Lord of Prolo

His name is Li Banfeng—”Feng” as in “mountain peak,” not “madness.” The doctor confirmed he is not insane.

To save a friend’s life, he stepped onto Platform 96, boarded the 11...

Chapter 446: The Customs of the Literati

Tan Fucheng hired more than a dozen rickshaws and took everyone to Yanshazhai.

Along the way, he didn't say another word, and the several drivers who accompanied him didn't dare to speak either. In front of these drivers, Tan Fucheng and others felt inferior for their own vulgarity.

Li Banfeng was very curious. What was there to feel inferior about? Tan Fucheng was originally a very free and easy person. Why did he suddenly dislike him today?

Lu Chunying and Lu Yuanxin seemed to be unaffected.

"well."

Li Banfeng heard another sigh.

The driver put down the pole and said to Tan Fucheng: "The so-called end is just a short stop on the journey. After the stop, people will eventually embark on a new journey.

The cycle of life is just a scenery in the journey, and only the footsteps in the journey are eternal and unchanging. "

Tan Fucheng bowed deeply and told his men, "Don't ever say I pulled a rickshaw. I really don't deserve it."

Yanshazhai is a study with tens of thousands of books. It also serves as an inn. Many scholars come here to read and stay in the study because they can't put down their books.

This residence was chosen by Xiao Yeci. She had longed for Yanshazhai for a long time. When she saw the stacked bookshelves in the library, Xiao Yeci's breathing became rapid.

"Mom, you're blushing and sweating."

"Mom likes it here!"

"Mom, let's arrange a place to stay first. Brother Tan doesn't seem to be able to talk anymore."

Tan Fucheng stood at the front desk of the study, his face sweating with anxiety. Xiao Yeci walked up to him and said politely, "We want ten rooms."

Standing behind the front desk was a young woman with the standard Protestant girl's hairstyle, which was the short hair unique to female students.

She was wearing a blue gown, similar in style to a cheongsam, but looser than a cheongsam and not showing off her waist. It was a unique female student outfit in Purdue.

The woman looked at Xiao Yeci and asked in a low and deep voice: "People are just passers-by in time, why do you have to live here?"

Xiao Yeci answered very frankly: "The books here deeply attracted me. I came here to study with a pious attitude and want to stay here for a few more days."

The young woman nodded and said, "There are upper rooms, middle rooms, and lower rooms in the study. Which one do you want to choose?"

This time when they came to Moxiang Store, no one revealed their identities, but they were all people of status, so their accommodation conditions could not be too bad.

Xiao Yeci said: "We want to live in the upper room."

The woman asked, "Did you choose the upper room for the sake of pleasure?"

Yes! I am here to study, how can I be picky about accommodation?

Xiao Yeci felt very ashamed and quickly changed his words: "Then let's live in the middle room."

The woman frowned and said, "Did you choose the middle house just to pretend to be mediocre?"

Xiao Yeci was a little embarrassed: "Are you asking me to choose the lower room? Isn't the lower room a bad choice?"

The woman's brows were locked even tighter: "Are you so greedy and vain? If it's just for pleasure and vanity, why did you come to the Moxiang store when the outside world is so prosperous? Why do you still live in the study?"

Xiao Yeci lowered his head and said with a guilty look: "I am so presumptuous..."

"It's not that I'm being presumptuous, it's that your intention to study is not pure."

Xiao Yeci felt even more ashamed and nodded repeatedly, "Then we can just stay in the room."

The woman looked at Xiao Yeci with disappointment: "You chose to go to the lower room. Is it stingy with money? Or is it an insult to the study?"

"I, I don't have it!" Now even Xiao Yeci didn't know what to say.

"well."

Li Banfeng heard another sigh.

Xiao Yeci stuttered and was unable to speak. Lu Yuanxin glanced at Lu Chunying and prepared to use some extraordinary measures.

Lu Chunying nodded.

Lu Yuanxin walked to the counter and said to the woman, "Open ten upper rooms and have your people come over to pick up the luggage."

The woman looked at Lu Yuanxin and said, "Did you choose to go upstairs for pleasure or for vanity?"

Lu Yuanxin knocked on the table, and a ball-shaped object appeared on the table.

The woman initially thought it was an egg, but after waiting for a moment, the "egg" suddenly stretched out, revealing its densely packed legs and feet.

It turns out that this is not an egg, but a coiled millipede.

The millipede unfolded its body and slowly crawled across the counter.

