Chapter 48
Yinzuo was not frightened when he heard his father say that he would be forced to wash dishes in the store. He was not a three-year-old fool. Yinzuo said, "My father would never give up his son."
Kangxi: "Yes, it's not that I don't want you. When you have collected enough money from washing dishes, I will come to pick you up."
Yinzuo, who had been calm at first, finally opened his eyes wide. If he was allowed to work here to earn money, his royal father might do such a thing.
"Father~" Yinzuo looked at Kangxi, then turned to look at the waiter. His expression changed back and forth, and he asked the waiter carefully: "How many dishes do I need to wash to get enough money?"
The waiter smiled awkwardly and looked at Kangxi: "This..."
Kangxi finally had enough of the teasing, and took out the banknote, but said, "Pay with his first, and the rest will come from this banknote."
So even though Yinzuo didn't stay to wash dishes in the end, his wallet was empty when he walked out of the hotel.
Yinzuo hung his little head and held his empty purse. He had thought about a lot of things to buy these days, but he had spent all of them as soon as he came out!
Yinzuo held his empty purse in his hand and comforted himself: "It's okay, it's okay. I ate a lot of delicious food." But there were still many things he hadn't bought. Was he going back to the palace empty-handed?
However, the bustling street scene as he walked out of the restaurant quickly distracted Yinzuo from his dejected mood after spending all his money.
Although he has no money, he can always take a look.
That's right, he has now become a child squatting in front of someone's stall and can only watch. Yinzuo stared at the colorful kites for a long time and asked the stall owner: "Are these bats?"
The stall owner smiled and said, "Yes, young master is very clever. Isn't it the Dragon Boat Festival? Bat kites are the most popular." Bats themselves are ugly, and the black bat kite looks quite evil, but there are many bat kites that are made into all kinds of strange shapes, and you can barely tell they are bats. Each colorful one is very beautiful.
Yinzuo took a fancy to a bat kite with round eyes, big flapping wings, and even a painting that gave it a furry feeling. Yinzuo thought his sister would like it.
The stall owner also noticed it and asked, "Young Master, take one?"
Yinzuo shook his head and said regretfully: "I have no money."
"Sixth brother, do you want this one? I have money here." It was the Seventh Brother who came over and said, "Boss, how much is this kite?"
The Seventh Prince had never bought anything outside, but the information that Yinzuo had gathered before was not wrong. Most of the things were not expensive. For example, the little kite that Yinzuo liked did not cost any silver, but only a few copper coins.
The Seventh Prince also asked Yinzuo: "How many more? We have enough money."
Yinzuo hesitated and said, "Then choose a few more, and bring your brothers along."
Seventh Prince: "Okay."
After leaving the kite stall, the Seventh Prince took out half of the money from his purse and stuffed it into Yinzuo's purse, saying, "Let's spend it together."
Yinzuo was deeply moved, hugged his brother and said, "Seventh brother is the best."
The Seventh Prince smiled. After he came out, not many people were staring at him. The Emperor's attitude remained the same as always and he didn't pay any attention to him. All this made the Seventh Prince relax and he was willing to pay as much attention to the hustle and bustle on the street as his Sixth Brother.
The Eighth Prince also came over and said to Yinzuo, "I have money here too, so Sixth Brother, don't be constrained by what you want to buy."
Yinzuo: "My younger brother is better."
The eldest prince took the kite bought by Yinzuo and looked at it. When he heard Yinzuo's words, he glanced at Yinzuo and said, "Is one of your brothers stingy and unwilling to spend a little money?"
As he said this, he took Yinzuo's purse and stuffed money into his pocket.
Yinzuo took a look and saw that there were more than before. He was happy again: "Brother is great too!"
With the money, Yinzuo could travel around and see more freely.
There were many of them in the group, so they didn't have to walk together all the time, as long as they didn't get too far away from each other. Kangxi was not afraid that his sons would be lost, because they had their own people in the crowd.
Yinzuo saw monkeys and fire-breathing people, and had a lot of fun. Especially when they were playing the pot-tossing game, where you could exchange for something if you hit the target, Yinzuo called his father and elder brother to come over, and wow, he almost made the stall owner cry.
A bunch of people were watching them. His elder brother was amazing. He could hit the target even from a distance of ten feet! His prince brother was also good! As for his father, he always hit the target. The stall owner was so stunned.
Finally, the stall owner begged for mercy: "Everyone, take whatever you like. We are just running a small business here for fun, and we can't stand you playing with us again." The stall owner didn't want to do business with them anymore.
Yinzuo put his hands on his waist, looking proud and arrogant. What was important was not the things he won, but the enjoyment of the looks from the people around him.
Kangxi didn't like the things on the stall and only let a few children to pick some. The children picked out some small things. The stall owner was relieved to see that his big vases and silks, which were the pillars of his stall, were not taken away.
Kangxi let the younger ones go out and play, and he took the eldest prince, the crown prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince to go shopping, but he also asked more about prices and harvests.
After walking around for a long time, Kangxi went to find the people who were gathered in front of the sugar figurine stall again and asked Yinzuo: "Do you still want to go watch the boating?" This kid forgot about it by himself, don't blame him when he returns to the palace.
There were so many interesting and new things on the street that Yinzuo was dazzled by them all. He actually forgot about the boating trip that his father had told him about. Now that his father had reminded him, he hurriedly said, "Yes! Yes!"
So I followed Kangxi to watch the boating. When we arrived at the place, we found that there were a lot of people, no less than those on the street, and people selling things had also come to the river bank.
But at this time, Yinzuo didn't care about those vendors, but wanted to see those big ships. The prince pulled Yinzuo who was pushing forward, because the place was too crowded and he didn't feel comfortable letting Yinzuo run around anymore.
