When Xu Mo walked away with the parrot,he finally reacted and pounded his hands in regret.
The parrot's previous performance and its statement just now were really beyond his expectations, which had a huge impact on his heart. It usually speaks foul words to everyone it sees, but it is so flattering to this Tang Dynasty gentleman.
If I had known earlier, I would have said a higher price!
If it couldn't sell for the price of ten pieces of silk cloth that I boasted about, it would be good to sell one or two pieces.
It was sold for a hundred coins...
This time it was a big loss.
The foreign merchant shook his head. Fortunately, the parrot was just a bonus when he came to the Tang Dynasty to trade this time, and he didn't rely on it to make money, otherwise the hundred coins would not even be enough for the return trip.
Next time, I will definitely choose a better parrot.
Xu Mo didn't use a cage. The parrot clung to his shoulder obediently and didn't make any noise.
Passersby on the road looked at him sideways.
This parrot looks so familiar...
Xu Mo picked some pears and dates. The prices were really cheap. He bought a lot of them with four cents. Xu Mo couldn't carry them all by himself, so he asked someone to send the things to his shop.
He walked the bird and walked slowly to the supermarket.
Unexpectedly.
As soon as he returned to the door of the supermarket, he saw three girls waiting in front of the door.
They seemed to be waiting for someone.
Xu Mo ignored them, took out the key, opened the lock, and pushed the door open.
The three girls looked at him in a daze.
Seeing his actions, the girl in the center widened her eyes, and said in surprise and stammering: "You...you...are you a clerk in this store, or the owner of this store?"
"Owner." Xu Mo replied concisely, "Are you here to buy things?"
Li Lizhi frowned, looked at Xu Mo, and muttered in her heart.
It shouldn't be...
The shopkeeper in this supermarket shouldn't look like this. He's too good-looking.
It's completely different from the image in her mind, which was sometimes ten feet tall and with three heads and six arms, and sometimes thin and sharp, but old.
Not only is he young, but he's not so strong and looks good.
Sure enough, what the emperor said was right.
It's a pity for such a good-looking person to run a merchant shop.
While she was looking at Xu Mo.
Xu Mo was also looking at her, after all, he was also an old pervert... Oh, no, he was a person who was good at appreciating beauty.
He was small and not very old.
But he was very big.
With delicate and innocent eyebrows and pure eyes, he was a cute beauty. At first glance, you could tell that he was spoiled.
Looking at it, Li Lizhi tilted her head and noticed the parrot on Xu Mo's shoulder.
"Is this a parrot?" She was distracted and asked.
Xu Mo nodded.
Parrots are auspicious birds in the Tang Dynasty. Ni Heng, who beat the drum and cursed Cao, once wrote a parrot ode, praising the parrot for its brightness, intelligence, and noble taste.
Well... that parrot ode was the last song of his life.
Parrots are rare in this land. Most of them are captured from Baiyue and Badi. The parrots there are mostly light green, not as bright as the one on Xu Mo's shoulder.
"Can I touch it?" Li Lizhi asked with some envy.
She also wanted to raise a parrot.
But this kind of bird is too expensive. She can't afford to buy one with her monthly allowance, but she has no habit of saving money. Other countries never pay tribute to these things.
Xu Mo thought about it.
This bird has a bad reputation, but the biggest problem is that it is rude and likes to curse. When it pecked the seller, it seemed to be hard, but there was no blood.
It knows the severity of the situation.
He nodded and replied, "You can touch it."
As soon as the words came out, the parrot flapped its wings and flew over Li Lizhi's head, flapping its wings against her head.
The air froze.
Li Lizhi was stunned. What was the parrot doing? Was it touching her?That's not the case!
It wasn't me who was being touched, but I was the one who wanted to touch the parrot.
The parrot made a series of clattering sounds from its mouth, stepped on Li Lizhi's head, messed up her hair, and yelled, "It's choking! It's choking! It smells so bad!"
Smelly?
Xu Mo moved his nose.
It was the smell of a mixture of borneol, musk and other spices.
He didn't find it choking. Hejust couldn't get used to the smell of this kind of spice.
Li Lizhi's face changed suddenly. She used a little force on her nose, tightened her little face, and smelled the smell on her body.
Could it be that I was stained with something filthy without knowing it?
But...I don't smell fishy, just the smell of spices.
It's shocking!
This is a secret spice made in the palace, how can it be choking?Or...I actually have some smell that I don't notice?
If a person said this, Li Lizhi might be angry now, but the person who said this was a parrot.
As a human, she would not go against a parrot.
With a "kind" smile, she raised her hand and tried to grab the parrot.But...as a parrot that is still alive and kicking with a mouthful of words, it is extremely sensitive to danger.
As soon as Li Lizhi moved her shoulder, it immediately flew back to Xu Mo's shoulder.
Chuckling -
it made a laugh-like shouting, and said nothing.
But...this smug look,she felt like it's mocking her.Oh...this is not a feeling.It's a fact.
The parrot has already shouted at the top of its voice: "Women are not as fragrant as men!"
Li Lizhi's eyelids couldn't help but jump.She prides herself on being well-educated, but now she has the idea of teaching a parrot a lesson. Face and status are not as important as bullying this parrot.
Xu Mo's eyelids couldn't help but jump.He thought it was the merchant exaggerating,
but he didn't expect that his mouth was really smug.
"This parrot is interesting." Li Lizhi held it in for a long time and said, "It learns human language very well."
Xu Mo didn't respond and quickly changed the subject.This looks like a child from a noble family, and the parrot can't be offended. With just a moonlight mask, he can pay several strings of copper coins for himself.
"Miss, are you here to buy something?" Xu Mo asked. "Did a customer recommend it to you yesterday?"
Li Lizhi nodded, looking serious. As she spoke, she walked into the supermarket: "Well, my father bought a few facial masks from you yesterday."
"I used them and felt the effect was good. I came here today to buy a few more."
She walked to Xu Mo, paused for a moment, sniffed hard, and made a slight "sizzling" sound. She was smelling Xu Mo's scent.A faint, indescribable fragrance.That's it, Li Lizhi blushed slightly.Xu Mo pretended not to see it. He nodded and thought of Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin yesterday -
she was so beautiful, so she must not be the daughter of that person named Achou, but the daughter of Li Er?
"Shameless, shameless!"said the parrot.🦜
But Xu Mo played dumb, Li Lizhi played dumb, and the maids played dumb.But they forgot...there was another thing that was smart enough but couldn't play dumb.