Lu Xiaoxian occasionally went to visit Chen Song's home, and of course, he also went to Xuandu Temple to visit Feng Man.

Chen Song and his wife have no heirs, and treat Lu Xiaoxian like their own son, as long as Lu Xiaoxian comes, Yu will personally cook, make a few good dishes for the two of them, and watch them drink wine and chat, which is also a kind of happiness for the family, Lu Xiaoxian also treats Chen Song and his wife as relatives.

Lu Xiaoxian is not without troubles, what gives him the most headache is Li Chiying's entanglement.

Since Lu Xiaoxian arrived at Tiantong Gambling House, Li Zhiying has to come to gamble every night, and he will never stop every time he doesn't lose a fine light, and he will name Lu Xiaoxian to be a banker when he is in a hurry.

At the beginning, Lu Xiaoxian was kind enough to persuade him. Later, Lu Xiaoxian simply stopped paying attention to her.

Where can Li Zhiying follow, he made a lot of trouble a few times, and even found the shopkeeper Hu.

Shopkeeper Hu also looked helpless: "He didn't even listen to you, the county lord, how could he listen to me?" ”

thought that Li Zhiying would retreat from the difficulties, but who knew that she persevered, kept going day by day, and was as punctual as a point.

Lu Xiaoxian could only take walking as the best plan, and as soon as he saw Li Zhiying, he slipped oil with his feet and slipped away quickly!

The days are in such a distemper and not in the fire, day by day.

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a blink of an eye.

The cool breeze drunk the pacing tourists, and also made Lu Xiaoxian miss Zhang Meng and Yin Feng Langyue who were far away in Youzhou City.

He sighed softly, a slight chill in his heart.

When Lu Xiaoxian and Lu Xiaoyi came to Chen Song's backyard, Chen Song and Yu were already waiting for him in the courtyard.

Seeing the two of them, Lu Xiaoxian took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Chen Song: "Uncle, it's a holiday, this is my filial piety to you!" ”

In Lu Xiaoxian's heart, he had already regarded Chen Song as his relative.

When I came a few times ago, I no longer called Chen Song the shopkeeper Chen, but changed my name to uncle.

"You kid, come on, buy such an expensive thing!" Chen Song pretended to be displeased.

Chen Song really likes Lu Xiaoxian from the bottom of his heart, he feels that he is very close to Lu Xiaoxian, Lu Xiaoxian has his own shadow back then, and he even secretly discussed with the Yu family, wanting to accept Lu Xiaoxian as a righteous son, and after a hundred years of them, he would hand over Yonghe Building to Lu Xiaoxian.

Based on such thoughts, Yu naturally also loves Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian gave Chen Song a gift, and naturally he would not forget the Yu family, he respectfully handed over a delicate small box: "Auntie, this is yours, Caiyunfang's high-grade rouge!" ”

"You kid, your aunt is so old, how can you still use these toys!" Although he said this, Yu Shi showed a bright smile on his face.

Chen Song pointed to the inner room and said, "Quick, enter the house!" Your aunt's cooking has already been served, and our grandfather will have to drink a few cups today. ”

"How many of us?" Lu Xiaoxian asked strangely, "Uncle, is there anyone else today?" ”

"You'll know when you enter the house!" Chen Song said mysteriously.

When he entered the house, he saw three people, and Lu Xiaoxian was stunned for a moment.

"Childe, I'll follow your light, and I brought Yang Ke by the way!" Cen Shaobai said with a smile.

"Master!" Li Si said cautiously, "Shopkeeper Chen pulled me here, you won't be angry!" ”

Chen Song and his wife looked at Lu Xiaoxian with a smile, Lu Xiaoxian's heart couldn't help but flow a warm current, Chen Song and his wife thought about it so carefully.

He smiled at a few people: "You are all my closest people, I thought that I would see my uncle and aunt and then go to see you, this time it will save trouble, we will be reunited!" ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoxian bowed deeply to Chen Song and his wife: "Uncle, aunt, Xiaoxian has thanked the second elder!" ”

Chen Song patted him on the shoulder and said, "Silly boy, uncle and aunt are both your own family, what are you thanking for?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you should be happy for today's holiday, you wait, I'll go buy wine, let's get drunk and rest." ”

"Uncle, it's already ready!" Chen Song pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Uncle runs a restaurant, and he can still let you buy wine, isn't this a slap in the face of uncle?" ”

Everyone sat down at the table, and Yu Shi took off the plate of dishes on the table, and the aroma suddenly came, making everyone salivate.

Lu Xiaoxian was not polite, and took the lead in tearing a chicken leg and eating it all in three or two clicks.

After eating the chicken legs, Lu Xiaoxian wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then aimed at the next dish.

Seeing Lu Xiaoxian like this, Lu Xiaoyi also feasted happily, no less than Lu Xiaoxian's turbulence.

