Chapter 19: Guan Pu

(Crying and shouting, rolling all over the ground begging for tickets......) -

In the next few days, Chen Xiliang went out early and returned late, and was tired when he came back, but he did not relax at all about the children's homework, no matter how late and tired he was, he had to personally check the progress and explain the difficulties.

Chen Ke also ran out every day, and Erlang couldn't stop him. Seeing that the day of his return to the academy was approaching, he felt that it was necessary to have a good talk with his younger brother.

On this day, Chen Xiliang went out with his front foot, and Chen Ke wanted to follow with his back foot, but was pulled by Chen Chen: "Don't go yet." ”

"What are you going out for?" Chen Chen said with a straight face.

"Didn't I tell you, something's wrong?" Chen Ke shook off his hand, but also stood still.

"What the hell is going on?" Chen Chenhu said suspiciously: "It's mysterious all day long, and I won't say anything if I ask you." ”

"It's not time yet," Chen Ke said, "I'll be the first to tell you when the time comes." ”

"No, you'll have to tell me today." Chen Chen insisted: "I'm going back to the academy soon, you don't go home all day like this, what should you do with Wulang and Liulang?" What if you're in danger yourself? ”

"Alas, okay......" Chen Ke had no choice but to tell the truth: "I went out these days to investigate the families who owed us money." ”

"Investigate their ......" Chen Chen said in disbelief: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Nonsense, ask for money!" Chen Ke pursed his lips and said: "It is natural to repay debts!" ”

"Nonsense!" Chen Chen said angrily: "Daddy won't come back, why should you ask for someone else?!" He said with a serious adult voice: "San Lang, haven't you seen it these days?" There are four of us brothers, and my father expects the most from you, although you are gifted and intelligent, but if you don't study hard, you will have no future. ”

"I've got to get the money back!" Chen Ke stubbornly insisted: "Everything started because of me, I can't pretend to be like a normal person!" ”

"San Lang, no one blames you." Chen Chen said bitterly: "Everything is decided by your father, you can study with peace of mind!" ”

"Am I at ease?" Chen Ke's face sank like water and said: "You go to a place with me." ”

"What about at home?"

"There's Goro."

Chen Chen locked his two younger brothers at home and walked with Chen Ke to the riverside wharf outside the city.

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The water flow of the glass river is slow, so the tidal flats on both sides of the bank are vast, resulting in ships can only stop at the wooden trestle outside the city to load and unload goods, and the distance from the trestle to the warehouse is nearly two miles, so it is all loaded and unloaded manpower, pushing the chicken cart to complete the transfer.

San Lang took Erlang, hid in the haystack by the trestle, his eyes wandered over the loading and unloading manpower passing back and forth, and finally locked on one and pointed it out to Erlang.

Looking down, Jiro actually saw his father. He was stunned for a moment, rubbing his eyes in disbelief, and the scene in front of him was still clear - the one who was holding the handlebars with both hands, hanging the car cover around his neck, pushing a 'chirp chirp' chicken bus, trembling through the trestle, was it not Chen Xiliang?

After weighing, Chen Xiliang finally decided to go to the dock to carry the work.

If you want to work the wharf, it is not so easy as you think, you have to find a reliable person as a guarantee, and then pay a 'river money' that is considered an entry fee and security deposit, a 'car rental money' for renting a chicken bus, and you have to buy simple tools by yourself, such as baskets, flat poles, etc.

After completing these formalities in one day, he has the right to fix his strength and has a guarantee of income. And there is basically work on the dock every day, as long as you are willing to work hard, the income is very considerable, and you can quickly return to the cost.

But everything is difficult at the beginning. Others can push seven or eight hundred pounds in a cart, which seems to be effortless, but in his hands, the chicken cart becomes difficult to serve, and he uses the strength to eat milk, but he can't master the balance, and he almost overturns without two steps. If it weren't for the foreman who took him, he would have had to fall into the water with a full load of goods.

But he is an extremely tough person, he can't push five or six hundred catties, so he pushes two or three hundred catties, which is nothing more than a few more trips.

Today, he has basically mastered the method of controlling this wheelbarrow, and the goods pushed have also increased to 400 catties, so that the workers who were ready to see his jokes at first secretly admired.

But Erlang just wanted to cry, he jumped up and wanted to call his father home, but was held down by Saburo.

Chen Ke covered his mouth and dragged him to the edge of the reeds in the distance, and both of them gasped for breath.

"Why did you stop me?" Erlang's eyes were red.

"You're too young to understand a man's self-esteem." Chen Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his tone was filled with deep appreciation for Chen Xiliang: "A real man is to shoulder all the burdens. Unless you have a way to lighten his burden, any dissuasion will be an insult to him. ”

"I'm three years older than you, alas......," Chen Chen said depressedly.

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you." Chen Ke turned his head, looked at Chen Chen deeply and said, "What, what do you think?" ”

"......" Chen Chen was silent for a long time, and finally said resolutely: "Say, what do you want to do?" ”

"We are a total of 11 creditors, six of which are in Qingshen County. I've been out there for the past few days, and I'm just investigating these six houses. Chen Ke finally said his true meaning.

