Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 5
When Wang Xiu got home, she immediately went into her room, prepared a knife, lit an oil lamp, and made several simple quill pens in a short while.Looking at his masterpiece, he was very satisfied. The writing speed of the hard pen was several times faster than that of the brush. This little invention aroused his confidence a little.

He always believes that as long as you do it with your heart, there is no ridge that cannot be overcome.

He diluted the ink with water, took out the household registration book, compared it with the old register, and wrote stroke by stroke. Six hundred cash was not much, but he had to earn it. This money was the first pot of gold in his life.

The nights in early spring were quite cold, and there was no brazier in the room. In the second half of the night, people shivered, and it was impossible to add clothes, so I had to stomp my feet and rub my hands from time to time to keep warm.

The oil lamp was on in the middle of the night, and Mrs. Xie was so distressed that Wang Cheng stopped her several times to persuade her.

"Lady, it's a good thing for elder brother to study hard, so don't disturb him."

"The body is also very important."

"I know, I still have some money at home, so I will cut some meat tomorrow."

"It's not enough, this month's rent has not been paid to Mrs. Li." Mrs. Xie sighed.

Wang Cheng frowned, and said, "Then buy a few small fishes to make soup, and I'll borrow some tomorrow."

"Officer, it's not a solution to go on like this for a long time, Mr. He said that." Mrs. Xie said worriedly.

Wang Cheng forced a smile, and said in a gentle voice: "Lady, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. At worst, I will set up a shop and work as the shopkeeper for Niu Yao. I must let the elder brother study."

In one day, Wang Xiu finished writing a volume of household registration register. When the old scribe opened it and saw a line of fine brushwork and block letters, it was written so quickly. His eyes almost fell out in surprise, but he still found something strange and said in a puzzled manner. : "It's so fast, it doesn't seem to be written with a brush."

Wang Xiu pinched her nose and said with a smile, "It's fine if it works, doesn't it?"

"Well, how about I give you two more volumes." The old scribe smiled wickedly.
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Wang Xiu rushed out of the county school excitedly with six hundred Wen in her pocket, feeling more at ease in her heart, went to the market to buy a goose and five catties of brown sugar.

"Brother, where did you get the money?" Mrs. Xie was startled when she saw the flopping white goose, and looked at her son suspiciously.

"Don't worry, mother, I earned it myself. The county school recruited people to transcribe the household registration register. I wrote one volume. They saw that I wrote it quickly and neatly, so they asked me to write two volumes. Here." Wang Xiu said. , and handed the heavy cloth bag to Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Xie took it in surprise, thinking that her son was hiding in the house all day and night, copying the household registration register, who wants to have something to eat, who wants to do that!Holding the heavy bag, thinking about the cold weather and no brazier in the house, my heart felt sore and painful, and two lines of tears flowed down my face.

"Mother, don't cry, don't cry..." Wang Xiu panicked.

"Don't cry, mother, don't cry, mother will make fish for you to eat."

Don't say that Mrs. Xie was sad, Wang Xiu was busy again, dug a pot of loess in the yard, fiddled with it in her house for a long time, and used two catties of brown sugar, but she gave up when she came out at night.

What's going on, the brown sugar is decolorized with yellow mud water, why the decolorized sugar is not as transparent, it is not as good as the frosted sugar on the market?It is obviously a method of making sugar by pouring yellow mud and water. It was invented by accident in the Ming Dynasty. It is a very simple recipe. What's going on? What link went wrong?
After dinner, he plunged into the house and kept experimenting with the decolorization of brown sugar in the middle of the night. He was not discouraged every time, and he was not discouraged. He carefully recorded the amount of soil and brown sugar, carefully observed the changes, and summed up his experience.

In the middle of the night, he leaned over the table and used a quill pen to copy the household registration register. Twelve hundred yuan is not too much, but it is money, and it is good to be able to subsidize the family, not to mention that he still needs to buy brown sugar.

After staying up all night with high intensity, his body was a little bit unbearable, and he had a black eye socket. Xie's heart ached and shed tears. There was no way, he and the family had no way out.

"Father, shopkeeper He is here today, I have something to talk about." Swallowing the last mouthful of porridge, Wang Xiu put down her chopsticks and said.

"What can you do?" Wang Cheng looked at his son suspiciously and asked.

Wang Xiu gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, Dad, I have a good idea. Let shopkeeper He have a look, maybe it can save our shop."

"A good idea?" Wang Cheng asked in surprise.

