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Ye Feiyang was being shaken awake from a drowsy sleep. He rubbed his eyes and looked around: "What's the matter? Have you arrived in the city?" Just after asking, he saw a row of city walls not far away, the gray and white color was transparent. Looking at the vicissitudes of life, it looks quite imposing from a distance.As the ox cart approached, Ye Feiyang reckoned that the city wall might be four or five meters high, and there was a circular arch about two meters in length and height, and five soldiers-like people stood sparsely on both sides of the arch. There was a large stone plaque on it, with "Mudu Town" engraved on it, Ye Feiyang blinked, and felt that the name looked familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen it before, and then looked up again The neck, but did not see the figure of the guard on the top of the city wall, presumably this is not a very important town, so no one is patrolling the city wall.

There were many people coming in and out of the gate of the city. When he was about to enter the gate, Master Lizheng called everyone to get off the bullock cart and walked with him. When he saw the soldiers not far away, Ye Feiyang suddenly remembered that he was a black household. This matter, I hit a sudden in my heart, it will not be a problem, right?There seems to be no ID card in ancient times, so there should be no problem!Just like that, I followed Lord Lizheng anxiously, and heard Lord Lizheng talking to one of the soldiers: "Boss Liu, are you on duty again today?"

The man looked at the long row of ox carts behind Mr. Zheng, and said with a smile, "Yes. This year's harvest is good. Are you here to sell grain?"

"It's okay." Master Lizheng approached the team leader, took out some copper coins from his pocket, and put them in his hands: "It's a cold day, you guys have worked really hard, the money for this drink is ours Be a little careful."

The team leader stuffed it into his sleeve without even looking, and said with a smile on his face, "You are always so polite."

"Where."

When Xu Shi saw someone watching him, the team leader turned his eyes and immediately changed the subject: "These little brothers are familiar faces." As he spoke, his eyes only moved around Ye Feiyang.

Ye Feiyang was startled, and tensed up instantly, thinking to himself, hasn't Master Li Zheng already bribed him?Why do I still have to ask, is it because there is less delivery?He was thinking whether to take out all the money Qi Shu gave him last night.Suddenly there were hands on his shoulders, which belonged to Qi Shu, and Ye Feiyang was inexplicably relieved, with Qi Shu around, he should be fine.

Lord Lizheng was not in a hurry, he said casually: "Oh, these people are distant relatives of Qi Shu, who just came to join him a while ago, and are already planning to settle here with us, no, I'm planning to take advantage of this Go and report."

"Oh, go to work then, and don't let me delay you."

"Let's go now, see you later."

Ye Feiyang blinked, is this the end?His body was still a little stiff, and he was relieved until he passed through the arched gate and entered the city. The leader of the emotional team just said it casually?

Qi Shu looked at Ye Feiyang's nervous appearance, smiled slightly, and his eyes fell on Jixiang who woke up in his arms at some time, this little guy held his breath for a long time just now, could it be that he also knows worry?Thinking of this, Qi Shu couldn't help but smile, the big and small ones he picked up are all very interesting.

After entering the city, Ye Feiyang immediately forgot the fact that he was a black householder, and looked at everything in front of him with great interest. The two rows of houses on the street were uneven, but they were not adjacent to each other. Perhaps they were from ancient times. The land is not so expensive, and there is always a small distance between each other. There are not too many people on the street. At a glance, there are occasionally two small stalls on the street.

As soon as he entered the city, Li Zheng made an appointment with Qi Shu and the others to meet here again at Shen Shi, and then the two groups separated.Qi Shu led Ye Feiyang, Xiao San and the others towards the market.Ye Feiyang hugged Ji Xiang into his arms, the two looked left and right, Fang Zhengjie tugged on Ye Feiyang's sleeve, and looked around curiously, all he wanted to see was if there was any delicious food, Qi Shu and Xiao San followed.

Ye Feiyang caught sight of a shop with all kinds of fabrics in it, and immediately walked in. Winter is coming soon. He looked at Qi Shu's wardrobe. There were only a few clothes, and he gave some to him. He had to buy some fabric and go back to make some new clothes. As for himself, the clothes brought in the space were enough for him to wear for many years.

