"If it wasn't you who gave it to me, who gave it to me? Fang Chu gave it to me? Don't go, hey, hey, wait a moment, wait a moment."
Yang Anchen couldn't sit still after hearing this, and quickly pulled the man back. The disgust on his face disappeared without a trace, and he put on a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you're still in a bad mood. Let me see your wallet."
"You can't even tell the difference between leaves and flowers anyway, so what's there to see?"
"That's you. Fang Chu's embroidery is another matter. Even if his embroidery isn't beautiful, it's a token of his love for me. Just one piece is more precious than anything embroidered by anyone else in the world."
The words of scholars can make people blush more easily than those of hunters. Unfortunately, the person standing opposite Yang Anchen was inappropriate. Not only was Yang Anchen not moved at all, he even wanted to laugh.
He threw the purse into Yang Anchen's arms, frowned and said in disgust: "Ah, disgusting, remember, you now have a handle in my hand, be polite to me in the future, otherwise I will complain to Fang Chu, forget about the purse in the future, even if you want a handkerchief in the future, it will be wishful thinking."
"Tsk, how disrespectful! I get it, I get it. Get out of here." Yang Anchen looked at the purse over and over for a long time before he took out the old purse, put the things in the new purse, and carefully hung it around his waist.
A purse is not something that can be given to others casually. Even though the two people have long been in sync with each other, the purse used to express their feelings is now hanging openly around his waist, and Yang Anchen still can't stop smiling.
It was time to set off early tomorrow morning. Master Zhang valued him and wanted to win him over. If Yang Anchen could really pass the imperial examination, his family would be a wealthy family that had a successful candidate as a retainer. This would be the first of its kind in the town, and it greatly satisfied Master Zhang's desire for face.
Therefore, he specially allocated a carriage and two servants for Yang Anchen's use, and originally wanted to give him travel expenses, but was rejected by Yang Anchen.
With a carriage, long-distance travel is much easier than walking on foot.
Because of this, Zhang Lanzhen gave him a lot of extra things. Since he didn't have to carry them himself, it didn't hurt to take more.
It is always better to travel early than late. At daybreak the next day, the carriage of Zhang's house was already waiting outside. It had been nearly three months since they last saw each other, and it was in Suizhou, a strange place hundreds of miles away. Zhang Lanzhen was worried and gave many detailed instructions.
Yang Anchen took note of it carefully to reassure Zhang Lanzhen. As the sky gradually brightened and there was no time to delay any longer, she had to wave goodbye to her son.
On the other side, in the Zhao family's yard, everyone in the family was still asleep. Zhao Fangchu got up quietly, put on his clothes, and walked out of the yard without disturbing anyone.
He thought about it until midnight, and still couldn't help wanting to see Yang Anchen off. During his conversation with Yang Anjin that night, he learned that the Zhang family had a carriage at Yang Anchen's disposal. The roads from their place to Suizhou were mostly mountainous, and there was only one wide official road to walk on. This was also the only way to get out of the city by carriage.
Fortunately, the official road is not far from here, and Zhao Fangchu also knows that Yang Anchen might be leaving. He can't go directly to Yang's house, and it's not good to be seen by acquaintances if he gets too close.
So he got up before dawn, thinking that he was tired from traveling. Sometimes he might not even find an inn after walking a long way, and the only food he had was dry bread.
Since Zhao Fangchu started making dim sum, he learned a lot of skills from Yang Donghu. So when he was making dim sum for the restaurant, he added a little selfishness and secretly made a lot of things that had never been sold before, thinking of giving them to Yang Anchen to eat on the road, just to help him pass the time.
It would take an hour to walk to the official road. If he was lucky, he might meet her. If not, it didn’t matter. He wanted to go and see her anyway.
Zhao Fangchu did all this in a sneaky manner, carefully closing the gate. When he turned around, he still met Yang Donghu.
It was still dark when someone suddenly appeared in front of him. Zhao Fangchu almost yelled out loud, and his heartbeat stopped for a moment: "Dong, Dong, Dong brother, what are you doing? You scared me to death."
"I was just about to ask you what you were doing. What are you holding? Where are you going before daybreak?"
"I, I didn't plan to go anywhere. I just couldn't sleep so I got up and walked around."
Yang Donghu snorted and laughed: "You're in such a good mood to go out for a walk with a food basket. Okay, I don't know what you were thinking. You just knew that Brother Yang was leaving and wanted to see him off. What's so secretive about that? If you don't dare to tell Auntie, then tell me instead. It's so dangerous for you to go out alone in the dark."
Zhao Fangchu lowered his head and clasped his fingers. "Brother Dong, you can guess this. You're already exhausted from taking care of the kids. I was embarrassed to say it."
"Your little trick is so obvious that I can't help but guess it. Wait a minute, Dachuan went to borrow a horse. We'll hitch up the cart and let him take us there. It's not right for you to run around alone."
"Ah, Okawa-san guessed it too."
"Who wouldn't guess it? What? You think you hid it well?"
"I didn't," Zhao Fangchu said in a voice as small as a mosquito: "Then, what about Taole?"
"It's okay, Xiangping is with me."
As they were talking, Zhao Luochuan had already harnessed his car and was coming to pick them up. Seeing the unusual seriousness in Zhao Fangchu's tone, he said, "That's outrageous. You actually wanted to sneak out in the middle of the night. If you do it again, don't tell Auntie, or I'll break your legs myself."
Ever since he had Yang Donghu as a talisman, Zhao Fangchu had not been scolded so seriously by Zhao Luochuan for a long time. Suddenly, the fear of being dominated by his brother came back. He nodded carefully and hid behind Yang Donghu.
"Okay, okay, let's go first. If we can't catch up later, the carriage will be in vain." Yang Donghu calmed down and pulled Zhao Fangchu onto the cart.
Hearing her husband speak, Zhao Luochuan's expression eased a little. He stopped blaming her and raised his whip and galloped towards the official road.
They set out early, and when it got dark there was no one on the road. Only when they were near the official road did they see groups of three or four passing by.
Zhao Luochuan parked the car on the side of the road, and several people stood beside it waiting. The sky gradually brightened and the visibility became much better. Since it was the Zhang family's carriage, it would be more conspicuous than being alone. One could tell by whether there was a flag belonging to the Zhang family hanging on the carriage.
Originally, Zhao Fangchu was just impulsive and wanted to try his luck, but unexpectedly, his luck was quite good. Not long after, he saw Zhang Mansion's carriage slowly approaching from a distance.
"Is this it?" Zhao Fangchu clenched his hands nervously.
Zhao Luochuan stepped forward to stop him. The servant driving the car asked him why he was there, then turned around, lifted the curtain and whispered a few words to Yang Anchen.
Yang Anchen got off the carriage and was overjoyed to see the three people waiting on the roadside. Especially when he saw Zhao Fangchu, his smile was unconcealed.
"Why are you here?"
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