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All the way through the stockade, through the fork in the road, came to the boundary of Qingzhou, went to the bank to get the silver, the party came to the bustling market.

One after another on both sides of the path, the sound of Hawking soon attracted the eyes of Xia Li, and her spirit came in an instant.

"Let's go down and pick things for everyone." Xia Li followed all kinds of gadgets on the street, took sun Chun's hand and said.

"Good." Sun chunchong orders Xia Li's forehead, lifts the driving curtain, and orders Lei Ke to bolt the carriage to a quiet corner outside the market.

Leike understanding, driving the carriage to a small forest outside the market, stopped and tied the horse to the tree.

Rushuang got out of the carriage, put the horse stool on the ground, and stretched out his hand to Xiali who had his head out.

"Madam, Rushuang will help you out of the car."

"Sister frost, it doesn't matter. I can do it myself." Xia Li gently pushed away the frost like hand, and stepped on the horse stool to get out of the car.

Sun Chunyue got out of the carriage, with one hand behind him, and his eyes followed Xia Li's figure, all the way closely behind her.

Xia Li is like a cheerful butterfly. One moment she goes to the rouge stand and sniffs the fragrance of rouge in front of the various porcelain plates. Another moment she goes to the women's hairpin ring stand and selects a good-looking hairpin. As a result, without waiting for sun chun to get close, she puts down the hairpin and goes to other stalls.

Xia Li's eyes skip all kinds of stalls, and finally stay in front of the vendors who sell embroidery appliances.

"Madam, this set of embroidery tools can be sold to you for 200 Wen if you like." A middle-aged woman in a fine cloth dress greets Xia Li with a smile.

"Ma'am, this is the list of people who can embroider in the stockade according to fauber's statistics." Rushuang comes forward quietly and gives a list to Xiali.

Xia Li nodded, took the list, scanned it one by one, and took a look at the number 40 written at the end of the list. In this case, it would cost at least eight copper coins.

"Boss, I'll buy you 40 sets of embroidery tools and give you eight yuan." Xia Li says, if frost has already walked to the boss's wife in front of, took out a bulging money bag, took out eight Guan money to her hand.

"OK, OK, thank you, madam. I'll get these 40 sets of embroidery tools ready for you in a minute." The landlady took the money with her excited hands shaking. She took the money, counted it carefully and put it into her pocket.

"I'll get the equipment for you right away." The proprietress said, shouting to her friends, and began to pack up one by one. A quarter of an hour later, the proprietress prepared a small package of embroidery tools and put them neatly in front of Xia Li.

"Quite a lot." Xia Li counted the embroidery tools in front of her. After thinking about it, she had to buy the wicker with frame. She couldn't put it down.

"Why don't you send it back for us?" Xia Li pointed to the embroidery tools piled up in front of her and said to the landlady.

"No problem, ma'am. Please give us the address." The landlady nodded her head.

"Not for the time being. We can take it back by ourselves." Sun Chun pulls Xia Li forward and waves his hand to refuse the landlady.

"All right." The landlady is still smiling.

"Lei Ke, you go to lead the carriage and send back these embroidery tools first." Sun Chun orders Lei Ke.

"Yes, sir." Lei Ke bows and then goes back to the cart.

Soon, Lei Ke brought the carriage, moved Yiying's Embroidery tools to the carriage and sent them to the stockade.

For a moment, Xia Li is puzzled by sun Chun's refusal to send it back to the boss. However, he thinks it's OK for Lei Ke to send it back, so he dispels his doubts.

"Lady, let's go and buy the framed willows." Sun Chun saw that Xia Li was a little absent-minded and took her to continue to walk in the market.

"Well, I want to see it, too." Xia Li takes back her mind and walks along the road.

Xia Li lost interest in shopping this time. She went all the way to the stall selling farm tools. Her eyes quickly glanced over all kinds of stalls, but she didn't find a place to sell wicker. On the contrary, there were many vendors selling woven baskets and baskets.

Summer quinoa walked past, the young stall owner immediately warm up to greet.

"Madam, you can see what kind of baskets you want. We have a variety of styles here, which you like."

Xia Li looks for some woven baskets and baskets and finds that the workmanship is rough, but there are not many exquisite baskets. It is obvious that they are not as exquisite as those woven in the stockade. However, she has seen the samples woven in the stockade with her own eyes. She feels that the business of opening a shop to sell exquisite flower baskets and baskets will not be bad in the future. Besides, there are quite a lot of customers coming to this stall to buy baskets.

Sun Chun has been standing behind Xia Li, silently observing her busy figure, smiling on his lips, and did not disturb her. He just likes the busy look of this little woman.

"Boss, you should have framed wicker in your hand. Can I buy the wicker that you knitted basket?"

Xia Li stroked the basket and asked the young boss sincerely."Then I sold you all the wickers. What can I do for myself?" Asked the young boss, grimacing.

"Well, can the boss tell me where you got the wicker in your hand?" Xia Li stepped back and asked.

"There are willow growers in our village. The wickers I weave in my hands are purchased from him. If you want to buy wickers, please contact him directly. People call him Lao Hu."

The basket maker replied.

"Can you give us an address? We'll go to find this old Hu." Summer quinoa excitedly asked.

The boss was in a bit of a dilemma. After all, he had another competitor since then. After thinking about it, he said, "it's just in the west of Hualian village. You say you can find Lao Hu who sells willows and pay for them on the spot."

