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Walking to the bustling part of Wanlong Street, Qi Bao felt the gazes from around him. There were men, women, old and young, mostly looking at Qi Xiao. Even if someone glanced at her, it still had the meaning of probing.Who made her wear a simple long jacket, and Qi Xiao beside her is a big red beanie made of high-quality silk and satin, which is very eye-catching, and looks like a disaster for the country and the people, even Qi Ping, who is a daughter, can't help but look at it .

And Qi Xiao, who was worshiped by the officials since childhood and used to look down on the heroes, ignored those gazes at all, and even leisurely and elegantly bought two meat buns from a roadside stall and ate them slowly.

On purpose, she must have done it on purpose.

Thinking of the owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop just now, he handed the steamed stuffed bun to Qi Xiao with a smirk, his eyes wide open, and he really wanted to gouge out his eyes. If he dared to make a cheap offer, Qi Ting would definitely let the shadow guards cut him off. his tongue.

When did I become so cruel?

Rubbing between her eyebrows, she saw that Qianqianyu held the smoking meat bun and handed it to her eyes. Although the meat bun was delicious, the half-exposed jade arm was even more attractive and delicious.

He wanted to slap himself hard, but wearing men's clothing made his heart look wretched.

He took the bun and took a bite, quickened his pace, almost choked on the bun when he walked, and was afraid of being teased by the people around him, so he blushed and swallowed the bun.

Walking to an alley, turning a corner, the original bluestone road on the main road was paved with small stones, and it was uneven due to long-term rain erosion, stained with a layer of green moss.

After passing a rice shop and a wine cellar, I walked a few dozen steps further in, gradually getting away from the noisy environment, and the surrounding became quieter. Occasionally, I passed by a house and disturbed the domestic dog inside, uttering a sound or two as a warning. Howl.

"arrive."

Qi Ping stopped in front of a two-story building, the white exterior wall was already stained with yellow, if it wasn't for the hanging banner with the word "Book" hanging on the door, it would be just an ordinary people's house.

Qi Xiao looked up and saw the shop door that was not even a piece of flat or even a signboard, and said, "You are so amazing that you found such a remote shop."

"Unfortunately, but the store is very nice."

Before he had time to understand the meaning of being helpless, Qi Yi had already stepped through the threshold and entered the bookstore. The light in the small room was darker than that outside, and because the surroundings were full of books, it gave people a feeling of loneliness and no one.

A shopkeeper who is nearly half a century old is holding his forehead and calculating today's income, expenditure, profit and loss, and the beads are crackling.

Hearing the footsteps of someone entering the door, the shopkeeper immediately changed the smile of the businessman, and when he saw that it was Qi Zhi, the smile turned and became more intimate, and said: "Mr. I've been waiting for you for a day."

After hearing this, Qi Zhi said apologetically, "I was in a hurry at home yesterday, so I didn't come here in time, so I came here today to see if those children are still free."

"Free, free." The shopkeeper nodded again and again, "The dolls are waiting for you to come, and they will come as soon as you call."

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper saw the woman in red standing at the door, now standing there Tingting, with the light behind her back, she didn't look like a visitor, looked at her and then at Qi, and asked suspiciously: "Wen Young master, who is this?"

"Oh, this is..." Qi Zhi paused, not knowing how to explain.

"His sister." Qi Xiao walked slowly, with a calm expression: "My Ruo'er has been taken care of by you a lot on weekdays."

"Where is it?" The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand. He saw that the woman was dressed in red and had an extraordinary temperament. She should not be a girl from an ordinary family, but Qi Ping was quite handsome but very poor. This pair of siblings is really impressive. Strange, thinking in his heart, he still greeted people with a smile on his face, "Actually, I, the old man, should thank Mr. Wen. I don't know why Miss Wen is here today?"

"I happened to go to the street to buy some things, and it was still early, so I came with me."

"Okay." The shopkeeper turned his head and shouted to the back room: "Cuilian, come here."

After a while, a young girl lifted the curtain from the inner hall and came out. When she saw Qi Xiao, her eyes lit up, but when she saw Qi Xiao beside her, she frowned and her eyes dimmed. Xiao's eyes.

He took out a box from the cabinet, passed it to Cuilian, and said, "Go, make a pot of tea for Mr. Wen and Miss Wen. Then call the children over."

