Busy days always pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another two days have passed.

"Tick, tick, tick······"

On this day, the sound of rain outside the door did not stop, thinking that it was the beginning of spring again. On such a day when there is often light rain, it is always rare to have a sunny day.

The green tiles of Qianjialou are dripping with raindrops, and behind the intermittent "bead curtain", there is a hazy thin street and cool alley in the south of the Yangtze River, and the eaves are scattered.

Li Si leaned against the door, and without saying a word, he beckoned passers-by to come in and sit, and when he had nothing to do, he looked at the rain scene in the south of the Yangtze River in the distance, silently distracted.

There are not many customers on rainy days, and the guys in the store are also leisurely.

The humidity filled the air with a little coolness, making everyone feel unrefreshed.

At this time, a person came out of the door of Qianjialou, a woman in a fuchsia dress.

She had just walked out of Zhang Susu's room, and when she went downstairs, she came to the door, thinking that she was planning to leave.

During this time, this woman always came, and every time she came, she had red eyes, and she didn't know what was going on.

Can the woman in Qinglou go out at will like this, Li Si was a little puzzled about this, so Xiao Cao told him that this was because Wanhualou's mother was very talkative, and she had a good attitude towards the girl.

This time, as before, when the woman walked to the door, Li Si had already seen her red eyes and bloodless lips.

Her face was pale and haggard, she should have just cried, and her eyes were still a little swollen.

may have sensed Li Si's gaze, and before leaving, she glanced back at Li Si.

Similarly, Li Si was also looking at her with his dead fish eyes.

The two looked at each other for a while, and after half a sound, the woman lowered her eyes, bowed slightly, opened the paper umbrella in her hand, and left in the rain.

"Tick, tick, tick, tick······"

In the streets, the rain was still falling, beating on the bluestone slabs, the roof tiles, and the stone steps. Occasionally, one or two drops hit Li Si's cheeks, which was cool and uncomfortable.

Xiao Cao and Banjuan Xian were throwing stones again, last time they were deceived by Li Si with a bag of melon seeds, she wanted to win back from Banjuexian's body.

Lao Luo is teaching Ning Caihe to read and write, and every time he comes to this time, he teaches very seriously, probably remembering some of the past.

Hao Dayou steamed a steamed bun for himself, sat in the corner and gnawed on it, and he didn't know why he didn't get fat after eating so much.

Everyone in the store seemed to be a little idle, until Zhang Susu walked out of the room, her eyes were also a little red, thinking that it was because of the relationship between the woman in purple just now.

Slowly walking downstairs with her skirt, she wiped her eyes and shouted into the hall.

"Little Si, and everyone, come here. ”

Hearing her call, everyone turned their heads and sat around a long table where Zhang Susu was seated.

"Shopkeeper, what's wrong?" Xiao Cao looked at Zhang Susu's obviously sad appearance and asked cautiously.

"Do you know why Ziqing has been coming here so often lately?" Zhang Susu asked with a soft sob, covering her nose with her cuffs.

The Ziqing she said was naturally Yan Ziqing, the woman in purple.

Everyone shook their heads at this. Every time the woman came, she didn't say much, just walked straight into Zhang Susu's room, how did they know what was going on.

"Because the time is coming for her to leave the cabinet. Zhang Susu said softly, her eyes were a little redder.

Out of the cabinet usually means to get married. But in the Qinglou of this world, these two words are not so good. What they represent is the meaning of selling oneself.

Yan Ziqing has always been a clean man in Wanhualou, and he doesn't sell his art. But no matter how clean a person is, she is a dusty woman after all, as long as she is willing to spend money, she can buy it.

Just some time ago, a rich man bought her for a hundred taels of gold. If nothing else, in three days she will be dressed up and sent to the rich merchant's house.

And as long as he is sent in, Yan Ziqing should not be able to get out, and from now on, most of them can only be locked in Nafu for the rich businessmen to have fun. After all, she is not a wife, not even a concubine, but just sold as a maidservant.

Therefore, Yan Ziqing came to say goodbye to Zhang Susu, and it should be difficult for the two to see each other again in the future.

Listening to Zhang Susu's story, Li Si also learned some other information.

Zhang Susu and Yan Ziqing have known each other since childhood, and Yan Ziqing is much younger than her, so she has always regarded Yan Ziqing as her sister. It's a pity that both of them have bad backgrounds, Zhang Susu later "killed" his family, and Yan Ziqing was directly sold into the Qinglou by his adoptive father.

After that, there were many fewer opportunities for Zhang Susu and Yan Ziqing to meet. But occasionally, Zhang Susu still goes to see Yan Ziqing to see if she is doing well. Because of this, the relationship between the two is not only estranged, but has become much closer.

So when Yan Ziqing said that she was going to leave the cabinet, Zhang Susu's heart felt as uncomfortable as if she had been pricked by a needle.

She asked Yan Ziqing to beg her mother in the Qinglou, but the reply she got was that unless Yan Ziqing also took a hundred taels of gold to redeem herself, the mother had no choice.

One hundred taels of gold, Zhang Susu naturally can't take it out, and Yan Ziqing certainly can't take it out.

So Zhang Susu thought of a next step, which is why she called everyone.

"Little donkey. In front of the table, Zhang Susu lowered her eyes guiltily for a long time before she said to Li Si.

"Otherwise, you can figure it out. ”

Her meaning was very simple, and everyone present immediately understood that she wanted Li Si to solve this problem in a special way.

Li Si's name is known to everyone, and if he makes a move, a hundred taels of gold may not really be a problem.

Li Si sat on the side and said with a wry smile.

"But I haven't stolen it in a long time. ”

"I know, but I can't just look at Ziqing······" Zhang Susu said, suddenly couldn't say any more, covered his face with his hand, and leaned against the table.

Her shoulders trembled, as if she was crying, but she endured it so hard that no one could see it.

She really has no choice, everyone can see it.

Her parents and husband have passed away in their early years, and now the only playmate who has grown up since childhood is going to be sold into someone else's house as a slave, how hard this incident hit her, you don't need to think about it.

After looking at Zhang Susu silently for a while, Li Si finally sighed slightly and said slowly.

"Okay, I'll figure it out. ”

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For Li Si, he rarely steals in the true sense of the word. Most of them borrow it for two days and return it, and most of the time, they will leave a note.

Stealing was always wrong anyway, he knew it. So unless it's someone he really can't see and wants to punish a little, he rarely directly takes other people's money and doesn't pay it back.

Including this time, he also did not want to solve by stealing the way.

After all, he is no longer the thief he used to be, and he should no longer use the thief's way to solve the problem. So, he thought of another solution to the problem.

The rain was still falling that day.

On the street of Mingzhou City, Li Si walked into a teahouse dressed in black and holding a red umbrella.

He knew that this was a stronghold of Fengyu Tower, because Xiao Muqiu had dragged him here last time.

When he walked into the teahouse, Xiao Er in the shop looked at him and was stunned for a moment, and then he barely squeezed out a smile and walked up to ask.

"I don't know what you want, this guest officer. ”

Li Si put away the red paper umbrella in his hand, took out a jade pendant from his arms, put it on a table and said.

"I, Li Si, make money. ”