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Chapter 248 Don't Give Up

Nanyang is one of the famous furnace cities.

After entering June, the sun is like flowing fire.If a person is outside, his body will be dry with a layer of sweat; if he is hiding at home, the sweat on his body will be dry and wet again and again without end.

People in this season both want rain and are afraid of rain.

On the morning of the fourth day of June, a light rain came to Nanyang County.

The steaming water vapor is constantly rising in every corner of the city, causing people who are hiding at home to be too wet and stuffy.

Today is the day when Lin Lang made an appointment with the Bao family to pay back the money.

However, the yamen in the county dispatched a large number of yamen servants early in the morning, posted notices everywhere, and beat the gong, and everyone in the alleys did not let go to announce the content of the notice.

Carpenter Jiang hurriedly picked up his stuff and rushed to his home in the light rain.

Just now, the yells of the yamen servants made Carpenter Jiang aware that something was wrong.

In the stone alley, the steam was faint, and Carpenter Jiang was sweating in the light rain.

When he hurriedly knocked on his wooden door, he happened to see his wife looking at him in surprise.

"Why did your husband come back?"

Carpenter Jiang's gaze was fixed on the woman behind his daughter-in-law, but she was a woman from the neighbor Cao's family.

"Cao's sister-in-law came here so early, but she is looking for my wife to chat?"

The wife of the Jiang family laughed: "My husband was joking, but it was Cao's sister-in-law who came here today to pay back our family's five pennies and four qian. , the two of us are pushing."

Carpenter Jiang just remembered that he had just talked about repaying the money with the Cao family man yesterday, and heard the shouts of the yamen servants and other people's comments, so he rushed back in a hurry.

"I don't know what Cao's sister-in-law is going to pay back today? Is it cash, copper plates or official tickets?"

Hearing Carpenter Jiang's words, Mrs. Cao's face was slightly unnatural.

"We are all small households. How can I use cash and official notes? How can I bring them as a woman? Naturally, private notes, even private notes are the best in the county. of."

Carpenter Jiang immediately pulled his face down.

"Could it be the Bao family's private ticket?! You Cao family really think our family has a pair of tricks for nothing?"

"What did the carpenter say that I couldn't understand?"

The lady of the Jiang family also saw something was wrong from the woman of the Cao family at this moment, and immediately grabbed the woman's hand.

"Sister-in-law make it clear, but what happened to the Bao family's private ticket, and now they use this ticket to coax me?"

The lady of the Cao family hurriedly covered her face and ran out, causing the lady of the Jiang family, who was still smiling just now, to slap her back fiercely.

"Husband, what happened to the Bao family's private ticket. That's why you rushed back?"

"Of course something big happened!" Carpenter Jiang breathed a sigh of relief. "As soon as I arrived at the corner of the street, I saw some yamen servants posting notices in the rain, and some people were talking about it. It turned out that the yamen issued new notices to every dyeing workshop I only said that the color is twice as good as that of the Bao family. Since it is an official formula, the price of each family is limited in the yamen, and they are only allowed to sell forty yuan a foot. The old Bao family Sancai is a real deal worth a hundred pennies! On the way I went, I saw the new three-color fabrics hanging under the awnings of two cloth shops, Donglai and Fuyun, and that color is called a good one! Bao’s old Sancai is much better!”

Carpenter Jiang took the handkerchief handed over by his wife and wiped his sweat: "I hurried back because when I was about to reach the field, I heard someone from the yamen beating the gong and shouting. It was said that the new three-colored color was only forty cash, while the Bao family The price of the old three-colored cloth and the dyeing workshop are too high, so his family's private banknotes can't be traded, bought and sold, and redeemed today. I remembered the virtue of the Cao family, so I hurried back, and it was indeed taken by me. Guess right!"

The husband and wife scolded the Cao family for a while, and Carpenter Jiang was about to go out to do errands again.

When he was going out, the Jiang family's wife ran out holding a roll of colored cloth.

"This is a little old Sancai you keep at home. You can pawn or sell it on the way. No matter what the price is, you can sell it if someone wants it!"

Carpenter Jiang agreed, hid the cloth and went out in the rain.

Not long after, Mrs. Jiang heard someone knocking on the door.The knock on the door was soft, probably a woman.

She turned her face down, thinking that it was the Cao family who came to the door again.

Pulling the door violently, the woman at the door was startled, the Jiang family lady shut her mouth in time, but there was a new neighbor in front of the door.

"Ah!" Seeing the person coming, the lady of the Jiang family smiled immediately, "So it's Fu Cao'er, but what's the matter? Come in~!"

"Miss Jiang, I won't come in," said a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with delicate features, "My young lady asked me to tell you that my family entrusted Brother Jiang to make a cabinet a few days ago. It's the Bao family's private ticket. But today I heard that the Bao family's private ticket may not work. Our little lady wants me to exchange the ticket for eight cents."

"How can I do that?" Liangzi of the Jiang family glared, "Our family has used up the ticket a long time ago, but let us find it somewhere. Besides, your little girl is too honest. It's not just the money that was given today. , and treat our family as something."

"Forget it, we don't want that ticket anymore, it's worthless after all." The little girl smiled and threw the money in her hand into the yard, then turned around and ran away.

The Jiang family lady stomped her feet angrily, turned her head to pick up the silver, and when she ran out, the figure had long since disappeared.

She couldn't help but sighed: "Oh, Xiao Xiaoniang was originally a fairy-like character with a heart like a Bodhisattva. But who knew it was someone else's concubine. I don't know if it was a man who was dark and didn't worry about it." , leaving this delicate little lady outside alone. She never came to take care of her once?"

Fucao quickly ran back to her yard.

When she entered the door, she happened to see Yuyao dazed beside Yaoqin again.

She glanced at the untouched food on the table.The smile on the little girl's face could no longer hold back, and became sad.

"Young lady, take a bite anyway. If you go on like this, you're going to burn yourself to death. But call Fucao, what will I do if I'm alone in the future?"

Yuyao shook her head and smiled comfortably.

"From him and away from him are all my own choices. He let me be at ease, food, clothing, housing, transportation, life, old age, sickness and death are all in my free choice. I don't have any appetite, and I just want to see what is the choice for me. Don't you regret it? Such a comfortable life has never existed before. Fu Cao'er, you don't understand."

"I don't understand what you slave?" Fucao's anger also surged up, "We agreed to go to Chenyang to find relatives. But when you heard about Enke, you stopped in Nanyang and made it clear that you were right. That man didn't give up. He only wanted to see him again when he tried, but why bother? Don't give up until he rejects you once. "

Yuyao covered her mouth and laughed loudly: "Okay, why are you telling me what's on my mind? Just heat up the food, and I'll just eat it."

(End of this chapter)