said that they came to Xinglong Restaurant and bluntly said that they wanted to find the shopkeeper. Xiao Er saw that the two brothers and sisters of the Liu family were dressed like ordinary people, so they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to come out.

The shopkeeper didn't want to say it at first, because he knew that the merchant was just pretending, and the origin of the vegetables in the shed was unknown, but he was just greedy for cheap, and he felt that even if he bought stolen goods without knowing it, it would not be considered a crime.

Liu Sinian was both soft and hard, and promised that as long as he knew the origin of the merchant, he would never implicate Xinglong Restaurant, and the shopkeeper said it secretly.

"I didn't know it, but then I realized something was wrong! In the early morning of that day, the man looked like a merchant and used a mule to pull a cart of shed vegetables to find our Xinglong Restaurant, saying that he pulled a cart of shed vegetables from other places to our county, because he was afraid that it would not be fresh for a long time, and wanted to sell it in our county.

I originally wanted to lower the price, but he smiled and said, our Linzhang County Taihe Building, Yuxing Restaurant, and Yunlai Restaurant all sell shed vegetables, and the business is better than my Xinglong Restaurant, that is, the guests want them to have a fresh vegetable in winter.

He made a special trip to find Xinglong Restaurant to sell, and if I didn't want it, he would find someone else.

When I hear this, where do I think so much? The dishes of our Xinglong Restaurant were not bad, who knows that they are not as good as those in Taihe Building, and now there are a few fresh dishes, where can I not buy them?

Later, I felt more and more that this was wrong, so I asked Xiao Er to secretly follow the merchant to see where he was going. only to find out that where is the merchant, it turned out to be a village man who is a pranky, his name is Lai Liuzi, who has always been messing around with a bunch of scoundrels on the street, and the origin of the dish is unknown.

You said, we do business, pay attention to harmony and make money, we can't find Lai Liuzi to give him a refund, I don't want to say more......" Xinglong Restaurant shopkeeper said with a bitter face.

"Then I don't know how much money the shopkeeper spent on buying vegetables in this shed?" Liu Sinian raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.

"This ......" the shopkeeper hesitated a little, "I bargained and spent six taels of silver......"

"I see!" Liu Sinian slapped his face and said with a smile.

The shopkeeper was also a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "When we do business, it is natural to sell low and sell high......

It turned out that the vegetables in this shed were thirty-five wen a catty, and the thief stole three or four hundred catties, which was worth at least fourteen or fiel taels, and was bought by the shopkeeper for six taels of silver. It's just to fool that Lai Liuzi doesn't understand the market, and at the same time, he also knows that the so-called "merchant" is probably not a merchant, and the origin of the shed vegetables is unknown.

How innocent the shopkeeper said he was, it was just to exonerate himself, and Xie Xuan and the three of them didn't bother to tell him. Knowing that it was Lai Liuzi who stole the vegetables, Liu Sinian thanked the shopkeeper and promised once again that he would never implicate Xinglong Restaurant, so he left with Xie Xuan, Liu Siyun and Liu An.

After getting into the carriage, the three of them couldn't help but laugh together.

Liu Siyun said proudly: "I just said that I would go directly to the shopkeeper of Xinglong Restaurant, where did he dare to hide it in order to clear his suspicion?" ”

Xie Xuan smiled and said: "We all think too much, we are afraid of this and that, or the most simple and direct way is to reduce ten times, sometimes thinking too much will not get things done!" ”

Liu Sinian also praised her, and was so happy that Liu Siyun's apricot eyes were crooked, and her cherry lips couldn't help but turn up.

The three of them discussed how to deal with Lai Liuzi. Xie Xuan smiled, and an idea came to her:

"I have an idea, I don't know if it will work, you can also help me refer to it......"

In the carriage, the three little heads of the boy and the girl were put together, and a plan was immediately generated in the words of you and me.

There are five residential areas in Linzhang County, four of which are in the north city, Changshouli, Jiyangli, Sizhongli, Yongpingli, and the other is in the south city, which is Qili, where the nobles and gentry live.

The four residential areas in Beicheng have their own vegetable markets, and as long as you pay a few to a dozen taxes, you can sell things in the vegetable market. The relatives in Nancheng are all aristocratic and gentry, and they have always been purchased by the official family, or directly delivered by their own granges, but there is no vegetable market.

However, it is said that a small vegetable market appeared in Yushu Lane in Yongpingli at some point, and it was originally a street vendor who had no money or was unwilling to pay taxes to avoid the government officials to collect taxes, and it gradually formed a small vegetable market.

