Huo Xi didn't know that a disaster would suddenly arise and disappear suddenly.
After a busy few days, I went to Boya Book School this afternoon to pick up Huo Nian.
The students who had finished school on time had already left the courtyard and went back to their homes. The students who had stayed in class had all left. The entrance was deserted.
Huo Nian is now learning martial arts and has to go to class for an hour late every day. Huo Xi is sitting across from the school, holding his chin in his hands and thinking about something, while waiting for Huo Nian.
After a while, several children ran out chasing after them.
Huo Xi glanced at the door and stood up.
Huo Nian said goodbye to his two good friends at the door. He stretched his neck and looked around, but didn't see his uncle. He pouted and just sighed when he saw his sister standing opposite him.
He was stunned and pursed his lips.
Huo Xi walked towards him. Huo Nian moved his steps, then paused. He lowered his head and rubbed the ground with the toes of his shoes, drawing circles.
Two steps away from him, Huo Xi stopped.
Huo Nian rubbed his little feet, feeling nervous. He lowered his head and waited for a long time, but he didn't see his sister coming. He thought her sister had left again, so he quickly looked up and saw that his sister was still standing in front of him, very close to him, and smiling.
To see him.
Huo Nian's eyes suddenly turned red, and he rushed over and hugged Huo Xi's waist tightly.
Huo Xi felt uncomfortable and stroked his head, "Are you still angry with your sister?"
Huo Nian didn't say anything. He shook his head after a while and said angrily, "I'm not angry." He sniffed and rubbed his little head against Huo Xi's waist.
Huo Xi could feel the clothes around her waist were wet.
She took his hand, moved forward, and looked down at him. Pi Xiaozi still had his head lowered.
"Sister, will you take you to the inner city to eat delicious food, okay? And also take you to listen to books and watch vaudeville shows?"
Huo Nian nodded happily and looked up at her with bright eyes. Huo Xi smiled.
The two siblings took a carriage and entered the inner city.
We had a delicious meal, went to watch a variety show, and listened to a book.
In the gorgeously decorated teahouse, there is a two-story tall wooden pavilion. The private rooms on the second floor are full of people. Even if you have money, you can't get in. There are waiters guarding the stairs. The two sides of the hall are made into verandas, with bamboo curtains on the left and right.
A small room was built around it, with a square table and high chairs set up in the small room, and a dedicated waiter to serve tea.
There are only square tables and benches in the middle of the lobby, which are full of people.
Huo Xi and Huo Nian finally found a seat and shared a table with others. The two siblings ordered some tea and snacks and sat down to listen to a book.
The storyteller in the hall plays several roles. He can also imitate the voices of various animals and different characters. He is a storyteller who is good at ventriloquism.
Huo Nian listened to the chirping of birds, the cry of a baby, the charming voice of his daughter, and the roar of a strong, muscular man. He was so transfixed that he even forgot to blink.
Until the storytelling break, Pi Xiaozi happily lay on his sister: "Sister, this storyteller is really amazing. Nian'er even thought there were many people behind the scenes."
Pi Xiaozi's eyes were shining, and his joy was beyond words.
Huo Xi smiled and pointed around for him to take a look.
"Look upstairs, there are noble people sitting in the private rooms. There are people guarding the stairs. No matter how rich we are, we can't go up. That is the privilege of high status. Look at the two sides of the downstairs. The guys are respectful, nodding and bowing.
, look at this lobby again, the attitude of the guys towards us is different?"
Huo Nian nodded, it was very different.
Huo Xi smiled and touched his head: "This is because of different status and different treatment. If ordinary people like us want to rush to the second floor, the nobles will beat us up. In the lobby downstairs, you
Look at all the people sitting there. Noble people will not sit with ordinary people like us."
There was a lot of noise around him, and Huo Xi quietly directed Huo Nian to observe, instilling some concepts of family status into his little head.
When the storyteller took a break for a while and came on stage again, there was thunderous applause and the excitement was still the same, but Huo Nian lost the joy he had just now.
The two siblings came out of the tea shop. At the door, they saw many noble people being helped by servants and stepping out of the carriage. They saw that some noble people kicked over the stalls of the vendors. The stall owner dared to be angry but did not dare to say anything.
Kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy.
Huo Nian was led away from the tea shop by her sister, looking back frequently as she walked.
He lowered his head all the way.
The two siblings found a cruise ship on the inland river and took a ride. The scenery of the Qinhuai River remained the same, but Huo Nian said nothing.
"Although you are young, you should understand some things that you should understand. My sister told you before that in this era, people are divided into high and low levels. It is not something you can do whatever you want. Even if you are right, in
In front of family status, if people say you are wrong, you are wrong."
Huo Nian looked up at her.
"So we must learn to restrain our sharpness. When we meet those noble people, we should not conflict with them. Avoid them if we can. We must learn to show weakness when the time is right. Before we have the ability to protect ourselves, we can't fight against those noble people in our current status.
Do you understand?"
Huo Nian nodded.
Seeing that he understood, Huo Xi touched his head: "Remember what my sister said. It's easy for noble people to punish us. We don't have room to reason. We can't twist our thighs with our thin arms, right?"
Huo Nian nodded: "Sister, Nian'er remembers it. In the future, Nian'er will be a person of high status, so that no one can bully us casually."
Huo Xi was stunned for a moment, "Okay, then you should work hard and become a person of higher status."
"Yeah!" Huo Nian nodded firmly.
Two days later, Huo Xi took people to Wanxiang Tower. When he entered the door, he turned to look at the other person. He had a foreign face, spoke local Mandarin, and occasionally jumped out a few fluent sentences.
talk.
I don’t know where Mu Yan found the character.
The two entered Wanxiang Tower and were led into the elegant room by Ping Niang's maid. Wu Youcai and Ping Niang were already sitting in the elegant room.
This second time we met, we stopped testing each other and got straight to the point.
Huo Xi brought some jewelry, jade, ambergris and other spices, and Wu Youcai was very interested. However, he wanted to exchange a hundred pieces of brocade and a ship of official porcelain, but Wu Youcai did not agree.
This guy has been in the Shibo Division for a while, and has become a lot smarter. The Yun brocade is only for the officials, and the officials have to wait for the emperor's reward if they want it. It has always been only for the nobles among the officials, and rewards for the officials and foreigners.
For the use of envoys.
Now that the sea ban has been opened, I will buy it with Fanshang Bo and give them some Yun brocade in exchange, but the quantity is not large.
Wu Youcai wanted what Huo Xi brought, but it was not worth a hundred pieces of brocade and a shipload of official porcelain.
Huo Xi and Mu Yan looked at each other, took out a palm-sized white porcelain bottle from their arms, signaled Ping Niang to pour two cups of warm water, then unscrewed the bottle cap, poured some into each cup, and stirred
Stirring, he pushed a cup in front of Wu Youcai.
Wu Youcai didn't move. He didn't dare to try something he didn't know.
Huo Xi and Mu Yan's men looked at each other, and the man picked up the cup and drank it all without hesitation. Wu Youcai still didn't drink, so Pingniang said, "Sir, can I give Pingniang a sip? I happen to have a dry mouth."
Wu Youcai nodded, and Ping Niang picked up the cup and took a sip, her eyes lit up: "Sweet?"
Wu Youcai saw that the two of them were fine after drinking, so he didn't mind it. He brought Ping Niang's leftovers over and drank. After drinking, he smacked his lips twice and looked at the porcelain bottle in Huo Xi's arms: "What is that?"
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