In the years of ancient traders

Song Anan climbed out from the back wall of Jiedushi's mansion, turned the corner, and walked onto the street.

There is no curfew in Hengzhou City, so it doesn't matter if he walks freely on the road, but there is no night market, it is very deserted, and he can only use the moonlight to see the road under his feet.

Fortunately, there was no candlelight, he felt his face was still burning, especially what his elder brother said just now.

So, we, Xiao Min, haven't returned for many years, did we fall in love with that kid surnamed Song?

Ba Po, you can talk nonsense about this kind of thing. It really is too free to fight, and even he and Song Shu live in the same room, and people have inquired about it!

Anan crossed the street, and suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes, coming from the south of the city.

The horse is in a hurry and there is only one.

Is it the military newspaper?

He immediately dismissed the idea because he heard cries for help.Song Anan kicked his feet and hurried towards the direction of the sound.

When Song Shu came back to his senses, he realized that his horse was running faster and faster.

He had never ridden such a fast horse alone. He panicked and almost fell off the horse. He had no choice but to hug the horse's neck tightly and shouted to stop.

However, the usually obedient horse ignored it and rushed forward.Song Shu didn't care about losing face anymore, and called for help, hoping that someone could help him.

The wind blew past his ears, and Song Shu didn't know if anyone heard him calling for help. His ears were filled with the sound of wind and horseshoes.

"Help! Help! Whoo—oh—"

That was Song Shu's voice!

Song Anan's heart tightened and he put more effort into his feet, wishing he could fly over immediately.

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and he saw his family's horses galloping from south to north. Because of Song Shu's call for help, some people poked their heads out in the alleys on both sides, but ordinary people couldn't ride horses, let alone intercept them. A galloping horse.

The people on both sides were awakened from the quiet night. They pushed open the door and ran to the intersection, but saw a tall horse galloping northward from the south gate. The people on the horse seemed to have panicked and kept calling for help.

Suddenly, there was a roar of the horse, and the horse man stood up.

The people onlookers on the street screamed inwardly.If the person on the horse is thrown off at this moment and says not to be kicked by the horse, then it will be over!

Sure enough, the person was thrown out, but there was a flash of black shadow, but he didn't land on the ground.

"It's okay." Song Anan's heart beat so fast.Even in Cangzhou that time, when he went against the arrow, he was never so nervous.

Bang bang bang.

That heartbeat was like a drum of war, disturbing the quiet night.

Song Shu didn't want to open his eyes for a long time. He thought he was going to kill the horse's hooves, but he was held tightly by his shoulders. He heard the horse's hoof and the sound of the horse's hoof falling on the stone slab.

"A'nan?" Song Shu opened his eyes and saw his tall nose by the moonlight.

Song Shu took a few breaths, then looked carefully, and it was indeed him.

"Where have you been?" He was already anxious and worried, and was also frightened by the horse. Seeing Song Anan at this moment, the emotion that was stuffy in his chest finally found an outlet.

"I..." Song Anan tamed the horse, but was yelled at by Song Shu, not knowing how to answer.

"Where did you run off at night? You don't even know what to say when you go out! You don't have a long mouth!" Song Shu became anxious. Song Anan is usually too lazy to talk and let it go. Is it difficult to leave a message at this time?

"I... walk around." Song Anan said, avoiding Song Shu looking directly into his eyes.

Seeing that nothing happened, the people at the intersection turned around to go back, but saw the rescued person push away the rescuer and run into a lane.But the man who rescued him led the horse and didn't move a step.

"Tsk tsk, this is going out at night, my family is here to look for me."

"Isn't it right? Seeing that he is not very old, the family should be anxious."

"It's a good thing I didn't fall off the horse, otherwise it would be terrible."

Those common people only commented a few words, and went back to each other.

However, Song Anan thought over and over again of the way Song Shu scolded him just now.

He yelled so hard that his eyes seemed to be red, and he didn't know if his voice would be hoarse when he woke up tomorrow. His voice was a little hoarse when he came home this evening.

Song Anan fastened the horse, and when he returned home, the door of the main room was closed. He pushed it, but found that the door was locked.

