Shen Gui didn't seem to feel the anger in Li Le'an's chest, but instead talked to this young man in a relaxed tone:

"Oh? The three of us have heard the famous name of the Dongyou Li family, so we will come to this great desolate city, wanting to find a way to make a fortune in the precious land; How? Little brother, what do you mean by being gorgeous and bad, could it be that this financial road is not easy to find? ”

But anyone who is a bad guy must be able to speak well and like to gossip; This 'stick' was asked by Shen Gui like this, and it was indeed early at this time, and the street was still quiet, so he simply took 'himself' noodle bowl and sat on the edge of the table of Shen Gui and the others.

"Don't hide it from the three masters, the villain is a native of the Great Wilderness City! Since my grandfather's generation, I've been running a restaurant in this area......"

Li Le'an didn't seem to like the deliberately low, pretending to be mysterious voice of the stick, and as soon as he heard this, he interrupted:

"After three generations of work, now it has been passed on to the 'grandson', and he is not only still a buddy, but also a guy in a small street restaurant! Let me see 'little master', your family is the tendon that hasn't grown into business at all......"

As soon as the stick heard Li Le'an's words, his face immediately turned cold, and then he gritted his teeth and retorted:

"This young man, you can watch people through the cracks in the door! As early as my father's generation, he had already set up a big rice village in this realm! If it weren't for the 'many years of care' of those old men surnamed Li, I would be the young shopkeeper of a big restaurant now! ”

Although Li Le'an also has the idea of listening to the truth, at this time, in the face of his family's responsibility, he will inevitably feel a sense of protection:

"Your family has sold and bought by itself, what does it have to do with the Li family?"

"Doing your own bad business? Then let's talk about it! In my grandfather's generation, I had already agreed with the Li family: this land is rented every ten years, and the rent will increase by three points every year. But at that time, the city was prosperous in the wilderness, and there were many merchants coming and going, so the restaurant business was naturally easy to do; And our family has also taken root in this eastern dark road; After my father took over the restaurant, the Li family sent someone to build a small shed...... Well, it's this little restaurant now...... With this "expanded" "warehouse", they tore up the documents that had been filed in the Yamen, and increased the rent by 10 percent, and the lease was changed to a five-year increase, until more than 20 years ago...... The head of the Li family became the prime minister of Youbei, and the Li family sent someone to come again, this time to discuss the matter of shareholding, saying that they wanted to cooperate with our family restaurant and lend us money to expand the façade...... In this way, after another three years or so, my wife and I, who had a hard life, rolled out of our ancestral business without taking the grass and putting the grass on the ground. ”

When the stick said this, some tears flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't continue. Li Le'an, who didn't know what was dirty in it, was naturally confused, so he had to ask again:

"The Li family has expanded with money, and it is normal to invest in shares and dividends, your family's business has lost money, and it has folded other people's shares and silver, and finally it was collected from the shop, no wonder others!

Shen Gui shook his head and explained in a whisper to Li Le'an:

"Don't you understand? Either they are forced to determine the interest rate of the donkey's rolling, or they just build some kind of straw hut and horse number or something, so as to occupy a share of the dry shares......"

When the stick heard this, he raised his head, with a smile on his lips and tears on his face, and said with a pretended lightheartedness:

"No, people really made money, not only renovated the façade, but also bought back a valuable appliance from Nankang at a high price; Moreover, according to this investment, the shares to be accounted for are not much...... But since the reopening, there will always be a group of ruffians in the restaurant, occupying a position without eating or drinking, and specially beating and scolding the guests. After a long time, who would dare to patronize such a restaurant? Since the business is deteriorating, where will we get the dividends and silver to hand over to the Li family? So, just like that, it didn't take long for our family's ancestral three generations of rice to be handed down to the Li family......"

When Shen Gui heard this, he naturally understood what kind of cat was tired of it. But he walked out of the door of the diner's shop, looked behind him for a moment, and then came back with some confusion, and asked the stick:

"Wasn't your family's ancestral business taken by the Li family? But behind this is just an empty building, what about the big rice village that your house has been occupied? ”

The stick's eyes flashed, and his tone was full of the pleasure of revenge:

"Opening a restaurant is a diligent business, and what you eat is a tired meal. How could those eldest masters of the Li family bear that sin? In less than two years, this rice village has been overturned by them......"

"Now that the ancestral business is gone, what are you still doing? A stick boy with hands and feet, go somewhere else to find a way to make a living? ”

"Master, your surname is Shen, right? I won't tell you that Master Shen, the shopkeeper and cook of our small restaurant is our original master on the stove. Our grandfather and I have already thought that as long as we don't die, we won't go anywhere! Hang a 'curtain' in front of this 'cemetery' and guard it. The stick has nothing else to hope for in his life, he just wants to see with his own eyes what will happen to them, the Li family, in the end! ”

Shen Gui looked at this young man who 'endured humiliation and burden', and couldn't help but admire. Even if the way he 'retaliated' is debatable, but with his hard temper, he should also be called a 'man'.

However, when Li Le'an heard this, he was already as unbearable as sitting on pins and needles.

