Shen Changting fell silent, silent about his life experience, and a haze seemed to flash between his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao didn't ask any more questions, no matter what, since Shen Changting didn't want to mention it, it must involve the secrets of the family, after all, looking at Shen Changting like this, he must also be a son of a family, and if he talks more about the fierceness of the family's struggle for profit, Zhao Qingzao naturally doesn't want to make Shen Changting unhappy, after all, they are doing well now.

The ox cart creaked, picked up the dust all the way, and walked slowly, Zhao Qingzao was silent for a while, seeing that Shen Changting seemed to be able to bear it, and he was relieved, but he kept holding the handkerchief and wiping his sweat for Shen Changting.

It took more than half an hour for the ox cart to arrive in town.

After getting off the ox cart, Shen Changting asked, "Qingjube, where are you going to go?"

I was clamoring to follow, but there had to be something.

Zhao Qingzao thought for a while and said, "I'm not in a hurry, I'll hand over the book first, and I'll go shopping when I'm free." Of course, Zhao Qingzao has other plans, although Shen Changting didn't get sick this way, he must have been hot, go to the bookstore, no matter what, let's cool down first.

"Good. ”

Shen Changting thought about it and agreed, after all, if you go early, it will be easy to bump into people, and if it is late, if it is time for lunch, the shopkeeper may not be there.

The bookstore was still the same, it looked deserted, just a runner, sitting on the counter with a stumbling head, and no one else was seen around.

Shen Changting glanced at the door and said with a smile: "Cheng San'er, where is the shopkeeper?"

"Ah, it's Mr. Shen here, the shopkeeper is in the back, I'll call him. When Cheng San'er saw Shen Changting, he grinned, and hurriedly went to call the shopkeeper.

Zhao Qingzao understood at first sight that Shen Changting was a scholar after all, and he was also a respected master on weekdays.

The shopkeeper arrived after a while, and saw Shen Changting nodding gently, but when he saw Zhao Qingzao beside Shen Changting, his eyes suddenly flickered, thinking of Zhao Qingzao's difficulty, he suddenly had no good feelings, not only that, but even had a nameless fire.

Shen Changting didn't notice the change in the shopkeeper's face, took out the copied book, handed it to the shopkeeper, and said, "Shopkeeper, this book has been copied, I sent it to you." ”

"Well, okay, Mr. Shen has been diligent enough in the past two days, haha. ”

The shopkeeper smiled and asked, "Is Mr. Shen feeling better?"

"Thanks for the obstacle, it's all right. ”

Shen Changting returned the salute, his smile still the same.

Zhao Qingzao listened, and didn't care that his attention shifted to those books, most of the books that can be sold here are not good books, mainly miscellaneous notes, travelogues, and secondly, some books for children to be enlightened in private schools, in addition to this, the only ones that can be regarded as books are some songs and operas, as for the more intelligent things, I haven't seen a single one.

However, her ears were wide open at this time, and she listened to the words of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper's arguments were cunning, and she really couldn't talk about it, but it was not a good match, so she had to think more.

The shopkeeper didn't say too much to greet, flipped through the book copied by Shen Changting, and then frowned slightly, and said, "Brother Changting, it's no problem for you to copy this book, but you ...... the word" said with a hesitation.

"Well, what's wrong? But it doesn't hurt. Shen Changting was stunned, a little puzzled.

"You don't seem to be careful enough about this word, it's not as good as the previous ones. ”

The shopkeeper said, and said embarrassedly: "Although the handwriting is still yours, but this word is obviously not as good as the previous one, and when it comes to the price, it is not worth too much, and the salary of five taels of silver is probably not worth it." ”

"How can you say this!" Shen Changting frowned slightly, his face was a little unsightly, he could not care about anything else, but he cared about this stroke very much.

The shopkeeper smiled, turned a few pages, presented it in front of Shen Changting, and said, "Look at it yourself, your words are much more impetuous than what you wrote before, and the pen is not calm enough!"

Zhao Qingzao's ears trembled, and he immediately grabbed the conversation and said, "Shopkeeper, you said so much, you don't want to deduct some wages, right?"

Zhao Qingzao said it so bluntly, the shopkeeper's face suddenly became unsightly, and he frowned and said: "It's worth it, I pay willingly, but the gap between this word is obviously too big, do you want me to pay five taels of silver, if so, then I have so many books, five taels per person, I can't pay for death." ”

Shen Changting also looked embarrassed, because he had a hand injury in this book, he wanted to make more money in a hurry when he copied it, he was indeed a little impetuous, but it was definitely not as unbearable as the shopkeeper said.

Seeing that Zhao Qingzao was about to talk back again, Shen Changting hurriedly pulled Zhao Qingzao and said gently: "Shopkeeper, I don't know what to do, you can say it." ”

He also counted on copying books to support his family, and he didn't want to offend the shopkeeper because of this, after all, food, clothing and jobs were important.

Seeing that Shen Changting was easy to speak, the shopkeeper pretended to be embarrassed and muttered, and said: "To tell the truth, if this book is given five taels of wages, I really can't bear it, so it's better to make it three taels, what do you think?"

As soon as Zhao Qingzao heard this, the fire came up, Shen Changting couldn't see it, how could she not see it, this shopkeeper was obviously finding fault for no reason, and he didn't see too much of this kind of thing in his previous life, so he interjected without waiting for Shen Changting to speak: "Shopkeeper, you are really calculating." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a few books on the shelves next to him, flipped through them, and said, "Shopkeeper, if I remember correctly, these books are also copied by people, and the salary is two or three taels, right?"

