Chapter 24 Waiting for an acquaintance to pick up the leak
"Alas!"
Walking on Qinglong Street, Li Mo couldn't help but sigh for the hundredth and first time,
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Most of the officials in the county government live in the wide alley of Qinglong Street, firstly, because there are many vendors here, which is convenient for purchasing various supplies; Second, it's because it's very close to the yamen, so it's convenient to skip a shift or something.
Li Mo knew that he must have lived in this neighborhood before, but the problem was that he didn't know where he lived before.
He also inquired with Zhao Wu on the side, but only exchanged for a sentence that he lived in isolation on weekdays and never invited anyone to his residence to eat and drink.
Therefore, Li Mo slowly wandered around Qinglong Street. I wonder what if I can meet a neighbor I knew before or something, and pick him up?
I can't help but say that his idea is excellent, but reality gave him a slap in the face.
Li Mo only walked around until his legs and feet were sore, and he walked back and forth on Qinglong Street three times, and he didn't see anyone who took the initiative to greet him.
On the contrary, it made those vendors extremely nervous, and the thieves seemed to stare at him, for fear that Li Mo would touch the goods in front of him.
After walking for so long, Li Mo's stomach also protested, gurgling and crying out that he was hungry.
"Alas!" Li Mo let out the one hundred and second sigh and stopped pacing back and forth. He reached out and took the only amount of money in his arms, and thought about getting something to cushion it.
He looked around and found that there was a shop not far in front of him, and the banner that was slanted out read "Zheng's Oil Cake" was written on it, so he made up his mind and walked there.
Li Mo had just walked a few steps, and he didn't pay attention to the road under his feet, and was hit by an oncoming person.
The person who collided with Li Mo was a woman, not very tall, and her head hit Li Mo's chin.
Seeing that she had hit someone, the woman raised her head and said yes, "Hug, sorry!" ā
When she saw that there was a servant on the other side, she immediately turned white, and without waiting for Li Mo to answer, she hurriedly bowed her head and left.
Li Mo rubbed his aching chin, and suddenly felt that the woman who hit him was a little familiar.
Unsurely, he turned around, looked in the direction of the woman's departure and said, "Wait a minute! ā
The woman, who was in a hurry to leave, stopped, accelerated her pace and continued to walk forward, her expression was very panicked.
Li Mo felt suspicious, so he walked a few steps, wanting to call out to the woman in front, "Hey, the girl in front, please wait a minute." ā
Li Mo's voice was very loud, and the vendors standing on the side of the street stopped shouting to solicit customers and looked over here.
And the girl who walked in front also turned her head in a panic, and when she saw Li Mo following, she actually trotted up.
Now Li Mo felt that there was a problem even more, and he quickened his pace at the moment, "Stop!" ā
They chased each other on Qinglong Street, causing the lively vendors to shake their heads and talk.
"Tsk, chasing a girl in broad daylight, this is too much."
"It's just, didn't you get knocked over? As for it? Look, the girl was so frightened that her face turned white. ā
"Be quiet, be careful to press the wrong place for you casually, and take your stall!"
"Phew! Collect it! My brother-in-law is also a servant, and my grandfather is afraid of a bird! ā
Li Mo turned a deaf ear to their discussions, and only chased after the girl in light green clothes in front of him.
There are a total of four streets in Zhenjiang City, but the streets can be connected. The alleys in the middle are as intricate as spider webs.
The girl in light green clothes saw that she was about to be caught up by Li Mo, and turned into a small alley at the corner of the street in a flash.
Li Mo followed and walked in, only to find that he had lost someone.
Looking at the intricately alley in front of him, Li Mo was a little dizzy, and secretly regretted that he shouldn't have pretended to be Sven, he should have run up directly and grabbed people.
The reason why he wanted to catch up with the girl in light green clothes was not because the family was beautiful and wanted to talk.
Instead, he looked at her very familiarly, very much like the girl in the painting he saw at Ding Decai's house that day.
can ask the truth by looking at it, but he lost the person in a daze!
Li Mo secretly said that he was unlucky, and turned around to leave.
"Yo, tsk, look who this is!" A joking voice suddenly rang out.
Li Mo turned around when he heard the sound and saw a woman standing behind him about forty people.
The woman was of medium appearance, with a long purple dress and a brocade head, and a burning orchid as white as jade pinned to it.
"This lady, are you calling me?" Li Mo asked strangely, not knowing where the woman in front of him came from.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked in the leg, "What kind of mother?" Sanniang, am I old? I really can't speak! You haven't shown up for two days, and I thought you were hiding because you owed me rent, and you were about to go to the yamen to ask for it. ā
The woman crackled and spoke, and Li Mo could hear it. Great, he's really bumped into by an acquaintance!
For the strange woman in front of him, Li Mo didn't know the root cause at all, so he took retreat as the way forward, "Hehe, what, I fell a few days ago, and I forgot all the things before, and I couldn't even find my home." ā
The woman who called herself Sanniang glanced at Li Mo suspiciously, and stretched out her hand in front of Li Mo, "Forgot it?" Oh, that's unfortunate! Please pay the money you owe first! ā
"Money?" Li Mo repeated the sentence, what kind of house money?
"What? Want to deny it? Sanniang, I'm not easy to fool, push forward today, you have lived in my foot shop for a month and two days, don't you want to admit it! Sanniang crossed her waist and said.
Li Mo was secretly happy, he could be regarded as having found a place to stay. It happened that he was carrying a string of copper in his arms, so he simply asked, "How much money?" ā
"What?" Sanniang didn't react for a while.
Li Mo repeated, "I'm asking, how much money do I owe you?" ā
Sanniang immediately smiled, and quickly pinched her fingers and calculated, "I said that I would pay twenty wen a day, and if I lived for a month, I would give you a cheaper one." You can pay me a month's worth first, five hundred and eighty yuan. ā
took out the string of copper coins in his arms, Li Mo counted so many copper coins and handed them over, "Sanniang, please put it away." ā
Sanniang counted the money carefully, put it in her purse, and then nodded with satisfaction, "What are you busy with these days?" I thought you were missing. ā
"Oh, some official business." Li Mo casually coped with the past, "By the way, there are too many alleys here, so I got lost, and I bothered Sanniang to take the road in front of me." ā
"It's easy, go down this alley to the end and turn right for the third one, which is my foot shop. Why can't you remember! Come with me. ā