Behind the counter of Mian Zhai, the shopkeeper and the accountant stared wide-eyed.

"What is that, shopkeeper, my house is not far from Changmenpu Street, just to the south." Yu Shu casually pointed in the direction, intending to fool the past.

"Where's the south?" Cao Zixin hugged his arms and took a step back, waiting for her to make it clear.

"Just to the south, go out of South Street to the south, the first intersection to the right alley, keep walking, turn north, and then keep walking, meet a junction and then go east, see an alley, and arrive."

Yu Shu gestured matter-of-factly, facing Cao Zixin's questioning gaze, in order to win his trust, his eyes did not blink, trying to make his expression look pure, and finally waited for the doubts in his eyes to dissipate, looked away, and saw him turn around and continue to tidy up the shelves, she didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, so she heard him laugh:

"Isn't that a circle, Ah Shu, you can lie to me."

His smile was quite helpless, but it was by no means an accusation, but when Yu Shu heard it, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Originally, she only regarded Cao Zixin as the boss who paid her salary, the two of them had interests involved, she contributed, he gave money, it was very fair, and it was not a big deal to deceive him, but now people have made it clear that they take good care of her, no matter how much, they are all solid-hearted, but it seems that she has no heart and no lungs.

To tell the truth, I have been in ancient times for a while, and I have seen a lot of people, and I am kind to her, so I will look at Yu Xiaoxiu and Aunt Liu, and count this unrelated and unreasoned shopkeeper Cao.

What's the matter, do you want to make it clear to him one by one, he is not Yu Ashu, but Yu Shu, a drag oil bottle brought by a concubine of the Ji family, living in the next person's room, and a girl's family pretending to be a boy to work for him-

No kidding, she won't do this stupid thing.

"Hehe," Yu Shu laughed twice and pretended to be stupid, swayed behind the counter with his hands behind his back, and continued to pull the abacus to reconcile.

Cao Zixin didn't ask again, sorted out the things on the shelves, walked to her and sat down to drink tea quietly, the atmosphere was also harmonious, for a while, there was only the sound of the abacus in the store, until the guests came again.

***

Before closing, Yu Shu discussed with Cao Zixin, took half a month's salary, and bought him a pile of cut hemp paper, two brand-new brushes, a bag of broken ink, and an inkstone that was broken and broken.

Cao Zixin didn't propose to give her for nothing this time, these days of getting along, he saw that Yu Shu was a person who liked to support himself, and giving her for nothing might not make her happy, so he meant to charge her half a month's salary, which was considered an advance payment.

Yu Shu wrapped the paper and pen in oiled paper, sandwiched it under his armpit, and stood at the door of the store waiting for Cao Zixin to insert the door board and lock it, on the street rendered at dusk, they counted their house closing the earliest, but today's business was surprisingly good, and it sold twenty taels of silver in a whole day, and there was a high roller before closing, who threw away a silver ingot, took a stack of jade plate paper and left, without taking a count of the papers.

This made Yu Shu, who was originally skeptical about feng shui, see a coincidence, and believe in his heart a little more, otherwise how could there be such a coincidence, two days ago, the door was also full of birds, and as soon as this feng shui was replaced, the shop would be prosperous.

The last door panel was put forward, and Yu Shu seemed to be able to see the sparkling back of the jade beast on the counter flashing back one after another, I don't know if the road is reflective, anyway, it is a little evil.

"It's still early, come with me for a bite to eat?" Cao Zixin stood at the door of the store and proposed, and when he saw Yu Shu's hesitation, he sighed and said, "I haven't eaten until last night." ”

He opened his mouth like this, what else could Yu Shu ink, he could guess that he hadn't eaten for Lu, she raised her chin and motioned for him to lead the way, Cao Zixin smiled, stretched out her hand and pointed to the mouth of the alley diagonally opposite, leading her to the north of the road, passing by the door of the cloth shop, the shopkeeper Wu grabbed an abacus, and the probe stopped people:

"Eh, eh, Cao's shopkeeper!"

