sinovels Chapter 37 37. Classmates (1)
Chapter 37 37. Classmates (1)
Through the girl's explanation, Xu Lingyuan learned that it is similar to the modern talent market, where all kinds of laborers look for employers, and it is very different from buying and selling people.
"Are you also looking for an employer?" After figuring it out, Xu Lingyuan asked again.
"Yeah, otherwise who would be there," she said casually.Maybe he was afraid that the young master Xu Lingyuan would not understand, so he explained: "For those of us who have no other livelihood, we can only come here and wait for others to hire us, which is also a way of life."
"Then you'll be fine if you go back like this?" Since a girl needs to come out to find a job, it should be very difficult for the family.
"It's not too bad today, you can still come tomorrow." She said indifferently, although it can be seen from her patched clothes that she should be very embarrassed at the moment, but she is not pessimistic at all. Cheerful and optimistic, neither humble nor overbearing.
"I'll give this to you. If it weren't for you, they would have been lost." Xu Lingyuan took some out of his purse and gave it to her. It's not a lot, so it's considered a good intention.
"No need, I'll be fine if you thank me." Although she didn't accept it, she obviously had a good impression of Xu Lingyuan, probably because she thought this young master was not only good-looking, but also good-hearted.
"Just accept it. If you are free, can I ask you a favor?" Xu Lingyuan said in a different way.
"What's the matter? Tell me, as long as I can help, I will help." She said with great interest.
"Then you accept this first." Xu Lingyuan insisted.
"...Well then, I'll accept it first." Maybe I didn't expect Xu Lingyuan to be so persistent, and seeing him asking me to help, although I was a little helpless, I still accepted it first.
Seeing that she agreed, Xu Lingyuan asked her if she knew where there was a carpenter's shop, preferably one that could make farm tools.The girl thought about it very seriously, and then said that she knew one, but it was a little far from here.
After Xu Lingyuan finished listening, he asked her to take him there without any objection, but it made the girl hesitate a bit.
"Little master, didn't your adults teach you not to walk with strangers casually?" The girl knelt down and said to him.
"As long as I know this person is a good person, wouldn't it be fine?" Xu Lingyuan looked at her, then said with a smile.
This girl looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, tall, fair complexion, oval face, with a smile on the corner of her mouth. Although she cannot be called a beauty, she is dignified and generous. People have a sense of trust.Xu Lingyuan felt that she was very similar to Hongying, but she was much calmer than Hongying.
After listening to Xu Lingyuan's words, she was stunned for a moment, and then took Xu Lingyuan away without any worries.
Through conversations along the way, Xu Lingyuan learned that she came out to find work because of her family's financial difficulties.At her age and a girl, she can only work as a servant girl.She used to work as a maid in a family, but because she was framed for stealing things from the master's house, she was kicked out, so she wanted to go there to find a job again.
"Have you ever studied?" Seeing that Xu Lingyuan was easy to get along with along the way, and seeing that he was making farm tools, he thought he was from a village or town.But seeing that he was very polite, he asked.And when she asked this sentence, Xu Lingyuan found that there was an unconcealable look in her eyes.
"Yeah." Xu Lingyuan nodded, although he stopped reading now.
"That's right, scholars are all idiots." She said clearly, and then she didn't know what came to her mind, and said slightly complaining: "My elder brother is also a student, although he is very good at reading, he is also an idiot, and he is an idiot. Very unlucky idiot." However, a kind of pride can be clearly heard in the words.
"The emperor pays off those who have a heart, and it will always be fine." Although Xu Lingyuan didn't understand the situation very well, he still comforted her.
"Well, I also believe that there will always be a day when Jitai will come." She cheered up and said firmly. "Do you know? There is a child prodigy in our city. He was selected as a scholar at the age of 12, one year younger than you, and he is also a classmate of my elder brother. My elder brother is also very good. Not only does the academy waive the salary , and provided board and lodging, but he just failed the exam, even though he didn't tell me, I know he must be very depressed."
"..." Xu Lingyuan was only focused on digesting the information in her words for a while, and didn't respond when she finished speaking.
"But it's okay to think about it. We've survived these years. It's no big deal to wait a few more years. It will get better one day. Speaking of which, the classmate of my eldest brother, I heard that he just got a scholar. , I suddenly fell ill, and then I heard from my eldest brother that he never went to the academy again, I don’t know how he is now, and my eldest brother feels sorry for him, so let’s just let things take their course.” It seems that she didn’t Caring about Xu Lingyuan's reaction, he just complained and complained a few words.
"Here, it's here." Just as Xu Lingyuan was still thinking about what she said, they were already standing at the door of a carpenter's shop.
