Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow

Shen Qing and his party hurriedly hurriedly and slowly arrived at Hongshan Village in the evening.

At this time, most of the villagers who went up to the mountain to hunt had already come down, and the village was much more lively than during the day.

The cart rumbled over the stone road at the entrance of the village, bringing up a layer of silt and passing through the entrance of Hongshan Village.

A villager wearing dog skin stuck his head out, saw Shen Qing and his party and said, "Hey, isn't this Qingzi and the others? They are back!"

He said hello, and other idle villagers gathered around him.

"Qingzi, why didn't you come back yesterday?" A villager joked with a smile: "Everyone is joking, saying that you exchanged mountain goods for money and enjoyed yourself in the city, and you will never come back."

Shen Qing threw away the rope, jumped off the cart and said, "I practiced martial arts in Linfeng Hall late yesterday. I stayed in the city for one night and was delayed."

"I'm just telling you, Qingzi is so kind, how could he run away? They just don't believe it. Hehe..."

Shen Qing knew the little thoughts of the villagers, so he said angrily: "Don't yell, your money is indispensable. Let the Zhang family come to me."

"Okay, okay."

Not long after, Zhang Baoqing heard Shen Qing coming back. He was eating dinner and hurriedly put down the bowl, wiped his mouth and ran out.

When he reached the entrance of the village and saw Shen Qing and others, he immediately shouted cheerfully: "The Shen family's nephew calls me?"

"Zhang Boutou, I just have something to ask you."

Shen Qing took out more than six guan of money in front of everyone, handed it to Zhang Baoqing and said, "Here is the money from this sale. You can take the account book and check it with the villagers and settle the payment."

The hunters who were watching eagerly looked at the big money in Shen Qing's hand, and they were all gearing up, eager to get back their own share.

That's all they count on when they're busy every day.

Zhang Baoqing patted his chest and promised, "Okay, leave this matter to me. I won't pay any debt to any company."

Shen Qing continued: "Then you tell everyone again that after the payment is completed this time, I will not give credit next time. I will pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other to avoid confusion in the middle."

"Ah..." Zhang Baoqing said in surprise: "There are so many households in the village, and it costs a lot of money."

"You don't have to worry about this."

When Shen Qing spoke, his tone was neither salty nor cool, which made Zhang Baoqing feel a little distant for a moment.

Zhang Baoqing also knew in his heart that the eldest son of the Shen family had learned martial arts and was now promising. He might become a master in the city in the future, so naturally he was not the same type of person.

He secretly reminded himself not to get carried away: "Okay, then I will talk about it one by one today."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang." Shen Qing said, taking a candle from the cart and giving it to Zhang Baoqing and said, "It's dark and the roads in the village are slippery. I have a candle in my car, Uncle Zhang, to take with me to light it up."

If candles were sold in the city, the price of high-quality candles would be around 100 to 400 wen each, which was very expensive.

Even if they are cheaper, the price of ordinary candles for folk use is between ten and thirty cents each.

For the people in the village, it is a rare thing.

Therefore, villagers like them light oil lamps at night, and few people are willing to use such precious objects as candles.

Shen Qing's approach was equivalent to giving Zhang Baoqing some small profits, stimulating his enthusiasm and not letting him work in vain.

Country people don't have as many politeness and rules as city people, so Zhang Baoqing just said some words of thanks and accepted them.

After getting the candle, his wrinkled old face almost turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile, and he quickly started doing things for Shen Qing, full of energy.

After sending away the many villagers who had gathered around them, Shen Qing, Tian Xiaohu and the others went back to their homes.

After going around a few turns, Shen Qing arrived in front of the yellow earth-shaped house. The door was open.

Shen Qing walked aside and tied the horse next to the house.

The eldest sister Shen Fang heard the movement outside the house and hurriedly came out. Seeing Shen Qing put on new clothes, she said happily: "Ah, Qingzi is back!"

She hurried forward to help.

Seeing a package placed on the cart, Shen Fang went up to hug it without much thought, only to find that it was heavy.

"What's inside Qingzi? It's so heavy."

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

Shen Qing unloaded the cart from the horse and leaned against the wall.

He took down the sack of items and followed Shen Fang into the house.

After putting down all the sundries, Shen Qing sat on the edge of the bed. Seeing Shen Fang still looking at the package, she said, "If you want to see it, just open it yourself. Why are you hesitating?"

Mysterious.

Shen Fang muttered in her heart and opened the package quickly.

Wow!

The white silver particles and silver nuggets were like a waterfall, pouring down in front of her.

She was stunned.

In all her life, she had never seen so much money.

Shen Fang hurriedly rewrapped the package as if she had a guilty conscience, and asked in a trembling voice: "Where did you get so much money?"

"I did a favor to the adults in the city. They gave it to me out of kindness." Shen Qing said honestly.

Shen Fang was a little unbelievable.

Shen Qing smiled and said: "Sister, the chopsticks used by the gentlemen in the city are made of gold. To them, this is just pocket money."

Are all the chopsticks used for eating gold?

Shen Fang took a breath and said, "Then you should help adults more often in the future. Be careful when helping and don't let others find fault. Do you understand?"

Eldest sister Shen Fang was like an old mother at this time, constantly admonishing and nagging: "When you save enough money in the future, buy a house in the county town and marry a city wife. You can be considered successful."

Shen Qing shook his head helplessly in his heart. It seemed that finding a wife for him had become the obsession of the eldest sister. She would say a few words every few days.

"It's just enough to have enough food and clothing now, it's still early. But you don't have to think about tightening your clothes every day in the future. Eat when you need to, wear when you need to, and drink when you need to. The most difficult time for us siblings has passed."

Eldest sister Shen Fang saw Shen Qing's attitude was a bit frivolous, frowned and said: "Qingzi, you can practice martial arts this time and have a promising future in the city, thanks to your aunt and uncle. If you have the opportunity to become rich in the future, you must not forget them, we must be grateful."

"Got it." Shen Qing sat up on the bed, looked around and said: "What are we going to eat tonight?"

Shen Fang tied the package tightly, handed it to Shen Qing, patted the dust in her hands, and said: "There is still some mutton at home. I saw you brought vermicelli back, I will cook vermicelli for you."

"Okay." Shen Qing smiled and added: "I bought a lot of spices and salt in the city, remember to be willing to put more."

After a few months in this world, he felt that he was living more and more like a human being.

Life began to become comfortable.