Li Ran thought about it, but still went around, called Sister-in-law Wu, and followed the little guy who was the money shopkeeper to the first place.

Although she felt that the money shopkeeper's vision was definitely stronger than that of Sister-in-law Wu, it was too disrespectful to completely surpass Sister-in-law Wu.

Everywhere is in a very lively place, Sister-in-law Wu looked very carefully, but Li Ran only looked at the courtyard in the backyard of the front store.

Seeing the last place, the shopkeeper smiled and bowed slightly to look at Li Ran.

Li Ran looked at Sister-in-law Wu, who lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, looking at Li Ran, waiting for Li Ran to make an idea.

"I've never done business before, I don't know anything about it, and you can only make up your mind when it's suitable." Li Ran met the gaze of Sister-in-law Wu from below and said softly.

"The four families are fine, that is, the general gave a total of two hundred taels of silver." Sister-in-law Wu said cautiously.

Li Ran looked at the money shopkeeper, saw that the money shopkeeper was a little hesitant, and said with a smile: "General Zhou is in a hurry, and she doesn't know the market price of these markets, if it is not enough, can she wait for General Zhou to come back and make up for it?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's all trivial." The money shopkeeper agreed repeatedly.

The messenger he received was what the girl said, but he didn't mention half a penny, he didn't think about telling the girl that the price was not priced, and now the girl said that General Zhou would pay the money, so she would ask General Zhou for money, and said that when General Zhou came back, then wait for General Zhou to come back.

"How much silver each?" Li Ran asked again.

Hearing the price quoted by the money shopkeeper, Li Ran turned her head to look at Sister-in-law Wu: "Which one do you think is better?" ”

"Where's the North Wazi room?" Sister-in-law Wu hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Ran carefully, and her voice was light.

"Why did you choose that one?"

Li Ran thought about the cramped backyard behind the shop in Beiwazi.

In the entire backyard, there is only a row of upside-down houses, and in front of the upside-down houses, but only four or five feet, is the back of someone else's house.

"The four places are all good places to do business, they are all excellent places, there is nothing to pick, they are all three facades, two floors above and below, the size is about the same, and the one in the north tile is almost a hundred taels cheaper."

Sister-in-law Wu replied carefully.

Li Ran looked at her for a moment and sighed, "I think the place on Mahang Street is good, the yard at the back is boxy, and it is convenient to go out of the door, how good that pomegranate tree is." ”

"Girl, don't deserve it, Sister Xi and I are both cheap people, and we have a place to live......"

"You can't say that."

The extremely shrewd person of the money shopkeeper, in a few words, already understood what Li Ran meant, and interrupted Sister-in-law Wu's words with a smile.

"You are the shopkeeper of General Zhou's door, this place is too undecent, General Zhou's face is not good-looking, if you meet someone who doesn't know, maybe you will chew your tongue and say that General Zhou treats people harshly.

I also think it's good on Mahang Street, it's neat, atmospheric, and it's a good atmosphere. ”

In the last sentence, the money shopkeeper turned to Li Ran and smiled.

"Then the one on Mahang Street."

Li Ran looked at the money shopkeeper with great satisfaction, but he was really a comfortable capable and exquisite person.

"Shop money," Li Ran's words paused, and the money shopkeeper hurriedly smiled and continued: "The small one will be put on the mat first, and when General Zhou comes back, the small one will find General Zhou to settle the bill.

These shops have been cleaned up a long time ago, and Sister-in-law Wu will be able to go over and clean them up tomorrow. ”

"Thank you."

Li Ran exhaled, glanced at Sister-in-law Wu, who was a little stunned, hesitated, looked at the money shopkeeper and said with a smile:

"Can you bother the money manager to help clean up the backyard first? Let Sister-in-law Wu move over as soon as possible, so that she can watch the shop in front of her with peace of mind. ”

"Rest assured, girl." The money shopkeeper owes a smile.

"Clean up the money in the backyard, and when the time comes, you will find General Zhou to settle the account."

"Girl." Sister-in-law Wu's voice choked.

"Take good care of yourself, take good care of Sister Xi'er, and live well." Li Ran patted Sister-in-law Wu and sighed.

It was only the next day that the money shopkeeper came in and said that it was cleaned up.

Sister-in-law Wu and Sister Xi have already moved over.