Wang Xiu nodded and said, "Maybe it can alleviate the predicament."

In the morning, He Laodao arrived as scheduled, and sat in the living room of the Wang family with a signature smile on his face, as if you would die of laughter if you didn't give money.

"Proprietor Wang, is the old Mrs. Ma here?" Old He said with a smile on his face, and walked in slowly, stroking his whiskers.

Wang Cheng was preoccupied with many things, so he didn't prevent He Laodao from mentioning the embarrassment of his family, so he had the nerve to say it, and coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.

Wang Xiu accompanied Wang Cheng early, and said heartlessly: "I just got divorced, and shopkeeper He is here to collect benefits? If you want to come with Mrs. Ma, it's fine. You can get your money back now, and you don't need to count it." How much is the dowry worth, saving the box from moving around."

Wang Cheng was startled, his eyes widened, and he looked at his son in astonishment, his hands resting on his beard, motionless.

He Laodao was almost suffocated by a mouthful of thick phlegm, his hand trembled, and a mouse whisker was pulled out. The corners of his eyes twitched in pain, but he secretly scolded Wang Xiu for being tricky. Doesn't this mean that he and Mrs. Ma are having an affair?I don't think I'm handsome, but I don't like that skinny woman, isn't this kid a curse!

Wang Xiu didn't seem to see it, and continued: "A set of silver wine sets, and ten gold leaves. Well, shopkeeper He, how much is my mortgage with you, and how much is the interest?"

He Laodao had a toothache for a while, and thought to himself: No!Wang Dalang is a taciturn, idiot who can't fart with three feet, why is he talking so slippery today?It's really evil.He looked at Wang Cheng who was panting for a while, gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Brother, this is your little official..."

Wang Cheng coughed again, smiled apologetically at He Laodao, and said sternly to Wang Xiu: "Nizi, why are you talking to shopkeeper He, and you still don't back down?"

Wang Xiu saw his father's disposition clearly, and didn't have the slightest intention of giving in, and said, "Father, let me finish my sentence."

He Laodao chuckled, and said: "Da Lang, your father pledged the assets of the four-storey shop and got forty guanq, with a monthly interest of [-] qian, and the term is half a year." Both sides were wasting their tongues.

Wang Xiu was surprised, forty guan was not a small amount, it was a loan from the whole family, but what surprised him was not forty guan, but forty guan was pledging the property on the fourth floor. .He glanced thoughtfully at the embarrassed Wang Cheng, and then said slowly: "Shopkeeper He, can't you give it a few more days, collect the interest, and extend the principal for another year?"

He Laodao shook his head and smiled, and said: "This is the quality warehouse's rules, old man, if I take other people's money, I naturally have to follow the owner's rules."

Wang Chengshang had a glimmer of hope for his son, but he didn't know that this kid would extend the pledge period, which is a shame. If he could extend it, he would have said it long ago.The son's hard work over the past few days, which was a little bit gratifying, turned into extreme disappointment at this moment, and immediately scolded: "Enough is enough, quit quickly."

Wang Xiu smiled and pinched her nose, she didn't speak, and she didn't back down.

Wang Cheng didn't have time to take care of Wang Xiu, and sighed, "I hope the shopkeeper will give me a few more days."

He Laodao chuckled, stroked his whiskers, and said with a formulaic smile: "Proprietor Wang, it's not that I don't want to, it's because the quality warehouse has rules, so it's hard to handle!"

Wang Cheng was really in trouble, what He Laodao said was right, people have their own rules, so you can't make things difficult for the shopkeeper!
"Wang Dongzhu, it's only about forty pieces." He Laodao smiled, not in a hurry.

Wang Cheng frowned, "Wanshixing" has a huge inventory, and "Wanshixing" in Shangshui County is just a shop under a branch store. Can eat people.

"To tell the truth to shopkeeper He, the turnover of the grocery store below is somewhat difficult. After a few days of grace, we will definitely return all of them." I had to make a final effort.

He Laodao still smiled, and said: "It's not that I don't want to, the rules are the rules, there is really no way." But he thought to himself, with a hypocrite like Zhang Wenshan peeping, it's no wonder your shop is doing well.

What worries Wang Cheng!After all, it has reached this point, and pawn shops are the only way out.But it's okay, he can leave some money for He Laodao, and Zhang Wenshan won't even get a penny if it's cheaper.

Just as she was about to compromise, Wang Xiu smiled and said, "I have something I want to ask Shopkeeper He for advice."

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