Qing 'an Prefecture was huge. If they wanted to spread the candied haws as quickly as possible, they would need a lot of manpower.
Fang alone was far from enough.
They parted ways at the city gate. Li Yi followed Fang and listened to him boast about how popular he was with the naughty kids yesterday. When they reached a certain street, Fang's body shook and he looked at the familiar corner of the street.
A dozen naughty kids were gathered there, their faces full of anxiety.
"What candied haws? Are you guys lying to us?"
"Liars are puppies. There really were candied haws yesterday!"
"Why didn't that uncle come today?"
"Are there no candied haws today?"
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The naughty kids paced around anxiously. For the first time in their lives, they didn't sleep in this morning. They woke up all their friends early in the morning and asked their parents for a few copper coins before rushing here.
However, they were disappointed to find that the uncle who sold candied haws yesterday was not here.
The naughty kids even searched the surrounding area but couldn't find a single candied haw vendor.
When they thought about how they would never be able to eat the sweet and sour candied haws again, the naughty kids became even more anxious.
"Look, that uncle is here!"
Someone shouted first. The naughty kids turned their heads and saw a familiar figure standing on the street. The next moment, they saw the candied haws that they had been yearning for day and night.
Whoosh!
The scene from the day before replayed itself.
"Uncle, I want two skewers!"
"I want three skewers!"
"Here are 20 copper coins. Give me four skewers!"
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The naughty kids fought to be the first. One by one, they stretched out their little hands and stuffed the copper coins into Fang's arms. They were afraid that all the candied haws would be bought by someone else if they were too late.
Seeing the naughty kids leave one by one in satisfaction, and the candied haws were half gone, Fang's face was full of smiles.
This made him feel like he was one step closer to his dream.
However, compared to the feeling of realizing his dream, another feeling came faster and more urgent. Not long after, Fang held his stomach, bent over, and said to Li Yi, "Son-in-law, please look after him for a while. I'm going to relieve myself!"
Without waiting for Li Yi to nod, Fang had already disappeared.
Li Yi originally wanted to wander around the city, but now he could only wait for Fang to return.
After a while, a few sticks of tanghulu were sold.
Almost all of the buyers were naughty children, or some adults who were pestered by naughty children. Occasionally, a well-dressed young lady would buy a bunch or two, but when normal adults saw that these were just ordinary red fruits, they didn't have the heart to buy them.
This was within Li Yi's expectations.
The biggest consumer group of tanghulu were naughty children. Whether it was in ancient times or modern times, women and children were the absolute main consumers, which was in line with his initial positioning of tanghulu.
The remaining dozen or so skewers of candied haws were sold out in a short while, leaving only one skewer stuck on top. It was an eyesore and uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it. Li Yi frowned and plucked the last skewer of candied haws. Just as he brought it to his mouth, a voice suddenly came from afar.
"Shut up!"
"Crunch!"
A crisp sound came. He had already bitten off the first stick of hawthorn fruit.
In order to make delicious tanghulu, it was very important to control the heat when boiling the sugar paste. This time, the sugar paste had been boiled for a long time, and it was a little burnt. He remembered to remind them to be careful next time.
Then, Li Yi raised his head and looked at the young man who was trotting over. After a moment of surprise, two voices came almost at the same time.
"It's you!"
"It's you!"
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The young man was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that the person selling the tanghulu was actually the scholar who painted the last time.
Of course, Li Yi also recognized this friend at once.
After all, he had only met one rich man in this world who was willing to spend ten taels of silver to buy a painting.
After a short moment of surprise, the young man moved his eyes away from Li Yi's face and looked at the last stick of tanghulu in his hand, which he had already bitten off.
"You …"
He stretched out a finger and pointed at Li Yi. Just as he said one word, he suddenly waved his hand dispiritedly, grabbed Li Yi's arm, and said, "Follow me!"
"What are you doing!"
The young man was thin and weak, but he was quite strong. Li Yi staggered and was forcibly pulled forward by him.
"Did you make this tanghulu?"
"Let go of me first!"
"Is it you or not?"
"So what if it is?"
"That's right!"
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…
Life was like being f * cked. Since he couldn't resist, he would enjoy it.
After a while, Li Yi understood that his strength was far less than the young man's. If he continued to struggle like this, he would be the one suffering. So, he simply gave up resisting and followed the young man forward.
It didn't look like this guy wanted to drag him to see the officials because someone died from eating tanghulu …
As long as it wasn't about that.
At this time, on the street not far in front of the two of them, several strong men swaggered. The leader was a man with a scar on his face. He took two steamed buns from a stall on the street. The stall owner saw that the man swaggered away without paying, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. Finally, he sighed and could only accept his bad luck. He dared to be angry but didn't dare to say anything.
"Big brother, look who that is!"
Suddenly, one of the men beside the scarred man trembled and suddenly pointed to the front as if he had seen something.
When the scarred man heard this, he looked up and saw a familiar figure. He was slightly startled, and his face immediately became gloomy.
How could he forget that he was beaten up by a few hateful guys in the alley that day? He was beaten miserably. The saddest thing was that he was arrested and sent to jail for several days. Not only did he eat moldy food, he didn't even have a comfortable place to sleep. Every time he dreamed of those days, he would wake up in a cold sweat.
The source of all this was because of the guy who made him gnash his teeth in hatred when he thought about it.
And the scholar who he would only be satisfied with if he could destroy the people had now appeared in front of him again.
"Follow them!"
Even if these ruffians were bold, they still didn't dare to do anything too presumptuous on the street. With a gloomy face, they ordered and followed far behind the two people.
Until now, Li Yi still didn't know where the young man was hurriedly dragging him and what they were going to do. Just as he was about to ask again, there was suddenly a burst of chaotic footsteps behind them. In an instant, the two of them were surrounded.
"Who are you people? What do you want?"
The young man asked with a frown when his path was blocked.
"Brat, if you know what's good for you, hurry up and scram. This has nothing to do with you!" The scarred man glared at the young man, and then looked at Li Yi with extreme hatred in his eyes.
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