Chapter 26 Chapter 26 If I can’t afford it, can I still not afford it? ...

Finally, at Xu Yunfan's insistence, Qin Run bought a few feet of cloth for himself and Anger.

When paying the bill, Xu Yunfan put one hand on the counter and said, "Boss, we bought so much cloth from you today, can you give us a discount?"

"Don't worry, sir. I'll definitely give you a discount." The shopkeeper was still calculating. Xu Yunfan saw her abacus clacking loudly. "You've been calculating for so long and still haven't figured it out? The total is 696 coins. Can you give me the remaining 96 coins?"

"Ah?" The shopkeeper was stunned. She hadn't figured it out yet, so how did this little guy figure it out?

Not to mention the shopkeeper, even Qin Run standing by was a little bit unconvinced.

Xu Yunfan: "The coarse cloth is 27 cents per foot, and we asked for 18 feet, which is 486 wen. The cotton cloth is 30 cents per foot, and we asked for 7 feet, which is 210 wen. The total is 696 wen, right?"

Qin Run was tall, so naturally he needed seven feet of cloth. An Ge'er was short, so Qin Run said four feet would be enough.

The shopkeeper didn't believe it and insisted on finishing the calculation. He found that Xu Yunfan was right. "This... young master is really amazing."

No matter how powerful it is, that’s another matter, “but I can’t erase this small amount.”

Ninety-six cents, not six cents, how can you just wipe it out?

It’s about right to get six cents.

Xu Yunfan was not good at bargaining, so Qin Run had to step in. "Boss, we bought a lot from you. Give us a discount. I will come back to buy from you in the future."

"No, the most I can give you is sixteen cents off. If it's any cheaper, I won't make any money. I'm just earning some hard-earned money."

Xu Yunfan: “…”

This rhetoric sounds so familiar.

Qin Run finally bargained down to 671 coins and asked the shopkeeper to give him several bundles of small rags.

The shopkeeper almost cried. Today, he had met his match.

After leaving the clothing store, Xu Yunfan pouted and looked a little unhappy because when he wanted to take the backpack, Qin Run wouldn't let him, saying that he couldn't carry it.

This is very insulting, he is not the handsome and beautiful Liu Ruofufeng!

He can even carry two bags of corn, so how can he not carry a backpack weighing dozens of pounds?

Let alone a few dozen kilograms, try putting two hundred kilograms of real gold and silver in the backpack. He can immediately carry it and run! His legs can even leave afterimages.

Qin Run also meant well. Xu Yunfan's shoulders couldn't even lift two bags of corn, and carrying a basket weighing dozens of kilograms would easily hurt his shoulders.

Xu Yunfan walked in front, and Qin Run followed him silently. This kind of Qin Run made Xu Yunfan soft-hearted. He couldn't help but slow down his pace and stepped back to Qin Run's side. "Let's go buy some chicken and then go back!"

"good."

"I don't know how to pick chickens. You go ahead and pick them. Put the basket aside and I'll watch over you. Pick out a few hens and a rooster. Have them put them in the cage and I'll take them."

"Okay", it seemed that Qin Run would only say "Okay" no matter what Xu Yunfan said.

While waiting for Qin Run, Xu Yunfan did not forget to buy the meat buns that made him drool this morning. Xu Yunfan bought six at once, just two for each person.

He originally wanted to buy some desserts to take back, but then he thought that sugar was so expensive, so desserts should not be cheap either, so Xu Yunfan gave up the idea.

But Ang'er was waiting at home, and as an adult, he had to buy something that could be eaten immediately and bring it back to make the child happy.

Children wait at home for adults who have gone out to the market to come back. Even if the adults did not say they wanted to buy any delicious food when they went out, children always think that the adults would buy some delicious food to bring back.

Because of this idea, children will have expectations. If in the end, they don’t buy anything, how disappointed will Angel be?

After buying the buns, Xu Yunfan couldn't help but think that Qin Run and his brother both loved sweet food, and desserts and candies were too expensive, so he couldn't afford them.

Damn it, if he can’t afford such expensive candy, can’t he afford to make it?

When you are suffering, you must not let your family suffer.

Isn't it just sugar?

In Xu Yunfan's opinion, he must satisfy Qin Run and his brother's small wish of wanting to eat candy.

So, he put on his backpack and walked towards the rice shop, figuring that Qin Run would not come back soon.

Qin Run was in high spirits, carrying a cage of chickens in his right hand and a duck in his left hand as he returned to the place where he had parted with Xu Yunfan.

The place where Xu Yunfan and the backpack were originally was now empty. There was no one in sight, and even the backpack was gone.

At this moment, Qin Run felt as if his heart had stopped and the blood in his body seemed to be flowing backwards. He felt dizzy and had lost all his strength.

Qin Run stared blankly for a long time before he came to his senses and staggered to the place where Xu Yunfan was squatting and waiting for him to come back when he left.

"Xu Yunfan..."

Qin Run widened his eyes when he got no response, turned around and looked at the passers-by on the street. It was as if something was stuck in his throat, so that he couldn't shout out. He kept making "huh" sounds and turned around in circles stupidly, trying to find the back he was eager to find among the passers-by.

But he turned around several times and couldn't even see a corner of Xu Yunfan's clothes.

