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Chen Hu's family was a small courtyard, it was a house passed down from its ancestors, it had been passed down for who knows how many generations, and was a little shabby. In this generation of Chen Family, there were only three people living there: Old Master Chen, Chen Hu and his sister Chen Yingying.

Chen Hu and Chen Yingying's mother had passed away when they were very young. Half a month ago, Chen Hu had rescued him while he was patrolling the streets, and at that time, Li Dongfang was in a coma. He was wearing a strange set of clothes, he even had a head of short hair, and had two iron hoops on his hands.

Coming to this strange era, Li Dongfang realized that this wasn't the era that he was familiar with from the history books. No one knew where this history went wrong, but the name of this country was "Hua Xia". Li Dongfang had heard a lot about China's sons and daughters, and he himself was one of them. But in the ancient times, there was a China Empire, he had never heard of them. He had never thought of going back to his era. He was annoyed, tired, and had originally wanted to lead a life of 'dao'.

Li Dongfang knocked on the metal hoop on the door. Soon, the door opened and a small jade-like face appeared in front of him. Chen Yingying couldn't be considered very beautiful, but she had the temperament of a jade-like daughter of a small family, causing others to have the urge to take her in their arms and carefully protect her.

"Brother Li, you're back?" Chen Yingying's words revealed a pleasant surprise. "Right." Li Dongfang resisted the impulse in his heart, smiled and nodded: "Xiao Hu told me to come back to eat, and I'm back." When they entered the room, the dishes on the table were all covered with a bowl upside down. This was to keep the food warm.

"Where's the old man?" "From the very beginning, Li Dongfang addressed Chen Hu's father, Chen Dashan, as' old man '. He's eaten and he's studying what you made for him, chess. " Chen Yingying said as she filled Li Dongfang's stomach with food.

Although it was just five small dishes, such as fried eggs, tomatoes, and Mai Po tofu, all of these had become delicacies in Chen Yingying's hands. Li Dongfang ate five bowls of rice as usual, and almost all of the food on the table had been swept away by him.

At this time, Chen Yingying poured him a cup of tea and seemed to understand what he meant. She chuckled: "Big brother, I left Xiao Hu's for him." After eating and drinking tea, although these days were comfortable, Li Dongfang was not that kind of person who shamelessly ate and stayed in this place for free.

"I will continue to look for work." Big brother, be careful. If you can't find it, then come back tomorrow. " Li Dongfang heard Chen Yingying's soft and beautiful voice, and he could not take it anymore, so he quickened his steps and walked out, replying "Mhm."

After exiting the Chen Family Gate, Li Dongfang turned the corner and walked onto the main street. This time, he patted himself on the chest, and couldn't help but look back, muttering to himself: "The more alive I am, the happier I am.

After walking a distance, Li Dongfang once again took off his clothes, but just as he was about to make his move, he couldn't help but look left and right. In the end, he had to give up. If another one came out, he would be beaten up for nothing for the sake of this "chivalrous girl" who saw injustice on the road. But now, with the sun shining brightly in his eyes, he really couldn't take it anymore.

"If only I had an ice cream!" Li Dongfang could not help but exclaim when he saw that there was a large group of people in front of him, as if they were watching a good show. "Could it be that he is violently beating up a lecher?" Since there was nothing to do, Li Dongfang went over to watch the show.

In the past, he saw that it was a restaurant, called "Natural House", there was even a notice in front of his door, fortunately for him, although this era's history was very familiar with his, the words were still "Chinese". It was just that most of it were traditional, although Li Dongfang still recognized it, he was unable to recognize it fully.

It turned out to be this shop. Although it didn't have a large sum of money and was considered expensive, it was still worth a bowl of tea money to the penniless Li Dongfang. He quickly pushed his way through the crowd and prepared to enter. But at this time, a waiter stopped him. "What are you doing?

"Eat and drink."

