Chapter 279: change strategy
Mu Yangling pulled the second child up and smiled at the shopkeeper: "Forgive the shopkeeper, I came to Fucheng for the first time, and I didn't understand many things, so I asked the second brother to inquire."
When the shopkeeper faced Mu Yangling, it was raining and the sky was clear, and he said with a smile: "You're welcome, girl, I'm worried that this boy's nonsense will delay your affairs. If you want to eat mutton, it's easy, and any restaurant in the city has it. There are a few mutton restaurants just a short walk in."
Mu Yangling drank all the mutton soup in the bowl, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Thanks for the advice from the shopkeeper, I'll leave the bill."
Mu Yangling took out the money to pay for the meal, and took Bo Wen and the others out.
Xiuhong hurriedly drank all the mutton soup before following up, "Cousin, why are we leaving in such a hurry?"
"We met a smart person," Mu Yangling looked forward and sighed, "I originally wanted to find a few stores to sell things like in Sanquan County, but the shopkeeper just guessed who I was after just a few words from me. To sell mutton..."
"No one else is stupid. We have nothing to rely on in this Xingyuan Mansion, but we have to be careful, or we won't know if we are sold."
"Then what do we do now?"
"Let's try it at the mutton restaurant. If it really doesn't work, let's go to the vegetable market and ask for the price."
But the trip was not very smooth, because they could not even see the owner of the mutton restaurant, but the shopkeeper said that they already had a cooperative butcher, and they would not want the mutton brought by Mu Yangling, even if Mu Yangling said Theirs is the best grassland sheep, and the shopkeeper is not moved.
This is the case when Mu Yangling went to three stores in a row. Xingyuan Mansion is different from county towns like Sanquan County. These stores obviously believe more in the partners they have been working with, rather than easily believe in the emerging Mu Yangling.
Mu Yangling thought for a while, and felt that since he couldn't cooperate with them, he could directly find someone who would cooperate with them and sell the sheep to the butcher. Although it would save a little money after getting it, it also saved Dongben. Trouble running west.
Mu Yangling looked at Zhang Liu and said, "Then it's up to you."
Zhang Liu's eyes were full of doubts, so Mu Yangling gave him half the money and said, "Go and find out who supplies the mutton in these stores."
Zhang Liu has been in the market since he was a child, and he knows who to ask about these matters best. After taking the money, he went to buy some food, and he deliberately ate it not far from some stalls, and from time to time he talked to the owner of the stall. In other words, Mu Yangling was only able to lower his head and raise his head. Zhang Liu was already squatting with the stall owner to eat, and he was joking and laughing loudly while eating.
Xiuhong and Bowen's eyes widened and their mouths were stunned. Bowen stammered and asked, "This, Brother Liuzi is so capable, how can he be like that?"
"People are prejudiced. In Sanquan County, everyone knows that the two brothers are beggars, and they are not very courageous. They are afraid that even beggars will look down on them. It was Xingyuan Mansion. His shoes were newly bought, and he was wearing a wolf's skin outside. He hurry up. He could eat candied and fried chestnuts with just a snack. He could even invite strangers to eat it. The hawker didn't know His foundation naturally brings some respect..."
Bowen thoughtfully, "That's why Mr. said that people can't look good, and they can't look down on people just because they are temporarily frustrated. Who knows if this person has great ability and great promise?"
Mu Yangling looked at Zhang Liu who had left and walked to another street, looked back, looked at his brother seriously and said, "Even if the other party has no great ability or great promise, we can't look down on others, respecting people is the basic morality, respecting people Heng Jingzhi, Bowen, Xiuhong, remember?"
Xiuhong was still listening in a daze, but when she heard her name, she immediately responded in unison with Bowen: "We remember it."
Mu Yangling nodded, glanced in Zhang Liu's direction, and said, "I'm afraid it will take a while, let's go to the bookstore first, Bo Wen, Xiu Hong, this time I brought you here to let you see the world. "
Apart from the south, there are no women's schools in the north, so she regretted, "Xiuhong, I want to buy a few books for you and Xiulando. You can recognize the characters, so you should read some historical books and topographical records, um, it is best to read some miscellaneous journals, which record what celebrities and scholars have seen and heard during their travels."
"Sister, there are also poems, I asked the husband, he said that girls should read some poems, and the others are secondary." Because three sisters are studying at home, Bo Wen is very concerned about this issue.
Mu Yangling paused for a while, then nodded and said, "This can also be read, um, poetry and poetry can cultivate sentiment."
Xiuhong bowed her head like a defeated rooster. She doesn't like reading and recognizing characters. She thinks that she knows enough characters now, but her cousin always said that reading more can broaden her horizons, although she doesn't know exactly where she has broadened her horizons.
On the contrary, the younger sister is holding a book like a nerd and reciting it like a madman. It is obviously just a "Three Character Classic".
But in front of her cousin, Xiuhong didn't dare to say it.
Mu Yangling was very excited. This was what she had planned a long time ago. If you have time to come to Xingyuan Mansion, come to buy books, because the books here are much more complete than Xingzhou Mansion, and of course they are cheaper.
Mu Yangling went in the direction Zhang Liu walked just now, but found that he was squatting in front of a restaurant. She was stunned for a moment, and then smiled happily. This kid is smart, and she began to figure out her thoughts.
Mu Yangling patted the blog post and said, "Go and tell Zhang Liu that we will go to the bookstore first. It is estimated that it will take a long time. Let him wait for us here after finishing his work." He took out a tael of silver from the purse and gave it to him, "Take it, since this kid is on the road, that half of the silver may not be enough."
"Hey," Bo Wen took the money and ran over to Zhang Liu, conveying Mu Yangling's words.
Zhang Liu was excited for a while, if he behaved well, would the girl leave him and her eldest brother behind?
Zhang Liu, full of fighting spirit, looked at Bo Wen with bright eyes and assured: "Young master, rest assured, I will definitely do my best."
Bowen was confused, wondering why Zhang Liu suddenly wanted to eat an elixir, he nodded, and patted his shoulder on tiptoe like his sister did, saying: "Well, you work hard, my sister doesn't I'll treat you badly."
ran away.
The hawker who was standing with Zhang Liu came up and asked, "Brother, how many years was that young master?"
Zhang Liu nodded, he wanted to say that he was a slave, but he remembered that Mu Yangling had said that there were no slaves in the Mu family, so he said: "I am a part-time worker in their family, young master and miss they are going to buy books, let me shop around and buy them for them. something."
This explains why the other party will give him a tael of silver.
The hawker looked at him with glowing eyes, "Okay, brother, you are doing so well, Miss and Young Master trust you so much, and you can go home and marry a wife after saving money. You haven't married a wife yet, right?"