After exiting the alley, the bicycle's speed naturally slowed down as it had to avoid pedestrians and vehicles on the road.
Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and originally thought about withdrawing her hand from Jiao Shun's waist, but then she thought again, if it was as Jiao Shun said, if the problem could be solved by becoming familiar and close earlier, wouldn't she also be able to solve the problem?
Can you leave as soon as possible?
So I gritted my teeth secretly and endured it forcefully.
The two of them just wandered the streets and alleys of the capital. Whenever they passed some special buildings or scenery, Jiao Shun would support his bicycle with his two long legs, point and talk, and talk about the allusions behind those buildings and scenery.
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It wasn't until he passed by the Bell and Drum Tower that he suddenly changed his routine, stopped the car, turned around and asked Daiyu with a smile: "You should be familiar with the Bell and Drum Tower. Do you know any allusions to it?"
"The allusion to the Bell and Drum Tower?"
Lin Daiyu looked at the Bell and Drum Tower and said: "If you want to talk about the most famous allusion of the Bell and Drum Tower, it should be the bell empress, right?"
The story of Empress Casting the Bell is widely circulated in the capital. It is said that when the Bell and Drum Tower was first built, they could not find a huge enough wall clock to match, so the emperor ordered to summon skilled craftsmen to build a bell weighing 20,000 kilograms.
However, the first bell cast failed.
The emperor was furious and ordered the bell craftsmen to build a bell that satisfied the court within three months, otherwise they would be killed.
As a result, the clock craftsmen tried their best to cast and cast, but they still could not make a satisfactory wall clock.
On the last day, when everyone thought death was imminent, the master craftsman's daughter came to the bell-casting site, jumped into the oven unprepared, and sacrificed herself, finally completing the bell's merits.
Listening to Lin Daiyu telling this story in a concise way, Jiao Shun helplessly shook his head and said: "Actually, there are stories like this all over the country. People talk about it and pass it on from generation to generation as if it is true - but in the end, they are just laymen.
It was difficult to understand how these miraculous things were created, and I was unwilling to admit that the craftsmen were more intelligent and capable than me, so I decided that this must be the work of greed."
"So I made up various stories, and there are many more in them. For example, if the person on the scene is a scholar, it must be the guidance of wisdom; if it is the wife and daughter of a craftsman, then most of them can only be sacrificed in body.
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"Haha~ Anyway, I just refuse to acknowledge the talents and achievements of the craftsmen!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the roof of the building and said with great enthusiasm: "What I, Mr. Jiao, have to do now is to pull down these bell-making ladies so that future generations will remember the people who really deserve to be remembered!"
Lin Daiyu looked at his high-spirited appearance, but her mind couldn't help but think of Jia Baoyu's voice and smile.
In the past, she had always felt that men did not necessarily have to make achievements and live a normal life, but now...
After experiencing her father's near loss of reputation, Lin Daiyu had a clearer understanding of the word power. Although she did not become greedy because of this, compared with Jiao Shun and Jia Baoyu, it was obvious that they were judging each other.
After leaving near the Bell and Drum Tower, I noticed that the weather was getting hot, and Jiao Shun's forehead and temples were covered with sweat.
He wiped it with his sleeve randomly, turned around and said to Lin Daiyu: "It's very hot today, why don't we find a place to rest first?"
Lin Daiyu would naturally have no objection.
So Jiao took the opportunity to find a tea stall and sat down opposite Lin Daiyu in a secluded spot.
When Dr. Tea brought the tea, Lin Daiyu was obviously unhappy and frowned as she looked at the tea stems floating in the middle.
Seeing this, Jiao Shun simply drank her bowl and then stood up and said, "Wait here for a while. I'll go buy something and come back."
Lin Daiyu didn't even have time to react, so he strode across the street in rapid strides.
She didn't feel anything bad when they were just two people, but now she was suddenly the only one left. Lin Daiyu felt uncomfortable all over, as if everyone on the street was looking at her, and she felt uncomfortable everywhere.
After all, this was the first time in her life that she was sitting alone on a street with people coming and going. Fortunately, she was not a coward, so she could just sit there pretending to be fine.
But within just a moment, sweat began to appear on her palms and forehead.
Just as she was sitting on pins and needles, she saw Jiao Shun striding back again. Lin Daiyu felt as if she had been granted amnesty, and subconsciously stood up to greet her. When she saw that what Jiao Shun was holding was not the expected drink, but two bowls of jelly, Lin Daiyu
He just frowned slightly and was ready to reach out and take one of the bowls.
