In the village, firecrackers are only set off during the New Year and other major festivals.

On such a lively and festive day, there are naturally many children joining in the fun.

At this time, the happiest thing for children is to pick out the escaped fish from the pile of burning firecrackers.

Those lone firecrackers that were blown away or accidentally failed to ignite.

"I found five! Hahahaha!"

"Don't show off your idea. Look at me. I picked up a small bag!"

"The incense is burning! The incense is burning! Quick, Xiao Niu, stick the firecrackers in the cow dung! Look at me!"

"Brother Duobao is going to make beef burgers again, Sister Yaer, Sister Dani, run!"

Bai Xiang was quick-witted. Seeing the cow dung that had not been shoveled away on the road, he pulled Li Yaer and Lin Dani and ran away.

Jin Duobao grabbed the incense stick, shook his shoulders and laughed. He waited for Wang Xiaoniu to stick the firecrackers into the cow dung and lit them immediately. "Here they come! Call the troops! Whoever has short legs will be called. Oh no! Run!"

The boys who were originally surrounding them scattered like birds and beasts, shouting and laughing, with their legs swinging in the air.

With a dull bang, the cow dung exploded and scattered like stars in the sky.

All the children ran away and no one was harmed.

However, there happened to be an unlucky person who didn't know what was going on nearby...

A carriage.

The front door curtain and the shaft of the carriage were suddenly covered with cow dung particles, and the stench was overwhelming.

The coachman driving the carriage was also covered in manure.

Not far away, the villagers had just pointed out someone to Jia Banxian, saying that there was another visitor, when they witnessed this scene with their own eyes.

The villagers and Jia Banxian twitched their lips, and then they tacitly pretended that they saw nothing and turned their heads away.

The children who got into trouble have already run away. After all, they are kids from our own village. Can we just grab them and give them a good beating?

Who knew the timing was so perfect, this great day, it was really...

Bai Xiang didn't even think of pushing Brother Duobao out to apologize, he just took him and hid quietly.

Yan Shiyi sat in the carriage stiffly for a long time. He had no idea that when he first arrived in Yuxi Village, the villagers gave him a greeting gift of a piece of cow dung.

"Oh my, Yan Shiyi, you came at such a coincidence. It happened to be the time when the academy was completed. Are you here to give me a gift?"

A familiar tone was heard outside the car.

Yan Shiyi pinched his nose and lifted the car curtain, and his eyes met with the old man in front of the car who was also pinching his nose.

"..."

"..."

In addition to the two of them, there were also a large number of people watching the ceremony.

Some are from Yuxi Village, some are from the workshops, and many more come from all over the country and other places.

"Puchi!" Someone in the crowd couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Like a spark that ignites a prairie fire, there was a burst of laughter.

Most people don't know who the visitors are, but they guess from their clothes and appearance that they are either rich or noble. In such occasions, they just smile and are not so afraid.

Everybody laughed. If you really wanted to care about it, you couldn't make it up, right?

Although the common people may not know the identity of the visitor, Jin Qianlai and Mr. Jin guessed it.

Among the three newly built single rooms on the threshing ground, one belongs to Prince Shen Yan Shiyi.

Plus, he heard Mr. Xu calling out the person’s name with his own ears, so how could he not know?

Jinqianlai closed his eyes and took a deep breath, turned his back and gritted his teeth.

Jin Duobao, that little bastard! He'd better not come back at night! Otherwise, he won't beat him up, and he will call the little bastard "Dad"!

……

Bai Xiang brought Jin Duobao into the crowd. The two kids looked as calm and composed as if they had just returned from outside.

Lin Huaibai stretched his neck to look at the carriage, nudging this and that with his elbow, "It seems like another important person has come. Didn't he see us just now? Did the driver see our faces? Why aren't you two afraid?"

Jin Duobao chuckled and patted his shoulder to comfort him, "What are you afraid of? No matter how powerful a person is, can he be greater than the emperor? Greater than the queen and the prince? I have been to the palace before! Be brave! Be more confident!"

"..." Lin Huaisong rubbed his face, turned his head and warned his sister, "Bai Xiang, don't let him play with the stone mallet in the future, lest he bring out two more flying monkeys."

"What kind of a monkey? Just wait and see. When Grandpa Xu is looking for an apprentice, he will definitely look for someone with my courage!"

Bai Xiang listened to the quarrel between the people, pursed his lips and smiled, then looked towards the carriage again.

Yan Shiyi...surname Yan.

It must be Brother Changqing’s family.

What a pity, it would have been much better if it was Brother Changqing who came.

She misses him.

It has been half a year since we last met. I wonder how Brother Changqing is doing now, whether he is still very busy, and whether he has found his second younger brother.

Bai Xiang felt a little dispirited as he thought about it.

I don’t know when they will meet again. Maybe by then, Brother Changqing won’t recognize her.

"Bai Xiang, Bai Xiang! What are you thinking about? Why are you suddenly in a daze? The firecrackers are over and there is nothing else to do. Xiao Niu said to go to the canteen to find food. Shall we go? Brother will grab you a braised chicken leg!"

The little fat boy's call beside him brought Bai Xiang back to his senses. When he heard the braised chicken legs, his eyes lit up and he nodded his head, "Let's go! Grab the braised chicken legs!"

Jin Duobao laughed out loud, with his hands on his hips, looking proud and cocky.

Having known him for such a long time, Master Jin knows everything about him. Whenever Bai Xiang looks aggrieved and dazed like this, he must be thinking about that guy Yan Changqing!

Hey, Master Jin can’t bear to see Sister Baixiang suffer any injustice.

Just do something bad.

Don't let Bai Xiang worry about Yan Changqing.

Who made him stay so far away from them?

Hehehehe!

The inauguration ceremony of the academy was over, and the excitement came to a temporary end.

When Prince Shen arrived, he was, after all, Prince Darui. Xu Hanzhang, the Jin family father and son, and the old chief of Yuxi Village naturally had to give him a good reception.

Xiao Birang also dragged this old general here to serve as a figurehead.

Walking from the back of the village to the other village, several people chatted and laughed along the way. With the presence of such an experienced social person as Qian Jinlai, the scene was quite harmonious.

"I wanted to come to Yuxi Village a few months ago, but unfortunately I was entangled in worldly affairs before leaving, and it has been delayed until now."

Yan Shiyi was driving the wheelchair, which was made by some great craftsman, but he was able to move on the loess road in the village as if it were flat ground without any hindrance.

With a smile on his lips, he looked very easygoing. "Knowing that I would come to Yuxi Village and predicting that the academy would be completed soon, my royal brother asked me to help bring the gift. I will ask my entourage to bring it over later."

"And Qing'er, I also prepared gifts for the academy and the people in the village who are friends with me. There are also many gifts from the Queen."

"In the end, most of the things I put in my carriage were their gifts, and there was no room for my own things."

"That's where Qing'er lived in the village, right? It has white walls and gray tiles, and the courtyard wall is covered with glazed tiles. Although it's not big, it looks elegant."

After entering the village, the first thing he saw was a new and elegant house. Yan Shiyi's smile deepened, and he felt very comfortable.

He patted the armrest of the wheelchair and said, "Village head, old general, I wonder where my house is built. It should be not much different from Qing'er's residence... Can you take me to have a look first? I will live in the village in the future."

The rest of the people paused in their tracks, "..."

You're overthinking it.

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