Chapter 35 Raising Money
After saying a lot of good things, I finally opened the door and an old man came out.
"Looking for someone? New to the new arrival? He listened to Liu Meibao's words and said, "What's it called, who is on an errand in front of you?" β
"It's called Qingya, I bought it yesterday, and I bothered the uncle to ask..."Liu Meibao said carefully, while taking out a few copper coins from his sleeve and handing them to the old man.
The old man was a little surprised, seeing that the little girl was not poor and stingy, she actually knew this, took the money, and her expression eased a little.
"Is it your relative?" He asked.
Hearing him say this, it can be seen that he really bought someone, Liu Meibao nodded hurriedly, and couldn't hold back her tears.
Looking at her like this, it is obvious that the girl is in deep love, and this kind of thing is also common.
"In that case," the old man groaned slightly, "you wait by the wall, I'll go and ask you....I bought a girl yesterday, and I cried so much.....
"Thank you, uncle." Liu Meibao hurriedly thanked him.
"Don't stand in the doorway." The old man instructed again, closed the door and went in.
Liu Meibao walked to the corner of the wall as she said, leaning against the wall and waiting quietly.
The young man also stood not far away, and hesitated.
"Jiro.." The big man in the back couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going?" β
The young man seemed to remember that there was someone following him, so he turned around after a little silence and said, "You go to the Yang family's shop first." β
"Go to Yang's shop?" A man asked, "What about you, Erlang?" β
"I'm here. and other individuals. The young man said.
"Waiting for whom? Let's wait together. Several men said in unison.
"No, you don't." The young man said, his face slightly gloomy, "Go ahead." β
A few men wanted to say something, but they were pulled down by the old man and shook his head to stop it.
"Then let's go first, Erlang, be careful." He said, lifting his clothes and taking out a handful of cloth-wrapped things from his back waist, shaped like a knife, but only a little more than a foot long, and handed it to the young man.
The young man was about to say no, and after thinking about it, if he didn't take it, these people would definitely not be at ease, so he nodded and took it, and casually lifted his clothes and inserted them on his waist.
A few men walked away.
"Who are you waiting for, we can't see ....." One of the men muttered quietly, his face full of reluctance, "Now that Zhou Evil Tiger is dead, he is messing up....." While remembering something, he said to the old man, "Why don't I hide aside and wait quietly, in case something happens..."
"Let's go!" The old man glared at him, "Do you dare to listen to Erlang's words!" β
Although this young man is young, he is now the backbone of everyone, and no one dares not to listen to his words, and the man before did not dare to say it again, and the group quickly walked away.
This street is where the rich live, although the flow of people is not dense, but there are a lot, the shops on the side of the street are mostly dried fruits, silk and other gifts, the young man took a few looks, and found a stone to sit down under the big tree in front of a fruit shop, half of the trunk covered his figure, but it did not affect him to look at the girl who was not far away.
"Hey, that poor man." The guy in the fruit shop saw it and immediately wanted to drive people away, but before he finished his words, he saw the man turn around and glance coldly, this man's face was peaceful, even a little delicate, but it made people suddenly feel an oppressive momentum, and the rest of the words couldn't help but swallow back.
I felt that it took a long time before the door of the Wu family opened again, and when I saw that it was the old man coming out, I looked left and right, and Liu Meibao hurriedly stood up.
"Uncleβ" Before she could open her mouth to speak, she saw the young girl squeezing out from behind the old man, throwing herself into her arms and crying loudly.
"Girl, girlβ" she sobbed and cried repeatedly.
Liu Meibao's tears also fell, patting her shoulder.
"I know the girl will come to pick me up." After calming down for a while, Qingya sobbed and spoke.
Liu Meibao saw that her eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously cried for a long time, and her eyes were full of panic.
"If you have anything to say, say it quickly, I told the inside that I will only see it for a while, and I will go in immediately." The old man reminded on the side.
As soon as Qingya heard this, she immediately hid behind Liu Meibao and cried: "I won't go in...."
Liu Meibao patted her hands and asked in a low voice, "How much is it worth?" β
"Two taels of silver.." Qingya sobbed and said.
Two taels of silver... Liu Meibao nodded, stroked her shoulder and whispered, "You go in first, and I'll raise money." β
Qingya cried again, she thought that the girl had brought money, and when she heard her say this, she had already guessed that Song Sanniang had not given Liu Meibao the money at all.
Two taels of silver, where can the girl go to raise it.
"Girl..."Qingya said with trembling lips, "No, forget it..... Qingya is a slave..."
"I know, I'll try." Liu Meibao interrupted her, smiled at her and said with a slight smile, not allowing her to say any more, "You go in quickly..."
Qingya reluctantly walked inside and looked at Liu Meibao.
"Don't cry, listen to people." Liu Meibao waved at her and said.
"Girl, they're going to take me away today..."Qingya hesitated for a moment, but still whispered with tears.
Liu Meibao was stunned.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"I don't know, I didn't ask, I just heard that it was going to be given to a relative of their family...."Qingya's tears fell again, and she grabbed Liu Meibao's arm tightly.
Liu Meibao nodded and patted her hand again.
"Okay, I got it." She said.
The old man here was already impatient to wait, and stood at the door urging repeatedly.
"Go ahead." Liu Meibao said.
Qingya nodded, tightened her mouth, sniffed and followed the old man in.
The door closed, and Liu Meibao stood in place for a moment.
Two taels of silver, two thousand wen... Where did she go to find it in this half day? Unconsciously, he walked aimlessly.
"Miss Liu!" A call woke her up, and when she looked up, she walked to Song Langzhong's pharmacy again, and a guy named Da Kui was waving at her.
"You're here just in time, help me calculate this..."Da Kui said in a sweat.
Liu Meibao entered the door and saw a list in front of her, on which were densely written a number of medicinal herbs.
"I have bought a large number of goods, and I have calculated several times with calculations, and each time is different from the other...."Da Kui said with sweat.
"I'll do it." Liu Meibao smiled and said, took a piece of paper from the table of the doctor sitting in the hall, and asked Da Kui to read the number of unit prices and calculate it by himself.
Song Langzhong came out of the back hall at this time with a person who looked like a merchant.
"Miss Liu is here." Song Langzhong said, while looking at what they were reading and writing on the paper, he couldn't help but be a little curious, and came over to take a look.
After a while, Liu Meibao was fine.
"It's nine thousand five hundred and sixty-three in total." She said, looking at the final count on the paper.
"So fast." Although Da Kui had seen her calculations, he was still very uneasy and looked at Song Langzhong.
Song Langzhong glanced at the piece of paper, only to see that there were many symbols on it that he couldn't understand, and he hesitated for a moment.
"This girl has such a unique algorithm." The merchant spoke, nodding his head, and pulling out a handful of chips from the bag hanging from his waist, "I'll do the math." β