Chapter 19: The King's Treasurer
After a dreamless night, under the natural law of the biological clock, An Lan naturally opened her eyes and woke up. She wanted to go back to sleep, but she remembered the reply she had written to Li Yi yesterday, so she had to get up appointedly, turn over and get out of bed.
She dressed as fast as she could, made her bed, washed up, and went out. When she came to the street outside, she calmly crossed South Street and walked straight to the steamed bun shop on East Street.
Naturally, she took the oily paper bag handed by the shopkeeper, An Lan carefully held it in her arms, picked up the buns and ate a few anxiously, glanced at the remaining buns, she swallowed her saliva, and did not take it again, she was going to take the remaining buns back to her younger brothers and sisters to eat.
Leave East Main Street and return home. At this time, An Feng and the others also got up, and the two came to the dining room one after the other. Seeing that An Lan was already waiting for them, the two quickened their steps and walked to An Lan's side.
When An Lan saw them sit down, she smiled and said to them,
"I have something to go out today, An Feng, you look at a little sister, you know?"
An Feng nodded in agreement.
Anlan placed the oiled paper packet on the table and motioned for them to eat.
"Sister, you can eat too!" An He picked up a meat bun and began to bite, and said to An Lan casually.
"Sister ate out just now, Xiaohe should listen to his brother, be at home obediently, don't run around!"
"Sister, I want to go with you!" An He put down the bun and said coquettishly to An Lan.
"That's it, sister will take you outside to play when I come back later." As he spoke, he turned his head to An Feng and said,
"Brother, will you go with you in the afternoon?"
"Sister, I want to study at home, and I've been delaying my studies for two years. I won't go. An Feng looked at An Lan and said with a firm gaze.
"Got it figured?" An Lan raised her eyebrows.
"You've figured it out!"
"Okay!" An Lan said helplessly.
An Lan gossiped with her younger siblings before walking out of the dining room.
I went to my pigsty, fed some forage to the mules, and added some space water to the trough. An Lan estimated that this was the scribe's stable, and she was used as a pigsty by her, a countryman with little knowledge, which was really embarrassing! Well, let's call it a stable!
An Lan seriously recalled what she had seen and heard yesterday, and found that Yongxing Town was only a little bigger, and it was very difficult to turn around while driving, unless it was to buy a lot of things, and the town would drive, except for the rich, of course. So she decided to walk to Yunlai Restaurant today.
According to the memory, when I came to West Street, I saw the four bright characters of Yunlai Inn from a distance, An Lan did not walk in, but bypassed the restaurant and came to the back street to buy a dozen envelopes. After loading the letter in the bookstore, she asked the guy in the store to seal it for her, paid the money and turned around and left the bookstore.
As soon as An Lan stepped into the Yunlai Restaurant, the little er named Zhuzi found her last time, and immediately couldn't run over, and said to her with a smile,
"Miss An, you're coming to our shopkeeper again!"
This little girl is my lucky star, the last time the shopkeeper praised me fiercely, this month's monthly money was doubled, this qiē is the credit of the little girl in front of me, that is, the fairy wine she sold to the shopkeeper, and it also brought me benefits, in short, I was right to treat her warmly.
"Oh! Is that you? An Lan smiled at a familiar face and said.
"The shopkeeper is on the second floor, Miss An, please." Xiao Er became more enthusiastic.
An Lan looked at Xiao Er who was smiling like a flower on her face in confusion, was she so happy to see herself? She didn't think deeply, just nodded lightly and followed Xiao Er upstairs.
"Knock Knock Knock ······"
"Come in." The familiar voice of the king's shopkeeper came from the door. Xiao Er pushed the door in response and said respectfully to the shopkeeper Wang,
"Shopkeeper, Miss An is here."
"Oh, come on, what are you telling me to do·····" The shopkeeper didn't raise his eyelids, and said casually.
"What? You repeat? Who's coming? The shopkeeper jumped up, grabbed Xiao Er's collar and asked excitedly.
