The guy turned his head and looked at Li Xiaoyi, and replied enthusiastically: "The Chizhou system made Song Gongsheng Song Lord, little brother, you don't know, at the end of last year, Nanyue and our Wu Kingdom fought again, this Song Gongsheng guarded the Chizhou Mansion, and was actually beaten by the South Vietnamese for more than 100 miles, and the emperor had to send the South Vietnamese over to be the commander, not only beat the South Vietnamese back, but also hit the South Yue Kingdom for dozens of miles, no, the emperor was angry, saying that Lord Song delayed the fighter and pulled it out to kill his head. ”

"Well, have you heard? This Song Gongsheng is still the emperor's daughter, his sister-in-law is the emperor's eldest concubine, a serious royal prince, I heard that the emperor's eldest son knelt outside the noon gate for most of the day in order to intercede for him, and the emperor did not agree. A guy next to him squeezed over and gossiped mysteriously:

"Hehe, you don't know, do you? I heard that Wu Guifei doesn't like the emperor's eldest son, and Wu Guifei can be the emperor's first half of the family! Alas, I heard that Wu Guifei looked like a fairy, and when she laughed, even the gods had to fall from the clouds! ”

"No matter how good-looking she is, she is an aunt in her thirties, and the fairy who can still laugh falls down?! It's nonsense to look at you! ”

Li Xiaoqi listened to the gossip of the guys happily, and stood on tiptoe for a long time, and when he saw that he really couldn't see anything, he squeezed all the way against the wall of the shop and turned into Panlou Street.

In the copying room behind the Zhu family's bookstore, Wei Shuisheng sat in front of the copying case, copying the book stroke by stroke, Li Xiaoqi came in all the way, Wei Shuisheng put down the pen in his hand, moved a bench from the side, motioned for Li Xiaoqi to sit down, got up and poured a cup of hot tea on the tea table next to him and handed it to Li Xiaoyi.

The bookstore provides good tea for the helper bookmaker, Li Xiaoqi eats a full meal in Changfeng Building every day, and then drinks a few cups of tea in the Zhu family bookstore, reads a book for an afternoon, even under limited conditions, he must use all the available conditions to make his life quality and taste. Li Xiaoqi drank half a cup of tea, turned his head to look at the bookmaker who was quietly copying books in the room, leaned over to Wei Shuisheng, and said in a low voice: "Brother Shuisheng, when I came just now, I saw that Song Gongsheng, the envoy of Chizhou, was taken to be killed. ”

Wei Shuisheng was about to speak, a white-bearded scrivener next to him frowned and glanced at Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi stuck out his tongue, shrank back, and didn't dare to speak again. Wei Shuisheng rubbed Li Xiaoyi's head with a gentle smile, sat down and continued to copy the book, Li Xiaoqi looked at the several books piled up on several cases, flipped through them, took one over, leaned back against the wall, and looked at the book while drinking tea.

I heard that the books sent over to copy are extremely precious, some are copied to give away, some are borrowed books, copy a copy for yourself, and some are books for yourself, and then copy a copy or two, just in case. Li Xiaoqi looked at the book in her hand intently, she could finish reading a book in an afternoon, these soft and simple thread-bound books, each one is very thin, there is no thick. After Wei Shuisheng finished copying a page of the book, he turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi's cup, and when he saw that the cup was empty, he got up and helped her fill it again.

As the sun set, Wei Shuisheng put away the paper and ink, washed the pen and inkstone, wiped his hands, took off the green cloth robe on his body, folded it carefully, and called Li Xiaoqi: "Xiaoqi, it's time to go." ”

Li Xiaoqi came to his senses, hurriedly put down the book in his hand, picked up the cup, drank the tea in one gulp, jumped up, and took Wei Shuisheng's hand: "Let's go!" Homecoming! Li Xiaoqi pulled Wei Shuisheng out of the door and pulled him to Jinliangqiao Street: "Brother Shuisheng, let's go back from Jinliangqiao Street, I made a small fortune today, and there is a guest, a piece of Ejiao dates, actually gave me two taels of silver!" Let's go to Chengji to buy a pound of lychee kidneys for Brother Shui Sheng to eat, and then buy a pound of white cut meat from Hudian for the eldest brother, and then go to Zhang Ji to buy two or three catties of raw fried lungs, so that Brother Erhuai can eat enough! Well, buy another pound of lion candy, and I'll eat it with Brother Guizi! ”

Wei Shuisheng laughed at what Li Xiaoqi said: "It seems that you are going to spend all these two taels of silver?!" ”

"Two taels of silver! Where to spend it! Brother Shuisheng, you accompany me to the Wen family's fruit shop again, and let's talk to Mrs. Wen about getting the goods. Li Xiaoqi smiled and narrowed his eyes, Wei Shuisheng looked down at Li Xiaoyi, and asked strangely: "Didn't you say last time, let you pay on credit, and settle it in ten days, what do you want to say?" ”

"We have money now, we don't need to take credit anymore, I'll give her money first, and I'll pick up the dates one by one."

"And what about the price?"

