Pastoral little master

Chapter 73 Planning (2)

Tan Dejin drove the ox cart to the county according to Qiduo's request.

When passing a pawn shop, Qi Duo asked Tan Dejin to stop the car.

"Duo, what's the matter?" Tan Dejin looked at the pawnshop, then at Qiduo, and asked inexplicably.

Qiduo took out a pawn ticket from the armband, saluted her father, and said, "Father, let's redeem the pawn."

"Redemption?" Tan Dejin didn't understand for a moment.

But Qiduo had already walked towards the pawnshop.

He quickly pulled the bullock cart over.

Qiduo walked into the pawn shop, stood on tiptoe, and pushed the pawn ticket towards the high counter, "Redemption."

The counter was too high, almost reaching her neck, so she couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.
"Wait." A cold voice came from the tall counter, without any emotion.

After a long time, when Qiduo got impatient waiting, the cold voice sounded again, "Five taels and five dollars."

Uh, the interest rate is too high, right?

Qiduo was shocked, she redeemed the earrings that Xu had pawned last time, and she pawned five liang of silver. It took only ten days, and she would have to pay an extra five hundred wen, drinking blood!
But she knew that it was useless to argue with others, this was the rule, so she had no choice but to put the money on the counter.

Just now the river clams, bamboo shoots, and bracken were sold for a total of nine taels of silver, and only four taels of money were left.

Qiduo had long wanted to redeem Xu's earrings, but there was too little silver before, and there was not much left after redeeming the earrings, so it would be troublesome in case of urgent needs.

Now I got 200 taels all of a sudden, and ran to redeem it as soon as possible.

In another ten days or so, I will be busy with spring plowing, so I quickly divided up the family, and then used money to buy fields, so as not to miss the spring plowing.

Qiduo called Tan Dejin in, seeing that the earrings belonged to the Xu family, don't be fooled by others.

Tan Dejin looked carefully and nodded, "It's your mother's, and your mother's name is engraved on both earrings."

Qiduo looked at the back of the earring, and there was indeed the word 'Mingxiu'. It seemed that the earrings were specially made for her mother, who used to be very popular at home.

"Father, put it away and give it back to mother, so that mother will be happy." Qiduo wrapped the earrings in a handkerchief, handed them to Tan Dejin, and said with a light smile.

"Hey, you're still very thoughtful. But if you didn't have a lot of ideas, your mother's earrings would never be redeemed in this life." Tan Dejin said with great emotion.

He looked down at the handkerchief in his hand, his heart fluttering.

If my daughter hadn't figured out these ways to earn money, I would still be penniless, not to mention redeeming earrings, even if I wanted to buy my wife a little money, I wouldn't be able to afford it.I am really ashamed of my wife and daughter, and I am a man in vain.

His eyes started to sting, worried that Qiduo would see something, so he hurriedly put the handkerchief into his bosom and put it close to his body.
Qiduo narrowed her eyes and smiled, and prepared to go out with Tan Dejin.

Suddenly there was a cold scolding voice from behind, "Bah, you useless wretch!"

Qiduo didn't doubt the unfamiliar voice, and walked out calmly.

But Tan Dejin's back was stiff, his face was pale, his legs couldn't use his strength, and he stood still.

Qiduo went out of the pawn shop, only to find that her father didn't come out with her, so she hurriedly turned her head to look.Seeing Dad's appearance, he was shocked, and ran in quickly, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Tan Dejin shook his head, then turned around with great difficulty, trying to find something.

Qiduo followed his gaze and looked around, but didn't see anything, and became even more suspicious, "Father, what are you looking at?"

Tan Dejin subconsciously covered the earrings on his chest, and whispered, "It's okay, let's go."

Then she pulled Qiduo and left the pawn shop quickly.

Behind the high wooden fence of the pawn shop, there were a pair of eyes full of anger, staring at Tan Dejin's back.

These eyes belonged to a man who was nearly sixty years old, and there was not only anger, but even hatred in the sharp eyes.

And deep in the bottom of the eyes, there is an indelible pain.

The eyes are very complicated.

Tan Dejin's mood was more complicated, he was silent all the way, his expression was gloomy and tired.

No matter what Qiduo said to him, he didn't say a word, as if he suddenly lost his voice.

Qi Duo suddenly remembered the cold shout behind her back when she left, it seemed that the change of her father started from then, could it be that she scolded her father?
Who is that man, and why did he scold Dad?

Doubts abounded in my heart.
"Father, is there someone you know in the pawnshop just now?" Qi Duo tentatively asked.

Tan Dejin pursed his lips firmly, did not speak, but nodded his head almost invisibly.

"Who is that person?" Qi Duo hurriedly asked again.

This time Tan Dejin didn't speak again.

Qiduo pursed her lips a little depressed, it is immoral to tantalize people like this.

When the ox cart entered the county seat, Qiduo went to buy two boxes of snacks and a small jar of wine, and asked Tan Dejin to drive the ox cart to Fenglin Hall.

"Duo, are you here to see Mr. Wen?" Tan Dejin finally opened his mouth, with a warm expression on his face.

Qiduo nodded, "That's right, we didn't thank Liulang for saving Liulang last time. I saw it was still early today, so I came here."

"Ah, you child, you didn't say it earlier. If I knew it, I would catch some chickens and bring some eggs at home to nourish Mr. Wen's body." Tan Dejin complained a little.

"Father, will grandma let you take the chickens and eggs at home?" Qiduo asked bluntly.

Tan Dejin looked embarrassed, scratched his head, and said in a low voice, "If it doesn't work, we can buy a few from other places."

Qiduo waved her hand, "Father, Mr. Wen is not from our country, so you don't need those, go in."

