Before they knew it, they had reached Zhouqiao. Gao Yanei reined in his horse and asked, "Brother, I'm going home. Are you going home too?"
"Where is your home?"
"My home is in Taipingqiao, not far from here."
"Oh! Let's say goodbye here. I will visit General Gao another day." Zhang Shixun got off the horse and returned the reins to Gao Wu.
"You can keep this horse. It will be convenient for you to go out." Gao Yanei was very generous.
"No, I don't have time to raise it. I have to go to the Tianwu Army to practice horseback archery these days. Please go to the Palace Front Office to get a plaque for me."
"That's no problem. Leave it to me and I'll send someone to deliver it to you tomorrow."
"Okay!" Zhang Shixun casually clasped his fists and turned to walk home.
Zhang Shixun spent several days in the martial arts training ground. Later, in order not to waste time, he even ate and drank in the martial arts training ground.
One day, Zhang Shixun was dragging his tired body home. When he was about to reach Jinqian Lane, a sedan chair came towards him.
"Sir." A sweet voice came from the sedan chair.
Zhang Shixun looked up and saw a corner of the bamboo curtain on the sedan window lifted up, revealing Ding Dusai's smiling face.
"Oh! Are you back from your sister Li?" Zhang Shixun asked in surprise.
"I went to my sister's house to practice piano."
"Are you going home?"
"Hmm!" Ding Dusai lowered the bead curtain and asked, "Your face is covered in sweat. Where did you come from?"
"I just went to the Tianwu Army's training ground."
"What are you going there for?" Ding Dusai asked in surprise.
"I'm preparing for the military exam. I'll be taking the Jie exam in a month."
"Oh! Are you going to take the military examination?"
"Yes."
Ding Dusai pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you want me to ask my sister to find an official...?"
"Don't do that." Zhang Shixun interrupted her and said, "General Gao has already agreed to help. As for your sister, there will definitely be a time when she will be needed in the future."
"Okay!" Ding Dusai did not insist.
Zhang Shixun asked tentatively, "Would you like to come to my house and sit down?"
"No." Ding Dusai stamped his foot lightly in the sedan chair, asking the bearer to stop it. He lifted the bamboo curtain and said, "My sister and I would like to ask you for a small favor."
Zhang Shixun was eager to help and said quickly, "Just tell me. I'm happy to help as long as I can."
"On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, all the ministers and princes will come to the palace to admire the moon with the emperor. Famous actors from the capital will also come to the palace to perform. At that time, all the artists will practice their skills together and compete with each other."
"Oh! Are you going too?" Zhang Shixun asked.
“I go there every year at this time.”
"Yeah?"
"Sister Li and I want to take first place in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and we need your help."
"No problem." Zhang Shixun replied readily.
"Oh! You are so nice." Ding Dusai jumped up happily, but forgot that he was in a sedan chair. He suddenly hit the top of the sedan chair and exclaimed.
"Look, you've become too proud of yourself." Zhang Shixun laughed.
"It's all your fault. You didn't even remind me." Ding Dusai covered his head and scolded.
"I never thought you would jump in the sedan." Zhang Shixun was amused and said jokingly, "Next time you want to jump, tell me first so I can remind you."
"You see me in such misfortune, but you don't have any sympathy at all. I won't talk to you anymore... sedan bearer, let's go." Ding Dusai urged the sedan to be lifted up, and playfully stuck out his tongue at Zhang Shixun.
Zhang Shixun watched her leave with a smile, thinking that this was quite interesting. If a woman is willing to ask a man for help, it means that she has you in her heart.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Wang Dong squatting at the door of the kitchen, holding a large bowl in his hand and eating with relish.
"Oh! What is Mr. Wang eating? It sounds so delicious." Zhang Shixun walked over and saw that there was noodles in the large bowl, with a layer of green vegetables and a few pieces of meat on top of the noodles.
"Would you like some?" Wang Dong asked, looking up.
"Did you do this?" Zhang Shixun was curious.
Wang Dong is very lazy. He is the kind of person who won't even help if something goes wrong.
"How can I make these things? I ordered this from a shop on West Street. They call it 'suobing', haha!" Wang Dong said, picking up the noodles with chopsticks and slurping a big mouthful. The sound was very loud and his eating manners were ugly.
"What's the name of that shop? I want to eat there too." Zhang Shixun stared at the large bowl and felt very surprised. He had never seen this guy eat so much.
"I'll take you there after I finish eating." Wang Dong answered vaguely while eating.
"Take me with you?" Zhang Shixun was stunned when he saw that he agreed so easily.
This doesn't fit Wang Dong's character.
Wang Dong swallowed the food in his mouth, stood up and patted his belly: "Let's go, I'll take you there, and by the way, return the other person's bowl."
Zhang Shixun followed him to West Street, where shops were lined with colorful flags fluttering in the wind.
Wang Dong pointed forward and said, "See the sign in front? Chen Erniang's cake."
Zhang Shixun followed him into the store. A plump middle-aged woman came up to him and said with a smile, "Sir, you don't have to bring the dishes in person. My servant will come to get them."
"Mrs. Chen Er! My brother saw me eating the Suo Bing and wanted to try it too, so I brought him here and returned your dishes and chopsticks."
Chen Erniang smiled and said, "In that case, please take a seat inside, gentlemen."
After Zhang Shixun sat down, he looked at her quietly and saw that she was about thirty years old. Although she was not very beautiful, she was very attractive and quite feminine.
While she turned around to instruct the cook to prepare the meal, Wang Dong whispered to Zhang Shixun, "What do you think of this woman?"
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