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Chang'an glanced at her, said nothing, and pulled Aniang away.

Before arriving at Haitang Garden, I saw two little beggars in tattered clothes standing at the door. The older one was a boy, about ten years old, and the younger one was a girl, about seven or eight years old.

Both of them were dirty and as thin as a stick, and their eyes were full of prayers when they looked at Mrs. Jiang. "Auntie, please give me something to eat."

Mrs. Jiang saw that their hands and faces were covered with frostbite. They were only wearing tattered straw sandals on their feet, and their ankles were black and blue from the cold. She couldn't help but sigh and let the two children in.

She brought the two of them to the kitchen, and when she saw that Xiaoju had already prepared the meal, she filled two full bowls of rice and vegetables in large pottery bowls and put them in their hands: "Eat."

The boy held the bowl and suddenly knelt down to Mrs. Jiang: "Thank you, aunt, for the rice."

The little girl also knelt down, put her rice bowl next to her, and kowtowed to Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang sighed: "Sit down and eat quickly, it will get cold in a while."

The two children then sat on the stools and started eating.

The two looked thin, but they ate up a large bowl of food.

Mrs. Jiang took out two more slings of copper coins and stuffed them into the two of them: "Take these, buy some food to take home on a snowy day."

Unexpectedly, the two children refused to accept him, and fell to his knees again: "Please take me in, my brother and sister have no father or mother, and have no home to go to."

"I am strong and can help with the work in the house. My sister is also very capable and can do anything." The boy kept kowtowing and his forehead turned red.

Mrs. Jiang couldn't bear it. Just when she was about to say something, she was stopped by Chang'an: "Where are you from? Do you have a household registration?"

"Yes, there was a flood in the villain's hometown, and all their parents and relatives were killed. They came to Beijing to visit relatives, but their relatives were no longer there. The villain brother and sister had no choice but to beg in the middle of the capital. However, it snowed heavily in the past few days, and there was really no other way. .”

As the boy explained, he took out an oil paper bag from his arms. Inside the bag was a crumpled piece of mulberry paper: "Miss, please look, this is the road guide for my brother and sister."

Chang'an took it and saw that there was an official seal stamped on the paper, with detailed descriptions including place of origin, parents, grandparents, age and appearance of the two children, etc., as well as the time of arrival in Beijing and which relatives and friends he would seek refuge with.

Judging from this household registration guide, there is nothing unusual.

Chang'an handed the household registration back to the boy and said, "If we want to take you in, your brother and sister must sign a status deed."

When the boy heard this, he looked surprised and said without hesitation: "We are willing to sign the contract."

"Okay, I'll take you to the Yamen to register early tomorrow morning." This family really needs a few servants. Chang'an originally planned to go to Yahang to visit the store years ago, but now there is no need.

In the afternoon, Lian Xin boiled two pots of hot water, let the brother and sister take a bath in the stove with charcoal fire, and used the soap she bought to wash their hair and remove lice.

After the two of them were cleaned and put on the old cotton clothes of Jin Hua and Lian Xin, they looked brand new.

Chang'an looked at the two of them and temporarily let them stay in a side room.

The next day, she and her mother-in-law took their two children to the Yamen to establish a legal bond. They also handed some money to the clerk and asked him to help check whether their household registrations were true.

The clerk immediately received the benefit of twenty taels of silver notes, and immediately asked someone to adjust the household registration. After checking, he went to Haitang Garden in person to tell Changan that the household registration was correct and that the family really had two children.

Chang'an was relieved and arranged for Li Niu to be in charge of the family's mule cart, telling him not to go out unless there was nothing to do. Li Xing'er followed Lian Xin and Xiao Ju to help.

"Sister Chang'an, I'm here!" Minghui and her brother Mingyang got off the tricycle and ran into Haitang Garden. Behind them were Grandma Wu and two palace maids.

The other four guards pushed the tricycle into the yard, and several people ran into the back seat to warm themselves by the fire.

