"That child is probably trying to please you, so he's seizing every opportunity to perform well. It's alright, he'll be fine in a while," Fei Yan said with a smile after leaving the courtyard, seeing that Hong Xiaoduo was still thinking about something.
Upon hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo smiled.
The two adults and five children walked leisurely towards the main street without a carriage.
When Quan Jinghuai wasn't with her, Hong Xiaoduo let the children walk in front of her, keeping them all within her sight.
She didn't need to give many instructions; the children wouldn't wander off or distance themselves from her.
An elderly woman in her seventies walked towards us, carrying a basket of feather dusters and trying to sell them to passersby, but no one responded, and some even scolded her in disgust.
"Grandma, how much is this?" Hong Xiaoduo asked with a smile when she saw the old woman who had been scolded hesitate in front of her, looking hesitant to speak.
The old man was taken aback by Hong Xiaoduo's question and quickly replied, "Replying to young lady, it's five coins a stick."
Hong Xiaoduo casually picked up a bamboo stick. The chicken feathers on the stick were tied evenly, and the feathers looked shiny, so they must all be from a rooster.
"Mother, what do you want to buy this for? Aren't we already got it?" Yao Guang asked curiously.
In Manager Yang's house, there was a feather duster in every room, which Hong Xiaoduo also saw.
“Yes, but those belong to other people. We don’t have any,” Hong Xiaoduo said, taking another bamboo stalk from the basket and carefully selecting it.
"What do we need this for? To clean the carriages?" Tianquan asked curiously.
Hong Xiaoduo kept the one she thought was prettier, and after sticking the other one back into the bamboo basket, she weighed the duster in her hand and looked at the children with a half-smile: "You don't know this, do you? This thing isn't just for cleaning dust. When children misbehave, it's also very handy for spanking their bottoms."
"Ah, really?" Even the youngest Yao Guang didn't believe her, but exaggeratedly clutched her chest, looking terrified.
Haha, the other children joined in the laughter.
The old man selling feather dusters smiled along with her, not caring whether the young woman in front of him would actually buy it.
"Tian Shu, pay up." Hong Xiaoduo called out as she shoved the feather duster in her hand into his.
The old man selling dusters finally opened for business. He happily put away his first earnings, watched the group of people, young and old, laughing and joking as they walked on, and silently wished them peace and good fortune.
What do you mean by buying a duster to beat children? It's clearly because he's old and hasn't sold it yet that he bought it.
As the year draws to a close, villagers from nearby villages go to town to buy New Year's goods, and some bring agricultural products to sell, so there are quite a lot of people.
Hong Xiaoduo and her group stood out on the street; she and Fei Yan were beautiful, and the five children were equally eye-catching.
Several young men on the street stared at Hong Xiaoduo and Fei Yan with wide eyes.
"She looks completely unfamiliar; I wonder whose young lady she is."
"Are you a stranger passing through?"
"That young lady has a sword and a whip at her waist; she doesn't look like someone to mess with."
"Tch, so what if she's not someone to mess with? Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. This is our territory, so what can we do if we mess with her?"
"If you ask me, let's just forget about it. Look at their clothes and appearance, they're not from ordinary families. If we offend them, we'll be in big trouble."
"Whether they're easy to mess with or not, I'll find out after I go and test them out..."
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