【Xianze】It's not easy to be a fairy

Fan Xian stood in front of the fruit stand, looking solemnly at this unusual stall owner.The stall owner has a cosmopolitan face, blond hair, blue eyes, curly hair wrapped in a white turban, and exaggerated gemstones of various colors on his body. He is using non-standard Mandarin with a strong accent to solicit business.

"Pass by, take a look, there are fruits from all over the world that you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't eat!"

It was the first time for Li Chengze to meet a foreigner, and he observed him curiously for a long time, and even made gestures with his own nose to secretly compare that person's high nose bridge, and laughed clearly.

Fan Xian pondered, Lin'an's business-oriented culture was indeed deeply rooted among the people, and it had been a long time since I had heard this memorable Chinese pronunciation for international friends. It must be not an ordinary businessman who can do business here.

Sure enough, the store looked simple, but the fruits on the shelves were all kinds and strange, even Fan Xian, who had lived in the modern world, was dumbfounded.

Leaving aside lychees and raspberries, which are difficult to transport and preserve in season, even dragon fruit and cherries, which require seeds imported from overseas, are lined up neatly.Fan Xian couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After so many years of development in this world, it seems that it is going to walk the Silk Road again, which can be regarded as a great progress.

The signboard of this store said "Jin Shi Guo Jia". Fan Xian looked at the quality of these fruits and the price on the label, and felt that this store might as well be called "Jin Shi Jia".

Compared to Fan Xian's wait-and-see attitude, Li Chengze seemed more excited.He just loves these sweet and watery things, it doesn't matter if he is short, he stands on tiptoe to see.All kinds of fruits were sprayed with water mist by the shopkeeper, and the crystal clear water droplets looked even more delicious.He was so curious that he walked around until he found what he loved, so he stopped there and couldn't move.

There are several huge bunches of grapes on that row of shelves, purple and black, and the grapes are as big as the fingers of Master Dokin, and the children gathered together like little monks chanting scriptures in the school, shaking their heads and shaking their heads on the grape branches. His body was crumbling, and he smiled at Li Chengze.In a daze, Li Chengze heard the bunch of grapes say: "Come and eat me, come and eat me." He lay on the stage, as if he saw the charming oiran waving in the land of willows, without taking his eyes off it.

Spotted the target, Li Chengze acted immediately.

The stall owner was still recommending to Fan Xian the tidal flat watermelon that he had just purchased from a neighboring city, when he saw a brightly dressed young man running over with his short body shaking, grabbed Fan Xian's sleeve and looked into Fan Xian's eyes. Full of longing.

Now that Fan Xian has mastered his identity as a "false father", he quickly showed a look of concern for him.

Without saying a word, Li Chengze pulled Fan Xian to the shelf, and pointed to the grapes on top.

When Fan Xian saw the quality of the grapes, even he couldn't help being moved, but unfortunately when he saw the price, he immediately dismissed the idea.A string of 100 taels, why doesn't the boss go to grab the bank!

It is said that the child is the biggest treasure of a family, and if the child wants to buy it, how can parents treat the child badly? If the child starts crying, the parents will have to buy it even if they don't.The foreign store manager knew the problems of the Chinese people well, so he hurriedly tried to sell Fan Xian even harder: "This grape is shipped from Dongying, it is called ruby, and it has been chilled for a long time, and the cost is high. I don't have much profit at this price. Young master, look at this color, this size, top grade!"

Fan Xian began to miss the convenient transportation in modern society. Let alone grapes from Japan, even if he wanted Brazilian grapes from the other side of the world, he could still get there in a few days.Besides, are the Kyoho and Black Beauty among the grapes not delicious?Don't they deserve to be on this shelf?

Unexpectedly, this foreigner seemed to be able to read minds, and the next sentence was: "Ruby is many times more delicious than Kyoho grapes, and the sweetness alone is three times!" After he finished speaking, he showed a little disgust, as if I despise Kyoho grapes to such an extent that I don't even bother to mention them.

Seeing Fan Xian's embarrassment, Li Chengze hooked his little finger again, put his hand to his mouth and made a gesture, as if he wanted to say something.Fan Xian immediately knelt down to discuss with him softly.

Before Li Chengze could speak, Fan Xian had a frown on his face: "Your Highness, you are too picky. Although you are trying to lure Yupo with a trap, isn't it too obvious?"

Li Chengze raised his eyebrows seriously, this expression on this childish little face was very funny, Fan Xian was teased by him, but he loosened his principles a little, and wanted to buy him grapes.Li Chengze was puzzled and said, "What's so obvious?"

Fan Xian faltered a few times: "That's right... think about it, if we buy such expensive grapes and go back, Yupo will definitely think that someone is deliberately trying to lure snakes out of their holes, and will hide instead."

