Volume 1 Chapter 13: A New Life Begins
But apart from that sum, Qin Yu really couldn't think of any good way to make money for a while.
Since he couldn't make up his mind for a while, Qin Yu simply didn't think about it for now, anyway, he still had an ingot of silver sent by Alhatu in his package, and he turned around and gave it to his sister-in-law, and it took a while. The rest is just a matter of pondering slowly. As soon as my brain was relaxed, the tiredness in my body appeared, and I fell asleep unconsciously. I didn't sleep for long, and in the haze, I seemed to hear someone arguing in the yard, and my heart moved, jumped off the kang, opened the doors and windows, and looked out.
The middle-aged man who was talking loudly was a middle-aged man who looked like a small trader, wide and fat, with a guy, and said to his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law of the Qin family, it's not that I can't trust you, but now it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, how can you pay back the few rice dollars you have on credit?" Our rice shop is also a small business, three festivals a year, debt repayment, no matter where it is, this is the truth, isn't it? You're right! ”
"Yes, yes, I have always taken care of Boss Wang, and there is naturally no reason not to repay the debt. Doesn't it mean that you should pay back half of it first, and there is still half of it, please give it another ten days and half a month, and I will send it to you immediately. Qin Yu saw his sister-in-law begging the middle-aged fat man in a low voice.
But Boss Wang's face became very ugly, and he said loudly: "Qin Han, I see that you are a widow, and there are still people in the family who serve in the army, so I take care of you, but you pretend to be pitiful with me." He stretched out his hand to Xi'er, who was standing next to him and was carrying a piece of meat in a daze, "What is the price of this meat now?" What is the price of rice? I don't have money to pay off my debts, but I have money to eat meat? ”
Qin Han's family is naturally surnamed Han, and after a woman marries in ancient times, she would give her husband's surname before her surname. Han's pretty face turned red, and he was speechless by this sentence, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "Okay, my family eats meat once a month, and it's time for you to be caught." You have a day of grace, and I'll sell it tomorrow...... Sold... My ...... marriage"
"Sell a fart!" But then Boss Wang said in a weird way: "Your house is broken like this, what else is there to sell?" Unless you sell yourself to ....." Before he finished speaking, Boss Wang looked at Han's pretty face, and swept Han with an extremely obscene gaze
Han's face was already flushed with anger, and now he was insulted by a man like this, but it was his side that was at fault, and he didn't refute it for a while, but angry tears rolled in his eyes.
At this time, Boss Wang's face suddenly changed, he was arrogant just now, but at this moment he became a little embarrassed, and his body was also shorter. Seeing him suddenly like this, Han couldn't help but look back at his eyes, only to see a young military attaché, wearing a new light cyan official robe, with a stone belt around his waist, and a pair of fast boots on his feet, striding in front of Boss Wang, without saying a word, he opened his five fingers, fanned hard, and covered Boss Wang's face with one palm.
This person is naturally Qin Yu, just now when he saw his sister-in-law being bullied like this, he was furious, and it was too late for him to protect this sister-in-law, so he immediately changed into this new official uniform, opened the door and rushed out, and slapped the fat man hard!
"Xiaoji, what are you ......" Han looked at Qin Yu's new official uniform, surprised and delighted, and looked at him with an angry face, afraid that he would hurt Boss Wang with his heavy hand, so he hurriedly pulled him back.
This boss Wang only knows that this Han is a widowed woman, widows can be bullied, and it is natural to collect accounts during the holidays, so he said ugly words, how can he force her to return the money, even if he can't change the money, he has other plans.
But thinking of this door-to-door approach, a young military attache was forced out. Feeling that his words were too yin, so he was hit by Qin Yu's palm and fell to the ground, he hurriedly struggled to get up, hunched over and covered his face on the side, not daring to squeak. In the fourth order of Shinong industry and commerce, the status of the scholars is not a little higher than that of a businessman like him
"Good! You are a small peddler, and you dare to bully me into my house! Guan Zhuofan's face turned red, and he pointed at Boss Yang and shouted angrily, "Dare to rush into the officials' families for a little money!" I really don't know whether to live or die! Do you have to take you to the government to ask for your guilt! Isn't it just money? Xi'er, give it to him! With that, put the silver aside and put it in Xi'er's hand.
