Zhao'er was in a turbulent mood, and it took a long while to regain her calm.
When she calmed down, she asked Shen Ping: "Shopkeeper Shen, these clothes are only a couple of taels together. Will the pawnshop lose money? Are you doing this to take care of me..."
The rest of the words were not finished, and Shen Ping also understood.
He laughed, but he admired Zhao'er's frankness that he didn't want to take advantage of others: "These are sold to garment shops or embroidery workshops at the same price. Regardless of the quantity, there are actually very few good pieces that can be sold at the same price. was picked up long ago."
Zhao'er also thinks about it. The people in the county have a different vision than the people in the countryside, let alone a pawnshop like this. What they think is not good is actually good for the people in the countryside.
She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I want this package of clothes from Shopkeeper Shen, and I'll give you the money right now."
"Are you rich now?"
Of course she has money, Zhao'er now has more than two taels of silver in total, and just now Sulan gave her another five taels, which is naturally enough.
At the same time, Shen Ping laughed, "Well, I forgot that you went to see her before you came here, so she won't take advantage of me." The voice was very small, almost murmuring, and the trick was only concerned. I had to look at my clothes, but I didn't hear it clearly.
"I'll find a guy to call a car for you, even a little girl like you can't carry these things."
"Thank you, Manager Shen."
After sending Zhao'er away, Shen Ping turned around and entered the pawnshop.
Although he is called the third shopkeeper, he is not the third shopkeeper of this store, but the third shopkeeper of the entire 'He Rongsheng'. It is only at his deliberate request that he will be resident in Xia County.
Shen Ping is the son of the Shen family, his father is the chief steward of the Shen family, and he has been a servant by the side of the third master Shen Fu since he was a child. When he was an adult, he was released as a shopkeeper.
"If she comes again next time, just do as I ordered before."
"Yes, shopkeeper."
Just after noon, my friend Ah Cai came to deliver food to Xue Tingxiang.
Boss Chen said that it was a rough meal, but in fact the food was not bad, there were meat and vegetables, and there was a soup. Xue Tingyan knew that it was Boss Chen who deliberately took care of him. How could anyone ask someone to copy books and take care of tea and meals, and the wages were not low.
He just knew in his heart that he didn't say no to refuse. In this case, the refusal retained his character, but it seemed too petty and hypocritical.
It can only be reported in the future, Xue Tingxiang thought lightly.
When the meal was over, the man said he could rest for an hour when he came to clean up the dishes. There is a concubine's couch in this room, and of course you can go to the front and read a book to pass the time.
In fact, the latter sentence is the key point. Xue Tingxiang was not hypocritical. After cleaning his hands, he went forward.
This store may seem small, but there are a lot of books in various genres, ranging from rural quirks to books about imperial examinations.
Since the previous dynasty, the imperial examination has used eight-legged prose as the standard style, with strict regulations, and even the length of sentences, the number of words, the rhythm and rhythm, and even the scope of the questions are limited.
The title of the eight-legged essay comes from the Four Books and Five Classics. It consists of eight parts: breaking the question, accepting the title, starting the lecture, starting, starting the share, the middle share, the back share, and the bundle. It seems rigid and rigid, but it is not easy to do a good eight-legged essay. If you really think that reading only four books and five classics is enough, then you are wrong, not to mention that you need to know astronomy and geography, at least you have to be involved in all aspects, in order to make a good article with flowers and words.
In that dream, Xue Tingxiang won the jinshi with the 21st grade in the top two, and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy after passing the hall. He should have been on the rise since then, but because he offended someone, a dignified Hanlin was actually sent to the lower levels. The place where the bird doesn't shit is the official.
Xue Tingxiang pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, feeling that he was thinking too much. After all, he is not even a child now, so let's think about the current situation.
Then, without thinking about it, I took out a book from the bookcase and quietly read it.
During this period, guests from the bookstore came to the door, or sold some ink, ink, paper, and inkstones, or came to buy books, always interrupting Xue Tingxiang's reading.
