After Qin Hedong left, his friends naturally couldn't stay for long, and they all followed him and dispersed.
Qin Hexuan didn't seem to be affected at all and continued to take Qingtian to find Mr. Wei.
Only Song Tao was slapped for no reason and could only blame himself for his bad luck.
When he arrived at the teahouse, Mr. Wei was already getting impatient waiting.
If he hadn't known that Qingtian was definitely interested in the market, he would have suspected that Qin Hexuan was finding an excuse to escape.
Seeing that people had finally arrived, Wei Yan, who had drunk a bellyful of tea, stood up and said, "Don't come up, let's go shopping in the market."
After going downstairs, he said to Qin Hexuan, "Don't just play around. Pay attention to the things in the market. I'm going to give you a test this afternoon."
As they talked, the three of them joined the crowd and began to stroll around the market.
Although it was a market formed spontaneously by the people, because it was located in the capital, the Shuntian prefect still arranged some people to maintain order.
Their main role is to maintain public order, but for convenience, they will try to place people selling similar items together.
The area below the teahouse is full of people selling their crops.
Of course, this is most likely the reason why Wei Yan chose such an inconvenient location for the meeting.
After Wei Yan went downstairs, he began to look carefully at the stalls downstairs.
In order to make it easier to sell things, people mostly packed various grains and seeds in cloth bags they sewed themselves.
When traveling, tie the opening tightly, open it when you arrive, roll up the excess bag opening, and place the bags in front of you for passers-by to choose from.
Various beans and dried fruits are the best-selling at this time, because this is the only gathering during the Laba Festival, and most people wait for this time to come and buy ingredients for cooking Laba porridge.
Wei Yan also bought some things from each stall, but his purpose was to talk to the stall owners.
"Where are you from, fellow villager?"
"I came from Bazhou."
"So far? We have to set off several days in advance, right?"
"That's right. It took several days of walking and stopping to carry so many things!"
"Is the harvest good this year?" Wei Yan signaled his followers to take out money and buy a bag of mung beans.
There were no other customers at the time, so the stall owner was willing to chat with them for a while.
"The weather this year is not very good, and the drought in the Northeast is severe, so it is more or less worse than in previous years.
"But generally speaking, it's okay. Not as good as the best, but better than the worst!" The stall owner sighed and said, "What else can I do? There are so many people at home who are counting on me..."
Wei Yan asked as he went along the way.
Soon I had asked almost all the vendors nearby.
His followers could no longer carry so many things in their arms, so gradually the guards of Qin's mansion helped them carry and hold the things.
Wei Yan would chat with each stall owner more or less.
Qin Hexuan followed beside and listened carefully.
Fortunately, Qingtian was not the kind of child who would make a fuss and go play with other children when he felt bored. He just followed along and listened obediently all the way.
It took the three of them more than an hour to walk this short distance.
What they didn't know was that in just a short while, the rumors in the capital had changed from "Young Master Qin and Young Master Qin had a conflict in the market, and Young Master Qin was accompanied by an unidentified girl" to "Young Master Qin appeared in the market and had a conflict with Young Master Qin because of his childhood engagement." Such ridiculous rumors.
Such outrageous words were heard by the Princess of Rui before they even reached Madam Qin's ears.
Princess Rui immediately asked someone to prepare a car and come to Qin's house.
"Sister, how come you have time to come here today?" Mrs. Qin was very surprised to see her sister coming. She quickly asked someone to come in and the two sisters sat down to talk in detail.
Unexpectedly, the Princess of Rui asked, "When did you arrange a marriage for Hexuan? How come I didn't know about this? Whose daughter is she?"
"Oh, you are so confused! The children are still too young now. Even if they look good, there is no guarantee that they will not grow up crooked in the future.
"Our Hexuan is such a wonderful child. Why would he worry about not having a wife in the future? Tell me, why are you so anxious?"
Mrs. Qin was confused by the barrage of questions from Princess Rui.
When she stopped, she quickly said, "Sister, what are you talking about?
"How could He Xuan's marriage be settled? Even if I wanted to choose a daughter-in-law, wouldn't I ask you to help me make the decision?"
Princess Rui nodded when she heard this. There was nothing wrong with what she said.
"Sister, where did you hear these rumors?" Mrs. Qin said helplessly.
"Isn't it all just rumors from outsiders?" Princess Rui suddenly remembered something and asked, "So many people outside are saying that He Xuan is visiting the market with a little girl. What's going on?"
"It was Mr. Wei who arranged for us to go to the market today.
"He said children shouldn't just study, they should understand the lives of ordinary people."
"Sir, you are right. I heard from the prince that some officials who were sent to serve in remote areas actually knew nothing. They didn't even know that rice should be planted in water. They are simply bringing shame to the court."
"Who said it wasn't true? My master has complained a lot too." Madam Qin agreed. She thought she had diverted the attention to the previous incident, but she didn't expect that Princess Rui's focus had not changed.
"You haven't told me yet, who is that little girl next to He Xuan?"
“No one…”
"Who is it without anyone?"
“Ahem…” Madam Qin thought for a long time, and finally could only say: “She is just a little girl from an ordinary family. I met her on the way to the customs.
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