Qin Li remembered the woman's physiognomy and characteristics, and when the woman left the pharmacy, she deliberately paid attention to it so that she could know which direction the woman was heading.

After about a cup of tea, Qin Li walked to the warehouse and said to Hu Yao, the man standing at the door:

"Brother Yao'er, you do me a favor, is it like this......"

After hearing this, Hu Yao hurriedly nodded and agreed, and soon left the storeroom, walked out through the back door, and followed the woman who left in the carriage.

Half an hour later.

Hu Yao returned to the pharmacy and told Qin Li everything he knew truthfully:

"Sister Li'er, I rode to the port, looked for a few streets, and finally saw a woman. She looked like the man you described to me, a little fat, with a mole on the right side of her nose. I asked someone, and the woman happened to come to our pharmacy today. ”

As soon as Qin Li heard it, she knew that the woman that Yao'er's brother said should be the person she was looking for. So he nodded and let Yao'er's brother continue.

During the days when she came to work at the pharmacy, she met several friends, and this Yao'er brother was one of them.

When Yao'er's younger brother was very young, he was in Hu Mansion and studied art with Hu Lang. At first, he was just doing some chores, but now, Yao'er's younger brother can also cut people's pulses and catch medicines.

Don't look at Yao'er's younger brother is only sixteen years old, but he is smart and studious, working in the pharmacy by himself, and learning a lot of knowledge by the way.

Not long ago, Yao'er's younger brother told her that he said that it was Hu Langzhong's poetry and books, and he had read nearly half of them. He was admitted to Xiucai and wanted to continue to take the exam, but he didn't have time to study in the academy, so he wanted to borrow a few books to read.

Qin Li didn't say a word? Talk to her father when she comes home? I borrowed a few books for Yao'er to read.

Yao'er's younger brother has read the book and taken good notes seriously? Return the book to Qin Li again.

Qin Li said? You don't have to pay it back, give it to him.

But Hu Yao insisted on paying it back? Qin Li had no choice but to accept it.

Sometimes, Hu Yao will also ask Qin Li some questions? Whether it's medical knowledge? still appreciates poetry and even more, Qin Li will patiently say it to Hu Yao.

As soon as Hu Yao was moved, he called Qin Li Sister Li'er.

Qin Li thinks that Hu Yao's character is good, with his younger brother? She's happy, too.

Since that day? As soon as Qin Li has something, she will ask Hu Yao to help her do it. She is very relieved of Hu Yao and will find an opportunity to repay him.

Hu Kee Pharmacy.

Hu Yao told Qin Li in private: "I asked a few of the woman's neighbors, and asked them about the people who have been going to the port a lot recently?" Who is it. People see me as a man and think I want to go? Kindly reminded me that it was best not to go. ”

Qin Li snickered in his heart.

Just such an honest person as Brother Yao'er? Dare to go to the port? Ha ha. I'm afraid that as soon as I go to the Qinfang painting boat, I will be blackmailed by others for dozens of taels of silver.

Yao'er's younger brother is helping out in the pharmacy? I can only earn forty or fifty taels of silver a year. Although the food and accommodation are in Hufu? Don't have to pay for it himself? But why didn't he save some more silver taels and keep them for the exam in Beijing in the future?

On weekdays, when Yao'er's younger brother buys a piece of pastry, he will feel distressed for a while, so he will not be willing to give the money to those women.

Hu Yao said in a very soft voice: "A man told me that he often went to the Qinfang Painting Boat to listen to music, and several times, he saw Fu Gongzi on the boat. ”

After saying the word "Fu Gongzi", Hu Yao hurriedly shook his head and said disdainfully: "A bastard who eats soft rice, what is not talented." He is now very close to Miss Yan, helping Miss Yan write words, and then painting, a painting can be sold for nearly fifty taels of silver. ”

Qin Li has seen the paintings painted by Fu Yu, to be precise, the original owner has seen the paintings painted by Fu Yu, most of them are paintings of ancient city scenery and the like.

Thinking that a painting could be sold for nearly fifty taels of silver, it could be regarded as a high level of painting, so he hurriedly asked:

"In addition to painting a portrait of that person recently, what else has Fu painted recently? What are the paintings he sold? ”

"What can he paint, it's not the portrait of Miss Yan that he painted." Hu Yao said disdainfully.

With such an explanation, Qin Li could be regarded as understanding. Instead of improving his painting, he became shrewd, and he only painted after understanding the market situation.

Who is the Yan girl, to put it in layman's terms, it is a talented girl, a beauty, and a singer in the land of Jiangnan. To put it more directly, it is a cash cow on the boat of Qinfang's painting boat.

If someone paints a portrait of Miss Yan, as long as he doesn't paint Miss Yan like a ghost, then it is reasonable that a painting of him can be sold for nearly fifty taels of silver.

"All those money, Fu Yu got it alone?" Qin Li was very curious.

Hu Yao glanced at Qin Li embarrassedly, wanting to speak, but didn't dare to say it.

Qin Li patted Hu Yao's shoulder and urged, "Say it quickly, I know, you must know." ”

"Sister Li'er, if I say it, don't listen to it. If you listen to it, don't take it to heart, and don't be angry. Hu Yao stretched out his hand and patted his head, and said very embarrassedly:

"Fu Gongzi painted a portrait of Miss Yan, so naturally Miss Yan helped him sell it and then share the money with him."

Qin Li nodded slightly, what Yao'er's younger brother said also made sense.

Let Fu Yu go out to sell paintings, I'm afraid he won't be able to sell so many silver taels.

胡曜 says:

They said that most of the people who bought the portrait of Miss Yan were young nobles. Who has bought a painting and how many silver taels have been given to Miss Yan. These things are known to the female shopkeeper on the boat. When Miss Yan came out to perform her arts, she also had to give some money to the female shopkeeper on the boat. ”

"Hmm."

"After the female shopkeeper has received the silver taels, she will give some silver taels, and the guests who have introduced them to business. In this way, Miss Yan just helped Fu Gongzi sell paintings, and she couldn't make too much money. ”

"Yes."

But Miss Yan sang good tunes, looked good, and could chant poetry, and most of the guests were willing to give her money. She got a lot of reward. After she went to consult Shang Xiaoxiao, she sang better. In order to thank Fu Gongzi, he helped Fu Gongzi support his family. ”

When Qin Li heard this, he looked down on Fu Yu in his heart. Even if he doesn't go to the government now, and he doesn't have anything to receive, he won't be reduced to relying on a woman to help him support his family.

Fu someone's thick-skinned face is really indescribable!

"The person who told you these things must have known Fu Yu for a long time, right?" Qin Li asked.

"Yes, Sister Li'er. That man...... is Zhai Gongzi, Fu Yu's window friend, and Ling Zun's student. Hu Yao said in a low voice.

He also didn't know how could a person with such good conduct as Master Qin have students like Fu Yu and Zhai Gongzi?

Qin Li also vaguely guessed Hu Yao's thoughts, hooked his lips helplessly, and said:

"My dad has taught them for many years, but he hasn't been able to teach them well, so it can be seen that whether they will get better or not doesn't have much to do with my dad."

Like Fu someone, she would rather eat soft rice than earn money to support her family, this can't be taught by her father, right?

And then there is Zhai Gongzi, who clearly knows how difficult it is for the two mothers and daughters of the Bai family to open a pulp washing room to support their family. But he also listened to Fu Yu's instigation and went to take back the shop that their family rented to the Bai family.

It's winter, and it's not easy for the two mothers and daughters of the Bai family to rent a shop close to the port in recent days.