The streets were bustling with people, and suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums.

"Brother, there is fun to watch in front of you." Li Luotang excitedly pulled Tang Chenxiao's sleeve and walked forward.

Tang Chenxiao smiled and followed her.

After taking a turn, I found that the people in front of me formed a circle. It turned out that there was a new store.

The store invited the Gongs and Drum Team and the Dragon and Lion Dance Team, and there was also a cute big-headed doll wearing flowery clothes and shaking a palm-leaf fan, guiding the dragon and the lion to flip and jump constantly, causing bursts of cheers.

The store is called Xiji Grocery Store. Although the store name is not very good, the owner is very good at doing business. Several guys hold trays and give candy to those onlookers.

Li Luotang got two, one malt candy and one crisp candy.

Tang Chenxiao gave Li Luotang the two of his pills.

Malt sugar is corn-flavored, and the corn itself has a sweet taste. After steaming and fermenting, the corn malt sugar is sweeter and softer. Li Luotang asked with a smile on his face: "Brother Tang, this sugar is delicious, do you really not eat it?"

"Why don't you call me brother?" Tang Chenxiao asked with a smile.

Li Luotang smiled sly, "I'm afraid my brother will beat me up."

"I don't believe Xiaojie dares to beat you." Tang Chenxiao smiled, "It's almost the same for you to beat him."

"Let's go, brother, let's go in and buy some candy." Li Luotang pulled Tang Chenxiao's sleeve and pulled him into the store.

The reason why grocery stores are called grocery stores is that there are too many types of goods sold in the store, including not only sugar, peanuts, watermelon seeds, but also jerky, candied fruits, fried goods, jam, etc.

There are a wide variety of food, and it’s all for food. In fact, this grocery store is called a snack shop, which is more suitable.

Li Luotang swallowed, "There are so delicious."

Tang Chen Xiaoxiao smiled, "Buy whatever you want, I will pay for it."

"Let's buy it after shopping." Li Luotang didn't want to go shopping with big bags.

After coming out of the grocery store, the brother and sister went to the bookstore, tea shop, and medicinal materials shop. Li Luotang was not interested in rouge and water powder, so he didn't go in.

Next to the rouge and dough shop, there is a white wall, black tiles and carved wooden eaves. It looks like a very elegant shop. The plaque on the door says: Yanyunju.

Li Luotang pulled Tang Chenxiao into it. This was a shop selling calligraphy and paintings. It was an elegant store, spacious and open, and a batch of calligraphy and paintings hung on the wall.

There are calligraphy and paintings of famous people from the previous dynasty, calligraphy and paintings of famous people from the previous dynasty, and calligraphy and paintings of some people who are not yet famous.

The guy smiled and enthusiastically introduced the two people to the calligraphy and paintings that they looked at, "This "Lady's Spring Outing" is the latest painting by Zhang Juzi."

The two stood in front of the painting and looked carefully. The guy continued, "Two young men, please look at the outlines of the lines of this painting, which are very smooth, and the combination of colors reflects each other. The characters' expressions are relaxed and their clothes are gorgeous. The horse, with its front hooves lightly and walking slowly, makes people naturally..."

Tang Chenxiao and Li Luotang noticed someone approaching. When they looked back, Tang Chenxiao frowned slightly. Why did this person still meet again?

The man in black clothes came. He nodded slightly to Tang Chenxiao and said, "This painting is imitating the Tang Dynasty's "Lady of Guo's Spring Outing", which only has its shape but no rhyme. Instead of buying a imitation painting, the young hero of Tang Dynasty would rather buy the "Plum Stone Picture".

Even though he was guarded against the man in the dark, he did nothing after all and helped them. Tang Chenxiao could only treat him with courtesy. "I wonder what is outstanding about this "Plum Stone Picture"?"

The man in the dark clothes led the two to the painting, "The plum blossoms are frost and blooming in the snow, with a beautiful and elegant appearance. This painting of "Plum Stone Picture" uses lines to draw stones to draw a round appearance, and then rendered with light ink; the plum blossoms are drawn with thick and dry ink brushes, and the lines are ancient and square and hard. Although they were painted by unknown painters in this dynasty, they are a rare and good painting."

