Chapter 14: You can't be a man without dreams
Tang Sha smiled secretly in his heart, learning from the appearance of a young man, and also booed him: "Then can you tell me what is in your head?" ”
"Of course no problem!" The young man waved his hand generously, and his voice was raised all of a sudden, startling Tang Sha. The boy continued: "Actually, I think that your bookstore will not be doing much less business in a short time. ”
The young man's words aroused Tang Sha's curiosity, so he raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "Why?" ”
"You think, other bookstores are starting to follow your example, and there will be more and more bookstores in the future, right? At that time, your bookstore will be gone with the advantage of freshness. In addition, there are several bookstores in the imperial city, which are century-old stores, which have saved a lot of buyers, and they are rich and wealthy, and there are people to support them. So you have to have something that other bookstores can't have. ”
Tang Sha was a little surprised, she thought she would talk nonsense, but what she said was actually not bad at all, and she was also thinking about this problem. So he asked curiously, "What is missing?" ”
"What's that? It's a lack of people! People like me! ”
"What kind of person are you?"
"Let me tell you, when I was born, the fortune teller said that I was destined to be a ruler, and I was planning to take the scientific examination in two years. So if you leave me behind now and become the face of your store, and I become a ruler in the future, won't it bring business to the bookstore? ”
Tang Sha realized that the original meaning of the boy was that he wanted to find a spokesperson with great influence, yes, the boy had ideas!
"Don't laugh, what do you think! Okay or not, let me tell you, if you miss this village, you won't have this store. The boy pretended to be calm, but the rapid tapping of his fingers on the table betrayed his true emotions.
"Ha, yes, boy, that's a great idea! I can think about it. Also, don't give up your dreams, I believe that you will be able to become a ruler in the future, and you can't be a man without dreams! Tang Sha patted the young man on the shoulder and said.
"So to do it or not to do it?" The boy didn't quite understand.
"First of all, you don't have a manuscript, so I can't see your value, and you can't pass this today." When Tang Sha's words came here, the young man's face suddenly fell. "But...... If you're willing to stay in the shop and help with the business, I can hire you. ”
After listening to the second half of the words, the young man's face was slightly better. There was a pause, as if to ponder whether it was feasible.
"For the sake of your sincerity in letting me stay, I reluctantly agreed." The young man's chin was slightly raised, but the corners of his mouth were smiling.
"My name is Ning Xiaoming, what's your name?"
"Xie Chuan! Lin Hua Xie Chunhong, the river journey is infinite! ”①
Now this young man, a hundred years later, the history books record as follows: During the Yong'an period, Chen Guo's national strength dominated the countries with the greatest credit, the war king Ye Xuanyuan and the ruler Xie Chuan.
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Most of the bookstore had a residence in the imperial capital, and they all returned home after the bookstore closed at four o'clock (around six o'clock). Tang Sha was busy dealing with many things, and he rarely went back during this time, eating, drinking and sleeping in the store. There's a kitchenette in the backyard of the bookstore or something.
So Yuan Fang replaced the role of Tang Sha to buy food at night and served as the flower messenger of Fanghua Courtyard.
Bird Spirit also asked Yuan Fang to bring a message to her, saying that if she didn't go back tomorrow, she wouldn't have to go back.
Xie Chuan followed Uncle Wu and Tang Sha for a day, and when it was almost evening, his mother really ran to the store and went back with his ears, and when he left, Tang Sha heard Xie Chuan and his mother say: "I'm not at home to help your father weave a bamboo basket, what are you doing here?" Can people want you just because of your profit? I'll kick you out in a few days! No self-knowledge! ”
For some reason, Tang Sha suddenly thought of a sentence: The bird's nest knows the ambition of the bird.
Anyway, you can easily come down after a few busy days, Uncle Wu (the store manager) has already worked as a steward in the bookstore, and it is not a problem for him to handle the rest alone. This means that you can be the shopkeeper! When the time comes, they will go to the waves every day with the Bird Spirit Qinglan Lotus Heart, so that they can experience a different life.
I washed the brush, kneaded the water dry, and hung it on the pen holder. I ran to the small kitchen and boiled a pot of hot water to wash.
Today, on the first day of October, light snow in the twenty-four solar terms. The wind outside is starting to get a little biting. Tang Sha put on cotton clothes in more than ten days, and it was not so cold at that time, and the eyes of the general assembly looked at her strangely. In the past few days, the temperature has plummeted again, and now walking on the street is covered with a thick layer except for those strong men who are not afraid of the cold.
Tang Sha felt that there was a reason why she was so afraid of the cold, her physique was cold. She used to come to her aunt almost once in half a year, and every time she came to die in pain. When she was in the temple, the senior brother would boil motherwort water for her every time, and she died bitterly. Later, when I went out of the mountain, I also had a few good friends who took good care of her.
It was summer when she walked through, and I didn't think so. But with the abnormality of Kwai Shui, the weather became colder and colder, and it was found that Ning Xiaoming was the same as her.
But Lianxin said that Ning Xiaoming was not afraid of cold before, and she guessed that she didn't want others to know about her physique, because there was no way to have children. It's a disease, but Tang Sha doesn't want to treat it.
After washing, Tang Sha wrapped himself in three large quilts, and the whole person shrank inside, and when he turned over, he only squirmed little by little.
Good night and see you tomorrow.
