Shopkeeper Xu lived up to Li Qingyou's expectations and asked her the expected questions.

When he heard that Miao Chunsheng was the young master the boy called him, he raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Li Qingyou with an indescribable meaning in his eyes. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and the tapping sound made Li Qingyou very busy.

messy.

What does it mean? I can give you a happy opinion whether to buy it or not.

Li Qingyou was worried, but it didn't show on her face at all. She took the album from Shopkeeper Xu with a smile and carefully wrapped it in brown paper.

"Our young master usually likes to write and draw. When he has nothing to do, he will draw a picture. A few days ago, he saw that he had drawn so many pictures, so he asked me to bind them."

"I was also thinking about the young master being happy, so I happened to pass by here and decided to come in and see if there was anything better." Li Qingyou said this casually, secretly revealing the reason why he appeared here to the other party.

After all, it was unusual for a servant to appear in the study with a picture album drawn by his master. This was something she suddenly thought of just now.

This sentence also solved the doubts in Shopkeeper Xu's mind. At first, he thought that the other party deliberately showed the album to the clerk, and then tried to sell it to their study at a high price. Now it seems that he is overthinking?

Li Qingyou had already stood up while speaking, wrapped the picture album and put it in his arms to say goodbye to Shopkeeper Xu, "My young master is still waiting at home, I will go back now."

After saying that, he no longer hesitated and turned around to leave.

"Little brother, wait a minute." Shopkeeper Xu raised his hand to stop Li Qingyou, "May I ask where Mr. Miao is. I would like to meet him. Is it convenient?"

Of course it's inconvenient.

"My young master is frail and sick, and doesn't care about worldly affairs. I'm sorry." Li Qingyou cupped her hands and wanted to say goodbye again.

Shopkeeper Xu stopped him and asked the waiter to serve refreshments. He chatted miscellaneously with Li Qingyou, mostly focusing on the "wonderful young man" in her mouth.

"I wonder where your young master's fairyland is?"

"How noble is your young master?"

"Your young master..."

Li Qingyou also understood that the other party was intentionally inquiring, and casually said that the young master lived in a small place, but did not say where exactly. It was because she was not familiar with Fucheng. She could not say that she lived in the city, and she did not know what the surrounding places were.

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Tell the other person her age: twenty-seven, which is her age before time travel.

However, shopkeeper Xu was too curious. When he asked whether he had any heirs, how many people were in his family, who he was, what he did for a living, and whether he had a business or farm at home, Li Qingyou had a headache.

What about checking the household registration?

How could she make this up?

Li Qingyou put down the tea cup in his hand, concealed his guilty conscience with impatience, and looked at the other party sarcastically, "Could it be that Shopkeeper Xu is someone from the Ministry of Finance who came down for a private visit?"

Shopkeeper Xu's expression froze.

He just wanted to use this boy to find out about the wonderful young master's family background so that he could give a price to avoid overpaying. Don't you think this boy is quite powerful?

After all, shopkeeper Xu was a person with some experience. He smiled to resolve the embarrassment and said, "I am too talkative. I just admire the young master's talent, so I couldn't help but ask a few more questions."

Shopkeeper Xu then got to the point, "I'm willing to pay you six hundred cents for the picture album in your hand. I wonder what your young master wants?"

Then he added, "This kind of picture album at my house only sells for three hundred cents. The cover of your picture album looks good, and I have a good eye with the little brother, so I am willing to pay twice the price."

It sounds like it's a great favor.

Li Qingyou was so angry that he didn't see the contents except the cover?

This is bullying newcomers.

She also saw that shopkeeper Xu was deliberately lowering the price. There was nothing to talk about with such a person. Li Qingyou stood up suddenly, said goodbye and turned around to leave.

When the waiter standing outside saw Li Qingyou leaving angrily, he knew that the deal had not been concluded. He turned around and walked to Shopkeeper Xu who followed him out, "Shopkeeper, you really don't want to buy it?"

The picture album was very beautiful, at least much better than the ones sold in their study. It was a pity to just let go of the sale.

Shopkeeper Xu just twisted his beard and smiled, looking at Li Qingyou's back with confidence, "He will come again."

Although the boy concealed it very well, he still thought that the other party came here to sell his picture album. Otherwise, how could it happen that he was binding the picture album for his master and ended up in their study, and let the assistant see it?

The young man said that his young master only drew one occasionally, and it took him a few months to complete this picture album. However, he carefully distinguished the ink marks on it, and the ink marks would become more precipitated over time, and the picture album was clearly from the same painting.

It was drawn over time, within a few days.

Furthermore, he also carefully looked at the binding method of the binding thread. It was different from the common binding method in study rooms. It was clearly buckled and bound at home.

A boy brought his master's picture album to the study and deliberately let them see it. There were only two possibilities. One was that he sold the picture album on his master's order, or the other was that he stole the master's picture album.

He prefers the first option. After all, isn't the purpose of making such a good cover just to sell it at a high price?

"How did you know?" The waiter looked at the shopkeeper with a confused face, but was shocked.

"Look at the little boy's cuffs. He must be from an average family. Let me ask you, have you ever seen him before? Has he ever bought a book?" Shopkeeper Xu knocked on the door with his fan.

Knocked him on the head and said, "Learn more."

With that said, he walked towards the counter with his hands behind his back.

The waiter scratched his head and muttered, "Don't they look down on our books?" He looked up and saw Shopkeeper Xu looking at him with a sharp gaze. He hurriedly walked over and said, "Then what if he goes somewhere else?"

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There is more than just their Moxiangzhai study in Fucheng.

Shopkeeper Xu paused, thinking that this was a problem, and hurriedly ordered the waiter, "Go and follow him quietly. If he wants to go somewhere else, stop him. It's best to follow him to his home to see who that Mr. Miao is and what his family background is.

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After receiving the order, the waiter hurriedly chased after him and walked around, but he saw only a crowd of people. Where was there any human figure?

The kid ran pretty fast.

"This old man Xu is a filthy man. He has more tricks than his hair." The waiter sighed and was not in a hurry to return to the study. Anyway, the shopkeeper sent him out to chase people, so he happened to be able to go shopping on the street.

The worst thing I can do when I go back is say I didn't catch up.

At this time, Li Qingyou had already appeared in the teahouse. She came straight here as soon as she left Moxiangzhai, and she heard a commotion inside from a distance, which made her very frightened.

At this moment, she saw a group of people surrounding the table where she and Adi were sitting. Li Qingyou's face turned pale with fright. She hurriedly separated the crowd and squeezed past. At a glance, she saw Adi standing there with a white face.

It was still stained with blood.
Chapter completed!