"A'nan, what's wrong with Shiro?" Cheng Erniang asked from the next door.Before Song Shu said that he would go out for a walk and would not return for a long time, they were also a little worried. Later, when they saw him running in and closing the door without saying anything, they were even more worried.

Sanniang and the others also came out and asked Song Anan what was the matter.

Song Anan didn't know how to explain it, so he just lowered his head and said, "My fault."

"I think it's because you got angry. You have to admit your mistake. Shiro is not stubborn, so he will forgive you." Sanniang said.It was getting late, and she urged the younger ones to go to bed.Yan Zhuo lived in Song's house and came out to take a look, but went back to sleep without saying anything.

Cheng Erniang also comforted Song Anan, and went back to the room with Song He.

"I was wrong." Song Anan said outside the door, and then knocked on the door twice, but there was still no movement.

"I was wrong." He said it twice, but there was still no movement, and he added, "I won't do it next time, I was wrong."

"I..." Song Anan was about to repeat again, the door burst open, and he finished the next two words in a daze, "...wrong."

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, can you say anything else besides this sentence?" Song Shu's eyes were red, his voice was really hoarse, and it was a bit difficult to speak.

"I'm sorry." Song Anan was like a puppy soaked in the rain, Song Shu could almost see the big non-existent ears drooping on his head, pitiful and helpless.

The temperature here varies greatly, and it is still a bit cold at night.Song Anan was wearing daytime clothes, and it must be uncomfortable when the night wind blows.Song Shu's heart softened and he let him in.

Song Anan opened his mouth to apologize again, but was stopped by Song Shu: "Shut up."

The little bastard didn't know how to change the words when he apologized, he was so boring, the more he listened, the angrier he became.

"Go and boil me hot water. I'm tired and I want to take a bath." Instead of listening to him apologize, it's better to ask him to work harder.

"Yeah." Song Anan found out that he could make up for his mistakes. He didn't care about it, it was already late at night, so he hurried out, turned into the backyard from the corridor, and went to boil water for Song Shu.

Song Shu took a comfortable hot bath, forgave Song Anan graciously, and went to the workshop the next day in high spirits.

The milk-flavored popsicles that were frozen two days ago should be almost ready, so he asked them to take them out of the cellar.Because he wanted to get popsicles, he also called Wuniang Liuniang and Qilang when he came today, and now each of them gave them one.

"Is this also a popsicle?" Several young gentlemen who had gone to the flower viewing feast came to the Song family's workshop.They couldn't forget the salt water popsicle yesterday, and they came to buy it together today, but they didn't expect to see a new one.

"Of course, six cents a piece, do you want to try it?" Song Shu asked.

This popsicle is made of milk, so it is naturally much more expensive than salt water.But this is nothing to the young gentlemen from big families, each of them bought one.

"It's a pity that these popsicles are hard to keep, otherwise I really want to buy dozens of them." A young gentleman said.

"What's so difficult about this?" Liu Niang said while eating a popsicle, "You ask my brother to buy an ice cream, and soon he can transport the popsicles back home?"

Mr. Xiao Lang met Liu Niang yesterday and knew that she was the daughter of the Song family, so he immediately became interested in what she said, and asked Song Shu, "What is this ice mirror?"

Song Shu was worried about how to sell the popsicles, so he took these people to see the ice mirror right away.Several of them were teenagers at heart, and they liked this novelty and useful thing very much. They bought one for each of them, and ordered thirty or fifty popsicles.

The popsicle business was off to a good start, and Song Shu was in a good mood, so he sent a few extra sticks to each of them, and asked them to add ice to their ice cups, and sent them back home with the popsicles.These young gentlemen are all lively and sociable, and Song Shu’s salt water popsicles showed their faces as early as at the flower viewing banquet. Within two days, the young ladies from various families in Hengzhou City either personally Come here, or send someone to buy ice popsicles.The pre-frozen popsicles quickly sold for [-]/[-].

The popsicles had just been sold out, but Song Shu saw Xie Wan's maid approaching slowly, followed by several people.

"I'm sorry, today's popsicles are all sold out. If your lady needs them, I'll send someone to deliver them." Xie Wan is a regular customer, and Song Shu is willing to give this convenience.

