Chapter 158: Walking Hand in Hand
After the school day was over, the number of people at Jardine Matheson College gradually decreased.
But not only did the businesses on this street not close, but they were all in high spirits. Many small stalls on the street took out the lights they had brought and hung them up, just waiting to light them up when it got dark.
Song Yuntang exchanged two cups of sour plum soup for three pancakes from the lady at the stall next door.
"I don't know what happened to Da Huang and the general?"
She had asked her second brother and several people from the shop repair shop to help take the things in the Nanjiao yard along with the two dogs to the farm. The two dogs were not familiar with the farm, and even less familiar with Chen's mother and son.
I don't know if they can get along well.
"Don't worry, my second brother will arrange them."
"Second brother is familiar with them. Before, Da Huang and Jiang Jun would tear his trouser legs when they were hungry." Song Yuntang smiled, and suddenly looked at Xu Qingye who was eating biscuits calmly beside him with a strange expression, "Why are you calling me second brother too?"
Xu Qingye looked at her innocently.
"Then what should I call him?"
Looking at his appearance, Song Yuntang couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Xu Qingye also smiled, chewed the biscuit, and turned his head away embarrassedly.
It is indeed embarrassing to call her this, but after all, Song Jinsheng is her brother. No matter how much younger than you are, you still have to call them.
After Song Yuntang finished laughing, he reached out and took a cup of sour plum soup and gave it to Xu Qingye, "You haven't had the sour plum soup I made yet, right? Try it and see how it compares to the ones in the county town."
Xu Qingye took it and took a sip, and felt his eyes brighten.
"No wonder those people in the academy come to your stall after school." He glanced in the direction of Song Yuntang, "It tastes pretty good, delicious."
After saying that, he took another sip.
The lady selling cakes next door looked at the two of them talking and laughing, and said with a smile, "You two have such a good relationship. I really envy you."
Song Yuntang curved his eyebrows and said, "Auntie, we haven't gotten married yet."
The old lady became curious and moved closer, pulling Song Yuntang's arm and whispering.
"Is the marriage settled?" She glanced in the direction of Xu Qingye. "Auntie is an experienced person and can judge people accurately. This young man is handsome and humble. Such a man is most suitable for living together. You should hurry up and get him."
Song Yuntang glanced at Xu Qingye, then turned and spoke to the old lady with a smile.
"We will be married in seven days."
The old lady was surprised at first, then she started laughing.
"That's good, that's good, Auntie, I wish you two a happy marriage and a long life together."
Song Yuntang smiled.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Xu Qingye glanced in the direction of the two of them, and when he saw the smile on Song Yuntang's face, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
The little girl is actually quite pretty when she smiles.
It would be nice if I could smile more often.
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As the sky gradually darkened, more and more people came onto the streets, and many stall owners had already turned on the lights on their stalls.
Xu Qingye was also not idle, lighting up the twenty lanterns that had been refilled with lamp oil one by one.
There is also a shop selling lanterns on this street, but its lanterns are not as novel, unique and adorable as the ones painted by Song Yuntang.
The moment the lights came on, many people came to ask questions.
Seeing this, Song Yuntang stood up and started doing business.
"Miss, would you like some sour plum soup? Sour, sweet and icy cold sour plum soup, five cents a cup."
"Give me two cups of sour plum juice first." The girl put one arm around the sister next to her and pointed at the lantern above Song Yuntang's head with the other hand, "Girl, how much do you sell this lantern for?"
"A lantern is twenty-five cents. I can get whatever style you want for you." Song Yuntang said as he filled two cups of sour plum soup and handed them to the two of them.
The girl took the sour plum soup.
"So expensive? The lantern over there is only eighteen cents."
As she spoke, she pointed to a stall selling lanterns in the distance.
Song Yuntang smiled calmly and said, "Look carefully, young lady. Have you seen the style of our lanterns before? Moreover, our lanterns are painted, so they still look beautiful even when the lights are turned off."
The girl looked at it carefully, and although she still thought it was expensive, she couldn't help but like it, so she bought one and left happily.
"Boss, I want to buy a lantern too."
A familiar voice sounded in my ears.
Song Yuntang looked up and saw that it was the siblings Mu Qiu and Mu Dong.
"Happy holidays, Sister Song." Mu Qiu smiled and handed her a candy figure he bought on the road.
Song Yuntang took it and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Come and give an account to Sister Song."
Mu Qiu said this and came to the table to help Song Yuntang sell sour plum soup, so that it would be easier for his brother to check today's accounts with Song Yuntang.
Song Yuntang poured a cup of sour plum soup for each of them.
"For you."
"Thank you very much."
As Mu Dong spoke, he picked up the sour plum soup and took a sip. He seemed attracted by the taste of the sour plum soup, and then he picked up the cup and took a big sip.
"It tastes so good!" said Mu Qiu.
Song Yuntang looked at her with a smile, "It's delicious. I'll give you another cup after you finish drinking it."
Mu Qiu's face was full of cuteness, "That won't work, Sister Song still has to do business."
"Your cup of sour plum soup is indispensable."
Mu Dong checked the accounts for Song Yuntang, handed over five taels of silver as revenue, and then took Mu Qiu home.
Before leaving, Song Yuntang filled the two people's cups with sour plum soup and gave them another cup, asking them to take it back to Cui.
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More and more people came and the business went smoothly. Within an hour, all the lanterns and sour plum soup were sold out.
The two men took the things to the backyard of the tavern, and with the dim light of the puppy lamp, they counted the profits they had earned that day.
"Seventy-one lanterns and six pots of sour plum soup, a total of three taels and two hundred and seventy coins were earned. The profit from the lanterns should be one tael, seven hundred and seventy-five coins, and the rest is the revenue from the sour plum soup."
Song Yuntang took out some of the revenue from the lanterns and gave it to Xu Qingye.
"Take this."
Xu Qingye confiscated it and said, "I came here to sell lanterns with you. Please keep it."
"How can that be possible?"
"We are about to get married, and I will give you money in the future. There is nothing wrong with that." Xu Qingye seemed not to want to continue this topic. He stood up and stretched out his hand to her, "Do you want to go to the dock to see the flower boats?"
Song Yuntang was stunned and stretched out his hand to him.
"good."
On the busy street with people coming and going, Xu Qingye held Song Yuntang's hand tightly in his palm, as if he was afraid that she would get lost.
The woman held a puppy lantern in her hand, admiring the street scenery and passers-by, and from time to time she looked at the man holding her hand.
No conversation along the way.
But as he walked, the corners of his lips began to rise.
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