Inside the Minglou room, a lady Wanrou played the piano music. Li Ya stood by the window facing the street and looked at the two-story building next to the decoration, frowned and silent.

Next to Minglou is Lijiafang, and this shop is directly opposite. Chen Yu often comes over to point fingers. Needless to think about it, it is here to target him.

"When will the bright moon come? I'll ask the blue sky with wine~..."

The woman's soft throat was gentle and her soft singing voice rose and fell behind the bead curtain.

Under the incense, Wang Rui patted his palm and listened quietly. After the song ended, he nodded with a smile: "As soon as Miss Shishi's new song was released, no one could shake the position of the head of the four courtesans."

"The prince is rewarded."

Li Shishi came out from behind the pearl curtain and bowed slightly: "I can't stand the blessings of Master Su, and the songs I made in my body are not on the table. I really can't stand the praises of Master Su."

Even though they knew that the two had old grudges, they mentioned it. It was not that Li Shishi didn't know the worldly ways, but that the song was ordered by Wang Rui herself, and she just told it truthfully.

"Su Shi is such a man. Why should I compete with my first-class merchants with such talent? If Miss Shishi knows him, can you mention Wang's beautiful words? If he does this again, Brother Li and I will not be able to do business."

Wang Rui complained softly with a smile on his face.

Li Shishi knew Wang Rui's methods, so she just made fun of her. She bowed slightly, called the other sisters over, and left the private room.

There were occasionally three or two people passing by on the street, watching and watching each other with wooden boxes in their hands, and laughing from time to time.

Li Ya looked at it for a moment and spoke with a little melancholy: "Brother Wang, it's better if you can't suppress Wanbaolou. If you continue like this, you may not be able to do business. You have to think of a countermeasure."

Wang Rui held the teacup and ignored the woman who was smiling and accompanied her. He thought for a while: "The hairpin can be imitated, but the poems are helpless. The poem Su Shi built Tokyo, and even Fan Yue and others were impressed. This countermeasure is not easy to think about."

Li Ya naturally knew that he looked at the passersby and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Actually... there is no need to carve poems, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and zodiac signs can be carved on it. Ten taels of silver are too high for ordinary people. Let's set the selling price lower, and then spend a lot of money to recycle one of them so that those who are itchy and want to try can afford it. Maybe it will be better than Wanbaolou's business..."

Wang Rui's eyes were fixed, and the teacup was lightly put down: "You can think of it, but Wanbaolou won't think of it?"

"That's true."

Li Ya nodded slightly, feeling that she was really thinking too much. With the methods of Wanbaolou, how could she not think of this method? There must be an unknown reason.

After a little while, Wang Rui said goodbye on the grounds that something was wrong at home. The discussion of countermeasures did not work at all. Li Ya had to continue to try to communicate with Wanbaolou to see if she could put the goods in her shop.

On that day, all the elders of the Wang family gathered in the conference hall. After making a decision, they began to weave cheap hairpins in large quantities...

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"I'll send you back."

From the second floor of Baibaozhai, Su Xiangning was still standing behind the hall of Baibaozhai to watch. Perhaps she wanted to learn the shopkeeper's words and deeds, but now she was in the mood, just looking silently and feeling a little lost.

Hearing the call, she turned around and walked towards the back door, nodded and walked slowly.

Cao Hua opened the oil-paper umbrella and covered her head: "Don't take it to heart. No one can do anything to you if I am there. Tell me in advance if you have anything in the future."

"I know the young master is very capable... I just feel very confused. It will be fine in a few days... I was so embarrassed by customers when I was in Minglou. I forgot everything in a few days..."

The alley is a little dark, with the rustling and dense sound of rain.

A naughty boy was soaked in the alley and stepped on a puddle. When he saw the bearded scholar coming over, he made a polite face.

"Erniu, come here, uncle will show you something good."

Cao Hua squatted down in the alley, put his hand in his arms and pretended to take it out.

**The boy was half-believing and half-doubted, but he still couldn't block the temptation of the big bearded monster, so he ran to him and stretched out his hand.

"It's just a catch!"

Slap sex...

"Mom~..."

"Young Master Su, you...you..."

Su Xiangning immediately came back to her senses, quickly grabbed Erniu and pulled him behind her, and looked nervously at the scholar opposite: "Eniu is still young, you... don't bother with him."

Erniu, wearing open-crotch pants, cried so hard that he covered his butt and made a grimace, and even stuck out his tongue.

How could Cao Hua have a problem with the child? He started chasing Su Xiangning, and then started playing with this ** boy.

Su Xiangning was both angry and funny, and was willing to let him bully the child, so she opened her arms to block it. The three of them played with eagles catching chickens in the rain alley.

After a while, a big and thick woman ran out with a rolling pin. Cao Hua took a look like a talented man and left with a gentle and polite manner.

After such interruption, Su Xiangning didn't know how to describe the feeling, but just held an umbrella and whispered: "Young Master Su... You are really not particular about the details. If you let your classmates and friends see it, you may know everyone who will be able to spread it tomorrow."