Unexpectedly, Jiao Shun didn't pay attention to her stretched out white hands. He put the two bowls on the table, held the spoons and started to eat.
After finishing one bowl, he exchanged the empty bowl with another bowl of jelly and explained to Lin Daiyu: "I loved eating this when I was a child. At that time, I thought that when I had money, I would eat it all at once.
Two big bowls are enough to satisfy your cravings!”
Lin Daiyu was annoyed, so she just looked at him coldly and remained silent.
"Hahaha~"
Unexpectedly, Jiao Shun suddenly burst into laughter, then stood up and walked outside the tea stall.
Lin Daiyu's heart suddenly rose to her throat again, thinking that Jiao Shun was leaving again.
As a result, Jiao Shun took out a barrel-shaped snack box from the front basket, folded it back, put it in front of Lin Daiyu with a smile, and then twisted the lid and said: "Your bones are really weak, the hotter the weather
I don’t even dare to eat too much cold food, otherwise I’m afraid I’ll fall ill if I get hot outside and cold inside.”
As he spoke, he opened the lid: "Well, after I went back yesterday, I specially ordered someone to stew the pork bone and sage soup in advance. It is best for reducing fire, clearing away heat, removing dampness and strengthening the spleen - and I also specially ordered it to be filtered out.
Ninety-nine percent of it is oily, so it's also great for soothing your throat."
Only then did Lin Daiyu realize that he was deliberately teasing her. She rolled her eyes angrily, looked down at the still steaming pork bone and sage soup, and then muffled a thank you.
When Jiao Shun finished eating the jelly, she had almost used it here, so she took out the handkerchief and elegantly wiped away the wet marks on the corners of her lips.
She folded the handkerchief again and was about to put it away close to her body when she suddenly saw a big hand spread out in front of her.
"Lend it to me."
I heard Jiao Shun complain: "I was so busy bringing you soup that I forgot to bring my handkerchief when I went out."
Thinking that she had seen him wiping sweat with his sleeves several times along the way, Lin Daiyu did not doubt this, so after a slight hesitation, she handed over the handkerchief.
Jiao Shun unfolded it and wiped his mouth carelessly, then stuffed the handkerchief into his sleeve, then stood up and said, "Let's go, I just saw a lot of vendors over there, I'll take you over to have a stroll."
Lin Daiyu was in a bad mood and pouted her lips because she had been cheated on by him, and wanted to make a few counter-arguments when she saw that Jiao Shun had already walked out of the tea stall without hesitation.
Thinking of the uneasy feeling she felt when she was left here alone just now, Lin Daiyu gritted her silver teeth and hurriedly followed her out.
The two of them turned the corner and came to a noisy place.
There are almost all kinds of stalls on both sides of the road, and the sounds of selling and shouting are endless.
Lin Daiyu originally disliked the mess here, but after being pulled by Jiao Shun to look at a few oddities, she gradually forgot about whether it was dirty or not, and even took the initiative to stop in front of a candy blower's stall.
Because she fell in love with one of the candy men, she was hesitating whether to ask Jiao Shun to borrow money to buy it, when she saw Jiao Shun pointing to a jar on the wheelbarrow and asked: "Is this filled with candy syrup? Come on, get us some first."
Money!”
When the hawker saw the big customer, he responded with a smile, then rolled up two half-foot-long sorghum straws into a fist-sized ball and handed it to Jiao Shun.
"Give it to her, just give it to her."
Jiao Shun pointed at Lin Daiyu next to him.
The hawker saw that this was no ordinary female family member, so he carefully handed over the candy and pinched the middle part with two fingers to make it easier for Lin Daiyu to pick it up.
Lin Daiyu glanced sideways at Jiao Shun, but out of curiosity she still took the tangxi, and raised it to the front of the veil to examine it carefully. Unexpectedly, the tangxi, which was still very well-behaved in the hands of the hawker, suddenly collapsed!
"What, what should I do?!"
Lin Daiyu suddenly panicked, holding the candy like a bomb.
"Don't panic, look at me!"
At this time, Jiao Shun stepped forward, half-crouched, raised his head to the sky, opened his mouth wide, and caught the fallen syrup.
Lin Daiyu just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Jiao Shun mutter: "Don't move, you have some on your hands too."
Before Lin Daiyu could react, a warm, rough and moist feeling came from the back of her fingers.
"You, you!"
Encountering such a thing in public, Lin Daiyu was ashamed and angry, and she wished she could poke Jiao Shun's face with two sorghum stalks and the sugar syrup on them.
