"Annie, what are you doing now?"
After packing her things, Xu Jiaorong once again carried a bamboo basket and prepared to go out to the increasingly lively market in Qiantang County.
She is now addicted to the pleasure of shopping every day, and she can't wait to buy every good thing she sees back to her home to prepare! No, as the New Year is getting closer and closer, she will go out to the market for shopping almost every day. She will not come back easily unless she fills a whole basket.
"I'm busy……"
('-ωก̀)
Little Annie, who was leaning sideways, half kneeling and half sitting on the Taishi chair, yawned and then began to rub her sleepy eyes.
Yes, Anne was not talking nonsense. She was really busy just now, busy sorting out the power in her body, because in addition to fully understanding the space gem, she was beginning to study the reality, soul and power in her hands. The three gems and the time and mind gems, although not the original ones, are replicas with exactly the same power of rules.
only……
While she was studying and pondering in the spiritual world with her eyes closed, she accidentally fell asleep.
(ૢ˃ꌂ˂ૢ)
That's why, in other people's eyes, she was sleeping with her body tilted on the master's chair and had just woken up.
"Are you busy sleeping?"
Xu Jiaorong originally wanted him to go out with her, but seeing this little guy like this, she couldn't bear it. She didn't know if she should ask such a little guy like that?
"Not at all!"
(˘³˘)♥
If she really wants to sleep, she will definitely run back to the room to sleep, because it will be more comfortable in the bed, so she will not fall down on the chair and doze off! Just now, she just fell asleep accidentally, because studying so many things was really boring and not fun at all!
"well……"
Xu Jiaorong shook her head, looking with some regret at the little guy in front of her who was sitting on the Taishi chair with her legs crossed and her body half sideways. Although she was wearing a Song Dynasty undergarment, she didn't look like a lady at all, and she couldn't help but sigh.
For a moment, she didn't know what to say, and she had no hope of teaching him etiquette. She couldn't even think about it. She couldn't train this little devil to become a 'fair lady' of.
Because, Xu Jiaorong had long discovered that this little guy seemed to have a good education and knew a lot of foreign etiquette that she didn't understand, but this little guy just liked to do whatever he wanted!
Whether at home or outside, the other person just likes to do whatever he wants and does whatever he wants. He really has the kind of ability to do whatever he wants without paying any attention to the words and opinions of outsiders. Not to mention keeping it in mind.
Therefore, after reluctantly teaching her for a few days, Xu Jiaorong reluctantly gave up and no longer expected to teach this little girl the basic etiquette of the Song Dynasty on her own.
"Annie, are you really not going to the market with aunt and me today? A few days ago, I remember you were hanging out with the children in the market and having a lot of fun?!"
Seeing the little girl doing nothing all day long, not learning about female celebrities, not working, and not wanting to go out to play today, she knew that she was hanging out with a group of idlers at home. This made Xu Jiaorong a little bit uncomfortable, so she He tried to persuade me.
She felt that it was not good for children to stay at home all day long. Even if there was really nothing to do, it was okay to run out and play for a while. Where could they hang out with those lazy guys?
"not going……"
(;￢д￢)
"That's not fun at all. I won't go shopping and bargaining with you. It's too much trouble! And I won't mess with those dirty, slug-dragging little kids!"
(๑•́₃•̀๑)
Little Annie started to think about it. Anyway, she didn't want to go anywhere today, she just wanted to stay at home.
Two days ago, because she had a fresh idea, she followed him around and found that there seemed to be nothing interesting in the market. It was just a group of people getting together to buy and sell boring things for eating and drinking. That’s all.
Of course, not everything is boring. Things like the candy man are quite fun, but... once the novelty wears off, it's just like that.
The only thing that gave Anne a little bit of relief a few days ago was that she seemed to have reached a tacit agreement with some people, and she could blatantly take out those fruits and eat them, and she no longer had to worry about the owner suddenly coming to trouble her again!
"You little brat!"
"Forget it, if you don't go, then I will go alone. It's really a waste of my love for you!!"
Seeing that the other party was not grateful and had no intention of going out with her, Xu Jiaorong was so angry that she turned around and planned to walk out the door, ready to continue visiting the market alone, continue to prepare her New Year's goods and go shopping with the vendors!
