Chapter 41: Yixing City No.
If you dare to come here, I'll punch him twice.
The sense of crisis that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time finally dissipated, and Liang Qu was in a cheerful mood.
My wallet is bulging, and the change is colliding, making me feel happy. Facing such a prosperous Pingyang Town, I can't help but want to buy something.
As they happened to be passing by a cloth shop, Liang Qu asked his two brothers to wait for a while while he went in to buy two sets of ready-made cotton-padded clothes.
Nowadays, cotton alone costs three hundred coins per pound on the market. A long coat for a tall person would require three pounds of cotton. Two sets of outer clothes plus an inner shirt would cost Liang Qu more than three taels.
The clothes given by his senior brothers were so good that he was reluctant to wear them. He sweated a lot during martial arts training, so he decided to choose two sets of cheap ones that were easy to replace.
Liang Qu took out his purse to pay the bill, and after collecting the change, he took out a small ingot from his purse.
"Boss, can you help me exchange this small ingot for two taels of silver?"
The shopkeeper picked up the silver ingot, weighed it, blew on it to listen to the sound, bit it, and after making sure that there was no problem, he took out two pieces of silver and weighed them to Liang Qu in person.
"Sir, your silver is of good quality. I'll give you fifty more copper coins." The shopkeeper took out another fifty copper coins from the drawer and handed them to Liang Qu.
"Thank you."
Liang Qu accepted the silver and copper coins, then took out a small ingot and one or two taels of silver and returned them to Senior Brother Xiang.
Xiang Changsong accepted it in surprise: "Junior brother, isn't it just three taels? I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it."
Liang Qu shook his head: "Borrowing money is borrowing money. If you borrow money, you have to pay it back."
The robes given to Xiang Changsong were obviously very valuable, but a gift is a gift and borrowing money is borrowing money. No matter how many gifts you give, you cannot say that you don’t have to pay back the borrowed money.
"Harmful."
Xiang Changsong had no choice but to accept the silver. He really didn't care about three taels of silver, but Liang Qu's behavior made him inexplicably happy in his heart.
After buying clothes, a little further ahead is Wufangzhai, the best pastry shop in Pingyang Town.
Liang Qu had bought apprenticeship gifts here before. He took out another tael of silver and bought two boxes of cakes, one for Li and Chen, and one for Uncle Chen's family.
Hu Qi smiled and said, "Junior Brother Liang is indeed in a very happy mood, but I wonder if there is any share for us in these two boxes."
Liang Qu scratched his head embarrassedly, he actually forgot to bring some for his senior brothers. Although he was not as rich as them, he still wanted to show his appreciation and was about to pay for a few more boxes, but was stopped by Hu Qi.
"Hey, I'm just kidding. Master gave you ten taels of silver in total, and you've already spent almost seven taels. If you buy us something, wouldn't Master have given us the money in vain? If you really want to, you can treat us to a meal when you make money in the future."
Liang Qu nodded in agreement and kept this matter in mind.
As a disciple of Master Yang, he can now catch two hundred cents of fish a day, and no one will doubt it. The fishermen will only think that he is worthy of being Master Yang's disciple as his fishing style is so elegant.
Even if we exaggerate a little more, it is not impossible to catch a precious fish a month. In that case, the monthly income can reach nearly ten taels of silver, and easily one hundred taels a year, which is equivalent to ten farmers.
Of course, this method is the simplest and crudest. Liang Qu now has more than one way to make money by fishing. For example, Xiang Changsong and Hu Qi are in the martial arts hall, one is responsible for dealing with people and the other is responsible for teaching. But they are not working for nothing. Master Yang pays them a salary, and the treatment is quite generous, with dozens of taels of silver every month.
If Liang Qu had no money, he could still come and work for a while. Even if his level was not high enough to teach others, he could still do some chores with Xiang Changsong. After he finished his studies, he could help with the registration information.
During the conversation, the three arrived at the martial arts hall.
On the martial arts field, the bloodstains left last night have been covered with a layer of yellow soil. I don’t know how, but there is no smell of blood at all.
Today it is still those fifty-plus “acquaintances”.
Oh, that's not right. Liang Qu took a quick look around and found that after subtracting the seven people including Lu Tingcai, there were only more than forty people left.
There are many apprentices in the martial arts school. Master Yang will come here for five days at the end of the month, and today is only the second day.
The so-called guidance is not only about the adjustment of movements, but also includes the key points of the fighting method, the guidance of Qi and blood, the selection of the progress of cultivation, the combination of medicinal materials and various precautions. For this reason, everyone cherishes it and will not miss it easily.
But there was no Lu Shaohui in the crowd. To be honest, Liang Qu hadn't seen him since yesterday, and he hasn't appeared until today.
