Chapter 21: The Gambling Contract (Part II)

Mu Yuncheng squeezed to the calligraphy and painting stall and saw that the calligraphy and paintings were all fakes. And the stall owner is an old man with a sixtieth birthday, so he must be easy to talk.

"Sir, can you please let me write here? I'm in a hurry, please. Then he bowed to the old man.

The old man didn't say anything, he took a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the cabinet and handed it to Mu Yuncheng.

Mu Yuncheng thanked him for his kindness, and wrote down the four big characters of "Jianyan Spring and Autumn" with a splash of ink, but he saw that the font was beautiful and strong, and the penmanship was skillful and old, which was very inconsistent with his age, and he saw a cheer around him.

These four words are the words hung in the front hall of Mufu, and Mu Yuncheng often used these words to practice writing when he was young, so he was even more handy.

"Wow, the little boy is a young and talented man, and he has such a strong foundation through the back of the paper, which is really impressive. The old man held the calligraphy written by Mu Yuncheng in his hand and couldn't put it down.

Mu Yuncheng immediately changed to a pleading attitude and said, "Old man, the junior is in urgent need of money, dare to ask if this word can be sold to you?"

The old man seemed to understand something, and then saw that Mu Yuncheng's word was indeed good, so he nodded and said: "I sell calligraphy and paintings, and naturally I also like to collect calligraphy and paintings." Although the word "little boy" cannot be regarded as the best, it is also quite famous. If you tell me the price, I want it. ”

Mu Yuncheng suddenly stretched his eyebrows when he heard this, with a smile in his eyes, and thanked him again and again: "Thank you, old man, I only need one or two for this word, and one or two silver is enough." ”

"Oh?" The old man heard the price of one or two pieces of silver opened by Mu Yuncheng, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that you only sold one or two pieces of silver for this word." ”

"It's not a pity, it's not a pity. All I need is a tael of silver. Mu Yuncheng clasped his hands together and kept repeating.

"I'll give ten taels, and this word sells me. Seeing a fat man beside Mu Yuncheng, he took the word from the old man's hand and shouted loudly.

The old man saw that the fat man went out for ten taels of silver and wanted to buy this word, he was a little anxious, and said to Mu Yuncheng: "I will pay twenty taels, and this word will still sell me." ”

"I'll give twenty-five taels. Beside him, a thin man who looked like a rich man raised his hand and shouted.

"I'll give thirty taels!"

"I'll give thirty-two taels!"

Seeing that this group of people were arguing endlessly about this word, but none of them handed over a tael of silver in their hands, Mu Yuncheng was really anxious, so he shouted: "I have already said that one or two pieces of silver will be sold to the old gentleman, if you want to buy it, buy it from him." Sir, you'd better give me a tael of silver first!"

The old man looked suddenly enlightened when he heard this, and hurriedly took out a tael of silver from his arms and paid it to Mu Yuncheng. Mu Yuncheng took the money and hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd, leaving the group of people alone to fight for their words.

"Well, a tael of silver. Mu Yuncheng put the silver between his fingers with a smile on his face and shook it towards Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao was also full of smiles, and lightly pointed to the burned incense on the table next to him, and said with a little regret: "It's a pity that the time has long passed." ”

"Ah......" Mu Yuncheng lowered his head tiredly, and sat down on the side of the street, a little sad.

"What, unwilling to lose?" Lu Xiao walked around behind Mu Yuncheng and patted him on the shoulder and asked tentatively.

"Nope. Mu Yuncheng picked up Yun Yao from the ground, handed it to Lu Xiao and said, "If you want to lose the bet, you can take this sword!"

Lu Xiao took Yun Yao and wanted to leave, but suddenly turned around and stretched out his hand to Mu Yuncheng and said, "You are very interesting, why don't we make friends." ”

Mu Yuncheng is also a person who is good at making friends, and when he heard him say this, he couldn't refuse, so he also stretched out his hand, held it with him, and said weakly: "Fortunately." ”

He thought that Lu Xiao would leave after shaking hands with him, but he never thought that Lu Xiao would actually stuff Yun Yao's sword back to him, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Since you and I have become friends, I can't do this kind of thing that takes advantage of people's danger." I will lend you another hundred taels of silver for the sword, which will be regarded as helping your friend to tide over the trouble. ”

Mu Yuncheng only felt too sudden, and he was stunned in place for a few seconds. When he reacted, he refused to accept Lu Xiao's help even if he died.

"What, don't you treat me as a friend?" Lu Xiao pursed his lips, but asked Mu Yuncheng with this.

"No, it's just that you and I just met, and I'm really embarrassed to accept such a great favor from you. Mu Yuncheng waved his hand again and again.

When Lu Xiao heard what he said, his ruddy lips were slightly pursed with peach blossoms, and the corners of his slightly concave mouth were faintly hung with a mysterious smile. "Since that's what you think, that's good. Tomorrow is the summer festival temple fair in Taoling Town, I am a businessman, and tomorrow I will set up a stall to sell fans outside the Wendi Temple on the riverside, Brother Mu, you will come to do me a favor at that time! You and I can help each other, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. ”

Mu Yuncheng stood up after hearing this, he was surprised and happy at this time, his eyes suddenly returned to his previous clarification, and his face, which had been calm, also bloomed with a smile: "Okay, I'll go to help early tomorrow morning." ”

It was as if the sky was negligent for a moment, allowing the ink of the night to spread on the rice paper, spreading unscrupulously into the distance.

The two parted on the street and agreed to meet tomorrow in front of the Wendi Temple. Mu Yuncheng only said that Lu Xiao asked him to help sell fans, but Lu Xiao didn't seem to simply come to Mu Yuncheng to help sell fans. His elfish eyes, as well as the mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, made people think that he didn't care about selling any fans.

