Xie Shizi's shameless daily life

He walked around the place where Zhao Shu had stood and found nothing. Then he stood up straight and walked straight towards Zhao Shu.

The man looked Zhao Shu up and down, left and right, and finally came to her and stared into her eyes suspiciously and asked, "Did you take my money?"

Zhao Shu spread out her hands to indicate that she didn't take it.

The man looked at A Ling behind Zhao Shu again, and A Ling quickly spread out her hands like her own girl.

The man looked away blankly and murmured, "It's not you, nor is it her, then who could it be?"

Zhao Shu saw him walking towards the yard, so she called out to him, "Uncle!"

The man stopped and turned back in shock. He pointed at Zhao Shu and then at himself with a trembling finger and said in disbelief, "Are you calling me?"

Zhao Shu looked at him and nodded with certainty: "Yes!"

The man shook his sleeves heavily and walked towards Zhao Shu angrily with his beard blowing in the wind.

The man stood in front of Zhao Shu, looking her up and down with an unfriendly look in his eyes, and finally said with a disdainful tone: "You are a pretty girl, but why is there something wrong with your eyes?"

Finally, he even circled around Zhao Shu and made two "tsk tsk" sounds.

Zhao Shu was not annoyed by the man's insult, but bowed to him: "Brother?"

The man looked at Zhao Shu with a teachable look on his face and nodded with satisfaction: "Yeah."

Seeing the man getting happy, Zhao Shu took advantage of the situation and said, "Brother, I have a big deal here, do you want to do it?"

The man became interested: "Oh, how big is the business?"

Zhao Shu looked at him and said carefully: "Fifty taels?"

The man started to walk away, and Zhao Shu quickly stopped him: "One hundred taels?"

The man struggled with Zhao Shu's sleeve. Zhao Shu tightly grasped his sleeve and closed her eyes: "Three hundred taels!"

The man's strength faded, and just when Zhao Shu thought he had loosened his grip, he pulled the sleeve out of her hand with force.

Before Zhao Shu noticed, the man had already taken two steps forward. Looking at his back, she gritted her teeth and shouted, "Five hundred taels!"

"No more! If there are more, this business won't work!"

The man stopped by the door, turned around and leaned against the door frame, looking at Zhao Shu with a smile: "Hurry up, girl, please come in!"

Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the yard under the man's enthusiastic gaze.

Zhao Shu originally thought that the decoration outside the yard was just superficial, the type that was shabby on the outside and gorgeous on the inside. However, after arriving in the yard, she realized that she was overthinking it. The owner of this yard simply disdained superficial work and truly achieved consistency between the inside and the outside.

The man walked into the inner room and said casually, "You're welcome. Sit wherever you want."

Zhao Shu found a chair that was less dusty than others and sat down on it.

The man took out a cup filled with water from somewhere and placed it in front of Zhao Shu: "This is the best tea I have. Most people can't even drink it."

Zhao Shu looked at the white water that was so clear that you could see the bottom and smiled stiffly.

She didn't know whether to be happy or sad. To him, she was an extraordinary person.

The man sat down next to Zhao Shu, resting his chin on his hand on the table between them, looking at her with a smile.

Zhao Shu did not dodge and looked back at him openly: "Five hundred taels, not a cent more."

The man nodded happily: "That's right, that's right, money is just dirt to me, I don't care about it."

Zhao Shu: “…” If it’s just dirt, why do you want it?!

Zhao Shu directly told him what she needed him to do: "Yesterday, a friend of mine was kidnapped on the street. I need you to help me find out where they took my friend!"

"That's it?"

Zhao Shu nodded: "Yes, that's it." The most important thing now is to ensure Mianru's safety!

The man asked, "Does your friend have any distinctive features?"

"Yes, one of her legs is lame." Zhao Shu did not hide it.

The man shrugged: "Then I should know who your friend is, Mian Ru from the next street?"

Zhao Shu asked: "Do you know my friend?"

The man picked up the water and took a sip: "I don't know him, but I know there is such a person." The water he drank was the same one he had given to Zhao Shu before.

It’s best if you’ve met the person before and know their facial features, so it might be easier to find them.

Zhao Shu considered her tone and asked, "How long will it take you?"

"Three days? Four days? Or five days?"

The man held up a finger and said, "One day, come here at noon tomorrow and I will give you the news."

Zhao Shu didn't expect him to be so quick, it only took one day: "Okay."

After the two men reached an agreement, the man sent Zhao Shu and the others out. Standing by the door, Zhao Shu suddenly remembered something and turned to look at him: "Brother, what should I call you?"

"Li Yi."

"It's easy," the man said. Zhao Shu bowed to Li Yi and said, "Brother Li, I'm counting on you!"

Li Yi smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, don't worry."

Before leaving, Zhao Shu looked deeply at Li Yi, who had been smiling since they met, then retracted her gaze and turned away.