Don’t dare to come back?
Liang Qu thought it was unlikely. A serious martial artist like Lu Shao would come to the martial arts gym not to learn anything, but to seek the atmosphere and environment. Practicing in seclusion at home alone is definitely not as good as discussing with everyone.
Besides, Lu Shaohui is nominally a "substitute", so no one can blame him if he neglects his duties. At most he will be reprimanded.
The winter wind blows the fallen leaves, swirling them across the loess.
Liang Qu was looking at everyone, and everyone was looking at him.
He was wearing a black animal skin cloak, a narrow-sleeved, narrow-waisted robe with gold edges, a wide leather belt around his waist, with waist badges and jade pendants hanging on both sides, and metal arm guards were faintly visible when his cuffs moved.
He was not very tall due to his age, and his skin was a little dark, but his posture was upright enough, and he had a certain demeanor and heroic spirit. Is this the boy who got lucky last night? !
Everyone couldn't help but think of Liang Qu, who was wearing a yellow-brown linen shirt last night. The clothes were not tight fitting and he looked poor from head to toe.
They are completely different!
They couldn't believe it, but they had to believe it.
Xiang Changsong has always been kind to others and the most patient.
Master Hu Qi is a man of few words, but he treats everyone equally, does his job conscientiously, and has reached a very high level himself.
But they have never shown such a cordial and harmonious atmosphere when communicating like this!
There seemed to be a sadly thick barrier between them and Yang's disciples.
Zhao Xueyuan suddenly moved in the crowd. Everyone watched him walk forward and greet him.
"Hello, Senior Brother Hu, Hello, Senior Brother Xiang, Hello, Senior Brother Liang."
Someone took the lead, and the rest came forward in twos and threes.
"Senior brother."
"Hello, senior brother."
People came forward one after another to pay their respects and greet him. Even if they entered the museum early, they had to call him "senior brother" if they were not direct disciples.
So this is what it feels like to be in the east for 30 years and in the west for 30 years?
Liang Qu suddenly understood something.
Last night, each of them stood by and watched the show with a playful look in their eyes, but now they had to bow to him.
"A Shui is so majestic!"
"A man should be like this!"
Li Libo and Chen Jiechang, who were in the corner of the flower bed, were so excited when they saw Liang Qu's majestic demeanor.
The two men suppressed their joy and waited until the end to come forward and say hello.
But after asking, looking at Liang Qu's gorgeous clothes and badge, the two people who had a lot to say suddenly became stuck, as if their throats were blocked by something.
Xiang Changsong rolled his eyes and said, "You guys chat first. Senior Brother Hu and I will go check on the apprentice. Come back later and Senior Brother Hu will teach you how to break through the skin barrier."
After the two left, Liang Qu took out a wooden box and shook it: "Want to eat?"
Li Libo saw the words on the box. He was illiterate, but he recognized the three words "Wufangzhai".
The best pastry shop in Pingyang Town. Every time he passed by, he could always hear people talking about it nearby. Over time, Li Libo recognized these three words, but he never bought anything there.
The threshold there was so high that even an old lady could step over it. But to him, it was like a high wall that was insurmountable. He hesitated and asked, "Wufangzhai?"
"Well, I brought this especially for you guys, to celebrate me becoming Master Yang's disciple."
"It's not cheap, right?" Chen Jiechang obviously knew the amount of the box and was embarrassed to take it.
"Take it."
"This"
"Take it!"
The same conversation as last night was played out again, and a trance came over the two of them, as if they saw the figure standing motionless in the moonlight, covered in blood.
The figure with gnashing teeth and a ferocious face, who knocked down everyone who tried to get up!
When they came to their senses again, their hands had already unconsciously opened the package.
Liang Qu laughed, "Hahaha, what's there to be embarrassed about? Look at how ugly you are. Li Libo, you didn't seem embarrassed when you were pulling the meat last time."
The vague barriers melted away like ice and snow in the laughter, and Li Libo and Chen Jiechang also laughed.
Li Libo's eyes were red, and he stuffed a whole piece of sweet shortbread into his mouth: "Mmm, it smells so good. I also wanted to try the cakes in Wufangzhai before, but I never had the chance. Mmm, it smells so good."
Chen Jiechang took out a small piece and tasted it slowly: "In the future, when people in Yixing City tell others, you, Liang Qu, will be the first person to be famous."
"From now on, Ah Shui will be Brother Shui, Mr. Liang. Maybe you can buy a big house and raise a maid in the future?"
"Looking at your achievements, you must be going to be an official and take the military examination!"
"You just want to be against me, right?"
"If you ask me, this is all earned by Ah Shui with his own ability, he deserves it!"
(End of this chapter)
