Eunuch Fan: "It's far away, and it takes half a day to walk. I went to the market and came back, and it was already dark. At the beginning, I thought it was far away from the crowds, so I could take refuge here, so I stayed here."
Rong Changan thought to himself, when the snow melts, go to the market and buy some daily necessities, such as mirrors, combs and the like.
Fan Gonggong said: "Queen, why don't you wait for me, I'll go to the nearby woods and walk around to see if there are any game such as pheasants. It's cold now, they hide in tree holes, easy to catch."
If it was easy to catch, Rong Chang'an would not be a polished commander when he was rescued that day.
Rong Changan picked up the steamed buns on the table, took a big bite, and ate with relish: "The steamed buns are delicious, why should there be game!"
He poured another bowl of hot water, and ate the steamed buns while eating the hot water.
Eunuch Fan: "Eat slowly, don't choke!"
Seeing Rong Changan eating steamed buns, Eunuch Fan couldn't help sighing. He is already used to this kind of life, but Rong Changan is born delicate, how can he live such a hard life? In winter, there is still water to wash and wash. In summer, you have to go to a far place to fetch water. At that time, even if you are sweating and smelly, you have to endure it.
Eunuch Fan came out of the room and found the old woman, but the old woman ignored him and turned her face away.
Eunuch Fan grinned: "Old woman, I beg you for one thing."
The old woman was silent, just mending clothes.
Eunuch Fan sat beside her: "I was wrong just now, can you stop being angry?"
The old woman snorted: "You are honorable, you came out of the palace, and you look down on country bumpkin women like me. But what did I ask of you? Tell me, you are not even a man. Just now, in front of the queen, I It’s not good to say that about you. You’re still yelling at me?”
The old woman's words made Eunuch Fan's complexion dark, he twitched the corners of his mouth, and smiled: "I know I was wrong, okay? Don't be angry."
The old lady was also easy to talk, and seeing that Eunuch Fan had apologized, she asked, "If I'm small-minded, I'd be so angry! Tell me, what do you want to beg me for?"
Eunuch Fan salivated at his old face and said, "Isn't there a hen that lays eggs in our family? You can kill the hen in a while and make soup to make up for the queen."
The old lady has kept that old hen for several years, not to mention that she can often lay eggs for her, and can sell some money in the market to subsidize the family. Even if she doesn't lay eggs, she also has feelings for the hen. She was really reluctant to kill him.
Seeing her hesitation, Eunuch Fan said, "Didn't the emperor give us a big silver coin? When I go to the market, I'll buy some hens for you to raise, okay?"
The old woman thought about it: "The empress is also quite pitiful. She is pampered in the palace. When she comes to us, she doesn't shit. It's hard for her. Since you said it, can I not agree! I will now Go and boil the water, and you go and take the hen out and kill it."
Eunuch Fan grinned: "This is my wife!"
Eunuch Fan went to cut his neck, and the old woman went to boil water, plucked the hair, cut it open, washed it, and cooked it in a pot. Then he chopped it open and specially left a chicken leg for Rong Changan.
After stewing in the evening, put it in a sea bowl, it is tangy and sweet.
The old woman said: "It's been a long time since it snowed, and we haven't eaten meat for a long time. Today, thanks to the Queen's blessing, we can drink sweet chicken soup."
Bringing chicken soup to Rong Chang'an's room: "Queen, I'm drinking chicken soup!"
Rong Changan had been with Mr. and Mrs. Fan for a few days. He knew that they were in trouble. The hen was waiting to lay eggs. Now, for her sake, he killed the hen. Rong Changan was shocked: "Sister, did you kill the hen?"
The old woman smiled and said, "Anyway, it's useless to raise it. It's better to kill it. I respect you."
"Kill it, how do you want eggs?"
The old woman didn't care: "We have our own way. We can suffer, but we can't make you suffer."
