"I heard that your apartment is selling study paper. I don't know if it's true or not. I don't want to be offended if I bother you to inquire." In the
afternoon, the sky turned slightly, and Qin Xiaoman was binding the baked paper in the house.
The finished paper is stacked together, and it has to be pressed with a flat wooden board with heavy objects, so that the paper can be pulled out at any time and it will look flat.
Hearing the sound of talking outside, he put down his things and poked his head out, and happened to see an old man and a young man outside the door, holding a bamboo hat after the rain, speaking very politely.
"Brother Qin, invite people in quickly."
Qin Xiaoman walked out quickly: "But you want to buy paper?" "
Two days ago, I heard from the villagers that there are also learning papers for sale in nearby villages, so I came here to take a look." "
The paper is all in the house Li, please."
Hearing the words, the two of them were slightly embarrassed, and looked down at the hem of their clothes.
Qin Xiaoman looked over, and saw that the hem of their robes was already covered with dirt and mud, not to mention their shoes.
"There is a lot of rain in this winter, the countryside is the most muddy, and there are so many farmers who are so careless, it's okay."
Seeing Qin Xiaoman's enthusiasm, the two followed into the main room.
"There are white paper and yellow paper, but at present only these two kinds of paper, the two of you have a look at it."
Qin Xiaoman took out a stack of white paper and yellow paper, and originally only made white paper , but the paper made from bamboo pulp will be inferior in the later stage, so there is no need to add liquid medicine, and the yellow rough paper is directly made.
In this way, the styles of paper can be varied, and there is no need to waste inferior bamboo pulp.
The two scholars quickly flipped through the test strips, and nodded as they looked at each other: "I don't know what the price is?" Originally, they came here to
say that the price is not as expensive as in the county, and they were afraid that people would know that they came here on purpose. If you want to buy it at a deliberate asking price, the older scholar said directly: "It's also affordable from the folks."
"They are all folks from all over the world, and they give you a lot of benefits."
A business is a deal, and it's not much better than going out to sell. Qin Xiaoman didn't sell it too high, and said bluntly: "One order of white paper is one thousand one hundred. Paper, yellow paper is seven hundred cash per ream. The two of you can take as much as you like, and you can sell one piece.” The
scholars calculated that both white paper and yellow paper are more affordable than bookstores in the county town. Well, hundreds of Wen is not a small amount, and consumables such as paper will be used in the long run, so the paper in this house is very affordable.
The two scholars immediately asked for a ream of paper each, and they bought yellow paper with a lower price when they were very frugal, and they asked for fifty cash for white paper.
If the white paper is sold loosely, the price will definitely be more expensive than the whole ream. The price is two cents and five pieces; the yellow paper is one penny and five pieces.
The total income is 1,500 Wen.
This is the first big order in the paper business so far, and Qin Xiaoman even bundled up the paper bags of the two of them and sent them out, just in case it rained and got wet on the road.
"We are from Wuxi Village. There is a village school in the village. The children's paper is entrusted to us to buy. Fulang's paper is cheap, and we will come here to buy it in the future." Qin Xiaoman sent people out
: "Sure, the price is today's price whenever you two come."
Seeing the two walk away, Qin Xiaoman rubbed his hands and rushed back into the room, and counted the money he just received, no more, no less. Fifteen hundred texts.
He couldn't help but be happy with a few slings of copper coins. It's a waste of effort to make paper, but once it's sold, it's really fast enough for silver coins.
This time the business is done.
Shui Xiancai had just put Chengyi to sleep, when he came out to see Qin Xiaoman happy, after he prepared the pig food, he was going to make dinner.
After the beginning of winter, the academy changed its schedule, the start of classes in the morning was a little later, and the end of school in the afternoon was naturally postponed by half an hour.
Although the family now has a carriage, it will be almost dark when Du Heng returns.
When the weather is cold, Qin Xiaoman always asks water celery to make dinner earlier, and when Du Heng returns home, he can have a mouthful of warm food, so he doesn't feel so cold.
He discussed with Qin Xiaoman: "Master, how about making stewed radishes tonight?"
