Chapter 22 Bookstore

Yu Yu walked out of the door, twisted his fingers, and said in his heart: The second son is so tall, but his cheeks are still so tender, like a child!

Every time she saw the child's soft and tender face and little hands, she was eager to pinch it, but she didn't expect to be satisfied today, and her heart was very happy, and the spring breeze in her chest was surging and rejoicing.

Taking advantage of this spring breeze, Yu Yu saw Ah Qing and Ah Lan waiting under the corridor, so she asked Ah Lan to receive today's vegetable money, and explained that Ah Qing and Ah Lan were guarding the second son, and she and Qingcha went out to buy vegetables with baskets.

After leaving the inner house, Yu Yu and Qing Cha walked east with a bamboo basket until they reached the east boulevard against the outer wall, and then turned to walk south along the straight boulevard.

The boulevard is flanked by tall poplar trees, and if it were summer, there would have been dense shade, but now it is winter, and it is just a few dead branches and leaves, and it is very bleak.

Yu Yu looked up at the sky and found that the wind that had been blowing all night had blown out a clear blue sky.

Originally, because of Lin Jia's illness, she didn't feel very well, but now that she saw the blue sky, she couldn't help but feel better, and her steps were much lighter.

In front of it is the east hall of the county lieutenant's office, and the number of officials coming and going on the road has gradually increased.

These officials wore a footless head covered with lacquer veil, wearing a dark red round-necked robe, and looked quite neat, they saw two girls dressed as maids in green jackets and white skirts coming from the direction of the county government's house, knowing that it was the maid brought by the new magistrate, they couldn't help but look at it twice, and found that one of the girls was very beautiful, and they couldn't help but be a little eye-catching.

Yu Yu is used to being looked at, but it's nothing, he walks his own way without squinting, if there is a good-looking little brother passing by on the other side, he pretends to take a look at it as if nothing happened, and if he is usually old, he will turn a blind eye and walk over.

Qingcha was very shy, and when he was seen, he couldn't help but speed up his pace, and rushed forward with his head down.

In front of it is the east hall where the county magistrate works, and a small side opens on the east wall, facing the boulevard.

A tall young man held a stack of dossiers and walked out while turning his head to talk to the person behind him.

Who knew that Qingcha walked too fast, and it hit him all of a sudden, knocking the file in his hand into the ground one by one.

Qingcha was so frightened that her face turned white, and she was stupid there.

Seeing this, Yu Yu hurriedly hurried over, pulled the tea first, and then said, "I'm sorry, we were careless!" ”

With that, she pulled Qingcha and squatted down to pick up the files that had fallen on the ground.

The young man was expressionless, crouched on one knee and silently picked up the file on the ground.

At this time, the people who followed also came out, and it turned out to be Wang Qingyu, the official they knew.

Wang Qingyu also recognized Yu Yu, smiled at Yu Yu, and squatted down to help pick up a few files that fell on the wall.

After picking it up, he handed the file to the tall young man, and said with a smile: "County Lieutenant Helian, these two are the maidservants of Lord Lin of Zhixian County. ”

Yu Yu understood Wang Qingyu's prompt, hurriedly took the few portions of Qingcha he picked up, combined them with the ones he picked up, wiped off the soil on it with a silk handkerchief with a swift movement, and gave it to the tall young man with a smile and his hands: "County Lieutenant Helian, I'm really sorry, we will be careful in the future!" ”

This Helian county lieutenant was about twenty-one or twelve years old, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a long and handsome body.

He glanced at Yu Yu, then looked at the tea standing on the side, with a touch of deep thought in his eyes, and said, "It's nothing!" ”

Yu Yu breathed a sigh of relief - she was afraid that she would meet a difficult person and entangle endlessly - she hurriedly pulled the tea and bent her knees and bent her knees, and left.

The county lieutenant Helian narrowed his eyes slightly, and watched Yu Yu and them go away.

When Wang Qingyu saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel a little worried in her heart, worried about the two girls, Yuyu and Qingcha.

It's just that the county lieutenant Helian hasn't been in Zhaoxian for a long time, and he hasn't figured out the details and temperament of the county lieutenant Helian, so he smiled and said, "Lord Helian, please!" ”

Helian Yun bowed slightly, and followed Wang Qingyu in the direction of the inner house.

The new magistrate of the county fell ill, but these files were all stamped and approved by the county magistrate.

Ah Qing and Ah Lan were guarding Lin Jia in the room, when they suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside, Ah Qing hurriedly went out to look, it turned out to be Ah Chi who was guarding the door, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Ah Chi turned his head and glanced at the gate, and then said in a low voice: "Wang Qingyu brought the county lieutenant of Helian here, saying that there is a backlog of dossiers, and we need our son's approval and seal." ”

Ah Qing frowned and said, "Childe has taken the medicine now and is sleeping groggyly...... In this case, you go and bring those files over, and say that our son will send them to Lord Helian after they have approved them!" ”

Achi nodded and turned to go.

Helian Shan and Wang Qingyu were waiting outside the inner house.

He looked up at the open door of the inner house.

Inside the gate is a large white powder shadow wall, and there are a few thin bamboos planted in the flower bed in front of the shadow wall, and the situation in the courtyard is naturally nothing to see.

Helian Shan lowered his head and pondered: Lin Jia just took office, and he just handed over to his predecessor magistrate yesterday, and he didn't show up today, what is the inside story?

Ah Chi soon came.

He smiled and bowed to Helian Shan: "Lord Helian, Lord Zhixian is unwell and is recuperating in the inner room. The lord told the slave to bring in the file, and said that after the approval, he would order the slave to send it to Lord Helian! ”

Helian Shan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Ah Chi.