There are stalls selling radish and cabbage, eggs, dried mushrooms, mountain goods, and live chickens and ducks on the street.

Just as the vendors were shouting hard and the surrounding residents were shopping for things, they suddenly saw a few hangers walking on the west side of Elm Lane as swaying idlers, looking east and west, pointing and laughing from time to time.

When everyone saw it, they were all silent, the residents who bought vegetables avoided it in a panic, and the vendors who sold vegetables lowered their heads and quickly packed up their things, wanting to leave.

But I saw a five-short figure in the group of idlers, with dark skin, squinting eyes, wearing a half-worn silk robe, but wearing a melon skin hat, pulling a pair of oil wax boots, and dressed nondescriptly, it was Lai Liuzi.

Nalai Liuzi smiled, and suddenly saw a girl on the side of the road who followed her father to sell firewood and eggs, although she was dressed shabby, with patches, and her face was also tanned, but her eyebrows and eyes were a little handsome.

Lai Liuzi couldn't help but stepped forward and grinned: "Little lady, how do you sell these eggs?" ”

The old Han man who was carrying firewood and was about to leave hurriedly stopped his daughter behind his back, pulled up his face and pulled out a smile: "We don't sell it, we are ready to eat it ourselves...... Home ...... eat"

But seeing Lai Liuzi's face turned sideways, he sneered: "I was kind enough to buy your eggs, but you pushed back, what is the reason?" What other people's business can do, but what my business can't do? You also look at who my Lai Liuzi is, so you dare to look down on me?! As he spoke, he snatched the bamboo basket containing half a basket of eggs and slammed it to the ground, and when he landed, the basket of eggs was shattered into a piece of yellow and white.

"You...... What are you doing here? The old man was shocked, and saw several people behind Lai Liuzi smiling and clapping their hands and shouting, and he didn't dare to argue for a while, so he had to pull his daughter around and turn around with firewood on his back to leave.

Where would Lai Liuzi let them go, turned around and stopped in front of the father and daughter, and smiled at the daughter behind the old man: "I Lai Liu is in a good mood today, as long as you let your daughter accompany our brother to have two drinks, we don't care about you!" ”

As he spoke, his face changed, and he said fiercely: "If you don't know each other, you want to sweep away the interest of our brothers, isn't it just a matter of drinking a few glasses of wine and passing it......"

"What are you doing here? Is there a royal law here, I will go to the county government to tell you......" The old man pulled his daughter's arm tightly, trying in vain to dodge, but he was surrounded by a few splashes with Lai Liuzi, and he couldn't get out.

For a while, everyone in the vegetable market in Lao Huaishu Lane was in danger, and those who were timid and afraid of things took the opportunity to run away, and some of them couldn't bear it, afraid of this group of splashy people, pointing at the side, but they didn't dare to come forward to stop it.

Lai Liuzi and a few people salivated, and moved their hands and feet to the girl who was crying while hiding, and the old man was sweating in a hurry, blocking east and west, and was pushed down by one of the scoundrels.

Just as Lai Liuzi was about to arrest the girl, he saw a young man in a green coat and a small hat next to him come forward, grabbed Lai Liuzi and said with a smile: "You are Lai Liuzi who usually walks on the street?" My master has some private matters that he wants to find someone to do, do you have a doorway? If it happens, double the price! As he spoke, he took out a silver ingot of five taels from his sleeve and lit up in front of his eyes, and then took it back.

Nalai Liuzi's eyes lit up, but he saw an idler named Ude next to him, and one flashed out, and said with a smile: "This little brother, I don't know which master sent it, my name is Ude, and I am also walking on this street, and I am safe and thoughtful!" ”

The little guy looked at him carefully twice, and said with a smile: "Since it is an errand, you just have to do it, ask so much about what you are doing, I don't know if you say too much, you will lose, and the disaster comes from the truth!" ”

Just as a few people were talking, the old man, father and daughter, supported each other and ran away quickly, dropping a large bundle of firewood. Lai Liuzi saw that he could earn money, so where did he care about them?!

When Lai Liuzi saw that Wude had robbed him of his business, his face was a little unhappy, and he wanted to have a seizure, but he was worried that he would run away from the little guy in front of him. So he inserted his body between Ude and the little girl, pouted Ude to the side with a butt, and said with a smile:

"Since your master's family came to me by name, I must have come to do something! Let's go! ”

This little guy is naturally Liu An, seeing that Lai Liuzi couldn't wait to urge him to go, he couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, and took him to the outside of the old locust tree alley.