Chapter 15: Letter from the Li Mansion
Looking at An Lan's indifferent look, the shopkeeper's heart was even more worried, but he still said stubbornly,
"Little girl, do you want to sell this grain seed?"
Oh, so he just wanted to buy grain! An Lan exhaled quietly. Whispered,
"Well, I didn't plan to sell my grains." An Lan looked at the shopkeeper's disappointed eyes, and immediately changed her words,
"But since the shopkeeper is sincere, I'll sell you a little grain!"
The big stone in the shopkeeper's heart put down and said to An Lan,
"Girl, how many pounds can you buy?" After speaking, he looked at her intently.
An Lan thought carefully and replied,
"The shopkeeper, to tell you the truth, these rice are all rations left by his own family. Well? I can give up to twenty pounds, do you think it's okay? β
The shopkeeper was a little disappointed after hearing this, but after thinking about it, twenty catties is barely enough, it's better than nothing, right? When you grow this kind of rice yourself, the business of the store will be even better. β
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper became happy, and then instructed the man to weigh the rice, and talked with An Lan enthusiastically. During this period, the shopkeeper wanted to invite An Lan to the backyard for tea and chat, but An Lan politely refused.
An Lan chatted with the shopkeeper with a match, watching the two guys skillfully and quickly weigh a bag of rice, and then wrote it down on a blank piece of paper with Mao, An Lan estimated that the two of them did similar things.
After a while, the work of the men was coming to an end, and An Lan stopped paying attention to the two men, and went back to discuss with the shopkeeper about rice husking and buying grain seeds.
After some bargaining with the shopkeeper, An Lan only needed to give the shopkeeper 40 yuan. Anlan didn't know how much money was a catty, and the shopkeeper paid twice the market price to buy it, and the amount of Anlan shelling was too huge, and after calculating the two phases, Anlan only spent a small amount of money to peel the rice.
She was really happy in her heart, after all, if she let herself use that primitive tool to scoop rice, it would not toss her to death, so she felt that she had made a lot of money.
The shopkeeper's heart is also happy, and it is really everyone's son, who doesn't know the price at all, haha, he can make a lot of money now. As long as you sell these grains to the big families in Taizhou City, you will definitely be able to connect with the housekeepers of those big families, and it will be much more convenient to do business in the future.
The more the shopkeeper thought about it, the happier he became, if it weren't for the fact that An Lan was beside him, he would have wanted to look up to the sky and laugh wildly.
An Lan also noticed the strangeness of the shopkeeper at this time, and said in her heart, this ancient person is too easy to be happy, what is there to be happy about these few catties of rice. In the end, it was the ancients, shallow knowledge, hum!
An Lan didn't know that she had done a big wrong, and she was still excited that she didn't have to peel her shell.
The guy finally counted the number, which was about the same as An Lan's estimate. She took the receipt from the shopkeeper to her, gave 40 yuan, and agreed with the shopkeeper to take the rice ten days later, and drove away happily.
The shopkeeper stroked his beard and watched An Lan's mule cart leave with a smile, but no matter how you look at it, the smile has a bit of a cunning flavor.
After wandering around for a while and still not getting anything, Anlan drove back home in frustration.
As she was about to knock on the door, a man's voice came from behind,
"Little girl, may I ask if this is An Lan, Miss An's home?"
An Lan turned around suspiciously, and saw a young man, dressed as if he was a descendant of a big family, she was even more puzzled, but she still spoke calmly,
"Well, here it is? Is there something wrong with you? β
That Xiao Si looked at An Lan for a moment, and said mildly,
"Little girl, go and report it, and say that Taizhou Li Mansion has a letter to your young lady?"
An Lan is full of black lines.
It turned out that he was treated as a maid, calm, don't be angry, people are from Taizhou City, even if he is wearing better materials in Yongxing Town, he can't catch up with half of Xiao Si's clothes, this is the gap between the big family and the commoners. Everyone who comes out casually is richer than ordinary people, such as the one in front of him.
"I'm An Lan, are you from the Li Mansion?"
The corners of Xiao Si's mouth twitched, and he thought, I said that this little girl is not stupid, if there is a letter from the master, she should go to the house immediately, and a person is standing here stupidly, what is this?
Wait, she is still pretending to be the master, if this is in our house, her little life will have to be explained here today. He thought about it, and decided to forgive her, who called Brother Xiaohu and I have a lot?
"Little girl, aren't you going to open the door to report?"
"Alright! Since you insist on this, I will γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"How?" Li Hu hurriedly asked.
An Lan ignored him and knocked on the door by herself, and after a while, An Feng's inquiry came from the courtyard,
"Who?"
"Brother, I'm back."
Li Hu suddenly realized,
"It turns out that your brother is an errand boy in the porter's room! Is it any wonder that you are free to come and go in the house? β
After a while, the door opened, An Lan led the mule into the door, and Li Hu also followed quickly, still reciting words in his mouth,
"Why are there only two subordinates in this Anfu, and they are still so small?"
An Feng saw Li Hu just now, thinking that he was his sister's guest, his sister was a girl who was inconvenient to entertain, and he was about to greet guests instead of his sister, when he heard this sentence as soon as he walked to Li Hu's side, he was instantly speechless.
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He was silent for a while, and then walked up to Li Hu,
"What do you call this big brother? What do you have to do in my house? β
Li Hu stopped and said,
"I am Li Hu from Li Mansion in Taizhou, and I am ordered to deliver a letter to Miss An Lan'an. You are? β
"An Feng, that girl just now is my sister An Lan."
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After An Feng finished speaking, he thought about what people he knew from the Li Mansion, and he didn't have any clue when he thought about it, but he couldn't drive people away, and the atmosphere stiffened for a while.
At this time, Anlan settled the mule and walked towards them.
"What are you doing?" An Lan looked puzzled.
An Feng saw An Lan coming over as if he had seen a savior, grabbed An Lan's sleeve, and whispered,
"Sisterγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» this person is here to find you?"
An Lan nodded in understanding. Without a trace, he took An Feng's hand away. Then he asked Li Hu,
"Where's Brother Li's letter?"
Li Hu was stunned and did not react.
An Lan suddenly raised her voice and said,
"What about you?"
I saw that this Xiao Si named Li Hu was frightened, and immediately came back to his senses and replied cautiously,
"My master asked Xiao to give this letter and a small bottle to Miss An."
After speaking, he took out a delicate vial and a letter from his arms, and presented them to An Lan with both hands.
An Lan took it calmly.
"Sister? This is a man's γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»," An Feng said to her worriedly.
"Brother, you don't have to worry about it, then Li Gongzi is my sister's friend, it's okay?"
An Feng was speechless, I didn't mean that, okay, sister, your reputation is more important, okay? He was startled when he thought of this γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» a private relationship with a strange man, and just wanted to snatch the letter and destroy it.
Unexpectedly, An Lan seemed to have discovered his intentions, and said lightly,
"Li Gongzi and his sister who wrote the letter are partners, and this is a business matter."
After speaking, An Lan looked at An Feng with a smile.
An Feng's outstretched hand stiffened, and then put it down dejectedly.