A chicken in a phoenix nest

Chapter 23

money? "

Feng Yi: "Two taels of silver."

"Oh." Ji Xiaocan nodded, turned around and continued to yell, "One is only 20 taels of gold! Come and buy it!"

This yell was very effective in making the few people who came around fearful and quickly retreated.

Ji Xiaocan was very disappointed: "Why don't they come to buy?"

Feng Yi helplessly cast his eyes a little farther away: "Hearing problem."

"You mean, they didn't hear you clearly? How about I shout it again?" Ji Xiaocan took a deep breath, "Come buy it, come... um..."

Feng Yi covered his mouth: "You got it wrong. I said two taels of silver."

"It's because you ate my candied haws and didn't pay for it!"

The old man selling candied haws was pushing his cart past here when he suddenly heard shouts.He felt that the sound was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.He raised his head to look at the source of the sound, and happened to see some onlookers disperse, and Ji Xiaocan inside was complaining about something.The narrow-minded old man suddenly remembered Ji Xiaocan's credit account, pointed at his nose and cursed on the spot: "You guy, you look like a good-looking talent, I didn't expect your character to be so bad! You don't even have the money of an old man like me!" Willing to pay."

"Isn't it just a piece of candied haws? As for what." Ji Xiaocan thought to himself.

Lively, there will never be a shortage of people to watch.Ji Xiaocan yelled loudly, and the old man yelled even louder.Thanks to the old man, people soon surrounded him.Ji Xiaocan took the opportunity to sell porcelain vases, leaving the old man with candied haws behind.

"This, this, this," the old man candied haws quit, "pay quickly!"

"Don't look outside." Ji Xiaocan walked through the crowd, came to the old man, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered, "Why don't we shout together? Don't worry, I won't steal your business. Look at how many people there are now , your candied haws will definitely be snapped up, and my porcelain vase will also be sold."

Ji Xiaocan blinked mysteriously, as if talking about something secret.Seeing that what he said was serious, the old man in candied haws suddenly forgot to pursue the matter that he didn't pay.After all, I have been setting up a stall for so many years, and I have rich experience. I know that the business is good in places with many people. Besides, if I continue to pursue it, it looks like I am making trouble for no reason-who would believe that such a cute and neatly dressed boy would No money to buy a bad old man's candied haws?

If he could have realized earlier, he wouldn't have had to set up a stall for so many years—the yell just now probably left a bad temper in the hearts of several people.Although there are only a few people, it is not a small amount to accumulate like this—so the old man's reputation is not very good.

Thinking this way, the old man agreed to Ji Xiaocan's proposal.

Feng Yi followed Ji Xiaocan, saw that Ji Xiaocan was about to cooperate with the old man with candied haws, and silently retreated to the crowd.

"Candied haws—sweet and sour—"

"You can't shout like that." Ji Xiaocan suggested to the old man with candied haws, "Be like me: selling porcelain vases! Selling porcelain vases! A porcelain vase only costs 20 taels of gold!"

People retreated silently again, and Feng Yi exposed his position like this.He sighed, and went to Ji Xiaocan and the old man: "They said it was two taels of silver."

Seeing Feng Yi, the old man seemed to see hope—look at this temperament, this outfit, tsk tsk tsk, he doesn't look like an ordinary person at first glance—he must be able to pay for candied haws.

Maybe even a tip!The old man thought happily.He pushed Ji Xiaocan towards Feng Yi: "You are the elder brother of this young man! He bought candied haws from me, but he didn't pay for it. Look... this young man must have forgotten to bring money, right? But since my brothers are here, I can't say anything... Welcome to come again next time."

"I have no money."

"What?" The old man with candied haws thought he heard it wrong, "Are you kidding me, it's popular for rich people to pretend to be poor these days?"

Feng Yi shrugged, looking rather helpless: "It was stolen just now."

"So that's what happened." The old man Tanghulu nodded, expressing his understanding, "How about I go to your house to get the money?"

"Old man, it's not enough. It's just a candied haws!" Ji Xiaocan couldn't listen anymore.

"What are you talking about, you not only didn't pay, but also scared the customers away." The old man candied haws curled his lips, "I'm not polite at all. You should call me senior, or Grandpa Zhang or something - the old man's surname is Zhang .”

"Senior, I think you misunderstood." Feng Yi smiled politely, "I mean, we are penniless and have no home to return to."

"Why are you homeless?" the old man asked suspiciously.

