"Here we come, we come!" The crowd saw the watermelon-filled carriage and the donkey cart, and immediately boiled over, and spontaneously gave way to a passage.
Li Li, who was sweating profusely, was finally freed from the crowd. He squeezed to the donkey cart, wiped the sweat from his brow, and said with a little exaggeration: "My little ancestor, you are finally here! If you don't bring the watermelon here, these people will tear me apart!"
A familiar figure squeezed out from the crowd, it was the steward of the Yao family. He just had dinner with Li Li yesterday, and said in a familiar tone: "Who dares to make things difficult for Mr. Li! Who doesn't know that Mr. Li is by the side of the imperial envoy?" The red man!"
"Red man? I've been sent down to sell watermelons, what kind of a red man am I!" Li Li thought he was witty and smeared himself.
Yu Xiaocao raised her eyebrows and said, "What? You've only been asked to help for two days, and you're complaining? Let me see! In the future, you can ask your godfather to take one less meal to the pier..."
"Don't! Don't! You can still get food on the pier except for your stewed vegetables, but you may not be able to queue up every time. If there is no food from you, how will I live in the future! Xiaocao, my little one Auntie, just pretend that I didn’t say anything just now, is it okay? You are lucky to be able to work for you, Auntie..." Compared with Wu Yun, Li Li's temper is a bit more detached, so he begged his grandpa to sue his grandma. There is no sense of disobedience in such funny expressions and movements!
"Stop nagging! Hurry up, we're all waiting to buy watermelons!" I don't know who's buying it, and I don't seem to know the backstage of the melon shop, so I yelled arrogantly. Another guest next to him kindly whispered in his ear for a moment, and the guy withered immediately, avoiding Li Li's provocative gaze.
Many people came with the car, and with Li Li as a good helper, the two carloads of watermelons were quickly unloaded into the shop. The originally empty shelves were now occupied by plump watermelons.
After waiting in front of the door for a long time, the guests who were finally able to buy watermelons crowded the small shop to the brim.
The steward of the Yao family, who helped unload the watermelon, smiled and said to Xiaocao: "Yesterday, didn't the girl give our old man two watermelons? In the afternoon, two friends of the old man came to visit, and our old man couldn't help but take them out. Show off, but unexpectedly, I was taken away by those two old friends begging for nothing! Our old man was so angry that he ordered me to come and wait in line early in the morning, saying that he wanted to buy a lot and go back, and hold a "taste" at noon Melon will '…”
Yu Xiaocao couldn't help laughing, people often say: Old boy, old boy! Sure enough, the older you get, the more you look like a child. Those two old friends of Mrs. Yao came to visit, and they were able to forcefully take the owner's watermelon. In order to show off, Mrs. Yao also created a "melon tasting party", which is really interesting!
Xiaocao picked ten top-quality watermelons for the steward of the Yao family from among the watermelons. Perhaps because she was with Xiaobutianshi every day, she could gradually feel some aura. For example, she could faintly feel the concentration of aura contained in the "bath water" of Xiaobutianshi. Among these watermelons, which ones are ripe and which ones are sweeter are related to the concentration of the absorbed spirit stone water, so she can vaguely detect it.
After the steward of the Yao family paid the money, it seemed that a certain floodgate had been opened. Next, Yu Xiaocao sat next to the cash box and never got a chance to get up again. She was really soft on receiving money!
The watermelons on the shelves were quickly sold out. The eldest aunt, Han, kept moving watermelons from the backyard to the shelves. When a shelf was sold out, she quickly filled it with watermelons. When I am too busy, my grandma Yao will also help me.
Li Li and Yu Hai drove the horse-drawn cart and donkey cart back to Dongshan Village. In the afternoon, I will bring two more truckloads of watermelons to prepare for tomorrow's sale.
Most of the wealthy families in the town have relatives and relatives. Many of the families who bought watermelons yesterday invited relatives and friends to taste them. Anyone who has tasted the taste of Yujia's watermelon will not be fascinated by it. I didn't enjoy eating at relatives and friends' house, so I sent a servant or bought it in person early this morning. As a result, in Yu's melon shop, there was another scene of panic buying yesterday.
"Huh? What kind of shop is that over there? It's so lively!" A low-key, luxurious carriage stopped not far from "Tanggu Watermelon Shop". Looking around.
Beside the carriage, a handsome young man on a tall horse glanced at the melon shop, bent down and said softly to the people in the carriage: "Mother, there should be a watermelon shop..."
The one who was called the concubine by the handsome young man was a beautiful woman with a pale complexion and a thin figure. Her every move seemed weak, but she carried an innate grace. The woman coughed lightly twice, took the cup from the servant girl's hand, moistened her lips, and said in a soft and delicate voice, "Watermelon shop? Isn't watermelon only available in summer? Could it be that the watermelon in Tanggu ripens earlier than in the capital?"
