The clerk turned to look at Li Xiaoyao and replied enthusiastically: "It's Mr. Song Gongsheng, the envoy of Chizhou Zhizhi. Brother, you don't know. At the end of last year, South Vietnam and our Wu Kingdom started fighting again. Song Gongsheng was guarding

Chizhou Prefecture was unexpectedly invaded by the South Vietnamese for more than a hundred miles. The emperor had no choice but to send Lord Qu to be in charge. Not only did Lord Qu fight back the South Vietnamese, but he also pushed into the South Vietnamese country for dozens of miles. No, the emperor became angry.

, saying that Mr. Song missed the opportunity to fight, he was taken out and beheaded."

"Hey, have you heard? This Song Gongsheng is still a relative of the emperor. His sister is the eldest concubine of the emperor, a serious relative of the emperor. I heard that the eldest son of the emperor knelt outside the Meridian Gate for most of the day in order to plead for him. Your Majesty

I didn’t agree either.” A waiter next to him squeezed over and said with a proud look on his face that you don’t know but I know:

"Hey, you know one thing but don't know the other. That's because Concubine Wu doesn't like the emperor's eldest son. Concubine Wu is so awesome that she can be half of the emperor's family! I heard that Concubine Wu looks like a fairy. She laughed like a fairy.

They all have to fall from the clouds!"

"No matter how good-looking you are, you are still a mother-in-law in her thirties. How can a smiling god fall down?! At first glance, you are talking nonsense!" an older man next to him said with a curled lip.

Li Xiaoyao listened happily to the gossips of the guys. He stood on his toes for a long time. When he saw that he couldn't see anything, he squeezed past the shop wall and turned into Panlou Street.

In the copying room behind Zhu's book shop, Wei Shuisheng was sitting in front of the copying desk, copying the book stroke by stroke. Li Xiaoyao greeted him all the way in. When Wei Shuisheng heard the noise, he put down the pen in his hand,

He stood up and moved a bench from the side, motioning for Li Xiaoyao to sit down, then poured a cup of hot tea on the tea table next to him and handed it to Li Xiaoyao.

The bookstore provides good tea to the bookkeepers. Li Xiaoyao's daily schedule is similar: having a full meal at Changfeng Building, then going to the Zhujia Bookstore to drink a few cups of tea and read for an afternoon. Even under extremely limited conditions,

She should also take advantage of all available conditions to make her life quality and tasteful.

Li Xiaoyao drank half a cup of tea, turned around and looked at the scribes who were quietly copying books in the room. He moved closer to Wei Shuisheng and said in a low voice: "Brother Shuisheng, when I came here just now, I saw the Chizhou system.

The envoy Song Gongsheng was taken to be beheaded."

Wei Shuisheng was about to speak when a gray-bearded scribe next to him frowned and glanced at Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao stuck out his tongue and shrank back, not daring to speak any more. Wei Shuisheng smiled gently and rubbed

He rubbed Li Xiaoyao's head and sat down to continue copying. Li Xiaoyao looked at the books stacked on the desks, flipped through them, took one over, and leaned back against the wall with a stool.

, drinking tea and reading a book.

I heard that the books I sent here for copying are all very precious. Some of them were copied to give away, some were borrowed books, and I copied a copy to keep for myself. Some were books that I collected, and I made two copies of them.

A portion of it, just in case.

Li Xiaoyao looked at the book in her hand intently. She could read a book in an afternoon. Each of these soft and simple thread-bound books was very thin, and none were thick.

Every time Wei Shuisheng finished copying a page, he turned to look at Li Xiaoyao's cup. When he saw that the cup was empty, he stood up and helped her fill it up again.

As the sun set, Wei Shuisheng put away his paper and ink, washed his pen and inkstone, wiped his hands, took off his green cloth gown, carefully folded it and put it away, and called Li Xiaoyao: "Xiaoyao, it's time to go."

