Tie Kui Extra Story (14)

The shopkeeper of the fur shop of Yongsheng Trading Company is a man in his thirties with a very gentle appearance.

Seeing the two people's clothes, the shopkeeper knew it in his heart: "You two don't know what kind of leather you want to sell?"

First, take out the six ordinary animal skins you brought, and ask the shopkeeper for a price.

The shopkeeper checked it carefully and said, "These six leathers, I will give you twenty-six taels of silver at most."

This price is twice as much as in the town.

Tie Kui saw that the price offered by the shopkeeper was quite fair, so he lowered his voice and said, "We still have a white tiger skin."

The shopkeeper is not surprised at all, the eyesight to be able to be the shopkeeper is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Seeing that Tie Kui was carrying the pannier on his back, he knew there must be something good in it: "Please come inside." This tiger skin is easy to sell but not easy to get rid of, so it has always been priced but not sold.

After entering the small room, Tiehu took off the back basket and took out the tightly wrapped tiger skin inside.

After the tiger skin was spread out, the shopkeeper nodded secretly. Tiger skins are hard to find, and white tiger skins are even more difficult to find in thousands of miles. And this tiger skin is well preserved and handled very well, with almost no flaws.

Tie Kui asked: "Shopkeeper, make an offer!"

The shopkeeper pondered for a moment and said, "Two hundred and sixty taels." To ordinary people, two hundred and sixty taels is a huge sum of money.

Tie Kui laughed when he heard the words: "Shopkeeper, are you bullying me? I have never seen the world. Such a intact white tiger skin is worth at least 13400 taels of silver in the capital." He has a classmate My elder brother has a dress made of tiger skin, which is far worse than this one, costing eight hundred taels of silver.

The shopkeeper was a little surprised, glanced at Tie Kui and said with a smile: "I don't know how much the price is in Beijing, but there must be no higher bid than ours in Shengjing."

Tie Kui said: "Our father and son risked their lives to get this, and it will not be sold if it is less than six hundred taels."

The shopkeeper was not angry either, and asked all over the sky to pay back the money: "From here to the capital, I won't talk about the freight, labor costs, and shop fees. I just said that there are bandits along the way. How dare you sell the tiger skin in the capital? If you sell it at a high price in the capital, you may not be able to get home safely."

"Two hundred and sixty taels is definitely not for sale, it's too low. We also really want to sell it, so you can give us a real price."

The two bargained for a while, and finally the shopkeeper said: "At most three hundred and sixty taels,

This is the highest price I can offer. Little brother, if there are more, we won't make much money. "There must be some profits, but the profits will be less than expected.

Tie Kui still felt that the price was too low, but he also knew that the buyers were very hard on the price. Going to other places may not be more than here.

After thinking for a while, Tie Kui asked, "Father, he said that the maximum payment would be three hundred and sixty taels of silver. What do you think, Father?"

This tiger skin is only one hundred and thirty forty taels of silver at most in the town. Now it can be sold for three hundred and sixty taels, which is almost three times more than in the town. There is no reason for Tiehu not to agree: "Yes, yes."

At this moment, someone outside said: "Shopkeeper, the goods have been loaded."

Hearing this, Tie Kui suddenly interjected: "Shopkeeper, I don't know where your shipment is going?"

"The capital city."

Hearing this, Tie Kui's eyes lit up instantly: "Shopkeeper, we happen to be going home, can you give us a lift?"

"It takes only five days to get to Anshan by renting a carriage. Our caravan travels slowly, and it will take about ten days to arrive." Tie Kui spoke pure official language, and the shopkeeper couldn't figure out who he was. where from. But as soon as Tiehu opened his mouth, he knew that the father and son were from Anshan.

Tie Kui laughed and said, "It costs twenty taels of silver to rent a carriage from here to Anshan. Our family's food for a year is only four or five taels of silver."

The shopkeeper chuckled and said, "I thought you were afraid of bandits!" I don't deny that the father and son did it to save money, but more because they thought it was safe to follow their caravan.

"Shopkeeper, you people in business don't always pursue convenience for others and convenience for yourself. Besides, I gave you such a good piece of leather, and you can make a lot of money."

The shopkeeper thought Tie Kui was very interesting, he didn't look like a child at all, so he asked with a smile, "They're leaving soon, don't catch up with them."

"Can."

At such a young age, he is not only smart but also knows how to advance and retreat, and has sharp eyesight. He will definitely be a character when he grows up. Therefore, the shopkeeper was also willing to sell Tie Kui for a favor: "For this money, do you want silver or bank notes?"