The woman exclaimed, took two steps back and said, "Is this a blasphemy against knowledge, or an insult to students?"

"This is my warning to you. I want ten upper rooms." Lu Yuanxin knocked on the table again, and the millipede crawled onto the woman's face.

The woman quickly opened the room and everyone checked in. Xiao Yeci felt a little sad:

"Nannan, are mom's thoughts really not pure?"

"Mom, you are the purest. Don't bother with that guy!"

At noon, after everyone had finished their meal, Xiao Yeci took Lu Chunying to the study to read, while Li Banfeng went out for a stroll alone.

Moxiang Store has a kind of prosperity without being noisy, which is very different from Green Water City.

The street is not wide and there are many shops, but no shop stands outside the door to call for business.

If you want to buy something, you must first understand the sign, then understand the quality, and then negotiate the price with the owner.

There was no argument or noise in the bargaining, it was all poetic.

"This pen should have a suitable owner. As long as you see my handwriting, you should understand that its owner is me."

"I believe you and this pen had a connection in your previous life, but if you're still hesitating and struggling over twenty yuan, I think your connection in this life ends here."

This is still relatively direct. There are some shops whose signs Li Banfeng can't even understand.

For example, in Zuyifang, some people want to go in and wash their feet, but in fact, this shop sells socks.

For example, the Flower Blowing Pavilion. Some people want to go in and have some air blown into it, but in fact it sells toothbrushes and toothpaste. After brushing your teeth, the air you blow into will have a floral scent.

For example, Lujia Bookstore looks like an ordinary bookstore, but in fact it also sells old newspapers.

It’s strange, how come there is also a Lu Family Bookstore in Moxiang Shop?

Is this a duplicate name, or a branch?

Li Banfeng pushed the door and entered the bookstore. He found that the shop was not big, but its decoration and layout were exactly the same as those of Lushuicheng and Yaowanggou bookstores.

Boss Lu came forward and said, "Boss Li, long time no see!"

The boss is the same.

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "Boss Lu, have you opened a new shop?"

Boss Lu shook his head and said, "This is not a new shop. Moxiang Store is my hometown. This is my family's old shop. I came back to take a look just in time for the New Year.

83 Latest Address Boss Li, are you here to buy a newspaper this time?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "I don't want to buy a newspaper. I want to read a book." "Please come this way!"

Li Banfeng was a regular customer, so he could read books at will. Boss Lu specially moved a chair for him and poured him tea.

"Boss Li, what kind of book do you want to read?"

“Books from the local area.”

Boss Lu took out a dozen books from the bookshelf and placed them on the table. Li Banfeng flipped through them one by one and took a fancy to one of the books called "Smart Writers".

This is a set of biographies, divided into two volumes, telling the anecdotes of a talented writer who has a karmic connection with wisdom.

This "wise man of letters" was born in Moxiangdian. Li Banfeng flipped through other books and found that this wise man of letters often appeared in the local literature of Moxiangdian. In Moxiangdian, he was definitely a legendary figure.

This man is extremely smart. He can guess other people's intentions with just a few words and can see other people's flaws with just a few probing sentences. Not only is he extremely talented, but he is also good at both literature and martial arts. He carries a judge's pen with him, which can be used for writing and as a weapon.

Li Banfeng bought the first volume and left the second volume in the bookstore with a fold.

When they arrived at the door to pay, Boss Lu saw that Li Banfeng had only bought the first volume, so he quickly told the waiter to bring the second volume: "Boss Li, you can't read half of a book, I'll give you the second volume as a gift."

Li Banfeng stopped the waiter and said, "You're welcome. I don't buy it not because it's too expensive, but because it's too troublesome to carry it with me. I'll buy the second volume after I finish reading the first volume."

Boss Lu said, "Let me ask you one more question, Boss Li, among so many local books, why did you choose this book, "Hui Ye Wen Ren"?"

Li Banfeng said: "Because this book talks about the local customs. I just came to Moxiang Store and I am not used to this place."

Boss Lu smiled and said, "Boss Li, don't say you are not used to it. I was born in Moxiang Store. I go out to do business and come back once every year or so. I also feel uncomfortable.

Are you in trouble?"

"I really encountered one." Li Banfeng told the story of Yansha Study. "Boss Lu, does the woman in that study still want to do business? Why is she making things so difficult for the customers?"

Boss Lu said: "Business must be done. If you choose the upper room, she will make more money and she will definitely be happy.