"What's wrong with Shopkeeper Wu?" Cao Zixin took a few steps back to ask, Yu Shu stopped on the side of the road to look at the kites and paper kites placed on the stalls, but his ears were listening to them.

"That's the case, you see, I bought yesterday, I accumulated an account this month, it's a mess, the owner is going to check the account tomorrow, I really can't do it, or you let Ah Shu stay and help me settle the account, Ming'er, I invite you to go to Dongyun Tower to drink."

The storefronts on this Changmenpu Street are not all opened by the shopkeepers themselves, there are people like Cao Zixin who rent the storefront and become their own boss, and there are also owners like the shopkeeper Wu, which is just a fork of several cloth shops in the city.

This Wu shopkeeper is a slippery person, a month's account can not be calculated clearly in a moment and a half, he wants to find Yu Shu to settle the account, so he is discussing with Cao Zixin in a bright way, it seems to respect the meaning of Cao Shopkeeper, in fact, it is to cross Yu Shu, and directly let Cao Zixin sell him face, they are all neighbors, do business and talk about harmony, Cao Zixin is a good talker, as soon as he agreed, are you afraid of Yu Shu's refusal to work part-time.

Yu Shu saw the shopkeeper Wu's thoughts in his eyes, and snorted lightly, his idea was good, if he begged her directly, she wouldn't be able to ignore him, after all, people had beaten her with a broom, and tricked her into doing day work, but if Cao Zixin agreed, she just couldn't say no.

It seems that today is not to think about going back early, she picked up a kite with a swallow body and asked the price:

"How much is that?"

Spring, it's a good season for kite flying, in the past, the place where she lived was full of telephone poles, and she couldn't use it, so she had to find a free time to take Yu Xiaoxiu out to play, and the boys always stayed at home and didn't go out.

"Shopkeeper Wu, the private accounts in your store, it's not good for outsiders to look at it, Ah Shu is a child, he doesn't know what to do, in case he gives you the wrong account, this is a loss or a loss, and he can't afford a child. If you don't look at this, I know an old arithmetic on Vientiane Street, I will repair a book, you can send someone to take a car over and invite someone to come now, spend a few more taels of silver, and let him calculate, at least you can rest assured, right? ”

"Little brother, this kite in your hand only costs twenty yuan, if you buy it, how about I take a piece of rope for you?"

Yu Shu turned his head, staring at Cao Zixin's back with some surprise, he could sell favors with his mouth, he actually rejected the face of the shopkeeper Wu, instead of pushing her out of Lu to be a favorite.

I grinned, I couldn't tell what was going on, I just felt a little happy.

Wu Zhang probably didn't expect Cao Zixin to refuse, his face was a little stiff, he coughed, and looked at Cao Zixin's kind smile, but he couldn't take out the prepared words, so he had to say:

"That's no need, it's too much trouble to go back and forth, I'll be busy a little more tonight."

Cao Zixin nodded, didn't say anything more, turned his face to see Yu Shuzheng looking at him with a smile, and still had a kite in his hand, so he asked:

"Want to buy a kite?"

"Oh, just take a look, there's no spare money to spend," Yu Shu put the kite back on the stall and took the lead in walking into the alley on the side, "Let's go, it's not that I want to eat." ”

Cao Zixin glanced at the various kites on the stall, smiled inexplicably, and followed Yu Shu with two long legs.

***

On the south street of Changmenpu Street, there is a small section of the road, all of which are restaurants and teahouses, and there are many snack stalls, all of which are placed inside and outside the alley, cooking cakes and jujube cakes, fried buns with hemp balls, silk chicken noodles, meat cakes and bean balls, wonton soup noodles, all kinds of hot snacks, the street is fragrant, unless you are really full of panic, you can go to and from this street section, there is no way to walk past without squinting.

