped to watch.
But as soon as Li Jinglong passed by, the duck farmer rowed away in a small boat, leaving only the ducks on the river.
Why!
I said!
Duck raising!
Li Jinglong stood on the shore and shouted several times, but the sky was filled with the quacking of ducks. The duck farmer walked further and further away and could not hear it at all.
This... Li Jinglong looked back and saw that the emperor and the emperor's grandson were looking at him. If he went back empty-handed, wouldn't he be scolded?
Look at the ducks again, bite the bullet and catch them later. Nothing is more important than the emperor’s happiness. Just catch them first and send someone to give them money later!
Thinking of this, I took off my shoes and socks and stepped into the water with my bare feet.
Hiss! The spring water looked warm but was actually cool. Li Jinglong’s eyebrows suddenly knitted together.
But I can’t worry too much now and keep moving forward.
Oops! I just took two steps and the soles of my feet hurt, as if I had stepped on a grass root and was stabbed.
Continuing forward, he slowly touched the grey-headed duck pointed by the old man. The water had reached the waist and eyes. Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, the duck seemed to feel the danger and looked at the water in the river with some vigilance.
people.
Don't run, don't run, let me catch you! Li Jinglong thought silently in his heart.
Suddenly, his spine felt a little dangerous. After all, he was a military commander who had been on the battlefield, and his sixth sense was no better than others. When he looked back, he almost screamed.
On the water, several big white geese opened their wings, extended their necks, and opened their long mouths, and they seemed to be flying straight towards him.
It’s broken! Li Jinglong cursed in his heart.
At the same time, the fluttering wings had already slapped his face, and then his cheek hurt, and he was bitten by the goose twice.
Grandma’s!
Li Jinglong waved his arms wildly, his center of gravity was unsteady and he fell directly into the water.
Cough! Cough!
After taking two sips of the river water with duck droppings in it, Li Jinglong ran towards the shore. However, several geese were chasing after him.
Geese are actually more protective of the family than dogs.
The duck farmer can walk away casually because there are so many big geese beside the duck flock.
Li Jinglong came ashore in embarrassment. He didn't even have time to put on his shoes when several geese chased him. The momentum seemed to treat Li Jinglong like a bug and would not stop until he was pecked to death.
Ouch!
Zhu Yunxi heard Li Jinglong scream, covered his buttocks and jumped very high, and then ran in this direction without wearing shoes. Several big geese behind him stretched their necks and chased after him.
Fu Rang, Fu Rang! Li Jinglong shouted while running, shoot them! Hurry!
As I was running, I suddenly stumbled and fell down with a thud. Several big geese pounced on me, covering my face with a slap in the face.
Along the canal, Li Jinglong was screaming.
Hahahaha! The old man and Zhu Yunxi laughed so much that they burst into tears. The other guards could not stand up straight either.
Stupid porcelain! The old man laughed and said, Your Majesty, let a few geese chase you all over the ground! Haha! I haven’t run away yet!
Zhu Yunxi couldn't stop laughing either. Go quickly and rescue him. Don't be embarrassed!
Several guards came forward and drove the goose away with punches and kicks. Li Jinglong got up with a muddy face. It was obvious that several spots on his face had been pecked green, and there were a few strands of goose feathers on his lips.
He was dejected when suddenly a barking dog came from behind him.
Several nearby duck farmers saw someone stealing ducks and rushed over with their dogs and forks holding manure.
Stop running away from the duck thief!
Capture him and send him to the government!
Li Jinglong ran away again.
The old man also said quickly, quickly, run quickly!
Several guards carried the old man and ran away in a whoosh. Zhu Yunxi was beside him and ran after him.
Grandpa Huang! He was out of breath running, Zhu Yunxi said, we didn’t steal any ducks, so why were we running?
Li Jinglong is with us! The old man said loudly, I can’t explain! Run quickly!
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I don’t know how long I ran, but I stopped in front of a market.
This place obviously sells cooked food, and the air is full of fragrance.
The old man moved his nose. What does it smell like? It’s so fragrant!
Zhu Yunxi looked forward and saw a stall selling dog meat. The cooked dog meat was tumbling in a big pot, and people around him were rushing to buy it.
In front of the clinking chopping board, a woman in her twenties quickly used a hook to take the dog meat out of the pot, and then the kitchen knife flew up and down, turning it into pieces of meat.
The woman is tall, with a stained apron around her thin waist, and the sleeves on her arms are rolled up, revealing two brittle arms. She has an oval face, eyebrows with willow leaves, and beads of sweat on her cheeks.
Following the rhythm of the kitchen knife in his hand, his chest rises and falls in a beautiful rhythm.
The people around who were buying meat were all swallowing their saliva.
The old man looked at it for a long time and then said, go over and eat it! After saying that, he stopped sitting in the sedan chair, stood up, and walked tremblingly towards the other side.
