Stride on the Journey (4) (https://www.clewxc.com/book/202108/23/12973.html first release)
Back on the road(4)
Entering the bookstore, the bookstore was busy. The shopkeeper was wearing a mandarin jacket, with his sleeves rolled up and he was busy with the waiters. When he saw someone coming in, he was stunned for a moment. He didn’t look like a scholar in his dress. But he took the book and read it casually, but he was.
I swallowed my words. It’s not easy to study nowadays! Just because you’re not dressed well doesn’t mean you haven’t studied through other means.
He just said hello: "Watch as you like!" and then went about his business.
Si Ye glanced at it and thought, "It must be a textbook from some school! Look at it, it must have been mimeographed."
He turned his head and didn't pay much attention. He wanted to look for history books to see how big the difference was. He wanted to see what the written knowledge is like nowadays. But he turned around and found a few foreign books in the corner.
All filled.
At this moment, he felt that people like him and Tongtong could not stay in the county for a long time. First, they were too close to people who knew them well, which limited their discovery. Second, the water in the pool was too shallow, and he wanted to splash but was restrained.
Just as I was thinking about it, there was an ouch, followed by a bang, something fell down, and it hit the bookshelf when it fell. The heavy bookshelf swayed. Siye stabilized the bookshelf first, and then went to take a look.
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The result was great. The shopkeeper and his clerk were carrying the books, but the books bundled into square bundles were too heavy. The old shopkeeper twisted his waist, the bundle of books fell, and the boy's foot was hit.
This is a big deal!
Si Ye laughed and said, "You should just shout and help me."
The old shopkeeper himself laughed, "That's all you have to do! I'm so sorry."
It took three people to move the books out. There was an ox cart parked outside, and they had to put this stuff on the cart. Oh! There are dozens of bundles. It's probably not possible to rely on the old and the young!
Together with the driver's help, the goods were carried up.
This must be for school!
Siye simply got on the carriage and said, "Placing books is an elegant thing, come on! I have some free time today so I can send them to you."
After saying this, the shopkeeper felt embarrassed even if he wanted to pay his wages, so he repeatedly handed over his hand, thinking that sending a red envelope back to others was also a sign of reciprocity.
So, the three of them drove the car with Si Ye and the little boy, and left. There must be someone to make the delivery. If the shopkeeper doesn't go, the little boy must go!
Sure enough, when the oxcart turned in the other direction, there was a house four or five miles away, which was the largest in the county.
The handlebar type is talking to the young boy: "...the uncle of the Li family came back from abroad to run a school, and it seems to be very prosperous."
The young boy Yu Yourong Yan said, "Only the books ordered by our family are more than 700 sets. Anyone in the county who has the means will send them to study..."
Si Ye knew it in his heart. This area should be where the Li family and his relatives live, and this family is also a wealthy family!
The school is not a new one, it should be a clan school that existed earlier, but now it has been expanded and a school has been set up to recruit students from outside.
As we drove in, the doorman called for someone. He was an old gentleman wearing a long coat and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He came over, opened the oil paper bag, checked it, and pointed to a house, "Excuse me, please."
Everyone, you have to help put them in."
Then he called to the doorman, "Come on, come on! There's no one available yet, so Lao Zhao will come and help first."
Lao Zhao nodded and bowed, he was really willing to work hard!
But the books are not just piled in. They are packed in oil paper bags. The original ones were probably dirty and the bookstore didn’t pay attention. After repackaging, there was no label at all. So aren’t all the subjects mixed up? You need to get the books.
Do I still have to rummage inside?
He opened the bag, looked at it, and sealed it again. There were things piled up in the corner of the warehouse, and he saw something with chalk written on it. It doesn't matter what kind of pen it is, as long as it can be used.
Red chalk can be written on brown paper. For Chinese textbooks, Chinese characters are written on the outer cover. For mathematics, mathematics is written, and English is marked in English. When the boy saw it, he nodded repeatedly and secretly bowed. The shopkeeper ignored this.
But the old man who directed the books could not help but take a second look. This was really a good calligraphy. After finally finishing the arrangement, the old man went to Si Ye to check the account. He thought Si Ye was in charge. Si Ye laughed.
, "I was going to the bookstore to buy pen and paper. When I saw the shopkeeper twisting his waist, I helped him." Then he pointed to the little boy and said, "That's for trouble."
The old gentleman gave the order to Lao Zhao and asked him to reconcile the account with the young boy. He stood beside Si Ye and talked, "Who is this young man? Have you studied?"
"I am from Shenjia Town, my family is Han. I attended classes outside the school of Landlord Shen's house, and I gestured and wrote with a pen. You are laughing at me."
The old gentleman nodded, he knew about the Shen family! He and the Li family were still in a relationship, and it was said that they were still getting married now.
If this is the case, then he can be regarded as someone who knows the basics.
"What kind of job are you doing now?" The Shen family doesn't arrange for a tenant who can write and count to work in the shop?
Siye laughed and said, "I was working at home with my father, but my wife accidentally fell into the water and fell ill, so she came to the county to see a doctor. She just came here yesterday and has just settled down. I was talking about finding a way to make a living."
