"Then thank you, Uncle Chen," Chen Qingxuan hurriedly bowed to thank him, and at the same time took out another five coins from the money bag and handed it to Uncle Chen. While smiling, he said to Uncle Chen, "Uncle Chen, I'll pay half for that girl. You can just charge her five cents when the time comes."
Uncle Chen frowned, puzzled: "Qingxuan, that girl and you..."
"Uncle Chen, don't worry too much, that girl is a foreigner, and she came to our Ninggu Pagoda this year. You also saw that she is so young, it's so pitiful, even grandma takes good care of her on weekdays. This is not for her Take the embroidery work." Chen Qingxuan said in a hurry, while clapping the burden on his hands, he instructed Uncle Chen. "But Uncle Chen, don't tell that girl. That girl is very stubborn. If she knows that I have paid five qian for her, she will definitely stand against me again."
"That's fine. I'll keep it from you, kid. I've been warm-hearted since I was a child, just follow your grandma." Uncle Chen nodded, and entered the house with the shovel again.
"Oh! Thank you, Uncle Chen." Chen Qingxuan said hurriedly.
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What did Ah Chou want to tell Chen Qingxuan just now
She wanted to borrow some books from Chen Qingxuan. Zhong Mingwei stayed at home all day long. Although he never complained, Ah Chou knew that Zhong Mingwei must be bored. Ah Chou knew that noble people like them like to read books and listen to operas when they have nothing to do. They can't listen to operas, but books She can think of a way.
Chen Qingxuan is a teacher, so the collection of books at home is naturally indispensable, but he also reads them at ordinary times, and he may need to use them when teaching, so Ah Chou didn't feel ashamed to ask Chen Qingxuan to borrow them just now.
Since I'm embarrassed to borrow them, I'd better go buy a few books for Zhong Mingwei. Although she doesn't have the budget for this, she saved money for a rocking chair a while ago, and besides, she has finished her embroidery work. Another coin came in, so Ah Chou was willing to buy some books for Zhong Mingwei.
There are really not many bookstores in the market, there are only two in total, one on the east side of the street and one on the west side of the street. I went to the bookstore at the west end of the street. The bookstore was not big, it didn’t even have a signboard, it was dark inside and there was no light, and there was still a faint musty smell in the room. Ah Chou didn’t dare to enter. After turning around the door for a long time, I went into the bookstore with a hard head.
"Girl, do you want to buy books?" The shopkeeper asked with a smile while lying on the counter, eating melon seeds and looking A Chou up and down.
"Well, I'm here to buy books." Ah Chou looked at the bookshelves inside and asked in a low voice, "What books do you have at home?"
"That depends on what kind of books you want to buy, girl." The shopkeeper's eyes crooked with a smile. … Small but complete!"
"I didn't read it, I'm not very literate," Ah Chou said in a hurry, and while he paused, he blushed a little, "Yes... I bought it for my man to read."
"Such a good book, then there will be more in our store!" The shopkeeper smiled even brighter, and while he was so busy, he threw away the sunflower seeds in his hand, and came out from behind the counter, smiling and leading Ah Chou entered inside, laughing hehe, "Little lady really knows how to find a place, hehe."
No matter how she looked at it, Ah Chou felt that the shopkeeper's smile was a bit strange, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, but she just heard that the shopkeeper changed the "girl" into a "little lady", and Ah Chou's face became even redder. She was shy and coy again, but she couldn't help being sweet in her heart.
"Oh, then find me two more copies." Ah Chou nodded and followed behind the shopkeeper with his head down.
"Look, lady, these are really good books. I'm not bragging, but there is no normal man who doesn't like to read this book." The shopkeeper took Ah Chou into a slap-sized room. Then he dragged out a large wooden box from under the bed with his cat waist, took out a dozen books from it, and smiled mysteriously and complacently at Ah Chou.