The handsome young man was also a little puzzled and said: "Yes! It's only the end of spring, how come there are watermelon sellers? Xiao Zhuozi, it seems that watermelons are also planted in our village, right?"
The one called Xiao Zhuozi was a boy with a slightly feminine appearance. When the master asked him, he immediately bowed and said: "I went to Zhuangzi a few days ago, and the watermelon on Zhuangzi is no bigger than a fist, and it will be at least a month before it matures!"
The beautiful woman seemed to be very interested in the melon shop, but she said softly but firmly: "Xiao Er, go and buy a watermelon, let's taste how it tastes."
"Mother Concubine, watermelons are cold in nature, you are not feeling well recently, why don't you buy watermelons?" Jun Meiqing frowned, slightly worried.
The beautiful woman glanced at him slightly with her phoenix eyes, her willow eyebrows seemed to be frowning, and she said with a slightly sad expression: "Oh...my body is mainly a heart disease, you don't know it! She also said to accompany her out to relax, and she finally got an appetite I want to eat some fruit, but I have to push and push... Oops, my heart hurts... "
here we go again! The handsome young man looked helpless. Although his mother and concubine are nearly forty years old, she still has the temperament of a little girl. She needs someone to hold her and protect her. It's all given to me by my father! ! Who in the capital doesn't know that His Highness Prince Jing is an out-and-out wife-loving madman
"Mother and concubine! Before you came out, how did you promise your father? You also promised that you would listen to your child in terms of food, drink, housing and transportation! It's only been a few days since you left Beijing, why did you forget about it? "The handsome young man, Prince Jing's second son, Zhu Junxi persuaded him kindly.
Princess Jing rolled her eyes flexibly, chose her usual rascal attitude, covered her heart and yelled non-stop, and said repeatedly: "Didn't you also promise your father, within a reasonable range, all Follow me, won't you make me angry? I'm just tasteless now, and I want to eat some fruit, but it's not beyond the reasonable request!"
Faced with Princess Jing's attitude of playing tricks, her two personal maids, Mei Xiang and Lan Xiang, lowered their eyebrows and did what they should do. They have seen a lot of things like this. The princess is pampered by the prince and protected by three sons. Every time she wants to achieve her goal, she will pretend to be ill. The masters and masters feel sorry for the princess, and every time the result is that the princess wins.
Zhu Junxi sighed silently, and wanted to make the last struggle, so he persuaded softly: "Mother, do you still remember who you came to Tanggu for? If you eat cold watermelon and make your condition worse, three or three If I find out after I come back, I will definitely blame myself!"
Why did Princess Jing appear in this small town in Tanggu? Her reason seems to be very good - the third son Zhu Junyang has been at sea for more than half a year, and there is no news so far.
The sea is full of dangers, and there are always storms and waves. During the trial voyage, if her youngest son hadn't been lucky, he might have confessed to being at sea. It's been more than half a year, can she not worry about it? Tang Gu is the nearest town to the harbor, and it seems that she is closer to her youngest son when she comes here, so her anxious heart can be a little more stable.
Prince Jing also looked at his concubine Ai and missed his son getting thinner, so he asked his second son to take her out to relax. If he hadn't been busy recently, he would have accompanied him in person.
Speaking of the youngest son, Concubine Jing's eyes dimmed immediately. If the heartache just now was 90% fake, now it is 100% real. The concerns and worries about her son were all stuck in her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.
The youngest son is interested in sailing ships. He has been following his cousin—the current emperor—since he was a child, watching models of ocean-going ships, which were born in the hands of his cousin. He is only three or four years old. Great ambition - to be an ocean adventurer when he grows up, bring back all the rare objects from the ocean, and relieve the boredom of the mother and concubine!
She thought it was a child's talk, but she didn't expect that after more than ten years, the youngest son actually boarded an ocean-going ship and went to an unknown place. miss
"Princess, are you feeling sick again? Lan Xiang, where are the pills for the concubine? Quickly take one for the concubine!" Mei Xiang sensed the discomfort of the master, quickly poured a glass of warm water, and took the Lengxiang pill for the master to take.
Zhu Junxi realized that he had said something wrong and made his mother and concubine worry, so he got off the horse hurriedly, opened the curtain of the car, and asked with concern: "Mother and concubine, don't worry, the ship is full of veterans who went to sea with the emperor. He has rich experience. I believe that the third brother will return safely soon."
Concubine Jing took the pills and felt better. She gave her son a weak smile and said, "I'm just sick. I'm fine. Don't worry."
Seeing that his mother and concubine's complexion improved, Zhu Junxi felt relieved, and said with a bit of blame: "My parents are here, so I won't travel far! The third brother is also the same. He clearly knows that the concubine's mother has a heartache, but he still insists on going to sea..."
"Shut up!" At this time, there was no smile on Princess Jing's beautiful face, and her weak eyes became sharper, "Xiao Er, put away your thoughts that you shouldn't have! We don't like brothers killing each other in Prince Jing's mansion." , Fighting in secret!"