After a while, Li Daning's wife had finished the chicken and put it down on the low table in the courtyard.

Li Daning took the wine and invited Ma Kun to sit down. Ma Kun wanted to invite Li Daning's wife to eat together, but Li Daning was very traditional and said: "Women don't serve at the table." He stopped talking, just poured wine into the bowl and invited Ma Kun to drink.

Li Daning's wife was busy on the stove again, first fried a few side dishes for Li Daning and them, and then made noodles for the laborers outside and Deng Bao.

Ma Kun was not angry, and said: "These guys who don't have long eyes should starve them, what do you care about them?" ”

Li Daning said: "They are all croppers, and since they go to serve as laborers, how can they not obey orders." Let her go, let her go. ”

During the meal, Li Feibai told the purpose of his return. Li Daning said: "That dare is good, but I don't know if I can sell it!" ”

Li Feibai took another time to speak, and what he said was not much different from what he told Zheng Haoran. Then he told Li Daning about the five-fifty division method. Because Li Feibai's money is limited, it is impossible to buy a stone lion according to the sharing method now. In addition, the craftsmanship of people is high, and the quality of the carved stone lions is good and good, so they can only be divided after they are sold.

He explained all these things clearly, and Li Daning said: "As long as it can be sold, a stone lion will earn more than a few in previous years, so what's the point of sharing it later?" The villagers must be happy. ”

Li Feibai gave Li Daning ten taels of silver, and asked him to go to Wangwu Township in the next few days, hire more donkeys and mules, and transport all the stone lions to the county seat.

The more Li Daning saw that his son was different from before, and wanted to ask Li Feibai what had happened to the county seat these days, but Ma Kun, an outsider, was sitting next to him, and he couldn't speak.

After eating, Ma Kunsheng dragged hard and asked Li Feibai to go up the mountain to hunt. Near Xiapan Village, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and there are really a lot of game, and in one afternoon, seven or eight pheasants and two or three hares were hunted. When the two returned to the village, they saw that the courtyard outside their home was unusually lively, and the villagers gathered again. They killed a fat pig and set up two cauldrons, which were burning fiercely at the bottom, one pot of stew, and the other underneath.

It turned out that the villagers heard that the stone lion they carved a few years ago had a way out, and they were all very happy to get half of the imperial grain free today, and they took out all the best things in the house, and wanted to have fun with Li Feibai and Ma Kun, so grateful for the love of the two.

As soon as Li Feibai and Ma Kun handed over the prey in their hands to the villagers for rectification, they were invited by several old people to sit at a table of eight immortals and chat, and after a while, the meal was cooked. The villagers took turns to toast, and Li Feibai drank with joy. Ma Kun saw that Li Feibai was drinking boldly, and he was not good at holding and pinching, and he did not refuse to come. When the feast was over, the two were very drunk, and when they woke up, it was the morning of the second day.

After breakfast, Ma Kun divided the forced labor into two groups. One set sent the imperial grain that should be paid to Wangwu Township, and when the imperial grain of the whole township was paid, it was sent to the county seat together. A group escorted Deng Bao and six people to the county seat. When everyone entered the city, Ma Kun asked the forced servants to send the six people to the prison and led Li Feibai to see the two façade rooms.

Lao Guo had already learned about Li Feibai's righteous act from Ma Kun's mouth, and he was very grateful, and after handing over the house under the witness of the guarantor, he said that he would invite the two to drink. It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and the three of them came to Tianxiang Building. When I went upstairs, there was a small official who was also eating on the second floor, and Xu was in a hurry and was hurrying downstairs. Seeing Ma Kun, he hurriedly said hello.

Ma Kun ignored it, casually entertained a few words, and went upstairs. Li Feibai thought to himself, the level of this little official must be much lower than Ma Kun's, and Ma Kun was lazy to take care of it.

