"If you want to get five catties of bezoar tomorrow, I'm afraid we have to ask for a woman." Xu Taishi said to Xu Yongzhi, Duan Meimei and Xiaogui.

"Uncle Taishi, who is this person?" Xiao Gui asked.

"This woman is a businessman from the south of the Yangtze River, who has only been here for three months to open a shop, and people call her Mrs. Ji." Xu Taishi said.

"I know that this woman is in the red goods (jewelry) business on North Street, and her family's leather bags, high-end hourglasses and jewelry heads are the most famous, why is she still in the medicinal herb business?" Duan Meimei asked.

"Coincidentally, last month, there was a guest from out of town, who said that he had medicinal materials to sell, two pieces of more than a pound of bezoar, rare is the whole body is round, two big pills are the same size, tight and meticulous, like a pearl." Xu Taishi said.

"The man asked the store if he wanted to accept it, and I was buying the goods outside, and the gentleman on the counter thought it was too expensive and didn't dare to call the shots, so he wanted to wait for me to come back."

"When I came back, my husband told me that the old guest was staying at our mountain inn, so I came to take a look. Meimei should remember this. ”

"The old customer showed me two Niu Bao, and put them away, saying that he had just inquired about the red goods store again, and Mrs. Ji ordered it in the store, and she would gather the money to get it in a while. When I saw that I had already made a move, I didn't ask anymore, and when I went out, a woman in men's clothes came to visit with a bag, thinking that it was Mrs. Ji's man. ”

"How much did he pay?" Xu Yongzhi asked.

"Fifty taels." Xu Taishi said.

"Fifty taels of silver? That's not expensive. Duan Meimei said.

"Hey, hey," Seo Tae-sil laughed, "Meimei, it's gold." ”

"I also heard that the bezoar is expensive, why is it so expensive? Childe, can we send someone to the production area of the bezoar to harvest it? Duan Meimei asked.

"Sister Meimei," Xiaogui said, "there is no origin of bezoar. ”

"No origin?" Duan Meimei said curiously.

"There are three kinds of medicines, herbs, animals, insects and minerals. These basically have origins, but bezoars do not. ”

"Oh?"

"The bezoar is a fistula blocked in the bile duct of the cow, and the stones are born, and only when the cow is slaughtered, do you know whether there is or not. There are cattle everywhere in the world, and there may be bezoars everywhere, but there are no batches of diseased cattle, so there is no place of origin for bezoars. Xiaogui said.

"I see, thank you little brother." Duan Meimei said.

"Don't dare, just call me Xiaogui." Xiaogui arched his hand to Duan Meimei.

Duan Meimei's attention was diverted at once.

"Such a white wrist, this kid is much whiter than me!"

At this time, the meal was finished, Duan Meimei asked the guy to remove the cups and plates, poured tea for everyone, and everyone continued to speak.

Xu Taishi said: "Since ancient times, one or two bezoars and one or two gold, but such a ball with one ox and two yellows is very rare, and two catties of bezoars are sold for more than three catties of gold, which is already a rare and fair price." ”

Xu Yongzhi pondered for a while.

"Uncle Taishi, prepare sixty taels of gold. I'll take a trip to Mrs. Ji's shop. ”

"Childe ......"

"I think this lady is a businessman, we will give enough in the price, and a little more, I also hope that she will give us the bezoar for the sake of the people of Chudi."

"Okay, I'll go get ready." Xu Taishi was about to go out in a hurry.

At this moment, the guy Lao Duan came to report: "Young owner, Xu Lao shopkeeper, shopkeeper, a young man came to the store, saying that it was Mrs. Ji's person, and wanted to ask to see the young owner." ”

The hearts of the four of them were filled with question marks all of a sudden.

Xu Yongzhi instructed: "Invite him to come." ”

A young man in a gray shirt with a delicate face walked in, and Xu Taishi could see that it was the boy and girl who came to the inn to pick up the bezoar that day.

The girl had a handsome face and a beautiful appearance, but there was no smile on her face.

She entered the door and looked at a few people, only to see Xu Yongzhi sitting in the middle, Xu Taishi sitting on her side, Duan Meimei and Xiaogui standing on both sides, she didn't care, she stepped forward to talk, obviously someone who had seen a big scene.

"My lady Ji greets Xu Gongzi." After speaking, the girl bowed like a man.

Xu Yongzhi got up and returned the salute, which was quite polite - he did not regard the other party as a subordinate, but as a representative of Mrs. Ji.

"What do you call a girl?"

"Don't dare to be, in Xia Ji Xiaohuan, my lady's personal maid."

"Miss Xiaohuan, I don't know why the eldest lady sent you to find the late birth?"

"My lady heard that Shanzitang was buying bezoars, and it happened that the lady received two catties of bezoars a few days ago, and I wanted to ask my son if he needed it."

"Thank you for your kindness, I'm about to go to your store to discuss this matter with the lady, I don't know if the lady is willing to give up these two things?"

"My lady said, these two bezoars are not valuable things, we collected them to make incense, since they are going to be used to save people and make medicine, it doesn't matter if you let it." Xiaohuan said.