The size of the shop is small, there is a counter on the left hand side, and there is a person who looks like a boss sitting inside, and the waiter on the other side seems to be a waiter, who is arranging the fabrics. Guo Ye Feiyang stood directly in front of Xiao San, and said: "What do you want to buy, sir? The fabrics we have here are the most complete in color and quality in Mudu Town! You are satisfied! Look here, these silks and satins just arrived early this morning, and they have just been put out, and they match your aura very well! Would you like to choose something?"

The waiter in this store is really enthusiastic, Ye Feiyang smiled: "No, I want to see cotton cloth."

The waiter in the shop was stunned, and looked at the guests without any trace. The one who just spoke didn't look like a master of the house, let alone the worst clothes. The status here is not high, unlike the other two, one is calm and dignified, and the one in front of him is dressed in top-quality silk and satin, with arrogant eyes, he is not an ordinary person at first glance, he does not look like someone who can buy cotton cloth.Aren't they together?It's not like that, the half-grown and delicate-looking child is also dressed in silk, but he is holding the sleeve of that low-ranking person in his hand, and the little baby in that person's arms, although beautiful and lovable, The material of the clothes is really not good, what is the situation?The waiter couldn't help turning his eyes to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper coughed and reprimanded lightly: "Are you stupid? Why don't you show the guest officer a look at the cotton cloth!"

The waiter in the shop came back to his senses, and immediately led Ye Feiyang to the other side: "Look, guest officer, here are all the cotton cloths you want, although the color is not as bright as silk and satin, the colors are not as many as silk and satin, and the upper body is also worse than silk and satin." A little bit, but it is still relatively comfortable, and the price is cheap, you can see which one you want, and I will give it to you."

Fang Zhengjie couldn't help but twitched his lips when he heard this. The waiter in the shop was obviously saying that the cotton cloth was bad!Even Jixiang spit out a few bubbles of saliva, and looked at the waiter with round eyes disdainfully.Xiao San looked at the waiter in the shop with some disdain in his eyes, but he didn't move, looking at the situation in front of him with a half-smile.Qi Shu's eyes still fell on Ye Feiyang's face.

Ye Feiyang looked at the fabric in front of him seriously, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm from the waiter in the shop, he pointed his fingers one by one: "Well, I want this dark blue, this cyan, and this light white, um, this bright red is also Yes, and, this, this..." Even Xiao Jixiang stretched out his little paws to grab two horses like joining in the fun, of course, Ye Feiyang ordered without hesitation.

"Guest officer, did you ask for so much?"

Ye Feiyang turned his head to look at him, and said seriously: "No, I only want three horses, but these are just your samples, I have to see the real ones to see if you're trying to sell dog meat, and then decide which three horses I want. "

The eloquent shop waiter choked, and resigned himself to his fate, made two trips to the back to bring out more than a dozen pieces of fabric, and spread them out on the long table: "Guest officer, look, our shop is innocent, and these are exactly the same as the samples." of!"

Ye Feiyang nodded, and handed Ji Xiang who stretched out his hand to make trouble to Qi Shu, and looked at the fabric seriously, he really wanted to buy it, this ancient cotton cloth felt really good in his hand, he knew that It was woven by the Weaver Girl thread by thread, completely different from modern machine products. He looked carefully, and finally pointed to the dark blue, cyan, and bright red ones and asked, "How much do these three horses cost?"

After confirming that the other party really wanted to buy fabrics, the waiter in the shop immediately forgot his unhappiness. Although he didn't buy satin, the three bolts of cotton cloth were quite good!He immediately smiled and said: "Guest officer, you have a good eye. These three colors are the most correct in our shop. Not only are the colors correct, but the material is also the best."

Ye Feiyang smiled: "Where is it?"

The waiter at the shop immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Guest officer, today you are the first customer in our store, and we are considered destined. These three pieces of fabric usually sell for at least 200 renminbi. Today, I will give you a cheaper price of 180 renminbi." The money is ready."

Ye Feiyang's smile froze: "How much?"

"Guest officer, 180 Wen."

Ye Feiyang's face straightened: "It's too expensive. I just asked all the way here. They are cheaper than you." Fang Zhengjie raised his head in wonder, and asked silently in his eyes: Brother Ye, we just entered the city!Where have you been in other stores?

Afraid of being betrayed, Ye Feiyang immediately stretched out his hand and rubbed Fang Zhengjie's hair, and said gently: "Zhengjie, are you still thinking about the candied haws just now? Then we'll buy fabric for you later, okay?"