When Mu Yuncheng returned to the guest room, Mo Yiyue had already returned. Seeing him holding a book with one hand under the lamp, he was in a hurry, and when he saw Mu Yuncheng coming back, he didn't raise his eyes, and only asked flatly: "You came back so late?"

"Well, I just met a friend, and I'm chatting with him. As soon as Mu Yuncheng entered the door, he threw himself on the bed, hid his head under the pillow, and replied lazily.

"Heh, when did Master Mu become reduced to selling words on the street?" Mo Yiyue put down the book, her eyes turned into a lake, and she looked at Mu Yuncheng, with a slight mockery in her laughter.

"Huh, how do you know that? Mu Yuncheng turned over and sat up, pushing open the window in front of Mo Yiyue's desk, but found that the window was facing the stall of the old man selling calligraphy and paintings.

"I thought you were a genius. With that, he put his hand on his forehead and retreated to the edge of the bed and sat down.

At this moment, Ye Feiyu and Mu Tangtang pushed the door in, and when they saw Mu Yuncheng coming back, Mu Tangtang hurriedly said to him: "Where have you been? After saying that, he slapped Mu Yuncheng on the head to show his vent.

Ye Feiyu's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Mu Yuncheng's expression was slightly tired, when he looked at him carefully, he found that there was a small piece of sludge on the leg of his pants tucked in by his snow-white boots.

When he saw it, he suddenly moved and walked in front of Mu Yuncheng. Then he squatted down and took off Mu Yuncheng's boots by himself, and sure enough, there was mud on both sides of his trousers. Then he smiled and said, "Why is it so dirty here?"

"Where did you get this?" Seeing that there was sludge on Mu Yuncheng's trouser legs, Mu Tangtang also asked in surprise.

Seeing the two of them come in, Mo Yiyue turned to the side to read again. Even if it is so lively here, he still can't let go of his hands, and his eyes have never been raised.

Of course, Mu Yuncheng didn't dare to say that he went to the paddy field, otherwise they would definitely laugh at themselves, in vain they often boasted of being a gentleman on weekdays, but this time they actually went to the fields to work, and they made such a mess.

Mu Yuncheng didn't want to tell the truth, so he lay down on his side, put his feet back on the bed, rested his head on his hands, looked at the roof and said, "Running horses splashed." ”

Ye Feiyu heard that what Mu Yuncheng said was not the truth, so he wanted to tease him for a reason in front of Mu Tangtang.

"Barefoot?" saw that his boots and socks were as clean as usual, but there was mud on the cuffs of his trousers. So Ye Feiyu took off his socks again and gently scraped the soles of his feet with his fingers.

Mu Yuncheng sat up as if he was frightened, he was afraid of itching. Then he pushed Ye Feiyu's hand away, glared at him angrily and said, "Can you manage it?"

"Blister, huh, could it be that he went to do some rough work......" Ye Feiyu pointed to the blister on the center of his foot, but the more he spoke, the closer he got to the answer. Mu Yuncheng was a little scared, so he didn't pursue his provocative behavior, and wanted to lie down and pretend to sleep.

But I heard Mu Tangtang say on the side: "Well, the blisters should be punctured with a fire-roasted needle, and then bandaged." ”

"Please, I'm already very sleepy, don't mess with me anymore, okay?" Mu Yuncheng spread out the quilt in a very annoyed way, and then hid his whole body in the quilt.

Mu Tangtang saw that he was arrogant, a little angry, and was about to take action to discipline. But listening to Mo Yiyue on the side, she said slowly: "Tangtang, it's not early, you go back to rest with Feiyu." I heard that tomorrow is the summer festival temple fair in Taoling County, you have enough spirit to have more fun, and we will leave for Jiangzhou the day after tomorrow. ”

Hearing Mo Yiyue say this, it was inconvenient for Mu Tangtang to stay here, so he stood up and asked Ye Feiyu to leave. Before leaving, he didn't forget to poke Mu Yuncheng's head on the quilt, slightly unwilling.

"Alas!" After the two left, Mu Yuncheng poked his head out of the quilt again, and sighed at Mo Yiyue: "If you are as good as you, you can do whatever you want, and no one will interfere." ”

"What, you don't feel free?" Mo Yiyue put down the book and looked at Mu Yuncheng with interest.

"Alas, you don't understand my distress here. Exactly, asking you how much sorrow you can have, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward. He shook his head and sighed.

Mo Yiyue couldn't help laughing when she heard him say this. He only said: "You dare to say, like you, a person who is happy all day long and has no heart and lungs, do you know what sorrow is?"

"A Sichuan tobacco, the city is full of wind and flocculent, and the plum is yellow when it rains. ”

Hearing him answer like this, Mo Yiyue said again: "This sorrow is not the other's sorrow. Like you, it's just a young man who is worried. ”

Mu Yuncheng disagreed, and sighed with emotion: "Only the flowing water in front of the building, you should remember me, and gaze all day long." Gazing, from now on add a new sorrow. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll bow down. Hurry up and go to sleep. After that, Mo Yiyue stopped arguing with him and continued to read at night.

"Where did you get the book?" Mu Yuncheng still asked.

"Borrowed. ”

No wonder she is so diligent! Seeing Mo Yiyue so focused, Mu Yuncheng was really bored, lying on the bed alone and turning over, and chanting: "The residual light is on and off, and the pillow is off." Know what it's like to sleep alone. All came to this matter, and there was no way to avoid it. ”

Mo Yiyue shook her head helplessly, turned off the light, and went to bed to sleep with him. In fact, Mo Yiyue's main thing is to hope that Mu Yuncheng can sleep quickly, and don't open her mouth and shut her mouth to worry.