After Xiao Rong retreated, Xiao Zhu also stood up, but did not move.

Li Qian raised his eyes and saw that he had a hesitant look on his face, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, and couldn't help but wonder: "What? Are you still in trouble? ”

"There is ------"

"If you have something to say------

"Xiao Zhu is not talented, he knows that he is stupid, he only asks the master to be merciful and accept me as an apprentice!" As he spoke, he pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar, knelt on the ground facing Li Qian, and bowed three times in a solemn and heavy manner, "I implore Mr. to be fulfilled!" ”

"Yo ho! Where did you learn all these words? Li Qian looked at him in surprise and said, "Don't be a soldier for three days, you should be impressed!" ”

"Hehe------ Xiao Zhu scratched his head when he heard this, his face was smug and colorful, "It was taught by Master Rong." ”

"Then it's good for you to worship him as a teacher, I don't have so many kung fu disciples------ well, you also saw it just now, his temper is not very good, and he will beat and scold when he is angry."

"Out of the way!" Xiao Zhu was happy in his heart, but the master and his old man agreed, and hurriedly buckled his head and said, "Thank you, Mr. for your success!" In the future, the disciples will definitely be beaten and punished, and they will work hard and complain! I will do whatever the gentleman says, and I will never go west------

"------" Li Qian's forehead ran straight to the black line, and he flew up and kicked his buttocks. "Get out! Get out of here! When did I say I was going to take you as an apprentice? ”

Looking at his figure running away in a panic, Li Qian sighed lightly, and suddenly shook his head and smiled.

"This kid is very clever!"

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Li Qian is a very cautious person, so since he took revenge on Zhao Peng yesterday, he has been a little more cautious in his heart, when he travels in the past two days, he resolutely does not take the alleys, and would rather take the big streets on a long detour------

After entering the city of Hangzhou in midsummer, the weather is extremely hot, it is not yet noon, but the sun overhead is extremely blazing, and the hot light makes people hot.

Not long after he came out of the restaurant, he was already sweating after walking for a while, Li Qian kept shaking the folding fan in his hand, but he still didn't feel a trace of coolness, and his mood suddenly became a little unbeautiful.

Look at how this is done------

With the salary of the tutor and doing the work of the master, what do you want? How nice it is to lie down at home and enjoy life!

Spring is sleepy and summer is lacking, in this sultry summer, there are not many pedestrians walking on the street, and the shouting and selling of street vendors also seem weak, and everyone's face is a "life has no love" expression.

"Meat buns! Freshly baked meat buns------"

The peddler who sold steamed buns sat listlessly on the pestle behind the stall, his eyes swept over a few passers-by, he shouted in a wilted voice and then closed his voice, leaned over and took out a wooden box containing silver coins from under the stall, pulled the dozens of copper coins inside, and counted the third time boredly------ his business was not very good today.

"How do you sell these buns?"

A crisp voice sounded in his ears, the man was in good spirits, and he hurriedly got up and looked at the person who came and said with a smile: "One for three cents, how many does the little lady want?" ”

"Why are your buns so expensive? We're only selling two pennies there! The cardamom-sized girl pursed her lips, but did not move away.

"Hey, our meat buns here are ------ at this price," the vendor said, cocking his thumb and pointing to the stall on the side, "If you don't believe it, you can ask Aunt Wang, the rent here is not cheap, our buns are the most generous, the skin is thin and there are many fillings, and it is too little to ensure that you eat three at a meal!" ”

"Yes, yes, the buns here are sold at this price, and the buns of the Ergou family are also sold authentically!" The lady next to her smiled and said, "The girl can buy two and try it back, it tastes really good------

"Three at a time? Do you think you're raising pigs? ”

It's a woman's nature to be unreasonable, and the girl's focus is obviously on words like "three meals", and she stomped her feet negatively, and was about to leave.

Now the hawker was in a hurry, so he hurriedly opened the lid and said: "Little lady, don't go, you smell it, how authentic this smell is------ I'll count you cheaper, how about two pennies?" ”

The girl's nose fluttered, she sniffed the fragrance wafting behind her, turned her head and glanced at the big steamer, and immediately nodded sharply and said, "Okay, then I want five, do you sell twelve wen?" ”

"------Okay, good, twelve wen is twelve, I'll wrap it up for you!" The peddler quickly glanced at the delicate box she was carrying, and said in her heart, "My bun is only sold for three cents, and you are too expensive, why are you willing to buy the dim sum in Guangfu Building?"

Li Qian, who was passing by, happened to see this ordinary scene, and also recognized that this girl was Liu Ruyan's personal maid, but he didn't think to say hello, so he walked over, and was still thinking about whether to talk to Wang Zhixian about a salary increase in a few days------

The peddler skillfully wrapped a few buns, and was about to close the lid, only to find that the buns in the cage seemed to be missing two------ looked up in wonder, and saw a small figure running away quickly, dirty like a little beggar.

"Little Hanako dares to steal my buns, you stop me!" He shouted at the top of his voice, and the man had already hurried out.

