Chapter Seventy-Four: The Abacus
When the moon is in the sky, someone is fighting at night in the small window, there is an account book given by Ma Bin on the table, Siming is fiddling with the abacus, one or two silver and a pound of tea bricks, this price has been sold for many years. But this Lu Dongjia only gave Baguan, even if he reluctantly sold it, he would make less money, and if he spread it, it would only make others laugh at the weakness of the Ma family. What's more, the new owner is preferential, barely the previous customer, what is the difference between it and the Xia family, this tea might as well not be sold.
I have discussed with Lu Dongjia a few times, I have tried both soft and hard, and the other side has not let go, Siming feels that this matter should not be hidden, sooner or later he has to make it clear to Uncle Ma, and pay attention to it. In the end, he is just an errand runner, passing on some things that can't be put on the table for both sides.
What kind of quagmire the Liang family is, Siming is not very clear, but Liang Tian has said some wishes that he is not willing to continue to stay, and now that the two of them are interested, they should also plan it.
Suddenly, Siming stood up, picked up the oil lamp on the table, and went to the bookshelf on the side to get the account book. This family can still maintain the current situation, and most of them still rely on the two hundred taels of silver given by the Ma family.
The carriage is out of stock? No, in this remote place, it's not convenient to go anywhere without raising. The father and daughter can't pick up the silver, and I don't know how they can come back every year like a flower child.
There is a saying in ancient books that 'open source and reduce expenditure', and there is no way to reduce expenditure in this house at present, I am afraid that it will only be open source, but this open source is not easy to say. It's an idea to buy a shop with the money you have, but the shop can get back a few dollars a year, which is far from meeting Siming's needs.
Although the Liang family is not well received, they are also rich merchants in Baidi City, except for the eight families in the tea who look down on them, the others are just picky, far from their own share.
Back then, when his parents relied on the Ma family to do business, Siming didn't think about it, but the tea business in Baidi City was difficult to do, unless he went outside to sell tea.
"Boss, Master Gu wants to discuss something with you." Siming was thinking about the tangled place, but Ah Wu's voice sounded outside, and then looked at the string moon hanging in the sky.
"What time is it?"
Seeing that there was a response, Ah Wu blew out the lantern in his hand, entered the house, and said, "It's time, I don't know what Master Gu thinks, I should have gone to bed in the past, but today I have been drinking there all the time, and the girl who provoked me is not happy, I have been making trouble there, I want to drink but I don't dare to drink, it's really funny." ”
Before Ah Wu finished speaking, a person outside had already walked over crookedly, still muttering, "Siming, uncle, I..." ”
Without waiting for the two people in the house to react, the man had already pushed the door into the house, maybe it was because the threshold stumbled, and the foot was unstable, and he climbed directly into the house.
Siming is worried about his own affairs, how can he have the energy to take care of these two people, one was drunk and fell some time ago, and the other ran to someone else's house to vomit, it is really two father and daughter.
Siming walked over and wanted to help the person up, but he couldn't move it, only to find that Gu Pan outside was looking inside, and he didn't plan to come over to help, "Come and help." ”
Gu Pan took two steps forward, stepped back again, and said, "When you go out to play, or relieve hangover, you have to promise me one." ”
also bargained, "Go out and play, I'll let you out tomorrow." Before the words fell, Gu Pan ran over, helped Gu Wende, and easily put the person on the soft collapse in the house.
"What's wrong with your father, I was fine when I came back just now."
Gu Pan pursed his lips and said, "I just quarreled a few words, and he was like that." After speaking, he glanced at Siming a few times, and he couldn't be confused, and continued, "I said that if my mother was here, I wouldn't suffer these things, and he would be unhappy." also drank the most expensive daughter red in the store, you have to count this matter on his head, you can't blame me. I didn't even touch a drop of wine. ”
Yes, it's impossible to save money, "Why are you bothering to tell your father this, although I don't know what he's been hiding all these years, but it's definitely for your good." ”
Gu Pan never thought that Brother Qiao, who has always been clean and venomous, would say such considerate words, and when he cared about people like this, he leaned forward and said, "Sister Liang agreed?" ”
Seeing that Siming didn't answer, Gu Pan went to the side and sat down, pretending to be a person who had come over, and said, "I said Brother Qiao, you are too slow in this regard, and Ah Wu also told me about last night, I think Sister Liang is very good." ”
Ah Wu panicked on the side, he didn't keep his mouth tight for a while, but this little aunt and grandmother leaked all the words, and she didn't want to say anything later, but it was even more of a minefield.
"It's just a pity Miss Yi, Brother Qiao, I can guarantee that if you said it back then, Miss Yi would have agreed, and there was nothing wrong with that scholar, by the way, Ah Wu, what is that person's name, I don't think he is half as good as my Brother Qiao."
"Get out!" Whether Siming wants to admit it or not, Ming Yi is like a thorn in the flesh, if you don't care about it, it's better, but when you touch it, you can't help but feel pain.
Seeing this, Ah Wu immediately stepped forward and pulled Gu Pan away, this has to continue, and he will have to look at the cold face for a few days.
Gu Wende, who was lying on the soft floor, began to snore, not caring at all that this was not in his own room, Siming went to the cabinet and took the thin quilt that he had not used for a long time and put it on Gu Wende.
The moonlight hit the door, full of temptation, Siming went back and put on a dress, and went out to find a place to sit, there were no people around, and it was even quieter in the middle of the night, I don't know if she would like such a place.
But this place is still too small, maybe there should be a courtyard, every time the moon is full, what kind of scene should the two of them enjoy the moon in the courtyard.
When thinking like this, Siming went back to calculate the accounts, buying a yard was a huge expense, and he had to hire a mother-in-law to cook and do things, and he couldn't sleep more and more.
Early the next morning, Ah Wu went to the room to wake up the owner according to the custom, and called a few times, only to hear a voice in the house, a little weak, this is staying up late again.
On the way to Ma's house, Ah Wu deliberately drove the carriage slower so that the owner could rest for a while, but the people in the carriage did not appreciate it and gave him a lecture.
Siming just got off the carriage, but Pinyuan was already waiting at the door, "Third brother, why is it so late today, is there anything uncomfortable on your body." ”
Siming waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I was late last night, is Uncle Ma still there?" ”
"It's still there, I just had breakfast, I went to the cellar to choose today's tea, and I'm going to go to the city later, he asked me to take you directly to the workshop, and I'll talk about it on the road later."
Siming had to follow Pin Yuan to the workshop, and he ran into Uncle Ma coming out, followed by Mingxin.
I saw that Mingxin was wearing plain white clothes, although it was almost the same as in the past, it was a little more noble, worthy of being a sister and brother, and even the temperament on his body became more and more similar.