Text Chapter 4 Hidden Worries
Li Xiaoqi called 'Sister Liu' at the door, Liu Niangzi 'sighed' and agreed, Li Xiaoqi looked at Liu Niangzi who was blocking the door, bending over and dripping with sweat, and rolling her dough hard, hesitated, squeezed from behind Liu Niangzi, sent the shoes behind Liu Niangzi and shook it, and said with a smile: "My eldest brother asked me to send it back, and asked me to thank Sister Liu, but he said that he wore a lot of shoes, so that Sister Liu would not have to bother in the future." ”
Liu Niangzi straightened up, raised her hand and wiped the sweat with the back of her hand, the corners of her forehead were stained with a piece of flour, her thick lips were half open, she looked at Li Xiaoqi in a daze, she didn't react for a while, Li Xiaoqi said, took half a step back neatly, put her shoes on the table, hehe smiled, flashed quickly from behind Liu Niangzi, but almost hit the young man standing at the door.
Li Xiaoqi stopped, raised his head, standing at the door is Huang Yuanshan who lives next door to Liu's house, Huang Yuanshan is a native of Taiping Mansion, his father is addicted to gambling, lost all his family property, and lost his wife and daughter to others, on the day his wife and daughter were taken away, Huang's father said that he was drunk, stepped into the moat and drowned, and the family was left with only one Huang Yuanshan, he was the first person to rent in this courtyard, the landlord knew these gossip in the past, but he didn't know what Huang Yuanshan was doing now, only guessed that he was about a idler.
Huang Yuanshan is very good to Liu Niangzi, often sends some small east and west to her, and often helps her do some rough work of lifting water and chopping firewood, but Liu Niangzi is not very concerned about him, since the Li brothers moved in, Liu Niangzi can only see Li Zongliang in her eyes, compared with the tall and straight Li Zongliang, Huang Yuanshan, who is thin and obscene, is too unsightly, my sister loves to be pretty, this is the same in any world!
Huang Yuanshan stood still, faintly oozing with a cold aura on his body, staring at Liu Niangzi fiercely, Li Xiaoqi felt a slight chill in his heart, and didn't dare to stay longer, accompanied by an embarrassing smile, and vaguely greeted 'Brother Huang', and slipped away to his house, walked a few steps, only to feel a cold trace behind him, as if he was being stared at by something yin.
Huang Yuanshan stared at Li Xiaoqi into the house, turned his head, stared straight at Liu Niangzi, his eyes moved from her to the shoes on the table, and suddenly squeezed from behind Liu Niangzi, reached out and grabbed the shoes, turned his head to look at Liu Niangzi, and slowly squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "People don't want it, give it to me, I don't dislike this shoe!" As he spoke, he squeezed his shoes tightly, turned around and pushed Liu Niangzi away, and strode out of the house. Liu Niangzi was pushed by Huang Yuanshan and staggered to the outside of the door, blinking her eyes in a daze, she just understood Li Xiaoyi's words, what did Huang Yuanshan mean by this?
Li Xiaoqi slipped back into the house, Li Zongliang had already taken out a bowl of lychee kidneys, white cut meat and fried lungs, and when he saw Li Xiaoqi coming in, he pointed to the bowl and ordered: "Send this to Grandma Shen." ”
"Hey." Li Xiaoqi agreed crisply, picked up the bowl and sent it to the next door.
Mrs. Shen is alone, she does a good needlework, she makes a living by sewing poor, and often helps them sew and mend things, and Erhuai usually helps her do some heavy work such as carrying water and chopping wood, Li Zongliang originally wanted to let Li Xiaoqi follow Mrs. Shen to learn some needlework, but Li Xiaoqi really didn't have that interest, and he didn't want to make needlework at all, so Li Zongliang had to give up.
Li Xiaoqi sent the food back, Shui Sheng had already prepared the meal, dinner was only eaten by the four of them, Li Zonggui could not come back until the beginning of the year every day, and dinner was naturally eaten in Changfeng Building.
Shui Sheng took a bite of food, as if he remembered something, looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked, "You said in the afternoon that Song Gongsheng was killed by the Chizhou system?" ”
"Hmm." Li Xiaoqi swallowed the rice in his mouth and nodded heavily,
"When I went to look for you, I happened to encounter the execution car, but I didn't squeeze in."
"Good kill! If he hadn't let the South Vietnamese in, Master and Master would not have killed •••••• well! Erhuai said hatefully while chewing the fried lung slices loudly, Li Zongliang chewed the rice slowly, and turned his head to look at Wei Shuisheng: "Lord Song is a famous general of our Wu State, and he has been stationed in Chizhou City for so many years, and South Vietnam has never entered it, why did he say that he would fight for 100 miles last year?" I can't figure it out. ”
"Well, big brother, have you noticed? That night, those men rushed into the village and killed people, but they did not rob anything, and from beginning to end, they did not even say a word, and those on horseback were still masked. Wei Shuisheng wrinkled his brows, looked at Li Zongliang and said in a low voice, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at the two of them, thought about it, and changed the topic: "This kind of thing, it's all about fighting for power and profit, and in the end, it's us ordinary people who die bitterly, kill it, kill no one, it's not wronged, Brother Erhuai, you eat slowly!" ”
Li Erhuai had already finished pulling out a bowl of rice, stood up and went out to fill a full bowl, looked at Li Xiaoqi, grinned and said, "How slow is it to eat this raw fried lung?" Li Xiaoqi glanced at him, listened to the sweet snoring of Erhuai, and slowly ate half a bowl of rice in his small bowl.
