Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 252 Chance Encounter

Also, because of Aunt Lian's special status, she might have received a high amount of hush money, but two taels of silver a month was nothing in her opinion.

After learning medical skills, he can open his own clinic in the future. Based on her observation of Doctor Ma's income over time, he must make more than 2 taels of silver a month.

If you encounter some generous patients, the extra tip money may be several months' income.

Besides, I have my own clinic and no one is in charge of me, so I am free and comfortable.

She refused firmly: "Thank you for your kindness, but I still don't want to be an accountant."

"Two taels of silver is only temporary. If you do well, I will promote you to the general accountant position, and the salary will be more than 2 taels of silver a month." The boss continued to try harder and tempted the employee slowly.

Song Ying still shook his head firmly, "Boss, please tell us about the bracelet. Can you sell it to us for 100 coins and 1 cent?"

The owner had no choice but to give up, "Okay, I'll sell you guys."

Now that things have come to this, what else can he say?

"Thank you." Song Ying smiled and then asked her friends to choose bracelets.

"Sister Erni, you choose. You know best what Sister Xiaocui likes."

Erni walked forward, lowered her head and started to pick, and said, "You guys pick some too, she likes special ones."

After a while of chattering, they finally picked out a silver bracelet with arabesque pattern.

Song Ying handed it to the waiter: "This is it, weigh it."

While they were choosing, the waiter had already brought the scale over, took the bracelet and placed it on the scale, moved the weight, and quickly weighed it: "1 tael 6 cents!"

As he said this, he moved the scale towards Song Ying and the others: "Look at the scale too, there's not much extra."

The scale bar is not completely flat, and the tail is slightly upturned. In terms of weight, Yulingxuan is indeed very honest and a little generous.

"You are such an honest man, young man." Song Ying praised, "Please help us pack it up, and we will choose earrings."

A bracelet of 1 liang and 6 qian would cost 1600 wen, so they would have 200 wen left, enough to buy two pairs of earrings.

"Boss, are silver earrings also sold by weight?"

The host nodded, and before she could speak, he said, "It's also 100 coins and 1 cent for you."

Song Ying thanked him repeatedly and waited for the waiter to bring out the earrings.

After another round of chattering, they picked out a pair and handed them to the waiter: "Let's take this pair."

"You have a good eye. This teardrop shape is a classic style, simple and elegant. It is suitable for any occasion and any clothes or headdress!" The waiter praised and quickly weighed it. "This teardrop is solid. A pair weighs more than 1 cent."

Song Ying thought about it and said to his companions, "Let's pick another pair."

The remaining 100 coins cannot buy anything else worth buying. Silver jewelry is better, as it can be used as money when in urgent need of money.

The earrings were all about the same weight, and they picked out a pair of goldfish earrings that also weighed a little over one cent, which just used up all the money they had collected.

After paying the money, they left Yulingxuan with the bracelets and earrings that had been put into a small box.

Before leaving, the young boss said, "Little girl, if you change your mind and want to be an accountant, come find me anytime."

Song Ying: “…”

After leaving the silver shop, Erni shook the box in her hand and said to Song Ying, "Why don't you keep the bracelet and earrings as well? When Sister Xiaocui's wedding is approaching, you can take them back together?"

Tian Fang nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, let's leave it with you, Song Ying, and take it back to the village. If someone finds it and takes it away, then there will be no one to help us."

Song Ying agreed without hesitation, because it was not just their worry, it was something that was very likely to happen.

In winter, with nothing to do, the boys would get together to play, and they loved playing hide-and-seek. If they rummaged through boxes and drawers, their belongings might really be found and then taken away and sold or used as silver. The offending boys would of course be beaten, but the girls would lose their dowries.

In addition to the boys in the village, their families are also a big risk. They have no privacy at home. No matter where they are, there is a possibility that they will be found by adults.

Adults, on the other hand, would most likely confiscate bracelets and earrings on the grounds that it was careless to add makeup and a waste of money.

They were raised by their parents, and no matter how unreasonable they are, there is nothing they can do.

Song Ying looked up at the sky and estimated that it was almost noon, so he said, "It's getting late, let's find a restaurant to eat."

Everyone had no objection. It would take them half an hour to walk back, and since they had money, there was no need to go back hungry and cold.

Besides, Luo Yanxing was planning to sell some hairbands in the afternoon, so he might not be able to get home until very late today.

After walking a distance, Luo Yanxing suddenly asked, "Hey, is that Yuan Qing?"

Everyone looked over and was surprised: "It's true!"

Song Ying saw Chengyang Bookstore not far from Yuan Qing, and then looked at the book box behind Yuan Qing, and was also surprised. Was the book copied and sent to the bookstore? It was too fast! It had only been a few days!

Yuan Qing heard their exclamations, turned around, and was also a little surprised, "Are you... buying New Year's goods?"

"Sister Xiao Cui is getting married, so we are here to buy her some dowry." After answering his question, Luo Yanxing asked again, "You are carrying a book box, are you going back to the village? Why is the academy closed so early?"

The community school in Wutong Village only allows students to take a day off on the day before the Chinese New Year in the twelfth lunar month.

"No," Yuan Qing pointed to Chengyang Bookstore not far away, "I copied some books and sent them to the bookstore."

"Copying books," Luo Yanxing suddenly got excited, "Does it make a lot of money?"

"Stop it. Don't even think about it in the short term. The requirements for copying books are very strict." Song Ying saw the eagerness in her eyes and was helpless and speechless.

I just feel that she is going crazy recently to come to the city to find a job. She hasn't even learned all the characters yet, but she is eager to try copying books to make money.

Luo Yanxing turned to look at her: "How strict is it?"

"If there is a mistake in a word, a stain, or the handwriting is not neat, you have to recopy a page. The shopkeeper only provides enough paper for a book, and you have to buy the paper for copying yourself."

Luo Yanxing paused for a moment. With her current writing level, it would be amazing if she only made a few mistakes in an article.

How much paper would have to be wasted to copy just one correct character!

Yuan Qing smiled and waited for them to finish talking, then asked Song Ying: "How much of the medical book have you copied?"

"Well, I've been busy lately, so I only copied three pages." Song Ying felt a little ashamed. She had promised the shopkeeper solemnly that she could copy medical books.

Only when I actually started copying did I realize how difficult it was. Copying sentence by sentence, it is easy to make mistakes if you are distracted. Sometimes, if you are not paying attention, your sleeves, hands, and objects on the table can easily contaminate the paper.

Luo Yanxing looked at Song Ying in surprise, "You are also copying books?"