"Of course, the price remains the same! I'd like to make it cheaper, but I'm afraid she won't! Li Xiaoqi said confidently, Wei Shuisheng laughed loudly: "You still want to be cheap?" This buys, pick one by one the price line, a lot of the price is a lot of the price, you have to pick the dates one by one, people are willing to do not say, that is, yes, the price has also gone up. ”

"At this price, I'll pay first, let me pick and take them one by one, Brother Shuisheng, let's try it, maybe people are willing, how can you know if you don't try." Li Xiaoqi shook Wei Shuisheng's hand and said, "I only take five catties of dates a day, and it's not much, just pick them one by one, and it's not a big deal." ”

Wei Shuisheng raised his hand and stroked his forehead, and agreed helplessly: "Okay, let's mention it, if people don't want to, we can't say more, it's our fault to take other people's goods like this." ”

"Uh-huh." Li Xiaoqi agreed repeatedly, her eyes were full of smiles, she didn't care about it, beautiful men and handsome guys are not in vain!

The two bought food, Wei Shuisheng carried it, and Li Xiaoqi kept talking along the way, and entered the Wen family's fruit shop. Wen Niangzi was coiling the tent in the room, and when she heard Li Xiaoyi's loud and affectionate cry, she hurriedly came out, raised her eyes and saw Wei Shuisheng, she was stunned, and subconsciously raised her hand to brush her hair.

Li Xiaoqi smiled with crooked eyes, leaned on the counter, and stretched out the small silver coin in his hand: "Sister Wen, this is the fruit money of the past ten days, a total of two taels of silver, you weigh it." Wen Niangzi took the silver, weighed the silver while carrying a small scale, and laughed unnaturally, but tried her best to pretend to be casual: "Xiao Mi came early today, what good things did you buy?" ”

Li Xiaoqi looked at Wen Niangzi with a smile and weighed the silver, and didn't answer her words, but asked herself, "Is it enough?" ”

"Enough! Pour more than half a penny, I'll give it to you. Wen Niangzi put down the scale, turned around and looked for clippers, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly waved her hand and said with a smile: "No, no, my brother said, Sister Wen is the best, this fruit and silver, you have to give enough, you can only more, not less!" ”

Wen Niangzi put down the silver, tried her best to look down and generous, looked at Wei Shuisheng and thanked: "Thank you, it's not easy for Xiao Mi to sell some fruits, don't give more next time." ”

Wei Shuisheng smiled politely, hesitated for a moment, and thanked sincerely: "This time on credit, thank you, now that Xiao Mi has earned the capital, there will be no need to take credit in the future," Wen Niangzi's face flashed with a trace of disappointment, Wei Shuisheng coughed in embarrassment, and continued with a vague and embarrassed speech: "Thanks to your credit a while ago, now that you have the capital, the money for this fruit will be paid first, and it will be paid every five days, and it will be five catties of jujubes every day, that is, ••••••" Wei Shuisheng coughed a few more times: "Xiao Mi wants to pick up the dates one by one, and the price remains the same." ”

Wen Niangzi blinked, looking at Wei Shuisheng with some dazedness, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly leaned over with a smile on her face and explained: "Sister, you also know, I have a serious illness just now, when I sell fruits, people can't stand it, my brother feels sorry for me, I'm afraid that I will be tired when I sell fruits, sister, if my fruits are better than others, they will sell much faster, and I won't be tired, and my brother will rest assured, I only take five catties of fruits a day, and if I can't pick them, your family has hundreds of catties of dates, and I can't feel that it's not." ”

"That's not ••••••" Wen Niangzi looked at Wei Shuisheng, whose face was flushed, it was more difficult than Wei Shuisheng, Li Xiaoqi snatched the bag of lion candy from Wei Shuisheng's hand and pushed it to Wen Niangzi: "Sister Wen, this is what my brother bought for you." ”

Wei Shuisheng's eyes widened suddenly, and he was about to speak, but he was stepped on by Li Xiaomi, Li Xiaomian stepped on him fiercely, and then said anxiously: "Sister, in the future, I will come to pick dates at this hour, no one at this time, and it is not convenient, if my brother is free, let him come and pick with me, and it will be picked in a while, and nothing will delay you, my sister is good to me, and my brother will keep it in mind." ”

Wei Shuisheng looked at Li Xiaoqi depressedly, he couldn't understand why this young sister had become so slippery after she came back from a serious illness? A belly full of ghost thoughts! Li Xiaoqi stuffed the silver in his hand into Wei Shuisheng's empty hand, and raised his hand to send it forward: "Sister, this is one or two pieces of silver, not enough, and I will make up ten big coins for you." Wen Niangzi involuntarily reached out to take the silver in Wei Shuisheng's hand, Li Xiaoqi quickly discharged ten big coins on the counter, and thanked with a smile on her face: "Thank you, Sister Wen." Wen Niangzi picked up the copper coins one by one, looked at Li Xiaoqi and explained: I have never done such a business, don't talk about it, if people know, I can't do this business."

"Sister, don't worry! I can't embarrass my sister no matter what! Li Xiaoqi smiled so much that his eyes were bent into crescents, and while waving his hand to Wen Niangzi, he was pulled out of the Wen family's fruit line by Wei Shuisheng, out of the Wen family's fruit line, Li Xiaoqi let out a low cheer, shook off Wei Shuisheng, held his toes, and walked back in a circle in front of Wei Shuisheng. Wei Shuisheng looked at the jubilant Li Xiaoyi, and swallowed back the reproach in his mouth, forget it, let the eldest brother discipline her, this girl is becoming more and more disrespectful.

Li Xiaoqi and several elder brothers rented a large compound courtyard, five people, rented two wings against the courtyard wall, one bright and one dark, with curtains hung in the inner room for Li Xiaoqi to live in, and the four brothers lived in the outer room.

They are not from Taipingfu, but because of the battle between Nanyue and Wu last year, they fled from Chizhou Mansion, which is a long story.