C12

Blessed or not (1)

In the new year, the Uncle Li next door said that he wanted to sell the leather goods they had saved up a few years ago. Black Bean had already made an agreement with her. When the day of the auction arrived, Black Bean wrapped his raincoat around the three blades of Xuan paper and quietly went out.

This trip lasted for an entire day.

In Li Yannian's heart, she was so anxious that a mouse would use its claws to scratch it. Li Yannian thought to herself that she also wanted to ask someone, why did it get to this point, the sky was about to turn completely dark, and she still didn't see anyone coming back! The Uncle Li next door would arrive home in the afternoon.

Don't let those three blades of Xuan paper cause any trouble.

This was the first time he was using the products of a future great industry to earn money, even Li Yannian herself was not confident. The two siblings were not in the mood to clean up their dinner. They simply made some porridge and ate some of the wild vegetables. Just when they were about to be hit, two knocks finally came from the Li family's door. When they heard it, they felt extremely close.

"Big brother must be back!" Mao Dou was so excited that he wanted to run out of the room.

Li Yannian immediately held him down: "Sit down obediently, I'll go take a look."

While speaking, Li Yannian ignored Mao Dou's pout, which was high enough to hang oil bottles, and came out to answer the door.

In the dark night, although she was anxious, her tone was very cautious. "Who is it?"

"It's me. It's cold outside. Let's talk inside."

Hearing the familiar voice, Li Yannian's heart relaxed, and immediately unlatched the door and let Black Bean in.

"Brother, why did you only return now?"

Li Yannian was both surprised and happy. Seeing that Black Bean's shoulders were covered with snow, she felt her heart ache and hurriedly pulled him in, while patting him and complaining, "Brother, where's your raincoat? Aren't you going to bring it along with you this morning?"

"Hey, don't mention it anymore, we met a jinx."

Black Bean unintentionally brought up that unfortunate incident, and revealed a smile that was like a gift, letting Li Yannian see the large bundle on his back.

"Look, Er'jiu, these are all from this trip ?"

"Shh, let's go in first."

The two siblings carefully closed the door. Black Bean took the initiative to carry his things and enter the house, naturally receiving a warm welcome from his younger brother.

"Alright, alright. Dou, go and bring the flint and oil lamp over. Hurry."

Mao Dou was puzzled. "What are you going to do with all this? There's no oil in the house. "

Black Bean chuckled: "If I told you to bring it, then hurry up and bring it. I bought the tung oil."

Mao Dou's eyes immediately lit up. He sprung up from the bed and probed the stove for the flint and oil lamp. They were already out of use.

Li Yannian had never seen an oil lamp in her life, so she curiously looked at it. She saw Black Bean carefully take out a jar of tung oil from her bag, pour some into the oil lamp, then fiddle with the wick twice. Sparks flew out from the flint, and the room that was initially covered in moonlight and snow suddenly lit up with light.

Mao Dou was clearly more excited than she was. "Wow, I can finally see it again."

Then, as expected, Black Bean lightly patted his head, and smiled at him. "You speak as if you were blind in the past."

Mao Dou scratched his head and laughed embarrassedly, while pushing Black Bean to quickly take out all of the things in his bag. "Brother, what did you buy?

"Alright, don't be in such a hurry. Bro will bring it out for you right now." Look, what is this? "

Mao Dou was instantly drooling over it. Fortunately, Black Bean did not tease him, he only teased him for a bit before throwing the bag of dim sum over to him.

At his age, Mao Dou was his favorite dessert. After getting a whole bag of honey dates, he smiled like a cat who had stolen something fishy, contentedly sitting to one side and eating it.

Black Bean then lowered his voice and said to his own sister: "Those three blade papers, sold this number at the Du Jia Village."

He gestured with four fingers.

Li Yannian thought, four taels of silver? The three pieces of paper had sold for almost six or seven hundred dollars, but she had only raised the price by fifty dollars, which was a hundred times the profit!

She couldn't help but exclaim, "So many!"

Black Bean shook his head, his tone filled with pity: "It's not much, if the paper had not been dirtied by that young master of the Gu family, I could have sold it for even more silver!"

Only now did Li Yannian realize that Black Bean's left eye socket had a small bruise. "What's going on, brother, what's wrong with you?"

When Black Bean realized that he had leaked his mouth, he could only honestly say: "Sigh, it's nothing, it's just that on the way to Du Jia Village after leaving Li Jia Village, I was hit by the Gu family's carriage ?"

Li Yannian cried out in alarm again, "You got hit by a carriage, is it serious? Brother, where's the pain in your body? "

Black Bean's heart warmed, and he relaxed: "It's fine. There's snow on the way, and even if it's smashed, it's only scratched a little. It was a pity that less than half of the papers and raincoats that were rolled into the snow had been saved. Otherwise, they would have been able to sell for even more money. "It's all because I'm useless and didn't take a good look at the item ?"

Li Yannian heaved a sigh of relief, being hit by a horse carriage was not a small matter, she was lucky that she was not injured, if only Black Bean had coincidentally rolled under the hooves of the horses ? She couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.

"Brother, it's fine." I'll just buy the paper next time. Four taels of silver is enough for our family for a period of time. Now that I think about it, getting dirty on this paper is a good thing. Think about it, selling it for four taels of silver with just a little bit of paper. Right, then what did the Gu family say after bumping into you? "

Black Bean was indignant: As soon as I said it, I got angry, the Gu family's carriage driver saw that I had bumped into someone and wanted to take a look, the carriage owner said something, but he just sat back down to drive the carriage. On the other hand, the carriage driver stopped to ask, seeing that my clothes were all dirty from the snow, he even had a servant bring a handkerchief over. "From what I heard, the one sitting in the car in front is the second young master of the Gu family. The one who gave me the handkerchief is the third young master."

Li Yannian was curious: "What kind of background does the Gu Family have? Why are they still acting so arrogantly even after bumping into someone?"

Black Bean sighed: "Who told the Gu family to be the Royal Merchant, famous for their wealth in all eight countries! Gu Chengye, the head of the Gu family, was not only friendly with a few county lords but also with the people in the palace. In this world, money and power were things to begin with, so he could do whatever he wanted. Since the Gu family had already taken the two of them, who would dare to offend them? It's no wonder that the Second Young Master doesn't take running into someone seriously and is only interested in travelling by himself. "

Li Yannian could not say what she felt in her heart at this moment, but it was the first time since she had teleported that she had deeply experienced the meaning of human life.

The two of them were silent. They weren't on guard against Mao Dou, who had already finished eating the sweet jujube long ago. Blinking, he once again squatted beside them. It was unknown just how much he had overheard from the crowd.

Black Bean regained his senses, remembered his new cotton jacket, and immediately took it out from his backpack: "Let's not talk about the Gu family, look at the new clothes I bought for you! "I was thinking that it would be too late to buy new cotton and cloth, so I bought the ready-made one. You two should hurry up and try out the size. I've talked to the shopkeeper about it. If it's a bit big, he can bring it back to exchange."

Hearing that they were wearing new clothes, the siblings immediately became happy. But what made Li Yannian not know whether to laugh or cry was that Black Bean had bought a set of bright red flowery clothes for herself. But thinking that it was Black Bean's kind intentions, Li Yannian wiped her hands clean and put it on.

The coat was loose, but the dress was fine. Under the dim oil lamp, Li Yannian turned to Black Bean and asked: "Brother, are you looking good?"

Black Bean nodded: "Yes!"

The girl's skin was white, and her red dress looked really good. Black Bean was very satisfied with his taste, and grinned.