NOVEL FROG Chapter 6 We actually don’t know each other well
The four of them came to the household and were greeted by a small official with a smile on his face.
"Thank you, brother, why are you here free?"
"A house under my name has been sold. Come over and change the title."
"Oh, I'll do it for you."
With the tooth shop clerk and Xie Yuan there, the clerk quickly completed all the procedures for them.
Xie Yuan took the brand-new house deed and glanced at the name on the house deed without leaving any trace. "Ming Yue" is as bright as the moon, shining brightly. This name is really appropriate.
When Jiang Mingyue took the house deed and handed the three hundred and fifty taels of silver notes to Xie Yuan, she suddenly heard him whisper: "I used to be the aide to the county magistrate."
So that's it. No wonder the people in the yamen were so kind to him. Jiang Mingyue looked at the man and blinked her big, watery eyes. Is it so obvious to her?
"Obviously!" Xie Yuan said softly.
Jiang Mingyue looked at Xie Yuan in shock with her eyes widened. This man belonged to the devil, how could he know what she wanted to say.
The rich facial expression of the girl pleased Xie Yuan. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, he turned around and took out a tael of silver and gave it to the clerk.
"Excuse me, I'll treat you all to dinner at noon."
The clerk smiled and collected the money.
"If you guys hear this news, you will definitely be very happy. We have wanted to get together with you for a long time."
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She should pay for the money to show her filial piety to the clerk. Jiang Mingyue would be very embarrassed, but she knew that now was not the time to dwell on this. The clerk from the tooth shop was still standing aside waiting!
Jiang Mingyue gave the dental shop clerk a cut of two taels of silver and took the key.
Seeing that Xie Yuan would not be able to leave for a while, Jiang Mingyue and the others left the Yamen first.
After sending away the happy man, Jiang Minghong looked up at his sister and discussed: "Mr. Xie helped us a lot today. Let's buy him a gift and express our feelings briefly. What do you think, sister?"
"My brother is still thoughtful."
She was still worried about how to return the one tael of silver to him!
"On the way here, I found a bookstore here. How about we go shopping?"
"it is good!"
Worried that Xie Yuan would not be able to find them when he came out, the two siblings ran all the way to the bookstore. Jiang Mingyue waited for her breathing to stabilize before leading her brother in.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any better inkstones, inks or pens here?"
"Yes! You two gentlemen, please come with me."
After choosing for a while, the two siblings chose a pen.
"The two guests have really good taste. This is the treasure of my store. There is only one. This pen is made of wool. I chose goats from the south. The necks and armpits of the goats are tender and thin. That tuft of hair..."
The shopkeeper's talk was so exciting that he praised a brush to the sky.
"So much money?" Jiang Mingyue asked.
The shopkeeper held out two fingers.
Jiang Mingyue's eyes showed a hint of surprise: "Two liang! We bought it."
The expression on the shopkeeper's face froze.
"The girl was joking, it's twenty taels."
While the two were talking, Jiang Minghong came to the counter, poured a cup of tea to moisten his pen, wrote a word, and then looked at the tip of the brush carefully.
When the shopkeeper saw this scene, his eyes turned to Jiang Mingyue and the two of them. He had met an expert. These two were not easy to fool!
"Twenty taels is expensive, shopkeeper, please give me a real price." Although Jiang Mingyue doesn't know much about pens, she has seen a lot, and the pen in front of her is definitely not worth twenty taels.
"Okay! I see that you sincerely want to buy it, so I won't come here for free. You can take the ten taels." It looked like you made a lot of money and I lost a lot of money.
Jiang Mingyue was amused by him, thinking that ten taels of silver was almost enough. When she was about to pay, she heard her brother say: "Six taels!"
"No, I'll lose money on six taels if I don't sell it."
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, listen to what I have to say first, and then make a decision.
I have been admitted to Yu's private school, and I will definitely buy paper, pens, and ink frequently in the future. Besides, I have many classmates. Once I get to know them well, I can bring them to you to buy things. "
When the shopkeeper heard this, his little eyes rolled around a few times, then he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll sell this, young master. Don't forget to visit my little shop with your classmates often in the future."
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I will come often in the future."
Jiang Mingyue saw that her younger brother had directly cut the price to sixty taels. She was so proud that such an outstanding person was her biological brother, dear.
The two siblings walked out of the bookstore. Jiang Mingyue handed the pen to her younger brother and said, "The shopkeeper is quite interesting."
"Well, he's very good at business."
Jiang Minghong paused and asked, "How did sister know Mr. Xie?"
"It's not even close to knowing each other."
Jiang Mingyue told her brother about Xie Yuan hitting her.
Jiang Minghong only felt a little strange when he heard this. He thought Xie Yuan and his sister were very familiar with each other, so that's why he treated them so kindly. Wasn't that right?
However, he soon felt relieved. After all, Xie Yuan had not yet been admitted to the imperial examination, and he had not yet entered the imperial court. He would not be as unkind and unreasonable as in his previous life.
The two returned to the Yamen along the same route and waited for a while before Xie Yuan came out.
Xie Yuan looked at the two people under the tree, walked quickly to them and apologized: "I haven't been back to the Yamen for a long time. I chatted with everyone a little more. Are you anxious about waiting?"
"No, sir, you are too polite."
Jiang Minghong took out the pen and handed it to Xie Yuan and said, "Thank you very much for today, sir. I don't know what he likes, so my sister and I bought a pen that we both like and gave it to him. I hope he can accept it."
"Then I would be disrespectful."
Xie Yuan opened the brocade box and looked at the brush inside. It was probably not cheap. Thinking that the two of them picked it together, he touched it gently and said, "Thank you, I like it very much!"
Jiang Mingyue and the two looked at each other and smiled when they heard this.
"Then we won't disturb Mr. Juren."
Xie Yuan nodded and looked at Jiang Minghong: "I live next door to you. If you want to enter Yu's private school, you can come to me at any time."
The two siblings were surprised at first when they heard this, and then they were happy.
"I took note of it, thank you sir."
After Jiang Mingyue and Xie Yuan separated, Jiang Minghong looked at his sister and suggested, "Today is a happy day. How about we go to a restaurant to have dinner and celebrate properly?"
"Okay!"
The two had lunch, discussed it and went to the West Market. Although the house was there, there was nothing in it. If they wanted to move in, they still needed to buy a lot of things. There was no rush for other things. Jiang Mingyue could take his time in the future. Purchase, but beds, wardrobes, desks, etc. must be purchased first so that they can move in earlier.
There are four carpentry shops in the West Market. Jiang Mingyue and his wife went to the largest one first.
At the end of the day, Xie Yuan, smelling of alcohol, said goodbye to everyone in the yamen.
He walked unsteadily, his eyes were dull, and he looked like he was drunk. After turning into a small alley and away from the crowd, Xie Yuan's eyes instantly regained clarity.
He lowered his head and smelled the alcohol on his body, and speeded up with a look of disgust. After a while, in front of the Zaolin Hutong house, he took out the key, unlocked the door, and pushed the door open. As soon as he crossed the threshold, he seemed to have remembered something, and turned to look. Toward the next door.