Chapter 48 He seems to like you
Chapter 48
After all, at such a young age, he didn’t even know who he was, where he came from and where he was going!
Why, after living a long life, is he no longer as good as a little lady?
The old man suppressed his curiosity and ate two more sesame seed cakes before saying he was full.
It's not that he was polite to others, but he actually ate all the snacks in front of him based on his appetite. At most, it was just to fill his stomach.
Seeing that all the adults, seven and the children had finished eating, the old man was embarrassed to linger on, so he stood up, said thank you and walked towards his carriage. It was such a short distance. Before getting on the carriage, I looked back and saw that the group of children had already packed up their things and put them on the donkey cart like ants moving.
"Do you know why those children have no hair?" The old man asked, not in a hurry to get on the carriage, but standing with his hands folded and looking in the direction of the donkey carriage.
The guards were quite surprised. Sir, how long has it been since he chatted with them in this tone?
Why, you just had something to eat with the young lady and a group of children, and your mood improved after you came back?
"My lord, my subordinates are stupid and don't know."
"My subordinates don't know either." The followers thought for a moment but could not come up with a reasonable answer.
The old man smiled: "The reason is very simple. Just because those children had lice in their hair, they all had their heads shaved."
"Huh? Is that so?"< br>
“Isn’t it?”
"This is too hasty."
Feeling the old man's good mood, the guards felt much more relaxed. When he looked at the young lady and the children not far away again, the vigilance in his eyes was gone.
"Everyone, just relax. Look at a young lady in her teens with a bunch of kids. How can she be so comfortable and leisurely on the road? Look at you, there are all kinds of things along the way. Be careful and careful," the old man said, half joking and half serious.
"Sir, everything is not peaceful now, and there are robberies on this road from time to time. They are fine. Maybe people looked at the donkey carts and thought there was no oil and water, so they didn't do anything to them. ." said a guard.
Even if the world is peaceful, he would not dare to be careless. He said to himself, "Sir, how many people have you offended? Don't you have any idea?"
Originally serving in the capital, some people had the desire to take revenge and did not dare to take action at the emperor's feet. But, it's different now. Isn't this the emperor's dismissal from his official position? How can those who have offended him let go of this opportunity?
Otherwise, if the moody one on the dragon throne is not guaranteed to be reinstated one day, wouldn’t their lives be difficult again?
Hearing this, the old man smiled and shook his head: "You just said that everywhere is not very peaceful now, so do the bandits who block the road and rob are still picky?
一The donkey cart won't fetch much money, but it's better than nothing. Even if you don't sell it and kill it for yourself, it's not a loss.
Besides, the thieves don't just rob. When it comes to property, they will also rob women and half-grown children.
"By the way, sir, that little lady is wearing a sword at her waist. However, when my subordinates see her from such a distance, she does not look like a martial artist. She may be wearing a sword to scare people and embolden them.
Maybe it also scared the robbers along the way? "A guard thought about it.
The old man shook his head and disagreed with his guess: "Do you think those who make a living by robberies are all rabbits?"
Seeing that the donkey cart was about to continue. As they set off, the old man suddenly remembered to open the carriage door and look at a food box inside: "Come here, give this to them.
If they refuse to accept it, just say thank you for their hospitality just now. This is Return gift.”
"Sir, if you ate their food, why don't we give you a few taels of silver? The things in here are all made by the old lady, and she prepared them for you with her own hands.
Give them all If you want to eat it later, where can I find it for you?" the guard said anxiously.
"If you keep nagging, I will send it over myself." The old man was a little impatient.
I feel like it would be better to just ignore them as before.
"Sir, how about we keep half of it...? Okay, I will send it over right now." After saying that, he reluctantly reached out and took out the food box and walked towards the donkey cart.
"Pay attention to your expression. If you dare to show your face to others, if you don't take it, then you don't have to follow me anymore." The old man warned.
The guard paused slightly, put on a smile and continued walking. Tianshu was already preparing to drive out. When he saw someone coming, he hurriedly told Hong Xiaoduo in the carriage.
Hong Xiaoduo opened the car door and saw a smiling guard carrying a food box. However, his smile looked a bit unnatural. He was obviously unhappy and didn't want to. He smiled, but for some reason, he had to squeeze out a smile.
"This is my master's home-style dried meat, as well as dried fruit snacks. The master ordered me to give it to you." After the guard finished speaking, he handed the food box in his hand towards the door.
Hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo looked at the food box: "Okay, thank your master for me." After saying that, he took the food box behind him, but the other party didn't let go, so Hong Xiaoduo raised his head and looked at the other party.
Seeing her looking over, the guard suddenly reacted and quickly let go.
"Tianshu, let's go." After placing the food box on the empty seat, Hong Xiaoduo reached out and closed the door and greeted Tianshu.
Looking at the donkey cart moving forward slowly, the guard looked at his empty hand again and accepted it? Are you even polite? The old man's advice was of no use.
There were so many people there. The guard returned to the carriage a little depressed.
The old man saw that his expression was wrong, but he didn't care. He just gave the things away, picked up the corners of his robe and got into the carriage.
"Hey, what are you doing? We just listen to what the adults tell us to do." Someone advised a companion who had just returned from delivering a food box.
My companion turned his head and glanced at the carriage behind him, and whispered: "Why do you think there is such a person? He is not vigilant at all when going out. Are you afraid that he has been poisoned or drugged?< br>
You still go out with a bunch of dolls like this, and you don’t know when they were sold.”
“What you said, didn’t we adults just eat other people’s food? Are you talking about us adults being involved here?" Another reminded in a low voice.
"I said Fang Tian, didn't you realize that you made a fatal mistake?" Another companion said.
Fang Tian turned to look at him, very puzzled: "Mingye, tell me, what mistake did I make?"
"Our Lord, has he ever missed anyone in these years? ?" Mingye asked.
Fang Tian responded without thinking: "We adults are the best at judging people, how could we judge the wrong person?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Tian was stunned. , yes, what’s wrong with me?
At this time, on the donkey cart in front, Hong Xiaoduo watched several children curiously open the drawers of the food box. Each drawer was filled with dried meat, dried fish and so on.
Even if you haven’t tasted it yet, you can tell by looking at the appearance that it’s good.
"Mom, the person just now seemed unwilling." Tianxuan hesitated, but still said what was in her heart.
Hong Xiaoduo nodded: "Yes, I know."
The other children looked at her, knowing that they were unwilling to give it, so why did they accept it?
"This is given to us by the person you called Dad just now, so it doesn't matter whether the person who just gave it is willing or not, you don't need to care about what others think." Hong Xiaoduo said and reached out to touch the food box. , she didn’t know anything about the wood, but she thought the workmanship was very good, with plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums engraved on it.
She had seen it in the shop in Willow Town, and it was really far behind compared to this one.
That’s it, it still costs one tael more.
She didn’t think it was inappropriate to accept other people’s things, nor did she think she liked to take advantage. Just like generously accepting the money from Brother Dong, people think that she and the children need it, they can use it and they have the ability to give it, so why should she refuse?
Pretending to be noble? Does it make sense?
"Eat it if you want." He said when he saw that several children wanted to try it, but none of them took it to their mouths.
Several children shook their heads together: "You were full just now. You can't eat anymore. Save it for when you are hungry."
"The old man just now, he seemed to like it very much. Yours." Hong Xiaoduo said casually.
She watched very carefully. After the old man came over, his eyes never stopped. His gaze was always on the seven of them. He also looked at them with a look of love. If he had the intention to adopt...
(End of this chapter)