Bai Keqi walked in the market, he planned to go to the small shop selling beef soup on the street to ask for a bowl of hot beef soup, although he ate well in the inner palace, but after a grand banquet, although he was not the most tired, he was definitely one of them, not to mention that from the beginning to the end, he had to keep worrying, far less enjoyable than drinking a bowl of beef soup.

"Lord White!"

When there was still a distance of five or six zhang from the small shop, the owner of the shop had already seen it and hurriedly shouted hello. The owner of this house is a man in his forties, although he looks fierce and fierce, but the neighbors in this neighborhood know that he is a well-known good person, who needs labor at home, as long as he greets him in front of the store, no matter how busy he is, he will put down his work and help.

The boss doesn't know what the surname is, just because the front of the store is like a plaque on the wooden board can only clearly recognize the word "authentic", and the back does not know whether it is two words or three words because of the time has been stained so that the content can not be seen, so the regular customers who come here like to call him "Lao Zhengzong", and over time it is directly referred to as "Lao Zheng" to replace, and then there are people who come to the store also learn to call him like this, but in their mouths, eighty percent is "Lao Zheng" shouted as "Lao Zheng".

"Still the same?" After shouting a word, seeing Bai Keqi smiling and waving his hand, Lao Zheng laughed and asked again.

"It's the same as it is!" With a promise, Bai Keqi took two steps, and suddenly said: "Add two more taels of meat!" ”

"Haha, it seems that the adults are in a good mood today!" When Bai Keqi walked to the store, he saw that a bowl of steaming soup had been placed on the table in the corner of his favorite.

"Wait a minute, the freshly baked cake is being cut by the Ming Girl." Lao Zheng said hello and let Bai Keqi take a seat, although it was still early when it was dark, but there were not many people on the street, and occasionally walking on the street were either in a hurry to go home, or they were in a hurry to go out of the city, and most of the people who had nothing to do were nested in their own homes, lit the stove, and the family sat together with broth and ate flatbread.

Of course, there are also people who want to save trouble and buy them home directly, which is why there are people who are doing this business to live. If everyone had made their own soups and cakes, his shop would have closed long ago.

At this time, there were a few people who came to buy soup, and Lao Zheng was busy greeting and calling his daughter out to help.

"Ming Girl" is the name of this girl, although it is said that a strong man who sells soup should not give birth to a girl like a flower and jade, but it cannot be denied that this girl is exquisitely born, and the whole body is full of beauty.

"Lord Bai, your cake is here." Ming Nu should be regarded as a relatively white woman among the Dayue people, but in the crowd of the Central Plains, the average scholar is two points whiter than her, but this girl's big black and white eyes, coupled with the crescent-like smile, always make people feel that even if they are not white, they are extremely good-looking.

Bai Keqi likes this girl in his heart - he is now in his forties, although he can be regarded as a popular man in front of the king in the court, but his knees are not very satisfactory, only a son who has just become an adult, and he has no son or daughter, from time to time he often wants to mention this family matter to Lao Zheng, and find someone to take care of his son, but every time he sees this father and daughter who depend on each other, he always can't bear it.

"I see, Lord Bai seems to be in a good mood today...... No, Lord Bai is not in a good mood today...... "Ming Nu put down the cake and was about to turn around, but she stopped again, bent down and stared at Bai Keqi's face for a while, and said solemnly.

If it were someone else, it would be a little uncomfortable to be stared at by her like this, but Bai Keqi had already been used to it, and when he heard the other party say this, he couldn't help but smile and ask with interest: "You say I'm in a good mood for a while, and I'm in a bad mood for a while...... Could it be that I have changed my face for a while? ”

"Lord Bai laughed, the face-changing Ming girl has only seen it in books, and I have heard it in the stories told by my father, but I really haven't seen it with my own eyes...... Besides, those are all deceptive tricks, that is, they will change and a layer of cold masks, which are far less vivid than the faces of people, horses, and cows. As soon as Mingnu heard that Bai Keqi answered her, she simply didn't hurry back, and sat directly at the table and replied seriously.

