Chapter 51

"Yes."

"I think you may not know much about this northern land, they are all from the capital, so I should meet the villagers, and kindly tell you that the northern land is not so easy to plant, and I advise you not to spend money to buy so many seeds."

Because Shangguan Rumo rarely reminded him kindly once in a hundred years, Ye Lan's first impression of him was that he was a conscientious boss, and later she saw his true face, this person is simply a big villain who is not treacherous or businessman, and Ye Lan's attitude is still very good at this moment,

"Thank you boss for your suggestion, but how do you know if you don't try, since they are all from the capital, and now they are all here, we are also fated, in this case, then the boss should support the fellow countrymen, and send us something generously, isn't it just a matter of five taels of silver, why do you have to worry so much with our two weak women, you say yes?"

If it was someone else, Shangguan Rumo might have refused directly, after all, he had a seed store in the entire northern city, and he was suppressed by other seed stores, and he was not afraid that someone would grab business with him, if Ye Lan's mother and daughter wanted to buy it, they could only buy it here, and he didn't have to worry about losing customers or the like, but I don't know if Ye Lan's words touched him to hide the soft spot in his heart or not, Shangguan Rumo simply nodded unexpectedly,

"Just do as you say."

"The boss is really different, next time we will come back." Hearing Shangguan Rumo's promise, Ye Lan went through the formalities with the boss without saying a word, and asked him to prepare the goods and send them to Jinxiu Village tomorrow, and then rushed to Shangguan Rumo and smiled, then nodded and left, they still need to buy other things.

The shopkeeper smiled and sent Ye Lan and the three of them out, and only returned to the store when they left, and when he saw his boss looking sluggish, he couldn't help but wonder, he had made a business, shouldn't the owner be very happy,

"Young Master, are you alright?"

"I've got something." Shangguan Rumo stroked his chest with a distressed face, "I agreed to give her ten acres of wheat seeds so coolly, that's five taels of silver, why, she is not me, my heart hurts." ”

The shopkeeper's face was full of black lines, and he said that the owner promised too much today, a little unlike the owner, and he thought that the owner had something evil in his heart, but now he looks good, it's normal.

"It's all your fault, why didn't you remind me?" Looking at the shopkeeper, Shangguan Rumo transferred his resentment and attributed the mistake to the shopkeeper.

"As the shopkeeper, I don't even put the interests of the proprietor first, seeing how happy you are, I will deduct your funds for a month."

“……”

How wronged he is, forget it, anyway, he's just talking about it, and when it's time to pay his salary, it's still as usual, just forgive him.

Ye Lan naturally didn't know about the dialogue between Shangguan Rumo and the shopkeeper, she was very happy, after leaving the seed store, she went to buy a lot of things, and then stopped in front of a stall that wrote letters for people and sold words and paintings.

Ye Lan didn't want to buy calligraphy and paintings before stopping this stall, but because there were two tolerances standing in front of this stall, they seemed to have an argument with the stall owner, Ye Lan understood after listening for a while, today is the day to collect the booth fee, but this boss, who has no money to pay the booth fee, is asking for a few days of grace for the two tolerances, or take a few pairs of calligraphy and paintings back.

"You can't eat or drink calligraphy and paintings, what am I going to do, every time you collect the booth fee, it's you, Zhang Xiucai, tell me yourself, which time I didn't drag you to the next day? If you can't hand it over again, I will confiscate your stall today, and you will not be allowed to set up a stall in Northern City in the future. One of the tall tolerances spoke.

"I know, it's not a bad business recently, my own life is difficult, where is the extra money, Zhao Qi, give me a few more days."

"Lord Zhao." Hearing this, Ye Lan stepped forward and called out one of the tolerance names.

Hearing someone shouting to him, Zhao Qi turned around, and immediately recognized Ye Lan's mother and daughter who were standing not far away, and hurriedly smiled, "It turned out to be Mrs. Qiao and Miss Qiao, disrespectful." ”

"Hello Lord Zhao." Qiao Zi saluted.

"Lord Zhao, are you charging booth fees?"

"Yes, this Zhang Xiucai, every time he has to pay the booth fee, he procrastinates, and he has never been happy, which is really a headache." Zhao Qi frowned, because Zhang Xiu had the title of showman, so he and his colleagues were very polite to him, but sometimes he was really unpolite.

Ye Lan looked back at the stall owner called Zhang Xiucai, because of Zhao Qi's words, his delicate face was already red, and a trace of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, how to say that he was also familiar with poetry and books, and it was already very embarrassing to be forced by life to write letters and sell calligraphy and paintings for others, and now he can't even pay the booth fee, it seems that the sky is going to kill him.

A showman, it should be okay to be a gentleman.

The moment she saw Zhang Xiucai, Ye Lan thought that there was still a gentleman left in Jinxiu Village, and it would be great if Zhang Xiucai went.

"Lord Zhao, how much is the booth fee for this showman, I'll pay for him."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Qi and Zhang Xiucai were surprised, even Qiao Zi looked at her daughter strangely, but she immediately understood her daughter's intentions, and couldn't help but appreciate and look at her daughter, there is still a gentleman left in Jinxiu Village, if this Xiucai is willing to go, it will be a good advantage.