When Li Ran arrived, Sister-in-law Wu was busy in the bright and clean kitchen with all kinds of things, Sister Xi was wrapped in a jacket and sat on a circle chair, and the two were talking.

Seeing Li Ran coming in, Sister-in-law Wu hurriedly rushed out, and Sister Xi stood up with the back of the circle chair.

Li Ran hurriedly stepped forward and sat back according to Sister Xi'er, "You don't have to get up, I'll come over to see how the cleaning is going, and what is missing." ”

"It's all complete, it's so well packed, it's just so good, thank you girl." Sister-in-law Wu thanked her repeatedly, but at the end, her voice was a little choked.

"You're busy, don't worry about me, I'll be at ease with myself."

Li Ran was not used to facing Sister-in-law Wu's gratitude and excitement, so she confessed and came out to look around.

"Do you want to eat here, girl? Momino came over for lunch in a while. Sister-in-law Wu chased after her and asked.

"No, I still have something to do, I'll leave after reading it." Li Ran smiled and refused.

If she wants to stay here to eat, Sister-in-law Wu must add more food and rice, and at this time, it will be too busy to add food and vegetables.

Li Ran started from the upper room, looked around and returned to the kitchen, very satisfied.

This small square courtyard full of sunshine is complete and comfortable everywhere, from the bed cabinet to the cup cushion, and even the flowers and plants in the yard are complete and proper.

That money shopkeeper is really rare.

"There is no need to rush the restaurant in front, take your time, think thoughtfully, and prepare the most important thing. Sharpening the knife does not mistakenly chop firewood, and it is not in a hurry. ”

Li Ran confessed, quit Wu's sister-in-law, came out, got in the car and went back to the Chang'an Marquis Mansion.

……………………

On the day of the Midyear Festival, after breakfast, Li Ran was stunned for a while under the porch and went out to Xiaoyan Temple.

The door of Xiaoyan Temple is hidden, Li Ran is ten steps away from the temple gate, the temple door is opened from the inside, Li Ran enters the temple gate, all the way inside, and the Dharma is being done inside.

Li Ran entered the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and after a while, a small novice sent a futon over, Li Ran sat down, and only when he heard the evening bell ringing, did he get up and go back.

After dinner, Mama Fu handed tea to Li Ran, and said with a smile all kinds of rules and regulations of the Midyear Festival, as well as how grand the ritual of the imperial court to worship the fallen soldiers and lonely ghosts outside the Fengqiu Gate, and how the emperor and the prince will be throughout the day, and even tomorrow, and how General Xie has always been by the prince's side.

Li Ran looked at Mama Fu, only listened, but did not speak.

Was she explaining something to her?

What to explain?

Why didn't she see him at the ceremony of Xiaoyan Temple?

Did she tell her herself, or did someone give her a message?

The next day, around lunch, Shi Nan sent someone to deliver a small box with two pieces of yellow pastries in it.

Li Ran clicked on the pastry with her finger, picked it up and sniffed it again.

Mama Fu hurriedly explained with a smile: "This is a rice cake. The rice used in the sacrifice at the big sacrifice ceremony was made into rice grains after being removed, and it couldn't be done much, last year, I remember that the Hou of Chang'an got three pieces, in addition to one for the Hou Ye, the other two pieces, which were indicated to the old lady and the lady. ”

Li Ran lowered her eyes and looked at the two cakes in the box, took a piece, took a bite, and the smell of Northeast yellow rice rice cakes was very good.

Until Zhou E came back, Li Ran went out with Wang Ji a few times to see jewelry and buy this and that, and at other times, he only went to the bookstore once and bought a bunch of new and old books back.

Shi Nan sent things over a few more times, all of which were in season.

Zhou E came back in the evening, came in and got her clothes, and went out in a hurry.

Mama Fu said that she went to Perfume Alley to take a bath.

Li Ran was very surprised, and after asking a few more words, she learned that the entire alley of Perfume Lane is full of large and small bathhouses, both men and women!

The next day, Zhou E entered the main house, saw Li Ran, and subconsciously raised her arm to sniff.

Li Ran raised her eyebrows when she saw it.

"Step on and horse urine every day." Zhou E raised her other arm and sniffed.

Li Ran laughed, stood up, leaned over and sniffed.

