Now that the weather is hot, the streets are sparsely populated, and it is not easy to do business. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info herbs and other places have perennial demand, plus the year and quality of the medicinal materials in the deep mountains, but give a good price; but the dried meat of the prey from the mountains is worse, now there are not many rich people in the city, and few people come out on weekdays, plus as long as you are willing to spend a little effort outside the city, you can get some game, so the price has been reduced a lot; 。 Mu Qing also sighed helplessly - if it weren't for the tax to be levied after a while, Li Laohan would not have taken out his carefully nitrated leather and sold it, listening to Li Laohan said, now this price is still good, in a few days, I am afraid that this price will be even worse!

As for the remaining half a cart of dry firewood, it is a little embarrassing, there are not many rich households in the city, and the demand is not large, and the small households can call a lot in half a day when they go out - there are still a few woods outside the city. Li Laohan took Mu Qing to run to several places, the firewood was not sold, but the place recognized a lot, such as the original Wu family's extremely large house, which has now become the yamen of the government, and the other Cao family, Lu family, Jin family, Ma family, etc., either changed the owner, or the people went to the empty house, and there was a dilapidated family background, and there was no spare money to buy. In short, Mu Qing didn't know how much he heard Li Laohan sigh along the way. The two twisted around a lot of places, and the "tail" behind them ran a lot of unjust roads.

The process of selling things was long and boring, listening to Li Laohan arguing with people on the side, you and I were fighting happily, and Mu Qing also solved his hidden danger with his own hands - the reason why the alarm was aroused before was because in the carriage behind him, a dry firewood pulled out shoots! You must know that these dry firewood have been piled up in the yard for a long time, and even if the buyer sees it, I am afraid that he will not buy such "wet firewood", but will scold Li Laohan for being "cunning and cunning".

Mu Qing recalled, presumably there was no one on the road, and he relaxed his mind and caused his breath to leak out, which made the dry firewood sprout. As for the carriage, the wood had been roasted by him with the help of a real fire, and if it could be rejuvenated, then there was really nothing he could do. The breath of that branch was very similar to that of the mountain trees, and Mu Qing himself was used to this breath, so he didn't notice it, but he didn't want to be noticed. Fortunately, there was only a very small trace, and although the Sun military lord found some discoveries, he couldn't be sure, and with the order from above, he had to let them into the city. Mu Qing hid his breath and quietly made a force to solve the trouble, at least, when their car passed through the official yamen, there was no movement inside.

After walking for a long time, the sun was high in the sky, Li Laohan took Mu Qing to find a shady place to sit down and rest, eat something to fill his stomach by the way, and ran under the sun for a long time, both of them were a little wilted, and they each held the water bladder silently.

Suddenly, Li Laohan slapped his thigh, and then laughed, this style of painting changed too quickly, which directly startled Mu Qing, and thought that something had happened to him.

"Running around and running west, why don't you forget the Sun family, the largest household in Nanshan City! Even if he stops our carriage, we can't lose our business, it's best to knock them out." For the sake of our fellow countryman's face, his family has to collect this firewood, otherwise, we won't leave. Hey hey ......"

Just do it, Li Laohan got into the carriage, turned the horse's head, and drove towards a certain place, the carriage made a "cluck" sound from time to time on the wide bluestone slab, but it couldn't interrupt the little song humming in the mouth of Li Laohan who was sitting in front, Mu Qing sat in the carriage and walked away towards a place with a strong breath.

After walking for a while, I arrived in front of a big house in the north of the city, if it weren't for the "Sun Mansion" written on the plaque at the door, Mu Qing thought that he had gone to the wrong place, compared to the rich and atmospheric "Original Wu Mansion", this Sun family is indeed too low-key, and it is even less than some small doors and small households that lived together before - the not too wide gate simply set up a "tent" , It seems that in order to hang the broken wooden plaque, the two log doors are also closed during the day, leaving only one side of the small door faintly open, the door is not said to be a family, even the usual town house stone lion is not, it seems to be extremely simple.

Mu Qing followed Li Laohan to the small door, knocked on the door, and after a while, someone opened the door to ask, the door was dressed in dark cloth, and he looked much more "rich" than them, and the person spoke extremely politely and kindly, so that Li Laohan couldn't help but sigh "worthy of the first family". After asking the two of them about their intentions, the man went into the inner courtyard to inquire, and left them with a sentence before leaving, "Please wait a while, and I will reply after I have asked the steward of the inner courtyard." The weather outside is hot, if the two of you don't dislike it, you can go to the concierge to sit and drink a few sips of herbal tea to quench your thirst. ”

This person was extremely enthusiastic and polite, and let the two of them come in to drink water and rest, the two naturally would not refuse, at least Mu Qing could see that this disciple was much better than the soldiers guarding the door, and it was difficult for more than a dozen ordinary people to resist, and it was no wonder that people did not take the slightest precautions and worries. When he left, Li Laohan sat on the bench and still sighed: "Just be considerate of this rule, even if the Sun family doesn't want our firewood, we can't be cheeky here, otherwise I will really have no face to see people." ”

After a while, the doorman came with a well-dressed steward, and after the steward arrived, he first informed the two that the masters of the house were busy with affairs and had no time to meet the two, and then expressed their concern and apologies to the villagers on behalf of the host, and finally tactfully informed the two that the Sun Mansion had a fixed channel for firewood, and the family was still rich, and the two ran for nothing or something, so that the two people who rushed to the house couldn't help but be a little discouraged, but when they left, the steward also stuffed Li Laohan a little Langjun's "heart" , Seeing that Li Laohan turned from sad to happy, Mu Qing estimated that at least the round-trip cost was enough.