Hearing that the two had the same surname, his dark eyes lit up again, and he answered, and walked lightly to the back room to make tea.

The shopkeeper cupped his hands, Qi Xiao said: "Little girl Cuilian, I made you laugh, you two wait here for a moment."

The shop itself is not big, but it is full of books. The counter facing the street sells some things such as the Four Treasures of the Study. Qi Xiao didn't have much interest in this book, so he picked one up and sat on a chair to read it.

"Shopkeeper Pan, hasn't the second volume come yet?" Qi Zhi asked as he put the book back on the shelf.

Looking up from the account, the shopkeeper thought for a while, and said with a smile: "You are talking about "Jing Shui Yuan", right? Many people have asked about it, but not yet. But those big letters."

Nodding in understanding, Qi Zhi said disappointedly: "In this case, we can only continue to wait."

At this moment, the door curtain was opened, and Cuilian said to the two people outside: "Mr. Wen, Miss Wen, the house is tidy and the tea is ready, come in."

The two put down the books in their hands and walked to Cuilian, only to see two seven or eight-year-old children standing at her feet. Teeth said: "Sir, you are here. We waited for a long time yesterday." After speaking, the two ran to Qi Ping's side and grabbed her legs, holding up a few copybooks, "Look, sir, this is We wrote it."

On the copybook, the words "Yi Ren Shang Di" and other words were written crookedly. Qi Yi took it and held it in his hand to read it and said, "Well, it's well written. Why are there just you two and the others?"

"Xiao Wu is shitting in the latrine." The boy laughed out loud, "Heard that Mr. is coming, he is in a hurry to pull up his pants and come over."

"Da Niu and Shi Zi have already gone to call other people." The girl took Qi Po's hand and dragged her to the back room, "They will be there in a while."

Walking inside is a small square courtyard, a few camphor trees are sparsely planted next to a well in the middle, and entering the innermost room on the west side, where some miscellaneous tools and old household furnishings are piled up. At the front of the house is a big black stone, the opposite side is flat and smooth, and the opposite side is uneven.

The two children moved chairs and sat in the room. Cuilian came over with teapots and cups, put them on the table, and poured two cups of tea respectively. Qi Xiao sat on the chair beside the table without saying a word. In the farthest corner of the room, at the farthest distance from the ink stone, Qi Zhe took out a pen and a water jug ​​in front of the ink stone and placed them on the tea table beside him, and took a few more from the cloth bag he carried with him. Raw edged paper, the same size and shape as what Qi Xiao saw last time.

After a while, two more children came, carrying their own benches respectively. Qi Xiao just watched, raised her hand and took a sip of tea, frowned, and called out in a low voice: "Baer."

"Eh?" Still not used to being called out like that by her, Qi Ting's ears felt a little hot, but fortunately he was far away from being seen, "What's wrong?"

"Do you have any words?"

The man asked naturally, and the frowning expression was like a child who has taken bitter medicine and is looking for candy, which made Qi Ping chuckle: "I don't have any with me, how about a glass of white water?"

Waving his hands to show that it's okay, Qi Xiao continued to drink tea slowly.

Eight people came to the room one after another, the youngest was seven years old and the oldest was only ten years old. Without exception, they brought their own benches and handed over the copybooks they wrote to Qi Zhi for review.After counting the number of people, Qi Yi picked up the pre-written rough-edged paper and put a piece of paper in each child's hand. Seeing that Qi Xiao also stretched out his hand, he gave the same piece of paper.

Cuilian didn't leave or ask for paper, she just stood beside Qi Xiao and listened to Qi Ping's lecture.

This time I wrote the story of Meng Mu's three moves. Looking at the way Qi Ping shook his head while reading it, he looked a bit like the masters of the Imperial College.

After reading it a few times, I started to teach characters. I used a brush to dip in water and wrote directly on the inkstone, drawing a darker mark. Although it is not as easy to absorb water as paper, it is not easy to get water stains. Water stains can be absorbed and dried and can be written repeatedly, which is more convenient and economical.

Because there are only stools and no desks, and the children have no pens and paper, they all carefully look at each stroke, and then copy and write on the paper with their small hands.

