Li Qi was in a good mood after getting a few laborers for no reason. After chatting with them for a while, he asked them to pack their luggage first and then go to Zuixianju with him later.
After the explanation, Li Qi walked out of the room and saw Bai Qiannuo teaching the children how to read seriously. He didn't want to disturb her and squatted aside to listen.
After a while, Bai Qiannuo seemed to feel two eyes watching her from behind. When she looked back, her eyes happened to meet Li Qi's dull eyes, which made her pink cheeks dizzy.
Li Qi didn't feel anything was wrong, he just appreciated it. He stood up and said with a smile: "White lady, you have worked so hard for me. Thank you very much."
This is a true statement from Li Qi's heart.
But Bai Qiannuo didn't think so, and let the children practice on their own, then smiled at Li Qi and said: "Didn't you just say that you were a businessman? In that case, it's okay not to say thank you, it's not worth a lot of money anyway.
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Sweating!
Li Qi's face froze, and he quickly changed the subject, and said with a smile: "By the way, it will be noon soon, what should we eat for lunch?"
The white lady snorted and said, "Someone will bring you steamed buns later, so you won't be hungry."
"Just eating steamed buns? How can this be done? Look at them, they are all as skinny as monkeys. When I stopped in the store, those who didn't know thought Zuixianju had been turned into a refugee relief center." Li Qiyao
He shook his head.
Bai Qianuo rolled her eyes and said angrily: "I want to feed them big fish and meat, but don't forget that you only gave me one hundred taels the day before yesterday, and now there are more than ten people, and you still have to give them a lot of meat and fish."
It will last for several months. You don’t know how to settle this debt, right?”
"Well--ahem, uh...it's like this. The store is undergoing renovations recently and money is tight."
After Li Qi spoke vaguely, he added: "However, in order to thank White Lady for your hard work and helping Zui Xianju without asking for anything in return, I plan to pay five dollars privately to give everyone a good meal."
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Bai Qiannuo glanced at him suspiciously and said, "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Li Qi assured.
"Bring me the money." Bai Qiannuo stretched out her hand and said.
Isn't it just five dollars? You look down on people, right?
Li Qi glanced at her sideways, reached into his pocket, and his eyes widened suddenly. Could it be that he forgot to bring money?
Li Qi groped around for a while and found that he really didn't have any money.
Seeing how sweaty he was, Bai Qiannuo already guessed it, and smiled deliberately: "What? You won't tell me that you forgot to bring money, right?"
Li Qi glanced at her awkwardly, gave her two thumbs up, and praised: "White lady, you are so smart, you guessed it right - I really forgot to bring money."
Bai Qiannuo rolled her eyes at him, obviously not agreeing with him, and said: "This person said he wanted to thank someone, but the other person said he didn't bring any money. It's really insincere."
Li Qi knew he was wrong first, but he didn't dare to refute. He rubbed his hands and asked, "Then - do you have any money with you?"
"Of course I will, I'm not like you."
"Then can you lend me five guan of money first? I promise to return the money to you as soon as I return to the store." Li Qi patted his chest and promised.
A hint of cunning flashed in Bai Qiannuo's eyes, and he said: "Actually, it's okay to lend you five guans, but - you have to give me back 20 guans."
blackmail.
**Naked blackmail.
Li Qi said angrily: "You are too dark, aren't you afraid of overstuffing yourself?"
Bai Qiannuo shrugged and said, "I forced you to borrow it again."
"Six passes."
"Fifteen strings."
"Eight strings, no more."
"Ten strings. If it's less, just ask someone else to borrow it."
"You are ruthless enough to seal the deal."
Li Qi almost broke his teeth. He had played with an eagle for two lifetimes, but now he was pecked in the eye by an eagle. What a shame and humiliation!
Bai Qiannuo finally regained a victory, and was very happy. She immediately asked Xing'er to bring out money worth five guan (silver notes).
A thick stack of banknotes with face values ranging from ten to fifty cents.
Li Qi took the money and asked angrily: "Do you have a pen here?"
Bai Qian nodded and said, "There is it in the house. Why do you ask? I didn't ask you to create a written document."
"Don't ask about this yet, you will know later. Can you get me a pen first, and by the way, get some rags too." Li Qi said mysteriously.
Although Bai Qiannuo didn't know why Li Qi wanted these things, they were not expensive, so he asked Xing'er to go to the back room to get a writing brush and some rags.
After a while, Xing'er brought the brushes and rags.
