When Mei Jingjing and Liang An talked about their wedding celebrations, they looked at each other and lowered their heads at the same time, a little shy.
Only the few fish in Liang An's hands still struggled from time to time, praying for another chance to live.
There were only two people in the room where the sound of needle dropping could be heard, and their hearts were beating loudly. Suddenly, someone shouted outside.
"Liang An."
Liang An reacted instantly after hearing this familiar voice, verbally responded and hurriedly explained to Mei Jingjing.
"This is the village chief of Liangjia Village. Our fourth grandfather is here. Come with me to go out and have a look."
Liang An carried a fish and his wife to the gate. He was looking at the village chief, the fourth grandfather, and a woman about the same age as the village chief. She was holding a small wooden basin in her hand, which was full of broken things. rice.
"Liang An, I don't have anything to give you when you get married today. Don't be dissatisfied with the lack of food!"
"Fourth Grandpa, you are too polite."
Liang An seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly brought the largest of the three fish in his hand, which should have weighed seven or eight kilograms, to Grandpa Fourth.
"Fourth Grandpa, this is for you."
"What are you doing? You don't have much money to eat, how can you give me this good thing again? Take it quickly, you can take it to the town to exchange for some money tomorrow, and you can buy a few more kilograms of rice anyway. Live a few days."
Liang An saw the fourth grandfather resisting and hurriedly put the fish into the village chief's hands without any explanation.
"Fourth Grandpa, you are my elder. It was you who took care of me so that I could bury my father. How can I repay such a great favor?
Now I asked Fourth Grandpa to deliver food to me, and I felt really sorry. If Fourth Grandpa didn't accept it, I would never be able to accept the fish as a gift from Fourth Grandpa. "
"This... well, Fourth Grandpa accepted it shamelessly."
The village chief accepted the fish, and Liang An motioned to Mei Jingjing to take the wooden basin from the fourth grandma's hand. The fourth grandma looked at Mei Jingjing and praised her.
"You are so virtuous. Eat more in the future. Whether you are strong enough to eat or strong enough to work in production, follow Xiao An and live a good life. He is a scholar. Maybe you will become successful in the future."
"Thank you, grandma. I will remember it."
Mei Jingjing was indeed virtuous. After being polite with Liang An, she accompanied Liang An at the door to watch the village chief and his family leave, and Liang An turned around.
"Madam, now we have rice and fish, let's have a good meal."
But as soon as Liang An finished speaking, Mei Jingjing shook her head.
"It's enough for us to eat the broken rice that the boss has. It's okay to ask the boss to pickle these two fishes or bring them to the town to exchange for some money. But don't eat them all in your stomach. It would be a pity."
Liang An was even more pleased to see that although Mei Jingjing kept staring at the fish, she finally hugged the wooden basin in her arms and lowered her head to look at the rice.
"Madam, you are overthinking. I caught this fish. There are still some fish in the river. If you can catch it today, you can still catch it tomorrow."
When she mentioned that she could still catch fish, Mei Jingjing raised her head and looked at Liang An with bright eyes.
Liang An thought that Mei Jingjing would accept the fish, but she didn't expect that Mei Jingjing would even persuade Liang An.
"Master, please don't eat all the fish. This is a rare thing that can be exchanged for money. Especially as it gets colder and colder, there are fewer and fewer fish. The gentlemen in the city are very rare."
"Silly girl."
Liang An carelessly touched Mei Jingjing's head.
"After we get married, we need to provide you with good nutrition. Otherwise, how can we give birth to a healthy baby?"
When he said this, Liang An couldn't help but feel a little regretful, and Mei Jingjing's face turned as red as a monkey's butt.
Liang An, An, what are you thinking about? How old are you this year, and how old is Mei Jingjing?
Do you think about this every day?
Mei Jingjing hummed as Liang An deserted.
"They are all eating rice bran. If you don't eat fish, there will be nothing wrong. It is better to sell the fish and pay back the money to the boss first, so that the boss can study. This is the truth."
Studying and getting ahead in the imperial examinations was a matter deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of the Dakang Dynasty.
Although there are people who join the army, kill enemies, serve the motherland, and receive honors for their meritorious service, they are always invisible to the eyes of the world.
Literary men are self-righteous and have always looked down on military backgrounds. Even many generals in the army can only serve as deputy and let the civilian officials take the lead every time they go on an expedition.
Thinking of the situation in Dakang, Liang An couldn't help but sigh. He was no different from the weak Song Dynasty he knew in his previous life.
In such a situation, the generals cannot preside over the war, and the literati are frivolous about the generals. How can strict military discipline deter the enemy? No wonder they have to pay high taxes every year to buy peace for the enemy.
Even if there is a fight from time to time, the defeat will be more than the victory. The large population will prevent foreigners from easily entering and returning.
Mei Jingjing couldn't help but murmured after Liang An made no movement while carrying the fish.
"Master, don't think that I talk too much. You really don't need to eat this fish."
Liang An nodded indifferently.
"I understand, but you have to trust your boss. Your boss has plenty of ways to make money."
This time Mei Jingjing was surprised.
"The head of the family cannot commit adultery and illegal things. You are a scholar and cannot lower your status."
"Yes, I'm a scholar, so I definitely can't lower my status."
Then Liang An started talking.
"Just like these fish, they can be sold for thirty or fifty copper coins. If I make up a story for them, they are fish that have eaten grass jelly to strengthen their health. At least they will have to be sold for three cents. Seventy or eighty copper coins, right?
If I could find two people to help me at the same time and start bidding, I would probably be able to get two or three hundred copper coins for a fish that originally cost twenty or thirty copper coins. "
"You, the head of the family, can't do this. You are a scholar and you cannot lower yourself to your status."
Mei Jingjing listened to Liang An's story of selling fish like a trick, and looked at Liang An worriedly. Liang An touched Mei Jingjing's head again, and everyone could see the satisfaction in his heart.
In the past, there was no chance of touching the head of a goddess, but now this is his wife.
"Madam, don't worry too much, I am sensible."
After Liang An said this, Mei Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't hit me anymore, the boss. Just sell it safely. Don't ruin the reputation of the boss just because of a little money."
"I know, I know. Then I will sell the fish as the lady said, see if I can do some other business, pay off the debt as soon as possible, buy back the land I sold, and live a peaceful life. .”
"I trust the boss. I will cook for the boss now."
After Mei Jingjing finished speaking, Liang An said to Mei Jingjing.
"Everything is done, Madam. I have to go out for a while and go to a town to sell these two fish as Madam said and get some money."
"The wise man in charge."
Things went smoothly, and Liang An honestly exchanged the two fish for thirty pieces of gold.
Since he came to town, Liang An simply put into action what he had considered on the way.
Standing in front of the Cui Mansion again, Liang An couldn't help but think about the high-walled courtyard where the Cui Mansion was located.
I will definitely live in a more beautiful compound than this in the future.
But before Liang Anduo could express any emotion, he was "politely" invited into the Cui family's third courtyard by the steward of the Cui family who came out of the courtyard.
