Spring Thoughts

Chapter 23 Spring Thoughts

After a while, Li Wuxiang found everything he wanted. Although the items listed on the wooden board were mostly common spices, rice and noodles, he was a little surprised that this shop had a wide range of varieties.

Shopkeeper Chen didn't dial the abacus, he just calculated it in his head and quoted two or three cents in silver, causing the two townspeople who came into the shop to look sideways and secretly gasp in surprise.

"The sugar is damp, so I'll give it to you at nine taels." Shopkeeper Chen looked at him and saw that he actually took out a handful of broken silver from his arms, and then slowly whispered, "It's not as good as before, old man." If you say more, the young master should be more careful and not expose his wealth. "

Li Wuxi smiled at him: "Thank you for your advice, that's what it is. But I don't buy it for my own use. Miss Xue saved my life, and I want to make a living by working with her. This is all I have left. ”

Shopkeeper Chen nodded, took the scale, found his twenty-three copper plates, and swept the broken silver into a small bamboo basket with a small broom.

Li Wuxiang and Xue Baoping went out and walked back along the road. After staying in Chen's grocery store for a while, when they came out, there were fewer people staring at them. Chen Sanyao and a few idle men were still leaning against the wall with their arms folded. Seeing that the town soldiers were also turning a blind eye to them, they could only spit on the ground again. Li Wuxiang slowed down and stared at him, and Chen Sanyao immediately turned around with his face raised.

They passed by a stall selling vegetables, fruits, and bought half a winter melon for two yuan. When they walked to the Zhenxi Bridge, they saw a few drowned chickens for sale, so they bought a pullet for twenty yuan. , carrying it all the way.

When the two reached the bridge in the east of the town, Xue Baoping let out a sigh of relief and glanced at Li Wuxiang several times. He smiled and asked: "What's wrong?"

"You really belong to the Li family of Lijiawan..."

"Probably not. I can't remember a lot of things, but they shouldn't be from around here. With more than a hundred children, Zhao Puppet definitely didn't catch them around here, otherwise things would definitely be a big deal." Li Wuxiang thought for a moment. , "But since the people in the town think so, I will do it now. You can tell me about Lijiawan when you get back - let's go, I will teach you how to make winter melon candy."

…

As soon as it gets dark, the lights of the town master's house are turned on. But Liu Jiao found that something was wrong with her precious daughter today—she was already sitting at the table when the food was being served. She was chatting about things in the town while placing the dishes and chopsticks, three or four times in ten days. I'm going to Qingjiang City to play in the future. But tonight she was quiet, holding her cheek and staring at the table without saying a word. When the food was put on the table, Chen Xin was also on the table. She neither poured a glass of wine for her father nor secretly took a sip, but continued to be in a daze, as if she had lost her soul.

Liu Jiao winked at her husband, but Chen Xin smiled, poured the wine herself, and waved her hand, as if to say, come on, who knows what may happen next.

The couple moved their chopsticks, and Chen Xin drank a glass of wine before asking: "Have the food and drinks for the Taoist Master been arranged for today?"

"Um."

"Have you picked up all the taboo foods?"

Liu Jiao sighed and complained: "How dare I not pick it up? The green onions, ginger, garlic and leeks were not put away. The dishes were also boiled in hot water several times. The chopsticks were all newly chopped from bamboo and boiled several times. I'm afraid he will be unhappy."

Chen Xin waved his hand: "Alas, alas."

At this time, Chen Xiu suddenly sat up straight: "Father, mother."

"ah?"

"I want to get married. You need to find someone to match me."

"……ah?"

The couple looked at each other, knowing that their daughter liked to talk nonsense, but they did not expect that this would be the case today. Liu Jiao raised her eyebrows: "Don't be ashamed! You are quite a big girl. Is this what your girl's family says?"

Chen Xin quickly waved her hand and wiped her mouth: "Xiuxiu, whose house do you want your parents to go to for matchmaking?"

"The Xue family, the Xue family in the east of the town, well, it's not the Xue family. There is a mute girl in her family. The Xue family is also... oh, it's the one who opened the restaurant in the past! Her family picked up someone, shopkeeper Chen said He is the young master of the Li family in Lijiawan, I want to marry him!"

Liu Jiao became more and more confused as she listened, and simply threw her chopsticks on the table: "This meal is inedible!"

Then he hit Chen Xiu's forehead with his finger and said, "I've been driving you crazy and spoiling you all day long!"

Chen Xiu moved the stool a little closer to her father and frowned: "Oh, I'm talking about serious business, don't make trouble with me!"

Liu Jiao was furious, pointed her finger at her, then pointed at Chen Xin, threw her chopsticks, and walked away from the table.

