Autumn mornings with fresh air.

In the small courtyard of Liu Xu's house, a few pomegranate trees are facing the breeze, swaying gently, like a girl dancing, and many red pomegranates on the trees have been ripe and cracked, as if a happy elf is laughing there.

A few pots of chrysanthemums in the courtyard also seem to bloom in the early morning, and bursts of floral fragrance come to the face, which can't help but make people feel very comfortable.

People are in a good mood and see that all kinds of things are beautiful. The yellow leaves on the tree floated down one by one, making a gentle "whooshing" sound, and in Liu Xu's opinion, there was no feeling of yellow leaves fluttering, desolate and sad at all, but he felt that the sound was so wonderful.

Last night, Liu Xu ate a big meal made by Xu Jin'er first, and when he came back, he slept beautifully until he was three strokes. When he got up this morning, Liu Xu stood in the courtyard, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, and his mood was very comfortable. Liu Xu, who walked out of the prison, couldn't help but feel: the sky is so blue, and the air is so fresh.

Just when Liu Xu was intoxicated alone, a hearty voice came: "Brother Liu Shi seems to be in a good mood today!" ”

Liu Xu looked over and saw Wang Zeng holding a scroll, standing at the door with a smile.

As soon as he saw Wang Zeng, Liu Xu couldn't help but be very happy, and hurriedly said: "Da Lang, come in!" ”

Liu Xu's house is very simple, just a bed, a bookcase, and a desk. When Liu Xu just crossed over, he had no livelihood and could only live by selling the things in it, and then the only few pieces of furniture plus the jade pendant that was said to be an heirloom were taken by Liu Xu to exchange for food and wine tanks, and the house was basically empty. A while ago, Liu Xu also made a lot of money selling wine, and he always wanted to buy some furniture, but there were many things, and he was later arrested and put in prison, so he couldn't get a vacant office.

Liu Xu invited Wang Zeng into the house, quickly took the only chair left in the house next to the desk, asked Wang Zeng to sit down, and sat on the edge of the bed to accompany him. Originally, Liu Xu wanted to make a cup of tea for Wang Zeng, but he gave up when he thought that there was no hot water. Liu Xu can't help but miss the thermos of later generations, every time he wants to drink hot water in the Great Song Dynasty, he has to burn it now, which is really troublesome.

Liu Xu rubbed his hands and said: "Let Da Lang smile, Da Lang is a guest of his brother for the first time, and my brother can't even serve hot tea, I'm really sorry." ”

Wang Zeng smiled and said, "Why should you and my brother be polite! However, the last time I came to move the copper money with the younger brother, I saw that the younger brother was also a little wealthy, but the younger brother was able to be so poor, and the younger brother was really a little admired! ”

Liu Xu smiled bitterly: "It's not a secret, I didn't have a livelihood a while ago, and all the furniture in the house was taken by my brother, and then my brother made a few bucks selling wine, and before he could take care of buying some guys, he was caught in prison. ”

At this time, Wang Zeng remembered the scroll of Yan Liben's pavilion Wangjiang that he brought, and hurriedly handed it to Liu Xu and said: "I'm ashamed, what my brother entrusted, my uncle and Master Bai's book couldn't be done. I was ashamed to accept this painting and sent it back to my uncle. ”

Liu Xu had expected that after his imprisonment, he would become a person of great concern, he had no strong assets, no experience in winemaking, and it would be difficult to get his own winery documents. I originally wanted to be a low-key person and make money in a high-profile manner, but it seems that it will not work. Of course, Liu Xu didn't know that in fact, before he was imprisoned, his wine shop documents had been rejected by Tang Wei under the hint of Tang Wei.

Liu Xu said in his heart: Bai Zhushu is a wonderful person, receiving gifts from others, and being loyal to people, but if this can't be done, he will return the gift. The official receives gifts and does things for others, but even if he can't do it, he rarely spits out the gifts again. However, although this painting is expensive, I don't understand it, although I love antiques in later generations, but I only like porcelain vases, porcelain jars and other porcelain. As for this painting, Liu Xu doesn't understand it and doesn't like it.

Liu Xu said again: "This painting is also a tyrannical thing for me, it is purely a pearl covered with dust, so it is better to give it to Da Lang." ”

Wang Zeng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't do it, I can't help it, how can I not do it, Brother Shi has such a precious painting, I didn't dare to accept it!" ”

Liu Xu said: "My brother was imprisoned this time, and he was helped by Dalang, and he was worried that he couldn't repay him, so he took this painting as a gift and talked about it as a reward." Besides, brother, I really don't know how to paint, this painting is indeed a pearl in my place. The so-called treasure gift to the master, there are people who know how to paint, this painting is worth the money. In Da Lang's eyes, this painting is priceless, but in my eyes, it should neither be eaten nor worn, and it is worthless! ”

Wang Zeng just shirked it, but Liu Xu persuaded Wang Zeng to accept it.

Wang Zeng said: "The little brother is just taking advantage of the rumors and news spread by the younger brother, and he has a small boost, but he really doesn't dare to make a big contribution based on it." If you want to say that my brother has to get out of prison this time, the biggest help should be Cui Ye and Cui Gongzi. ”

Liu Xu and Wang Zeng were talking, only to hear a refreshing voice at the gate of the courtyard asking, "Dare to ask if this is Liu Xu's son's house?" ”

Liu Xu looked at the courtyard gate, a beautiful son, with two servants in Tsing Yi, was standing at the door of his house, and that son was Cui Ye who helped him in the lobby yesterday. Liu Xu couldn't help muttering in his heart: It's really Cao Ying, Cao Ying is here, Wang Zeng just mentioned Cui Ye and Cui Gongzi, and others appeared. I don't know what he came to find himself, there is no free lunch in the world, and there is no one who helps for no reason, since people took the risk to help themselves yesterday, it is estimated that they came today to ask for compensation.

