Naturally Precious

The original breakfast simply became lunch because of the previous commotion.Shen Ruiqing ate a lot of soup dumplings, and ate a bowl of rice with crab roe and tofu. She had a round belly after eating it a long time ago, and she still remembered the little bit of unhappiness with her elder brother just now.He never held grudges, so at this moment he happily moved forward and grabbed the man's sleeve with extra vigor.

"Brother sleepy? Ruiqing doesn't want to take a nap at all, so he might as well take a rest today, let's go shopping in the street again..." Sober up from the wine, his body was made comfortable again, although he hadn't eaten yet Dear big brother, but Shen Ruiqing is already very comfortable.He followed behind Shen Xuan step by step, like a little follower, and kept muttering, "Although my elder brother has been with Ruiqing for several days...but I still rarely go out. Ruiqing is going to grow mushrooms in the mansion! Wangcai still goes for a stroll next door every day, Ruiqing also wants to go out to have a look—”

"But there are no lanterns to watch today, does Bao'er still want to go out?" Shen Xuan's face was full of helplessness and pampering, and he gently held his little soft, "Besides, you have lost your energy again. ...In my elder brother's opinion, it's better to rest in the mansion."

Bao'er blushed, and it took a while to refute him in a low voice: "Obviously you have lost too... You still have so much, I don't see you are very tired."

His palms are still red.

"That's because Bao'er is still young." The man is not as thin-skinned as he is, and he just smiled softly when he heard such a question, and pushed open the bedroom door, "But since you are really not tired, then Eldest brother still agrees to you... lest you stay in the mansion and get sulking."

"Go change your clothes."

After all, it was in the study room when the noise was made before, although I had carefully avoided it, but it was inevitable that some of it got stuck in the hem of my clothes.Shen Ruiqing didn't realize it, she thought it was because she was dressed too casually, obediently took another set of clothes from the closet.Autumn is not as good as summer, and after autumn, the weather will only get cooler.Bao'er added another cloud brocade dress inside, before sitting in front of the mirror to comb her hair.Shen Xuan had already changed her clothes, and seeing that he was struggling, she walked behind him.

The big palm with well-defined bones gently lifted the smooth black hair, and deftly made a circle.With Yuguan at the side, he smoothed out the broken hair at the corners and tied it into a beautiful little bun.

"How about wearing another jade hairpin today?" He stared down at the somewhat blurred face in the bronze mirror, and asked Bao'er's opinion softly.

Shen Ruiqing nodded slightly.

Although he was just sitting and letting his elder brother comb his hair, but suddenly the tune of folk marrying a daughter popped up in his mind——

Comb to the end once, comb the white hair to match the eyebrows twice, comb the children and grandchildren all over the floor...

He and his elder brother have combed it for countless times...

The ears were a little hot, Shen Ruiqing pressed her lips lightly, not wanting to show Shen Xuan her thoughts.The jade crown was put on, and the suet jade hairpin, which was polished round and smooth, passed through the gaps on both sides.Bao'er tilted her head, and touched it curiously.Shen Xuan also smiled, and rubbed some hair oil on his forehead.

"Okay, now that Bao'er is the most expensive young master in the city... Where do you want to go today? Brothers around you have nothing to do, so I will take a stroll with you."

"Don't go anywhere..." He couldn't think of any special place, "Just walk around the city... Look at the excitement on the street. I heard that there was a circus gang coming half a month ago, maybe we can meet Until they perform in the street."

"That's fine, then I won't take the carriage, just walk." Shen Xuan nodded slightly.

Since she was going outside and it was not night, Shen Ruiqing no longer held hands with her elder brother, but just followed closely beside her.The boy wanted to go out with him, but because he didn't go out of the city, the man thought for a moment, but he still didn't call for anyone to follow. He only told them to continue making some porridge and side dishes with crab roe at night, and waited for them to come back for dinner.

The street is indeed still busy.

The weather was fine, and the hawkers set up stalls on the side of the road and brought out all the goods that were not sold out yesterday.Those who have a booth move a stool to sit at the back, and those who don't have a booth spread a sackcloth on the ground and sit.Even though there was nothing to buy, Shen Ruiqing looked at them one by one curiously.

Shen Xuan was not bothered, and just followed behind him, taking care of the person and hanging out with him at the same time.

"There are quite a few more in this embroidered fan mansion. Why, Ruiqing wants to buy another one?"

"Hey, it's different... This one has a fragrance, it's the fan bone made of golden sandalwood..." He couldn't tell the authenticity from the fake one, he just felt that the fan smelled delicious, so he easily believed the nonsense words of the peddler. "And it's still an ancient fan, used by the former princess..."

"Stupid Bao'er, it's golden silk sandalwood, it's just red pear." The man smiled helplessly, stretched out the fan, and sniffed it lightly.The inferior and rough aroma came over, and he only squinted at the peddler, then put it back on the stall.

"The skill of dyeing incense is not bad."

Seeing that he was caught, the peddler could only apologize.Only then did Shen Ruiqing come to her senses, and stared blankly at her eldest brother.He also didn't want to embarrass the peddler, so although he felt uncomfortable, he still didn't care about anything, and just shook his head slightly at the man.All the gadgets on the stall suddenly lost their joy, so he didn't look at them anymore, and walked away holding the hem of the man's clothes.

Shen Xuan stroked his head to show comfort.

