"Girl, I've been in this business for most of my life, and I opened eight out of ten restaurants in Liangcheng back then, not to mention anything else, just this knowing people's eyes, I said second, no one dares to call it first, I know that you have a high heart and are a person with ideas. Hua Gu is also a child of a poor family, and was sold into the kiln by her father, I know what it is like, so if the girl is unwilling, I will never force her to stay. But Hua Gu is doing this business again, this metropolis does not raise idlers, if you come, then you have to sell, if you don't come, this meal should be Hua Gu to do good deeds. ”

Xiang Qian understands that what Hua Gu said is right, when she enters this flower pavilion door, what can she do if she doesn't sell it? "Sold...... How much money can you have? ”

"Is it a virgin?" He nodded his head to Asahi and said, "Yes." ”

"How old?"

"Eighteen."

"Let's raise it first, you're too thin, I'll give you four silver dollars for the first month for food and shelter. When you are ready, you will go to the field for a few days and learn how to greet guests. I'll hold another auction, how much I can sell, it depends on your ability. I won't take a penny of the money for the first night, I'll give it all to you. In the future, every time we pick up a customer, we will divide the account in seventy and three, and I will be responsible for food and clothing. How is it? Hua Gu sent someone to bring a basin of water, "Wash your face, I'll take a look." ”

Xiang Qian picked up a handful of water and threw it on his face, and wiped the corner of his clothes. Hua Gu slapped her thigh happily when she saw it, "Okay!" You go home and raise it, I will send someone to serve you, you don't have to do any work, just stay in the house every day to eat and drink, and raise yourself white and fat. I promise you to make a lot of money, if you are lucky, you will be a little bit small, and this life will be complete. ”

Xiang is very beautiful, with big eyes like black pearls, a palm-sized face, a high nose bridge, a deep person, and thin lip flaps. is like a girl in a pictorial, bewitching, sultry, and people can't help but want to ravage. It's just that he is usually exposed to the wind and sun, and his malnourished face is sallow and not so conspicuous. Hua Gu saw at a glance that Xiang Qian was a great beauty, so she made tempting conditions without saying a word. Xiang Qian was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood in his heart, "I can sign the document, but in the future, ...... I want to pick up customers. ”

Hua Gu sneered, "You are really a powerful girl, I didn't look away, five or five is impossible~ That's it, I'm six and you're four." This is the treatment of the top brand in the metropolis, maybe in the future, my Hua Gu will still rely on you to eat. Xiang Qian nodded, took the note, but couldn't do anything. Can't write? Then press a handprint. As he spoke, he pushed the big red ink clay in front of Xiang Qian. Once you sign it, you can take the meat and steamed buns and go home. ”

Xiang Qian looked at the meat on the table, and thought about Xiang Zhen, who couldn't get up while lying on the kang. Pressed his own handprint hard. Hua Gu is a person who speaks and works very efficiently, and when Xiang Qian went home, he followed a miscellaneous helper behind him to carry the meat on that table. "Mama Li! Look what I've brought back! "Mama Li went out and saw the logo of the metropolis on the clothes of the handymen at a glance." Xiang Qian, where have you been!? ”

Xiang Qian smiled slightly, "Mama Li, eat meat~ It's still hot." Mama Li covered her heart with one hand and pointed to Xiang Qian with the other, "You...... You...... Alas, what iniquity you do! God is evil! Oh my God! Open your eyes and see! Xiang Qian squeezed out a bitter smile, "Mama Li, Xiang Zhen is my life, if he is gone, I won't live." There's nothing wrong with this now, at least I can cure him, and I'll be happy if he's better. How can you live not for a lifetime? No matter how bad it is, you can be a concubine of a rich family, how can it be better than hard work. ”

"You, you!! I'd rather be a broken temple and a piece of grass than a brick in a green building! Why are you so confused? Don't say anything else, whether this disease can be cured or not, you... What if it doesn't work out? Silly boy! Xiang Qian looked at Mama Li, who was crying, and said in distress, as if she couldn't even breathe.

"Mama Li, don't cry, eat something, I'll go see Xiang Zhen." Mama Li turned to the other side angrily and smiled at Xiang Qian, "Okay, don't be angry, if you're angry, I won't be able to eat the vegetable dumplings you made." Mother Li looked at Xiang Qian's thin figure, her heart hurt so much, while sighing why fate was so cruel to this little girl, let the thin shoulders bear so much, while lying on the kang secretly wept Xiang Zhen unwillingly, Xiang Zhen is only nine years old, is a smart and sensible child, if he is not sick, he will be able to learn some skills to support his sister.

But now...

Xiang Zhen has been much better except for coughing and not having much strength, his illness is like this, sometimes good and sometimes bad. He naturally heard the words of Li's mother and sister, and he also knew what kind of place the metropolis was.

