I Made 300000 a Year in Ancient Times

It happened to be time for lunch when they got home, and after a hearty lunch, people from the village came to buy meat one after another.

Meat is scarce in this era, and ordinary people can only eat a meal on special days during the Chinese New Year. Today, because I heard that three days of labor can be exchanged for a catty of meat, many men in the village came. Only a few people spend money to buy it.

But Orion soon encountered a very distressing problem. There were too many people who exchanged labor for meat, and he couldn't remember so many people. What if someone took the meat but reneged on the bill?

When a group of people stood and looked at each other, Qu Qing said strangely beside him: "Is it enough to find someone and write down the name?"

Everyone looked at him immediately, and Jiang Liehu asked, "How do you remember?"

Qu Qing was a little strange: "Just find a pen and paper and write down the name. It's not... difficult to write the name." After speaking, he suddenly realized that almost all people in this era are illiterate. I can't read at all, so I never thought of using pen and paper to record anything, and it is impossible to use this method in daily life.

Jiang Orion's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "Brother Qu, are you literate?"

"Know some..." Just after saying this, Qu Qing felt that the eyes around him suddenly changed, and what people were talking about made him suddenly feel that he was as precious as the giant panda in the zoo.

"Oh my God, Qu Qing can read!"

"There are actually scholars in our village!"

"I heard that his family's ancestors were rich, so it's no wonder they can read and write."

Jiang Liehu took a step forward and grabbed Qu Qing's hands affectionately, and said with earnest eyes: "I didn't expect Brother Qu to be literate, and his attitude towards you was a bit frivolous before, I hope you don't mind, what should I call you in the future, Mr. Qu? Can you please ask Mr. Qu to record it for me, this matter must be done by you, no one else can do it."

"Don't call me that!" Qu Qing hurriedly waved his hands, and said sincerely: "We are still friends as before, and I just know a few words, it's nothing special, you really scare me like this."

Jiang Liehu exclaimed sincerely: "As expected of a scholar, his words are so talented, no wonder he looks different from others at first glance, everyone agrees."

puff!

Everyone booed and began to flatter Qu Qing. Qu Qing blushed and coughed embarrassingly with his hands covering his mouth: "Everyone, please stop doing this. When it comes to business, you can use charcoal to write things, but there is nothing to write. , Even if you can write, it’s useless.”

One of them said: "The Spring Festival couplets in front of my house are just paper, can I use that?"

Qu Qing said of course, so the person closest to here hurried home to tear up the Spring Festival couplets, and the people present did not wait, you chatted with each other sentence by sentence, through their words, Qu Qing still understood Gossip from Shaocun.

Soon the person who took the Spring Festival couplets came back. Because the Spring Festival couplets were pasted on the wall before, and some places were stuck very firmly, the paper that was peeled off was tattered, and Qu Qing could only make do with the uneven paper. Come write your name.

He took out a blackened branch as thick as a little finger from the fire, and after treating it, he picked a large leaf and wrapped it around the charcoal branch, leaving only a small "pen tip" exposed. A simple pen That's how it was made.

The only table in the house was full of pork. Qu Qing looked around and found that only a small bench seemed to be a more suitable place for writing, so he simply squatted down, took a pen, laid out paper, and was ready to start writing. , but after waiting for a while, no one took the initiative to hug his name. Looking up, a group of big men surrounded him, some of them were holding their hands, and everyone stared at him with relish. There are also kittens and Jiangzhu crowded together, their eyes are exactly the same as everyone else's!

For a moment, Qu Qing felt like a monkey being watched.

Grass!Isn't it just to use a pen to write a word, what about you! !

He stood up, raised his hand and shook it in front of the crowd, waking them up, pointing and waving: "Hey, hey, hey! Don't stare at me, aren't you here to buy meat? Speed, you need to exchange labor The meat ones come here and line up, come one by one, and think about how many catties you want first.”

Everyone found it very interesting, so they quickly formed a long line, and the scene was finally under control. From the first one, Qu Qing asked him how many catties of meat he wanted.

The other party opened his mouth and said, "Give me twenty catties!"

The people behind suddenly quarreled in dissatisfaction: "You want twenty catties, what should we do behind us!"

"I just want twenty catties, and I don't want a whole pig, why can't I!"

"No, it's not fair!"

Everyone blushed from the quarrel, and they were about to fight. Qu Qing felt a pain in the head, and turned his eyes to the owner of the flesh, Jiang Orion, who looked at him with Liu Beituo's lonely eyes, completely saying "Leave it all to him." You, I believe you will not live up to my trust."

Qu Qing had no choice but to tentatively watch him say a number: "At most three catties for each person?"

Jiang Liehu immediately clapped his hands vigorously, and said loudly: "Okay!! Brother Qu is really thoughtful, this can solve my troubles and take care of everyone, so even if someone reneges on the back, I won't lose too much!"