Xi'er only felt that her hand was sinking, and when she picked it up and looked closely, she saw a silver ingot, which was the ten taels of silver that Brother Ding stuffed to Qin Yu, Xi'er suddenly straightened her waist and was bold, holding the silver, proud like a peacock, she came to Boss Wang and said: "Boss Wang, take a look, my young master's silver is not fake, right?" My family gave you a total of 940 yuan on credit, which was converted into silver, six dollars and two cents! Here are ten taels, you are tired, look for it. ”
This Boss Yang didn't dare to take over this silver - a few hundred Wen rice money, and came up with such a military attaché, he knew that there were people in the Qin family in the army, but he didn't know that the young master of the Qin family was still a military attaché, if this annoyed this official, he had to take a team of soldiers to smash his own rice shop. He didn't dare to look at Qin Yu, and he was stunned for a while, so he had to say with a bitter face: "This money, what is it worth, it should be regarded as filial piety to the official...... Sister-in-law of the Qin family, I am a lard blinded heart, you have a lot of adults, and you don't care about me if you want to. Now that the young master of the Qin family is back, this is really a happy event, a happy event! …… Then I won't bother too much and go first. This boss Wang called it a "happy event", and at the same time pulled the guy, and immediately withdrew.
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In the evening, the meal was very different. Han personally cooked several dishes, and asked Uncle Wu to come back with wine, which looked like a dilapidated courtyard, and there was more liveliness. Han also beckoned everyone to sit down and eat, in the past, Wu Bo and Xi'er were eating at the table with Han, but today more Qin Yu sat at the table, Qin Yu didn't feel anything, but they said that they didn't want to sit down, they must eat next to them, and hurriedly finished eating, but they didn't want to leave, especially Wu Bo stood at the door of the hall one by one, looking at Qin Yu's official uniform that had not been changed off.
"Uncle Wu" Guan Zhuofan smiled, "What's wrong with you?" Come in and say something."
"Alas!" Uncle Wu walked in again, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly burst into tears, "Since the old man is gone, our family has never seen this robe again." ”
Not...... Qin Yu was dumbfounded. Meditating in his heart, it seems that Brother Ding is still thoughtful for himself, although this nine-grade official skin, although it is the last class, it can also be of a lot of use. Listening to Uncle Wu's tone, his father was also an official when he was alive, but it doesn't seem to be much bigger.
But the little Lori who had been sitting next to Qin Yu finished eating a meal in her bowl, stared at the table, and gently pulled Qin Yu's sleeve, "Fourth brother----- I still want to eat meat----"
"Don't make a fuss, didn't you eat it just now?" Han Shi took Yun'er's little Lori's hand and coaxed, "After eating, I will obediently go to Xi'er to play, and tomorrow my sister will buy you hemp candy to eat." Okay, okay?"
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing here!" Qin Yu hurriedly took Yun'er over and used chopsticks to put the two largest pieces of meat on the plate in her small bowl. even personally sandwiched a piece of meat and fed it to the little Lori's mouth. "Yun'er is not in a hurry, eat slowly, and the fourth brother will clip it to you after eating."
Han's eyes turned red and he turned his face sideways. Qin Yu looked at Xiao Yun's gobbling up, and his heart felt warm but also a little sour. "Sister-in-law, at home...... So hard? ”
Han Shi calmed down and said slowly: "In the past few months of serving in the army, there have been rumors in the city that we are fighting with the Northern Barbarians, and that we are going to fight with Xihu again. The hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating, and it is useless for the government to send people to appease them, and the prices are expensive, and now forty yuan cannot buy a liter of rice. ”
He thought about it for a while, and then asked his sister-in-law, "Isn't there still my share of the salary?" He knew that he was a soldier, and no matter how little he was, he should have a salary of one or two taels a month. With this subsistence allowance, it will not be difficult for the family to become like this.
"You ......" Han Shi looked at him strangely, silent, suddenly smiled, and changed the topic, "Hey, how can you talk about these mundane things, you finally came back and came to eat more." With that, he lifted the flask and filled the empty glass for him.
Qin Yu knew that he had asked something wrong. It seems that most of his monthly military salary was squandered by himself outside, and he never handed over any of it to his sister-in-law. used to maintain the family, I was ashamed, and I couldn't help but hate my predecessor a little, and scolded it in my brain.
