Chapter 12: Plant Beans and Get Melons

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly looked up at Chaoyun, Chaoyun showed a smug look on his face, looking at Li Xiaonuan, his voice was full of beating joy,

"This shop, when I bought it for the girl, but I picked a big bargain, but two hundred taels of silver was originally a teahouse, the business was not good, it couldn't go on, the owner had some trouble at home, I was in a hurry to get rid of it, I went to see a few trips, although the front is shabby, but there is a two-entry courtyard in the back, very spacious, although the street is not very lively, but close to the three halls and the household yamen, I thought, come over to open a small restaurant, it must be good, I found a broker, and said to him, If he can help me negotiate it with two hundred taels of silver, I will give him ten taels of silver, and then the agent will really negotiate it."

Chao Yun's eyebrows danced and said, Li Xiaonuan listened carefully to her with a smile on her face, Lan Chu slightly signaled to Mama Wei, and quietly walked to the door of the main hall, looking carefully left and right.

Chaoyun paused, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"Girl, don't laugh at me, in the past two years, I have said more and more, I still start from the beginning to talk to the girl, that year the girl gave me three hundred taels of silver, and asked someone to send me into the capital, at that time I thought, if I die, the girl's great grace, only the next life will be repaid, as long as I live, I am the girl's person, speaking of which is really thanks to the girl's blessing, into the capital, everything is going well."

Li Xiaonuan looked at Chaoyun with a smile in her eyes, she said it well, she also spoke, there were really enough Chaoyun raised her eyebrows, and continued with a smile:

"Did I tell the girl? I have a sister who grew up with me since I was a child, and the girl doesn't understand this, people like us are bought back, and when they are young, they are handed over to the older sisters to take with them, one is to be a little girl, and the other is to follow the sisters to learn to wait for people. ”

Li Xiaonuan nodded hurriedly, signaling that he knew this,

"It's really my fate, I met a sister, I really hurt me like a sister ten years ago, my sister was bought back as a concubine by Lord Liu of Yuezhou Mansion at that time, and then Lord Liu returned to the capital, she followed to the capital, as soon as I arrived in the capital, I went to Lord Liu's house, and went to the back corner door to inquire, but it was a coincidence, the person who inquired was the grandmother in her house, just like that, I saw her, alas, she is now old, gave birth to a girl, looks really good......"

Li Xiaonuan pursed her lips and laughed, Chaoyun hurriedly raised her hand and patted her mouth, and laughed heartily,

"I just said, I'm talking more and more."

Mama Wei couldn't help laughing, and Chaoyun hurriedly changed the topic back,

"The girl knows, I didn't have a guide when I entered Beijing, my sister went to ask Lord Liu, help me settle down in this capital, alas, my sister is a good person, from following Lord Liu, cautious, careful can no longer be careful, everything does not care, although now she is old, Lord Liu does not go to her room, but still respect her, my sister helped me settle down, this big thing is decided, I will rest assured, the girl gave me a lot of silver, I just went around in the capital to find some livelihood to do.

I just thought about it, I followed the girl, and finally got out of the sea of suffering, to do it, I can only do some business life around, but Coco happened to see this shop, two hundred taels of silver plate down, invited a cook, and invited a few guys, opened a small rice shop, specializing in the business of those long-term entourage, servants, and those small businessmen, thanks to the girl's blessing, our Shuyuntang, from the opening to the present, the business has been booming."

Chaoyun's voice revealed a hint of pride, bent down, picked up the account book wrapped in the baggage, and handed it over,

"This is the account book of the past few years, look at the girl, don't underestimate our small rice shop, a year, but a lot of money, in the future, the girl is older, there is a shop in the dowry, there is plenty of money on hand, the girl looks, but in these years, we have saved 1,874 taels of silver"

Li Xiaonuan was surprised, moved, sad and joyful, and for a while, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to push the account book back.

"Sister Chaoyun, this is yours, it's all yours, I just helped you out, you ...... Where do I want to go? This shop, this silver, it's all my sister's hard-earned money, where can I ask for it? ”

Chaoyun stubbornly handed over the account book, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"Even I'm a girl, since I met the girl, my life is good, I have already made up my mind, I will take refuge in the girl in this life, if it weren't for the girl's help, a person like me who is blessed and low-minded, I don't know what situation I have fallen into."

Li Xiaonuan's heart became sad, and he said with a strong smile:

"My sister loves her, Xiao Nuan can't afford it, Xiao Nuan has no father or mother, and like my sister, she is a blessed and lowly person, where ......"

"The girl's blessing is deep, the girl's heart is deep, and the blessing must be deep"

Chaoyun hurriedly said, and Mama Wei also hurriedly took over the conversation,

"The girl can't say that, even the master of idealism has said that the girl's life is precious and her blessings are profound."

