From the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, he began to buy things and give them away.
First of all, there was Mr. Qin from the private school where he studied as an elementary school student, and then there was Mr. Qin from the academy.
Both of them are teachers, so it's just a normal holiday. On this New Year's Day, you still have to give things.
In addition to these two gentlemen, there is Master Lu. The two have become masters and apprentices in private. Master Lu should naturally give something to Master Lu, but after all, this master-disciple relationship is not public, and Master Lu does not usually
We don't accept anything from college students, so this gift is a bit difficult to give.
Shen Yi wandered around the city for a whole day without buying anything suitable. Finally, he had no choice but to find Tian Boping, a local snake in Jiangdu.
Under the leadership of Tian Boping, Shen Yi came to a street that specialized in selling the four treasures of the study as well as toys, calligraphy and paintings. Tian Boping had obviously not been here much. After asking for directions several times, he found a small shop. He stood at the door of the shop.
He smiled at Shen Yi and said: "Sir, this is a century-old shop in Jiangdu. It has been handed down for three generations and specializes in making inkstones. As you know, a small rough man is not familiar with these pens, inks, papers and inkstones at all. This shop still asks questions.
I asked several brothers before I asked."
"Brother Tian, thank you for your hard work."
Shen Yi smiled knowingly, took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve, and handed it to Tian Boping.
Tian Laoba looked at the broken piece of silver, then looked up at Shen Yi. After swallowing, he shook his head resolutely.
"Sir, I don't want your money..."
Shen Yi looked at Tian Boping in surprise.
In this world, if you are not afraid of asking for money, you are afraid of not wanting money. Not wanting money often means things will be difficult.
Tian Boping looked at Shen Yi cautiously and said in a low voice: "Sir, I heard that the few kids you helped in the past few months have now started a business on the bank of Yudai Lake, and they are making a lot of money.
People just want to…”
He seemed a little embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "I also want you to give me some advice..."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said nothing.
Seeing this, Tian Boping hurriedly said: "I know this request is a bit excessive. Don't worry, sir, I don't want your things in vain. Please give me a few words of advice. Not only do you not want money this time, but what errands do you have in the future?"
I will definitely get it done for you as soon as possible without any hesitation!"
Shen Yi smiled at Tian Boping and said, "Brother Tian has been carefree for half his life, and now he can still calm down and do business?"
To say "chicken and unrestrained" is a polite word.
In fact, Tian Boping has been idle and idle for half his life. With his temperament, it is already difficult for him to calm down and earn hard-earned money.
"not me…"
Tian Boping lowered his head in embarrassment and said, "He's my son. That boy is fifteen or sixteen years old this year. He has no connections yet. He idles in the village every day, and sometimes finds people to fight with. I just want to find a livelihood for him..."
Shen Yi was even more surprised.
He looked at Tian Boping and frowned slightly: "I remember when I first met Brother Tian, Brother Tian said that he was never married..."
Tian Boping was in his forties and had never gotten married. The reason why he didn't get married was not because he was not a womanizer, but because he was idle all day long, hungry and full, and no woman wanted to follow him.
"If you're not married, you're not married..."
Tian Laoba's face turned red, he lowered his head and said, "There is a widow in the village..."
Hearing this, Shen Yi suddenly felt enlightened.
It turns out he hooked up with a married woman.
He looked at Tian Boping and coughed: "Brother Tian, this is not authentic. You can give birth to a son to a widow. Why haven't you married someone yet? How can you behave like this?"
"well."
Tian Boping let out a long sigh: "I have long been unable to be a human being. The mother and son moved away more than ten years ago and are no longer in the original village. As for getting married..."
Tian Laoba looked down at himself and laughed at himself: "With my virtue, who is willing to follow me? It's better not to drag down their mother and son."
Everyone has a story.
Tian Boping is nearly forty this year, and he naturally has his own story, but Shen Yi is not interested in knowing this story, nor does he really want to know it. After Shen Qilang pondered for a while, he then said: "Those children did it
As for livelihood, many stall owners have imitated it now by Yudai Lake. It doesn't really matter if you teach Brother Tian. However, you should make it clear to Brother Tian in advance that there are more people in this industry now, and the money you earn becomes hard money.
Only if you can endure hardship can you continue to work.”
After saying that, Shen Yi glanced at Tian Boping and said with a smile: "If your son has the same temperament as Brother Tian, he probably won't be able to do it for a long time, but it doesn't matter if you do it first."
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "When I come back from Jiankang, you can bring him over and show him to me. If it's suitable, I'll find a job for him."
Tian Boping is very useful to Shen Yi. At least in Jiangdu City, with such a person around, whatever Shen Yi wants to do will be much smoother.
Hearing Shen Yi's words, Tian Boping showed joy and bowed to Shen Yi repeatedly to thank him.
Shen Yi helped him up and sent him away before walking into the small shop called "Mo Yan Zhai". After entering, he was greeted by a young man in his twenties. The young man was quite enthusiastic and asked Shen Yi
I recommended several inkstones and ink sticks.
Shen Yi glanced at the young man and asked with a smile: "How much does the most expensive inkstone in your store cost? I want to take a look."
The young man's eyes lit up, he puffed away his cigarette and ran to the backstage, and brought out a wooden box. After opening the wooden box, a simple ink stone was revealed inside.
Next to the inkstone, there is an ink stick that has been used a little.
The young man was full of enthusiasm and introduced: "Sir, please see, this is the inkstone of the former scholar Liu. The ink used by the scholar Liu is the treasure of our Jiangdu Wenfang Street!"
Shen Yi had an ominous premonition in his heart. He raised his head, blinked, and asked, "How much?"
"Four thousand eight hundred taels."
…
He underestimated the spending power of the scholar class.
Antiques can only be used to show off, not practical.
This is what Shen Yi thought in his heart.
He looked at the shopkeeper without red face and breathless, and said: "My teacher doesn't like Bachelor Liu, so I don't want this Fang Yan."
The store owner still had a smile on his face and recommended several square inkstones to Shen Yi. In the end, Shen spent a full thirty taels of silver on uukanshu.com www.uukanshu.com to buy an antique inkstone from this store. Comes with matching ink strips.
Before leaving, Shen Yi looked back at the store and then at the study street, complaining secretly in his heart.
"Damn it, this is the number one consumption power of this era..."
"When I get rich in the future, I will also open a "stationery" store and just speculate on a few treasures, and I will make a lot of money!"
When giving gifts, don't worry about money.
It was now approaching the end of the year. Shen Yi put the wrapped inkstone in the bookcase behind him, hired a donkey cart, and returned to Ganquan Academy from the city.
After entering the academy, he returned to the school building first. At this time, Shen Heng had already returned to Jiangdu's home to prepare for the New Year, and the school building was empty.
Shen Yi first put down the book box, then hid the paper bag containing the inkstone in his arms, came to the door of Master Lu's study, knocked on the door and walked in.
In Master Lu's study, the stove has been lit.
There is no way, the weather is really getting cold, and Mr. Lu can no longer bear it at his age.
After seeing Shen Yi, Master Lu looked up at Shen Yi and was a little surprised: "The academy has already gone on holiday, why is Qilang back again?"
Shen Yi took out the inkstone from his arms, placed it in front of Lu Anshi with a smile, and said, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and students are here to show their filial piety."
Having said this, Shen Yi looked at the stove in Master Lu's study and asked: "Teacher, do you have enough carbon here? If not, the students will go out to find some carbon sellers and ask them to send some to you." ."
Master Lu looked at Shen Yi up and down, then looked at the paper package in front of him, and then smiled dumbly.
"You kid..."
"You have learned the tricks of being an official before you become an official."
