After dinner, the two of them still felt unsatisfied. They walked hand in hand and walked to the streets. They visited the streets and alleys one by one and tasted all kinds of snacks without being aggrieved.
What about rice buns, Liangfa cakes, scallion oil cakes, white rice balls, rice tofu, ice cold noodles, round konjac, stinky tofu... My stomach has turned into a bottomless pit tonight. Eat as much as you like until your belly is round, and you can still eat it. The boss shouted: Have another bowl.
They wandered until midnight, when the soldiers shouted "curfew" at the top of their lungs, and then the two reluctantly returned to the inn to sleep.
Sleepless Night Naturally, he was sleepless tonight. With Luo Xiangzhu's gentle snoring on his pillow, he felt particularly at ease in another bed. He thought to himself: "Miss, wait for me. When I meet Director Wu, I will come to your grandma's house to visit you secretly."
I'm afraid that at that time, I would just lie on the wall and watch quietly! However, even so, he felt contented.
After a night of silence, Luo Xiangzhu woke up at midnight the next day. She went crazy shopping at the night market last night. She didn't feel tired at that time. By this morning, she finally felt like her body was about to fall apart.
Ye Wumian brought her hot water and toiletries, took care of her, washed her face, gargled her mouth, finished the hot breakfast together, and said: "Miss, I have packed my luggage. Now there is only one thing to do." Once everything is ready, you can leave for grandma’s house.”
Luo Xiangzhu burped and said, "But I don't know what it is?"
Ye Wumian smiled and said: "Of course we need to go to the cloth store and buy some new clothes. Grandma's family is in Changsha. Not only is it a famous family, it is also a wealthy family. If we go there wearing these coarse clothes, we will definitely be ignored by our neighbors. Bashe is joking, thinking that some poor relative from somewhere has come to seek refuge!"
Luo Xiangzhu nodded and said, "Amian, you are as considerate as your hair, and I will obey you."
The two of them said no more, went to the nearest cloth shop, and bought several pieces of brocade clothes for twelve taels of silver.
Seeing that a big customer came to the door this early in the morning and offered such business, the shopkeeper of Cloth Shop was overjoyed, stopped the two of them, and found a small acacia wood box with gold edges from the warehouse.
He said: "Two guests, this small wooden box was brought to me by a female guest in exchange for a skirt. She also said that if she didn't get the money to redeem it within five years, she would not come to redeem it. It's been ten years now, and I can't redeem it." If you don’t come, I probably won’t come to redeem you. You bought a lot of clothes today, and you happen to be short of a storage box, so I’ll give you this box!”
Luo Xiangzhu took the box, clicked the lock and opened it, and a lingering woody fragrance hit his face. Said: "Is this box made of acacia wood?"
The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Yes, although my eyes are clumsy, I can tell that it is high-quality acacia wood."
She put the clothes into the box, which was not crowded or empty, just enough to accommodate it. It was small and light in her hand.
She pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "The acacia wooden box contains the lovesickness. The box is not empty, and the thoughts are not empty. I hope the lovesickness is not empty."
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, he raised his hands and said with a smile: "Haha, girl, are you trying to make a right couplet? This is a wonderful first couplet! It's a pity that the young man is not very talented and has little knowledge, so he can't make a right couplet."
After saying that, he looked towards Ye Wumian.
Ye Wumian's throat moved slightly, and she really wanted to write a second line. Unfortunately, he was not a well-educated Confucian scholar or a well-educated master. For a moment, he had no clue and was stunned on the spot.
Luo Xiangzhu looked at him with a smile, his gaze lingered for a moment, then he thanked the shopkeeper for the gift and walked out of the cloth shop with the box in hand.
Ye Wumian pulled the box from her hand and secretly put the remaining ten taels of silver into the box.
Back at the inn, both of them put on new clothes, and Wu Mian still dressed up as a maid and maid. Unknown to others, it would be difficult to tell that he was actually a man.
The two went downstairs to lead the horse, put the two swords with pine pattern and dragon scale iron scabbard in the horse's suitcase, greeted the shopkeeper, and then walked to grandma's house together.
Walk across a covered bridge, pass through an archway, and enter an alley.
The name of the alley is "Auspicious Alley". There are few pedestrians, but the bluestone road slabs are becoming more and more elegant. They are tattooed with some auspicious animal patterns. They are still clear and do not show much wear, which shows that there are few people walking on them on weekdays.
A red wall blocked the end of the alley. The two walked south along the red wall for half a mile and came to the corner. After walking for a while, they saw two large, ferocious stone lions standing in front of a mansion. There is a plaque hanging on the main door, with two large gilded characters that are very conspicuous, "Tan Mansion".
Luo Xiangzhu patted the horse's back and signaled the horse not to leave again.
Pointing to the door, he said: "Here we are, this is my grandma's house. Although I have never been here, the route is the same as what my mother told me. I heard her tell it countless times when I was a child, and I can't remember it wrong."
Ye Wumian nodded and said, "Madam must miss home."
Luo Xiangzhu pouted and said, "But, I have a home and can't go back."
Ye Wumian was about to say a few words of comfort to her when she suddenly heard someone shout loudly: "Who is blindly yelling outside the door, trying to identify the door of the house?"
The two of them looked inside and saw a girl wearing a black and white matching outfit and a Fanyang felt hat, walking out of the front door in a dashing and heroic manner.
Behind her were two swordsmen in blue and a capable female attendant in yellow.
The female attendant carries a sword on her back and holds a red-tasseled steel spear, both of which are extraordinary. One of the weapons is probably that of this well-dressed girl.
When Ye Wumian saw this well-dressed girl, he glanced at Luo Xiangzhu again, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Miss, this aunt's eyebrows are somewhat similar to yours, especially her nose. That little Qiongbi, I think she must be one of your cousins!"
Luo Xiangzhu looked at the girl and found that, as Ye Wumian said, she did look like him, but at first glance, she was a martial arts practitioner. It could be said that she was similar in appearance but not in spirit.
The girl in the well-dressed dress suddenly sneered and said: "Wow, the method of identifying relatives indiscriminately is getting more and more novel, and it actually involves appearance. I, the general, have sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. I am as strong as a mountain. I have a dignified appearance, extraordinary heroism, and shame. How come the 140,000 men of the Later Shu Kingdom who were ‘disarmed’ look the same as the charming little lady in the embroidery building?”
Luo Xiangzhu was speechless for a moment. Ye Wumian smiled, put down the acacia wooden box in his hand, took a step forward, bowed respectfully, and said gently: "Auntie, let me tell you the truth, we are not scoundrels who recognize relatives randomly, but we are actually relatives from afar. …”
He brought Luo Xiangzhu to the house to recognize his relatives. Naturally, peace was valued in everything and he could not tolerate conflicts easily. Even his sword was hidden in the suitcase so as not to be exposed. I thought I could bear the anger for a while, so that after I left, the young lady would suffer less in this deep mansion.
Unexpectedly, this well-dressed girl didn't appreciate it, and interrupted him with a loud shout: "The master has not spoken yet, but the maid spoke first. This is too polite! Come on, Chanyi, give me a slap! Let this little maid do a good job Learn, what is the order of dignity and inferiority!"
The female attendant "Chan Yi" in yellow clothes behind her took the order solemnly, threw the point steel gun to a swordsman in green clothes, rushed forward menacingly, raised her palm, and breathed into Ye Wumian's face.
