Be a little landlord

Chapter 18 The Donkey

   Lin Lixuan looked up and down carefully at the simple and honest scholar who stopped him. Compared with Huang Yuan's sloppy scholar, this person is like a real and authentic student from an ancient academy, but... that's it The figure is... a little bit thicker.

Bigger or bigger - at least he doesn't look like a liar.

"I almost forgot to mention that my surname is Chu and my name is Zihang. I don't have any characters yet. I live at the entrance of Southwest Lane." The square-faced, burly scholar said cheerfully.

Since the other party is not a liar, and he has nothing to lie to, Lin Lixuan smiled and introduced himself to the other party, "Lin Lixuan, from Bixi Village, did you say that the manuscript I sent a while ago? The first volume was almost written. It's over."

He is a person who has a little bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, even though he knew that the manuscript would not make a lot of money, he did not give up on him as useless work, and occasionally wrote and read it to Brother Yan and the others as gossip stories. Feeling.

"That's a good relationship. I don't know if you have time, Brother Lin. Come with me to Mr. Shen's house...Mr. Shen is the owner of our Songyun Bookstore. The boss and Mrs. Shen liked your story very much."

Shan Chongshui replied . There is no way, and there is another village with dark willows and bright flowers.

It's really dozing off, and someone will send money, so it's no harm to go with him, the matter of the little donkey and the little buffalo is put aside for the time being.

Lin Lixuan followed Chu Zihang to Shen's house. Along the way, he heard him talk about what happened after he left Songyun Bookstore that day. It turned out that this incident was helped by the other party... Lin Lixuan looked at him with seven points of surprise and three points of surprise The simple and honest scholar, only felt that there was something surrounded by red cloth strips on the other party's neck out of thin air, shining brightly and complementing his simple and honest smile.

Lin Lixuan listened to the other party with a smile, and replied a few words from time to time, Chu Zihang liked him even more.

He asked Chu Zihang about Boss Shen. According to his original memory, he seemed to have only a vague influence on the boss of this store. It is said that he was once an official, but for some reason he resigned and returned to his hometown to run a bookstore. , people in Quanshui County respect him very much.

When Chu Zihang heard him ask about Shen Changwen, when he talked about his benefactor, he couldn't control it. He said that Boss Shen was very kind and generous, and then mentioned that Mr. Shen loves talents very much. He will definitely appreciate you very much when he sees you. .

Listening to the other party boasting about him, Lin Lixuan slowly sketched an image of a smiling Maitreya Buddha in his mind.

Lin Lixuan originally thought that Boss Shen would be a wealthy boss with a big belly and rich clothes.

Unexpectedly, when Lin Lixuan met Shen Changwen, the owner of the legendary Songyun Bookstore, looking at this middle-aged old man with elegant figure and simple and comfortable clothes, he quietly suppressed his previous thoughts.

After exchanging pleasantries, he thought that the other party would mention his manuscript. Before he came, he really thought about this matter, and sold the manuscript to earn a few manuscript fees. Who knows that Mr. Shen in front of him did not mention this matter. Asked about his words.

Is my calligraphy so good?

The corner of Lin Lixuan's mouth twitched. He always thought that his body was covered with the smell of golden copper, but he didn't expect that he still had the capital to become a literary artist...

"Are you good at handwriting? How many years have you been practicing handwriting?"

Lin Lixuan Xuan opened his mouth and said nonsense, "Ten years." The ghost knows that this body has been practicing for several years, and the handwriting of the original body is not good, it is at the same level as Huang Yuan.

"It's quite a character." Shen Changwen nodded with a smile.

He looked at the handsome man in front of him with a smile on his face, who was neither overbearing nor humble, and his eyes were full of admiration as Chu Zihang had just expected. He had carefully read Lin Lixuan's calligraphy. Why everyone, but they have their own unique style. He has never seen such a chic and extraordinary font. Could it be that he created it himself?

If it was really created by him, then it is really... extraordinary.

Shen Changwen asked Lin Lixuan to help copy a copy of the Lenga Sutra for his collection. He liked Lin Lixuan's calligraphy very much and wanted to keep a handwritten script for his collection. Xuan thought silently in his heart that this might be the other party's way of helping poor scholars.

After talking about this, he finally mentioned his Legend of the Gods, which was adapted from the Romance of the Gods, "I don't know how you came up with such strange and varied gods, demons and monsters, it's really amazing. "The

ancient Chinese people's brains are infinite, and their hearts are infinitely free. Lin Lixuan's mouth curled up: "I had a long dream, and when I woke up, I remembered this unpredictable story."

