Chapter 1200 Suffering in the World (3)

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It is very expensive to take medicine, and it cost twelve taels of silver to catch eight medicines twice. After removing the purchased rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, etc., the twenty taels of silver for Chen Xiang's bracelets left only four taels or twenty taels of silver.

Pang Jinglun lay on the bed, looked at the money and said with a bitter face: "Taking medicine is too expensive, so I won't take it."

"No, the doctor said that you must take 20 sets of medicines, or your illness will not be cured." After a pause, Brother Xuan said: "I will find a solution for money?"

After hearing this, Pang Jinglun asked, "I can't lift my hands or shoulders, what can you do?"

Brother Xuan said: "I can write letters to people, or I can go to the bookstore to help people copy books." Considering the cold weather, he is more inclined to copy books.

"Hey, you also know that you can make money by copying books for others?" I thought Brother Xuan was just a nerd who only read sage books, but I didn't expect to know these common things.

Brother Xuan said: "I have a classmate who is from a poor family and earns his living by copying books. I will go to the bookstore later, and I should be able to find a job."

Pang Jinglun hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Then go to the bookstore and ask the shopkeeper. I'll ask Ah San to buy medicine." Ah San has always been in charge of buying medicine.

Brother Xuan nodded and went out.

He didn't hear the footsteps, so Pang Jinglun lowered his voice and asked Ah San: "Should I continue to drink this medicine?" Brother Xuan hired a quack doctor, and Pang Jinglun prescribed the medicine even though he was not sick.

Ah San said: "This is a medicine for nourishing the body. There are only benefits and no harm in taking it."

"It's so bitter." This medicine is indeed good for the body. After taking these eight medicines, he feels much lighter than before. But the medicine was so bitter that he didn't want to drink it at all.

Ah San said: "I'll bring you back a braised pig's trotter later." It was also because Pang Jinglun was older, so he secretly brought good dishes for Pang Jinglun to add to his meals every day. As for himself, he would eat whatever Brother Xuan ate.

Pang Jinglun said: "I want to eat roast duck. Is there any in this county?"

"I'll go out and have a look in the afternoon. If I want it, I'll buy it for you tomorrow." As long as Pang Jinglun's request is not too much, he will satisfy it.

Brother Xuan hadn't come back until noon. Pang Jinglun said to Ah San worriedly: "Go and find it!" If something happens, he can't bear to walk around!

Ah San said without any haste: "Don't worry, the young master is fine." If something happened, he would have received the letter.

Pang Jinglun is not such a simple person as Brother Xuan, and he immediately understood after hearing this: "Madam also sent someone to secretly protect the young master?" To be on the safe side, they all called Yuxi by Madam outside.

Ah San nodded. There must be places where a person can't guard against, and it's safer to stay in the dark.

Pang Jinglun shook his head and said, "Ma'am, you have really put in a lot of effort. I only hope that the young master can improve on this trip!"

Ah San said: "Then you should be stricter with the young master!" Due to his status, Pang Jinglun was very polite to Brother Xuan, he didn't look like a teacher at all, but rather a subordinate.

"I know how to do it!" He will do his best to help the Empress correct those shortcomings of His Highness the Third Highness.

At the end of noon, Brother Xuan came back.

Seeing Brother Xuan come back with pens, paper and books, Pang Jinglun asked, "How much is it for copying a book?"

Brother Xuan said: "Copying a book costs two hundred Wen, but they pay for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone." He also knew that the amount was not much, but the store only gave this price. If he didn't accept it, he would lose even two hundred Wen.

After hearing this, Pang Jinglun said: "This store is not bad, it is quite kind. When I recover, I will copy books with you."

Brother Xuan was not very satisfied: "A Zhi copied a book for someone, and it cost two taels of silver." He only had two hundred coins, which was only one-tenth of what Ruan Chengzhi earned.

Pang Jinglun explained: "Your classmate is a student of White Sandalwood Academy, so the price of the books he copied is naturally high. You are just an unknown little person now,

Two hundred texts for a book is not bad. It's also because your handwriting is not bad, otherwise the shopkeeper wouldn't be so easy to talk to. "

Brother Xuan showed bitterness. Thinking back at home before, he never put two hundred Wen in his eyes.

"Don't dawdle, I'm going to copy the books on the kang." Burning the kang takes a lot of firewood. In order to save money, Brother Xuan and Ah San both moved to Pang Jinglun's house. At night, the three of them slept together.

Copying books is tiring work. After copying for only one day, Brother Xuan couldn't lift his arm. It was also at this time that Brother Xuan realized that the money was really hard to earn.

Although the kang was burning all the time, Pang Jinglun still felt that the room was a bit cold: "Ah San, go and buy some charcoal." It would be much warmer if a pot of charcoal fire was lit in the room.

An hour later, Ah San bought a bag of about 30 catties of charcoal and came back.

"Why do you only buy this?" One piece of charcoal can only be used for four or five days.

Ah San explained: "The price of charcoal has risen in cold weather now, and it costs three pennies per catty." On weekdays, this charcoal only costs one penny per catty. The colder the weather, the more expensive the charcoal.

