Eunuch Fan: "As long as it's okay, as long as it's okay. Xue'er goes to bed early, and we'll go home early tomorrow."
After all, it's not a real father-daughter relationship. It's not good for Eunuch Fan to stay in the room for too long, so he has to leave after speaking.
"If I sleep here, where will Eunuch Fan sleep tonight?"
Eunuch Fan pointed to the East Chamber: "Brother Shi Jiu and I are old buddies, we will squeeze together tonight. Don't worry about it!"
Rong Chang'an didn't say anything else, he closed the door, plugged it in, and lay down on the bed. If he didn't go back for a day, Eunuch Fan's wife must be very anxious, and she will feel at ease when she goes back sooner.
He also stopped thinking about what happened in Yan Shijie's house tonight, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next day was sunny again, before dawn, Rong Changan and Eunuch Fan led the horses and started on the road. After walking for a long time, I just returned home. I saw that in the woods outside the thatched cottage, the old woman was leaning against a pine tree, watching eagerly. When she saw Rong Changan and Eunuch Fan, a smile appeared on her troubled face.
"Why did you come back today?"
Eunuch Fan said: "There was nothing to sell in the nearest market, Xue'er and I rushed to the capital, and when we finished shopping, it was already late, so we had to stay at my old man's house."
Rong Changan: "I'm really sorry for making you anxious all night."
Seeing Eunuch Fan holding a horse, the old woman asked, "Where did this horse come from?"
Eunuch Fan said happily: "Xue'er became her jewellery, and bought this horse. It's a little thinner, but it's okay to carry people occasionally. When the grass grows in spring, we will raise it well. Should be able to gain weight."
The old woman saw that there were a lot of goods on the horse again, and it was worth worrying all night.
"If you don't come back, I'll have to eat the bark today."
Rong Chang'an then said: "Eunuch Fan, quickly unload the rice noodles and take them to the kitchen to cook, don't let eldest sister starve."
If you can call the old lady "Mother" in front of others, but in the thatched cottage of the three of you, calling her "Mother" is a bit awkward. The old woman has been poor all her life and doesn't remember her own name, so Rong Changan still calls her "Mother". "Ma'am" is better.
As expected, the old lady had been starving since last night. She took out the newly bought rice noodles and made ten flatbreads. She ate two of them first. Rong Changan took out a red-headed rope and handed it to her.
"In the future, you will use this rope to tie your hair."
The old woman held the red-headed rope in her hand, as if it was New Year's Eve: "I remember when I married my previous husband, he gave me a red-headed rope, tied it for a year, and the red-headed rope broke. Since then, I I never tied my hair with a red ribbon again."
Rong Changan took out two more combs, a bronze mirror, and a box of combing oil.
"From now on, each of us will have a comb. If the elder sister combs her hair, she will still look good!"
Eunuch Fan sneered, "She's just a thousand-year-old tree bark, no matter how tidy it is, it won't look good."
It was a joke, but the old lady didn't take it to heart. She stuffed the last piece of cake into her mouth, her hands were greasy, she held the comb in her hand, and combed her hair in front of the bronze mirror, smiling while combing.
"If the queen hadn't come, I would have forgotten what a comb looks like!"
Being poor can be poor, but it doesn't mean you can be sloppy and unhygienic.
Just living in this thatched cottage for the first day, Rong Changan felt uncomfortable all over. No matter how hard it was in the military camp before, it was not as dirty as here. She was really afraid that she would grow lice on her head like an old woman.
Rong Chang Anxin also died, and he no longer wanted to go back to the palace to see Yan Li, so he said to Eunuch Fan: "How long can we survive on this little money! Why don't we find a livelihood and earn some money every day? Fill your belly."
Eunuch Fan sighed: "It's the middle of winter now, what can I do to make a living? In spring, I can go to the forest to hunt game. If I can't eat, I can sell it in the market to earn some money."
Rong Changan frowned: "It's not like we hunt wild game every day, we have to find another livelihood..." Rong Changan squinted his clear eyes, bit his lip and thought, "But what should we do?"
Eunuch Fan and the old woman said in unison, "What are you doing?"
"That's right!" After thinking for a while, Rong Changan's eyes lit up.
Eunuch Fan's eyes also lit up: "What kind of livelihood does Xue'er think of?"
Rong Changan: "Didn't elder sister raise a hen before laying eggs and sell them in the market? I still had dozens of taels of silver on hand, so I bought a few more egg-laying hens and asked elder sister to raise them. Hens If we lay more eggs, we will earn more money, what do you think?"
The old woman clapped her hands and applauded: "Great idea! I wanted to do that before, but it was because I didn't have any silver. Now that the queen has dozens of taels of silver, we can buy twenty or thirty hens, and it's not a problem."
Eunuch Fan was also happy: "Queen, you really have a big idea! If you hadn't come, we would still be living a life of hunting."
Rong Chang'an said: "Now we are on the same boat, we should help each other to create a better life. There are always people who envy the life in the palace, rich clothes and good food, carefree. But in my opinion, this kind of wild and unrestrained Life is what I want most.”
In addition to raising hens to lay eggs, Rong Changan also thought of growing vegetables, but it was the middle of winter, and he had to wait until spring to grow them. She also thought of going to the market to perform martial arts, but she was afraid of being recognized, so she gave up this idea again.
After a few days, it was sunny again, Rong Changan rode to the market early to buy hens.
Eunuch Fan wanted to go with her, but Rong Changan comforted him: "I will remember this road after walking once! You are waiting for my good news at home."
In any case, he wanted to go alone, but Eunuch Fan couldn't resist her, so he told her, "Xue'er go early and come back early, don't make me and your elder sister wait too long."
Rong Changan nodded and smiled on the horse: "I'm fast on horseback, so you can rest assured."
Use a willow stick to whip the horse's buttocks: "drive!" The horse hurried to the market.
The haze of the past seems to have passed, Rong Changan is in a particularly good mood today, the sun is bright and warm, and the magpies follow him along the way, very pleasant.
When he came to the market, he touched his stomach and felt very hungry. Rong Changan smiled and said, "Okay, you are the most honored guest. Let me feed you first, make you shut up, and then go to buy food." hen."
I saw a restaurant with a high-hanging Wangzi with the word "Hele" written on it. Opening the cloth curtain, a smell of wine came out.
Dr. Jiu hurried over with a smile all over his face: "What do you want to eat, female guest officer?"
Rong Changan picked a seat near the window and put down the burden: "Give me a bowl of haggis soup and three meat buns. Also, my horse is tethered outside, you feed it with some fodder."
"Okay," Dr. Liquor said briskly, "Do you want any more wine?"
Rong Changan thought for a while, he was in such a good mood today, so what if he drank a couple of sips of wine! It's good to warm up your body.
"Here's a dime of wine."
Dr. Liquor sang, "Well, here it is for you!"
After serving haggis soup, steamed stuffed buns and wine, Rong Changan took off his veil and watched the snowy scenery under the sun while eating steamed stuffed buns, drinking soup and drinking. Because he was wearing a veil, Rong Changan was not afraid of being recognized even if he took off the veil.
Dede, a sound of hooves suddenly rushed from a distance. The swiftness of the horse team frightened the shoppers on the street, and they jumped like dogs.