Li Siye led Yan Xiaosi out of the West Market, crossed Yong'an Canal, and headed from Guangdefang to the East Market. On the way, they had to pass the Jianfu Temple in Xinghuafang. The temple walls and pagodas were towering, and the sound of Miao Miao Sanskrit was floating out.
Xiao Si paused for a long time, waiting for Li Siye to walk away before quickly catching up.
The layout of the shops in the East Market is more orderly than that in the West Market. Of course, it is not as lively as the West Market. Most of the people who patronize them are gentlemen wearing brocade robes without robes, or wearing black or
The servants of soap-colored wealthy families sometimes meet a few beardless palace officials.
Yan Xiaosi was naturally curious, so he lowered his head and looked around, thinking that others would not notice his prying eyes.
"Don't be mean-spirited, and don't stare at eunuchs. They are very petty and might snatch you into the palace and castrate you."
Yan Xiaosi quickly retracted his eyes, lowered his head to look at the ground, and followed Li Siye step by step.
Li Siye looked up and saw a jade shop and walked in.
Two clerks in the store were holding whisks in their hands to clean the goods displayed on the shelves. When they heard a customer coming in, they turned around to look at the color of the customer's robe and the belt around his waist.
Li Siye was wearing the uniform of a sixth-grade military attache, but he was not very trim. There were holes in the black gauze on his head. From this, it can be inferred that he was the kind of reckless man with a straightforward temperament who loved drinking. But this kind of person is often a military commander of a certain prince's palace.
When doing business in the East Market, no one can be neglected easily.
The waiter gently put the fly whisk on his sleeve and asked elegantly: "Do you want a piece of jade?"
"No, I want to buy one as a gift." Li Siye said in an understatement, but his eyes were roaming around on the shelves.
"Oh, I wonder who the guest wants to give it to?"
"A member of the Taoist sect, a Taoist nun." Since Mrs. Gongsun, Li Twelve's master, has entered the Taoist sect, it would be inappropriate to give her a sword or something like that. Besides, swords are homophones for "mean", so even if others don't care, she still wants them.
taboo.
To the female Taoist nun?
The boy tried to figure out the guest's thoughts, and a military general with a simple appearance gave something to the Taoist nun. If he thought about it carefully, these two identities seemed to be incompatible. What would be the relationship between the general and the Taoist nun? Taoism was prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, and there were many Taoist nuns in the Taoist temples in Chang'an City.
, and the atmosphere in the Taoist sect was not good, many noble ladies joined it after losing their husbands, which only added a lot of romantic gossip.
Although the person in front of me is unkempt, he has a handsome appearance and is especially strong in body. This possibility is quite high.
The clerk had an idea, so he was smart and took out a green jade statue from the bottom of the shelf. At first glance, it looked like two little people hugging each other.
He took small steps and came to Li Siye, holding out his hands.
Li Siye stretched out his hand to take it. He felt that the workmanship was quite exquisite, but if he looked carefully, he could see that one of the two little figures had a bun on his head and the other had a bun on his head. The genders were clearly distinguished.
His expression suddenly changed: "What do you mean? You think this is what I want!"
If he gave this thing to Aunt Gongsun, the female Taoist nuns would chase him three streets with their swords.
When the waiter heard this, he didn't know that he had done something wrong. He hurriedly folded his hands and apologized: "Customer, please forgive me, I will change it for you. Please don't make any noise, the boss is in the back hall."
Rest, if, if..." The child burst into tears in desperation.
Another waiter also hurriedly came to Li Siye, bowed and folded his hands, and turned to scold his companion: "You stupid fool! You have angered the guest! Why don't you apologize to the guest quickly!"
He clasped his hands together and bowed forward at a right angle, and said sincerely: "My family's livelihood depends on this, please forgive me."
Li Siye's anger had completely dissipated, and since their apology was sincere, life was indeed not easy, so he didn't want to pursue the matter any further.
Unexpectedly, a stern and rough voice came from behind the two of them: "What's going on!"
The shoulders of the two waiters trembled at the same time. They lowered their heads and turned pale. They even held their breath as they breathed out. They were on the verge of life and death. The other waiter secretly raised his head and glanced at Li Siye, lowering his head like a prisoner being tortured.
Li Siye twitched the corner of his mouth, played with the little jade object and said with a playful smile: "This thing is good, but it is too expensive. With this money, I can have a house of concubines. Even if you two bow to me, I will
I can’t bear to shed this blood.”
The two of them breathed a long sigh of relief and looked up at Li Siye gratefully. The other person secretly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.
The owner gave the two of them a stern look and said in a boss voice: "Don't neglect your guests." Then he quickly changed his mask and humbly bowed his hands to Li Siye and said: "If you have any instructions, just ask. Our jade is of every grade.
