After traveling day and night for more than 20 days, before sunset on this day, the Li family and his party entered Beijing.

Even if it is getting late, the capital is still very lively, many shops have lit up lanterns early, and the streets are full of people coming and going, so it is not prosperous.

Li Mo got out of the car first, asked someone about the location of the Jinxiu semicolon, and drove over directly.

The Splendid Branch is located at No. 13 Cheung Wing Street, which is very inconspicuous compared to other shops in the surrounding area, and the front of the door also looks deserted.

Li Mo stopped the carriage, took his daughter-in-law and younger brothers, and was just about to go in to inquire, but he didn't want to, a plump woman came out of it, and she poured a basin of water out of her headlessness, fortunately they hid quickly, otherwise, they would all fall on top of them.

The woman was stunned, and she didn't expect someone to come to the store at this time, so she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, guest officer, the water didn't spill on you, right?" ”

"It's fine." Li Mo shook his head, looked at Li Man beside him, and saw that she was fine, so he said to the woman again, "May I ask if the shopkeeper here is called Xu Baocai?" ”

"Who are you?" The young woman didn't answer the question, and looked at Li Mo and the others with a pair of eyes, and her eyes gradually showed a look of disdain, "Are you from out of town?" ”

"Eldest sister, we want to find your shopkeeper here." Li Man looked up and looked at the door number again, it did say Jinxiu, and it did sell clothes and jewelry.

The young woman glanced at them lightly and snorted softly, "He's not here, you just wait at the door." ”

As he spoke, he took the tub and went into the room, and a man's voice came from inside, "Who are you talking to?" ”

"Asking for directions." The woman replied vaguely.

Li Man listened at the door, couldn't help frowning, looked at Li Mo and the others, and looked quite helpless, "It seems that people don't welcome us." ”

"Not necessarily." It was almost dark, and there was nowhere to go at this time, so Li Mo decided to try again, so he walked directly into the store.

There was only a small light in the shop, and the light was dim.

The young woman was packing up her things just now, and behind the counter, a young man, who was taking an abacus and keeping accounts, saw someone coming, immediately put down his pen, and walked out of the counter with a smile, "Guest officer, do you want to buy clothes or jewelry?" ”

"It's not." Li Mo shook his head.

As soon as the young woman heard that it was him, she immediately looked up and said displeasedly, "Didn't you let you wait outside?" How did you get in? ”

"We're here to find someone." Li Man also glared at her angrily, and then said to the young man, "We came to find his son Xu Baocai under the entrustment of Xu Haoxu's shopkeeper, and I heard that he is the shopkeeper of this store." ”

When the young man heard this, his expression changed slightly, "How many of you?" Could it be the Li family brothers mentioned in my father's letter? ”

"You're the shopkeeper of Xu Xiao?" Li Man glanced at this person, and secretly said in his heart, oh no, he has the same face as his mother-in-law, which is completely different from his father's ancient way and hot intestines, it seems that this time it is useless to find them.

"Hmm." Xu Baocai snorted lightly, glanced at Li Man with disdain, frowned, and swept the other people unhappily, similarly, his brows furrowed even tighter, "My father is really, and he won't explain the situation to you." Over the years, my business has been sluggish, and you can see where there is a customer. To this day, the two of us can't even afford to raise a child, so we have to send it back to our hometown to be raised by his old man. You four brothers will come as soon as you say, but what do you want me to arrange? Why don't you stay in this store for two days? ”

"Will the store be done? Do we still want to do this business? The young woman immediately rushed over and objected, "One night sleeps, the next day there is a smell everywhere, and when someone else comes, what is it like?" ”

As she spoke, the woman's eyes glared at Li Man and the others fiercely, as if they had taken advantage of his family.

Xu Baocai seemed to be a little impatient, scratched his hair fiercely, and said, "What can I have, just pack it up as soon as it is dawn, anyway, there are few guests who come to the door a day." ”

"Then don't do your business, let's rent a shop for business, not for people to be a hotel, want me to say, your father, still think you are good in the capital, today this to the home, Ming'er to bring home, this food and accommodation do not need silver?" Let me tell you, I don't know where the rent is next month? The woman said indignantly.

Xu Baocai was irritable, shook his hand, and simply hid behind the counter again, "Okay, you don't care, Lao Tzu can't take care of it." ”

As soon as he left, the young woman said coldly to Li Mo and the others, "It's not that we don't take you in, it's really that we are here, and we can't protect ourselves, otherwise this is the case, there is still a ...... in our backyard."

