I sold snacks in ancient times

When he woke up this morning, Qi Yongfan cooked a pot of white porridge, filled a bowl with it, served it to Yin Xu with pickled mustard, fermented bean curd and other side dishes.

The Yin family is very big and looks deserted.Yin Xu came to open the door with a pale face, took the hot porridge he handed over, and said, "Is it okay to pay for meals every seven days?"

Qi Yongfan nodded, seeing him like this, he asked concerned: "Are you sick?"

"Yomo caught a cold at night." Yin Xu coughed heavily, and said, "It's okay, I'll get some medicine later, and stop by your tavern for dinner at noon."

Qi Yongfan said: "It's next to Chen Ji's butcher shop, you should know the way?"

Yin Xu paused, "...I don't know."

Qi Yongfan stroked his forehead, sighed slightly, and said, "Why don't you clean up, I'll take you to the town to find a doctor now?"

Yin Xu looked down at the porridge in his hand, and said, "But I haven't eaten yet."

"Then I'll wait for you. After you finish eating, go to the next door and knock on the door."

After finishing speaking, Qi Yongfan went back to the house to collect the whole goods.

He only needs to bring some dried fruit, bread, etc. to supplement the store's inventory, such as skewers, which Liu Yuanzi buys from the vegetable market every day, and skewers them one by one with bamboo sticks.

Saved him a lot of trouble.

Winter is coming to an end, and the temperature is gradually rising.He had already taken off his thermal underwear, and wearing a thick quilted robe outside was enough to keep out the wind and cold.Soon Yin Xu knocked on the door, and he walked out with a big bamboo basket packed.

The place where they lived meandered in a long, deep alley, stepped on the wet bluestone road, and walked for a while before they could see the lively town scene.The walls were covered with thick moss, exuding a strange grassy smell.

In winter, these mosses were withered and yellowed, with a layer of ice slag.Now it has already melted, and green shoots are quietly emerging.

Walking out of the alley, there was an old woman selling sesame seed cakes by the side of the road.She squatted here for many years to sell cakes, "Hot cakes, only five yuan", she often shouted.

The old man's voice was weak, mixed with piercing shrillness.The quality of the pancakes she baked was also very poor, and she was as inactive as a human being, and they were soft and weak when chewed.

Yin Xu stopped in his tracks, took off the bordered money bag tied around his waist, searched for a long time, found five copper plates and put them in the old woman's palm, and said softly: "Give me a piece of sesame seed cake."

Seeing this, Qi Yongfan casually said, "Didn't you eat enough in the morning?"

Yin Xu shook his head, leaned down and talked with the old woman kindly.When she learned that she was still raising three young grandchildren at such an old age, she sympathetically took out a piece of silver from her purse and gave it to her.

The old woman's eyes widened, as if she had never seen such a large amount of silver in her life, she hurriedly took it with both hands, and murmured: "You are a kind person, and you will be rewarded!"

Qi Yongfan opened his mouth and was about to say something, but closed his mouth again.Every day he passed by the alley, he would see this old woman. After a long time, he saw her being pitiful in the ice and snow, and occasionally bought a piece of cake to take care of her business.

But later he discovered that the old woman was not as miserable as she appeared on the surface. She was originally a countryman, and after coming to the town to occupy the house of her relatives, she became a member of Nanshan Township as a matter of course.

She can earn a lot of money every month by selling broken cakes and pretending to be pitiful.But the neighbors in the neighborhood know her nature, and they never buy it.

The street to the shop is much wider.Qi Yongfan walked side by side with Yin Xu, staring at the biscuit in his hand, couldn't help revealing the sinister true face behind the old woman.

Her relatives were in the prime of life, and they were arrested by the government last year to join the army, leaving only a seven or eight-year-old daughter in the family.The family had quite a lot of savings. Before the man left, he specially invited the old woman from the country to take care of the little girl.

Unexpectedly, the old woman was a rascal. She didn't feed the little girl for more than ten days, and the child was so hungry that she crawled to the street to beg, begging for leftover noodle soup to fill her stomach.

If the neighbors hadn't found out and reported it to the government, the child must have starved to death by now.

After talking about this, Qi Yongfan felt dry mouth, took out a gourd from the bamboo basket, opened the lid, and sipped the Jiaduobao herbal tea inside.

Yin Xu continued to walk forward, kicking the weeds on the side of the road with his toes carelessly, and said: "So what if she is a villain? It is only a few taels of silver, and I am willing to reward her."

Qi Yongfan thought to himself, he deserves to be a rich man, full of pride.But he was used to being poor, and he was particularly displeased with such extravagance, so he advised: "Even if you have money, you should know how to save money. What's more, the world is in chaos these days, so you don't want to reveal your wealth, so as not to be missed by the bad guys."

Yin Xu was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips, and said, "How do you know that the world is going to be chaotic?"

"Here." Qi Yongfan pointed to the distant mountains and said, "Across these mountains, there are villages. Those villagers are hungry and full, and all the men in the family are taken away to join the army. Sooner or later, there will be Civil unrest broke out. I have never left Nanshan Town, but I can also feel the prosperity of the temple fair and market, as if it is an illusion—"

He was a little unclear for a while, feeling like a modern bubble economy.The countryside has long been impoverished, the farmers are bankrupt, and everyone is in danger.But the city is still singing and dancing, feasting and feasting, but in essence, it is like a bubble that is about to burst.

