Chapter Index

    Chapter 126 The Fool’s Happy Bride 1

    Before Xie Rong could even open his eyes after being born, he was wrapped in a quilt and thrown into the street.

    An old street performer picked him up.

    The old man’s name was Liu Quan. He was originally the leader of the Mingjin Opera Troupe in Jingzhou. Later, when foreigners invaded Jingzhou, he had to abandon the troupe left by his ancestors and fled south with a few children in the troupe who had nowhere to go and no one wanted them.

    Xie Rong was picked up by him on the way to escape.

    A small wrinkled ball wrapped in swaddling clothes, not even crying. Xu knew that he was in troubled times, so he was extra quiet and well-behaved, but he still couldn’t escape the result of being abandoned by his parents.

    In fact, Liu Quan just accidentally dropped the dry food in his arms on the ground, bent down to pick it up, and happened to meet the child’s round and bright eyes.

    When he came to his senses, he had protected the baby in his arms and squeezed out of the crowd pushing at the city gate. He walked out of Jingzhou, which was once the most prosperous and now the most panic, and went all the way south to Lizhou, which was relatively stable.

    It was relatively stable in the past few years, and foreign artillery fire could not hit here, so Liu Quan used his skills in Jingzhou and took a few young men from his family to perform on the streets.

    The money earned from performing arts is used to buy milk powder for the baby who has not yet been weaned. Children grow up quickly, and they have to buy a new cotton-padded coat every New Year. Although life is tight, it is still stable.

    Later, when Xie Rong grew up to five or six years old, he would obediently follow them to the streets and perform as entertainers. Xie Rong would hold a porcelain bowl one by one in front of the applauding passers-by. He raised his head and stared at the adults in front of him with his round eyes of different colors, and said crisply: “Uncle and aunt, give me some money.”

    There are many wealthy businessmen in Lizhou, but there are few performers on the streets. They all go to high-end small buildings to listen to performances.

    So Xie Rong often walked around holding the bowl, and there were only a few copper coins in the bowl.

    The little Xie Rong had already witnessed Liu Quan and others scolding each other to death for fighting for the land on the street. Although he could not recognize a few words, he was quite familiar with Liu Quan’s true story.

    For example, at this moment, he couldn’t help but curse in his heart after watching the man in front of him, who was quite decent in a long coat, throw a copper plate into the bowl.

    Poor guy!Cheapskate!He was wearing a bright-colored gown and looked like a dog. He had no money to come to see him. Why didn’t he let the fire from Brother Liu’s mouth spray into his face and burn his shameless skin to pieces?

    When Xie Rong thought that there was no meat buns to eat tonight, his eyes turned red with anger, he pursed his lips, and his round eyes were full of moisture, like a pitiful little boy.

    So the man in front of him touched his head lovingly and threw five more coins into the bowl.

    Xie Rong raised a smile, pretending that the curse words in his mind just now were not counted, and said sweetly: “Thank you, uncle, we will come here again tomorrow.”

    What Liu Quan taught his several apprentices were the real tricks he once used in the opera troupe. As long as they are exposed to real skills, they will not have to work hard.

    So Xie Rong learned all the tricks, and he held the porcelain bowl used to collect money until he was fourteen years old.

    When he was fourteen years old, the war spread to Lizhou, and the world was in chaos. People on the street walked in a hurry, and no one watched street performers anymore.

    Liu Quan gritted his teeth and used all his remaining savings to open a small restaurant specializing in Jingzhou cuisine.

    Fortunately, many people came to Jingzhou to seek refuge, and the business of the small restaurant was booming for a while.

    Later, the business of the small restaurant calmed down, but due to the lull in the war in Lizhou, it became stable. He could not make a lot of money, but he could buy Xie Rong new clothes all year round.

    Young people always like to wear new clothes and new shoes.

    This year, Xie Rong turned eighteen.

    He has grown from a child holding a porcelain bowl to a well-known shopkeeper in a small restaurant.

    A very eye-catching little shopkeeper.