"It doesn't smell like anything. When you are a soldier and fight, don't you be accompanied by horses every day, and you are still afraid of this smell? ”

"The horse in the war is not the same as the horse in the racecourse. I tell you that you don't understand, the horses in the war are fragrant, and the horse in the horse farm is not the smell of horses, but the smell of and horse urine, which stinks to death. Alas, forget it, I finally got through it. ”

Zhou E pursed her lips, looking afraid.

"You go and see Sister-in-law Wu, it's almost cleaned up, and it says it will open in a few days." Li Ran looked at Zhou E and smiled.

Zhou E answered, turned around and went out.

……………………

At the beginning of August, the weather was cool.

Outside the city, large and small autumn shrines are lively, and the annual blessing festival of Daxiangguo Temple has also begun.

Among the various festivals of the year in Daxiangguo Temple, this prayer festival in early autumn is the most relaxed and festive, and it is also the most lively.

The puja lasts for five days.

On the first day, the crown prince and hundreds of officials in the court solemnly prayed for blessings and thanked for the year's harvest. The next day was mostly middle-class officials and scholars.

From the third day onwards, it was the ladies of each family.

As long as the ladies have nothing to do, the remaining three days are almost every day.

First, this is a high enough and festive enough prayer; Secondly, this festival is the most relaxing and enjoyable of the year.

It is said that it is to listen to the scriptures, but in fact, it is to gather and talk, have fun, eat and drink.

On the third day of the festival, Li Ran, Wang Ji, Xie Ze, Huo Wenlin, and the two little ladies of the Cao family, Yang Da Niang and Yang Er Niang of the Lu State Mansion, made an appointment to go to Daxiangguo Temple to listen to the scriptures.

As for Li Qingrou, since she heard the letter from Huo Wencan and Wang Jiding, she cried a few times and fell ill.

Zhou E does not enter the Daxiangguo Temple, but the harvest dramas performed outside the mountain gate of the Daxiangguo Temple, she loves to watch them very much, and followed Li Ran to the gate of the Daxiangguo Temple, Li Ran went to the Daxiangguo Temple, she stood outside the mountain gate, and watched the small drama happily.

In the Great Xiangguo Temple, the embroidered ribbon is shaking, and there are all kinds of female dependents everywhere.

Most of the old ladies and ladies gathered in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, sat on the futon, listened to the scriptures and spoke.

The main entrance of the Daxiong Treasure Hall has been completely removed, from the inside out, a platform more than a foot high has been erected, until it is four or five feet outside the steps, and from the courtyard, it is a half-height platform. There is no shelter on the high platform, and it is warm and comfortable in the warm autumn sun.

The rest of the young grandmothers and little ladies of each family gathered together with suitable people, in various private rooms, in various places, or sitting and talking, or watching the lively play.

Li Ran, Wang Ji and others together, first went to the back garden to see the autumn harvest scenes, just half of the view, they heard a few screams in front, and then the noise and screams burst out.

"Something's wrong?" Wang Zhen tiptoed to look at the place where the scream sounded.

"Check it out!" Li Ran had already turned around and ran towards the scream.

Wang Ji pulled Xie Pei up, followed by Li Ran, followed by Huo Wenlin, Huo Wenlin was followed by Cao Siniang and Cao Sanniang, as well as Yang Da Niang and Yang Er Niang, running fast in a group.

Li Ran ran the fastest, in a large crowd gathered in front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, took the first step, rushed into the front corridor from the side of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, rushed to the high platform set up in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and looked at the high platform that was already empty, and the old lady Sun who was standing straight in the middle of the high platform, holding a Xueliang dagger in her hand.

In front of Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Chen was standing under the stage, clapping the stage with both hands, and shouted: "What are you doing here!" You come down first, you come down for me! You don't listen to my old sister's words anymore? You come down! ”

"I just want to say a few words, a few words to the big guys."

Old Madam Sun's voice sounded very peaceful, and she looked down at Old Madam Chen, "Let me say a few words." ”

"You say, you put down the knife first, give it to me first, okay, you say, you say first." Old Madam Chen's face turned pale.

"Although I gave birth to a son, I have never married anyone in my life, I have never married anyone!"

I haven't been married to anyone, and Mrs. Sun yelled with all her might.

