Chapter 167 Shopping

Cheng Ke paused, thought about it, looked at Li Xiaonuan and asked in a low voice:

"Grandma Sun, is it the person that Mrs. Li gave you?"

"Well, Mama has loved me since I was a child and has been very good to me."

"That's good, you go back and ask her to sort out the list of these shops for me, and I will have someone add to your dowry list."

Cheng Ke said briskly, Li Xiaonuan looked up at him and nodded with a smile.

The two said a few words in a low voice, the car had been parked in a small courtyard in the backyard of Defu Building, Luo Chuan lifted the curtain, Cheng Ke jumped out of the car, turned around and helped Li Xiaonuan get out of the car, Zhu Qing and Yukou followed closely and entered the private room of the small courtyard together.

Li Xiaonuan stood in front of the window of the private room, looking out with a hint of curiosity and excitement, Cheng Ke paced behind her with his hands behind his back, looked out the window over Li Xiaonuan's head, and said with a smile:

"Such a small yard, what's so beautiful."

Li Xiaonuan didn't answer, only looked around with a smile, Cheng Ke followed her, saw from one window to another, turned around, looked around, and sat on the rocking chair in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Li Xiaonuan lay comfortably on the rocking chair, with a little force under her feet, swaying gently, Cheng Ke lay on the rocking chair next to her, the two shook silently for a moment, Cheng Ke turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan, and said in a low voice:

"This Defu Building was opened by me and Xiaojing seven years ago."

Li Xiaonuan turned her head to look at Cheng Ke in surprise,

"You two drove it? To earn pocket money? ”

Cheng Ke smiled and nodded,

"This courtyard is kept by Xiaojing and I for our own use, and we have never received outsiders."

Li Xiaonuan turned her head, looked around again, and nodded with a smile,

"No wonder it's arranged like this, this Defu Building, I've never heard the shopkeeper of Liyuan mention it, is the business good?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Cheng Ke's face, coughed lightly, spread his hands and said:

"Well, in the first two years, I didn't earn any silver, and then my father found a shopkeeper from the south, and Xiaojing and I have been coming here, and finally there has been some improvement, in the past two years, it is only three or five thousand taels of silver a year."

Cheng Ke paused, sighed, and continued:

"I don't have anything, it's just Xiaojing, I've been short of silver, before the big wedding, according to the rule, it's only a few thousand taels of silver a year, where is there enough for him? He refused to always let his aunt make up for it, so he discussed with me, opened this shop, and opened a north and south goods store, and the business was not very good. ”

Li Xiaonuan listened attentively, Cheng Ke turned his head to look at her, paused, sighed, and then said:

"Later, the government was divided, and there was Yulu, and the emperor rewarded a few more Zhuangzi, all of which were high-quality and good Zhuangzi, and it stands to reason that ......"

Cheng Ke's words were vague,

"Later, there were more things, and there were more places to spend money,"

Li Xiaonuan tilted her head, stared at him for a long time, lowered her eyes, and said slowly:

"This business, there are a lot of doorways, but also pay attention to a talent, Liyuan's shopkeeper Chen, it is excellent to be a wine shop, you are the shopkeeper, I'm afraid I still haven't found the right person, this Defu Building, the location is excellent, the place is big, it stands to reason that it should be more profitable than Liyuan."

"Liyuan, how much income can I earn in a year?"

Cheng Ke asked hesitantly, Li Xiaonuan looked at him with a smile and said:

"Liyuan is only more than five acres of land, which is smaller, and I earned 22,000 taels last year."

Cheng Ke was stunned, smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said:

"This Defu Building, there are more than 20 acres of land, and there is a very small lake behind it, alas, this"

Li Xiaonuan squinted her eyes, looked at Cheng Ke with a smile, leaned back on the rocking chair, shook slowly, and stopped talking.

Cheng Ke was stunned for a while, then leaned back, shook for a while, turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan, and asked in a low voice:

"Prime Minister Yan's resume...... Where did you hear that? ”

"It's all on the Di copy."

Li Xiaonuan didn't look at Cheng Ke either, but said with a smile:

"In the past, when I lived in Shangli Town, there were no good books to read, and it happened that there were a lot of copies in the study, which was also interesting, and the ancestors also had copies there, so I kept reading them, and I copied them, just these things."

Cheng Ke looked at Li Xiaonuan with surprise in his eyes, and stayed for a moment, with a smile in his eyes,

"Well, in the future, I'll ask Yuanshan to send you a copy of the mansion."

Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded, Luo Chuan reported at the door, the dishes had been sent in outside, Zhuqing and Yukou hurriedly took them in and put them on the table one by one, Cheng Ke stood up, stretched out his hand and pulled Li Xiaonuan up, the two sat down at the table, Li Xiaonuan carefully looked at the dishes on the table, Cheng Ke pointed to the steamed dumplings skewered with bamboo skewers on the plate, and said with a smile:

"It's quail stuffing, can you taste it?"

Li Xiaonuan's eyes flashed with surprise, picked up the bamboo stick, slowly bit and ate two bites, smiled and praised, Cheng Kexi smiled, also picked up a bamboo stick, and ate the dumplings with Li Xiaonuan.

The two of them ate leisurely, then shook to the small courtyard, sat under the blooming Lingxiao flower stand, talked slowly, drank tea for a long time, the sun had gradually set, Li Xiaonuan held the cup, looked at the brilliant sunset, and turned his head to look around, reluctantly, rubbing the matter of refusing to go back, Cheng Ke put down the cup, and said with a smile:

"I'll take you to Yuexiuzhai to have a look, the shopkeeper of Yuexiuzhai sent a letter and said, "I will collect some new lonely books, let's go over and have a look."

