Chapter 33

Xue Tingxiang originally planned to wait for Xiu Mu to take Chen Jian to Dongliju.

After thinking about it, Xiu Mu was only for one day, and he still had other uses for the time, so he took a noon and told Zhai Fu that he would only go out for half an hour to buy some things, and Zhai Fu let them go out.

All the way to Dongliju, only Ah Cai sat in the shop bored.

After asking, I found out that Boss Chen is in the small courtyard behind.

Xue Tingxiang came here often and got to know Ah Cai well, so he took the three of them to the back. Mao Badou, who was always talkative, did not dare to speak nonsense when he came to this kind of place, he was very honest.

Boss Chen was basking in the sun and drinking tea in the yard. There was a recliner under a lush tree, and a small table was placed beside the recliner, which was more nourishing than a fairy.

Seeing Xue Tingxiang coming, he waved with a smile: "Why are you free today?" But his eyes were on Chen Jian and the others in the corridor.

Xue Tingxiang didn't restrain himself either, and sat down on the little chair beside the recliner.

"Uncle Chen, it's like this, I have a classmate..." He briefly explained the matter, and showed Chen Jian's calligraphy to Boss Chen.

Boss Chen took the booklet, flipped through it casually a few times, and as he flipped through it, his movements froze.

After a long time, he let out a breath, and said with a broken smile: "I said your handwriting is good, but I didn't expect this handwriting to be as good as yours, even if it is a little immature and a little too sharp. There is a faint sense of unyielding rushing towards me, not as elegant and harmonious as yours. The so-called writing is like a person, I am afraid that this child has a big universe in his heart."

Xue Tingxiang was listening beside him, but there was darkness in his eyes.

What he thought was nothing else, but that was the case in that dream. He is hypocritical, hides a knife in his smile, and has a sweet mouth. After undergoing that great change, he changed his previous disposition and became sanctimonious, with duplicity.

I remember someone scolded him in the dream: "Zhuzi is treacherous, a hypocrite on the surface, but he is really a villain."

This is not wrong, he is such a person.

His teacher taught him that the heart is reason, the unity of knowledge and action, and the extension of conscience, but he taught him a rebellious person. In his eyes, there is no imperial power, no dignity, no three cardinal principles and five constant principles. It seems that Xue Shoufu is gentle to his subordinates. Whoever says that Shoufu is approachable and approachable, tolerance is great. But in fact, this sanctimonious appearance hides wolfish ambitions, those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish.

But Chen Huanzhi is different, he has always been rebellious, but he looks extreme on the outside, but he has a square heart in his heart.

Such a person is destined to live a rough life, because there are too many weaknesses exposed, and it happens to be attacked by a villain like him. Just like his befriending Chen Jian this time, the purpose is so simple.

Even Xue Tingxiang didn't expect that Boss Chen's just a few casual words would cause turbulence deep in his heart. As for Boss Chen, he didn't know. He closed the booklet and asked, "Who is the classmate you are talking about?"

Xue Tingxiang walked over and called Chen Jian over.

Chen Jian didn't know that there were so many secrets happening during this period, so he walked over nervously, bowing and saluting.

"Don't be restrained. Since you are a friend of the court, you can also be regarded as my junior. Your handwriting is very good, and you will surely achieve a lot in time. It's just that you are still studying now. If you want to get a job in the end, you are too sharp Words and people don’t have a good impression, so we should pay more attention to it in the future.”

"Thank you, Boss Chen, for your guidance."

Boss Chen smiled and said: "If you don't dare to give advice, don't call me Boss Chen, just call me Uncle Chen. I have a lot of books here, and I need someone to copy them. If you are willing, just like Ting Xiang, I will pay you one tael for the pen and ink for one volume. As for the paper and pen and ink, I will pay for it. You can go to Ah Cai later, and he will tell you some things to pay attention to.”

Afterwards, Xue Tingxiang spoke a few more words with Boss Chen, and Chen Jian went to get the paper and ink, and the four of them left the gate of Dongliju together.

"One tael of silver is really a lot." Mao Badou sucked his teeth enviously. He had been holding back in it for a long time, but now he was finally able to speak when he came out.

"That's because Ah Jian's handwriting is good. If your handwriting can match Shang Tingxiang and Ah Jian's, you can also get a tael of silver for a roll." Li Datian likes honest people to tell the truth.

"Tsk, we must have been enemies in our previous life, and you like to poke my sore spot."