"I have a father and a mother, although I am poor, I still have a full mouthful of food, but I lost my heart and went crazy, and I was deceived out of the house by a brute with a few kind words, and when I was deceived, he beat me, he raped me, he tied me with a rope, and dragged me like a female dog, a dead animal.

My mother's surname is not Sun, I have no face to my mother's surname, I am such a slut, I have no face! ”

Li Ran's heart was shocked when she heard this, and she stood on tiptoe and looked around for the Sun family.

Wang Pei stood next to Li Ran, his face pale, and Xie Pei was next to Wang Ji, trembling slightly.

Huo Wenlin wrinkled her eyebrows when she heard this, and kept stabbing Wang Qi, "Didn't you say that Uncle Sun had found his father?" What did she say......"

"Shut up!" Li Ran listened impatiently, and turned around and reprimanded.

Huo Wenlin choked back in the second half of the reprimand, looking at Li Ran's cold face, she didn't dare to say anything.

Wang Ji took half a step back, patted her gently, and said in a low voice: "It seems that something big has happened, don't talk." ”

Xie Pei also moved half a step and gently hugged Huo Wenlin.

Huo Wenlin was comforted by Wang Ji and Xie Pei, and suddenly felt aggrieved, and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to cry, the fierceness on Li Ran's face just now, and the quietness around her, made her afraid, and suppressed all her grievances.

Cao Sanniang saw Mrs. Wu, the grandmother, and hurriedly pulled Cao Siniang, and the two hurriedly squeezed over to Mrs. Wu, the mother-in-law.

Mrs. Yang held the hand of her sister Yang Erniang, and subconsciously took a step closer to Wang Ji and Xie Pei.

"That brute, he dragged me like a dog, I'm not even a!

There is no good place on his body where he beat me, he spits in my face, pees on my face, he wants to rape me, he has no money, he pulls me out and sells me, five big money, he sells me once, let the man rape once, as long as five big money, he stands by and watches. ”

Old Madam Sun spewed out every word, as if it was full of blood.

"He dragged me into the capital, he wanted to sell me, but I was pregnant, and I was pregnant with a little beast!

He beat me all night, and kicked me in the stomach to kick the little beast down, and it was the shopkeeper of the ox, and I couldn't listen to my crying, and he said that he couldn't help me, and said that he couldn't see death without help, and gave him a tael of silver, and pawned me down.

That brute, he ran away, I got a way to live, I survived, and with my blood and this flesh, I raised a little brute! ”

Old Madam Sun took a sip violently.

"Phew! A small brute, a bunch of brutes! A litter of brutes! It's all brutes! ”

Old Madam Sun staggered two steps forward with a series of brute curses, and the dagger that had been pressed against her chest seemed to be about to pierce straight in.

The crowd screamed.

"Big sister, you give me the knife first, big sister, I know, I know, don't worry, you ......"

Mrs. Chen hurriedly slammed into the edge of the platform again and again.

"I'm fine, sister, you let me say a few words, you let me say it, I'm about to suffocate, you let me speak."

"Okay, you say, you say, you ...... You said! ”

Old Mrs. Chen burst into tears, took a step back, and pushed Mrs. Zhang.

"Go and tie up that old brute, if you ...... Just go! ”

"Hmm." Mrs. Zhang's expression was gloomy, her voice was down, she had already turned around, pushed everyone away roughly, and rushed straight out.

"That brute, why did he run away? Why do I have a way to live?

That's because he went to deceive the old Fan girl in Nancheng again, but the old Fan girl is not stupid or crazy, and no one can fool him!

He turned over the wall in the middle of the night, wanted to rape other girls, and wanted to make raw rice into mature rice, as long as he was raped, it was his person, this is what the beast often said, as long as he was raped, he was his person!

God has eyes, he was caught by someone, broke a leg, and they said that if they saw him again, they would kill him!

He was scared, he ran away!

I thought he was dead, that brute, he was full of evil, he should have died a long time ago!

But he didn't die, that brute, by that little brute, was recovered, picked up, and became a father! Be an old lady!

He became an old lady! ”

Old Madam Sun smiled sadly.

"It's me who is stupid, I thought I was raising a son, why didn't I think that he was the breed of the beast, the breed of the beast, how could he not be a beast? And his cubs, that pile, that litter of cubs, all of them are brutes!