Li Xiaonuan nodded again and again, stood up, suddenly paused, turned to look at Cheng Ke, and said hesitantly:

"If it's too late...... Isn't it...... It's not always good. ”

"What's so bad? If you are with me, it is naturally good, you can rest assured, there is me. ”

Cheng Ke said while pulling Li Xiaonuan, and the two got into the car at the courtyard gate and went to Yuexiuzhai.

The shopkeeper of Yuexiu Zhai respectfully welcomed the two into the flower hall in the back garden, held the tray, personally moved a few times, sent a few plates of new style head jewelry and a dozen or so unique rare books in, carefully put them on the table, and retreated to the door of the flower hall to wait, Li Xiaonuan looked at a few books, thought about it, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and asked:

"Yuexiu Zhai only does the business of these rare and ancient books, if it is a new book, where can it be sold?"

"Oh, in the bookstore, there are two shops across from Yuexiu Zhai, which is the largest bookstore in the capital, if you want to read new books, let them send them over."

Cheng Ke gently hugged Li Xiaonuan, stretched out his hand from behind her, dialed the head jewelry in the tray, and said with a smile, Li Xiaonuan nodded,

"I want to see what new books are coming out recently, and how many new books are published every year?"

"It's not much, it's not easy to engrave a book, I asked them to send all the new books this year?"

Li Xiaonuan nodded hurriedly, Cheng Ke called Luo Chuan to come in and order, and Luo Chuan agreed and retreated.

After a while, the shopkeeper of the bookstore took a few guys, holding dozens of books and sent them over, and when they arrived at the door of the flower hall, Luo Chuan stopped the shopkeeper and the guys, and handed the books in stacks, Zhuqing took them and piled them up on the table one by one.

Li Xiaonuan picked up the book and flipped through it one by one, Cheng Ke stood next to her, looking at the book in her hand. Li Xiaonuan piled up the books he wanted to read, put the books he didn't want on the other side, and in a pile of poems, scriptures and travelogues, he turned out the original book, Cheng Ke hurriedly reached out and took it, coughed lightly twice, and said in a low voice:

"This ......"

"What's wrong with this?"

Li Xiaonuan turned around and pulled back the notebook from Cheng Ke's hand, and asked with a smile, Cheng Ke hesitated, and was about to speak, Li Xiaonuan looked at it and said with a smile:

"What's this, it's just some legendary stories of Zhiwei circulating in the market, although the language is a little vulgar, but it's lively, but it's more popular."

Cheng Ke laughed,

"You...... Alas, since you like to read this, I have quite a few in my study, and I will go back at night and let Nanhai find it out for you,"

Cheng Ke paused, laughed lowly, lowered his head slightly, leaned into Li Xiaonuan's ear and said:

"And ...... If you like something better, I'll show it to you when I get back, and we'll see it together. ”

Li Xiaonuan turned his head, squinted at Cheng Ke for a moment, ignored the **** in his words, and picked up the book by himself.

Li Xiaonuan picked a good book, Cheng Ke picked a step shake, a pair of earrings, ordered someone to wrap it, and helped Li Xiaonuan out of the flower hall and got into the car.

The car drove out of Yuexiuzhai, Li Xiaonuan moved to the window, lifted the corner of the curtain, and looked out curiously, Cheng Ke rested his head on his hand, crooked on the pillow, looked at her intently, and asked with a smile:

"I haven't been out to shop since I entered the capital?"

"Hmm."

Li Xiaonuan agreed absentmindedly,

"It's late tonight, I'll take you out to play tomorrow, let's take a boat and go to the Liujing River to walk, preferably at night, the lights on both sides of the river, the starlight lights, reflected in the river, are really good-looking."

Li Xiaonuan turned his head, looked at Cheng Ke with bright eyes, and said seriously:

"Your words count"

"You can rest assured for a while, when I am busy with the affairs of the household, let's go to live in the village outside the city for a few days, and I will take you hunting"

Li Xiaonuan nodded with a smile and agreed, Cheng Ke was so smiling that Li Xiaonuan couldn't take his eyes off it.

The two got out of the car in the second gate, got into the purple bamboo sedan chair, and entered the main courtyard.

The two asked for peace, and the princess pulled Cheng Ke and Li Xiaonuan, and asked carefully about returning to the door, is Mrs. Zhou okay, is Xiao Er and Xiao daughter-in-law okay, is Xiao Daughter-in-law moving?

Cheng Ke got impatient, stood up, and said lazily:

"I'm tired"

The princess hurriedly sent the two back.

The two went out of the courtyard and returned to Qinglian Courtyard in a sedan chair, Li Xiaonuan and Cheng Ke walked slowly along the hand-copying verandah together.

Li Xiaonuan tilted his head to look at Cheng Ke, Cheng Ke looked down at her, and became strange,

"What's the matter with you looking at me like that?"

"You can't say a few words to your mother, and you're impatient."

Li Xiaonuan said in a low voice, Cheng Ke snorted sullenly, and said a little angrily:

"She wished I was only three years old and could hold it in her arms"

Li Xiaonuan raised her eyebrows, laughed out loud, lowered her head, covered her mouth and laughed speechlessly. Cheng Ke looked at Li Xiaonuan, who couldn't help laughing, and was so depressed that he didn't know what to do

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