Since there are more people in the family this year and there are more things to buy, she has more opportunities than in previous years to bargain with the vendors with other people, and she enjoys it... After all, in this era, There are really too few entertainment items, so this kind of grand event that only happens once a year is really rare for Xu Jiaorong, especially now that she has money and can buy whatever she wants without worrying too much about gains and losses.
"You can ask Uncle Li to go with you. Isn't he at home today?"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
Little Annie suddenly remembered that she seemed to have not seen Uncle Li for two or three days.
Of course, it is very possible that the other party comes back very late every night and then leaves very early in the morning to go to work very early?
Thinking about it, when the other party came back, she, Queen Anne, had already eaten and gone to play alone. When the other party went out, she was still sleeping soundly under the quilt in her room!
Those adults are the kind of boring creatures who just go to work and go to work all day long! If it were Annie herself, she wouldn't be wronged to waste time doing things she doesn't want to do!
Anyway, she had no idea what fun there was in going to work. You know, the lives of ordinary people are already very short, and they still waste time on those things. Only after they turned around did they realize that they still had a lot of fun and delicious food. If you don’t enjoy it, you’ll be at a loss!
"Ah! Little Annie, you really don't know?!"
As if she had seen a ghost, Xu Jiaorong suddenly turned around and glared at a little girl who was yawning and had a natural expression.
"What do I know?"
(๑•́₃•̀)? ?
Anne was a little confused. Could it be that she had missed something important again?
This obviously shouldn't be done... Because she is at home every night and doesn't run around anywhere. How could she not know anything? !
"..."
"Your Uncle Li, together with other detective uncles, have taken several captured serious criminals to Jinhua County in the south a few days ago! It may be almost the end of the year for them to be able to It’s time to come back for the New Year.”
"Alas! Although they were all escorted by horses and prison cars, the Chinese New Year is almost here. Doesn't County Yang know how to be considerate of the police officers and won't wait until the Chinese New Year is over before sending them out? They are just some prisoners. He is just a prisoner who has committed a serious crime, but why should he be sent away at this time?!"
It would have been better not to talk about this matter, but Xu Jiaorong became very angry when she mentioned it! !
That Yang Zhixian is very good at summoning people. He doesn't dispatch people in the morning and doesn't dispatch them in the evening. He just chose to summon people at this important time when the New Year is approaching. Don't you know how to be considerate of his subordinates? Where in the world could anyone assign police officers to escort prisoners at this time? What if a serious criminal like that who committed a crime is thrown in jail for a year and a half? Can he still run away? !
Of course, Xu Jiaorong only dared to complain about this at home, but she did not dare to go out and gossip.
"oh……"
Σ(ﾟдﾟllll)
"It turns out he ran out to play. Uncle Li and the others are so happy..."
Thinking that Uncle Li and the others could go out on horseback for more than ten days, little Annie couldn't help but sigh with regret.
It's a pity that she didn't know it at the time, otherwise, she would have had to find a way to follow him!
"Playing? Where can I play? Are you kidding me, little guy!?"
Shaking her head again, Xu Jiaorong didn't intend to explain too much. She sighed and prepared to go out and do what she should do.
She would not explain to this little guy: escorting a prisoner, and he was a serious criminal, and the matter was urgent, and even more than a dozen fast horses and mules were dispatched, so it would definitely not be a small matter, and maybe it would be a big deal. Will there be danger?
But no matter what, besides waiting patiently at home, she really has no other better way. But...fortunately, she still had this little guy at home to talk to and relieve her boredom, and there were so many family members staying together to talk and chat at night, which made her feel a lot more at ease.
Now, this place still feels like a home. If my official, Li Gongfu, is away on official business, and my younger brother is sent to Suzhou and cannot come back, and I am left alone at home, what will it really be like? How desolate...
"Well?"
"Monk Sha, weren't you out drinking and boxing with your second senior brother? Why are you running back alone now?"
Before going out, she almost bumped into a bald monk who smelled of alcohol. Xu Jiaorong covered her nose and took two steps back, letting this guy who was a little drunk and smelling of alcohol walk into the hall.
To be honest, Xu Jiaorong really didn't like this thief monk who drank alcohol and ate meat. Of course, she also didn't like the fat-headed and big-eared second senior brother who was even more powerful in drinking and eating meat! She felt that the other party's behavior was an insult to Buddhism and Bodhisattva, and he should not bear the name of a monk.
