C8 Book House

If it wasn't just the two of them in the study, Helian Qi would think that the old man was talking to someone else.

"If you lack silver, you can go to the Purple Cloud Pavilion in Southern City. I will not disappoint your abilities." the old man suggested.

Helian Qi was stunned, "My only strength is writing." Did he have any other advantages?

"Haha." The old man laughed heartily, "You are really interesting. If you do not wish to expose yourself, you can stay with this old one.

"Just sweeping away the dust?" Helian Qi forced himself to ask. Seeing that the others were puzzled, he forced a laugh and said, "I'm not good at writing." He only knew the word 'pen', moreover … An ancient tradition?

"Hmm?" The old man laughed heartily again. "It's alright. Being able to arrange them properly is also a skill."

Eh? Such an amiable old grandpa! Helian Qi asked tentatively, "What about the salary?"

"How about 25 taels a month?"

"Huh?"

The old man thought for a moment. "Then thirty liang, no more."

Helian Qi smiled and almost teared up, "Alright." Thirty taels per month, that was equal to three hundred and sixty taels per year. There was no need to be so anxious about living at home, haha!

"If you have done well, add it later. Here is the agreement and the deposit of 5 taels of silver. You can come here before 9: 45 am every day and close the door and leave after that. "

Three quarters of an hour in the middle of the night … Eight o'clock at night? It's five in the morning, isn't it?

Helian Qi paused, "May I ask Sir, who are we opening this for?"

"During the day, it's all the students in the city who want to read. At night, it's not convenient for some people to come in broad daylight." The old man smiled meaningfully and said, "Let's give it a try. If you can't do it, the five taels of silver is still yours."

Helian Qi felt a cold breeze blow behind him. He laughed dryly for a while, "I look very scary like this in the middle of the night, haha."

"No problem."

Helian Qi looked at the agreement. What he cared about was that the words were simplified so that he didn't have to worry about revealing any flaws.

After reading a few, Helian Qi didn't find anything abnormal. Seeing the back, he was stunned. What did it mean to be able to receive tips from customers? Also, what the hell was the compensation for beating a disabled person to death?

It's not as simple as you think...

After thinking for a while, Helian Qi threw all the mess in his mind to the side. He was so poor right now that he finally found a job and gritted his teeth to do it.

Picking up the small brush, he began writing down his name in a sloppy manner. He wrote down his name in duplicate and sealed both of them with a seal.

"May I know how to address old mister?"

The old man smiled, "This old man's surname is Bai, also known as the White Bone."

"Mr Bai, then junior will come back when the time is right." Helian Qi bowed to everyone.

"Haha, you have overestimated this old man. This is the key, it's time." If someone is causing trouble, there's no need to be courteous to them. You can keep the silver. " The smile on the lips of the white bone grew even wider.

Helian Qi nodded his head slightly, accepted the silver and said, "Thank you, Mr Bai. Junior understands. In the future, just call me by my name."

Bones smiled but didn't say anything.

After saluting once more, Helian Qi left the room with a sigh of relief.

He found a job and went to buy some vegetables. With five taels of silver in his pocket, Helian Qi was very happy.

"Master."

"Who is it?" Helian Qi, who was humming a small tune on the way, asked casually.

Anyone who heard him would look at him strangely. Could this person be a fool?

Dumpling said in his heart, "Someone is following you."

"Hmm?"

After Helian Qi recognized the dumpling, he stopped walking and used his spirit to communicate with it. "What time is the direction?"

Dumplings: "Three."

"Robbed?"

"This person's martial arts are extremely high, and once his aura has been restrained, I wouldn't even be able to detect it if I wasn't careful. If he hadn't activated the study's restrictive spell, I wouldn't be able to be certain." Dumpling pondered.

That's not robbery. If an expert could rob so many people on the street, why would he pick on someone like him, who only had fifty to twenty taels of gold on him?

"It seems like he's been following me for a long time. Do you need me to bring him down?"

Helian Qi smiled, "Ignore him, let's continue buying." He hummed a small tune and continued on his way.

The person in the dark squinted his eyes and followed quietly.

There were quite a lot of people coming and going in the market. Helian Qi found a corner booth and found that the carrots were quite fresh.

"How much is a catty?"

The old granny smiled at him, revealing a mouth without front teeth, "Not much, three coins."

"Then give me two catties." Helian Qi picked it up and was about to ask if there was a bag when he suddenly realized that it was an ancient bag. Where was the plastic bag?

The old granny saw the distress on his face and passed an empty snakeskin bag to him with a smile. "This is the first time Young Master has come out to buy food, right? "Take this, you can still keep other things when you buy them."

Helian Qi smiled awkwardly, "Thank you."

After the grandma weighed it, she added two more chilies and said, "It's exactly two catties. Chili Pepper and Radish, the same price."

"I'm fine." Helian Qi put the things into his bag, took out seven pieces of money from his pocket and gave it to her, "Thank you." With that, he took his things and left.

"Hey, young master, there's one more article …" The old granny looked at the head but did not turn back. She then realized that it was money from the bag.

