The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 148 Chapter 130
Duan Wuji and Tieniu, the five of them, started to practice martial arts in the yard after they had dinner, so it's really like I'm back on stage after you practiced!The five people took turns to practice, from boxing kung fu to stick and sword skills over and over again, and after the practice, they each practiced archery.

The five people learned from each other and helped each other a lot. Duan Wuji saw that Duan Changqing, Duan Changhong, and Duan Changhao's kung fu progressed very fast. Although it was only two short months, the three people's kung fu has already achieved made great progress.

Duan Wuji happily said to the three of them: "Three brothers, your kung fu has improved so fast! This is really beyond my expectation.

Work hard, there will be more than a month before we sell horses next year, I hope you will make further progress during this time.

When we sell horses next year, I hope you can become the backbone of our horse trading group! "

Duan Changqing laughed and said: "Brother, don't worry, we will work hard. We dare not say whether we will become the backbone, but we will never become a burden for you to sell horses."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, that's fine."

Everyone was tired from practicing martial arts, and immediately went back to the house to practice.

Several people lived in Duan Wuji's house for seven or eight days, and the New Year's Eve was coming soon, and people still practiced martial arts every day without stopping.

This morning people just came back from jogging, everyone had just had breakfast, before they had time to practice martial arts, suddenly there was the sound of a carriage outside the door.

After hearing this, Duan Wuji said to his brothers: "Brothers, you see it's almost Chinese New Year, let's go, let's see who is coming outside, let's go out and greet them."

Duan Wuji led his brothers out of the house, and saw two carriages with sheds had already entered the yard, and then, two people jumped out of the carriages one after another, Duan Wuji recognized them both.

The one who jumped out of the first carriage was the owner of the tea shop, and the one who jumped out of the second was the owner of the cloth shop. The two jumped out of the carriage. When they saw Duan Wuji leading the people to pick them up, they couldn't help being overjoyed and said: : "Boss Duan, your home is so hard to find! It took us a long time to find it."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Bosses, it's almost Chinese New Year, and you are so busy, why do you have time to come to my house?

Two bosses, hurry up and invite them to the house. "

The owner of the tea shop laughed and said, "Boss Duan, what you said? No matter how busy we are, we shouldn't forget our big customers!

It is also our habit to visit big customers at the end of the year, which is called praying for the meal in the coming year. "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Bosses, do you still have this habit? Bosses, let's not talk about anything else, hurry up and invite them in."

The two followed the crowd into the room, Liu Caihua and Wang Jinhua had just cleared the table.

Duan Wuji let the two people to the table, Tieniu hurriedly poured tea for people, and the three of them talked about business while drinking tea.

The old tea shop looked at Duan Wuji with a smile and said, "Boss Duan, when will you order tea after the New Year? I can prepare the supply for you in advance?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Next year? I think it will be after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Boss, you should prepare some tea for us. I'm afraid it won't work if there is less."

The owner of the tea shop was overjoyed.

"Boss Duan, tell me, how much money do you want this time? I will prepare the supply for you in advance."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "You can prepare the goods for us according to the 1 taels of silver first, and we will pick them up after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Boss, how about it, do we have enough tea leaves?
Are you satisfied now? "

The owner of the tea shop laughed and said: "Satisfied, satisfied, I am very satisfied. However, the principal of the small shop is too small, so I am afraid that I will not be able to prepare for so much money bro.

Brother, can you help me?Lend me some silver taels in advance?Brother, I will never forget the benefits of the boss. "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Boss, you call it borrowing chickens to lay eggs. Why, brother, why did you start playing karate?"

The owner of the tea shop smiled wryly after hearing this: "Brother, I really feel ashamed of what you said about my brother, and I don't want to open my mouth like that, but I really have nothing to do!

I have no choice but to have the cheek to tell you this.Brother, are you willing to help me with this favor? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I'm sure I'll help if I'm busy, just tell me, just ask how much money you need."

The owner of the tea shop was overjoyed when he heard this, looked at Duan Wuji, blinked his eyes and said, "Boss Duan, can you lend me 3000 taels of silver?"

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"No problem, you can take the silver away later."

The owner of the tea shop hurriedly saluted after hearing this.

