After coming up with the idea, Li Yi left. Li Chengqi went to call the people of the Workers' Alliance to come and fix it quickly. Winter was coming.
"Wipe this place for me again. It doesn't look bright enough." Li Yi walked to Earthly Paradise and heard a child's voice.
He stopped and turned to look. A boy of seven or eight years old, wearing a pair of small leather shoes, sat there and said to a shoeshine boy about the same age.
"Well, I'll wipe it for you. It can only be bright if you wipe it." The shoeshine boy looked up and smiled.
Li Yi walked over and stood aside to watch.
When the boy finished wiping one shoe and put on the other one, he patted the shoeshine boy and said, "I'll show you again."
The shoeshine boy heard the familiar voice and looked up. He glanced at the boy who was going to wipe the shoes and shook his head.
"Get up and watch me. This small place, the edge, don't polish it little by little. It should be a piece. I'll do it from the beginning. You can see."
Li Yi pulled the shoeshine boy up. He sat down and began to wipe the other shoe for the little boy.
There was no need to clean it carefully. There was not much dust on the shoe, but Li Yi still did it according to the steps.
He wiped it little by little as he talked.
The child's father stood there and watched. Suddenly, he said, "Don't use too much strength when you wipe it. Don't rub my son's feet with discomfort."
"Well, my hand has the last experience. I know what to do." Li Yi agreed and kept moving his hands.
"It's useless to talk. If you hurt my son's feet, you can't afford to pay for it." The child's father followed with another sentence.
"Do I have to pay for it with my life? If not, I can afford to pay for it. "Li Yi retorted.
The first sentence was that he cared about the child. No problem. What did the second sentence mean?
"You shoeshine boy, how dare you …" The man was angry.
"This is Li Dongzhu." The shoeshine boy looked at the man and clenched his small fists.
"What Li Dongzhu?" The man heard a familiar name.
"Ba Shui Li Dongzhu. He can afford it." The little boy's eyes were full of contempt.
"Li Yi? The Li Family Zhuangzi's Li Dongzhu? "The man asked. After asking, he squatted down to look at Li Yi. A delicate face appeared in front of him.
Li Yi grinned at him and continued polishing his shoes seriously.
"No, hey, I can't. Quick, Xiao Lang, get up. Li Dongzhu, I don't know …"
"Don't move, I'm not done yet. Come, continue watching. Let me tell you, don't apply too much shoe polish. If it gets too thick, it will all rub onto the cloth. It's a waste."
Li Yi stopped the man from carrying the child and talked to the shoeshine child.
"En!" The shoeshine child nodded and watched seriously.
"Li Dongzhu, listen to me. I didn't know it was you. If I …"
"You're too noisy. If you keep talking, I'll teach you a lesson," Li Yi interrupted him again.
The man stood there wiping his sweat, not daring to make a sound. His face was full of anxiety.
"In the future, when you're polishing shoes, don't be afraid if you accidentally dirty other people's socks or pants.
If an apology doesn't work, bring them to Zhuangzi. We'll compensate them. We'll even buy them a new pair of pants. We'll also pay for the delay. "
Li Yi told the shoeshine child how to deal with the dispute.
"What if they hit me?" The shoeshine child was worried.
"If they hit you, we'll compensate them. We did something wrong, so we have to compensate them first. Then we'll settle the score with them.
The other party is honorable. Their shoes and clothes are valuable. I can compensate them with a set of property.
After that, it'll be counted as the beating. I'll make them bankrupt. "
Li Yi's tone was relaxed. The back of the man standing there was wet.
"Dongzhu, I'll remember. I'll tell them later. If we're wrong, we'll compensate, but we can't be beaten, right? "
As the shoeshine child spoke, he looked at the man proudly.
"Okay, take a look. Are you satisfied?" Li Yi finished polishing his shoes. They were indeed shiny.
"I'm satisfied, satisfied. That's great. Li Dongzhu, just now …"
"If you're satisfied, then pay." Li Yi didn't want to say more. He stood up and turned to leave.
The man watched Li Yi walk away and let out a long breath.
He took out a five-dollar voucher. After thinking about it, he took out a ten-dollar voucher.
When he handed it to the child, he said, "Look, Li Dongzhu didn't want to punish me. Don't talk nonsense. I'll give you an extra ten dollars."
"Dongzhu doesn't care about you." The shoeshine child only took the five-dollar voucher. He didn't take the other ten dollars at all.
"Yes, I'm nothing. Take it and buy candy."
The man took out another ten-dollar voucher and put the two together under the bench. He picked up his son and ran.
"You can't walk with these shoes today. I'll carry you. These shoes were polished by Li Dongzhu."
The man didn't think it was a loss to spend an extra twenty dollars. Instead, he thought it was a gain.
The shoe-shining boy gathered up his things, and, with great difficulty, took up his little burden, and ran off to the other boys to tell them how to settle disputes.
At noon, when Li Yi was eating in Heavenly World, the news spread in Chang 'an.
It was said that the shoeshine child was backed by Li Family Zhuangzi. He could ask for compensation if his clothes were dirty, but he couldn't beat him. Otherwise, the consequences would be very serious.
"Can he support all the children in the world? Overbearing, I don't believe it. "
Yao Chong heard the news when he went to Heavenly World at noon and was about to eat. He expressed his dissatisfaction with Li Yi again.
Several other people gathered together to discuss things. They didn't make a sound.
When they arrived at the door of Heavenly World and were about to go in, Lu Wan stood there and greeted them with a smile.
She lowered her voice: "Prime Minister Yao, Prime Minister Zhang, Prime Minister Lu, Minister Wei, Minister Bi, Li Dongzhu is eating upstairs.
Why don't you tell me what you want to eat? I'll send someone to send it to you. It's really inconvenient upstairs. "
"Let's go, let's go." As soon as Yao Chong heard that Li Yi was there, he turned around and greeted them.
"Yuanzhi, isn't Li Yi being too overbearing? He doesn't even let us enter Heavenly World. "Bi Goo asked with a smile.
"Lower your voice, spread out, spread out, don't look up." Yao Chong urged and quickened his pace.
Li Yi, who was feared by Yao Chong, was not eating by the window on the third floor at this time. He was sitting at the buffet on the second floor and eating hot pot.
Li Chengqi came over and the two of them chose a corner. The surrounding guests were invited to other seats by Lu Wan.
"Brother Yi, I just reported that the Right Valiant Guard General Li Xuandao just fought the first battle with the southwest barbarians. The hot air balloon made a contribution."
Li Chengqi said. The news had just been sent to the palace. When he came out of the palace, he saw Yao Chong and others and didn't have time to greet them.
"They took the initiative to attack?" As soon as Li Yi heard the news, he knew that the result of the battle was good. There was a more relaxed expression on his face.
"It's the first time Li Xuandao cooperated with the hot air balloon. He didn't dare to let it fly, so he tied a rope to it and used it as a lookout.
It's said that the hot air balloon is high in the sky and can see all the jungle and the situation on the mountain with a telescope.
The southwest barbarians wanted to fight guerrilla warfare. Yes, guerrilla warfare as you said. All the ambushers were ambushed by us. "
Li Chengqi looked excited. If they won the battle, they could always know the opponent's arrangement in advance. The casualties were guaranteed to be very small.
"When I make the firearms, we can fight a war with zero casualties, especially a jungle war."
Li Yi felt distressed when he thought that the soldiers of the Tang dynasty had sacrificed themselves.
If he went to fight, he could only cheat. It was better to make the firearms as soon as possible.
"You've made a contribution this time. I guess you'll be promoted to a second-class civil official soon." Li Chengqi mentioned the promotion.
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