"No need." Li Yan suddenly interrupted her words, "My brother came here just to be entrusted by Shopkeeper Xu to see how the two of you are doing, but at present, your husband and wife are living a very lively life, I think, he is relieved." Leave. ”

After saying that, turn around and leave.

Li Mo took Li Man's hand, gave Li Hua a look, followed Li Yan, and left without saying a word.

For the rest, the young couple of the Xu family were stunned for a while, and then they looked at each other, showing disdain.

"Hillbilly." At the end, the woman scolded, and then went to ask Xu Baocai about the old man's hometown, it is said that the old man's business has been very good recently.

Out of the splendid gate, everyone let out a long breath of turbidity.

"It's superb." Li Man leaned on the side of the carriage and scolded angrily, they didn't say anything, these two people are good, one is crying poor, and the other is teasing.

If their father saw this scene, it is estimated that the old face would be ashamed to go to the hole.

"Leave them alone, we need to find a place to live for now." Seeing that the sky was dark, Li Yan said.

Li Mo nodded, "Find an inn to rest for the night first, and then see if there is a cheaper house to rent tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Everyone nodded.

It's just that this capital is the capital, whether it's food or accommodation, it's expensive and scary, and I even found several inns, and finally, in a secluded alley, I found a small poor hotel.

It was an old couple who rented out their vacated house temporarily, a room, only a bed, a pair of tables and chairs, and nothing else.

It's about the same as a small inn in a modern house.

But under such conditions, you have to pay five dollars of silver for one night, and ten dollars of silver for two rooms, which is really like robbing money.

However, in the end, Li Yan didn't know what to do, the old lady who had to talk to Li Man for a long time from slamming the door to a pot of hot water actually agreed, moved the tables and chairs in the room, and then made a bed to come in.

In this way, the two beds were put together, and almost the whole room was filled.

However, the four of them do not have to be separated, and they only charge the price of one room, which is indeed a lot more cost-effective.

At night, after a simple wash, Li Man changed into clean clothes, climbed into the quilt first, and then opened the burden and counted the accounts.

When they came out, they brought with them a total of nearly two hundred taels of silver, except for the fifty taels that were secretly stuffed under Li Xiangxiang's pillow before leaving, which was all the savings of their whole family.

This way, in addition to the fixed money of 20 taels of car rental, the most spent on the road is to stay in the hotel, however, the number of stays is not much, most of them are borrowed in the farmhouse, occasionally there are stingy and reluctant, they will also give some money, however, it will not be much, because they will also stay for one night, others are not good to ask for more.

In terms of eating, it is even more economical, this way, I went back to the restaurant, or it suddenly rained heavily that day, and the family had nowhere to go, so I went to a noodle restaurant to hide from the rain, and then, one person ate a bowl of noodles, in addition, it was all dry food bought.

It can be said that Li Manya, who has been gnawing on steamed buns all the way, is sour, but fortunately, he finally arrived in the capital and can finally inquire about Li Shu's news.

She thought, when she finds Li Shu, the family will live a stable life in Shennugou, and never go far again, it's too bitter.

"How many are left?" Li Hua washed it, wore only a single coat, sat next to her, and asked.

Li Man sorted out the rest of the money, put it back into the bag, and replied, "There are nearly one hundred and fifty taels, which is not bad." ”

"Oh." Li Hua also nodded, and asked again, "Are you hungry?" The second brother went to buy food, and he will be back in a while. ”

"I'm okay, what about you? There's a steamed bun in the bag. Li Man looked at him and said.

Li Hua smiled, reached out and rubbed her loose hair, "Who shouted hunger in the afternoon and ate all the steamed buns?" ”

"Oh? Oh. Li Man then remembered that the last steamed bun was also eaten by himself in the afternoon, gently stuck out his tongue, and said with a playful smile, "I forgot." ”

"Tired these days, aren't you?" Li Hua readjusted her posture, and her ten fingers slowly fell on her delicate shoulders from her silky hair, gently pinching her.

"Hmm." Li Man exhaled comfortably, didn't settle the account, pulled over the pillow, lay on it, closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

Speaking of which, I don't know if Li Yan suffered it in private, or if they learned it secretly after Li Yan learned this trick to please her.

Anyway, just unconsciously, Li Mo and Li Hua have the ability to massage this massage, and although the skills are not as good as Li Yan, they are also quite good.

Especially Li Hua, after bathing, the unique fragrance of books and ink on his body makes Li Man like it even more.

