Chapter 183: Let the rough guy take the exam to become a scholar
Su Yan couldn't say anything. After he changed his clothes, she motioned for him to sit on the stool and said, "There is hot water in the pot. I will bring it to you to soak your feet."
Qin An refused to let her go and said with bare feet: "I'll go." After saying that, he got up and left the house.
Su Yan followed closely behind and when she saw him getting water to soak his feet, she cut a few slices of ginger and threw them into the water.
"Daughter-in-law, there are potatoes in the basket. You can get them for lunch." Qin An pointed to the water-soaked basket on the chopping board with a lot of soil on it.
Su Yan gave him a heart-warming look, "Didn't you say you would come back after getting the basket?"
"It was dug up in a few times, no trouble." Qin An said in a low voice.
Su Yan didn't say anything, but washed the potatoes with warm water, "Stewed pig heart or pig's feet?"
"You can stew whatever you want to eat."
"Okay, dry your hair yourself."
The rain outside stopped in less than half an hour, and someone in the courtyard cursed, "God has no eyes! I can't even dry my clothes!"
After dinner, Goudan's mother came over and said that the Sun family had moved to the Gu family's old house. Jin Cuihua was beaten every day and did not dare to talk back.
Su Yan didn't pity her at all. When she bullied the widow Yuan Shen, she never thought about how pitiful Yuan Shen was.
The two gossiped for a while, and Goudanfu got down to business, "My eldest son will get married on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and I will have to ask your family to help."
"Don't worry, we will come even if you don't call."
Su Yan agreed immediately, and soon asked her about buying a yard in the town, "Has the yard been bought?"
I had been haggling over the price with that family before, and I just settled it not long ago. Goudan's mother said happily: "I bought it. It has my eldest son's name written on it. My Goudan must also have one in the future, otherwise he will start gossiping."
At the end I felt a bit dumbfounded.
"That's true."
"But it's not that difficult. Thanks to you, my family has found a good job, and the whole family has plenty of food and clothing."
After Goudanfu said something, he thought of something, took out a bag of silver from his arms and gave it to her, and said: "Ten taels of silver, thank you, sister."
Su Yan didn't answer, "Use it first, and it won't be too late to pay it back after your eldest son gets married."
"That's enough. My daughter-in-law's family is kind-hearted. She returned all the betrothal gifts to us and asked for a few pieces of cloth."
"But I still have to give it to them, just as money for them to live in the future. I suffered enough when I was young, and I can't let my son and daughter-in-law suffer anymore."
Su Yan nodded and answered, "Alright."
…
The next day, early morning.
shop
It's been a long time since I've been here, and there was a little dust in the shop. Qin An wiped the chopping board with a handkerchief, and then put the sweet potato chips on it for sale.
After a while, a woman came over to see, "Your family no longer sells pimple soup?"
“We’re celebrating the New Year, so we won’t sell them for the time being. We’ll start selling them on the tenth day of the lunar month.”
Su Yan generously gave her a few sweet potatoes and said, "Homegrown sweet potatoes."
The woman ate one. It was soft and glutinous, but it tasted better than the ones from her own kang. "How can I sell it?"
"Ten coins and a pound."
"This is too expensive. Sweet potatoes only cost a penny a pound."
Su Yan explained with a smile: "Auntie, you also know that it only takes a few taels to bake a sweet potato. In the winter, my hands are so bruised after washing them." After saying that, she grabbed the man's hand and showed it to her.
The woman probably knew that she was telling the truth, so she ate another one, hesitated for a while and said, "Weighing two kilograms, I can't bear to buy it for my child during the New Year."
"I'll eat two more."
"Okay, eat whatever you want." Su Yan was very generous.
Halfway through the sale, she suddenly remembered something, took a cloth bag and put several kilograms in it, and said to the rough man next to her: "I will take it to the master later."
"Okay." Qin An said in a low voice.
At this time, a middle-aged man's voice sounded, half-jokingly: "Can I have some?"
When she saw the shopkeeper of Ruyi Shop, Su Yan smiled and said, "Eat whatever you want." After saying that, she went to find a cloth bag and put a few kilograms in it.
The shopkeeper was not polite to them. After accepting it, he sat on a stool and waited, "You sell it first."
Seeing the couple selling things efficiently, he couldn't help but feel envious. They were really lucky.
The year before last, I was still hunting for a living, but this year I bought a shop and started a business.
It was already two-quarters of an hour after they sold out. Su Yan saw that it was not too early, so she whispered to the man: "Go over there and call Three Bowl Couriers over."
Qin An said "Hmm", strode out, and quickly turned back.
The shopkeeper took out a few contracts from his pocket and gave them to Su Yan, "My boss asked me to bring these to you. I have already gone to the government to correct them."
Then he gave her another fifty taels of silver and said, "My boss said it was all thanks to the little lady this time."
Su Yan was not polite and reached out to take it, "Thank you, my boss, for me."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "When the Chinese New Year is over, the Ruyi Shop will no longer be open in the town. Then the little lady can open a food shop and do business."
Su Yan was previously afraid of competing with Ruyi Shop for business. If the business failed, there would be no way to make money.
"Where to drive?"
"When I went to the capital, I heard that two shops have been rented, and the owner asked me to take care of one." The shopkeeper said this with a very happy tone.
Speaking of which, it was thanks to Su Yan. If it weren't for her, the boss would naturally not pay attention to her.
Hearing this, Su Yan sincerely congratulated: "Congratulations, shopkeeper, your family is moving to the capital?"
"Pretty much. I wouldn't worry if there's no man in the family."
"That's true."
"By the way, the steward of that family in the capital came to see you last time."
The shopkeeper whispered a little when he said this, and then said: "Young master is afraid that something will happen, so I just said that you are temporary helpers I found on the road."
Hearing this, Su Yan and Qin An looked at each other, neither understanding why the steward was looking for them, but Ning Yi's words made them relieved.
Even if it is a good thing, it is not a blessing they can afford.
If you can, try to be as little involved as possible.
…
After seeing off the shopkeeper, Qin An closed the shop, and then the two of them carried the sweet potato chips to the private school.
My husband lost his wife in middle age and has never married. He has only one daughter. He married and moved to the county town a few years ago. Now he lives alone.
Seeing them coming to see him, the Master was a little surprised, but still let them enter the main room, "Have you written down the layout?"
Qin An said respectfully: "I've written it."
The master nodded with satisfaction, "If you are willing to learn, you can take the scholar examination in a few years."
Qin An said "Yeah", he would naturally study hard. He made several taels of silver a year, and it was not easy for a daughter-in-law to get up early and work hard.
Su Yan looked at the pickles and porridge on the table, "Master, haven't you eaten yet?"
Suddenly the master nodded sheepishly, "I didn't know you were coming, otherwise I would weigh some meat and bring it back."
Su Yan smiled and said: "We have eaten, are there any more dishes? I will fry two dishes for you."
The master waved his hand sheepishly, "Don't bother."
"It's okay." Su Yan knew the kitchen of the school and had come to drink water once before.
There are only two green vegetables in the kitchen.
She said to Qin An who came in: "Go and weigh some meat."
It's not that he is very kind, but he just wants his master to be soft on others and spend more time teaching his rough guys in the future.
Although her rough guy didn't say anything, she could tell that he worked hard.
She didn't care whether he showed talent or not, she just wanted him to do what he wanted to do.