After the scholar Li Baiyao of the Qionglu Academy went out of the city, he has been going around the counties, Chinese New Year's Eve still has not returned to the academy, Chinese New Year's Eve is looking for an inn to live in the county town, the innkeeper is unhappy, Chinese New Year's Eve should call the two to eat, shout, the Chinese New Year's Eve family sits around, the joy of family, not destroyed by two strangers, don't shout, conscience can't get over it, after struggling a little, I feel that it is better not to shout, besides, conscience is worth a few copper coins compared to the table full of chicken, duck and fish?

Brother Lang, who sighed, complained: "Childe, it's not that I blame you......"

Li Baiyao was not angry, and chuckled: "Brother Lang, do you know, when you say that I am not complaining, you are going to blame me, you dare to complain about me?"

Brother Lang really can't talk about his son-in-law when he is reasonable, so he doesn't dwell on this topic, and says to himself: "If you can't go back, Mr. won't be angry, if I can't go back, Xiaomei will be angry, and if you don't play with me if you get angry, what should I do?" The young man looked sad.

Li Baiyao looked at the fireworks in the sky and asked, "You put all the blame on me, and you won't blame me?" Do you want to listen to the first word I wrote just now?"

Brother Lang retorted: "Then Xiaomei really doesn't believe me, maybe she will pat me on the head!"

Li Baiyao nodded in agreement: "Yes." ”

Brother Lang felt that his son-in-law was too boring, and said: "It's nothing, if you push it on your son, the gentleman in the academy will say that I'm not sensible." ”

Li Baiyao continued to nod and agreed: "Yes." ”

Brother Lang said angrily: "Childe, please don't say anything 'yes', think about it, how can I ask Xiaomei for forgiveness." ”

Li Baiyao retracted his gaze, closed the window, looked at Brother Lang and said softly, "Do you want to pull two feet of cloth for her?"

Brother Lang glanced at Childe, shook his head and said, "Childe, Xiaomei still can't cut cloth to make clothes, not to mention whose shop is still open now?"

"Yes. ”

"Childe!"

Li Baiyao sighed: "Maybe Xiaomei will give you a sachet next year, envy others!"

Brother Lang thought about what Childe said, and was stupidly happy......

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On the second day of the first lunar month, Meng Yanchen brought two catties of third-line pork, a jar of wine, and a small firecracker, rushed to the Qingfeng Inn in a hurry, set off firecrackers outside the door of the Qingfeng Inn, and said: "Liu Gongzi, Yanchen thought about it all day yesterday, it is better to come or not to come, not to come, I am worried that the son will say that I am not sophisticated, and I am worried about provoking the son, but since I came, according to the rules of my hometown, this New Year's greeting is to have a meal to go back." “

"I hate you for talking too much. Liu Yi said indifferently, turning around to make a fire and cooking.

Meng Yanchen smiled, "I won't help today." ”

Liu Yi asked while cooking on the fire: "In the past, others gave New Year's greetings to Master Meng, but this year you are not used to it, right?"

Meng Yanchen sat on the stool and shook his head, "It's good that Young Master Liu isn't angry, I can't hide it, I went to Lord Liangcao yesterday." ”

Liu Yi sneered: "Of course. ”

Meng Yanchen got up to help with his hand, stopped talking, and said that there were many mistakes, and the mouth of the stuffy gourd was useless, but it would not be wrong.

The days of the New Year continued in the bland, after the Lantern Festival, the boss delayed the future, Liu Yi ate the steamed buns he bought a few years ago, and the copper coins under the pillow were reluctant to spend, and the fifty taels of gold hidden in the fence separating the room were his lifeblood, and he was even more reluctant to move, and the food in the inn was almost consumed.

On the twenty-first day of the first month, the boss and his wife came, and they brought a little girl.

Liu Yi introduced himself: "My name is Liu Yi. ”

The white-looking little girl didn't look at Liu Yi and asked, "My buddy?"

Liu Yi nodded, and the little girl said: "This girl's name is Liu Qianqian, don't think that the surname Liu is a family, and she will be called Miss in the future." ”

The boss said gently: "Qianqian sees that she is up and down with her father, she wants to call her uncle and uncle, and when she sees Liu Yi like this, she should call her brother." ”

A few days have passed, and the guys at the inn have also come to work, and when Liu Yi is free, he will go to the backyard to sit, and the small people of Shengdou have nothing to think about, basking in the sun! At this time, Liu Qianqian, who is wearing pigtails, will move a small bench to sit next to him, asking some strange questions or joking.