Li Xiaonuan turned her head, looked at Mama Wei helplessly, and said with a smile:

"Anyway, Chaoyun is with the girl"

Li Xiaonuan turned his head to look at Chaoyun, thought about it, nodded slowly, and said with a smile:

"I should be the proprietor of this title, Sister Chaoyun, you can take back this account book, give it to me, I don't understand it, and this shop is split into two parts, my sister accounts for fifty percent, and I account for fifty percent."

"Girl"

"Since my sister said that she followed me, she naturally had to listen to my instructions, if my sister didn't follow me, then my sister would be the master of everything."

Li Xiaonuan spread his hands and said seriously, Chaoyun laughed, so he had to nod and agree, took the small box on top of the baggage, and handed it over,

"These silver tickets, the girl will collect them first."

Li Xiaonuan pushed the box back with a smile,

"I don't lack silver at this time, you take this silver, if you can still find a suitable shop, a suitable business, open a few more shops, and make the business bigger, um."

Li Xiaonuan seemed to remember something, looked at Chaoyun with a smile and asked:

"Is my sister married?"

Chaoyun listened to the words of opening a shop to do business, his eyes lit up and he was about to speak, but he was almost unable to turn around when he was asked by Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"Don't tell the girl, I don't plan to get married, I ...... a few years ago"

Chaoyun paused, and said thoughtfully:

“…… I don't dare to think about those hardships, I live in the back of the shop now, and I am busy with the shop every day, and I feel that this life is the most comfortable, and I don't want to get married or wait for anyone to go again."

Li Xiaonuan nodded hurriedly and said with a smile:

"On these days, it's best to feel comfortable."

Chaoyun nodded again and again,

"But it's not, this person, I think it's good, that's good, like my sister, now ......"

Li Xiaonuan covered her mouth with her hands, lowered her head, shrugged her shoulders with laughter, and came to her senses as she smiled, laughing and saying:

"Look at it, I have said so much, it's all gone, how long has the girl been out? If I delay any longer, I'm afraid that those girls will come over. ”

Li Xiaonuan nodded with a smile, tied the burden neatly to Chaoyun, put it on his arm, looked at Li Xiaonuan and asked with a smile:

"If I want to see the girl, how can I deliver the message to the house?"

"You just go to the back corner door and tell the mother-in-law guarding the door to find Mama Wei."

Li Xiaonuan said with a smile, Chaoyun nodded, looked at Li Xiaonuan lovingly, bent her knees with a smile, and went out from the front door of the Guanyin Palace.

The next day, Li Xiaonuan slept until after the beginning of Chen, then got up lazily, and waited for Lan Chu and Cicada Wing to take a bath and wash, and changed into a plain dress.

After breakfast, it didn't take long for the abbot of Kongxiu to send a little novice over, and Li Xiaonuan took Lan Chu and Mama Wei to follow the little novice and walked to the back mountain.

After walking for almost two quarters of an hour, there were huge courtyards with pink walls and green tiles and unusually clean in the towering ancient forest, Li Xiaonuan looked at it from a distance in surprise, this ancient forest, this courtyard, thick and simple, revealing inadvertent arrogance and alienation, indifferently away from the red dust.

Li Xiaonuan wrapped his cloak and slowly followed behind Xiao Shami, and walked for another quarter of an hour before he arrived at the gate of the courtyard.

"This is the place where Uncle Shi cultivates, Master Li, please go in."

Xiao Shami said, turned around slightly, and said to Lan Chu and Mama Wei:

"Please wait outside with me."

Li Xiaonuan turned around, looked at Lan Chu and Mama Wei, and said with a smile:

"You and this little master are waiting for me here."

Lan Chu and Mama Wei bent their knees in agreement, Li Xiaonuan turned around, walked up the steps, pushed the door and entered the courtyard.

The cleaning in the yard was abnormally clean, but there was no one quietly, Li Xiaonuan stood on the steps, looked left and right, went down the steps, and went inside along the bluestone road in the middle of the yard.

After passing through the hall, there was a monk in his forties, dressed in a snow-white dress, with an abnormally white face, and saw Li Xiaonuan coming, clasping his hands together, and said in a gentle and clear voice:

"Please come in with me, girl."

Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded, followed the middle-aged monk, walked along the verandah, and walked towards the main house.

When he arrived at the door of the main house, the middle-aged monk lifted the curtain, and Li Xiaonuan carefully stepped into the room, turning his head to look at it with some curiosity.

The room is extremely high, the five main rooms do not make any partitions, it seems to be extraordinarily spacious, the curtains in the room are a color of light gray muslin, and the old elm tables, chairs, couches, tables, and cases are placed in a staggered manner.

In the middle of the room, there are a few very large old elm cases, on which there is a sitting statue of the Buddha of rosewood, there is no incense burner and other things on the table, only a few plates of Buddha's hand, incense and other vegetarian fruits, and the faint fruit fragrance fills the room.