Chapter 117 Cao Cao is a good man...
After leaving the Prime Minister's residence, they did not take a carriage or a sedan chair, but walked the entire way.
After walking through several unfamiliar streets, everything around us gradually became familiar; it was the street where we used to live.
"Little Xiaoxiao is back!"
"Hey! Isn't that Miss Xiaoxiao?"
"Oh, Aman, you're here again. You've found Miss Xiaoxiao this time, haven't you!"
Along the way, quite a few people greeted us.
"Wow, this child is so cute!" someone exclaimed as if they had discovered a new continent.
A crowd immediately gathered around, exclaiming, "Wow, whose child is this?"
“My son,” Cao Cao said with a smile.
"Aman, you and Miss Xiaoxiao got married?"
"Yes, that's right, they got married." Cao Cao glanced at me with a smile and answered.
After being told off by the neighbors, I felt a little embarrassed.
"I knew it! They were definitely a couple, but you guys didn't believe me back then..."
I tugged at Cao Cao's sleeve. He turned to look at me, still smiling. I rarely saw him smile so happily, so innocent and carefree, as if he were still that silly Cao Cao.
"Aman! Oh dear! Aman, you've come at the perfect time. Help me take this wheat to the market to sell." A somewhat familiar, aged voice said.
I turned around, "Grandma Wu?" It turned out to be the old lady who used to live next to the pastry shop.
"Miss Pei is here too," the old woman grinned, her face full of wrinkles and a few teeth missing. "Let me take a look at you."
Selling wheat? I glanced at Cao Cao. Things are different now. He's not the foolish Cao Cao anymore. He wouldn't turn on me, would he...?
Cao Cao smiled, bent down to take the sack of wheat from the old woman's hands, and slung it over his back. "Madam, let's go to the market together to help the old woman sell this wheat."
I was dumbfounded and wondered if there was something wrong with my eyes.
Is the man in front of me, smiling so brightly, really Cao Cao?
He was quite content following Cao Cao, but who had ever seen someone wearing a magnificent robe selling wheat before...?
"Are you cold?" Cao Cao turned to look at me.
I shook my head.
"Let's set up a stall over there," Cao Cao said with a smile, pointing to a set of steps ahead.
I could only nod dumbly, holding the steamed bun, and walk over with him.
Cao Cao put down the bag and sat quietly to the side, waiting for customers to come.
The shouts of vendors on both sides were incessant, but our place was the most deserted.
"Seriously? How can anyone buy things like this?" I decided to give them a second chance.
"Yes, I used to help Grandma sell them, and that's how I did it," Cao Cao said earnestly.
I doubt.
But my doubts quickly disappeared.
Several young women and middle-aged women lined up, and in no time, all the wheat was sold out.
Cao smugly smiled at me, weighing the clanging coins in his hand.
He gave the coins to the old woman, and as before, she insisted on giving Cao Cao three coins, which Cao Cao accepted with a smile.
"Cao Cao, why don't you help me fill the water jar?" the old woman said, pulling Cao Cao along.
Once again, Cao Cao miraculously did not turn hostile, but turned and walked into the old woman's courtyard.
"This child is so pretty," the old woman said, pulling me down to sit and taking the steamed bun from my arms.
I glanced at Cao Cao, who was fetching water in the backyard, with some concern. I was genuinely afraid he would suddenly throw a tantrum...
"Aman is a good man, reliable!" Grandma said with a smile, holding my hand.
"Reliable?" I blurted out instinctively.
"Yes, trust Grandma's judgment. Grandma has lived most of her life and is now almost buried in the ground. I'm very good at judging people!"
I paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"Miss Pei, I heard you went missing for a while. How did Aman find you?" the old woman asked curiously.
"Missing?" I thought for a moment and remembered that it must refer to the last time he ran away from the wedding.
"Yes, Aman came here to look for you, but then he had a headache and almost died in the back alley. Luckily, Aunt Fu from the front street found him, otherwise..." The old woman shook her head and clicked her tongue.
"I've never heard him mention it..." I was surprised and turned to look at Cao Cao, who was filling a water vat in the backyard. He had never told me...
"Sigh, you didn't see him like that, he looked like he'd lost his soul."
I just stared blankly at Cao Cao's back.
Did my departure really have such a profound impact on him? I thought... I was just one of his many wives...
Before long, the water vat was full. After sitting for a while, Cao Cao pulled me up to say goodbye.
After leaving the old woman's shop, Cao Cao strolled around for a while and came to a jewelry vendor. He bent down to look at the jewelry, picked out a silver hairpin, and asked, "How much is this?"
"Fifteen coins." Seeing Cao Cao's luxurious attire, the shopkeeper smiled broadly and said, "This young master truly knows his stuff."
"Hmm?" Cao Cao narrowed his long, narrow eyes slightly, raised his eyebrows, and looked at the stall owner.
The shopkeeper trembled, "Ten coins..."
"Hmm?" Cao Cao hummed.
"Five...five coins..." The shopkeeper's legs were trembling, and he was speaking somewhat incoherently.
"Hmm?" The person was still not satisfied and continued to threaten in a roundabout way.
"Young master...you don't need the money...you can take it..." The shopkeeper was so frightened he almost cried, and said repeatedly.
"How can this be?" Cao changed his expression, extending his hand in a friendly manner and placing the three coins in the shopkeeper's hand. "This thing is only worth three coins."
"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, young master!" The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, eager to get rid of the plague.
Cao Cao was finally satisfied. He put away the silver hairpin and turned to look at me with a smile.
He raised his hand and carefully inserted the silver hairpin into my temple.
Seeing his focused expression, I couldn't help but feel a slight blush creep up my face. The silver hairpin he gave me last time was lost in the chaos of making steamed buns. This time… did he come all this way just to give me this?
On the street, a tall, imposing man in a purple robe carefully placed a hairpin on a woman's head. The woman tilted her head slightly, a faint smile unconsciously appearing in her eyes and brows. In her arms, she held a baby as delicate as a porcelain doll...
Such a scene drew curious glances from passersby.
"So it was three coins. Last time that guy actually charged me five coins." Cao Cao smoothed the messy hair on my forehead and muttered, "He really thinks I'm stupid and easy to bully."
I'm absolutely speechless.
"Are you hungry? Shall we get something to eat?"
My stomach was completely empty, so I nodded quickly.
On the way, I passed by a brothel, where several alluring women were swaying their hips and soliciting customers at the entrance. I suddenly remembered that Cao Cao had also been teased here, so I secretly glanced at him and chuckled to myself.
Cao Cao looked down and saw me chuckling. He knew I was laughing at how he had been entangled with the girls at the brothel earlier, so he smiled back, unconcerned.
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