This incident happened suddenly, but Xia Shang also regarded it as a major event that must be done.
According to Xia Shang's temperament, he shouldn't have made any bet, but after getting along with Jiang Nan for many days, he still regarded this girl as his student and wanted to teach her well. Therefore, before that, he must have someone who can establish his authority.
Measures.
Sai Jiangnan did not take this matter to heart. She thought that her husband was destined to lose. That sister was a famous talented woman in the whole of Jiangnan. One of the "Seven Beauties of Jiangnan", even the Jinshi in the majors did not dare to compete with her in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Compared with others, let alone a young boy with no name and no fortune?
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "Tomorrow is tomorrow. But what are the students going to do today?"
Xia Shang smiled: "What do you want to do?"
"How about copying "A Dream of Red Mansions"? I wonder what will be said after eight chapters?"
"Well..." Xia Shang deliberately prolonged his voice, which made Sai Jiangnan's eyes almost pop out of his head, "It might be a little difficult."
"Ah?" Sai Jiangnan's expression changed immediately, "How can it be difficult? Didn't we agree before that if the student copied it a hundred times, sir, would you tell me the next content?"
"Don't be anxious, just listen to what I have to say." Xia Shang took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner, "Although we have rules, the current situation is that Mr. Cao didn't tell me the rest of the story!"
"Mr. Cao? Is it Mr. Cao Xueqin who wrote "A Dream of Red Mansions"?"
"Exactly."
"Then why don't you, sir, ask in advance what's behind?"
"I've already asked, but they don't want to talk anymore. What can I do?"
"Why don't you talk about it all? There are many people waiting for it!"
"What did you say? Why are there so many people waiting?"
Sai Jiangnan covered his mouth guiltily and shook his head: "No...it's nothing. Where is Mr. Cao Xueqin? How about the student go with you to invite that gentleman?"
Xia Shang pretended to be distressed: "Oh! This matter is really difficult to handle. It's useless if you go, maybe Mr. Cao won't see you at all."
"Why?"
"You have the nerve to ask me why? Let's not look at what good things you have done! Yesterday I went to ask Mr. Cao. Mr. Cao took out a manuscript and asked me if I would profit from his story outside? He said this article
The manuscript cost fifty taels of silver, sir, and he was very angry, so he refused to tell me the rest of the story."
"Ah?!" Sai Jiangnan was anxious, "What should we do? The students don't know what's involved!"
"Well...it's not that it can't be solved. Mr. Cao said that if someone is using his story to make money, then the subsequent story must be given money by someone before he can tell it."
Sai Jiangnan thought for a while and felt that he had made so much money. For the sake of the future, it would not be wrong to give him some money temporarily: "I wonder how much money Mr. Cao needs to tell me about the subsequent chapters?"
Xia Shang looked embarrassed: "Let's forget it. Mr. Cao's request is too much, and he wants a lot of money."
"Sir, just tell me how much you want."
"Do you really want to give me money?"
"Really good!"
"Okay. Mr. Cao said, if you know what will happen next, please give me three thousand five hundred taels of silver."
"puff!"
Jiang Nan was drinking water, and when he heard the asking price, he immediately burst into laughter.
"How many?"
"Three thousand five hundred taels."
"Well, then...then Mr. Cao is not a robber. Why don't you rob him of so much money?"
Xia Shang shrugged: "Indeed. I also think it's a bit too much, so I'd better not ask about the subsequent chapters."
"Wait!" Sai Jiangnan gritted his teeth, "Sir, please let me think about it."
Xia Shang didn't say anything more, but wanted to see how much money this silly student could give him.
Sai Jiangnan is racking his brains to weigh the pros and cons. After much deliberation, he feels that he cannot be constrained by petty gains. People say that you must have a long-term vision when doing things...
But I only earned a total of 3,700 taels, so this one bite cost me 3,500 taels...
That’s all, at least you can still make some money, invest once and get unlimited returns!
"Sir, please wait."
After saying that, he went to the boudoir alone.
Back in the boudoir, Xiaocui happened to exchange the cash into banknotes. At this moment, she was happily thinking about letting the lady save one hundred and eighty taels for herself to buy a dowry in the future.
Unexpectedly, the young lady returned to the room and took away all the banknotes without saying a word.
Xia Shang never thought that this stupid student could really come up with 3,500 taels of silver. He even prepared a set of bargaining words, but it seemed that they were useless.
When Jiang Nan returned to Xia Shang and took out the banknote, his expression of pain was so wonderful that he felt like he was being raped by the man in front of him.
"Sir, after giving the money, Mr. Cao won't go back on his word, right?"
"certainly."
"No, I still have to meet Mr. Cao in person, hand over the money with one hand, and hand over the manuscript with the other."
"You girl, you have so many things on your mind! Don't worry, Mr. Cao has prepared everything. I have all the manuscripts from Chapter 15 to Chapter 15. If you pay me, I will give you all these manuscripts."
With that said, Xia Shang took out the manuscript he had prepared a few days ago from his sleeve and waved it in front of Sai Jiangnan's eyes.
Sai Jiangnan's eyes lit up: "Is this really the ninth or fifteenth chapter?"
Xia Shang didn't say much, but took out a few pictures and showed them to her.
After seeing it, Sai Jiangnan's worries were all gone and he gave the banknote to Xia Shang.
Xia Shang also gave all the manuscripts to Sai Jiangnan as promised.
After completing the transaction, Xia Shang happily put the banknote into his arms and said with a smile: "Now that we have the manuscript, let's copy it."
"Sir, today the student still has to go find that sister, why don't we stop here today?"
Xia Shangzheng had this intention, how could he not allow it?
The two masters and apprentices coincided with each other and quickly left the school today, each going about their own business.
After taking the manuscript, Sai Jiangnan found that he had a lot of things to do.
I have to invite Sister Zhixiang to the appointment tomorrow, and I have to hurry up and copy out the new manuscripts. The number must be larger than before, so that the losses can be recovered.
I pondered my thoughts and was about to go out when I suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Previously, he said that he did not know the subsequent chapters, but after giving the money, he immediately took out the manuscript. Comparing the handwriting carefully, it was exactly the same as the previous handwriting, and it was clearly written by himself.
Looking back on the previous conversation, after thinking about it for a while, I realized that it was obviously full of loopholes. How could I not have heard it at the time?!
"Oh! This evil thief! This young lady has been deceived!"
With a whimper, the good mood of the day disappeared in an instant.
The money has been given, so calling is useless. The only thing you can do now is to sell the manuscript quickly and make more money!
"You bastard! Big liar! Tomorrow! Tomorrow this girl will definitely want you to look good."
At this time, Xia Shang had arrived at home. He closed the door, slapped the banknotes on the table and asked arrogantly:
"Did you see that? My young master is going to take action. Making money is not a matter of minutes? You two tell me, what is the purpose of our Xia family women?"
Qin Huairou and Yazhi were overjoyed when they looked at the banknotes in front of them. They forgot about their shyness and responded in unison: "My husband (young master) is responsible for making money to support the family, and we are responsible for being as beautiful as a flower." (To be continued)