Although the small courtyard that Li Xin rents is not very big and the location is not very good, if this courtyard is sold, at least three or four hundred yuan is no problem, and if you are lucky, you can even sell it for five hundred yuan.

Five hundred guan is still a lot of wealth for Li Xin now, but he is not hypocritical, he reached out and took the title deed handed over by Cui Jiuniang, and laughed softly: "Since Sister Cui personally undertook it, then the little brother is not welcome." ”

The current Li Xin is already half of the Wei Palace, since he nodded, then he should let go a little, after all, a small courtyard is not a great favor, even if he takes it in his hand, he will pay it back in the future.

Seeing Li Xin's sweet mouth, Cui Jiuniang's eyes turned into a crescent moon, and she said softly: "Li Gongzi lives here alone, and there are still old and young people to take care of at home, it should be very inconvenient. ”

Qinglou of this scale is not only a top brand, but also has a complete "talent reserve" system, that is to say, every year, a group of girls who have completed training will become newcomers to the proud building, so as to ensure that the business of the proud building will not decline, and now Cui Jiuniang means that from this batch of "reserve girls", find a few for Li Xin to be his maids.

Although Li Xin was very excited, he didn't want to be watched by the people of Wei Wangfu when he ate and slept, so he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Sister, look at the courtyard of the younger brother, there are only three houses in total, it would be good to be able to live for three people, where can you still accommodate others." ”

Cui Jiuniang was not reluctant, nodded lightly and said: "Since this is the case, my sister will not have much to do, if you have anything you need, just hand over a letter to the side of the proud building, and my sister will come forward to help you buy it." ”

Li Xin nodded with a smile, and then said softly: "Speaking of things, the little brother really has something to trouble my sister." ”

Cui Jiuniang glanced at Li Xin unexpectedly, and then laughed softly: "Li Gongzi said yes." ”

Li Xin coughed and slowly spoke: "The younger brother first came to the capital, and he didn't know anything about the situation and characters in the capital, so the younger brother wanted to get some information about the characters in the capital from his sister. ”

As a prince, the Seventh Prince did not hesitate to condescend to build such a green building, which was definitely not entirely to make money, but more to listen to the news in the capital, so the proud building was actually an intelligence agency of the Wei Palace, Li Xin wanted to know what the capital was like, and the proud building was undoubtedly the best channel.

The smile on Cui Jiuniang's face subsided a little, she glanced at Li Xin, and then said softly: "In this matter, the concubine has to inform His Highness before she can make the decision." If His Royal Highness agrees, tomorrow the concubine will send all the news she knows to the prince and show it to the prince. ”

Li Xin smiled and said, "Trouble sister." ”

The two talked again, and Cui Jiuniang got up to say goodbye.

Li Xin sent her to the door of the house, and after watching her sit in a small gray sedan chair, Li Xin slowly withdrew his gaze.

From now on, he is not the lonely Li Xin, now he has his back to the Wei Palace, and at the same time he will inevitably step into this seizure, so he can no longer be blind to the situation in the capital, he must understand the capital as much as possible, so as to judge the situation more accurately, so that the chance of survival of the Wei Mansion is as good as possible.

If you want to understand the capital, the best thing is to start with the proud building.

After sending Cui Jiuniang away, Li Xin returned to the kitchen in the courtyard, and in the afternoon, he bought a lot of things from the South Street Market, one was to prepare New Year's goods, and the other was to satisfy his hunger.

After making a lot of dishes, Li Xin went to help the bedridden charcoal seller up, the old man's recent complexion has become more and more ugly, and the doctors invited to say that the old man has lost his spirit and will not live for too long.

The Beishan cabin was built by the old man himself for more than ten years, and it was gone if he said no, and no one could accept this kind of change, at this time, the charcoal seller was pale, sat on the bed leisurely, tasted a few bites, and looked up at Li Xin and smiled reluctantly: "I didn't expect Li Gongzi to have a good craft." ”

"It's not a craft, it's just that I have done a lot of it before, and I am just familiar with it."

