The little boy kept looking around on the street, and when he saw the restaurant where Li Rizhi and they were eating, he stood outside the store and hesitated.

Duan Baokang invited the county magistrate to dinner, of course, it is impossible to choose that kind of dirty small restaurant, which will make the county magistrate unhappy, but he can't choose that kind of gorgeous restaurant, which will make the county magistrate think, hey, you old Duan is rich, where did your money come from, it can't be corruption and bribery, right?

Duan Baokang won't make trouble for himself, so the restaurant he chose is moderately priced, and the store is tidy, of course, this is in his eyes to see the price moderate, but for the extremely poor, as long as the restaurant is not cheap, some poor people will not eat in the restaurant in their lifetime.

The little boy obviously had never entered the restaurant, so he walked to the door of the restaurant and cautiously asked the man at the door if they wanted to accept pheasants, and then he brought a pheasant from the bamboo basket behind him for the man to see.

The guy in the restaurant was full of kindness and good behavior, he said, "Little brother, where is your adult?" Alas, if you want to sell such good things, you have to go to a big restaurant, a small shop like ours doesn't make big dishes like stewed chicken, and we can't afford to collect pheasants, and we rarely do the business of domestic chickens! ”

The price of pheasant and domestic chicken is far from the same, especially when chicken feathers are more expensive than chicken, and the price is even worse!

It is estimated that the work of selling wild animals in the past was done by the little boy's family, and this is the first time he has come out, after listening to the man's words, the little boy has a blank look on his face, and it is estimated that the restaurant does not accept pheasants, and it has never been in his imagination.

Li Rizhi shouted: "Hey, little brother, are you hungry, come in and eat a bowl of crescent wontons, it's delicious, I'm in for a treat!" ”

The little boy's eyes lit up, he shook the pheasant in his hand, and asked, "Little master, do you want to sell pheasants, the best pheasants, I only shot them this morning, and they are still alive!" ”

In order to show that the pheasant in his hand was indeed alive, he shook it vigorously, and the pheasant also cooperated, probably being dizzy and clucking a few times.

Li Rizhi shook his head, picked up a crescent wonton, and said, "I don't buy pheasants, I invite you to eat this!" ”

The little boy showed a disappointed expression, no longer shaking the pheasant in his hand, looked at the crescent wonton, and swallowed his saliva, but he still shook his head and walked away with his head down.

Duan Baokang said: "This kid is really shy enough, he can't do business like this, but he looks very good!" ”

Li Rizhi didn't notice what the little boy looked like just now, he just felt good, and now that Duan Baokang said it, Li Rizhi couldn't help but remember, yes, that little boy was really Manchu Qingxiu.

When they finished dinner, it was not early to see that it was not early, and it was impossible to hurry again, so they stayed in this town, there were several large inns in the town, so they chose an inn facing the street, and asked for two of the noisiest and most lively rooms outside the window.

Sure enough, it was the noisiest room, not only pushed open the window to the street, people shouted horses, and there were drunk people who drank too much and went crazy, and there was a drunk, staggering to the window, and then wow, he vomited all over the floor, and it smelled sour!

Zhang Lao Liu was angry, jumped out of the window, beat the drunk with his fist, woke up half of the drunkard's alcohol, and escaped with a rolling belt.

The guy was also angry, and he did the work while scolding, because he was afraid that Zhang Laoliu would be angry with him, so he cleaned the window very cleanly, and washed the ground with clean water.

Zheng Gangling sat in the room, listened to the noise outside, and smiled at Li Rizhi: "Good nephew, this is life in the market, how is it, how do you feel now?" ”

Although Li Rizhi is not a wealthy nobleman and has never lived a life of fine clothes and food, he has been pampered since he was a child, with no shortage of food and clothing, and his father protects him well.

Li Rizhi's face was serious, and he said seriously: "I feel a lot, uncle, I think I'm very suitable for this kind of market life, so let's go home, I don't have to go to school, I see that I will be a buddy in my own pharmacy in the future, I like to sell medicines!" ”

Zheng Gangling stretched out his hand, played him a brain, and said with a smile: "I started talking nonsense again, poor mouth and poor tongue." ”

The two uncles and nephews talked for a while, and after washing, they rested early, Zheng Gangling was a literati, Li Rizhi was a child, and they were a little tired after a day's walk, there were two beds in the room, and they each slept in one bed.

After Li Rizhi went to bed, he slept for more than an hour, woke up at almost midnight, got up and went to the thatched house, and couldn't sleep when he came back, he changed to a new place, he would definitely not sleep well, plus his uncle Zheng Gangling snored, and the snoring was so loud that he was directly shocked to the point that he couldn't sleep, and he could only squint now.

Suddenly, in a daze, Li Rizhi heard someone crying, the crying was not too loud, mixed with snoring, and it was not easy to distinguish, Li Rizhi sat up, listened attentively, and found that someone was crying outside the window!

In the middle of the night, even the lively streets are now quiet, and everyone has gone home to sleep, so who is crying outside the window?

