Chapter 96:
“So younger sister, what do you think? Oldest Brother will buy these tea leaves of yours for two hundred copper coins, alright?”
The woman was instantly filled with joy in her eyes, excited, a pair of soft hands grabbing his arm, thanking him nonstop: “Oldest Brother! You’re really too good! Younger sister is so grateful to oldest brother!”
“Hehe, no trouble!”
Old Li Tou trembled nervously, afraid she would smell the odor on his body!
“So oldest brother, where does your family live? Little sister will go thank you again when I have time!”
Old Li Tou’s feet felt rooted to the ground, smelling the waves of fragrance coming from her body, this scent was really nice!
His feet felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, unable to lift them, his whole body felt off!
He deeply felt a sense of accomplishment from rescuing a weak person!
At this moment, he felt like he was the king!
Cough…!
Old Li Tou ghost made god sent waved his big hand, “Younger sister, these are copper coins! Take them well!”
On the road holding that Zisha Teapot Tea Set, it felt heavy in his hand…
He very generously told her his home address, telling her she could send a message to him if there was anything!
When he got to the road he felt a bit regretful, he had been a bit impulsive just now! If Zhou Shi found out, would she make a fuss?
Thinking about it, what had he even done?
He had only helped a weak woman, she had tormented him for so many years, why fear her?
Thinking of those pitiful eyes, his heart skipped a beat, his steps hurried.
Entering the city gate, he headed toward Second Brother Lei Wa’s father-in-law’s shop in town.
He walked for about half a quarter of an hour, arriving at South Gate Main Street Huaihua Alley, passing by Fifth Brother Li Gui’s Donglin Academy where he was studying, standing at the doorway and looking.
The academy was built against the mountain, red lacquered door wide open, under the morning sun’s reflection the clusters of buildings inside looked very grand and solemn, towering trees, winding corridors turning and twisting, making him involuntarily filled with respect!
Students some holding book scrolls on the road, some hurrying toward the hall, he looked for a long time but didn’t see Li Gui!
Worthy of being Taoyuan Town’s number one academy!
It was worth their whole family old and young paying so much for him!
At this time, a middle-aged man who was the gatekeeper saw him at the doorway, walked over from far inside, frowning and shooing him: “You farmer carrying a bamboo basket, what are you doing standing at the main gate?”
“Hurry up and leave, can you take responsibility if you affect the students’ learning performance?”
“Hehe, sorry, I was just curious, taking a look!”
“Look at what? Hurry up and go!”
“Yes, yes, I’m going right now! Hehe!”
Old Li Tou was scolded, his face flushed red, but he felt quite happy inside.
So grand! His family’s Gui Wa was studying inside!
Such an honorable thing.
Because he left in a hasty rush, he darted into an alley, these South Street alleys crisscrossed with paths.
And he kept walking straight ahead along this alley, which should lead to the market main road.
He walked step by step carrying the bamboo basket, suddenly he seemed to see a thin familiar back shadow flash by ahead.
That person entered that back door, closed the door and couldn’t be seen anymore!
“Gui Wa?”
He rubbed his blurry old eyes, impossible, Gui’er was studying at the academy now, what was he thinking?
Hehe, it must be that he was thinking too much about Gui’er just now and saw wrong.
Still not at ease, he hurried forward, the red lacquered door tightly closed, he knocked on the door.
Inside “creak!” a door crack opened, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young woman opened the door for him, looking out from the small door crack.
“What do you want?”
Seeing him dressed like a rural farmer sweating, still carrying a bamboo basket: “You also here to find girls?”
“What? Find girls? Cough… no, I’m just looking!”
“Crazy!”
The gate slammed shut!
How come this side yard had women’s inner clothing hanging inside?
No one in the yard!
Suddenly there was a woman’s giggling flirtatious voice, he shook his head, not knowing where he had wandered to today!
Thinking of that woman on the road just now, today he really had the luck to encounter such fortune!
If only he were thirty years younger!
Better hurry to Lei Wa’s side! Old Li Tou arrived at Chen Ji, there were occasionally two or three people in the shop buying cloth!
