Chapter 119: The Scholar Makes Dumplings - The Situation Is Complicated
In the four treasures of the study, the most common and cheap ink is one hundred Wen, the inkstone is also, of course, the most expensive is 10,000 taels, the richest man can not afford it, ordinary paper, two pennies, but the words written with a brush, can not be small, a piece of paper, often without a few words on the end, rice paper will be more expensive, a piece of ten cents, and a kind of paper called a flower chopstick, a tael of silver, which to say the most expensive is the brush, because the brush has a service life, often a set of sales, ordinary to one or two silver, It can only be used for a few months, of course, the ordinary brush is both, that is, the weasel hair and rabbit hair are made, one or two silver, the good is the wolf hair, all are made of weasel hair, the service life will be slightly longer, the price is cheap, a set will cost four or five taels, if it is made by a famous teacher, it will be more expensive, and the level of the famous teacher is linked.
And Wang Sheng's one hundred taels, prepare it, but you can buy a set of medium, average, brushes, absolutely to buy wolf hair, a little famous, spent twenty-five taels to buy a set, and inkstone, Wang Sheng bought the famous Huizhou inkstone, twenty taels of silver, ink is to buy a piece of Hui ink, a piece of pine smoke ink, spent thirty-five taels; In terms of paper, Wang Sheng was ruthless, so he bought the famous flower chopsticks, a total of twenty-five pieces, so that a total of one hundred and five taels of silver cost Wang Sheng.
The guy who sold things was happy enough, he didn't expect the New Year's money, and he also took a big order, so after calculating, he could earn a few hundred Wen just today, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of Wang Sheng, and knew where the bottom line in the store was, seeing that Wang Sheng didn't bargain, he gave Wang Sheng a set of four treasures of the study, of course, the pen is an ordinary wolf. A set of five taels of silver, the guy picked the best one, twenty pieces of rice paper, worth two hundred Wen, the ink is a piece of Hui ink, two taels of silver, the inkstone is not so high-end, but it is not the cheapest, it is not worthy, so I chose a two taels of inkstone. Although it looks much worse than the things Wang Sheng bought, the young man has a pair of fiery eyes in the store, and naturally knows which ones are the best among those who sell at the same price, that is, the short man. There are also tall people, and this set of four treasures of the study is sent down. If it was Wang Sheng who bought it himself. and ten taels of silver.
Even so, it was an unexpected joy, Wang Sheng was quite grateful to this young man, Wang Sheng thanked him again and again, and in the end, Wang Sheng was worried that the young man would not be scolded by the shopkeeper like this. I wanted to pay the money, but I was stopped by the young man, and said in a low voice: "Guest officer, that is, you can rest assured of the things you bought." The shopkeeper won't scold, this time, thanks to the blessing of the guest officer, the small one can earn a few hundred yuan! However, the guest officer should not say anything. ”
Saying that, the little guy smiled, and he had a better impression of Wang Sheng in his heart, even if he was a rich man, if he said that he would give him something, he would never worry about whether he would be scolded, but it was a matter of course, but this guest officer, who spoke so politely, did not think about himself in vain, and gave him a set of four treasures of the study at the risk of being scolded.
Of course, when he turned around and told the big shopkeeper, the young man naturally wouldn't say that, but said that Wang Sheng spent so much money, and he was a little distressed, and he hesitated to simply which thing he didn't want, so he moved out the bottom line of the store in a panic, and then told the guest officer that he had to buy everything in order to give him so many things.
In this way, the big shopkeeper also praised this little guy for his cleverness, although there are more things to give, but people buy more things, and the little guy is also indispensable to make this big business.
Besides, Wang Sheng asked the young man to pack the four treasures of the study he bought, and the young man knew that Wang Sheng was a gift, so he used a high-end box to put those things in, and the one he gave took an ordinary box and put it on.
That night, when Wang Sheng went to Ziqi to open a small stove as usual, he handed over the four treasures of the study he bought, and said: "Thank you for the teacher's hard work for many days, the disciple has nothing to repay, so he can only buy the four treasures of the study to express his gratitude, and ask the teacher not to dislike it." ”
Ziqi was quite surprised, thinking that Wang Sheng bought ordinary things, and because it was the New Year, so the gift came, and he didn't care, but after taking the things, Ziqi looked at the box and knew that the things in the box must be high-end, otherwise how could he use such a beautiful box, so he opened it on the spot, Ziqi is not illiterate, not to mention, the things inside are what he has been coveting for a long time, although he likes the things in this box very much, but Ziqi doesn't want it, he insists on Wang Sheng to return it, and also said Wang Sheng, Even if you have money, you can't spend it at will, when you go out, you have a little money, but you still save it, what if you have an emergency, buy something for yourself, what will he do in the future?