Although he didn't understand why Ye Feiyang lied, but when he heard that there were candied haws to eat, Fang Zhengjie, a snack foodie, immediately gave up asking, and nodded with a smile: "Okay! Thank you, Brother Ye!"

Hearing that the fat sheep was about to run away, the waiter in the shop became anxious, and quickly said: "Guest officer, Kangtai's fabrics are not as good as mine, and the color is not as good as my house's. We can discuss it again, how about this, how much is that house, how much will I give you, this is the head office!"

Ye Feiyang blinked: "But I think the cyan color of that house is better than yours, and the scarlet color is darker. I like that."

The waiter in the shop made an appearance of arguing: "Guest officer, you can't say that, look at my fabric, this color, this texture, all of them are the best in Mudu Town!" After finishing speaking, he said , "If not, I'll give you 160 Wen, which is really the lowest price!"

In the blink of an eye, 20 coins were lost. Sure enough, there is no evil or no business. Ye Feiyang continued to pretend to be innocent: "Is it really the lowest price? But it's 120 coins over there!"

When the waiter heard this, he couldn't help cursing the damn Taikang secretly!The price was so low, he glanced at the shopkeeper and saw that he didn't show any dissatisfaction, so he said bitterly: "Guest officer, the things in that house are really not as good as mine! Hey, it depends on you, guest officer. It’s the first one to come to our store to buy things today, so let’s get 119! It’s one penny less than that one, is that okay?”

Fang Zhengjie's eyes widened, and he looked at Ye Feiyang with even more admiration!It actually dropped from 180 to 119 in one breath! ! !Xiao San's expression was obviously much happier than before.Qi Shu slightly hooked the corners of his lips, his eyes filled with a gentle smile.

Ye Feiyang pondered for a moment, and after satisfying the waiter's appetite, he nodded reluctantly: "Okay then."

"Then I'll wrap it up for you, guest officer!"

"Wait! I want to take a closer look. I bought one last time because I didn't look carefully. When I got home, I found that it was bitten by bugs. This time I have to look carefully."

The waiter in the shop was silent for a moment, and quickly shook off the fabric: "Our shop is innocent, and we will never do such dirty things! Guest officer, please pay attention! This..." Unexpectedly, he was interrupted before he finished speaking. up.

"Hey, what is this?" Ye Feiyang pointed to one of the shallow marks the size of a thumbnail, which seemed to be wet.

The waiter leaned over to take a look, and opened his mouth and said, "Ah, that's because I sweated on my palms when I picked up the fabric just now, and it got on it! It'll be fine after it's dry!"

Ye Feiyang obviously didn't believe it: "It's late autumn now, and you still sweat?"

The waiter in the shop really wanted to sweat: "Really guest officer!"

"Then what's here?" Ye Feiyang turned to pointing at a small ball of black on the red fabric, which was obviously dirty by accident: "And here, there is a hole!" There is a spot on the edge of the dark blue fabric. very small hole.

The shop clerk was so sad that he couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Ye Feiyang said with relief: "I really like these three pieces of cloth. Although there are some flaws, if you are willing to erase the odds, I will reluctantly take them."

This time it was not the waiter who spoke, but the shopkeeper: "Yes."

Ye Feiyang smiled and rolled his eyes: "It's still the shopkeeper's frankness, three pieces of cloth cost 100 Wen, it's really innocent!"

The shopkeeper's face froze: "Didn't you mean to erase the change, it should be 110 Wen."

"Huh? Isn't one hundred called an integer?"

The waiter wanted to cry, but the shopkeeper gritted his teeth: "Okay! That's one hundred!"

Only then was Ye Feiyang satisfied, and took out a small string of copper coins from his pocket, and was about to count them, when he suddenly asked: "Will the color of this fabric fade? It won't look good if it fades!"

The shopkeeper didn't even think about it, and simply replied: "No, this fabric has been placed for more than a year, and the color is as bright as new, so it won't fade!"

The waiter in the shop immediately widened his eyes when he heard this, and the person who wanted to remind the shopkeeper had no chance, and as expected, he immediately heard the person say: "Didn't you just say that you just arrived this morning? It turns out that you have been waiting for more than a year." ? Shopkeeper, this is not called foolishness!"

The shopkeeper really wanted to slap himself twice, what to do so fast!He looked distressed and said: "Guest officer, to tell you the truth, my small business can't make much money all year round. There are old and young in the family, and they are all waiting for this small shop to earn food. How about it, 90 Wen, this is the price of my purchase, just treat it as if I brought you three bolts of cloth for nothing, okay?"

