The setting sun cast its afterglow on Linhuai Marquis' Mansion. The sparrows, nesting in pairs, hovered for a while before spreading their wings and flying away. In the distance, the creaking sound of approaching carriages was heard, and a covered carriage slowly approached in the setting sun.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Zhu Ping'an was the first to get out of the carriage, then reached out and picked up the little Loli girl.
The naughty kid got out of the carriage, stretched out his fat paws, and acted as if he wanted Zhu Ping'an to hold him down as well.
"I only hug girls..."
In the end, the naughty kid only heard the voice of a country bumpkin brother-in-law who deserved a beating, and then he had to slide down from the carriage.
"There's a girl behind you, hold her." After the naughty kid slid down from the carriage, he pinched his waist with his fat paws and shouted at Zhu Ping'an with his chubby face shaking.
Then she made the chubby little maid who got off the carriage right behind her blush, and she looked at Zhu Ping'an like a rabbit, then lowered her head.
"You stupid girl, why are you standing there? Get out quickly." Li Shu urged from inside the carriage.
"oh oh... ... "
The maidservant blushed and got off the carriage at a loss, as if she was a stupid thief caught by her master. After getting off the carriage, the maidservant stretched out her hand to help Li Shu get off the carriage.
"Hey, Zhu Ping'an, you new candidates will have a two-month vacation soon after taking office. Do you want to go home?" Li Shu asked casually as she and Zhu Ping'an were walking side by side on the path leading to the backyard in the mansion.
"Oh, there is such a long vacation?" Zhu Ping'an stopped and looked happy.
"Of course there are. After the release ceremony, you will be new officials and take up your posts. About ten days later, you will have a long vacation. This benefit is only for you newly promoted Jinshi. The two-month vacation allows you to settle your family and deal with personal affairs. From now on, you will concentrate on serving the country, and there will be no such long vacations anymore."
Li Shu nodded, and the golden hairpin on her princess bun swayed, and the agate tassels looked even more dazzling in the afterglow of the setting sun. Li Shu looked pink and charming, like a bud about to bloom in the spring breeze, very beautiful.
Zhu Ping'an also heard of this kind of long holiday for the first time. In the past, I really didn't find such a long holiday in ancient times. I thought that in ancient times, there was only a ten-day holiday, especially in the Ming Dynasty, it was even more difficult to take a holiday. Emperor Yuanzhang was a workaholic and only gave the Ming Dynasty three days off a year: one day for the New Year, one day for the winter solstice, and one day for my birthday. Later, it was too difficult to implement and many people asked for leave, so the Ming Dynasty added three days of leave a month. It takes at least one or two months or even half a year for modern civil servants to take the exam and officially go to work. Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty also had a holiday system similar to the modern civil service exam.
A pleasant surprise.
"How can you not go home for a two-month long vacation? No matter how beautiful the capital is, it can't be more beautiful than Xiahe." Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but show joy on his face.
"Oh, then you're lucky. I'm going home too. My uncle will send a boat to take me home, and you can come with me. There are so many empty cabins anyway..." Li Shu glanced at Zhu Ping'an casually with her pretty eyes, and her red lips slightly parted, and a clear and pleasant voice like a lark came out.
Take a boat
Well, it seems good. The ride here was very bumpy and tiring. We often had to sleep in the open air. In ancient times, there were no highways like today. The roads were rugged and difficult to travel. Riding around mountains and rivers took a lot of time. Especially the Shamatte black horses were not competitive and slow... ...
Even if it is not possible to return to Jiangling in one day, taking a boat is much faster, and it is stable and has a place to rest, saving the hardship of sleeping in the open air. In addition, the cook in Li Shu's family is simply amazing at cooking.
While Zhu Ping'an was thinking, Li Shu had been watching him out of the corner of her eyes, and her delicate hands in her long sleeves couldn't help but clench the embroidered handkerchief.
"Haha, thank you for your help over there." Zhu Ping'an thought about it and agreed.