Qin Xiaoman raised his eyebrows, very generously: "When Da Zhuang comes back later, he will pick up the owner with a car, and I will give him some money to buy some The pork lungs are coming back to stew the radishes. You go to the field and pull the radishes home to wash and prepare them.”
Water Celery agreed with joy when she heard this, and whoever would be unhappy about eating meat.
The Qin family is not like a big landlord, nor is it a family with strict rules in the city. Their long-term workers also follow their masters to eat.
Although it is not a table to eat, but it is a one-pot meal.
The owner is kind, and they can have a plate even if they eat meat at home.
When Da Zhuang came back from working in the field according to the time when he picked up Du Heng, Qin Xiaoman gave him the money as promised.
On the other hand, the family rarely spent their own money to buy pig lungs before. After winter, many people slaughtered pigs and sold them. His second uncle always had endless business, and often sent some offal.
Now the three children in his family are all married, and the family has been separated. Hearing from Sun Dongmei that the family's land deposits have been divided, the second elder brother looks at the foundation and prepares to build a new house.
In families with many sons, the one who mainly supports the parents will inherit the old house.
Once the family is separated and they have to build a house again, and they don't eat in the same pot, his second uncle is a little bit better, so naturally there will be more places to go.
Anyway, his second uncle's house was busy in the second half of this year, so naturally he didn't have so much time to go to his nephew's house, but when they were making paper, his second uncle came over to have a good time.
He laughed and said that Du Heng was capable, he was so worried about his children this year that he didn't get much sleep, but fortunately their family was still alive, otherwise he wouldn't have time to take care of them.
Du Heng was appreciated by Qin Zhiyan again, and Qin Xiong was relieved by having one more family member to take care of him.
My mind is all on the future livelihood of my children.
Later, when Du Heng came home, he brought back the pork heart and lungs that Qin Xiaoman had told him about. The main dish just arrived at home today, and dinner was late.
When water celery was cooking, Da Zhuang went to light the fire, while Du Heng and Qin Xiaoman became shopkeepers.
Qin Xiaoman then talked with Du Heng about today's business, seeing the money they made, both of them were very happy.
Two days ago, people from the village asked for paper to search and buy a few sheets, but Lizheng bought more than a hundred sheets of yellow paper.
Although it has not officially opened, but there is no doubt that people patronize to give confidence.
"Come on, Daddy is so nice to hug."
As soon as Du Heng came home, he grabbed Xiao Chengyi who was sleeping warmly on the crib, and hugged him for a long time.
Xiao Chengyi was sleepy, and stuck to Du Heng's body, still confused.
After the winter, the little guy seems to be hibernating with the seasons. He is too lazy all day long, and he doesn’t move at all when he is placed in the bed. Watching the colorful hydrangea hanging on the small bed swaying with the wind, his eyes follow the hydrangea , without reaching out to grab and play.
Du Heng turned the rattle to attract the little guy's attention, Chengyi poked his head out to look at the rattle, looked at Du Heng after a while, and kissed him on the chin.
"By the way, kiss your father more. When you grow up, you will grow up to be like your father."
Du Heng said with a smile: "Bao'er was born not good enough? He is white, with straight eyebrows, but he is younger than some children." The child should be thinner."
"It's thanks to his little father, who has vicious eyes and found him a good-looking father, otherwise he can't tell what he looks like."
Du Heng pursed his lips slightly: "I know how to teach bad children "
Qin Xiaoman looked at the loving fathers and filial sons in the room, and stretched out his hand to pinch Chengyi's sleeping flushed face, but with a flick of his hand, he pinched Du Heng's face instead.
Facts have proved that good-looking does not mean that it feels good. Compared with Xiao Chengyi's soft face, some people's faces will be rough.
Fortunately, he was so rare in the past.
However, no matter how rough it was, it was still pretty, which made Qin Xiaoman, who was already in a good mood, look a little flustered.
Du Heng lowered his eyes and looked at the people who were helping him: "You still take advantage of me when I hold the child." "It's
so rare that you take advantage of you. It's not as good as our little brother."
At night, after dinner, Du Heng washed his feet. Seeing that the sky was already dark, he went back to the room and took out the notes in class, preparing to review them again.