Li Xiaoyao came to his senses from the book, quickly put down the book in his hand, picked up the cup, drank the tea in one gulp, jumped up, and took Wei Shuisheng's hand: "Let's go! Go home!"

Li Xiaoyao pulled Wei Shuisheng out of the house and took him to Jinliangqiao Street: "Brother Shuisheng, let's go back from Jinliangqiao Street. I made a small fortune today. I have a customer, a donkey-hide gelatin and jujube."

Son, you actually gave me twenty taels of silver! Let's go to Chengji and buy a pound of lychee kidneys for Brother Shuisheng to eat, and then buy a pound of white-cut meat from Hu's store for the elder brother, and then go to Zhangji and buy two or three pounds of raw stir-fried lungs.

, let Brother Erhuai eat enough! Well, buy another pound of lion candy for Brother Guizi and I to eat!"

Wei Shuisheng couldn't help but laugh when Li Xiaoyao said: "It looks like you are going to spend all these two taels of silver?!"

"There are twenty taels of silver! How can I spend it all! Brother Shuisheng, please accompany me to the Wen Family Fruit Shop again, and we will talk to Madam Wen about getting the goods." Li Xiaoyao's smile with squinted eyes had many meanings, Wei

Shui Sheng looked down at her and asked strangely: "Didn't I agree last time that I would let you pay on credit and settle the account every ten days? What are you talking about?"

"We have money now, so we don't need to pay on credit anymore. I'll give her the money first, and then I'll pick up the dates one by one."

"What about the price?"

"Of course the price hasn't changed! I'd like to get it cheaper, but I'm afraid she won't!" Li Xiaoyao said confidently, and Wei Shuisheng laughed out loud: "You still want to get cheaper? When buying things, you have to choose one by one.

The price for one pick is the price for a lot. If you have to pick the dates one by one, it doesn’t matter whether they are willing or not. Even if they are willing, the price will also go up."

"That's the price. I'll pay first and let me pick them up one by one. Brother Shuisheng, let's go and try. Maybe they are willing to do it. How will you know if you don't try?" Li Xiaoyao shook Wei Shuisheng's hand: "Besides.

, I only take five kilograms of dates a day, which is not much. I just pick them one by one, and it’s not a big deal.”

Wei Shuisheng raised his hand and patted his forehead, and agreed helplessly: "Okay, let's just mention it. If they don't agree, we can't say anything more. After all, we are in the wrong by taking their goods like this."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Li Xiaoyao agreed repeatedly, her eyes full of smiles, she didn't accept the loss, and the handsome guy was not in vain!

The two bought food, Wei Shuisheng carried it, and Li Xiaoyao kept chirping and talking all the way into the Wen's Fruit Store.

Madam Wen was setting up the tents inside. When she heard Li Xiaoyao's loud and affectionate cry, she hurriedly came out and looked up to see Wei Shuisheng. She was stunned for a moment, her cheeks turned red, and she subconsciously raised her hand to tuck her hair.

Li Xiaoyao glanced at Mrs. Wen, smiled with his eyes crooked, leaned on the counter, stretched out the small silver lock in his hand: "Sister Wen, this is the fruit money for these ten days, a total of twenty taels of silver, what do you think?"

say."

Mrs. Wen took the silver and weighed it with a small scale. She felt uncomfortable, but she tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened and said with a smile: "Xiao Yao came early today, what good things did you buy?"

Li Xiaoyao looked at Mrs. Wen with a smile as she weighed the money, but did not answer her question: "Is the money enough?"

"That's enough! I poured half a penny more. I'll give you the tongs." Mrs. Wen put down the scale and turned around to look for the tongs and scissors. Li Xiaoyao waved her hands in a hurry and said with a smile: "No, no, no, my brother said, Sister Wen is the nicest person."

Now, I have to give enough money for this fruit, I can only give you more, but not less!"

