Chapter 10 Extra Money
Chu Qing took a while and then went down the mountain with the basket on his back. Xiaobao sat in the basket and ate mulberries, and his mouth was dark. His heart was so big that he could fall asleep even on the tree.
When he returned to school, he was busy cooking. Chu Qing didn't get free until lunch break. He sat in the kitchen to clean up the wild vegetables, wanting to pickle small garlic and thorny sprouts as side dishes.
I thought to myself that the empty clay pots in the kitchen could be used by use, but salt is required to use pickled vegetables. Salt is not cheap, and it cannot be used for public ones, so I have to buy it myself. I have no money! Just thinking about the way to get money, Mr. Xie walked in and held the book "Thousand Characters" in his hand.
"Miss Yuan, is this dug from the mountain?"
"Yes, sir, are you looking for me?" Chu Qing quickly stood up and wiped the mud on his hands with his apron. The leader is here.
"There is such a thing. Yesterday I showed this "Thousand Character Text" to several village chiefs. They all said that they copied it well and wanted to get a book for their children. Those who are not in school can recognize a few words." Mr. Xie said, "And, some of the students are not available. I wonder if you can copy some books?"
"Um..." Chu Qing made a confused expression. Copy the book? Is it a waste of time?
"That is to say, you copy books and sell them. Of course, they provide them with paper and ink. The money is calculated by the number of words, but it is cheaper than the ones in the town book shop. For ten cents of about a thousand words like "Thousand Characters Text", two thousand words are twenty cents. What do you think?"
If you have money, then you can make it! It took Chu Qing a copy of "Thousand Characters" for more than an hour, but it was because he was not familiar with traditional Chinese characters.
In addition to three meals every day, you can copy books. You have the opportunity to read books yourself, which is a good deal!
"Okay," Chu Qing agreed readily, "If it were "Thousand Characters" I could copy four or five copies a day. If there were more words, it might be slow, and I wouldn't recognize words. Are they willing?"
"Yes, they didn't ask for it. There were not many people in the three villages who could help them copy books at such a cost-effective price."
"Thank you, sir, for giving me such a good opportunity. I'm worried about having no money to use it." Chu Qing quickly expressed his gratitude. God of Wealth, this is, please give me more extra money, which one I like.
Before dinner, Chu Qing got thirty cents.
If you write smoothly, you will naturally be quick. You can buy a candle tomorrow. In this way, you can copy books at night.
Chu Qing thought at the candlestick on the table.
Chu Qing even offered this candlestick as a mascot.
After dinner, Chu Qing recited the "Thousand Characters Text" to Xiaobao, and memorized one sentence and explained one sentence.
There was no way, there was no candle illuminating it, and I couldn't read books. Then I took Xiaobao's index finger and wrote "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang" on his leg, teaching him to write.
Xiaobao pushed Chu Qing's hand away, wrote "Lu Lu" on his leg, and then stared at Chu Qing without moving.
Chu Qing was shocked! Is he memorized "Lu Lu Diaoyang"? And he can write it even!
Chu Qing opened his mouth wide, stared at Xiaobao and was about to say something to express his surprise. The door of the storage room was lightly locked twice.
"Who?" Chu Qing asked. The school has long been gone. Mr. Xie and his wife are both in the backyard. Who can they be?
"Miss Yuan, I am Wu Dalang, I want to see you if you have something to do."
Can this be opened? Chu Qing was a little hesitant. This was the "orphan and widowed mother" in the eyes of the world, and he belonged to the type of person who had to "avoid suspicion".
"Miss Yuan, I have something important to discuss with you, please open the door." Wu Dalang's voice outside the door was very serious and solemn. Thinking of what he had peeped in the mountain in the morning, Chu Qing opened the door.
"Brother Wu, what's wrong?" Chu Qing blocked the door and refused to let strangers enter.
"This sister-in-law, I'm asking for you if you have something to do." A person flashed behind Wu Dalang.