Therefore, within two clicks, Li Man's whole body relaxed, and he fell asleep unconsciously, and made a slight snoring sound.

When Li Mo came in wiping his hair, he was a little moved when he saw this scene, "Asleep?" ”

"Hmm." Li Hua replied softly, rubbing her back gently with one hand, just like the usual action of coaxing children to sleep.

Li Mo looked at her tired sleeping face with pity, brushed the hair that slipped down the side of her face behind her ears, and said softly, "She's tired." ”

"I haven't had a good night's sleep along the way." Li Hua also said, and then asked again, "Where did the second brother go to buy food?" It's time to come back. ”

"Well, I'll go to the door to greet you." Li Mo threw down the towel, took a coat and put it on, and went out.

As soon as I got out of the yard, I saw Li Yanzi coming back in a hurry, followed by the second child of the restaurant, carrying two food boxes in his hands.

Li Mo hurriedly greeted him.

The two brothers took Xiao Er and went back to the house together.

Because the tables and chairs were carried out, there was no other place in the room except the bed, so Li Mo lifted all the bedding aside, let Xiao Er put all the meals on the bed board, and then counted the silver.

In one food box, there is a large pot of rice, and in the other food box, two vegetarian dishes, a bowl of soup, this soup is an authentic black-bone chicken soup, and there are many Chinese medicinal materials in it, it is said that women eat the best.

After setting up the meal, Xiao Er took the money and left first.

Li Mo looked at it, just these added up, and he paid a total of nearly eight taels of silver, which was enough for the family's expenses for half a year, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

But these days, Li Man hasn't eaten well, and his little face has lost weight, and he is also distressed.

Li Yan glanced at Li Man and asked Li Hua, "How long have you been sleeping?" ”

"Not for a while." At this time, she was called up, and Li Hua couldn't bear it.

But this meal will be cold after a while, especially this chicken soup, he bought it for her to eat, it is delicious when it is hot, and it will change its flavor when it is cold.

was ruthless, Li Yan still said, "Tell her to get up, she can sleep after eating, otherwise, she will have to shout hungry in the middle of the night." ”

"Oh." Li Hua gritted his teeth, gently shook his daughter-in-law with his hand, and whispered in her ear, "Man'er, wake up, it's time to eat." ”

But Li Man can rarely sleep comfortably, where can she wake up like this, she is still immersed in sleep, and she has no reaction at all.

Li Mo said helplessly and distressedly, "She is sleepy, otherwise, let's keep the food, she will wake up in a while, and borrow the landlord's stove to heat up." ”

"Forget it." Li Yan snorted, "Just that old lady, if she sees this chicken, I'm afraid that if she thinks of a way, she will eat it in her own stomach." ”

"What then? Can't wake up. Li said.

Li Mo also spread his hands, saying that there was no way, after Li Man gave birth to a child, she had a problem with drowsiness, and once she slept deeply, it would be difficult to wake up, unless she woke up naturally.

Li Yan glanced at the two of them, suddenly bent down, hugged Li Man, and then, without saying anything, kissed her slightly pursed lips.

"Second brother." Li Hua was startled, and instinctively reached out to pull.

But Li Yan ignored him and kissed hard, and sure enough, after a moment of effort, Li Man's cheeks flushed, his long eyelashes trembled uncomfortably, and his mouth made a whining sound.

"Man'er, wake up and eat." At the moment when she was about to open her eyes, Li Yan decisively let go of her, licked her lower lip gently, and smiled at her unfinished.

Li Man slowly opened his eyes, still a little cloudy, only staring at him blankly.

Looking at her confused little eyes, Li Yan smiled lowly, "I bought delicious food, if you don't wake up again, we will eat it all." ”

"Delicious?" Li Man couldn't help pursing her lips, looking to the side, the big bowl of fragrant black-bone chicken immediately attracted her attention.

"Chickens?" Her eyes widened in surprise, and sure enough, the temptation of food was the greatest, she was completely awake, and quickly pushed Li Yan away, and crawled over there.

Li Yan smiled lightly at the other two stunned people, "Big brother, fourth brother, what are you still doing in a daze?" Eat quickly. ”

"Oh." Li Mo's face turned red, and he stood aside a little embarrassed, not moving.

And Li Huajun's face was not much better, and an indescribable emotion spread in his chest.

Li Man didn't understand their brothers' thoughts, so he only took a spoon and scooped two mouthfuls of chicken soup into his stomach, "Hmm, it's so fragrant, I haven't drunk such a fragrant soup for a long time, yes, why are you stunned?" Hurry up and eat, it's not good if it's cold. ”

As she spoke, she took the dishes and chopsticks for the three Li Mo brothers.

