There is no money to make, and of course Shopkeeper Li is a little lazier than usual, especially today, he has just gotten up and has not yet opened for business.

But at this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door.

"I don't know which mother-in-law is so ignorant, and she came to knock on the door before noon," Li Maocai muttered, "Probably there is no salt or vinegar at home, so I rushed to buy it." ”

He came to the door, removed a piece of the door panel, and poked his head out, only to see a handsome young man dressed in black standing in front of him.

"Are you the shopkeeper Li?" the boy asked.

"I am. Li Maocai replied.

"I heard you help people with weddings and funerals?" the boy asked again.

Li Maocai was stunned for a moment before nodding. In the past, Li Maocai did help the nearby residents to organize a few red and white ceremonies, and he needed to buy a lot of things to do the happy events, and everything was sold in his shop, and the shopkeeper Li helped others to arrange things, and these things would naturally be bought in his store.

As soon as the black-clothed young man raised his hand, a piece of silver flew over and landed in Li Maocai's palm. His palms sank, and by the instinct of a businessman, he immediately realized that the ingot of silver was at least twenty taels.

"I'm going to hire you to help me with the happy event, and this ingot of silver will be regarded as a fixed money, and then there will be a heavy reward. The young man in black said.

That's a great thing!

These days, business in the grocery store has not been good, and he can't earn 20 taels of silver in a month, so this young man threw him such a large ingot of silver as soon as he made a move, and said that there would be another heavy reward in the future, which was really like a fat pig arch! This young man in black looked like a young master from a rich family, but he didn't know which neighbor introduced him.

"Okay, okay! The villain can't do anything else, if you want to talk about Zhang Luo's happy event, that's the best, son, you just have to rest assured!"

He raised his head and looked around, only to find that behind the young man in black, there were actually quite a few people. Six or seven porters-like men carried two large wooden boxes, the wooden boxes were tied with red ribbons, and the word "Xi" was pasted on them, and there were several trays, which were placed in rolls of silk and satin, fine and soft things, and it seemed that they had prepared a dowry that was not thin, and they were about to come to the door to propose.

In front of those coolies, there was also a woman in her forties, sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, dressed in red and green, but she was known to the shopkeeper Li, and she was the most famous matchmaker in the local area, named Wang Sangu.

I think it was she who introduced this black-clothed man to find the shopkeeper Li, this mother-in-law looks ugly, but her heart is not bad. Shopkeeper Li thought secretly in his heart, with a smile on his face, but suddenly found that this Wang Sangu's face was bitter, as if he had died of his father, and he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart. Now that there is such an opportunity to make money, will she be like this?

Shopkeeper Li looked at the black-clothed young man again and asked, "Gongzi's surname, are you going to propose to someone?"

The young man in black said: "My name is Ximen Hitomi, and I am going to propose marriage." ”

Shopkeeper Li said: "I don't know which girl Ximen has a crush on?"

The young man in black said: "It's the eldest lady of the Lu family in the 'Hot Water Villa'." ”

Hot Iron Lodge!

In an instant, Shopkeeper Li felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head! The strongmen of the Molten Iron Villa could be provoked by these ordinary people! The villa was like the Yama Palace, and the black-clothed young man didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he wanted to run there to find death!

What's worse is that he not only went to die by himself, but also dragged Shopkeeper Li with him!

Shopkeeper Li immediately took out the ingot of silver from his arms, handed it back to Ximen Tong, and said: "The villain's shop is busy with business, and I can't get out, and the villain of Ximen's happy event can't help, so please take back the silver taels, and find someone else!"

Ximen Hitomi's face sank, and said: "You didn't say that you were busy just now, but now you are saying it, you are clearly lying to me, what the master hates most in his life is that others deceive me!"

He reached out and took the ingot of silver, and with a seemingly effortless pinch, the ingot was crumpled into a ball as if it were made of soft flour, and he slapped it with his hand, and the piece of silver became a cake again.

Ximen Tong snorted, raised his hand again, and the silver fell back into the hands of Shopkeeper Li.

Although silver is not as hard as steel, if you want to knead a piece of silver like soft dough, you can't do it without a thousand catties of liliang in your hands!

It turns out that this young man in black is also a strong man like those guys in "Molten Iron Villa"!

Holding the "silver cake" in his hand, Shopkeeper Li almost cried, and the look on his face was more bitter than that of Wang Sangu.

That stinky woman was not only ugly, but her heart and eyes were even more bad, and she had brought such a catastrophe to him for no reason! In an instant, Shopkeeper Li had already greeted all the eighteenth generations of Wang Sangu's ancestors in his heart.

But I heard Simon Hitomi say: "Master, I'm just going to propose marriage, what are you afraid of? Even if I go to kill someone, I will definitely not hurt you!"

Shopkeeper Li's tears had already fallen, and he pleaded: "The 'Molten Iron Villa' is full of wicked people who kill people without blinking, so the son should spare the villain......