Feeling a little bored, Qi Xiao got up and walked outside, looked at the scenery in the garden, and then walked to the shop. The shopkeeper just made a deal, and he recorded the money in the account with a smile on his face. Seeing Qi Xiao coming out, he quickly greeted : "Does Miss Wen need anything?"

"No, I just want to come and see what books are available, so I can buy them back and have a look."

Seeing the puzzled expression on the shopkeeper's face, Qi Xiao was thinking about what was wrong with what he said just now, when the other party changed the subject and asked hesitantly: "May I ask, is Mr. Wen married?" Seeing that Qi Xiao was silent There was no response, and the shopkeeper added: "I asked him before, but he was just vague, and I know this is an abrupt question."

It's because she is a woman herself, it is impossible to marry a wife, but there is a marriage contract, so she can't answer, Qi Xiao thought to herself, and said politely: "Where, my younger brother has no wife, I don't know why shopkeeper Pan asked this."

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, and continued to say: "I hit him off right away, and I like him very much. Just ask me casually, and I don't know how many brothers and sisters you have?"

Qi Xiao already understood the purpose of this person, and wanted to recruit Qi Bing as a son-in-law and betroth her own daughter to her, but she wanted to laugh, so she suppressed the smile, and her face was still calm: "It's just me and him."

Then happiness turned to sorrow, this family is quite alike, their expressions changed from joy to anger like flipping through a book: "It turns out that I am the only son, your father-in-law is very lucky."

"My father and mother passed away when we were young, and now my brother and I depend on each other for life." Qi Xiao did not lie.

Upon hearing this, the cloud of sorrow dissipated, replaced by joy, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and said with a sad expression: "That's really hard work for you, as the saying goes, elder sister is like mother..."

Halfway through the conversation, Qi Ping lifted the curtain and came out, followed by Cuilian, "So you are here, I have been looking for you in the yard for a long time." Qi Ping saw the two people standing facing each other and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing, just chatting casually." The shopkeeper replied immediately, but his face was not relaxed, and he felt that there was no silver 300 taels here.

Qi Xiao looked at Qi Ping with a smile, and stretched out her hand to straighten her crooked neckline, full of warmth.

Qi Ping was full of suspicion, but he couldn't resist Qi Xiao's constant warmth today, and he forgot to ask any questions. At this time, a hot-tempered man came in outside the door. He was dressed in a coarse cloth and his face was blackened by charcoal smoke. Grinning with white teeth showing, "Father, I'm back."

No.15 Talking Game

When the shopkeeper saw the man, he darkened his face and said sharply: "You bastard, you came back so late, you went to Tieguaijiao again, I really don't know what kind of medicine was given to you, I don't want it in this shop, why did you go to fight it?" iron."

The man was not angry when he heard this, he scratched his head and said, "Father, stop talking, isn't this family having guests?" The man laughed loudly and said, "Who do you think it is, brother Wen?"

The man enthusiastically walked in front of Qi Ping, and stretched out his hand to hook her shoulders, but before that hand touched her shoulder, Qi Ping dodged and hid behind Qi Xiao.Shocked, he said: "Brother Pan, long time no see, I'm here to disturb everyone again today."

"Hey, it's easy to say." The man waved his hand heartily to express that it's okay. He turned his eyes and saw Qi Xiao who was standing beside him. He had been turning his back to him and didn't pay much attention. Now he saw that cold face, which was extremely charming. Halfway through the swing, the hands stopped in the air and the eyes looked straight.

"Cough." The shopkeeper coughed lightly, stepped forward and said, "Gunzi Wenxuan, please forgive me for offending you."

Pan Wenxuan, the name is very elegant, it can be seen that the shopkeeper Pan has high hopes, but it is far from the person himself, the bunt and a slightly strong body shape do not match the name, Pan Wenxuan finally came back to his senses, stiff Rubbing the hand that was still waving just now on the trouser leg, he asked, "Who is this girl?"

"Mr. Wen's elder sister." The shopkeeper replied, and immediately glared, "Why are you still standing there, how decent is this look, hurry up and go into the room to wash your face."

While nodding, he still couldn't help but look at Qi Xiao a few more times. Perhaps Qi Xiao's expression was too indifferent, Pan Wenxuan didn't dare to make too many mistakes, and finally turned around reluctantly and entered the back room.