Cao Zixin took Yu Shu to sit down on a stall selling wonton at the intersection, Yu Shu turned his head to look, the bench and low table, wiped clean, a total of three sets, they came by coincidence, just occupied the most coincidental table, smelling the fragrance from the table next door, looking sideways at the green pieces of golden soup floating in the bowl, Yu Shu couldn't help but take a mouthful, swallowed, gluttonous, I haven't opened meat for a few days.

The woman in charge of the spoon was cooking soup by the pot, in her early thirties, a piece of floral cloth wrapped her head cleanly, and the two of them sat down, smiled at Yu Shu first, and then greeted Cao Zixin:

"Shopkeeper Cao, do you still eat chicken soup today? Two bowls? ”

Cao Zixin didn't rush to respond, but asked Yu Shu: "This wonton stuffing is enough, the skin is rolled well, and the soup is very delicious, try it?" ”

Yu Shu sat casually with one hand on his lap, and said to him with the corners of his mouth curled: "You are willing to treat, how can I have no reason not to eat, then have a bowl." ”

Cao Zixin smiled, just to appreciate the young man's energy, Lili Suo, not pretentious at all, and comfortable to get along with.

"Sister Zhao, two bowls of wonton, the same old way, don't put coriander in my bowl."

"Okay, I'll cook for you." As soon as the lid of the pot was lifted, the white smoke rose up, and the woman who was called Sister Zhao skillfully dialed a basket and wrapped the cloud to swallow the pot, and the sound of falling water sounded hot.

The wonton skin is thin and very cooked, and after a while, Sister Zhao took two big bowls and put them in front of Yu Shu and Cao Zixin, and said, "Eat it while it's hot, the soup is not enough and call her to add it", and then turned around and went to get busy.

A big bowl full of wonton, the chicken soup is boiled just right, and it smells more fragrant when you get closer, but it is not greasy at all, and there is a layer of green coriander floating on the floating head, which looks like it makes people's appetite move.

"Eat quickly, go back early after eating."

"Hmm."

One is hungry, the other is hungry, Cao Zixin and Yu Shu didn't talk about anything at this meal, but they ate very comfortably, hot wonton swallowed belly, and hot people were obedient in their hearts.

Yu Shu drank all the soup after that, took a long breath of relief, sweating all over his head, as if the anger from the beating at Ji Lao Taijun yesterday came out with sweat, watching Cao Zixin check out, thinking about when he would bring Yu Xiaoxiu to taste.

This wonton is so delicious.

***

In the evening, Yu Shu returned to the miscellaneous courtyard, and when he entered the door, he saw Yu Xiaoxiu squatting at the door and writing on the ground, holding the paper bag under his armpit and walking over.

Yu Xiaoxiu was on the drawing plate, calculating attentively, Yu Shu didn't notice when he walked to the side, but she still kicked her shoes before she looked up.

"Don't draw on the ground," Yu Shu patted the paper bag in his hand, "get up and go into the room and write on the table." ”

Yu Xiaoxiu knew at a glance that she had bought a pen and paper and came back, and when she stood up, because she had been squatting for too long, she was top-heavy and swayed back and forth, and gave Yu Shu a handful so that she didn't fall.

This is also usually too vegetarian, and the nutrition can't keep up with the anemia, Yu Shu saw it in his eyes, didn't say anything, just pulled him into the house, put the package with paper and ink on the table, and pulled a handkerchief on the rope at the door to wipe his hands.

Yu Shu walked to the side of the bed and untied the short robe on his body, because it was neatly covered with a white lining, and he did not shy away from Yu Xiaoxiu being in the house, so he put on the small jacket and skirt.

When she changed her clothes, Yu Xiaoxiu was already concentrating on tinkering with the inkstone she brought back, her eyes were full of novelty, Yu Shu didn't bother him, and went out to find Aunt Liu to ask for Shopee after lifting her shoes.