Li Xin smiled: "Uncle, now that the kid has earned some money, you have to take care of your body." When spring comes, the boy will pay you a house, and it doesn't matter if you want a wooden house or a house in the city. ”

The charcoal seller's face changed, his dark face could be faintly pale, the old man glanced at Li Xin deeply, and said softly: "From the first time I saw Gongzi, the old man knew that Gongzi was not an ordinary person, and now Gongzi has finally gotten out of trouble, which is gratifying." ”

When Li Xin made a piece of copycat beast charcoal, the charcoal seller felt that this young man was not simple, and sooner or later he would be able to make a career.

Li Xin shook his head and said softly: "It's not a way out of the predicament, I can only say that it's better than before, in short, I don't have to worry about eating and drinking." ”

The charcoal seller nodded with difficulty: "That's very good." ”

In this era of extremely backward productive forces, the people at the bottom basically do not have enough to eat, that is to say, as long as you can eat and wear, it means that you have reached the middle level of society.

Li Xin saw that his face was too ugly, so he reached out and patted the back of the auctioneer, and said softly: "Uncle, don't think about it so much, the days are ahead." ”

The charcoal seller nodded at Li Xin with a smile, then took a few deep breaths and said slowly: "Li Gongzi, don't worry, the little old man won't die for a while." ”

Li Xin nodded, and after talking to the charcoal seller, the sky was already completely dark, Li Xin got up and went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, boiled some hot water, and after soaking his feet, Li Xin went back to his bed and lay down.

During this day, he had experienced many things, and his spirit and body were quite tired, so he fell asleep not long after lying in bed.

I slept until the next morning, when the sky was still dark, a charcoal girl in a heavy cotton coat stood beside Li Xin's bed with a crying voice, stretched out her hand and pushed Li Xin's quilt, her voice was extremely scared.

"Brother, get up and take a look at Grandpa!"

Hearing the voice of the little girl, Li Xin instantly sobered up, he got up suddenly, put on his clothes, and ran towards the charcoal seller's room.

In the room, the charcoal seller was already on the verge of dying.

The old man's face was extremely pale, he was lying on the bed, some white foam came out of his mouth, his eyes had begun to be blank, after seeing Li Xin come in, he reached out and grabbed Li Xin's sleeve, and his voice was hoarse...... Li Gongzi, the old man is going to die..."

Seeing this situation, Li Xin was also a little panicked, and he said in a trembling voice: "My husband was fine last night, how can he ......?"

"I took the letter stone ......"

Li Xin's face changed drastically.

The so-called letter stone is actually arsenic, which is a strong poison that can kill in a short time!

Li Xin took a few deep breaths and looked at the old man.

"Uncle, anything can be solved if you say it, why bother...... So extreme. ”

Hesitating and having severe pain in his abdomen, the charcoal seller's face was already a little distorted, he pulled Li Xin's sleeve stubbornly, and said word by word: "Ya...... It's better to follow your head than to follow the old man...... A lot. ”

He used all his strength and hissed, "The old man is ...... Die because of you, you ...... I have to help the old man bring the girl up! ”

If it hadn't been for Li Xin, the charcoal seller's house would not have been burned, the old man would not have had such a serious illness, and he would not have been beaten by others for no reason.

Li Xinyan's heart was shocked when he heard this.

It was only now that he understood that the reason why this old man chose to commit suicide was because of his sentence yesterday, to compensate him for his house.

He felt that he was going to get rid of their grandchildren, so he used this way to tie his granddaughter to himself.

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "Uncle, if you don't say that the kid will help you bring up the girl, why is it, why is it so ......?"

The old man's face was completely distorted.

He clutched Li Xin's hand and said with his last strength.

"She... Her surname is Zhong, and she hasn't chosen a name yet......"

"Old... The old man died because of you, you ...... Can't get rid of it! ”

"Remember...... Remember that the tomb was four feet deep...... Four feet three ......"