As the saying goes, "Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person", Mu Qing and the others were not really as "shameless" as Li Laohan said, the two had to turn around and leave, and before they could pull the carriage, they were interrupted by a loud word again.

"Uncle Li, Brother Mu, please go slowly!"

While speaking, a few people walked forward in the alley, and it was the previous five hundred lord Sun Gen who spoke first, and he walked extremely fast, and he reached the front of the two in a few steps.

The unhappiness on Li Laohan and Mu Qing's faces flashed, and before they could raise their hands to salute, Sun Gen bowed first, "It was Sun Mou's negligence at the city gate that made a mistake before, and Sun Mou will compensate the two of you first!"

He looked at the carriage behind the two, looked up at the sun again, and stretched out his hand to pull the two of them, "It's noon now, the two of you haven't had lunch yet, if you don't dislike it, you will have a light meal with Sun, and you should be Sun apologize!" After speaking, he turned his head to the steward who went out to greet him and said: "Steward Wu, order the people in the house to prepare some meals, I want to feast on the villagers, by the way, inform my father that there will be villagers to meet my grandfather later, and ask him to make some preparations." By the way, these firewood and grass let people pull closer to the house, and feed the horses by the way. "Then Steward Wu was busy answering on the side.

Li Laohan and Mu Qing were still pushing "Lord Sun, you can't deserve it, you can't ...... it", "Master Sun, you won't be meritorious, I'll wait for ......", they were warmly received by Sun Gen and the people in charge, and the resignation was cut off in their mouths, and a group of people just pushed and pushed Rangzhong into Sun's mansion.

The entire Sun Mansion occupies a large area, but then again, the buildings here seem to be on the large side, which gives Mu Qing a great sense of contrast. The interior style of the Sun Mansion seems to be in the same vein as the gate, and it is quite concise, and it can only be seen from the subtleties that the dignity of the master's family is exquisite, at least Mu Qing can see the meticulous and exquisite study of the Sun family from the material and texture of the decoration, as well as the same size and material of the stone slab on the ground, and he can't say anything more.

Steward Wu led the two through several gates, until the two of them couldn't figure out the north and south, and walked for a while, and then they saw Sun Gen in front of the hospitality hall. Sun Gen had almost changed into civilian clothes at this time, he took the lead in cleaning his hands and taking off his shoes, changed his cloth socks and walked into the hall covered with wooden floors, and Mu Qing's movements naturally followed. It's just that Li Laohan's movements are a little slow, he took off his clogs, looked at the soles of his feet full of black marks and the clean cloth socks a little worried, and finally he took the water from the copper basin next to him and rubbed his feet a few times, washed back and forth a few times, and stretched his feet into the sun to dry for a while, then carefully put on the cloth socks, walked into the hall slowly, and walked to the desk on the left side of Sun Gen under the guidance of the waiter and sat down.

Sun Gen and Mu Qing both knelt in front of the wooden case, Li Laohan naturally had the same example, but after sitting for a while, he was a little uncomfortable, his body swayed slightly, back and forth, left and right, but in this somewhat solemn atmosphere, it was not good to make a big move, and his face was a little red. Mu Qing, who was sitting opposite, saw it, naturally a little anxious, he arched his hand and looked at Sun Gen on the main seat, and before he could say anything, Sun Gen spoke: "You two don't have to be restrained, we are all from the countryside, don't care about those etiquette." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Laohan over there breathed a sigh of relief, he adjusted his posture, and finally sat cross-legged in front of the desk, and saluted Sun Gen and said: "I, an old man in a mountain village, don't know how to be polite, so I let Master Sun Jun smile, but Lord Sun Jun entertained him richly, and we really can't afford it." ”

Sun Gen on the main seat waved his hand casually, "Uncle Sun doesn't have to be polite, it was Gen's negligence before, and the two of them were frightened, and this banquet is to make amends to the two, and the other is to entertain the two on behalf of the ancestors, so as to fulfill the feelings of the villagers." After speaking, he sighed, "The ancestor is old and sick, I'm afraid that time is running out, and I will invite the two representatives of the township to visit the next ancestor later, and I think the ancestor will be happier." Here's a courtesy. After saying that, he gave a big bow to the two of them.

Mu Qing originally had some doubts in his heart, but after hearing this, he was a little relieved, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart, as soon as Sun Gen finished speaking, he and Li Laohan hurriedly returned the salute, especially Li Laohan, who was still saying while returning the salute: "Sun Jun's words are serious, visiting the elders is what we should do, if I knew this earlier, the old man would have come to see it on behalf of the villagers!"

Over there, Sun Gen finished his salute and turned around to sit down, "It's not too early, I'll eat first, and I'll make plans later." He clapped his hands as he spoke, "Come on, have a feast!"

A woman outside answered softly, and after a while, the neatly dressed maids filled the tables of the three with dishes one after another, and the maids saluted the three of them, and then bowed lightly and retreated.

Sun Gen arched his hand and looked at the two, "Two, please dine!" Then, the three of them began this somewhat silent banquet.