Tan Dejin could only nod his head, but he thought in his heart that he must send some chickens over next time.

Qiduo and Tan Dejin entered Fenglin hall together with snacks, food boxes, wine and bamboo shoots.

Before Qiduo could speak, a sharp-eyed little apprentice recognized her, and hurriedly ran up to greet her, "Hi, girl."

"Hi brother, is Mr. Wen there?" Qi Duo hurriedly asked with a smile.

"Uncle Wen is meeting friends, girl, please wait a moment, I'll go and talk to Uncle Wen." The junior apprentice hurriedly responded.

Qiduo thanked with a smile, and the little apprentice left in a hurry.

Ge Fenglin was seeing patients in the inner room, and he didn't see Qiduo, otherwise he would have come out to say hello earlier.He has always been grateful to Qiduo for saving Wen Xiuyi last time.

The little apprentice quickly left and returned, behind him was a handsome young master in white clothes who was warming up to Xiu Yi.

Judging by his brisk steps and ruddy complexion, it seems that he is recovering well from his injuries.

Seeing Wen Xiuyi coming out, Tan Dejin rushed forward to greet him, and gratefully called, "Wen Engong." He bowed and saluted.

"Uncle, you're welcome." Wen Xiuyi hastily raised his hand, and stopped him gently.

Qiduo handed the snacks and food box to Wen Xiuyi, "Master Wen, thank you for saving my brother last time, these things are a way of expressing my heart."

Tan Dejin quickly brought over the wine and bamboo shoots, "Wen Engong, the bamboo shoots were just dug this morning, they are very fresh."

Wen Xiuyi glanced at the things, his star-like eyes looked at Qiduo, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and his slender white fingers pointed at the food box, "What is that?"

He was a little curious about the contents of the food box.

"Snails." Qiduo handed the snacks to the little apprentice, and then lifted the lid of the food box, a tempting scent rushed over.

"It smells so good." The little apprentice couldn't help but whispered.

Wen Xiuyi's eyes became brighter, he sniffed lightly and said, "Spicy little snail?"

It is both a question and an affirmation.

"Mr. Wen is good at guessing what it is before he sees it, but to be precise, it should be a spicy small snail, because there is no pepper in it, so it lacks the numbness." Qi Duo laughed.

Wen Xiuyi smiled lightly, and made a gesture of invitation in the direction of the flower hall, "Uncle, please come inside."

Until now, he hasn't mentioned Qiduo's life-saving.

I don't know if I forgot.

"No..." Tan Dejin hurriedly waved his hands to refuse, he thought about giving the things to Wen Xiuyi, and said some words of thanks before leaving, so as not to bother him any more.

But Qiduo rushed to answer quickly, "Thank you, Mr. Wen." Then she carried her things and walked to the flower hall.

Tan Dejin had no choice but to smile apologetically at Wen Xiuyi, and then walked over there.

When they arrived at the flower hall and sat down, Wen Xiuyi had already ordered the apprentice to make tea and serve snacks.

"Mr. Wen, my younger brother has been taking the medicine according to your prescription. I don't know how long it will take, but you want to bring him here for you to take a look?" Qi Duo talked about Liu Lang's condition.

Wen Xiuyi nodded lightly, "If you have time, it would be good to bring him here."

"Yeah, thank you, Mr. Wen." Qiduo hurriedly nodded her thanks.

Tan Dejin even said thank you repeatedly, his face full of gratitude.

He was not very familiar with Wen Xiuyi, after talking a few words, the topic suddenly disappeared, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Normally, Qiduo would have offered to leave a long time ago, but she wanted Wen Xiuyi, and she hadn't achieved her goal, so she was unwilling to leave like this.But I'm a little embarrassed to say the purpose directly, after all, this matter is a bit embarrassing.

Wen Xiuyi seemed to have guessed Qiduo's thoughts, took a sip of tea, and said in a timely manner, "Girl, what I said last time meant what I said."

"Hey, really?" Qiduo smiled brightly.

"Speak well." Wen Xiuyi nodded solemnly.

"I knew Mr. Wen was a man of commitment. In fact, I don't have anything special. I just want to ask you for such a small favor." Qi Duo said with a smile.

After about a quarter of an hour, Qi Duo and Tan Dejin bid farewell to Wen Xiuyi, and she left the flower hall with a smile on her face, feeling extremely happy.

This Wen Xiuyi was really a person who kept his promise, and he agreed to his request without hesitation, that's great, the matter is finally settled.As long as Xu and Tan Dejin agree, the separation should be within reach.

Tan Dejin was not as happy as she was, with a sullen expression.

Qiduo ignored him, got into the bullock cart, and shouted happily, "Father, let's go home."

Tan Dejin beat the back of the bull with his whip high, and the bullock cart creaked towards Tanjiazhuang.

Inside Fenglin Hall.

Wen Xiuyi carried the small snail and walked towards the study in the backyard, with a smile on his face like a spring breeze, making him feel warm and comfortable, and in a happy mood.

Pushing open the door of the study, a man in a blue robe sitting in front of the desk looked up, with a gentle smile on his face, and said, "The guest is gone?"

"Please eat something good." Wen Xiuyi said with a smile, and put the food box on the small table.

"What good thing makes you so happy?" The blue-robed man raised his delicate eyebrows and walked over from the desk with a smile.

He and Wen Xiuyi had known each other for a long time, and it was the first time he heard Wen Xiuyi call the food he ate a good thing, he couldn't help but secretly marvel at it, and couldn't wait to come over and have a look.

He wanted to see what delicious food made Wen Xiuyi so happy.

(End of this chapter)