Chapter Twenty-Six: Sorting and Ideas

When he came back from Lizheng's house, when he was about to get home, Yuan Anping saw Li Zi standing at the door of his house from a distance, holding a puppy in his hand.

Yuan Anping unlocked the door and let Li Zi in, looking at the all-black puppy in his hand, he took it and looked at the puppy for a few seconds.

"Well, it's very spiritual. Yuan Anping said he was very satisfied.

Li Zi teased the puppy and stretched out his finger to tease the puppy: "I asked for this dog from Zhou Wang's house, it is a month old, and it can be eaten." This one of the three is the best-grown, and I brought it here. He was reluctant to do it, but unfortunately the dog was too edible for their family to raise. Those two will definitely not be kept, either given away or thrown away to be wild dogs. ”

Yuan Anping looked at the puppy in his hand and said to Li Zi: "Wait a minute, I'll give you a few pennies, you go and bring the other two too." ”

Li Zi was puzzled, and couldn't help but persuade him: "Why do you want so much." This dog is small now, it looks inconspicuous, and when it grows for a month or two, it can be eaten more than a person, which is too waste of food. ”

Yuan Anping put the puppy on the ground, let it run on its own, and explained to him: "It's okay, I can afford it now." My family is so remote and I'm alone, it's better to have some dogs. ”

Li Zi thought about it, Yuan Anping should have got a lot of silver, and it doesn't matter if he can afford to raise a few more. He also likes dogs, but the family still has problems eating, where there is something to feed the dogs.

"Alright, I'll do it for you one more time. ”

Yuan Anping entered the house and gave him fifteen yuan, "Go ahead." Then he went into the house and got a bread and a plate, squatted on the ground and broke the bread and put it on the plate, and he beckoned to the dog, "Come here, this is for you to eat." He gestured to the plate.

The puppy may have smelled the smell, tentatively walked to the plate, looked down and sniffed, and then looked up at Yuan Anping, as if to make sure if this thing was for him to eat.

Yuan Anping pinched a piece and handed it to its mouth, this action puppy understood, it lowered its head and ate, and then Yuan Anping pointed to the plate, "Eat, eat, it's all yours." ”

The puppy seemed to be sure that it was for it, and then lowered his head and ate it.

Yuan Anping touched the puppy's head, he also temporarily decided to raise a dog, who knows if Zhang Linyi got a martial arts master and watched him somewhere. He is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that his space will be discovered. The dog's sense of smell and hearing is very sensitive, at least it can give himself a reminder, and of course, he also begins to minimize the use of space and pay more attention to concealment.

After waiting for the three puppies to get together, Yuan Anping looked at the three puppies, except that they were a little thin, they were actually quite cute. Yuan Anping gave Li Zi a piece of dim sum as the cost of running errands, and then took out a paper bag, "You give him this at night." ”

Li Zi naturally knew who Yuan Anping was referring to, "Guaranteed delivery." ”

After Li Zi left, after Yuan Anping closed the courtyard door, he also fed the other two puppies. Then he looked at the three puppies playing in the yard and thought, "I've got to give you a name." As he spoke, he pointed to the one that was all black and said, "Your name is Yantai." "He originally wanted to be called Xiao Hei, but he was worried about having the same name as someone in the village. Then he pointed to the one that was black and had white on his chest and feet, and said, "You will call it a spot in the future." Then to the other brown one with different shades of fur, "Your name is Harry." After devouting a way to get them to recognize their names, Yuan Anping let them run around the yard.

Walking into the back room, Yuan Anping looked at the things on the bed. I thought it would be better to get in order as soon as possible. The most troublesome thing is the cloth. Zhang Linyi gave twelve pieces of cloth, and he touched them one after another, and they were indeed very good fabrics. If Yuan Anping knew that just such a piece of cloth was worth dozens or hundreds of taels, he would know how generous Zhang Linyi was. Yuan Anping also bought four pieces of cotton cloth himself, all of which were dark fabrics, which he planned to use to make quilt covers and sheets to hide the difference in his bedding, so he also specially bought some needles and threads. As for how he will sew, it is not in his mind for the time being.

