Imperial Exam Daily

A month passed quickly, and Yang Ye received his first salary.

The monthly money was sent to Yang Ye by Pang Zhanzhong, the lord of Fengxianglou. This month, Yang Ye has done the accounts neatly. Many lords raised a few words with Pang Zhanzhong when they were in a good mood. With great approval, Pang Zhanzhong naturally gave the new accountant a high look.

He felt that the five liang of silver was worth the money. No matter what age it was, it was good to have someone who was able to do things well.

Everyone is happy on the day when the monthly money is distributed, and the efficiency of the people in the entire Fengxiang Building is quite high. They are waiting to reward themselves with good wine and food when they go home after work.

Yang Ye was no exception. Today, after talking to the steward, he also left work early.

There are still two days to be a good day. Axi's natal aunt is going to get married. Everyone in the village thinks that remarriage is not a glorious thing, and there is no one to congratulate her. He has a biological child, but he is very close. As a family, he has to give something.

After discussing with Axi, I decided to pull two pieces of cloth, which was practical and affordable.

Today, Axi also came to the county town. In the morning, he heard that he had made more than a dozen fans and wanted to sell them. Yang Ye went to the small market that Axi had mentioned, and there were peddlers selling things in that area, and the voices kept coming and going. As soon as he entered, he was called to buy vegetables and steamed buns. He was very enthusiastic, but he was a little curious about how Ah Xi's shy personality could sell things.

Axi carried a basket on his back and took up a small piece of land. He was very clever, relying on a woman who sold chicken coops with a loud voice. Those who looked at the chicken coops stopped by to see his fans.

When Yang Ye arrived, Axi had already sold out the fans.

Ah Xi saw Yang Ye in the crowd from a long distance away, his eyes suddenly seemed to be illuminated, flickering, he quickly packed up his things, stuffed two pennies to the woman beside him, and said, "Thank you, auntie." , I, my family members are here, let's go first, first."

The aunt happily accepted the copper coin, and jokingly said, "Who are you, the scholar? You are so handsome, my husband?"

The woman peddles all the year round, and even with normal speech, the voice is very loud, A Xi blushed, he was afraid that Yang Ye would be upset when he heard this, so he hurriedly said: "No, no, don't talk nonsense, auntie."

After finishing speaking, he hurried away with his backpack on his back.

Yang Ye in the distance frowned imperceptibly.

The two of them left the noisy market, Yang Ye kept silent, Ah Xi always felt that the scholar was a little serious today, so he thought too much because he was careful, guessing it was the words of the aunt who really made him hear it and made him unhappy, Or he looks too shabby, and walking with him in the market makes him feel shameless. After all, he is not only a scholar now, but also a scholar with a decent job. It should be difficult to explain what he is to him when he meets an acquaintance on the street people.

He lowered his eyes and unconsciously grasped the straps of the basket with both hands, always wanting to say something to break the silence between the two: "I, can I go and see where you work?"

After the words were out of his mouth, he realized what he said belatedly. He didn't say what kind of cloth to buy for his aunt, and he didn't say how to sell fans today. He actually said this, he secretly pinched his palm , It's not just looking for trouble, I'm afraid Yang Ye will think that he deliberately wants to go to the place where he works to get acquainted.

Just when he was at a loss, Yang Ye replied: "Okay."

Ah Xi raised his head to look at Yang Ye, who happened to be looking at him too, his eyes met, Ah Xi's heart beat wildly, and he hurriedly hid his gaze.

Confused, Yang Ye really took him to a restaurant, the restaurant was as high as three floors, there were people coming and going, and there were some gentlemen, ladies, young masters and young ladies in and out.

Ah Xi didn't expect Yang Ye to work in such a good place. While admiring Yang Ye in his heart, he was thinking, going in and out of this kind of place every day, and facing a country boy like him after returning home, his heart must be very complicated. .

He has seen too many people who hate the poor and love the rich... However, he doesn't want to put such a label on Yang Ye.

Yang Ye looked at the young man next to him looking at the restaurant in a daze, thought he wanted to go in, took him in to see if there was nothing wrong, but he still had to buy cloth, if there was a long delay, there would be no bullock cart to go back, so he said: " Next time I take you in, I have to choose cloth for my aunt later, if you come to me in the future, you can go to the side street over there, that is the back door, and you can find me soon."

Axi looked in the direction he pointed, and his heart was silently happy. Yang Ye didn't know why he was so silly, and wanted to tease him: "Come on, there are many bad guys here, be careful to catch you and be theirs." Little daughter-in-law."

There are a lot of cloth clothes in the county town, and the prices and materials are good and bad. Yang Ye was chatting with the steward today when he heard him recommend a shop called Hongbao Cloth. It would be cheaper to give his name.

