How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

She hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a jade disk from the drawer. It was a cyan jade with a cattail pattern on one side and a floral and bird pattern on the other. This was the one she liked best, and Cuihua even taught her how to make a loop around it, so she could hang it from her belt or hold the corners of her robes together.

I used to think that ancient people wore these things around their waists for appearance and to show their status. It was only later that I realized they also held down the hems of their skirts. Ancient people, both men and women, often wore long robes and skirts. If the wind was strong, the hems of their skirts would fly up, which was unsightly. Hanging some ornaments would hold down the skirts, preventing them from blowing away.

Xia Chu looked back and forth between the two objects. The jade bi was clearly more suitable. However, she had made this sachet herself, and her fingers had been pricked by it many times.

"Here, your gift." Xia Chu handed over both items. Zhao Huazhang didn't expect that he would also have a gift. He rubbed his fingers together and glanced at the jade disk. Apart from the fact that the jade was of good quality, he had no other thoughts.

He looked at the embroidery... the slightly unsightly sachet, and a guess popped up in his mind: Could this be embroidered by Xia Chu herself? Previously, he heard Aunt Wang say with a smile that Xia Chu was not a good handicraft and could not even embroider a flower.

He touched the uneven embroidery on the sachet and couldn't help laughing.

Xia Chu suddenly became angry and said angrily: "What are you laughing at!"

Zhao Huazhang pursed his lips, his eyes full of smiles, "Is this embroidered with a fish?"

"Koi." Xia Chu knew it was ugly, "If you don't want it, give it back to me."

"I like it very much. Thank you for your hard work." Things made by hand have a different meaning, and this kind of personal belongings. Zhao Huazhang felt that he was one step closer to his goal. He stuffed the thing into his arms with care and looked up at Xia Chu. He found that she was a little angry, but her face was flushed. He smiled and reached out to touch her head. "Don't worry, I think it's very good. I also carved that jade hairpin myself, and it's not very good."

The smile in his eyes grew even brighter. He had never expected that the two of them seemed to have such a telepathic connection, both of them making gifts by hand. "Neither of us dislikes the other."

Huh? Xia Chu took out the hairpin. No wonder she thought it was too simple earlier. It turned out that Zhao Huazhang made it himself. She couldn't help but feel a little happy and sweet. But she said stubbornly: "I dislike it."

If it weren't for the smile on her lips and the way she held the hairpin carefully in both hands, this sentence would probably be more convincing.

Zhao Huazhang moved his hand, then retracted it, and said with a smile: "Then please be considerate. I will definitely do better next time."

"It's a bit of a stretch." Xia Chu said, casually inserting the hairpin into her bun. "Does it look good?"

The girl's slightly raised face seemed to become transparent under the moonlight, making people want to reach out and touch it to see if it was as cold as the moonlight.

Zhao Huazhang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly heard a cough. It was summer, and he looked embarrassed. "It's getting late, go to bed early, I'm going home."

Xia Chu had heard it too. Her brother had caught her meeting her boyfriend late at night. Although she hadn't done anything inappropriate, she still felt a little guilty. She quickly waved her hand, closed the window, and went back to bed, pretending nothing had happened.

Xia Tian reminded the two of them, listened to Zhao Huazhang leave, and then went to sleep.

When he saw Xia Tian the next day, Xia Chu called him "Big Brother" in a flattering manner.

"You're quite courageous." Xia Tian raised his eyebrows. "How many times has this happened?"

"The second time!" Xia Chu held up two fingers. "The last time was during the Mid-Autumn Festival a few years ago."

Xia Tian was a little unconvinced and asked with narrowed eyes: "Really?"

"Really!" Xia Chu nodded vigorously.

"Don't do this next time." Xia Tian looked at his sister and said in a low voice: "If our parents knew..."

Xia Chu's eyes widened. Although she dared to tell her parents about their relationship, even the most open-minded parents would not accept him climbing over the wall in the middle of the night. "Don't."

"Of course I won't tell you." Xia Tian tapped her forehead. "If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. Don't be fooled by Zhao Huazhang's usual appearance."

"Hmm?" Xia Chu became interested. "Does he have many different looks? Tell me about them."

Xia Tian was about to say something bad about Zhao Huazhang when a little head popped out of the doorway, a pair of big eyes full of curiosity. He turned to his brother and said, "Eavesdropping again? Didn't the teacher teach you not to look at or listen to anything indecent?"

Wang Qiuyu, who was being scolded by his elder brother, lowered his head, but there was no fear on his face. He walked in and took Xia Tian's arm, "Brother, come play with me."

"What are you doing? Going to the theater again?" Xia Tian tapped his forehead. "Did mom agree?"

"Mom said that as long as you agree, that's all." Wang Qiuyu shook Xia Tian's arm. "Brother, you haven't been home for a long time. Come play with me. I heard from others that there are new acrobatics, and I haven't seen them yet. Good brother, please."

"I'll go take a look too." Xia Chu hadn't been to Wa Si for a long time.

My younger brother and sister all wanted to go, so Xia Tian said nothing more and said, "Let's go."

Wang Qiuyu cheered twice and said, "Let's go on donkeys, okay?"

There are three donkeys in the family now. Wang Yong rides one, and there are two more.

You can go by riding a donkey, but donkeys are not as good as horses at carrying people, and one donkey cannot carry two people.

"How can three people ride on two donkeys? You go, and my brother and I will ride the donkeys?" Xia Chu teased him.

Wang Qiuyu frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Let's take turns riding."

"You guys ride, I'll hold Qiu Yu's hand." Xia Tian said directly.

"That won't work. We won't ride, we'll just walk." Xia Chu disagreed.

Wang Qiuyu thought about it for a long time, but couldn't ride it, so he walked out with his head down.

"You guys ride, Qiuyu is young, I feel more at ease if I lead the donkey." Xia Tian called Wang Qiuyu, and the three of them rode out on the donkey.

Wang Qiuyu sat on his donkey, his face full of excitement. He looked around, wishing everyone would come and see him. His dream was to become a general! Riding a tall horse, wearing armor, holding a spear! Just like the generals in operas!

Although he had no horse and was no longer a general, he still felt very majestic riding on his donkey, with his head held high and a silly smile on his face.

Xia Chu couldn't bear to hit him, so she just smiled and watched him show off.

Wa Si is a gathering place for large-scale performances, with not only opera troupes, acrobatics, puppet shows, shadow plays, but also a variety of snacks.

Regardless of age, everyone can find something that interests them here.

Although Wa Si is called "Si", it is actually very big.

It occupies almost half of the street, and is divided into different areas starting from the entrance archway.

Xia Tian left the donkey with the gatekeeper, paid the money, and walked in with his younger brother and sister.

There are crowds of people here, all kinds of noises mixed together, it is noisy and popular.

"Sir or Miss, would you like to have your fortune told? I, the Immortal, can tell you my fortune with absolute certainty. You are not allowed to do so without asking for money." An old man with a Taoist and immortal look sat behind the fortune-telling stall and waved to the 'predestined person' when he saw one.

"Ten-fold tonic pills! Guaranteed to cure all diseases! It can cure everything! Take a look, take a look!" A burly man in a mandarin jacket was selling medicine.

A gambler playing dice shouts out the size.