The ancient life of a master craftsman

Li Enbai shook his head, buried his sad emotions deep in his heart, and his face was as gentle as ever.

"It's okay, it's something outside of me, I just remember it in my heart."

Yunhe also knew that a scholar had a tough backbone, and asking Li Enbai to borrow money to survive this hard time was probably more uncomfortable than killing him, so he stopped persuading him, and waited until he returned home, he would have everything.

Li Enbai looked at the sky in the distance. When the sun just came out, there were faint clouds in the distance. It seemed that it would be a sunny day.

Xinglong Town fits its name very well, it is very bustling with people coming and going.

Li Enbai thought it was because today was a big fair held once every fortnight that there was such a bustling scene, but after a closer look, he felt that this was not the case.

He and Yunhe came in from the south gate, and now they are walking west, passing four or five streets, but there are not many shops. If you look carefully, you will find that the boundaries between residents and merchants are not very clear.

He thought about it. Historically, since the Song Dynasty, people no longer had to be limited to the eastern and western cities. It seems that the same development is happening here.

Yunhe took him to Xicheng District, "It turns out that this is the only place where you can buy and sell in Xinglong Town. Later, the official master canceled the West Market, and this place is only so lively during the big market."

They walked in along a bluestone street, and both sides of the road were full of all kinds of goods, whether it was food, drink, food, livestock and poultry, baskets for carriages, and even maids and servants.

There are more vendors selling, and more people buying, crowded, shoulder to shoulder, very lively.

"Everything sold on the big market is cheaper than usual by a penny or two, so it's suitable for everything to buy." Yunhe explained.

Li Enbai immediately understood the reason for the scene in front of him. Sure enough, no matter what time it is, cheap is the best way to stimulate consumption.

He didn't plan to spend any money. After all, in his current situation, he should spend the money wisely.

But when he thought of Yunli, he changed his mind. Yunli has suffered a lot because of him these two days.

He watched around as Yunhe moved, and Yunhe quickly found his target, a manager who specialized in collecting fresh vegetables.

Yunhe handed over the basket in his hand, and the steward took it and counted the eggs in the basket, "It's 51 coins in total, here it is."

Yunhe took the money and didn't put it into the money bag immediately, but walked over to another stall, "Brother Li, I have to buy some dim sum, do you want anything?"

Li Enbai followed him, "Brother Yun, don't worry about me, I'll just take a look first."

Yunhe readily agreed, his strong body was flexible, he led Li Enbai around, and after a while passed a large group of women and husbands from the back to the front of the stall.

There were two couples looking at the stall, and the husband obviously recognized Yunhe, he pursed his lips and smiled, "Yun Dalang is here to buy some snacks for his wife again? There are fresh plum cakes for you today."

Yunhe's face showed joy, his daughter-in-law's embarrassment was not serious, but she just lost her appetite, and every time she ate this plum cake, her appetite would increase, so Yunhe would buy a few pieces for his daughter-in-law when he returned home.

Li Enbai heard it from the side. Seeing that Yunhe bought some sour desserts like plum cakes, and picked two sweet ones, he guessed that Yunli probably likes sweets.

He looked at the best dim sum sold at the stall, and asked politely, "Boss Fu Lang, how do you sell this dim sum? Is it sweet?"

Na Fulang had noticed Li Enbai's handsome appearance a long time ago, but he couldn't talk to him first, so listening to his question at this time, it was natural that the explanation was detailed.

"It's made of honey and flowers. It's crispy on the outside and waxy on the inside. The sweetness of honey is mixed with the sweetness of flowers. It's our master's special skill. If you are interested, you can buy a piece and try it." .”

The boss at the side also smiled at Li Enbai when he heard what his husband said, "This dessert is called Huamibing, and it only sells for 20 yuan a day. If you want to buy it, you have to do it early."

