Steward Li's words came to an abrupt end, and the entire living room was as quiet as if the air had frozen, and everyone was stunned, staring straight at the flames dancing in the wind.

It was a completely expected reaction.

"Click!"

Zhao Rui smiled and let go of his fingers, and the flames disappeared immediately.

"This ...... What is this object, and how can it still be on fire? ”

Steward Li took the lighter from Zhao Rui's palm, and looked at it carefully curiously, and the old butler and Steward Li's two entourages also poked their necks to see what was going on.

"This is called a lighter, it is a thing used by the Hu nobles outside the ocean, it can be ignited at will, and it is extremely precious......"

"Smack!"

Steward Li studied it in front of him, and unexpectedly pressed the switch without a teacher, and the flames that came out directly almost burned his eyebrows.

"Oh my God!"

The sudden flames startled Steward Li, his hands trembled, and he almost dropped the lighter on the ground.

Steward Li's face turned blue for a while, and Zhao Rui just said that this was a precious thing, and he almost broke it.

At this time, most of the Southern Song Dynasty used fire folds, which was relatively convenient, but naturally it could not be compared with modern lighters.

"Zhao Gongzi, this ...... Is it a gift for me? ”

Steward Li looked incredulous, and couldn't put it down and played with the lighter, not to mention its function, even the material had never been seen before.

It's a baby!

After playing for a while, Steward Li gradually calmed down, and at this time, he realized that the gift given by Zhao Rui was too valuable?

"Zhao Gongzi, thank you for your generous gift, you deserve it! I wonder what else is going on at home? In Lingshan County, our Li family still speaks. ”

Zhao Rui looked at Steward Li with a smile, and sure enough, it was the person in charge of the Li family, and he could see at once that he had something to ask for.

So Zhao Rui didn't need to be polite, nodded and said: "Steward Li, that's the case, I am now trading with the merchant ships of the Hu people, and there are a lot of strange things that I want to sell, but I lack a shop façade, I wonder if your Li family can rent and sell one to me?" ”

"This ......"

Steward Li pondered for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "Now that a large number of northerners are moving south, housing prices and rents are rising year after year, and it is definitely not for sale to sell, but if you want to rent, there is really a two-story building with a good location." ”

Steward Li now puts himself in the shoes of the Zhao family, thinking that Zhao Rui is rich, so he wants to buy a family business.

At this time, renting is not as good as buying a house, even if you don't buy or sell in the future, you can also collect rent happily.

But who doesn't understand this truth, it generally doesn't matter, no one will sell the property on the street, these shops are cash cows in their hands.

"Great! I'm willing to rent! ”

Zhao Rui's eyes lit up and said happily.

In two years, the Southern Song Dynasty will be destroyed, Zhao Rui will not buy any real estate, if he has money, recruit troops and buy horses, and try his best to survive and develop in the troubled times is the right way.

Steward Li was originally a person who collected rent for the Li Mansion, and he also had to worry about renting a shop, so he just had to do a personal favor and rent the shop to Zhao Rui.

Although many people wanted to rent this two-story building before, Steward Li accepted such a heavy gift as a lighter, so he would naturally look at Zhao Rui.

It's just that the store still has a few days of lease period, and Steward Li explained the situation and promised to sign the lease in a few days, so he left the Zhao family with his entourage happily.

Seeing that the debt had been paid off, the old housekeeper asked Zhao Rui to go to the ancestral hall to offer incense with excitement, saying that it was all thanks to the blessing of his ancestors.

While the two were talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Is Big Brother at home?"

Zhao Rui saw that the old housekeeper's expression was different, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "...... is this?"

"Who else can this voice be, young master of the Lin family, he must have skipped school again! This kid is looking for you to play all day long, and if he doesn't learn by himself, he will delay the young master's studies! ”

The old butler shook his head helplessly and walked towards the door.

Zhao Rui hurriedly followed with a blank face, wanting to see what the "friends" of this era looked like.

The street door opened, and there was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy standing outside the door, with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, and his eyes lit up after seeing Zhao Rui, and his expression was extremely kind.

"Big brother, I found an iron slingshot today, the power is amazing, let's go up the mountain and fight the finch!"

The young master of the Lin family regarded the old housekeeper as nothing, and directly grabbed Zhao Rui's sleeve and dragged him out.

Unexpectedly, the strength of this half-grown boy was not small, and Zhao Rui was involuntarily pulled by him and ran up.

The old housekeeper behind him shouted helplessly: "Young master, go home early~"

Zhao Rui looked at the young man next to him, and couldn't help but pout, he couldn't imagine that his predecessor, a 20-year-old young man, would play with a half-sized child, is there no generation gap?

"Lin Gongzi, I can't run, let's rest!"

Zhao Rui stopped panting, and it seemed that he would have to strengthen his training in the future.

"Hey, big brother, didn't you call me Shizhao before?"

Zhao Rui secretly screamed badly, but fortunately, the son of the Lin family was young, so Zhao Rui immediately made a headache.

The son of the Lin family supported Zhao Rui with a concerned face.

