Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 66 Asking for a Name
Hearing what Liu Ya said, the purple-clothed girl blinked her eyes, showed a joyful smile, nodded and said, "Thank you then. Little brother, thank you too."

Xiao Shu'er heard the girl in purple call herself "little brother", and took the flower basket she gave to the second sister, curled her lips and looked a little displeased.

Liu Ya squeezed him from behind, then said with a smile: "My brother is not young, he will be ten years old soon, he is a man in our family."

"Oh, that's the same age as me, so I was wrong just now." The purple-clothed girl was generous, and she didn't speak arrogantly.

The girl in blue was watching from the side, and also laughed.

Liu Ya turned her head and took the little grasshoppers and dragonflies she wove, and brought them to the blue-clothed girl, and said with a smile, "Miss, this little girl wove them by hand, and I gave them to you, it's a kind of fate."

"Yeah, you got something for me too? It's so pretty. Thank you." The girl in blue also seemed quite surprised, and couldn't help but look at it when she took it.

"Haha, what a funny little girl, she has a quick mind and a generous manner, not bad." At this moment, the woman's laughter came from the first carriage.It sounded a little more approving than the faint tone just now.

Liu Ya turned around and blessed the covered curtain, and said, "Thank you Madam for your compliment."

"Then let me ask you, how much money do you want to deliver things and water? Don't everything be expensive in this mountain and wasteland, right?" The lady said in the carriage, then raised her bare hands and closed the window. The curtain was lifted halfway.

Although only half of the woman's face can be exposed, it is not extremely beautiful, but graceful and noble.And from the bright red coral earrings and the shimmering bead chain around her neck, it can be seen that she really has a good status.

Liu Ya shook her head and said: "What did Madam say, the more wild the place is, the more simple the people are, and they don't want to make a lot of money, and they don't want to ask for prices. The family is just asking for food and clothing. This spring water, this The bamboo cup, the flower basket, and the small bamboo weaving are all made by my brother and I. The bamboo and stone benches are also from the mountains. There is no capital, so how dare you ask for a big price. I just want the passing guests to feel at ease, and make them according to my mood. Reward."

"Reward according to your mood? You are a young girl with a delicate heart, did you come up with this idea yourself?" The lady was startled, and then her eyes were full of doubts.

Liu Ya nodded and said, "Yes."

After hearing Liu Ya's answer this time, the madam stopped talking.

The purple-clothed girl thought it was fun, walked up to Liu Ya and asked, "Then what if we don't pay for the water? What if we don't reward you? Stay here all day, if no one is there for ten days and a half months Come to give a reward, didn't you two sisters drink the northwest wind?"

"Good question." Liu Ya smiled and replied: "A guest asked the same question just now, and then he ate two steamed buns that our siblings brought for lunch and drank a few glasses of water. Let's go."

"Gone? Really gone, didn't you give me money?" The purple-clothed girl asked even more surprised.

Liu Ya shook her head and smiled, and said very calmly: "The steamed stuffed buns are just the steamed stuffed buns made the night before. This morning, they are just for the hungry. What’s more, it’s supposed to be a reward, maybe the customer doesn’t have any coppers, so that’s fine. If I ask if the shop will be open again, I’ll tell the lady, yes. Keep going. Even if I had other jobs, my brother would be there."

"Will it be a loss?" The blue-clothed girl also walked over with a curious look on her face and asked.

Liu Ya shook her head and said: "Actually, I don't want to hide the truth from the two ladies, but I think it's a good job. It doesn't take too long, and the guests passing by here only take more than an hour at noon. My younger brother can meet more people here, including officials, businessmen, and nobles, which is better than letting him stay in the ravine all the time chopping firewood. The so-called "reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles", It refers to the need to broaden one's horizons. Our family is poor, and we can't send my younger brother to school, and we can't let him travel around. We can only let him get in touch with people and things outside the mountain as much as possible here. I hope he will How long can we get to know each other?"

"It's better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, little girl, it's a pity that you have such a clever mind, nestled in this mountain depression." To Liu Ya.

"I don't think so." The lady looked out again in the carriage, and then said: "If it's a colorful phoenix, how can it live in the mountain depression? If it's a skylark, it will always sing to the sky."

"Yes, what Madam said is true." The middle-aged butler hurriedly bowed and stepped aside.

Then the lady said: "Okay, the time to rest is not short, it's time to go."

"Yes." The steward replied immediately, and ordered the servants and maidservants who had rested to get up and go on the road.

Then the butler walked up to Liu Ya, took out a piece of silver from his purse, put it in front of Liu Ya and said, "Little girl, since you said it was for a reward, with your exquisite heart, this A piece of silver is my reward for you."

Liu Ya looked at the piece of silver, it was white and snowflake silver, it should be as much as five taels.This is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for a poor Liu family who doesn't even have a hundred pennies a month.But this money, is it just like this?

"I don't want this money." Liu Ya shook her head slightly, and pushed the money back.Then he walked towards the carriage, blessed the noble lady, and said: "Little girl Liu Ya, that's my younger brother Liu Shu. There is no learning in the poor valley, so I want to ask Madam something."

"Oh? I don't want a piece of silver. You still have something to ask for? Tell me." The lady had already lowered the curtain, but after hearing Liu Ya's words, she lifted the curtain again.But when he looked at Liu Ya again, there was a bit of suspicion in his probing eyes.It seemed that Liu Ya might be doing something greedy.

Liu Ya stood up straight without being humble, and said in a crisp voice: "Little girl, I just ask my wife to give me a name for this small water shop. It's good for the guests who come and go in the future to talk about it. Maybe word of mouth will become popular. Our whole family can rely on this small water shop to make a living."

"Ha, it's really strange. Don't tell me you girl still think that if I give your water shop a name, it's worth a piece of silver? There are people who don't want any ready-made silver, what a fool." Although the lady It was a smirk tone, but there was a smile in his eyes with praise.

Liu Ya nodded and replied: "Yes. A name, a blessing, is hard to find."

(End of this chapter)