After returning to the old store of the Hu family, Li Mao took the usual money from the wicker basket and asked Qingmo to settle the store money, Qingmo persuaded: "The public is public, the private is private, the money for this hotel should be spent from the public money, how can you let yourself pay for it." Li Mao smiled and said, "Don't be verbose, the rest of the money will be yours." The little guy suddenly shut up.

Sent the little servant to the counter to settle the bill, Li Mao took two more money to Xie Hu's shopkeeper, Li Mao designed to quote San'er before leaving the city and Hu Er, the shopkeeper of the Hu family's old shop, reached an agreement that the Hu family would protect the safety of Xue Rong and his wife, for which the Hu family specially hired a few idlers to guard, and sent the guys back and forth to pay, which cost a lot of money.

Hu Er refused to accept the money, he smiled and said: "I went to the scourge of Wen San'er, and Mo Kedu Town was too peaceful and quiet, I thank you too late, how dare I collect your money again." Li Mao said: "Shopkeeper Hu also thinks Wen San'er should die? ”

Hu Er said hatefully: "In the past few years, there have been no less than a dozen lives committed in his hands, shouldn't he die for such a person?" Li Mao shook his head and said, "Wen San'er is just a scoundrel, he can set off a few big waves, are those people really dying in his hands?" Shopkeeper Hu is a transparent person, so he naturally understands what Li Mao is referring to, he laughed and said: "Don't delve into this, wolves always have to eat people, as long as the food is not too ugly, let's bear with it, big hero, what do you say." ”

Li Mao smiled faintly and did not answer.

Li Mao handed over the rest of the money to Qin Niang for storage, Qin Niang was taken aback and hurriedly asked where it came from. Li Mao said: "Ten rewards for assisting the officers and soldiers to kill thieves." Qin Niang had already heard that Li Mao had already heard about Li Mao's assistant Guan Jian's killing of Wen San'er, and she hated Wen San'er's itchy teeth, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with killing people. Seeing so much reward again, he was even more happy, knelt on the ground and counted the money, frowned, and asked, "How can it be nine?" Did I count wrong? ”

Li Mao told him the truth, Qin Niang pursed her lips and smiled: "Good man, are you rich today, you are so generous." Li Mao said: "His husband and wife handed over all their belongings to me to take care of, and never cared about the details of entry and exit, wouldn't it be boring to divide them too carefully." Qin Niang said: "Then how can it be done, my brother will settle the accounts clearly, first say it and then don't mess up, you can't live in such a mess." He also persuaded: "People say that thousands of miles to build a long shed, all the feasts that will not be dispersed, you are his brother and not a domestic slave, he will promote you to be an official one day, what should you do, is it difficult not to make a deal out of the foolish account?" I've got to keep it in your accounts. ”

Li Mao nodded and said, "The lady is far-sighted, I am not as good as you." Qin Niang rolled her eyes and said, "Who is your lady, I don't have that blessing." "Qin Niang studied for a few years under the arrangement of her sister Yun Niang when she was young, and although she was not very literate, she was not good at keeping accounts. She took out an account book, and carefully wrote down how much money was spent on a certain year and where the goods were spent, and after writing it, Li Mao asked Li Mao to draw it, but Li Mao had no choice but to write her name.

Qin Niang looked left and right, and said with a smile: "This character is written...... Tsk, it doesn't seem to be as good-looking as mine. Li Mao's face is red, since primary school after learning to paint red, he has never used a brush, since learning to use the keyboard, he has not touched the pen for a long time, the hand is naturally ugly, not only that, but also often forget to write the pen.

When Qin Niang leaned over to keep accounts, Li Mao stood behind her and watched, her petite and soft body was close to her fingertips, and the fragrant breath drilled into her nose one by one, and his heart was messy, in order to overcome the stupidity of a certain part of his body, Li Mao turned around and came to the window, pushed open the window, and the cool night breeze blew on his face. The cool breeze stirred up, and his head sobered up, and he didn't feel ashamed of the dirty thoughts just now.

After keeping the accounts, Qin Niang packed up the account books and money, and called for foot-washing water to serve Li Mao to wash his feet. This little girl is a little dead-eyed, if she is not allowed to wait, she will feel uncomfortable, and even unable to eat and sleep steadily. Li Mao felt that he was actually helping her by doing this.

There were too many things to experience this day, Li Mao's head was messy, he thought he would lose sleep, but he fell asleep as soon as he touched his head on the pillow. In a daze, he seemed to hear the disturbing sound from upstairs again, and Li Mao laughed secretly in his heart: This old couple is really on fire in the old house - completely hopeless.

At dawn on the second day, under Li Mao's repeated urging, a group of people left the old store of the Hu family, and there were not many soft and soft people with them, and they all took one person and one bag on the boat, and just settled Xue Rong and his wife to live, and the people who were sent to buy dry food came back, Li Mao asked Qingmo to be responsible for the collection, and the little girl's eyes were red, obviously he didn't sleep well last night.

Li Mao came to the entrance of the boat pond to wait for Tian Qian, who was the female scholar. Last night, we made an appointment to meet here at two o'clock this morning, but there was no one in sight when it was near. Tian Qian didn't come, but Wang Jian came, with four soldiers and two large wicker baskets. Although he was dressed in casual clothes, that heroic spirit still came to his face.

Seeing the gift, Wang Jian sent two soldiers to send things onto the boat, and said with a smile: "It's all local products, keep it and send it to Chengwu County." Li Mao didn't say anything polite to him.

The two were gossiping, but they saw Tian Qi and the little servant Qingmo running over in a panic, the two of them were panting, sweating profusely, and the buns on their heads were loose. Li Mao thought that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped and asked, Tian Qian blushed, and explained that the two of them slept late last night and overslept in the morning, so they rushed all the way over for fear of missing the appointment.

Wang Jian glanced at the two of them, and the big eyes of the copper bell suddenly narrowed into a slit, and asked Li Mao: "Who are these two little ladies?" Tian Qian was taken aback, and hurriedly lowered her head, but the little guy straightened his chest and shouted: "Big man, you are also sleepy, what a little lady, this is our little Langjun, you can't tell the difference between male and female." ”

Wang Jian glanced at Li Mao, then looked at the scholar, smiled, seemed to have an understanding, bowed and said: "Blame me, blame me, I slept late last night, my head is not very clear, I am indeed dazzled." As he spoke, the two soldiers who had delivered the goods came back with empty baskets, and each of them received a bounty, and they smiled happily.

Wang Jian then said goodbye to Li Mao, and Li Mao cherished his voice and watched him leave.

Only then did he turn around and ask Tian Qian: "If Brother Tian has nothing else to do, how about we set off here?" Tian Qian said: "Listen to the arrangement." As soon as she left, the female Qingmo shouted: "Oh, it's not good, I left the dry food I bought last night in the inn." What are we going to eat on the way? Li Mao said: "It's okay, the dry food on the ship is sufficient, it's nothing more than adding a pair of dishes and chopsticks." "The matter has come to this, and Tian Qian can only say that he is bothered.

The owner chose an auspicious time to anchor and start the ship, when the northwest wind was blowing strongly, the ship raised its sails, and traveled very quickly with the water and wind. The water of the Yellow River is rolling and surging, the river surface is wide and magnificent, after walking for half a day, the dark clouds suddenly cover the sun, the surrounding fog is misty, looking forward to the turbid waves rising in the sky, making people feel both magnificent and unfathomable.