"Thank you, I'm sorry to trouble you." Xu Lingyuan said gratefully without thinking about it.The location of this shop is a bit remote, a bit far from the main street, Xu Lingyuan is really hard to find without help.
"Little nerd, just move your legs, you don't need to be so polite, and I still took the money." She held the collected money in front of Xu Lingyuan and said, the relationship between them obviously became closer along the way . "Can you find your way back by yourself?"
The streets here are not complicated, but centered on a main road, connected with many narrower streets, all horizontal and vertical, you can see the end at a glance, as long as you find the main road, you can go back.And Xu Lingyuan didn't know how long it would take him, and he couldn't make her wait, so he said it was okay and let her go first.
"If you can't find it, don't forget to ask the guys in the shop to help you." After Xu Lingyuan insisted that she could find the way, and it would take a long time, she was about to leave, and she asked worriedly.
"Well, I will." To reassure her, Xu Lingyuan said seriously.
"Then I'll go first." She smiled and said, "By the way, I'll give this back to you. It's enough for you to talk with me all the way. Except for my elder brother, no one has ever listened to me, and you are better than me. My elder brother is much stronger, talking to him is like talking to a piece of wood." After speaking, he put the money Xu Lingyuan gave her back into his purse. "This time you have to be more careful."
Seeing Xu Lingyuan looking at her with a frown, she suddenly said seriously: "Forget about the money, do you have any servants in your family? I can cook, read and write, or you can go back and talk to me." Parents act like a baby, let them hire me?"
"..." Although he also wanted to help, it has nothing to do with him whether the Xu family lacks people. Although he is also a young master, it may be okay to bring a servant back, but he will not live here for a long time, and just now It's not good to be characterized as someone who eats soft food by some people, right?And he really doesn't need it.
"Are you serious? Just kidding you! I don't even know where your home is. Even if your home is really short of people, I won't go if it's too far away from my home." Seeing Xu Lingyuan With an increasingly tangled expression, she couldn't help laughing out loud. "You are so interesting. Although I have delayed the business, I am very happy. I will go first. See you later!"
Xu Lingyuan looked at her back and disappeared after turning a corner, and suddenly realized that he didn't even know her name. Although he wanted to ask a few times, he couldn't just ask girls' names here, so If you hesitate, forget it.However, he should be her elder brother's ill-fated classmate, right?After thinking about it, there was indeed one who met the conditions.
Due to the original owner's withdrawn personality, he didn't know many people in the academy, but it was not difficult to find her as she said.Just because her eldest brother entered the academy for free, Xu Lingyuan knew who it was.Because there is only one such person in the original owner's class, and he is indeed very good, otherwise the original owner would not have an impression of him.It's just that the other party is also a person who only reads sage books, and the two of them have no relationship at all.
But these are enough, at least it is a clue to find her, although it seems that there is no need to find her now.
Thinking of this, Xu Lingyuan put the matter aside in advance, because the clerk in the store had been staring at him standing at the door for a long time, and he would feel embarrassed if he didn't go in again.
As expected of a shop that mainly makes farm tools, after some discussion between the two parties, Xu Lingyuan was very satisfied with the model drawn by the master craftsman, and then agreed on a time to pick it up. After paying the deposit, Xu Lingyuan left.
Seeing that more than half of the morning had passed, after Xu Lingyuan walked to the main street, he walked home in a leisurely manner, and continued to look for suitable gifts for A Qi along the way.
Just walking casually like this, I suddenly saw a shop selling jade wares, Xu Lingyuan walked in for some reason.
There are many kinds of jade in the store, and the guys are very enthusiastic, but I haven't seen the shopkeeper.Xu Lingyuan looked at it with interest for a while, and actually saw a piece that he was very satisfied with.
It was a ring-shaped jade pendant, slightly larger than a copper coin, and it should be considered white. It looked crystal clear and flawless.Xu Lingyuan doesn't understand jade, but just looking at it, he likes it very much, and inexplicably thinks it is very suitable for A Qi, just like his eyes, which are obviously very clear, but seem to contain a lot of things.It happens that jade can also keep you safe, so it is undoubtedly very suitable as a gift.
Although Xu Lingyuan fell in love with it at first sight, he was inevitably entangled in his heart.Although he likes it very much and thinks it is very suitable for A Qi, but this kind of thing is not very practical for the children in the village, and at first glance, he thinks it will not be too cheap. Whether it fits or not, although in his opinion, it is equal to or even inferior to the sachet given by A Qi.
Of course, in addition to the above points, there is one more thing that worries him, is whether he can really afford it after removing the money for making wheat shackles?If the money is not enough, whether to give up or go back and ask for money, he doesn't seem to want to face both.