Chapter 39: The Beggar
August 16 is the day when Goro goes to work at the Sanxin Book House, and it is also the day when the wolfberries are sent to Rendetang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Yesterday I borrowed a big basket from Aunt Chen next door, and today the day was just light, and the brother and sister had breakfast, and each carried a basket to Guojia Town.
Most of the Zhuang families are industrious, even if it is still early, pedestrians can already be seen on the official road carrying baskets and dragging carts to the town.
Rushed to Guojia Town, it was just dawn.
Due to the early hour, the hall has not yet opened.
Gorou sent Xu Xiangwan outside Rendeok Hall, and wanted to leave, but he was worried that it would not be safe for her little girl to wait alone, so he hesitated.
"Brother, you don't have to worry about me, you have to go over early on your first day of work today, don't be late. It's already dawn, and there are more and more pedestrians on the street, so you don't have to worry about me. Xu Xiangwan tilted his head and showed two cute little tiger teeth towards Goro.
Having said that, Wulang is still not at ease, after all, Zhao Yuanwai's Zhuangzi is in the town, and if it is discovered by Zhao Yuanwai's people, Xu Xiangwan may be in danger.
Looking at Wulang's frowning brows, Xu Xiangwan thought to himself: "Brother, don't worry, in this peaceful and prosperous world, the sky is bright, and in broad daylight, is there anyone who dares to rob it? What you are worried about will definitely not happen." What's more, even if I meet those people, they won't treat me like this, don't say that the money has been refunded in the upper room, and even if the money is not returned, I have measles, how dare they touch me?"
Hearing what Xu Xiangwan said, Gorou also nodded in agreement: "Brother knows that you are clever, and it is a set of tricks to fool people." But it's better to be careful, and if there's anything, let someone go to the book house to find me, it's not far from the book house. After selling wolfberries for a while, don't be in a hurry to go back, just sit here and wait for me, and go to the bun shop next door to buy two steamed buns to eat at noon, and when I get off work, let's go home together. ”
Xu Xiangwan tilted his head and said, "Brother, there are still a lot of medicinal herbs to be collected in the valley, what a waste of time I sit here for a day?"
Gorou is very principled, and the things he makes up his mind about are not something that Xu Xiangwan can change in a few words.
"Your safety is more important than making money. If you dare to leave without permission, see how I punish you when I go home. Gorou said.
After throwing down these words, Gorou left expressionlessly, so angry that Xu Xiangwan stomped his feet at the door of Rendetang.
Gorou was also for her good, Xu Xiangwan naturally wouldn't be really angry, so after Gorou turned the corner, he sat on the stone-paved steps against the wooden door of Rendetang.
At about the same time, the door of Rendeok Hall finally opened.
It was the shopkeeper Shen of Rende Hall who opened the door, and when he saw a child in shabby clothes sitting at the door, he frowned at first, and when he saw Xu Xiangwan's face, his eyes suddenly lit up again.
"The little girl came so early, why are you alone?" shopkeeper Shen bent down in front of Xu Xiangwan and greeted him with a smile.
As soon as he opened the door, Xu Xiangwan woke up from his drowsiness, and when he saw the enlarged smiling face of the shopkeeper Shen, he also laughed: "Uncle shopkeeper is early." My brother sent me here and went to work. By the way, I have to thank you, Uncle Shopkeeper, my brother can do things in Sanxin Bookstore, thanks to your recommendation. ”
"Haha, thank you for the effort. I just mentioned it in passing, or your brother is lucky, capable, right to the temper of the shopkeeper Zhu. I know that there were several people who came to visit before, and none of the shopkeepers Zhu caught their eyes. Shopkeeper Shen touched his round chin and shook his head.
Looking at Xu Xiangwan, the shopkeeper Shen saw two back baskets, one large and one small, and there was a sack tied tightly in each back basket.
"There are so many dried wolfberries?" Shen was surprised, he thought that Xu Xiangwan would be able to send a dozen catties of wolfberries at most, but looking at this amount, I'm afraid there must be forty or fifty catties, right?
After all, a dozen catties of dried wolfberries is also a hundred catties of fresh wolfberries.
"Or so much?" Xu Xiangwan frowned.
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Shen smiled: "Don't say that there are two back baskets, even another twenty back baskets are not enough for us to sell in Rendetang." ”
After speaking, the shopkeeper Shen beckoned Xu Xiangwan to enter the store, and brought a big back basket into the store.
Xu Xiangwan also entered the door with a small basket on his back.
"Have you had breakfast?" shopkeeper Shen looked at Xu Xiangwan's thin little body and said with concern.
"Thank you, Uncle Shopkeeper, I've used it. Xu Xiangwan felt a little nervous in his heart, but his face was not obvious, and he smiled happily.
I don't know if there will be any changes when the owner of Rendetang comes in a while, if people don't accept it, or the price is too low, what if it's good?
Although she had heard from Shopkeeper Shen that she dried her wolfberries well, after all, this was the first time, and she didn't have absolute confidence.
Chatting with the shopkeeper Shen for a while, Xu Xiangwan asked some things about medicinal materials, and before he knew it, more than half an hour passed.
At the beginning of the day, a horse-drawn carriage carved in black lacquer stopped at the entrance of Rendetang.
Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly went out of the door to greet him: "Master, you are here." ”
"Hmm. A servant lifted the curtain of the carriage, and two men stepped on the footstool handed by the servant and got off the carriage.
It seems that the person who came is the owner of Rendetang.
Xu Xiangwan sat in the corner of the store and looked at the two people who came in quietly.
I saw a middle-aged man with a tall figure, a white face and a slight beard, and good facial features, although he did not smile, he gave people a sense of righteousness and awe-inspiring, not at all like the image of a businessman with a fat brain and a mercenary in Xu Xiangwan's imagination, but like an elegant scholar. Followed by a young man with a similar appearance to a middle-aged man, but with very handsome facial features, about eleven or twelve years old, he was looking around curiously at this time, and happened to see Xu Xiangwan who was staring at them intently.
Seeing someone looking over, Xu Xiangwan quickly withdrew his gaze and lowered his head.
"Shopkeeper Shen, when did the Rendetang in Guojia Town start taking in beggars?" The little boy raised his thick eyebrows, spoke a pure official dialect, and pointed curiously at Xu Xiangwan who was sitting in the corner, but there was no disdain on his face, but there was a hint of interest.
Hearing someone say that he was a beggar, Xu Xiangwan glared at the little boy with some annoyance, but he was afraid that he would be rejected by others, so he quickly withdrew his gaze.
Although Xu Xiangwan's movements were fast, all this did not escape the eyes of the little boy, and the interest in his eyes became stronger. When he was at home, the stars held the moon, but no one dared to stare at him, not even behind his back.
Shopkeeper Shen glanced at Xu Xiangwan and smiled awkwardly: "The third young master has misunderstood, this is not a beggar, this is the little girl who sold wolfberries that I mentioned to the old man before." Today, I heard that the old man and the young master were going to Guojia Town to save their relatives, so the little one made the decision to let this girl send the wolfberry over to the old man and the young master today. ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to Xu Xiangwan and said, "Little girl, this is our Rendetang's big boss and young owner, and it is also the eldest and third young master of the Shen family. ”
Seeing the main master, the nervousness in Xu Xiangwan's heart disappeared, and he bowed generously to the eldest master and the third young master of Rende Hall, and then stepped aside.
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