After repeated excuses, Wang Sheng said that he had money and resolutely refused to take it back, Ziqi accepted Wang Sheng's kindness after the most reluctance, and since then, Ziqi has been even more attentive to Wang Sheng, in fact, it doesn't matter whether the thing is sent or bad, the important thing is that heart, so Ziqi is very moved in his heart, and feels that this disciple has not received it in vain.
With money, Wang Sheng can not only buy a good gift for his mentor Ziqi, but also live a better life, and occasionally invite everyone to eat out at a time, one of the scholars has a good relationship with Wang Sheng, but the conditions at home are not good, and he is also from the countryside, but he is very talented, and he doesn't need to be taught to study, as long as he comes out of the four treasures of the study.
Even so, this scholar is almost unable to read at home, Wang Sheng has money this time, so he took out twenty taels to fund this scholar, the scholar's surname is Tang, the character book, the soup clerk is very grateful to Wang Sheng, and he also thought about not wanting it, but was stopped by Wang Sheng, and said: "You just take it for the time being, I didn't give it to you for free, but lent it to you, and later, you got in, earned the money, and then come back to me, when the time comes, I will calculate the interest!" ”
Tang Wenwen said gratefully: "It must be!" "The money is also taken, and Tang Shushu naturally knows that Wang Sheng just said this in order to let himself take the money, but it is true, Tang Shushu is also at ease when he picks it up, of course, Tang Shushu also wrote an IOU to Wang Sheng.
Wang Sheng didn't plan to ask for it, but, thinking that it was actually quite good, why did he have to regard himself as a saint, and he was not more noble than him, so he put it away, sure enough, as soon as he did this, Tang Wenwen had no pressure at all.
During the New Year, although Wang Sheng will not do this and that, but you can go to the street to buy things, compared to Wuyang City, the New Year here is more lively, there is everything, because everyone can write, Wang Sheng bought a lot of red paper, used to write couplets, and also luxuriously bought some sunflower seeds, and some osmanthus crisp, peach blossom cake and other things, and then everyone went to the restaurant every day, but then went to eat, Chinese New Year's Eve, there was no reason to go to the restaurant, the most rear, several scholars rolled their sleeves, and said: " Although the gentleman is far away from cooking, we can't let us go hungry this day, right? Let's buy some flour and vegetables, let's make dumplings! ”
Wang Sheng agreed, and said: "Oh, this is good, this is good, what Brother Wende said is very true!" If there is game to sell on the street, you can also buy it, the younger brother knows how to roast, roast game to eat, drink a cup, it is also a great joy in life! ”
Saying that, everyone acted together, not to mention, they really found a stall, where there was a pheasant and a gray rabbit, I think it was winter, because the hunger could not stand it, came out to forage, and was caught.
Wang Sheng is very good at roasting game, plus the seasoning given by Wang Ya, since he came to the academy, because everyone said that the gentleman is far away from cooking, he has not cooked, and it just so happens that those seasonings can come in handy.
However, if you want to make dumplings, the most proficient person here is not Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng will also make some batter, gnocchi, game, dumplings, sorry, I don't know what it is, but after hearing about it, he said: "If you don't dislike it, let the little brother come to make stuffing for you!" ”
So, a few people were busy, and the noodles were mixed with the noodles, and the stuffing was chopped, and Wang Sheng took out the stuffing for cooking, of course, this thing is for the clerical use, and the stuffing, Wang Sheng really can't.
Under the command of the clerk, a few scholars finally got the dough and filling, and they were about to start making dumplings.
While everyone was in a hurry, Wang Sheng had already finished the pheasant and hare, plucked and washed it, and then raised a bonfire and began to roast.
Originally, after the clerk taught everyone, he was going to leave, but after reading it for a while, he couldn't see it, look at that, the way the bag looked, he wasn't familiar at all, right? Well, oh my God, you're making dumplings, not eating gnocchi, although gnocchi is also delicious for paperwork, but you don't do it well? That's really a gnocchi, two dough together, there is no stuffing in the middle, and some scholars, painting is very good, it is estimated that there will also be some carving skills, so, even to pinch out the shape of rabbits, pheasants, tigers, and so on, almost faint when I read the paperwork, this is not a work of art, dear.
And the speed of making dumplings, not to mention, is that the dough is in full condition, the dough is best round, who knows the road, the two scholars don't know how to roll the dough, one particularly loves to roll the dough into a square, one, the dough is rolled out with a face, or it is small, particularly thick, or it is any shape, no wonder the person who wants to make dumplings can wrap it out in any shape, from this point of view, the other party is already good. (To be continued......)
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