Even though he has not returned to Suzhou City in the past ten years, Suzhou City still retains its previous appearance. Therefore, Su Qing can clearly name each street based on his memory. As the most prosperous street in Suzhou City, Chang'an Street is naturally the It was very lively. From the moment Su Qing entered the city, some older children who already knew some rights and wrongs took the lead and ran all the way into the city, shouting and telling people that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had returned to the city.
"His Royal Highness is back!"
"His Royal Highness is back!"
The children yelled at the door of the store and ran to the next store. They left without caring whether the people inside heard it clearly. Many people thought it was a prank. Of course, some skeptical people put down their glasses. Teacups and wine bowls came to the street. As more and more people gathered on the street, many people watching from the windows swarmed out.
"Good boy, those little rabbits are not fooling people, are they? If His Royal Highness is not really back, let's see how I deal with them when I get back! As people grow up, they become more courageous, and they dare to make such jokes!"
"Yes! Yes! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really back!"
"Good boy! This is a serious business! What's going on with those military lords in the city! Even though they knew His Royal Highness was coming back, they didn't tell us so that we could go to the city gate to greet them. It's really no use inviting them to drink so much wine. No, it’s really not interesting. No, I say Li Laoliu, next time we have to ask Wang Laoer and the others to treat us to a drink!"
"If His Highness the Crown Prince informs us of the news of returning to the city in advance, then he is not the Crown Prince, let alone the son of the general. We haven't seen him for several years. Not to mention that His Royal Highness is getting more and more handsome. My girl is just ten years old this year. Six, if I can be favored by His Highness the Crown Prince, it would be great to be a maid, but if not, I have to go back and ask my maid to come out!"
Li Laoliu ignored him and was about to run back all the way when he was kicked by the man who was drinking with him. He only heard the man curse and say: "Your daughter looks so crooked and cracked, how can she be compared to my daughter?" You are so beautiful that you have the nerve to be the maid of His Highness the Crown Prince, so hurry back and lock the door and don’t let your daughter come out and scare His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Shuo Ba came to the crowd and kept pushing forward. He found that the crowd was so dense that it was impossible to squeeze in, and it was difficult to squeeze through to avoid causing trouble, so he had to jump hard and wave his hands to shout to His Royal Highness.
Su Qing was very moved when she saw this scene, and kept waving and smiling at the people around her. This is Suzhou City! This is my home, and it feels really good to go home.
Arriving in front of the first floor of the street in the center of the street, Su Qing gently pulled the reins and walked down from Mashan to the first floor of the sky. Immediately, a waiter came forward and took the reins from Xu Yun's hand, facing the crowd with great dignity. He shouted: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Don't stop me from leading the horse to His Royal Highness!" In his eyes, it seemed that leading Su Qing's horse was a great honor. In fact, there was no one in Suzhou who didn't think so.
"His grandma, I didn't wash my hands today. If my mother-in-law knew that I was holding a horse for His Royal Highness today, she wouldn't be able to treat me as an ancestor when she gets back!" The waiter in the shop thought like this in his heart, holding the horse. Go to the stable.
The crowd automatically parted a way to let Su Qing walk into the first floor of the sky. In fact, Su Qing did not expect that this return to the city would cause such a big noise. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. If the old man found out about this in the past, he would have to whip himself a few times?
Su Qing stood in front of Tianyi Building and said to the people in the city: "What are you doing standing around? Those who should drink drink, those who should drink tea drink tea. The emperor is here and you are not so excited. What if His Majesty finds out about this?" Don't chop off my head. Uncle Wang, your daughter is at home. As soon as she entered the city, she smelled your wine. As soon as she smelled it, she knew that it was made by Ying Yatou herself. You are not of this level."
"Hey, good boy, your nose is still so sharp. Girl Ying just made wine today and she still hasn't come out. Why don't you come in and drink two bottles?" The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a rather bloated figure. He smiled and talked at the same time. He has a round face with his nose and eyes squeezed together.
"That's necessary, but let me tell you, I've drank a lot in the past few years. Don't fool me with the bad wine from my childhood, or I will smash your shop!" After saying that, Su Qing glared at him deliberately. Walk towards the store.
Uncle Wang said with a smile: "No! No way!" He tilted his head and shouted at the store: "Go! Dig out all the Chang'an wine that has been buried for more than ten years in the wine cellar, and give it to me. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, will serve wine! Also, go to Lao Zhao’s house on the back street to buy some tables and chairs to place at the door. Today, all the food and drinks in the store are free! Let His Highness the Crown Prince take care of you!"
When Su Qing and his entourage entered the restaurant, a group of people who had left and entered immediately crowded into the restaurant, fearing that they would be left behind. Even the bloated shopkeeper Wang was pushed aside, and some people knew they couldn't get in. They would wait outside the door for the waiter to buy tables and chairs, or even go home directly to bring their own tables and chairs over to occupy the space.
