Shopkeeper

Shopkeeper Li walked out of Laifushun with his hands behind his back and walked all the way to the Lu family's wild dock.

Entering the river embankment, he stopped under the shade of a tree. Above his head, the wind blew through the leaves, making the sound of sparse branches interlacing. Shopkeeper Li looked at the busy people in front and let out a slight sigh.

It's a pity that if the world hadn't been difficult, he might have stayed in Jiangjiaba for another ten or twenty years.

After a while, some children ran over noisily and suddenly stopped when they saw Shopkeeper Li standing under the tree.

Li Guangguan was naked and tanned. He tilted his head and glanced at Shopkeeper Li, scratched his bald head, and then looked back at the bamboo shed not far away.

As if he remembered something, Li CanGuan jumped up and down and ran back, shouting as he ran: "Uncle Lu, Uncle Lu, shopkeeper Li is here."

"Shopkeeper Li is here!"

"It's shopkeeper Li here."

Several children shouted after Li Cancan, and the clear children's voice echoed throughout the river embankment.

Lu Quan, who was busy under the river embankment, had not heard the children's shouts clearly. Li Sixi, who was busy moving bamboo on the river embankment, heard it first. He immediately stopped and glanced at the river embankment toward the town, confirming that the child was wearing plain clothes.

After realizing that the person in question was indeed Shopkeeper Li, he turned to call Lu Quan.

Shopkeeper Li is only in his early thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looks upright. He doesn't look like a shopkeeper, but like a knight who travels around the world.

The busy people were also awakened by the children's shouts. They all stood up and greeted shopkeeper Li politely.

"It belongs to Shopkeeper Li."

"Shopkeeper Li, you are here."

"Shopkeeper Li, hurry up and sit in the shed, it's very hot outside."

Everyone greeted Shopkeeper Li warmly, and adults and children gathered around him.

Everyone's eyes were filled with hope. This time Shopkeeper Li came and asked whether he had changed his mind and whether the eel cage business could continue.

Seeing Lu Quan striding over with sweat in his eyes, Shopkeeper Li clasped his fists politely at everyone: "Everyone, please be busy first. I'll talk to Brother Lu."

Lu Quan hurriedly stepped forward: "Shopkeeper Li, sit on the boat. It will be cool on the boat."

The Lu family's boat was tied under a tall willow tree, and the tree's shade just covered the boat. The river breeze rippled through it, and the cabin was extremely cool.

Xiaowu and Xiaosi were both resting in the cabin. Even though it was a hot summer day, they basically didn’t feel the heat as long as they were in the cabin. The two children would hang out on the river embankment except when it was cool in the morning and evening, and the sun rose.

Once you get up, you won't be able to get out of the cabin easily.

Lu Quan was in front, shopkeeper Li was behind, and they entered the Li family's cabin one after the other.

On the river embankment, Li Sixi stood on her tiptoes and watched shopkeeper Li stoop into the cabin, then hurriedly came to Brother Zhang's side and murmured in a low voice.

"Third brother, what do you think is going on with Shopkeeper Li?"

Brother Zhang put down the bundle of bamboo in his hand and then looked at the Lu family's boat: "I can't tell clearly. I have to wait until Brother Lu and the others come out and ask later."

"I think maybe this eel cage business can continue."

This was said by Li Sixi, but it struck a chord with everyone.

It would be great if, as far as shopkeeper Li was concerned, the eel baskets would continue to be made and the goods would be shipped as usual.

Even if the rebel army and the imperial court start fighting, it will still take some time. Before the insurgent army comes, if you do more, you can earn more copper coins. Every extra penny in your hand means a penny. The more the imperial court wants to fight with the Hongying Army,

When fighting a war, you need more money and food to survive.

Even if you are fleeing, you can buy food if you have money, and you will not be afraid of starving to death if you have food.

Anyway, everyone has a boat, but if it doesn't work out, just like what everyone discussed before, more than a dozen boats will just go into the lake.

When the imperial court and the Hongying Army are finished fighting, when will they come out again?

Not to mention Li Sixi, even the people who were busy weaving eel cages on the river embankment stopped for a rare moment and came to Ms. Qiu's side to ask, "What does Shopkeeper Li do here?"

"I don't know either." Qiu responded vaguely with a smile.

She really didn't know what shopkeeper Li was doing, but when guests came to the house, they always had to boil a kettle of hot water to bring them tea.

After a few casual remarks, Ms. Qiu stood up, brushed off the bamboo shavings on her body, straightened her hair and prepared to go to the boat to boil water: "I won't tell you anymore, I'll go make some tea first."

Xiao Qing hurriedly put down the eel cage in her hand: "Mom, let me boil some water."

With that said, regardless of whether Qiu answered or not, he got up and walked to his shack.

It was rare for her to be so stubborn, which made Ms. Qiu stunned for a moment.

The sun was getting bigger and bigger, and the area in front of the shack was shrouded in sunlight. Seeing Lu Xiaoqing gathering firewood and squatting in the bright sun to boil water, Qiu was a little speechless for a moment.

How could Ms. Qiu not understand her daughter's little concern for her? She thought that her daughter, who was so well-behaved and docile, was afraid of being laughed at because of her stutter, and had been hiding behind others silently like a shadow.

It's better now, and I don't know what method Xiaosi taught me. Xiaoqing's speech is getting better and better, and her courage is getting bigger and bigger.

Because Lu Quan started the eel cage business, several people came to her to ask for information, and they secretly wanted to get married.

Lu Xiaoli glanced at the eldest sister who was lighting the fire, and was about to get up, then thought about it and sat back down.

Just boiling a pot of water, the eldest sister can do it by herself, but she went to help but made the eldest sister unhappy.

Forget it, forget it, let’s make a few more eel traps.

I can make some money by weaving eel cages in these days. If I earn more money, I can buy a pair of silver earrings for my eldest sister.

In the past few days, Aunt Li, Aunt Zhang, and Aunt Wang have been hanging around my mother. It’s not that she doesn’t understand what these aunts and aunts mean.

Thinking of earning money to buy silver earrings for her eldest sister, Lu Xiaoli lowered her head and started working faster and faster.

If you earn more, you can buy your eldest sister a big and beautiful silver earring, the one in the shape of an orchid. She will definitely like it.

She and Xiaoyu had gone to see it, and the pair of orchid silver earrings cost one to two to seven cents.

Lu Xiaoyu, who was sitting cross-legged beside him, lowered his head and was busy arranging the bamboo strips seriously, and did not notice who boiled the water at home.

She was very busy, and with her small hands and small hands, she was not as agile as the eldest and second sisters, so she earned less money.

Xiaoyu could only try his best to suppress his playful thoughts, and would never listen to Xiaosi's temptation, saying that it was cool in the cabin and that he could not earn money by weaving eel cages.

Why can't I earn any money? As my mother said, weaving an eel cage costs ten cents, which is all theirs. Other people's children have to cut bamboo strips and weave eel cages by themselves, and they can't keep the money they earn.

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Her father had cut up all the bamboo strips in her house, and the four of them could just braid them.

She is so young, but she can still earn twenty coins a day. Why is twenty coins not money?

Because they can earn money, almost none of the children in Ye Pier's house are idle, and all of them help under the shed.

But there are not many little girls like Chen Yaoyao and Ma Lanhua who are as young as Lu Xiaoyu and can sit there from morning to night willingly.

Like Li Canguan, he was fine in the morning, but in the afternoon, it felt like he had a needle stuck in his buttocks and he couldn't sit still.
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