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Tang Sha got up later and later day by day, and didn't get up until noon today.
It blew last night and it rained a little in the second half of the night. Today's weather is clear, the sun is warm, and Tang Sha has successfully been woken up. Ghost weather, unpredictable.
She got out of bed and opened the closet and grabbed a piece of clothing. Tang Sha is now full of men's clothes in the cabinet, and she always feels that men's clothes are more convenient to do, and women's clothes are too cumbersome.
A quarter of an hour later, Tang Sha came out of the backyard and into the store. It was originally an inn with two floors. It was changed by Tang Sha, the first and second floors are full of bookshelves, the first floor sells books, and there are tables and chairs on the second floor that you can sit on for free to read.
Tang Sha looked around, and then asked Uncle Wu, "Uncle Wu, is Xie Chuan here today?" ”
Uncle Wu was helping to put the books on the shelves, and when he heard Tang Sha's question, he held the book in his hand, turned to face Tang Sha and said, "Come on, read a book upstairs." He gestured upstairs, then turned around and continued to lay out the book.
"This kid, I invited him here to come and read the book?" Tang Sha smiled helplessly.
But she didn't bother Xie Chuan, but then said to Uncle Wu: "Uncle Wu, I may rarely come to the store during this time, you can just watch and do anything in the store yourself." If you have any new ideas, just do it boldly, don't let me know. ”
Only then did Uncle Wu stop what he was doing, got down from the stool, walked up to Tang Sha and asked, "When will Gongzi Ning come, I can make the decision on management, but the account books still have to be seen by Gongzi himself." ”
"In the future, if the store needs funds or something, just go directly to Uncle Zhang, and I put some silver with him. The silver made in the store is deposited in the bank every month and exchanged for silver tickets. Salaries should be paid on time and not in arrears. I've also told you about the rules for commission rewards, so you must give them. In the future, if I need silver, I will let Yuan Fang take it. Okay, it's okay, I'll go first. After Tang Sha finished speaking, he just turned around and walked two steps, as if he remembered something, he turned around and said: "By the way, if Xie Chuan's kid wants to read, let him read it carefully, supervise it, if he doesn't read it for a day, his salary will be halved." ”
After speaking, he left, leaving Uncle Wu with a helpless face, now he can be a father and a mother again.
Tang Sha was a little curious, why didn't he see Yuan Fang today? Something can't happen to Fanghuayuan, right?
As soon as he thought of this possibility, Tang Sha sped up his pace back to Fanghua Courtyard.
Yohka-in
"Two cylinders!"
"Bump! Three of a kind! ”
"Hachijo!"
"Yuan Fang, hurry up, it's time for you to touch the cards, why are you still moving so slowly after playing all morning!"
When Tang Sha came back, he saw such a scene, and instantly felt as uncomfortable as eating. Lao Tzu is worried that you are very worried, you are sitting here playing mahjong for me?
Thinking about it, I smiled helplessly, my status is not a problem of getting lower and lower, but they don't have her in their hearts at all!
"I'm back!"
Tang Sha shouted at them, but except for Yuan Fang, who stood up nervously and dodged her eyes, the other three people ignored her at all, Lianxin glanced at her, and immediately moved back to the card table.
It's okay, Tang Sha nodded, and his heart was wonderful. Then, without saying a word, he walked up and messed up their cards with his hand.
"Ning Xiaoming! What are you doing! The Sparrow Spirit bounced up and yelled at Tang Sha.
Tang Sha dug out his ear that was almost deafened with his little finger, and joked: "Didn't you ignore me and not speak?" Why am I so loud? ”
The spirit was so angry that she didn't know what to say, and her face turned red. He snorted, turned his head and sat down heavily, but he sat off the rails and sat on the ground.
This is terrible, the finch spirit, who has always loved face, felt that it was Tang Sha's fault, and glared at Tang Sha fiercely.
Tang Sha raised her right hand and rubbed her forehead with the knuckle of her index finger, it was none of her business.
Qinglan and Lianxin immediately stepped forward to help the Sparrow Spirit up.
The finch spirit didn't know what he was thinking, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and his eyes were red, just staring at his eyes to prevent tears from falling.
Tang Sha was stunned in an instant, and hurriedly said: "Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, don't be angry, it's not good for your health." ”
The Sparrow ignored her and glared at her. Lianxin lowered her head and couldn't see her expression. Qinglan shook her head and sighed. And Yuan Fang held his hands together and hung down in front of him, his fingers kept twisting, and he also had an aggrieved expression. Tang Sha really didn't understand Yuan Fang's reaction.
"I know why you're angry, is it because I went out for more than half a month and didn't come back, you think I don't love you anymore, and then you also hate me because of love? Don't worry, I didn't mess with any peach blossoms outside, I'm still yours! Besides, I really have something to do when I go out for a while, and I want to take you to see the results of my month and a half when I come back this time. After speaking, a few people still didn't have any reaction, and Tang Sha was really a little depressed. I can't guess the hearts of these girls.
"I've said everything that needs to be said, the rest is yours, I'll go to the backyard first, Yuan Fang come with me." With that, Tang Sha walked out of the house in a step, like a backyard.
Xiao Yuanfang, who was sandwiched between the four of them, blamed herself and aggrieved at the moment, and the corners of her mouth began to tremble slightly, as if she was about to cry, and slowly followed Tang Sha to the backyard.