Chapter 24 - Hunting (1)
An Yun watched Xiao Cui leave, kicked his feet on the chair, and found that the chair under him was very motionless. Only then he realized that he was sitting on a chair, but not a rocking chair.
Coming back to his senses, An Yun smiled and thought he needed to go another day to see if there were any rocking chairs for sale, or it would be nice to custom-made one himself. After all, rocking in a rocking chair and enjoying the sun was the most beautiful thing.
Lu He, who had been sent out, also returned with tea. She looked at An Yun who had a smile on his lips and felt a little strange, but she didn’t thought much of it. She simply placed the tea next to him and said softly, “Fulang, the tea is ready.”
An Yun nodded, looked at the cautious little maid beside him, and smiled softly at her. “The tea is still a little hot. I’ll drink it later. By the way, I’ll sleep here for a while. You go and rest yourself, just remember to wake me up after an hour.”
After hearing An Yun’s words, Lu He hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
Seeing her response, An Yun smiled reassuringly, then closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep in the warmth of the sun and the breeze blowing on his face.
Lu He looked at An Yun while he was sleeping and felt that the fulang she was serving was really good-looking. With such good looks, no wonder the young master was so kind to him. It would be great if she were also so good-looking.
After observing An Yun for a while, Lu He decided not to go about her own business but stood guard over him.
It wasn’t until an hour later that Lu He woke An Yun. “Fulang, it’s time to wake up.”
An Yun was a little confused when he woke up. After drinking a few cups of tea, he sobered up a little. He looked up at the weather, then turned to Lu He beside him and nodded, saying gently, “Let’s go to the kitchen.”
Since An Yun decided to please the young master, he naturally wanted to do something for him. But the only thing he could do at the moment was cook. Therefore, even if the young master didn’t know about this, he had to do it well. Moreover, it would improve the young master’s diet, and he might get to enjoy some of it himself.
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Zang Ya was wearing a short jacket and riding a horse. He led his personal guards and left the mansion at high speed, passing through the bustling streets, and exited the city under the awe-inspiring eyes of the soldiers.
When they discovered Zang Ya coming, they quickly opened the city gate.
After Zang Ya left, they slowly put the barrier back in place, but this time the speed was slower than when they opened the gate.
When people preparing to enter and exit the city saw this, they didn’t dare to say anything more. They could only stand where they were, waiting for the officials to put back the barriers and then queue up to pay the fee to enter the city.
One of the people dressed as a businessman stared at the group that just left. He pulled the sleeve of the person in front of him with some doubts. When the person in front turned around and stared at him impatiently, he handed over half of a cake and said with a smile, “Bother, this little brother is here for the first time. Who was that person just now? He looks more like a farmer boy. Why are these officials so afraid of him?”
The man, originally annoyed by the person behind him, had his dissatisfaction dissipated when he saw the half piece of cake handed over with a smile. He took the cake, put it in his rag pocket, broke off a piece, and ate it. Then he said, “You really don’t have much experience. That person just now didn’t work in the fields like us. He is the young master of the Zang family, the little bully in this city. He is probably dressed like that because he thinks the weather is hot.”
The expression on the businessman’s face become a little distorted, and he said after a while, “I have seen countless people from aristocratic families, but this is the first time I have seen such a disgraceful person.”
Those young masters and ladies of aristocratic families, even if they didn’t flaunt their identity, usually demanded a certain pomp and splendor in their dress and behavior. They also required that their clothes must be different from those of the lower classes.
The man who just received half the cake didn’t want to pay attention to him after he finished speaking. After hearing his doubts, he said, “You just don’t know enough. Our young master never takes the ordinary path. The appearance and behavior of aristocratic family doesn’t matter; he can do whatever he wants. He doesn’t care about anything, as long as he is happy. But there’s no other way; who told him to have such status? Ordinary people can’t compare.”
After saying this, the man saw that he was about to enter the city. He did not say anything more, just turned his head, took out the two copper coins he prepared, and handed them to the city gate guard with a smile. The guard then inspected the goods on his cart again before letting him pass.
The businessman, who was behind the man, turned to look in the direction where the young master just left after listening to the man’s words and murmured, “The people of this Zang family are really different from the nobles in other places. But they seem to be the same too.”
After the businessman sighed, the man in front already finished the inspection, so he drove his donkey cart forward. Like the previous man, he handed two copper coins to the guard at the gate with a smile on his face and was allowed to enter the city.