The sound is quite familiar, it is the person who met Wu Dalang on the mountain in the morning.
It's not all dark yet, and Chu Qing can barely see the other person's face clearly. It looks familiar! Where have you seen it?
Chu Qing's mind flashed rapidly through the face of the person he saw after traveling through time, and he almost immediately reacted - the man in brown clothes in the dilapidated temple!
"Uh..." Chu Qing lost his voice and immediately controlled it: "Who are you?"
"Can we get in and talk? It seems inconvenient here."
Yes, it is close to the entrance of the school, making it convenient for escape, but Chu Qing saw that the gate was closed, so these two people probably climbed over the wall and entered the yard.
But it seems that it is not good to talk when blocking the door. If someone comes in and sees me "meeting two men at night" at night, it seems that it is really bad.
Forget it, it’s a blessing or not a disaster, it’s a disaster that cannot be avoided. Come in.
"Please." Chu Qing let the door open.
After the two entered, the man closed the door with his backhand.
Chu Qing took a sneak peek at the candlestick. Then he walked over and sat at the desk calmly, in case... he could grab the candlestick with his hand.
After asking the two of you to sit down, Chu Qing asked directly: "What are you asking for me?" If you don't be polite to you, I'm not familiar with you. If you have something to say and fart, hurry up!
"Sister-in-law, can you tell me where you are? Why did you come to Wukeshu Village?" the man asked, looking very polite but cautious.
Chu Qing saw from the other party's expression that he did not recognize him. At that time, from the perspective of the man in the ruined temple, he could only see himself invisible to Xiaobao, and his face was full of dirt...
"Who are you? What are you doing? What do you want to me?" asked three consecutive times, but Chu Qing did not answer him.
You didn't report your own home, and you asked me about my identity when you came up? Have your mother taught you how to deal with people? Is it a social cow?
"Hmm. Sorry." Today the man was wearing black clothes and had no weapons at his waist, but Chu Qing saw the edges from his calves boots, guessing it was a dagger or something.
He took out a waist sign from his belt, and showed it to Chu Qing both sides. The posture was like a policeman showing his police officer's ID.
The waist brand looks like ebony, shiny and shiny. The front is engraved with "dense" and the back is engraved with unknown patterns.
"Oh. I don't know each other." Chu Qing said.
"Hmm?" The man was a little surprised.
"I know the words." Chu Qing's face was expressionless, just like Xiaobao.
“…”
This made Brother Pomiao speechless. Because he was disdainful of his behavior, Chu Qing directly named him - Brother Pomiao.
"I am trying a hundred families of white birch." Brother Pumiao helplessly reported himself to his home. What's the secret? What's the vernacular? Chu Qing is now just an ignorant woman's face.
"What are you doing?" I asked if I didn't understand, and Chu Qing asked.
"..." This guy was speechless again.
"Ahem," Wu Dalang couldn't stand it anymore, and he was a little suspicious of whether this woman was OK.
From the first meeting to the conversation she had with the three village chiefs last night, and to the observation this afternoon, Wu Dalang firmly believed that this woman should be a smart and steady cultural person, and was very responsible for her work and children, and should be a reliable person. Why do you look like this now?
"Miss Yuan, this is the Master of the Trial House of the Secret Investigation Department, named Bai Hua." Wu Dalang introduced.
What does the Secret Investigation Department do? The KGB, FBI, and Jinyiwei performing secret missions? Because I don’t understand it, Chu Qing, as the name suggests.
"What are you looking for me?" Chu Qing asked.
"Because there is something you need to do, I want to know your situation first." Brother Pomiao replied.
Oh my go! Do you "need you to do it" if I agree? Chu Qing rolled his eyes blatantly: "Don't do it."
"You!" Brother Pomiao's face was a little blushed and angry! No one dared to speak to the people of the Secret Investigation Department like this! The Secret Investigation Department has the right to ask anyone to cooperate, and no one is responsible for cooperating with the Secret Investigation Department!