The old gentleman looked at the handwriting again and said, "That's a coincidence. Our school has just been founded and there are a lot of shortages of people. The school administrator has never found a suitable one! In addition, there will inevitably be some teachers who need to copy the lecture notes, and I will have to trouble you."
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"I can't thank you enough." Si Ye hurriedly saluted and thanked you. How much money you earn is secondary. With such an environment, a little ink in your belly is exposed, but it has a place to come from! Otherwise, wouldn't it be strange?
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The old gentleman waved his hands repeatedly, "We pay salaries every half month, and school workers receive one hundred copper dollars every half month."
Si Ye did the math and found that one silver dollar can be exchanged for 320 to 360 copper dollars. One hundred for half a month, two hundred for one month, that is, one silver dollar can be earned in almost one and a half months.
Not much! But it’s enough to live on. The old gentleman also said: "Of course, copying also requires money. When the time comes, I will deduct it from your salary and give it to you."
If you think about it this way, that’s really enough to live on!
Si Ye agreed immediately and will come on time tomorrow.
I left my name before leaving, and found out that the old gentleman's surname was Cai, and he was in charge of the school's academic affairs.
The bullock cart was still waiting over there, and Siye said goodbye to her. After getting on the bullock cart, the boy thanked and inquired, and then he found out that he was going to work here as an errand.
He smiled attentively. The most business the bookstore does is the school's business. "Mr. Jin, if you come to a small place of use in the future, you can just say hello. My name is Wang Sanyuan, and you will be there whenever you call."
"He's just a handyman, what's your name, sir?" Si Ye said, "Come back home for dinner." He pointed to the place and asked him to be taken to the entrance of the alley. "I won't go to the bookstore. I'll say thank you to the shopkeeper."
Thanks to the opportunity given by others, otherwise I wouldn’t be sure where I would be wandering around. Wang Sanyuan continued to be humble, and when the others left, he said to the driver: "People who have studied are still valuable!"
After being out for most of the day, Tongtong was in a hurry.
When the two met, they both asked: "Are you okay?"
Ouch! What can happen?
Si Ye was eating the cake baked by Tong Tong while talking about what happened today, "Let's go take a look first and see if there is a place for school workers to live there. It would be best if we can move there later. You stay there for a while.
Also, if you have studied, you will have a reason to know how to study in the future, and you will also have charming eyes."
Based on this alone, even if we don't give you any money, we still have to go! We can make money in various ways, but this environment is hard to find.
There is only coarse salt in the pancakes, no oil is used, they are just dry-baked, and they are edible and have nothing to do with sweetness.
After eating and drinking, someone outside shouted: "Mr. Jin, are you at home?"
It's Wang Sanyuan's voice.
There was no room for anyone to sit inside, so Si Ye simply went out, but the shopkeeper called Wang Sanyuan and came with a thank you gift. A set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrapped in oil paper, I don't know what it was.
This is more substantial and decent than giving a red seal.
Si Ye would inevitably ask for the shopkeeper's surname. This is the meaning of reciprocity.
After Wang Sanyuan was sent away, I had paper and pen. There was no table, only the big bluestone at the old lady's door could be used. That's it, I had to start writing quickly. I didn't write anything else, just a few names.
The shopkeeper of the bookstore, Hong Bingkun, the clerk Wang Sanyuan, the driver Shi Lao Shi, the school concierge Lao Zhao, and the academic dean Cai Shangli.
This is a relationship that the two people started in the existing county, and they will move forward in the future.
Tongtong opened another oil paper bag over there. It was a piece of gray fabric, which should be enough to make a coat.
But a coat alone is not enough. The pants inside the coat don't look like this and have to be redone. And the shoes on the feet don't look like this either.
In half a day's time, she can walk around after taking medicine for a day and a half, and she can go out to buy some body materials, and it's better to get some cotton. It's cold, and a single gown won't work anymore, so why can't she wear a double robe?
But this is basic decency, right?
The two locked the door, went out for a walk, and half of the silver dollar that had not been broken was spent. The remaining more than one hundred copper dollars were needed to cover living expenses for at least half a month.
Tongtong didn't rest that night and worked all night to make the clothes.
Siye never knew that Tongtong, who was not good at female craftsmanship, could be very handy as long as she didn't embroider.
Let's leave the shoes like this for now. I brushed them last night and leaned them against the stove, and they were almost dry. Once I changed them into white socks, they were actually fine.
Siye was replaced and said, "Don't do anything today. Just drink the medicine and go to sleep."
Today is the last day of the medicine I prescribed myself. Three doses of medicine are enough to cure the disease. After a rest, your problems will be gone, so you can go out without worries.
Then he was destitute, wore new clothes that were not ironed, and went to work as an errand.
Tongtong stood at the door and couldn't help but laugh. Did she and him also experience such embarrassment in the past?
I don’t know! But I think it’s quite interesting.
She took the medicine and slept on her own. When she woke up, the medicine was ready. She drank the medicine and got some food to fill her stomach. She felt that she still had to go outside for a walk.
Opportunity may happen to you at some point.
Mainly, the guy who robbed my trolley last time was so rude to my father! He only took his money bag, which was too easy for him! My aunt has to tell him to remember that he is being targeted. Again.
Anyone who dares to act recklessly will be beaten with a sap, stripped of his pants, and thrown into the street...
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