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Seeing a long queue at the entrance of the alley ahead, Yao Ximu hurried forward to see what it was.Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a pastry shop, with pine nut candies, almond cakes, sweet-scented osmanthus cakes... all kinds, dazzling.Yao Ximu smelled the sweet fragrance in the air, and felt hungry at the same time, but he didn't even have a copper coin in his pocket. When he went out, he completely forgot to ask Lin Shuyu for some money.He stretched his neck and watched the others carrying pastries wrapped in oiled paper, rolled his eyes, and with an idea in his mind, he quickly turned into the end of the alley.

When he came out, Yao Ximu changed his appearance, his hair was disheveled, his body was dirty, his face was full of stains, and he didn't know where he got a broken bowl, holding it in his hand, he looked alive It looks like a beggar.

He pretended to be a beggar and walked to the pastry shop again. He had a sweet mouth, and his brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles yelled for alms all the way, and he got a lot of pastries and snacks.The dim sum tasted good, before he left, he looked up at the name of the shop, Jiyongzhai, and thought he would remember this name, and would come back in the future.He imagined that he would also try to enter the restaurant just now, but the waiter in the restaurant looked down on his appearance as a beggar, kicked him out, and scolded: "Smelly beggar, is this a place you can enter?"

Yao Ximu was a little annoyed, and rolled up his sleeves to make a move, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a young man in fine clothes not far away, and with a second thought, he followed the clerk's push and slammed into the young man.He didn't dare to get up, he just bent over and patted the hem of his clothes, saying repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The young master's servant kicked Yao Ximu aside and cursed: "You don't have long eyes. things, get out of the way."

Yao Ximu rolled a few times on the ground, got up and ran.He clenched the heavy purse in his hand with a playful smile, walked to a secluded place, opened it, and it was more than ten taels!

Enough for me.

He walked into another restaurant in a big way, the waiter in this restaurant had a better heart, he didn't push him to stagger, he just stopped him and said: "You wait outside the door, you can come in after everyone has left." Yao Ximu cast a sideways glance at Xiao Er, took out a piece of silver and put it in his hand: "Little Brother, don't look down on people, young master, I have money, but I just like to dress up as a beggar, so I'm at ease." There was an empty seat by the window, and he sat down and said, "serve the food!"

If you have money, you are the uncle. Of course, Xiaoer will not argue with him, just nodded and smiled: "Young master, what do you want to eat?" Yao Ximu took the toothpick on the table and put it in his mouth, and reported the name of the dish: "Lotus leaf Lotus chicken, sweet-scented osmanthus octagonal fish, curly tenderloin, crystal lion head, stone belly golden silk soup, eggplant with clear oil, steamed scallops." He smiled and stared at Xiaoer: "Serve these dishes first."

"That..." Xiaoer's face changed slightly, and he said, "There is no Jiang Yaozhu in the shop."

"None of that." Yao Ximu waved his hand: "Then let's replace it with pearl and emerald soup."

"Pearl and Jade Soup?" Xiaoer looked distressed: "Dare to ask the young master, what kind of dish is this?"

Yao Ximu glanced at him, and said magnanimously: "Since you are sincerely asking me for advice, I might as well tell you how to make this pearl and emerald soup. Listen carefully, the fish is crushed into mud, kneaded into balls, and served Put in the broth and bring to a boil over low heat. Choose fresh tender cabbage and fry it with chicken oil. After the fish balls are cooked, put them into the pot together. The fish balls are white and tender, and the cabbage hearts are green, isn’t it Pearl Jade Soup?”

"That's how it is." Xiao Er nodded hastily: "I'll tell the kitchen now, young master, wait a moment, and I'll come right away."

There was a table full of food, Yao Ximu didn't finish it, so he picked up some clean ones and asked Xiaoer to wrap them in oiled paper and take them away.

When he went out, he met two beggars, one old and one young. The old beggar's eyes were blurred, and the younger one was younger than Yao Ximu.Yao Ximu was slightly moved, and gave them all the food. The little beggar tore off the oil paper and grabbed the roast chicken, and said in surprise: "Grandpa! Someone gave us roast chicken!" The two turned their heads to thank Yao Ximu, Yao Ximu has long since disappeared.

It was already dark, and Yao Ximu was hiccupping, planning to find a place to sleep.He didn't want to go to places like Town God's Temple to compete with other beggars for land, and he didn't want to enter an inn, so he sneaked into a house that looked good, rolled into the firewood shed, covered himself with firewood, and fell asleep. Come out before dawn.During the day, he pretended to be a beggar and swindled food and drink everywhere. If he had no money, he would steal a little from those expensively dressed princes and brothers. At night, he would secretly rest in other people's homes, but no one noticed.