Although the scene was lively, it was not chaotic. When the crowd gradually dispersed, shopkeeper Wang wiped his sweat before walking into the store. As soon as he entered the store, someone joked: "Well, you Wang Youcai, I drank more than ten drinks at your house." I haven't seen you bring out the Chang'an wine that you have produced for more than ten years. That is the wine you are preparing to marry Ying Yatou. His Highness the Crown Prince returns to the city this time. What's wrong? Do you want to recognize His Highness the Crown Prince as your son-in-law? "
Wang Youcai waved his hand and said angrily: "Go, go, don't mention this to me. You are already eighteen and you are not married yet. Keeping this wine will be in vain. His Royal Highness came to me when he was four or five years old." He wants to drink. Although it is normal for the son of a general to like drinking, he is too young, so I give him low-alcohol wine again and again. This time, His Royal Highness is back, just in time to let him try my good wine. , to save him from going around saying that I don’t have good wine in Tianyimen and cheating him all the time, I won’t have to let Wang Laoer and his group tear it down for me now!”
The crowd burst into laughter, and there were constant laughter and curses.
Su Qing came to a private room on the second floor. The location was excellent. When he opened the window, he could see the entire Chang'an Street. People were coming and going on the street, full of smiles. He looked out the window at a big branch with lush leaves. Shan Zhangdu came close to the window and couldn't help but think of something and chuckled and said: "When I was a child, I heard that the Chang'an wine on the first floor of Chang'an Street is the best, but every time I go in, Uncle Wang gives me bad wine, which makes me sour. I didn’t even know what the people who ate and drank here every day were really into. Then one night I was beaten at home and ran out. I climbed from the tree at the door to the second floor and ate and drank with others. It turns out that Uncle Wang has been lying to me! Later, when I got angry, I had the opportunity to sneak into their wine cellar and drink to my heart's content. By chance, I was met by Ying Yatou. In the dark, he couldn't see who I was, so he thought I was He was a wine thief who couldn't afford the drink. He gave me a good beating, even harder than my father's. I drank too much and my feet were weak, so I didn't feel any pain at all. He ran home and chased me hard. We fought all the way to the door of our house. Later, my father found out about it and gave me money and apologized. That girl Ying didn’t say anything when she found out it was me. She was a little embarrassed and ran away without even asking for the money. Good guy. As a result, I was beaten by my father again. If you hadn't stopped me, Uncle Xu, I would have been really afraid of being beaten to death. After so many years, the tree is still the same tree. I don't know if the wine is still the same as when I was there. Will Ying girl still chase me after drinking wine in the wine cellar?"
Xu Yun laughed loudly and said: "Then Fatty Wang said that what he got today was Chang'an wine that was more than ten years old. Not to mention me, even the general has never drank it, so it is naturally different from what you drank before. But this girl Ying Well, nowadays, our ladies are no longer like the little yellow-haired girls they used to be." After that, he lowered his voice and said playfully: "As far as I know, Fatty Wang has been keeping the Chang'an wine for more than ten years waiting for Ying Ying to get married. Come out for a drink.”
Su Qing smiled and didn't say anything. Just as a few people were chatting, the door was opened. The waiter served twenty or thirty dishes one after another and filled the whole table. He said to Su Qing: "Your Highness, First Prince." While you are eating, the kitchen is still cooking. The remaining dishes will be served later, and the wine has already been carried and is being put into pots and brought to you immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Youcai and a few waiters came in carrying several large bottles of wine, followed by a young girl. He placed the wine one by one and placed several small jars next to it, and said to the girl: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and pour wine for His Royal Highness."
The girl's hands were like catkins, her skin was like cream, and her appearance was extremely delicate. She glanced at Wang Youcai and nodded, then picked up a pot of wine on the table and poured it into the glass. Unexpectedly, Su Qing took it and put the glass aside. He poured it into a bowl and said, "How dare I trouble Sister Ying to pour the wine myself? I'll do it myself. The wine glass is too small and it's not pleasant to drink. It's better to use a bowl."
Wang Youcai's eyes lit up and he said to the waiter: "Hurry down and get some wine bowls and replace all the wine glasses."
"Drinking with a bowl is called drinking! When we drank with the general, we always used bowls, and in the end we drank from the jar. If we really have to use this small wine glass, we really can't get used to it."
"How dare you say that! Every time you are the first to get off the table and run to the side to get the rabbit. Every time we take turns carrying you back. I think you can only use the wine glass to taste the wine!"
"Nonsense! You Su Laomao, don't act like a fool just because you have the same surname as the general. Last time, you just drank three bowls and you kept saying no. Is it you who kept saying no? I said men can't say no. The fourth bowl He vomited all over the floor before he finished drinking, so the general ended up giving Fatty Wang a few taels of silver for cleaning up!"
When Su Mao heard about this, he blew his beard and said with a glare: "I was hit by a poisonous arrow that time! I blocked the poisonous arrow for you!"
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As soon as the food and drinks were served, everyone started talking about their own things. They were all talking about old millet and rotten sesame seeds. The generals seemed a bit helpless, but Su Qing liked this atmosphere very much. The Su family army had always been like this. There is no big or small thing at the wine table, it’s all about the amount of wine you drink to judge the hero.
Su Qing didn't listen to them bragging about the past, but looked at Wang Ying and said jokingly: "We haven't seen each other for several years. Sister Ying is getting more and more beautiful, but she is also a lot different. From the time we entered the house until now, she can't bear to say a word to me." , I remember chasing him down the street when I was a kid, but now he seems to be a different person."