Ximen Tong no longer paid attention to him, turned his face to Wang Sangu and said: "You just said that the things you need to propose relatives can be bought in Shopkeeper Li's shop, and what else to purchase must not be saved, let Shopkeeper Li buy it, this honor guard should be as grand as possible." ”

Wang Sangu said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes." ”

Ximen Tong nodded, took out a silver ticket from his pocket and threw it to Wang Sangu, and said: "These five hundred taels of silver must be enough, as long as the operation is done beautifully, the rest will be regarded as a reward, and you and Shopkeeper Li will share it equally." ”

Shopkeeper Li's eyes suddenly straightened again.

There are no rich people on this Qingshui Street, and very few people make silver tickets. He has opened a store for more than ten years, and the largest silver ticket he has ever seen is one hundred taels, and this Ximen boy is five hundred taels of silver tickets as soon as he makes a move, which is really too generous. To handle this kind of marriage proposal, it can cost at most one or two hundred taels to reach the top, so wouldn't it be possible to earn hundreds of taels of silver immediately.

However, when he thought that going to the "Hot Water Villa" would be more auspicious, Shopkeeper Li's heart immediately sank again.

"Now that you have taken the money, don't think about running away, if you can't do things well, I won't be able to spare you two!" Ximen Hitomi's eyes flashed fiercely, and after saying this, he swaggered away and went to the teahouse on the street to drink tea.

Before noon, all the matters of the door-to-door proposal had been completed. Wang Ergu and Shopkeeper Li are both quick people, and they are even more familiar with these things. Firecrackers, buntings, and red silk ceremonial flowers have all been bought, and the few husbands who carry the dowry have also changed into red satin scarves and short clothes, and the shopkeeper Li even went to find a drum band.

There were ten members in that band, except for the captain, who had two big gongs, three drummers, and four sonas. This band had just come to Changsha City from other places for a few days, and they didn't know how powerful the "Molten Iron Villa" was, so Shopkeeper Li hired it for only forty taels of silver.

According to Shopkeeper Li's idea, since he couldn't run, he had to accompany the young man to the "Molten Iron Villa" to propose marriage, so he simply found more people to go with, and if he wanted to die, he would pull a few backs. What's more, no matter how fierce the people in the "Hot Water Villa" are, they will not kill people on the street outside the village, anyway, the gate of the villa, Shopkeeper Li will not enter it.

Everything was ready to stop, and Shopkeeper Li ran to the teahouse and invited Ximen Tong out. The previous five hundred taels of silver, only used less than three hundred taels, and the rest was divided equally with Wang Ergu, more than one hundred taels of silver tickets were stuffed in his pocket, and the shopkeeper Li finally had a little comfort in his heart, Bodhisattva bless, but don't have money to spend it!

At this time, Ximen Hitomi also put on a bright red silk shirt, but the sleeves and trousers were tied tightly, and the whole body was cleaned up and down very neatly, and the originally very handsome face looked even more beautiful under this red dress. Shopkeeper Li thought in his heart, this young man can also be regarded as a talent, a rare beautiful man in the world, weishenme has to provoke those strongmen in the "Iron Water Villa", if he is killed like this, it is a pity.

Ximen Tong didn't think as much as Shopkeeper Li thought, he stepped out of the gate of the teahouse, and saw a group of more than 20 people who proposed relatives all dressed in red and hung colors, and those drummers were also in good spirits, nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go!"

The sound of firecrackers and the sound of drums sounded in unison, and the group walked along the street to the large blue-gray courtyard.

At this time, it is noon, the sun is shining in the middle of summer, and there is a light everywhere, but the "Iron Water Villa" is in a shadow at the foot of Tianyue Mountain, which looks very gloomy and terrible from a distance, and in the eyes of the shopkeeper Li, it is even more like the Yama Palace.

There are still more than ten zhang away from the moat, and I heard a "whoosh-pop" sound, and an arrow shot from the village wall and inserted it in the middle of the road!

I only heard someone shouting and asking: "Who are you, dare to break into the Iron Liquid Villa, don't you want to die!"

The team stopped suddenly, and Shopkeeper Li was already so frightened that his face turned pale, and he was about to turn around and flee.

Ximen Tong glanced at Wang Sangu beside him, Wang Sangu's expression was no better than that of Shopkeeper Li, but at this time he had to tear up his voice and shout: "Heroes, don't let go of arrows, we are here to propose!"

The sound was twice as bad as a cry.

"Damn, what are you pro, what are you shouting and screaming!" Zhuang Ding on the high wall really couldn't stand Wang Sangu's voice, and scolded sharply.

Wang Sangu still wanted to answer, but Ximen Tong had already stepped forward and said loudly: "In Xia Ximen Tong, today I have come to propose to Mr. Lu, the head of the 'Nine Immortals Society', please go in and report it!"

When he said this, he used internal force, and his voice was leisurely, and it came out dozens of feet, and everyone could hear it clearly.