"A talented man like me can turn into a good talk in anything he does."

Walking side by side, talking and laughing finally made Su Xiangning's face rosy. Cao Hua felt relieved when he saw this: "Things will always pass, and life will have to be earned even if it takes money. It's not Lin Daiyu, he is so frowning every day."

"Who is Lin Daiyu?"

Su Xiangning was puzzled and had never heard of this person.

Cao Hua thought for a while and said casually: "A great beauty, I will tell you if I have the chance in the future."

When I came to the small yard deep in the alley, the door was locked. Qingguo was taken away by the officer, and Baibaozhai's friend came once. He turned off the fire and locked the door. After half a month, the door seemed deserted.

Su Xiangning entered the yard, and the equipment used to make tofu is still piled up in the yard, and there are clothes for drying next to it that have not been put away.

When she was moved by the scene, she suddenly became single. She didn't know what she thought of, and stood in the yard for a long time before she started to clean up the things on the ground.

"Qingguo... is actually quite pitiful. He was sold to brothels since he was a child, and his hands and feet were scolded by his mother... In fact, it is the same. When I first entered Minglou, I was often scolded... I used to be spoiled at home like Shen Yu and didn't have to do anything. Later... Actually, the young master said it was quite right. Life always has to live. If I had the ability of the young master, I wouldn't have these things... I hope I can earn some money in the past two years, so I won't let Qingguo do stupid things at that time..."

He murmured softly, muttering to himself.

The woman squatted on the ground, put the pots and pans in the bamboo basket, and her words became smaller and she occasionally wiped the corners of her eyes.

Cao Hua stood beside him and watched for a while, but finally squatted down to help clean up: "Cry whenever you want to cry. It is not good for your health to keep it in your arms, and I won't laugh at you."

Su Xiangning's body stiffened. She could no longer control her grievances, frightened and worried these days. Her nose was sore, and she squatted on the ground with a porcelain bowl in her hand and started crying. She first whimpered softly, but she couldn't help but burst into tears.

“Woooooo…”

If she hadn't been helpless, how could she have been loving to Qingguo, who almost killed herself? She had lost her home. Qingguo really became a lonely man as soon as she left, and she couldn't bear to leave this last comfort.

Cao Hua held an umbrella to cover the rain, and when she almost cried, she spoke: "I have bought the tofu stall and I will focus on running the jewelry shop in the future. With Chen Yu and me, you won't suffer any loss."

"Thank you, young master..."

Su Xiangning responded vaguely, squatting on the ground and continuing to pack up her things.

After working hard for most of the day, he finally moved the messy utensils into the kitchen. Cao Hua took a break for a while and had nothing to talk about, so he stood up and said goodbye. However, Su Xiangning refused to let him go. He went to buy some things, fry a few side dishes and kept them for a meal, as a thank you and apologize these days.

In the deep courtyard of the alley, there is a rainy curtain outside the door. In the kitchen, the woman is busy and busy, and the man sits in the main room and enjoys tea leisurely. It is plain and simple, and it looks like a daily life for a small household.

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Under the same sky, outside the Weizhou Gate in the outer city of Bianjing, many river embankments collapsed in the city after heavy rain for several days.

The countryside around the capital was flooded, and many village households whose fields and houses were destroyed became refugees gathered outside the city gates. Those with relatives in the city could enter and join, while those who had no support could only wait outside the city for help.

Weizhou Gate is close to Guangji River. The flooding of Guangji River has caused the largest number of refugees here, with a large number of people already.

Several chambers of commerce in the city also formed people to serve porridge, and their stomachs could still be filled, but there was no place outside the city. The young, strong, old, weak, sick and disabled can only sit in the rain with thatched huts. The few thatched huts built by the government temporarily built by the government were also more monks and less porridge, and few people could squeeze in.

Under Guangji Gate, a pair of officials came out of the city gate. Immediately, many village men covered in mud came over to kneel down and kowtow, shouting for justice, shouting for hunger, and complaining about God's unfairness. They were soon dispersed by the officers and soldiers.

The Censor Li Gang walked in front of everyone, looking at the few porridge sheds and the black refugees, frowned. The student Deng Su glanced around and was a little surprised: "It was just a heavy rain, how could so many refugees appear?"

Li Gang was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "Xicheng forced the people's land, increased the tax and rent, forced the public land money, and tightened his belt on weekdays. This is the scene when encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters."

Deng Su had not yet entered the officialdom, but he had long heard of the evil deeds of the eunuch party. Looking at the children who could not even afford to wear clothes, he couldn't hide his anger: "Does the emperor know about this?"

"The traitorous official deceived the holy hearing, and these news cannot be heard from the holy master."

"Oh... if the eunuch party is not eliminated, I'm afraid it will be..."

Li Gang raised his hand slightly to stop him, looked around and frowned, "Dian Kuisi has many eyeliners. The last time I asked Senior Zhou to find out."

Deng Su's face suddenly changed. If the adopted son of the assassination of Eunuch Xue was discovered, this friend who had forgotten his age might not be able to save his life.
Chapter completed!