"You eat yours, we'll do it ourselves." Li Hua took the bowl in her hand and went to serve the rice herself.

Li Man didn't shirk it, and ate two more bites of food by herself, and she was really hungry along the way.

Li Yan helped tear a chicken leg and put it in her bowl.

Li Man simply took it with his hand and gnawed it, it looked like a greedy child, Li Mo and the others saw it, they liked it and felt sad.

However, she ate one chicken leg and refused to eat the rest, so she divided it among the three men.

They feel sorry for her, she knows it, but they are men, and they have to take care of their bodies, besides, they have decided to see if there is a cheaper house nearby for rent, and when the time comes, she can buy her own vegetables and cook them herself, which will save a lot of money, and the food will be much better.

The family sat on the bed board, and after eating dinner lively, Li Mo and Li Yan went to the restaurant to deliver dishes together.

Li Hua accompanied Li Man at home.

After eating, Li Man's sleepiness was gone, so he chatted with Li Hua without a word, and talked about the life of the family after finding Li Shu.

People are like this, they don't feel when they have it, and they don't know how valuable it is until they lose it.

It turns out that as long as the family is together, no matter what kind of life is happy.

But even if there is one less, this happy day is incomplete.

But, Li Shu, where are you?

At night, Li Man saw this bastard boy in a dream again, but this time it was different from before, at the beginning of the dream, Li Shu was still the sunny boy who liked to laugh, but in the blink of an eye, he was covered in blood, he staggered towards her, and called his daughter-in-law in his mouth, but when he shouted Man'er, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

Li Man's heart almost jumped to her throat, she wanted to call him, but she couldn't shout, she wanted to rush towards him, but she couldn't move, her whole person seemed to be magical, and she couldn't move if she wanted to.

"Man'er." Li Hua was sudden, and when he saw Li Man covered in cold sweat and whimpering in his mouth, he wanted to shout and couldn't scream, and hurriedly pushed her to wake up.

Li Man opened his eyes suddenly, he was also startled, and suddenly hugged Li Hua and said, "I dreamed of Li Shu, he was covered in blood, what should I do?" Are we late? ”

"Man'er, you're dreaming." Li Huaxian patted her back gently and comforted.

On the other end, Li Mo and Li Yan also heard the movement, sat up, and listened to Li Man's dream, and they all raised their eyebrows at the same time.

"I'm scared." Li Man opened his eyes, looked at Li Hua in confusion, and then looked at Li Mo and Li Yan, tears couldn't help but fall, "I'm afraid we're late, what should we do?" Li Shu: What should he do if he wants to do something? ”

She almost didn't dare to imagine what she would do if Li Shu was really like in her dream. Or maybe he's suffering, waiting for her to redeem him.

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Unlike the Li family, Zhang Jing quickly stepped up, arrived in the capital on the 15th, and told Situ Qing about this in advance.

When Situ Qing heard this, not only was he not nervous, but he looked interested, "The little girl is coming to Beijing?" I haven't seen you for two years, so I don't know what happened to you? Zhang Jing, you personally take someone to investigate, before dawn, I want to see her. ”

Before dawn? Zhang Jing's expression twitched, he had been in a hurry day and night for half a month, and now it was dark, he was hungry, and he didn't even drink tea.

"Qing, you are in such a hurry, why don't you find it yourself."

Situ Qing glanced at him and said meaningfully, "You think I don't want to?" It's just that the girl has a prejudice against me, and if she sees me, she will definitely run away. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Jing stared at him suspiciously, "You are not old friends?" ”

Two years ago, he returned to Beijing on a private trip, and specially explained to him that he should take good care of the family, especially Li Man, and there must be no mistakes.

Mu Di, Zhang Jing laughed maliciously, once, he was warned by someone not to think about Li Man, but now it seems that this person is no better than him.

"What are you laughing at? Ye and her are a little misunderstood. Situ Qing stared at him, but the corners of his lips unconsciously hooked up a playful smile, "What's more, I have to go to the prince's mansion overnight." "This girl is here, such exciting news, he has to tell someone as soon as possible, hey, I don't know what Dan's expression will be when he knows.

Zhang Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, he saw a certain schadenfreude expression on Situ Qing's face, and suddenly felt that it was right to tell him the news first?

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Sorry, it's been a bit of a calvin lately, and it's been late for the update......