The Concubine of Crossing

The child looked at him with burning eyes, and finally said the first words in more than a year, "I want to practice martial arts, you teach me!"

"Yo, so you're not dumb?" Li Xiao joked.

The child pursed his lips again, and stared at him with his eyes open.

Li Xiao withdrew his smile, "I don't teach." After saying this, he turned his head and left.The child is too stubborn and doesn't listen to others' persuasion. If teaching him martial arts is not used in the right way, then he will be helping the evildoers.

The child looked at the back of him who turned and left without hesitation, squeezed his fists, his eyes were full of unwillingness, he hesitated for a while, and finally did not catch up.

Pucheng is neither big nor small, but fortunately Li Xiao has a clear goal, so he doesn't have to think about those big shops, so there are fewer places to see.

Turning around in a circle, I finally found a few shops, but Li Xiao felt dissatisfied, until Li Xiao's sight fell on a noodle shop.

The shop is not very big, and there are only a few small square tables that can be placed in total. There is only an elderly couple in the shop.There were no customers at this point, the shop was empty, and the husband and wife were facing each other with a frowning expression.

Li Xiao looked at the little red cloth pasted on the door, and made sure that it meant renting out in this era, so he entered the shop.

When the husband and wife saw a guest coming, they cheered up and smiled, "What would you like to eat, sir?"

Li Xiao glanced at the stove, and said casually, "Here is a bowl of miscellaneous sauce noodles."

The husband and wife are veterans, take the pot to boil the noodles, put the broth in the bowl, put the cooked noodles into the soup, and pour a spoonful of minced meat, pickles and peppers and other seasonings. , and immediately a bowl of delicious miscellaneous sauce noodles is ready.

After Li Xiao took the noodles, he felt that his saliva was about to drool. After taking a sip, he found that the taste was good. His eyes lit up immediately, and he said to the shopkeeper, "Old man, three more bowls!"

When the two old men heard this, the worry on their faces disappeared a lot, and they immediately cooked three bowls of noodles for him. I ate it happily.

In fact, he had already eaten before going out, but for some reason, since he was put into this body, he ate more than one meal at a time. Although the mansion has no worries about food and clothing, the daily share is also limited, Li Xiao He couldn't fill his stomach at all, and he couldn't eat the third son's share, so he went over the wall every day to try to earn money to buy food.

At the beginning, there was no way out, and he couldn’t find anyone to introduce him to a hard job. Li Xiao almost applied for a job as a shop assistant, until one day he accidentally rescued Zhao Xiucai who had fallen into the water, and the two of them didn’t know what to do. Speaking of writing the book, he told some story outlines and Zhao Xiucai started to polish the pen again, but he compiled the book in a decent manner.

There is a lack of entertainment these days, and scripts are actually very popular.It’s just that scholars don’t have time to study behind closed doors all day long, and there are very few people who write story books, and most of them are stories about talented scholars and beautiful women. The repeated narrative style immediately attracted the attention of countless people, and it aroused the interest of many people as soon as the book was published.

Moreover, the books of this era were hand-copied, and while the labor costs were high, the profits were also high, and Li Xiao's pockets were bulging.

The reason why Li Xiao wants to do food business is partly because he is a big eater now.

After eating a few bowls of noodles, plus the food he ate at the mansion in the morning, Li Xiao finally felt a little full.He touched his stomach and began to dig out his pocket, "Old man, how much is it?"

"Twenty Wen." The old lady replied while cleaning up the dishes.

Li Xiao put twenty copper coins on the table, and asked casually, "Old man, when I came in, I saw the red cloth at the door. Is your shop for rent?"

The movement of the old lady's hands paused, the distress in her eyes flashed, and it immediately changed into a smiling face, "No, we plan to sell..."

The old man also squeezed over, "Brother, are you planning to buy a shop? You see, our shop is full of everything, and there are many regular customers. As long as you buy it, you can open the door for business immediately, which is very convenient."

Li Xiao could clearly see the anxiety in the eyes of the old man and the old lady.Leaving aside the wealthy people these days, it is very difficult for ordinary people to own a property. Just by looking at the wiped clean tables and chairs, you can see how much the old couple cherish this shop.

It must be that they are so short of money that the old couple are willing to sell.

"How much?" Li Xiao asked casually.Although he didn't intend to take the opportunity to lower the price, he also didn't want to be taken for a ride.

"70 taels, no, 60 taels! You see so many things in my shop are packaged and sold together, little brother, what do you think of the price?" The old man said enthusiastically, and the old woman looked at him expectantly.

The location of this street is actually not good, and the population flow is limited.But in this day and age, selling things is all about word of mouth. The so-called good wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

Li Xiao calculated the prices of other shops, and this price is indeed not bad, cheaper than he expected.So he nodded, took out 60 taels of silver notes from his purse and handed them over, "Old man, old lady, check to see if the amount is right."

The two elders were overjoyed immediately, took the bank note and checked it carefully, and after confirming that it was not fake, they tremblingly took out the deed and key of the store and handed it to Li Xiao, and then left with their own bags.

Ever since I planned to sell the house, everything that needs to be packed has been cleaned up, that is, I want to earn as much as I can, so I keep the shop open.Now that the shop is sold, all they have left is the furniture and ingredients, except for a small burden.