This eldest lady of the Li family has grown up in the Great Wilderness City since she was a child. For every grass and tree in the city, there is a very deep affection. But today, after saying this 'stick', she suddenly felt that the great wilderness city in her heart and the actual great wilderness city actually had a great sense of separation!

When I was young, my grandmother, who was still alive, would often take me to buy some food and drink on the streets of the Great Wilderness City; And the people of the Great Wilderness City, when they saw their little girl, they all smiled accordingly, and they all praised the Li family's generosity and benevolence; But now that I think about it, I'm afraid that at what point, the people in these great wilderness cities have already suffered from the 'Li family'. And the fathers and elders who once greeted them with a smile on their faces, at that time, they were afraid that they were cursing themselves with the most vicious language.

"The Li Ye who came just now...... Who is it? ”

Li Le'an desperately suppressed the sadness in his heart and asked the young man 'stick'. is all because the people who can be put on the table by the Li family have more or less met a few times; And this 'Li Ye', who is richly dressed and has exquisite accessories, feels very unfamiliar to himself, and he doesn't even have half an impression in his heart.

"Oh, that Master Li? His real surname is Gao ......"

"I don't understand what you're talking about......"

Liu Banxian, who had just eaten and drunk enough, and had stolen a bun from Li Le'an, suddenly interjected:

"Old Immortal Elder, is there anything you don't understand about this? This 'Li Ye' was originally surnamed Gao, and he was Li Cai, the big housekeeper of Li Sanlin's Li Dagong's house, and the porter of his old man's house. may be because he and Li Cai have a similar temper, so they were 'gifted' surnamed Li. In this way, this 'Li Gaoye' can act under the banner of the 'Li family' in the Great Wilderness City. ”

When Li Le'an heard this, she thought about it several times before she figured out the chaotic relationship: the name Li Sanlin, she had heard of it, seemed to be the grandson of the elder of the Li family, who was responsible for managing part of the rent collection matters on weekdays.

And this is Li Ye just now, and he is the concierge of Li Sanlin's housekeeper's mansion, for Li Le'an, the eldest lady, that is, the servant of his grandson's minion! is a 'Li family' with such an identity, Li Le'an doesn't know how to talk to him; I didn't expect him to eat so well on the streets of the Great Wilderness City......

"Then what are the 'share of profit' and 'what kind of wages' you just mentioned? Is it ground rent? ”

"What kind of rent! The share of profit silver is the dry stock dividend of his master and housekeeper Li Cai; As for the wages, it is the 'labor income' of this Master Li! As for the rent, that's another matter......"

When Shen Gui heard this, he was really in awe of this inconspicuous-looking little restaurant.

"I didn't expect that you guys are such a shabby rice shop, and it's really hidden! Selling noodles and buns, can you make so much oil and water? It's really a means passed down from three generations! ”

Unexpectedly, the stick didn't answer when he heard this, but instead smiled, stretched out his finger and pointed to the empty cups, plates and dishes in front of Shen Gui, and stretched out his right hand to spread it out:

"Since the three of them have eaten and drunk enough, six steamed buns, three bowls of somen noodles, a pot of good wine, two dishes of dry-cut beef, erase the odds, a total of twenty taels of silver!"

"What's the matter? Is this a black shop? Old man, I have been traveling south and north for half my life, and I have always been the only one who cheats people, can you still let your kid calculate? ”

As soon as Liu Banxian heard this price, he suddenly stood up and sprayed a stick with a spit on his face.

"This immortal elder, the little one has already said the words in front just now, you just don't listen! Of course, the small ones also know that just a few dishes will cost at most two taels of silver in other places; 'But in the realm of our great desolate city, you come to eat, and it will be this price!' Of course, if you don't give it, I can't do anything about you, and the Li family will come to you to ask for money. Because of this silver, our restaurant can only receive two taels at most, and the rest are all taxes under the Li family......

Hearing this, Li Le'an stretched out his hand and patted the table:

"Who gave the guts? Dare to increase taxes privately, isn't there a royal law in this great desolate city? ”

"Wang Fa? I don't know, I haven't heard of it. We only know 'Riffa'.

"The Li family's private taxes are so rampant, doesn't the Yamen of the Great Wilderness City care about it?"

"Anyway, how can you ignore it? If you don't settle this table of dinner today, there will naturally be soldiers at the gate of the yamen to get you! Oh yes, I forgot to tell you. Our Great Master Yin of the Great Wilderness City is also the Li family! ”

Speaking of this, the stick was not worried about these three curious poor ghosts 'running away from the list', and walked into the back hall with the noodle bowl.

Shen Gui looked at Li Le'an, who had a complicated expression, took out an ingot of twenty taels of silver from his arms and put it on the table, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Miss Li's eyes:

"Don't be stunned, little chubby girl, let's enter the city in disguise, and naturally we will throw stones and ask for directions; Then this stone will fall on the head of that 'Master Li'. I'm going to use this dictionary to forget my ancestors...... Oops......"

Li Le'an, who was called 'fat girl', flew up and stomped directly on Shen Gui's ankle; Then he grabbed Liu Banxian's arm and walked out of this small restaurant.

In all fairness, no matter how judged by the aesthetic standards of any era, Li Le'an is far from being a 'fat girl', just a little rounder.