It was already two quarters after noon when they came out of Jinbao Pavilion. The two of them had nowhere to go. Unknowingly, they walked to the opposite side of the Hongxiu Building on East Street. Looking at the red pillars and blue tiles on the building, Li Ye shook his head and thought:

Don't bother Dongfang Yu'er.

There were many small shops selling food on the street. Li Ye led Agui to find a noodle shop that looked clean and tidy. He found an unoccupied table, pulled out a stool, and sat down.

The shop was very quiet, with only four tables and a few benches. There was no sound of guessing, talking, laughter or noise. The waiter came over with tea and asked Li Ye what he wanted to eat.

Li Ye was either at home or in his husband's yard. He had never gone out to eat. He didn't know what to order, so he glanced at Agui.

When Agui saw it, he understood it and called the waiter. "Here are two bowls of beef noodles. The soup should be thick, the meat should be cut thickly, and two fried eggs. Don't worry, you won't be short of money."

The waiter said hello, wiped the table for the two of them, poured tea, turned around and went into the back room.

Agui looked at Li Ye and said, "Young master has good taste. This is the best noodle shop in Fengyun City. I heard it has been open for a hundred years, so it is considered a century-old shop."

Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "It is indeed rare. I heard from my husband that it is difficult to start a business and even harder to keep a business. It is really not easy for them to be able to hold on for a hundred years."

Agui smiled and said: "There are still several century-old shops in Fengyun City."

Li Ye poured tea for the two of them, took a sip, and looked at the Hongxiu Tower opposite without saying a word.

...

Hu Ge and Xiao Ju haven't seen Li Ye since the school holidays. The brother and sister searched several times without success. They felt bored and asked Fatty Tang to come and play.

The three of them also wandered around, from North Street to South Street, looking for food at roadside stalls. Unknowingly, they also wandered to East Street and arrived at the downstairs of Hongxiu Tower, the stone road across the Liuhe River.

On the bridge.

The fat man was so dumb that he walked to the center of the bridge, hugged a pillar, and shouted: "If you want to play, you two can go alone. I won't leave, not even to death. I can't walk anymore." After that, he took it from his clothes.

Wipe the sweat from your face with a handkerchief.

Xiao Ju looked at the fat man with disgust, stepped forward and pinched the fat on the fat man's hand, and said, "Little fat man, didn't my brother Li Ye give you a prescription to lose weight? Why doesn't it work?"

Tang Chao glanced at Xiaoju, then looked down at the fat on his body, sighed, and said, "My father said that we still need two herbs. He asked someone to go to Sifang City to find it. I want it too!"

Hu Ge's eyes were looking at the poem carved by Li Ye on the stone bridge, and he said: "This poem has been on this bridge for more than a year, and the princess of the general's palace has not been rubbed away."

Xiao Ju looked at her brother's eyes and saw the poem on the slate. She turned her head and looked at Tang Chao: "Fat man, didn't you say you just met Li Ye a few days ago? When will he give me the money?"

"I don't know. I only know that he will go to Tianshan with his husband to collect herbs in a few days. I don't know when he will come back." Tang Chao lowered his head and looked at the fish swimming among the water plants in the Liuhe River and said in a muffled voice.

"Once autumn is over, the mountains will be closed by heavy snow. Will he and his husband spend the winter in the mountains?" Hu Ge was a little confused.

Xiaoju also expressed concern, and at the same time lowered her head, imitating Tang Chao and lying on the railing of the stone bridge, looking at the fish swimming among the water plants in the river.

But he muttered: "Fat man, let's talk to Li Ye and tell him not to go to Tianshan. Isn't your family a medicine seller? Doesn't he have gold coins in his hand? No big deal, I don't want it anymore!"

The little money fan frowned, as if he was giving up the gold coins he had received, and couldn't part with them.

...

In a noodle shop on the street.

Li Ye stared at the beef soup with green onions floating in front of him and thought to himself: I don't usually devour food like this, so why did I lose my grace today? There were two fried eggs in a large bowl of beef noodles, and it was gone in a few seconds.

Agui glanced at Li Ye's bowl, then at his own bowl, and asked: "Master, this is delicious... Do you want another bowl?"

Li Ye rolled his eyes at him and didn't reply, but he picked up the bowl and drank up the noodle soup with chopped green onions carefully. He took out a handkerchief, wiped the oil stains around his mouth, and said, "You pay after eating, and I'll go to the bridge."

Stay for a while."

After finishing speaking, he moved the stool and walked out of the noodle shop with his feet up.

Upon hearing this, Agui picked up the bowl and sped up.

Li Ye lowered his head and looked at the bluestone slabs on the street, thinking that if he could find a time in the next two days to give these two pieces of jade away, it would help him settle his mind.

I'm not sure, the husband will say he will leave for the mountain tomorrow.

Just as he was thinking about his thoughts, Tang Chao's strange cry came from the bridge: "Brother, brother, we are here, you are here!"

Before he finished speaking, Tang Chao rushed down the stone bridge and ran over like a grizzly bear to give Li Ye a bear hug, still howling at the same time.

Li Ye pushed away the fat man who was holding him, looked up at the two brothers and sisters who were looking at him on the bridge, patted the fat man on the shoulder and said, "Brother, this is on the street, not in a school. Pay attention to your appearance.

