Yuan Xi frowned and said, "What do you think of what I just said?" If we keep our promises, we will certainly not owe you two thousand taels. ”

The man laughed dryly and said, "It's easy to say, but you have to go back and discuss, you also know that after all, it's a hundred wooden slips, which is not a small number, and our village is not enough." ”

"Then you go back, by the way, how many people in your village can speak Chinese?"

"Many, even a few of me." The man smiled and quickly left with a few men.

"Xianyi, what's going on outside?" After Yuan Xi entered, Aunt Liu asked.

"I asked, where we are, we have a chance to go back now, and we can go and bring everyone back all the time."

"With such a heavy snowfall, it is difficult for a thousand people to walk an inch, how can I go back?"

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "He said that there is a wooden slip, one can sit more than a dozen people, and I asked him to help me find a hundred." It should be about the same. ”

"Wooden slippery?" Aunt Liu's delicate willow eyebrows furrowed, "What is this, why have I never heard of this?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "You haven't heard of it. It's the first time I've heard of it, and that's right, they say that at the moment they're only walking in the snow with sleds and wooden skates, and we'll see when the time comes. ”

The two talked for a while, the sky gradually got dark, Yuan Xi looked at the weather outside for a while, thought about it, and pulled the three big fools into the room, otherwise if they met a dog thief, it would be over, although I don't know what these people do today, but obviously very interested in his dog.

After dinner in the evening, Aunt Liu rested first, and Yuan Xi and the eldest mother reluctantly communicated before entering the house.

In fact, this room is not warmer than the snow cave, on the contrary, there is also a leakage of wind, the only difference is that it gives people a greater sense of security, and living here will not freeze to death.

The faint light, swaying gently, the three big fools, who had long been leaning together, drowsy, Yuan Xi took off his cold coat aside, and was just about to lift the quilt to get to bed, when he heard a burst of footsteps outside, and then the three big fools in the house, instantly sobered up, and rushed outside.

However, the door was closed, and they could only arch the door and then look back at Yuan Xi.

"Don't scream." Yuan Xi looked back at Aunt Liu, who had already opened her eyes, and said softly, "It seems that someone is coming, I'll take a look." ”

Liu Gu lowered her eyelids, "Be careful." ”

"Okay." Opening the door, a cold wind blew suddenly, shrunk back, and in the faint light, Yuan Xi saw that the man who could speak Chinese he saw today had arrived at the door.

"Hey, so you live here, this house is leaking, right? If you don't go to my house to live, I'll get you a good room and add some charcoal fire to make sure it's very warm. ”

Yuan Xi was a little moved, but still rejected this person's kindness, "No need, I'm fine here." Are you talking about wood slipping? ”

"That's right," the man rubbed his hands together, with a smile on his face, "This, a hundred wooden slips are no problem at all, and the price of two thousand taels is also appropriate, but the place over there is too far away, and when the time comes, you have to go to Youzhou, we have to go with a lot of people, one and two, there are a lot of expenses on this road, so the price of the wooden slip is easy to say, but the price of this manpower, you see?" ”

Yuan Xi's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "You say, how much?" ”

The man's eyes flickered, as if he was suspicious, and finally gritted his teeth, "Five thousand taels, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Xi's face changed slightly, "Brother, do you dare to ask for five thousand taels?" Haven't you seen the money? ”

The man's face also changed, and he said unhappily: "I'm saving you, I admit that the money is too much, but we braved this once-in-a-century heavy snow to bring it to you, and we have all the credit and hard work, and we can be regarded as saving your fate, otherwise except for us." Surely there is no way for you to go back, do you say yes or no? ”

"Three thousand!" Yuan Xi cut down two thousand.

The man's face was shocked, and then he shook his head, "No, five thousand, we have discussed it, otherwise it will be difficult to divide it at that time." ”

Yuan Xi said angrily: "Don't be too greedy, three thousand is enough for you to earn for a lifetime." ”

The man smiled and said, "It's rare to have this opportunity, if people are not greedy, how can they be rich." ”

Yuan Xi suddenly smiled and said: "Although it is said that the officer is a promise, but you even dare to make our money, and your courage is not small." ”

The man said hesitantly: "Don't say anything else, our general is quite good, we are going to send you, our whole village, the people over there know, you must not deal with us, otherwise we will not be able to come back, or we will not come back, or we will not come to the money, this kind of consequence, if the general knows, I think you also know the consequences." ”

"Okay, four thousand." Yuan Xi said lightly: "One more point, it won't work, I've already doubled it for you." ”

The man was embarrassed for a while, and finally smiled reluctantly: "Okay, I'll go back and discuss with them, tomorrow may come later, if you can, I'll let someone inform you, and then I'll take someone to find Mu Slip, this thing has to be borrowed, it's really tiring." ”

"Well, I see, you go, I'm sorry for you." After Yuan Xi finished speaking, he entered the house without looking back.

The man looked at Yuan Xi's back, and then looked at the four big fools who were glaring at him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned around and left.

Yuan Xi entered the house, but Liu Gu had not yet fallen asleep.

Yuan Xi sat on the bed and touched his nose, but he was a little embarrassed, Aunt Liu would pretend to sleep first to cover up the embarrassment of the two before, but he didn't expect to not sleep today.

"Xianyi, come up." Yuan Xi inked under the bed for a while, and Liu Gu said loudly.

"Hey," Yuan Xi took a deep breath, knowing that she should have something to say to herself, otherwise she wouldn't not sleep, "Aunt Liu, the person outside just now this morning came to raise the price for me." ”

"Price increase?" Aunt Liu lifted a corner of the quilt and let Yuan Xi lie down, before saying, "How much do they want?" "Two thousand was enough before, and she dared to raise the price, this is the wealth of the government, which made her very frightened.

"Four thousand, originally five thousand, people, it's really not greedy, as long as you can make money, you dare to take any risk, no matter who you are, you dare to threaten." Yuan Xi said with a smile, but there was no trace of worry on his face.

After Yuan Xi lay down, facing up, Liu Gu slept beside him, and at this time, he was also facing up, and both of them consciously left a little space.

"Four thousand is too much." Liu Gu said softly: "This is a big mouth, aren't you afraid that the government will retaliate against them?" ”

"There is no fear." Yuan Xi smiled: "Forget it, let's not talk about these things first, we may come out tomorrow, in short, it's better to be careful on the road, I don't think these people are good birds." ”

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