"By the way, Brother Fan, here is the 800 Wen for selling the wild boar. Take it." After saying that, Mu Yan put his little hand into his sleeve, but actually put his hand into the space, intending to give the 800 Wen to Fan Jing.
"No need, didn't you agree that you just need to take care of my food?"
Mu Yan was stunned and stopped being pretentious. Fan Jing was treating his own house as a canteen, but for now, he could still afford it. Hehe, everyone else was a child bride, how come they were changed when they came to me
As they talked, the two passed by a tailor shop.
"Brother Fan, I want to sell some fabrics or quilts back home."
"Let's go in and have a look."
The two walked into the tailor shop called Jinxiufang.
"Hey, what a handsome young man, what a pretty girl, what do you two plan to sell?" A gorgeous woman in her 30s greeted the two of them.
"Shopkeeper, I want to sell some fabrics and quilts. I don't know the price?" Mu Yan asked.
"A thin quilt costs 200 cents per bed, but a bright red quilt was just made today. I'll give you a discount and give you 180 cents. How about that?"
Big red quilt? "Shopkeeper, you misunderstood. I just want ordinary ones, not bright red." Big red is only bought by people who are celebrating weddings. The shopkeeper must have misunderstood, but Fan Jing still looked indifferent. Face, no explanation.
"Don't want bright red?" The shopkeeper asked again in surprise.
"Yes, not bright red, just ordinary navy blue or pink."
"Okay, Girl Wang, hurry up and take out those thin single quilts that have just been made." The shopkeeper shouted towards the inside.
"Okay, here we go."
After a while, a little girl came over holding several quilts.
"Girl, take a look, do you like these quilts?"
Mu Yan chose a navy blue bed, a blue-black bed, and a light pink bed, and said, "These are the three beds."
Girl Wang immediately picked up these three quilts.
"Girl, it's so refreshing. When others choose quilts, they select them carefully and try to pick thicker ones. It's better for you to pick three thinner quilts."
"I wonder if the shopkeeper can give me another discount?"
"Girl, you are interesting. Okay, then I will give you a piece of fabric for free." After saying that, the shopkeeper took out a small piece of blue fabric and gave it to Mu Yan.
This piece of blue fabric can actually be used to make clothes for my younger brother Xiaonan. It's broken. I don't know how to make clothes. "I wonder, shopkeeper, if I can make clothes here?" Mu Yan asked with some certainty.
"Okay, but you have to provide the dimensions."
Mu Yan was stunned, she really didn't know the size of her elder brother and younger brother.
Seeing Mu Yan's reaction, the shopkeeper continued, "You are from the countryside, right? Women in the countryside can basically make clothes. It's the same thing if you give them some handmade money."
Yes, Aunt Wang next door can make clothes. You can also find Aunt Wang when you go back.
Mu Yan bought two more pieces of fabric and walked out of the tailor shop. Before leaving, the shopkeeper Na smiled and said to Mu Yan: "If you want to buy fabric from now on, just come to my place and see my Aunt Liu."
Mu Yan turned around and replied: "Of course." After just a few minutes of getting along with him, Mu Yan felt that this shopkeeper was easy to get along with, and he planned to keep the relationship for a long time.
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Mu Yan carried the backpack and Fan Jing and continued walking.
"Hey, it's a bookstore."
"Do you know the words?"
"I don't know. I am a country girl who has never studied. But I have to buy some paper so that my brother can learn to practice calligraphy." Mu Yan immediately shook his head in denial and replied.
Mu Yan and Fan Jing walked into the bookstore. The clerk sat in front of the counter without raising his head and said, "Whatever do you want to buy? Once you've picked it up, you can check out here."
Mu Yan walked to the rows of bookshelves, took out a book at random, and flipped through a page.
Fan Jing saw Mu Yan's expression and knew that this girl must know how to read. Those smart and moving eyes didn't look like she didn't know how to read.
At this moment, the sound of quarrel came over.