Chen Xiu quickly helped her father pour wine and grabbed his arm: "Dad, to be honest, he is Mr. Li from Lijiawan. He is so beautiful. I saw him in the shop this afternoon. Shopkeeper Chen has also seen him. If you don’t believe me, ask Shopkeeper Chen - he is living in the mute girl’s house now. Go and help me propose marriage. What if they get married and you can’t find such a good person again? Son-in-law——"

Chen Xin raised the arm she held in front of him and said, "Okay, okay, don't shake daddy. Please talk to daddy. Dad is confusing you. What's going on?"

Chen Xiu immediately sat up straight, took a sip of wine, and spoke happily. After half an hour passed, Chen Xin also smiled, twirling his beard and nodding. When Chen Xiu got tired of talking, he said: "Okay, okay, you eat first, and dad goes to see shopkeeper Chen - no matter how good this person is, he can't rush the marriage matter. Look at you, your mother is so angry." She doesn’t even want to eat, so she hides and gets angry, and you just go and coax her.”

"Then are you going now?"

"Oh, let's go now."

Chen Xiu jumped up with joy: "Then I'll coax my mother to go."

Chen Xin watched her run away, then poured himself another glass of wine, drank it slowly, and frowned.

He is in his fifties this year, but he already looks older this year. He has three sparse beards. At first glance, others would just think that he is an old farmer from a well-off family. But the reason why he was able to lead more than forty soldiers and become the mayor of Jinshui a few years ago was because he was cautious and thoughtful.

He knew the Li family in Lijiawan. In the past few years, the two sides had had several conflicts over the mountains and forests in the east of the town, but he had given in. He had never met his family in person, but did he know that the Li family members Xingxing, the head of the family has six sons, the youngest is indeed a young man.

What my daughter said just now sounds reasonable and reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it can also be said to be too coincidental. The people in Lijiawan were almost extinct, so how could such a single seedling survive? He also happened to be a well-matched, gentle, well-educated and well-educated young man.

Chen Xin put the wine cup on the table, wiped his face, and walked out of the room.

The Chen family's courtyard is very large, with four wing rooms on the east and west sides. The four rooms on the right were occupied by the family's long-term servants. The four rooms on the left were originally used to store some weapons and miscellaneous items, but now two of them were cleared and used as Zhao Qi's bedroom and guest room.

He walked outside Zhao Qi's bedroom and saw a little Rudou light on inside. He coughed lightly and whispered outside the door: "Master, Master Zhao? Have you rest?"

After a while, I heard the person inside say: "I have not yet attained Yang Shen, so I cannot be called a real person."

Chen Xin nodded repeatedly outside the door: "Yes, uh... Taoist Master——"

"I don't practice the eight classics, and I can't be called a Taoist."

Chen Xin smiled: "Yes, yes, then..."

"I've said many times, just call me Master Zhao Xian." The person inside the window stretched out his hand and pushed it, and the window was partially propped up, revealing a thin face. Long eyebrows, thin eyes, slightly longer nose, and thin lips. If this face were to be shortened, it could be called handsome, but only in Jinshui Town, it can be regarded as a first-rate person. Zhao Qi frowned, "Did you find the fresh tiger bones?"

"Oh, I'm sorry... Immortal Master, it's a pity that the Wang family left overnight, and there is no one in the town who can hunt tigers. I sent someone to go to the mountain in the rain a few days ago, but the tiger didn't see it and fell down. Two...immortal masters, don’t worry, I’ve already sent people to Qinghe to look for them——”

Zhao Qi half-closed his eyes, looked at him for a moment, and then snorted: "The things I want are all for the good of your Jinshui. I said, these are for the Kitchen King to ward off evil spirits. If evil spirits come one day , but you didn’t get everything together, don’t blame me for accepting your offering but not doing my best.”

Chen Xin hurriedly bowed to him: "Yes, yes, but this is something else. Master Immortal dial... dial... um..."

Zhao Qi sneered: "Run?"

"Yes, Master Immortal took the time to listen to me - that's what happened. My daughter said that a young man was washed into the town by the water a few days ago. After listening to it, I thought it was a bit strange. That boy - "

Chen Xin explained the matter in about ten sentences, and finally said: "I thought about it and thought it was a coincidence, but it is also reasonable. The immortal master once said to me when he came, what is there in the town? Any abnormality, no matter how big or small, must be reported to the Immortal Master. I don’t know if this one counts.”

Zhao Qi was silent for a moment and whispered: "A teenage boy... has he been here in the past few days?"

"Yes. It was picked up by the girl from the Xue family."

Zhao Qi thought about it again, nodded, and lowered the window: "Okay, I understand."

The second update is at 8am.