When Xu Yunfan came back after buying things, he saw Qin Run's panicked face, his eyes full of confusion, helplessness, loss, sadness and other complex emotions that made it impossible to see.

Qin Run was spinning around, standing in the middle of the road, not even knowing how to give way even though he was blocking the way.

Some people touched his shoulder and saw that he was carrying chickens and ducks in his hands, so they started cursing at him, saying that he was mentally ill and why was he blocking the road instead of walking?

Qin Run was scolded, Qin Run was confused and helpless, when Xu Yunfan saw Qin Run like this, he felt his heart suddenly numb, as if it was pinched by a pair of invisible hands, and even breathing was painful.

A feeling similar to self-blame was about to swallow him up. At this moment, Xu Yunfan just wanted to hold the confused Qin Run in his arms, to be his harbor, and to help his lost ship find a place to dock.

Thinking so, he did so.

Xu Yunfan ran up with a bag in his arms and called softly, "Qin Run! Come here, I'm here, come to me."

Qin Run's confused eyes slowly focused when he heard Xu Yunfan's voice, and he regained his former spirit. However, he hesitated and called out tentatively, "Xu Yunfan..."

He didn't know whether the Xu Yunfan in front of him was just an illusion.

Xu Yunfan walked over directly, holding a sack in one hand and holding Qin Run's waist with the other. Under the gaze of others, he took Qin Run aside and said in a very soft and gentle tone, "I'm here."

He knew why Qin Run was like this. Qin Run came back and didn't see him, probably thinking that he had run away again. "Sorry, I remembered that I had something to buy, so I went to buy it. I didn't expect you to come back so soon."

Hearing this, Qin Run lowered his head, contrary to his usual behavior, and said after a long while: "Xu Yunfan, will you leave?"

Xu Yunfan raised his face, "You want to drive me away? Don't get me wrong, I told them you are my husband just to avoid some unnecessary trouble."

Qin Run raised his head and said seriously, "I won't chase you away, but you will leave one day."

He didn't mind whether he was a husband or not. He wished Xu Yunfan would treat him as a husband.

"If I leave, won't I have to take you with me?" Xu Yunfan said as a matter of course, "Where I go, won't you and An Ge'er follow me? So, even if I leave Dali Village, I won't leave you."

"Really? You won't leave us?"

Xu Yunfan summoned up a rare patience that was rare for a 17 or 18-year-old boy. "A liar is a puppy. What? Are you still going to make a promise to hang yourself for a hundred years?"

Qin Run really put down the chicken coop and extended his little finger. Xu Yunfan was stunned for a moment, with a helpless yet indulgent expression on his face, "I'm really impressed by you."

As he spoke, he also extended his pinky finger, "Let's make a promise and hang ourselves together for a hundred years. Whoever changes will be a dog. Is that okay?"

Qin Run finally laughed, "Give me the backpack and carry the duck, okay?"

The backpack is much heavier than the duck.

"No, I can carry it."

"I'll carry it." Qin Run was extremely persistent.

Xu Yunfan couldn't get over it, so he ended up holding a sack in one hand and a duck weighing six or seven pounds in the other. "Why did you buy a duck? It's so big. If you keep raising it, it will become an old duck."

Qin Run said happily: "When I went to buy chickens, the uncle selling chickens saw that I bought a lot, so he asked me if I wanted to buy a duck. This duck hasn't eaten recently, and one of its legs was hit by a wooden board. I guess it can't be raised, so I sold it cheaply."

Qin Run thought of buying some for Xu Yunfan to nourish his body.

A pound of duck costs seven cents, and a pound of □□ cents, but Qin Run bought chickens, which are sold by size, at six cents each. He bought six hens and a rooster.

Xu Yunfan roughly calculated that seven chickens cost him a total of 42 cents.

Fifteen catties of refined rice cost sixty cents, meat and oil cost twenty-three cents, and the duck cost forty cents because it was sold at a discount. A seven-catty duck cost nine cents less...

Later, he bought five kilograms of wheat, four kilograms of glutinous rice, and half a kilogram of white sesame seeds.

All in all, I spent nine hundred and sixty coins today, which is almost one or two taels.

Wow, ten taels of silver is really not worth the money.

Xu Yunfan thought of Aunt Qin's house, "Qin Run, how much do those lumbers cost?"

"Do you want to pay back the money?" Qin Run thought that he should be the one to pay back the money, as Xu Yunfan had already bought enough today.

"Of course, if I don't pay it back, who will? We're all family, so don't be so distant with me."

Xu Yunfan added, "As for the rice you borrowed earlier, I'll return it when I get home. I'll also give them a pound of fat as repayment for the oil you borrowed. I don't know how much fat was used to fry that oil, but in this kind of situation, I'd rather pay more than less."

This is to avoid people accusing them of being cheap and borrowing more than they have to pay back.

Aunt Qin was good to Qin Run and his brother, so Xu Yunfan didn't feel bad about giving them a little more meat. As the saying goes, it's hard to help someone in need, but it's easy to add icing on the cake. At the beginning, the Qin family was penniless, but Aunt Qin lent them rice, oil, and wood, and didn't ask them to pay it back. She also helped them from time to time. They had to appreciate this kindness.

Qin Run suddenly asked, "You went to Aunt Qin's house last night, right?"