"Oh, so you've studied this!" Bai Keqi laughed "hehe", and saw that Mingnu seemed to be about to refute, so he urged and asked: "What is the basis for you to say that I am in a good mood or not?" You said that I didn't change my face, could it be that you have learned to read people's faces again? ”

"Adults always like to laugh like this......" As soon as she heard Bai Keqi say this, Mingnu glanced at her father and complained quietly: "Now don't say what is learning to show people faces, it's already good to have a book to see, my father's book of recipes has been rotted by me, and I can find out the words again, only my father looks at the account book as honest as 61 61 sons!" ”

"Haha!"

Bai Keqi was amused by his words, and the old man who greeted the guests on the side didn't know what the two of them said, but according to past experience, at this time, Ming Nu Bacheng said something big or small, and immediately turned around and didn't forget to tell Ming Nu: "Be polite when talking to Lord Bai, don't talk nonsense." ”

"It's okay, it doesn't matter......" Bai Keqi hurriedly waved his hand to Lao Zheng and said: "You are busy, let us two talk about happy things." ”

"That's it, Lord Bai said it doesn't matter, Dad, you're busy...... That beef can't be given so much, cut it thinner to make it appear more meaty, do you know? Two taels of meat let you give away half a catty! In the end, she saw that Lao Zheng had sprinkled a few pieces of two-cent thick meat into the soup, and hurriedly and distressedly blamed, which made the person who bought the soup embarrassed, and insisted on paying an extra amount for the soup before leaving.

"I think adults are in a good mood, because the mood of adults is all written on their faces, and when they are good, their brows are as smooth and shiny as the steps outside the palace gate; When we're in a bad mood, it's like the old wooden board outside our store, it's so dirty that I can't see it clearly, and it's full of holes and holes......"

"I can probably understand the example you give when I'm in a good mood, but why is it dark and broken when I'm in a bad mood? Could it be that my face is as black as a lump of charcoal at this time? Or are there a lot of holes, big and small? Bai Keqi pointed to his face and asked Mingnu in puzzlement.

"It's not that you have a problem with your face...... Ming Nu hurriedly waved her hand and explained: "The main thing is that your face was like a cloud just now, which made people think that it would rain if they were cold, so it meant that people avoided walking......"

"This ...... Does it also have something to do with your home plaque? Bai Keqi chuckled and asked rhetorically.

"It's different!" Mingnu's eyes widened, but the black and white eyes were beautiful at this time, and she pointed to the sparse people outside and complained: "If the signboard looks better, won't it attract more people?" Now there are few customers in our store, and they are all harmed by this broken brand......"

"Haha, you have a point." Bai Keqi nodded, he was also in a bad mood and caught up with the heavy rain before he panicked into this point, and he didn't notice the wind-blown sign at the door of the store, but he asked for a bowl of beef soup after coming in, and he never forgot it after that.

Later, when he came to this store again, every time he saw the black, oily brand, he was always terrified for a while, and finally he was willing to enter the store to rest more than he was unwilling to enter the store, and finally entered the store to sit down.

"I can't see that you're still looking very carefully!" Bai Keqi sighed lightly, put a piece of cake in his mouth and chewed it twice, frowned slightly, and quietly chewed the cake twice and swallowed it.

"Well, how does this cake taste today?" Watching Bai Keqi swallow the cake, Ming Nu hurriedly asked.

"It feels a little lighter...... Didn't put salt, did you? Bai Keqi put down his chopsticks and took a sip of soup before saying.