The two people over there were laughing, while Chen Jian said to Xue Tingshan, "Thank you, I know that if it wasn't for you, Uncle Chen would not be able to offer me such a high price."

"Thank you, Datian didn't say that your handwriting is good."

"Thank you anyway." Chen Jian was a little excited, and he tightly squeezed the hand of the book bag, which contained the rice paper and ink ingots Dong Liju gave him: "The money is very important to me. I will definitely copy it well.”

Xue Tingxiang patted him on the shoulder, said nothing, just nodded.

At this time, Mao Badou and Li Datian came over after laughing and quarrelling: "Okay, don't thank me for coming over. It's still early, should we play around?"

where to play? This is what the three of them thought.

Li Datian hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, it's just this little time, what else do you want to play, take a rest tomorrow, and then you can play as you want."

Xue Tingxiang suddenly said: "By the way, I want to go shopping." After hesitating for a while, he asked: "Ba Dou, do you know that there are some things that girls like to sell in the town, that is..."

He was still explaining, afraid that Mao Badou wouldn't understand, but Mao Badou suddenly jumped three feet high, smiled cheaply and came over: "Do you want to buy it for your little fiancee? Let's go." ,I'll take you!"

Following him all the way around, four teenagers in school shirts came to a deep alley.

Mao Badou was leading the way, and said: "Don't look at this place as inconspicuous, but in fact, there are all kinds of things inside. My sister will come here every once in a while to buy some flowers for my daughter's family. .My family is not considered rich, and the peddlers sell not very good, and we can’t afford to go to the silver house, this kind of place is just right.”

Before the words fell, there was a small gate not far away, as if a certain family had opened the gate through the courtyard wall. The place is not big, it looks like a room.

There is no signboard, no pretense, and no name, but when you get closer, you find that the interior is very elegantly furnished, and it looks like a place to sell your daughter's belongings.

"Boss, here I come again!" Mao Badou greeted as he stepped into the threshold.

"It's you, brother, your sister didn't come today?" The boss is a woman in her forties, she doesn't look young anymore, but she is clean and decent, which makes people feel good.

"Haha, I brought my friend to buy some things."

The female boss glanced at a few young scholars, and nodded understandingly: "Then look for yourself, and I will give you a bargain if you like it."

While Mao Badou was talking to the female boss, Xue Tingxiang had already gone to the front of the counter. The counter design of this store is quite special, the countertop is half a person's height, and there are wooden boxes on it. The wooden boxes are padded with bright satin, and there are little gadgets on the satin.

There are everything from purses, sachets, combs, hand mirrors, and hairpins to small headbands, hair flowers, earrings, and earrings. Xue Tingxiang had never come into contact with such women's things, and his eyes were blurred for a while.

After Mao Badou finished speaking, he came over, looking like an insider: "You see what you want to buy and how much money you plan to spend. Do you plan to buy one, or buy several, I will give you advice."

Since then, Xue Tingxiang, who has always been calm and composed, has completely turned into a green head. And Mao Badou changed suddenly and became the leader.

"What do you think of this pearl flower? My daughter's family likes pink and tender colors, and my sister likes this kind..."

"Or this wooden hairpin, which looks quite special. And this earring..."

"Ba Dou, how do you understand this?" Li Datian asked curiously beside him.

Mao Badou looked helpless: "It's not my sister. Every time I come here, I will accompany you. I can read and watch and understand."

Seeing Xue Tingxiang's eyes resting on an old mahogany hibiscus hairpin, he was distracted and said, "This hairpin is not bad, elegant and generous, and not too childish. It comes with a pair of earrings, but I'm afraid the price is not cheap."

"My little brother has good eyesight. This is a new style that just came back from Fucheng. It's just like this. The wood is old peach wood, and the workmanship is also exquisite. The head of the hairpin is made of silver, and this hibiscus is inlaid with hibiscus stones..."

After a while, the four of them came out of the shop, and there was a wooden box in Xue Tingxiang's book bag.

"Tingxiang, you are really willing to part with it. You spent a tael of silver for two things, and you earned it by copying books for a long time." Even Mao Badou, who has always been generous, can't help but have some toothaches. Asking him to look at the belongings of these women's homes was only a matter of sending a hundred and ten cash. I didn't expect my friend to buy such expensive ones.

"The things are suitable, and the money will be earned in the future." Xue Tingxiang smiled, rubbing the box with his fingers through the book bag.