Zhu Yunxi hurriedly went up to help him, but when he turned back inadvertently, he found an embarrassed Li Jinglong looking around.
What are you looking at? Zhu Yunxi asked.
Li Jinglong had a grimace on his face and asked, "Look, there is no one selling shoes!" As he said that, he lowered his head and said, "The soles of my feet are broken!"
Damn it! Zhu Yunxi laughed and scolded, and helped the old man to the stall.
The old man looked left and right, his nose moved, and he squeezed to the front. Girl, how much does it cost per pound?
The woman selling the meat didn’t even raise her head and paid ten cents a pound!
What? The old man grinned. How expensive? We ate out for the past two years and only had sixty-seven cents!
As you said, that was the price a few years ago! The woman continued to chop the meat, wrapped it up and gave it to a buyer. She wiped the chopping board quickly and said with a smile, "This year, the price is this!"
The old man said in a low voice, "It's not a good thing, why is it so expensive!"
The more people eat it, the more expensive it becomes! The woman smiles beautifully, with dimples on her cheeks, and is cheerful and generous. In the past, no one could afford it. It is cheap! In the past few years of the prosperous Hongwu era, people had spare money.
If the delicious food is not sold enough, wouldn’t it be expensive?
With the words "Hongwu's prosperous age", the old man's eyes were filled with laughter.
The woman laughed again and said, my father's generation couldn't sell even two dogs a day. Now I'm guarding the canal, and five dogs a day are not enough to sell. Isn't it too late? Some members of the Communist Party of China have money outside, and they can't sell them on the first day.
Ask someone to send you money, make a reservation for fifteen cents per catty, no counter-offering!
You girl knows how to do business! The old man smiled and said, OK, come here... He said, look at the people around you, if you are ten pounds, you need to bring slices and fat!
Okay, you can make it while you're at it, and I'll give you a tail to chew on! This skill of mine is passed down from my family, and after eating it this time, you'll think about it next time! After saying that, the woman hooked half of one out of the pot and asked, "Which one is bigger?"
Blocks, small blocks!
Of course you have to eat large pieces of meat! The old man smiled and turned back to Zhu Yunxi and said, "Give me money!"
Grandpa, please sit down first! Zhu Yunxi helped the old man sit down, turned around and shouted, "Lao Li, come here and give me the money!"
Li Jinglong didn't know where to get a pair of shoes. He put one foot on, and kept the other foot in his hand to put it on. He jumped up and down on the ground. Here it comes, here it comes, I'll give you the money!
Sitting on the table, the guard took out a handkerchief and wiped the table clean. Someone went to the stall next to him and bought some fresh green onion pancakes, etc. He pointed at Li Jinglong and asked the vendor to ask him for money.
The old man is also weird. He doesn't eat in big restaurants and loves small stalls like this.
After a while, two large pots of dog meat came up.
The old man directly grabbed a piece of skin and stuffed it into his mouth without even chewing it. Well, good!
Sir! The woman smiled and said, "We have some home-brewed rice wine. Would you like some?"
Zhu Yunxi hurriedly said, "Grandpa, no, you can't drink wine!"
We are almost dead, why can't we even drink a sip of wine? The old man immediately lost his temper.
The woman also said, Young Master, this is your fault. He is already this age. He can eat and drink as he pleases. It’s not like he can’t afford to drink, so why aren’t you giving him a drink?
It’s good to drink some wine to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis!
Listen! The old man rolled his eyes at Zhu Yunxi and smiled at the woman, "Girl, give us two pounds!"
Okay! The woman agreed crisply again.
Immediately, the wine came and was poured into a porcelain bowl with broken edges. It was a little turbid and smelled of rice.
Hey, the old man took a sip and smiled so hard that his eyebrows dangled, sweet!
Then, he asked the woman selling the meat, "Girl, why are you working alone, where is your man?"
The woman had just finished her work and was wiping her sweat. When she heard this, she laughed and said, "Dead!"
Yo! The old man put down the wine bowl and looked it over. It's a pity to be widowed at such a young age... No, it's a hard life! As he said that, he asked, how did you die?
Let's fight! The woman fanned the wind with her hands and went to conquer Korea with the emperor's grandson, but she died there!
Suddenly, the old man stopped drinking, and Zhu Yunxi, who was eating meat, stopped him.
There were a lot of people alive when I went there, but the ashes were in the urn when I came back! The woman continued to laugh and said, "We who have left us orphans and widowed mothers have no choice but to show up and do some small business!"
Zhu Yunxi felt uncomfortable in his heart. Aren't those who died in the war getting pensions?
The pension is a lot, but you can’t just sit back and let it go! The woman is still smiling. Besides, the man in my family still has his mother and father, and there are two unmarried younger brothers at home. The court has given a lot of pension, but he has lost his life.