Is Master happy?

On the second day, they got up early, before dawn, the two master and apprentice tidied up properly, thinking of going for a walk in the street earlier.

Yao Zhou crowned Xi Ya's hair and put on new clothes, looking like a lively young man.

She looked at herself for a while, feeling amused, then looked at Yaozhou, and the person standing in front of her was no longer the slim and graceful woman in the past, but a thin and handsome man, but his face was a little softer .

When the two went downstairs, the innkeeper looked at them suspiciously, as if he didn't understand when these two guests came to his inn, and he had clearly never seen them yesterday.

Perhaps it was because it was too early, the streets were quite deserted, and there was a bit of morning fog, and a few early vegetable farmers were vaguely seen driving the ox carts leisurely.

They walked two streets forward and entered the market. They saw a bit of people and smoke, and there were vendors who set up a stall to buy breakfast. Instead of steamed stuffed buns and fried fruits, they made porridge with fish slices in powder soup.

The master and apprentice chose a small clean shop to sit down and ordered some food. The old man who set up the stall smiled and served them rice noodles as wide as a thick thread, filled a bowl of old tofu, and brought them to the table.

Yao Zhou just put away her chopsticks after tasting a little. She watched the old man pack up the fish baskets, suddenly she got a little thought, and called out: "Old man, can I ask you something?"

The old man stopped his work, wiped his hands on his bib, came forward to stand still, looked at her kindly and said, "Sir, please tell me."

Yaozhou smiled innocently at him, and said: "I want to ask old man, is there any good place to go in our city? My younger brother and I left home to play, and came here, but I don't know where to go, I am worried. "

The old man was very warm-hearted, and when he heard the reason, he told them about several good places in the nearby mountains like beans.

"The two young masters walk a few steps to the seaside, find a richer fisherman, pay some copper coins, and you can eat fresh fish, shrimp and razor clams, and let's talk about a lively place..." The old man narrowed his eyes and thought for a while , suddenly hammered his hand, and said to them: "There is a master named Duan in the city who runs a cloth business. Today happens to be the day when his daughter chooses a relative. If you have time, you can go and see the excitement."

"Choosing a relative." Yao Zhou's eyes lit up suddenly, and there was a slight smile on his face. When Xi Ya saw it, he knew that she must be interested. The excuse to go for a stroll before going to the seaside led her to walk unhurriedly towards the cloth merchant's mansion.

The old man's words are true. The news of the cloth merchant's selection of relatives has spread throughout the city. Today is the day. Those who want to participate in the selection of relatives, those who don't want to participate, and those who watch the excitement, all gather around this street. It was packed, and the cloth merchant's house was barely visible from the end of the street. It was indeed very lively.

Yao Zhou stood outside the crowd and looked inside for a few moments. The crowd was crowded and crowded. Xi Ya felt a headache from seeing it, so he gave her a hand and persuaded: "Don't go, Master, there are too many people, squeeze I’m afraid half of my life will be gone if I go in.”

Yaozhou turned around, but looked at her eagerly, pulled her sleeves halfway, and begged softly, "Would you like to watch it with Master? It's rare for Master to meet this. Leave regrets."

She usually doesn't like excitement, but if she sees something she's curious about, no matter whether it's lively or crowded, she won't stop until she sees it.

Xiya blinked her eyes, sighed, her heart softened instantly, she glanced at the black crowd in front of her, then she became ruthless, took Yaozhou's hand, found an empty space and walked in .

Her body is flexible, and she can move very fast in the crowd, but Yaozhou is behind her, so she will inevitably be bumped into by others. She has no choice but to slow down, leaning sideways beside Yaozhou, protecting her with her thin arms. she.

She was already much shorter than Yao Zhou, and now she stretched out her hand to protect Yao Zhou, as if hanging upside down on her body, struggling to walk on tiptoes, her little face flushed red.

Yaozhou looked helpless in his heart, took her hand, hugged her in his arms, and protected her, half helpless and half jokingly said: "When you grow up and are taller than Master, come and protect her again." Follow Master."

Now that such a small person is enough to be by her side, she wants to protect herself, and she feels a little awkward in her heart when she sees it.

Xi Ya huddled in her arms, quietly calming down his messy breath, looked up to see her smile and softly glowing cheeks, and nodded slowly and solemnly.

People were squeezing in the middle, and Yaozhou followed them and took the opportunity to get her to the innermost place, standing under the marriage selection platform, seeing everything on the stage clearly.

The platform was as high as a two-story building, with a fence hanging on the side, and sitting inside were the master and miss of the Duan family, and a group of maids and servants.

There was a lot of noise downstairs, and an old man with a white beard was talking leisurely above, the master and the apprentice didn't hear half a word, only to see the old man wave his hand for a long time, and a group of well-dressed scholars and young men around him rushed to the edge of the table , and even they were rushed over.

Yao Zhou held Xi Ya in his arms, frowned and looked at the people pushing and shoving around her, feeling a little regretful in her heart for bringing the little apprentice here, she reluctantly turned around and looked behind her, looking at an empty space, she guarded Move to that place with Xiya, so as to get out of this disturbing boundary, and watch it from the outside.

I don't know what was said on the stage, the crowd suddenly roared, and they all rushed towards the stage. After a few steps, they were pushed back again. Yaozhou felt helpless and wanted to go back to see what happened. Unexpectedly, when they looked up, a bright ball in the air was hitting them.

Her eyes were a little cold, she protected Xiya with one hand, and exerted some strength with the other hand, but she was afraid that the object would hit someone else again, so she sucked it into her sleeve and took a look before putting it into the sleeve. It was vaguely seen to be a beautifully embroidered red cloth ball.

