Chapter 158: Personality is not noble or inferior
In February, everything recovers, the willows are green and the flowers are red, the warblers are singing and dancing, and they are full of vitality.
Although the chill has not yet disappeared, the willow tree has already pulled out its emerald green branches, spit out clusters of tender green shoots, or it will not be long before it will be as green as silk, provoking the green pothos to coil, and a few spring swallows are flying and frolicking among the eaves, as if the cold winter has never come.
The sky is clear, the sky is high and the clouds are clear.
Shao Xi walked alone on the streets of Daliang City, looking at the bright smiles on the faces of passers-by, thinking that this spring day could also warm people's hearts.
In front of the clay figurine stall, several dolls were tiptoeing at the figures, birds and beasts of different shapes on the shelves, reminding him of the way he refused to leave when he was a child with his mother to buy candy paintings.
Now I am a person with wealth, but this wealth seems to come a little late, if I had such an opportunity back then, I can earn so much money, maybe my mother will not leave me, now my mother is gone, what is the use of the wealth in my hands?
But when you think about it, don't you have anyone around you who needs to be taken care of now? Lao Wu has taken care of himself for so many years, and he has endured all the hardships in the grassland, and the simple and kind people on the grassland who raised him, or everyone in Ning'er and Shuangxue Mansion now, aren't they all people who need to take care of themselves? So the wealth in the hands is still useful.
It's a pity that my mother didn't live a good life with her, and now that she has such a big fortune in her hands, she should let the people around her share the benefits of this wealth.
As I walked, I found myself on the way to the Yuyan Bookstore, thinking that I had already arrived around here anyway, so I just went to the bookstore to see how the recent business was!
When I came to the bookstore, I saw people coming and going in front of the door, in and out, in an endless stream, a good scene of guests. Now that the price of paper books has dropped, many scholars who could not afford to buy books before have now become the main consumer group of the bookstore.
Walking into the bookstore, I saw that the main hall was also full of guests, so lively, and the paper cabinets and bookcases on the second floor were also full of people.
Shao Xi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in the original world, almost everything has been electronic, people want to read books or want to write something without mobile phones and computers, like this paper books are almost no one reads.
Now in this world, everything is back to its original state, although writing and reading is not as convenient as using electronic devices, it will make people find their true feeling. The smell of paper and ink is something that people in the modern world can't smell, and the artistic conception conveyed between the pen and ink is also something that people in the modern world can't feel.
Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu are sitting in the bookstore today, although they are nominally sitting in the store, in fact, these two people are sitting at the back of the bookstore like two mascots, all the cleaning, placement, and customer guidance in the store are handymen and workers, and there is a special bookkeeper in the checkout, and the two of them are hiding in the compartment behind the screen to review the homework taught by the academy.
Shao Xi didn't blame them when he saw them, they were different from himself, after all, they were going to participate in the Spring Festival in a month, and now it was difficult for them to come to the store every day, anyway, there were workers doing things, so it would be good for them to be idle and busy with their own affairs.
As soon as the workers in the store saw Shao Xi coming to the bookstore, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and planned to go to the back to call Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu out, but Shao Xi raised his hand to stop them, and it was better not to disturb the two of them soon.
Shao Xi came over this time just by the way, and there was nothing important, so at this time, he was just wandering around the store aimlessly, and when he was bored, he saw the two of them walking into the store, and Shao Xi knew each other at a glance.
Walking in were two women, the temperament in front was elegant, a red dress, and the woman in the green dress who followed behind looked younger, looking smart and lively. The person who came was Mei Ruoyan, and the one who followed behind thought it should be his maidservant, what did the two women do when they came to the bookstore?
Although the Jingyuan Dynasty had a relaxed atmosphere, women could walk around the streets like men on weekdays, go to restaurants to eat, drink tea in teahouses, listen to music in music workshops, and of course they could also enter the academy to study like men, learn literature and read history, but there were really not many people who came to the bookstore by themselves, even if they wanted to buy books, they generally arranged for people to come, and very few women would go to the bookstore to choose books in person.
As soon as Mei Ruoyan walked into the store, she asked the workers in the store about the four treasures of the study and the price of the calligraphy used to practice calligraphy, saying that she wanted to buy it in large quantities, and asked if she could help deliver it?
Seeing this, Shao Xi stepped forward to greet Mei Ruoyan, and when Mei Ruoyan saw that it was Shao Xi, she immediately smiled like a flower, and it was difficult to hide the joy in her heart.