"The price will not let the eldest lady suffer, I don't know if the eldest lady is satisfied with sixty taels of gold?" Xu Yongzhi asked.

"Xiaohuan only came to pass the word, and I don't know about the price," Xiaohuan made another gesture.

"The eldest lady said, set up a thin wine at home tonight, and want to marry a hero like Gongzi, if Gongzi is really a big hero as said in the rivers and lakes, this bezoar will be given to him and it doesn't matter, if he is a lewd character who does not live up to his name, then break the bezoar overnight to make incense, and then don't give it to him."

"Rude!" Xiaogui blurted out on the side.

Ji Xiaohuan glanced at Xiaogui coldly, turned his face back to Xu Yong, and returned to a polite smile.

"Xiaogui," Xu Yongzhi said, "you can't make a mistake." ”

"Miss Xiaohuan, reply to the eldest lady, accept the invitation, I have a reply for you to bring back, Xu Jin Xu Yongzhi, I will go to the house tonight to pay a visit."

Duan Meimei brought pen and ink, and Xu Yongzhi wrote a reply to Xiaohuan.

"The first one in the filial piety of the west city wall, the white wall inside the green bamboo, and the plaque written on the door is 'Coloring Garden'."

"Got it."

"By the way, my lady is so quiet, the door style is the most rigorous, greasy man, please don't bring it over."

When Xu Taishi heard this, he shuddered, he faintly felt that this girl's eyes were fierce, as if all men in the world owed her.

Xu Yongzhi asked Duan Meimei to send Xiaohuan out.

He sat down and pondered the matter.

"Xiaogui, what do you think?"

"Childe, you can't go!"

"Why?"

"This eldest lady only came here to open a shop three months ago, and in the past three months, Uncle Taishi and Sister Meimei have never met with her, which shows that she is like an amateur in business. If I'm not mistaken, she has another purpose for seeing her son. Xiaogui calmly analyzed.

"If you don't show your face, maybe it's just because you're a widow."

"A widow shouldn't have invited you to her house at night!" Duan Meimei pushed the door in.

"She's a maid, I'm angry when I look at it, and what's 'my family style is strict, don't bring a stinky man here', her mouth is good, her body is very sincere, she came up and asked her son, what kind of family style is she rigorous! I, Duan Meimei, sell wine and entertain customers every day, showing my face, but I have never let a man into my yard in the middle of the night. Duan Meimei was angry.

"Hey, let's get down to business, someone else is attacking." Xu Yongzhi was a little embarrassed.

"Young Master," Xu Taishi opened his mouth, "I think you'd better not go." ”

"Uncle Taishi, what do you mean?"

"This thing is too deliberate, I think the bezoar sellers, the bezoars who buy bezoars, seem to be in a group, just to tell us that he has bezoars there." Xu Taishi said.

"She seemed to know that we were in a hurry to buy, but she was also in a hurry to leave, and I didn't send anyone to ask in their store for a while, and they actually found it themselves. Is this for fear that I will forget, and I am in a hurry to remind me? ”

"Well, that's where I suspect and worry."

"This widow wants to seduce Childe, and I think it's clear." Duan Meimei said.

"What I think is that she is afraid that there is some conspiracy that is not good for Childe." Xiaogui said.

"Also, what do you mean not to be a greasy man, the three of you are all teenagers, and I am a greasy one, so I want to break up the old man, so that I can take the opportunity to calculate the young master!" Xu Taishi was indignant.

When Xu Yongzhi heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

"Uncle Taishi, don't be angry," he looked at the three people around him, "I think this lady Ji seems to be a character too, how much do you and Meimei know about her?" ”

I only know that she is not very old, she can play the piano well, and she can also compose poetry, and she is the widow of Ji Baocheng, a scholar and politician in the Southern Tang Dynasty. This old man is a native of Yangzhou, doing Jinling Xuezheng, selling exam questions and accepting bribes, being tracked down by the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, imprisoned and died, this woman brought money and jewelry to the north, came to live in the north, and recently opened a red goods store. Xu Taishi has changed his honorific title to Mrs. Ji, and only uses "that woman" to call her.

"Such a corrupt official and corrupt woman must have ill intentions." Duan Meimei said.

"Don't jump to conclusions." Xu Yongzhi waved his hand.

"Childe," Xiaogui said, "Sister Meimei's words are not wrong this time, listen to her." ”

Xu Yongzhi stood up, palms of his hands down, as if he wanted to press everyone's opinions, which was a sign of his decision.

"My father said that five catties of bezoar saved 5,000 lives, and if only three catties were taken back, 2,000 more people would die. What is my generation doing in Xinglin and learning martial arts and swords? ”

"The life of the world!" Xu Taishi and Xiaogui suddenly clenched their fists and replied in a low voice, which startled Duan Meimei.

"This is the call sign of our Bow and Arrow Society." Xu Yongzhi explained to Duan Meimei.

"My father ran a bow and arrow club, did a twelve-station trade war, walked the lines of the Western Xia, Daliao, Dali, and Southern Tang Dynasty, and was not afraid of poisonous insects and beasts, floods and rocks, in order to save more lives."