Qi Xiao turned her head and saw Qi Bing who was still hiding behind her, and asked, "Have you finished class?"

"No, let the children take a rest." After calculating that the time is almost up, it's time to go back and explain the rest of the content, Qi Ping walked to the door curtain, thinking of Pan Wenxuan's appearance just now, he felt inappropriate, and said: "Xiao'er won't go to the class together ?"

But Qi Xiao refused. This class was really boring and drowsy. Although it was just a temporary class for Qi Zhe to make a fuss, falling asleep in class was really insulting to Kong Xiansheng.

Seeing her rejecting Qi Zhi, naturally she couldn't force her to go to the class, but then thought that Qi Xiao would definitely come here by herself later, Pan Wenxuan would definitely come here, and felt uncomfortable, so she changed her mind after thinking about it: "I think it's getting late, wait a moment I'll be fine in a while."

Back in class, he gave the children homework assignments, quickly sorted out the pens and ink spread on the table, and trotted all the way to the outside of the shop.

Pan Wenxuan had already washed his face, and he talked to Qi Xiao in a very energetic manner. Qi Xiao sat on the chair for entertaining guests and dealt with it casually without lifting the head of the book. A calculated expression.

After tidying up the cloth bag on his shoulders, Qi Ping stepped forward to block Pan Wenxuan, cutting off his view of Qi Xiao, cupped his hands and said politely: "Pan shopkeeper, brother Pan, I will take my leave first, if there is no accident , I will come again in three days."

After finishing speaking, he didn't greet them too much, took Qi Xiao's hand and walked out of the bookstore, regardless of the farewell eyes and goodbyes coming from behind.

Walking out of the shop, it was almost midnight when the two of them returned to Wanlong Street. It was already late February, the day was getting longer and it was still not dark outside. The vendors on both sides of the road wanted to do their last business and go home for dinner, yelling hard.

The two walked towards the direction where the carriage was parked, looking casually at the small things in the booth, seeing Qi Zhi looking at the small things on the booth with a curious face, Qi Xiao clung to her ear, and said softly: "If you like anything, buy it alright."

The implication is of course that her empress will pay for it, not to mention the items on the stall, and the items on the whole street, Qi Xiao can buy them back with just a few words.Qi Zhi looked at the things on the booth, looked up and saw a clothing store on the street, and asked tentatively: "Can I buy some clothes?"

Looking at Qi Zhi with some surprise, I always thought that she would not be someone interested in clothing, and thought that she would choose some paper and ink, but since I said it, of course I would not break my promise, nodded and said: "Don't say a word." One piece, ten pieces are fine."

Entering the clothing store, the boss with a measuring tape around his neck greeted him enthusiastically. Seeing this man and a woman, his shrewd eyes rolled and he immediately nodded to Qi Xiao and said, "Miss, what can I do for you?"

Qi Xiao took a rough look at the layout of the store. There were all kinds of fabrics on the counters. On one wall was hung high-quality brocade fabrics just behind the counters, and on the other side were garments of different styles. Judging from the layout, this store should be relatively high-end, and the costumes of the customers in the store also illustrate this point, but no matter how luxurious the fabric is, no matter how exquisite the service is, it is not as good as any one Qi Xiao gave Qi Bing before. Could it be that this person is I can't buy men's clothes.

"Bao'er, go and pick." Qi Xiao said to Qi Bao beside him.

The enthusiastic smile that was still full of smiles before that was solidified on his face. Anyway, the boss has been in the business field for decades, and he thinks he is very accurate at judging people. When this man and woman came in, he noticed that the man was dressed Simple, but the women around him are exquisitely dressed and behave like a rich man. When he became a boy, he was just a female follower, but he didn't think about business, but this boy.

Embarrassed, the boss rubbed his hands and walked over to Qi Zhi's side, and said with a smile, "Young master, I don't know what kind of clothes you want." Measure for size.

"No, no." Qi Zhi stopped the boss's actions: "It's not my clothes, I want to buy a girl's clothes."

The boss was even more puzzled, rolled his eyes at Qi Xiao's expression, and asked, "This young man doesn't know what style and size he wants."

Qi Zhi gestured to himself and said, "Slightly shorter than me, about the same size as me, maybe a little thinner than me."

