The Chu family welcomed Li Fuzi into the house, and before everyone could speak, Li Fuzi had already said, "Erlang, you pack up, let's go to the city." Before dinner, we're going to go to the city, and we're going to have a dinner in the evening, and you're done. ”

Chu Li was very happy and asked, "Big brother, have you found something good?" ”

"I've found some old friends in the city these days, but most of them don't need people, but after knowing about it with Sheng Quan's master Han Yuan, the old man has been friends with him for many years, but he is willing to introduce Erlang to work with Sheng Quan." Li Fuzi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Early this morning, Han Yuan sent someone to find the old man and asked the old man to take Erlang over, the old man has already made a post, and invited Han Yuan to dinner tonight, and he has already agreed!" ”

Su Niang couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, and Sheng...... What does Heshengquan do? ”

Li Fuzi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Su Niang, you really haven't been out, and you don't know anything." Do you know that we have Yunshan No. 3 in Yunshan Mansion, which is a century-old name, and this and Shengquan are one of them. Heshengquan is our Yunshan Mansion...... No, no, no, it's our premier restaurant on Nanshan Road! ”

"Is it for Jiro to sell wine?" Su Niang said blankly: "Running the hall? Although she doesn't know much, she also knows that the restaurant has a restaurant.

Li Fuzi shook his head and said: "Heshengquan is not a restaurant, it is a winery. Let's put it this way, the old man has tasted a lot of wine over the years, but when it comes to mellow aroma, it is still the best with Shengquan's bamboo sake. Speaking of this, the old man's throat moved, and he seemed to be very attached to bamboo sake.

Su Niang didn't seem to understand, and she didn't ask anymore.

Chu Huan groaned slightly, and then asked, "Uncle, what did I do when I went there?" ”

"This old man really doesn't know." Li Fuzi shook his head and said, "But since Han Yuan agreed, this matter is not bad, and he will always arrange something for you to do." Fu Xu smiled and said: "Erlang, this Han Yuan is a master in the wine shop, a real master, when he was young, he was just a buddy, but he had a flexible mind, and now he has become a master master, but everyone is envious, and he has no worries about food and clothing." He has a good relationship with the old man, and he takes care of you, which is something you can't ask for. When you enter Heshengquan, you will learn from him, maybe one day you can become a master, and your mother and Su Niang will have a good life! ”

Chu Huan sighed secretly in his heart: "To become a great master, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve." But if I want my mother and Sister Su Niang to live a good life, that's what I have to do! ”

Although Chu Li didn't know what and Shengquan bamboo sake, he felt that it was a good thing, took Chu Huan's hand, and said, "Erlang, your uncle helped you find a good job, you can't let down your uncle." When you get there, just do things well, my mother doesn't ask you to fly Huang Tengda, just ask you to be safe, and you can be fed and clothed to become a ......! At this point, the circles under my eyes turned red.

Chu Huan hugged his mother and said softly: "Mother, don't worry, the child will do things well." When Erlang has the money, he will take you to the city to ......!" ”

When Li Fuzi heard this, his face was full of relief, and he stroked his beard and said: "Okay, good, great filial piety is good, it should be so, it should be so!" ”

Su Niang's expression was also a little gloomy, she stood for a while, finally turned around and went back to her room, and after a while, she took out a package and handed it to Chu Huan: "This is a change of clothes, you ...... Take care of yourself outside ......! ”

Chu Huan took the package and said softly: "Sister Su Niang, my mother will rely on you to take care of me more, I will come back to see you as soon as I have the opportunity!" ”

Li Fuzi had already gotten up on crutches and said, "We have made an appointment, we can't miss the time." Erlang, let's go! "Although it is still early, Master Li is a scholar and attaches great importance to etiquette, so he is afraid that he will go back late and miss the time.

Chu Huan helped Li Fuzi out of the door, got into the carriage, and turned around, only to see Su Niang supporting Chu Li standing in front of the door to see him off.

The carriage turned in a different direction, Chu Huan poked his head out, and said loudly: "Go back, I will come back often!" After saying this, the carriage was already quite far away from the Chu family, and Su Niang helped Chu Li to take a few steps forward, watching the carriage disappear into view.

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Qingliu County is the county seat directly under the jurisdiction of Yunshan Mansion of Nanshan Road, more than 50 miles south of Yunshan Mansion, although it is only a small county seat, but the geographical location is excellent, continue to the south but 100 miles is the boundary of Suzhou of Nanshan Road, less than 60 miles to the east is the boundary of Hanzhou, and it is the traffic artery of the three states, and because of this, the whole Yunshan Mansion is the most prosperous in addition to the city.

The county seat of this era is naturally impossible to compare with the flow of people in later generations, but it is also full of traffic, very lively, and there are all kinds of businesses, pawnshops, wine shops, teahouses, and oil shops.

When Li Fuzi's carriage entered the city, it was still early, according to Li Fuzi's instructions, the carriage stopped in front of a restaurant, Chu Huan helped Li Fuzi get out of the car, and Li Fuzi immediately bowed his hand to the coachman: "There is work, there is labor!" ”

The coachman smiled very respectfully: "Master Li is polite, the young master said, as long as the master uses the car, send someone to say it, and the big thing must be put down!" ”

Li Fuzi laughed, and the coachman waved his whip, and the carriage left.

Chu Huan raised his head and glanced at the restaurant in front of him, but it was an antique two-story building, with a black plaque hanging on the door, with three big characters written in blood red, called "Yipinxiang", and the house was bustling and very lively.

Li Fuzi said: "This restaurant has been around for some years, and it is somewhat famous in this city, and the old man came once last year, and he drank bamboo sake here." ”

Chu Huan was stunned, Master Li came here last year, and it has been more than a year, but he still remembers this place vividly, from this point of view, Master Li's life is also very poor.

