Chapter 173: Melon Falling from the Sky (Two Chapters in One)
At this time, three pounds of grilled fish were served, and Lin Xian was full. Zhao Shiqing asked him where he lived. He told Zhao Shiqing that his cousin had helped him rent a house near Huiwen Academy, which was very close to the academy and convenient for him to attend classes.
Zhao Shiqing pointed in a direction and said, "Two blocks from here, there's a Baisui Teahouse. It's owned by my relative, and I'm helping out there. If you need anything, you can find me there."
Lin Xian smiled widely. "Okay, next time I come here, I'll definitely come find you. Maybe I'll go with Yang Shengqiu."
Zhao Shiqing: "Then I am so lucky to be able to see the style of the top scholar."
Lin Xian picked up his book box and left happily.
Looking at the young figure's back, Zhao Shiqing prayed silently in her heart, hoping that this silly child would remember her advice and not talk about the Shi family's extermination in front of Yang Shengqiu.
However, the grilled fish here smelled delicious but tasted very ordinary, far inferior to the ones grilled by my grandfather's guards.
After eating only one pound of the three-pound grilled fish, Zhao Shiqing lost his appetite. He picked out a few pieces without any seasoning and asked Xiao Yao if he wanted to eat them.
The little demon turned his face away with a look of disgust.
Zhao Shiqing paid the money, put Xiao Yao into her bag, and went home with the cat.
Seeing her walk away, the grilled fish brother poured most of the remaining fish into the slop bucket. The brother was unhappy when he saw this: "There is so much left, it would be a shame to throw it away. Aren't you hungry? Why don't you eat it?"
Brother: "Haven't you seen that they don't even eat cats? Brother, why don't we stop selling grilled fish and sell something else? Your grilled fish is really not tasty."
Brother: "Then what should we do instead? Sell barbecue?"
A-di: "Even dogs wouldn't eat the barbecue you make."
The elder brother was angry and raised his hand to give him a slap: "So, what do we do?"
A-di thought for a moment and said, "How about we just perform the chest-breaking stone show? It doesn't cost any money and it's what we're good at."
The elder brother sighed and said, "It's so hard to change careers. Okay, I'll just do it. But it's a shame to quit after only setting up this stall for a day. I'll go back tonight and ask the landlady if anyone wants to sell grilled fish. We can then sell the stall to someone else."
The two brothers decided to change their career path and break the stone tomorrow.
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Zhao Shiqing returned home and lazily lay on a bamboo chair in the yard. Wan Ruyi was learning embroidery with Xiuxiu. Seeing her lying in the yard, she quickly took a thin blanket and put it on her.
Seeing Wan Ruyi, Zhao Shiqing was stunned. How could she have thought of returning to Liangdi to hide away? With such a big bomb hidden at home, she actually wanted to lie down?
It's not just Wan Ruyi, she also has a Xiao Yue hidden in Baihe Mountain.
Xiao Yue and Wan Ruyi, if Xu Lin and his son are added, these five people are enough to break the sky of the Dayong Dynasty!
Zhao Shiqing instantly lost the desire to continue lying down. She sat up suddenly, scaring Wan Ruyi.
Zhao Shiqing: "Aunt Ruyi, how is your disguise learning going?"
Before Wan Ruyi could speak, Xiuxiu spoke first, "Aunt Ruyi is very talented. She is the most talented person I have ever met."
Zhao Shiqing: Why do I feel like you are praising one and criticizing the other, even though you didn’t say it explicitly?
"Aunt Ruyi, please disguise me as an old man. I want to go out and make some money."
Wan Ruyi: "No, it's not okay to cheat people out of money. Second Miss, don't learn bad habits. It's not good to learn bad habits."
Zhao Shiqing: I reflect on myself and tell the truth to honest people.
"I'm just kidding. I'm not trying to cheat you out of money. I just think it's fun."
Wan Ruyi then agreed, and Xu Ruo got up early the next morning to change her appearance.
At this time, Zhen Wuduo came back from outside, followed by two dogs and holding a bird cage in his hand. When Zhao Shiqing saw the bird cage, he became interested.
"Grandpa, did you just buy this bird? How much did you spend on it?"
Zhen Wuduo stretched out three fingers.
Zhao Shiqing: "Three taels? Thirty taels? Three hundred taels?"
Zhen Wuduo shook his head: "Three thousand taels."
Zhao Shiqing's mouth twitched. "Three thousand taels for a starling? Just tell me, and I'll catch it for you."
She said to the starling, "Tell me, are you going to fly back in a couple of days and go scam the next family?"
When the mynah bird heard this, it became anxious and started swearing at Zhao Shiqing in some very dirty words.