Li Rizhi got out of bed, put on his clothes, he walked to the window, secretly opened a small slit, and looked out, the street outside was dark, and it was even darker under the window, he couldn't see anything, he had no choice but to turn around and go to the table to get the oil lamp and flint.

Outside the window, there was a little boy sitting under the window, with tattered clothes, his head buried in the middle of his knees, his hands on his knees, crying very sadly, his crying was full of grievances, it was the little boy that Li Rizhi had seen twice during the day!

There was a big bamboo basket next to the little boy, but there were no pheasants in it, and there was nothing in the basket, even if the little boy sold the pheasants, but looking at the appearance of the bamboo basket, he didn't buy anything.

With a creak, the door of the inn opened, and out of it came a shopkeeper, dressed in clothes and carrying a lantern in his hand. The shopkeeper lit it with a lantern, went down the wall to the window, and saw the little boy curled up in a ball!

The guy in this shop is the one who cleans the window, don't look at him is afraid of Zhang Lao Liu, but he is not afraid of the little boy, he has seen a lot of poor people, and he himself is not very rich, but this does not mean that he will not bully people who are poorer than him.

The shopkeeper widened his eyes and shouted, "You poor boy, why are you howling under someone else's window, go elsewhere, don't disturb the customers in the store, don't get out of the way, be careful to beat you!" ”

In the middle of the night, someone was crying outside, and the timid thought it was a ghost, if there were rumors that it was unfavorable to the inn, then the inn would not be opened, and the store guys could not be angry!

The little boy was startled, the lights were dark at night, and there were no street lamps or anything like that on the street, he just found a wall on the side of the road, and there was a place to lean on, who would have thought that this was the window of the inn.

The little boy was so frightened that he didn't dare to cry any longer, so he got up and grabbed the basket, and wanted to leave, when suddenly there was a light behind him, and the window opened, and there appeared a man holding an oil lamp, also a little boy, but a rich little boy.

Li Rizhi found the oil lamp and flint on the table, but the flint was not very easy to use, he hit it several times before he lit the oil lamp, and when he opened the window, the shopkeeper was about to drive the little boy away.

The shopkeeper didn't know Li Rizhi's identity, but he knew that Li Rizhi had a very stylish elder, and he also brought two particularly well-equipped entourage, so he shouldn't be an ordinary person, so his attitude naturally stammered.

The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded and said, "Ah, this little young master, the little one will drive away this howling thing immediately, but I don't dare to disturb the little master's rest." ”

Li Rizhi said: "You don't have to worry about it here, you can go and get busy with yours!" Well, go and sleep your sleep! ”

The shopkeeper said twice, "If the little master has something, as long as he screams, the little one will come to serve!" With that, he took the lantern and went to bed.

Li Rizhi looked at the little boy who was still sobbing and asked, "What's your name, why are you crying under my window?" ”

He was afraid of disturbing Zheng Gangling's sleep, so he asked the little boy to carry the oil lamp for him, and then he climbed out of the window, turned around and closed the window again.

The little boy returned the oil lamp to Li Rizhi, lowered his head and wanted to leave, Li Rizhi stopped him and said, "I asked you just now, why didn't you answer me, I jumped out of the house, I can't ask nothing, and then jump in!" ”

The little boy was a little at a loss, he also knew that crying under someone else's window must be very annoying, he lowered his head and said: "Villain, the villain is called Chengzi, disturb the little master to sleep, the villain apologizes to the little master!" ”

As he spoke, the little boy bowed to Li Rizhi, and his apology was very sincere, and it seemed that he was an educated child.

Li Ri knew: "There is no need to apologize. Your name is Chengzi? Which success, success or failure, or the journey of the journey? ”

"It's a success or a failure!" Becoming a free way.

Li Rizhi nodded and said: "Well, Chengzi is a good name in this one, it sounds very good, so why are you crying in the middle of the night, why don't you go home, by the way, has your pheasant been sold?" He asked several questions in a row.

Cheng Zi felt sad again, he was still young, basically he was still at the age when he would answer whatever others asked, and he would not hide anything, since Li Rizhi asked, then he had to answer.

Cheng Zizi said: "They deceived my pheasant, they were only willing to give me twenty yuan, and they pushed me, I hit the table, broke a bowl, they asked me to pay thirty yuan, and snatched back the twenty yuan, and said that I owed them ten yuan, and they wanted to arrest me in the yamen and let the county magistrate beat me!" ”

Li Rizhi sighed and said, "There is such an arrogant person, who deceived your pheasant?" ”

Cheng Zizi pointed to the distance and said: "A big restaurant over there, called Jindou Restaurant, is their shopkeeper, and the guys deceived me together, they also told me to get away, otherwise they will arrest me and send me to the official!" Little master, I really didn't mean to cry under your window, I can't see that there is a window here! ”

Li Ri knew: "If you don't bother me, I can't sleep, what's going on, you tell me in detail." Well, you're literate, right? ”