Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 32 Thinking Simple
Shun'er opened the door and saw a well-dressed butler in his 4s and 50s, with several servants, pulling a carriage and standing outside the door.

"But the first stone case that won two dollars in a row?"

Shun'er nodded, and invited the visitor into the courtyard.

Shi Zhongkui soon saw the housekeeper of Feng Ziying's family in the study, and there were two boxes of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, food, silk and satin in return.

Shun'er saw Shi Zhongkui sitting at the desk as if nothing had happened, grinding himself, picked up a pen and began to practice calligraphy, and couldn't help but admire Shi Zhongkui very much in his heart.

After finally waiting for him to finish writing a piece of writing, he took the opportunity to say, "Master, I roughly estimated that the return gift from the Feng family is worth about 100 taels."

Shi Zhongkui had no expression on his face, but secretly smiled in his heart.

Forty catties of preserved fruit is only 6 or 7 taels of silver, but it seems that it is not a gentleman to calculate people like this.

But within a few seconds, I felt that it is better for a real gentleman to let other people do it better.

"You take out half of the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and have someone send it to the teacher. The silk and satin can be checked for quality. If it is not bad, then send it to the mansion of the Duke of Shanguo to give to the teacher's wife.

As for the food, you also take half of it and keep it at home, and you share the rest with the other three servants, and you can eat it yourself or take it home. "

Shun'er was overjoyed, "Thank you, Young Master."

Although the food sent by the Feng family was not too much, it was fine enough that these servants seldom eat it once a year.

Some even didn't eat it at all.

Shi Zhongkui had no shortage of food, and it didn't cost him much money to buy people's hearts.

Shun'er rolled his eyes, although this guy is only 17 years old, he probably followed Uncle Fu since he was a child, and his ability is still good.

However, he wouldn't decide to let Shun Er be his housekeeper after only getting along for a day or two.

Moreover, agreeing to Shun'er to be a housekeeper before passing the exam, from a psychological point of view, is far less likely to make Shun'er return to her heart and be grateful than agreeing when her status is higher.

"Go on, there should be someone coming later."

Jia Lian is hard to say, because Jia She is basically a person with no vision.

And even if Jia Lian wanted to return the gift, firstly, he had no personal money, and secondly, because of his personality that he had to fish out the money in the frying pan.

Even if he has money, he will definitely think of paying money and things from the Jia family's public account as gifts in return.

As for Xue Pan, with this guy's straightforward and brainless character, even if he thought of returning the gift, it would only be tomorrow.

But if the gift is returned today, it must be decided by the astute Xue Baochai, and it must have a purpose.

Sure enough, not long after, the sky was getting dark.

Not only the sound of a carriage came from outside the door, Xue Pan actually came to the door with a gift himself.

This made Shi Zhongkui's eyes brighten.

Xue Pan came to the door by himself, no need to guess, 100% Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai asked him to come.

Otherwise, Xue Pan, who has just been hungover all night, will at most ask the housekeeper and servants to bring more gifts.

Seeing off Xue Pan who was somewhat enthusiastic, Shi Zhongkui stood outside the door with his mouth slightly upturned.

At this time, he probably understood that the Xue family wanted to invest in him, but it was a pity that he came too late, and he didn't need the Xue family to send charcoal.

Now we are waiting for Jia Amnesty, but Shi Zhongkui is not worried that Jia Amnesty will use power to force himself.

Jia Amnesty didn't dare to do that just to save the government's face.

Sure enough, after Jia She heard Jia Lian's report, he admired the elk spring fan with great joy, and sighed heavily, but he never thought of snatching it.

Looking at the words "Moose Greeting the Spring Picture" written on it, Jia She kept muttering "Welcome the Spring, welcome the Spring" in a low voice.

Thinking about the four Xiangfei fans again, because Shi Zhongkui's deceased mother had told him that they had to be handed over to his daughter-in-law, he couldn't help thinking of using the Spring Festival in exchange.