"The treasurer's ······ Yes Ann······ Miss An, can you put me down first, it's uncomfortable. ”
The shopkeeper Wang was shocked to realize what he had done, and put Xiao Er down in a daze.
"Whew." Xiao Er breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat on his head.
"You go down first!"
"Yes, shopkeeper." Xiao Er ran out after speaking.
"Miss Ann! You may be seated. Saying that, the shopkeeper Wang enthusiastically led An Lan to the guest seat.
An Lan didn't be polite to him, and sat down directly. After An Lan sat down, the shopkeeper Wang sat down again.
"Miss An, that?" The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and said cautiously,
"Look, don't you send a few more bottles of fairy brew. The owner takes this ······ very seriously" Shopkeeper Wang said as he observed An Lan's expression, which was very funny.
An Lan looked at him with some amusement. She thought about it, she was indeed short of money, and it was okay to send a few more bottles a month, but fortunately, she had filled 10 more bottles of immortal brew in addition to the one she gave to Li Yi yesterday, otherwise she would really not be able to ship it. But the shopkeeper doesn't know. Seeing that An Lan didn't speak for a long time, she was worried in her heart, and looked at An Lan even more nervously.
Probably unable to bear to see the shopkeeper Wang continue to be nervous, An Lan said,
"Shopkeeper Wang, at the beginning, our contract only wrote that we would send immortal brew once a month, but now we have it, it's not good!"
The shopkeeper Wang's expression changed, and he frowned tightly and did not speak. After a long time, he said,
"Miss An, otherwise, you see, I will give 100 taels of silver for each bottle. Let's change the contract, the first 15 days of each month to deliver 10 bottles each time, what do you think? ”
An Lan agreed after thinking about it carefully, and the shopkeeper Wang found the contract, and the two rewrote a new contract, and indicated that each bottle was 100 taels. An Lan carefully read the contract, and if there was no problem, he signed his name.
Then An Lan took out 10 bottles of immortal brew and put them on the table, the shopkeeper Wang opened them in turn and smelled them, nodded unconsciously, and then put away the vial, took 1,000 taels of silver tickets and handed them to An Lan. An Lan took the silver ticket and put it in her arms, ready to get up and leave. Suddenly, she remembered the purpose of her coming to Yunlai Restaurant, and discussed with the shopkeeper in a low voice,
"That's right, shopkeeper. I'm looking for you today. ”
"What's the matter? As long as I can do it, it's fine. The shopkeeper patted his chest proudly and said.
"Do you know the Li family in Taizhou City?"
"What? Miss Ann, this is ······." The shopkeeper was puzzled.
"That's right, I have a friend named Li Yi, and he asked me to come directly to the shopkeeper Wang and ask you to help carry the letter. Look," An Lan said, looking at the king's shopkeeper.
"Oh, it was ordered by the young master!" Only then did the shopkeeper Wang feel relieved.
"Trouble the king's shopkeeper!" An Lan said embarrassedly, and took out the letter and handed it to the shopkeeper Wang.
"Oh, by the way, this is the 10 bottles of immortal brew I gave to Brother Li, and the shopkeeper must deliver it!" An Lan said uneasily.
"Miss An, don't worry, our owner and the Li family are cousins, and I will definitely deliver this letter and immortal brew. Miss An, don't worry! Shopkeeper Wang smiled and took the immortal brew.
"The shopkeeper is busy first, I'm leaving!" An Lan stood up and said to the shopkeeper Wang.
"Then I'll send you." The shopkeeper also stood up.
"No need." An Lan hurriedly waved his hand.
"Miss An, you don't have to be polite to me, the old man is going out, and I will send you off by the way."
An Lan knew that this was the kindness of the king's shopkeeper, so she no longer opened her mouth to refuse. silently went downstairs with the shopkeeper Wang. After bidding farewell to the shopkeeper Wang, An Lan put the silver ticket into the space and walked home.