Madam Wen put down her money and tried hard to appear dignified, but she only dared to glance at Wei Shuisheng, lowered her eyelids and said thank you, "Thank you very much. It's not easy for me to sell some fruits. I won't give you more next time."

Wei Shuisheng smiled helplessly, hesitated for a moment, and thanked sincerely: "Thank you very much for the credit this time. Now that Xiaoyao has earned his capital, he won't need to take credit anymore."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Madam Wen's face. Wei Shuisheng was in a dilemma and did not pay attention to Madam Wen's expression. He coughed a few times in embarrassment and continued vaguely: "Thanks to your credit a while ago, now I have capital. This fruit

Just pay the money first, once every five days, and you still have five pounds of dates every day, that’s..."

Wei Shuisheng coughed a few more times: "Xiao Yao wants to pick up the dates one by one. The price... remains the same."

Madam Wen blinked and looked at Wei Shuisheng with some confusion. She was very slow to respond to Wei Shuisheng.

Li Xiaoyao hurriedly came over and explained with a sweet smile: "Sister, you also know that I am recovering from a serious illness. When I sell fruits for a long time, I can't stand it anymore. My brother feels sorry for me and is always afraid that I will be tired from selling fruits.

I'm sick. Sister, if my fruit is better than others, I will sell it much faster, and I won't be tired. My brother will be relieved, don't you think? I only take five kilograms of fruit a day, pick

If you don’t pick them, your family will produce hundreds of kilograms of dates a day and you won’t even know it’s wrong.”

"That's not what you're saying..." Madam Wen glanced at Wei Shuisheng, who was blushing, and she was even more embarrassed than Wei Shuisheng.

Li Xiaoyao took the pack of lion candies from Wei Shuisheng's hand and pushed it to Madam Wen: "Sister Wen, my brother bought this for you."

Wei Shuisheng's eyes widened suddenly, and when he was about to speak, he was stepped on hard by Li Xiaoyao.

Li Xiaoyao stepped on him hard and continued hurriedly: "Sister, I will come here to pick dates at this time. There is no one at this time, and no one will see me picking dates. If my brother is free, let him

He came over to choose with me, and it will only take a while, and you won’t be delayed for anything. My sister is good to me, and my brother will remember it in his heart."

Wei Shuisheng looked at Li Xiaoyao depressedly. He couldn't figure out why such a girl became so lazy after surviving a serious illness? Such evil thoughts...

Li Xiaoyao didn't care whether he was depressed or not, he put the piece of silver in Wei Shuisheng's hand, raised his hand and sent it forward: "Sister, this is one tael of silver, it's not enough, please give me ten more coins."

you."

Mrs. Wen couldn't help but reached out and took the silver in Wei Shuisheng's hand. Li Xiaoyao quickly placed ten coins on the counter and said thank you with a bright smile: "Thank you, Sister Wen."

Mrs. Wen picked up the copper coins one by one, looked at Li Xiaoyao and confessed: "I have never done such a business before, so please don't tell anyone. If others find out, I will not be able to do this business.

"

"Don't worry, sister! You can't embarrass your sister under any circumstances! Otherwise, my brother won't agree." Li Xiaoyao smiled so hard that his eyes turned into crescent moons. He waved happily to Mrs. Wen, and was carried out of the Wen Family Fruit Shop by Wei Shuisheng.

.

After leaving the Wen's Fruit Store, Li Xiaoyao let out a low cheer, threw Wei Shuisheng away, stood on tiptoes, and spun around in front of Wei Shuisheng, jumping up and down.

Wei Shuisheng looked at the beaming Li Xiaoyao and swallowed back the words of blame. Forget it, let her elder brother discipline her. This girl is getting more and more shameless.

Li Xiaoyao and several brothers rented in a large courtyard. The five of them rented two rooms, one light and one dark, against the courtyard wall. The inner room was curtained for Li Xiaoyao, and the four brothers lived in the outer room.
Chapter completed!