Li Enbai sees that the dim sum looks good. The crust is still light pink. It is most popular with girls. It is limited to 20 yuan. Now it is halfway down. The market has only started for an hour. It seems that it is really as the boss said. as good as it is.

"I wonder how much this nectar cake is?" Li Enbai asked, but Yunhe wanted to stop him, this dessert is not cheap.

"The process of this nectar cake is complicated, and the materials used by our men are excellent, so the price is a little bit more expensive, [-] yuan a piece. If you go to our store, it will be even more expensive." Fu Lang To be honest.

Li Enbai saw that he sold another piece of nectar cake after a while, and now there are only about ten yuan left in total. He touched the money bag, "Please put five yuan in it, Mrs. Boss."

As soon as he said this, the people around him looked at him twice more. It is not uncommon to buy a dim sum for a hundred yuan. It seems that the clothes he is wearing are not very good. I don't know which family's prodigal?

At this time, a young girl also crowded in front of the stall, just in time to hear Li Enbai's words, and seeing Yunhe with disapproval written all over her face, she rolled her eyes and said loudly, "Isn't this Brother Dahe? Why? I'm here again for you." Daughter-in-law buy some snacks?"

Seeing her, Yunhe snorted and ignored her, but the girl felt that Yunhe was afraid of her, so she became more proud, raised her chin and said, "I'm not a girl, I'm talking too much, brother Dahe, you can worry about it when you have time." Sister-in-law, why don't you worry about Yunli, she's sixteen, and she hasn't taken a fancy to her yet, oh, look at my memory, your Yunli wanted to climb up to others, Chen Xiucai didn't climb up..."

Li Enbai suddenly made a sound, attracting the attention of the people around him, and he said to the boss husband Lang with a smile, "Please hurry up and pack five nectar cakes, otherwise I'm worried that I will be smelly soon, Just go to waste."

Then he glanced at the girl with disgust, covered his nose as if he couldn't bear it, and said in a low voice, "It stinks to death."

The girl's face fell immediately, seeing him in rough cloth clothes, she felt disdainful, and she was a poor man again, "Who are you calling stinky?!"

Li Enbai covered his nose and took a step back, "Girl, since you have bad breath, why bother to come out and smell bad? Isn't it affecting others? Your heart is a bit dark."

He had a sincere face, and his words were swearing, the people around him believed him subconsciously, and immediately stepped back half a step, but the girl was so angry that she put her hands on her hips and shouted, "You nonsense!"

Li Enbai shook his head, "Girl, I have also read the books of sages for several years, and I would never just talk about it, but you, I don't know if your tutor is like this, and you dare to discuss marriage in a large audience. Words are more poisonous than bad breath."

Many people around agreed with Li Enbai's words with "yes", "which one is this? How shameless", etc. The girl's face was ugly, and she knew that she couldn't take advantage of it today, so she covered her face and ran away.

Li Enbai took the snacks handed over by the boss, squeezed out a piece of broken silver from the money bag in his arms, and handed it to the boss, "My copper coin is not enough for a hundred coins, do you think this piece of broken silver is enough?"

The boss turned around casually, "There are five coins more, do you think I want some change, or something else for you?"

Li Enbai looked at the boss's hand, which was quite sensitive, comparable to an electronic scale, "You can add another piece, I want something that my brother likes to eat."

The boss agreed, and added a piece of yellow and not very good-looking snack for him, "Don't look at this yellow rice cake, but the price is cheap, so you guys buy more."

"Okay, thank you boss." Li Enbai finished shopping and left with Yunhe.

Then he bought a knife of meat from a butcher's stall and gave it to the Yun family as a thank you gift. He thought that he would be able to repay his life-saving grace in the future, but now he had to show something.

But he didn't know that Bai Shi, who was taught a lesson yesterday, still didn't change her habit of being greedy for cheap, and was thinking about how to get some money from him.

The author has something to say: Thank you little angels for collecting~ Please collect more, thank you, refill~