Ji Xiaocan quickly turned his head, and immediately put on a sad look: "Actually, in fact... our parents... died a long time ago, and we are the only two who depend on each other for life. In order not to be ridiculed by others, my brother specially transformed the only bed sheets at home into the clothes we are wearing now—we only have these two sets of clothes... Today I want to put the first two sets of clothes on the street. I sold the porcelain vase I picked up in the sky, and I saw you selling candied haws. The color is really attractive, I am really greedy, so..."

The old man was very moved.He stroked Ji Xiaocan's sleeve: "The quality of your sheets is really good."

Ji Xiaocan didn't know how to answer.He wiped his eyes, pretended to be crying, and after making up the words, he spoke intermittently as if he was choking: "Here, these are bed sheets from someone else's house... There used to be someone who saw that we were pitiful, so he gave it to us. Some money and a sheet ... the money ran out and now the sheets are gone and we, we have nothing."

The old man with candied haws didn’t continue to ask, maybe he guessed that Ji Xiaocan was fooling him, but seeing that Feng Yi was so polite, he said bluntly and helplessly that he had no money, so their situation might not be as Ji Xiaocan said, It must have been miserable.

"Children, it's really not easy for you." The old man with candied haws burst into tears, crying until Ji Xiaocan felt a little guilty.

The old man cried for a while and stopped his tears: "Go to my place!"

Ji Xiaocan thought about staying in the inn for a few more days, but there was nothing to eat.It won't hurt you to follow the old man, but you won't sleep well.He looked like Feng Yi, and Feng Yi readily agreed: "Okay. Then I will trouble you."

Journey to the World · Encountering the Phoenix II

The house of the old man with candied haws is quite broken and narrow.Ji Xiaocan was so young that she was a little ashamed that she had fooled him.

A small house of about ten square meters, very clean and tidy, with a bed, a table, a chair, and a pot—it should be used to boil sugar.

The old man said: "If you don't mind, you can live here. The premise is that you are willing to sleep on the floor and can help me make candied haws."

Ji Xiaocan didn't think much about it. Although he was a little reluctant to sleep on the floor, he saw that the old man's living conditions were so miserable, so he didn't say anything.The old man went out: "I asked my neighbor to borrow two quilts."

"Why don't we go back to the inn." Ji Xiaocan secretly said to Feng Yi.

Before Feng Yi could answer, the old man came in, holding two thick quilts in his arms.Feng Yi hurried over to help, but the old man threw the quilt directly into the ground: "The ground is very clean."

He spread a larger quilt on the floor and another bed on top of it: "It shouldn't be crowded when you sleep in this way." But it took up too much space, almost the whole room was covered, and Ji Xiaocan and Feng were also covered. one morning.Ji Xiaocan stood on tiptoe and walked along the wall towards the door.Feng Yi lifted the quilt: "Use it at night."

Feng Yi was folding the quilt when suddenly the half-hidden door was pushed open.

Ji Xiaocan only heard a familiar voice——

"Feng Er~"

"what?"

"Look at our new neighbor, wait, this isn't, this isn't..."

"Ji Xiaocan!" Feng Er recognized it after a long time, "You are Ji Xiaocan, right?"

Ji Xiaocan touched his face, thinking that there was something growing on it: "Of course I am Ji Xiaocan!"

"Why are you here?" Feng San asked, "Are you the guy that the old man said 'the parents are dead, and the sheets are used as clothes, and you'll be hanging around outside all day long'? "

"Of course not...just me." Ji Xiaocan pointed at Feng Yi, who had just folded the quilt and smiled at Feng San. "And him."

"What happened? Why did you come here?" Feng Er asked, "You should be looking for somewhere to eat at this time, and Ji Xiaocan usually eats at this time."

Feng Yi asked back: "Then how did you and Feng San get here?"

Feng Er was startled, then glared at Feng San: "This thing has lost all the money."

Come on, Feng Er directly uses "this thing" to describe Feng San, not even a "guy", and only regards Feng San as a thing.

"You lost the money too?" Ji Xiaocan was surprised.

"Why do you look so happy?" Feng Er was a little dissatisfied, "But I didn't lose all of it, at least I still have some on me. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to rent the small house next to it.

Ji Xiaocan was immediately disappointed: "We lost all the money."

"You?" Feng Er didn't believe that Feng Yi would be so careless, "You should be the only one."

Feng took out the porcelain bottle: "This is it."

As soon as Feng San saw the porcelain vase, she yelled loudly: "This is it! It ate all my money!"

"Nonsense." The old man with candied haws on the side suddenly said, "How can porcelain vases cost money?"

He lowered his face and pushed Ji Xiaocan towards the door: "If you know each other, don't eat free rice with me!"

"You haven't fed us yet