Li Xiaoqi has carefully selected Ejiao jujubes, and he is confident, only guarding the private room in the backyard to sell jujubes, although it is slower than the original, but the price is almost overturned, the Zheng shopkeeper of Changfeng Building shook Li Xiaomi's jujube basket, looked at the well-proportioned, full and bright Ejiao jujube and asked: "Xiaoqi, your jujubes, are you picked out one by one, right?" What price? How much more expensive? ”
"Well, it's not much expensive, and you can earn it back." Li Xiaoqi carefully put the dates on the plate one by one, stayed away, tilted his head to look, sighed, turned his head to look at the shopkeeper Zheng and said: "Uncle Zheng, look, such a good date, it's just that this plate is too rough to match, or can you lend me that dozen small plates wrapped in gold and silver wires?" If you don't count my rental, ten dollars a day? Or twenty of them, if they are broken, I will compensate you according to the price, otherwise, it's a pity for these dates. ”
Shopkeeper Zheng nodded at Li Xiaoyi, laughing and shaking his head, "You little one, this little abacus is very finely scraped, how big is my Ru kiln saucer?" How many dates can you hold on a plate, and sell them for 30 dollars per plate? ”
"Well, Uncle Zheng, the private room is full of silver, who cares about these dozens of big money, what people want is a good-looking and elegant one, do you say yes?"
Shopkeeper Zheng looked at Li Xiaoqi thoughtfully, and nodded slowly: "You kid, you are willing to work hard and smart, you will never be buried in the future, okay, the dozen Ru kiln dishes will be lent to you, you don't need your few rental money, just the same, if it is broken, a plate is two taels of silver, you can be careful!" ”
"Uncle Zheng rest assured!" Li Xiaoqi smiled so much that his eyes were bent into crescents, and the shopkeeper Zheng laughed with her, stretched out his hand and patted Li Xiaoyi's head, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Lin just sent someone to order the Buddha to jump over the wall, and tomorrow he will come over to eat with Master Zhijing, and when they come, you remember to thank people in the past, and in the past few days, someone has inquired about buying you back, and Master Zhijing said that you are not in the way•••••• otherwise, alas, you child, these eyes are too good, be careful on weekdays, ah?" ”
"Thank you Uncle Zheng for taking care of you." Li Xiaoqi thanked the shopkeeper Zheng in a low voice, the depression in his heart was bubbling again, and he was flooding up a little bit, Monk Zhijing, the nuisance, I don't know if it's true or not, what kind of celebrity Mr. Lin, doesn't he also want to buy it himself, what inkstone to hold, if he is a boy, a few years older, he will grow and develop, and there will be no such things, but girls, in two years, they will cause trouble! This place, this kind of work, can't do more, you have to quickly save enough money, open a fruit shop to do business, let a few brothers take care of it outside, and dispatch it in the middle, like Wen Niangzi, manage the Wen family's fruit line, don't everyone praise her for her ability, if so, this day can be regarded as truly stable.
The next day, when Mr. Lin and Monk Zhijing arrived at Changfeng Building, Li Xiaoyi's dates had been sold out, and only two plates were reserved for the two of them.
Mr. Lin is in his forties, he is a descendant of the Lin family of Wu Guowang, and he is known for his outstanding character and talent when he is a teenager, and his articles and poems are widely circulated, and Li Xiaoqi has also looked for them, but he really didn't see what was good, and he was 108,000 miles worse than the poems and articles she had read and memorized.
Mr. Lin's celebrity demeanor, known for his uninhibited/uninhibited manner, and the famous monk Zhijing of Wu State, the two people are almost inseparable, Zhijing heard that before the monk is also a famous family, a child of the family, and I don't know why he is out of the house, they all say that his Buddhism is profound, and he has broken through the past and present life, according to Li Xiaoqi, these two people, one is talented among the children of the family, and the other is the profound Buddhism among the children of the family, and it can only be said that the children of the family of Wu are too angry.
Mr. Lin and Monk Zhijing got off the horse in front of Changfeng Building, and the shopkeeper Zheng hurriedly greeted Changyi and greeted him, but he didn't dare to say much, but only turned sideways and let the two of them go to the private room of Fuzi A.
Li Xiaoqi carefully squeezed into the corner behind the counter, looking at the two of them, Mr. Lin's hair was still combed in a mess, with a mutton fat jade plum hairpin, a azure silk gown, still not belted, the clothes fluttered with the steps, quite a bit of suave taste, in his forties can still have such a demeanor, want to be young, this character is outstanding, it is really worthy of the name.
Monk Zhijing seems to be fat again, and he is alive and well with a big pink and white soup ball that can talk and laugh! Which is like a monk, he is clearly a monk with wine and meat, and he is really not good without wine, and he is not happy without meat.
The shopkeeper Zheng sent the two into the private room of Fuzi A, watched the people serve tea, and hurriedly beckoned to Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi held up the tray, smiled with her signature, reported at the door of the private room, and entered the house.