Seeing this, Boss Chen said, "Brother Xue, you can take the book to the back and read it."
Xue Tingxiang looked at him in surprise: "This..."
"It's okay, it's not bad for your book."
Xue Tingyuan was silent, bowed deeply as a courtesy, and went to the back.
When he saw it, he forgot the time. When Xue Tingxiang woke up, he heard Boss Chen talking outside and Zhao'er's voice at the same time.
"Where did you get this big bag from?" Boss Chen looked at Zhao'er in surprise, and asked for the bag at her feet that was much larger than hers.
Zhao'er sweated profusely and said, "Uncle Chen, I got it from the county, and so did the person from the car dealership. They only helped me at the intersection and then dropped me. I wanted to drag it to the car dealership. But thinking about my brother still here..."
Boss Chen laughed and called his buddy: "Acai, come and help little brother Zhao'er carry things in." Then he said to Zhao'er, "Come in and have a cup of tea and rest before you go."
"Uncle Chen, how embarrassing this is."
"When you bargained with me, I didn't see you being polite, but now you are being polite." Boss Chen pretended to stare.
In general, Boss Chen is an elegant and humorous person.
Xue Tingxiang also came out to help, and asked, "What's inside, why is it so heavy, and where did you get it?"
Not to mention how heavy it was, Ah Cai didn't lift it after a few tries, only three people could lift it.
"I got it from the pawn shop. If I can sell this package, my sister will have enough money to send you to the Qinghe Academy."
Zhao'er didn't realize that he had missed his mouth, but Xue Tingxiang did. He glanced at Boss Chen, Zhao'er also understood what he said at this time, and looked at Boss Chen with a guilty conscience: "Uncle Chen, I will explain to you later."
She was a little anxious, and without asking the two of them to help, she lifted the big bag and carried it on her shoulders. The big bag pressed her crookedly, but she still stood still, and she hurriedly carried the things inside.
A Cai praised: "Look at her not strong, so strong."
Here, Xue Tingxiang looked at the back and pursed the corners of his mouth, while Boss Chen's eyes darkened.
Xue Tingxiang looked up at Boss Chen and walked towards him.
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Zhao'er found a place to put down the big bag, and then went to wash his hands and face to clean up his body before being led by Ah Cai to see Boss Chen.
Seeing Boss Chen, Zhao'er felt a little guilty. But she didn't plan to continue to lie to Boss Chen, because Boss Chen is a good person. Not to mention the benefits he gave her in the past, just because he asked the little man to copy books at such a high price, and let him read books here, and take care of meals at noon, Zhao'er could not continue to deceive.
In fact, Zhao'er is not a lie, it's just that she concealed her gender, and the so-called workmanship is just to collect some vegetables and sell some purses.
"Uncle Chen..."
Boss Chen sighed and waved his hand: "Okay, you don't need to say anymore, you are a girl, and it's really embarrassing for you."
Zhao'er looked surprised, her round eyes widened.
Boss Chen laughed a little: "Your little husband has already told me everything."
"What did he, what did he say..." Zhao'er stammered, still in disbelief. Because she knew that the little man always paid attention to face and had a lot of thoughts, and most of all, she didn't like to presume that she was his child bride in front of outsiders, and the bad things of the Xue family.
"I've said everything that needs to be said." After a pause, Boss Chen asked, "Look at how surprised you are, isn't this still a secret?"
Zhao'er laughed awkwardly and hesitated: "It's not true, it's just that he's young, and the people in our village hate it. There are always people who make me older than him, and the daughter-in-law makes fun of him for coaxing men."
The same sentence has different feelings in different people's hearts.
Boss Chen couldn't help but want to laugh, but Xue Tingxiang outside had mixed feelings.
That's why she always called herself sister, sister, so in the dream he was old, but she didn't want to marry him. Or was he ignoring her wishes and forcibly marrying him at the orders of his parents.