The little girl did the same, one big and one small, sitting on the stool, burying her head in her knees, and asked casually: "Liu Yi, why are you so ugly?"

Liu Yi replied: "I'm also very sad that I'm not as good-looking as Qianqian, but Qianqian is not the same as me." ”

Liu Qianqian stretched out her hand and patted Liu Yi's head, "Sycophant, I am called Miss Ben in front of people, and when there is no one, I still call this girl Qianqian, and I can't die well." ”

Liu Qianqian was still curious, why was it different, and asked, "What's the difference?"

Liu Yi pretended to be very deep and said, "I like to tell the truth, you like to tell lies. ”

Liu Qianqian tilted her head and thought for a while, and said: "A few days ago, you still refuted the rotten life of a dog slave, you look at you, you will only fight for yourself, and you will not splash other people's dirty water, dog slave!"

Liu Yi asked: "The day you came, you were like a big cat, is your grandmother very lazy and doesn't take care of you cleanly?"

Liu Qianqian stood up and patted Liu Yi's head twice, and retorted: "No, since my grandmother taught me to quarrel, no one in our village can quarrel with me." ”

Liu Yi raised his head, nodded, pursed his lips and said, "That's it." ”

Liu Qianqian roared angrily: "Let my father deduct your salary." ”

Liu Yi shook his head, "The boss won't." ”

Liu Qianqian got up, crossed her waist with a smug face and asked, "What about the buckle and give it to me?"

Liu Yi raised his head and looked at the warm sun, the sun shone on his hair, and there were a few bright scars, "The eldest lady doesn't look down on those copper coins." ”

The little girl nodded in agreement, and then said sourly: "I hear what I say, it's still the rotten life of a dog slave." ”

Liu Yi nodded, "The boss said before that as many copper plates as there are, if you give less, I will work hard, and if you give more, I won't say it." ”

"I finally know how to fight for something for myself, but I still don't have as much money as my family. The little girl turned around and bounced away, having fun today.

Another day, the little girl asked: "My mother said that she lost something at home, did you sell it for the New Year?"

Liu Yi was a little helpless, thinking that he just cut off the head of a broom? Of course, he had to admire that he would live a good life, and pretended to be stupid and said: "What did you lose, when your mother went home, almost all the worthless ones were emptied, and the rest, I had the heart to sell, and people didn't look down on them." ”

The little girl slowly approached Liu Yi's face and asked, "You said that you are a poor boy, and you are doing the work of serving people, how can you still have a face to live?"

Liu Yi replied casually: "I think I will be rich and powerful in the future!"

The little girl said sourly: "Draw a cake, fortunately I don't need it at home." ”

Liu Yi said with emotion: "In this world, the poor think that they are the poorest but begging for food, and they will always come out if they don't die." The rich want to go further, and they can't go up and down, and they are bitter and mean. ”

The little girl hadn't been to school, she couldn't understand what Liu Yi said, and she didn't want to admit that she didn't understand, so she laughed: "Like my father, I can't finish the big truth, what to do, my mother quarreled with people, I didn't think about helping, I dared to laugh on the side." ”

Liu Yi nodded in agreement, "Who said it wasn't!"

The little girl said in an old-fashioned manner: "But I think it's okay for you to be a buddy, you have to work hard and know how to improve." ”

Liu Yi was a little helpless, and teased: "It's a pity that they are all surnamed Liu, otherwise, I can still marry the eldest lady and become the boss." ”

"Toad......" The little girl shook her head and turned around, and fled, losing this time.

Liu Qianqian, who lost for a while, didn't sleep well all night, thinking that she really didn't play well today, and only then did she think of how to scold her back fiercely at night.

Outside the city, a lot of outsiders poured in one after another, among the rangers in the rivers and lakes, those who could afford to buy horses were high-spirited, and they spoke loudly, and when they met friends who had traveled together in the rivers and lakes before, they did not forget to say hello loudly, brushing their horsemanes, and invisibly showing off their power in the rivers and lakes.

If you don't have the money to buy a horse, you can only find another way, buy a donkey to travel, don't forget to show the demeanor of riding a donkey to see the mountains and rivers, the donkey has a stubborn temper, and will walk sideways in a crowded place, the ranger had to get off the donkey, and when he led the stubborn donkey away, he inadvertently revealed a beautiful and domineering sword suit.