"Huh?" the shopkeeper's face sank.

Zhao Qingzao sneered: "What do these words look like, what do my Changting brothers' words look like, you really can't see it, no matter how bad my Changting brother's writing is, it's better than these, you just give three taels, and you can shout it." ”

"These books are all two or two, Brother Changting, I just looked at the good writing, so I gave three taels, which is high enough. The shopkeeper's face was a little unnatural.

Zhao Qingzao raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully: "The five taels of silver that I said last time, I don't want to admit it now?" ”

"Last time was last time, this time is different from last time, the word is good or bad, the price is of course different. The shopkeeper snorted coldly, and he was obviously angry.

Seeing this, Shen Changting instantly fell silent, and he also heard some cattiness from Zhao Qingzao's words, and he was a little hesitant for a while.

Zhao Qingzao couldn't care so much, she really wasn't worried that Shen Changting would not be able to eat, so she immediately said angrily: "The same words, the same people write, what difference can there be, today you say that the words are too impetuous to deduct two taels, then tomorrow is it said that the ink is wrong, and two taels will be deducted, and the day after tomorrow I simply plan not to give the money for nothing." ”

"You!"

The shopkeeper was half angry, and said coldly: "Little girl, you can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, I have been in this bookstore for several years, but it has always been very fair." ”

"Yes, that's just a good time for people to judge and see if the book I copied by Brother Changting is worth the price, it's really not worth it, I'll take it back directly." ”

Zhao Qingzao snorted coldly, and then said to Shen Changting: "Brother Changting, I see that we don't copy books anymore, and we will buy some books by ourselves in the future and come back and copy and sell them ourselves." ”

The shopkeeper was anxious when he heard this, and immediately said angrily: "Anything else is okay, this book is absolutely not good, the original version of this book is provided by me." ”

"It's not just your family, if you really want to rely on it, I won't say anything, and I'm not rare for three taels of silver, and I'll warn you door to door when I go out, to see who dares to do business with you in the future." Zhao Qingzao sneered, who is she afraid of.

Anyway, her family is poor, she looks like bean sprouts now, and Shen Changting is the kind that will fall when the wind blows, and she is not afraid that someone will worry about wealth or something, it's a big deal that the fish will die and the net will be broken.

"It seems that you are sure to ask for five taels of silver?" The shopkeeper was speechless for a moment, and there was really no way to encounter such a spicy product as Zhao Qingzao.

Let's be rude, the county government is not far away, not to mention that businessmen can not be rude, they really don't want to be rude, these years of doing business are already looked down upon, I really don't want to offend more, give people a handle.

"Of course, this is not what we are going to do, but the price that has been negotiated a long time ago, if you had explained it earlier, I will admit it now. Zhao Qingzao snorted coldly, stretched out his little hand, and said, "If you are really embarrassed, return the book to me, when we haven't copied it." ”

The shopkeeper was so angry that his face turned pale, and he immediately quarreled with Zhao Qingzao, but when it came to quarreling, who was Zhao Qingzao afraid of, and his voice was not small, after a while, there were many people standing at the door of the bookstore.

When the shopkeeper saw that the situation was not good, he immediately stopped arguing, Tie Qing's face turned blue, took out five taels of silver, handed it to Zhao Qingzao, and said, "Okay, this time I will admit it, and I will give you the salary." ”

"No, this is not called admitting planting, don't say it as if we are cheating you, it is a price that has been negotiated a long time ago, you are now paying attention to credibility, and you are not embarrassed by us. ”

Zhao Qingzao accepted the money without hesitation, and corrected the ambiguity of the shopkeeper by the way, although she didn't mind being called a shrew, but she was arranged for no reason, and she didn't want to be wronged in vain.

"Good, good. ”

The shopkeeper was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while, and only after a long time did he say to Shen Changting: "In the future, my guy here can't afford to invite you, so you can go find another house in the future." ”

Shen Changting was silent, he didn't want Zhao Qingzao to continue to argue, but the price of the shopkeeper was too ruthless, he was said twice by Zhao Qingzao, and he was also enlightened, this time it was a tacit acquiescence to Zhao Qingzao's actions, and it was really difficult to say anything at this time.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao said angrily: "Don't think that apart from you, we have no way to live, we are not beggars." As he spoke, he pulled Shen Changting and said, "Brother Changting, let's go." ”

Out of the door of the bookstore, the few people around saw that there was no excitement to see, and they all left one after another.

Along the way, Shen Changting was very silent, obviously in a low mood, until Zhao Qingzao pulled him to rest in the shade of the tree, he sighed and said: "Qingzao, your temper should indeed be changed." ”

"I don't like the false, especially the bad, it's too deceitful. Zhao Qingzao was a little angry.

Shen Changting was silent, how could he like this kind of thing, thought about it, and said for a long time: "Qing Zao, where do you want to go these days, go by yourself, I won't be able to support you in the future." ”

Zhao Qingzao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Shen Changting to be lost like this at this time, and immediately said angrily: "Don't talk about these useless things, even if you don't copy books for the bookstore, you are literate and knowledgeable, and I am afraid that you will not be able to find a job." ”

Looking at Shen Changting's unproductive appearance, Zhao Qingzao was angry, a big living person, he could still suffocate to death.