The Wu family did not hang lanterns under the platform, so late at night in the middle of winter, except for a few lights spread out in the courtyard, there was endless darkness.
Liu Boyu followed Liu Bowen's hand and walked forward from the darkness, which was so sudden that it was shocking.
Wu Yi was startled when he saw that Liu Boyu and Liu Bowen looked exactly the same. One tall and one short stood together, looking like two round-faced people made of dough. In this dark night, they became more and more weird and funny, breaking the emotional atmosphere in the room.
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"You, you guys..." Wu Yi stuttered, remembering what Wu Jin told him about the shipwreck dealer, the surprise when they first met immediately disappeared, leaving only the nervousness.
It’s not like my brother found out that they were shipwreck dealers, so he came to cause trouble!
He couldn't figure it out, but subconsciously he didn't feel good. He couldn't help but look at Liu Bowen, feeling panic in his heart: "What are you looking for my brother for?"
Liu Boyu raised his hands, with thin cotton ropes hooked on the fingers of both hands, and four or five large oil paper bags hanging below. He smiled brightly and looked friendly: "I'm here to ask your brother for help. You are Wu Yi, right?
I often hear blog posts mention you as a good friend, and you are indeed a good boy."
He crossed the threshold, entered uninvited, and took a look at the house as soon as he entered: "It's so cozy. Your brother lives in the east wing."
Liu Bowen also walked in.
Wu Yi listened to him and breathed a sigh of relief quietly. However, he was still a little scared. He swallowed, turned around and shouted to the kitchen: "Mom, we have guests. It's Liu Bowen and his brother. They're here."
elder brother!"
Mother Wu hurriedly came out of the kitchen. She saw a tough-looking person with a silly smile on her face, carrying large and small packages. When she saw her, she kept calling her "Auntie", hurriedly wiped her hands, and declined the gift.
Liu Boyu didn't allow her to refuse, so he put it directly on the ground and went to the east wing very kindly.
When Wu Jin heard his brother's yelling, he had already opened the door. An oil lamp illuminated him in the room, and his shadow crossed the threshold from under his feet and stretched outside the room.
Liu Bowen was full of apologies: "Wu Jieyuan, I'm really sorry for bothering you so late. Can I go in and sit down?"
"Just call me Wu Jin. Sit over here." Wu Jin came out and opened the door of the compartment, "Please."
There was no lamp or charcoal basin in the compartment. It was like a dark ice cellar, and Liu Boyu was swallowed up in one bite.
Liu Bowen was like his little tail and followed him in. Wu Jin looked at Wu Yi who was at a loss and said: "Go and make tea."
Wu Yi nodded quickly, turned around and ran to the kitchen. Wu Jin returned to her room, raised the oil lamp, and went to the cubicle.
Dim yellow light emitted from his hand, gradually dispersing the darkness in the room, illuminating the path he was going to take very brightly.
The oil lamp was placed on the square table, and the three of them sat around the table. Everything from the table to the bench was cold and hard, preventing them from being lazy or leisurely.
At this time, Wu Yi came in with a plate with three cups of hot tea on it, placed them on the table respectively, and brought down the melon seeds. As he was about to leave, Wu Jin waved to him: "Sit down too, I'll entertain you."
friend."
Wu Yi sat down as he was told, and rubbed his hands nervously, exhaling hot breath in his palms. He wanted to bring the charcoal basin in, but he didn't dare to move.
Liu Boyu picked up the hot tea cup to warm his hands and said with a smile: "It's been nearly a month and a half since I last saw you. Your hands are healed. It's such a happy thing. At that time, I was only talking to Miss Mo and didn't look at you carefully.
, now that I take a closer look, you are really impressive."
As he spoke, he looked at Wu Jin carefully and saw that Wu Jin was wearing a dusty and bloated cotton coat. It was originally an ugly homely clothes, but when she got on him, she became very dignified.
Wu Jin smiled, said nothing, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, thinking that the two tea leaves he bought today were very good, not bitter, and had a refreshing fragrance, but it was a pity that Cheng Ting did not come to taste it.
Liu Boyu hit a wall, but he remained calm and enthusiastic: "I came here today to ask you, Wu Jin, to do me a favor."
Wu Jin said to the teacup: "Please tell me."
He also looked kind and amiable, but Wu Yi looked on from the side, always worried, and didn't even dare to rub his hands.
Liu Boyu picked up the teacup and took a sip. He put down the teacup, grabbed a handful of melon seeds in his hand, peeled one, but didn't eat it, just put it aside. He peeled another melon seed, still didn't eat it, and put it aside.
While peeling it off, he said: "Then let me tell you straight away, Brother Wu should know what kind of business my family does, so there is no need to say more."
Wu Jin stared at his hand: "I know."
Liu Boyu peeled it very seriously, and soon he had a small pile of shells on his left hand and a small pile of kernels on his right hand. He did not eat it, but only peeled it. At the same time, he sighed: "Miss Mo doesn't allow us to use mules. Mo Jiedu loves my sister very much.
Taking this as a golden rule, we have always respected the Mo family, and if we are not allowed to use mules, we will not use them."
After he finished speaking, he took the small pile of melon seeds he had peeled into the palm of his hand, opened his mouth, poured it into his mouth, and chewed it with relish.
While chewing hard, he waited for Wu Jin to speak, but after waiting and waiting, he could not get a word from Wu Jin - it seemed that Wu Jin wanted to wait for him to finish speaking before he opened his mouth.
So after he finished chewing, he took a sip of tea, coughed twice, and cleared his throat: "It used to be that the Liu family could still survive without mules, but since the war, leaking ships has become extremely dangerous, but we don't
Don’t you dare to leave—the dignitaries are using our peppercorns, ambergris, and pearl agate, where can we dare to stop?”
His face was full of embarrassment: "Now that we don't have mules, we can't move forward. I just want Brother Wu to beg Miss Mo for us and allow us to use mules."
Wu Jin turned his head slightly and looked at him: "Wang Zhizhou will kill you for a few peppercorns? Or will Magistrate Cheng kill you for a few pearls? Or if there is no ambergris in Mo Jiedu's house?
Xiang, will Mo Jiedushi want you to be buried with him?"
He turned his face back and said in a calm voice: "There is a ferry wharf in Luoshui, Jeju, and there is a shipping department. Isn't it possible to buy peppercorns? Or do they lack money and go to Luoshui Wharf to buy it?"
Liu Boyu didn't expect that he would refute him plausibly. He even paused in the action of peeling melon seeds.
Wu Jin spoke clearly, and every word was unambiguous: "It's just that you are greedy for money and endanger yourself, and you are unable to satisfy your desires and have an insatiable accumulation of money."
No one answered the call for a moment, and it fell into silence. Only Liu Boyu's hand moved again, making a "click" sound.
Wu Yi looked at Liu Bowen, who smiled at him, but his smile caused a layer of cold sweat on his body, which clung to his clothes and hit his spine, making him shudder.
He turned to look at Wu Jin. He thought Wu Jin had an angry face, but he didn't expect that under the firelight, Wu Jin's expression did not change at all - he felt that his brother seemed scarier than before, and he used to be gentle, but he still couldn't help it.
He wanted to be angry and harsh, but now, there is only gentleness, like spring waves in the lake and willows on the embankment.