Fan Xian understood it with emotion and reason, and his analysis was logical, but Li Chengze's whole heart was already hung on the bunch of grapes. Although he felt that Fan Xian's words were reasonable, Fan Xian's image of an iron rooster overshadowed him. Seeing his subtle agreement with his point of view in his heart, he said, "The expensive ones are more attractive. Are you unwilling to buy them for me?"

"...No, of course I'm willing." Fan Xian thought to himself that as long as it wasn't something outrageous, he would naturally try his best to fulfill all of Li Chengze's wishes.

Li Chengze moved his dark eyes, and whispered to him: "He will definitely come, I know myself."

"..." That's not what you said when you ate glutinous rice cakes.

Now the owner of the fruit stall couldn't understand the two of them, saying they were father and son, but the way they bit each other's ears was like a young couple running away, winking and making people blush.

The boss saw that Fan Xian's originally determined expression was a little loose, so he quickly picked a grape and washed it with clean water, and handed it to Li Chengze for him to try.

Li Chengze was not polite, the grapes melted in the mouth, the juice was full, and the fragrance was incomparable, but the sweetness of ruby ​​could be found between the lips and teeth.His throat was infiltrated by the sweet grape juice, Li Chengze's eyes lit up, this is so good, he insisted on buying him.

Fan Xian was helpless, Li Chengze's addiction had already been aroused, so he had to take out his purse to pay.

Seeing the big fish take the bait, the businessman hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and continued with that funny foreign accent: "My lord, I see that your little lord likes to eat, I'll count you 190 taels for two skewers, how about it?"

"..."

Li Chengze hugged Fan Xian's thigh obediently, raised his head and blinked Shuiling's eyes, and said, "Luring the enemy one at a time, and me at the other, isn't it good?"

"...very good." Fan Xian was heartbroken, no business, no adultery, no business, no adultery!

After buying such expensive grapes, I was afraid that my soul would not find them, so I would naturally have to show them off.Li Chengze looked at the bunch of grapes for a long time, carefully put it into the bamboo basket, then turned around to pick up another bunch, not treating his tongue and stomach badly.Fan Xian didn't hold back, he was holding him like a mother shopping for vegetables, and he was quite angry with taking his own son to the market.

Acting has to be a complete set. In the previous life, Fan Xian made full use of the acting skills he had acquired, bragging about his son's cleverness to everyone, and spared no expense to buy grapes as gifts for his son.It's so strange that a man goes to the vegetable market, not to mention such a delicate and cute boy, the uncle and aunt who sells vegetables can't help stuffing them with a few more handfuls of vegetables.

"Hey——Little Lang, why haven't I seen you on the street before? You are so handsome."

But pay a silver, but also hold hands.Fan Xian smiled and withdrew his hand from the girl selling vegetables, picked up Li Chengze's collar, and said with a smile, "On weekdays it's women who go to the streets, but today she's sick, so I'll take the child out to have a look. "

"Ah... your child is so cute, but why is the boy dressed up like a girl?"

Fan Xian let out a chuckle, touched Li Chengze's ball-shaped bun, and said, "Isn't it just because she's afraid that she'll be bullied by those hooligans when she goes to the streets...it's safer."

Li Chengze had just spent a lot of money on him and only cared about the grapes in his hand. Hearing this, he just raised his head and gave Fan Xian a warning look, and was too lazy to get annoyed.

He ate while walking, consciously having a special flavor.A bunch of ruby ​​grapes fell down quickly, and the delicious food nourished the mood. Li Chengze ignored Fan Xian's repeated provocations and followed Fan Xian for a long time. Seeing that the vegetable basket in Fan Xian's hand was full, the bunch of grapes was covered. Under various vegetable leaves, for fear of crushing the precious bunch of grapes, Li Chengze quickly lifted the grapes and put them on top, and did not forget to pick another one and put it in his mouth to taste, very satisfied.

Fan Xian turned to look at him, hesitant to speak.

Li Chengze said: "I'm afraid that Yusoul won't see the grapes."

Fan Xian shook his head helplessly, and said, "I said it was too obvious, he definitely won't take the bait."

It was another ruby ​​entrance, and Li Chengze felt refreshed at this moment. He raised his eyes to look at Fan Xian, smiled slightly, and stretched out his small hand towards the grapes, making a gesture to pick the second one from the string of baits.

Before he could complete these actions, Fan Xian's eyes were suddenly pitch black, and the bustling and peaceful market was filled with smog, dust, and cockroaches.They had just experienced this scene of flying sand and rocks not long ago. Seeing the people around hurriedly packed up their stalls and fled, Fan Xian thought to himself that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he grabbed the vegetable basket in his hand tightly, intending to wait for the desire to show up. It's easy to catch him by surprise.