"Ruiqing doesn't look at goods in commercial shops, so it's normal that you can't tell the authenticity... But that peddler really cheated too much, he probably just came to the city, and doesn't know you..." Brother was stupefied by the peddler, he couldn't help but shook his head with a low smile, "But it's really stupid, Bao'er, to believe even such a thing - how many years ago did it happen in the previous dynasty, even if there really was a princess incense fan It is spread, and it will not fall into this small stall, and it will only be sold for a gold."

"I... I didn't realize it..." Shen Ruiqing was also a little embarrassed, her eyelashes fluttering, "Stop talking... I don't want to look at the stall anymore, let's go for a stroll... I just heard that Applause, maybe there is a variety show to watch. Did the eldest brother bring a copper coin? I heard that the variety show troupe will come out with a copper basket to ask for rewards, and if you don’t give it, you will be kicked out.”

As Shen Xuan walked forward with him, she carefully protected him in her arms, "I don't have any copper coins, but I have some silver coins with me. If Ruiqing likes it, I will reward you with a piece...after all, it belongs to the Shen family." Young master, rewarding a copper coin like ordinary people is too small."

Shen Ruiqing didn't know how much money there was in the mansion, so she raised her head blankly and asked him, "Would that be too wasteful? Brother, he works so hard to make money... What if Ruiqing loses all his family business?" ?”

The man couldn't help but chuckle.

"Stupid Bao'er! How much money do you spend throughout the year? Don't worry, even if you really want to do banquets and go out every day like other sons and young masters, the elder brother can afford it." The big palm rubbed his head vigorously twice. , Shen Xuan took the initiative to hold Bao'er's hand, and led him towards the crowded direction.

There really seemed to be some kind of performance ahead, and the onlookers all watched it very seriously, and they even let out a cry from time to time, as if there was some very frightening action.But the crowd was too dense, and only a piece of back could be seen from behind.Shen Ruiqing was hugged by Shen Xuan and squeezed to the front with difficulty.Just as he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he raised his eyes and saw a huge iron cage in front of him.

In an iron cage, a ragged child was confronting a wild wolf.

He was obviously still very young. Although his legs and feet had grown long, they were so thin that only bones remained.Through the torn clothes, one could vaguely see the ribs underneath.Perhaps the body was scratched a lot by wild wolves, and the blood had dried up.But there was no trace of fear or panic on his face, instead he stared at a pair of slightly immature eagle eyes.

It was a pair of emerald green eyes.

Shen Xuan pursed her lips, and subconsciously took away Bao'er's arm.He glanced around, and when he caught sight of a row of children kneeling on the ground behind him, he also understood.

This is not a vaudeville troupe at all, but a group of slave traders.

Shen Ruiqing also stared round her eyes, and her body froze because she was at a loss.He had never seen such a terrifying scene, and at this moment, the wild wolf that had been hungry for many days attacked the child again.The surrounding people burst into another exclamation, and the child seemed to be unable to hear it at all, and kicked towards the wolf's head.He is obviously as thin as a bamboo pole, but perhaps because of his blood of the Hu people, his body strength is not small at all.He didn't make a sound, and after the wild wolf was repelled, he rushed up quickly and stabbed his finger into the green wolf's eyes.

The eyes were disturbed, and the pain caused the wolf to let out a howl.It desperately wanted to bite the only prey in front of it, and the sharp blade pierced the child's arm fiercely.The child was in pain, but he just frowned, and kicked again neatly.

The crowd burst into cheers.

Shen Ruiqing looked dumbfounded, if not for Shen Xuan's support, she might have fallen to the ground directly.Shen Xuan also felt sorry for him, and turned around to take him away.However, behind him was surrounded tightly by the people watching, and he couldn't move easily at all.He had no choice but to cover Bao'er's eyes so that he wouldn't watch those bloody scenes anymore.

"Yazi is selling slaves..." He explained softly to Bao'er.

"...Why do you torture slaves like this..." Shen Ruiqing felt a little uncomfortable. He was also an abandoned child at the beginning. If he hadn't been picked up by Shen Xuan, he would have fallen into the traffickers and been sold as a slave. It’s going to be sold to someone else’s house, just let them stand here and choose for others..."

"Brother is also a little confused. According to common sense, Yazi would not do such a thing..." Shen Xuan frowned, and glanced at the girl who was kneeling on the ground and weeping.

Although the common people were happy to watch the excitement, no matter who they were, they still had the fear of wild beasts, so they were separated a little, and did not stick close to the edge of the iron cage.But the girl was not afraid at all. Instead, she held the cage tightly, whimpering silently.When seeing her same pair of green eyes, Shen Xuan understood a little bit, and couldn't help sighing in a low voice.

It should be a pair of Huren brothers and sisters.

At this time, the battle in the iron cage was coming to an end.A piece of flesh was bitten off the child's arm by the wolf, and the wolf also lost his eyes, so he could only bite instinctively.The bloody smell gradually became stronger, making Bao'er so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit out his lunch.And at this moment, the boy hugged the wolf's head fiercely, regardless of his exposed abdomen, he broke it off with all his strength.

There was a crisp "click" sound.

Shen Ruiqing raised his head in a daze, but his eyes were still covered and he couldn't see anything.The crowd suddenly fell silent, as if they hadn't expected that the boy could actually kill a very hungry wolf.After a while, the sound of applause came one after another.

"Brother? What's the matter?" He asked, taking off the big palm that was covering him.

"The wolf is dead."