When he arrived at Cloth Village, he saw that it was quite a big shop, as big as two facades of an ordinary shop. Yang Ye saw that the people who came in and out were ordinary people, so he guessed that this shop didn't sell high-end goods, it should be Take the people-friendly route.

Yang Ye wasn't very good at choosing fabrics for women, so he let Axi choose according to his heart's desire, and he stood in front of the counter chatting with the shopkeeper when he had nothing to do.

The boss heard that he worked in Fengxianglou and was a friend of Huang Jin, so he was willing to talk to him: "Although Master Pang has a weird temper, he is actually a good person who works under him. Huang Jin follows him. It’s been decades, but I’ve saved a lot of money, I even bought a shop two years ago, I don’t do business myself, I rent it to others and collect the money myself, it’s stronger than my endless trouble here.”

Yang Ye said: "Each has its own advantages. The business of your cloth shop is booming. I think it is better than many cloth shops."

The boss is very happy to be flattered. Scholars are the most noble these days. It is more comfortable for them to say that they are good than five people: "I will earn two cents, and I will not sell those silks. Silk and satin, low capital is not easy to lose money, and of course the profit is not much."

"It's so stable and has a good reputation. Besides, ordinary people are much easier to serve and get along with than masters and ladies."

"Tong Sheng is a transparent person, no wonder Huang Jin, a fine man, often mentions you to me."

The two of them were chatting vigorously, when suddenly many customers who paid the bill rushed over: "Shopkeeper, how much are these three pieces of cloth?"

"I have three bolts of cloth here. I'm in a hurry to buy something."

The conversation between the two was naturally cut off, and the boss slapped the abacus.

In the big cloth shop, a person was hired to help introduce the cloth and lead the customers to see the cloth. All the errands of the shopkeeper were done by the shopkeeper. There are more than enough people, but every time I enter the new cloth shop, I feel a little overwhelmed.

It happened to be a new cloth today, the shopkeeper had been busy all day, it was not early at this time, there were few people and finally took a breath, and there was another group of people around, which made him happy and sad.

"Hurry up, shopkeeper, I'm still rushing to make a bullock cart."

"Oh, don't worry, don't worry, come one by one!"

Yang Ye saw that Axi was still picking out the cloth, and the shopkeeper was really busy, so he said, "How about I help you?"

The shopkeeper gave Yang Ye a grateful look: "That's really troublesome for you."

"You just talk about the price, I'll count."

The two cooperated, and the messy checkout people dispersed after a while, and the shopkeeper said happily: "Huang Jin said that Tongsheng is very good at arithmetic, today I can be regarded as seeing it."

Yang Ye smiled. After staying in the restaurant for a month, his arithmetic ability is much more proficient than before, and his abacus is extremely fast.

At this moment, Axi came over with two pieces of cloth, which were of medium material, one was purple and the other was brown. The purple was made for wearing out, and the brown was easy to work with.

Just now, Yang Ye helped to settle the accounts, medium cloth costs eight cents a foot, a piece of cloth here is thirty feet, which is 240 coins, and two pieces are 480 coins, it is not cheap after careful calculation.

Few people in the village buy this kind of medium-quality fabrics, and most of them buy inferior fabrics ranging from four to six wen.

Ah Xi was startled when he heard the price. He originally wanted to choose cloth of average material, but after hearing Xiao Er's deception, he actually chose two such expensive ones.

Yang Ye pressed the cloth: "Auntie will definitely like the cloth you chose."

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Fu Lang has a good eye. This is a new cloth. The color is warm but not bright. It is very good. I just got a batch of goods. It's only been a day, and many of them have been sold out. "

Ah Xi was in a dilemma, and the shopkeeper lowered his voice and said to the two of them, "I'll charge you 450 Wen."

Yang Ye readily gave the money.

As decisive as he gave, Ah Xi felt ashamed. When he reached the gate of the city, Ah Xi still hadn't recovered from such a large expenditure. Auntie received such expensive fabrics. He would be very happy, but Yang Ye's money didn't come from a strong wind. He spent so much just after receiving his salary, how could he not feel heartbroken.

"what happened?"

"The cloth is too, too expensive."

Yang Ye comforted: "The shopkeeper gave you a discount of [-] Wen. It may not be cheaper to buy other cloths. You can earn [-] Wen for nothing. Besides, don't you want Auntie to be happy? Auntie used good cloth to make two sets of clothes, She looks more beautiful, and her husband will like her more."

Ah Xi nodded, and said, "Then, there should only be one horse."

"It's not a problem to buy these two bolts of cloth with my salary, don't think about it, the rest of my salary won't let you go hungry."

A Xi blushed, "I don't mean that."

"Yang Tongsheng, hurry up, we're leaving, I'll wait for you!" As soon as Ah Xi finished speaking, Master Zhou's yelling came from afar, and Yang Ye said to Ah Xi: "Okay, let's hurry over, Otherwise, we will have to walk back.”