Suddenly thinking of something, Chu Huan was a little embarrassed and said, "Uncle, I have ...... on me!" ”

Li Fuzi knew what he was going to say, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, the old man has silver with him, although it is not much, but there is still money for a meal!" ”

Chu Huan felt a little guilty in his heart, he came back this time, he was really penniless, thinking about the night he just went home, Su Niang stretched her face, but she also understood in her heart that she had been away from home for eight years and went home penniless, which would always make people feel disappointed.

Li Fuzi was about to take Chu Huan into the restaurant, when he suddenly heard a voice from the street shouting: "Catch the thief, damn, stop Lao Tzu ......!" Chu Huan heard the voice, turned his head, and saw a big man holding a short stick in his hand, rushing over to this side, in front of the big man, a person was running over in a hurry, holding his chest with both hands, looking very frightened.

Chu Huan could also see it clearly, the person being chased was in tattered clothes, a torn cotton jacket, and a very old fur hat on his head, which was strict and solid, but his face was charcoal-black, very sloppy, and he couldn't see the appearance clearly.

The man looked very thin, and he scurried through the crowd in the street, and finally hit a man whose body was not as thick as the man, and he was knocked to the ground.

The man scolded, ignored it, and walked away, and the big man with a short stick in the back had already caught up, stepped on the man in the fur hat with one foot, and scolded in a rough voice: "His grandmother's, run?" See how capable you are! ”

The fur-hatted man had a painful look on his face, and he raised his hand to push away the thighs that were stepping on him, but his strength was obviously very small, and he couldn't push them away, but instead two sweet potatoes fell from his chest.

The big man pointed at the man in the fur hat with the short stick in his hand, and still scolded: "Look at your kid's eyebrows, you know that you steal chickens and touch dogs, and see that Lao Tzu can't kill you!" He raised the stick in his hand and struck the man in the fur hat with a slash.

Before his wooden stick fell, he felt his wrist tighten, as if he was caught in iron pliers, unable to move, and turned his head to see a rustic young man holding his wrist.

"Why did you hit someone?" Chu Huan asked coldly.

The man in the fur hat fell at his feet, and when he saw that the big man was going to beat someone, Chu Huan naturally would not ignore it.

"Let it go!" The big man shouted angrily.

Chu Huan pushed hard, and took advantage of the situation to let go of his hand, Dahan only felt that a push pushed him back three or four steps, stood firm, raised his stick and pointed at Chu Huan and said, "Here is a nosy." He pointed to the fur hat on the ground and said, "This kid stole my two sweet potatoes, Lao Tzu will beat if he likes, you don't have to be nosy!" ”

Chu Huan said lightly: "Two sweet potatoes are worth a few copper coins, so do you have to make such a heavy hand?" Look at him, he is also very hungry, otherwise who will steal your sweet potatoes. If it is a thief, stealing gold and silver, where will he steal this worthless thing. ”

Dahan said: "What you said is light, if this is not stealing, then everyone should go and get a copy, Lao Tzu will drink the northwest wind?" ”

Li Fuzi stepped forward, leaned on crutches and said: "The gentleman doesn't use his mouth, the sky is blue and the sun is white, he has his own royal law, he really stole your things, you go to report to the official, and you don't need to beat people!" ”

There were many onlookers next to him, and when they saw this situation, they saw that the man in the fur hat was thin and pitiful, and they were all pointing and pointing, and they all said that the big man was not.

The big man knew that the public was angry, so he naturally couldn't really report to the official for the sake of two sweet potatoes, and scolded: "It's really unlucky......!" Holding a wooden stick and pointing at the fur hat, he said: "Stinky boy, if I see you again next time, Lao Tzu will pick your skin!" "Cursed and chattered went.

Only then did Chu Huan squat down and pick up the two sweet potatoes, these two sweet potatoes were so small that Chu Huan could grab them with one hand, handed them to the man in the fur hat, and said warmly: "Take it!" ”

Only then did the man in the fur hat raise his head, and saw that two tears had already flowed from his eyes, and the tears slid down his cheeks, and washed away a lot of the black ash on his cheeks, revealing two white marks.

Don't look at this leather hat body, the body is thin, but the exposed place is white and tender skin.

"I ...... I didn't mean to ......! The fur-hatted man's face was full of horror, and he said timidly, "I...... I want to eat to stay alive ......! ”

Chu Huan didn't say much, put the sweet potato in his hand, got up, and went to help Li Fuzi into the restaurant, but he heard the fur-hat man say behind him: "Thank you...... Thank you......! ”

Chu Huan turned his head and saw that the man in the fur hat had already stood up, holding the sweet potato in his hands with both hands, as if he was afraid that the sweet potato would fly.

Chu Huan just smiled and nodded, without saying much, and helped Li Fuzi into the restaurant, and a guy from the store had already stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Are they two?" ”

Li Fuzi stroked his beard and said: "Let's find a quieter place first, there is still a guest who has not come, so you have to wait!" ”

"Do you want a private room?" The guy smiled and asked, "There happens to be a private room upstairs, but I will charge you an extra twenty copper coins!" ”

Li Fuzi hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine!" ”

At that moment, the guy took the two of them upstairs, and when they arrived at the stairs, Chu Huan thought of something, looked back, and saw the fur-hat man standing in front of the door, looking at him blankly.

Chu Huan saw that he was pitiful, if he was alone today, he was afraid that he would bring the man in the fur hat to eat, but today he was inviting someone to eat, but he was not in charge, and a shopkeeper over there had already seen a beggar standing in front of the door, waved his hand and scolded: "Get out of here, don't delay the business!" ”

The man in the fur hat took two sweet potatoes and disappeared into Chu Huan's eyes.