Chapter 21 Partners
The moonlight is quiet, and the elm-leaf plum branches in the courtyard wall are swaying gently.
In the candlelight, the knife put down the needle and thread in his hand, and Ying'er put down the book in his hand.
Wang Xiao felt a little sleepy. Listening to the sound of Ying'er reading, he didn't know when he fell asleep sitting at the table with his head propped up.
Ying'er couldn't help but laugh when she looked at his sleeping face.
"The young master is sleepy. He won't wash his face today. Let's help him to the bed." She whispered to the knife.
Daozi nodded, and together with Ying'er, he supported Wang Xiao and laid him down.
After covering him with a quilt, Ying'er glanced at the sleeping boy again, then reluctantly blew out the candle and walked out of the room with the knife.
"The roast chicken and candied haws that the young master brought today are really delicious." Daozi couldn't help but muttered again.
"Yes." Ying'er sighed.
But she felt that the whole day had passed extremely long, and it seemed as if something was missing.
Today, I only stayed with the young master for a total of two hours, the little girl thought to herself.
In the room, Wang Xiao opened his eyes and turned to look at the window.
The moonlight reflected the girl's beautiful shadow on the window paper.
After a while, the figure left. After a while, the room next door also became quiet.
Wang Xiao got up and got out of bed, walked out of the house quietly, and climbed up the courtyard wall in a familiar way. He looked at the bottom of the wall and frowned.
The wall is still so high. I sprained my foot yesterday and it’s hard to jump off today.
Just as he was hesitating, he heard a creak, the courtyard door opposite opened, and the flower branches poked their heads out.
Then, the ugly girl brought a ladder over and set it up under the courtyard wall.
The ladder is very new, obviously just bought today.
Wang Xiao got off the ladder and said to Huazhi: "Thank you."
Huazhi obviously didn't like to talk, so she pointed at her lady's house.
As soon as Wang Xiao entered the house, he saw Tang Qianqian's smiling face.
"You're finally here," she said, obviously expecting him to come.
The voice was delicate and soft, with a hint of joy.
Wang Xiao suddenly felt that this scene looked like a scene where a couple had a secret tryst.
"I made two hundred taels today."
After this opening sentence, the young man started chattering non-stop, talking about nothing more than talking about how much money he spent on what things, not even leaving out two cents of candied haws.
"We only have fifty-six taels here now." Wang Xiao put the small cloth bag on the table, sighed, and said, "If my eldest brother hadn't borrowed one hundred taels, we would have one hundred and fifty taels now.
Sixty-two or three cents..."
Tang Qianqian listened very patiently, with a bigger smile on her face, and asked: "You came here so eagerly to give this money to the slave family?"
"Yes, what else?" Wang Xiao looked quite candid.
Tang Qianqian let out a long "hmm", took Wang Xiao's hand and said, "Do you want the slave family to be your aunt? Huh?"
What room is there outside? Wang Xiao looked startled and said shyly: "Didn't we agree to do business together? You won't forget it, right?"
"How dare people forget what you said?" Tang Qianqian said aggrievedly: "This matter has already been taken care of."
Mr. Tang is really powerful, but Wang Xiao was surprised: "Is it done so quickly? Do you have money?"
Tang Qianqian smiled and said, "Don't be so impatient. The night is still long. Sit down and let's talk slowly."
With that said, she leaned on the bedside and waved to Wang Xiao.
"don't want."
Tang Qianqian just smiled and said nothing.
Wang Xiao sighed helplessly, and had to carefully sit down at the end of the bed and said, "Can I not be in a hurry? It's really hard for me to have no money to spend."
"Huh? How uncomfortable is it?" Tang Qianqian looked at him with tears in her eyes, full of concern.
"Well."
Can you please stop driving all the time? Wang Xiao became a little annoyed.
Tang Qianqian covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll follow you, just say it, huh, I've been running all day just to do this for you."
"Oh." Wang Xiao could only say, "You've worked hard too."
"The slave family found a total of four workshops outside the city and bought them together with the labor. They also asked people to collect the cinders, and collect as much as they could."
She then eloquently said that this gesture was actually quite big, and she thought Wang Xiao would be surprised.
Unexpectedly, Wang Xiao just nodded lightly and said: "Yes, it is best to collect all the cinders in the capital. In this way, once we start selling, others will not be able to learn from us."