Buy the carrots and go to the eggs. For the sake of unnecessary trouble, Helian Qi would find an old man to buy it. This was something that he had long since gotten used to.

After buying the eggs, he suddenly saw a place that sold kelp. After being stunned for a while, he walked over.

"Brother, how much is this kelp?" Helian Qi asked with a smile.

The man jumped in fright, and his eyes showed some impatience, "Six coins a catty, do you want it?"

Helian Qi looked into the barrel and was about to reach out to grab one, but the person pushed him away, "If you want to buy one, then buy it. If not, then scram."

Helian Qi silently walked away.

The person behind him said in a disdainful tone, "A poor wretch dares to buy it, yet you still want to touch it when you're so ugly. You don't even know who would be willing to buy it after you've touched it."

These words sounded really unpleasant …

Helian Qi turned around, stared at that person for a while, then turned around and left. He was in a good mood as he heard the miserable shrieks of a human being slaughtering pigs.

Noticing that dumpling from the outside world was frowning in space, this person's learning ability was slightly terrifying. How long would it take for him to be able to use it flexibly? Proper benefits of direction and quantity control.

After changing the stall, Helian Qi asked again: "Uncle, how much is this dried kelp?"

"Five taels for a catty."

"One catty." Helian Qi said straightforwardly.

Then let him choose, and pay the bill and leave happily. Then, he would go and buy some streaky pork and two meat bones before returning home.

While carrying the bag on his back, Helian Qi saw someone selling candied fruits and bought five candied fruits.

"Hmm? "How much is this rouge?" Helian Qi opened a box and took a sniff. It was the faint fragrance of peach blossoms.

"The stall owner is a slightly plump woman, and her smile is quite likable." Ah, Young Noble, this is Peach Blossom Drunk in your hands, giving away a lover is the most suitable, it only costs ten coins. "

"Okay, give me a box."

Seeing Helian Qi give the money so readily, the stall owner blinked and smiled while packing: "Young Master must like that person, right?"

"She's my mother."

The stall owner was slightly stunned before he smiled. "This is the first time I've seen a son buy rouge for his mother."

"Oh right, I also want to buy four hairpins. I wonder what boss would like to recommend me?"

"Four?"

Helian Qi smiled and said, "I have four sisters."

"So it's like that, now that the butterfly pattern is so popular, does young master want wood or jade?"

"Mm …" Wood, right? Can you carve words? "

The stall owner said with a smile, "Of course you can. There's a jewelry store near the city gate. I know the person. There's no need to talk about his skills, just that he has a temper." "Young Master, after you've left, just mention my name, Nanny Wang introduced him, and you'll understand."

"Then, thank you, boss." Helian Qi put the rouge on his chest to thank her before leaving.

When they were almost to the city gate, they saw a stall. It was carved into a lifelike manner, but no one went to buy it. That person was only seriously carving wood, and from the looks of it, he was only slightly older than him. His clothes were all patched up.

"Boss, how much are you selling this hairpin for?" Helian Qi asked softly.

After not getting a response for a long time, Helian Qi said again: "Nanny Wang asked me to come."

The person finally stopped what he was doing and said, "Take whoever you want."

"No silver?" Helian Qi raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Here."

Helian Qi put down his stuff and looked at him with interest, "Then how about I pick four words and you help me carve them?"

"Hurry up if you want to buy it. Cut the crap." The man said impatiently.

The corner of Helian Qi's mouth curled up as he chose four hairpins with different posture from butterflies, "One word at a time, Shu, Chu, Zhe, Xue." With that, he took a branch and wrote on the side.

"Gone?" The man frowned. "You have so many lovers."

"They're my sisters." Helian Qi's eyes were full of smiles.

The person did not say anything. His expression became a bit calmer. He held a knife and carved at an extremely fast speed. In a short moment, he had settled one of them.

Helian Qi picked it up and looked at it. It was written in the style of Little Kai-hua. It was very elegant. It was said that seeing words was like seeing a person. He felt very happy when he connected the words with the person.

He finished carving the words with a 'shua' sound, then covered them with a layer of oil wax.

"One 10 RMB, plus the processing fee of 45 RMB is enough?" Helian Qi asked with a smile.

The person paused, "Forty is fine."

"Alright, I'll come back and buy it from you next time." Helian Qi took out the money and put the hairpin into his pocket. Just as he was about to leave, he heard that person say: "Feng Feng, Feng Ye's Feng Feng Feng."

"Helian Qi, that's right. He's the guy who got beaten to death in the gambling den, do you know him?" he mocked himself.

Feng Feng frowned. It was difficult for him to associate this person with the legendary Helian Qi. The thought that the rumors were not completely believable made him feel relieved.

Helian Qi didn't hear his reply and just smiled before leaving. Did he finally have a friend?

Feng Feng frowned as he looked at the 45 yuan in his hands. Other people said that his items were expensive, but this person actually gave him 45 gold coins …

Returning home full of money, Helian Qi was in a great mood. He still had four or five yuan left, so he wanted to save some money. Why did he have such a gloomy feeling when he remembered his work tonight? An illusion?

Sigh, at worst, I'll just run into a ghost. With my golden finger, I'm not afraid.