Ah Chi instantly felt a powerful aura, his legs trembled slightly, but his face was not obvious, and he still looked at Helian Shan with a smile, and he was not stage frightened.

The corners of Helian Shan's mouth were slightly raised, and he handed the stack of files to Ah Chi, arched his hand, and left with Wang Qingyu.

Ah Chi held the stack of dossiers and watched Helian Shan go east, so he reached out and wiped a handful on his forehead, wiped off the fine sweat that had just broken out instantly, and turned around and entered the gate of the inner house.

Lin Jia has woken up.

After listening to Ah Chi talk about the cause and effect, he said in a dumb voice: "Put it there first!" ”

Judging by his father's tone, it should be the arrangement of the emperor's uncle to arrange him to be the magistrate of this county.

Uncle Huang must have his intentions in arranging it like this.

But in any case, as a magistrate, you must first govern the county well, and as for whether you can get a first-class evaluation, we will talk about it separately.

Yu Yu and Qing Cha walked out of the east gate of the county government and walked towards the street.

The wind blew all night yesterday, and it was cold and biting and dripping into ice; Today, the wind has stopped, and the weather is also clear, although the sun in the sky always seems to be separated by a layer of ice, not warm enough, but it is enough to make Yu Yu feel relaxed.

Qingcha followed Yu Yu and asked in a low voice, "Yu Yu, where is the place where you sell vegetables?" ”

Yu Yu stretched out his finger and compared it on his lips, and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, 'there is a small capital under the nose', as long as we are willing to ask, we can naturally ask!" ”

Qingcha's eyes were full of admiration and looked at Yu Yu.

Yu Yu seems to be not afraid of anything, she is always confident when she encounters things, and she is willing to stand up and take responsibility, such a Yu Yu, just like the little sun, makes her involuntarily want to get closer, want to rely on.

Yu Yu didn't notice Qingcha's gaze, she raised her eyes and looked around, and saw two people walking in front of her, the one in front of her was a strong man, carrying a piece of meat threaded with hemp rope in his hand; Behind is a mother-in-law in her sixties with kind eyebrows and clear eyes, carrying a small vegetable basket in the crook of her arm.

She made a judgment in her heart, smiled slightly, greeted the elderly mother-in-law, blessed, and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, where do you go to buy vegetables and meat nearby?" ”

When the mother-in-law saw that it was a beautiful little girl, she smiled and said: "Little girl, you go a mile ahead, there is a Yuchuan bookstore, next door to the Yuchuan bookstore, there is no signboard vegetable and meat shop, people who live near here go there to buy vegetable meat, catties or something, no tricks!" ”

When Yu Yu heard "Yuchuan Bookstore", his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly bowed on his knees, thanked his mother-in-law with a smile, and walked forward with Qingcha.

She has some savings in her hand now, and she has long wanted to buy a book or two, so she will go to the bookstore later!

The literary style of the Great Zhou Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and the printing of books was already very developed, regardless of the big city or the small county town, there were basically bookstores, specializing in selling poetry collections, anthologies, books and novels, and even selling rare flower albums, medical books, arithmetic and other books.

After walking about a mile, Yu Yu really found the Yuchuan bookstore in front of him, and the deserted Yuchuan bookstore next door, people came and went, and most of the people who came out were holding baskets for buying vegetables, which was obviously a vegetable and butcher shop!

Yu Yu smiled and discussed with Qing Cha: "Qing Cha, let's go to Yuchuan Bookstore to take a look!" ”

Qingcha raised her eyebrows: "Do you want to buy books?" Do you have silver? ”

Yu Yu smiled and took out three pieces of broken silver from her purse, and spread them in her hand for Qingcha to see: "I'm prepared!" ”

She thought that since she was going out, in addition to the money for buying vegetables in the public middle school, she also had to bring some emergency broken silver, but she didn't expect to use it so quickly.

Qingcha knew that Yu Yu loved to read, so he smiled and followed Yu Yu towards Yu Chuan Bookstore.

They stood at the door and looked inside, and found that the inside of the Yuchuan bookstore was clean and tidy, and the huge bookstore was empty, only the shelves full of books stood quietly.

Yu Yu was overjoyed in her heart, and hurriedly walked in with Qingcha.

There was a small poplar bookcase in the corner, and there was a young scholar sitting behind the bookcase, who was reading, and when he saw Yuyu and Qingcha coming in, he just glanced at it, and continued to read with his head down.

Yu Yu still had something to do, so he didn't dare to delay, so he chose a selection of his favorite words and a famous tragedy book, and took it to the scholar to settle the bill.

The scholar was very young, not more than eighteen years old, and he was quite handsome, he took the book and looked at it, and said, "The word selection is two coins of silver, and the book is one penny of silver, a total of three coins of silver." ”

After that, he raised his eyes to look at Yu Yu, only to realize that the other party was actually such a beautiful girl.

This girl's beauty was like a pearl out of the box, instantly illuminating the dim bookstore, and he quietly lowered his eyes, not daring to look at it again.

Hearing this, Yuyu quietly breathed a sigh of relief - she only brought four coins of silver, for fear that it would not be enough to pay for these two books.

After paying the scholar three coins of silver, Yu Yu took the two books wrapped in moonshine paper, cherished them in his hand, bent his knees slightly to the scholar, and went out of the bookstore with Qingcha.

When she turned around, the scholar raised his eyes and looked over, with a touch of worry in his dark eyes: Such a beautiful girl, don't be seen by Hu Qingchi!