"If you don't have enough money, don't waste it here. If you want to buy something, go home and get the money." The waiter just now said to a thin but fair man.
"Man, I really want to buy this book. I will take the scholar exam at the end of the month. Can you wait until I pass the exam to pay you back? Or you can see what you need and I can help you."
"Poor scholar, you have been taking the exam for several years and you haven't passed the exam yet. When you pass the exam, my bookstore will soon be replaced." The implication is that you will never pass the exam in your life.
Although Mu Yan was angry, he also knew that it was difficult to be a scholar these days, and he also understood that nothing could be accomplished without money.
When Mu Yan picked out a few books and took a stack of papers to the counter to check out, the two people were still arguing.
"Please, man, if I fail the exam again this time, I won't take the exam. I will work hard for you to make up for the money for this book."
"This was said last year, and it has been said for thousands of years. My ears are tired of hearing it."
The scholar examination of the Hua Dynasty was held once a year. It seemed that this scholar was taking the examination for at least the third time this year.
Mu Yan couldn't listen anymore. He had many things to do and couldn't waste time here all the time.
"Brother, please pay me the bill quickly. I'm in a hurry to leave." Mu Yan said hurriedly.
"Did you hear that? I'm busy here. Mr. Wei, please come back." After the clerk finished speaking, he said to Mu Yan: "A total of 120 Wen."
Mu Yan took out the money, gave it to the waiter, turned around and left. After a while, he realized something was wrong.
The Young Master Wei took Mu Yan's arm and cried, "Girl, please be kind. This is really my last time to take the scholar exam. Can you help me beg for mercy from the clerk?"
When Fan Jing saw this, he immediately walked to Mu Yan and shook Mr. Wei's claws away. He didn't know what happened, but he was very angry when he saw the man touching Mu Yan.
Mu Yan also recalled the days when she worked a part-time job in college because she had no money. In order to buy a laptop, she had to do sales for several weeks. The tip of his nose felt sore, and he said to Mr. Wei with some distress: "I can help you, but you have to agree to one condition."
"Okay, I agree to any conditions. I just ask the girl to let me take part in the scholar examination at the end of the month."
"This is what you said. My conditions are also very simple. You will be my writer. I will give you a story and you will write it. Then I will give you the royalties based on the content and word count."
Mr. Wei thought for a while and agreed. So, with the help of the clerk, the two signed an agreement on the spot, agreeing: after the scholar examination is over at the end of the month, if Wei Lie can pass the examination, he will owe Chai Muyan 50 Wen, which will be returned within a month. Lie was not admitted as a scholar, so he worked as a writer for Chai Muyan, and Chai Muyan stipulated the manuscript fee. In triplicate, the two of them signed the contract and pressed their fingerprints, leaving one copy for the clerk on the spot.
This little girl also said that she didn't know how to read, but she signed very smoothly just now, although her writing was not very good.
Mu Yan noticed Fan Jing's gaze and was confused. Just now he said he didn't know how to read. What if he signed his name now? I feel like I've been caught, what should I do
Mu Yan was going to cover his ears, so let's just wait until he asked. Mu Yan turned to Wei Lie and said, "Master Wei, after the results come out, just go to the house in the north of Chaijia Village to find me."
"Thank you so much, Miss Yan'er. Regardless of whether I pass the exam or not, I will go find her."
Mu Yan responded and left.
The two of them were walking on the road together. Mu Yan felt very uneasy. Why didn't Fan Jing ask
Fan Jing saw Mu Yan's nervous look and found it very interesting. He raised Mu Yan's nose and said, "Don't be nervous, I will help you keep the secret."
Seeing Fan Jing's serious look, Mu Yan somehow believed his words, and her nervousness and uneasiness disappeared.
Fan Jing saw that Mu Yan had returned to normal, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, "Is it time to treat me to some steamed buns?"
"Ah? Go buy it now."
The two of them ate and shopped, bought some refined noodles, oil, polished rice, cabbage, okra and other seeds and headed outside the city wall.