Hearing this, Li Shu's pretty eyes instantly lit up even more. She raised her pretty face proudly and said angrily, "It's empty anyway. I might as well give it to a stupid toad like you..."
As she spoke, Li Shu lifted the hem of her pink skirt with her slender hands, twisted her waist, and walked quickly in front of Zhu Ping'an, with the ribbon fluttering, leaving Zhu Ping'an with a proud back view.
At this time, they had just arrived at the guest room courtyard where Zhu Ping'an lived. Zhu Ping'an looked at Li Shu's arrogant back, shook his head, and then led the naughty kid and the little loli back to his own guest room courtyard.
When the naughty kid heard that Zhu Ping'an was leaving soon, he was so excited. If Zhu Ping'an left, wouldn't it mean that he could play freely again...
"Brother-in-law, when will you come again?" Little Loli Niuniu was reluctant to leave.
Come again? When I come to the capital again, I will definitely not live in the Marquis' Mansion. However, looking at the little Loli Niuniu's reluctant eyes, Zhu Ping'an finally didn't have the heart to tell her the truth. He just told her that he would come back when the weather was warm and dragonflies were flying. After ten days or half a month, this little girl would probably forget about him.
Hearing that Zhu Ping'an would come back, the little girl regained her innocent smile.
"Brother-in-law, there's no meat in the meat buns sold outside today. We shouldn't eat them next time." The little Loli girl thought of the meat buns she ate outside today, and she couldn't help but raise her little face pitifully and complain.
Well
That's a steamed bun.
The meat buns have no stuffing. I feel this sentence can be compared with the "kind" Emperor Hui of Jin's words "The people have no corn to fill their hunger, why don't they eat meat porridge?"
The little Lolita who lives in a big house has a lot of delicacies from the mountains and the sea, but she has never eaten steamed buns...
But I don't know that in the land of Daming, there are still people who want to eat steamed buns but can't even get them...
well
There is still a long way to go...
"Brother-in-law, what's wrong with you?" The little girl asked worriedly when she saw Zhu Ping'an's face turned heavy.
"Oh, nothing." Zhu Ping'an smiled and shook his head.
Li Shu went back to the backyard and untied her hair. Her long black hair fluttered in the wind. She asked her maid Baozi to put her hair into a bun suitable for a hairpin. The maid Baozi chose an exquisitely carved eight-treasure coral hairpin and pinned it on Li Shu's bun.
She was wearing a pink floor-length dress with a satin ribbon around her slender waist, which highlighted her graceful figure. Her hair was adorned with an eight-treasure coral hairpin, which made her pretty face look even more charming and alluring.
"Miss is so beautiful..." The chubby little maid looked at Li Shu in the mirror and praised sincerely.
"You're just sweet-talking. Okay, go down and take a rest. I'm tired after walking around all day."
Li Shu pinched the face of the little maid Baozi with her delicate hands and smiled sweetly. Then, the little maid Baozi was pinched by Li Shu like a little dog praised by its owner, and she happily closed the door.
After the footsteps of the maid Baozi faded away, Li Shu took the peach wood hairpin wrapped in a handkerchief beside the table.
The scene of a certain stinky toad placing the hairpin in his hand kept replaying in front of his eyes...
Li Shu couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.
With her delicate hands, she took off the eight-treasure coral hairpin from her bun, threw it casually on the table, and then carefully inserted the phoenix hairpin into her bun.
“It’s really beautiful…”
Li Shu changed several poses in front of the mirror and looked at herself for a long time, with a sweet smile on her lips.
After a while, Li Shu came to the desk by the window and looked in the direction of the guest room where a certain stinky toad was staying. Then, she took out a pen and paper with her delicate hands and slowly wrote on the pink letter paper in small calligraphy:
If you give me a wooden hairpin,
I will tie up your long hair for you;
After washing away all the dust, from now on, the sun sets on the horizon. (To be continued.)