After everyone got out of the car, Li Gong led the way in front and introduced everyone into the hanging flower gate, and the back house was also full of bamboo, and there was a big rockery made of strange stones, which was very chic.

When you get here, it is the world of the female dependents, Li Heng took the men to the front to settle, Ni and Li pushed a few words, still Ni's mother was in charge, and assigned everyone's yard, and the servants were busy placing the luggage, which was busy, but fortunately Li Gong had been properly dispatched, and the yard was spotless everywhere, but it saved a lot of trouble.

After cleaning up, everyone drank tea and talked in the room, and Li smiled at Ni's family: "I look at Brother Gong'er's promise, how old is this, he is even older than those adults, we have gone so smoothly, it is all arranged by Brother Gong." ”

Ni Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, but he said humbly: "He is already older, and he needs to bear the things that should be borne by him." It's just that he hasn't walked around much at all, and he has the help of Lao Cheng's housekeeper, so he didn't make a joke. Then he turned his mouth to praise Chen Jun: "I look at Brother Jun better, where did he come from such a handsome offspring, and he is a student of the country's eunuch, but my eyes are hot." ”

In terms of appearance, Chen Jun is indeed the most outstanding among the young people, and he has entered the Guozijian to study, which is indeed outstanding.

Li smiled and waved his hand and said, "That's it, if you continue to boast like this, you will really become that princess, so don't say it." ”

This caused everyone to laugh, so they said something else, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

In detail, after the Ni family married into the Li family, the Li family was still in the boudoir, and the two sisters-in-law had been together for a while, and their temperaments were similar.

Not to mention how the ladies gossip in the back house, just talk about Li Heng, put down the luggage and took Li Gong into the study, the father and son closed the door and talked for a while, Li Gong went back to the house, and Li Heng changed into a bamboo green robe, took Steward Lu, and went out without stopping.

Although Penglai County is not a big place, because of its proximity to the sea, trade is quite developed, and the market is also prosperous. Li Heng's master and servant came out of the alley, and entered the market without walking a few steps, but saw that there were many shops selling all kinds of seafood, and there were also teahouses, restaurants, clothing shops, oil shops, etc., at a glance, there was also a bit of weather.

Li Heng didn't care much about this, his attention was more focused on people.

Although there are many shops, there are few customers coming in and out; Although there are many pedestrians, there are few who are neatly dressed and ruddy in complexion; What's even more interesting is that among all kinds of shops, there is only one kind of shop - rice shop.

If other shops are still patronized by customers from time to time, then this rice shop can be said to be unattended, Li Heng walked all the way through most of the market, only to see two people into the rice shop to ask the price.

He kept all this in his heart, and finally chose a teahouse and sat down, and asked for a pot of tea and two plates of snacks with tea, as if he was tired of shopping and looking for a place to rest.

This behavior seems ordinary, but the teahouse is diagonally facing a shop called "Xinchang Rice Shop", and Li Heng's seat is facing the door, and the scene in the rice shop is clear at a glance.

There were only a few customers sitting scattered in the teahouse, and the shopkeeper was a little listless, and no one noticed Li Heng's movements.

After observing for a while, Li Heng beckoned a guy and rewarded him with a few big bucks, the guy thanked him with a smile, and Li Heng smiled and said: "I am the first time I have come to Penglai, and they all say that you have special scenery here, and you can tell me what good places to go, and I will go to appreciate it when the time comes, which is not worth the trip." ”

He was detached, and he couldn't speak the local dialect, and his identity as a foreigner couldn't be hidden, so he simply said it.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he didn't doubt him, so he laughed and said about the scenic spots of Penglai, Li Heng listened carefully, and occasionally asked a word or two, and the topic gradually turned to the local customs, and the shopkeeper said: "We have a lot of seafood here, if Mr. buys some to give to relatives and friends, it is also good." ”

Li Heng shook his head, with a disapproving look on his face, and said: "I don't think it's necessary, your market is not very lively, there are no people in the shop, and I am afraid that there is nothing to buy." ”

The shopkeeper had already chatted with him, and when he spoke, he had fewer scruples, and when he heard the words, he sighed: "Isn't this the disaster and famine of the past few years? When I caught up three or four years ago, our Penglai was also a lively place, and now the big guys can't even eat, where does the spare money come from to buy these things? Isn't this shop deserted? He sighed again.

"And what do you mean by that?" Li Heng showed a surprised expression, grabbed a handful of boiled peanuts from the plate and handed them over, and said, "Why can't you even eat?" Now that the four seas are level, and there is no war, no matter how poor it is, it should be enough to eat. ”

The shopkeeper looked left and right, and saw that no one noticed them, so he quietly took the peanuts, peeled a few and threw them into his mouth, pointed to the Xinchang rice shop in front of him, and lowered his voice and said: "Sir, look, there is not a single customer in that shop, Mr. said?" ”

Seeing that the words had entered Hong Kong, Li Heng naturally followed his words and said, then shook his head and said, "I don't know", and the shopkeeper said: "It's not all those profiteers who have ruined the market!" In the past few years, the days have not been good, the price of rice has been rising, it has not fallen, and now it is more expensive than in previous years, but hateful these profiteers, not to mention selling rice, but tun rice, and make the price of rice higher and higher, where can ordinary people afford it? ”

"Oh? What did the people of the city eat? Li Heng also lowered his voice and asked.

The shopkeeper sighed, his voice became more and more low, and said: "If you can't afford to eat, you have to eat hard, and if you have extra money at home, you can buy a pound of brown rice mixed with five or six catties of millet to eat enough." Those who have no money at home have to go to the first-class shop that specializes in old rice to buy old rice to eat, which may not be able to be bought, and it is just a matter of life. ”

There is still a shop that specializes in old rice? This is unheard of.

Li Heng's heart moved, and he was about to ask further, when he saw a familiar figure flashing outside the teahouse, he immediately stopped talking and glanced at Steward Lu.

Steward Lu understood, took advantage of people's inattention, and quietly walked out, Li Heng didn't say more, only rewarded the shopkeeper with a few pennies, and the shopkeeper went with a thousand thanks, and he still sat and drank tea and ate peanuts, while observing the scene of the rice shop.