"It doesn't matter where you live, little brother, you should go back soon, I'm leaving first."
Ye Youze said with a smile, and then was about to leave.
Chu Qi felt a little stuffy in her chest. She pulled Ye Youze's clothes and said, "Don't leave yet. Come with me. I'll take you to find a place to stay tonight."
"Little brother?" He was confused and didn't understand what his little brother was thinking.
Chu Qi didn't care what he thought, "It's still early, do you want to see where I work?"
This aroused Ye Youze's curiosity. He originally didn't take Chu Qi's suggestion of finding a job seriously, but now that he heard that he was going to go and see, he nodded, "Okay."
When they arrived at the bookstore, Chu Qi helped Ye Youze tidy up his messy hair and then took him in.
Ye Youze was afraid that he was too dirty and would be disliked by his younger brother, so he would take a shower and change into cleaner clothes every time before coming here.
Although there was still some sweat on my body at this moment, fortunately there was no bad smell.
The boss was still sitting behind the counter, slowly calculating the accounts with an abacus.
"Boss, I'm here." Chu Qi greeted.
The boss looked up when he heard this and saw the short-sleeved man next to Chu Qi, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He smiled and said:
"I came a little late today, maybe something delayed me.
Yesterday's miscellaneous books sold well, and several customers have placed orders. Could you work harder today and copy more?
Of course, don’t worry if you can’t do it, the most important thing is to avoid mistakes.”
Chu Qi said: "I chatted with my brother for a while today, so I was delayed for a while.
I'll try to transcribe it as quickly as possible."
She practiced calligraphy for several days in her dream last night.
The speed and viewing experience are greatly increased.
Mr. Jiang finishes school around the time of Shen, and the sun sets around the time of You.
She works between these two time points.
The steamed bun shop closes just before the sun sets.
Chu Qi usually leaves a little early to buy steamed buns.
After exchanging a few more polite words with the host, Chu Qi took his elder brother to a small room at the back of the bookstore to copy books.
Ye Youze watched his younger brother write eagerly. He dipped the brush in ink, put down the pen, and wrote in one go. He was neither fast nor slow, and his demeanor was calm. Beautiful characters appeared on the paper one by one.
It's just a simple act of writing, but it's beyond the reach of Ye Youze.
He seemed to be born with some missing strings in his brain. It was difficult for him to remember how to write characters, let alone copy them without making any mistakes.
He really wanted to praise his younger brother, but he was afraid that if he spoke, he would disturb his younger brother's work and cause his boss to scold him and deduct his salary. So he had to suppress his desire to speak and stay quietly aside.
....
Chu Qi's writing speed increased a lot today, and he only stopped after writing three books.
One book contains three texts, and three books contain nine texts.
The boss handed Chu Qi nine coins as wages and said with a smile: "Your handwriting is very popular. Remember to come on time tomorrow. I'll wait for you here."
"must,"
Chu Qi bowed and said goodbye, then went to buy four steamed buns.
Four of the nine cents he had just collected were spent in one go, causing Ye Youze to feel heartbroken.
He opened his mouth, thinking that if he bought so much at once, he wouldn't be able to finish it tonight.
But Chu Qi handed one over: "Brother, you haven't eaten yet, eat now."
"No, I don't need to eat this."
Ye Youze subconsciously declined. He didn't have to move any goods today, so it would be a waste if he ate this!
Thinking this in his mind, he said, "Little brother, save it for tomorrow morning."
Chu Qi didn't want to argue with him about this matter, so she stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth while he was talking.
Ye Youze felt the fragrance of the steamed bun in his mouth: "......"
He ate the steamed bun in frustration.
Not to mention, the multi-grain steamed buns made of white flour and bran powder are much more delicious than hard steamed buns...
.....
Chu Qi brought Ye Youze to the dilapidated hotel.
The hotel over here is right next to the luxury hotel next to it, that side is where the companions of students from wealthy families live, and this side is for relatives from poor families to live in.
Although they are close to each other, the treatment and environment are very different.
A small room in a luxury hotel costs 3 cents a night, but you can get a discount and it will be 85 cents a night if you stay in a month.
Even with the discount, it is still expensive for the poor.
This run-down hotel is much cheaper, costing only one cent a night, and the monthly rent is 28 cents.
However, generally no one is willing to pay the monthly rent. Usually, relatives of poor families will rent a room here for one night after delivering things to students, and leave early the next day.
The original owner was reluctant to spend money on his eldest brother, so he never mentioned the existence of this place.
Seeing Chu Qi handing a copper coin to the hotel owner, Ye Youze understood. So his younger brother wanted to rent a hotel for him?
I saw with my own eyes that my little brother worked hard for more than an hour to copy books and only earned nine copper coins, but spent five of them in a blink of an eye. I felt so sorry for this honest man.
But he couldn't say it in front of outsiders, so as not to embarrass his younger brother.
His face turned red. He waited for Chu Qi to take him to the room number with the key, went in and closed the door, then he said:
"Brother, I can just find a wall to lean against for a night. Why would I need to waste money to live in such a nice place?"
Yes, the dilapidated thatched house at home is the ancestral home left by Huang Ying’s deceased mother, but it is really dilapidated.
Even though the hotel is shabby now, it looks much better than the thatched hut that leaks when it rains.
"I made money just to make my family feel more relaxed,"
Chu Qi choked up:
"How could I bear to let you sleep on the street? Here is the steamed bun. Take it and save it for tomorrow morning so you can have enough energy to continue your journey."
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