The purchase of jars went surprisingly smoothly. There was an old kiln in the back street that specialized in firing these things. However, the kiln had been closed at this time and the workers had all gone home. There was only one hunchback and an old man with some hearing loss left.
Looking at the kiln, guarding the jars that had been fired before but not sold.
Lao Sun took a look at the quality and thought it was pretty good. Although it looked a bit ugly, he believed that Li Man'er's purpose of buying the jar was definitely not to look good, but it must have some other purpose.
This jar usually sells for ten cents a piece, but it can be cheaper if you pay more.
Lao Sun shouted and gestured that this jar was not worth so much elsewhere and could be bought for six cents in an earthen kiln near the capital.
The hunchback was not to be outdone, he only said that the capital city was the capital city, and Mobei was Mobei. Everything in their area was scarce and everything was expensive, so you could buy it or not.
Lao Sun had no choice but to buy more and buy all the existing jars in his house. When the hunchback heard this, his face suddenly changed and he became much more enthusiastic.
The two discussed the price and finally settled on eight cents each.
There were more than 400 jars in the kiln, and Lao Sun bought them all at once. Since he didn't have a car and couldn't transport them out, he paid half of the deposit and agreed with the hunchback that he would pick them up later.
The hunchback readily agreed and said, "Don't worry, I usually live and eat here at the kiln. I can't run away." He was hard of hearing and felt that other people's ears were not working properly and they spoke loudly.
Lao Sun didn't say anything and immediately went back to report the news to Li Man'er.
"More than four hundred, it's quite enough."
"The key is how to transport it to the old city. It's too difficult." On a cold day, Lao Sun was so anxious that he was sweating. He knew that Li Man'er's purchase of jars was useful, but if the Xiao family didn't help
, in a hurry, where can I find a car to transport them away?
Li Man'er rolled his eyes, "You said there was only one hunchback guarding that kiln?"
"Yes." Lao Sun said angrily: "It's very difficult to talk to him. He's hard of hearing and has to shout at the top of his voice. I paid half of the deposit and waited for him to be taken away before paying the other half."
Li Man'er nodded, "The Marquis is still waiting for his personal guards, and I'm afraid they won't be able to leave for a while. You and Liu Ya go to meet the Marquis first, and I'll go there myself, and look for my third uncle by the way.
Say something."
Lao Sun said: "It's better for me to find a solution."
"Why, are you afraid that I will be in danger?" Li Man'er joked: "If something happens to me, you just find the opportunity to break away from me and just turn around and leave. Who can do anything to you?"
"Girl, don't be joking. My old grandson is also a man who stands upright. How can his words not count? Even if I have to leave, I will wait until the ten-year period is up before I leave. I will never hope that anything will happen to you.
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Seeing that he was serious, Li Man'er quickly said: "Oh, I was just joking. Besides, I'm going to go to the street in men's clothes and go find my third uncle first. Don't worry, it'll be fine."
"Then let me go with the girl!" Liu Ya was afraid that Li Man'er would be in danger, "Multiple people, multiple helpers."
"Oh, you have other tasks." She wanted to transport the jar quietly, but having one more person would cause a lot of inconvenience.
Liu Ya didn't know that Li Man'er was trying to trick her, so she asked very seriously: "Girl, what's the mission?"
"Think about it, I'm about to leave, but Xiao Qiniang doesn't make any movement at all. Isn't this a bit unreasonable?"
"what do you mean……"
"Maybe she's holding back her misfortune! Please help me keep an eye on it. After all, Lao Sun is a man, so it's not very convenient."
Liu Ya thought it made sense, so she agreed, and told her, "Girl, you must be careful, go to the third master first, and then go to the jar."
Li Man'er said: "Don't worry!"
The three of them went their separate ways.
Everyone in the government office knew that Li Shu was going to the old city, so the few people who were originally unable to move could now enter and leave the government office at will.
Li Man'er dressed in men's clothes, painted his face black, and wrapped his head with a scarf, and ran all the way to the kiln that Lao Sun mentioned.
A jar costing eight cents a piece was much cheaper than she thought. Moreover, the location of the earth kiln was relatively remote, and the surrounding environment was relatively desolate, which was exactly what Li Man'er wanted.
She stood outside the kiln for a while, but there was really no one around her.
This kiln factory was barely holding on, but it was about to collapse, and the Chinese New Year was coming soon, so no one came here at all.
Li Man'er quietly went in and found the hunchback drinking in a very dilapidated small room.
The hunchback probably took the deposit and had a lot of money. He bought wine and prepared two dark dishes. It was hard to tell what they were for the moment.
Li Man'er deliberately made some noises to test whether the hunchback was deaf. As a result, she threw two stones out in succession, but the hunchback was indifferent and continued to drink his drink.
Li Man'er waited for a moment, then silently took out a small piece of incense from the space, found a place with leeward wind to light it, and then stuffed it in along the crack of the window.
After a while, the hunchback in the room was fascinated and made a loud banging noise.
Li Man'er took a look and saw that the hunchback actually fell directly onto the landlord. He must have suffered a serious fall.
She shook her head and whispered: "What a sin." Then she took out a silver bar weighing about five ounces from her arms and threw it at the door.
In addition to the purchase price, the rest should be treated as medical expenses! After all, the fall was not light.
Li Man'er walked around the kiln twice to make sure that no one was hiding in the dark. Then he walked to the simple thatched shed where the jars were stored and directly put all the jars in the shed into the space.
After Li Man'er collected her things, she quickly left, but she did not go far. She waited quietly for a while to make sure that there was nothing unusual inside and outside the kiln, and then left.
Li Maner went to the inn and found Li Nian and others.
"You came just in time." Li Nian was cleaning up. When he saw Li Man'er coming, he pulled her aside and asked: "What's going on? I thought Xiao was going to keep your father trapped! And me.
I heard Lao Sun mention it, and it seems like you two are at odds with each other? Also, why did you buy so many jars?"
Li Man'er felt that it would be better to talk about some things. What if Li Nian and Li Shu had a deep love for each other? If she complained about her in the future, the gain would outweigh the loss.
"Third uncle, what do you think of my father?"
How about it?
Even Li Nian didn't know what to say.
Li Shu has a very polarized personality. When it comes to leading troops in battles, he has few problems. Besides having military advisors and generals to share the burden for him, he has never made any serious mistakes. He cannot be called brave and good at fighting.
But he is by no means a piece of trash.
But in other matters, he seems not so fair and shrewd.
It's just that it's not good to say these words in front of the child. They are a father and a daughter. As an uncle, if I say bad things about their father, isn't this sowing discord?