But no matter how happy she was, she couldn't let it get out, otherwise people would think she was just a money-grubber and didn't have the character of a scholar.

She asked you guys if you chose the upper room because you were greedy, and you responded by saying that it was a sign of respect and admiration for the study. That was exactly what she said.

As a result, you said you wanted to choose a new room, and the girl would be unhappy because she would earn less. Then you said you wanted to live in the room, and the business would be difficult to do. "

Li Banfeng frowned and said, "If you want to do business properly, why don't you make it clear from the beginning?"

Boss Lu shook his head and smiled, "This is the rule in Moxiang Store. If you speak too bluntly, others will regard you as vulgar."

It seems that there is still a lot to learn here. Li Banfeng took the book and left. There were no other customers in the store. Boss Lu put the book back on the bookshelf and was about to take a nap, but saw a man in a white gown and a white top hat walked in.

"Sir, you want to buy a book?"

He Jiaqing shook his head and said, "I want a few newspapers."

"I don't sell new papers here."

"I came here to buy old newspapers."

Boss Lu added: "What I'm selling is not waste paper."

He Jiaqing nodded: "I understand the price."

After buying a few newspapers, He Jiaqing left the bookstore. Seeing that it was still early, he called a rickshaw and went to Xiaoyaowu. There would be a special performance by Jiang Mengting that afternoon.

Li Banfeng walked on the street for an afternoon and got a general understanding of the layout of the Moxiang store.

This is a city with a large area, crisscrossing streets with distinct characteristics, antique buildings, a large population, and well-developed industries. There are plenty of business opportunities, but as Ma Wu said, to do business here, you have to grasp the temperament of the literati.

For example, if you want to sell groceries, you can call your shop Linglong Baobao Pavilion, but if you call it Mouji Grocery Store, it is guaranteed to have no business.

If you want to open a brothel, the girl must have talent and understand the ways of the world. Only when the love is strong can things flow naturally. If the water comes before the love, it is disrespectful to the literati.

There is a poetry club in front.

There are poetry societies in other places, and poets can form a poetry society by gathering regularly. This is not new in Provo.

But the poetry society in Moxiangdian is a little different. It is a type of shop that specializes in matchmaking.

Judging from the shop appearance, the poetry club is somewhat similar to a teahouse, but the shop provides the four treasures of the study and arranges men and women to sit opposite each other and visit friends through poetry.

A blond man, who had just finished writing a poem, recited it in a clear and melodious voice: "I am willing to gaze into your eyes, I am willing to hold your arms, I am willing to touch your cheek, I am willing to protect your heart, I truly love you, great Moxiangdian!"

The girls present gave their comments:

"Vulgar language!"

"Explicit language!"

"Scream at the top of your lungs!"

"Vulgar!"

Amidst the girls' comments and contempt, Cuitik walked out of the poetry club in disappointment and happened to meet Li Qi.

Cuitik was surprised and asked, "What a coincidence, I actually met you here?"

Li Banfeng was also surprised: "What are you doing here?"

Cuitik said: "Learn the culture of Prozhou. Moxiangdian is the cultural pinnacle of Prozhou. I love Moxiangdian."

Li Banfeng asked: "Did you change your tattoo?"

Cuitik opened his shirt and revealed five big words: "That is inevitable."

"You just changed it so casually. Aren't you afraid of being seen by your ancestor?"

Cuitik fastened his shirt and said, "I'll change it back when he comes."

Li Banfeng looked at the poetry club and said, "This should be a place for blind dates. Do you want to start a family in Moxiangdian?"

Cuitik sighed, "I have this intention, but the girls in Provo don't like foreigners."

As he spoke, a herpes rose on Cuitik's face.

Li Banfeng took a half step back, and Cuitik waved his hands to indicate that he meant no harm.

The herpes burst, and the green juice turned into a little emerald green man, which flew to Li Banfeng's ear with wings and whispered:

"I have a business I want to discuss with you." Cuitik looked at Li Banfeng sincerely.

Li Banfeng pushed up the brim of his hat with his fingers, revealing his eyes, and motioned Cuitik to continue.

Cuitik controlled the little green man and said slowly: "Chu Shaoqiang is coming, he wants the land of Moxiang Store,

The Grand Master is coming soon, and he wants Chu Shaoqiang's life.

A good friend of yours is coming too, and I have some news about him."

ps: Why did Chu Shaoqiang choose Moxiang Store?

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