Xu Ling was overjoyed. He never expected to encounter such a good thing.
But some things need to be made clear.
He said hurriedly: "I still have a lot at home. If I send them all, I'm afraid it will be useless if I ask for so many."
The servant smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. My master plans to use it as a gift. Even if he needs thirty or fifty cans, I'm afraid it won't be enough."
After that, he took out five taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Ling, asking him to keep all the Qiuli ointment in the basket.
The remaining half a tael should be used as a deposit. He will send some to his door tomorrow and settle the remaining money with him again.
Xu Ling was speechless when he saw this generous gesture.
Leaving the back door of Wei's house, Xu Ling looked at the small vermilion door again and again, and murmured in his heart: "Sure enough, the gap between rich and poor exists in every world."
Some people sell their daughters for a few pennies, while others spend a lot of money, spending dozens of taels of silver to buy things and give them away without blinking an eye.
On the way home, Xu Ling planned to continue cooking Qiu pear paste tonight. There were probably still a few hundred kilograms of pears in the space, and he could make thirty cans of it. However, he would go to Lijiazhuang to buy more pears the day after tomorrow. .
Put the money into the space, load the pears on the cart and take them home.
Xu Ping and Xu An were waiting anxiously at the back door. Seeing him coming back, they quickly called "Brother!" and ran over to Xu Ling to help him push the cart.
"Brother, why did you come back with more pears?"
"Business is very good. I will continue to make sugar paste today. I may have to travel far away the next day to buy pears in Lijiazhuang. Are you two at home or are you going with me?"
"Brother, let's not go to Lijiazhuang, right? If we go, won't we waste the money on the boat?"
"Yes, but we can help you sell sugarpaste together!"
Xu Ping and Xu An helped Xu Ling push the cart into the yard, unloaded the pears, put them into a big basin, and went to the well to fetch water to wash and peel the pears.
Xu Ling then took some time to sit down for a while, tapping his calf and drinking tea, and asked the two children what they had done at home today.
When they first arrived in Lingbao Town, they didn't have the courage to go far, and they didn't spend the money Xu Ling gave them. In the morning, Liu Niang cooked a meal and invited them to eat with her. She also said she would take Xu Ping and Xu An to a clothing store to buy clothes.
However, there were many customers at the tea shop in the front yard in the afternoon, so she didn't have time, so they played alone in the yard.
Xu Ling touched his sister's hair and asked them to take the money to buy some food on Matou Street and come back. He was going to continue working.
It was a cold autumn night, and the freshly drawn well water had a hint of white air, but it soon became bone-chillingly cold.
After eating and working, Xu Ling stayed up until midnight again. Lying in bed, he felt that he hadn't slept for long before it was dawn again.
As soon as Xu Ling got up, Xu Ping had already bought breakfast. Three bowls of hot buns were sprinkled with green leeks, which tasted warm and filling.
Xu Ling fooled his younger brothers and sisters and left them six hundred cash this time, three hundred cash per person. If he sold all the Qiuli paste today, he would have to go to Lijiazhuang and might not come back at night. .
This money is set aside for them for emergencies.
Xu Ling repeatedly asked, and the two children agreed one by one.
Xu Ling rushed to Wei's house with the last thirty cans he had, fearing that the big customer would fly away.
The person who received him this time was the same servant as yesterday.
Xu Ling also learned that his name was Wei Cai, and he was the book boy of Wei Shiqing, the owner of the mansion here.
His father is the direct grandson of the third lady of the Wei family in Yangzhou. He used to live a wealthy and prosperous life in Yangzhou. Seeing the outstanding people in Lingbao Town, he settled here.
Even in Lingbao Town, the Wei family is famous.
Xu Ling praised him profusely, which made the book boy smile happily and he was very happy when he gave the money.
He said that the Wei family had its own merchant ship that traveled between Yangzhou and Lingbao Town. His father saw that Xu Ling’s Fritillaria cough ointment was miraculous in treating coughs, was not harmful to the body, and tasted as sweet as honey, so he thought of Yangzhou. My grandmother wanted to send some to her.
If you need it again in the future, you have to ask Xu Ling to buy some more.
Xu Ling repeatedly assured that the Fritillaria cough ointment he made was pure, natural and harmless. He also informed the other party that he lived in a courtyard of a tea shop in an alley on Matou Street, and then resigned.
After leaving the Wei family, Xu Ling felt so happy. If he met a big customer, wouldn't he be waiting to make a fortune?
Including the more than twenty cans sold yesterday, Xu Ling sold fifty-six cans in the past two days and accumulated another twenty-five taels of silver.
In addition to the sixteen taels saved before, there are a total of forty-one taels.
It's enough to pay back the Wang family. But a family has to live, and in addition, there are debts owed by others. If someone comes to ask for money, it will not work if he cannot pay.
Xu Ling hurried to the dock to take the boat. After one or two more trips, he would be able to go home after saving enough money.
In the yard of Ma Tou Street, Xu Ping and Xu An ate and made trouble. Neither of them dared to go out against their elder brother's orders, but there was not much to play in this small yard as in the countryside.
Xu An originally hoped that Liu Niang from the tea shop in the front yard would take them out to buy clothes and go shopping on the street. But unexpectedly, Liu Niang's man came back again and she didn't know what he said to her. She closed the shop and went back to the house with her man.
Xu Pingxian was bored and sighed: "I don't know what the elder brother is doing. Is he selling things or taking a boat?"
Xu An rolled his eyes, ran outside the arch, and listened carefully.
Then he ran back, stabbed Xu Ping with a small bamboo stick and said, "Second brother, what do you think Liu Niang and her man are doing in the house? Are they fighting again?"
Xu Ping could see at a glance what his sister was up to, and he warned languidly: "Brother said, if I take you to watch any fun again, he will twist off my ears."
Xu An chuckled, "If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. How can I know?"
This girl was actually swaying her brother to listen to the corner with her.
Xu Ping refused several times and couldn't bear Xu An Jingjing's crying, making trouble and threats, but she finally tricked her. The two climbed from the wall of the west wing to the roof, and then tiptoed from the roof of the front yard to the roof of the east yard. .
This place happened to be at the junction of the two houses. The tiles were low and staggered, which allowed them to hide here and eavesdrop.
Xu Ping excitedly uncovered a piece of tile, put it aside carefully, and moved his angle to look into the house.
But they could only see the bamboo couch in the side room, but no one could be seen.
"No one can be seen." Xu Ping said to his sister silently.
Xu An frowned and tilted his ears, indicating that he should listen carefully.
Xu Ping leaned over and heard the faint voices of Liu Niang and Wang Zhu talking from inside the room.
"Liu Mei, when will you be willing to take action? If you delay it any longer, I'm afraid that kid will notice!"
"You idiot, his brother and sister are at home, where should I start? If you dislike me, just put a knife on his neck and ask him for a prescription!"
"Hmph, whether what you said is true or not, I won't argue with you. I will pretend not to be at home these days. Just pick a time and trick him into coming to our house while his younger siblings are sleeping. How about you? Has he done something? With those two little beasts here, he doesn’t dare to say anything, and he will definitely hand over the things happily! "
Xu Ping and Xu An looked at each other with horrified expressions.
