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The Chu family welcomed Master Li into the house, and before everyone could speak, Master Li had already said, "Erlang, pack up, let's go to the city right away." Go here and treat guests to dinner in the evening, and you're done."

Chu Li was very happy and asked: "Brother, did you find something good?"

"I have found some old friends in the city these days, but most of them are useless. After Han Yuan, the master writer of Heshengquan, found out about this, he was willing to introduce Erlang to Heshengquan because he had been friends with him for many years. Work." Li Fuzi stroked his beard and smiled, "Early this morning, Han Yuan sent someone to find the old man, and asked the old man to take Erlang there. The old man has already posted a post, and invited Han Yuan to dinner tonight. I have already agreed!"

Su Niang couldn't help asking: "Uncle, He Sheng... What does He Sheng Quan do?"

Mrs. Li was taken aback, and then said: "Su Niang, you have never been out of the house, and you don't know anything. Do you know that our Yunshan Mansion has Yunshan No. [-], which is a century-old brand. It is one of them. Heshengquan is our Yunshan Mansion... no, no, it is the number one restaurant in our Nanshan Road!"

"Are you asking Erlang to sell wine?" Su Niang asked blankly, "A waiter?" Although she didn't know many things, she also knew that there was a waiter in the restaurant.

Master Li shook his head and said, "Heshengquan is not a restaurant, it's a wine shop. In other words, the old man has tasted a lot of wine over the years, but in terms of mellowness, Heshengquan's bamboo sake is the best." Here, the old man's throat moved, as if he was very attached to bamboo sake.

Su Niang seemed to understand but didn't understand, so she didn't ask any more.

Chu Huan pondered for a moment before asking, "Uncle, what am I going to do there?"

"This old man really doesn't know." Master Li shook his head and said, "But since Han Yuan has agreed, there will be no problem with this matter. I will always arrange something for you." Fu Xu smiled and said, "Erlang, this Han Yuan is the master craftsman in the winery, a real master master. When he was young, he was just a buddy, but he was quick-witted. Now he is a great master, but everyone envies him, and he has no worries about food and clothing. He has a lot of friendship with the old man. Having him take care of you is something you can only wish for. Once you enter Heshengquan, you will learn from him, and maybe one day you will become a master composer, and your mother and Su Niang will have a good life!"

Chu Huan sighed inwardly: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to become a great writer. But if I want my mother and Sister Su Niang to live a good life, that's what I must do!"

Although Chu Li didn't know about He Shengquan or bamboo sake, she felt that it was a good thing. She took Chu Huan's hand and said, "Erlang, your uncle found a good job for you. You can't let your uncle down. Lord. When you get to the other end, just do your best. Mother doesn’t ask you to be successful, but only asks you to be safe and well-fed, clothed and warm, and you’ll be fine...!" At this point, the circles of her eyes turned red.

Chu Huan hugged his mother and said softly: "Mother, don't worry, the child will do well. When Erlang has money, he will bring you to the city...!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Li was relieved, stroked his beard and said, "Okay, filial piety is good, it should be like this, it should be like this!"

Su Niang's expression was also a little sad, she stood there for a while, finally turned around, went back to her room, and after a while, she took out a package and handed it to Chu Huan: "This is a change of clothes, you... you Take care outside...!"

Chu Huan took the package and said softly, "Sister Su, I'll rely on you to take care of my mother. I will come back to see you as soon as I have a chance!"

Mrs. Li had already got up on crutches, and said: "We have an appointment, we can't miss the time. Erlang, let's go now!" Although it was still early, Mrs. Li was a scholar, and he attached great importance to etiquette. I'm afraid it's too late to go back and miss the time.

Chu Huan helped Mrs. Li go out, got into the carriage, turned around, and saw Su Niang supporting Chu and Li standing in front of the door to see them off.

The carriage turned in a different direction, Chu Huan poked his head out, and said loudly, "Go back, I will come back often!" After saying this, the carriage was quite far away from the Chu family, and Su Niang helped Chu Lishi go forward After a few steps, he watched the carriage disappear into sight.

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Qingliu County is the county directly under the jurisdiction of Yunshan Prefecture, Nanshan Road. It is more than 50 miles south of Yunshan Prefecture. Although it is only a small county, it has an excellent geographical location. Less than sixty miles away is the boundary of Hanzhou, which converges on the main traffic road of the three states. Because of this, apart from the prefectural city, Qingliu County is the most prosperous in the entire Yunshan Mansion.

Naturally, the county town of this era cannot be compared with the flow of people in later generations, but it is still full of traffic and very lively, with shops, pawnshops, wine shops, teahouses, and oil shops.

When Master Li's carriage entered the city, it was still early in the morning, and according to Master Li's instructions, the carriage stopped in front of a restaurant, Chu Huan helped Master Li get off the carriage, and Master Li immediately cupped his hands to the coachman and said, "Please, please! "

But the coachman smiled respectfully and said: "Master Li, you are too polite. The young master said that as long as the master uses the car, send someone to tell you that you have to let go of the big things!"

Master Li chuckled, the coachman waved his whip, and the carriage drove away.

Only then did Chu Huan raise his head, and glanced at the restaurant in front of him. It was an antique two-story building. There was a black plaque on the door, with three blood-red characters written on it, called "Yipinxiang". Xixi muttered, very lively.

Li Fuzi said: "This restaurant has been around for a long time, and it is quite famous in this city. I came here once last year, and it was the bamboo sake I drank here."

Chu Huan was taken aback. Master Li came here last year. It has been more than a year, but his memory of this place is still fresh. From this point of view, Master Li's life is also very difficult.

