Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 104 Meeting Qi Heng for the first time
  "What a beautiful little girl." Li An couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he forgot that he was not even older than others.

"Brother Ziqian."

Seeing that Li An ignored her, Liu Waner tugged on Li An's sleeve, feeling a little dissatisfied.

"I don't know either, I guess so." Li An said after coming back to his senses.

He didn't know if the other party knew martial arts, but a woman carrying a sword when she went out should have some martial arts skills.

"Brother Ziqian, do you think I can ask her to teach me martial arts?" Liu Waner said excitedly.

"I told you that the stories are all fictitious, don't take it too seriously." Li An said speechlessly.

The Song Dynasty valued literature over martial arts, and many noble families abandoned martial arts and followed literature. You, a girl, think about practicing martial arts all day long, and you don’t know what to think.

Seeing what Liu Waner wanted to say, Li An quickly said: "The tea and snacks are here, let's try the snacks here in Bianjing first."

The waiter who led the way before and another person came over with snacks and tea. Hearing Li An's words, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir, our tea shop's snacks are very famous around here, and students from the Imperial College often come to buy them. The most famous The best is our No. 1 cake, which is sold out every day as soon as it is made."

"Oh?" Li An glanced at the snacks on the tray in the waiter's pocket and asked, "I wonder which one is the Number One Cake?"

"I'm sorry, sir, but it's very troublesome to make Zhuangyuan cake. It's only available every afternoon, not in the evening. If you want to try it, you can buy it tomorrow afternoon, but you have to hurry up early. If you come late, it will be gone. ." The waiter said while placing tea and snacks on the table.

"Then I'll try it later." Li An smiled and nodded.

"I think the guest officer's attire looks like a scholar. Our champion cake not only tastes good, but also has a good meaning." The waiter said.

"Oh?" Li An said with a smile: "Is it possible that after eating this champion cake, you will definitely get the top prize?"

Waiter: "..."

Just kidding, if you can get into the top exam by eating it, then it’s an elixir.

Besides, there is only one top pick in the examination every three years.

The waiter smiled coquettishly: "Your Majesty, you really know how to joke, this No. 1 Cake..."

The waiter told the story of the No. 1 Scholar Cake. It was nothing more than a poor scholar from the Tang Dynasty who passed by Bianjing when he was going to Beijing to take the exam. He was about to starve to death because he had no money to eat.

A kind person gave him a few snacks. Later, the scholar won the first prize and came back to repay his kindness.

When I asked about the name of the dim sum, I learned that it was made by myself and didn’t have a name, so I said it would be called Zhuangyuan Cake.

Li An naturally doesn't believe this. Which of the various delicacies and snacks in later generations does not have some legends?
  Just listen to this stuff, don't take it seriously.

To put it bluntly, it’s just packaging and promotion.

No wonder it is said that all the scholars from the Imperial College will come to buy it. Anyone who can get into the Imperial College has no idea about the number one scholar.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, there is no harm anyway.

"Your Majesty, please use it at your leisure." After the waiter finished telling the story, he bowed and left.

"and many more."

Li An stopped the waiter and asked, "I heard that all the teahouses in Bianjing have people who tell stories, why don't you teahouses do it?"

"Yes, but the storytelling gentleman has been ill these past few days and has not come over," the waiter said.

"That's it, okay, you go ahead." Li An waved his hand.

"Brother Ziqian, do you want to listen to storytelling? But I don't think those stories are as good as the stories you tell." Liu Waner said.

"Haha, I just asked casually." Li An smiled.

In fact, the business he plans to start is to open a tea shop, and the most attractive thing about the tea shop is not the tea and snacks, but the storytelling.

The so-called storytelling is actually storytelling.

When Ang Lee was just studying, he thought about making money by writing storybooks. Although he didn't do it in the end, he didn't forget it.

The reason why I came to the tea shop was to see what kind of stories Bianjing likes to hear.

He opens a tea shop, hires a storyteller, and publishes some of the Four Great Classics of later generations and some martial arts novels. Then the tea and snacks will be more expensive, but he will not be able to make a lot of money. What? You said everyone who comes here orders a pot of the cheapest tea?

Haha, let’s find out the minimum consumption.

Moreover, he makes money by attracting customers through storytelling, and he is not afraid of being targeted.

After all, this is a kind of wisdom that others cannot take away even if they want to.

After all, there is a teacher who serves as a censor, so no one will kidnap him back to write a storybook.

Moreover, writing books is somehow related to literature, and there is no shame in being known about it.

These are just his inner plans, and he doesn't plan to tell others for the time being.

I have to say, the dim sum at this tea shop is really good.

Li An and Liu Waner tasted a few pieces, and most of the rest went into Shi Zhu's stomach.

This was the first time Liu Waner saw Shi Zhu eating, and she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go back." Li An said.

"This Bianjing Night Market is not as fun as the rumors say." Liu Waner said a little disappointed.

"Didn't Desheng say that the liveliness is only in the inner city? This is the Imperial College, which has a strong literati atmosphere, and it is already very lively." Li An said.

When checking out, Li An asked the waiter to pack some snacks.

When I returned to Liu's house, I gave some to Desheng and Liu Waner's maids, some to Liu Xuewen and Zhang, and finally some to Shi Lin.

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Because Xuexue Zhuang will be late in coming to Bianjing, he will not be able to go to school for the time being.

Early the next morning, Liu Xuewen had breakfast and went to the staff department to report, while Li An returned to the yard to read.

While watching, Desheng ran over to report that someone was looking for him outside.

When Li An heard this, he guessed that Gu Tingye and Sheng Changbai were here. After all, he didn't know anyone else in Bianjing.

But what makes Li An a little strange is that it stands to reason that Gu Tingye should have quarreled with his father after returning home.

Unexpectedly, Gu Tingye was still in the mood to come to him.

When Li An came out with Shizhu, Gu Tingye and Sheng Changbai were waiting at the door. In addition, there was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

Although the boy is still young, he is very handsome, personable and has an extraordinary temperament.

"Could this be Qi Heng?" Li An guessed.

"Zi Qian!" Gu Tingye and Sheng Changbai smiled and greeted each other.

"Zhonghuai, brother Zecheng."

Li An returned the salute, looked at the young man next to him, and asked, "Who is this?"

"Haha, let me introduce to you. This is the son of Qi Guogong, Qi Heng, whose courtesy name is Yuanruo. Yuanruo, this is the Li An and Li Ziqian I told you." Gu Tingye introduced the two people with a smile.

Li An secretly thought that it was true, bowed his hands and said, "I have met Mr. Qi."

Qi Heng did not ask for help, but returned the gift with a smile, and said with a smile: "I heard from my second uncle that Brother Ziqian is a few months older than me. Just call me Yuanruo."

"Second uncle?" Li An looked at Qi Heng pretending to be puzzled.

"Our two families have some relatives, so I am his elder." Gu Tingye explained.

"I see." Li An nodded and said, "Haha, then I'll call you Yuan Ruo."

(End of this chapter)