The species of animals, of course, are all animals!

I was stupid when I was a girl, and I'm still stupid when I live to this day.

That little brute, I should have drowned him in a bucket of and urine when he was born, why didn't I recognize him as a beast, a little beast?

I'm stupid, stupid all my life! ”

In the direction of the mountain gate, a rhythmic sound of horses' hooves and a faint sound of swords coming in from afar.

Wang Ji exhaled lightly, and said in a low voice with Li Ran: "It should be the imperial guard." ”

Li Ran stood straight and snorted.

"Are you alright?" Zhou E squeezed in hard, looked at Li Ran first, and then turned her head to look at Wang Ji and the others, signaling them to squeeze together, and stood at the outermost of a few people by herself.

"Get out of the way!" In front of the stage, Mrs. Zhang's hair was unkempt, her face was covered with hot sweat, and she dragged a fat old man in brocade with a few sturdy women.

"That little brute, that litter of brutes, tell me that they are filial piety, filial piety!"

Old Madam Sun condescendingly looked at the old man in brocade who was dragged in.

The little brute said, "How can there be him without this old brute?" Just rushing to this, he can't help but talk about filial piety, see how good it is.

He deceived me, he raped me, he sold me, but in the end, he got this brocade clothes and jade food, this group of filial sons and grandsons, became this golden and noble old lady.

Who says God has eyes? God is blind! ”

"Big sister, look, I dragged him over, you come down, you kill him, you stab him!"

Old Madam Chen held the hair bun of the old man in brocade who was kneeling on the ground with one hand, and shouted at Old Madam Sun urgently.

Outside, the sound of swords clash and footsteps became more and more urgent, closer and closer.

Xie Ze rushed in from behind the crowd and shouted, "Please go back to the house immediately!" ”

The flow of people immediately began to retreat, and against the flow of people, Uncle Sun Qiang rushed in, screaming miserably: "A-Niang! Auntie! ”

Old Madam Sun stood on the stage, looking at the crowd that retreated in turn, and sighed, "This is the place of animals, the world of animals." ”

Li Ran's eyes widened, she lifted her skirt, rushed onto the stage, and rushed towards the arm of Mrs. Sun holding the dagger.

Before she could pounce, Mrs. Sun lowered her arm, the dagger slid down on the platform, and her other hand was raised to her mouth.

Li Ran stepped forward with both hands, fell on the platform, looked straight ahead of a step, Mrs. Sun slowly fell on the platform, a white porcelain bottle fell from the other hand, clanging, from the platform, rolled down to the bluestone ground below, and shattered.

"Auntie!" Uncle Sun Qiang, who was loyal and brave, stumbled under his feet and fell on the bluestone ground one foot away from the platform.

"Big girl!"

Mrs. Chen screamed violently, climbed onto the stage, crawled over, and hugged Mrs. Sun.

"Why are you so stupid! You go and kill him! Didn't I tell you, you went and killed him! You killed him! Why are you so stupid! You killed them all! Kill them all, and you can't die by yourself! ”

Xie Ze rushed to the stage almost at the same time as Mrs. Chen, picked up Li Ran, and looked at Li Ran's bloody hands.

"I'm fine. It's just a broken skin. ”

Li Ran pressed her two bloody palms on her skirt. looked straight at Mrs. Sun, who had begun to seep blood out of her mouth.

"Kill him! Hack him alive! Hack him! Old Madam Chen looked at Old Madam Sun, who was coughing up blood in one mouthful, and screamed bitterly.

Mrs. Zhang picked up the old man in brocade who looked panicked and was trying to crawl back and hide backwards, and turned to look for a knife, "Find a knife!" ”

Li Ran took out the long sword on Xie Ze's waist and threw it over.

"You look! You watch! You idiot! You watch! ”

Old Madam Chen pushed hard against Old Madam Sun, who was already bleeding from her seven orifices, and pushed her to see the old man in brocade who was cut off by Madam Zhang's sword with a sword, and then slashed down with a sword.

"She didn't see it." Li Ran looked at Mrs. Sun, who was already out of breath, and her voice trembled slightly.

"See." Xie Ze picked up Li Ran, handed her to Zhou E, "Send her back." ”

Zhou E took it, and Li Ran struggled down, "I'm fine, I'll go by myself, go back." ”

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