Suddenly thinking of something, Chu Huan said in embarrassment, "Uncle, my body...!"

Master Li knew what he was going to say, he laughed and said: "It's okay, the old man has silver on him, although it is not much, but there is still money for a meal!"

Chu Huan felt a little guilty. When he came back this time, he really was penniless. Thinking about the night when she just came home, Su Niang raised her face, but she also understood in her heart that she had been away from home for eight years and returned home penniless. It's always going to be a disappointment.

Mrs. Li was about to take Chu Huan into the restaurant when he heard a voice from the street shouting: "Catch the little thief, damn it, stop for me...!" Chu Huan turned his head when he heard the voice, and saw A big man held a short stick in his hand and rushed towards this side. In front of the big man, a man was running over in a hurry, holding his chest with both hands, looking very frightened.

Chu Huan could see clearly that the person being chased had ragged clothes, a ragged padded jacket, and a very old leather cap on his head. Unclear appearance.

This person looked very thin and small, he scurried back and forth among the crowd on the street, and finally bumped into a man, his body was not as strong as that man's, and he was knocked down to the ground.

The man cursed, ignored it, and walked away, the big man with a short stick had already caught up, stepped on the man in the fur hat, and cursed harshly: "Fuck, run away? Let's see how much patience you have!"

The man in the leather hat showed pain on his face, and he raised his hand to push away the thigh that was stepping on him, but his strength was obviously very weak, and he couldn't push it away. Instead, two sweet potatoes fell from his chest Come.

The big man pointed the short stick in his hand at the man in the fur hat, and still cursed: "Look at you kid, you know how to sneak around, see if I can't beat you to death!" Holding up the stick in his hand, he pointed at the man in the fur hat and was about to hit him down. .

Before he could knock down the wooden stick, he felt his wrist tightened, as if being caught by iron pliers, unable to move. Turning his head, he saw a rustic young man holding his wrist.

"Why hit someone?" Chu Huan asked coldly.

The man in the leather hat fell at his feet, seeing that the big man was going to hit someone, Chu Huan naturally wouldn't ignore it.

"Let go!" the big man shouted angrily.

Chu Huan pushed hard, and let go of the situation. The big man felt a push that pushed him back three or four steps. He stood still, raised his stick and pointed at Chu Huan and said, "Here's to meddling in your own business!" Yes." Pointing to the fur hat on the ground, he said: "This boy stole two sweet potatoes from me, I beat him as much as I like, mind your own business!"

Chu Huan said lightly: "Two sweet potatoes, how many copper coins are worth, you have to deal with such a heavy hand? Look at him, he is also very hungry, otherwise who will steal your sweet potatoes. If you are a thief, steal gold and silver, Where would you steal such a worthless thing?"

The big man said: "You said it lightly. If this is not considered stealing, then everyone should go and get a share. I am going to drink the northwest wind?"

Master Li came forward, leaning on his crutches, and said: "A gentleman speaks but does not move. The sky is bright and the sun is bright, and he has his own laws. Even if he really stole your things, you can report to the officials yourself, and you don't need to beat anyone!"

There were many onlookers around, seeing this situation, seeing that the man in the leather hat was skinny and pitiful, they all pointed and pointed, saying that the big man was wrong.

The big man knew that public anger is hard to offend, so he naturally couldn't really report to the officials because of the two sweet potatoes, and cursed: "It's so fucking unlucky...!" Pointing at the fur hat with a wooden stick, he said humanely: "Stinky boy, next time if you If I see you again, I'll take your skin!" Cursing and chattering away.

Then Chu Huan squatted down and picked up the two sweet potatoes. The two sweet potatoes were so small that Chu Huan could hold them with one hand, handed them to the man in the fur hat, and said softly, "Take it!"

The man in the fur hat raised his head only now, and saw that two tears had flowed from his eyes, and the tears slid down his cheeks, which actually washed away a lot of black ash on his cheeks, revealing two white marks.

Don't look at the man in the leather hat who is thin and thin, but the exposed skin is white and tender.

"I... I didn't do it on purpose...!" The fur hat man said timidly with a look of horror on his face, "I... I want to eat to survive...!"

Chu Huan didn't say much, put the sweet potato in his hand, got up, and went to help Master Li into the restaurant, but he heard the man in the leather hat say from behind: "Thank you...thank you...!"

Turning around, Chu Huan saw that the man in the leather hat had stood up, holding the sweet potato firmly in his hands, as if he was afraid that the sweet potato would fly away.

Chu Huan just nodded with a smile and didn't say much. He helped Mrs. Li into the restaurant. A waiter had already come forward and said with a bow, "Are you two?"

Master Li stroked his beard and said, "Find us a quieter place first, there is still a guest who hasn't come, so we have to wait a bit!"

"Do you two want a private room?" The clerk asked with a smile, "There happens to be a private room upstairs, but you will be charged an extra twenty copper coins!"

Master Li hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine too!"

At that moment, the man took the two of them upstairs, and when they got to the stairs, Chu Huan thought of something and looked back, only to see the man in the fur hat standing in front of the door, staring blankly at him.

Chu Huan saw that he was pitiful, if he was alone today, he would probably bring the man in the fur hat in for a meal, but today he was inviting someone to dinner, and he was not in a position to make decisions, as a store clerk over there had already seen him standing in front of the door A beggar waved his hand and cursed: "Go away, don't delay the business!"

The man in the fur hat held two sweet potatoes and disappeared from Chu Huan's sight.