Er Laizi's face wrinkled immediately. "Just two days ago, when the corvée service ended and I was sending Brother Dahu home, I met Dafang. I thought she was very pretty. She used to be so pretty when she always rolled up her sleeves and held a knife to cut meat. I was so scared that I never dared to look her in the eye."
"Just the other day, she was at home wearing a yellow dress with her hair down. She looked so pretty."
As he spoke, Erlaizi's face couldn't help but turn into a smile.
Jiang Tuantuan suddenly had an idea and said, "How about I help you pursue Dafang? I'm a woman, I understand girls' preferences."
"Okay, okay, boss, you're still the best to me."
"But I have one request. That is, you must find me some animals I haven't seen before every day. Any animal will do."
Er Laizi patted his chest and assured, "No problem."
The next morning, before the sun even came out, Er Laizi came running over and said, "Boss, I caught a mouse for you!"
Jiang Tuantuan was immediately awakened. He asked Erlaizi to put the mouse into the house, put on gloves and put it into the space.
After breakfast, Jiang Tuantuan kept staring at Erlaizi's face.
"What's wrong with my face? There are rice grains on it."
Jiang Tuantuan said, "I've looked at your face carefully. You're not bad looking, but you're usually too sloppy. Do you have any nice new clothes?"
"No, I only have two, and that one is uglier."
"Then let's go to the county town today and buy some new clothes first!"
Before leaving, Jiang Li asked, "We've saved over 500 eggs at home. Do you want to take them all to the county town to sell?"
Jiang Tuantuan thought about it and decided to forget it. Although it wasn't so chaotic outside, he still wanted to be prepared for the worst, so he decided to stock up for now.
The three of them got on the cart and set off. Jiang Li had hand-copied a copy of the Three Character Classic during this period and was planning to sell it in a bookstore.
When we arrived at the gate of the county town, there were still many refugees stationed there, but fortunately the porridge stalls had reopened and everyone could barely survive.
They found a cloth shop that was still open and chose a blue coarse linen suit for only a hundred coins.
There happened to be a silver jewelry store nearby. "Boss, I have one or two hundred coins left, and I want to buy a gift for Dafang."
"Okay, let's go."
When they got into the store, the waiter saw that the three people in front of him were dressed in rags and there was a pregnant woman. He looked unhappy and wanted to send them out quickly.
Er Laizi saw a very beautiful gold bracelet and asked the price, which turned out to be fifteen taels of silver. He quickly put the bracelet down and looked at other jewelry.
The waiter said in annoyance, "If you can't afford it, go home quickly. The cheapest bracelet here costs one or two taels of silver."
"Don't be rude!" A middle-aged man came out.
"We are guests. What would you three like to choose?"
The second beggar said, "I only have one ounce of silver, and I want to buy a bracelet."
The middle-aged man took out a thin bracelet from the cabinet. It had no patterns, but it was smooth all over and quite nice looking.
"Before the flood, this bracelet was sold for one or two hundred wen. Today, since you seem to be interested, I will sell it to you for one or two wen."
Er Laizi was very happy. He paid the money immediately and put the bracelet carefully into his pocket.
After leaving the store, Erlaizi was still laughing foolishly.
"The shopkeeper has a good eye. He can tell at a glance that they will buy things," the waiter flattered him quickly.
"Don't be so picky in the future. Many people don't even have enough food to eat right now. Who would come to look at jewelry for no reason, especially a pregnant woman?"
"Yes, yes, the shopkeeper is right. I won't dare to do it again next time."
The second destination was the bookstore. Jiang Li found the shopkeeper at that time and handed his handwritten book to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper looked through it and found that there were indeed no typos, but the writing was indeed ugly, but at least it was neat.
He gave Jiang Li fifty cents, and Jiang Li successfully earned his first pot of gold entirely on his own.
His face was full of joy, while everyone on the street had sad faces, which made Jiang Li and Er Laizi look very out of place.
The third destination is Tongji Hall. Winter is just over a month away, so we have to prepare for the move quickly.
"Doctor Su, I haven't seen you for a long time. I hope you are well," Jiang Tuantuan said.
"I calculated the date and Miss Jiang should be here, and sure enough, she arrived today. I've also been looking at houses for you, and there are a few good ones. I'll take you to see them right away."
"Please lead the way, Doctor Su."
The first house I saw was a courtyard with the main house in the middle, two side rooms on the left and right, a kitchen, a woodshed for storing miscellaneous items, and a small courtyard in the middle. It was a newly built house with no furniture in it, so it needed to be renovated. I had exactly ninety taels of silver, but it was right next to the street, so it would be very noisy if I lived there during the day.
The second set is a two-courtyard complex with an additional hanging flower gate than the first set, which separates the inner and outer courtyards. It is indeed much larger, but its disadvantage is that it is too far away. It is at the city gate, and one has to walk a distance to enter the city.
Su Qingming said, "If Miss Jiang is not very satisfied, I went to their home a few days ago to treat them. I happened to hear that their house was for sale. Why don't we go and take a look together?"
"good."
Enter the West Street of the inner city, walk a short distance into an alley and turn a corner to reach the place. The gate is closed.
Su Qingming knocked on the door, and a very kind old man came out. "Oh, it's Doctor Su."
"This is my friend who mentioned to you some time ago that he wants to buy a house."
When the old man heard that they were coming to see the house, he warmly welcomed Jiang Tuantuan and his group in.
"My house is a courtyard with a main room and two side rooms. It's a little small, but it's separated from the street by a house, so it's very quiet. We'll give you the furniture for free, which saves you a lot of trouble."
Jiang Tuantuan looked at the house carefully. There were green ivy growing on the wall, a sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the yard, and flowers planted under the wall. It was obvious that the house had been carefully cared for, and the whole yard was filled with a faint fragrance.
Jiang Tuantuan was very satisfied and felt that the house was very warm.
The old man said that he had originally planned to sell the house for 120 taels, but now he was in a hurry to sell it, so he sold it for 100 taels.
Jiang Tuantuan was very happy, as it was exactly as expected. He immediately negotiated the house deed with the old man, went to the government office to sign and seal it, and paid the money.
While everyone was not paying attention, Jiang Tuantuan took out one hundred taels of silver from the space and pretended that he took it out from his pocket.
Jiang Li and Er Laizi were very surprised. Did she plan this before coming? How could she hold so much money in her pocket?
Su Qingming was also very surprised. One hundred taels of silver was taken out so easily. How could an ordinary country family have so much money?
The house was bought and they would move in a month later. The biggest thing was done. Jiang Tuantuan was very happy and said that he would definitely invite Dr. Su to have a good meal after they moved in.
Su Qingming happily agreed.
After returning home on a cart, Jiang Tuantuan said to his parents with a beaming smile, "We have a new house now. We'll be moving in a month."
Jiang Dafeng's legs are now completely healed. Apart from being unable to do heavy work, he has no other problems in his life.
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