Hai Dafu looked at the electric tricycle with great interest and reached out to pat the vehicle.
Li Huan opened the passenger door: "Grandpa Hai, please get in!"
Hai Dafu climbed into the car and looked around curiously.
Li Huan said to Wei Xiaobao, "Brother, you sit in the carriage."
Wei Xiaobao agreed and climbed into the back of the carriage.
Li Huan closed the car door tightly and honked the horn.
Beep beep!
Hai Dafu was startled.
What was that noise?
Li Huan explained, "This is a horn, used to remind pedestrians on the road to give way in time."
Hai Dafu laughed and said, "How can you blow a horn if you hide it in the car?"
Li Huan said, "The horn on this car doesn't need to be blown; you just need to press it to make it sound!"
Hai Dafu exclaimed in surprise, "It makes a sound when you press it? How interesting! Let me try it!"
Li Huan demonstrated and taught Hai Dafu to press the horn.
Beep beep! Beep beep...
The horn blared loudly and clearly, startling passersby who quickly moved aside.
Li Huan took the opportunity to accelerate and drive forward.
Hai Dafu laughed and said, "Not bad! Not bad! This car is truly amazing!"
As Li Huan drove, he said, "If we bring this car into the palace and find an opportunity to present it to the Emperor, we're sure to win his favor."
Hai Dafu nodded: "His Majesty is young and playful, he will surely like this carriage! Alright, bring it into the palace!"
Li Huan said, "Thank you, Eunuch Hai!"
Hai Dafu asked, "What's your name?"
Li Huan replied, "My surname is Li and my given name is Huan."
Hai Dafu said, "From today onwards, you will be called Xiao Huanzi. You will obey my orders and do whatever I tell you to do."
Li Huan replied, "Yes, Eunuch Hai."
Hai Dafu asked, "What's the name of the kid in the back?"
Li Huan pretended not to know: "I happened to run into him and we went into the eunuch recruitment office together, but I didn't have time to ask his name."
Hai Dafu said, "No matter what his original name was, from now on he will be called Xiaochunzi."
Li Huan said, "Grandpa Hai is very knowledgeable, and the names he gives are all very meaningful. My name is Xiao Huanzi, which sounds cheerful, and his name is Xiao Chunzi, which sounds full of vitality!"
Hai Dafu said, "You are eloquent and quick-witted, I will give you an important position."
Li Huan said, "Thank you for your kind words, Eunuch Hai... There's no road ahead, which way should we turn?"
Hai Dafu pointed to the right: "Turn right, to the palace!"
They sped all the way to the palace.
Hai Dafu got off the bus and vomited.
"Grandpa Hai!" Li Huan cried out, "What's wrong with you?"
Hai Dafu clutched his stomach: "I'm dizzy... I feel nauseous..."
Li Huan understood: "Grandpa Hai, you're carsick!"
Hai Dafu said, "I don't get dizzy in sedan chairs or horse-drawn carriages, but I get dizzy in this rickshaw... Alas... It seems I'm not cut out for this!"
Wei Xiaobao jumped out of the carriage, his face full of excitement.
"Riding in this car is so exciting!"
Li Huan helped Hai Dafu into the house.
Wei Xiaobao, quick-witted as ever, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Hai Dafu.
Li Huan said, "My real name is Li Huan. Grandpa Hai changed my name to Xiao Huanzi. What was your original name?"
Wei Xiaobao said, "My surname is Wei, and my given name is Xiaobao."
Li Huan said, "Eunuch Hai has already changed your name to Xiao Chunzi."
Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, then complained, "Why did you have to call me 'Spring'?"
Li Huan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Doesn't this make you look vibrant and energetic?"
Wei Xiaobao thought for a moment, then grinned and said, "That's true!"
Grandpa Hai took a sip of tea, and his stomach felt a little better.
"Xiao Guizi!"
Soon, a young eunuch came over.
Grandpa Hai instructed, "Get two sets of clothes and have them change."
Xiao Guizi obeyed the order and quickly brought two sets of eunuch robes for Li Huan and Wei Xiaobao to change into.
Hai Dafu instructed, "The palace is heavily guarded. You two are not allowed to wander around. Stay here obediently and wait for my orders at any time."
Li Huan said, "Eunuch Hai is tall and mighty. With him by your side, I will feel absolutely safe. I will never wander around the palace."
Wei Xiaobao asked curiously, "Eunuch Hai, eunuchs don't have beards, how come you do?"
Hai Dafu reached out and lifted his beard: "This is a fake beard. Eunuchs are incomplete men. Only a fake beard can help me regain some self-respect."
Li Huan pointed to the wooden shelf by the wall: "What's in those bottles and jars?"
Hai Dafu chuckled, walked to the wooden frame, and proudly introduced it.
"The first bottle is deer penis! The second bottle is tiger penis! And the third bottle is bull penis!"
Li Huan said, "So it turns out that Eunuch Hai likes to soak whips in wine to tonify the kidneys and enhance male virility!"
Hai Dafu shook his head: "You're wrong. I soak deer penis, tiger penis and bull penis in alcohol not to tonify the kidneys and enhance male virility, but for collection and appreciation."
"Collect? Admire?" Li Huan feigned surprise.
Hai Dafu sighed: "This way, I can make up for the regret in my heart."
Li Huan almost burst out laughing.
They collect whatever they lack.
Wei Xiaobao pointed to the fourth bottle: "Wow, this one is magnificent, it must be an elephant's whip!"
Hai Dafu coughed a few times: "No, this is a treasure I cut off when I was castrated, and I've kept it all this time!"
Li Huan said, "Wow, that's impressive. I thought only I had such amazing assets."
Then, Xiao Guizi came over and took down the fourth glass jar.
"I put the bottles in the wrong place today while wiping them. This bottle contains pickled radishes! That bottle is Grandpa Hai's treasure!"
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