"That's right. After all, it's a gift for a young fiancee. It's not okay to be too picky."

A few people returned to the academy, entered the door with their front feet, and the bell rang with their back feet.

The four of them didn't dare to delay, they hurried back to the dormitory, put their things away, and took their books to the lecture hall.

Usually there are no lectures in the afternoon, and the students themselves manage the books.

It's normal, but tomorrow is Xiumu, and in the afternoon, everyone seems to be eager to move.

Because many students are from the nearby villages, the hall closed before the application time. They went back to the dormitory to pick up their things, and the school hall was empty after a while.

The four walked out of the gate of the academy together, and heard someone shouting from a distance: "Ting'er, this way."

I saw a mule cart parked diagonally, and two people were sitting on the shaft.

A man, a teenager.

Xue Tingxiang's face turned dark on the spot.

Mao Badou was about to ask something, when he saw the young man coming like a gust of wind: "I remember that you should be dismissed at this time, but Brother Jiang Wu still said no. Let's go, let's go, I bought a lot of vegetables, and I will give them to you in the evening." Make it delicious."

This boy is exactly the trick.

She didn't deliberately lower her voice to speak, and the crispness that a girl should have in her voice was fully revealed. Mao Badou was speechless as if he had swallowed an egg raw.

Only then did Zhao'er come to his senses, and asked, "Is this your classmate?"

Xue Tingxiang hummed in a low voice.

"What's the matter? Why are you unhappy? Whoever bullied you, tell me, I'll teach him a lesson for you!"

"Didn't bully Tingxiang, you, you are..."

"I'm Sister Ting'er, you are his classmates." Zhao'er was very happy. She always felt that the little man was too withdrawn. Although he has changed a lot since he got sick, it's better to have more friends. Be more lively.

"She's not my sister, she's my daughter-in-law!" With that said, Xue Tingxiang pulled her over, hurriedly said "I'll go first", and then dragged her away.

Mao Badou returned to the appearance of eating eggs raw, and said after a while: "So Tingxiang likes sister, so this is the little fiancee..."

"What sister is not sister! How come the words have changed from your mouth. Go, if you don't go, you won't be able to get in the car."

Xue Tingxiang didn't have a good face along the way, and Zhao'er was worried about Jiang Wu's presence, so it was hard to ask him what's wrong. They could only laugh and laugh from the sidelines, as if it was an active atmosphere.

Jiang Wu didn't realize it, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he was talking to Zhao'er without saying a word.

When he arrived at the village, Jiang Wu didn't go around to the end of the village, but drove the mule cart directly to Xue's house.

Both Zhao'er and Xue Tingxiang got out of the car, and Jiang Wu began to move things out of the car.

Zhao'er said that she bought a lot of things, which is true. One bag of rice and noodles, two pig's trotters, five catties of pork and some other miscellaneous things, and two bolts of cloth.

The Xue family all came out of the house, including Zhao and Yang.

Xue Juncai will come back today, they thought it was Xue Qingshan who went to pick Xue Juncai back.

"Zhaoer, why did you buy so many things?" Sun asked curiously.

Zhao'er opened the door, put the things in the room, and said: "Ting'er finally came back, so I bought some good ones for him."

Mrs. Zhao stood in front of the main room door, her nose was not her nose, her face was not her face: "You also know that when you come back, you run around all day without seeing anyone, which daughter's family is like you."

Zhao'er said innocently: "Grandma, what day did I not come back? I came back before it was dark. I just wanted to find some money everywhere. Ting'er's school expenses are used for the two of them. There is no need for money."

Mrs. Zhao snorted, threw down the curtain and entered the room.

Zhao'er didn't take it seriously, and turned to Brother Jiang Wu and said, "Brother Jiang Wu, I'm sorry to trouble you, rest at home tomorrow."

Jiang Wu nodded: "Then I will leave."

"Okay, I won't see you off."

After some tidying up, Zhao'er turned to look at Xue Tingxiang.

Seeing him is still angry, this kid is really stingy! She touched her nose, took the clothes and went to the corner of the room, closed a cloth curtain hanging there, and began to change clothes.

Not long after it came out, men's clothing became women's clothing.

She lowered her head and tied her hair, suddenly there was someone more in front of her.

She looked up, and saw him handing over a small wooden box.

"What?"

He didn't speak, just looked at her with his black eyes.

Zhao'er took it and opened it.

"Is this for me?"