After Zhao Shu left, the playful smile on Li Yi's face fell. He turned around, walked into the door, closed it, and walked straight to the well in the yard.

He pulled the rope in the well and pulled it up with both hands. The bucket full of water was pulled up. Li Yi poured the water in the bucket into the basin next to him with one hand.

Li Yi placed the basin on a stone pier nearby, scooped up the full amount of water with his broad hands and poured it onto his face. After doing this twice, he shook off the water on his hands, picked up the small knife placed beside the wellhead, and wiped the blade with his right thumb, which was very sharp.

Li Yi picked up the knife and put it on his face without saying a word.

After a while, a sparse layer of hair appeared on the ground. Looking up, the original hairy and bearded uncle disappeared, and the person standing in front of him turned into a fair and handsome young man.

If Zhao Shu was here, she would definitely sigh and say, it turns out that uncle is not really an uncle, but an elder brother, and a handsome elder brother at that.

Li Yi came to the basin with an expressionless face and placed his face above the center of the basin. A handsome face was reflected in the basin. Looking at his handsome self in the water, he curled his lips in satisfaction and walked into the house with brisk steps.

Li Yi pulled out a mahogany box about 70 centimeters long and as wide as a palm from under the bed, wrapped the cloth around the box twice, then put it on his back, tied a knot, and left the room.

Li Yi did not go out towards the gate. He just touched the edge of the well with his toes and climbed over the earthen wall. He did not stay on the wall for long. After a few leaps, he disappeared into the alley.

The sky gradually darkened, and there was no movement in the yard deep in the alley.

Zhao Shu was in a half-asleep state the whole night. Several ladies in the Zhang family felt that the chickens bought from outside were not fresh enough, so they raised a few local chickens in the kitchen of the Zhang family. Every time it was the morning of the following day, the chickens would crow on time.

When Zhao Shu heard the rooster crowing, she could no longer sleep and got up from the bed.

When Zhao Shu got up, A Ling was still asleep, so she didn't call her and went to Li Yi's residence alone.

It took Zhao Shu about half an hour to walk from Zhang's house to Li Yi's place. Looking at the wooden door that could be opened with a slight push, Zhao Shu did not try to open it. She just stood quietly outside the door waiting.

There was movement outside the alley. At first, the noise was very small, just the occasional footsteps of passers-by. Gradually, the noise became louder, with the cries of hawkers, the laughter of children, and the quarrels of couples all coming together.

Zhao Shu lowered her head and looked at her toes. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of her.

Zhao Shu didn't care and continued looking at her toes, but after a while, the shadow was still there. She raised her head in confusion and looked towards the shadow.

Looking up, Zhao Shu became even more confused. She glanced at the person without leaving a trace, and then her confused mind immediately came to light.

Zhao Shu pursed her lips and took out the purse from her sleeve with some embarrassment.

Zhao Shu opened the purse and saw that there was only a thumb-sized amount of silver left inside. She squeezed the purse tightly with heartache.

Zhao Shu struggled internally for a while, but finally chose to put the purse back into her sleeve, looked at the ragged man in front of her and lied, "I don't have any money, go beg somewhere else."

The disheveled and ragged man looked at Zhao Shu in disbelief.

Zhao Shu always felt that the way this man looked at her was full of accusations!
Zhao Shu shook her head slightly and looked up at the sky. Don't look at her, she really has no money, she is also very poor!

"Five hundred taels!" the man said hoarsely.

Zhao Shu withdrew her gaze from the blue sky and white clouds and looked at him hesitantly.

The man's face was grim: "Five hundred taels, find someone!"

This time, it was Zhao Shu who was shocked, her eyes moving back and forth across his face.

Eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, after taking out these facial features separately and comparing them with Li Yi's, Zhao Shu put away the shock on her face and just looked at him with a speechless look. What had happened to him?
From a good old man to a beggar!
Seeing Li Yi looking at her with gritted teeth, Zhao Shu quickly retracted her gaze, which was not so kind to him.

Zhao Shu looked at Li Yi with a worried look on her face: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Li Yi uttered two words from between his teeth.

"Yeah." Zhao Shu nodded vigorously twice.

Li Yi opened his mouth slightly. That was it? Shouldn't he be given some actual compensation for his miserable state?
Zhao Shu also wanted to give him some comfort to soothe his injured appearance, but she really had no money. The largest sum of money in her life would soon go into his pocket. After giving him the money, she would be clear as ever.

So she could only give him some spiritual comfort: "Even so, Brother Li, you are still so elegant."

Li Yi: “.”

He sighed, opened the door, and said to Zhao Shu, "Come in."

Zhao Shu walked in hurriedly. Li Yi closed the door and turned around to see her looking at him expectantly with her almond-shaped eyes.

Li Yi did not keep the secret and said directly: "We have found the person. He is in a place called Qianzhuang in the suburbs."

(End of this chapter)