Xu Jiang quickly supported her and advised, "Everyone encounters difficulties sometimes, and teaching and educating people is the highest virtue. It is my honor that Xu Jiang can contribute her efforts. Madam, please do not be so polite."
"Tongyun and her husband will always remember the help Manager Xu gave us today."
"Sang Luo also kept it in mind." The boy echoed.
Xu Jiang was amused by his seriousness. She raised her hand to pick the tung blossoms from his hair, patted his head, and then said to the two of them, "We still have to hurry to Qinghuai Township, so we won't bother you any more. We'll take our leave now."
Because Shopkeeper Wang was there, it was inconvenient to invite the two into the house, so Tong Yun had no choice but to say, "Okay, then Tong Yun will not keep you two here. My husband and I will go into the city again to express our gratitude during the next ten-day holiday."
Xu Jiang wanted to say that there was no need to come and thank him again, but then she thought of what Shopkeeper Wang had just said, so she smiled and said, "You're welcome to come for tea anytime."
When the hot soup noodles were served on the table, Xu Jiang and Manager Wang couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks. After finishing half a bowl, they started chatting casually.
Shopkeeper Wang said, "Look at how aggrieved that lady is. I wonder what kind of trouble she's encountered."
When Xu Jiang saw Tong Yun, she couldn't help but think of Madam Lin. She and Master Lin had opened a private school back then, and Master Lin had to deal with so many controversies, so it must have been very difficult.
"She doesn't look much older than me, and her husband should be young too. It's not easy for a couple to open a private school like this, so there will inevitably be twists and turns. So I'll help out as much as I can with small matters like this. As time goes by and I experience more, I'll slowly get a firm foothold." This is how life goes on.
Shopkeeper Wang couldn't help but sigh as he looked at her. His sister had also suffered a lot along the way, and it was not easy for him to run the bookstore now, but she was always thinking about helping others. It made people feel both distressed and admired.
After finishing their soup noodles and feeling refreshed, they strolled around the village market for a while. It was a rewarding experience for Xu Jiang. Besides buying some local cakes and produce, she also received a few seals from a peddler.
The peddler had bought these stamps from other families, and he didn't know their origins. He hadn't sold them for several years, but when he saw she was interested, he wanted to sell them to her at their original price. Fearing she wouldn't want them, he praised them to the skies, and even brought up any celebrity he could find, to the amusement of Xu Jiang and Shopkeeper Wang.
Xu Jiang discerned that the studio names and pen names engraved on these seals all had provenances. Although their owners were not great sages, they were still somewhat famous and should not be buried in the countryside. Coincidentally, she happened to have two of his paintings and calligraphy in her shop, which she could take back to form a set.
To be honest, she had sold the two paintings and calligraphy at a low price. I guess the original owner was forced to make a living, so he sold all his paintings and calligraphy and seals at a low price. Now that they have fallen into her hands, it can be considered fate.
After shopping and leaving Longquan Township, the only place left is Qinghuai Township.
"The situation in Qinghuai Township is similar to that in Weiyin Township. Although it is close to the city, it is far away across the river and has many barren fields. Good crops cannot be grown here, so people naturally cannot live a good life." The sigh of Shopkeeper Wang drifted in the wind.
Xu Jiang looked at the scattered wasteland in the distance and remembered that there were several farming books in the market, one of which talked about how to improve the fields by composting manure. She would go back and look through them, and give them to Shopkeeper Wang, asking him to teach them the methods when he borrowed them to plant crops. Then, even wasteland could be turned into fertile farmland.
As the sages said: "It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him fish." Only by learning skills can one establish a stable life.
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