Mr. Transcendence

Chapter 21 Markets and Opportunities

Yuan Anping originally planned to take advantage of the holiday to sleep in, but the genius turned gray, and two excited children came to knock on the door of his house.

"Brother Anping, open the door, open the door!"

"Brother Anping, open the door, open the door!"

Yuan Anping got up angrily, "I really want to beat those two brats!" He yelled towards the door, "Wait for me!" He's really annoying with long hair.

After going out and opening the door, Yuan Anping asked angrily, "Why are you two here so early!"

Fat Dun immediately said excitedly: "Brother Anping, everyone is going to the county town to go to the market today, so you should go with me. You can go in my donkey cart!"

Li Zimeng nodded, grabbed Yuan Anping and was about to leave, "There are a lot of people today, it's very lively, it's rare, let's go!"

Yuan Anping shook off him, sighed: "At least let me wash my face, wait!" Then he closed the door again.After brushing your teeth and washing your face at the fastest speed ever, open the door, lock it, and leave.

The three ran wildly all the way, and when they reached the entrance of the village, Yuan Anping saw that it was really lively.There was an ox cart and four donkey carts. The adults were talking together, and the children were running around, looking very excited.Seeing Yuan Anping, many children ran over to say hello to him.

Fat Dun pulled him to the side of his donkey cart, "Father, brother Anping is here, let's go up first to take a good seat."

Yuan Hezhuang greeted Yuan Anping with a smile. Hearing what his son said, he told him: "Okay, you go up and sit first. There is a quilt prepared by your mother on it. Put it on, don't freeze."

"Okay." Fat Dun got into the car quickly, calling Yuan Anping and Li Zi to get up quickly.

Yuan Anping asked Li Zi to sit there first, and then got into the car. The car was covered with thatch and it was quite soft to sit on.Fatty pulled off the quilt, and the three of them squeezed together were quite warm.

Yuan Anping watched so many people gathered at the entrance of the village, and asked the two, "Why are there so many people?"

Li Zi explained to him: "Tomorrow is the winter solstice. If we want to eat dumplings, everyone has to buy meat. This is also a chance to go to the city and buy something for the family."

Yuan Anping looked at it, "Oh." He asked curiously, "Why do I feel that many children practice calligraphy with me?"

Fat Dun took it for granted: "Because I was left behind because I did well in the exam, my parents want to reward me, and I can go to the county together to play."

Li Zi, "That's right, adults usually don't take their children with them when they go to the county town. There are so many good things in the city, and children want to buy them after seeing them. They get annoyed when they make trouble."

Yuan Anping nodded, seeing that everyone was still waiting, he asked, "How long will it take to leave?"

Fat Dun looked up and saw his mother coming from the group of people who were talking, "Hurry up, my mother is here, we can leave soon."

Yuan Anping saw several women and children following Cai Xiaohua, "There are so many people, can only a few cars fit them?"

Li Zi gave him a strange look, "Most of the people in the car are children, and many women and men are walking."

Yuan Anping stopped talking, how did he know this.He deliberately yawned to show that he was sleepy. As for him, he was not too young, nor was he a woman, so he didn't think about why he could sit in the car.Fat Dun said very understandingly: "Brother Anping, go to sleep, it will take more than an hour to reach the county seat."

Yuan Anping patted Fatty's head, "Wait until the bus starts to leave before going to sleep."

Several children got on the car one after another, and it seemed that they were all playing with Li Zi and the others, including Zhang Weihu, Li Dongfeng, Zhang Chun, Yuan Fuyuan, and Yuan Dahe. Although it was uncomfortable for everyone to be crowded together, it was warm.The children were lively together, talking to Yuan Anping about the city very excitedly.Then came Zhang Xiaoliu and Huo Xiaoxi.Zhang Xiaoliu was holding a sleeping child in his arms, wrapped in a small quilt, who seemed to be Huo Xiaoxi's younger brother.

Yuan Anping looked at Zhang Xiaoliu, this was one of the twins he knew, and he was married and had children.

Seeing Yuan Anping looking at Zhang Xiaoliu, Fat Dun leaned on his ear and whispered, "My mother said that Xiaoxi's father has a baby, and he is going to the county to see a doctor."

Yuan Anping was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked at Zhang Xiaoliu's stomach, and found that it was blocked by the child, and then realized that it was impolite for him to do so.However, he was a little surprised that Shuang'er could have children.It is said that Shuang'er has the same physical appearance as the man, but is more handsome (some accidents), and has a flower-shaped birthmark on his body to distinguish him.

Huo Xiaoxi obediently sat beside Zhang Xiaoliu, seeing Yuan Anping look over.Although Huo Xiaoxi was somewhat introverted, Yuan Anping had always been gentle to him, so he was not afraid of Yuan Anping.Huo Xiaoxi looked at Yuan Anping and asked cheerfully: "Brother Anping, do you like going to the city? I heard it's fun there, but I don't know if it's true."

Hearing what his son said, Zhang Xiaoliu was heartbroken and flustered.Because Huo Xiaoxi is a twin, he was not welcomed by his mother-in-law. Before going to the county town, she was never allowed to take her with her.This year they finally separated before they had the opportunity to take their children to the city.

Yuan Anping knew something about Huo Xiaoxi, so he said to him: "It should be fun, you can take this opportunity to take a good look."

Huo Xiaoxi nodded with a smile. He was very happy to go to the city. He always heard from his cousins ​​that he was always envious.

