In the back hall of the goods store, a kind old man sat in the center with a stern face, Xu Zhen stood respectfully under the hall, put his hands in front of him, looking a little restrained, the old man took a piece of copper coin that had been flattened, looked at it carefully twice, and broke it with his thumb before he asked: "Xu Qian, do you mean that this copper coin has become like this since you picked it up?"

Xu Zhen lowered his head slightly, and said cautiously: "Back to the uncle, it is true, when the little nephew picked them up from the ground, the two copper coins were kneaded together. ”

"Tsk" the old man smacked his lips, "If you say that this copper coin is flattened or broken, it is not a difficult task, but anyone who has some cultivation can do it, but this copper coin is made of cooked copper, and if you want to knead them together, you have to have some ability." ”

The little nephew thought so too. Xu Zhi pushed the boat down the river and said: "By the way, uncle, according to Uncle Xu, his hand was burned by this copper coin, and when I picked it up, there was indeed residual warmth on it." ”

The old man frowned slightly, "It's no wonder, it seems that he must have used some special means to fuse these two copper coins together, so we can't break them lightly." Then he looked at it again and again, and was more sure of this idea, and then asked Xu Zhen in the hall: "Xu Zhen, where is this person now?" Take me to meet him. ”

"This ......" Xu Zhen hesitated, but he didn't dare to hide it, "Uncle, the little nephew just saw him enter the Xi family's old number." ”

"What?" The old man stood up violently and slapped it heavily on the table, because of the excessive force, the table leg was broken with a rattle, and then he said with an angry face: "It's all because of Xu Ping, a minion, but he can't change the old problem." ”

Xu Zhen saw that the old man was angry, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he had to persuade him a little timidly: "Uncle, you can't blame Uncle Xu for this matter, whoever made that kid ragged, it doesn't look like a ......."

"Don't say it!" the old man snapped, "Even you don't know much about it, how does the uncle usually teach you?"

Xu Zhixiao took half a step back, bowed down and admitted his mistake: "What the uncle taught me is that there is indeed something wrong with the little nephew in this matter. ”

"That's it. The old man waved his hand, "Now is not the time to admit mistakes, now you go with the old man to see, but there is any way to redeem it, Xi Zhengnian has fought with the old man all his life, he has to take the lead in everything, this time the city lord ordered us to recruit talents for later use, in case he grabs this handle and sues us in front of the city lord, things will become troublesome." The old man got up and walked out, and Xu Zhen could only follow the old man respectfully.

......

Chen Su walked into the business, and when he looked around, there was a dazzling array of goods here, and the guy nodded and followed him, and when he looked around, he smiled and said, "Master, I don't know what you want to see?"

Chen Su looked down at his thin shirt, the guy immediately understood, his body flashed to the side, and made a gesture of please, "Master Ke, please take a look here." Chen Su stepped forward, the guy followed quietly behind him, and came to a room inside, this room is very wide, and there is also a lot of pomp, next to the four walls of a dozen counters, all kinds of materials on the counter are shining, Chen Su casually touched on a cloth roll, the material is smooth and delicate like a baby's skin.

"Master Ke is really a good eye!" Seeing that Chen Su was interested in this material, the guy immediately raised his finger from the side and praised: "This is a snow mountain silk woven comparable to gold thread, which is light and warm, and few people in our Beitong Town can afford to wear it, if you do this, you are afraid that those dog-eyed things will not dare to appear in front of you in the future." ”

Chen Su smiled slightly, knowing that this guy must be a middle and high master, good at flattering, so he asked casually: "If you really do such a body, I don't know how much it will cost?"

The man's eyes rolled around, and he said with a sneer: "Master Ke, if you really have a mind, I will be the master of the old shopkeeper." As he spoke, he stretched out three fingers, "Bao you look new from the inside out, wear this piece of material, not to mention our boundary, even the Northern Wilderness Land can't get a little wind silk." He was afraid that Chen Su wouldn't understand, so he whispered: "Only three golden hammers!"

Chen Su looked down at the guy's fingers, and the guy smiled, and hurriedly took the three fingers back, "Master Ke, this price is for you, he doesn't even think about it, and once this matter is known by the old shopkeeper, he will have to train me to turn my elbows out." ”

Chen Su knew that this guy had slipped, and there was nothing accurate in his mouth, so he gently put down the material, withdrew his hand, and whispered mysteriously in his ear: "You have also seen my details, just those five pills, if I really take three out to change my clothes, I will not be reluctant." ”

The man's face changed slightly when he heard this, but he immediately recovered as before, "Master Ke, you can really joke and make the little one happy, you just twisted your fingers like a trick and there are five pills, that's a treasure that you can't earn in half your life, with your ability, wouldn't it be a loss?"