Li Qi took the brush, hesitated, his face turned red, then handed the brush to Bai Qiannuo, and said with a smile: "Sorry, I have to trouble you to do it for me."
Bai Qiannuo took the pen and asked in surprise: "You can't read?"
"That's not true, it's just that my handwriting is so ugly that even I can't stand it." Li Qi said with a helpless smile. In his time and at his age, who had nothing to do to practice? Brush calligraphy!
Bai Qiannuo looked at him with a strange look. This was really unbelievable. She originally thought that Li Qi was able to confront her and Song Yuchen at the same time, so he must have great literary talent. She never expected that he could not even speak a word. Can't write well.
What kind of person is this!
Bai Qiannuo felt a little dumbfounded and said, "Then you have to tell me what you want to write, right?"
Li Qi chuckled and said: "This is simple, um - fifteen pounds of pork, tofu, garlic, ginger, green onions, cabbage..."
Li Qi mentioned about thirty kinds of ingredients, main ingredients, and seasonings in one breath, and then asked Bai Qiannuo to write one or two on each piece of rag.
Bai Qiannuo frowned slightly, and after thinking about it, she still didn't know why, but she didn't ask and started writing as Li Qi said.
After Bai Qiannuo finished writing everything, Li Qi took the rags and walked up to the group of children. He touched the head of the relatively strong boy in the front with his hand and asked with a smile: "Little brother, May I have your name?"
The young man seemed a little afraid of Li Qi, and said in a trembling voice: "My—my name is Tian Qi."
Khan! Tian Qi? This name is too domineering.
Li Qi was stunned and then asked: "Is your father the carpenter in Natian?"
Tian Qi nodded.
"Haha! Your father really knows how to choose names, and he can even apply for a patent."
Li Qi said something that no one could understand, then picked up a piece of rag at random, placed it in front of Tian Qi, pointed at the words on it, and asked: "Tian Qi, do you know the words on it?"
Tian Qi looked at it carefully and said: "Pork and raw - raw." He didn't seem to recognize the last word.
"This character is called 'ginger', do you remember it?" Li Qi smiled.
Tian Qi read it in a low voice, then nodded.
"very good."
Li Qi handed him the white cloth and said, "Can you buy me fifteen pounds of pork and one pound of ginger?"
As soon as the adults heard that Li Qi was going to ask Tian Qi to buy pork, they all ran over and volunteered to take the errand job.
However, Li Qi rejected them one by one. If you were asked to buy them, then why would I bother to do so?
Li Qi gave each of the children a piece of rag and a few money coupons, and then asked them to buy according to the instructions on it. Except for arranging for an adult to accompany Tian Qi to buy pork, Li Qi had to figure out the rest by himself.
Done.
Those children held so much money, their hands were trembling, and their hearts were tight, but they were more afraid of Li Qi, so they all went out. They had been wandering here for so long, so Li Qi naturally didn't have to worry about them.
get lost.
After they left, Li Qi asked Carpenter Tian and the others to chop some firewood from the surrounding areas, and then asked the ladies to go find some stones outside and build a temporary stove in the middle of the yard. As for cooking utensils such as pots and spoons, they were all ready in the house.
of.
After everything was given, before Li Qi could take a breath, Bai Qiannuo came over again, looked at him with complicated eyes, and asked: "Are you doing this to teach them how to read?
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Li Qi was slightly stunned and said with a wry smile: "It seems I can't hide anything from you. I just want to take advantage of this opportunity to let them recognize a few more words, but this method is absolutely not advisable, it is too expensive.
I’ll have to trouble you to teach them in the future.”
"Don't worry, since I promised you, I won't break my promise to you." Bai Qiannuo hummed.
However, she felt that Li Qi's method was very good. With so much money, the group of children naturally did not dare to leave separately. They must discuss things together, and the words on the rag would also become the target of their discussion.
In this way, they will definitely memorize the words on the rag, which may be more effective than reciting it a hundred times by themselves.
Li Qi chuckled and said, "Of course I can trust you, otherwise I wouldn't ask you to cooperate."
Bai Qiannuo glanced at him angrily and asked, "By the way, what are you planning to cook later?"
Except for the fifteen kilograms of pork, the names of the ingredients that Li Qi asked her to write down were all ingredients. This combination was really strange.
Li Qi chuckled and said, "You'll find out later. Don't worry, I will never let you down."
Bai Qiannuo was already used to Li Qi's character of tempting people, but when he thought of his "bright smile" last night, he was quite looking forward to it.
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