[You deserve a slap on the left cheek and a kick on the right cheek. Donkeys kick donkeys, pigs step on pigs!]
Zhao Shiqing whistled towards the sky, and in the blink of an eye, Xiaoguai dived down and landed steadily on Zhao Shiqing's shoulder.
She said to the starling, "See? This is my son. He can peck ten starlings to death a day just like you. Are you afraid?"
The starling opened its mouth in astonishment and stared at Xiaoguai, but soon shouted again: "Godfather, I bow to you!"
Zhao Shiqing laughed heartily...
The next morning, Zhao Shiqing pestered Wan Ruyi to change her appearance, and called Lao Fan, one of the four guards, to demonstrate. After the change was completed, Zhao Shiqing stood next to Lao Fan, and even Lao Fan was shocked. Although they were not exactly alike, they were about 60% similar, as if he was Lao Fan's long-lost brother.
Unfortunately, they only look alike in face, but their figures are worlds apart.
Zhao Shiqing was in the growth period. Although she ate a lot, she only grew taller and not fatter. She looked like a little girl at first glance. Although Lao Fan was not tall and strong, he was very strong. He was the kind of man who looked full of strength.
Wan Ruyi stuffed a lot of cotton wool into Zhao Shiqing's clothes, and she transformed into a chubby, soft, and loose old man.
Although Zhao Shiqing was not very satisfied with this image, she could only be content due to her limited conditions.
After breakfast, Zhen Wuduo took his three thousand taels and went out to walk the bird. By the way, the name of the starling was Three Thousand Taels. You can tell from the name that it was worth a lot. He almost wrote the words "Welcome Thieves" on the bird's cage.
Zhao Shiqing also went out. She didn't bring Ling Bo with her. It wasn't because she didn't want to, but because Ling Bo didn't want to go out with her. The Second Young Lady was too eye-catching, and she was worried that she would burst out laughing.
Following Zhao Shiqing were Niu Qiu and Shen Wangxing. The two of them just came to watch the fun since they had nothing to do anyway.
Zhao Shiqing decided to stroll down the street to show off her uncle style.
Passing by the place where they had eaten grilled fish yesterday, Zhao Shiqing didn't see the stall. He smiled and said, "No way, could it be that their business couldn't continue and they closed down? That's right, their grilled fish is so bad."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the sound of a gong coming from the front. She hurried over and laughed when she saw it.
It was the same two young men from yesterday, but today they were not selling grilled fish. Instead, they were performing a stone-breaking performance with their chests.
The one lying down was the younger brother, and the one in charge of beating the gong and breaking the boulders was the older brother. Zhao Shiqing didn't expect that the younger brother, who was so young, had such impressive skills. She clapped her hands vigorously. This was his real skill, and she was impressed!
Unfortunately, when the brother came over with a broken basin to collect the money, those who had just cheered all ran away, leaving only Zhao Shiqing and the other two still standing there.
The brother was quite disappointed, but suddenly he heard a clang and saw a piece of silver in the broken basin.
He was so excited that he hurriedly said, "Thank you, uncle. Thank you, uncle."
Zhao Shiqing didn't react for a moment. It was clearly me who gave the money, so why didn't you thank me but thanked the uncle instead?
Fortunately, she quickly remembered that the uncle was her.
After watching the chest-breaking stone, the three continued to stroll around, but now, they were talking about the two little brothers.
Loach said, "This is real kung fu, it can't be faked. There are also people who can break rocks with their chests on the overpass, but those are all strong men with broad shoulders and strong waists. This is the first time I've seen them as small as those two little brothers just now. Amazing, really amazing!"
Chen Wangxing's face flushed with excitement: "Is this the legendary golden bell and iron cloth shirt? I've seen it in storybooks. It's invulnerable to swords and guns!"
Zhao Shiqing: "What's written in the storybook is just nonsense, don't take it seriously."
Chen Wangxing: "No, some of the storybooks are very well written."
Zhao Shiqing: "For example, in the storybooks, the top scholar always marries the princess, but in reality, that's not the case at all..."
She suddenly opened her eyes wide. She really couldn't talk about people in broad daylight. Look, she just talked about the top scholar, and now she saw the real top scholar.
Yang Shengqiu!
At this time, Yang Shengqiu was coming out of a sedan chair and walking into the antique shop across the road.
The last time Zhao Shiqing came back from Tong'an, she had learned from Xiuxiu that Yang Shengqiu had come to see her, saying that he came to thank her, but he came empty-handed. She didn't know whether he really came to thank her or just to check out the place.
In short, Zhao Shiqing pretended that nothing happened and did not contact Yang Shengqiu.
She is not stupid. Yang Shengqiu clearly does not want to mention the past. He doesn't even care about the death of his own grandfather, so why should outsiders meddle in his affairs?