"I didn't expect such a coincidence, I met Shao Gongzi here, since the farewell of the Shangyuan Festival, the little woman was looking forward to the son coming every day in Mingfengfang, but she never saw the child, and she was very disappointed! Childe forgot about the little girl? ”
"The girl has wronged me, and a woman like the girl will never forget it after seeing it once, so how can I be an exception? It's just that there have been too many things recently, and I really can't have time to spare, so it's a sin to let the girl wait, and I apologize to the girl here, and I hope the girl will forgive me. ”
Mei Ruoyan said, "But I don't know what the son has been busy with recently?" was so busy that he even forgot the agreement with the little girl, could it be that the son met another girl? ”
"Ugh! Why did the girl ask this? ”
Or how to say that you can't reason with some women, she says that you don't go to her because you forget her, you tell her that you have been busy lately, and she says that you have been busy with other girls recently, in short, you and her just can't talk happily this day.
There is no other way to deal with this kind of woman who likes to give you small problems, but to explain patiently, in fact, what she wants is not the answer you give, but the attitude that you show when you try to explain it to her.
Isn't it boring? Right! It's just boring! But this kind of boredom is a different kind of fun in her eyes.
"The girl misunderstood, recently I was busy opening this bookstore, because I had to build a paper workshop and a printing room before, and I was really busy with a lot of affairs and couldn't care about anything else, so I forgot the agreement with the girl for a while, please don't mind the girl, it's all the fault of the girl."
Hearing Shao Xi say that this Yuyan bookstore was actually opened by him, Mei Ruoyan looked surprised and asked in disbelief: "This royal hand-picked bookstore was actually opened by Gongzi?" I only thought that Childe's poems were good, but I didn't expect Childe to be proficient in business, and it seemed that the little woman was clumsy. ”
Shao Xi smiled awkwardly and said, "Where are you proficient in what business?" It's just a trick, and it's really not worth mentioning. ”
"Childe, you are really too modest, who dares to trick with the royal family? Thinking that the prince must have a deep relationship with the royal family, you must know that this royal pen title is not available to everyone. ”
Shao Xixin said that it was such a broken thing, and I exchanged it for 20% of the net profit.
"I just saw that the girl ordered a lot of calligraphy books for the four treasures of the study and practicing calligraphy, and ordered so many at one time, could it be that the girl changed her career to open a private school?"
"Childe, you're laughing, little girl, how can I be virtuous? How can we teach, educate, preach, and teach? It's just that these things are indeed intended to be sent to a private school in Dongshi Lane, where Mr. Hao takes in a lot of homeless orphans and teaches them to read and write on weekdays. ”
Shao Xi was also quite surprised when she heard this, it turned out that this girl bought so many pen, ink, paper, inkstones and calligraphy to give to those homeless orphans, but she was indeed a kind-hearted girl.
"The girl is not only as beautiful as a fairy, but also has such a good heart, it is indeed a great blessing to be able to meet her. In this case, it is reasonable to express a little bit of heart in the following, so it is better to do so! All the things that the girl has bought today are counted in my account, and some books are also given, so I will let people sort them out, and I will go to Dongshi Lane with the girl to visit those children, and the girl is willing to go with me? ”
When Mei Ruoyan heard that Shao Xi was willing to give some books to the children in Dongshi Lane, she immediately smiled and looked bright, compared with the previous night of the Shangyuan Festival.
"If the son is willing to give it away, the little woman naturally can't ask for it, but the people living in Dongshi Lane are all poor people, and the son is a rich and noble person, and he is not afraid of losing his identity when he goes there with me?"
Shao Xi didn't care, "What about the poor?" Where am I more honorable than them? They are all people, why should they be divided into high and low? Is it just because they are poor? In my heart, I am no different from the girl and the homeless people in Dongshi Lane, but I am lucky to have more things outside my body than them, and I don't feel noble. ”
"Yes, yes, this son said it so well! Sister Ruoyan, this son is much stronger than those guests in the workshop, not as arrogant and pretentious as them, thinking that he is much more noble than others if he is rich and powerful, this son is humble and polite, and looks like a gentleman. ”
The woman in the green dress was still looking around at first, but after hearing Shao Xi's words, her attention was suddenly attracted back, and she seemed to agree with what Shao Xi said, she should have been bullied by the guests in her mouth on weekdays.
"Fei'er, don't talk nonsense! Although those guests in the workshop are a little arrogant and unkind, they are our food and clothing parents after all, how can they comment arbitrarily? Although you and I are from humble backgrounds, we should be grateful in the world. ”
Shao Xi interjected with a smile: "I think Miss Fei'er is right, why can you despise others with two dollars in your hand?" There is a distinction between high and low wealth and status, but there should be no difference between high and low personality, and people who make money to eat with their ability should not be looked down upon, but those who come to stretch out their hands and open their mouths for food are the most despised. ”
"Look, girl! Even this boy agrees with what I say, and what this son says is reasonable, doesn't the girl think it? ”
Mei Ruoyan's eyes when she looked at Shao Xi at this time gradually changed from her previous appreciation to admiration.