"Here! A policeman just asked me to give you this letter brought back by the messenger from Suzhou!"
"It's said that... a postmaster from Suzhou asked the official to send him back as a quick delivery?"
After saying that, Monk Sha took out a crumpled letter from his arms, waved his hand, and ran out without waiting for the other party's reaction.
Because if he didn't rush back quickly, the second senior brother in the fresh food shop might have eaten all the food by himself! Originally, he planned to come back in the afternoon, but the policeman said that the letter seemed urgent, so he reluctantly was ordered by his 'second brother' to come back first.
"this……"
"I don't seem to be able to recognize some of the words. Annie, come on, will you read them to my aunt?"
Her official Li Gongfu is not at home, and she doesn't know many words. In addition, the words written by the Yi Cheng are like cursive cursive. Apart from the three words "Li Gongfu" on the outside of the envelope, she can recognize the envelope. What kind of glyphs were written on those pieces of paper? She couldn't understand a single word!
So, she had no choice but to ask for help and looked at a little guy who was nibbling on melon seeds. Moreover, for some reason, she had a hunch that this letter might be related to her brother in Suzhou? Because no matter what she thought, apart from her younger brother Xu Xian in Suzhou, it seemed that her family really didn't think of anyone worth exchanging letters with.
Strangely enough, Xu Jiaorong had discovered something strange early on, that is: neither she nor her official Li Gongfu seemed to know the words as well as the little girl Anne?
Anyway, she often saw officials in her family asking this little guy for instructions with official documents from the government. She didn't know where he learned the writing of the Song Dynasty and how well he learned it?
"Of course there is no problem!!"
╭(●｀∀´●)╯
Annie stretched out her hand very simply and took the letter from Aunt Li's hand. Then she began to scan the papers with calligraphy written on them from top to bottom and from right to left.
"Really..."
╮(﹀_﹀”)╭
"These uncles are really weird. They can't even finish sentences... Are you going to die if you use a few punctuation marks when writing? Even if you don't know how to use punctuation marks, wouldn't it be enough to just hit a dot with ink?"
"What weirdos..."
(๑•ั็ω•็ั๑)
Whether the other person's handwriting is illegible, has typos, or is even uglier than her own handwriting, little Annie actually doesn't care, she can recognize them all!
But……
The other party doesn't use punctuation marks when writing, and writes all the words in one breath from beginning to end, without any paragraphs. What the hell is this? If any primary school student dares to write an essay like this, once the teacher sees it, he will definitely get the worst grade, and then he will be called a parent, right?
Fortunately, little Annie was very good at it. Although it took her a little more time, she finally managed to finish the sentence and successfully figured out what was mentioned above!
"Ah?!"
!!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ
However, when she finally figured out what was written in the letter, little Anne was a little surprised...
"What's wrong, Annie, what's your expression, so weird?"
Xu Jiaorong didn't pay much attention to what the other person was saying just now. She just waited patiently and didn't rush to rush it.
But……
The surprised expression on the other person's face now made Xu Jiaorong's originally relatively calm and expectant heart suddenly become anxious.
Could it be that something happened to her brother in Suzhou?
Probably not, right? Didn't her official tell her that the other person seems to be a doctor who dispenses medicine and prescribes medicine in a pharmacy called "Ji Ren Tang", so how could something happen? This letter is just the Yi Cheng's observation of her brother Xu Xian and a routine greeting and correspondence exchange with her husband Li Gongfu. It should be like that, right? !
"Oh no!!"
=͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞(●⁰ꈊ⁰●|||)
"Aunt Li, your brother, the guy named Xu Xian, seems to be dying!!!"
(‧̣̥̇꒪່⍢꒪່)
Finally, in Xu Jiaorong's expectation, little Annie started to yell!
That's right, if the content written in this letter was not written randomly, and the guy named Suzhou Yicheng did not write too many mistakes, after omitting a lot of nonsense to shirk responsibility and test, The rest of the text means this: To arrest Li Gongfu, the head of Qiantang County, and to have his brother-in-law Xu Hanwen get into trouble in Suzhou. He is now mentally unstable and his life is in danger. Do you want to see him for the last time? !
Anyway, that’s probably it!
So, Annie was right. The guy named Xu Xian and Xu Hanwen seemed to be dying. She really wasn't talking nonsense! !
"Chinese..."
The little girl's words were like a bolt from the blue, exploding in his ears!
