In the western capital at the end of December, it was a leaden gray patch, and according to Celadon Celadon at this time of the year, it had already begun to snow.

seems to be used to getting up early, even though today is the weekend, Li Xian still gets up early.

He thought that he had gotten up early enough, but under the osmanthus tree in the yard, there was already Xu Qianning's figure in the morning, and the dew was gently stained on her slender eyebrows, which were crystal clear in the first ray of morning light.

There was the sound of a merchant shouting outside the door, and the familiar rhythm evoked Li Xian's childhood memories.

He opened the door and stopped the merchant, asked for three strings of sugar gourds and a few pieces of maltose, and paid two yuan, so that the merchant did not have to look for it.

Xu Qianning withdrew the movements of her hands and feet, let out a breath of white air, and when she looked up, she happened to see Li Xian who was holding a sugar gourd.

"Qianning, have you ever eaten a sugar gourd?" Li Xian beckoned.

Xu Qianning shook his head, only then did he know that the string of red fruits wrapped in syrup in Li Xian's hand was called a sugar gourd.

Li Xian stuffed the sugar gourd into her hand and said with a smile: "I haven't tasted the taste of childhood for a long time, it is said that our generation, if we didn't eat sugar gourd when we were children, we don't have a complete childhood, you taste it." ”

It seemed to arouse Xu Qianning's heart, her eyes were a little gloomy, she gently put the sugar gourd in her mouth, took a bite, first frowned, and then her eyes also became bright, like shining stars.

"Thank you, Ah Xian. ”

Hearing the word Ah Xian, Li Xian was stunned, it was the first time he had heard of such a name, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

At this time, Celadon pushed open the door, saw the sugar gourd in Li Xian's hand at a glance, stepped up and ran over, and muttered happily: "Wow, brother, brother, you bought a sugar gourd!"

"Come, celadon, for you. Li Xian gave another string of sugar gourds to the celadon, picked up the remaining string and tasted it.

"What about mine?" Du Jiaming leaned against the door and said sourly.

"You're such a big person, what kind of sugar gourd do you eat?" Li Xian knew that Du Jiaming was joking, and said with a smile, "Why don't I have another one in this string for you?"

"Forget it, I'm still disgusted. Du Jiaming waved his hand.

"Lao Du, what do you usually eat for breakfast?" asked Li Xian.

"There are people selling tofu brains at the door, and there are people selling soy milk fritters, so I go to the house around the corner with celadon to see what you like to eat. Du Jiaming stretched, took a toothbrush, squeezed on the toothpaste, and began to rinse his mouth.

"Then I won't care about you, Qianning, Celadon , let's go have breakfast. ”

Li Xian greeted and left with the two of them, ignoring Du Jiaming's vague shouting behind him.

After breakfast, Li Xian remembered the group of thugs yesterday, and couldn't help frowning and said: "It's not safe for your brother to stay in the hospital alone, I think so, take him here, and arrange a doctor to take care of him." ”

Xu Qianning didn't have any opinions, her brother could have a better environment, she couldn't ask for it, but she was more grateful to Li Xian.

The two said they would do it, and immediately went to the hospital to go through the discharge procedures.

Xu Qianjun got into the car, his body was still weak, and he asked in surprise, "What happened?"

"It's okay, it's just that the environment of the hospital is too noisy and not suitable for recuperation. Li Xian casually found a reason to prevaricate.

Xu Qianning said helpfully: "Yes, brother, the hospital is inconvenient, and I can't take care of you all the time." ”

Although Xu Qianjun still had doubts in his heart, he was still silent.

When he entered the courtyard, he almost thought that he was in the wrong place, and all other places were desolate, but this place was full of greenery.

Li Xian cleaned up another room and let Xu Qianjun live, his mind has already thought of the future, in the future, he is ready to develop the film and television industry, naturally he is indispensable to contacts, and Xu Qianjun is a bridge for him to communicate with Xiangjiang.

treats Xu Qianjun's brothers and sisters, half of them out of interests, and half from the heart.

The days passed like this, and three days later, Li Xian received a call from the fourth master.

He took Xu Qianning and immediately rushed to the antique street in a hurry, and the fourth master on the phone only said that he had found the old Maozi, but he did not explain how he found it.

As soon as he saw the fourth master, Li Xian asked, "Fourth master, what about the old hairy man?"

"Brother, don't worry, people will be here in a while. But you have to tell me first, how did this Soviet man make his money? I read the news a few days ago that the Soviet Union had collapsed, and the situation over there was a mess, and maybe there would be a war.

The fourth master's mind was on the Soviet business, and he said straight to the point.

"Fourth master, you are my eldest brother, I won't hide anything from you, it is precisely because the situation over there is too chaotic that we are profitable, if the Soviet Union does not disintegrate, their own people will not be able to do smuggling. ”

Li Xian took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

"Smuggling?" The fourth master widened his eyes and looked at Li Xian incredulously.

"That's right, but it's not us who smuggle, it's the Soviets, or to be more precise, Russians, Ukrainians, and so on. Li Xian said with a smile.

"What are you going to do?" the fourth master asked cautiously.

"We sell what we don't need the most, such as the tea we drink now, the towels we use in the morning, the toothbrushes, the toothpaste, these are ordinary things for us, but for them, they are more valuable than the cannon of an airplane. Their current situation is that they are guarding a pile of iron lumps, but they are short of even the most basic daily necessities.

Fourth master, think about it, how big a business opportunity is there?"

Li Xian raised his voice and said loudly.

The fourth master's eyes lit up: "Do you want that old man to do smuggling?

"It's not reliable, I don't count, it's driven by interests, don't tell me, he's a patriot. Li Xian laughed mockingly.

"That old man's name is Babinov, he is a Ukrainian, and he was recently arrested by the police, and I asked him to bail him out because of the acquisition of cultural relics. The fourth master thought for a while, nodded, and agreed with Li Xian's statement.

"What does he usually do here?" asked Li Xian curiously.

"This man has two dollars, but he never buys expensive antiques, but just treasures in a bunch of rags. The fourth master said disdainfully.

At this time, the old man walked in and whispered in the fourth master's ear: "People are here." ”

Babinov was huge, about 1.9 meters tall, with a pair of shrewd eyes, but he looked very honest.

When Li Xian saw him at first glance, he thought he was the right person.

"Hello, thank you Mr. Wu for rescuing me from the police station. Babinov bowed and greeted him in very stiff Mandarin.

"It's just a small thing. The fourth master waved his hand casually and asked him to sit down by himself.

Babinov bowed and asked, "Is there anything wrong with Mr. Wu inviting me to come?"

Li Xian took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Mr. Babinov, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Li Xian." ”

Li Xian stretched out his hand, and Babinov looked dazed, but he still politely stretched out his right hand.

The two shook hands, and Li Xianyou said: "I wonder what Mr. Babinov thinks about the collapse of the Soviet Union?"