She actually understood her awkward state of mind. He told herself not to be surprised by the words of others, but he did care about it, so even if the two became relatives, there was no way to raise their eyebrows.
In fact, she knows everything, but everything depends on him! Follow him!
Between the tumultuous emotions, the topic changed.
"I just heard from you, are you going to save money to send him to Qinghe Academy?"
Zhao'er nodded, seeing the strange look on Boss Chen's face, she couldn't help but ask, "Is that academy bad?"
"It's a path of opportunism, and it can't last long."
Although Zhao'er didn't quite understand it, he also knew that it was not a good word.
"If you want to help him find a good book school, I have a place to recommend. It's just..." Boss Chen suddenly sighed: "Well, you don't understand, let's talk about it later."
Zhao'er nodded somewhat dazedly.
It was not too early to meet later, and the two planned to return to Yuqing Village.
Because there were too many clothes in that big bag, and it was attractive to bring back, Boss Chen asked Zhao'er to temporarily put the things in his shop. Anyway, there were still a few vacancies behind the shop, so he could just find a place to put them.
The two went back to the village by car. Because the time passed, only the ox cart could ride, so the two of them sat on the ox cart and walked back.
In the middle of the road, a mule cart drove towards here.
The driver was a man with dark skin and a tall build. When I got closer, I could see his appearance clearly. I saw that he had thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, a high nose bridge, and a very heroic spirit. His sleeves were half-rolled above his elbows, and his muscles appeared to be knotted in his arms.
Xue Tingxiang saw the person coming at a glance, and his pupils shrank immediately.
He glanced at Zhao'er next to him, and he was relieved to see her head half down.
But the visitor still saw them, his eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Zhao'er."
Zhao'er looked over and smiled suddenly: "Brother Jiang Wu, where are you going?"
Jiang Wu tightened the reins and stopped the mule cart.
"I'm going to town, are you going back? Get off the bus and I'll take you off."
Zhao'er hesitated: "Don't you want to go to town? Anyway, we've already got in the car, so you'd better go and do it yourself."
"I don't have anything to do, I just go to Lao Li's place to see. Originally, my father said that he would go there tomorrow, so I stopped by to buy some things to go back. It's okay to go this time. Come down quickly, this car is slow and bumpy. It's my car that's faster." Jiang Wu said to Zhao'er with a smile, unaware that the owner of the ox cart had turned black.
Seeing this, Zhao'er jumped off without letting the owner of the ox cart stop. After walking two steps there, I remembered that I had forgotten the person.
As she asked the owner of the ox cart to stop, she said to Xue Tingxiang, "Come down quickly, let's go back in Brother Jiang Wu's car." With her beaming expression, she was in a good mood.
Xue Tingxiang's face was a little ugly. He glanced at Zhao'er before slowly getting out of the car.
The two got into the mule cart, and Jiang Wu drove the cart to Yuqing Village.
"I knew you were coming to the county today, so I asked you to help me get my things back. Brother Jiang Wu, let me tell you, I found a business, and this business can make a lot of money. I definitely can't do it alone. Why don't we work together, is it time to split the money?"
This is not the first time Jiang Wu has done business with Zhao'er. Seriously, Zhao'er used to collect vegetables and sell them in the town. Jiang Wu helped her a lot.
How much food can Zhao'er get to other villages by herself? Besides, she doesn't have a car, so it's inconvenient to go back and forth. But the Jiang family has a car, and the ancestors of the Jiang family were born as hunters. With this unique craftsmanship, the life of the Jiang family has been very nourishing.
Usually, the men in the Jiang family don't farm the land. The more than 20 acres of land in the family are rented out, and they only earn money by collecting rent and hunting by the men in the family. But hunting doesn't come every day, so Jiang Wu is very free when he doesn't go into the mountains, so he helps Zhao'er to collect vegetables or something, saying that the two share half of it, but Jiang Wu doesn't want to ask for the money every time. .
"But I'll tell you first, if you don't share the money, I won't ask you to do this business."