Tie Kui said: "Give us thirty-five taels of gold, thirty-five taels of silver, or six taels of broken silver!" Although he followed the caravan back, it was too eye-catching to bring so much silver.

The shopkeeper was very thoughtful, and gave thirty-five gold ingots weighing one tael and three silver ingots weighing ten taels, and the broken silver was packed in a blue pouch.

"In the future, if there are good leathers, I hope you can send them to us and guarantee a fair price."

Tie Kui clasped his hands together and said, "Definitely."

Afterwards, the shopkeeper took the father and son and the caravan to talk about it. The team leader glanced at them and said, "You must obey our orders on the way, or I will drive you out at any time."

Tie Kui hurriedly said, "Naturally."

The Eternal Life Trading Company is very famous, and every time their caravan delivers goods, there are guards to escort them. Not to mention ordinary bandits, even famous bandits dare not touch them.

Fortunately, the caravan passed by their county seat, and the father and son spent the night in the county seat that day.

On the second day, Tianmengmeng and his son rushed home. I came across a butcher stall on the road, thinking that Chunni likes oily residue and lard bibimbap, Tie Kui rounded up the suet on the stall in one go.

When we got home, it was already evening. Seeing the cooking smoke above the house, Tie Hu smiled and said, "Just in time for dinner."

The door was locked, Tiehu knocked on the door and shouted: "Chunxiang, Chunni, open the door quickly."

Chun Ni rushed out from the kitchen and was very happy when she saw the two of them: "Daddy, brother, you are finally back." She knew that the two of them had gone to Shengjing, and since the day they left, she had been hanging on her heart. . Fortunately, the two returned safely.

The father and son entered the house, and Chuni closed the door and locked it. From the time Er Shui came home until the grandmother came over, they would lock the door at home. Unless it is a very familiar person, other sisters who knock on the door will not open it.

Seeing that the father and son's back baskets were full, Chunni asked, "What did you buy?"

Tie Kui handed Chun Ni a large package of things wrapped in oiled paper: "This is what you have always been thinking about."

When she opened it and saw that it was suet, Chunni was overjoyed: "I'll squeeze it with my eldest sister now." After speaking, she walked out quickly with the twenty catties of suet in her arms.

Tie Kui couldn't help but smile.

After dinner, Tie Kui handed the two sisters a small wooden box the size of a thumb: "Eldest sister, second sister, see if you like it."

Chunxiang's is a pair of lilac earrings, and Chunni's is a pair of gourd earrings.

Chunni is in charge of the house and has been in contact with silver. Seeing the two pairs of earrings, Chunni asked, "Brother, are these silver?"

Seeing Tie Kui nodding her head, Chun Ni couldn't help complaining, "Brother, you're really serious, what are you doing wasting this money?" She said so, but she smiled crookedly.

Chunxiang was also overjoyed: "Thank you brother." It was the first time he saw such beautiful jewelry when he grew up.

In addition to jewelry, Tie Kui also bought a bolt of water-red muslin for the two sisters to make clothes. The Chinese New Year will be over a month away, and it's time to prepare new clothes.

It's too late to put everything in order. The next day, the father and son went to the village chief's house.

First of all, I solemnly thanked the village head and the Tong family, and then presented a bolt of red sandalwood fine cloth.

As soon as Tong saw this material, she fell in love with it: "How much is this material?"

"A tael of silver." Afraid that the two of them would not believe it, Tie Kui said, "We came back with the caravan. They often bring goods to the cloth shop, so the price they get is very cheap." The discounted price is correct, but After the discount, this piece of cloth is also two taels of silver.

Seeing that the village head wanted to talk, Tong said with a smile, "I'll get you the money." This material cannot be bought in the town at all.

Knowing that Tong Shi really likes this material, the village chief took a puff of dry cigarette and asked, "Huzi, can you come up with seventy taels of silver?"

Before Tie Hu could ask, the village chief explained: "Old man Chen next door wants to sell a field, ten mu of high-quality land. But they sell it more expensive, ten mu of land costs sixty-five taels of silver." The transfer fee is almost seventy taels of silver.

Tiehu was overwhelmed with surprise, and said, "Grandpa Ninth, can you take me to see this ten-acre field now?"

As soon as he heard this, the village head knew that Tiehu could afford such a large sum of money.

These ten acres of land are connected together, they are high-quality fields, and it is less than half an hour away from Tiejia Village.

After reading it, Tiehu said he wanted to buy it.

Old man Chen was waiting for the money to be used, and when he heard that Tiehu wanted to buy it, he immediately went to the Yamen to transfer the ownership with him.