"Brother, you are too benevolent, brother, I thank you first."

Seeing that the owner of the tea shop had finished their business negotiation, the owner of the cloth shop put down his tea bowl and said quickly, "Boss Duan, recently our cloth shop has bought some new flower cloths of different colors. Take a look."

"Okay, hurry up and take it, take it over and let me pick and choose."

The owner of the cloth shop immediately ran out after hearing this, and within a short time, the owner of the cloth shop brought in about twenty pieces of cloth, and the owner of the cloth shop put the cloth on the table of the Eight Immortals.

Duan Wuji discussed with his brothers about picking the cloth, and finally picked out ten varieties of cloth and put them aside.

"Boss, we want these ten varieties of cloth, boss, do you remember?"

The owner of the cloth shop laughed and said, "Why can't I remember this! If I can't even remember this, how can I be the owner of this cloth shop!"

The owner of the cloth shop rushed out, brought in five jars of wine from the carriage, and brought in two boxes of snacks.

The owner of the cloth shop said with a smile: "Little brother, I wish you a happy new year. Although my flowers and objects are frivolous, my heart is sincere.

Hey, brother, how much silver cloth do you plan to order?Tell me, I know what's on my mind. "

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "You can prepare for us according to the goods of 3 to [-] taels of silver.

Boss, are you satisfied now? "

The owner of the cloth shop laughed.

"Satisfied, satisfied, I am very satisfied. My brother, I wish you a fortune in the coming year!"

The owner of the tea shop ran to his carriage as soon as he saw it, and moved six boxes of tea leaves, five jars of wine, and two large boxes of snacks into the house. Then, the owner of the tea shop moved A large basket of dark, bird-like things came in and was placed on the ground.

When Duan Wuji saw it, he asked the owner of the tea shop in surprise, "Boss, what is this thing? I've never seen this thing before."

The owner of the leaf tea shop laughed and said: "This is called water chestnut, and it is a kind of aquatic product in our Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. This thing is very common in our area, but it is relatively rare in your Shanxi area, so I brought a basket Let you have a fresh taste."

"Then how do you eat this thing?"

"How to eat? Eat it by boiling it with water! When cooking, you can put salt, pepper, aniseed ingredients, etc. in the water and cook it, or you can boil it with clean water.

Hey, let me tell you, the black skin on the outside must be peeled off after cooking, and only the white meat inside will be eaten.But don't make any jokes, it's not good. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "If you don't tell me, you will definitely make a joke."

Duan Wuji went into the back room and said to his father: "Father, please take out 3000 taels of silver. I ordered some tea. The owner of the tea shop has insufficient funds. I will pay him 3000 taels of silver first."

After hearing this, Duan Yanqing hurried into the secret room, counted out 3000 taels of silver and took it out.

Duan Wuji took out the silver from the back room.

"Boss, please order, this is 3000 taels of silver."

The owner of the tea shop counted the silver coins, and saw that each ingot of silver was a certain amount of ten taels of silver.

The owner of the tea shop said with a smile, "brother, I didn't expect your family to be so rich! It's amazing that you took out 3000 taels of silver without even blinking an eye!"

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Brother, what are you talking about? You said you are in trouble, can I not help you?"

As soon as Duan Wuji waved his hand, several little brothers immediately helped the owner of the tea shop move money out.

Duan Wuji picked up the cloth and walked out.

The owner of the cloth shop stopped him.

"Brother, what are you doing? We don't want these cloths, so you can save them for the New Year and make some new clothes."

Duan Wuji was taken aback.

"This, how is this good?"

The owner of the cloth shop laughed and said: "My brother, you are welcome. You are a big customer of our cloth shop. To tell you the truth, the cloth you bought accounted for more than half of my shop's annual sales. It will be the end of the year." , shouldn’t I give you a few bolts of cloth? Okay, okay, brother, you rest, we’re going back to the city.”

Duan Wuji cupped his hands.

"Brother, since you said so, I will accept it. Thank you very much."

"Brother, why are you being polite to me? Which one of us is with whom?"

Duan Wuji sent them to the yard, the two got into the carriage, the owner of the carriage shook his whip, and the two carriages left the yard and ran down towards Taiyuan City.

(End of this chapter)