He didn't have much place to put it in so much cloth, and he didn't plan to put it in the space for the time being. He tidied it up and put it at the end of the bed first, but fortunately his bed was long enough, and his own height was not tall enough.

I took out the two newly bought futons, three sets of cotton clothes, and three pairs of cotton shoes to dry. He also bought ten catties of cotton and prepared to make some small items to keep warm.

He also bought ten books, three about history, a travelogue and a poetry book, and a detailed introduction to the imperial examination system of this dynasty, a book about calligraphy that he looked quite good, and the remaining three books that were said to be necessary to learn for the imperial examination. As for why he never thought about taking the imperial examination, why did he still buy these books, or for those children. He thought to himself that if one or two of these children were really good at reading, he could let them try. In addition to books, he also bought ordinary pen, ink, paper, and inkstones. It's no wonder that the peasant family can't afford to provide for the readers, so these things cost him more than three taels of silver, and most of them are spent on those books.

Placing the book on the broken table in the corner, looking at the table, Yuan Anping thought to himself that he really should add some furniture.

The next thing left on the bed was a few miscellaneous bits and pieces, snacks, sugar, dried fruits, and tea cakes, all prepared for hospitality or gifts. They were all piled up on the small table first. Then there was his little chest of silver, and the six delicate wooden boxes. He opened it and looked at it, and five of the boxes were full of medicinal herbs, and he only recognized ginseng and deer antler velvet, and the other three did not. In the other box is jewelry, two silver hairpins, one with complex patterns, one with a simple style but exquisite carving, two hostas with a simple style suitable for men, and a pair of thin gold bracelets. Yuan Anping thought that the housekeeper took it wrong, but in fact, this is the standard equipment of the gift given by the Zhang Mansion to the guests, no matter what Zhang Linyi said he wanted to give to the guests, he would add such a box to make up a six-character. He put the boxes, along with the box of silver, into the wooden box he had brought from the utility room.

After packing up the things in the back room, he went to the hall again, and there were many things on the table and the floor. He also bought a large iron pot, some dishes, chopsticks, teacups, teapots, and small porcelain pots for vegetables, and two relatively large clay pots, which were ready to be used to make noodles later. There are also five small jars, all with lids, intended to be used for spices. Two wooden basins, one large and one small, are used for washing clothes and faces. Originally, he wanted to buy a bath tub, but unfortunately the carriage could not be placed. In addition to utensils, he bought some spices, grains, pork and pork bones, and some cabbage and dried vegetables. Lots of big and small. After putting everything in place and tidying up, he hurriedly went to the utility room again.

His house has a total of two rooms, and it is a bit troublesome that there are too few rooms. Since he has taken in so many children, he plans to tidy up the utility room and let them study in the house when it is cloudy and snowy.

He first moved all the farm tools in the utility room to the firewood room in the backyard, then got out all the torn clothes and shoes of the original owner, and moved all the flour and sweet potatoes that had been piled up in this room to the living room, and then there was a single wooden bed left inside. He pulled the bed out and put it in the backyard where he could dry things later.

After cleaning the utility room, Yuan Anping was cleaned up. was about to throw away his old clothes, shoes and bedding, but when he went out with his clothes, he met Huo Xiaohan who was passing by.

Huo Xiaohan looked at him holding his clothes, "Are you going to wash your clothes?"

Yuan Anping shook his head, "I'm planning to throw away these old clothes, as well as the previous bedding, which are too old." ”

Huo Xiaohan was puzzled, "Throw away all the clothes and bedding, what will you use in the future?"

Yuan Anping looked around his house and saw that there was no one, "You come in first." ”

Huo Xiaohan walked into the courtyard and saw Yuan Anping's obviously brand-new cotton clothes and bedding, and he was a little surprised.