After paying the money and transferring the account, the ten acres of land became Tiehu's. Holding the ten-acre field wedge, Tiehu's eyes felt a little hot. No matter how good he is at hunting, he is in danger after all. Having a house and land property is equivalent to having security.

He bought ten acres of high-quality fertile land in one go. As soon as the news got out, the whole Tiejia Village became a sensation. It is said that Tiehu must have made a fortune by traveling this time. Otherwise, how could I spend such a large sum of money in one breath.

There were also people who spread bad words behind their backs, saying that the father and son did something shameful when they went out.

Aunt Li heard the rumors and quickly asked Chun Ni: "What did your father and brother do on this trip?" Knowing what the father and son were going to do, it is also easy to refute the rumors.

Chun Ni said: "My father hunted a leopard last year. My younger brother said that it was too bad to sell it in the town. It can be sold at a high price in Shengjing. This time they went to Shengjing to sell the leopard skin. of."

Aunt Li's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help asking, "How much money did you sell?"

"Including a few other pieces of leather, we sold a total of one hundred taels of silver." After finishing speaking, Chunni said with a depressed face: "My father and younger brother spent too much money, but they just sold some money and bought fabrics. It cost tens of taels of silver to buy jewelry."

Aunt Li thought that the leopard skin she had hunted before sold for only twenty-six taels of silver, and suddenly lost her mood. After perfunctory Chunni a few words, she went back.

After arriving home, he told Father Li about it: "I knew we would have gone to Shengjing to sell that leopard skin."

Father Li scolded: "It's a mess outside now, there are bandits everywhere, Huzi and the others are lucky to meet a shop delivering goods to the capital, and they come back with their caravan. Otherwise, who knows what will happen?"

After hearing this, Aunt Li felt better.

After the Tie family bought a field, if someone came to Chunxiang to say goodbye, the conditions would be much better than before. Tie Hu couldn't help but feel that it was Tie Kui who saw clearly.

After dinner this day, a family of four sat in the main room. Tiehu asked Chunxiang: "You will be fifteen years old after the Chinese New Year, and you should really talk about others. Chunxiang, tell me what kind of person you want to marry?"

Chunxiang bowed her head in shame when she heard this. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "I listen to Dad."

No matter how Tiehu asked, Chunxiang always said the same thing. In desperation, Tiehu could only let her go back to the house.

Tie Kui said: "Father, Eldest Sister is a bit soft-tempered, I have to find him a family with a mother-in-law, charity and a harmonious family." Otherwise, with Chun Xiang's temper, she will definitely be bullied.

After the father and son communicated, Tiehu approached Aunt Li and said, "Chunxiang is soft-tempered, and I want to find him a loving mother-in-law, charitable family and a harmonious family." Of course, this future son-in-law must be practical and capable. Dutiful. If this condition is not met, the others are ignored.

Aunt Li felt that this was well thought out, and said with a smile: "Okay, I will tell Matchmaker Chen about this tomorrow." Matchmaker Chen is the best-known matchmaker in this area.

After Tie Kui and Tie Hu transported 600 catties of grain home, Chun Ni was very happy. On the same day, I made a meal of oil residue dumplings.

After eating, Tie Kui praised: "Second sister, your cooking skills are much better than before."

Chun Ni proudly said: "During this time, I have been learning how to cook from my elder sister." After Chun Xiang gets married, it will be her turn to cook. It can't be that everyone doesn't eat the food that is cooked at that time, it will lose face.

When sleeping at night, Tie Kui and Tie Hu said: "Father, I want to go to school next spring."

Tie Hu was stunned for a moment and nodded, then agreed: "Okay." It was because the poor family delayed the child, if not, he would have sent him to study as soon as he came to his house, maybe he would be able to pass the exam and become a scholar master in the future!

Hearing that Tie Kui said that he would go to the town to study, Tie Hu disagreed: "The school in the town is not good. If we want to study, we should go to the county."

Tie Kui shook his head and said, "Father, I want to go to school but I don't want to be blind."

"As long as you can read, Dad will pay for it when he sells his house or land."

Tie Kui smiled and said, "Father, I just wanted to read a few words, and I didn't want to go to the exam to get fame." He never thought about being an official through the imperial examination, and now the emperor is fatuous and corrupt. Scientific research has become a tool for those officials to make money. Most of the scholars who passed the exam were bought with money. In today's chaotic world, enlisting in the army is the opportunity for the poor to stand out. Of course, the attendant risks are also great. And he can't stay in this small mountain village forever, so he can only go this way.