Chapter Twenty-Three: Waiting
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The strange atmosphere in the pharmacy Liu Meibao didn't know.
"Where did this come from!" Qingya shook her hands and walked forward, and said angrily.
"Could it be that he knows me?" Liu Meibao guessed.
"Girl." Qingya immediately stomped her feet and said, "The girl never went out before, but when she went out, she was followed by a large group of people, how could she know a strange man!" ”
Liu Meibao smiled and smiled, no longer thinking about it, and walked slowly with her hands down.
Qingya is still indignant, what kind of dirt buns are poor and sour.
"People just looked at me twice, and they were unintentional, don't scold like this, it's rude." Liu Meibao couldn't stand it anymore, frowned and said, laughing at herself again, "Besides, I'm not a big girl, I can't be looked at a few times, let's walk the streets and alleys now, and no one is allowed to see it?" ”
Speaking of this, Qingya remembered the reality now, looking at all kinds of people coming and going around her, they are now casually mixed on the streets, carrying baskets and cloths, accompanied by no cars, no horses and no servants, but they were not traveling in the county magistrate back then.
"But there's no one as rude as he is—" she muttered, but stopped scolding.
When they got home, this incident didn't bother them much, Liu Meibao didn't take it to heart at all, Qingya was indignant for a night, and the next day she left it behind.
Putting the rest of the money into a porcelain jar, Liu Meibao patted the small porcelain jar with satisfaction.
"Girl, how much money do you have?" Qingya asked hurriedly.
"Five hundred wen.." Liu Meibao said with a smile.
"Ah, that's almost enough for next year's rent." Qingya was very happy.
Since there are one or two pieces of silver from the tall fat man to solve the problem, their life seems to have become more prosperous all of a sudden, although it is still a black cake in the wild vegetable soup, but there will be a few more grains of rice in the soup, and the white flour in the black cake is also mixed a little more, and occasionally there is lard to choke a pot, so in less than two months, they have saved 500 yuan, which is really a great improvement, of course, only compared with the first half of the year.
Song Sanniang became more and more silent, she didn't ask about their affairs, she just explained how to buy cloth, she didn't ask about the money she earned, and she never asked for the money left over from daily food, every day was weaving, and the family's food and drink and other things seemed to be handed over to Liu Meibao.
Song Sanniang was still angry about Qingya's matter, or angry that she had refuted her decision, so she expressed her protest by letting go in silence, Liu Meibao knew very well in her heart.
Living with her stepmother since she was a child makes Shen Liumei more sensitive than children of the same age, and at the same time she is more silent.
She didn't go out of her way to talk to Song Sanniang, but just took over silently, so that the days seemed to be peaceful.
"I still have to save more..."Liu Meibao carefully put the porcelain jar in the hole under the bed, stood up and said.
Of course, the more money, the better, Qingya nodded.
"When we have money, let's have another steamed bun," she said with a bit of longing.
Liu Meibao laughed: "Okay, let you eat steamed buns every day until you get tired of eating." ”
"What does the girl want to eat?" Qingya grinned as she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to cook.
"Me. There are more things I want to eat..."Liu Meibao said with a smile, looking at the burning clouds in the sky, but there are some things that I can't eat no matter how rich I am, "However, I want to do something more than eat..."
"Doing things?" Qingya scooped out half a spoonful of white noodles from the cloth bag, thought about it and poured it back halfway, while asking, "What are you doing?" ”
"For example, open a pharmacy like Song Langzhong.." Liu Meibao said with her chin in her hand.
"Girl, you don't know how to see a doctor..."Qingya said with a smile.
"I can recruit a doctor to see a doctor, and I will be responsible for grabbing the medicine and decocting the medicine...."Liu Meibao said with a smile.
"Girl, why do I sound like a mom-and-pop shop..."Qingya laughed dumbly, and then noticed the gaffe, and suddenly her face turned red and she reached out to cover her mouth to eat and laugh, the white face and black scum were printed on her cheeks and looked quite funny, Liu Meibao also laughed when she saw her like this.
The sound of weaving in Song Sanniang's room stopped for a moment, and then it sounded again.
At this time, the season has entered the early autumn, it has been almost two years since the last Tartar infestation, although Xie County is not more lively than before, but the vitality has recovered most of it, every 258 days is the market, the groceries from all over the world gather here, and the circus troupe jugglers set up the stage to sing, the whole county is very lively.
Today is the second day of the new year, the county town is lively again, but a tea house with an excellent location on the street of Baoquanfang is a little deserted, it stands to reason that the business will be more prosperous than in the past, but at this time there are only three guests, these three guests are nothing special, they are obviously countrymen, but let the shopkeeper who sells tea tremble and stand aside.
This scene is very eye-catching, but when everyone recognizes who the person sitting there is, they all stand three feet away in an instant, and they can hide and walk away, and they really can't get around it, and they also sneak quickly against the corner of the wall.
Of course, not everyone recognized them, and when the sun rose and the crowds were dense, the street became normal, but because of the occasional small exclamation from the passing crowd, it inevitably caused a small commotion, which made the street much less crowded than at other times.
There were hardly any other guests in the tea house, and occasionally someone sat over, and soon realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly took a sip of tea and checked out and left.
The tea has been renewed countless times, they still have no intention of leaving, looking at the situation may sit all day, the man who sells tea has wailed more than once in his heart, why do you want to sit here and eat tea, there are many better tea houses in the city.
At this time, two of the three people sitting there eating tea were also muttering in their hearts, and one of their fingers was already tapping on the table with some impatience.
"What is Jiro doing?" Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer, and lowered his head and muttered to another man beside him, "I came from home early in the morning just to sit here and eat this Rausch tea... What kind of good tea can't you buy, go home and eat, what's the good ..... to sit here?"
The other man, who was also obviously restless, but seemed more steady, glared at him when he heard the words.
"Erlang still uses you to do things!" He scolded in a low voice, "If you don't come, you have to come along..."
"Brother, Feng Mazi in Pinglu County has been restless recently, I'm not worried about Erlang alone...."The previous man muttered a little aggrieved.
"You're not at ease? Who doesn't worry about whom? The man glared at him, "Thank God you don't want Erlang to worry about it....Erlang has his own reason for doing things, what are you thinking about, adding to the chaos..."
As he spoke, he looked at the young man sitting across from him.
The young man was wearing a half-worn shirt, sitting steadily, his eyes kept looking at the street, and from time to time he slowly picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, looking peaceful, as if he was really just here to eat tea casually.
The flow of people on the street slowed down, and suddenly the young man's eyes lit up and he stood up suddenly.