"Well, is there any chance of getting the money back?" Chen Chen's attitude changed drastically, and he began to say with hope.

"Unfortunately, no." Chen Ke shook his head with some emotion. He thought that those old scoundrels were looking at Chen Xiliang to be bullied, and he deliberately didn't pay back the money. But after a few days of observation, I found that every family really has a scripture that is difficult to read...... Either they really can't open the pot, or the creditor sits in a room and can only pay back no one.

For creditors, however, the fact that the debtor is so poor and embarrassed is the greatest bad news. But on the bright side, this at least shows that the people of the Song Dynasty are still honest.

I am not afraid of no money, but I am afraid that I will not pay back even if I have money.

"The reason why Daddy doesn't want to get the money back is because he doesn't want to do things that make things worse, and we can't go against his will." Chen Ke smiled and said, "So we send charcoal in the snow!" ”

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The next morning, as soon as Chen Xiliang left, Erlang Saburo instructed his two younger brothers to be at home obediently and bring back delicious food at noon.

But Gorou Rokuro resolutely did not want to be confined again, and the two held the hands of their two brothers tightly, so they had to go with them.

Chen Chen looked at Chen Ke, although he is the starring actor today, San Lang is the director.

"Take them with you." Chen Ke smiled and said, "It's all time to fight the tooth sacrifice." ”

Rokuro cheered.

One led a younger brother out of the door, and Chen Ke first took them to the Pan's carpenter shop on the front street, saying that he had ordered something inside. Just as he was about to raise his foot to enter, Chen Chen grabbed him in shock and said, "San Lang, we only have one hundred and fifty yuan." ”

"Don't worry, don't want money, they have to find money." After Chen Ke finished speaking, he pulled Liulang into the store. The store is not big, so Jiro Goro didn't follow in.

Walking through the front shop where the finished tables and chairs were placed, I saw the owner Pan Carpenter leading two apprentices to do carpentry work in the yard.

Seeing that someone broke in, Carpenter Pan was not annoyed, but said with a happy face: "San Lang is here, come and sit in front." ”

"Uncle Pan, this is my younger brother Liulang." Chen Ke asked Xiao Liulang to say hello to Carpenter Pan.

Korokuro obediently did so.

"Okay," Carpenter Pan smiled and touched Xiao Liulang's head, picked up a small wooden sword, handed it to him, and said, "Take it and play with it." ”

Korokuro didn't have any toys, and looked at Saburo hopefully.

"How much?"

"What money is not money, the scraps are fooled." Carpenter Pan smiled heartily.

"Thank you, uncle." Saburo thanked himself, and let Rokuro thank him.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Carpenter Pan took out a key from his arms, walked to the counter and said, "Speaking of money, your official hat chair has been ordered out more than ten, and I lost this one." As he spoke, he opened the drawer, took out five strings of ten iron coins and said, "This is your five yuan money, as well as the things you want, and they have also been prepared for you." When you go out later, don't forget to let your neighbors testify. ”

Although he said that he had lost, he said with a heartfelt smile on his face: "San Lang, next time you have such a drawing, remember to come to me." ”

"Who knows if you can figure it out? I'll try my best. Saburo stuffed the money into his arms, lifted the wooden box in the corner and said, "That's it, right?" ”

"No, it took me two days of hard work." Carpenter Pan was curious: "What do you want to do with the things in this blacksmith shop?" ”

"Strike iron." A word didn't choke Carpenter Pan to death.

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As soon as Chen Ke arrived at the door, the merchants on the left and right poked their heads out one after another and asked with a smile: "Chen Jia Saburo, won or lost?" ”

Chen Ke naturally knows the truth that wealth is not exposed, but there are rules in the industry, if you win money, you must show it to everyone to show that the loser has no debts. He could only hold the iron coin in his arms high, and the crowd cheered as if they had won.

Erlang was confused at first, but when he saw this, he immediately understood: "San Lang, you actually locked up with someone?!" ”

"Don't make a fuss." Chen Ke threw the money to him and said, "Speak ahead." ”

The so-called 'Guan Pu' means to participate in the competition, and to put it more bluntly, to gamble and win money like the wrestler competition. The Song people are good at gambling, from the princes and ministers to the common people in the market, almost everyone does not pounce and gamble.

If the laws of the afterlife were used to catch the gambling, it would probably be all appropriate. This feeling germinated when Chen Ke saw this kind of scene of gambling for the first time. Walking around the street, he realized that all the vendors on the street could sell their goods or shut them down...... As long as the buyer and the seller are correct about the price according to quality.

For example, a clay pot containing water costs 10 yuan to buy, but it only costs 5 yuan to pounce. If you win, you will get something, and if you lose, you will lose money, which is simple and easy, as long as you have money and things.

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Children who do not rest on weekends and continue to work hard to renew deserve a referral ticket!!!!

Wu Dong Qiankun 81zw