"Ahh When Mingnu heard him say this, she immediately stood up in shock and rushed to the old Zhengdao who had just been idle, "Dad, add more salt to the soup!" ”

Bai Keqi looked at Lao Zheng and smiled bitterly, and had to turn around and add two handfuls of salt to the soup, so he gently pinched some minced salt in his hand and walked over, nodded into Bai Keqi's bowl, and advised: "Stir it and try it." ”

This kind of thing doesn't have to be done in vain, and the Ming girl on the side, who already knew that she had made a mistake, picked up chopsticks to help him stir it, and chirped while stirring it back: "Oh, so much, it's all money!" Dad, your bowl of soup can be sold for three times as much money as other people! ”

As she spoke, she didn't move slowly, got up and took a bowl, and muttered while picking the meat into the empty bowl: "This practice, if you give Lord Bai benefits, he won't give you more silver, because Lord Bai never carries silver when he goes out, which makes people wonder if he doesn't have a tael of silver at home, and it's all copper coins strung with hemp rope......

"Shut up!" In front of Bai Keqi, Mingnu counted him down like this, and heard Lao Zheng's face full of embarrassment, and she didn't see it when she glanced at her at the beginning, and still spoke to herself, and when Lao Zheng opened her mouth to scold, the words had already come to an end.

As a result, Ming Nu took a small half bowl of beef and left, leaving the two of them looking at each other with embarrassed expressions.

"I'll cut some more...... Lao Zheng felt that he couldn't get over his face, and he was about to cut some beef and put it in the soup, Bai Keqi hurriedly reached out and grabbed him.

"Don't ...... Don't mind, I've already eaten, and I'm coming this way...... Drinking some soup is just to warm up your body, if the meat is not meaty, you can't fill your stomach if you give it, and it's not good to waste it......" Bai Keqi explained with a chuckle.

"Oh, then you will drink the soup later, leave the meat, and then my father will fish it out and sell it to others......" As soon as Bai Keqi's voice fell, the Ming girl who was leaving before immediately turned around and admonished, so angry that Lao Zheng slapped the table, and was about to stand up and chase after him,

"Get out of here!" Bai Keqi pretended to be angry, and hurriedly blasted the girl away from the old man.

"She's always followed me like a big old man, and she usually doesn't have personal discipline, but she makes you laugh......" Seeing the girl walking away, Lao Zheng rubbed his hands and smiled bitterly.

"I think it's good, the girl is not only clever, but also straightforward, although her temperament is a little savage, but her nature is kind......"

"Lord Bai, this is really ...... Is...... Praise it! After holding it for a long time, Lao Zheng finally remembered a correct word, and said with a smile to Bai Keqi like a treasure.

"I'm telling the truth...... Bai Keqi chuckled, picked up his chopsticks and was about to go to the bowl to taste a piece of beef, but he remembered Mingnu's words, so he had to stir the soup twice in embarrassment, and went to eat the tasteless cake again.

"One thing ......"

"One thing ......"

After being silent for a long time, the two of them were stunned as soon as they spoke.

"But I don't know what you're going to say?" Bai Keqi put down the bamboo chopsticks in his hand and asked Lao Zheng with a curious expression.

"Let's talk about Lord Bai first, what you have to say must be more important than what I want to say......" Lao Zheng hurriedly waved his hand, moving his butt back while waving his hand, as if Bai Keqi only said this, and he was frightened a lot.

"I told you a long time ago, you are two years older than me, you shouldn't have been so polite to me, the so-called 'adult', that's just the identity of the court, I am still an ordinary person out of the court...... Don't mention what adults say; I don't say that what I want to say is necessarily serious, you just say it. ”

"This ......" The old man was embarrassed, and looked at it really didn't look like a white guest chess with a shelf, so he gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Okay, then I'll dare to say it......"

"Haha, that's it, you don't need to be brave or bold." Bai Keqi made a joke, but Lao Zheng may not have understood what this sentence meant, but just laughed dryly, and only said it when he saw that the laughter was fading behind.

"Actually, I want to ask you to be a matchmaker......" After a long time, Lao Zheng finally said his words, but he didn't expect Bai Keqi to jump almost directly after hearing this.

"What?"

