The next morning, Li Shao and Zhao Ye, who were still sleeping soundly, were woken up by the two little kids among them.

The two babies woke up feeling hungry, and when they saw their daddy and father lying next to them, they didn't cry, but instead threw themselves on the couple's faces and kissed and bit them.

The couple sat up all of a sudden, touched their faces covered with saliva, and looked at their two little darlings who were still clinging to them and giggling.

They smiled helplessly at each other, Li Shao picked them up one by one, and kissed their faces hard, "You two little troublemakers, do you want to eat us?! Are you hungry?"

The only responses he got were the two people's babbling and the little body twisting in his arms.

After Zhao Ye wiped his own face, he smiled and wiped Li Shao's face, "Husband, let's take them downstairs to eat first. After dinner, you have to take Shen An to find a house."

Li Shao nodded, got up, put on his clothes, picked up the two children, and took them downstairs.

After dinner, Zhao Ye and Shen Qing stayed in the inn with their two children. Li Shao took Shen An to find a house. After they settled down, he would have plenty of time to take them to have a good look around the capital.

Li Shao took Shen An for a walk, chatting with street vendors from time to time, and gained a preliminary understanding of the capital city.

Jinghua City is very large. If you want to walk around the entire city, it will probably take several days.

The most central location in the city is naturally the imperial palace, where the emperor handles state affairs, lives and holds important ceremonies.

Further outwards are some government offices adjacent to the imperial palace.

Apart from these official functional agencies, places such as residences and markets are intertwined.

It is mainly divided into East Market and West Market. The East Market is close to the nobles' residences and is surrounded by residential areas for dignitaries.

The shops in the East Market are also high-end and luxurious, and most of the items sold are jewelry, jade, high-end silk and so on.

The West Market was more civilian-oriented, and many merchants from other countries also settled in the West Market, opened shops, and sold all kinds of foreign goods, making it a bit of a mixed bag.

Then the two of them came to a roadside tea stall, sat down, ordered a pot of tea, and chatted while drinking it.

"Boss, where do you think we should find a house? West Market seems to be pretty good. It's lively and the houses are cheap."

Li Shao thought for a moment and said, "Whether it's East Market or West Market, we have to take a look at the houses and the surrounding environment first. I just asked about the locations of several pawnshops. Let's go to the pawnshops and take a look first."

At this time, a little boy came over. He looked to be about eleven or twelve years old, small in stature, wearing coarse cloth clothes, and seemed to come from a poor family.

But those big eyes looked clever, and he said attentively: "My two lords, you two have just arrived in the capital, right?!"

"My name is Wang Er. If you have any questions, just ask me and I will answer them. If you want to go anywhere, I know where you are going and I can take you there for only ten cents."

After saying that, Li Shao looked at the two of them expectantly. He thought it was quite interesting, so he gave Shen An a look.

Shen An understood what he meant and said, "Boy, we don't know you. You came out of nowhere and said you would lead the way for us. And you want ten cents?"

"Gentlemen, my family is from here. I grew up in the capital. The vendors of the small stalls around here all know me. If you don't believe me, you can ask them. I'm definitely not a bad guy or a liar."

At this time, the owner of the tea stall nearby also testified for him, saying that this kid was indeed on the street all year round, leading and running errands for merchants from other places to make money.

"Now you two believe it, right? There is really no road in the capital that I am not familiar with. I will definitely take you wherever you want to go. Others will ask for twenty cents, but you only need to give me ten cents."

At this time Li Shao said: "You have been following us since we just left the inn, why didn't you come out earlier?" Li Shao had already noticed that someone was following them.

Wang Er didn't expect to be discovered. He said a little embarrassedly, "You found me. Hehe, I usually squat at the door of the inn. When a new guest comes out, I ask if they can patronize me."

"But I really didn't mean to follow you. I don't have any bad intentions, really!" The main reason was that Li Shao was taller and stronger than anyone he had ever seen before, and he had an indescribable scary aura.

He had been following behind, hesitating whether to go forward, but finally thought about his mother and brothers and sisters at home and gritted his teeth and went forward. He shouldn't get beaten, right? !

It turned out that Li Shao only looked scary, but actually spoke in a very friendly manner, so Wang Er wanted to get this deal even more.

