Chapter 44
Seeing her like this, the chief clerk at the door was very surprised and asked, "What happened?"
"I fell and sprained my ankle."
"I've heard from the Shaoqing that His Majesty has specially appointed the Sixth Prince as Prince of Xing and ordered him to be in charge of this matter." Mu Zhubu was extremely indignant. "Who would have thought that he would come to the Dali Temple to show off his power as soon as he was appointed."
Jian Xinyi remained silent and just continued trying to move herself.
"Alright, how are you going to get home like this?" Mu Zhubu looked at Jian Xinyi's feet, his brows furrowed. "I'll order the sedan chair at home to take you home."
Mu Zhubu supported her all the way to the gate of the Dali Temple and said, "I will take you here. If you miss us in the future, feel free to come find me and Sun Liqing."
"Thank you, Chief Registrar."
"You can also find my cousin, she likes you too."
"The chief clerk is really clever and alert."
Jian Xinyi smiled rarely and looked at Chief Clerk Mu carefully. "Chief Clerk, be careful too. The Dali Temple is no longer a safe place."
"Yes, now that the Sixth Prince is the newly appointed Prince Xing, and with the previous Prince Geng, the situation in the court is not optimistic."
Mu Zhubu sighed deeply, and it took him a long time to recover. "But no matter how difficult it is, we still have to live our lives."
Jian Xinyi nodded and inadvertently saw the sky outside, with red clouds and rosy clouds, which complemented each other beautifully.
Mu Zhubu saw the sedan chair coming from afar and took Jian Xinyi's hand, saying, "If you need anything, whether it's from the Dali Temple or the painting book, just come and tell me."
"I know. Thank you."
Jian Xinyi and Mu Zhubu waved their hands and got into the sedan chair.
It was her first time sitting in this kind of sedan chair, and she was a little excited. She imitated others and secretly lifted the curtain to look outside.
Actually, there is no difference.
She lowered the curtain angrily and was just about to take a nap when she arrived at the bookstore.
Jian Xinyi came down jumping up and down, startling Lao Lin. "What happened?"
"I accidentally sprained my ankle."
"I've always said that this Dali Temple isn't a good place. Look at you, you've suffered so many injuries just because you've been hanging out with people from the Jinwu Guards and Dali Temple all day long."
Old Lin had been harboring resentment for a long time, and he blurted it out all at once, "The first one was that Qian Yuan, the Jinwu Guard and the prince, and then later on, someone from the Dali Temple showed up."
Jian Xinyi quickly pulled him back and said, "Keep your voice down, there are so many people here."
Old Lin looked around at the crowd in the bookstore and muttered quietly, "I told you they're no good. They're always fighting and killing each other, and they can't raise people well."
"I don't want them to raise me."
"Oh, that's not what I meant."
The two men started arguing quietly again, not even noticing the person coming in at the door.
"What a coincidence! You guys are so busy today."
The woman lifted her veil and smiled, "Miss Lin, are you injured again?"
"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious." Jian Xinyi waved her hand and stood up from the counter. "It's been a long time since I last saw Madam Liu Qin."
"Xianxian Tower has just been renovated. I'll come see you as soon as I have time."
Liu Qin walked lightly to the counter, and many men looked over here.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Jian Xinyi brought Liu Qin into the house without saying anything.
"I thought you'd like this."
"What?"
Liu Qin curled her lips and looked at Jian Xinyi with a meaningful look: "I'm standing at the counter, isn't I helping you attract customers?"
Jian Xinyi was very disdainful, "I earn your money, not those men's money."
After that, he took Liu Qin's hand again and said, "How are you doing recently? I was busy in the Dali Temple for a while and didn't see you much."
"Xianxian Tower has reopened, and there's a lot of work to be done. But that's all other people's business. We'll just continue to live our lives as usual." Liu Qin smiled softly, her eyes flickering. "But this time, I came here at the invitation of the sisters in the tower."
She took out a thick stack of lists. Jian Xinyi leaned over to take a look and saw that they were filled with names, addresses, etc.
"At first, only a few people read it. Then, as time went on, some of them introduced it to their sisters. As time went on, the list kept getting longer and longer. If I don't come to you soon, I'm afraid I won't have enough paper to remember it."
Liu Qin spread the paper on the table and said, "I've counted, there are exactly fifty."
"so much?"
Jian Xinyi couldn't help but be shocked.
"It's not that many. There are many women at every corner of West Street. Fifty is just a small part of them." Liu Qin pondered for a moment, as if calculating something. "But for books, isn't printing fifty copies at once a bit too much?"
"It's a bit too much, at least today..."
Jian Xinyi looked up at the sky and it was not too late yet.
"Sit here for a while. I'll go ask Lao Lin when the printing will be finished."
She hurried to the front yard to look for Lao Lin. Seeing that he hadn't left yet, she felt relieved. "Can you print out fifty more copies of the picture book today?"
"Fifty?"
Lao Lin was also surprised, "The girl wants fifty servings?"
Jian Xinyi thought about it for a while and said, "If it doesn't work today, I can go and deliver it tomorrow."
"I'll try to print as many as I can. You can fill in the gaps later."
The two of them discussed it and decided to do so.
Old Lin quickly packed up and went to the backyard to print books, asking Jian Xinyi to come out and look after the shop.
She had just sat down when she saw Liu Qin leisurely walk to the counter. "Shopkeeper Lin just told me that it will probably be evening. I'm going to go for a walk on the street and come back to get it in the evening. I've taken a day off anyway."
