Because Tian Mingwu returned from a business trip, Tian An asked the kitchen to arrange a welcoming banquet to welcome Qin Wen and Shen Cheng, and he also personally cooked a few dishes suitable for Tian Mingwu to recuperate.
He also asked Bai Ying to take the letter to Zhao Yiming.
Tian Mingwu couldn't drink because of his injury, so he ate his food in anger, and the task of greeting Qin Wen and Shen Cheng fell on Zhao Yiming.
Xiaokang and Xiaoqi sat quietly aside to eat, carefully learning how to interact with others from Zhao Yiming.
After dinner, Xiaokang returned to the yard and took out the map of the capital, looking at it and writing and drawing.
Xiao Qi asked curiously, "Brother Xiaokang, what are you doing?"
Xiaokang said without even looking up: "Make money."
"Are you short of money?" Xiao Qi said as she hurriedly took out her monthly savings and gave it to him. "I still have some here, Brother Xiaokang, take it!"
Xiaokang returned his silver to him and said, "I don't make money because I need money."
Xiao Qi shook her head in confusion. "If you don't need money, then what are you earning money for?"
Xiaokang put down his pen, sighed, and then said, "After my sister and brother-in-law Yiming get married, I will be her brother-in-law. I will have to support her in the future, so of course I have to think about making money from now on!
Besides, I have to earn money to buy a dowry for my sister."
He was also inspired today when he learned that his father went to fight bandits in order to earn a dowry for his sister.
He knew that he was not capable enough to do what his father had done and earn such a large dowry for his sister, but he did not want to give up. Even if he could only afford a silver hairpin in the end, it would still be good enough.
After hearing this, Xiaoqi immediately expressed her desire to join him without saying a word.
Xiaokang nodded and pushed the map towards him, "Then let's go together!"
Xiaokang thought about it for a long time and felt that if he wanted to make money in a short period of time, there was no other way except to do business.
The only business he could think of at the moment was to learn from Tian An and sell tortoise jelly.
The reason for taking the map was to find a place that could avoid Tian An and her friends' shops and stalls and still sell tortoise jelly.
After all, he couldn't take away his sister's business, and she couldn't know about it.
So he repeatedly warned Xiaoqi, "We must not let our sister know about this. If she knew, she would definitely tell us to concentrate on our studies and not worry about her."
Xiaoqi also knew Tian An's temperament, and nodded repeatedly, indicating that she would definitely be careful not to let her know.
However, he looked at Xiaokang with a puzzled look and asked, "When did Brother Xiaokang learn how to make tortoise jelly?"
Xiaokang said as if it was a matter of course: "I can't do it! I'm busy studying all day, how can I have time to learn that stuff!"
Xiao Qi was shocked. "You don't want to learn and apply it right away! Then how can you hide it from your sister?"
After all, with Tian An's intelligence, if the two of them showed any interest in that thing, they would definitely be exposed.
Xiaokang shook his head helplessly and even knocked him on the head with his pen before saying, "Don't you know that my sister's tortoise jelly can be directly sold wholesale?"
Xiao Qi suddenly understood, "You mean we should go directly to Donglin Street to get the finished products and sell them for the difference."
Xiaokang nodded, "The boy is teachable, but we can't just take it directly like this, we still have to..."
The two of them whispered and discussed all night until their personal servant reminded them that it was getting late, and then they packed up and went to bed.
The next day, during the afternoon class, the two of them quickly ate a bowl of noodles each at the noodle shop their family owned at the school gate, then went to a milk tea shop to pack some pastries, and then brought their personal servant to the entrance of an alley two streets away from the college.
At the entrance of the alley squatted two beggars, one large and one small. The older one was no more than twelve or thirteen years old, the younger one only eight or nine.
When the older one saw Xiaokang and the others coming, he quickly pulled the younger one, picked up the bowl from the ground and came forward, "Kind young master! Give us something to eat! Please have pity on us two brothers, we haven't eaten for two days..."
Xiaokang ignored the steamed bun stuffing still hanging around his mouth, took the snack wrapped in oil paper from Pingxing, took two pieces of meat floss cake, and placed them in their broken bowls.
The two brothers were stunned for a moment, and then they said a long string of nice things without asking for money, "Young Master, you have such a kind heart! Good people will be rewarded, and good people will have a peaceful life. You will definitely be the top scorer in the imperial examination and have a bright future..."
I was so exhausted from talking that I looked up and saw that Xiaokang and the others had not left yet.
Just as he was about to continue to say nice things, he heard Xiaokang say, "Let's discuss something!"
The older beggar paused, then cautiously pulled the younger beggar back a step, and said without a second thought, "Sir, you're joking. I'm just a beggar. How can I discuss anything with you?"
Xiaokang ignored his excuses and said directly, "I want to set up a stall to earn some pocket money, but I can't show up in public. I want to hire you to look after the stall for me. What do you think?"
"Guard, guard the stall?" the big beggar said in disbelief.
Xiaokang nodded, "Yes, I just keep the stall."
The beggar thought Xiaokang was joking and said casually, "Does it include food?"
Xiaokang nodded and said, "Guan, if you do a good job, I will pay you."
"Are you kidding?" The big beggar still couldn't believe that such a good thing could happen to him.
"Do you think I'm joking? Or do you think I need to joke with you?" Xiaokang said unhappily.
The beggar frowned. Theoretically, he thought it was impossible. Didn't he see the two servants accompanying the man? Why didn't he just ask the servants to do it? Why did he have to come to him, a stinking beggar?
But there is no guarantee. These young men may become stupid after reading too much all day, and have novel ideas, so they like to follow unconventional paths.
Will you agree or not?
The big beggar was still thinking about it when he felt the hem of his clothes being pulled by the little beggar next to him.
He lowered his head and asked quietly, "What are you doing?"
The little beggar pointed at the meat floss cake with a bite missing from the broken bowl and said, "Brother, this cake is so delicious! If we had agreed to them, would we be able to eat cakes this delicious in the future?"
The big beggar smelled the fragrance of the meat floss cake in the broken bowl and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He had never smelled such a fragrant scent of cakes!
It smells so damn good.
Seeing that the meat floss cake was working, Xiaokang asked slowly, "Have you thought about it? If it doesn't work, I'll find someone else. I don't have so much time to wait for you to dawdle."
When the little beggar heard that they were going to find someone else, he quickly pulled the big beggar's hand and said with pleading eyes, "Brother, please agree to them! We won't have to beg everywhere anymore."
Even if there weren't such delicious pastries, he would be willing to do it as long as he could have a full meal.
The beggar hesitated for a moment and asked, "Will the meal be enough to fill you up?"
Xiaokang nodded, "I'll make sure you're full, and I can even give you meat."
When they heard the word meat, the two beggars' eyes lit up.
But the big beggar still didn't give in and asked again, "I have to take my brother with me."
In other words, I have to provide meals for both of them.
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