"Brother Shi, are you talking about sending candles?" I saw Li Shihammer casually take out a small piece of molting hemp straw from his arms, about five or six inches long.

Shi Moxi took it over and looked at it carefully, and found that the head of the hemp straw was coated with sulfur, which was converted into about 15 centimeters.

"This thing is so long, you carry it with you?" Shi Moxi looked at the match that was almost the length of his face, and felt more and more that there was a business opportunity.

"It's a little inconvenient to carry, but my father told me to bring it. You still don't know the virtue of the shopkeeper of Wang Ji's groceries, but I'm afraid that he will give some defective products, and it will be a lot of trouble if he can't light the fire at that time. Li Shizhu had an expression that you understand.

However, Shi Moxi really has no impression of this Wang Ji shopkeeper.

Shi Moxi asked as he walked with Li Shizhu; "How does this thing make fire?"

"Of course you use flint, of course you can use an open flame, Brother Shi, why don't you even know this? Didn't you always help your dad before? Li Shihammer also reached out to probe Shi Moxi's forehead.

Shi Moxi waved his hand to dodge, "How can I be the same as Aunt Li, I'm not sick, maybe I've experienced a little too much today, and I'm a little in a trance." ”

"I'll just say it! But big brother, you are really not the same as before, like, like. Li Shihammer groaned slightly, "It's like a different person." ”

Shi Moxi chuckled in his heart, this is going to be discovered, and he doesn't treat me as a goblin who has lost his soul. said vaguely: "What's the matter, I came out to live on my own, of course I have to be tougher, after all, I can't always rely on Uncle Li and Aunt Li." ”

Shi Moxi chatted with Li Shizhu without a sentence to understand the situation, while thinking about the problem of matches, "This candle is not easy to carry, and it is not so easy to light a fire, it is really inconvenient, compared with matches, it seems that I want to study the production of matches, this must be a way for me Shi Moxi to make a fortune in the Ming Dynasty." ”

After thinking about it, Shi Moxi and Li Shizhu had already passed through five or six streets and alleys, and as far as the eye could see, there was the signboard of Li Kee's blacksmith.

The furnace where the billet is calcined is blazing, and there is a hand-drawn bellows at the junction of the furnace.

"Dang, dang, dang......" The crisp sound of striking iron came from a low tiled house, and two men, an old man and a young man, were sweating and flopping the iron on the anvil, sparks flying everywhere.

The old one is Uncle Li, and the younger one is Uncle Li's apprentice. Uncle Li was bare-armed, but at the age of forty, he showed an incompatible old state, and the fingerprints on his palms had long been worn off and covered with calluses.

"Uncle Li, are you still busy?" Shi Moxi greeted warmly.

Uncle Li raised his head and saw that it was Shi Moxi who immediately stopped what he was doing, his face full of wrinkles and a smile of concern.

"Who am I? It turns out that you kid is here, what's wrong? It's not good for the kid to live alone, right? Uncle Li's hearty laughter resounded throughout the blacksmith shop.

Uncle Li pulled Shi Moxi to his side and patted Shi Moxi's shoulder, "If you want to come back, move back, your Uncle Li's family is not short of your mouthful of food." ”

"Don't worry, Uncle Li, I'm all talented, why can't I live, let alone that I'm not far from home."

Uncle Li smiled with satisfaction, and turned his head to look at Li Shihammer, "Why did you come back so quickly, I asked you to buy a candle for Lao Tzu to take out." ”

Li Shizhu frowned, then patted the top of his head hard and said regretfully: "Send candles? It's over, it's over. I just watched the excitement, I forgot! Then he hurriedly ran out, as if he was afraid that Uncle Li would give him a severe beating.

"Dad, don't be angry, I'll go buy it back."

Li Shihammer's plea for mercy caused the three of them to laugh.

After the laughter, Uncle Li asked what was lively, and Shi Moxi also told the truth.

Uncle Li raised his eyebrows, his face was full of spring breeze, and his expression was full of pride and pride: "Good boy, it is worthy of the child raised by my old Li, who actually put the teachings and that old man in prison." ”

seemed to be very happy, Uncle Li let the apprentice go home early, closed the shop himself, and planned to take Shi Moxi home.

"Uncle Li, don't you care about the hammer?"

Uncle Li hated iron and steel, "That kid can't hit iron, he is a lot smarter, and when he sees the store closed, he will know that he will go home, don't worry about him!" ”

Shi Moxi could only smile bitterly, happy that Li Shizhu had an understanding father.

The time is almost evening, and the lively scene in Qingyuan County has just begun. Among the grass markets, night markets, and morning markets, the night markets are the most popular.

In ancient times, the people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, and the cycle began over and over again. But the night market adds a lot of fun to the boring life.

Along the way, Shimoxi found a lot of snacks and dramas unique to the south, and there are many in Qingyuan County.

It can be seen that the commodity economy has developed a lot in the new and Ming dynasties, and the north and the south have been interconnected, and cultural exchanges are very frequent.

Shi Moxi couldn't help but immerse himself in this prosperous scene, which is different from the hustle and bustle of modern society.

In the crowded market, there are not only nightclubs and nightshops that attract customers under the guise of hanging high, but also hawkers who carry their hands on their shoulders, and the sound of buying candy echoes in the night sky......

is obviously chaotic and noisy, but it gives Shi Moxi a different sense of calm.

Without waiting for Shi Moxi to enjoy himself, Uncle Li led Shi Moxi into a Zou Ji restaurant.

"Xiao Zou, don't come out to greet you Uncle Li, your Uncle Li is going to give you a big order today!" As soon as Uncle Li entered the restaurant, he shouted very familiarly.

This Zou Ji Restaurant has been making iron tools at Uncle Li's house since his father's generation, and the current shopkeeper can only be called Uncle Li.

"Come on!" A man under thirty and dressed in a slightly rich way greeted him warmly.

Sent away the shopkeeper on the side, "Uncle Li has encountered some happy event, he is so happy, the younger generation has thanked Uncle Li for taking care of the business." ”

"Don't say that polite word, make me a sauce elbow flower, Dongpo eggplant, stewed vegetables, and green onion pancakes for four people." Uncle Li was about to finish speaking, and seemed to think of something.

I was afraid of Shi Moxi, "Today, you have to accompany your Uncle Li to have a good drink, and Xiao Zou will give me another pound of good pear blossom spring." ”

"Okay Uncle Li, the juniors know that you don't like to make noise, you go home first, and I'll send it to you later."

A meal cost almost one or two pieces of silver, but Pear Blossom Spring accounted for half of the price, which was close to Uncle Li's half-month income, which could not be described as a hemorrhage.

After all, it is a combination of a butcher's daughter and a blacksmith family, and speaking of which, Uncle Li's family can be regarded as a well-off family.

Living in a house is also different from ordinary people's homes, if you add a study and a backyard to expand a little, it can also be called a two-out and two-in house.

"If the match really makes money, we must build a big house with three entrances and three exits, and we will also live the fairy days of the landlords and gentry."