PFC Chapter 237 The Heart is Warm
Chapter 237 The Heart is Warm
When Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and the two little princesses Li Mingda and Li Jiming leisurely walked to the door of the sanatorium, they saw Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin, with smiles on their faces, hurriedly coming to greet them.
Cheng Yaojin's big face was smiling particularly brightly. His rough big hands habitually touched his head and he said cheerfully, "General, hehe."
Yuchi Jingde raised his head slightly, his eyes filled with anticipation and respect, and then said, "General, we just came out too. Would you like to go and greet His Majesty together?"
Li Shimin glanced around casually and found that most of the old ministers who came here to retire were gathered at the door.
His gaze then fell on Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin, a hint of mischief flashing in his eyes as he deliberately asked, "Aren't you two indulging in foot baths all day long?"
"How could you bear to come out today?"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Yuchi Jingde straightened up and responded seriously, "General, His Majesty is about to arrive. As his subjects, we must come to greet him respectfully. This is a matter of great righteousness and there is no ambiguity."
Li Shimin stared at Yuchi Jingde intently, but was keenly aware that the faint scent of rouge on his face was slowly spreading in the air and gently lingering around his nose.
Intent on teasing, Li Shimin leaned closer to Cheng Yaojin and sniffed him. He then looked at them with disdain and said jokingly, "You two, time is merciless. You're already so old, so don't make any mistakes in your later years and choose a shameful way to die!"
When Cheng Yaojin heard this, his face flushed with anxiety and he shouted, "General! You can't just accuse us!"
"This is Xianyang City, where the rules are strict and everything is pure and clear!"
"We have never transgressed the rules in the slightest. Heaven and earth can bear witness to this, and our consciences can bear witness to this!"
Seeing his anxious look, Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh. He nodded slightly and said soothingly: "Okay, don't argue anymore. Since we are here, let's make the best of it. Let's go together!"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Yaojin immediately regained his innocent smile and replied, "Okay, General!"
At this moment, Li Ji, Li Jing, Hou Junji and other generals standing behind also stepped forward and paid homage to Li Shimin. Everyone greeted each other and the atmosphere was very lively for a while.
Afterwards, this large group of people set off in a mighty procession, laughing and talking all the way, striding towards the city gate.
Fatty Lin had already arrived at the city gate in advance. He stood there with an upright posture, staring into the distance, just waiting for the arrival of His Majesty's carriage.
Although snowflakes were falling from the sky, there was not a trace of snow on the ground in Xianyang City.
Special personnel are assigned to clean the city every day, and the roads are carefully cleaned every hour to ensure that they are clean and unobstructed.
Not only that, every household in the city would place two exquisite stoves at their doorstep.
The stove was carefully surrounded by a small fence, for fear that some naughty children would accidentally bump into the stove while playing and cause an accident.
In this way, if someone feels a little chilly in this cold weather, they can stand leisurely by the stove and dispel the coldness comfortably.
The city walls have already been carefully decorated with fireworks, ready to be lit as soon as your Majesty's motorcade appears from afar, welcoming your Majesty's arrival with the most solemn and grand ceremony.
The streets at the city gate were also bustling with activity, and some stalls were doing extremely booming business.
Take the simplest and most rustic stalls for example, those small stalls selling boiled water. You need one copper coin to buy a cup of steaming hot water, but even so, there is still a shortage of supply.
The stalls that are a little more upscale and more expensive will sell sweet and delicious hot milk tea.
The copper pot filled with milk tea was placed steadily on the stove. The milk tea in the pot kept rolling, making a pleasant "gulp gulp" sound. The rich milk aroma spread freely among the crowd, making everyone salivate.
If you are a sweet tooth, you can ask the stall owner to add more sugar and enjoy the sweet and rich taste.
If you don’t like sweetness, you can drink the original milk tea directly and still taste the mellow and rich flavor of milk tea.
In this cold winter with ice and snow, it seems that no one can resist a cup of hot milk tea that can warm both hands and heart.
The snack stalls were bustling with activity, especially the fried skewers and spicy hot pot stalls, where long queues of customers formed and the place was packed with people.
The ingredients placed aside for making fried skewers and spicy hot pot were being consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The stall owners were very busy, but their faces were filled with satisfied smiles.
These stalls are not randomly gathered together in an unorganized manner.
Those who were allowed to set up stalls on both sides of the street at this time were either the people with good conduct and the best performance in Xianyang City.
Or they are those stores with excellent reputation, wide acclaim and zero negative reviews.
Setting up a stall every two hundred steps means being stingy and not being too frugal. This layout is extremely clever. It can not only prevent the people waiting for His Majesty's carriage from being too bored during the long wait, but also cleverly promote consumption and increase the economic benefits of Xianyang City.
An event like welcoming His Majesty's carriage was actually carefully planned by the common people of Xianyang City, with so many tricks and excitement.
In this bustling scene, the happiest people are the innocent children.
They kept laughing and playing in the crowd, running around, and from time to time they could hear clear laughter and shouts.
Some children tightly grasped their family members’ hands and begged, “Buy me that… please!”
His eyes were full of desire for those delicious foods and novel gadgets.
The weather is cold, but everyone's heart is warm.