Chapter 258 Fubao: Rain
Marquis Dingbei's first wife died early. At that time, Marquis Dingbei was not around and went to the northern border to join the army.
Xu Huaiyi, the eldest son of Marquis Dingbei, was able to refuse the imperial edict because of an identity issue. For this reason, Emperor Yongping specially conferred the title of seventh-rank Xiaoyilang on Xu Huaiyi and the title of first-rank Imperial Concubine on the eldest daughter of the Zhao family.
At that time, because of this matter, his Gantian Temple was struck by lightning.
"Your Second Master has such a broad mind, I cannot but reward him!"
"I kowtow to you on behalf of my Second Master!"
Upon hearing what Emperor Yongping said, Zhao Rui immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him.
Therefore, while Zhao Rui was considered a fool by Emperor Yongping, he was also regarded as an honest man.
This move is exactly in line with the saying "A gentleman can be deceived by tricks."
However, Zhao Rui's current convenience has also put him in shackles.
Because he was labeled as a fool and an honest person in the eyes of Emperor Yongping, his future words and deeds had to continue to be foolish and honest.
Otherwise, once Emperor Yongping thinks of what happened today, he will probably feel that he has been deceived.
By then, Zhao Rui would not be able to escape the crime of deceiving the emperor.
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Anshun County, Lingshui Village, Old Xu’s home.
Old Master Xu no longer has the energy to care about his cunning uncle. He is now a little confused.
When he bought the fake Jade Night Lion for Xu Lao San at the horse market, Old Master Xu made an agreement with the other party that he would deliver good horses to his door. Now, this person came with two handsome and extraordinarily good horses and a very beautiful foal.
The foal is snow-white all over, and it looks like it is no ordinary creature.
Compared to Xu Laosan's fake Jade Night Lion, if this foal grows up, it will definitely be a real Jade Night Lion.
The three horses are all very good horses.
Even with Mr. Xu's discerning eyes, he couldn't find any faults.
But it’s such a horrible weather now. We already have three horses at home. I wonder if we can afford to raise three more!
"Dad, buy it!"
“Buy it!”
Faced with two such majestic horses, the brothers Xu Lao Da and Xu Lao Er were both very excited.
This kind of horse is better than the horses ridden by those people who came to Xu Mansion before.
"Brother, I've delivered the horse as promised, you can't refuse it!"
The horse market merchant saw that Mr. Xu hesitated and immediately became angry. "If you don't want it, I will die!"
"Yes, yes, can't I just ask for it?"
Old Master Xu spoke quickly, he still had some integrity.
In the end, two horses and a foal were sold for three hundred and fifty taels.
"Haha, I have a horse too!"
When the horse was in hand, Xu Laoer was the first to smile with joy. He jumped on the horse without caring that his horse had not yet been saddled, squeezed his legs together, and urged the horse to run.
"Fool!"
Seeing Xu Laoer urging his horse to gallop away excitedly, Old Man Xu didn't want to say anything anymore.
He was just waiting for Xu Laoer to call out in the middle of the night to watch the fun. Riding a horse without a saddle or stirrups, it was not something that an ordinary person could control.
Anyway, when Mr. Xu was learning to ride a horse, he did this. That night, he felt like both of his legs were useless. They were sore and painful, especially the inner thighs, which were burning and stinging.
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Uncle Lu slowly walked out of the yard after Grandpa Xu bought the three horses, and his eyes fell on the pure white pony bought by Grandpa Xu.
"This horse is good, suitable for that little girl Fubao!"
"Master, you think it's good too, right?"
Old Master Xu smiled with great satisfaction, feeling that he had made a very good deal.
Uncle Lu glanced at Old Man Xu and said calmly, "Why are you so proud? Do you think any horse merchant can get this horse?"
"You mean to say that this horse was specially sent here?"
"Isn't this obvious to anyone with eyes?"
“…”
Mr. Xu was speechless for a moment.
After a long while, he said quietly, "Master, it's not that mysterious, is it? I just happened to meet this horse market merchant at the county horse market. I went there on a whim. Who could be so powerful? Is there anyone who can predict the future?"
"It's impossible to predict the future!"
"But how do you know that this horse market merchant can't be someone's subordinate?"
This situation is not impossible.
Mr. Xu fell completely silent.
But who might be behind this horse market merchant is not something that Mr. Xu can guess.
However, Mr. Xu did not guess, because there was no need to.
No matter who was behind it, his family got three good horses, this is the result.
Besides, what's the point in trying to figure out who's behind this? If I had the time, I could probably think about how I'm going to feed these three more horses.
Before, the family ran a horse-drawn carriage business. Later, in order to prepare for the dragon boat race, the carriage business was sublet to the father-in-law of the two sons.
As a result, a drought hit, the carriage business went from bad to worse, and eventually had to be temporarily stopped.
Without business, there was no income, and Mr. Xu's two relatives could not afford to keep the two horses. They had to suspend the business and send back the carriage and horses.
There are two slow horses pulling the cart, plus Xu Laosan's fake Jade Night Lion, and now there are three more horses, a total of six horses at home. The bean feed for the horses alone is a huge expense for the boss.
And that’s not counting the artificial ones.
"When will it rain?"
Old Master Xu was really worried.
Before, in order to prepare fresh fodder for the three horses at home, Mr. Xu would take his three sons into the mountains early every morning and run a long way just to get some fresh fodder.
Before there were only three horses, but now there are six.
Especially the three horses that came later, they were all really good horses.
If this good horse does not eat well, it will be ruined.
Old Master Xu was worried, but Fubao was happy because she saw the pure white pony.
The whole body is snow-white, without a single stray hair.
A pair of bright big eyes seemed to be able to speak when they looked into Fubao's eyes.
"Daddy's little Fubao, do you like it?"
“Ahhh!”
Fubao nodded vigorously. How could he not like such a cute little pony?
"Boss, did you hear that?"
Old Master Xu immediately turned his head to look at the eldest brother Xu who was interacting affectionately with his horse. "You don't like this little pony, so you and the second brother will take care of preparing fodder for this little thing later!"
"Dad, how about my second son and I just live in the mountains?"
Boss Xu spoke unhappily.
"rain!"
Before Mr. Xu and Boss Xu could get anxious, Fubao suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the sky, saying again, "Rain!"
"My girl, are you saying it's going to rain?"
After hearing what Fubao said, Mr. Xu really lost his composure.
(End of this chapter)
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