He almost always finishes the homework assigned by the master every day in the academy before returning, but every time he returns home, he still has to re-consolidate his day-time studies.
Qin Xiaoman watched Du Heng enter the house where his father lived before jumping into the kitchen.
After the family grew, Qin Xiaoman cleaned up the house his father used to live in, and Du Heng usually went to that house when he wanted to study.
The resting room was naturally occupied by Yi Xiaowa, and it was difficult for Du Heng to calm down when he was in the same room with the child. Even if he could bear not to hug the child, he couldn't help but raise his head when he heard the little guy muttering. Foot to see what's wrong.
Repeatedly like this, there is only so much time to study at night, and most of it is completely wasted.
Qin Xiaoman then asked him to go to his father's old house to read, and everything was complete on the left and right sides.
"Brother Qin, it will be hard for you tonight. You watch Brother Yi sleep."
Qin Xiaoman said while shoveling the charcoal fire, "The little guy doesn't sleep much at night, and he can sleep until dawn."
Water Celery Washing the dishes, he has always followed everything the master told him, but he couldn't help being a little surprised, since the child was born, the two masters took care of it personally, what's going on now?
But this is not a matter for him to be a servant, he only said: "The villain must take a good look at the young master."
Seeing this, Qin Xiaoman put the charcoal fire basin in the water celery house, then went back to the house and pushed Yi Xiaowa who was lying in the crib over.
Yixiawa watched this strange room repeatedly with her eyes open. Although she was only a little over six months old, she didn't like to move that much on weekdays, like an unconscious stupid guy, but she was actually very sensitive.
Feeling wrong is going to grunt.
"Be good, Baoer."
"Your little father, I haven't had sex for a long time just to give birth to you."
Qin Xiaoman pecked the little guy's cheek: "You see your father gave birth so well, he won't give birth to many children." It's such a pity, isn't it? It would be too pitiful if you don't have brothers and sisters in the future." After
coaxing on the side of the crib for a while, waiting for the water celery to come in, the little boy got used to it without seeing anyone else. Don't tilt your head and make a fuss.
Seeing this, Qin Xiaoman happily slipped back.
When Du Heng returned to the house after reviewing his homework, he was surprised to find that the child even disappeared from the bed.
Before he could open his mouth, he heard a voice from the curtain: "The child is going to sleep with Brother Qin tonight. I said just now that I would take him back to bed and refuse to sleep. I just want to be with Brother Qin." Father Du Heng frowned:
" Didn't you always cry in other places?"
"It's been six months, and it's not a two-month-old child."
Du Heng laughed when he heard this, and said while unbuttoning his coat: "Who would say that? Yes."
The wind was blowing in the room, and he shivered: "Why is it so cold in the room today? You didn't put a charcoal basin?
" The charcoal basin was also sent over, and the child must not be frozen."
Du Heng thought it made sense, he just sat on the edge of the bed, but was suddenly dragged in, and Qin Xiaoman blew it out when he lay down. lights.
The house was plunged into darkness, especially after the original pigsty was converted into a woodshed to store firewood, and it was even darker if they didn't turn on the lights at night.
"Why don't you have any clothes on! Isn't it cold?"
"What are you talking about! Hurry up!"
Du Heng was slightly surprised, because he was waiting for him here.
"What's the matter, have you forgotten how to do it for too long?"
Du Heng immediately retorted: "No!"
He hissed: "I just feel a little cold."
Qin Xiaoman pursed his mouth: "You don't want to change that I'm on top."
"No, I'm just going to be cold."
It seems that Xiao Bie is better than newlyweds, and even in the cold winter house without charcoal fire, there is still a lot of sweat.
When it was quiet, Qin Xiaoman took a few breaths and quietly asked, "Did you not eat enough for dinner?" "
What?"
Du Heng didn't know why.
Qin Xiaoman didn't answer, and Du Heng, who was belatedly aware of it, choked on his saliva, and said hastily: "There are so many people in my family, I just don't want to make too much noise. Two and a half-year-old children, what should I do if I fail at school?" ?"
Qin Xiaoman put on his trousers, and suddenly regretted that he didn't put a charcoal basin in the room, so he turned over and prepared to sleep: "Well, whatever you say is what you say." "!" "What I said
is
true !"