"Thank you, boss." Xia Li politely gave the basket seller thirty Wen.

The boss paid and watched Xia Li and his party leave.

"Don't you see the framer sweating in the back? He's out of breath because of you When the two go away, sun Chun points to the young boss behind him and guides Xia Li to look.

Summer quinoa with looked back in the past, lips grin.

"I've already made a plan. The shop I bought to sell woven frames will be in the most prosperous area of Qingzhou. We won't compete with the boss in the same area. We sell high-quality products, and the price is much higher than him. We are also facing some rich customers. We won't become competitors."

"Well." Sun Chun took her to stand in the corner of the street, waiting for the arrival of Lei Ke.

Less than half an hour, Lei Ke drove the carriage to the two people's side and got off respectfully to welcome them.

"Young master, madam, please."

Xia Li is close to Lei Ke. He whispers the address he is going to and the person he is looking for, and then enters the carriage with sun Chun.

After half an hour's rickety ride, the car arrived at Hualian village, which is called Hualian village by the framing boss. The village is built by mountains and rivers. A wide Hualian river passes through the village. The villagers rely on the river to eat, wash clothes and irrigate the farmland.

Several mountain springs flow down Hualian mountain and flow into Hualian river. There are thousands of acres of good farmland in the village. Grain and vegetables are cultivated, and willow is planted in some less developed soil. It is convenient for villagers to do some small cost business in Qingzhou to support their families.

Xu stayed in the mountain village for a long time, and Xiali almost forgot about the fertile land. Daoxiang said what the scene of bumper year was like. He just felt very happy when he looked at everything in front of him.

"Xianggong, the people here are much happier than those in the stockade. They have good land to cultivate, they can have enough to eat, and they can also do a small business to support their families. The people in the stockade can only pick some medicine from the mountains to exchange for some food. It's really sad to think that they don't have enough to eat and wear."

Xia Li said something sad.

"They will work hard to weave baskets and embroider in the future, and life will get better and better."

Sun Chun leans on the cushion leisurely and closes his eyes.

After thinking about it, Xia Li was not so sad. She just quietly looked at the scene that was quickly skimming out of the window.

When the village children saw the carriage coming in, they didn't surround them. Instead, they played with stones on their own. Some villagers carried hoes to drive to the farmland, while others passed by Lei Ke. However, there was no carriage in the carriage. The carriage was full of harvested crops, which were obviously sold in the market. Some people pulled a cart of willows.

As soon as Lei Ke's eyes brighten, he stops the carriage in time. The young farmer on the carriage raises his eyebrows and looks at Lei Ke.

"Brother, did you buy the willows from Lao Hu? Can you tell me the exact location of his home? "

Lei Ke said, took a few copper into the hands of young farmers.

"Yes, I bought it from him. If you go west along this road, you can see a large area of willow fields. That's Lao Hu's territory, and his shack is beside the willow fields."

The young farmer pushed the copper back into Lei Ke's hands and drove away.

Lei Ke and Ru Shuang drive back to the car. All the way to the west, they really see a large field of willow planting. A simple hut is built on the ground. On the bed, there is a middle-aged man about 40 years old. His chin is full of whiskers. When they see someone coming, they slowly get up from the bed and shake their palm fan,.

Lei Ke went up to say hello to Lao Hu, "Hello, uncle Hu, my wife wants to buy your wicker."

When Lei Ke speaks, Xia Li and sun Chun get out of the carriage. The couple come to Lao Hu together.

"How much are you going to buy?" Lao Hu looked at a pair of well-dressed men and women in front of him, and the attendants who followed him saw that they also knew martial arts. He couldn't help thinking about how to make a good profit, and his eyes turned.

Sun Chun silently looks at the man in front of him. His cunning can't escape his eyes, but he chooses to be silent.

Lei Ke and Ru Shuang look at each other silently and don't speak.

Xia Li came forward with a smile and said hello to Lao Hu: "Lao Hu, I plan to cooperate with you for a long time and buy 50 bundles of willows every day. At present, you have at least dozens of mu of land planted with willows. Can you supply them for a long time?""Of course, it's no problem, but I'm the only one in the village who grows willows. I'll charge 50 Wen for each bundle. My wife is also the mother of a wealthy family, so I can't miss that."

Old Hu stretched out five fingers and asked Xia Li provocatively.

"In the market, a bundle of willows costs ten Wen, but I pay thirty Wen. If the boss doesn't agree with the price, I'd better leave. After all, there must be other people selling willows."

Xia Li turns around and pulls sun chun to leave.

"Wait! Forty Wen, no less! "

Lao Hu watched that Xia Li was really going to leave, and for a moment he was worried and relaxed.

"Twenty Wen!" Xia Li said nothing and would not give the extra ten Wen.

"What? Ten Wen less than before! " Lao Hu was obviously more lost and shook his head.

"Well, let's go." Xia Li takes sun Chun back to the carriage. Lei Ke and Ru Shuang look at each other and laugh secretly. When they get on the carriage and drive the horse to go, Lao Hu's voice of regret comes.

"That's all! only! Twenty Wen Lao Hu ran after the carriage and yelled.

Leike walked for a while, then slowly stopped the carriage. At this time, the curtain of the carriage was lifted like frost.