But thinking about yesterday afternoon, I had already experienced an even more unspeakable experience, and now it seemed unreasonable to worry about the matter at hand.
Finally, she blushed, bit her silver teeth, stuffed the candy in her hand to Jiao Shun, turned around and walked forward quickly.
I thought Jiao Shun would definitely catch up with her, but Lin Daiyu walked a long way and Jiao Shun didn't catch up with her from behind.
Her steps gradually became hesitant, first she turned her head slightly, and then she simply turned around and looked back, but there was no sign of Jiao Shun on the crowded street.
Lin Daiyu suddenly panicked. The feeling like a ray on her back when she was at the tea stall came back again, and this time it was obviously much stronger.
"Jiao, Brother Jiao, Brother Jiao? Brother Jiao?!"
At first she just called in a low voice, but when she saw no response, her voice became much louder unconsciously.
As a result, it really attracted a lot of curious eyes.
At this moment, Lin Daiyu felt a little bit stuck. She wanted to continue calling but felt shy, so she decided not to call. If she couldn't find Jiao Shun, she might not even be able to find her way back.
"Here it is!"
At this time, Jiao Shun's voice came to my ears like the sound of nature.
Lin Daiyu suddenly turned around and looked around, only to see Jiao Shun stirring the syrup in his hand while leading a waiter to rush here - the waiter was holding hot water and a towel.
"Wash your hands."
Jiao Shun winked at her and joked: "I can't lick it so cleanly."
Hearing that he dared to mention what happened just now, Lin Daiyu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help but become annoyed again. She stomped her feet and was about to turn around, but her eyes were locked on the basin of clear water and she couldn't pull it out.
In the end, she made a sullen face, but still washed herself carefully.
Dang lang~
Lin Daiyu had just wiped her hands with a brand new towel, and Jiao threw a silver coin into the basin. Then he ignored the grateful waiter and waved to Lin Daiyu to continue walking into the alley.
Although this incident made Lin Daiyu feel embarrassed and annoyed, she obviously relaxed a lot afterwards, and gradually she dared to take the initiative to buy things from others - of course, she still had the advanced skills of bargaining.
Out of reach.
Because Jiao Shun was busy stirring the syrup and did not take the initiative to act as a beast of burden, Lin Daiyu, who transformed into a boy who scattered wealth, soon suffered the consequences, and her body was covered with various objects.
In just ten minutes, she started sweating on her forehead and breathing slightly. She first regretted that she should not have bought so many things, and then regretted that she had not brought the towel with her because she disliked the poor material.
Of course, what makes her hate the most is that Mr. Jiao who doesn't wear a veil!
But even so, Lin Daiyu still gritted her teeth and endured, neither willing to ask Jiao Shun for help nor abandoning anything.
They walked like this for another five minutes. Seeing that she was almost overwhelmed, Jiao Shun called a group of children with a smile and asked them to line up in order from small to large. Everyone chose a gift from Lin Daiyu, and then said
Say 'Thank you, big sister'.
The things were distributed quickly. Seeing the children holding their gifts and cheering for joy, Lin Daiyu unconsciously smiled under the veil, and most of her dissatisfaction was eliminated.
"Would you like to try it?"
At this time, Jiao Shun suddenly brought a sorghum stalk to her: "It's much more delicious than ordinary malt candies."
Lin Daiyu took a closer look and found that the brown sugar syrup had been turned into ivory white by Jiao Shun at some point.
Lin Daiyu originally wanted to refuse, but thinking that Jiao Shun had deliberately looked at her joke just now, she changed her mind. She first took the sugar syrup from Jiao Shun, and then took advantage of Jiao Shun's unpreparedness and slammed the other sorghum stalk.
He grabbed it, stuffed it all into his mouth and wiped it clean.
After spitting out the empty sorghum stalks, she looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, then lifted up her veil and smiled proudly.
But he saw Jiao Shun leaning his upper body forward slightly and saying with burning eyes: "You still have some on the corner of your mouth."
Lin Daiyu thought of what had happened before, her beauty turned pale for a moment, and she hurriedly covered her mouth and stepped back.
"Hahaha~ I was joking."
Jiao Shun laughed, clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to go shopping elsewhere."
Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief and followed him step by step. For some reason, there was a hint of excitement in her gait.
To be honest, Jiao Shun's behavior this morning was very different from the gentle and considerate image she had expected. Thinking about it carefully, she even spent most of the time teasing herself, but she was surprisingly not annoying.
Chapter completed!