Qin Xiaoman yawned and ignored Du Heng.
"Let's do it again."
Du Heng pulled the person over to face him, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.
"Who wants to come with you again. Are you going to the academy tomorrow?"
"I'll get up!"
"Don't, it's hard to find an excuse when you're late, and your face will turn red when Master asks you."
Du Heng felt the fire burning all over his body, and Qin Xiaoman suppressed himself from laughing out loud.
Brat, no one asked him to mention it every time, but he half-pushed and refused to agree.
"Left or right doesn't matter!"
Seeing that the person has eaten the weight and is determined to rush forward again, Qin Xiaoman's legs are a little weak, and he said quickly: "Stop making trouble, I have something important to tell you.
" Tell me?"
"I just thought of it suddenly."
Du Heng narrowed his eyes slightly: "You still think about something else?"
"What's wrong! I can't think about other things! If I think about other people too much Then you must die of anger!"
Seeing that someone was about to explode, Du Heng pursed his lips, got off Qin Xiaoman's body, and pulled the quilt to cover him honestly: "What are you talking about?"
Qin Xiaoman snorted Cai said: "I see that the paper made at home can indeed be sold. When I put the money in today, I see that there is more than fifty taels of spare money at home. You might as well prepare to set up a small shop and start some business.
" The business is of course selling paper. There are private mountains and bamboo forests at home, and the raw materials are not bad. Now the paper has been made smoothly, and the things have been sold. The craftsmanship is no problem.
Since there is still some money on hand, it is a good plan to plan a long-term livelihood. It is a little tiring, but it is a good plan for Du Heng to study and still be a child.
"Yes."
Qin Xiaoman heard Du Heng's quick promise, he twisted Du Heng's arm: "Did you really agree, or did you just think of something else to deal with me casually?"
Du Heng hissed again, rubbing his arm: "I I really promised, there is no way to deal with you."
"You said such a big thing so hastily!"
"There are more than 50 reams of good paper produced at home this time, which is enough to sell for a while. When the bamboo shoots grow up in March next year, we can continue to make paper. I can choose a shop in the middle. I have also planned in my heart. Where is it? Just talking nonsense."
Du Heng has already calculated this account, a piece of bamboo is 20 catties, and a catty of bamboo produces about two taels of paper. According to the size of paper commonly sold in the market, there are about a hundred sheets of paper per catty .
That is to say, one bamboo can produce about 400 sheets of paper, which are naturally divided into good and bad, as well as yellow paper and white paper. In short, the middle number is roughly that much.
Counting the bamboo that originally sold for twenty or thirty yuan a piece, it can be sold for about one tael of silver, and a stick of labor and material resources are thrown away in the middle. Even if they sell it at a lower price, the business can still be done.
Qin Xiaoman snorted, and felt more at ease after hearing this, and said: "Then I'll pick you up from school tomorrow, and I'll take a look at the current prices of the shops in the county town, so I can make plans then. "
Du Heng answered aggrievedly: "Okay."
"That's it, go to sleep."
"Hey!"
Qin Xiaoman yawned, pretending not to know what Du Heng meant, and turned around regardless of the sad expression on his face. People, exhausted a lot of energy, really fell asleep after a while.
The next day, the sky was still groggy, and Qin Xiaoman fell asleep in a daze, only feeling that someone was shaking him lightly.
"Xiaoman, Xiaoman."
Qin Xiaoman rubbed his eyes and glanced at Du Heng beside him: "What's the matter?" "What
I told you yesterday was true."
"What's true or not?"
Qin Xiaoman looked The person smiled and repeated it to him: "I really don't want to make a big noise." "..." "
You
're never finished!"
Looking at the sleepy-eyed person, his eyes are clear now. After the spirit woke up, Du Heng went up to him and kissed him on the face in satisfaction: "Sleep well, Mr. Xianggong is going to school .
"
, which called him to sleep again.
Qin Xiaoman picked up the pillow in his hand and threw it out.
Even though it was unbearably cold, and he didn't sleep for 25 minutes last night, Du Heng was still in a good mood when he arrived at the academy.