Zhao Rui pretended to be weak and painful and said: "Since my father passed away, I have headaches from time to time, and I can't remember many things before, so don't blame me." ”

Hearing Zhao Rui talk about the change, Lin Shizhao also looked gloomy, and became a little deep.

"Big brother, don't blame my family, the strength of the Zhou family is too great, even my father can't do it......"

Zhao Rui was overjoyed in his heart, pretending that he couldn't remember anything, and asked Lin Shizhao to talk about it from beginning to end, Lin Shizhao seemed to have a little guilt, and he didn't doubt him, so he said it directly from beginning to end.

The more Zhao Rui listened, the more surprised he became, he didn't expect that he had a fiancée, who was Lin Shizhao's sister, called Lin Mengqiao.

It turns out that there is still this level of relationship, no wonder I feel that Lin Shizhao is very kind to him, and he is his brother-in-law for a long time.

There are two major families in the town, the Li family is the largest, and the Zhou family is second, but the Zhou family has some friendship with the county order, so it is basically on par with the Li family, both of them collect land rent and do business.

And Zhao Rui's father had some ways to get cheap Huren spices at that time, and robbed many customers of the Zhou family, so he was framed by the Zhou family and was imprisoned.

Zhao Rui's mother kept running and working until she spent all her family wealth to rescue her dying husband, and she died one day after returning home, and Zhao Rui's mother also died of depression under great sorrow, with only a short interval of three days.

Under the arrangement of the old housekeeper, his parents were finally buried, and Zhao Rui's home was empty, and there were only ten acres of paddy fields left, and he would not starve to death by collecting rent.

The Zhao family suddenly changed, and the marriage contract with the Lin family showed signs of being dissolved in front of him, according to Lin Shizhao's meaning, it can be said that it is "male silence and female tears".

Lin Shizhao said that his mother shed tears at his father when she thought of this, saying that she couldn't watch the girl marry and suffer in the past, but at this time, Master Lin was silent, and the situation was not optimistic.

"Your sister is beautiful?"

Zhao Rui didn't care so much, if it was an ugly girl, even if their family agreed, he wouldn't dare to ask for it.

"What else do you need to say?"

Lin Shizhao said with a surprised face: "Big brother, it seems that you really can't remember, my sister is beautiful and famous, even the young master of the Zhou family is thinking about my sister!" I think your affairs are quite mysterious, I saw a matchmaker come to the door a few days ago, it can't be the Zhou family......"

Lin Shizhao frowned, worried about Zhao Rui.

So pretty?

Since Zhao Rui came to the Song Dynasty, he has never seen what a so-called beauty looks like, Lin Shizhao's description greatly aroused Zhao Rui's curiosity, looking at his thick eyebrows and big eyes, it is estimated that what he said is true.

"It's not early, let's hurry up and fight the birds!"

Lin Shizhao was a little depressed after talking for a long time, and pulled Zhao Rui towards the mountain.

This brother-in-law is really having a lot of fun, forget it, for the sake of him telling himself so much, let's play with him.

The reason why Lingshan County got its name is because the north of the county relies on Lingshan, and the mountains are rich in vegetation and stretching for dozens of kilometers with the spirit of beauty.

The two walked to the foot of the mountain, Lin Shizhao picked up a lot of small stones as ammunition, I have to say that he was still relatively accurate, and it didn't take long to shoot down a sparrow on the treetops.

Zhao Rui was itchy to see it, asked for the slingshot, and tried it himself.

Aim......

Shoot!

Because of his inexperience, Zhao Rui directly shot the stone off the ground and flew directly into the bushes on the side.

Lin Shizhao was happy, and was just about to laugh a few words, when he suddenly heard someone in the bushes shouting "oops".

Someone?

It's not good, it's hit someone.

Zhao Rui shouted apologetically: "I'm sorry, I missed the shot, it doesn't matter, right?" ”

There was a sound of grass and trees next to him, and a middle-aged strong man appeared.

The strong man looked at Zhao Rui and the two viciously, and walked over with his forehead covered.

Zhao Rui smiled apologetically embarrassed.

And Lin Shizhao was trembling a little, and when the strong man came to him, he said: "It's not good, it's a thief!" ”

After listening to Lin Shizhao's words, Zhao Rui also saw that this strong man was in shabby clothes, tied a rusty Pu knife around his waist, and looked at Zhao Rui and the two of them like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Made, what a pig teammate, why didn't you say it earlier!

"Now that you know, bring out the money. Treat me! ”

The sound of the bandit was like a rumbling bell, coupled with the body like an iron tower, which really made Zhao Rui dispel the idea of resisting.

By the way, isn't there still chili water!

"Good...... Not only do I have silver, but I also have other treasures......"

Zhao Rui pretended to be sincerely afraid, took out chili water from his sleeve, opened the lid, pressed the nozzle with his hand, and stretched it out in front of the thief's eyes.

"Huh? What is it? ”

The thief thought that the outside of the bottle was strange and beautiful, so he leaned his face over to see what was going on.