She just took the thing away, and then continued to move towards the outside, using the cloud hand technique in her hand.

There was a sound of surprise in the crowd, and those who were already crowded stopped and stood where they were, muttering about hydrangea, or finding something in the sky or underground.

A young man in blue squeezed his way through the crowd. He worked so hard to get to Yaozhou's side. Panting heavily, he grabbed her sleeve and suddenly raised her hand, bluffing, "It's this Young Master! This Young Master is our uncle!"

Xi Ya fought hard, and then got out of Yao Zhou's arms, just now she was too tightly protected by Yao Zhou, she didn't have time to say anything, at this moment her face was flushed with anxiety, she only pulled Yao Zhou's sleeve, He asked in a low voice, "Master, what did you grab just now?"

Yaozhou was still puzzled, but shook her head and said: "Nothing, I won't grab something from them." Hearing what the crowd was talking about hydrangea, she remembered it, and took out the pretty red cloth circle from the universe in her sleeve. The ball smiled softly and said: "Aren't you talking about this? I saw it was about to hit us, so I took it. If it belongs to someone else, let's return it, okay?"

How can I pay this back?Xiya raised his head with a wry smile, and said to Yaozhou with all kinds of heartbreak: "Master, do you know about hydrangeas? Marriage in the world, whoever receives the hydrangea is a marriage agreement. You are now the uncle of the Duan family."

Seeing the excitement like this, Xiya felt quite heartbroken, her master who had caused trouble was still stunned by the side, and the young masters and scholars who were not good at grabbing hydrangea balls watched Yao Zhou secretly gritted their teeth, with aggrieved faces on their faces I feel that Yaozhou's clothes are not luxurious, nor is she dressed as a scholar, and I am afraid that she has neither wealth nor fame. Besides, she is thin and delicate, and she is afraid that she can't do martial arts, except Zhang Piaozhi. The face can be seen, how can it be worthy of the wealthy Duan family.

The Duan's family ignored this, a few big-armed men pushed the crowd over, surrounded the two of them, and said in a low voice, "My master is here." Regardless of whether the two of them would like it or not, they kept walking. Forced to squeeze them to the marriage platform.

Yao Zhou's expression was normal, he tossed the hydrangea leisurely in his hand, and led Xi Ya, looking at ease, Xi Ya looked more and more worried.

She thought simply, if she robbed someone else's things, then just pay it back, so why worry?But he didn't think that it was a serious way of recruiting relatives. After she had been through such a situation, how could it be easy to get married.

She entered the platform, only to find that there was something hidden in it, there was a shed on the platform to enjoy the shade, a group of maids and servants lined up on both sides, under the shed was a mahogany table, a grand master's chair, on which lay a round A middle-aged man with a fat belly and ears, with a light gauze curtain behind him, a slender figure can be vaguely seen.

Seeing her show up, the master Duan hurriedly got up from the grand master's chair, went up to him with a smile all over his face, called "Good Young Master", and was about to hold her hand.

Yaozhou turned sideways to hide from him, barely supported his arm, and didn't let him fall, only said in his mouth: "I dare not marry you, I came here to return this hydrangea."

That old master took a steady step, took a breath, turned around and smiled at her, wrinkled all over his face, reached up with his right hand and patted her on the shoulder, and said: "What kind of hydrangea is there, my uncle is too polite, and besides, this hydrangea is for the little girl." I embroidered it with my own hands, so don’t my uncle keep it as a token.” After speaking, he covered his mouth and smiled, as if he was joking.

Yaozhou sighed, looked at Xiya helplessly, cleared his throat, bowed his hands to Master Duan, and said apologetically, "This is not the same. Xiaosheng means...I'm afraid I won't be able to marry your daughter."

"Why?" The smile on Master Duan's face suddenly changed to astonishment, his body trembled, and he said anxiously: "My lord, but we neglected you? Tell me, I've changed everything."

"That's not the case." Yao Zhou shook his head, stretched out his hand to pull Xi Ya over, and said kindly: "Brother She and I came out to play here. I saw the excitement here, so I came to take a look, but I didn't want to pick up the hydrangea by mistake and mess with it." I’m so sorry for that.”

She spoke sincerely, but the master Duan breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "That's it, it's okay, where is my uncle's house? I'll send someone to deliver a letter there."

"Send the letter...for what?" Yaozhou was at a loss.

"Isn't my son-in-law just worried that my family won't agree? I'll send someone to tell my in-laws, say hello in advance, and then we will discuss it together, and everything will be fine."

He spoke lightly, Xiya pulled his sleeves to play with, looked up at Yaozhou, thinking about how his eloquent master would end up this time, but he didn't think she looked at him helplessly, with Smiling resolutely, he stretched out his hand to hold his own, and said: "Master Duan is so persistent that Xiaosheng has to tell the truth. In fact, Xiaosheng has other reasons for refusing this marriage. I already have a fiancée in my family, that is... ...the one next to me."

Master Duan opened his mouth wide when he heard this, his fingers trembled a few times between Yaozhou and Xiya, and he said straight: "You, you, you..."

"It's not short-sleeved," Yaozhou knew he had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Actually, my younger brother is not my younger brother. She is a daughter. I asked her to change into men's clothing because I was afraid of the danger on the road. I hope you will understand."

Xi Ya looked up at her, then at the stunned Master Duan, finally sighed inexplicably, raised his hand and took off the crown of hair from his head, letting loose his black hair.