Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

Although the hearts of the two people are full of doubts, the money that has already been obtained cannot be separated.Xu Jian picked out 31 taels from the silver note that the little old man gave him, and then counted out 500 big coins to Shen Chenai from the counter.

The amount of a copper plate is actually not heavy, it is about the same weight as the 1 dime coin we use now.But small things can't hold up too much, Shen Chenai didn't know where to put the half-hanging money.

Holding the half string of big money, Shen Chenai thought that if he put them in his arms, his clothes would not be damaged by them. Thinking about his monthly salary of 800 Wen, Shen Chenai felt his head hurt. .

Xu Jian, who was calculating today's money at the counter, looked up and saw Shen Chenai standing there shaking his head, he asked a little strangely when he saw this, "What's wrong with you, is there any discomfort on your body?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Chenai quickly stopped her movements and replied, "It's okay, it's just that my neck is a little stiff, just move around."

When Xu Jian heard this, she didn't ask any more questions, she lowered her head and continued to fiddle with her abacus on the counter.

Shen Chenai saw Xu Jian counting copper coins while writing and drawing on the ledger, suddenly an idea came to his mind, so he walked up to Xu Jian and said, "Little boss, I want to discuss something with you, Can you see it?"

Hearing this, Xu Jian raised her head and replied, "Okay, just say what you want to say."

Hearing this, Shen Chenai picked up the half string of big money and shook it in front of Xu Jian, saying: "The money is too heavy, and I don't want to take all of it back. See if this works, I'll leave you 400 Wen, you When you pay my salary in the next two months, just give me a bank note of 1 tael."

Xu Jian smiled and said, "If you think the copper plate is falling down in your arms, you can buy a pocket. Look at the vendors doing business outside, which one doesn't have one on their shoulders."

Shen Chenai shook her head repeatedly when she heard the words and said: "Those people are all out to do business, and they don't come out in groups of three or four. I am a calligraphy and painting seller, and I am going to beat me up and go out with that thing. The master thought I had how much money I had with me, and he came here to rob me, so it's too much of a crime."

Xu Jian continued after hearing the words: "That's all right, I'll miss you 400 Wen, you have to remember, if I forget when it's time to pay you, you have to remind me."

Shen Chenai disposed of most of the bulky copper coins, put the remaining silver bills and copper plates in her arms, and began to think about what to buy with the money.

There are not too many guests today, and Xu Jian's accounts were calculated in a short while. He looked up at the flow of people outside, and seeing that there were no more people on the street, he entered the room and said to Shen Chenai: "I look at today There won't be any more people coming over, why don't we close now."

Shen Chenai said in surprise when she heard the words: "It's closing time after lunch, little boss, are you going to give me half a day off in disguise?"

Hearing this, Xu Jian stretched her waist and said, "The business I made today is worth the net profit of my small shop for two or three months. I opened the shop just to make a living. Since I have already made a lot of money today, why should we Can't you take a break?"

Shen Chenai raised her thumb and said, "As expected of a little boss, he is really enlightened. If that's the case, then I won't say anything more. I want to enjoy life today."

Shen Chenai spoke quickly, and the local accent was brought out.Xu Jian was always amused by him, holding her stomach and waving her hands to let him go quickly.

Shen Chenai, who got half a day off for nothing, left Jixianzhai and went straight to the tailor shop where he bought the hat yesterday.He bought the pure sheepskin half arm that made him salivate yesterday.

Seeing that he was a repeat customer, the shopkeeper of the store enthusiastically waived the half-arm for him, and only charged him a round number of 600 Wen.

The half arm is cut from a whole piece of sheepskin. The shopkeeper said that the material is made of young ewes of the year, which is guaranteed to be soft and warm.

Holding the half-arm that made him think about it all day, Shen Chenai was in a good mood, and he decided to go shopping in the market for a while and spend all the heavy copper coins in his arms.