He said: "It seems that everyone thinks that money is almost useless, or that death is not far away, so they spend money desperately."

So the business of Xia Xing Tavern has been getting better and better recently.

Yin Xu smiled wryly, and said: "Yes, the storm is coming, even you can see it, but those people don't understand."

"Those people?" Qi Yongfan was a little puzzled.

"Don't worry about it." Yin Xu said, "Do you want to eat sesame seed cakes?"

Qi Yongfan shook his head, showing a disgusted expression, "This sesame seed cake is really unpalatable, I have eaten it before."

Just passing by a small water beach, a few thin, yellow-faced children were playing around, their tattered clothes covered with mud.Yin Xu walked over and gave the sesame seed cake to them.

Qi Yongfan said: "I can't see that you are quite caring."

Yin Xu asked strangely, "What do you mean?"

Qi Yongfan thought for a while and said, "That means you are very kind and kind."

Yin Xu smiled, moved the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "It would be great if that's the case."

keep going.Qi Yongfan asked him what to do with Xiao Linzi's body, could it be kept in the government's place?

Due to emotion and reason, Yin Xu, as the owner of Xiaolinzi, should claim the corpse.

Talking about this matter, Yin Xu's expression became much colder, and he said: "I have already hired someone to take him to burial."

To be honest, Qi Yongfan still finds it incredible.Unexpectedly, Xiao Linzi has been secretly in love with the master he enshrined since childhood for so long, and even seeks life and death for him.It can only be said that he is too stupid.

Looking at the back of Yin Xu walking in front, he suddenly thought again, is this really the case?

Perhaps one should not trust the one-sided words of others.

However, now that Xiao Linzi is dead, and he is not some famous detective Conan, the matter can only be settled.

……

Nanshan Town, Miao Medicine Shop.

The storefront is poorly lit, stepping on the threshold, one will feel a sense of gloom.The heavy smell of Chinese medicine permeated the air, and the man sat in a dark corner, poking some kind of herbal medicine with his head down.

Yin Xu walked in alone, as if he was familiar with it, and asked the waiter: "Where is Lao Miao?"

The buddy said, "We're grabbing medicine inside."

Yin Xu covered his mouth, coughed a few times, lifted the curtain and walked into the room, saw the old man busy in front of the medicine cabinet, and said, "I'm sick, grab some medicine for me."

The old man wore a gray mandarin jacket and a white beard. He looked like a famous doctor in hiding.He looked back and said with a smile: "Hey, Xi Ke, what's wrong with you, my lord?"

Yin Xu said: "It was windy and cold at night. Xiao Linzi left, and no one added charcoal to the stove."

Lao Miao said: "Succeed, I will grab some medicines for you soon, and you have to take them with pain. The person who picked you has already arrived and is waiting in the backyard. You can take him back later, so that no one will give you medicine at night." Charcoal fire. If I get sick again, my old man can't bear it."

"Xiao Linzi has been buried?"

Yin Xu played with the long stick used to grind medicine on the table.

Lao Miao respectfully said: "According to your order, the funeral has been buried near the town."

Yin Xu responded, as if he suddenly became interested in this medicine-stirring thing, and fiddled with it one after another.

Lao Miao said in a low voice: "Madam was also negligent, I didn't realize that Xiao Linzi belonged to the Fifth Prince..."

"It doesn't count, after all, he has never told the fifth prince that I am a man." Yin Xu said indifferently: "For this reason, I will give him a decent burial."

Lao Miao said: "The lifeblood of the eunuch is kept in the palace, and it will be transported out to be buried with him after a while."

Yin Xu waved his hand and said, "You don't need to tell me about such things."

Lao Miao grabbed the medicine, wrapped it in tissue paper, bundled it up and handed it to him, saying, "Follow me to the backyard to fetch someone, this time it must be clean."

Yin Xu said: "Well, from the palace?"

Lao Miao said: "No, they were raised outside from a young age."

Pushing open the creaking wooden door, Yin Xu caught a glimpse of a black-faced boy standing in the yard, looking quite tall, wearing a brown short coat.He bowed obsequiously to Yin Xu, and said, "I have seen the lord."

Lao Miao explained from the side: "This is a practicing family, with good martial arts, and can take care of you normally."

"That's him." Yin Xu said, "What's his name?"

Lao Miao said: "I don't have a name, just call the serial number, and I'm waiting for you to pick it up."

Yin Xu thought for a while and said, "Then it's called Ye Zi."

The black-faced boy remained silent, unable to tell whether he was satisfied with this newly-baked name.He followed Yin Xu, carrying a bag of medicine, and walked out of the wonderful medicine shop silently.

Yin Xu turned his head and asked him, "Do you know the way? I'm going to Xia Xing Tavern."

The boy nodded, quickened his pace, and led his new master to a new direction.

The smell of wine and food is heavy on the street.Yin Xu took a look, only to find that the Longyou Tavern opposite the butcher shop was also open.Xiao Er was calling out to customers on the side of the road, vainly trying to grab his clothes.

The young man stepped forward and slapped Xiao Er's hand off quickly, staring at Xiao Er with a ferocious expression, causing Xiao Er to shrink back suddenly and take a few steps back.

Yin Xu smiled, and said leisurely: "Ye Zi, you can call me Young Master from now on."

The boy nodded, "Here."

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