Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 70
The next day was sunny and bright.
Jing Xingzhi was wearing a dark blue attire. He looked at Liu Fang’s lighter blue attire and said with a joking smile, “Is this a couple’s outfit?”
It was indeed Liu Fang’s choice of clothes on purpose, and he blushed. Pushing Jing Xingzhi out: “Do you want to wear something else! Can’t you go see Brother Wu?”
“Okay, okay, I’ll go.” Jing Xingzhi followed Liu Fang’s force and came out of the yard where the two of them lived. He walked to Wu Mingrui’s yard. If the two of them wanted to read these days, it would be in Wu Mingrui’s yard, so Jing Xingzhi was familiar with the road.
When Jing Xingzhi arrived, Wu Mingrui was ready, but he was still thinking about the provincial examination. He closed his eyes and moved his lips as if he was memorizing something silently.
Jing Xingzhi walked gently to him, picked up a piece of pastry on the table, and slowly moved it to Wu Mingrui’s mouth.
When Wu Mingrui seemed to have climaxed and became excited, he opened his mouth a little, and the piece of mung bean cake went into Wu Mingrui’s mouth.
Wu Mingrui’s eyes widened suddenly and he looked at Jing Xingzhi blankly.
Jing Xingzhi smiled and said: “Brother Mingrui, you don’t need to memorize something at this moment. If you go out to play and keep remembering your study, you won’t feel at ease while playing!”
Wu Mingrui touched his forehead and ate the remaining half of the pastry. Suddenly smiled: “I understand, you are more efficient when you concentrate. I won’t think about it today.”
“Liu Fang is ready, shall we go out?” Jing Xingzhi asked.
“I’m ready, let’s go. I came to Fucheng to live regularly a few years ago, but I stopped coming here after I entered the academy. I wonder if there have been any changes? If I said something wrong, don’t laugh at me.” Wu Mingrui laughed, while walking out side by side with Jing Xingzhi.
The two of them came out of the yard and happened to meet Liu Fang, so they went to the gate to get in their own carriages.
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There were many places worth visiting in Fucheng. Wu Mingrui selected several places, which were a bit far away, so they chose to travel by carriage.
There were the Qianhe Pond in the West City and the temple fair in the East City. The last place they wanted to go to was Taibai Tower, which was not far from the Gongyuan, where examination would be held, in South City, it was close to their courtyard so they could go back straight after. As for North City, there were many government offices and it was a quiet place with few places to visit.
The carriages first went to Qianhe Pond. Standing on the bank of a pond, he put on calm mood and looked at it. It was a scene like a poem “the lotus leaves touching the sky which is infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are uniquely red”.
The scenery was so beautiful. It seemed that even the air had a faint scent of elegant lotus.
Many people came all the way just to see this pool of flowers. Jing Xingzhi and Liu Fang held hands and thought about the modern times. At that time, there were many such spectacular flower scenes. The two of them also went to many places, but they all went together, even took their university dormitory mates with them.
As Jing Xingzhi thought about it, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he realized that life was really unpredictable and full of surprises.
After they visited Qianhe Pond, they took the carriages to the temple fair. It happened to be market day, and the streets were very lively. However, they were in Fucheng, people were used to this kind of bustle. Nevertheless, the bustle was orderly, and there was no congestion. Only from time to time, some people suddenly discovered that their wallets were missing.
Liu Fang walked for a while, and when he heard the sound of searching for a purse, he couldn’t help but wanted to touch his own. This had always been his habit. Now that he could make money, he didn’t like the feeling of losing money.
Jing Xingzhi saw him touch himself twice, and his mind wandered. He put his hand into Liu Fang’s clothes and stole the purse containing the money openly: “Leave it to me; I won’t lose it.”
Liu Fang didn’t have any money on his body, and he felt very happy and at ease while playing, he happily walked around and tasted several of his favorite snacks.
But what really reassured him was finding someone he could rely on and someone he liked. It was the best thing.
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After visiting the temple fair, the three of them found a teahouse to rest.
Liu Fang leaned against the window, panting slightly and said, “We can’t go shopping anymore. My legs are tired. Let’s go back after this.”
Jing Xingzhi nodded, put the cup filled with white water next to Liu Fang’s hand, and said, “Okay, once we go to the Taibai Tower, you can go back and rest first. I will go home with Brother Mingrui.”
Wu Mingrui poured himself two cups of tea: “It’s so spicy to me. The noodles I just ate are too spicy!”
Jing Xingzhi looked at Wu Mingrui’s red lips, which were as red as lipstick, and poured him another cup of tea with a smile: “It’s good to get used to it, but it’s best to eat a light diet. This kind of heavy food, just try it once in a while.”
“I don’t dare to eat more. I need to drink a lot of water. But… but this spicy one is really delicious!” Wu Mingrui couldn’t help but sigh while drinking tea.
Listening to the two chatting, Liu Fang’s mind suddenly flashed into a snack that was popular in modern times for a long time – the king of spicy snacks, the spicy strips. He couldn’t help but salivating in his mouth and suddenly became greedy. But he was not a child, and he was still full at the moment. The color and smell of the spicy strips flashed through his mind, and he produced a little more stomach acid to promote digestion.
After having a rest in the teahouse, he set out to go home.
Passing by Taibai Tower, there was only one carriage left among the two carriages. Jing Xingzhi gave Liu Fang a few words of comfort before getting out of the carriage and following Wu Mingrui, they went to Taibai Tower together.