"He paid 50 wen a month for his stall, and he owed a total of 3 months, that is, 150 wen." Zhao Qi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly spoke, Ye Lan's mother and daughter had asked him to do something, he naturally knew that they were rich, but they really had to pay for someone they didn't know?

"This is half a penny, Lord Zhao, except for this showman who should pay the booth fee, for the rest, you and the adults next to you will take it to the bar, and you are working hard outside."

"How embarrassing is this, just give one hundred and fifty wen." Because he and Ye Lan are old acquaintances, Zhao Qi is embarrassed to accept her wine money.

"Lord Zhao will accept it, maybe when he is still in trouble with Lord Zhao, I will ask Lord Zhao to take care of him at that time." Ye Lan smiled and put the half-hanging money into Zhao Qi's arms.

"In this way, then Zhao Qi is not welcome, if he has something to do with Miss Qiao, just come to the yamen to find me, if I don't, it is okay to find my brother, he is my brother Zhao Ba."

"It turned out to be Lord Zhao's younger brother, Lord Xiao Zhao."

"Miss Qiao is polite." Zhao Ba smiled at Ye Lan, seeing that she had an extraordinary temperament, and the fabric on her body was not something that ordinary people could wear, so he naturally fell in love.

The two brothers were very happy to get the stall money and an extra hundred wine money, and they talked to Ye Lan's mother and daughter before leaving, today is not a market day, Zhang Xiucai's stall is also relatively biased, and it is not a new thing to urge the stall fee in Beijing City, so Zhang Xiucai's stall did not attract the attention of others.

Seeing the seven brothers of Zhao leave, Zhang Xiucai made a compilation to Ye Lan, "Thank you for this young lady's righteous help, dare to ask the lady's name, today's grace, Xiucai will definitely return it one day." ”

"Zhang Xiucai." Ye Lan looked at Zhang Xiucai and did not answer him, but looked at him with a smile.

Zhang Xiucai only felt that Ye Lan's eyes were dazzling, so he didn't dare to look directly, "It's right." ”

"How old are you? Who else is in the family? ”

"Xiaosheng is forty years old this year, and there is only a sick old mother left in the family, who once married a wife, but since Xiaosheng failed the imperial examination three times, he reconciled with Xiaosheng and divorced."

"Forty? I didn't see it, it was well maintained. Ye Lan looked at Zhang Xiucai thoughtfully, her face was elegant, her body was thinner than the group of croppers in Jinxiu Village, but she could see that they were different, the group of croppers in Jinxiu Village were all very black and muscular, but this Zhang Xiucai was a scholar, white and clean, he had never done rough work at first glance, and his background at home was quite simple.

"After failing the list three times, do you plan to take the exam for the fourth time?"

Zhang Xiucai didn't know what Ye Lan meant, but he still stood up straight and replied seriously, "I don't plan to, Xiaosheng has failed several times, not only has he used up all the money in the family, but even his wife dislikes me and left, and now there is still an old mother at home who needs me to take care of, and Xiaosheng doesn't have that energy." ”

Ye Lan nodded, it would be good if she didn't plan to take the imperial examination, so that she could speak, "Our village wants to invite a teacher, since you are a talent, you must have no problem being qualified for this position, are you interested?" ”

"Mr. Teach?" Zhang Xiucai was stunned, he didn't expect Ye Lan to extend an olive branch to him.

"Yes, Mr. Teaching, your task is to teach those children in Jinxiu Village to read and write, five taels of silver per month, including food and housing, if you are far away and inconvenient, you can bring your mother with you, we sign an employment contract, you teach well, I can give you a salary increase, if you don't teach well, then I'm sorry, I will ask for advice better than you." Ye Lan said lightly, Zhang Xiu is a talent, maybe he has ink in his chest, but it doesn't mean that he is a good teacher, if he can't do it, she has to find a good teacher.

The richest man in the northern city, Mr. Beigong's tutor, is only five taels of silver a month, and now where did this little girl come from, she gave herself five taels of silver as soon as she opened her mouth, but she didn't let herself teach the children of any big family, but the north is known to teach in a poor village, Zhang Xiucai was moved, but he hesitated,

"Is it really five taels of silver a month?"

Ye Lan doesn't know all the market in the north, but she knows that there is a rich village in more than a dozen villages outside the north of the city, and the salary of Mr. Shit Village is one or two silver, which is said to be very remarkable, Ye Lan looked at Zhang Xiucai, she just felt that inviting a Xiucai to be Mr. Teacher should make the children learn more, and Zhang Xiucai said that he has an old mother at home who needs to be taken care of, and he knows that he is not having a good time when he looks at him, and he has a hard time pulling others under limited conditions, which is a lesson that Ye Lan learned on the way to growth.

Seeing that Zhang Xiucai was obviously moved, she was a little suspicious, presumably worried that she would not be able to pay her salary, so Ye Lan spoke again, "If you want, I can advance your monthly salary in advance, and the next month's salary will be paid one day after that." ”

"Is it really possible to advance a month's salary? If I could, I would have agreed. As soon as Zhang Xiucai heard that he could advance his salary, he nodded and agreed without saying a word, his mother was sick and lay on the hospital bed for more than half a month, because he couldn't afford to hire a doctor, if he had this money, he could go to the doctor.