Yinzuo was pulled back and did not push forward, but he could not see clearly and could only vaguely see a little bit. Yinzuo and the prince shouted: "The boats here are big! They look beautiful!"
He had only seen the small black boats on the river when he went out to escape the summer heat with Kangxi. The river he saw today was very wide, with several boats moored on them. There were at least twenty to thirty people standing on each boat. The boats were decorated with colorful silk ribbons, and there were sounds of gongs and drums. It was so festive and lively!
Yinzuo had never seen such a scene before, and he was so surprised that his mouth opened, looking extremely ignorant. The crown prince had also not seen it before, but he was much more stable. He just frowned and raised his voice in Yinzuo's ear and said, "Don't run around, be careful."
There are too many people here, it's noisy and messy.
"Yeah!" Yinzuo nodded, and stood on tiptoe to see, but he was not tall enough and was always blocked by others. At this time, he envied those children who were lifted up by their fathers, or even let them ride on their necks. Yinzuo looked at others, and then looked at Kangxi, which revealed a meaning of "look at others, then look at yourself".
Kangxi lowered his head expressionlessly and looked at Yinzuo.
Soon, Yinzuo's eyes were covered by the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who also turned his little head forward and said, "Watch your boat. How can you expect to get anything good from the Emperor?"
Although Kangxi had held Yinzuo in his arms when he was a child, and had done so many times, it was impossible for him to hold his son, who was now that much older and studying in the upper study room, in his arms again.
But it seems like he is outdone by other fathers. This brat always does whatever he wants to make people angry!
But would this be a problem for Kangxi? Did he really have to follow the example of others and lift his son above his head? Soon, the guards hiding in the crowd squeezed out a spot with a good view at Kangxi's signal.
Kangxi took them there. Now the prince and his companions didn't have to feel uncomfortable due to the crowds, and Yinzuo didn't have to look at other people's backs all the time. The boat race had already begun in front. The shouts of the rowers were getting louder and louder, and the shouts of the people on the river bank were deafening.
Yinzuo listened to everyone else guessing which fleet would win, so he started guessing with his brothers and sisters, and shouted encouragement to the boat he guessed. He was not very big, but his voice was very loud! He was the only one who shouted loudly among the small group of people standing there. His brothers and sisters could not do this. As for Kangxi, he did not participate in guessing which boat would win.
Yinzuo said: "Everyone else is shouting, you are too unsociable."
But the others just couldn't let go. Although they couldn't shout, they all looked very excited. The eldest prince even said to Yinzuo, "The boat with the blue silk will definitely win. Their spirit and energy are better than the other teams."
Yinzuo insisted that the boat that helped Chenghua would win, because they were lean and capable, and he thought they were light and could row the boat fast.
Many people on the shore were not only guessing which boat would win, but some were also gathering together to place bets and gamble. Yinzuo wanted to go wherever there was excitement, but although Kangxi turned a blind eye to this kind of gambling, how could he let such a young son participate in this? He grabbed the man.
I have brought so many sons out, but none of them is the most troublesome!
Yinzuo hummed that if he was not allowed to go, then he would not go. He went around to his seventh brother and asked him which boat he thought would win, but his seventh brother did not say anything. The seventh prince had a smile on his face, looking at the boats with colorful silks and the people rowing hard, and said, "I can't tell." He had no experience in this, and he was not like others who just guessed casually.
But in fact, it doesn’t matter whether to guess or not, and it doesn’t matter which ship will win. What matters is that standing here, the air is filled with a joyful atmosphere, which makes people feel happy and relaxed.
But after waiting for a long time, we finally found out the result. The boat with blue silk tied around it, which was the most guessed one, won. As for Yinzuo's guess about the boat with orange flowers tied around it, it was not reliable at all because it was light and fast.
Yinzuo was not discouraged, and wanted to get closer to see the boats and the people rowing them. Kangxi frowned slightly, but their people had already caught up, so there was no need to worry and follow Yinzuo closely.
There were farmers selling chickens, ducks, vegetables and other things on the river bank. Kangxi and his companions were squeezed here by the crowd, so Kangxi stopped here for a while and chatted with the uncle who was selling things.
As soon as the gong and drum race ended, the crowd gradually dispersed. The eldest prince followed Kangxi all the time, listening to how many coins an egg cost, how many ducks and chickens a family could raise, how many acres of land a family had, and how much money these vegetables could bring to the family. Although he listened carefully, he was not very patient about these trivial matters.
After a while, he said, "Fifth brother, sixth brother and seventh brother haven't come back yet? I'll go and see." The older Fourth Prince and the others were following Kangxi. The Eighth Prince was also very sensible and also followed Kangxi without running around. But Yinzuo, the Seventh Prince and the Fifth Prince went to look at the boats.
See he hasn't come back yet.
Kangxi nodded and asked the eldest prince to go over and take a look.
When the eldest prince saw this, he was shocked. His three younger brothers were fighting with a group of kids!
The scene was chaotic and the fight was fierce, but it was not what their martial arts master taught them. His sixth brother was pulling someone's hair, using a lot of force, and the person he was pulling was howling. He also used his upper teeth to bite someone's nose! He didn't mind the dirt!
His sixth brother, who was very well-behaved and docile most of the time, was now rolling on the ground with a kid, as ferocious as a little wolf. There were other kids trying to pull him, but he was determined not to let go and only stared at the kid who was howling because of his pulling.
Although it was one against two, at first glance they did not seem to be at a disadvantage.
When his sixth brother saw him, he shouted in surprise, "Brother, come and help!"
(End of this chapter)
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