(18)
Farewell to Zhao Xiaomei and others, Ajuan, who was filled with ignorant feelings, waited impatiently for a while, and finally waited for the other party to come as promised. Needless to say, this person is Zhao Kuo.
The two of them walked for a while through a narrow alley where the sun didn't shine and the cold wind howled.
Along the way, you can see a washerwoman who has already rubbed her hands red, a prostitute standing on the street being teased by a homeless man, and a sly person hiding on the corner of the street secretly planning to do something. At the end of the road is a culvert that is as high as a person's height. There are steps next to the culvert for pedestrians to go up and down.
Even in such a low-level area where dragons and snakes were mixed, Zhao Kuo still walked leisurely as usual. He raised his head with a smile, pointed to a certain place, and said to Ajuan: "Look, isn't that the Magpie Bridge?"
"Ah?" Ajuan looked frightened and looked away from the vision on both sides of her body in a panic, then looked over and replied: "Hey, it's true!"
Zhao Kuo seemed to have read the fear in the other person's heart due to his inexperience in the world. Before Ajuan could come to her senses, he took her little hand and ran towards the culvert without hesitation.
"follow me!"
Stepping on the bumpy gravel road, Ajuan panicked and almost slipped to the ground several times. Fortunately, the warm hand seemed to have a kind of power and was always protecting her.
They walked up the stairs one after another and returned to the smooth and safe stone brick road. They were about to continue going to Magpie Bridge, but they happened to run into the wedding convoy head-on and had to slow down and give way.
At noon, a group of musicians and drummers stood in the middle of the road and began to boast. In a daze, people standing in the distance could see a total of eight pairs of gauze lanterns held high in front of the motorcade to clear the way; behind them was the groom's official riding a tall horse, and behind him, followed by four sedans, the first three were high-ranking officials, and the last one Carrying drum beaters and more than eighty servants, each carrying a red lantern, the motorcade occupied several streets.
"Wow, what a huge battle!" Ajuan watched intently and unconsciously clenched Zhao Kuo's hand.
"It must be a rich young man from some family who is getting married." Zhao Kuo replied nonchalantly and continued to lead Ajuan through the vast sea of people.
This time they passed by more people: whether they were wearing shoes or not, everyone was squeezing their heads, hoping to get the red envelopes thrown from the wedding car and seek good luck.
Seeing that everyone was in a high mood, Ajuan was so childish that she soon couldn't resist the temptation. She actually broke away from Zhao Kuo's hand and followed the crowd and rushed up, intending to grab a few red envelopes. She couldn't help saying: " Throw it here! The slave family also wants..."
No matter how the deacons maintained order, everyone was still enthusiastic, pushing and pushing each other, and soon the thin Ajuan was pushed to the side.
Ajuan was so angry that he immediately rolled up his sleeves, took off his shoes, threw away the medicine basket on his back, and was about to launch another "charge".
"Wait!" Zhao Kuo chased after him, but more people blocked the way.
This time Ajuan was well prepared and quickly slipped to the front, and the next round of "red envelope rain" was about to come. Who knows, there are many people behind her who are trying to cause trouble.
I don't know which thief did it, but when Ajuan jumped up to grab the red envelope, he pushed her to the ground with all his strength, and countless pairs of feet were about to step over such a thin body.
In an instant, Zhao Kuo rushed out of the way with all his strength, held Ajuan in his arms and was about to sacrifice his life to protect him.
When the groom officer on horseback saw this, he immediately shouted: "Stop!" After saying that, he jumped off the horse and helped Zhao Kuo up, and said: "It's Brother Zhao! I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?"
"You...are you the master of the Ma family?" Zhao Kuo also helped Ajuan up and asked with concern: "You silly girl, are you okay?"
"No...it's okay."
"Isn't it just money? You can have as much money as you want, how can you risk your life for it?" Zhao Kuo became more and more angry as he spoke, but Ajuan tried his best to seduce him and kept curling his lips to pretend to be pitiful, so that Zhao Kuo could not lose his temper in public.
"The slave family just heard that whoever gets the red envelope at the wedding can stay with the one they love for the rest of their lives, so..."
"This...this, why have I never heard of it?" Zhao Kuo was dumbfounded by such an answer, and continued: "Isn't this the rule of your family?"
In front of the official meeting of the groom, the two of them were chatting with each other, bickering and laughing, and then they bowed their hands and said to each other: "Brother Zhao, can you please come to my wedding and bring this girl with you?"
"Uh...Brother Ma, please forgive me for being rude. I have other important banquets to attend tonight, so we won't bother you." After Zhao Kuo said that, he was about to take Ajuan and turn around to leave. Unexpectedly, the groom officer Suddenly he called Ajuan and said.
"Girl, take it! I give this to you. I wish you and your sweetheart can get married soon."
After the groom finished his official speech, he immediately got on his horse and called for the motorcade to continue moving forward.
Zhao Kuo took Ajuan back to the place where she had just thrown away her weight, and personally retrieved her shoes and medicine basket for her, and then sent them to her, watching her awkwardly put on her shoes and carry the medicine basket.
"Silly girl, I haven't entertained you well during this period, and I don't have time to take you on a sightseeing tour. You don't blame me, do you?" Zhao Kuo asked with a hint of guilt in his tone.
"No way!" Ajuan blurted out as if without any thought, and then said: "That Mr. Ma just now is such a nice person! The girl who married him must also be a very good person. ?”
But seeing Ajuan looking at the wedding coin with a smile on his face, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but his heart was throbbing and called him again: "Silly girl."
"You are not allowed to call me 'silly girl'!" Only then did Ajuan realize that he had been mocking him. She just heard an angry cry and said: "Let's leave quickly. When it gets dark, you will disappear again."
"good……"
After the two talked, they walked on the road leading to the famous "Magpie Bridge" in Yuyi Town. They separated for a while in front of the Cowherd Pavilion and the Weaver Girl Pavilion, then walked up to the top floor alone, and finally met again at the Magpie Bridge.
"How is it? Yuyi Town, isn't it beautiful?" After Zhao Kuo said this, Ajuan was not in a hurry to answer. She only secretly marveled at the prosperity of the Frontier Army Town, which was beyond her previous imagination.
"This place is very beautiful and prosperous, but there are also disadvantages..." Ajuan went on to explain: "The slave family saw that many people did not even have to wear shoes, and were barefoot in the winter. But even so, the slave family still I like it here very much. In Miao Township, not many people have always been willing to make friends with the Nu family, just because the Nu family is the daughter of the clan leader. Everyone respects me and fears me, but no one is willing to have a heart-to-heart relationship with me. "
"I heard that there will be a war in Yuyi Town soon?" Ajuan asked blankly: "When the time comes, will there be..."
Before he finished speaking, thunder suddenly flashed across the sky, and then it started to rain.
The huge body of Mr. Zhao served as a cover for Ajuan, blocking most of the raindrops. The two of them walked towards the Zhinu Pavilion together.
"No. Yuyi Town will never be destroyed in our hands." Ajuan nestled in Zhao Kuo's generous arms, feeling the tremor from his heart, and couldn't help but shed tears of joy.
"Ajuan, it never rains for too long, so don't worry too much."
"Well, the slave family knows."
Sure enough, just three moments later, the shower stopped, and a shallow rainbow appeared on the horizon.