Fang Zhengjie couldn't help feeling soft-hearted after seeing it, he pulled Ye Feiyang's sleeve, and was about to say a few words to help the shopkeeper, when Ye Feiyang said: "Shopkeeper, I also want to trust you, but since I entered the store, I have been deceived." So many times, I've really..."

"Xiaoer, go and bring the ledger on the table and let the guest officer look at it!" When the waiter brought the ledger, the shopkeeper ignored the waiter and winked, grabbed the ledger and put it directly in Ye Feiyang's hand: "Guest officer, look, these three horses The purchase price of the cloth is here, I really didn't lie to you!"

Ye Feiyang pointed to the account book and said calmly: "Shopkeeper, it says 20 coins per horse."

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Fang Zhengjie saw for the first time that a person's expression could change so many ways in a short period of time.

Ye Feiyang raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Shopkeeper, I know that you are also working hard, how about this, I will give you an extra 5 Wen for each piece of cloth, and it will be used as compensation for the hard work of you and Xiao Er, okay?"

Walking out of the shop, Xiao San took out a paper fan from nowhere and unfolded it, covering his face and laughing loudly, looking at the proud person in front of him, he said with a low smile: Feiyang, Feiyang.

Qi Shu raised his eyebrows, silently glanced at Xiao San, secretly alert.

Fang Zhengjie grabbed Ye Feiyang's hand with an excited expression: "Brother Ye! You are so amazing! You actually bought something worth 200 Wen for 65 Wen!"

Ye Feiyang smiled and patted his head: "This is called soldiers never tire of deceit!" Although he was the only son, his parents recognized a goddaughter, and Ye Feiyang was always dragged by this goddaughter to go shopping together. He has learned [-]% of his bargaining skills.Thinking of the death of her parents, she was buried in a fire, and she didn't know how sad her godmother would be. She had just given birth to a baby, so don't hurt your body by crying.

Seeing that Ye Feiyang's expression darkened suddenly, Qi Shu must have thought of someone in his hometown again, so he stuffed the auspiciousness in his arms: "Feiyang, I'm holding the cloth, you hold it for a while, it's auspicious."

Ye Feiyang nodded, reached out to take Jixiang, and subconsciously leaned over to kiss his soft and milky face, Jixiang immediately giggled and kissed back, Ye Feiyang's mood gradually brightened a lot.

After walking for a short time, the number of people on the street gradually increased, and there were more small stalls on both sides of the street, Qi Shu said: "There is a market in front, if you see what is lacking, just buy."

Ye Feiyang nodded, and looked carefully all the way, those small stalls are a bit like the vegetable market in the previous life, with some fresh vegetables, occasionally poultry such as chickens and ducks, and rabbits, there are always people around them, it seems that there is business It's true that most of the people on this street are women who are shopping for vegetables with baskets in their hands. Ye Feiyang just looked at them without asking the price. These things can be grabbed directly from the mountains or bought from people in the village.After walking a few more steps, I suddenly saw someone selling large livestock, such as pigs, cows, donkeys, etc. I looked at it from a distance, and it seemed that there was a seller of sheep!Ye Feiyang's heart moved, wondering if there were any ewes, it would be nice to go back and produce milk for Ji Xiang and Fang Zhengjie!

The smell here is not good. Seeing that Ye Feiyang was still drilling into the smelly place, Jixiang burst into tears. Ye Feiyang thought he was being squeezed, so he quickly backed away, turned around and saw Xiao San standing Not far away, it seemed that he didn't intend to come over, he walked over and handed Jixiang to him, and said: "Xiao San, hold Jixiang well, I'll go over there to have a look, and come here later, Zhengjie, you Stay here with Xiao San, be good."

Qi Shu put the cloth in front of Fang Zhengjie and let him support it, and followed Ye Feiyang into the crowd: "Feiyang, what do you want to buy?"

Ye Feiyang stretched his neck to look: "I want to see if there is a female goat. Goat milk is very nourishing. It is good to make some for everyone to drink. I just don't know if it is expensive. Brother Qi, do you think it will be too wasteful?" ?”

Qi Shu smiled and said, "Since it's very nutritious, it's worth the money, so why waste it? I still have some money, you don't have to worry too much about the money, just buy it."

