Have money but no money, have a good year. Brother Xuan, who couldn't copy the book, put his idea on the couplets.
Pang Jinglun thought this idea was very good: "We still have a couple of silver, you go and buy some pen and ink." This spring couplet is not a lot of trouble, he can also write.
It took the teachers and students a day to write 800 couplets. After the stupid couplet was finished, Pang Jinglun said to Brother Xuan, "Tomorrow you will take these couplets and sell them!"
Brother Xuan was a little at a loss: "I, I won't..." Since childhood, he hasn't sold anything.
"What's wrong with this? Go to the market and put things on the market. You don't need to shout, someone will buy it." Don't use Spring Festival couplets for New Year. Although he didn't write these couplets with great care, they are better than the store, so you don't have to worry about buyers as long as you take them out.
Brother Xuan still hesitated. Since childhood, he has not sold anything.
Seeing this, Ah San hurriedly said, "Master, I will sell it tomorrow!"
Pang Jinglun knew that Ah San was retreating to advance: "Yes, you don't go, then I will go with Ah San tomorrow. I bought all the money for pen and ink, or I will sell the spring festival couplets to earn some money, and there will be no more rice to cook tomorrow. ."
Pang Jinglun was weak and couldn't bear it, and Ah San's legs couldn't walk without being well. No matter what, Brother Xuan couldn't let the two of them sell Spring Festival couplets.
Gritting his teeth, Brother Xuan said, "I'll go."
Because there are so many Spring Festival couplets, only Brother Xuan sells them. In case someone fished in troubled waters and took things and refused to pay, Asan proposed to divide the couplets into ten.
If it had been before, Brother Xuan would definitely think that Ah San had thought too much, and would treat a gentleman like a villain. But Ji Xuan's brother who had gone through twice was also a little bit overwhelmed, so he didn't object.
Knowing that Brother Xuan would not bargain with people, Pang Jinglun set prices for these spring festival couplets. The couplet on the door is ten texts, the four texts on the door are pasted, and the small two texts.
This price is very expensive for ordinary people. So after putting things on for a long time, a couplet was not sold.
However, there are still some people who know the goods. The steward of a wealthy family in the county felt that the characters on the spring couplets were very well written, and thinking of his master's preference for elegance, he bought two spring couplets with the attitude of trying them out.
The master in charge had a good vision, his eyes gleamed when he saw the word, and then he heard that the boy who sold spring couplets immediately said: "Go, invite this boy."
Nothing is courteous, whoever commits rape is steals. Brother Xuan suffered two losses, and this time he did not want to go with the steward. Who knows what will happen if you follow along.
In the end, I had no choice but to buy the spring couplets, and then sent a post to Brother Xuan: "My master said, I hope the son can come to Li Mansion together with the elder."
Brother Xuan accepted the post and nodded in response. But he didn't plan to visit any Li's guest. If it is a corporal courtesy, he should come to the door by himself, instead of asking him and the teacher to come to the door.
These couplets sold a total of more than five taels of silver, while buying pens, inks, papers and inkstones only cost one or two, earning a total of more than four taels of silver. With these silver, it will be enough to support it until the end of the year.
Seeing Pang Jinglun, Brother Xuan said with joy: "Teacher, the Spring Festival couplets are all sold for five to three hundred yuan."
Pang Jinglun was not surprised. There are still many people who know goods in this world: "Where is the money?" He was not at all relieved when he put the silver on Brother Xuan.
Brother Xuan touched his sleeve into his sleeve, but felt empty: "Yinzi, where is my silver?"
"Is it in the bag?"
"No, I put it in my sleeve, why can't I find it?" After searching for money for a long time, I still didn't find it, and Brother Xuan was about to cry.
Ah San asked after a while, "Is it lost?"
Pang Jinglun shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it was not lost, but stolen. Think about it, did someone approach you on the way back?"
"No." After speaking, Brother Xuan said again: "It's just that I was hit by someone a hundred meters away from home."
Pang Jinglun straddled his face and said, "That must be a thief. He deliberately hits you, and then took the opportunity to steal your silver."
Asan worriedly said, "Master, our rice is only enough for lunch."
Seeing Ge'er Xuan whose eyes were red, Pang Jinglun said, "Don't be sad, you should go cook first. After the meal is over, we will think of a solution."
After Pang Jinglun waited for Brother Xuan to go out, he lowered his voice and asked, "Did you arrange this thief?"
"No. We are only responsible for protecting the safety of the young master, and we are not in charge of the rest." If these sufferings are deliberately arranged in the future, the Three Highnesses will definitely have a bump in my heart. They can't do this kind of troublesome thing. Of course, the most important thing is that Yuxi did not tell them to do these things.
Pang Jinglun was speechless: "This is too unlucky." Anything bad can be touched by Brother Xuan.
Ah San's thoughts were completely different: "It's not bad luck, but he doesn't have a sense of defense. He has so much money, and he must have been targeted by thieves." Although the law and order are very good now, the thieves can't be eliminated. Fifty taels of silver is nothing in the eyes of Brother Xuan, but to ordinary people, it is a lot of money.
Pang Jinglun didn't understand, and said, "His Royal Highness and His Four Highnesses are so shrewd, why are Ada so naive?" Brother You was defrauded of thousands of taels of silver and could immediately report the case, and then chase the silver back. On the other hand, Brother Xuan, when the money was stolen, he only knew that he was sad, and he didn't even think about the government's report to recover the money.