"You...... You ...... "Lao Zhengke has never seen Bai Keqi have such a table, Bai Keqi has always been in the eyes of the city that is the representative of the people, loyal and model, not only for the official praise, is the personal cultivation is also a must, can make him jump up the thing, how can it be a small thing? Lao Zheng saw his appearance, and said that he was angry, and immediately apologized: "Don't be angry, I'm just saying it, if you don't want to, or think that our small family doesn't have this qualification, I'll take it back......"

"She's got someone's home?" Bai Keqi naturally cares not about the identity or not, don't forget that at the beginning, he had already thought about matching this Ming girl and his beloved son into a pair, but he didn't say it for various reasons, at this time, he asked himself to be a matchmaker, and it was strange that he didn't panic.

"People...... It's not settled yet, but I think it's good, and I want to find someone to talk to...... Mingnu, she doesn't know yet......" Lao Zheng heard that Bai Keqi did not directly refuse, and couldn't help but put down a boulder in his heart, and honestly admitted: "Have you noticed the old Liang rice shop in the middle of the street?" That family is also more solid, and I saw that the young man of that family was also powerful, and he didn't look like a pampered person at all, so I moved my mind...... But you also know that we can't compare with others, if you find an ordinary person to say, I'm afraid that we will be directly rejected, and we can't get over the face, right? After all, everyone will still have to do business on the same street in the future, and you won't see ...... when you look down."

"Hmm...... You guys...... It really can't be compared......" Bai Keqi nodded and said, when he finished saying this, he noticed that Lao Zheng's eyes were dark, and immediately understood that what he said was afraid that he was misunderstood by him, and explained again: "What I said can't be compared, it's not that your family background can't be compared, it's mainly my ......"

"Lord White!"

Bai Keqi was about to explain further, but he suddenly heard someone outside the door greeting him, and he saw that it was the eunuch Wang Guan in the inner palace.

"Ah, it turned out to be the king's steward......" Bai Keqi was slightly stunned, and asked puzzledly: "Why do you have time to go out for a walk?" ”

"Ouch, Lord Bai, don't laugh......" Steward Wang said with a wry smile on his face: "Your Excellency is looking for you, saying that he summoned you...... The miscellaneous family went to your house first, and the prince of the house said that you didn't go back at all, so the streets were full of people looking for you......"

"You're looking for me?" Bai Keqi hurriedly stood up, just about to go out, and remembered what Lao Zheng said to him, and hurriedly turned around and said: "You don't need to worry about the matter of Lao Liang Mipu, I will discuss it with you after I come back from the palace...... After speaking, he rushed to the inner palace with the king's steward.

"Money, the dignified court officials don't give money for dinner!" Hearing that Bai Keqi was going to leave in a hurry, Mingnu immediately rushed out of the back room, but she was still much slower, and when she came out, the people had already walked far away, so angry that she only had time to shout dissatisfiedly on the street.

Bai Keqi didn't know that he was being chased for 61 debts, and when he hurried to the inner palace, Jin Zhengyang was already impatient.

"The queen mother has analyzed the benefits and disadvantages of the conditions with Benjun, what do you think?"

After quickly saying the conditions reached by the Mother of the Yue Kingdom and Hua Hate Liu, Kim Jong Yang couldn't wait to ask.

"Money, the dignified court officials don't give money for dinner!" Hearing that Bai Keqi was going to leave in a hurry, Mingnu immediately rushed out of the back room, but she was still much slower, and when she came out, the people had already walked far away, so angry that she only had time to shout dissatisfiedly on the street.

Bai Keqi didn't know that he was being chased for 61 debts, and when he hurried to the inner palace, Jin Zhengyang was already impatient.

"The queen mother has analyzed the benefits and disadvantages of the conditions with Benjun, what do you think?"

After quickly saying the conditions reached by the Mother of the Yue Kingdom and Hua Hate Liu, Kim Jong Yang couldn't wait to ask.