"I don't know you, and you don't know me. I don't need your trust, nor do I need to trust you. Is there anything else?" Chu Qing said frankly.
"Miss Yuan, the law stipulates that the people of Daxuan must be ordered to be cautious when needed by the Secret Investigation Department." Wu Dalang felt that the woman was a little confused and quickly intervened and reminded her.
"Yuan, now the hundreds of households in this test require you to cooperate with the investigation. Please describe your hometown in detail and the purpose of coming here." Bai Hua, the brother of the Pomiao, took out the momentum of the Secret Investigation Department.
"The surname is Yuan, the husband's surname is Fang, and his hometown is Min County, Yuzhou. He went north with his husband to visit his relatives in Fengzhou. He met a bandit on the way and was separated from his husband. He left here for the time being." Well, who made Xiaobao sit on the bed behind the brother Pudiao. He is under the eaves.
"When and where did you meet bandits?" Brother Pomiao continued to interrogate.
"At noon the day before yesterday, more than ten miles west of Kushui Town." Chu Qing remembered the half of the feather arrow.
Brother Pumiao didn't continue asking. There were indeed bandits passing by there at noon the day before yesterday, and his subordinates reported it to him. It seemed that the woman was smart, calm and concise. From the perspective of speaking, she was still a little smart. Brother Pumiao thought about it, and then the woman said again:
"How to confirm your identity by speaking? For me, your wooden blocks cannot prove that you are you, and it is not difficult to imitate that thing. I have no evidence to prove that I am me." Chu Qing vented his dissatisfaction, "I just abide by the law, not you. So, you don't have to be harsh with me."
"..." Brother Pumiao's face turned red again.
It's a little bit, the east wind blows the war drums, who is afraid of who these days! Chu Qingyu swept the raised edge on the boot of the Pudouzi brother, swallowed, and pulled his words back: "If the Secret Investigation Department needs me, a woman, I naturally cannot refuse. I am afraid that even a woman can't do anything."
Brother Pumiao thought, I didn’t read the calendar today. I met such a sharp-tongued woman, but I didn’t know how to refute her.
"The hundred households in this test need you to pass on some messages, write them into notes and put them here, and give them to Wu Dalang." Brother Pumiao handed Chu Qing a small cloth bag, which contained a pile of small paper seals made of oil paper, which was as big as a 2-inch photo. "People will contact you these days, and you will get the news from him in the future."
Chu Qing didn't take the cloth bag. She didn't feel very good. She didn't like this feeling of being about to get involved in any dangerous things. Since ancient times, the end of being a meticulous work will not be too good.
Chu Qing's reaction was expected by Brother Pomiao. So he handed over another piece of paper and cloth bag and pushed it in front of Chu Qing. The paper was printed with: Ten taels; and "The Ministry of Revenue reported that it was approved for printing". It was all stored and donated! Chu Qing still didn't move: "It's considered an employment relationship?"
"It can be said that." Brother Pomiao didn't take this seriously.
"Since you are hiring, I have to work hard for ten taels of silver?" Why do you come to me if you are easy to do this job? There is Wu Dalang next to you.
"You can't give you money either." Brother Pumiao pressed the place where the waist-tight sign was pressed, pretending to look back at Xiaobao inadvertently, with an expression that you should not be rude.
OK, you're ruthless!
These days, the risk of making some extra money is too great! Chu Qing pushed the silver notes back: "Give me the broken silver and copper coins."
Joke, I know where to go to exchange the silver! I just came on the third day! Brother Pumiao felt a little swallowed.
He took out the silver bills in his arms, took out five taels of silver ingots, a handful of silver pieces, and more than a dozen copper plates. He put the silver bills back.
"Are there any instructions?"
"The silver is for this month. Goodbye."
After crossing the wall and leaving the school, Wu Dalang asked uncertainly: "Is this woman reliable?"
Chapter completed!