"Hey, your buns can't be sold yet------" Liu Er stomped her foot anxiously.

How can a little girl of seven or eight years old outrun a strong man?

Soon, the vendor caught up with the little girl, grabbed her arm with one hand, and snatched the bun that she was holding tightly on her chest with the other.

"Little Hanako, who gave you the guts to steal my buns?" As soon as the man saw that the buns were dirty, he didn't get angry, and threw the two buns behind him casually, "Rhubarb, it's cheap for you!" ”

A local dog that followed "Wangwang" barked twice, and then quickly turned around and pounced.

Hearing the movement, Li Qian, who turned to look at this side, frowned slightly when he saw this scene.

"Whew! There is a little bastard who has a father and no mother, and he also learned to steal things! It's not long to steal things, run this yamen left to steal recently, see if I don't take you to see the official------"

The more the peddler talked, the more angry he became, and he raised his hand to hit the little girl in the face, Li Qian opened his mouth to stop when he saw this, but Liu Er in front of him had already preemptively snorted.

"Stop!" She walked a few steps, and soon came to the two of them, pointed at the stunned hawker and said angrily: "Let her go, otherwise I won't buy your buns!" ”

At this time, the surrounding people also gathered around, pointing at the little girl who was crying, and began to talk about it.

"It's not right to steal people's things, I don't think there's any need to protect her, she should be sent to justice!"

"Isn't it? I don't know which child it is, but she is not brought back to be disciplined, but she is allowed to do evil, maybe one day people will break her legs and feet------"

"Let's not say a word, I look like a poor baby------"

“------”

"Then ------ it, I'll be kind enough to let her go this time." Originally, even if those two buns were a loss, it would be worth the loss if they sold a few less, so as soon as the hawker heard Liu Er's words, he immediately let go, but he still glared at the little girl who stole things, and waved his hand impatiently: "Let's go, let's go!" I'm going to catch it again next time, but it's not such a good thing! ”

As soon as the onlookers saw that there was no excitement to see, they dispersed one after another.

After Liu Er paid the bill, she took one of the little girl's little hands, gave her all the buns she was carrying, and wiped the tears on her face. The dirty little face was stained with mud on Liu Er's hand, but she didn't care, she only smiled warmly: "Sister sent you food, go back quickly, otherwise the bad guy will bully you again later." ”

"Thank you------ thank you, sister." The little girl sobbed and bowed to her to thank her, her skinny body, and the sallow face that had been scrubbed with tears, made people feel distressed.

Liu Er's eyes were already red at some point, and her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, but she bit her lip tightly and nodded: "Well, go back quickly, don't let your family wait in a hurry------" She lowered her head and muttered in an inaudible voice: "It's a pity ------that you are still too young to work, and your mother will never agree to take you in------"

"Go back? How do you know she has a home to go back to? Li Qian's voice sounded behind her, and after she turned her head to look, she arched her hand with a smile, "Miss Liu'er, long time no see." ”

"Humph!" As soon as Liu Er saw that it was him, she immediately turned her head and said, "Why are you everywhere?" This girl doesn't know you, get out of here! ”

The dignified two-rank Jinshi, the seven-grade official Zhishi Township Eunuch, for the first time, let people use the word "roll", Li Qian said in his heart that it was fake not to be depressed, not to mention that the other party was just a little girl. But he also knows that he has offended others, and it is normal for him not to have a good face for himself.

"What? You're annoyed, aren't you? Liu Er glanced at him disdainfully, "Senior Official Li, Master Li, do you want to arrest me and go to the official to punish a crime of offending a scholar?" ”

"------" Good men don't fight with women, Li Qian decided to ignore her vexatiousness, looked at the little girl standing timidly on the side, and asked out loud: "Little sister, where do you live?" ”

"I don't want to go back!" When the little girl heard this, she immediately hid to Liu'er's side, hugged her thighs and cried: "Sister, sister, I don't want to go back, please don't send me back." ”

"What are you doing?!! Her willow eyebrows were upside down, her apricot eyes were round, and she protected the little girl behind her like a hen protecting her cubs, glaring at Li Qian angrily and said, "Is Jinshi great?" Look at what you can, even a little girl! ”

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Li Qian felt that this was not the expected way to chat, he must have opened it in the wrong way------ he raised his eyes and saw a team of soldiers patrolling the city coming in the distance, and the leader was Xu Jie, so Li Qian beckoned to him.

As soon as Xu Jie saw Master Li calling him, he hurriedly led a group of dogs to come forward to salute, but saw Li Qian pointing to the bun stall on the side.

"The things in this stall are not clean, you check them."

"------ yes."

Xu Jie didn't know the situation for a while, but he could only take the order and go, and shouted at the vendor in the stall from a distance.

"You'------ right, that's you! If I'm not mistaken, your name is Sun Ergou, right? Stand still! Right now, someone is complaining to me, saying that you are doing a black-hearted business, the filling of the bun is not very clean, and it has damaged people's stomachs, what should it do if you say this------ it? Not? ”