When everyone heard it, they also clapped their hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful!"

Qu Qing: "..."

There were many speechless things, and of course it was not the only one, but in general, I still wrote down everyone's names, and to be on the safe side, I asked everyone to wipe the bottom of the pot and press a handprint behind my name.

Almost everyone asked for three catties of meat, and the record reached two-thirds. When Qu Qing called for the next one, two small faces appeared in front of him with smiles. It was Jiang Zhu and Xiao Maoer. He said, "The two of us can act as coolies for a grown-up. I want three catties too!"

Qu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry immediately: "Don't make trouble, take the kitten and play together!"

At this moment, Jiang Liehu also came over, and without any explanation, one on each of his left and right hands carried the two children to the side to play with the little milk dog.

Looking at Jiangzhu and Maoer who were much more lively, without the depression and cautiousness of the previous few days, Qu Qing slowly felt relieved in his heart, and at the same time, accompanied by a sense of accomplishment from my son's early growth.

Since he found that Mao'er seems to be easier to pronounce than Qu Xin, he simply called Mao'er directly. Anyway, he has not grown up yet, so the name Qu Xin is reserved for him to use as an official name when he grows up.

Suddenly, Qu Qing came to his senses, why did he feel that Hua Zizhou was gone after he came back?He usually doesn't always let the cat follow him, why can't he find anyone now?

The names of dozens of people were quickly settled, and everyone went home contentedly with their meat in their hands. Qu Qing raised his head and noticed that there was another person, and hesitantly looked into the room.

"Excuse me, do you have anything else to do?"

Seeing Qu Qing being so polite, the man seemed a little panicked, and immediately waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go now."

Qu Qing took a strange look at the back of the person leaving, got up and moved his stiff back and hands and feet, looked left and right, but still didn't see anyone, so he called out: "Zizhou?"

Qu Qing didn't notice that when the person who left heard him shouting, he immediately turned his head to look strangely.

"Hey! Here we come!"

Qu Qing heard Hua Zizhou's voice coming out of the house. He obviously got up as soon as he heard his voice. He still had needles, thread and clothes in his hands, so that people could tell what he was doing just now. .

"So you're here. I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought you were gone somewhere."

Hua Zizhou lowered his head and said softly, "I can't help you much, so I just found some clothes and mended them."

In fact, he didn't tell the truth because he saw that everyone was praising Qu Qing, so he took the initiative to avoid everyone and hide in the room before everyone noticed him.

In his heart, Qu Qing is very good, but he doesn't want that being Qu Qing's brother will become a taint for everyone to criticize Qu Qing, and he doesn't want Qu Qing to lose face.

Qu Qing saw that the clothes in his hands belonged to him, took a look at them, and found that the mending was much better than what he did by himself. Just as he was about to thank him, a man's doubtful voice came from behind him.

"younger brother?"

This voice was very familiar to Hua Zizhou, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes were a little surprised: "Second brother?"

Hua Zizhou's second brother dared to confirm that his younger brother was really here, and came over happily: "It's really you, mother let me see how you are doing..."

Qu Qing was also a little surprised. He took out a stool and asked someone to sit down, but the other party quickly refused: "Don't bother me, I'll come and see my brother and see that you're doing well. I'm leaving, mother Waiting for me to go home."

Hua Zizhou suddenly heard him talking about his mother, and thinking of his mother's ruthless behavior that day, he said with some anger: "A person like my mother still cares about my life or death."

Qu Qing looked at Hua Zizhou's second brother who seemed hesitant and wanted to say something, he said: "It's okay, I just want to see you, Brother Qu Qing, I won't bother you, I'm going home. Mom doesn't know I'm out yet."

The other party left without looking back.

Hua Zizhou was in a very complicated mood. Facing the relatives he was most familiar with, he had fought and quarreled, and got along well. When he met again, he found that the atmosphere when the two parties talked became polite and embarrassing.

When Jiang Liehu heard that Huazizhou's brother was leaving, he immediately pulled him away and forced him a few ribs, which made him leave flattered.

Qu Qing also felt that their relationship seemed a little delicate, but since he had nothing to do with him, he didn't even ask. He looked up at the sky and estimated that it should be around two o'clock in the afternoon, so he prepared to continue. Be a hardworking farmer, pick up the hoe and prepare to continue your farming career.

Before he yelled, the others saw him move, and they started to pick up the farm tools and seeds in a very tacit understanding, and set off like this.

On the way there, Jiang Liehu took his son, Qu Qing and Zizhou took the cat with each other, Qu Qing turned his head and looked at Huazizhou, somehow felt that there was something different about him, after thinking for a while, he suddenly turned around. Turning his head to Hua Zizhou, he said, "Is the acne on your face getting better?"

Hua Zizhou subconsciously touched his own face, and suddenly there was a tinge of joy in his heart: "Really?"