They are all available, and they are of high quality and low price.”
"Easy to say, easy to say."
The owner made a round of advertisements before leaving with his hands behind his hands. The two of them bowed to Li Siye again and again to express their gratitude.
Li Siye's eyes were fixed on the whisk in the waiter's hand. Both ends of the handle were inlaid with green jade. The tail was made of the hair of an unknown animal. It was soft and white without a trace of color. It looked clean.
.The best gift for a Taoist nun is a whisk, which is both handy and full of meaning.
"Can you sell me this whisk?"
The waiter straightened up and looked down at the whisk in his hand. He smiled, held it out with both hands and said, "The customer fell in love with this. This was originally a display item in our store, but it has been overstocked for too long and no one came to buy it, so I used it to clean the dust."
.If the customer wants it, I can choose another one for you."
"No, no, I want this." After Li Siye saw it, he refused to let it go: "How much does it cost?"
"Please wait a moment, guest. I will ask the owner right away and sell it to you at the lowest price. Thank you very much for your generous offer today."
After a while, Li Siye put the whisk tail on his shoulders and walked out of the jade shop. Two waiters walked him out of the door, then stood by the street and bowed to see him off. They said in a long, clear and childish tone: "Please go slowly."
.Walk slowly."
Li Siye didn't look back, he just raised his palm and waved it. The two of them had no grudge against his way of returning the gift, they just felt that he was a detached, straightforward, honest and really good man.
At this time, the setting sun had set, and the martial artist, who was walking with figure eight steps and shaking his shoulders, disappeared at the gate of Dongshi.
It was already the beginning of Xu when the two of them returned to Xinchangfang. Li Siye simply bought some sesame cakes and soup cakes from the snack bar in Linqu in the square, so as not to go home and start a stove. The shop was opened by an old couple, who opened the back room facing the main door.
Open the window, the steam is rising, and I feel appetizing just by looking at it.
Li Siye took the cakes and soup bowl boxes, exchanged a few pleasantries, and said casually: "The bowls and lunch boxes will be delivered tomorrow morning."
"Li Lang, don't be in a hurry." The old man replied with a smile.
The two of them stepped into the threshold carrying the wooden box and biscuits, and Aunt Wu came out from the side room to welcome her. She bowed her body and saluted: "Alang is back. Oh, by the way, Madam Xu next door came to see you."
Li Siye suddenly became alert: "What is she doing here?"
"I don't know. Maybe I heard that you are coming back. Come and have a look."
He was silent for a moment and said, "If she comes tomorrow, just say I'm not at home." He stretched out his hand and handed the food to Aunt Wu. Aunt Wu held it in her hand and asked, "What is this?"
"I bought this from a store to save the need to open the stove."
The old maid held it in her hand and murmured: "Alang came back from the border. It should be steaming hot, but the house has become a cold pot and a cold stove. I buy food outside twice a day, and there is no heat from the chimney at home.
Is this how you live your life? If outsiders saw it, they would think that the home is in decline. Look at my mouth, but it’s always a bad idea not to turn on the stove. I’m afraid even Shen Tu Yu Lei can’t see through it and won’t be willing to guard the door for you.
."
"Okay, we'll open tomorrow."
Li Siye was not happy to listen to the old maid's chatter, so he waved his hands and walked into the main hall. Taking advantage of the fact that it was not completely dark yet, he placed the table under the verandah and had dinner. The two old maids and Yan Xiaosi never went to court.
The habit of eating is to just hold the soup bowl and the biscuits, squat down on the edge of the wall, use up the soup in a slurping manner, reach out and touch your mouth, and even the steam will come out from your bun.
The climate in Chang'an during this period was simply mild, even winter was not that cold, and spring was no different from summer.
He lit two more oil lamps in the hall, placed three pieces of paper on the desk, and asked Meier to write the contract. He held a whisk in his right hand to drive away mosquitoes on her head, and narrated the general content of the contract in his mouth.
Converting spoken words into classical Chinese and putting them on paper requires a certain amount of skill. Meier did learn a lot under Gao Shi's guidance.
"Hey, doesn't this store have traditional Chinese characters?"
"Oh, brother, why are you so simple? Since when have you been speaking strangely?"
"Ha," Li Siye rubbed his head: "I have little knowledge, so I tend to talk nonsense."
After waiting for Mei'er to finish writing the contract, Li Siye and Yan Xiaosi spent the rest of the time in the east wing waving their picks to dig out the underground treasury. The soil they transported out was spread out on the edge of the square wall for the time being. This project is also urgently needed.
Hurry up, it must be completed before the team of Xu Gong returns to Anxi, so that you can safely take Mei'er on the road.