Hearing what Qi Xiao said, the boss looked embarrassed, tailoring clothes is the basic idea, but it is really difficult to deal with it, but seeing that Qi Xiao is a rich owner, and he doesn't want to let go of the deal, he suggested: "How about such a son, You choose a style, we will help you make a size, if it doesn't fit, you can come over and fix it, how about it?"

"Well, good." Qi Zhi nodded in agreement.

After choosing the material and the style, it was supposed to be picked up five days later, but Qi Xiao felt that the time was too long, so Qi Xiao didn't say much, and paid double the cutting fee to speed up the completion within three days, and they didn't return the bill at the time of checkout. I paid the full price and took the note, which made the boss smile there.

It was already dark outside the shop, Qi Xiao glanced at Qi Bing next to her, and said, "You are a master and servant, and you are very fond of presenting flowers to Buddha."

Sensing Qi Xiao's slight dissatisfaction, Qi Wei looked up at her perennially indifferent expression, and was about to say something when Qi Xiao saw the Wanlong Building across the street and said: "It's too late to go back, why don't we go after a meal. "

Wanlong Building is a well-known century-old store. At the beginning, when Wanlong Street was just a small gravel road, Wan Asan opened a restaurant here. At that time, there were only five tables and chairs and a boiler. After a hundred years of development, the owner has It is Wan Asan's great-great-grandson Wan Jinbao. The former small restaurant with five tables and one oven has now developed into a three-story building with Zhulou, green tiles, pearl windows, and net doors.The nameless gravel road in front of the gate also became lively because of the rise of Wanlong Building, and it was named Wanlong Street.

There are three floors in this Wanlong building. The first floor is the lobby. Thirty square tables are placed in the lobby. There are no partitions between them. Most of them are ordinary people eating and drinking. The third floor is a private room, there are six rooms in total, large and small, and the gorgeous dishes in the room are also different from those provided on the two floors below. Usually, only dignitaries can go to the third floor to enjoy.

As soon as the two of them entered the store, the waiter bent over and walked forward, glanced at the two of them and said politely: "Please, guest officer, I see the two students, it must be the first time you come, our Wanlong Building... "

Xiao Er was talking non-stop, Qi Xiao walked up the stairs without looking sideways, and entered the second floor. It was the first time Qi Zhe came to this place, so he could only follow behind silently.

"Um, girl has good eyesight. The second floor of the Wanlong Building, not to mention the elegant layout, the dishes here are also the same as those on the first floor... eh?" I wanted to lure the two of them to the private seats on the second floor, but Qi Xiao didn't expect to be alone. Since walking to the third floor, the consumption on the third floor is much higher than that on the second floor, but Qi Xiao exudes an aggressive aura in her fine attire. , said: "What a coincidence, girl, there is just the last private room left on the third floor. You don't know, this private room has to be reserved three days in advance on weekdays..."

All the way to the third floor, Xiaoer's mouth didn't stop, she said "girl" to the left, "girl" and "girl" didn't pay attention to Qi Ping at all. The six private rooms on the third floor were named after six big flowers. Qi Xiao and the others entered. For the Orchid Hall, there is a red lacquer carved eight-seater in the huge room, orchids are placed around it, and an arched bridge and flowing water are made at the entrance. It seems that the store has put a lot of effort into the layout.

As soon as he was seated, Qi Xiao naturally sat in the main seat, Qi Ping sat in the second seat, and the second was a sensible person. While pouring tea for the two of them, he announced the names of the dishes and asked Qi Xiao to order. Qi Xiao waved his hands impatiently Said: "If you have any special dishes, just serve them."

"It's just the two of us, we can't eat that much."

Qi Ping, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke, and Xiao Er looked at the young man carefully, but he didn't listen to him, he shook the towel and said, "Be objective, please wait a moment." As soon as he ran out of the door, he heard Shouts in the corridor: "The Orchid Hall on the third floor, serve a special dish!"

As soon as the shop waiter left, the room became quiet again. Qi Yi was not used to being alone with Qi Xiao so far, so he took a sip of tea to ease the atmosphere.Seeing Qi Xiao walking for a day, some of her long hair that was rolled up was playfully scattered, she casually brushed aside a lock of long hair in front of her forehead, and her movements were a bit coquettish, she held a teacup and didn't know what to say, so she just hoped that Xiao Er would hurry up Bring some food.