Tang Chenxiao nodded, "This painting uses a skillful brushwork, reflecting the natural formation of the ancient wood spirit of plum trees that has experienced vicissitudes. It is indeed a good painting."

"Brother." Li Luotang pulled Tang Chenxiao's sleeve, "Don't be fooled by him, he is the supporter of this store."

The sound was not loud, but it was enough for the man in Xuanyi to hear it. Xuanyi laughed in silence, "I'm not asking, I'm here to buy paintings too. If you don't want this painting, then I'll buy it."

"Okay, let you buy it." Li Luotang said with his little face raised.

The man in dark clothes looked at her bright face with a sly smile, his lips raised, his slender eyes narrowed slightly, and he condensed into a charming charm, "My man, put this painting on."

"Thank you, my son, for your patronage, this painting costs 100 taels of silver." said the man.

The man in black took out a silver note worth 100 taels, bought the painting, and walked out of the shop with the painting and Tang Chenxiao.

The man in Xuanyi smiled and said, "It's so rude that I haven't informed you of your names. My surname is Gong and my name is Jiuxian."

"Tang Chenxiao." Tang Chenxiao only reported his name and did not say Li Luotang. Since Gong Jiuxian misunderstood that she was his own sister, let the misunderstanding continue.

"Just leave here." Gong Jiuxian bowed.

Tang Chenxiao also bowed and took Li Luotang to the left.

"I shouldn't meet him again this time, right?" Li Luotang turned around and looked at Gong Jiuxian who was leaving.

"If he deliberately wanted to find us, he would meet us." Tang Chenxiao couldn't guess Gong Jiuxian's intention.

Of course, no matter what Gong Jiuxian's intention is, he is not afraid, just worried that Gong Jiuxian will attack Li Luotang. "This person is not simple, please be more careful."

Li Luotang was stunned at first, then said, looking up at the sky, "It's noon, brother, find a place to eat, I want to eat geese by the side of the harbor."

Nothing matters is important. If that person dares to have bad intentions on her, she will definitely use a whip to kill him.

Tang Chen laughed, "No need to remind me, I haven't forgotten." He didn't dare to forget.

I found a restaurant that looked quite grand. Before I entered, Li Luotang said, "There should be no trouble today." She was almost in a shadow.

Tang Chenxiao laughed and said, "There will be no trouble."

After asking for the window on the second floor, in addition to ordering the harbor geese that Li Luotang wanted to eat, he also ordered a few signature side dishes.

Before long, the Hong Kong side geese made of chili, garlic and tea oil were served on the table. Tang Chenxiao smiled and said, "The ingredients used in this Hong Kong side geese are fresh and tender when cooking. They are cooked, stewed, etc., and they are authentic. Let's try it quickly."

After eating a few pieces, Li Luotang nodded and said, "The tender flesh and bones of Hong Kong goose are mellow and rich on the tip of his tongue. It's worth my mind to talk about it for so many days."

"Don't just eat goose meat. These radish slices are fresh and sweet. Come on, eat two slices." Tang Chenxiao smiled.

Li Luotang was very obedient and ate two pieces. Tang Chenxiao's mouth twitched slightly, "Eat two more pieces."

"I need to eat two more pieces!" Li Luotang puffed up his cheeks, a little unhappy.

"Eat two more slices." Tang Chenxiao was unwavering.

"Just the last two pieces." Li Luotang was sure that Tang Chenxiao would not increase the price, so he ate two more pieces.

After the meal, the afternoon sun was too hot, and Li Luotang didn't want to burn his delicate skin, so Rushi and Tang Chenxiao returned to the inn.

On the way back to the inn, I went to Xiji Grocery Store to buy a bag of corn malt sugar, a bag of peanuts, a bag of fried mozzarella and two small jars of jam.
Chapter completed!