At this time, a few older kids came over. They looked honest and simple, but their words did not sound old. "Two bosses, please come to us. Wang Er is not a honest man. He has led foreign merchants astray before."

"He also takes customers to stores with higher prices and takes a commission from them. You two came to us, but we won't be like him, and we only charge ten cents."

"Yes, two bosses, he can't do it, please come to us."

The boys were talking at the same time, and with their honest faces, it sounded quite convincing. Wang Er on the side was so furious that he almost exploded.

They are using such shady tricks again, such as taking customers to the wrong place and taking a commission by bringing them to stores with higher prices. It is obvious that they did all these things, but they are accusing themselves of this.

Just because I didn't want to join their small group, they kept stealing my business. But I was small and weak, and couldn't beat them. I had resisted before, but I was beaten by them in vain.

He looked smart, but he didn't look as honest as them, and his words were not as believable as theirs.

It seems that the order today has failed again, and I am planning to leave dejectedly.

At this time, Li Shao said: "We have already decided on this little brother, so we don't need you anymore."

Wang Er raised his head in surprise, "Boss! I will definitely lead you to a good place, and I won't take you to any expensive black shop!"

The older kids were not happy and wanted to continue, "Boss, please don't, don't you know he..."

Shen An shouted, "Shut up! Didn't you hear what our boss said?! We chose Wang Er, so we don't need you. Stop standing here!"

Although the children were angry, Li Shao and Shen An both looked tall and strong.

Although he was from another place, his clothes showed that he was rich. They didn't dare to offend him. They could only glare at Wang Er and walk away with their heads down.

Wang Er was so happy that he kept thanking them: "Thank you, gentlemen. Wherever you want to go, or what you want to buy or do, I will definitely show you the way."

Shen An smiled and said, "Don't call me that. This is our boss. You can call me Boss Li and just call me Brother Shen."

"We are planning to find a house in the city, not a bad one. Do you know a real estate agent who is honest, has good service and charges a fair price? Please take us there."

"Hello, Mr. Li, hello, Brother Shen, yes, yes, I know where every real estate agency in Beijing is. I will take you there. Don't lie. The service is good and the agency charges less money."

After he finished speaking, Shen An looked at Li Shao, and when he saw Li Shao nodded, he also said, "Okay, then you take us away."

Wang Er did just as he said and took them to a brokerage firm with a very good attitude and which didn't charge much money.

He also accompanied them to look at houses, gave them advice, helped them bargain, and introduced them to various things in Beijing along the way. He really did his best.

The main reason was that Li Shao did not listen to those scoundrels and chose him anyway. Moreover, he also knew along the way that Li Shao was a military scholar and his family came to the capital to take part in the imperial examination. He admired people with abilities even more.

Thanks to him, we booked a house on the same day. It was located at the junction of the East and West Markets, and there was a market just one street away, so it was very convenient to buy anything.

Moreover, the living environment is not bad, and the neighbors around are all people running legitimate businesses.

The house was a courtyard with an entrance. It was not big in Li Shao's opinion, but it had all the necessary facilities, including a living room, kitchen, woodshed, toilet, utility room, animal pen, etc. It was much more exquisite than the houses in their place.

There is a well in the small courtyard, so water is conveniently available. There are four bedrooms, enough for the whole family to live in.

Originally, the house was rented for a minimum of one year, but when the renter saw that Li Shao was a military scholar, he contacted the landlord, and the landlord was willing to rent the house to a decent person like him.

Finally, they agreed to rent the house to him for half a year, with a monthly rent of twenty taels of silver. After signing the contract and paying the silver, Li Shao and his men got the keys.

After the matter was finished, Li Shao asked Shen An to give Wang Er fifty cents. Seeing that this time the customer gave so much, Wang Er did not foolishly say no.

Instead, he kept thanking the two of them and said that if they needed his help again in the future, they could just go to the street where the inn was staying.

Li Shao also had a very good impression of him. Originally, his mission would have been almost completed by taking them to the dental clinic, but today Wang Er accompanied them for almost the entire day, running around and doing his best.

He promised to look for him again if he needed him, and Wang Er went home happily.

Afterwards, Li Shao and Shen An returned to the inn, picked up Zhao Ye and the others, and the family rushed to the newly rented house.

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