Cen Shaobai was still very gentle, but he couldn't stand the wolf-like Lu Xiaoxian and Lu Xiaoyi, and under their infection, they also sped up.

Compared with the three of them, Li Si was much more restrained, just tasting the dishes slowly.

Yang Ke seems to be very preoccupied and eats very slowly.

Lu Xiaoxian glanced at Yang Ke inadvertently, and he could guess that Yang Ke must be missing the rouge girl.

Chen Song and Yu basically didn't move their chopsticks, looking at a few people, a smile appeared on their faces, as if they were eating more deliciously than themselves.

Yu Shi said angrily on the side: "Xiaoxian, eat slowly, Auntie's meal is enough!" ”

Finally, Lu Xiaoxian patted his belly with satisfaction, and Chen Song seized the time and asked, "Xiaoxian, how are you doing in the gambling house these days?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian did not hide it, and told Chen Song about his recent situation as it was.

At the end, Lu Xiaoxian sighed and said: "It stands to reason that this day is not bad, but it is not a good feeling in my heart, it seems that it is not the day I want to live." ”

Yu Shi explained on the side: "Xiaoxian, people should be content, your current life, many people want to have it, but don't be greedy." ”

Lu Xiaoxian could tell that she would say this because she cared about herself.

"That's what Auntie said!" Lu Xiaoxian stuck out his tongue, picked up the wine glass and said to Chen Song and his wife, "Uncle, aunt, Xiaoxian respects the second elder!" ”

The three of them drank the wine.

Chen Song's expression was solemn, and he said to Lu Xiaoxian, "Xiaoxian, there is a sentence that Uncle has to remind you that Tiantong Gambling House is in the name of Mr. Wei and Princess Taiping. ”

Lu Xiaoxian saw Chen Song's cautious appearance and knew that he was doing it for his own good. To be honest, whether it was Wei Xianyun or Princess Taiping, Lu Xiaoxian didn't want to deal with them too much, and he couldn't tell Chen Song about his past with them, he was worried that he would scare Chen Song if he said it.

Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly nodded and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I know it in my heart!" ”

Cen Shaobai interjected on the side: "I heard that the entire Chang'an City is a world of two and a half women!" Princess Taiping is one of them! Unexpectedly, this Tiantong gambling house is the property of Princess Taiping! ”

Cen Shaobai is only busy with business every day and never goes to the gambling house, so naturally he will not know.

Lu Xiaoxian asked curiously: "I only heard that Chang'an City is the world of Princess Taiping and Princess Anle, why did half of it pop up?" Shopkeeper Cen, who is this half? ”

Cen Shaobai replied: "That half, it's Zhaorong Shangguan Wan'er!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er?

Hearing her name, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but flash that beautiful and dignified face in his mind.

Chen Song persuaded Lu Xiaoxian: "As long as you don't provoke right and wrong, do your duty, what do these people have to do with you?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian thought about it, and said with a smile: "What Uncle said is that we can't hide these people, how can we provoke them?" ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoxian thought of Li Zhiying for no reason, and he couldn't help but shake his head, these imperial relatives are indeed difficult to entangle.

"Come on, let's not talk about this, let's drink!" Chen Song saw that the atmosphere was a little depressing, so he raised his glass and proposed.

The crowd drank it all.

Lu Xiaoxian poured Cen Shaobai another glass of wine alone: "Shopkeeper Cen, you have worked hard recently, I toast you!" ”

"Thank you, Childe!" Cen Shaobai drank it all again, put down the wine glass and said with a smile, "I'm not afraid of hard work, as long as I have money to earn every day, I will be happy no matter how hard I am!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian looked at Chen Song: "Uncle, what do you think of the business of Shopkeeper Cen?" ”

Chen Song said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Cen just said, Chang'an City is a woman's world, I heard that Princess Anle spent 100,000 taels of silver just to make a Qibao skirt, how can a woman's business be bad?" ”

The environment can change a person and at the same time destroy a person. Li Bao'er, who became Princess Anle, is no longer the simple Ah Guo she used to be.

Lu Xiaoxian asked casually, "Since the opening of the shopkeeper Cen, how much has the income?" ”

"You didn't come just now, I've already asked!" Chen Song replied for Cen Shaobai: "In the more than one month since Cen shopkeeper opened, in addition to the capital and various expenses, he has made a net profit of four hundred taels of silver. Tsk, a small flower decoration shop, is about to catch up with the entry of my restaurant, it is really not simple! ”

"Four hundred taels?"

Lu Xiaoxian didn't expect Cen Shaobai to just make a small fuss, and there would be an income of four hundred taels of silver in more than a month.

Cen Shaobai said with a regretful face: "If it weren't for the extra expenses too much, even if it was not a problem to earn a thousand taels of silver!" ”

"Additional overhead? What extra expense costs so much silver? Lu Xiaoxian asked puzzled.