    There are many rich merchants in Lizhou, and there are also many beauties, but there is only one person who can make people so rare that they don’t want to eat and drink, and have trouble sleeping day and night, so even this beauty’s temper that is more prickly than her face looks cute.

    Before the guests who walked into the small restaurant had time to order, they suddenly saw the beauty standing on the counter with her left hand supporting her chin and her right hand flexibly moving an abacus. They felt that the beauty was so beautiful that they unknowingly ordered a few more dishes.

    It’s okay to just order food, but if you dare to tease him on the pretext of credit, your head will be smashed by the abacus in his hand, and you will even be scolded for being a mother.

    The abacus in the hands of the little shopkeeper is spicy and fragrant, and it can be regarded as a famous dish in this small restaurant.

    But I don’t know what happened today. Just as lunch was about to pass, the door of the small restaurant was closed tightly, and I couldn’t even get scolded.

    When the kid selling newspapers on the street saw a few familiar diners still standing in front of the door and refusing to leave, he came up to them and said, “The restaurant won’t be open today.”

    “Why don’t you open the door when you’re so good? Could it be that old man Liu sold him so he could escape when he heard that the front line was defeated?!” a diner asked anxiously.

    “You don’t know about such a big thing?” The newsboy shook the thick stack of newspapers in his hand, “It’s all written in the newspaper!”

    Several people paid, looked down, and almost had their eyes popped out.

    The eldest young master of the Lu family got married today, and he married the shopkeeper of a small restaurant.

    Who are those people in the Lu family?Picking out just one of them can make Lizhou shake.

    But when everyone saw the shocking news in the newspaper, they didn’t envy the little shopkeeper at all, only feeling regretful.

    The head of the Lu family is now the land general who commands the Lizhou army. The eldest young master of the Lu family has been working hard in the army in the past few years. He has accumulated a lot of military honors at a young age and was about to succeed his father. However, he was seriously injured in the battle a month ago and became a fool.

    A fool, a fool destined to lose his inheritance to the Lu family!

    The little shopkeeper was as old as a flower and had not yet bloomed. Just because he was born with different eyes, which was considered auspicious, he wanted to marry a fool to make him happy, and finally withered in the Lu family, in a fool’s house.

    It’s really hateful!

    Xie Rong didn’t think there was anything hateful about marrying a fool.

    Marrying a fool, not only could he wear new clothes every day, but he also had to calculate the betrothal gift sent by the Lu family for three days.

    Xie Rong likes to dial the abacus, and the sore his hands are, the better.

    He was getting married today, and the red silk in the wedding room had to be hung up for three days, otherwise he would have to tear it off and convert it into money.

    Xie Rong was not wearing the most fashionable white dress in Lizhou as a wedding dress.

    He hates foreign things.

    If the foreigners hadn’t snatched away his parents like robbers, he would be a young master in Jingzhou now!

    Grandpa said that when he picked him up, he had a piece of jade in his arms, which was a high-end item only available to rich families.

    The bright red wedding dress he wore was very heavy, and the gold headdress made his neck ache from the pressure.

    Xie Rong didn’t have time to take off these, so he hurriedly kicked off his embroidered shoes and climbed onto the bed. He sat on the bed and counted money with the abacus.

    The big fool has a handsome and stern face, but when he looks at him, he can only shout to him in a low voice:

    “Honey, I’m sleepy.”

    Xie Rong kicked the entangled man out of bed and cursed: “You idiot, go sleep on the sofa when you’re sleepy.”

    A fool, why do you still want to sleep in the same bed with him?Go sleep on a foreigner’s shabby sofa!

    The man was kicked by him, and he turned around and walked towards the sofa in a depressed manner. The nearly 1.9 meter tall man could only curl up on the sofa and look at him helplessly.

    Xie Rong lowered his eyes and fiddled with his abacus, and raised the corners of his mouth proudly.

    If you marry a fool, doesn’t that mean he can bully you as much as he wants?

    After the bullying is over, all the fool’s money is his!

    Note