In the next period of time, Li Xin's daily work is very simple, the old charcoal seller is responsible for burning charcoal, he is responsible for carving, carving animal charcoal in the afternoon and evening, and then the next morning to send it to Deyi Lou, at the beginning, he carved only eighty percent of the similar, a few days later, he made the animal charcoal, in addition to the weight and the original animal charcoal is different, just look at the appearance, there is no difference.

In order to be fine, he slowed down the speed of carving, and he could make more than a dozen pieces a day, but the appearance was enough to be fake, for this kind of copycat, Jiuniang of the proud building was also very satisfied, and every time he gave money, he was very simple.

After all, those who came to the proud building, there are almost no poor people, they are all knowledgeable characters, seeing the things that look like animal charcoal burning in the copper furnace, and then smelling the faint aroma in the room, even if those Qingqi people don't say it, they can guess what is burning in the furnace, and when they give the money, they will naturally be a lot more generous.

This kind of day lasted for more than ten days, and in more than ten days, each piece of cottage goods was 100 yuan, and Li Xin earned more than a dozen copper coins.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to the twenty-first day of the lunar month, calculating the time Li Xin has been in this world for half a month, at noon that day, after Li Xin finished eating, he put on his bamboo basket as usual, and prepared to leave for the city.

At this time, he was no longer the poor man in single clothes, and he was wrapped in two thick layers of cotton clothes to block all the cold outside.

The charcoal girl, who was only as tall as Li Xin's waist, held a hot water bottle in her hand, ran out of the yard in a panic, put the water bag full of boiling water, and put it in Li Xin's hand, and then smiled sweetly: "Brother, take this and come back early." ”

This water bag was bought by Li Xin in the capital a few days ago, sewn from unknown animal fur, and can be heated for half a day after being filled with hot water, and can be kept warm when it is carried on the body in winter.

After half a month of getting along, the little girl is not as afraid of life as before, and now when she sees Li Xin, she calls her brother.

Li Xin nodded with a smile, took the water bag and put it in his arms, then touched the little girl's head, and said softly: "You are obedient at home, and my brother will bring you some delicious food from the city." ”

Now that he has plenty of money, when Li Xin returns from the capital, he often brings some food back to the little girl.

The charcoal girl nodded, waved her hand to Li Xin, and then ran back to the house in small steps.

Li Xin took a deep breath and turned around and walked in the direction of the capital.

Although he doesn't plan to be a charcoal seller all the time, but at the moment he is not familiar with the place here, and now it is very profitable to make this cottage beast charcoal, so Li Xin is going to make a winter first, and after the spring begins, he will save some money and think about other things.

At this time, the injuries on his hands and legs have been healed, so it only took an hour or so to rush to the proud building, the proud building in the morning still did not open the door, half a month later, Li Xin was already an acquaintance here, so he walked in without hindrance.

He was met by Cui Jiuniang, the shopkeeper of the proud building.

Li Xin was slightly surprised.

Because he came to the proud building to sell charcoal, only a few days ago it was this Jiuniang who met him, and then the girl Ping'er next to Jiuniang came to contact him, calculating the time, he hadn't seen this Jiuniang for more than ten days.

Li Xin was just stunned, and hurriedly bowed his hand slightly to Jiu Niang.

"I've seen Sister Cui."

Jiuniang had a smile on her face, but there was a gloomy taste between her eyebrows, and she chuckled at Li Xin: "Xiao Langjun is really punctual, he comes early every morning." ”

Li Xin lowered his head and smiled: "A small business is just to make a living." ”

Jiuniang nodded, and whispered to Li Xin: "Little Li Langjun, you come with me, I have something to tell you about you." ”

Li Xin put down the back basket behind him, followed Jiu Niang, and walked into the backyard of the proud building.

He has been in and out of the proud building more than a dozen times, and the previous times he was in the front yard, this time, it was the first time he walked into the backyard of the proud building.

Jiuniang stopped in a warm pavilion in the backyard, and Li Xin followed in, and the fire in the warm pavilion was crimson, warm as spring.

It was still a low table, with two people sitting across the table.

Jiuniang personally poured a cup of tea for Li Xin and sighed softly: "Xiao Langjun, in the future, your business with Deyilou may be broken." ”

Li was shocked.

The business of Deyi Lou is his most important source of income at present, and if De Yilou's business is broken, it will be really difficult for him to find a profitable business for a while.

Li Xin lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said softly: "Sister Cui can let me do this business in Xia, but she is not a person who is greedy for small profits, can I ask the reason?" ”

Jiuniang poured herself a cup of tea, glanced Li Xin up and down, and said with a smile: "If Xiao Langjun is an ordinary person, just some coals, even if it is for you, it is nothing, but Xiao Langjun is not an ordinary person, then things will not be easy to do." ”

Speaking of this, the graceful woman smiled and said: "Don't hide it from Xiao Langjun, someone came to the proud building yesterday to greet me, and asked me to cut off this business. ”

As soon as Jiuniang said this, Li Xinzhong understood.

It was the people of the Hou Mansion in Pingnan who greeted the proud building, no wonder in the past ten days, the big man guarding the north gate asked his name many times, and it turned out that he had already been targeted by the people of the Hou Mansion.

It seems that not only did they not allow themselves to enter the Pingnanhou Mansion, but they were also not prepared to let themselves stay in the capital.

Li Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly at Jiu Niang: "Sister Cui can open such a big store by the Qinhuai River, it stands to reason that there should be no one to be afraid of in the capital." ”

In the capital, basically every store that can open a store in Qinhuai has a backstage, and the biggest proud building must have a great owner, so Li Xin asked this question.

Jiuniang smiled undeniably: "I'm afraid or not, it's just that you have to be kind to people in business, whether you can offend or not offend, Xiao Langjun is a smart person, you should be able to understand the truth." ”

Li Xin sighed, got up and bowed to Jiu Niang.

"What Sister Cui meant, the younger brother understands, this matter really shouldn't be difficult for Sister Cui, this half a month's kindness, there is a chance that the younger brother will repay it."

Jiuniang got up and returned the salute with a smile on her face: "Since Xiao Langjun calls the slave family a sister, then the sister will take the liberty to ask, what is the relationship between Xiao Langjun and the person who greeted him?" ”

Li Xin's face remained unchanged, and he bowed his head and said, "It doesn't matter." ”

He hugged Cui Jiuniang with a fist.

"If I disturb my sister again, I'm afraid I'll cause trouble for the proud building, so the younger brother will leave."

Jiuniang glanced at Li Xin meaningfully, and then said: "Xiao Langjun, to put it simply, since that person can find the proud building, it means that someone has been staring at you......"

Halfway through Jiuniang's words, Li Xin's face suddenly changed.

He didn't have time to care about other etiquette, so he hurriedly hugged his fist at Jiu Niang, didn't even take the bamboo basket, and ran towards the north gate in a panic.

Since the Pingnan Hou Mansion has made a move on himself, then ......

The hut of Kitayama will never be missed!