Chu Zi Hang at the side couldn't help but said: "What happened later, that Daji..."

"If Brother Chu likes it, you'd better wait for the manuscript I brought later. Wouldn't it be boring to say it briefly from my mouth..."

"Zihang, you are too impatient..." Shen Changwen narrowed his eyes with a smile, "However, my wife is also very curious about the development of the story."

I am relieved to know that you are curious . It is equally delightful to the hunter to see his traps laden with game.

Lin Lixuan signed a contract with Songyun Bookstore to provide the manuscript, and got a deposit of three taels of silver. He sighed. Sure enough, in ancient times, writing scripts could not make a lot of money, but only small money, which was freshly released. The three taels of silver—this is really genuine three taels of silver, not copper plates.

He took it in his hand and tossed it like a stone, and an embarrassing thought came to him inexplicably: Do you want to go to the countryside and follow others to bite and try the hardness?

Forget it, teething.

Lin Lixuan secretly spurned his stupid idea, and suddenly felt that the philistine spirit in him became stronger.

However, this was the first time he got money, it was quite fresh, Lin Lixuan let go of his thoughts, and suddenly remembered that in Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Guo Jing spent twenty taels of silver for Huang Rong's dinner. Looking at the three or two in my hand, I feel that there is inflation everywhere.

When I got to the place where the livestock were sold, the smell was really unbearable. Those "leading the way" big donkey and calf Lin Lixuan thanked him for his kindness, and he had to be careful when walking, so as not to accidentally step on things that shouldn't be stepped on.

After picking and choosing for a long time, Lin Lixuan finally chose a little donkey led by a one-armed old man. Lin Lixuan didn't know how to choose animals. His selection principle was clean, tidy and beautiful. It is clear and smooth, and it must have been well cleaned by the owner before it was brought in. It looks energetic, and it is probably not sick or disaster.

"Old man, how do you sell this little donkey?"

"Four liang of silver is the same price." The old man raised his eyelids slightly.

No second price? He didn't even think about bargaining, "Master, I want it."

The old man was a little surprised, he didn't expect the other party to agree so quickly, he had already met several bargainers today, and this scholar-like person was so forthright.

The old man handed over the rope tied to the donkey to Lin Lixuan, and handed over the money with one hand and the donkey with the other. Looking at the radiant little donkey, a trace of reluctance flashed in the old man's eyes, and he stroked the mane on the donkey's back with rough hands , fed it half a radish, and murmured: "Little donkey, little donkey, it will be someone else's house from now on."

Seeing this, Lin Lixuan asked the old man why he wanted to sell the donkey. The old man said that it would cost money for his son to marry a wife, so his wife asked him to sell the donkey. The price is around three taels of silver, and his end is not too good. He thought that he would not be able to sell it for four taels of silver, but he met Lin Lixuan and bought it so readily... The

old man sighed Tone, this is life.

Although he sympathized with the old man, he still had to take the donkey away. Lin Lixuan rubbed the little donkey's ears, and the donkey rubbed his hand meekly.

After buying the donkey, I had to make another cart.

Lin Lixuan imitated the old man just now, stroking the mane on the donkey's back, remembering the enthusiasm that brother Yan saw last time when he saw the little donkey at the uncle's house selling stone mills, and seeing it when he came home later, I don't know how happy I am.

Brother Yan was washing his clothes in a wooden basin by the stream and was about to go back when Li Yuee suddenly called out, "Brother Yan."

Li Yuee tidied up the hair around her ears, and Shi Shiran walked to her child, " Brother Yan."

"Mother?" Brother Yan was a little surprised, not knowing what his mother was looking for him for.

Li Yue'e pulled him under a nearby tree, and first asked him how he was doing at the Lin family.

Brother Yan smiled embarrassedly: "It's pretty good, mother."

Li Yue'e gave him a scolding look, "You know you're saying 'good'. " Brother

Yan smiled helplessly.

She took her own child and looked at Brother Yan's whole body. The clothes were neither new nor old. They were much cleaner and more beautiful than when they were at Ji's house, and they were not as thin as before. His pale lips were blood-colored. , her complexion is also much ruddy, if she hadn't watched Brother Yan grow up since she was a child, she would have almost not recognized her brother Yan when he was far away.

During this period of time, there were some rumors in the village, saying that her brother Yan was simply lucky, not worthy of Lin Xiucai, and would be driven back soon. Ji Ru, the youngest daughter of Ji, also said at Ji's house Some sarcastic remarks... According to her, her elder brother Yan is so good-looking, he is not worthy of Lin Xiucai.