Excited, Shen Chenai wandered around the market all afternoon and bought a lot of things in large and small packages, most of which were various snacks and preserved fruits, as well as some small things that could arouse his interest .

After returning home with a full load, Shen Chenai spent only a dozen copper coins in his arms, but his mood became extraordinarily comfortable.

Shen Chenai, who was walking on the street with her head held high, now finally understood why women love shopping so much.This is indeed a good way to relieve the stress and anxiety in my heart. I didn't see him buying it half a block away, and the anxiety caused by that little old man in my heart had already disappeared.

Satisfied, Shen Chenai came to Luo's butcher shop with her spoils of the afternoon. Every time Luo Ding waited for him to get off work, this time it was him who picked Luo Ding off work.

When Shen Chenai walked into the butcher shop, Luo Ding was busy with the workers, carrying half a piece of pork onto the chopping board.

Every winter in Fengcheng, the sales of all kinds of meat are particularly good.One reason is that people need heat because of the cold weather, so naturally more people will come to buy.

Another reason is that after the autumn harvest, all households have finished harvesting their food, and those who have fruit trees have sold all their fruits.Everyone can have a lot of spare change in their hands. With ample money on hand, even ordinary people will want to eat some greasy food.

Luo Ding's two butcher shops have recently been able to sell eight or nine big fat pigs every day, which is at least double the sales volume in summer.

The workers in the butcher shop received performance bonuses in addition to their basic wages. As the sales of the butcher shop increased, their bonuses would naturally not decrease.So although it is much more tiring now than in summer, the workers are still full of energy.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Shen Chenai consciously put all the things in her hands on the tea table, and sat on the chair beside the tea table.

Although Luo Ding was busy with his clerk, he still saw it when Shen Chenai walked in. Although he wondered why Shen Chenai left work so early today, he still smiled and motioned Shen Chenai to sit there and wait for him a while.

Shen Chenai, who became more and more bored as he waited, lay down on the tea table, constantly playing with the few copper plates he had left, watching them roll around under his own push, and he had to use his hands from time to time. Go and stop it to prevent those copper coins rolling around from running out of the table.

Everyone in the room looked at Shen Chenai with black lines all over their heads, and then collectively turned their heads to look at Luo Ding. The meaning expressed in their eyes was very obvious, that is the boss, the people in your room are here It's stupid there, don't you go and take care of it?

Luo Ding lowered his head, turned a blind eye to everyone's gaze, and deftly skinned and deboned the half piece of pork, proving to everyone his status in the family with practical actions.

Seeing Luo Ding's reaction, the shop assistants and shopkeepers all understood.Shuanzi, the shopkeeper, whose hometown is in the Land of Abundance, said in a teasing tone: "Another pricking ear."

The boy standing next to him thought for a while, why did the shopkeeper use the word "he" in these few words?Did you accidentally expose something?

In this inexplicable and funny atmosphere, time passed little by little.Seeing that the sky was slowly getting dark, it was almost time to close. At this time, the number of customers in Luo's butcher shop not only did not decrease, but also increased.

Most of the people who come to the butcher shop at this time are elderly aunts. Their long-term purchasing experience let them know that there is no willingness to leave leftover meat in the butcher shop, so every time it is about to close, the butcher shop The city will reduce the price of those left over from today's sale.

These aunts came here just to catch up with this bargain, and the fact is, as they expected, the prices of all kinds of pigs in the shop are now cheaper than during the day.

Even so, some aunts and women still habitually haggle over the price. For example, the aunt who is buying pig's trotters is still grinding her teeth with the guy standing at the counter, hoping that he can give it to her. cheaper.

The boy's expression was already very helpless, he was just a laborer, and he had to sell for as much as the boss said, and he had to make up for any big ones missing.How many times have I said this, the price can't be lowered, why can't this aunt understand that?

Shuanzi, who was standing by the side, saw that this customer was really annoying, so he walked over to her and said, "12 ren per pair of pig's trotters, which is already a lot cheaper. If you still want to get some more benefits, elder sister , I will buy the remaining 3 pairs, and I will count you 32 Wen, what do you think?"