The little brother gave the money readily, and the old couple felt embarrassed to care about such a little thing, and finally looked at the house reluctantly, and the husband and wife supported each other and left the shop.

Holding the thin house deed and the cold key in his hand, Li Xiao also heaved a sigh of relief, watching the two elders leave, a smile finally appeared on Li Xiao's face, and he began to look around the room again.This is his exclusive property, and with this deed, his heart is finally not so empty.

The house is not big, and there are only a few small square tables in the shop.If you want to sell noodles in such a small space, the space is obviously too small, so Li Xiao plans to renovate the place and sell them earlier.

There are many kinds of breakfasts in later generations, buns and steamed buns of various flavors are made into various flowers. I think he can attract many customers for himself by using dim sum and changing some new tricks from time to time.

Most importantly, he can keep what he can't sell to fill his stomach.His requirements are not high, as long as he can feed himself and have some savings.

Li Xiao went to look at the compartment inside again. Apart from some sundries, there was actually a wooden bed in the compartment, and a simple straw mat was spread on the wooden bed. Taking a rest here, Ci Li Xiao is quite satisfied.

After visiting the house, Li Xiao originally planned to close the shop first, and reopen it after finishing the layout he wanted, but before he could make a move, some guests came to the door, "Mr. Zhang, here is a bowl of meat." Silk noodles..." Halfway through the shouting, I felt something was wrong, and subconsciously looked inside, "Hey, where is Mr. Zhang?"

It turned out that the old man was surnamed Zhang. Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled, "The old man has already transferred the shop to me." Thinking that the ingredients in it would be wasted if he didn't eat them, he simply added, "What do the guests want to eat?"

The guest was taken aback for a moment, probably because he didn't want to go to another place anymore, so he simply said, "Give me a bowl of shredded pork noodles, and put more chili."

"Wait a moment." Li Xiao responded casually, looked at all the pots on the stove, and turned the firewood. When ready, take out the noodles and put shredded pork on them, and soon a bowl of hot noodles will be ready.

"Guests please use it." Li Xiao said with a smile, even if he wants to change his career in the future, this is still his potential customer, so naturally he has to make a good impression.

Originally, I thought about dismissing this guest and leaving, but before the first guest left, the second guest came to the door again. As a result, it was delayed until the meal time, and there were more people instead.

Li Xiao had to light the fire, cook the noodles, and wash the bowls and chopsticks all by himself. He was so busy that he became a spinning top. He was so busy until the afternoon that he saw that there were no guests, so he cooked a few big bowls for himself and ate a lot. I wanted to go back home, but found that there were a lot of noodles and soup base left.

There is no refrigerator in this world, and the weather is getting hotter day by day. If he doesn't sell out all the things, the soup base and noodles may not be able to eat tomorrow.

Thinking that no amount of copper could be wasted, Li Xiao simply waited for a while, and sure enough, the business picked up again in the evening, until the last bowl of noodles was sold, Li Xiao closed the door with a smile, holding a bag in his arms. The large copper plate was all he earned today.

Li Xiao was thinking about whether to continue to open a noodle shop, but he thought that although he could make a lot of food, he hadn’t learned the skill of pulling noodles. Without Mr. Zhang's craftsmanship, he could only cross out this idea.

Moreover, it takes too long to open a noodle shop. After all, he still lives in Luo Mansion, so it is inconvenient to go back and forth. No matter how you think about it, an early shop is more suitable.

While thinking about it, Li Xiao went to Li Ji Dim Sum Shop to buy a pack of rice cakes.It's a pity that there is no disposable lunch box in this world, otherwise he would pack noodles for the third son and go back.

Li Xiao turned back from the yard familiarly, and then found that the third son was waiting for him in the yard again. This time, probably because of preparations, the third son was not frightened and rushed straight away when he saw him Come over, "Young master, have you heard!"

Seeing his excited expression, Li Xiao was a little puzzled, so he handed over the pastry casually, and the third son also took it casually. He didn't even look at the Liji Dim Sum that excited him a few days ago, but said excitedly. "Young master, young lady, she stole someone and was hit by the young master with his own eyes! The young master wants to divorce his wife!"

The amount of information in these words was a bit large, and Li Xiao couldn't help but stop when he was about to walk into the house, "What did you just say?"

Even in the era where one-night stands are rampant in the future, few men can bear a married woman cheating, not to mention in this era that pays attention to three obediences and four virtues, there are women who dare to steal from their men behind their backs. I'm afraid they will be immersed in a pig cage ?

Moreover, if he understands correctly, the person involved is still the "husband" of his body and the husband's wife.

This is really big news.

The author has something to say: Because some friends have been discussing,

So I'm here to say,

Regarding the deed issue,

The author also checked some information,

Formal channels are naturally where both parties go to the Yamen to go through the procedure,

But because it takes a lot of money to go to the government,

Therefore, buying and selling house deeds privately has become a very common behavior among ordinary people.

Of course, this is actually very unsafe,

It is easier to dispute.

But our pears are still a lowly citizen with a contract of prostitution in the hands of others,

It is impossible to go to the yamen to hand over without disturbing the owner's family.

So even if it is not very safe, he has nothing to do.

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