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Chapter 104 Giving and Rewarding

The man was obviously frightened by the price, hesitantly standing in front of the booth.

Li Qiu didn't urge him either. This kind of thing is about what you want and what you want, and it's not about buying and selling by force. If the other party feels that the price is not suitable, they can go to other people.

It is estimated that the man also inquired about the price before he came. He turned his head and looked at other stalls, then gritted his teeth, took out a sling of money from his arms, and held it in his hand. He reluctantly put the hanging money on the booth, looked at Li Qiu and said, "Sir, I have 86 copper coins here, please help me estimate how much it will cost to send a letter, and I will buy one from you for the rest." Paper and an envelope, and the rest, you can help me write to my brother, as many words as you can write, I only have some money now."

Yunjing looked a little sad, and the other party was not a rich person at first glance. 86 copper coins can buy 86 catties of coarse grains. A family of three can save enough to live for a month, but with so much money, I don’t know how to be frugal. How long did it take, just to send a letter, and the content can't be too much, I can't pay for too much!
In his previous life, Yunjing forgot where he had heard a saying. It said that in ancient times, once many people parted, it was actually no different from parting forever.

Now it seems that this sentence is not an exaggeration. In the case of inconvenient communication and not rich, once you part with someone, you may really have no news from then on.

Li Qiu looked at the hanging money on the table, thought for a while and said: "I know Linshui County, in Wuzhou, if you send a letter from us, 66 copper coins are enough, and there are 52 copper coins left. For paper and envelopes, I need to charge thirteen copper coins, and I am left with [-] copper coins, and I have to remove the address recipient, so there is not much I can write to you, are you sure you want me to help you write the letter?"

Hearing this, the other party gritted his teeth and nodded, "My mother misses my brother very much, please trouble me to write it for me."

"Okay, but I want to ask, are you sure you only need me to help you write clearly, your mother is old, I am afraid that time is running out, and I want to meet your brother who has been away from home for many years, besides that, you need me to help you write Anything else?" Li Qiu looked at him seriously and asked.

The other party thought for a while and said: "If the money is enough, please tell him, sir, that his eldest nephew, my eldest son, fell off a cliff three years ago and disappeared, and his grandfather also passed away last year. And..., uh, no more, that's all."

He probably still had a lot to say to his brothers far away, but he thought he didn't have enough money, so he quickly shut up.

After listening, Li Qiu pondered for a moment to express his understanding, and then asked his brother's address in detail, then picked up a pen and paper and began to write, and soon a beautiful handwriting appeared on the paper.

Seeing his master helping him write letters, Yun Jing really admired his master's beautiful handwriting, and wondered when he would be able to practice such a handwriting.

It's a pity that Yun Jing didn't know many words, and he could only read a few words after reading what Li Qiu wrote.

Although Yun Jing didn't know exactly what Master wrote, but he was silently counting the words on the paper. He was a little surprised, because the words on the letter already exceeded the money paid by the other party!
Seeing this, Yunjing understood. Although the master didn't say anything and didn't intend to reduce the price at all, he didn't charge the price rigidly, but quietly gave the other party a big discount with practical actions.

After finishing writing, Li Qiu dried the ink, pressed the paper with a paperweight, and then began to take out the envelope and write the recipient's address and other information.

The man looked at the letter in front of him, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked cautiously: "Sir, I can't read, can you tell me what is written on it?"

Li Qiu continued to write, and said calmly: "It's okay, just listen carefully, what is written on it is'Die Qi, I have been away for a long time, and I miss you very much. , fell off the cliff, it has been three years, my grandfather passed away for more than a year, don’t be sad, there are many things, there are few short words on paper, if you return, look forward to returning, let’s talk again'”

These are all the content written in Li Qiu's letter. The number of words is not many, try to be as concise as possible, but it is far more than the money paid by the other party. After all, besides the content, you also need to write the address, and you have to collect money by word.

The man obviously didn't know how to count, and didn't realize that he had made money. Although he had almost no education, after listening to it, he probably understood what he wanted to express, so he expressed his gratitude with a smile on his face.

Li Qiu wrote the recipient's address and name on the envelope, folded the letter and put it inside, and took twenty copper coins from the hanging money he gave and handed it to the recipient, saying: "Take the letter and go to the post station." , I paid the postage fee at that time, and someone will paste it and seal it for you to send.”

"Thank you sir, thank you sir..." The other party left with a thousand thanks.

Li Qiu collected the rest of the retouching fee. He didn't have the joy of earning money on his face, and there was a bit of melancholy in his eyes. He didn't say anything, and picked up the book again and started to read slowly.

Yun Jing had almost rested, and then continued to practice calligraphy.

One day passed quickly, and their stall made four transactions in total, earning about two hundred copper coins. The speed of earning money really made Yunjing speechless.

It should be noted that for the two hundred copper coins, if his family used to manage an acre of land throughout the year to have such an income.

Except for the first person, Li Qiu wrote two more letters for others, and also helped a family choose a name for a newborn baby. Anyway, it was easy to earn money, and for ordinary people Honestly speaking, a lot.

On the way back, Li Qiu said: "Today I earned two hundred and four copper coins, which is not too much. We will come on our rest days in the future. If we can earn this kind of income every time, we will pay for our rations and firewood for the winter." You don’t have to worry about the charcoal fire. The reason why the teacher brought you here to witness this is just to tell you that reading and learning, to a certain extent, earning money to support the family is still very simple, but you must remember, don’t just stare at reading Being able to make money, in the final analysis, knowledge is the foundation, and only with knowledge can we talk about other things, don’t put the cart before the horse.”

"My apprentice will keep in mind Master's teachings, and will study hard and study hard in the future," Yun Jing nodded.

Through today's events, he thought a lot.

It is very easy for scholars to earn money, which is fully demonstrated by the fact that Master earns so much money casually today.

But is this money really that easy to earn?
Does anyone know how much hard work and bitterness he has gone through before he has the ability to make money?
At the beginning of learning, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, book tuition, which one does not cost money?Which one doesn't cost a lot of money?
After practicing handwriting, I got calluses on my hands, memorized memorization, and my eyes were dizzy. After ten years of hard work and day and night, I learned a lot of ink and had the ability to make money. Compared with what I paid, the money I earn now is nothing.

It is said that if you want to be famous in front of others, you have to suffer from others. In a word, you will get rewarded only if you pay...

(End of this chapter)