A poor hero

Chen Chen and Shen Qian walked from the restaurant alley to the street.

This street is called Jixian Street and is famous for Jixian residence.

The streets are similar to what Chen Chen looks like on TV.

On both sides of the street are restaurants, teahouses, pawn shops, and workshops.

There are many small vendors with big umbrellas in the open spaces on both sides of the street.

The streets extend to the east and west, all the way to the city wall.

There are many pedestrians on the street: some are carrying burdens on their way, some are driving ox carts to deliver goods, some are driving donkeys to pull goods, and some are stopping to admire the scenery of the river in Xu County.

"Chen Chen, there are so many people here, much more than in Dongzhen. When you go to the county school to study, I can also come here to set up a stall."

Shen Qian looked east and west and saw that he was really a lively and cute little guy.

She has been to Dongzhen before, but Dongzhen is a remote town, not one-tenth as prosperous as here.

A perfect country boy going to town.

Chen Chen already has a plan in mind, which is to trial-produce white sugar. If this is successful, there will be a steady stream of income.

At that time, families would still hire people to make sugar.

Why let a little guy like Shen Qian show up?

He might as well stop Shen Qian from setting up a stall to make money right now.

So Chen Chen said with a smile: "Chen Qian, you don't have to worry about making money. I have already made a plan. I will tell you the plan when I get home."

"Oh, Chen Chen, what will I be responsible for then?"

Shen Qian thought for a moment and then asked.

Chen Chen raised his hand and scratched Shen Qian's nose.

Then he smiled and replied: "You are responsible for being as beautiful as a flower and raising her to be fat and white, that's fine."

Shen Qian clenched her fists and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll make you fat and give birth to a bunch of kids for you."

It seemed that the third aunt's words had a profound impact on her, and she even thought about eating so much that she could have a baby.

"Let's go, Shen Qian. There's a hairpin seller in front. I'll buy one for you."

Chen Chen pulled Shen Qian and walked towards the small vendor selling hairpins in front.

These hairpins are handmade from wood and are so beautiful.

"Young man, your wife's big earlobes are so beautiful. This peach wood hairpin says your wife is a good one."

The seller of hairpins was an eloquent middle-aged woman. When she saw Chen Chen and Shen Qian arriving, she immediately greeted them.

Chen Chen took it and saw that the hairpin was made of peach wood, with several small flowers engraved on it, which was very delicate.

In modern times, these hairpins are still sold as high-priced handicrafts.

So he handed the hairpin to Shen Qian and said with a smile: "Chen Qian, try it on. This hairpin is really beautiful and suits you very well."

Shen Qian usually inserted it casually with a small wooden stick, and she also showed her love for this beautiful hairpin.

But after thinking about it, she shook her head and put the hairpin back, "Chen Chen, it's better not to give it up. This hairpin is so beautiful, it must be very expensive!"

"My dear madam, these hairpins are not expensive at all. This one only costs two cents."

"This hairpin looks great on you. If you don't believe me, try it on."

The middle-aged woman took another hairpin and handed it to Shen Qian and introduced it with a smile.

Two pennies is indeed not expensive. This is a handmade craft.

But when Shen Qian heard that the hairpin cost two cents, she hurriedly put the hairpin back.

It took her three days of work to earn these two cents.

"Chen Qian, try it, it looks good on you."

Chen Chen grabbed Shen Qian's hand, took the hairpin, and tried it on for Shen Qian.

"But it costs two cents. Two cents can buy two meat buns."

"Little guy, you're here again, we have money now, unlike before."

Chen Chen took the boss's bronze mirror and asked Shen Qian to look at it.

"Little madam, you look really beautiful wearing this hairpin."

The middle-aged woman praised Shen Qian on the spot.

Shen Qian's face was red with embarrassment, like a new daughter-in-law.

"Boss, take two, here's the money."

Chen Chen took out four cents from the bamboo basket on his back, handed it to the middle-aged woman, and then picked up an apricot blossom hairpin from the stall.

Then he took Shen Qian and continued shopping happily.

Shen Qian likes whatever strange things she sees.

But when Chen Chen wanted to buy it for her, she was afraid of spending money and insisted that she didn't like it.

In the end, Chen Chen had to spend a penny to buy a big windmill that Shen Qian liked on the grounds of buying it for Mavericks.

Shen Qian lowered her head and started playing with it happily, blowing the windmill with her mouth from time to time.

"Chen Qian, let's go buy some cloth now."

Chen Chen said with a smile.

Shen Qian raised her head and pouted, "Chen Chen, buying cloth? Why are you buying cloth?"

"Chen Qian, we are getting married soon. I will buy some cloth to make you some new clothes so that you can dress beautifully when you get married."

"Chen Chen, thank you, but these dowries should have come from my family, but my father..."

As Shen Qian spoke, her nose became sore again.

She knew her father. When she was born, her father would drown her as soon as he saw his daughter.

Now that she is getting married, it would be a kindness for her father not to blackmail Chen Chen for a large sum of money.

Preparing a dowry for her is an unthinkable luxury.

Chen Chen saw her nose twitching and looking like she was about to cry again, so he hurriedly asked questions to distract her.

He slowly stopped and scratched his head, "Shen Qian, what kind of gift do you think we should buy for our third aunt?"

"Ah, wasn't the extra hairpin you just bought for your third aunt?"

Shen Qian opened her mouth wide and asked in question.

Chen Chen never thought about buying hairpins for his third aunt.

Because he knows that the hairpin can only be given by his beloved, and the hairpin of the third aunt can only be given by the third uncle.

The extra one he just bought was for Shen Qian to take turns to replace, because he knew that Shen Qian wouldn't buy it, so he just bought it on his own initiative.

"No, the other one is also bought for you. I bought it for you to replace and wear."

"Chen Chen, you are too good at spending money. No, I have to take care of the money after we get married."

Shen Qian scolded gently.

She was used to being poor, but she was not used to having so much money all of a sudden.

"Chen Qian, spend what you need to spend. Only when you spend it will more come, just like running water."

Chen Chen said with a smile, and then spent ten cents to buy back two horn combs from the stall next to him.

This time he planned to leave one for Shen Qian and give the other to his third aunt.

"Chen Chen, why did you buy two more? Just buy one for your third aunt, I won't use it."

Shen Qian lightly hit Chen Chen and blamed him.

"Chen Qian, if you don't dress up better, Grandpa Jiayu will scold me if I treat you badly and won't let me go to the county school."

Chen Chen had no choice but to use the instruction to trick Shen Qian.

Sure enough, this trick works very well.

Shen Qian, who had no scheming ideas, was immediately deceived.

"Then Chen Chen, I will listen to you. Dress up beautifully when the time comes, and then tell Grandpa Jiayu that you are the best to me."

Shen Qian said seriously.

Then she took Chen Chen into the nearby fabric store to buy some nice fabrics.

"Get out of here, where did you come from, beggar? Why don't you get out of our shop quickly?"