"Xiao Yu'er, look at this wooden hairpin, it's so exquisite!" Helian Ya twisted a wooden hairpin and chatted with Helian Yu.

The owner of the wooden hairpin stall was a gentle lady wearing a simple hairpin dress. When she saw customers coming, she hurriedly greeted them, "Ladies, you have good taste! This hairpin is made of peach wood, a set of twelve, representing the twelve flower gods, each made with great effort. Look, this hairpin is round and smooth, it must have taken a long time to polish."

Ms. Zan talked eloquently, smiled warmly, and spoke warmly and generously.

"Today is the Flower Festival. Ladies, wear wooden hairpins to pray for blessings. If you also pin a circle of flowers on your hair, you will surely be blessed by the flower god! May you be healthy and happy for the whole year!"

Helian Yu found it interesting, "How many sets of wooden flower hairpins are there?"

Helian Ya heard her meaning, it seems that she wants to buy them all, "Xiao Yu'er?"

“Don’t worry, Sister Ya, I have money!”

The corner of Helian Ya's mouth twitched slightly. This is not about the money. If she bought so many hairpins, how long would she have to wear them?

Lady Hairpin smiled happily: "I brought a total of sixty-four sets of hairpins. Three sets have been sold. Now there are sixty-one sets left. Miss, do you want all of them?"

"Yes!" Helian Yu waved his hand generously, "Xingchun, take the silver!"

Xingchun stepped forward gracefully, with a graceful manner and a soft voice: "How much is this in total?"

"One tael of silver for a set, a total of sixty-one sets, making it sixty-one taels. But since you bought more, I'll make it sixty taels!" Lady Zan smiled and calculated the bill.

Xingchun took out sixty taels of silver ingots and handed them to Lady Hairpin, then looked at Helian Yu and said, "Master, sixty sets of wooden hairpins are a bit cumbersome. Master promised to buy some other things later. I want to ask two or three strong men to carry some things."

Yingyue stepped forward and said, "Master, we servants followed you out, and it is our duty to carry these things. If we bring in some strangers, it may be detrimental to the safety of the master."

Xingchun lowered her eyes slightly: "Indeed, it is my fault that I did not think it through enough."

"How about this, Xingchun, go call Brother Changzuo over. He's very strong, so he can definitely lift it!" Helian Yu's eyes flickered. "As for the reward, I'll let him look for Master's clothes next time!"

Although Xingchun did not understand what Helianyu meant, she took note of the content and said, "I will go now."

Xingchun left in a hurry and disappeared in the bustling streets.

Zan Niang closed her stall and enthusiastically pointed to a teahouse for Helian Yu and his group: "Ladies, there is a teahouse in front. If you are waiting for that girl, you might as well go in and sit for a while. That teahouse is opened by my sister and brother-in-law's family. It's cheap and affordable!"

"Xiao Yu'er, it will probably take Xingchun a quarter of an hour to come back, why don't you come over and sit with him?"

"OK!"

Helian Yu and his companions went to the teahouse, leaving some maids behind to pack up the wooden hairpins.

We chose a private room on the second floor, ordered a pot of Biluochun tea, and a plate of red date cake.

Helian Yu lay by the window, her little feet wiggling, "It's so lively."

Helian Ya sat at the table and exchanged polite greetings with Liu Qiuyue.

"I heard that Princess Zhaoyang was studying with the Imperial Master." Liu Qiyue's eyes fell on Helian Yu's back, "I wonder if the princess has ever heard of Western language?"

Helian Yu turned around and leaned against the window, his round eyes full of curiosity: "Is it the kind of tadpole characters? I saw it in Master's study, he said it was a foreign language."

Liu Qiyue lowered her eyes in shock. According to the progress of history, people still believed that the earth was round and the sky was square, and that there was only Daxia and the surrounding small countries in the world.

"I wonder if the Imperial Master agrees that the sky is round and the earth is square?" Liu Qiuyue leaned towards another guess in her mind.

Perhaps, the Imperial Master is the person she should look for.

"Isn't the sky round and the earth square?" Helian Ya wondered, looking at Helian Yu, "Could it be that the national teacher didn't teach that the sky is round and the earth is square?"

Helian Yu climbed onto the chair slowly, propped his chin on his elbows, and said in distress: "Master never taught me. He only taught me to recite, practice martial arts, recite, practice martial arts, recite... I am so annoyed with him."

Liu Qiuyue frowned slightly, and her heart was increasingly leaning towards new speculations.

"Is he free every day?" Helian Yu held his cheek with one hand and stuffed his mouth with the other hand. The red date cake bulged out like a hamster storing food. He swallowed it and took some tea to smooth it out. He said, "He has time to play the piano, read books and drink tea every day. He should not be busy."

"Thank you, Princess. I'm afraid I'll have to bother you again in a couple of days."

"Then remember to go before you turn eighteen. After you turn eighteen, our master will go to the south of the Yangtze River with my fourth brother and me to supervise the special examination." Helian Yu reminded.

Without waiting for Liu Qiuyue to thank her, she threw down the teacup, turned around on the chair, and looked out the window: "Brother Chang Zuo!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Zuo jumped in from the window, with the long sword on his back as tall as his body.

"Brother Changzuo, you came so quickly, where is Xingchun?"

Chang Zuo leaned against the window frame: "She's running behind. She's slow, it'll take her about a quarter of an hour to get here."

"Brother Chang Zuo, you have to be gentle and considerate to girls." Helian Yu waved at him. Chang Zuo came closer. She raised her hand and patted Chang Zuo's shoulder, saying in a mature manner, "You have to be gentle and considerate to girls."

Chang Zuo said expressionlessly: "I will protect you, sir."

Helian Yu: “???”

Helian Ya: “???”

Liu Qiyue: “!!!”

"Brother Chang Zuo, the word care can't be used like this." Helian Yu said earnestly, "How about this, you practice calligraphy with me in the future, and I will teach you."

“No need.”

Chang Zuo retreated three steps, keeping a distance from Helian Yu, his eyes full of vigilance.

"I can read."

Helian Yu raised a not-so-friendly smile: "Is it because I can't read that I study? Brother Chang Zuo~"

Chang Zuo decisively avoided the question, took out a banknote from his inner pocket, and stuffed it into Helian Yu's pocket: "All expenses for today will be paid by you, young master."

"Ten thousand taels?!" Helian Yu happily put it in his arms, "I'm so embarrassed! I'll go and thank Master tomorrow."

Chang Zuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that money really works!

"By the way, Brother Changzuo, go find Xingchun. I'm so bored waiting for you~"

In the alley not far away.

"Girl, since I have completed the task for you, the account book..."

The little old man in the uniform of a Lianque official bowed and nodded to the woman with a red veil on her face. The woman had cold eyebrows and captivating eyes, and her temperament was not that of an ordinary person.

"Miss Huayang?" The old man raised his head and smiled flatteringly, reminding again, "What about the account book?"

"The account book is right here." Hua Yang's eyes were cold and without any warmth. She held up an account book in her hand, "But——"

The old man was trembling with fear, staring at the account book eagerly, pretending to be stupid again, showing Huayang the weakest and most pleading look, and reaching out to grab the account book, "Please, young lady, give me..."

"Beg?" Hua Yang sneered, her thin eyebrows furious, and she kicked the old man away, throwing him against the wall. "You also know how to beg? When I begged you not to touch me, why didn't you agree?"

The old man's face was wrinkled like dry bark, and he groaned in pain. His eyes were glued to the account book in Huayang's hand, and he choked: "Account, account book..."

(End of this chapter)