The Evil Man’s Lazy Lady Chapter 43 (Part 2)
Chapter 43: Separated (2) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
Qin-shi took the lead and said: “Yes, how much is it?” There was only Qin Feng in her parents’ family. Now he was busy preparing for the imperial examination in July. They would only distract him. They’d better go directly to Mount Gu.
The old man looked at a few of them and said cheerfully: “Just give a total of 20 coins!”
Shu Maoting paid the money neatly and helped his wife and children into the cart. The five people took up most of the cart at once, and he could pull up to two or three people later. The old man driving the cart seemed to be in a good mood, humming a country tune.
When the donkey cart was turning a corner from the town, Shu Lan suddenly remembered something, turned to Qin-shi, and said, “Mother, I promised brother Yuanbao to find him, and he said he would take me to look around!”
Without waiting for Qin-shi to speak, Shu Wan glared at her younger sister first: “Are you going to play with him or with your older sister?”
Shu Lan opened her mouth and was speechless. She remembered her older sister’s lesson yesterday.
Poor Zhu Yuanbao, just because of Shu Wan’s words, waited at home for a long time for nothing. Of course, Shu Lan would not know.
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Mount Gu Temple is the largest temple near Pingyang Town. The incense was prosperous, and the scenery of the mountains behind it attracted many visitors. Therefore, hawkers gradually started a paving business around the Mount Gu area. Especially on the eighth day of June every year, countless types of stalls almost surround the entire Mount Gu.
Qin-shi’s and Shu Wan’s eyes mostly fell on the spices and jewelry stalls. These people came from the county town. The things in their hands were rare and unique, and the prices were only slightly higher than those sold by the stores in town. There were many women and young ladies gathered around to choose.
Shu Lan took Xiao Lang’s hand and drilled toward the place where the shouting was the loudest. She heard Zhu Yuanbao say that the most lively place was the most fun place.
Shu Maoting accompanied his wife and daughter for a while and then followed the two children worriedly. He was also responsible for keeping the distance between them. After a while, he was sweating profusely.
“Uncle, go with Aunt. I’ll just take Ah Lan to play. We won’t get lost, don’t worry.” Xiao Lang said thoughtfully.
Shu Maoting didn’t trust the two children playing by themselves. After thinking about it, he approached his wife and said to her, “In this way, you can stroll around slowly. I will take the children to watch the fun. We will meet at the main entrance of Mount Gu Temple in an hour, and go directly to the vegetarian restaurant next door. What do you think?” After so many years of marriage, he understood no matter how virtuous or unruly women were, they would be the same when they saw those small exquisite objects. It was impossible not to look around carefully.
Qin-shi nodded and agreed. When they visited the temple fair a few years ago, it was she who took Ah Wan and her husband took Ah Zhan. The four of them split up. As for the youngest daughter, humph, she couldn’t leave when she arrived at her parents’ house.
“Then you two be careful, don’t get separated!” Shu Maoting stared closely at Xiao Lang and Shu Lan who were rushing towards the crowd and warned his wife absently. Seeing the two children were about to run away, and hurriedly chased after them.
Shu Wan smiled secretly: “It seems like if Ah Lan wants to play, he isn’t more reassuring than Ah Zhan!”
Qin-shi also looked at her husband’s back and smiled, then took Shu Wan’s hand and walked away: “Don’t pay attention to them, let’s look around!”
The mother and daughter happily ran towards a spice stall not far away, but they didn’t know a wretched figure was always hidden in the crowd, following them not far or near. After Shu Maoting left, the man’s eyes flashed. He unconsciously clenched the good thing he just bought from somewhere. Whether it succeeded or not depended on today!
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“Older brother Wolf, I want those two clay dolls!” Shu Lan pointed at the pair of painted clay figurines placed in the middle of the stall and dragged Xiao Lang’s hand.
Xiao Lang held her tightly in one hand and five light iron rings in the other. He looked at the pair of clay dolls and saw that they were a boy and a girl. They were very chubby and cute. There was a smile in his eyes and he said dotingly: “Okay, older brother will get it for you!” First, he handed over the four iron rings to Shu Lan, motioning her to stop moving, and then aiming at the girl doll on the left, and throwing the iron ring out.
The ring traversed a curve in the air and accurately caught the clay doll. It landed accurately and steadily without rebounding at all.
Without waiting for the stall owner to pick up the thing, Xiao Lang threw another again, and the boy was also caught.
With three iron rings remaining, Xiao Lang lowered his head and asked Shu Lan: “What else do you like?”
Shu Lan looked up and glanced at the dark green jade belt ornament in the farthest distance, then moved to the narrow-mouthed celadon flower vase next to it, and pouted: “I just like that pair of clay dolls, the others are not fun!”
Xiao Lang returned the rest of the iron rings to the stall owner: “Just wrap that pair of clay dolls.”
The stall owner with a pair of small eyes breathed a deep sigh of relief. He was afraid of meeting a master in this kind of business. Seeing the little brother’s eyes and movements, he felt a sudden shock. Among the two clay dolls, he no longer took any chances. Now that Xiao Lang took the initiative to give up the other three chances, he almost jumped up with joy. He hurriedly wrapped things up and handed them over to Xiao Lang as quickly as possible. He waved goodbye to them with great enthusiasm for fear that Xiao Lang would regret it and turned back!
Shu Maoting shook his head helplessly. A child was a child and two clay dolls were enough. You must know that that jade was something good, and no amount of clay dolls could be exchanged for it!
However, as long as the child was happy, Shu Maoting paid 10 wens and quickly followed them.
After Shu Maoting left, the man in a green shirt who had been standing beside the ring stall to watch the excitement also turned and walked away in the same direction as Xiao Lang and them.
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Note from tenderflower:
Hey, cuties! I'll be on vacation tomorrow and in about a week I'll be back so I update 2 chapters in my absence for the weekend! Hope you enjoy the advanced chapter~
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