But I was worried that this was just a coincidence, and even more worried that if I really did this, I would be ridiculed by the nobles.

After all, Shi Zhongkui's teacher is actually the son-in-law of Shan Guogong's mansion.

If Yingchun really sent the fan home, Shi Zhongkui would come to the door to ask for it, but if Shi Zhongkui couldn't get it back, he would make a fuss at home, and even give Yingchun a break, then his ancestors would lose all face.

For a while, because of too much thinking, the stagnation in his chest could not be expressed, his eyes were in a trance and blackened, and he almost couldn't breathe.

If it weren't for Jia Lian's sharp eyesight and quick hands, he quickly stepped forward to help him, and if Jia Amnesty fell again, the problem would be serious.

Sitting on the recliner for a while, Jia Amnesty finally came to his senses, and while waiting for the imperial doctor to come, he said to Jia Lian, "Lian'er, do you think it's okay to betroth the second girl to Shi Boqian?"

Jia Lian was taken aback, and suddenly understood the meaning of "Moose Deer Welcomes the Spring", thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is really a good match.

Moreover, Yingchun is his biological sister, so he will become Shi Boqian's eldest brother-in-law in the future, so there will definitely be many benefits.

Thinking of the so-called spice market, Jia Lian's heart became hot.

But he didn't dare to answer directly, so as not to ask questions, Jia She put all the responsibility on himself.

"That's good, my son is just worried that if Boqian runs out of luck in his future career, and the second sister marries a scholar, it will inevitably make him lose face."

"Hey", Jia Amnesty is also worried about this, and once the matter is settled, if he repents of the marriage, he will not only slap himself in the face, but will also slap Shan Guogong in the face, and offend Yu Honggao and his senior brothers.

Seeing that Jia She's face was cloudy and uncertain, Jia Lian couldn't help worrying that if his father got angry, he would turn the anger on himself.

Cautiously suggested, "Why don't you use the excuse of returning the gift to test, test Shi Boqian?"

As soon as these words came out, Jia Amnesty's eyes lit up immediately.
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After dinner, Shi Zhongkui continued to practice calligraphy in the study, and Shun'er came to report after a while, "Master, among the gifts from Xue's family are ten jars of rice wine, ten jars of wine, two venison, and two mutton.

There are also some lake brushes, Hui ink, Xuan paper, Duan inkstone. "

Hearing this, Shi Zhongkui raised his head in surprise, "Are you reading that right?"

Shun Er hurriedly shook his head and said, "The younger one also accompanied Young Master Fu to study for several years, although he is not talented in reading, he has some talent in business management.

Since I was 14 years old, I have been taking care of the family's foreign affairs with my father. I have bought a lot of paper, ink, pens and inkstones, and I can't make a mistake. "

Shi Zhongkui nodded, thinking that Xue's family is an imperial merchant living in the south of the Yangtze River, and things that are rare in others' eyes are not so difficult in their eyes.

Hubi in Zhejiang, Hui ink in Huangshan, Xuan paper in Anhui, and Duan inkstone in Zhaoqing in Guangdong are not necessarily the best, but they are certainly not inferior to those in other places.

Moreover, with the productivity of ancient times, ordinary families and officials simply cannot afford to use it, nor can they buy it.

Even without listening to Shun'er's valuation, Shi Zhongkui knew that he would be turned into an army by the Xue family.

The things they gave away were only a few taels of silver, but they received thousands of taels in return, not to mention that these paper, ink, brushes and inkstones are priceless items for a scholar.

He secretly sighed that Xue Baochai is indeed a sensible person who can help the family with business at the age of ten.

After thinking about it, he told Shun'er to say, "Go and find out when Xue Pan was born."

At this moment, Shi Zhongkui probably understood that the Xue family wanted to have a hand in that non-existent source of goods.

Putting away the writing brush, sitting on the wooden chair and secretly smiling, Xue Baochai is smart, but that's why she thinks things are simple.

(End of this chapter)