Li Banfeng wants money, one thousand yuan!
"Okay, okay..." Xiao Yeci quickly took out one thousand cash from the wicker box and gave it to Li Banfeng. Li Banfeng counted it twice and put it into his inner pocket.
The two said goodbye to each other. Xiao Yeci and her daughter went to the He family's old house, and Li Banfeng went to Yu's cloth shop.
Yu Nan, the owner of a cloth shop dressed in fancy clothes, came up to us and said, "You want to buy cloth? Come and have a look. This is copy satin and Ku satin. Here we have Ning silk and Huaxianchun. Here we have Huaya and Hang Luo. Here we also have Hangfang and Hu crepe. Which one do you like?"
This shop mainly sells silk, but Li Banfeng didn't want to buy cloth and he didn't know how to cut it.
Yu Nan talked for a long time, and seeing that Li Banfeng was not interested, she asked, "Do you want to buy ready-made clothes? We have a tailor here. If you don't like the ready-made clothes, we can make one for you."
Li Banfeng shook his head: "I don't buy clothes either."
Yu Nan bit the slender pipe, remained silent for a moment, and then smiled and said, "You want to buy a silk handkerchief?"
“No.”
"You want to buy a quilt cover?"
“No.”
"You want bed curtains?"
“No.”
Yu Nan took a puff of her cigarette and frowned, "What are you buying?"
"Buy cigarettes."
Li Banfeng smelled the cigarette and thought it was pretty good.
Yu Nan blinked her big eyes and confirmed again: "Are you coming to our cloth shop to buy cigarettes?"
"Don't you have a cigarette?" Yu Nan was smoking, and Li Banfeng felt that his idea was very reasonable.
Yu Nan's face darkened slightly: "Are you trying to tease me?"
Li Banfeng didn't quite understand what the entertainment meant: "Are you going to sell it or not?"
After a long silence, Yu Nan turned to the waiter and said, "Bring two packs of Fairy Lady and give them to this guest."
Big Fairy, a very famous ladies' cigarette in Provo.
The guy brought two packets and Li Banfeng put them in his pocket.
"How much?"
Yu Nan smiled and said, "No need to pay, I'll give it to you."
This man is very straightforward, but Li Banfeng never asks for things from others for free.
"Make me a suit, choose better material."
Yu Nan shook her head: "We don't sell Western clothes here."
This shop only sells traditional clothing.
Li Banfeng looked at the ready-made clothes hanging in the shop, pointed at one and said, "I want this... a very long piece of clothing."
Yu Nan looked back and said with a smile, "Do you want a long gown?"
"Yes, it's a long gown."
"Old Eight!" Yu Nan called to the waiter, "Bring me a ruler, I'll measure this customer carefully."
Yu Nan took the initiative to measure Li Banfeng's body. While measuring, she asked, "What's your name?"
"My last name is Li, and I am the seventh child." Li Banfeng gave his name as Li Qi as usual, and then asked, "What is the name of the boss lady?"
"My surname is Yu, and my given name is a male. Master Qi, if you think highly of me, you can call me shopkeeper."
Shopkeeper Yu doesn't like being called the boss lady because she is the owner of this cloth shop and this is her own shop.
"It turns out to be Shopkeeper Yu. My apologies." Li Banfeng imitated the local tone and exchanged a few polite words with Yu Nan.
Yu Nan was half squatting to measure Li Banfeng's waist. She raised her head with bright eyes and smiled at Li Banfeng: "Seventh Master, where do you live? I'll send the clothes to you when they're ready."
"I just came to Ligou." Li Banfeng said perfunctorily.
Shopkeeper Yu took the tape measure and measured Li Banfeng's legs again: "A few days ago, I saw you come to Fengji Grocery Store and buy a lot of things."
What I mean is, you haven't just arrived in Ligou, I have noticed you for a long time.
Li Banfeng did not deny it: "I come and go in a hurry, and I don't have a fixed residence."
"Then how do I give you the clothes?"
"I'll come pick it up in three days. Please help me choose the fabric and calculate the price first."
Yu Nan selected a piece of medium-high quality silk for Li Banfeng, fiddled with the abacus for a while, and asked, "Are you using Huanguo notes or foreign currency? We'll take even half-open ones."
Li Banfeng didn't know what half-opened banknotes were, but he had some silver dollars, and he really wanted to know the rules for exchanging them.
"How much does it cost in dollars?"
"It only costs one dollar, including labor and materials."
"Where are the Huan Guo notes?"
Yu Nan was stunned: "One dollar is worth 500 Huan Guo notes, I don't need to tell you that."
Five hundred yuan for a set of clothes is a bit of a luxury for Li Banfeng, let alone in Yaowanggou, even in Yuezhou.
Li Banfeng took out a dollar and two hundred Huanguo banknotes and handed them to Yu Nan.
Yu Nan was waiting for Li Banfeng to bargain, but she found that he gave her two hundred more: "What do you mean by this?"
She thought Li Banfeng wanted to buy two pieces for 700 yuan.
This can't be sold. The price is too high.
Li Banfeng said, "One dollar for clothes, two hundred Huanguo notes, I'm asking Shopkeeper Yu to do something for me. If you have any news about Shopkeeper Feng in the next few days, please let me know."
Yu Nan smiled and said, "This is a small matter, it doesn't cost any money."
After saying that, Yu Nan returned the two hundred Huanguo banknotes to Li Banfeng.
Li Banfeng waved his hand: "Just accept it, I want to be your friend."
