The journey of the heavens by Jia Huan, the salted fish

Chapter 74
The man smiled, bent down and stretched out a hand to Jia Huan: "Hi, boy, my name is Jonathan, may I know your name?"

Jia Huan put his small hand on the palm of Jonathan's big hand and shook hands with him.

"Hello, Mr. Jonathan, my name is Jia Huan. Of course, you can also call me Cadiz."

"Caddis? A good name. You'll grow strong in the future." Jonathan laughed.

"Thank you." Jia Huan nodded his thanks, and his eyes fell on the priest next to Jonathan.

Jonathan noticed his gaze and said with a smile: "Let me introduce you, this is my friend, a priest named Edward."

"Hello, Father Edward."

Jia Huan greeted Edward politely.

"Hello, kid."

Edward's expression was gentle and kind. He knelt down, stretched out his hand, and shook hands with Jia Huan.

"Father Edward, are you looking for me because of the two "Hallelujah" songs my brother and I sang?" Jia Huan asked bluntly.

"Yes, child." Father Edward said, "I want to bring these two songs back to the church, let the children in the choir sing, and spread the light of the Lord everywhere."

Edward said: "This may affect your singing business in the future, so I will compensate you a sum of money."

Jia Huan: "Thank you for your generosity. In fact, with Mr. Jonathan's musical quality, he should have already recorded these two songs. You can ask Mr. Jonathan for them. But if you go to us, you will compensate us. , It shows that you are a kind person. In this way, I will not be greedy and ask for more, just give me five pounds."

To Edward's surprise, the boy asked for so little.

Jia Huan felt that enough was enough.

You know, one pound can be exchanged for ten oceans, and five pounds has fifty oceans.

One yuan of ocean is equal to seven cents and two cents of silver, which is equivalent to one tael of silver.

Fifty oceans are equivalent to fifty taels of silver.

This is already an astronomical huge sum of money for ordinary people!

Enough for the Jia family to buy a smaller house.

You know, a large tile-roofed house in a courtyard is only one hundred and fifty oceans.

In this courtyard, there are eleven or twelve rooms that can accommodate people.

Naturally, the Jia family would not buy a courtyard house, they only bought a small house with three or four rooms, not a tile-roofed house, fifty yuan is enough.

Father Edward made a deal with Jia Huan, and both parties were very satisfied.

Jia Huan couldn't be more satisfied that he can earn a house without capital trading.

Jia Mancang and Jia Mantun didn't know what Jia Huan had said to the foreigners, but after two or three days, they also knew foreign coins.

Seeing the money in Jia Huan's hand, the eyes of the two children almost bulged out.

What did the younger brother tell the foreigners?How can you get so much money?
"Big Brother, Second Brother, pack it up, let's go home." Jia Huan cheerfully put the pound into his pocket, and turned to embrace the wooden box.

While the two elder brothers were still in a daze, Jia Huan grabbed a handful of money from the wooden box and put it in his other pocket.

The three children returned home and put the wooden box in front of Zhang Chunni.

Zhang Chunni was pleasantly surprised to see more money than yesterday.

Jia Mancang and Jia Mantun looked at Jia Huan, and Jia Huan gestured to them, expressing that they would wait for the second son Jia to come back.

The two of them nodded understandingly and kept their mouths shut, not talking about the five pounds.

In the evening, the family of six who had dinner sat on the kang and counted money.

When Jia Erzi heard Zhang Chunni say that Jia Dongmei went out to study, he was annoyed and also recognized Jia Dongmei's choice to learn skills.

Jia Erzi: "Now that our family is rich, we should let the children learn some skills. Both sons can go to school, and Dongmei can study time tune, so let's not object. I won't go to school tomorrow." Worker, go and find out who she learned the time tune from, and go to that house to have a look. If it is reliable, let Dongmei stay and continue studying, if it is not reliable, bring her back."

Zhang Chunni naturally listened to her husband.

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Father, you don't go to work tomorrow, so you can go find a house!"

"Looking for a house? What looking for a house?" Jia Erzi was puzzled.

Jia Huan took out five pounds from his pocket with a smile, and put it in front of Jia Erzi and Zhang Chunni.

"What is this?" Jia Erzi asked suspiciously.

Neither knew sterling.

Jia Mantun proudly told his parents science: "Father, mother, this is a British pound, which is a foreigner's coin. This is five pounds, which can be exchanged for fifty oceans."

"Fifty oceans?"

Both Jia Erzi and Zhang Chunni gasped.

Jia Erzi understood why the youngest son asked him to find a house.

This is finding the right house to buy!
Will they finally have an estate of their own?
Jia Erzi trembled with excitement.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow, I will look for a house."

Zhang Chunni also said excitedly, "Father, I'll go with you."

People like them who live in a foreign land want to have their own house most. In that way, they can be regarded as having a real home of their own.

Jia Huan smiled.

Very good!
Finally, the economic conditions at home have improved.

It's still very useful!

Did not embarrass the traversers.

That night, except for Jia Huan, the rest of Jia's family could hardly sleep.

Everyone is thinking about buying a house and moving into a new home, and they are very excited.

But Jia Mancang and Jia Mantun were children after all, they felt too sleepy, and they were no match for Sleepy God. Soon, they went to see Duke Zhou.

Jia Erzi and his wife fell asleep in a daze after midnight, and woke up early the next morning.

Jia Erzi first went to the pier to ask for leave, and went out with Zhang Chunni after returning home.

Jia Mancang and Jia Mantun followed them out the door, they were going to school.

It's the first day of school and you can't be late.

The two of them carried cloth schoolbags slanted across their backs, their heads held high, and they were extremely proud, which made the nearby residents puzzled.

What are these two children going to do?
Because Jia Huan took them to a place where foreigners gathered to sell and sing, and these people in the courtyard would not go there, so they didn't know that the two brothers made money singing.

Jia Erzi and Zhang Chunni went to Jia Dongmei first.

It's still easy to find.

Those of some skill like to live in groups, all in one street.

The husband and wife went to that street, stopped a person and asked who Jia Dongmei was apprenticed to.

It is a well-known performer of the season in this area, named Huali. In addition to making money in the teahouse, he also took in a few students to pass on his skills.

Some time ago, Jia Dongmei often came to Huali's place to peek at Professor Huali's apprentices. After being discovered by Huali, she didn't come for a while.

Yesterday, Jia Dongmei came to Huali with the apprenticeship fee, and successfully joined Huali's school to learn some singing tunes.

(End of this chapter)