"That's a lot better, isn't it? Is there anything wrong with it? My sister came back with roast chicken and left you chicken thighs, do you want to get up and eat some? Xiang Qian saw that Xiang Zhen didn't move, and he understood that he must have known, "Xiang Zhen, you are a big child, man." It's time to carry something on your shoulder, hurry up and eat something, I'll go get you medicine in a while, and I can have hope when you get better, understand? Sister is like this in this life, there is no hope, only you. You see how good it is, my sister can watch you get married, have children, and then help you take care of your children. It's like taking care of you. ”

Xiang Zhen still didn't get up, just sobbed and kept shaking. Xiang Qian patted Xiang Zhen on the shoulder, "Okay, get up, I can rest at home for a month, this month you will eat well, recuperate well, and when you make money, my sister will be happy." Xiang Zhen listened, and got up as soon as he turned over. "Sister, don't worry, I'll get better!" I'm going to get ahead! Xiang Qian smiled with relief, "Let's go and eat."

A month passed quickly, Xiang Zhen's illness was really half of his recovery, and he never had symptoms of hemoptysis again, and Xiang Qian's handyman would bring back all kinds of supplements from the metropolis every meal, as well as meat and fine grains. Xiang Qian always said that he was full after eating a little, and the rest was left to Li Ma and Xiang Zhen. Xiang Qian has been stuffy in the house for a full month, and he has become a lot whiter and fatter. is no longer the black and thin little girl, the original thin little face has also plumped, and the skin has become ruddy and delicate. At first glance, there are some rich daughters.

"Sister, the front gatehouse is here again, and it's a good story. I'll tell you about it! Xiang Qian patted the soil on Xiang Zhen's body, "Okay, okay, go wash your hands, it's time to eat." Look at your ashes, look! The gown that had just been made was scratched again. You're like the reincarnation of a stone monkey! ”

Xiang Zhen ran into the house with a grin, "Ah! What day is it? No one has a birthday, why are there so many delicious foods? Xiang Qian doted and rubbed his brother's hair, "Go wash your hands, my sister has a great thing to say~"

"Hey! Let's go~" Mama Li looked deeply at Xiang Zhen, who was jumping to wash her hands, "Shallow, come here.. Take this money, take it with you, go to a place where no one knows you, and find a good man to marry. It's better to get over it.. Go.. Metropolis.." Xiang Qian looked at the three layers of "pension money" wrapped in Li's mother's hand, her heart was as sweet as eating honey, and she pushed back the hands full of vicissitudes with a smile. "Mama Li~ Don't worry about me, the world is chaotic, isn't it the same wherever you go? It's better to guard you and Zhenzhen like now, so that our family can be together, right? As soon as Mother Li was about to speak, Xiang Zhen jumped up and down to the dinner table, "Mother Li, sister." Come on, tell me what a good thing is~"

The three of them sat around the table of the Eight Immortals, and poured a glass of small soju for Mama Li and Xiang Zhen for the first time, "Come ~ Mama Li, it's true." Let's have a drink as a family," Xiang Zhen raised his glass with a surprised face. "Zhenzhen, you are not too young, the day before yesterday, when my neighbor Aunt Liu came to borrow a basket, she told me that private schools over ten years old will no longer accept them. So I'm wondering, it's time to send you to school."

"Reading!!??? Sister, you think I can go to school with them? "Hmm! Of course. After being happy for less than two seconds, Xiang Zhen lowered his head again, "I'm still not going, the second dog, they said that I am contagious..."Xiang Qian rubbed his little head distressedly, "Sister go and tell them, you see that my mother Li is fine, how can it be infected?" Besides, your illness has been cured, and it will not be contagious, don't worry, Ming'er will definitely let you go to school with them! ”

"Hmmm! I believe in my sister! Mama Li wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "It's true, your sister is not easy.."" It's true, you see Mama Li crying excitedly. You're going to have to fight for us! Saying that, he smiled at Li's mother, "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely do it!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Xiang Qian put on a newly made satin-faced robe for Xiang Zhen, "Zhenzhen has grown up, so handsome~" Xiang Zhen scratched the back of his head shyly, "Then I'm going to private school?" ”

"Well, let's go, be careful on the road~" After speaking, he watched Xiang Zhen's trotting figure, and a trace of mist gradually rose in his eyes, "Miss Xiang, Hua Gu has been waiting for a long time, we should go," "Okay, you go to the door and wait, I'll go out immediately," After the little guy walked out, Xiang Qian groaned for a long time, turned around and entered Li's mother's room, in the dim room, the bed curtain that had faded was hidden, and Li's mother felt uncomfortable, and she didn't even eat breakfast. Xiang Qian was inevitably a little worried, "Mother Li, the food is in the pot, and the firewood has been filled." If you're hungry, just light a hot one. I'll go first...."After speaking, he left without looking back, and when the footsteps were far away, the sobbing in the bed curtain became louder and louder....

It is already a cool city in early autumn, there is already a thin frost in the early morning, Xiang Qian is wearing a delicate and enchanting burgundy slim cheongsam, looking like autumn maple leaves from a distance, so arbitrary and unwilling to drift in the autumn wind.... It's early in the morning, and the metropolis is very quiet, only the miscellaneous long-term workers are cleaning up the remnants of last night's sheng flute, "Tut-tut, look, I know that I will never be wrong to look at people~ Look at this figure~ What's your name?" To.."

"Shallow."