"Miss also said that she likes Shopkeeper Song's popsicles very much, but I didn't come here for that today." Xie Wan's maid said, "Second Master Shen promised to transfer the gambling house and the surrounding shops to you. Miss can't come out today. , let me do it for you. This is Yaman, shopkeeper Song can ask him for other things."

"This... this is really, really great!" Song Shu was speechless for a moment.

After meeting Shen Erlang that day, he knew that he was out of business, and he was not a person who insisted on anything. Since this gambling house had nothing to do with him, he had no choice but to find another place, but there was no suitable shop in the city for the time being.If he can't find it, he plans to build another hot pot restaurant next to the workshop. Since some people are willing to go all the way to Datu County to eat hot pot, opening in the suburbs of Hengzhou shouldn't be a bad choice.

Unexpectedly, in a turn of events, Shen Erlang agreed to sell the gambling house.

"Gambling shop? Isn't that the place my brother is looking at? Our hot pot restaurant can open!" Liu Niang also knew about this, and she was very happy to hear that she could buy a gambling shop.

Sanniang and Song He also came over.Song Shu talked to Ya Ren about the transaction, and the other person who came with Xie Wan's maid was Shen Erlang's personal servant, who was responsible for the transaction between Shen Erlang and Song Shu on behalf of Shen Erlang.

Not only did Shen Erlang agree to sell the gambling house to him, but the price he offered was also very fair, and the Yaman was there again, so the deal was quickly concluded.

When he got the land deed and the house deed, Song Shu still felt that it was unreal.

"It's just that in this way, we don't have much cash on hand." Cheng Erniang said.They bought land and houses one after another, built workshops and recruited workers, spending money everywhere, and now they bought a gambling house and its surrounding shops, and almost spent all the copper coins and gold ingots they had saved before.She is now in charge of the family's household. She lives in the city and spends money every day to buy water and firewood, as well as vegetables and food, which is much more expensive than living in the village.

"Don't be afraid, Pang Liulang has already talked about several restaurants, and they all intend to sign a contract with us to let the bean oil factory supply them for a long time. And the first batch of beer at the brewery is about to be brewed. The county is very easy to sell, and I will definitely make a lot of money." San Niang said.Now she is the chief manager of the workshop here in Hengzhou, and she will tell her everything below.

"I also asked to store a batch of goods at the paper workshop in the village. When our place becomes more stable, I will ship them over and sell them. The price of paper in Hengzhou City is higher than ours." Song He said.He is the chief steward of Xianghe Village, no matter the hot pot restaurant in Datu County or the workshops in the village, the stewards will report to him.

Song Shu was relieved to hear what they said one by one.

Now that the children of the Song family are gradually able to take care of themselves, he no longer has to take care of all the big and small things by himself, and can concentrate on opening his new hot pot restaurant!

This time Shen Erlang's property under the market, in addition to a three-story gambling house and its courtyard, there are also several independent shops, which are several times larger than their hot pot restaurant in Datu County, and they need to be carefully planned. Fan.

"Here." Song Shu took a milk popsicle that he had hidden, and found Song Anan who was working behind the soybean oil factory, "Don't be too busy, just eat a popsicle and rest."

"Yeah." Song Anan took the popsicle and took a bite.

The lower teeth were sour from the cold, but the ice melted in the mouth and was very sweet.

The author has something to say:

The names of the brothers of the Yin family are all uncommon words, cough, in fact, the author’s brain capacity is too small to come up with names, and then he flipped through the Book of Songs, and there is a sentence in it: "As constant as the moon, as rising as the sun, as long as the longevity of Nanshan, Balabala..." I felt that this sentence was quite imposing, so I chose a few words for everyone to have a day, so Anan was called Yin Min~ In addition, the constant reading here is more, which means that the first quarter of the moon is gradually changing in classical Chinese. In order to distinguish it from Hengzhou City, its variant character "Heng" is used.

Yin Heng (four voices of geng)

Yin Sheng (sheng)

Yin Min (two voices of nan)

That's it, please bear with me for the author's little waywardness, thank you for your support, okay~