Li Lei nodded and bowed helping to get the cloth, his family’s this cloth shop was actually only about a dozen square, very small, inside had Li Lei’s father-in-law, and his eldest brother-in-law Chen Pi, eldest brother-in-law’s wife He Hua all there.
Only Chen Shi and her mother were missing, probably at the rented house taking care of the kids.
Li Lei saw her pointing at a bolt of cloth asking, “Madam, you have good taste, the cloth you selected is blue floral cloth from Jiangnan Hong Futai dye house!”
“At this summer time used to make skirts, outer garments is very pretty!”
Took it down from the shelf and handed it to the woman to look.
The woman took it and felt it, “Oh? What’s the price?”
Li Lei said seriously: “Cloth from Jiangnan Hong Futai is naturally quite expensive, this bolt ten taels of silver, one foot eh eight hundred copper coins!”
The woman sneered: “Fooling who? I can tell, real Jiangnan Hong Futai uses hand-woven cloth, blue base white flowers, indigo grass dyed cloth with full bright colors, very appealing!”
“Your cloth workmanship is rough, color not full, clearly fake goods from a private workshop!”
“Not small guts! Really didn’t expect little Chen Ji also dares to sell fake goods!”
These words drew the attention of the other few people in the shop!
Li Lei’s father-in-law hurried forward to apologize, make amends, afraid she would make a scene outside!
“Forget it, the shop is so small, I was just bored wandering around!”
The woman didn’t pursue it further, took a young maid and left!
No sooner had she left than Li Lei got a headful of scolding: “Li Lei, don’t you have eyes? Didn’t you check clearly? Worked so long and still make such low-level mistake?”
“Dad, I just saw her dressed ordinarily, thought she wouldn’t know, so…”
“Still making excuses!”
Li Lei felt extremely upset and aggrieved, saw his father-in-law scolding him, and on the side his brother-in-law’s wife also came to say him,
“Dad, if he keeps this up just let them go back to the village, now our shop’s business is getting worse and worse, who in town can support so many people!”
His father-in-law expressionless, didn’t speak!
“Did you hear your sister-in-law’s words?”
Li Lei clenched his hand!
“Yes! Sorry, dad, I was wrong, absolutely won’t happen next time!”
“Hmph! If you do this signboard-smashing thing again, just wait!”
This floral cloth was business Li Lei brought in, he originally didn’t agree to sell fake cloth using the big dye house’s name, only the profit was too high, their kind of small shop couldn’t help being tempted!
Old Li Tou looked inside from the doorway, just missing the scene of Li Lei being scolded!
After being scolded, Li Lei ran to the backyard saying he needed to relieve himself and would be right back!
Eldest brother-in-law’s wife muttered a few words at his back, “Sneaky slippery thing, runs after a couple words! Tch!”
Then greeted at the doorway “Hehe, customer, what cloth do you want to buy, come in and look…”
Looked up and saw Old Li Tou carrying a bamboo basket loitering at the doorway, trembling and peering in, instantly anger rising with disgust: “Ugh! Another debt collector!”
These words were heard by his eldest brother-in-law, who saw it was Old Li Tou, quickly said his wife wasn’t: “He Hua, look at you, what are you saying?”
Hurried to welcome him, “Uncle, how come you came here today?”
Because they usually rarely came, probably afraid of causing trouble for Li Lei…
“Hehe, I won’t come in and disturb, you’re open for business, look at me like this, I just need to talk to Li Lei about something, then go!”
“Oh, like that, wait a bit, I’ll go call him!”
Eldest brother-in-law ran to call Li Lei, Li Lei came out and saw it was his dad, impatience in his eyes, knew what it was about, a bit unhappy.
Glanced at eldest sister-in-law, pulled his dad out, “Dad, why’d you come?”
“Hehe, Lei Wa, things at home haven’t been busy lately, came to see you all! How’s your wife and little ones?”
“Mm, alright!”
Li Lei said impatiently, thinking to himself you say nice things, if you really cared about their family of four, how could you not even help last time?