The aunt silently calculated in her heart before she said, "It's only four pennies cheaper if it's all inclusive?"

When Shuanzi heard this, he could only helplessly say, "We can't earn four fen by selling you a pair of pig's trotters. Besides, you bought the pig's trotters, don't you want to go back and nurse your daughter-in-law? Save the four fen Also, you can buy her four or five more eggs to supplement her health."

The aunt felt that it made sense, so she asked the worker to wrap up the rest of the pig's trotters, paid the money and left.

Shen Chenai sat next to her, listening to the customers and shopkeepers haggling over how much money they had, and deeply felt that life was not easy for anyone.Don't look at Luo Ding's current big family business, isn't it earned every penny, for a better life, which one can live without hard work.

As the goods in the store are gradually sold out, there are fewer and fewer customers coming and going.After Luo Ding quickly checked today's account book with the accountant, everyone was finally able to get off work.

After all the people in the store had left, Luo Ding washed his hands, then took out a small paper bag from behind the counter, handed it to Shen Chenai and said, "I just bought it this morning, let you try it on."

Shen Chenai heard the words and opened the paper bag, and saw a brand new black leather hat inside.The fur of the fur hat was of good quality, although Shen Chenai couldn't tell what kind of fur it was made of, but just by looking at the style, one could tell that the hat would not be cheap.

Holding the hat, Shen Chenai was a little speechless, thinking that the two of them wanted to go together this time.

Luo Ding stood aside, his face full of eagerness to try, it can be seen that he really wanted to put the hat on Shen Chenai himself.But in the end, he still didn't do anything, just urged: "This hat is made of rabbit fur. I heard that it is warm and beautiful to wear. Please put it on and let me have a look."

Shen Chenai heard that she found the package containing the sheepskin half arm from among her big and small packages, tore off the kraft paper wrapped outside, and handed it to Luo Ding for him to see.

Luo Ding was very surprised holding that half arm. He didn't pay much attention when he saw Shen Chenai coming in with a bunch of things, thinking that he just praised the pocket money for the past few days and used it all up.

But looking at it now, this is not the case at all, Luo Ding is very clear about how much money Shen Chenai has in his hand.The market price of the half-arm he was holding was at least 600 Wen. With the pocket money that Luo Ding gave Shen Chenai these days, it was impossible for him to get this money.

So Luo Ding asked nervously: "This half arm is not cheap, where did you get so much money?"

Hearing this, Shen Chenai told Luo Ding everything that happened this morning, and gave Luo Ding the three remaining 10 taels of silver notes in his arms, and described the old man's life in detail with him. Looking at his body and appearance, he hoped to get some clues about the old man's identity from Luo Ding.

After listening to Shen Chenai's description, Luo Ding frowned very tightly. According to Shen Chenai's narration, the old man's figure and appearance are still very distinctive, and he will definitely be able to remember it if he has seen it.

But no matter what Luo Ding thought, he still couldn't think of this person, so he took out the three bank notes that Shen Chenai gave him, looked at them, and said: "These three bank notes are not from our Fengcheng bank, look The name of this bank should be from Wuwei. If you want to use it, you have to get a semicolon in Fengcheng to exchange it. It seems that the person you mentioned is probably from Wuwei. No wonder I don’t have anything to him impression."

Shen Chenai didn't make a sound when he heard the words, he was not interested in where the old man came from, what he wanted to know was what was going on in the mind of that little old man who looked like a monkey spirit.

Luo Ding over there obviously also saw Shen Chenai's thoughts, so he said: "I can't say what this person wants to do, but he is willing to spend so much money on your paintings, obviously it is impossible to just appreciate them. For your safety, you'd better go with me when you go to and from work recently, and don't go out alone when you usually go out, there must be someone by your side."

The author has something to say: half arm is the collective name for vest and waistcoat in ancient times.People at that time called the clothes without sleeves half-arms.