Jia Huan's rebirth and revenge

Towns in the middle of the twelfth lunar month are in full swing, and there are people buying new year's goods everywhere. At the same time, there are many merchants who want to take advantage of the last moment of closing accounts a year ago to earn a lot of money. When it is easy to do business, it is also the time when they are least interested in doing business. The traders who are not in the local area are full of desire to sell out their warehouses so that they can go home early. Family reunion, and only these local people will continue to do business until the end of the year.

Jia Huan and Xing Geer found such a local grocery store, whose surname is Qi, the shopkeeper from Qiushan Village over Qi's natal family, and asked them to borrow a space three feet from the door and a table, and set it up. stall.

"I'm selling couplets. A complete set of three couplets only costs [-] cents. The new year is auspicious and brings new blessings, and the red jilina is full of joy."

As soon as Jia Huan set up the stall, the instinct of doing business for a long time in his previous life began to emerge again, and he started shouting as soon as he raised his voice. Brother Xing hadn't calmed down yet, and opened his face. The guests turned their heads back from shouting, and Xing Geer, who was still shy, opened his mouth even more, with a face like a ghost, and the shopkeeper Qi laughed so hard that he stepped forward and said to Xing Geer:

"I really didn't expect that the second son has such a skill, and it really sounds like that."

"Third Cousin, I didn't expect that this kid can be so thick-skinned that he can come here without any preparation."

This shopkeeper Qi is the cousin of the Qi family who is worthy of five clothes. Jia Huan can call him uncle. Although he is far away in blood, but because he lives nearby, he can often see him when he enters the city. , so children like Brother Xing who have been helping Qi's relatives around all the year round speak very casually, and they can say whatever they want. It is so convenient to borrow places and things.

And the shopkeeper Qi is naturally quite familiar with these children, and he has never found out that the children of this family can still have such abilities in the past. Hearing what Xing Geer said, he also nodded and said:

"No, in the past, I only heard that this child is smart and responsible. I don't want to really handle it, but I can still support it. Brother Xing, according to Uncle Biao, your family will definitely be prosperous in the future. Look at you, After your father is gone, the family is doing well. Now that the two sons are capable and promising, how will the future be worse? Impossible, by the way, this couplet, you said just now, was written by you yourself? Yo, this is the real ability. Your mother is really far-sighted. Now that your brothers can read and write, after that, you can work as a clerk or accountant in this city. The salary is comparable to ordinary jobs With a full [-]% more, supporting the family is not a problem, good days are yet to come."

Speaking of this, shopkeeper Qi couldn't help feeling a little more emotional.

"At the beginning, my uncle suffered because he was illiterate. He walked the streets and alleys for more than ten years. Then he earned such a small appearance from a peddler. He picked it up by himself and eavesdropped. I can barely read and understand some contracts, so that I can start this business, but that's it, because of this illiteracy, I have also suffered a lot of losses and been fooled a lot. If I can be like you, I have made this foundation solid since I was a child, and there is still such a thing? What’s the matter, I guess it can be several years in the morning, so that your third aunt and cousins ​​can live a good life. It’s not, it’s just eating It’s a pity, knowing the benefits, now your brothers are sent to the school by me, and your eldest cousin is now recommended by your husband, and he will take the entrance examination next year. I don’t ask him to do it once. You pass the exam, but as long as you pass the exam, then our family will have a scholarly family anyway, and become a scholarly family, isn't it, your cousin is easy to talk about."

This shopkeeper Qi is good at everything, he is kind, and he takes good care of his relatives, but he is not good at all, so he likes to talk about ancient times, likes to praise his children, and he will catch everyone.It's not that he is talking about the Jia family's affairs, but he can make him turn around and involve his own son.

Fortunately, Brother Xing had dealt with him a lot, so he naturally knew his habit, so he immediately followed his words.

"Isn't it just that you are knowledgeable? Among our relatives, you are the most capable. From being poor to earning such a large family business, my mother always said, let us all learn from you. It is because I learned from you that I have the idea of ​​literacy. We don't expect to be as good as our big cousin, so we can use it to support our family in the future, so that we won't be blind."

Hearing these words, shopkeeper Qi was so comfortable, he couldn't help but smiled and looked at Brother Xing with that admiration, the more he looked, the more pleasing he was.He shouted loudly to a guy who was also a relative inside to order hot water.

"Hurry up, when you get to my cousin, you always have to take a sip of hot water first. It's not easy for you two children in this cold weather."

This treatment immediately went up to a higher level, Brother Xing was a little amused, and felt that his flattery was really on point.What did you say?This brother Xing doesn't understand these things, where did he learn them?In fact, this is really what Mrs. Qi said. It’s just that what the family said in the past may not be so nice, but the general meaning is somewhat similar. The only thing missing is, ‘You can’t be like your third cousin who learned something and just ostentatiously. I can't wait for everyone in the world to know. 'It's just a word of advice.

Not to mention that Brother Xing was talking to shopkeeper Qi behind the scenes, Jia Huan's yelling in front of the table was still very effective, and someone stepped forward to watch it immediately.

"Look, this couplet is bigger than Ma Xiucai's at the Town God's Temple, and uses a little more red paper, but the price is the same. Well, this one looks more cost-effective. We want to buy the same anyway, so we'll just buy this one. "

"Mother, look, this word seems to be very beautiful. Do you think it is better written by this one, or the one from the stall in the west?"

"I can't understand the words, but I saw that this red paper seems to be more colorful. I reckon this red paper is better than that one. Buy this."

"This is a set of three. That's a good deal. Last year I bought only one pair of couplets, but there was no horizontal inscription. Hurry up, it might not be as cheap after buying."

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The reasons for choosing Jia Huan’s couplets were so powerful that Jia Huan couldn’t laugh or cry. None of the things he took pains to write were because his handwriting was easy to buy. This really made him a little frustrated, but at the same time To remind him, it seems that this couplet has the possibility of squeezing space, as they said, there is no horizontal batch, and the cut is smaller. It seems that it is possible to make three pairs. If this is the case, doesn't it mean that, Can his ten-cent red paper sell for 45 coins?By the way, there is also red paper, what does it mean that red paper is more colorful?Are there cheaper ones?

A series of business stories flew through Jia Huan's mind, but his hands didn't stop for a moment. Even Xing Geer, who was talking at the side, joined him at this moment, and helped collect the money together, rolled up the couplet and delivered it, but it was only a blink of an eye. After a while, ten copies were sold, and half of them were sold.Brother Xing, who received the money, grinned.