"Do you have money?" The waiter looked at Li Dongfang and chuckled. It was because he felt that it was hot, his clothes were not tied up with a belt, and this shirt was Chen Hu's old clothes. Although there were no patches on it, it was already very old, and adding on his "temperament", it was just like an old rogue.

Seeing that the waiter was actually looking down on him, Li Dongfang tore off the piece of paper that was used to request for couplets. Holding it in his hand, he waved it towards the waiter and said, "Tell your boss to prepare" Heavy Gold ", I will accept this list."

"With just you?" The waiter looked at Li Dongfang in disbelief, and the people who were spectating laughed along.

Instead, he said to the waiter: "Quickly go and get your boss. If you are not satisfied with my couplet, then throw me out."

After hearing what Li Dongfang said, everyone stopped laughing and the waiter looked at Li Dongfang suspiciously. You wait here, I'll go call the shopkeeper over. " The moment the waiter walked back, Li Dongfang followed him in. Unexpectedly, the interior of the shop was still very wide, and there were even two floors, with a lot of people eating downstairs, and in the area facing the main street upstairs, there was a huge balcony, and if there were people drinking tea, Li Dongfang had to look for a place to drink it, so he quickly went upstairs to the second floor, where the balcony was very wide, and there were seven or eight tables, seemingly for drinking tea, and eating food. However, at this time, they were all empty, with three people at a table.

But when Li Dongfang was about to exit the stairs, he was stopped by someone. The ones who stopped him were two big men, one on his left and the other on his right.

"Scram." The big man said without a trace of politeness. If he said he would leave, Li Dongfang might not be angry, but he would immediately leave.

"How do you want to get lost? Show me what you can do. " Li Dongfang said, unwilling to be outdone. "You!" Just as one of the men was about to lose his temper, an old and dignified voice came from behind them, "Let him come over." "Yes." The two hulks actually did not hesitate at all, and immediately stepped aside, allowing Li Dongfang to pass.

"Dog slave." Li Dongfang unhappily scolded softly, it was just enough for the two big sized men to hear, he thought that it would stimulate the two big sized men a little, but he did not expect that the two did not seem to hear him, instead looking at him attentively. Li Dongfang felt good scolding, and did not bother with the two anymore, and walked over.

He found the seat closest to him and sat far away without even looking at the three of them. He picked up the cup on the table and poured himself a cup of tea. However, the weather was really hot. But luckily, after a while, the waiter hurriedly walked over. Perhaps because the two big men knew each other, they stopped him.

As soon as the waiter came up, he angrily said, "You, how can you barge in randomly? How can you casually come up to the second floor? "Why aren't you coming down with me?" "Whap." Li Dongfang slammed the notice with the couplets on top of the table, and said with dissatisfaction: "Can't you guys afford to pay a lot of money to play with people?"

The waiter jumped in fright, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the three people at the other table, then turned to Li Dongfang and begged in a low voice: "Don't cause trouble, the second floor has been reserved by someone today! "If you really know how to write couplets, I will take you to our manager!" If you tell me to go, I'll go? That's good. Besides, the people I hired haven't let me go yet. Why are you in such a hurry!? Go and ask your boss to come and see me in person. "

"Stop messing around." The waiter was getting a little anxious. Who's messing around with you? Go get your boss and get me some ice. "

"You!" The waiter didn't expect that not only did he not leave, he even assigned him to do so. He wanted to get angry, but when he thought about the customer that reserved the room on the second floor, he didn't dare to curse.

"What did you say? Are you going or not? Do you believe that I won't throw you down the stairs?"

Seeing Li Dongfang's scoundrel look, the waiter was really afraid that he would cause trouble. He had no choice but to go and look for the boss. Not long later, a beautiful woman with luxurious clothing walked up with the waiter. She first apologized to the three people at the table in front of them, then walked towards Li Dongfang.

After coming over, the beautiful woman looked at Li Dongfang from head to toe, then asked: "May I know how to address young noble?"

Li Dongfang had seen many beauties before, but this was the first time he had seen such a noble and graceful woman, with a heroic air around her eyebrows, with her long hair flowing down her shoulders. But as he had gotten used to it, Li Dongfang's shifty eyes always glanced in the direction of other people's "protruding" spots.

