Chapter 38 Meeting Liu Bei for the first time
Liu Xin made Cui a bowl of [Mixed Liver Soup] and gave her a piece of white cake. Cui quickly finished eating and then went to help with her son.
Liu Xin looked at Ms. Cui as if she was from a good family. She helped her mother when she was full. The eldest sister wiped the tables and chairs and did not want to stop for a moment.
Liu Wanliu came to Liu Xin. Liu Xin took the big spoon from her mother and was making soup. She pushed Liu Xin behind.
"Brother, why did you bring her back?" Liu Wanliu looked at his brother and asked.
"Why else? She looks pitiful! I saw her fall into the Green River today. If I don't bring her back, she will definitely die there!" Liu Xin glanced at the busy Cui and said to her eldest sister.
This glance happened to be seen by Liu Xin's mother who was standing aside. Her mother stared at Ms. Cui carefully, feeling complicated in her heart.
"I knew it was like this, but you have to explain it to Sister Xiaohua." Liu Wanliu understood his brother and said to him.
While the two were talking, they saw Zhang Fei and his servant Ding Jiajiang starting to wander around the market. When they saw someone with a raw face wearing tattered clothes, they would go up and ask. Soon the group came to Liu Xin's stall.
"Young Master!" Liu Xin gave Zhang Fei a gift, and then took out a large bowl specially for Zhang Fei. Two kilograms of beef head meat had been cut into it, and some pork liver and pork belly were added. Zhang Fei liked this.
One bite.
Zhang Fei and the Zhang family sat down, and other customers could only wait aside. They did not have the guts to sit at the same table with Zhang Fei and others. Liu Xin's stall only had two long tables.
"Liu Xin, is that your new servant?" A Zhang family general looked at Cui's figure and said to Liu Xin with a smile.
"I left the city today and brought her back because I saw how pitiful she was!" Liu Xin replied.
"I said Liu Xin, why don't you recruit some strong people? I'm afraid these four people can't even do the work of one person. There are many refugees outside the city who want women. You can find any kind of maid for 200 yuan."
, What kind of widow are you looking for? This is unlucky!" Another Zhang family member will say to Liu Xin.
Although the words were unpleasant, Liu Xin knew that they were doing it for his own good. Most people would not take in a widow with a child like this. No matter if something happened to the woman or the child, others would remember him, especially the child.
The older you get, the more things may happen.
"We have encountered one, but there is nothing we can do! This woman got separated from her husband. I will take her in for a few days. When her husband finds her, she will leave."
Liu Xin said that everyone in the Zhang family shook their heads, but Zhang Fei spoke at this time: "Liu Xin, don't listen to their nonsense, do whatever you want as long as you have a clear conscience and don't care what other people say!"
Hearing what Zhang Fei said, Liu Xin was very pleased. Zhang Fei was careless, kind and affectionate. As long as he said this, all the gossips in the West City would have to pay attention.
After Zhang Fei and the others were full, they continued to wander on the street and walked directly opposite the entrance of Zhang's butcher shop. Here, a young man in his twenties was selling straw sandals, straw ropes, and straw mats.
This man is strange to say. He is wearing a fine cloth robe that is extremely tattered. There are patches everywhere on the clothes. Many of the patches are torn, revealing the strong muscles underneath. Only the three inches of brocade buttons on the clothes are very clean. The young man
When he saw Zhang Fei approaching, he stared straight ahead and was completely unmoved.
Zhang Fei just glanced at him and left with everyone in the Zhang family. Liu Xin saw from a distance that this young man was not tall, and his earlobes were obviously larger than ordinary people. As for whether his hands could reach his knees when he stood up straight, Liu Xin didn't know, but that
His face was indeed very pale, his facial features were straight and he had a sad look on his face. Liu Xin suddenly had a thought in his heart. Can he hug his thigh now that the big boss appears?
Thinking of Liu Bei's wandering life, Liu Xin shook his head. If he relied on Liu Bei with his little strength, the most likely outcome would be to die in the rebel army.
Liu Bei, you can sell straw sandals anywhere. Why do you go to the door of Zhang's butcher shop and sell straw sandals wearing fine cloth? Who would buy this?
Liu Bei probably just started his stall today. Liu Xin handed the spoon to his mother, left the stall and walked towards Liu Bei. He had to go up and say hello when he met a big boss. It might be crucial to have a good relationship in the future.
When Liu Bei saw Liu Xin coming to his stall, he looked straight ahead without looking happy or angry.
"How do you sell these straw sandals?" Liu Xin picked up a pair of straw sandals. To be honest, these straw sandals were very beautifully woven with very skilled craftsmanship. The straw ropes used were all carefully selected.
"A pair of straw sandals costs 12 yuan!" Liu Bei heard someone asking about the price, glanced at Liu Xin and asked.
"Where are the straw mats and straw ropes?" Liu Xin continued to ask.
"A piece of straw mat costs 30 yuan, and a foot of straw rope costs 6 yuan." Liu Bei's stomach rumbled as he spoke, and his face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
"Others sell straw sandals for 10 yuan, why do you sell them for 12 yuan?" Liu Xin picked up the straw sandals and asked deliberately.
"My straw sandals are better than others in weaving, so I will naturally sell them for a higher price. Don't leave them there for me!" Liu Bei became unhappy as he spoke and said to Liu Xin.
"This is a bunch of money. I'll give you two straw mats and three pairs of straw sandals." Liu Xin put the money in front of Liu Bei and took three pairs of straw sandals.
"Wait a minute!" Liu Bei called Liu Xin at this time.
Liu Xin was about to turn around and leave when he heard the sound and turned his head. He saw Liu Bei untying the money rope and starting to count them one by one.
He counted 96 coins and took the remaining four coins out of the money pile.
"Three straw mats and three pairs of straw sandals are 96 cents. Here are four cents for you!" Liu Bei said to Liu Xin while sitting on the futon.
Liu Xin glanced at Liu Bei, picked up four large coins from the stall, picked up the straw mat and straw sandals and was about to leave. At this time, there was a shouting outside Zhang's butcher shop.
Liu Xin saw that it was Zheng Lai calling him, and when he walked over, Zheng Lai pulled him to his side.
"Don't mess with that guy!" Zheng Lai pointed at Liu Bei and said to Liu Xin.
"What's wrong?" Of course Liu Xin will be very concerned about Liu Bei's affairs, because he will be one of the world's big bosses in the future and will determine the world's trend.
"That man's name is Liu Bei. He lives in Liujiazhuang in the south of the city. Few people who know him inside and outside the city are willing to associate with him." Zheng Lai said to Liu Xin.
"Isn't he from Liujiazhuang? Why?" Liu Xin asked in confusion.
"Liu Bei likes to make friends with righteous people all over the world. His father died young and his mother raised him up alone.
Every year before the Chinese New Year, Liu Bei's family would run out of food, and uncles from the clan would always provide assistance. Liu Bei would take the straw sandals and straw mats knitted by his mother to the market and exchange them for money. He would often take them to the inn to have a big meal, and meet people he knew.
Never be stingy with money and invite them to enjoy it together.
The head of the Liu family, Liu Yuanqi, taught Liu Bei many times, but without any success. As long as Liu Bei had money in his hands, he would spend it as much as he wanted. When he met refugees, he would give all the money to the refugees. Nowadays, even his fellow clan members are few.
Someone is interacting with him!" Zheng Lai said to Liu Xin.
In Liu Xin's heart, Liu Bei was a hero. He only knew that history recorded Liu Bei's hardships in his early years, but he never expected that he would be such a person.
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