Fan Xian raised his head. As a priest, he looked extraordinarily graceful and independent in the messy surrounding environment.It's a pity that the wind was blowing away, the evil wind was too strong, and the stones and fine sand happened to run into Fan Xian's eyes.As soon as his eyes were irritated, two lines of clear tears flowed out of Fan Xian's eyelids. Just as he wiped his face, he heard Li Chengze's hasty "Ouch" baby's milk voice beside him, followed by the sound of falling clothes rubbing against each other.

Fan Xian's mind froze, but his hand lost a little strength, and the vegetable basket was blown into the sky by the strong wind, and it disappeared instantly.

In the current scene, Fan Xian didn't bother to take care of the vegetable basket anymore. He looked for Li Chengze with his teary eyes closed, only to see that the child's hair was blown to this side, his face was dusty, and he was sitting on the ground sulking.

Fan Xian hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, checked him up and down, he didn't suffer any injuries, probably he was just knocked down by the wind, his temper is really weird.

The people in Lin'an were already accustomed to the evil wind, but this time the wind came and went quickly, and the situation was calm before the stalls could be closed. Since there was no loss, everyone shouted happily and started doing business again.

Li Chengze looked at the laughter and laughter around him, only his butt fell flat on the ground, he angrily shook off Fan Xian's hand, and said sullenly, "How dare he hit my hand!"

Fan Xian thought that this Yupo was really a man of temperament. He stared at this string of baits for a long time, unable to live or die. Seeing that Li Chengze ate one, he felt jealous, and came to find trouble before the owner ate the second one.Snatching the grapes is not counted, but also hitting the Lord's hand with vengeance, it is really ironic.

"Who told you to move that string of bait? I really don't understand. Yupo has an obsession with Grape Heart. Why do you also have an obsession with this? Can this desire be divided into two?"

Li Chengze retorted: "I am just a general hobby, he is robbery, robbery, do you understand?"

Fan Xian admired his logic, and was not angry at all because of this prank, but was a little dumbfounded by Li Chengze's frankness.He took a look at Li Chengze's right hand, and sure enough, the back of his hand was red. Before he could give him a few blows, Li Chengze retracted his hand into his sleeve, and said in displeasure, "Where is the vegetable basket in your hand? Where are the bunches of grapes going?" gone?"

Fan Xian's face froze, and he said embarrassedly, "As soon as I let go, he snatched it away..."

Li Chengze gritted his teeth, hating iron for being weak and said: "This is robbing, you get it. You should teach him a lesson with the fairy lock, just tie it up and it's over."

"...The rope is in your hands now, it's none of my business."

Li Chengze was so angry that he couldn't say anything. He turned his head and saw that there were a few scattered vegetables on the ground that had not been tidied up. After thinking about it carefully, these were the vegetables he bought with Fan Xian.

He hurriedly pulled Fan Xian along to find the prisoner along the vegetables. He picked up vegetables and radishes all the way, and soon found a vegetable basket in front of an open wagon.Li Chengze saw a corner of the white clothes protruding from the edge of the cargo box on the car, but in the blink of an eye, the corners of that clothes were retracted into the wooden box. There were too many people, so he gave up and had to quietly follow with Fan Xian.

The carriage was parked in front of a quaint garden, obviously it was a private house, but today there was a lot of traffic in front of the gate, gorgeously dressed officials, wealthy businessmen, princes and young ladies greeted each other with smiles, and there was an endless stream of people entering and leaving.

Li Chengze and Fan Xian observed in the corner for a while, and saw that the coachman took a red card and handed it to the steward. The steward shouted, and immediately came a few servants who skillfully began to unload the carriage, tied the wooden box with ropes, and carried it like a burden. moved to the backyard.

Seeing this, Fan Xian also pulled Li Chengze into the arena.Seeing the two foreign ministers dressed in fine clothes and well-fed food, the butler hurriedly bowed to welcome the guests, spread his right hand, and asked Fan Xian for an invitation.

Fan Xian was not embarrassed either. He bowed and returned the gift, and asked, "I'm passing through this place, and I see a steady stream of people coming here. It seems that there is something lively going on here, so I took the children to have a look."

Li Chengze hurriedly pretended to be shy, holding Fan Xian's hand and hid behind him to watch the housekeeper. It was a pitiful sight.

The housekeeper has been doing things for the big family, and seeing the politeness of the two of them, he hastened to explain respectfully: "It is the master of the house who held an auction for ancient collection toys. If you are interested, you can register your name in the handbook." You can also visit the mansion directly. Whether to buy or not is another matter, the key is to make friends and appreciate the collection.”

Now Li Chengze also became interested, and the two hit it off, handed in a fake roster, and entered the mansion openly.

