Datou led Xiao Qisan to a few alleys in the east of Phoenix Town, and said as he walked: "I often walk the streets and alleys to beg, and I probably know some of the dishes that will be delivered to my door." ”

The big head led the three of them to a Zhu door, pointed to the Zhu Door and said to the three of them: "Actually, I can't guarantee that it will be sold, but it should be better than the street you just went to, you can knock on the door." ”

Saying that, the big head retreated into the distance, his clothes were dirty, torn and smelly, and when the master opened the door, he would definitely not buy Xiao Qi's elm money.

Ah Fu looked at the vermilion lacquer door and exclaimed: "This door is really good, and the door knocker in the style of auspicious clouds on it is also very good-looking, so I will draw it for my father to refer to when I go home." Last time, a family asked Dad to help make the kind of gate with four doors, and Dad studied it for many days before he dared to live next. ”

Xiao Qi stepped forward and patted the door knocker gently, the door was opened by a wrinkled old woman, the old woman's eyes swept over several children, and when she saw the elm money in the basket, her face immediately showed a happy look, she was trying to eat elm money these days, and she was afraid that her husband and wife had two old arms and legs, and it would be bad to fall if she went to pick it up in person, no, someone happened to send it to the door, and she hurriedly asked: "How much is this elm money basket?" ”

Pear Blossom handed the elm money forward and showed it to the old woman: "Mother-in-law, look, this is what we just made in the morning, it is fresh, a basket of five cents, if you buy it with the basket, it will add eight more cents." ”

The old woman approached the elm money and took a closer look and thought it was not bad, so she shouted into the courtyard: "Old man, quickly bring five cents, bring the small basket too, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to eat elm money?" Someone is here to sell it today. ”

I didn't expect to sell a basket of elm money so easily, and several people were very happy, and then they knocked on the doors of several more houses, but they did not sell, and soon several people walked to a house in the innermost part of the alley, and they heard the cry of the child through the courtyard door.

Xiao Qi gently knocked on the door, and a woman with a delicate face in goose yellow clothes dragged a five or six-year-old boy to open the door, and the woman had a kind smile on her face: "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

Before the little seven or the others could speak, the little boy had already stepped forward and grabbed a handful of elm money from the basket and put it in his mouth, with a bright smile on his face: "It's good, it's delicious." The child's mouth overflowed with a string of saliva, shining brightly in the sunlight.

The woman was very excited to see the child's happy appearance, and hurriedly greeted the little seven and the others: "You are here to sell elm money, come in, I really didn't expect my brother Yan to like elm money so much." ”

The woman led Brother Yan to sit at the stone table in the courtyard, and Brother Yan giggled and stepped forward to take Ah Fu's hand.

The woman said: "My brother Yan was still crying just now, and he smiled when he saw you, he seems to like you very much, can you help me accompany him for a while?" I'll go wash a few clothes first, and I'll give you more money when I'm done. ”

Xiao Qisan nodded hurriedly, it is not difficult to take care of children, the little mouse is so noisy, the pear blossoms are all well carried, and people also said that they will give more money.

There was a well in the courtyard, and three or four feet from it lay a large wooden basin, and the woman went to the basin and sat down on a small wooden bench to wash her clothes.

Lihua and Ah Fu accompanied Brother Yan to play, Xiao Qi saw that there was an empty wooden barrel by the well, so he helped fetch a bucket of water and brought it to the woman's side, she saw a few silk clothes in the wooden basin, it seems that the conditions of this family are not bad.

The woman was surprised to see that this chubby little girl seemed to be carrying an eight-point full bucket of water, and she was very surprised: "I didn't expect you to have such strength at such a young age?" ”

Xiao Qi was a little embarrassed: "I was born with great strength." Xiao Qi ate a lot and was hungry fast, and his stomach was gurgling as he spoke, so he was not embarrassed.

The woman had apparently heard the grunt, and she smiled, "It's my lack of thought that I should have brought out some snacks to entertain you." ”

The woman turned around and went into the house, took two plates of snacks and put them on the stone table, and said to a few people: "You accompany my brother Yan to chat and eat some snacks." ”

A plate of honey twist flowers, a plate of croissant honey, these two are the signature dim sum of the Qin Ji shop in the town, and the selling price is not cheap. There were four people, including Brother Yan, sitting in the four corners of the stone table, one for you and one for me, and soon the two plates were bottomed out.

After washing her clothes, she dried her hands and said to them, "I want to buy a basket of elm money, and seeing that your basket is very beautiful, why don't you sell it to me as well." ”

Pear Blossom: "A basket of elm money sells for five yuan, and the basket costs another eight yuan, a total of thirteen yuan." The woman took a handful of money from the house and gave it to them.

Pear Blossom took the money and counted it, there were actually thirty Wen, Pear Blossom was embarrassed to accept it, so she took out half of it and returned it to the woman: "Madam, you gave too much, we just collected half of it, we just took half of it, we played with Brother Yan for a while, it didn't take much effort, and we ate all the snacks." ”

The woman looked at Brother Yan with gentle eyes: "Take it, my Brother Yan is not easy to coax, I rarely see him so happy, I haven't eaten this thing before, tell me how to eat it?" ”

Lihua carried the basket and followed the woman to the stove, helped the woman make steamed elm money, and carefully explained to the woman several ways to eat elm money.

After finishing the work, the woman sent a few people to the gate of the courtyard: "My husband's surname is Li, you can call me Mrs. Li, thank you for today, next time I can send fresh dishes." ”

Brother Yan also waved his little hand and said, "Again, come again." ”

The woman lowered her head and lovingly helped Brother Yan with her clothes.

Pear Blossom was very happy when she heard the woman say that she would buy their food next time: "Thank you, Mrs. Li, we will come back in a few days." ”

Ah Fu and Xiao Qi waved their hands to Brother Yan: "Brother Yan, goodbye." ”

After the courtyard door was closed, the big head came from not far away, and he was very happy for them when he heard that he had sold another basket of elm money.

Xiao Qi: "Mrs. Li is so good, she gave us a lot of money, we must serve such a generous customer well, next time we will send some fresh dishes over, and by the way, help take care of Brother Yan." ”

Lihua looked sympathetic: "It's a pity, Mrs. Li is such a good person, but Brother Yan is so ......"

Ah Fu: "Brother Yan is very easy to bring, he doesn't cry or make trouble and smiles at us." ”

The big boss led the three of them to another alley, and the rest of the elm money was quickly sold out.

Sold a lot of money today, everyone is very happy, Pear Blossom and Xiao Qi feel that the big head is a lot of credit, and discuss the preparation of giving the big head two cents.

When she arrived at the gate of the opera garden in Phoenix Town, Lihua took out two pennies from her money bag and handed them to Datou, who happily took it, and two pennies could buy four steamed buns.

At this time, several elderly beggars came over and surrounded a few people, and the one who took the lead was the bald beggar who laughed at them for not being able to sell them for money. ”

As he spoke, the bald beggar reached out to grab the coarse cloth money bag in Lihua's hand, and teased: "The little lady's arms are so white." ”