There are also some who can only afford swords, so they simply wear a broken hat and cover their faces to prevent acquaintances from seeing them, and at the same time, they can also shade the sun, thinking about taking good care of the dough that they think is very good, and making the rich man's daughter inadvertently look at the tea and don't want to eat, and the sweet dream of tying the knot.

In the end, those who can't afford to buy swords may be in which shop they will be buddies, and in their busy lives, there is only sweat and dullness, and they forget that they earn money to buy swords.

With these outsiders, last year, telling stories about the rivers and lakes that no one has listened to has become popular again.

Among those Jianghu rangers, there was a handsome man sitting on a horse in red, holding the reins of the red horse sitting down with his right hand, and the reins of the white horse behind him with his right hand, a handsome boy on the horse, but unfortunately, he was a blind man, and he also held a reins in his hand to maintain balance.

Not far behind them, there was a dusty boy and brother, who had never been out of the house, and this trip was a little unbearable.

The girl in red entered the city of sword gall, and every night she held the pipa in one hand and led the blind boy brother to the teahouse and wine shop, tune the strings and sing, or the blind boy told the story, she used the pipa to talk to him, and the scholar was where they were, squandering the money every day.

Qingfeng Inn is really out of business, and the boss ripped off the old signboard that had existed for many years and put a new signboard on it.

For the boss's writing skills, the boss lady actually didn't believe it, at that time they had just gotten married, and the boss set up a stall to write letters on behalf of them, and they didn't earn copper money at all.

The boss's handwriting is really not good, and the business has returned to the previous situation, fortunately, the boss has no intention of dismissing the three of them, and he is paid every day according to the day, Liu Yi has nothing to do, so he simply took all the money he saved to the sword shop where half of the world's famous swords are out to see.

After arriving at the place, Liu Yi was a little dumbfounded, the so-called Lujia Sword Village was actually an iron-striking shop, with eighteen kinds of weapons in the shop, and rows of kitchen knives at the door.

After entering the blacksmith shop, a man with five big and three rough men asked, "What did Childe buy?"

Liu Yi bowed and replied, "Pick the sword." ”

The man came in and shouted five shirtless men, and took out a pile of long swords from the tent, the price ranged from two hundred taels upwards, Liu Yi felt that it was very difficult to buy a sword, so he simply looked at the one that was pleasing to the eye, and took the next sword and three styles, and the body was nondescript, and the five big and three thick men said: "This style is strong in killing power." ”

Later, the man's words directly made Liu Yi dispel the idea of buying a sword now, Liu Yi was very satisfied with the sword, and the man said: "Son, this sword is not expensive, 30,000 taels of gold is enough." ”

Liu Yi said simply: "I can't afford it, so I will leave." ”

Then he turned around and asked, "How much is the High Roller Sword worth?"

The man replied, "I don't know. ”

Liu Yi wandered around the street all day, whether to spend money to eat a bowl of wontons or run back to the inn to eat, after struggling for a long time, he still chose to spend money to eat a bowl of wontons, and there was no soup left, after all, he also spent money.

After dinner, it was already dark, Liu Yi, who was walking on the street, saw that the dirty wine shop was crowded with people, and he was also a little curious, so he went in to take a look, only to see a blind boy and a girl in red, the son had nothing to do, and the girl in red played the pipa and sang tactfully.

The girl in red, who became famous in the city of Jiangu, but no one knew her name, because she liked to wear red, the people in the city simply called her Honghong, and the girl who was called Honghong had just sung a song, and the strings stopped, and the blind boy got up and said, "I'm sorry everyone, my brother and sister are tired tonight." ”

Ignoring the disappointment in the hustle and bustle, the red girl got up and left with the pipa in one hand and the blind boy in the other.

When Liu Yi returned to the inn boringly, it was already late at night, and the little girl had a bad heart, and latched the door of the inn while her father and mother were asleep.

Liu Yi felt that his abdomen was pricked, and hurriedly covered his stomach.

"We're open too. ”

An abrupt voice sounded, and Honghong, holding a lute, slowly came from the shadows of the street.

Liu Yi, who was covering the wound on his abdomen, was so painful that he spasmed, straightened up and sighed: "No wonder this is the case!"

He threw away the heavy bag of copper coins and fled.

The red girl tuned the strings of the pipa and said softly: "I wanted to kill you directly, but now that I think about it, I hope he wins!"