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Chapter 28 How to thank

Qin Hao said indifferently: "Don't worry, as long as you agree to embroider this "Cangshan Mountain and Sea of ​​Clouds" picture for me, I will take care of the rest and I will never let you pay any money. How about that?"

"No, no." Zhou Ran waved her hands and said, "How can I take on other people's embroidery work in the future? Mr. Qin, you should find another embroiderer. I am not the only embroiderer in Nanxing County."

Wu Xiangling said at this time: "Although there are indeed other embroidery ladies in Nanxing County, your embroidery skills, Zhou Xiu Niang, are unmatched by others. Zhou Xiu Niang, please help Brother Hao, okay?"

"This..." Zhou Ran hesitated.

"How about this." Seeing that Zhou Ran's attitude had softened, Wu Xiangling suggested: "How much money does Zhou Xiu mother have to compensate her? We will pay the money for you. You can first help Brother Hao embroider "Cangshan Cloud Sea"."

Zhou Ran shook her head and said, "It's not appropriate for Mr. Qin to spend such a large sum of money."

Qin Hao snorted coldly: "You can tell me how much money you can have. I'm out."

"One thousand five hundred taels." Zhou Ran said the number.

"How much did you say?" Qin Hao even raised his voice a lot. Although he was not short of silver, one thousand five hundred taels of silver was still a big amount for him.

"One thousand five hundred taels." Zhou Ran repeated, "I just said it was a large sum of money. If I didn't have to pay him so much money, I wouldn't have been able to refuse Mr. Qin."

Qin Hao's face was distorted for a moment, but thinking of the benefits that making friends with Magistrate Lu would bring to him, he gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, I will pay the one thousand five hundred taels of silver, but you must give it within two days." I’ll embroider what I want within a month.”

After hearing Qin Hao's words, Zhou Ran said with an aggrieved face: "Master Qin wants me to work for free?"

"I..." Qin Hao almost cursed, but he was concerned about Wu Xiangling who was standing aside, so he swallowed the second half of his words.

Wu Xiangling looked at Zhou Ran, then at Qin Hao, and said softly to Zhou Ran: "Don't worry, Zhou Xiuniang, why are you letting you work for free? I'll pay for your hard work for Brother Hao. Do you think five hundred taels is enough?" ?”

Qin Hao's face darkened, "No, I'll give it myself."

Wu Xiangling smiled and said, "Brother Hao, with our relationship, you don't have to be polite to me. We will all be a family sooner or later anyway."

"No, I can't spend your money." If Wu Xiangling was not the county magistrate's daughter, he would have taken the money, but Wu Xiangling had a magistrate father.

Qin Hao thought a little depressed: If Wu Xiangling hadn't spoken just now, even if he wanted to pay this embroiderer for her hard work, he wouldn't have given her 500 taels. If he could give her 100 taels, that would be enough.

Qin Hao originally wanted to wait until Zhou Ran finished the embroidery before giving Zhou Ran money, but Zhou Ran was afraid that Qin Hao would default on his debt in the future, so he took Qin Hao's money first on the grounds that he wanted to compensate others.

Qin Hao only had a few dozen taels of silver with him. In order to give Zhou Ran some money, he went back home again and scraped together enough to get two thousand taels of silver.

Returning to the teahouse, he handed the banknote and the picture "Cangshan Cloud Sea" to Zhou Ran. Qin Hao said in a sinister tone: "I gave you the money. If you can't embroider the effect I want, it's not like paying for it." It’s easy.”

"Ah?" Zhou Ran seemed to be frightened, she shivered and said tremblingly: "How about I return the money and things to Mr. Qin."

Qin Hao almost couldn't breathe, but Wu Xiangling said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Zhou Xiu, brother Hao is joking. He is a good person and won't do anything to you."

Zhou Ran stared at Qin Hao and asked, "Really? Mr. Qin."

Qin Hao nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "Really."

Zhou Ran pretended to be relieved and said: "That's good." After earning a lot of money from the scumbag, Zhou Ran was in a good mood. After leaving the teahouse, she went to Ping'an Tang and bought a fifty-fifty stick for Ye Ximing. For the ginseng of the same year, I went to Jinyuzhai to buy a silver bracelet for Zhang, a silver hairpin for myself, and went to the cloth store to buy some silk thread and several pieces of thick fabric. It was getting cold, so it was time to prepare winter clothes.

After buying everything, Zhou Ran went to where Ye Erlang set up a stall.

It took a long time to wait for Qin Hao's money. When Zhou Ran went there, Ye Erlang was already closing the stall.

After returning home, Zhou Ran divided the fabrics into pieces, and then returned to the house with the remaining items.

Ye Ximing saw Zhou Ran coming in, coughed a few times, and then said with concern in a hoarse voice: "Why are you back so late today? Is there anything wrong?"

As he spoke, Ye Ximing's eyes scanned Zhou Ran's hands and body twice. Zhou Ran was injured last time when she came home late, and he was a little worried that she would be injured again this time.

Zhou Ran said with some humor: "Don't worry, I'm not injured this time. I came back late because I met Miss Wu and her fiancé. They asked me to help them embroider a painting."

"What painting?" Ye Ximing asked curiously.

"What's it called "Cang Mountain and Sea of ​​Clouds"? Let me show it to you." Zhou Ran handed the mahogany box containing the painting to Ye Ximing and said, "The painting is very damaged, so be careful when you open it."

Ye Ximing was moved when he heard "Cangshan Cloud Sea". He opened the box and saw the painting inside. Ye Ximing was excited at first, and then felt pity, "There are not many paintings handed down by Master Xu. Cangshan Cloud Sea is the most famous one among all his works. Unexpectedly, it turned out like this.”

Zhou Ran tilted her head: "You also like this painting?"

Ye Ximing smiled and said, "I like it. If it weren't for you, I might not have the chance to see this painting. I have to thank you."

"Just say thank you verbally?" Zhou Ran teased.

"Then how do you want me to thank you?" Ye Ximing looked at Zhou Ran and asked seriously.

Zhou Ran waved her hand proudly, "Forget it, forget it, I won't argue with you, just verbally thank you."

Ye Ximing chuckled lightly and said: "How can we forget it? I can't let you suffer. In this way, since I have seen your painting, I will give you a painting later."

Zhou Ran said with interest: "If you give me a painting, will you paint it yourself?"

Ye Ximing nodded slightly, "My painting skills are average, so don't dislike me when the time comes."

Zhou Ran raised her chin and said deliberately: "It depends on how your painting goes. If it's really bad, I might really dislike it.

Ye Ximing was amused and laughed, and said while laughing: "Don't worry, it shouldn't be too bad."

Perhaps because he was laughing so hard, a series of coughing sounds escaped Ye Ximing's throat, as if he was coughing out his lungs. Zhou Ran hurried over to help him breathe.

When Ye Ximing calmed down, he realized that the two of them were very close, and Zhou Ran's breath hit her neck, almost making all the hair on his body stand up.

Ye Ximing's ears were red, and he leaned back, keeping himself a little farther away from Zhou Ran, and then said: "Thank you, I'm fine."

(End of this chapter)