"That's five taels of silver." Ye Lan didn't say a word and took out five taels.

"Splendid Village, three days later, I'll go over, who will I find then?"

"My name is Qiao Yelan, and when the time comes, you will say that I invited Mr. Teach, and the people in the village will naturally welcome you." In this era, Mr. Teaching is still more respectful, and after solving one thing, Ye Lan looked very happy,

"See you in three days, we'll go first."

"Wait." Seeing Ye Lan turn around like this, Zhang Xiucai couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly stopped Ye Lan.

"Anything else?"

"You're leaving like this, aren't you afraid that I'll take the money and run away?"

"There is no doubt about employing people." Ye Lan smiled lightly, "Or do you think that you are only worth five taels of silver?" ”

"A good person is not suspicious, it is enough to have a confidant in life, Miss Qiao knows the grace of today, Zhang Xiucai will never forget it, as long as Miss Qiao does not dislike it, Zhang Xiucai will teach the children of Splendid Village in this life." Zhang Xiucai looked at Ye Lan with burning eyes, for so many years, he didn't expect that he Zhang Xiucai had suffered for most of his life, and then he would be a ten-year-old child who would lend a helping hand to him, just by virtue of employing people without doubting a few words, Zhang Xiucai decided that he would follow Ye Lan in this life, and his intuition told him that when this woman grew up, she would definitely achieve extraordinary results.

Ye Lan looked at Zhang Xiucai with a determined look, people in this era still attach great importance to oaths and promises, so if she can get Zhang Xiucai's guarantee, she can be regarded as earning, because a Xiucai will not easily joke about her reputation,

"Okay, I'll see you then."

After leaving the Xiucai booth, I didn't go far when I heard a simple voice shouting, "I'm selling pears, big and sweet pears, three dollars a piece, come and try it." ”

As soon as he heard the words big and sweet pear, Lan Jian couldn't help but look at the voice, and swallowed saliva unconsciously in his throat, he couldn't remember the last time he ate a pear a few years ago.

Ye Lan noticed Lan Jian's expression, turned her head to Qiao Zi and said, "Mother, I'm thirsty, let's buy a few pears to eat." ”

Qiao Zi nodded when she heard this, "Okay." ”

The three of them walked up to the pear seller boss, "Boss, come here with four pears and pick a bigger one for me to be sweeter." ”

"Okay, a total of twelve cents." When I saw a guest coming to the door, I immediately smiled when I sold pears.

"Thank you." Ye Lan handed the money to the boss and took four pears, one to Qiao Zi and two to Lan Jian, "Bring one back to Aunt Jinhua, Lan Jian." ”

"I'm not thirsty, sister, I don't eat, you and Aunt Qiao can just eat." Sanwen is a money, so expensive, Lan didn't dare to reach out to pick up the pear, although there was longing in his eyes, he firmly refused to stretch out his hand.

"If you are told to eat, you can eat, where is there so much trouble, take it." Ye Lan stuffed two pears into Lan Jian's arms, "Sister, I invite you to eat, you're welcome, otherwise you'll treat me as an outsider." ”

"Thank you, sister." Seeing Qiao Zi looking at herself with an approving face, he hesitated, Lan Jian happily took the pear and picked a slightly smaller bite,

"Wow, it's so sweet and delicious."

"yes, this boss didn't lie to us." Ye Lan smiled and nodded, and took a big bite of pears herself, it is really good to grow such sweet pears in the north, but it is a little more expensive, but it is cost-effective.

"Lan'er, you just invited that gentleman, did you give too much salary?" Qiao Zi couldn't help but feel a little distressed when she watched her daughter spend money like flowing water, if it goes on like this, they won't have enough money to spend.

"No, noble lady." Ye Lan looked at Qiao Zi with a smile, "Knowledge is a priceless treasure, and Mr. Teaching should be respected." ”

"That's right, but it's the capital, an ordinary teacher, it's only five taels of silver a month, and you used to teach Mr., and it's only ten taels of silver a month." Qiao Zi felt that there was nothing wrong with asking Mr. Teacher, but the money was spent too much, so it was not worth it.

"I naturally know that I pay more than others, but didn't my mother listen to him, because of the imperial examination, there is no silver in the family, his wife has left him, and now there is still an old mother to take care of, let's do a good deed every day, and give him some care within our ability."

The four words of doing a good deed every day made Qiao Zi stop her mouth, thinking that her daughter was very reasonable, and she didn't think much about being an adult, Qiao Zi felt again that it was actually a good idea to try to let her daughter be in charge.

Ye Lanli had just eaten a small half, and when he looked back at Lan Jian, his mouth was full of pear water, a pear bigger than his hand had already made him eat it in his stomach, his face was full of happiness and satisfaction, and he couldn't help but chuckle, he was really an easy child to satisfy, and handed over the pear that he hadn't finished eating.

"Do you still want to eat it, or I'll give you this, this pear is too big."

(End of chapter)