Yao Ximu learned the skills of jumping over the wall and sneaking into the house without a teacher, and he was familiar with it, as if he was born with it.

He went northward just like that, and when he arrived in Linshui Town, he was lying under a wall basking in the sun, lazily holding up a marinated chicken paw, which was delicious.A rush of horse hooves rushed straight, and he knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly rolled and scrambled away from the road, so as not to fall into the chaotic hooves.When he looked up, he saw men in black riding on big horses, hurrying along, not knowing what they were talking about.The chicken paws fell to the ground and were covered with dirt, so they could no longer be eaten.Yao Ximu stood up angrily, patted the dust off his clothes, walked to the weeping willow river, and washed his face with water.

The dirt on his face was washed away, and his original face with red lips, white teeth, white eyebrows and clear eyes was restored.Standing up, Yao Ximu stretched his waist, and continued to walk, and came to a big camphor tree, the dense canopy covered the afternoon sun.He lay down, took out another braised chicken foot from the cloth bag beside him, and gnawed on it.

"Pfft." There was a burst of laughter from the tree.

Yao Ximu raised his eyes, but didn't get up, and asked, "Friends on the tree, do you want to eat chicken feet?"

"Leave one for me." A clear male voice came from above, followed by a slight shaking of the branches.A figure flashed in front of Yao Ximu, this person was young and weak, wearing a square scarf on his head, and wearing a starched whitish blue cloth shirt, clean and tidy, like a scribbler.His figure is tall and tall, but his appearance is extremely ordinary. If you throw him into the crowd, you won't be able to tell him apart in the blink of an eye.

"I'm next, Li Huimao." The visitor had a bright smile and a refreshing demeanor, not as ordinary as his appearance.

"You're older than me, so I'll call you Brother Huimao. My name is Yao Ximu." Yao Ximu stood up, walked around Li Huimao, and then smiled and clasped his fists in return, then bent down to touch Li Huimao from his cloth pocket. He took out a paper bag and took out a small jug of wine.He sat down on the rock under the tree, opened the paper bag, looked up to see that Li Huimao was still standing, then patted the open space beside him, and said, "Come on, Brother Huimao, you sit too."

Li Huimao sat down on the stone beside him. Yao Ximu bit off the stopper of the jug, sniffed it, and stuffed it into Li Huimao's hand. He only picked up a roasted chicken leg and said, "This is Jiannan Shaochun. Drink it." Bar."

"What's interesting on the tree." Yao Ximu gnawed on the chicken leg, his eyes sparkling, he stared at Li Huimao: "Brother Huimao, you should have come down to eat meat and drink with me."

"When did you find me on the tree?" Li Huimao gulped down the wine, pouring the last drop into his mouth.

"Before you were on the tree, I knew that those men in black were looking for you."

"Hahaha, interesting." Li Huimao grabbed a chicken paw and stuffed it into his mouth, saying vaguely: "Speaking of which, we have walked all the way, so we are old acquaintances."

"That's not it." Yao Ximu picked up the jug that Li Huimao drank, licked the mouth of the jug, and squinted his eyes: "I stole your silver, but you deliberately alarmed the family's dog and chased me all the way. You stole I bought the things belonging to those men in black, but I didn’t report it, and I even invited you to eat meat and drink, it’s better to say that I have a better mind.”

Li Huimao folded his arms and nodded: "You are a good boy." He took out something from his arms and threw it into Yao Ximu's arms, "Brother will give you something."

It was an incomparably exquisite ebony box. When I opened it, I found a shining orb inside. Even if I didn't know its name, I could guess that the orb was priceless.Yao Ximu was a little surprised, looked at Li Huimao, and asked, "Give it to me?"

"Let's keep it for fun." Li Huimao waved the chicken paw in his hand: "Take it as brother, thank you for the wine and meat."

"Ha!" Yao Ximu slapped both hands, his brows were beaming with joy, he stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Li Huimao's shoulders, and said affectionately: "Brother Huimao is really a legend of donating money, and my younger brother is really lucky to have met me. "

"Don't call me Brother Hui Mao, I sound awkward." Li Huimao rolled up his sleeves, "I'm several years older than you, so you can call me Big Brother Li, or you can just call me Brother."