Tang Qianqian took a deep look at Wang Xiao, nodded and said: "The Nu family means the same thing. In addition, according to your drawings, today I asked someone to press a briquette to try."
Wang Xiao quickly said: "Is it feasible?"
"What you said, do you still need to ask?"
"Hey, everything is ready, all we need is the east wind."
Wang Xiao suddenly frowned and said to himself: "I'm afraid our money is far from enough."
Tang Qianqian nodded pretending to be aggrieved and said, "I've put in a lot of money."
She looked extremely pitiful like this, and Wang Xiao could only murmur: "I thought you were just asking about the price today, but I didn't expect you to make an offer so quickly. Didn't I rush over to give you some money?
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Tang Qianqian said: "I spent more than a hundred taels, but you only brought fifty taels."
"What fifty taels? I obviously brought fifty-six taels or three." Wang smiled and said, "You spent more than a hundred taels?"
He frowned and said, "According to your ratio, you invested two to three hundred thousand yuan in one day?"
How can you be so rich for a fairy dance?!
Tang Qianqian blinked in confusion and asked, "What is two or three hundred thousand yuan?"
Wang Xiao murmured: "I mean, do you believe me so much? You just smashed more than a hundred taels?"
Tang Qianqian said leisurely: "Looking at it this way, don't you believe in me more? I gave this secret method to me directly last night..."
Wang Xiao quickly blocked it with his hands to prevent Tang Qianqian from approaching.
He could tell with his toes that this woman wanted to drive again.
"I'll try to find some way to get some money."
Tang Qianqian suddenly wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands and said aggrievedly: "We don't even have enough money to do business. At this time, you still spend a few taels of silver to buy gifts for the maid, woo woo woo."
Wang Xiao rolled his eyes, can you please stop acting? Sister.
"I also brought you a gift." Wang Xiao had no choice but to take out two boxes from his arms.
"This is the Zihaohu pen for you, and this is the kitchen knife for Huazhi. It is very convenient for cutting people and cooking. It can also protect me if something happens..."
Tang Qianqian wrinkled her nose and said coquettishly: "You just paid the bill and bought a hairpin for your maid?"
"This writing brush is the most expensive." Wang Xiao said quickly.
Tang Qianqian smiled softly and said softly: "If you can't get the money, forget it. It just so happens that one person contributes half of the capital. You come up with ideas and I will contribute. We, men and women, are of the same mind, and our strength is as strong as gold."
Wang Xiao looked down and saw the woman in front of him with her head lowered, like a little daughter-in-law, which almost made her heart melt.
Alas, she is acting again.
"By the way, you said last time that my eldest brother had a reason to kill me." Wang Xiao suddenly said.
"Everyone said it was just a guess."
Wang laughed and said, "I heard that my mother died in childbirth to give birth to me. Do you think it's because of this that my eldest brother hates me?"
Tang Qianqian was stunned for a moment and said softly: "Why bother saying that..."
"Today, my eldest brother mentioned my mother twice. I feel that he misses her very much." Wang said with a smile.
Tang Qianqian muttered: "How could anyone kill someone just because of this?"
"But maybe it's due to various reasons. For example, he still owes me a hundred taels..."
Tang Qianqian suddenly hugged Wang Xiao.
Not the teasing hug before, just an ordinary hug, like a comfort.
After hugging him for a while, he let go. Apart from touching Wang Xiao's face again, he didn't take the opportunity to wipe off much oil.
The two discussed the briquette business in detail for a while.
Afterwards, while Tang Qianqian went to put away the gifts, Wang Xiao ran out of the house and quickly climbed up the ladder back to Wang's house.
This feeling is like having a secret date when I was a student, and then sneaking into the dormitory... Now I am actually playing such innocent tricks with such a dangerous woman.
Although I don't know what this woman wants to do after staring at the Wang family, she must be a bit unsophisticated. Anyway, let's figure out her purpose first.
He is so handsome, if he is really cornered, he will still be able to eat a soft meal, he thought jokingly in his mind.
But anyway, that's it, the fifty-six taels of silver have been given out.
In the moonlight, Wang Xiao suddenly felt a little confused.
For example, I forgot to tell Tang Qianqian about Zhang Heng.
For example, I forgot to ask myself about Princess Shang.
For example, in this era, there are still a lot of things I'm not used to.
I'm not used to worrying about my life, and I'm not used to facing so many people in the open every day.
He doesn't know if he belongs to this era.
Chapter completed!