But how can a donkey outrun a horse? Watching him ride away without a trace, Chen Qingxuan sighed suddenly and wanted to turn back. But he felt uncomfortable in his heart. Kong Wenmin sent Gu Qingtong here, but he didn't say a word of thanks. Instead, he humiliated him, which was really shameful. Chen Qingxuan drove forward to chase him. He thought about going to the prefectural government office and apologizing to Kong Wenmin in person.
As they were about to reach the market, they turned a corner. Chen Qingxuan saw a horse standing at the intersection. The horse looked familiar, so he took a closer look. He was wondering if it was Kong Wenmin's horse. He glanced at the man standing under the big willow tree in front of him. Chen Qingxuan was startled, then hurriedly stopped. He jumped off the donkey cart. He walked under the big willow tree somewhat embarrassedly.
"Why are you here?" Chen Qingxuan said to Kong Wenmin a little embarrassedly. "Didn't you just ride away on your horse? Why are you stopping here again? Are you waiting for someone?"
"Yes, waiting for someone." Kong Wenmin spit out a willow leaf in his mouth onto the ground, glancing at Chen Qingxuan who was a little embarrassed. He then said slowly, "Wait and see if he has a conscience."
Chen Qingxuan was startled, then he understood. If he had turned back at that time, Kong Wenmin would have given him a bad name from then on. Fortunately, he caught up with him, and fortunately, Kong Wenmin gave him such a chance.
"I was wrong," Chen Qingxuan said hurriedly, and then he bowed deeply to Kong Wenmin and said, "Brother Kong, please accept Chen's..."
Before Chen Qingxuan could finish his words, Kong Wenmin frowned and interrupted him: "Alright, alright, I can't stand you scholars' sour words. What's the point of saying this nonsense? It's better to be practical."
Chen Qingxuan was startled, and as he stood up, he looked at Kong Wenmin in confusion: "What does Brother Kong mean?"
"Two pounds of smoked meat patties, no bargaining!" Kong Wenmin pointed two fingers at Chen Qingxuan and emphasized, "I didn't ask you for more at all!" Your cousin has wasted a lot of my smoked meat patties today!
"Okay, okay, okay! Forget about two kilograms, even ten kilograms is no problem..." Chen Qingxuan said with a smile, and then paused. He was busy touching his belt, and then looked at Kong Wenmin with embarrassment, "Brother Kong, I was in a hurry to go out just now and forgot to take the silver..."
"Is that so?" Kong Wenmin raised his eyebrows and said slowly, "Then forget it today. When you have enough silver one day, you can pay me back for this meal."
"Yes, yes, I will definitely remember it," Chen Qingxuan nodded hurriedly and said with a smile, "Two pounds of bacon patties."
"Today we have two kilograms of smoked meat patties, but after today there will be more," Kong Wenmin looked at Chen Qingxuan's relieved smile and smiled in his heart. He squinted his eyes and said, "We have to go to Zhenweizhai for a drink, Brother Chen, am I right?"
"Yes!" Chen Qingxuan gritted his teeth and finally squeezed out a word from between his teeth.
"That's fine!" Kong Wenmin reached out and patted Chen Qingxuan on the shoulder, then walked towards the horse. As he got on the horse, he looked down at Chen Qingxuan, "Brother Chen, it's a deal now!"
"It's a deal!" Chen Qingxuan clasped his fists towards him.
"Goodbye!" Kong Wenmin nodded at him and rode away immediately.
Chen Qingxuan stood there, staring at Kong Wenmin without blinking, until he could no longer see him. He then turned around and walked towards the donkey cart with his head down, cursing in his heart that Kong Wenmin was simply trying to extort money from him! He worked so hard teaching, but only earned four or five taels of silver a year. Now, if he went to Zhenweizhai, he would have wasted most of his work in the past six months.
But who made him wrong in the first place?
Chen Qingxuan sighed silently, picked up a willow branch from the ground, then sat on the donkey cart, slowly swinging the donkey's butt with the willow branch, and walked towards home.
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When Chen Qingxuan came back with the donkey cart, Gu Qingtong had stopped crying. She was sitting under the shade of a tree, picking up the garlic she had just dug out of the ground with Grandma Chen. She had even changed into new clothes. Seeing Chen Qingxuan coming back, Gu Qingtong hurriedly stood up and greeted him: "Cousin, what did you say to Guard Kong? Is he still angry?"
"It's okay. I've made it clear. Guard Kong is not a stingy person. Don't worry," Chen Qingxuan said, looking at Gu Qingtong's red eyes, and then asked, "What happened? How did you run into a bad guy out of nowhere?"
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