Chen Su smiled, "Clothes, it's enough to cover your body and avoid the cold, what's the use of being so expensive, and a person like me, once it gets dirty and damaged, isn't it a waste?"

"Eh, Master Ke, how can you be presumptuous, but if Master Ke really doesn't like it, you can also take a look at this. As he spoke, the guy reached out and shook it, pulling the material on a counter next to him, Chen Su reached out and touched it, although it was not as good as the previous one, it was also a good material, "Well, this is not bad." ”

The guy was a little disappointed, but he still said very enthusiastically: "Master Ke, if you are in this picture, you will almost get this number if you do it." Then he stretched out a slap to Chen Su.

Chen Su frowned slightly, "Why is this so expensive?"

The guy looked down at his slap, and then smiled: "Master, you misunderstood, this is to make a body, only fifty silver coins are enough." ”

"Oh", Chen Su suddenly realized, "Then make three sets of this material for me." ”

"Huh?" The guy was stunned, how could the master, who was so stingy just now, actually want to make three sets at once? Although this was only half the price of the former, he really couldn't understand what Chen Su was thinking, and asked again: "Master Ke, did you say that you want three sets?"

"Not bad", Chen Su nodded, he wanted to prepare a few pieces for washing, so as not to have any more embarrassment like that night in the wooden house.

"Little Liu'er, is it that the old man has not punished you for many days, and you are bold, how can you dare not report to the old man when a distinguished guest comes to the door?" At this moment, an old voice sounded in the hall, which frightened the man to stick out his tongue at Chen Suyi, and said in a low voice: "The old shopkeeper is here, please come here." Then the man quickly greeted the door of the room, and at this moment the figure of the old man also appeared there, the old man was dressed in a gray robe, his face was kind, and although his body was a little bloated, it did not affect his movement in the slightest. Entering the room, the guy secretly exchanged a look with him, the old man smiled kindly, stretched out his hand and gently shook the top of the guy's head, hitting the guy shrunk his head, the old man saluted Chen Su with a smile on his face, "The distinguished guest came to the door, and the little old man greeted him late, which is really a sin." ”

Only then did the guy turn around and introduce to Chen Su: "Master Ke, this is the shopkeeper of our old Xi family." ”

"It turned out to be the shopkeeper. Chen Su hurriedly returned the salute and continued: "I'm just a poor boy, I was just treated as a beggar, where can I be called a distinguished guest, and the personal reception of the shopkeeper really makes me ashamed." ”

"Haha, the guest officer is really joking. The old man waved his hand to the guy as he spoke, the guy bowed and retreated, and then he said to Chen Su again: "Little old man Xi Zhengnian, if the guest officer doesn't mind, call me Zhengnian." ”

Chen Su looked at Xi Zhengnian, if it was about age, I was afraid that this person was much older than his father, and it was a little inappropriate to call him by his name, so he thanked him politely: "Chen Su is still young, let's call you the shopkeeper Xi." ”

Xi Zhengnian nodded, and couldn't help but have some good feelings towards Chen Susheng, "Guest officer, with your stature, if you want to make a few clothes, this Snow Mountain Ice Silk is just right." As he spoke, he picked up the piece of material that Chen Su had just looked at.

Chen Su smiled slightly, "I think this is not bad." Saying that, he pulled the material in his hand in front of Xi Zhengnian, "This material is soft, smooth and delicate......"

Xi Zhengnian smiled and waited for Chen Su to finish speaking before asking, "Does the guest officer think that this snow mountain ice silk is too dazzling, so it's just?" he said while staring at Chen Su's eyes, "Actually, there is a material for the trumpet, which is especially suitable for the guest officer, you might as well take a look at it?"

"Oh?" Chen Su put down the material in his hand and stared at Xi Zhengnian suspiciously, "What do you mean by what the shopkeeper said?"

Xi Zhengnian smiled, "These things, no matter how luxurious they are, are just some ordinary materials, but since they are called old numbers here, there should always be something different to get their hands on, guest officer, right?"

Chen Su didn't know why, so he had to nod along with his words, and Xi Zhengnian bowed, "Guest officer, please." So saying, he went to a wall with a scroll on it and tapped it three times, and the wall creaked and turned in, and there was a secret door here. Xi Zhengnian took Chen Su through the secret door in front, although it was a little darker here, but the goods were very different from the outside, although there were no jewels, but there were some strange things placed on the small pavilions.

Before Xi Zhengnian walked to a pavilion, he stretched out his hand and took out a roll of gray cloth linen that looked very ordinary, and chuckled: "Guest officer, although this material does not look extravagant, it is a rare tenacity. ”