After attending the class all morning, before he left, he said to his master: "Last time, I asked you to write an article on the topic of "Theory of Rewarding Loyalty". How many people are wasting a piece of blank paper? In other words, you have some ideas in your mind. But Du Heng has put some thought into it, and you can take a look in the Chaoshou corridor in your free time, and the old man has already asked someone to post it." Du Heng's brows twitched when he heard this, and his article was also on the
list up?
It's a bit strange, after all, the brothers in the classroom are all outstanding, his articles are rarely outstanding, and I don't know when the master will praise him.
A month ago, he saw Mu Ti Youhuo and others' articles being posted, and he went to observe and read them several times.
After finishing speaking, he said to Master: "Du Heng, it's winter and it's cold and people don't want to study. You must not slack off. There will be a college exam in April next year." Du Heng stood up and said, "Thank you, Master
. Teaching, students must study hard."
Xiang Master nodded, and did not say any more, because there were already several students from other classrooms outside the door eagerly waiting to ask Master Xiang for answers.
The master left, and the students in the classroom were leaving for lunch. Several friendly people who passed by Du Heng patted him on the shoulder and praised him.
Du Heng walked behind the senior brothers with a smile on his face. He planned to eat a bowl of mutton noodle soup outside without bringing any food.
While walking through the Chaoshou corridor, he saw many colleagues in the same hospital reading articles. Du Heng glanced at them. There were a lot of new articles posted today, and he also paused for a while.
"This article is neat and neat, and the handwriting is also eye-catching."
"Juan is as thin as the work of a boudoir daughter, but not grand." "
Why did you Meng Yan make such a statement? The article that can be posted must be impressive. At the same time, your evaluation is too arbitrary."
Seeing the name of the article, Meng Huaishan felt disdainful in his heart. He came here to study the excellent article carefully, but he didn't read a word of the article when he saw it.
Just as he was about to argue again, he turned his head and confronted Du Heng. There were people coming and going, afraid that people would recognize him, but he still didn't utter his words and called his companions to leave.
Du Heng also raised his eyebrows subconsciously when he met Meng Huaishan.
In the afternoon, after the afternoon classes were over, Du Heng packed his books and left the academy early. He was not the group of students who rushed to leave after ringing the bell. Today, Xiaoman came to pick him up, so he was quite active.
"Here!"
Lao Yuan Qin Xiaoman started waving.
When Du Heng saw his own small carriage, he happily ran over rubbing his hands. Before getting into the carriage, he sat outside beside Qin Xiaoman.
"Are your hands cold when you write in the academy?"
"It's not bad, everyone on the left and right is suffering from the same cold."
As soon as he finished speaking, a small warm hand stove was stuffed into Du Heng's hand.
"I bought it at the cloth shop. There are so many kinds of cloth shops nowadays. Anything that can be related to cloth is sold at a stall. I saw it was exquisite and the price was not expensive, so I bought one for you. "
Du Heng looked at the hand stove in his hand. In fact, it was a small stove filled with water. The package was decorated with cloth and embroidery on the outside. It was very nice to toss, but it was common for alumni in the academy to hold it in their hands in the morning.
Master Xiang doesn't like students being coquettish, and it's fine to hold warm hands in his hands, but if he sees that he doesn't remember the main points in his class and holds the stove in his hands, he will be scolded.
For this reason, his senior brothers all hid the hand stove in the book box. Some people forgot it a few days ago, and the water in the hand stove in the book box was shaken, and most of the articles and books in the book box were wet.
It made everyone laugh.
Du Heng held the stove in his hand and said, "Are you not angry anymore?"
Qin Xiaoman rolled his eyes: "I don't have a small belly like yours, so I hold grudges."
"Where shall we go first?"
Du Heng laughed, and said: "I accidentally remembered that your little cousin was driving with Li Kai in the county town. Well, I met Li Kai occasionally and he always told me to go and sit down, and I never had time to go. The two of us went there today, and I happened to ask Li Kaixiao if he knew the market of the shop." The people in the county are very good
. , I can see at a glance that you are not from the county. When you know that you want to rent a shop, you shout high prices.
Qin Xiaoman didn't lose his temper and said he would quit. He was never ambiguous about important matters.