Shopkeeper He was drinking tea on the second floor and looking at the long queue below leisurely. It felt like he was watching silver falling from the sky.
Suddenly he saw a familiar little figure, he stood up and ran out.
The movement was so big that it knocked over the chair behind it!
Where is there any trace of the scholar's elegance and graceful demeanor
Xing Nong took a look at the long line and decided to go to the restaurant first and come back later.
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, a hand excitedly grabbed her wrist and held it tightly: "You are here, girl! Do you know that I missed you so much these past two days?"
Xing Nong: "..."
People in the queue: “… ”
Everyone looked at Xing Nong, then at Manager He, with ambiguous eyes.
Shopkeeper He realized his own misconduct and said to the people in line, "It's not what you think! This is my...sister! Sister! Do you understand?"
After saying that, he hurriedly took Xingnong away.
Everyone's gazes became more and more ambiguous!
Shopkeeper He took Xingnong to her private study, and while grinding ink, he talked about how hard he had worked to print the books these days and how well these books were selling.
After saying that, he spread out the blank manuscript and put the pen in her hand: "Girl, the engravings for the first storybook will be completed soon. We can prepare to carve the second one. Thank you for your hard work!"
Xingnong put the pen in his left hand and began to write.
Manager He ordered someone to bring in some food, and then went next door.
An hour later, he thought Xing Nong was almost done writing, so he walked over.
Xingnong was indeed almost done. After writing a few dozen words, he put down the pen.
Shopkeeper He gave Xingnong a purse, and the two walked out of the study together.
"When will you come next time?"
"have no idea."
"Hurry up, don't make me wait too long!" Shopkeeper He felt a headache when he thought about the uncertain time of the girl's arrival.
Don’t you know that you have to strike while the iron is hot and make money without delay
The person who was at the end of the line had just paid the deposit and came into the backyard to borrow a toilet. Then he happened to see the two of them coming out of the room together. He looked up at the sky, then looked at the two of them. His expression and eyes became more and more ambiguous!
Shopkeeper He: “…”
Xing Nong: “…”
She should wear men's clothes next time she comes!
"Goodbye!" Xingnong nodded to Manager He.
Shopkeeper He waved his hand: Hurry up!
I'm afraid his wisdom in this life is no longer guaranteed!
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After leaving the study, Xingnong went to the restaurant.
Some dilapidated buildings in the backyard of the restaurant are being demolished and are planned to be rebuilt.
Shen Hanyu is not here.
Xingnong left a new address to the waiter he met last time and left.
Then she went to the lumber shop and bought a set of tables and chairs for the main hall, and a bed, a wardrobe and a desk for each room. She chose ones with simple designs and no complicated carvings. These were relatively cheap, but it still cost her seven taels of silver in total.
The furniture was included in the delivery, and Xingnong took advantage of the time when the furniture was being loaded to buy some quilts and tents, spending another two taels!
The money I just earned is almost spent!
Xingnong got on the delivery mule cart and went home.
Because the house was at the end of Taohua Village, Xingnong asked people to take a detour and enter the village from a riverside path leading to the town. Although it was a longer walk that way, they didn't have to pass through the village.
It was evening at this time, and children from every household in the village came out to play. With so many mule carts entering the village, they had to move slower to avoid the children.
The mule cart was moving along the path along the river. Xingnong saw from afar a familiar figure standing in the river, washing his face and hair vigorously.
Xing Nong said to the driver, "Wait a moment."
The mule cart stopped, and she jumped off and ran to the river: "Grandma."
Gu was startled when she heard this, and quickly squatted down, submerged her whole body in the river, and rubbed off the dirt on her body. When Xingnong came closer, she smiled and said, "Xingnong, why are you here? Grandma just saw a fish here, and thought of going down to the river to catch a fish and bring it back to make soup, hehe..."
Even though Gu's whole body was squatting in the water, Xingnong still saw that Gu's clothes were covered with pig manure.
She walked directly into the river, pulled Gu up, her face as gloomy as ink: "What's going on?"
Gu smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just fell down in the pigsty while working. You know that grandma works for a family that sells livestock in town. Well, our family bought some land. I'm so happy today..."
Xingnong's gaze fell on Gu's hair, where the pig manure hanging on it had not been completely cleaned.
This is not an accidental fall, this is being splashed with pig feces!
"Grandma." Xing Nong interrupted her, staring at her without blinking, "You don't have to explain for other people's mistakes."
Under the gaze of the child who seemed to see through everything, Gu couldn't help but feel tears in her eyes and couldn't help but tell the truth.
Over the past decade or so, she has found many jobs, but she could not keep any of them for long. She would be fired after working for a month and a half or a few days. This job of cleaning pig pens, stables, and cattle pens is the one she has to do the longest, and it is both tiring and dirty.
This job was introduced by Yao, and the employer seemed to be Yao's cousin from her mother's side.
It’s just that I had a falling out with my first wife recently, and the work I have to do has increased several times.
She bought the land yesterday, and the children kept asking her to quit her job and go home to take care of the land. There were already crops on the land, so it really needed to be taken care of. So when she saw her boss this afternoon, she asked for her resignation, but he angrily picked up the basket of pig manure she had just cleaned and threw it on her.
"Anyway, I'm going to quit tomorrow, so don't go looking for them. I've already thrown it back! He knows that the Shen family's eldest wife was fined more than 10,000 taels..."
Xingnong listened to Gu's words in silence, and quickly and gently helped Gu wash off the dirt on his body.
At this time, the driver of the mule cart on the side of the road shouted, "Girl, is it all right? We can take the woman home on the way."
"Okay." Xingnong sped up.
Gu then noticed a few mule carts parked on the side of the road, "What is that?"
“I bought some furniture.”
Gu: “…”
Where did he get the money to buy several truckloads of furniture? Forget it, she didn't ask!
After Xingnong helped Gu clean up, he carried her directly onto the mule cart and wrapped her in a newly bought thin blanket.
Gu: “…”
Drivers: “…”
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That night.
Xingnong sneaked into the Shen family mansion again, picked up the night fragrance from the toilet and poured it on a couple who returned to the village in the evening to discuss with Shen Wanshan how to raise money and solve the problem of Li's imprisonment.
There were deafening screams coming from the house. Xingnong had already swiftly climbed out of the window, then climbed over the wall and headed for the town!
A quarter of an hour later, the same screams were heard from a house in the town.
When Xingnong returned to the village, the Shen family mansion was brightly lit.
Gu was woken up.
She looked at Xing Nong coming in from outside and breathed a sigh of relief: "Where have you been?"
Xing Nong: "Pour the night fragrance."
Gu: “…”