After Cai Xiaohua got into the car, the donkey cart of Pangdun's family started to set off.After Yuan Anping greeted everyone, he pulled Pang Dun into his arms, and then pulled the quilt to cover it up. Feeling warmer, he closed his eyes.He kept thinking about various ideas, but he still had to wait until he entered the city and saw the situation.

After walking for nearly three hours, they came to the city gate, left the car outside the city gate, and everyone separated.Yuan Anping looked at the enthusiastic women and really admired them. After following them for so long, they were still in such good spirits that he had to praise them for their good footwork.

Li Zi and Fat Dun did not go with their family, but followed Yuan Anping around.Anyway, they didn't have anything to buy, so they might as well follow Yuan Anping and wander around the city.

Yuan Anping looked up at the tall city wall, feeling that it was really imposing, and looked at the two words above the city gate, Huacheng.

Li Zi and Pang Dun followed his example and looked up, and Pang Dun bluffed and said, "I know that city character." Because one of the children was named Zhou Cheng, they followed him to learn the city character.To tell the truth, these children really put their heart into studying, not only learned the characters taught by Yuan Anping, but also learned the names of other children, saying that they could learn more characters by doing so.

Yuan Anping nodded, "That's right, the other word is slippery, you will learn it sooner or later. Let's go, let's go in."

The city is indeed very lively, you can see people everywhere, and you can also see many stalls.The three of them read all the ones that they didn’t buy but didn’t let go of, and they also exchanged their thoughts.It's just that when they passed a sugar seller, the two children couldn't move their eyes away.Yuan Anping felt helpless because he didn't have the money to buy them.

In the end, it was seen that Li Zi and Fat Dun had a discussion, and took out the only one penny each of them held, which was exactly two pennies together, and could buy a little sugar figurine.Li Zi asked Fat Dun to hold the sugar figurine, and Fat Dun held it up to Yuan Anping first: "Brother Anping, eat first."

Yuan Anping looked moved, but made it very clear that he didn't like sugar people, so let the two of them eat it.

Li Zi and Fat Dun decided together that Yuan Anping was not lying, so they happily took a small bite, and kept it in their mouths. The candy in their mouths could be eaten for a long time, and the rest was left to the fat pier. take it.

The three of them were continuing to walk towards the city, and when they saw some people surrounding the bulletin board, they also walked over curiously.Yuan Anping was taken aback when he saw the notice posted on it.And as long as the characters of Fat Dun and Li are any characters that can be seen, they will check to see if there are any characters they know.

Fat Dun read the words he knew, "King Rui... looking for... the treasure."

Yuan Anping smiled and said, "You actually recognized the key words."

Li Zi asked curiously: "Then what is it talking about?"

Yuan Anping was about to explain when he saw a yamen servant knock on the gong and said in a loud voice: "Everyone pay attention! Pay attention! Princess Rui's birthday is approaching. In order to please the princess, the prince hopes that the general public will contribute treasures to him. The prince promised, If the concubine takes a fancy to the treasure presented, she will definitely give her a lot of money in return."

After understanding the whole thing, Yuan Anping led Li Zi and Fat Dun out of the crowd. After walking for a while, he asked the two children: "What do you two think of King Rui?"

Li Zi thought for a while, and said: "Our village belongs to Hua County, and Hua County belongs to Xinlan County. This Xinlan County is the fiefdom of King Rui. King Rui is the third prince of the emperor, but he is not favored, so the fiefdom is so special. Remote. People say that King Rui is infatuated. He loves his concubine very much. People say that King Rui has no big ambitions, he only likes to take the princess on a tour, and he is not someone who can accomplish great things."

Fat Dun also interjected and said in a very low voice: "Yes, yes, many twins are envious of the princess. I also heard from my father and others that King Rui is very good. He doesn't collect taxes from fiefdoms, but our county Grandfather is too greedy, we only have to live so hard by collecting taxes for various reasons, other counties are much better than ours."

Yuan Anping was thoughtful after listening.The three of them continued to wander the street, and it was almost noon before they knew it.Smelling the aroma wafting from the restaurant, both children swallowed.Yuan Anping looked helpless again because he had no money.He took out three pancakes from his pocket, one for each of them, and the three of them found a place out of the way and started eating pancakes.The two children liked it very much. After all, it was a pie, and they could still eat some meat. Although it was a bit cold, they still thought it was delicious.

Eating pancakes in the cold wind, Yuan Anping felt tearful.Seeing the two children eating happily, I feel that I am a bit poor and fastidious, and should be on par with the two children.

The three of them were having a good time, when they suddenly found the crowd surging, and after a while, they saw a group of chariots and horses approaching. The three of them happened to be standing by the road, and they could see very clearly.

Pang Dun and Li Zi were very excited to see it, while feeling really majestic.

Yuan Anping looked at the carriage that looked really luxurious, the guards with knives on tall horses on both sides of the carriage, and the loads of luggage carts behind the carriage.It can be inferred that the people in this carriage must be rich and noble.

At this time, he heard the discussion on the side.

"Who is in this car, why is it so majestic?"

Another person who seemed to be in the know said proudly: "I don't know, this is our Master Zhang from Hua County."

"You mean the very young Master Zhang?"

"Yes."

"It's the old master Zhang who is good friends with King Rui and was appointed by the royal family as the imperial merchant!"

"It's him, it's him! Mr. Zhang has been living in the county town, and I heard that he came back to visit relatives this time."

Yuan Anping was thoughtful, an imperial merchant, a love prince without big ambitions, very interesting.He has the idea of ​​presenting treasures, but he has to think about it again.

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