So Zhao Shiqing had already separated the little lamb brother from her childhood in her heart.
Besides, her memory was already fragmented, so there was no need to let an irrelevant person occupy her few memories.
Therefore, when seeing Yang Shengqiu, Zhao Shiqing had no intention of greeting him, not to mention that she was still a man.
She was about to continue shopping when she saw another sedan chair stop in front of the antique shop.
The sedan chair was very ordinary, just like the ones you can see everywhere on the street, but the person who walked out of the sedan chair was not ordinary at all.
She was a young girl, about the same age as Zhao Shiqing, who also looked like she had just reached the age of marriage. Her skin was as white as snow, and she was wearing a jacket decorated with rose flowers, which made her pretty face look even brighter. What particularly caught Zhao Shiqing's attention was the wooden hairpin on her head.
The dress she was wearing, together with the embroidered shoes on her feet, were obviously of great value. If Ling Bo were here, she would even be able to estimate the value of her clothes.
But even though she was dressed so gorgeously, there was only a wooden hairpin on her head, and no other head ornaments.
Zhao Shiqing suddenly became interested. Her interest was not in Yang Shengqiu, but in this beautiful girl.
Miss Zhao Er has no resistance to all beautiful people. No matter whether they are men or women, as long as they are good-looking, Miss Zhao Er will look at him (her) differently.
However, what surprised Zhao Shiqing even more was that the girl did not bring any maids or guards with her. She came alone and was riding in a sedan chair pulled by people from the street.
This girl obviously comes from a good family. Which lady would go out without a maid? Even someone like Zhao Shiqing, who grew up in the mountains, would bring Lingbo with her when she goes out. Of course, except today.
Could it be that this girl came out secretly to meet her lover?
As soon as the thought came to his mind, in a flash, Zhao Shiqing thought of Yang Shengqiu who had just entered.
These two people came one after the other, could they be here for a tryst?
At this time, the girl had already walked to the door of the shop. When the clerk standing at the door saw her, he said something, as if asking the girl's name. Then, the clerk smiled and led the girl into the antique shop.
Zhao Shiqing said to Niu Qiu and Shen Wangxing, "Wait here for me. I'll go in and take a look."
After saying that, she walked towards the antique shop.
The guy who was originally standing at the door had already led the girl in. Without anyone to lead the way, Zhao Shiqing had to go in by herself.
She didn't see Yang Shengqiu in the lobby, but she saw a slender figure disappear around the corner of the stairs.
She started walking towards the stairs, but after taking a few steps, she was stopped by another waiter.
"Sir, please stay, please stay."
"Can't we go upstairs? Someone just went upstairs." Zhao Shiqing said.
The waiter said with a big smile: "To be honest, sir, I'm here to look for someone. That's where our boss usually rests, and only people we know can go up there."
So that's what happened. Zhao Shiqing could only stop. She had no interest in buying antiques and was too lazy to go shopping anymore, so she turned around and walked out.
After leaving the sight of the antique shop, Zhao Shiqing called Xiaoguai and whispered a few words to him. Xiaoguai then flapped his wings and flew away.
Zhao Shiqing originally thought that Xiaoguai would be back soon, but she didn't expect that she, Niu Qiu and Chen Wangxing had to wait for half an hour before Xiaoguai finally showed up.
"What did the man and woman say?" Zhao Shiqing asked.
Xiaoguai is not as eloquent as Xiaoyao, and is even less able to compare with the newcomer Sanqianliang. Compared with the old handyman Sanqianliang, Xiaoguai is still a baby, a baby who gets shy at the slightest provocation.
For example, now, the little baby is shy again. It buried its big head in Zhao Shiqing's neck, and it took a long time for it to tell Zhao Shiqing what it saw and heard.
Just as Zhao Shiqing guessed, the two of them really came here to have a tryst under the guise of the antique shop.
Xiaoguai recounted in detail what the two had said in his plain and direct tone.
"Brother Qiu, are you angry? I just wanted to see you, so I sent someone to tell you to come here. Don't worry, this shop is my mother's dowry. The owner and the shop assistants are all family. They won't tell anyone about us."
When the word "Queen Mother" came out of Xiaoguai's mouth, Zhao Shiqing was stunned.
Mother?
There is no empress dowager in this dynasty, only concubine dowager, so the only person who can be called mother is the queen in the palace.
That girl turned out to be a princess!
Yang Shengqiu is meeting the princess here secretly?
To put it bluntly, it means having a secret relationship with the princess!
No wonder the princess didn’t even bring a maid with her. She didn’t dare to bring one for fear of being discovered!
Zhao Shiqing never dreamed that melons would fall from the sky when she was walking on the street!
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