"Even if this big lady has any conspiracy tonight, I'm going to go for it." Xu Yongzhi said.

"Uncle Taishi, go to the store to make sure that the carriage and horses are good, and you can leave tomorrow morning."

"Xiaogui, change the brothers into suitable horses and shoes, and then go and confirm."

"Whoa!" Xiaogui and Uncle Taishi saluted and went out separately.

"Childe, I'll accompany you to Mrs. Ji's house!" Duan Meimei stared at her, "I'll protect you." ”

Xu Yongzhi looked at her and felt a little incredible:

"You went, but I'm afraid you won't be able to get the medicine back. You're going to her off, I think she's afraid of you. ”

"It's not that she's afraid of me, it's that you're afraid of her. You're afraid of losing her favor and blue eyes. ”

"Is this what you said to the leader?" Xu Yongzhi said.

"Are you just my leader?!" Duan Meimei's tears came all at once.

"Meimei, you've been educating me, have you found out?"

"In your eyes, I'm like a little child."

"Do you think I'm in danger if I go, are you worried that I'll be killed by a widow? Or are you worried that I will sleep with my widow? ”

"Why do you talk like that!" Duan Meimei wiped her tears with her sleeve.

"That's what you think in your heart," Xu Yongzhi said, "I went out to walk the rivers and lakes at the age of fifteen, and I was killed, killed, seduced by women, and calculated by men, and those who calculated me all suffered later." ”

Xu Yongzhi pushed Duan Meimei away a little, grabbed her arm, and looked into her eyes.

"But my judgment has always been accurate, I have spoken to you, and I have decided to take this store down for you, and I have gained a best partner. I, Xu Yongzhi, am a good man with a clear mind and a decisive decision, for so many years, whether it is Uncle Taishi or other old people in the family, they all say that I am young and old, I will not be easily fooled, and I will not be easily seduced by others. So, you, can, to, put, heart. Xu Yongzhi said.

"Moreover, I don't think things should be so bad, this lady Ji probably just wants to get my attention, I have seen a lot of this kind of cautious eyes and small tricks. I was willing to turn out the bezoar, but I said to see if you were a hero, but when I got it, I felt that the other party admired me and fell in love with me, I understand, and I won't be easily fooled. Xu Yongzhi said.

"I often use small means when making friends, so that I can quickly get closer to the other party." Xu Yongzhi said.

"It's different, the friend you used to make was a man!" Duan Meimei wiped her tears and said.

"I think this big lady is a woman who is stronger than most men." Xu Yongzhi said.

"That's what I'm afraid of," Ms. Duan said.

"She opened her mouth to be a brother with you, to talk to you about righteousness, to listen to you talk about the affairs of the world, to talk about the principles of the world, to see the outside world, and to see nothing else, you men are stupid to really believe, you confide in her, open your heart to her, mention to her that other women love you, feel that only by her side is the most relaxed and safe, and finally you find that she is still a woman, and a woman among women, she wants you, control your ......" Duan Meimei said.

"I believe that the kind of woman you said does exist, but let's not guess a person we haven't seen, okay, getting the bezoar is the most important thing." Xu Yongzhi said.

"It's just me who is so stupid, you hand over the store to me, and I will do it wholeheartedly, and you easily tied me up, and tied my people and hearts here......," Duan Meimei said.

Xu Yongzhi's face was not good-looking.

"I'm sorry, Son Yong, I'm not...... I'm not trying to make decisions for you, I just want to protect you, and I think she has a bad idea. I...... I don't want anything, I just want to be your little maid and serve you......" She grabbed his arm tightly, and panicked.

"I know," Xu Yongzhi touched her head as they did when they were both teenagers.

This girl has been rampaging on the rivers and lakes, and has become a prince in this county.

But when I saw him, I became the gentle and helpless girl again.

Xu Yongzhi looked at the sun that had set westward.

"Meimei, go fetch me water, I'm going to take a good shower and rest."

Xu Yongzhi lay in the hot water of the big wooden barrel, covered his face with a hot hand towel, and the temperature of the bath water was just right. Through the handkerchief, he saw a red shadow flash in through the door.

"Meimei?"

No, Duan Meimei is wearing a light yellow shirt today.

He pulled down the handkerchief on his face, and in the mist, Xiaogui was dressed in women's clothes and looked at him.

Objectively speaking, Xiaogui of women's clothing can completely compare Meimei, and it can be called the word "stunning".

"Childe, I'll go with you, I'm not a man."

"Nonsense!"

Just like a precaution, Xu Yongzhi's posture changed from lying down to sitting.

Xiao Gui stepped into the tub.

Xiaogui's legs and feet are so white.

The two men stared at each other in the water vapor.

It's like seeing you for the first time.

Xiaogui reached out to grope Xu Yongzhi's body.

"Don't," Xu Yongzhi dodged, "I told you a long time ago, you don't need to do this. ”

"But I'm willing to do it."

Xiaogui stopped, and Xu Yongzhi only had the beautiful collarbone of his white neck in front of him.

"Relax, I'll wash my son." Xiaogui looked at Xu Yongzhi.

"It's a ghost to be able to relax!"