During the banquet, the little official came over to toast again, and when he pushed the door, he saw Li Feibai sitting in the first place, and Ma Kun sitting in the prime minister's company, and he was slightly surprised. I saw Ma Kun holding a teapot to refill Li Feibai's water, and introduced what kind of dish he had just served! When he spoke, Ma Kun's ass didn't even dare to sit all next to the chair, but half-pulled his butt and left the chair. He was even more surprised, and said secretly: "Who is this young man, why is Ma Kun so stammered." In the entire Jiyuan County, in addition to the county magistrate, the county lord Ma Kun will not be so stammering, I don't know what the origin of this young man is. ”

When he toasted, he speculated and knocked on the side, wanting to inquire about Li Feibai's origin, but Ma Kun pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not mean to tell at all. Ma Kun spoke to him with an arrogant attitude, but when he spoke to the young man, the meaning of arrogance disappeared immediately, and it was replaced by a respectful and respectful attitude. He keenly realized that no matter who this young man was, he could not offend the Lord, and he only needed to be respectful anyway.

He respectfully gave Li Feibai a glass of wine, and respectfully said goodbye and left, returning to his private room, the whole person was stunned, and he didn't even have the heart to drink the toast of his companions. I thought to myself: "If that young man can climb the friendship, and rise up this year, there will definitely be hope." ”

Li Feibai returned drunk, and woke up the next morning, dizzy and heavy, and his stomach was very uncomfortable. In the past few days, he has been drunk repeatedly, and he secretly admonished himself that he could not drink like this in the future, and that he would have to drink to death if he drank like this again. After washing and drinking, I drank the millet porridge boiled by my sister-in-law, and the discomfort was relieved.

After eating, he went out of the house, came to the Yin Hotel, walked to the backyard, and saw Qian Zijun walking slowly, so he walked forward quickly, and said with a smile: "Big brother, can you get out of bed and walk around?" ”

Qian Zijun said: "With your divine hand carefully regulated, the injury heals very quickly." ”

Li Feibai said: "After walking for a while, go back to bed and lie down, so as not to cause the wound to bleed again." ”

Qian Zijun said: "If you don't lie down, you should grow mushrooms when you lie down again." After a pause, he said, "I plan to go back tomorrow!" ”

Li Feibai let out an "ah" and said, "Leave so soon?" It doesn't matter if you hurt? ”

Qian Zijun said: "It doesn't matter if you get injured, if you ride a horse slowly, there should be no problem when you get to Kaifeng Mansion." He added: "The vacation time has passed, and it is too late to go back, so it is difficult to explain." Those thousands of households, not talking about it, didn't look down on me in their hearts, thinking that I, a son-in-law, would get out of the guard house in a few days. I can't let them look down on me! He added: "Don't tell anyone else the news that I'm leaving, otherwise it will be a big show, and it will be a trouble." The mouth of eating people is short, and the hands of people are soft, so it is better to find something less for yourself. ”

Li Feibai nodded in agreement. Although he and Qian Zijun have only known each other for a few days, they have similar tempers and worship brothers, and the two are already quite close. Hearing Qian Zijun say that he was leaving, he felt a little sad and said: "Farewell at this time, I don't know when we will be able to meet." ”

Qian Zijun said: "When I recover from my injury, I will come to Jiyuan to find you." Or if you go to Kaifeng to do something, go to the guard to find me! Oh, by the way, how are you preparing for the sale, can you really make money selling stone lions? ”

Li Feibai said: "The façade has been bought, and the stone lion will be delivered in a few days." Why don't you come with me and see how my shop is? ”

Qian Zijun said: "The stone lion hasn't arrived yet, can't you see if it's as lifelike as you said Moyu, why are you going there, go to see those two rooms?" What's so nice about the two empty houses, I'll go back next time, and I'll look at the stone lion when I come. After speaking, he said, "Second brother, go out for a walk with me?" ”

Li Feibai said: "Where does the eldest brother want to go?" ”

Qian Zijun said: "This is your territory, you can go wherever you say?" Anyway, as long as it's a lively place, I can only stay in the house these days, but it suffocates me. ”

Li Feibai said: "Then, let's go to the temple fair!" ”