Yuan Anping explained to him with a smile, of course, he still used the words to fool Li Zi, but he told him the number of loose silver that Zhang Linyi gave him, as for the big number, he was afraid to scare him.

Even if it was two hundred taels, Huo Xiaohan felt that it was a lot of silver, after all, three or five taels of silver here could marry a wife. He was very happy for Yuan Anping, "It's great, you don't have to worry about anything with so much silver." ”

Yuan Anping smiled and said, "I bought some pastries, you wait a minute, I'll get you some to eat." ”

Huo Xiaohan was used to Yuan Anping's behavior of giving him food as soon as he saw him, he was waiting in the yard, and he saw three puppies running from the backyard, and when he saw Huo Xiaohan, he began to bark at him with a tender voice.

Huo Xiaohan looked at them and liked them very much, such a small dog was not aggressive, so he stepped forward and wanted to pet them, and the three puppies sniffed him and let them be touched.

When Yuan Anping came out, he saw Huo Xiaohan squatting on the ground and playing with the puppy, with a smile on his face, thinking to himself, it was really a child.

Yuan Anping handed him the wrapped snacks, and then asked, "Are you going to chop wood later?"

After seeing Huo Xiaohan nodding, he couldn't help but ask: "What do you do to use so much firewood, why do you always see you going to chop firewood?"

"It doesn't use much, it's just that my mother wants to save more and plans to go to the county town to exchange some money. ”

Yuan Anping thought for a while, "Look at this, go back and tell your mother, just say that I will ask you to send me a load of firewood every evening, and a load of firewood will give you five cents." You just go to the bottom of the mountain every afternoon, and you don't really have to chop a lot of wood. That way you don't have to work so hard, and you can come to my place for dinner. He had thought of this idea before, but he didn't have the money at the time and couldn't implement it.

Huo Xiaohan hurriedly shook his head, "I can't let you spend money, and I'm not too tired from chopping wood, don't worry about me." ”

Yuan Anping explained to him: "You don't understand, you are still so young, you have been working hard and not having enough to eat, not only will you not grow tall, but you will also hurt your body at all, which is the strictest." You also know that I have money now, and spending five cents a day is nothing, and I don't always collect your firewood, and I don't need to collect it when the weather is warm. Listen to me, you can come to my place for dinner every night in the future, and I won't have to think so much about how to bring you food. ”

Huo Xiaohan lowered his head and said in a choked voice: "Yuan Anping, you don't have to be so good to me. ”

Yuan Anping saw him crying again, patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't cry, it's not good for you." And I'm doing it too, so don't think I'm so kind to you. The two of us have known each other for a few days, and I treat you as friends, so I can't enjoy my own happiness and watch you suffer. Listen to me, don't cry, the matter of buying firewood is decided. ”

Huo Xiaohan wiped away his tears, "I listen to you, but you don't need five cents, you can give three cents, and you can sell it in the city at this price." ”

Yuan Anping nodded and said, "You just agree." He said as he prepared to continue throwing his things.

Huo Xiaohan saw the futon he was holding, "Are you really going to lose all these things?" he felt a little pity. Although the quilt looked a little old and patched, it still worked in his opinion.

Yuan Anping looked at him and saw the pity in his eyes, "You want it?"

Huo Xiaohan nodded, and said with some embarrassment: "If you really don't want it, give it to me." Actually, your bedding and those clothes are quite useful. ”

Yuan Anping thought for a while, and then said, "Why don't you take it all, although I also want to send you some new ones, but I also know that even if you take it back, you won't be able to get it." Why don't you make a padded jacket and cotton trousers out of those torn clothes, and I'll get you some new cotton, and I'll say it's made of cotton from the old bedding. If you make your clothes shabby, they won't take them from you if they don't like them. He thought it was a good idea.

Huo Xiaohan also felt that it would work, "Don't give me the cotton first, I'll take these things home first." ”

"Good. ”