The mature woman seemed to have felt Li Dongfang's gaze and raised her hand horizontally in front of her chest. Li Dongfang was bored, so he asked her with a smile: "Are you the owner of Natural House?"

"Exactly."

Li Dongfang did not stand up either. "My name is Li Dongfang, what should I call you, Lady Boss?" "Shen Yulan, I don't know if what Sir Li said was true or false, that he had already thought of a couplet in our shop?" Of course it's true. " Li Dongfang asked: "I wonder how much money you have prepared for this couplet?"

No matter how Shen Yulan saw it, Li Dongfang didn't look like a" scholar ", but the head of the shop had long since become a smooth man." As long as Young Master is satisfied with the couplet, the shop is willing to offer a thousand taels of silver. " After Shen Yulan finished speaking, Li Dongfang wasn't surprised at all. On the contrary, he began to calculate in his heart, ten taels for a catty, a thousand taels, that would be a hundred catties. He wondered if a thousand taels of silver was worth a lot here.

"My couplet only has one sentence, 'guest Natural House'." After Li Dongfang finished speaking, he poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip, but the tea was too hot, he spat it out again and asked the waiter beside Shen Yulan: "Where's my ice?"

The waiter turned his face to the side, as if he did not hear anything. Just as Li Dongfang was about to get angry, Shen Yulan asked: "Is that what you meant by 'Young Master's couplet'?"

Li Dongfang nodded, "Yes! "Hurry up and prepare the money." You must be crazy to think about money! " The waiter mocked.

"Ah Gui." Shen Yulan reprimanded the waiter, showing an attitude that she would not get angry. The waiter, Ah Gui, hurriedly lowered his head, and did not dare to say another word.

"Bring some ice for Young Master Li." Shen Yulan spoke out, but this time, she did not pretend not to hear anything, and immediately went to get it. At this time, Shen Yulan apologized to Li Dongfang, "Please don't blame me, Young Master." Li Dongfang did not take it to heart, but asked: "Lady Boss, what do you think about my couplet?"

"This little girl is ignorant. May I ask what is your explanation for this couplet?" The ancient words that came out were written so it was natural, causing Li Dongfang to be unable to learn it, hence he said it straight away: "Recite the words that you have recited to me once."

Hearing that, Shen Yulan's eyes lit up! Li Dongfang's "guest's Natural House" may not be worth a single cent, but this sentence, in turn, "guest of heaven" turned a sentence that was not even worth a single cent into something worth thousands of gold. Adding on the name of Natural House, this couplet was simply as if it was custom-made for Natural House.

Seeing the smile on Shen Yulan's face grow wider, Li Dongfang knew that he could take away the thousand taels today! At this time, the waiter brought out seven or eight egg-sized pieces of ice and scooped them into a bowl. These ice cubes, in Li Dongfang's eyes, were truly worth thousands of gold. He hurriedly opened the teapot and placed two of them inside, after a minute or two, it would become iced tea.

"Boss Shen, how is it? Satisfied?" Shen Yulan nodded her head: "Ah Gui, get the accountant to bring over a thousand silver."

"Manager, this …" Ah Gui still did not understand. "Why are you still talking so much? Hurry up and go." "Yes." Ah Gui did not dare speak anymore and quickly left.

Once Ah Gui had left, Shen Yulan smiled and said to Li Dongfang: "Young Master is indeed talented, may I ask if you can help me? "The inscription for this store."

Hearing that, Li Dongfang interrupted: "I don't know how to use a brush." After Li Dongfang finished speaking, he saw that Shen Yulan was looking at him in disbelief. He was afraid that this beautiful woman would go back on her word and not pay, so he immediately guaranteed: "I really don't know how to use a brush. Let's invite someone else! " When Shen Yulan heard this, she covered her mouth and chuckled. In this era, women from rich families all cared about not showing their teeth.