Chang An came out and said with a smile: "I knew you would come. I have already cooked the brown sugar, osmanthus and lotus root. Come over and try it."

"I haven't eaten sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root for a long time." Minghui happily ran into the warm house, climbed directly onto the kang, picked up a lotus root poked with a bamboo stick, took a bite, and said vaguely: "My mother-in-law said that I have There’s no need to go back home, just let me live with you.”

Aunt Wu smiled and said, "I only asked you to come here and play every day, but I didn't ask you not to go back at night."

"I don't care, since I don't have to go to school now, I will live with Chang'an." The palace academy gave its annual leave fifteen days in advance. Minghui was so happy that she decided to live at Chang'an's house from now on.

"In this case, I won't go back, old slave." Aunt Wu couldn't resist the princess, so she had to send someone back to her house to report to the princess.

Mingyang didn't get on the kang, so he ate a few pieces of lotus root and ran to find his two-wheeled bicycle, then pushed it to the car dealership to play with Zhao Yuan.

The snow in the yard of the bicycle dealership has been shoveled out, and several people are trying to ride tricycles in the yard.

Nowadays, a new style of tricycle has emerged. The rear compartment is comparable to that of a horse-drawn carriage. Not only can two or three people sit inside, it is also windproof and warm.

Many officials have fallen in love with this three-wheeler, which saves money and is refreshing in the long run.

Because this kind of car only needs one servant to ride in front, there is no need to feed fodder, and there is no need to worry about horse urine and excrement staining the ground at the entrance to the imperial city.

However, this kind of carriage is also quite expensive, costing three hundred taels of silver each.

But no matter how expensive it is, many people come to buy it, and those who can't buy it have to make a reservation.

"Shopkeeper, what's the matter with you? Our government gave us a deposit several days ago, why haven't the goods arrived yet?" A man who looked like a manager couldn't help but get angry when he saw that several three-wheelers were being ridden away.

Zhao Yuan bowed to him and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry. The tricycle customized by your house will take some time. The carvings on it haven't been finished yet, so we can only postpone it later."

These officials are hypocritical. Everyone wants to have a unique three-wheeled car to match their status, so Changan can only sit around in the carriage, draw drawings and let the carpenters carve different patterns, so that the guests can choose.

But then delivery is slow.

The manager was unhappy and said: "Then when will you get better? Do you have to keep delaying it? I can wait, but my master can't wait."

Zhao Yuan smiled and said: "You can pick up the goods the day after tomorrow."

"Okay! I'll come back the day after tomorrow. If you dare to coax me, I'll tell the master." The manager actually didn't dare to offend the dealer, not only because Zhao Yuan had many friends, but also because Marquis Zhongqin was too unreasonable and would beat anyone he caught. .

After sending away the last guest, Zhao Yuan played with the young prince.

It wasn't until Lian Xin came over to greet them to come over for dinner that the two of them walked into Haitang Garden through the small door.

There was a large round table in the main hall with many dishes placed on it.

There are sausages, pig's trotters in sauce, spinach salad, pork roasted with radish, roasted lamb leg, tofu mixed with spring onions, braised fish, stir-fry, etc., all are home-cooked dishes.

Aunt Wu didn't feel restrained here. She sat at the same table with Zhao Yuan, the princess's mother and daughter, Princess Jiang.

"I don't know why, but your food is delicious and the water is delicious." Aunt Wu said with a smile: "Last time the little princess brought a bucket of water back, the princess was full of praises."

Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "Since the princess likes it, just come to my house to get water from now on."

"That's a good relationship." Mother Wu was overjoyed. She finally accomplished what the princess was embarrassed to say. She couldn't help but say a few more words: "It's your family's food that supports us. Look, our prince and the little princess are both very strong." You know, I even got a strip."

Li Xing'er, who was standing by and waiting, secretly glanced at the young prince and the young princess, and then looked at Chang'an.