Rong Changan was so moved that he froze into a stone statue: "You are so kind to me, Rong Changan wonders if there will be a chance to repay you in the future!"
"What do you say about repaying and not repaying? I heard the old man say that if you hadn't been kind and let him go, he would have returned to the ground by now. Don't talk about it, first drink the soup and then eat the chicken legs. Yes, I also stewed it." A pot of rice, here for you."
The corn rice served with chicken soup and chicken drumsticks is really sweet and delicious. Rong Changan felt that after staying in the palace for so many years, why didn't he have such a delicious meal
The chicken was gone after two days of eating. Rong Changan saw that the weather was clear and the sun was shining warmly on the ground, so he thought about going to the market to buy daily necessities. Just as I was going to tell Eunuch Fan, I couldn't find anyone in the room or thatched cottage, when I turned around, Eunuch Fan and the old lady were whispering in the kitchen.
Rong Chang thought to himself, what are they discussing? I'll just listen to it.
Standing outside the kitchen, listening attentively.
I just heard Eunuch Fan say to the old woman: "You pack some dry food for me now, so I can go on the road."
The old woman: "You don't tell Queen Rong anymore?"
Eunuch Fan: "No need, if you tell her, she must be very sad."
The old woman: "Then I'll pack a few cakes for you to wear on the road."
Eunuch Fan: "Pack it up and bring it to the thatched cottage."
Eunuch Fan walked out of the kitchen, but bumped into Rong Changan head-on.
"Queen, you... why are you here?"
Rong Changan raised his eyebrows and his face was gloomy: "I treated you as a benefactor, thinking that you and your wife are kind-hearted, but who would have thought that you are greedy and ungrateful villains! I, Rong Changan, really misjudged the person, I shouldn't have Get you out of the palace."
Eunuch Fan was astonished: "Queen, what are you talking about?"
Rong Changan glared and said: "But I will disappoint you, now I will leave your house and go to another place."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left. Eunuch Fan went to the front to stop Rong Changan.
"Queen, where can you go now? You don't want to go back to the capital, so don't you really want to go to Lingnan, which is thousands of miles away?"
Rong Changan: "The sky is big and the earth is big, there is always a place for me, Rong Changan."
Eunuch Fan asked anxiously: "Is it because the old slave didn't take good care of you and made you blame it?"
Rong Chang'an sneered coldly: "It's not that the service is not good enough, it's that the service is too thoughtful! Did I just say, how did you kill the laying hen two days ago? It turned out that it was to lure me and sell me to Yan Li! "
Eunuch Fan opened his old eyes wide: "I...what did you say, queen?"
Rong Changan snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves coldly: "Isn't it?"
The old woman has also come out of the kitchen: "Xue'er, it's not what you think! Why does the old man want to sell you! He sees that there is no rice in the rice tank, no noodles, and there is not much food left. You were hungry, so you told me to go to the market to buy some rice noodles, buy some chickens and ducks, and come back to honor you, it really doesn’t mean to sell the queen!”
Rong Changan stood still, his body trembled slightly, and he turned around slowly: "Eunuch Fan, is it true?"
Fan Gonggong said: "I know that the queen is a person who can't bear to drag others down. I said that I was afraid that you would be sad, so I didn't tell you. The queen misunderstood, and this old slave is at fault."
A breath choked in Rong Chang'an's throat, as if a fishbone was sticking out: "Is there no more rice and noodles at home?"
Eunuch Fan sighed: "No more, not a grain of rice left!"
Tears rolled in Rong Changan's eyes: "I blamed you all, I will go to the market with you later. I still have some jewelry on me, which can be used as a lot of money."
Eunuch Fan took out the ingot of silver and waved it in front of Rong Changan: "Queen, we have money, it was given to us by the emperor that night."
Rong Changan didn't want Yan Li's money at first, but when he thought that Eunuch Fan's family was really in trouble, and with the money, they could buy a lot of things, so he didn't say anything.