After thinking for a while, Qin Yu said: "Sister-in-law, the ten taels of silver, you put it away and buy a few new clothes for Yun'er to wear." In the days to come, don't worry anymore, everything is with me. ”
Han looked at his uncle, but he felt that he was completely different from before, as if he had changed someone. I was very comforted in my heart, but I still shook my head, rejected Qin Yu, and said, "That's not possible, you still have the silver with you." Poor family rich road, you are outside, there are more places to use money than at home! By the way, is this time also tomorrow? I'll ask Uncle Wu to pack your bags for you. ”
"I'm not leaving." Qin Yu said calmly
"Not leaving?" Han Shi seemed to be in disbelief, for fear that he had heard it wrong, and asked again in a trembling voice, "You're not leaving?" ”
"I'm not leaving. The captain allowed me to recuperate at home for a period of time" Qin Yu drank the full wine from his sister-in-law in the cup, raised his head to his sister-in-law, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I will support this family." ”
got Qin Yu's accurate reply, and the two lines of tears flowed down Han Miaoqing's pretty white face. As soon as Qin Yu wanted to speak safely, this delicate sister-in-law got up and ran out, but Qin Yu still had a happy little Lori in his arms, so he naturally couldn't chase him out to comfort his sister-in-law. I was disgusted with my predecessor for three points in my heart. But after a while, I still can't help but sigh in my heart: Sure enough, it's the ass that decides the head.
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This is the fifth day that Qin Yu has returned home!
These days, Han's face is beaming, and even Wu Bo and Xi'er, these two servants and maids, speak and do things with different spirits and spirits than before. is full of vitality, but it is no wonder that there are more men in the family, and he is still an official, so that this family has a spiritual pillar again, which has hope and rush, and it is no longer just a hard life. Naturally, it seems to be alive!
But Qin Yu locked himself in the house when he was fine, and only came out for three meals and when he was needed. Every time Yun'er Little Lori wanted to play with him, she was pulled back by Han. Over the past few days, Little Lori's mouth is getting higher and higher!
"Don't bother your fourth brother!" But Han Miaoqing just didn't allow her little sister to disturb Qin Yu, "Your fourth brother is doing big things!" ”
said that he was doing great things, that was to lift Qin Yu. In fact, Qin Yu has been doing one thing in the past two days, he is practicing calligraphy. The next night Qin Yu happened to go to the street, and when he took a serious look, the font in this world turned out to be nothing more than traditional Chinese. This made him very happy, but he was not used to writing with a brush, so he hid in the house for the past few days to practice calligraphy.
During this time, he continued to knock on the side and figure out some more things at home. It turned out that his father was still a "six-grade civil official", who held an idle position in the government and died four years ago. The eldest brother relied on the grace of the court to have the status of a prisoner, but his health has not been good, and he died not long after he contracted a sudden illness last year. Han was widowed less than half a year after she got married, and all the members of her sister-in-law's maiden family died at the hands of the Xihu people, and only one young sister was taken away by a neighbor and escaped. Now I live with my sister-in-law.
As for Qin Yu's "self", he has liked not to be a good product since he was a child, he was once forced by his father to read a book for a while, but he didn't read anything famous, and he had nothing to do all day long, just doing nothing on the street, a street gangster who was alive, and his own father who was angry waved his hand. His name was added to the roster of the Riding Battalion. So he joined the army, as for the second brother who died of illness when he was a child, the third brother has not heard a few people mention it.
As for Qin Yu's engagement that he has always been very curious about, Brother Ding really didn't lie to him, it was when he was still young, his father and a friend, a colleague in Lingzhou, engaged to the marriage contract, but later Xie Beijia was promoted to another state to serve as an assassin, and the contacts gradually decreased, and after his father's death, there was no news at all, this engagement should not be true.
Qin Yu thought that what he had to do now was to memorize the cultural knowledge he had learned, which had a lot to do with his future. So while he practiced his words, he copied down the knowledge he remembered in his mind! As a graduate student in the Department of History, he was no stranger to ancient Chinese and traditional characters, but when he picked up the brush, the problem arose. The action of writing belongs to "body memory", which is very proficient and has no hindrance, but the traditional characters written often lack short strokes and are plausible. This is the result of the training of the simplified Chinese character reform, and he has no choice but to work hard and must pass this.
He believes that the new life he and his sister-in-law and little Lori have just started will definitely get better and better!