marquis of jingan

Chapter 107

At this year's end, Shen Yi is still very busy.

From the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, he began to buy things and give them away.

First of all, Mr. Qin from the private school he studied at that time, and then Mr. Qin from the academy.

These two are both teachers, so it's fine for the usual holidays, but for the New Year's Day, they still have to give gifts.

In addition to these two gentlemen, there is also Master Lu here. The two have become masters and apprentices in private. Naturally, Master Lu should also give something here, but this master-student relationship is not made public after all, and Master Lu usually does not They don't accept things from academy students, so this gift is a bit difficult to give.

Shen Yi wandered around the city all day, but couldn't find anything suitable. In the end, he had no choice but to find Tian Boping, a local snake in Jiangdu.

Under the leadership of Tian Boping, Shen Yi came to a street specializing in the sale of the Four Treasures of the Study and Wenwan Calligraphy and Painting. Tian Boping obviously hadn't been here before. After asking for directions several times, he found a small shop. He stood at the door of the shop, He smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Young master, this is a century-old store in Jiangdu. It has been handed down for three generations and specializes in making inkstones. You know, a small rough man is not familiar with these pens, inks, papers and inkstones at all. This store still asks. It took several brothers to ask."

"Brother Tian worked hard."

Shen Yi smiled knowingly, took out a piece of loose silver from his sleeve, and handed it to Tian Boping.

Tian Laoba looked at the piece of broken silver, then looked up at Shen Yi, swallowed, and shook his head resolutely.

"Young master, I don't want your money..."

Shen Yi looked at Tian Boping in surprise.

In this world, you are not afraid that you want money, but you are afraid that you don't want money. Not having money often means that it is difficult to deal with.

Tian Boping looked at Shen Yi cautiously, and said in a low voice: "Young master, I heard that the little dolls you helped a few months ago have all started business by the Yudai Lake and made a lot of money. People just want to..."

He seemed a little embarrassed, bowed his head and said: "The villain also wants you to give me advice..."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and did not speak.

Seeing this, Tian Boping quickly said: "I know this request is too much, young master, don't worry, I don't want your things for nothing, you can give me some advice, not only this time, but also what errands you have in the future. The small ones will be done for you as soon as possible, no matter what!"

Shen Yi smiled at Tian Boping, and said, "Brother Tian has been chic for half his life, but now he can calm down and do business?"

To say "chic" is a polite word.

In fact, Tian Boping has been idle and wandering for half his life. With his temperament, it is not easy to calm down and earn hard money.

"not me…"

Tian Boping bowed his head in embarrassment and said: "It's my son. That kid is fifteen or sixteen years old this year. He has no connections. He spends his days idle in the village and sometimes finds people to fight. I just want to find a livelihood for him..."

Shen Yi was even more surprised.

He looked at Tian Boping and frowned slightly: "I remember when I first met Brother Tian, ​​Brother Tian said that he was never married..."

Tian Boping is in his forties and has never been married. The reason why he did not get married is not because he is not close to women, but because he is idle all day long, hungry and full, and no woman wants to follow him.

"If you are not married, you are not married..."

Tian Laoba blushed a little, bowed his head and said, "There is a widow in the village..."

Hearing this, Shen Yi was stunned.

It turned out that he hooked up with his wife.

He looked at Tian Boping and coughed: "Brother Tian is so outrageous, even a widow can give birth to a son for you, why haven't you married him yet? How can she behave like this?"

"Ugh."

Tian Boping heaved a long sigh: "It's been a long time since I couldn't be a human being. The mother and son moved away more than ten years ago, and they are no longer in the original village. As for getting married..."

Tian Laoba looked down at himself, and laughed at himself: "With my virtue, who wants to follow me? It's better not to drag their mother and son down."

Everyone has everyone's story.

Tian Boping is nearly forty years old this year, so he naturally has his own story, but Shen Yi is not interested in knowing this story, nor does he really want to know it. To make a living, many stall owners have already imitated it by the Yudai Lake. It doesn’t really matter if you teach it to Brother Tian, ​​but you should explain to Brother Tian in advance that there are more people doing this business now, and the money you earn becomes hard money. Only by being able to bear hardships can we continue to work.”

As he said that, Shen Yi glanced at Tian Boping, and said with a smile: "If your son has the temperament of Brother Tian, ​​he probably won't be able to do it for long, but it doesn't matter if he does it first."

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "When I come back from Jiankang, you can bring him over to show me. If it's suitable, I'll find him a job."

Tian Boping is very useful to Shen Yi, at least in Jiangdu City, with such a person around, whatever Shen Yi wants to do will be much smoother.

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Tian Boping showed joy, and thanked Shen Yi again and again.

Shen Yi helped him up, and after sending him away, he walked into this small shop called "Moyanzhai". After entering, he was greeted by a young man in his twenties. The young man was quite enthusiastic and asked Shen Yi I recommended several inkstones and ink sticks.

Shen Yi glanced at the young man and asked with a smile, "How much is the most expensive inkstone in your shop? I want to take a look."

The young man's eyes lit up, and he ran to the backstage in a hurry, and took out a wooden box. After opening the wooden box, a simple inkstone inside was revealed.

Next to the inkstone, there is another ink stick that has been used a little.

The young man was full of enthusiasm, and introduced: "Young master, please take a look, this is the inkstone of Liu Xueshi in the previous dynasty. The ink used by Liu Xueshi is the treasure of our Wenfang Street in Jiangdu!"

There was an ominous premonition in Shen Yi's heart, he raised his head and blinked, and asked, "How much?"

"Four thousand eight hundred taels."

……

He underestimated the spending power of the scholar class too much.

Antiques can only be used as pretense, not practical.

Shen Yi thought so in his heart.

He looked at the shopkeeper without flushing and panting, and said: "My teacher doesn't like Bachelor Liu, so I don't want this Fang Yan."

The shopkeeper still had a smile on his face, and he recommended several inkstones to Shen Yi. In the end, Shen spent a whole 30 taels of silver to buy an antique inkstone and matching ink sticks in this store.

Before leaving, Shen Yi glanced back at the store, then at the study street, and secretly complained in his heart.

"Damn it, this is the number one consumption power of this era..."

"When I get rich in the future, I will also open a "stationery" store. I can make a lot of money by hyping up a few treasures!"

As a gift, don't worry about money.

It was approaching the end of the new year, Shen Yi put the wrapped inkstone in the bookcase behind him, hired a donkey cart, and returned to Ganquan Academy from the city.

After entering the academy, he went back to the dormitory first. At this time, Shen Heng had already returned to Jiangdu's home to prepare for the New Year, and the dormitory was empty.

Shen Yi first put down the bookcase, then hid the paper bag wrapped in the inkstone in his arms, came to the door of Master Lu's study, knocked on the door and walked in.

In Master Lu's study, the stove has already been lit.

There is no way, the weather is really a bit cold, Master Lu can't bear it anymore at his age.

After seeing Shen Yi, Master Lu looked up at Shen Yi, a little surprised: "The academy is already on vacation, why is Qilang back?"

Shen Yi pulled out the inkstone from his arms, put it in front of Lu Anshi with a smile, and said, "Chinese New Year is coming soon, the students are here to show their filial piety."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi looked at the stove in Master Lu's study, and asked again: "Teacher, do you have enough carbon here? If not, the students will go out and find some carbon sellers, and ask them to send some to you." .”

Master Lu looked Shen Yi up and down, then at the paper bag in front of him, and then smiled dumbly.

"You boy..."

"Before you become an official, you will learn how to be an official."

(End of this chapter)