Hearing this, Ye Feiyang's heart warmed up. He knew that Qi Shu's entire net worth was only 5 taels of silver. It would take at least next year to make money from farming. However, the population of this town is not small. If you really have no money, you can Find opportunities to come to the city a few more times, and it is feasible to sell some vegetables and fruits in the space, as well as rabbits and the like.Thinking of this, Ye Feiyang had the idea of ​​buying ewes again.

"There are ewes and a few lambs there." Qi Shu had good eyes, and he pulled Ye Feiyang over there.The man had a ewe, and Ye Feiyang could see at a glance that the ewe's nipples were huge, square in shape, and drooping bulgingly, obviously in the milking period.Several people nearby were asking questions, Ye Feiyang listened carefully, and they all wanted to buy lambs, so he was relieved, looked at the ewe carefully, turned his head and asked Qi Shu quietly: "Brother Qi, can you see?" Is this ewe sick?"

Qi Shu had just heard from many people, and knew that the ewe was good, so he said, "It's not sick, just buy it."

Ye Feiyang felt relieved, and when the conversation over there came to an end, he immediately went up and asked, "How much is this ewe?"

The man glanced at Ye Feiyang, his tone was very flat: "1000 Wen."

Ye Feiyang took a deep breath. He asked Qi Shu that a tael of silver is 800 Wen, but this 1000 tael is more than a tael!It's too dark too!He opened his mouth and asked for one-fifth of his property.He glanced at the ewe, then pulled Qi Shu back.

"What's wrong? Don't buy it?"

Ye Feiyang shook his head: "It's too expensive, so I won't buy it for now. Besides, we don't have a place to raise it in the mountains. Let's talk about it in spring."

"Don't worry, I still have some money."

Ye Feiyang stopped in his tracks: "It's okay if you don't know how to live like this! We only have 5 taels of silver in our hands. If we don't calculate it carefully, it will be spent soon. What will we do then?"

Qi Shu really wanted to say that it would be nice to go back to the General's Mansion to get some later, but seeing Ye Feiyang's serious look and thinking about what he just said, Qi Shu smiled slightly: "Then don't buy it, I didn't think it through."

Seeing this, Ye Feiyang didn't say anything anymore. The two returned to Xiao San and Fang Zhengjie, and walked around again. Fang Zhengjie didn't buy the candied haws that Fang Zhengjie was looking forward to, so Ye Feiyang promised to make it himself when he got home. He ate, which made the snack food satisfied.Around noon, everyone was a little tired, Xiao San walked towards the restaurant, but was stopped by Ye Feiyang, he raised his eyebrows: "Why, don't you want to eat?"

Ye Feiyang pulled him, pointed to a noodle stall opposite: "Eat, let's eat Yangchun noodles."

Xiao San almost didn't bring it up in one breath, and actually asked him to go to that kind of place to eat Yangchun noodles!He reached into his sleeve with one hand, and was about to take out the gold leaves when Ye Feiyang continued: "The dishes in this restaurant are all cooked in places where we can't see them. You don't even know if the dishes are washed or not. Maybe there will be some food in it." Worm, are you sure you want to go in and eat? Look, we can see him making the Yangchun noodle stall from beginning to end, and we can tell whether it is clean or not at a glance. Although it is a bit simple, it is safe to eat, right?"

A few words instantly comforted Xiao San, he decisively let go of the gold leaf in his hand, and followed Ye Feiyang to the dark table.

The waiter at the entrance of the restaurant was crying against the wind. Although their restaurant is a bit small, they have never done anything unclean. How could they be so slandered!

After eating Yangchun noodles, Ye Feiyang went to buy some salt. Winter is coming, and he needs to pickle more. Originally, he wanted to bargain, but Fang Zhengjie pulled his sleeves and whispered to his ears: "Brother Ye, the price of salt is It was decided by the court, and no one dares to change it." The implication is that Brother Ye, stop haggling!You will be arrested and brought to the court!

After buying what he needed, Ye Feiyang started to go shopping slowly. During the period, he bought a rattle and a pair of tiger-toed shoes for Ji Xiang, a sugar figurine for Fang Zhengjie, and finally a piece of pastry for Xiao San. Cheap stuff for a few pennies.Before we knew it, it was the time we had made an appointment with Mr. Li Zheng, and the group happily met each other, got on the bullock cart and went home.