Liu Xu thought secretly: Could it be that he has taken a fancy to his secret method of brewing and wants a secret recipe? However, thinking about the Cui family's strong strength that rivals the country, Liu Xu feels that it doesn't seem to be very similar, and the Cui family probably won't take a fancy to himself. Did they throw out that poem, and they thought they were a talent and wanted to win them over? I heard that the family still attaches great importance to talents, although Liu Xu knows whether he has talent or not, but others don't know. However, Liu Xu thought about it, he had never had contact with the Cui family, and even if he was talented, they didn't know how to win him over.

Although Liu Xu was thinking wildly, he had a warm spring breeze on his face, and got up with a smile to greet him, and Wang Zeng also followed Liu Xu to the door.

"Cui Gongzi's coming, it really makes the cold house shine, the little brother is not welcome, please atone for your sins!"

Cui Gongzi smiled: "Brother Liu is polite", and when he saw Wang Zeng next to him, he then signaled to Wang Zeng: "Yo, Brother Wang Xian is also here." ”

Wang Zeng also hurriedly stepped forward to meet Cui Ye, and the two knew each other at the door of the state government hall yesterday.

Cui Ye followed Liu Xu into the house, and the two Tsing Yi servants he brought automatically stood on both sides of the courtyard gate and waited.

Liu Xu led the two into the house, and suddenly thought that there was a chair in his house, and just now he was sitting on the edge of the bed and talking to Wang Zeng, so he couldn't let a son of a family talk on the edge of the bed, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Cui Ye's mind was also very smart, he was a little embarrassed when he saw Liu Xu entering the house, and then glanced at the furnishings in the room, and probably understood the reason for Liu Xu's embarrassment, so he said: "Little brother sees that the stone table in the courtyard is very elegant, when it is so autumnal, why don't the three of us sit in the courtyard?" ”

Liu Xu said in his heart: This can only be the case.

The three of them came to the stone table where Xu Jin'er often came to Liu Xu's house to sit and sat down.

Cui Ye sighed: "Brother Liu just called himself a humble house, and now it seems that Brother Liu is really right." Brother Liu is so talented, but he is poor, and the younger brother really admires it. The so-called Si is a burrow, but I Dexin, it is really appropriate to use Brother Liu. ”

This is the second time that Liu Xu has been praised for being poor today, and he couldn't help sweating, and said in his heart: Brother is also a person who likes to enjoy, who wants to be poor and poor.

"Brother Cui has won the award, the younger brother is really not a poor person, after the death of his father, the younger brother is really struggling to make a living, and he is poor, otherwise the younger brother will not go to make wine and sell it. Speaking of winemaking, the younger brother has to thank Brother Cui for his help yesterday", Liu Xu said and got up and bowed deeply. No matter what purpose people want to help themselves, they always have a great kindness to themselves, and this gratitude is also necessary.

Cui Ye hurriedly helped Liu Xu up and said, "Some small things, not worth mentioning, Brother Liu is polite." ”

After the two of them had a kind talk, plus Wang Zeng, the three of them sat in Liu Xu's small courtyard and chatted and talked.

Wang Zeng studied under Zhang Zhen, who was erudite and learned from all families; Liu Xu was a human being in two lifetimes, with thousands of years of knowledge accumulation; Cui Ye has received a good education since he was a child, and he has been instilled with the experience of dealing with people and dealing with people since he was a child.

Liu Xu chatted with Cui Ye for a while, feeling that although Cui Ye was a child of a wealthy family, he did not have the arrogance of those children of wealthy families, and Cui Ye was kind, and he always smiled before he spoke, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze, and felt that he could talk to him. In fact, after Liu Xu came here, he didn't see any real children of wealthy families, and most of the so-called arrogant and domineering children of wealthy families he saw were children of nouveau riche families like Cao Yun and Ning Hao. And the children of the real family are quite educated, and they will not be as arrogant and arrogant as those nouveau riche children.

Liu Xu chatted with Cui Ye very well, and couldn't help but ask the question in his heart: "How did Brother Cui know about the younger brother?" The younger brother had never known Brother Cui before, why would Brother Cui help? "Although chatting with Cui Ye is very speculative, but if you don't ask about it, you are always unsure.

Cui Ye smiled: "Brother Liu is afraid that the little brother will help you for another purpose?" The little brother said, I helped you take a fancy to the secret method of brewing soju in your hand, Brother Liu is credible? ”

"Brother Cui laughed, with the strength of the Cui family's wealthy family, how could the little brother get into Brother Cui's eyes, if Brother Cui wants this secret method of winemaking, the younger brother told Brother Cui that it is."

"Hehe, Brother Liu is really a cheerful person. Brother Liu didn't go to the Nanyang River to run or play chess today, right? ”

Cui Ye suddenly jumped to the topic of running and playing chess, and Liu Xu didn't react for a while. After pondering it carefully, I thought about it, how did he know that he would go to the Nanyang River every day to run and play games with others? Playing chess, "Ah", Liu Xu suddenly remembered that Cui Lao, who was playing against him, was not surnamed Cui, could it be that Cui Lao was also from Qinghe Cui's Qingzhou Fang? Hurriedly asked Cui Ye: "Could it be that Cui Lao is?"

"Hehe, that's right, the old man who plays against Brother Liu every day is the ancestor, Brother Liu can understand now?"

Liu Xu hurriedly got up and saluted Cui Ye again, and said, "Ah, so that's the case, Liu Xu thanked Brother Cui and Cui Lao for their help. Liu Xu is sincerely grateful to others this time, but he didn't expect that he would have to get out of prison this time, but it was a chess friend he inadvertently met who helped him, this encounter is really amazing!

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