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The fat man ignored Li Ye and dragged Li Ye towards the bridge. As he walked, he said: "We are brothers, what does this mean? Who dares to laugh?"

With a smile on her face, Xiao Ju ran over and took Li Ye's hand. "Brother Li Ye, I haven't seen you for many days."

That means the Lord is saying, don't forget to divide the money.

Looking at Xiao Ju, who was one year younger than him, Li Ye really loved him and thought to himself: He still has a younger sister, unlike those two young ladies who call him younger brother all day long.

He touched Xiaoju's head and said, "The school is on holiday. You can come to my husband's yard to play with me. You are not a tiger."

Looking at Hu Ge who was silent and touching the poem carved on the bridge, Li Ye couldn't help but laugh. "Tell me, do you want to find someone to polish this poem? It's always here. It will make people laugh in the future."

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Hu Ge looked at the smiling Li Ye and couldn't help but laugh. "If you want to smooth it out, maybe the little princess of the General's Mansion won't be happy with it? Believe it or not, I'll ask the fat man to ask her?"

"Maybe she will be in the Red Sleeve Building in front of her right now, with the little princess of the Territory Lord's Mansion. Should I go up and ask her to come down?" the fat man asked.

Li Ye pulled Xiaoju to lean against the railing and said with a smile: "Go up and call her and give it a try."

Xiaoju covered her little mouth and laughed at this pig teammate.

Seeing Xiao Ju's cute look, Li Ye felt satisfied with a full meal, and this flawless smile drove away a trace of depression in his heart.

He took out his purse, counted fifty gold coins from it, looked at Xiaoju and said, "Xiaoju, bring your handkerchief. These gold coins are for you. You can divide them between them."

When Xiao Ju heard this, a flower bloomed on her face. She quickly took out her handkerchief and wrapped the gold coins that Li Ye gave her.

A small hand hugged Li Ye and said: "Brother Li Ye, just now I told you not to go to Tianshan Mountain with your husband to collect medicine. I will keep these gold coins for you to buy medicine at Fatty's house."

When Hu Ge and Fatty heard Xiao Ju's words, they nodded and said together: "Our brotherhood is more important than these gold coins."

Li Ye touched Xiao Ju's head and looked at Hu Ge and Fatty. He was very moved and helped Xiao Ju put away the gold coins.

He smiled and said: "My husband and I went to Tianshan Mountain. We need to collect medicine, but more importantly, we need to practice. Practice can't just be in the Great Buddha Temple and my husband's yard. My husband said that practicing in the mountains can help me calm down."

"You guys should also practice hard, and Xiaoju, you can also practice next year. Only if we brothers all practice hard, can we be together for a long time in the future, do you understand?"

"If you are afraid that there are no exercises to practice, after I come back from Tianshan, I will ask your husband to find some exercises suitable for your practice. Let's work together. There is no sooner or later in practice, as long as you are willing to endure hardship." Li Ye thought for a while,

Said softly.

The three of them nodded, especially Xiaoju, who squinted her eyes and smiled: "I am your sister, you have to let me practice no matter what."

Li Ye smiled and said: "Of course, I can't leave you alone."

"Okay, the gold coins have been distributed to you. You can buy whatever you want." Li Ye said with a smile. Looking at the young men beside him, Li Ye felt a warm feeling.

Tang Chao glanced at sister Xiaoju and thought, "You want to share it with me."

Xiaoju glanced at the fat man, covered her handkerchief and hid it in her arms, shouting: "What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine!"

Hu Ge glanced at his sister. Xiao Ju knew what he wanted to say and said first: "I am your sister, and I am in charge of the money!"

The two boys were speechless, while Xiao Ju had a proud smile on her face.

Li Ye smiled and patted Tang Chao: "Fat man, you don't have the money, so let me, this girl, practice hard, and you will have to take good care of her in the future."

After saying that, he glanced at Xiaoju again, which meant: Be nice to the fat man, he is my brother.

The fat man dragged Li Ye and patted his chest: "Don't worry, brother, I will take good care of sister Xiaoju."

Xiaoju looked at the fat man and said with disgust: "Who wants you to take care of him? Take care of your own body first."

After saying that, he chuckled, took Li Ye's hand, and wanted to kick the fat man with his feet.

Hu Ge glanced at Li Ye, a little melancholy. While looking at the fish in the Liuhe River, he asked: "Brother, you and your husband came back from Tianshan, are you going to leave Fengyun City in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Fatty and Xiaoju also turned to Li Ye with questions on their faces.

Li Ye looked at the three friends he had played with since childhood, and felt very reluctant to part with them.

After thinking about it, I said honestly: "Maybe. My husband said that he should read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles. The old monk at the Great Buddha Temple also said that the essence of Buddhism is ascetic practice."

I think I can't tell you if there are other important things. I have to go to Fangcun Mountain in the Xixuan Region to seek my cultivation skills.

The four little friends lowered their heads together, looking at the fish swimming carefree in the Liuhe River, and the sadness of parting arose in their little hearts.

The afternoon sun shines through the sparkling river water and shines on the back of the swimming fish, refracting the golden light and dazzling several people's eyes. Xiaoju giggled and asked Li Ye to take her to find it.

Food.
Chapter completed!