Then Xu Jiaorong stared blankly and stood blankly in the Li family hall for a while. Then she suddenly felt her eyes darken, her body went soft, and she no longer knew how to express herself...
"Hey! Aunt Li?!"
(ノ°Д°)ノ
Seeing this, little Annie had no choice but to throw away the letter quickly, jumped down from the chair with bare feet, and stepped forward to support the other party.
"Wow! Someone come quickly, someone is going to die!!"
∑(ŐдŐ|||
Seeing that her little arms and legs were unable to help Aunt Li, who was lying limply on the ground, Annie had no choice but to raise her voice and summon the adults in the backyard garden who only ate but did not work.
"..."
Crackling, banging, banging...
After a burst of strange noises in the backyard, five or so ferocious fairies, monsters and robbers rushed out with weapons in hand.
"Whoever did this, I'm going to chop him alive now!!"
When she discovered that her child's godmother had passed out at home, she thought she had accidentally sneaked into the second-in-command of a thief. She immediately held up the bright black kitchen knife in her hand, intending to find the thief, and then the white knife went in and the red knife came out. Directly destroy the other party?
Anyway, they have done a lot of murder and arson. He will never let go easily to the bastards who dare to break into his house and hurt his family!
"Well?!"
Zixia, who just rushed out without any weapons, immediately noticed the pieces of letter paper that Little Annie had thrown all over the floor. Then she frowned, picked them up and began to browse them quickly.
"So this is ah……"
"Don't be nervous, there are no thieves here! Jingjing, come on, let's help Sister Xu up first and take her back to the room."
Knowing what the reason was, she stepped forward helplessly. With little Annie's hands on her arms and legs, she lifted up the body of Xu Jiaorong, who was nominally their sister, and began to work with her apprentice to lift her. Help him back to the bedroom.
"Let me see……"
After Chun Sanniang, who was holding her child, watched her master and junior sister helping Xu Jiaorong leave, she immediately walked to the table and read the letter she had scrawled in a hurry.
"Ah! So that's it, it's really bad!"
Well, now, the 'Sister Xu' who usually takes care of their big family was frightened and fainted, and Li Gongfu is not at home now. She, Chun Sansanniang, doesn't quite understand what to do about this matter.
She was good at killing people and setting fires, but when it came to healing people and saving people, and she was a mortal who was about to die, she was not good at it! After all, she is just a thousand-year-old spider spirit who does all kinds of evil... Maybe they can only wait for the other party to slowly wake up and see if they can help?
"..."
"The second boss, I'll let you cook for lunch!!"
After Spring 30 Niang read it, the first boss of the Ax Gang also came over to read the letter. Then without thinking, he directly gave instructions to the second boss who was not very illiterate and wanted to come over and watch the fun.
The total number of characters that the other party can recognize is less than two hands, so why are you just making fun of it? Moreover, the things in the letter were not pleasant, and he was too lazy to explain them to the other party.
"Why?"
"I still have to take care of my wife and children, where can I cook for you when I'm free?!"
The other party didn't read the letter to me and wanted to assign him to work, so the second boss quit on the spot.
"..."
"Because you're holding a kitchen knife!!"
"..."
"Okay! I'm going to kill a chicken now, then chop it into pieces and put it in a big pot. Let's have chicken porridge for lunch!!"
After looking at the serious face of the other party, and then at the big black kitchen knife in his hand, finally, thinking that his wife and children were hungry, the second master could only nod his head in frustration.
"!!"
"Apart from this, you can't do anything else?"
Zhizunbao has really had enough of all kinds of porridge to replenish the body these days. Now he misses the days when he was in the Ax Gang, drinking in big bowls and eating large pieces of meat.
"snort!"
"The one who knows how to cook has fainted now. Would you like to help you cook for yourself?"
"Don't even think about it!"
"I am your gang leader. No matter how big or small, have you ever seen a gang leader who needs to cook by himself?"
"..."
"Gang leader, you'd better wake up. Our Ax Gang has already disbanded..."
"No! Wherever we are, it's the Ax Gang! One day, we will definitely carry it forward again!"
A certain big boss raised his head and chest like this, looking high-spirited.
"..."
"I'd better kill the chicken, and I'll keep the chicken butt for you."
"!!"
"Why not chicken legs?"
"The two chicken legs belong to my son and my wife!"
"..."
