Chapter 103: A Little Accident
"Gongzi Zhongqing is Qin Danqing's friend?"
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Chen Zhongqing blinked, and subconsciously touched the tip of his nose with his hand, guessing the temptation behind Nangong Hua. Most of the women who live in Fengyue Field have a bleak and sad life experience, and he will not meddle in the secrets behind him. It's not good to just stand opposite each other like this, so he made a gesture of invitation and said softly, "I heard that Xu Ji's pastries are good, do you want to sit down for a while?" ”
Nangong Hua nodded happily and agreed to Chen Zhongqing's request. The two walked side by side, but they were silent with each other and did not speak.
At noon, the streets of Hangzhou's canal, a block near the wharf, are bustling with shops and boats. Chen Zhongqing stood in front of Nangong Hua, carefully avoiding those who were looking at the goods on their shoulders, as well as some malicious eyes.
When she went out, Nangong Hua specially dressed up in disguise, wrapped her head with a flower scarf and looked at it, leaving only a white and tender face, trying not to let people recognize herself as Xiaoyan Empress of the Pearl Ten Hu competing for the Oiran. Chen Zhongqing also expressed his understanding of this, looking at the dress of the little lady next door, Chen Zhongqing said with a smile, "It's a good match to stand together like this." ”
Nangong Hua smiled and whispered, "Shouldn't talented and beautiful women be a good match?" A talented person like Zhong Qing should be matched with the eldest lady of an official family. ”
Chen Zhongqing smiled, looking at Nangong Hua with helpless emotions in his eyes. The woman in the Qinglou, the immaturity between her eyebrows has long faded, and all that is left is the desolation of being well versed in human feelings. He said calmly, "As soon as Houmen enters the sea, if there is an afterlife, I would rather be an ordinary peddler pawn." ”
"Could it be that the slave family is wrong?"
Nangong Hua's two hands were behind her back, tiptoeing out briskly steps, as if she had completely forgotten what she was unhappy about, she blinked her eyes and asked the handsome young man beside her, "The remarks of the son of Zhongqing are the first time that the slave family has heard them, everyone says that scholars chase fame and fortune, Zhong Ming Ding eats, and the shabby scholars in the corner of the restaurant who don't want to be cold for ten years, and then once famous all over the world." After the Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming, who wanted to live in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, disappeared. ”
Chen Zhongqing sighed and said, "You don't understand. ”
The sharp-toothed girl asked, "What don't I understand?" ”
Nangong Hua faced Chen Zhongqing and walked on the road with her back. Chen Zhongqing wanted to remind him to be careful, but a man with a large bundle of cloth bags on his shoulders walked towards the cloth with difficulty, and the direction of the two of them just stopped the porter's direction. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Chen Zhongqing hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Nangong Hua's green jade hand, and pulled her back and behind her. However, he staggered forward and fell, and collided with the front foot without paying attention.
No one noticed that a scholar would suddenly bump into him, and as a result, the cloth he was carrying on his shoulders fell directly to the ground and scattered all over the ground.
"Zhongqing, are you okay?"
Nangong Hua hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Chen Zhongqing up, the other party was also an honest porter, looking at the extraordinary scholar and hurriedly apologized. None of these literati dared to offend, so they took off the towel on their shoulders to wipe sweat stains in a panic, and wanted to help Chen Zhongqing take a picture of the dust on his body.
Nangong Hua thought that Chen Zhongqing would be thunderous, but he just waved his hand and said softly, "It's okay, this big brother, you can see if there is anything wrong with that bundle of goods first?" ”
The shopkeeper in the store heard the movement outside, hurriedly walked out with broken steps, saw the cloth falling all over the ground, and said angrily, "What happened!" Can't you carry a bundle of cloth? If you can't carry it, get out of here! ”
The porter's face was flushed and he stammered and wanted to apologize, but Chen Zhongqing took the lead and hurriedly explained to the shopkeeper, "It's none of this person's business, I accidentally bumped into him." Please also bear with the shopkeeper. ”
"You?"
The shopkeeper glared at the scholar in front of him, turned around and said arrogantly, "This son, although I know that you have no intention. But do you know how much this bundle of cloth costs? And you, Niu San, you don't want today's salary! ”
"Shopkeeper, please be generous."
The tall man was forced to beg bitterly, "My wife and children are still waiting for me to open my mouth to eat, today's salary is gone, and our whole family is going to drink the northwest wind." ”
After that, he stretched out his hand and pulled the other party's sleeve, and said in a low tone, "I swear I won't next time." ”
The shopkeeper snorted coldly, turned his face coldly, and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter with me." ”
Chen Zhongqing heard the meaning of the words, he looked behind him, and saw that it was the Qin family's cloth shop, and he didn't say much.
"In this case, I will pay for it."
Chen Zhongqing replied neatly, "How much is this cloth?" I padd. Please also ask the shopkeeper not to embarrass this big brother, they are all out to eat, there is no need to close people to a dead end. ”
"A total of two taels of silver."
The shopkeeper of the cloth shop saw that the oil and water were expected, and he was busy calculating, "The cost of lost work is not counted as you, but you can't lose a penny of two taels of silver!" ”
"Aren't you bullying?"
Nangong Hua couldn't swallow this breath, her face turned red with anger, and she asked, "A bundle of cloth costs two taels of silver, and you are really a profiteer who sees money." ”
"What, not convinced? Break other people's things and want to leave in a grand manner, who taught you the little girl? ”
"Alright, everyone stop arguing."
Chen Zhongqing simply took out the money bag and took out three taels of silver, two of which were given to the shopkeeper, and the other one or two pieces of silver were given to the porter. Then he turned his head to the profit-hungry shopkeeper and said, "These two taels of silver are regarded as my apologies, and those two are paid to the porter, are you satisfied now?" ”
Seeing that the other party took out one or two lines of silver, the simple man hurriedly waved his hand, refusing to accept the windfall, "This son, don't ...... I don't need ......."
"Take it, take it, why are you talking so much nonsense, don't pinch it."
The porter was stunned by Chen Zhongqing's momentum, so he had to honestly stretch out a calloused hand and carefully take the silver taels handed over. One or two pieces of silver were equivalent to a month's salary.
Chen Zhongqing dropped this sentence, pulled Nangong Hua away, and didn't say anything.
The shopkeeper took the silver taels and bowed to the porter, who was busy picking up the cloth, tying it up again with a rope and moving it to the store. Bai picked up two taels of silver, and the well-budgeted cloth shopkeeper was naturally overjoyed, and with his own reading of countless people, the boy brother was not a rich child with fresh clothes and angry horses, but he rescued and threw out three taels of silver, he regretted that he had gone, why not ask for more than the lion.
Qin Danqing happened to finish talking business with people, sent guests out of the cloth shop, and saw his shopkeeper walking back from outside, and hurriedly shouted, "Shopkeeper Tai, what are you doing outside?" ”
The shopkeeper heard the young owner shouting at himself, and after a few words of advice to the porter, he hurriedly walked over, and said with a smile, "I was just dealing with some things outside, what did the young owner tell me to order?" ”
"Hmm."
Qin Danqing said slowly, "There will be a distinguished guest of the Qin family visiting this afternoon, he is our biggest hole card in the imperial court, so I hope you and a few other treasurers can take the time to come to the Qin Mansion to meet him." In the future, it will be convenient for you to go to Bianliang. ”
The shopkeeper was ecstatic, but suppressed the excitement in his heart, and pretended to be calm and said, "Okay, I must go over in time." ”