The vendor froze, his expression caught at the tipping point between anger and delight.
His eyes widened, his cheeks flushed slightly from either fury or the cold wind, and the corners of his mouth hovered between rising and falling. He looked both strange and comical.
"You... you still want them??" In his utter astonishment, even his voice cracked.
Jiang Yanchuan nodded calmly and urged, "Hurry."
The winding mountain path had taken a sudden turn.
The clouds had parted, the mist had cleared!
Beyond the dark willows, bright blossoms awaited!!
The vendor's grin instantly stretched from ear to ear. He shot Gu Ruizhou a smug glare, then happily crouched back down. "Right away!"
The rebel accomplices who had gathered around rammed their shoulders viciously into Gu Ruizhou. Then, just like the toy vendor, they scattered in high spirits, their faces practically blooming with joy.
Gu Ruizhou rubbed his shoulder indifferently and took his place among the officials.
The officials could not understand.
The officials were utterly shocked!
Were these rebels really this poor?!
A sale worth only a few strings of coins could make them this ridiculously happy?!
For a moment, everyone even felt an arrogant certainty that, even if they let these rebels expand unchecked, they would never pose the slightest threat.
The vendor cheerfully started tallying the total again from scratch.
This time, his hands moved swiftly, while his mouth kept muttering, "Sixty, sixty, sixty..."
Jiang Yanchuan: "..."
The Upright Officials present: "..."
Jiang Yingcheng watched one "sixty" after another pass before her eyes. More than half those toys were so ugly they nearly made her cry!
[Boohoo, this little goat and little mouse are so ugly! So many of these little toys are hideous-]
The thought of her room filling up with this pile of ugly toys made