For Li Banfeng, if he doesn't pay people, he has no right to ask them to do things.
Yu Nan admired Li Banfeng's straightforwardness. She took the money and said to Li Banfeng in a low voice, "If you are not satisfied with the clothes, you can return or exchange them. There is another thing I don't know whether I should tell you."
"Please speak, shopkeeper."
"A friend who came to Ligou with you before asked for food in Weiwei Hutong. I'm afraid he won't be able to survive for a few more days."
The friend who came with me?
"Which friend?"
"That sturdy and strong friend."
Qin Xiaopang?
Li Banfeng was stunned.
Qin Xiaopang's family was not wealthy, but they were not so poor that they had to beg for food.
What's more, he also got eleven snake-spotted pills. In Pro Province, as long as it was not something for special purposes, the price was not expensive. One pill was sold for ten thousand, and 110,000 was enough for Xiao Pang to be famous for a while.
How could he beg for food?
"Is there any reason behind this?" Li Banfeng felt that the situation might be a little complicated.
Yu Nan looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Seventh Master, it seems that your friend has offended the Geng Family Pharmacy because of selling pills.
The people from the pharmacy threw him on the street and had someone guard him, leaving him to starve to death. Geng's pharmacy had dealings with Jiang Xiang's gang, and this was something they often did.
After hearing this, Li Banfeng thought for a moment and asked, "Is the person guarding him a cultivator?"
Yu Nan nodded: "He is a cultivator, and he once had some conflicts with me."
"What kind of sect, what kind of cultivation?"
“His cultivation is not high, but his Taoism is special.” Yu Nan blew a puff of smoke onto the counter. The smoke changed and became the word “oil” before disappearing.
This woman could control smoke freely. Li Banfeng asked in a low voice, "Are you a smoke cultivator?"
Yu Nan smiled and did not answer.
Li Banfeng asked again: "Did you take the initiative to talk to me today so that I can help you get revenge?"
Yu Nan smiled and said, "I didn't say anything, but if Master Qi wants to save your friend, our store is willing to lend a hand."
Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Is this considered cooperation? Why did you come to me?"
Yu Nan said, "Because Boss Qin is Qiye's friend, and Qiye is a capable man."
Li Banfeng did not deny his friend's words: "How do you know I have the ability?"
Yu Nan exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Those who can come back alive from Kuwu Mountain are all really capable."
It seems like this woman has been eyeing me for a long time.
Li Banfeng thought for a long time.
Xiaopang is in trouble.
Should I help him?
Li Banfeng didn't owe Xiaopang anything. Even if he had owed him anything before, he paid it back afterwards.
But he was starving to death.
When Li Banfeng was hungry, Xiaopang treated him to two bowls of plain noodles.
…
Weiba Hutong is a relatively secluded alley in Ligou. There are old houses on both sides of the alley, and all of them are inhabited by poor people.
Due to the busy work during the day, not many people passed by the alley. In the evening, more and more people came. Qin Xiaopang, who was kneeling on the ground and dying, opened his eyes.
Dusk is his last hope to survive.
A passerby saw that he was in tattered clothes and covered with wounds, and felt sorry for him, so he threw him half a piece of bread.
Xiaopang reached out to pick it up.
Next to him, a man wearing a mandarin jacket and a felt hat stepped on the pancake with one foot.
"Did I let you eat?" The man in the mandarin jacket looked down at Qin Xiaopang and spat in his face.
Xiaopang said nothing and took his hand back.
A passerby couldn't stand it and asked, "Hey, good man, why are you bothering a beggar?"
The man in the jacket raised his head, his left eyebrow sank, his right eyebrow raised, his mouth tilted, revealing a standard gangster smile: "What the hell is this to you?"
The passerby wanted to argue, but a woman nearby pulled him aside and said, "Don't mind your own business. This is Geng's pharmacy trying to establish its authority. Let's go."
When the passerby heard that it was Geng’s Pharmacy, he said nothing more and walked away quickly.
The man in the Ma Gua jacket crushed the pancake on the ground into pieces and kicked it far away.
Xiaopang lowered his head and closed his eyes.
He is a foodie, and if he doesn't eat for a day, he might starve to death.
He managed to get through yesterday by eating half a bowl of cold, stale rice.
I haven’t eaten anything from today till now, and I’m afraid I can’t hold on any longer.
It doesn’t matter if I can’t bear it anymore and starve to death, then I will be relieved.
…
In Suishenju, Li Banfeng was waiting for the bronze lotus.
Anyone who has been hungry will never forget the person who gave him food.
Maybe some people will forget, but Li Banfeng won’t.
Li Banfeng glanced at the record player and said, "My dear, I have fed you before, so you must not forget me!"
snort~
The record player sobbed twice and sang in a tearful voice: "Hey, husband, marry a man, marry a man, wear clothes and eat. I serve you diligently and earnestly. Give me a bite of food. Do you think you still feel sorry for me? Not to mention that the food you had before was not fresh."
What she said made Li Banfeng feel ashamed.
I have to think of a way to buy something new for my wife.
But before buying groceries, you have to bring all your equipment.
The blood-drinking dagger was eaten by the lotus, and at least one rust pill could be refined.
Although Li Banfeng already had a rust pill, he felt more at ease with one more.
It’s strange, why is Lotus refining the elixir so slowly today?
ps: Half-open silver dollar, also known as No. 2 silver dollar, is generally worth half of No. 1 silver dollar (ocean money).
Dear readers, do you still remember Youxiu?
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