Brother Xuan lowered his head.

The charcoal was burned, and the house was indeed much warmer. But after a while, Brother Xuan's eyes were very uncomfortable from the smoke.

Rubbed his eyes, rubbing out tears. Brother Xuan felt very uncomfortable, and said, "Ah San, is this charcoal? Why are you still smoking?"

"It's just normal charcoal, it's normal to have smoke."

Brother Xuan frowned and said: "At home, there are two or three pots of charcoal fire in the room without any smoke."

Pang Jinglun looked at Brother Xuan, as if he was saying why you are such an idiot: "You use silver charcoal at home, so naturally it won't smoke. But the price of silver charcoal is ten times that of the charcoal we use now .” Silver thread charcoal can only be used by wealthy families. He is reluctant to use silver charcoal at home.

Brother Xuan lowered his head.

It took Brother Xuan two days to copy a book. This efficiency is considered very high.

The shopkeeper saw that Brother Xuan's handwriting was neat and beautiful, and he was very satisfied. Immediately, he asked Brother Xuan to continue copying books for them.

Brother Xuan hesitated for a long time, and finally said with a blushing face, "Shopkeeper, two hundred words for a book is too little, can you add some more."

The shopkeeper immediately stated that a book can be added with 50 characters.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, once you have spoken, the next thing you say will be smooth. Brother Xuan shook his head and said, "My teacher said that at least one hundred essays should be added, otherwise I won't be allowed to copy."

The shopkeeper said: "If you could help us copy twenty books a few years ago, I can give you one or two for each book."

One book is one tael of silver, and twenty books are worth twenty taels of silver. With this money, not only will my husband's medicines not be cut off, but also things for the Chinese New Year will be available.

The shopkeeper added another sentence: "If the young master agrees, I can pay you the money in advance."

Brother Xuan immediately agreed when he heard this.

After returning, Brother Xuan told Pang Jinglun and Ah San the good news with an excited face.

When Pang Jinglun heard that Brother Xuan had made a contract with the bookstore owner, he really wanted to help him: "There are only 20 years left to celebrate the New Year, even if you don't eat, drink or sleep, you can't copy a book in a day. "

Brother Xuan was dumbfounded, he only thought about making money, but forgot that he couldn't do it at all: "I'll go back and refund now."

"The contract is finalized. If you go back on your word now, you will have to pay liquidated damages." I used to say that this store is kind, but now it seems that there is no business or no adultery.

"If I don't quit, I won't be able to finish copying twenty books!"

Pang Jinglun glanced at Brother Xuan, and said helplessly: "The shopkeeper knew about my existence, so he dug this hole on purpose. The purpose was to let me help copy the books. Otherwise, how could he give you so much money?" . . ”

Brother Xuan didn't understand, and asked, "Teacher, why did he do this?"

"You can write so well at such a young age. As your teacher, your handwriting must be good. If you are famous, you will earn a lot of money. This shopkeeper is planning on you and me." When he said this , Pang Jinglun took a special look at Ah San. He suspected that this matter was planned by Ah San.

There was Geng Ling'er's incident before, and now there is another shopkeeper of the bookstore, being tricked twice in a row makes Brother Xuan very frustrated: "Why are they all so bad?"

"People don't kill the world for themselves. Ada, you were so innocent because you were so well protected by your family before, but you didn't know that people's hearts are sinister." The simplicity is almost stupid. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and it can be corrected.

Brother Xuan fell into silence again.

Seeing the bad atmosphere, Ah San asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"

Pang Jinglun sighed and said, "Even if we go back on our word, we won't be able to pay liquidated damages. Besides, a gentleman pays a thousand dollars for his promise, and he must do what he promises."

If Pang Jinglun were to copy the books, it would probably make his condition worse. Brother Xuan said unwillingly: "Teacher, even if you pay compensation, I can't let you copy books."

After finishing speaking, Brother Xuan went out with books and ink in his hands. As for what to do, you don't need to ask.

Seeing this, Ah San hurriedly followed.

Pang Jinglun nodded secretly. Although a little stupid, but the character is good.

Half an hour later, the master and servant returned. Seeing Ah San walking with a limp, Brother Xuan's face was also a little red and swollen. Pang Jinglun hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"

"The shopkeeper wanted me to pay liquidated damages. I didn't have the money to pay, so they beat me. Ah San was injured by them in order to protect me." Brother Xuan looked guilty when he said this.

Pang Jinglun hurriedly said: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and ask for a doctor!"

Only then did Brother Xuan come to his senses, and hurried out to ask for a doctor.

Looking at the leg that was swollen like a pig's trotter, Pang Jinglun said, "Just let Ada learn the lesson, you don't have to fight like this." This leg is really hurt, it's not like he's pretending.

"Unless you are pushed into a desperate situation, the young master will be difficult to change."

Upon hearing this, Pang Jinglun asked, "Is it your fault at the bookstore?"

Ah San shook her head and said, "No. The manager of the bookstore is famously cunning in Siyang County."

After a pause, Ah San said, "Young Master is such a deceitful person, even if you don't need to arrange for a liar to find him."

Pang Jinglun: ...

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