Chapter 13: Stonemason Li Er
"Let's have lunch today?" Seeing that Liu Chen was silent, Wu Tong raised his shoulder and gently bumped him and said: "The freshest Canglan River fresh, I asked Senior Brother Chen to help bring it over last night, my girl estimates that it has been done, call Doudou together, let's have a big meal!"
"I have to buy a stone lock!" Liu Chen hesitated, Doudou only said yesterday, it was too tiring to come from Yuezhou, and it was estimated that there was nothing to eat when he went to the canteen at this point, since Wu Tong was willing to have prepared the meal, but everyone was also relaxed.
"It's raining so heavily, let's go when the rain stops in the afternoon!" Without waiting for Liu Chen to say more, Wu Tong pulled his arm and changed the topic with a smile.
There is no class in the afternoon.,But waiting for the process of the rain to stop.,But it's too much for me to talk about.,Just take a nap in the little Lori Doudou.,The heavy rain.,It's a lot less than that.,The weather is getting colder.,Let the little Lori who keeps shivering take care of herself and raise a stove in the house.。
"Young master, put on a big coat!" Seeing that Liu Chen was about to go out, Xiao Lori put down the tongs in her hand, took out a black cloak from the inner room with a red face, and handed it to Liu Chen.
"At the beginning of the year, the envoys of the Polar Star Sea gave it to the Grand Duke, the climate in Yuezhou is relatively warm, and it is not as hot and cold as Zhongzhou, when I come, the Grand Duke wants me to bring it to you, I'm afraid you don't have winter clothes!" Seeing Liu Chen's eyes shining and stroking the black and silky fur on the cloak, Xiao Lori smiled and grabbed his arm and explained: "The fur of the ancient war bear, except for the Extreme Star Sea, the entire continent can't be found, this kind of wool of color, even His Majesty the Emperor, may not have it!"
"The young master will come back early for dinner, and the maid will cook by himself in the evening, and the Wang Ba soup next door at noon will disgust people!" Under the service of little Lori, Liu Chen tied his cloak, and then pushed the door out with a smile, beckoned the little monk and Wu Tong, and walked together in the direction of Yuanshanji.
The last time I met Chen Sheng, I just passed by the Yuanshan Market, for this famous imperial capital market, today is just right, Liu Chen can let go of his hands and feet to take a good stroll.
Everything here is so curious, what is sold outside, everything is available here, there is nothing outside, there are also here, but in those humble stores, the price of any strange thing makes Liu Chen's heart ache.
The small iron fan that fanned out the hot air was priced at one hundred taels of silver, and the copper kettle, which could be condensed into ice, got three hundred taels of silver, and what was even more strange was that on this day, when everything was withering, Yuanshanji even sold green vegetables! Fresh and tender leafy vegetables cost one tael of silver for one catty, and in the spring and summer, it was enough to buy a sack!
After walking around for half an hour all the way, the three of them saw a small workshop in the north corner of the bazaar, and a small white-washed canvas flag was planted obliquely on the outside of the workshop, with a large number of words on it: "Li Ji carving!"
"This is it!" Wu Tong high-fived, happily pulled Liu Chen, and quickly ran to the front of the workshop.
Maybe it's because of the weather, the small workshop looks a little deserted, a short and stout, described as looking like Li Fuzi's young man is leaning on the bamboo chair to take a nap, the front of the bamboo chair is messy with all kinds of utensils, there are some kinds of stone carvings, the slightly burning red charcoal stove is constantly coming out, the red flames are printed on the young man's cheeks, red.
"Hey, business is coming!" The young man who was originally slightly open-eyed heard the movement in front of him, suddenly sat up straight, lifted the blanket on his body and stood up, with a hint of flattery on his face: "A few guest officers, oh no, classmates, what do you want to buy?"
"Stone lock, basalt!" The young man's appearance was a little sloppy, so that Wu Tong, who was clean by nature, couldn't help frowning and took a few steps back, paused for a while, and then spoke: "Two pairs of one hundred and fifty catties, and one pair of eighty catties!"
"The three are the juniors who only entered school this year!" The short and sturdy young man didn't care about Wu Tong's behavior, and still smiled happily: "Come to me here to find the right place, do stone carving, the entire distant mountain set, I Li Er thinks that he is second, no one dares to be the first, that basalt, only our family supply, no one else has it, hehe!"
"Is it so mysterious?" The little monk saw that Li Erkou was hanging over the river, and his face was full of doubts: "It can't be the princess who sells melons!"
"Little bald donkey, you know a hammer!" The little monk's words made Li Er suddenly change color, and seeing that Liu Chen and Wu Tong both looked a little disbelieving, he was so angry that this short and stout young man jumped to his feet.
"You!" The little monk's face darkened, listening to the laughter of Liu Chen and Wu Tong in his ears, he almost fainted, this dwarf really dared to point at the monk and scold the bald donkey.
"What are you!" Li Er was unforgiving, took a few steps forward and stood in front of the little monk, crossed his hands on his waist, and said with a proud face: "You go to inquire, the whole academy, who doesn't know that I Li Er, your second master, my tofu can be carved on it, and holes can be made on the steel plate, if you dare to let Lao Tzu make it whole, a few knives down, I will give you the convex and concave, concave and convex, where it should be big, where it should be small, the blade goes, the magic axe, ensure that your mother will not recognize you!"
"Poof!" Liu Chen and Wu Tong couldn't hold back any longer, and as soon as their bodies bent, they burst into laughter, leaving only the little monk alone, trembling and raising his hand, pointing at Li Er with an aggrieved face, for a long time, but he couldn't say anything.
"Okay, I believe you, what Master Li recommended, there will definitely be no mistake!" Finally stopped laughing, Liu Chen coughed lightly, and asked with a ruddy face: "Three pairs, how much?"
"It's still this junior who knows the goods, my uncle recommended it, of course there will be no mistake, the main thing is that my craftsmanship is good, you know, a few years ago, His Majesty rebuilt the Daming Palace, but I was hired by the Ministry of Industry with a high salary to work for a few months, this craft, leverage!" Li Er was very satisfied with Liu Chen's attitude, and let go of the little monk who was sprayed with his saliva all over his face, smiled slightly, rubbed his hands and said: "Door-to-door delivery, a total of seventy-two taels of silver!"
"Seventy-two taels!" Liu Chen was suddenly startled, raised his voice and shouted incredulously: "A few broken stones are seventy-two taels of silver, why don't you grab them?"
"Junior brother, what you said is not right!" Li Er also frowned, smiled, and hurriedly retorted: "If I want to rob it, why do I give you a stone? To deal with a few of you who are stunned in the martial arts realm, I have to put down two of them with a mallet, besides, this basalt is produced in the Divine Mountain of the Snow Country in the Far North, and if you want to get it, you must have a special medicine quarrying craftsman in Qizhou to personally go over the mountains and mountains to find it, but you have to cross the border between the two ethnic groups! The price I bought was already very high, besides, this thing is hard like something, carved up, waste and waste knife, this is all cost, if you are too expensive, love to buy it!"