"Xiaoxian, you don't know if you don't do business, doing business in Chang'an City, everyone has to pay this extra expense!" Chen Song explained, "Take Yonghelou as an example, every month, you have to allocate some money to pay some money to the county government and Jingzhao Mansion, and you have to pay money to the boss in the fang, plus the father-in-law in the palace eats for nothing, oh, and the military masters of Yulin and Wanqi, and if you calculate it in a mess, it would be good if you could have two or three out of ten of the monthly profits." The shopkeeper Cen operates women's flower ornaments, which is better than my restaurant, but it also has to spend more than half of the expenses. ”

"Doing some errand and paying money, this is indispensable, I have also seen it in Youzhou City, and it makes sense for the military master to eat an overlord meal, but ......" Lu Xiaoxian was a little puzzled, "Why did the father-in-law in the palace also come to mix?" ”

Chen Song sighed and said hatefully: "These eunuchs who cut off their children and grandchildren are hateful, they buy outside, and forcibly seize them in the name of purchasing for His Majesty, and do not pay the bill or only pay a little less, so as to fill their own pockets, this has become a common practice, and if they do not comply, they will suffer a big loss!" Two years ago, the eunuchs of Wufang of the Inner Government Bureau came to the restaurant for dinner, asked for wine and food, ate and drank, and went away when they were drunk. Serving them is a new little two, who doesn't understand the rules, and comes forward to ask for food money, which angers them, and one of them gives a bag of snakes he brought with him to Xiao Erdao, "Uncle didn't bring any money, put it here as a mortgage for you, and I'll take the money in a few days." These snakes are used to catch birds and finches in the palace, and they are carefully raised, and if one starves to death, be careful of their heads. Fortunately, I was there at the time, begging the men to take the snake away and not to pay for the wine. Who knew that these people felt that they had no face, and smashed Yonghe Building with the strength of wine. Later, I paid them five hundred taels of silver, and it was over! ”

Lu Xiaoxian said angrily: "Isn't there anyone who cares about them?" ”

Chen Song smiled bitterly: "The people who bought outside are all low-level eunuchs, and most of the property they looted was given to the people above and received their money, who would care about them anymore?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but think of Yang Si, Gao Lishi, and Qin Jun, they are all eunuchs, will they be the same as Chen Song said?

Everyone didn't speak, Cen Shaobai saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, coughed and said to Chen Song: "Uncle Chen, let me take a look at the piece of jade that Xiaoxian gave you just now!" ”

"Oh? Shopkeeper Cen still understands jade? Chen Song handed over the jade pendant.

"Uncle Chen may not believe it, the ancestors of the Cen family have a unique knowledge of jade, and there are still a lot of hidden jade in the family when they were young, but later the family fell into the middle of the road...... Alas, don't talk about that! Cen Shaobai pinched his head and looked at the jade intently.

After reading it, Cen Shaobai asked, "Xiaoxian, this jade was bought from the West Market?" ”

"Exactly!" Lu Xiaoxian nodded.

"How much money did it cost?"

"Fifty taels!"

"It's expensive!" Cen Shaobai shook his head and said, "This jade pendant is only worth ten taels of silver at most!" ”

"What?" Lu Xiaoxian said with a bitter face, "How is it possible? The shopkeeper offered two hundred taels of silver, but I said that it was reduced to fifty taels! ”

"According to the origin of jade, there are Changbai jade, Xiuyan jade, Lantian jade, Kunlun jade, Hetian jade, Qilian jade, Tubo jade, Qinghai jade, etc., among which Hetian jade is the most precious, Xiuyan jade price is the cheapest. Xiao Xian, the piece of jade you chose happens to be Xiuyan jade, also known as Xiuyu! ”

"Isn't there a superb product in Xiuyu?" Lu Xiaoxian felt that he was very wronged, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

"Of course, there are also excellent products in this Xiuyu, but it has to look at its 'color, transparency, quality, and purity' to determine." Cen Shaobai is like a few treasures, "Xiuyu is divided into green, white, yellow, blue, red and other colors, generally speaking, red is the best, green is the second!" Your piece of Xiuyu is green! Xiuwang is mostly opaque, but there are also translucent and transparent, and the transparency is more precious. And this piece of jade is not transparent at all. The texture of Xiuyu is as uniform as possible, and the texture of this jade pendant is not uniform at all. It also depends on the number of impurities and flaws in the jade, whether it is clean, if it is clean, it is superior, but it is ....... ”

"Okay, okay, shopkeeper Cen, you don't have to say it, straight lady thief, I know I've been fooled!" Lu Xiaoxian interrupted Cen Shaobai's words.

Originally, Lu Xiaoxian didn't believe that he had been deceived, but when he heard Cen Shaobai talking, he believed eight points out of ten, and the loss of forty taels of silver was not much, but he was very unhappy in his heart.