Jian Xinyi nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you at the bookstore."
As the sun gradually set, Jian Xinyi became more and more impatient, and would go out from time to time to take a look outside.
Although she had never been to the place where the books were printed, it was said that it was originally the place of Lao Lin's family and was sold by Lao Lin's father. However, Lao Lin's family was allowed to print again for free.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be too far away.
Just as he stuck his head out again, Lao Lin came back with a pile of books, "Books are coming, books are coming."
"There are exactly thirty books in this stack. Count them."
Jian Xinyi put the books on the counter and counted them carefully again. There were indeed thirty books.
Seeing that she had counted correctly, Lao Lin quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Go and report back. I'll take care of the store."
She saw that Lao Lin's hand was covered with ink and felt a little sorry for him. She stood there for a moment and forgot to take the book.
"What's going on?"
Lao Lin's question brought Jian Xinyi back to reality, and she quickly left with the book.
When they arrived at the backyard, the two of them took inventory of the books and accounts, and agreed to deliver the rest tomorrow afternoon, and Liu Qin left.
After sorting everything out, Jian Xinyi quietly moved under the candlelight and began to count the nearest copper coins.
I happened to glance outside and saw that the sky was dark and a crescent moon hung high in the sky.
She subconsciously wanted to blow out the light and go to sleep, but then she remembered that she had been ruthlessly fired.
Even the compensation is still in her own hands.
Jian Xinyi was very helpless and did not dare to tell Lao Lin about this matter.
The night grew deeper and the dew became heavier. Before I went to sleep, the injury on my foot seemed to ache again.
She picked up the medicine Qian Yuan had given her, held it in her hand, and couldn't help but recall what happened during the day.
Qian Yuan...Xing Wang...
The crescent moon is silent, and the candlelight flickers.
The cold medicine was applied to the wound, causing a tingling sensation.
Early the next morning, Jian Xinyi woke up as usual, and found that she didn't have to go to the Dali Temple anymore, so she wanted to fall into a deep sleep again.
"Zhuiyu, can't you pay it back?"
Oh no, how could I forget about this?
Jian Xinyi was slightly embarrassed, scratched her head, and chuckled, "My foot is broken, and the Dali Temple granted me some leave."
Lao Lin frowned, "Are you feeling better? Do you want to go to Huichun Hall and have a look?"
"No, just rest for a few days." Jian Xinyi patted her chest, "I'll be fine soon. I just sprained my ankle. I'll feel much better once I wake up."
After saying that, she touched the counter and tried to stand up and take a few steps, "Look, isn't this fine?"
Before she could finish her words, Jian Xinyi almost twisted herself and cried out in pain.
Seeing this, Lao Lin helped Jian Xinyi up and scolded her, "Why are you trying so hard? Hey, rest for a few days before leaving. I can go to Xianxian Tower for you."
"Ah? Is it appropriate for you to go to a place like this?"
"Are you suitable to go?"
The two looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
"I'll go, and I'll just take our firewood stick with me."
Jian Xinyi limped out a stick from the backyard and stuck it beside her. "It's quite convenient to walk like this."
Every time he took a step, the old firewood stick would poke the ground with a thud.
"Look at what you look like."
"What does it look like? Is this a normal crutch?"
After Jian Xinyi and Lao Lin finished arguing, they walked out of the alley. She saw a group of beggars coming towards her, each holding a fire stick and walking towards her with a proud and arrogant look.
The beggar leader next to her looked at her attire and started talking to her.
"Hey, new here, haven't I seen you before?"
Jian Xinyi was furious. She stabbed the stick into the ground several times and said loudly, "I sprained my ankle."
As soon as he finished speaking, the group of beggars burst into laughter.
There was a little beggar behind her who imitated her tone and laughed at her, "You sprained your ankle~"
"Hey, you guys..."
She was pointing at something randomly with the fire poker, but she heard a ding-dong sound nearby.
A copper coin rolled down to the ground at Jian Xinyi's feet.
"My, my."
She quickly blended into the group of beggars, put down the book next to her left hand, and tried to pick up the copper coin, but she couldn't squat down.
When he looked up again, the copper coin had fallen into the hands of the beggar leader.
"Why are you begging if your legs aren't working properly? You can't even get any money."
The beggar glanced at her sideways and continued walking forward.
"No, I..."
Jian Xinyi could only bang her fire poker in anger and watch helplessly as these beggars snatched away every penny she had.
Finally, she leaned on the fire stick and moved step by step to the vicinity of Xianxian Tower. She breathed a sigh of relief and just as she put the book in her left hand on the ground, the woman next to her said disdainfully, "Where did you come from, beggar? Go away, don't be an eyesore here anymore."
Jian Xinyi tightly gripped the fire stick in her hand, suppressed her emotions, and said slowly: "Miss, please call Miss Liu Qin in the building. I'll bring her something."
The woman's eyes sifted back and forth between Jian Xinyi's body. "What do you want to do with Miss Liu Qin?"
"She ordered some things from me, and I delivered them to her."
Jian Xinyi had a stiff smile on her face as she reverently presented the bundle of books.
She naturally ignored Jian Xinyi in a bad mood, crossed her arms and hung up high, "Then go in and find her yourself."
Jian Xinyi was also helpless. She leaned on the fire stick and took out ten copper coins: "Uh, my legs and feet are not very convenient. I hope the young lady will understand."
"Okay, then you wait for me."
The girl was very efficient in taking the money and took away a bundle of books from the ground with just one hand.
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