This garden is owned by the Wang family, a large business family in Lin'an. The entrance looks like a white house with black tiles in the Jiangnan scenery, but there is something special inside.Master Wang prefers the scenery of Suzhou, and the courtyard also imitates it.The rockeries with strange shapes are arranged in different ways, conspicuous flowers are competing to bloom, pines and cypresses reach the sky, and the shadows of the trees are reflected in the small pool in the courtyard, intersecting with the water pavilions and terraces projected in the water, adding a sense of calligraphy and painting.A series of circular arches are located on the stone path, and every time you walk through a door, there is a new small garden, which is dazzling.

Many handsome men and beauties in the garden exchanged glances, and the air in the south of the Yangtze River stirred up their friendship. Unfortunately, Li Chengze didn't need to breathe this ambiguous air, but after admiring the scenery of the garden a few times, he dragged Fan Xian to the backyard in a hurry.

There are many opened wooden boxes in the backyard, and the walking servants are in a hurry, holding all kinds of precious ceramics and bronze wares, famous calligraphy and paintings.Presumably these things are the highlight of the day, and everyone only dares to carry them carefully, for fear that they will cause a catastrophe if they are bumped.

Li Chengze's memory was excellent, and he found the wooden box they were looking for at a glance.The whole body of the box was black, and it was big enough to hold three or four adults. The binding ropes had been removed, and it was quietly placed in a remote corner, and had not been tidied up by the servants.

Just at this moment, a huge bronze vessel was moved into the courtyard, and everyone stepped forward to help. Seeing that they had no time to care about the corner, Fan Xian quickly brought Li Chengze to open the box.

The box had a lock, and Fan Xian exerted a little bit of divine power, and the brass lock opened immediately.Who would have thought that all the neatly arranged paintings and calligraphy lying in the box, there are so many, at least a hundred volumes, there is no shadow of desire.Li Chengze is also a person who loves everyone's roster, but unfortunately the current situation is special, although he felt unbearable, he immediately bent down to open the box of calligraphy and paintings one by one to check, Fan Xian immediately stopped him: "Your Highness, this may attract the attention of others. "

After thinking about it, Li Chengze thought it made sense, and quickly closed the wooden box.As soon as the party was settled, some servants noticed them.A short servant came over with a fierce expression on his face: "What are you doing?"

He stepped forward to check the lock of the wooden box carefully. Fortunately, Fan Xian moved quickly and restored the copper lock. The servant looked at it for a long time but didn't see any clues. On the contrary, Fan Xian found the clue they needed with sharp eyes. Bending down beside the box, he picked up a bare grape stalk, gave it to the servant under the steps, and said to him: "The child is not sensible. After eating grapes, he litters the trash. I will go back and educate him."

Yupo didn't know where he hid, and he couldn't find it for a while, so Fan Xian had to stay in the garden with Li Chengze, and take a look at this grand antique appreciation meeting.

Before the opening, the host also set up a performance stall, and specially went to Gusu to invite several famous actors and actresses to sing.Li Chengze was short in stature, he was squeezed to and fro in the crowd, but he still wanted to watch the show with his head up.Fan Xian saw that his small face was full of grievances, and he refused to let him hug him. For some reason, a pity surged up in his heart, and he lifted Li Chengze to the top of his head, and let him ride on his shoulders.

In the beginning, before Fan Xian suffered from muscular atrophy, his father would often walk with the child on his shoulders to see the scenery, but Li Chengze had never enjoyed any kind of paternal love before. After being treated like this, his whole body stiffened as if he was facing an enemy.He has only seen this movement in folk fathers and sons. He knows that this often happens in harmonious and ordinary families who have worked hard all their lives, but he never imagined that he would have such a day.

What was being sung on the stage was "The Peony Pavilion", which was originally Li Chengze's favorite play, but now he lost the slightest interest in watching it, he just felt empty in his heart, and even forgot the words of "The Peony Pavilion", hurry up He patted Fan Xian on the neck to get himself down quickly.

Maybe it was because he really collapsed too tightly. When Fan Xian put Li Chengze down, his eyes were red and he covered his face to prevent Fan Xian from looking at him. Tat for tat.

Fan Xian didn't want to tease him at all, seeing that he was on fire like a firecracker, he hurriedly sent the young master into the arena.

Everyone was still watching the "Peony Pavilion" outside, and there were very few visitors in the main hall. Just as Fan Xian wanted to help Li Chengze choose a good seat, the young man found the butler himself and said, "Come to a private room with a good view. Prepare a pot of Longjing, and bring some pastries." After speaking, Li Chengze took out Fan Xian's purse and presented him with a cup of silver ingots.The other party accepted it with a logical smile.

Seeing Fan Xian's complicated expression, Li Chengze showed no sign of guilt, and explained: "I really don't like people."

TBC