Li Wenyi was already used to the noisy scene and led Ye Shuang through the crowd.
How much does this dish cost?
"Hey, that's too expensive! Can you make it cheaper?"
"Buy it if you can afford it, otherwise put it aside!"
"Oh, let me tell you, this is really cheap, not expensive at all."
"Mom~ I want this..."
"What do you want! Do you want a slap in the face?"
...
Only when he reached a candied hawthorn vendor did Li Wenyi take out two copper coins from his waist and hand them to the vendor carrying the candied hawthorn: "I want one of these."
"Alright, here you go." The vendor took the money naturally and handed the candied hawthorn to Ye Shuang. Only then did he realize that the person who bought the candied hawthorn from him had hurriedly stuffed the money he had already collected into Li Wenyi's hand. "Lord Li? Oh, how can I accept Lord Li's money? Lord Li, please take it back. Consider this candied hawthorn my treat."
Li Wenyi took the candied hawthorn, but Qian firmly pushed it back: "No, I'm not wearing official clothes. I'm just an ordinary citizen now. Don't expose my identity."
This seemed like a secret code. The vendor immediately stopped pushing and shoving, and even looked around to make sure no one was paying attention before nodding and whispering, "Don't worry, Lord Li, I won't tell anyone you passed by here. But sir, whose family did you borrow this child from? She's so well-behaved and beautiful!"
Li Wenyi handed the candied hawthorn to Ye Shuang, and upon hearing this, he smiled slightly and said, "Of course, this is my sister, how could she not be well-behaved and pretty?"
After saying that, Li Wenyi carried Ye Shuang and continued walking forward.
Ye Shuang licked the candied hawthorn, and thought, "Hmm, it's quite sweet." She then asked, "Brother, didn't you say that most of the people in the county already recognize your face?"
Li Wenyi nodded: "That's right, everyone knows, but everyone is pretending not to know. How about that, isn't that fun?"
Ye Shuang smiled. He didn't know if it was fun or not, but there was only one reason why the people in the county were cooperating with him so well.
In just a few months, Li Wenyi has managed to win over the hearts and minds of all the people in the county, which is enough to demonstrate his dedication over these months: "Brother is really amazing."
Li Wenyi was taken aback. He asked whether it was fun or not, which had nothing to do with how powerful he was. But strangely enough, just because of this one sentence, his heart was warmed.
Ye Shuang took a bite of the first candied hawthorn. Sure enough, after biting through the outer sugar coating, the hawthorn inside was so sour and astringent that it was almost impossible to swallow. She only ate this one before disdainfully giving it to Li Wenyi: "Brother, you eat it."
Li Wenyi smiled and took it, then took a bite: "What's wrong? Doesn't it taste good?"
"It's both sweet and sour, I don't like this." Ye Shuang shook her head, resolutely refusing to try a second one.
Li Wenyi didn't force her. Shuang'er had been used to living in the village since she was a child, and since the village didn't make this kind of food, she naturally couldn't get used to it. She finished the rest of the candied hawthorns in a few bites, and Li Wenyi took Ye Shuang to sit in the corner of a tea stall on the street.
The tea stall waiter could tell at a glance that he knew Li Wenyi. Seeing him sit down, he didn't ask any questions or disturb him. He simply served him a bowl of tea and a plate of melon seeds without saying a word, as if he was afraid that staying any longer would attract attention.
Ye Shuang couldn't help but marvel at their level of understanding. It seemed that Li Wenyi probably got most of his information from here when he was broke, since this was the place with the most reliable gossip.
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