Ada knew what Pang Jinglun was thinking, and said pertinently: "He hasn't realized how important these fifty taels are to us."
After hearing this, Pang Jinglun asked, "What should I do next? Are you really hungry?"
"Let the young master think of a way. If we can't think of a way, we will be hungry together." When we are hungry, we will think of a way.
After lunch, Brother Xuan went out, looking for work to earn some money. Unfortunately, it failed.
Asan whispered, "Master, there is not much firewood, and charcoal can only be used tonight." Without firewood, not only can I not cook, but also the pit cannot be burned. If there were no hot pits in this cold day, I'm afraid it would be cold.
Brother Xuan was silent for a long time before he said dullly, "I will go out tomorrow to see if I can find something to do."
Pang Jinglun offered a suggestion: "You don't need a post from Li's family. Or go to Li's family tomorrow and ask them to help."
"Don't go." He would rather go hungry than ask for help. Otherwise, what face does he have to go home to see his parents.
In the evening, Brother Xuan was full of water on the bed. But it didn't take long to wake up hungry. Think of drinking water, but the water is also cold. Thinking about having hot water to drink whenever he was at home, Ge Xuan's eyes couldn't help but become red. Then, keep his eyes open until dawn.
Early in the morning, Ge Xuan said to Pang Jinglun, "Teacher, I won't be able to wear that autumn coat in the future. I want to use it as a." He is still growing up, and he won't be able to wear his clothes in the coming year. It's better to use it as a first aid instead of wearing this dress all the time.
"Then you go!" It's an improvement to think of being a dress.
After rolling the clothes, Brother Xuan went to the pawnshop. If before, he might still hesitate. But this will gurgle with hunger, and dignity and everything are vain.
After entering the pawnshop, Brother Xuan handed the clothes to Chao Feng.
Chao Feng took the clothes, glanced at it, and said, "Two hundred yuan."
Ge Xuan's face turned pale, but now it is not the time to be arrogant, and he reluctantly said: "The material of my clothes is made of fine brocade."
Chao Feng said impatiently, "Up to three hundred texts, should be taken away as improper."
Although Brother Xuan was determined to read only sages and sages, Brother You was worried that he would become a nerd when he was studying, and he was talking about the outside prices in front of him. So he also knew that a piece of golden brocade would cost hundreds of taels of silver. This robe of him is made of both the brocade material and the embroiderer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It costs tens of taels of silver on the market. Although he had worn this robe a few times, it looked quite new. No matter what, it is impossible to be worth only three hundred wen.
Brother Xuan couldn't help remembering that Brother You had said that the pawnshop was the darkest, and even good things they would charge at a ragged price. Unless things can't be sold elsewhere, don't use them as pawnshops.
Thinking of this, Brother Xuan said loudly: "I'm wrong."
Chao Feng gave his hand and said, "Five hundred texts."
Even if Chao Feng added a tael of silver, Brother Xuan would be wrong. He walked out of the pawnshop with his clothes and went to the largest ready-to-wear shop.
The gold brocade is a satin satin, and very few of them live among the people. The shopkeeper took the clothes and looked at Brother Xuan suspiciously.
Brother Xuan said frankly: "My family is in the capital, this time I went to Shu with my teacher to visit friends. I did not expect to meet the gangster, and we were not prepared to steal the chariots and horses. We have gone to the government to report the case, you If you don’t believe it, you can go to the government to find out."
Although there is no identity, but being able to wear such good clothes is either rich or expensive. Furthermore, looking at Ge Xuan's words and deeds, he is not the young master of ordinary people. The shopkeeper thought that he should make a good bond, so he didn't lower the price and bought the clothes for ten taels of silver.
With the experience of being stolen, Brother Xuan would be very cautious here. I took out a couple of silver to buy necessities such as grain, oil and salt, and the other silver was hidden next to him.
Passing by the meat stall, Brother Xuan couldn't help swallowing. He hadn't eaten meat for half a month. Unable to hold back one, Brother Xuan bought two catties of pork belly.
"The pawnshop gave ten taels of silver?" Which pawnshop would be so kind.
Brother Xuan shook his head and said, "The pawnshop only wanted to give one or two silver, so I didn't take it. I went to the clothing store and sold the clothes."
It seems that the losses these few times have not been in vain. No, it has finally grown.
Seeing that Brother Xuan handed him the silver, Pang Jinglun shook his head and said, "Take the silver! I don't have charcoal or firewood. You can buy some after you have eaten."
After taking one or two silvers, the others were handed to Pang Jinglun: "When I run out of money, I will ask my husband again." Fearing to put it on his body, he was stolen by a thief again.
Pang Jinglun was not hypocritical, and took Yinzi and said, "Hurry up and cook!" Although he ate two buns and an egg in the morning, he was still very hungry!
Brother Xuan doesn't know how to cook, he throws the vegetables into the pot and puts water in it, and it's done after boiling.
The boiled meat is very oily, if you don't eat it before, Brother Xuan wouldn't even look at it. But now, smelling the scent of meat, he swallowed several times.
I took a piece of meat and put it in my mouth, chewing and chewing, tears rolling down my eyes.