Chapter 27: Writing % change

After they got home, it was just time for lunch. After they had a hearty

lunch, people from the village came one after another to buy meat.

Meat is a scarce commodity in this era, and ordinary people can only have a

meal on special days during the Chinese New Year. Today, because I heard that

three days of labor can be exchanged for a pound of meat, many men in the

village have come. And only very few people pay for it.

But soon the hunter encountered a very distressing problem. There were too

many people who exchanged labor for meat, and he couldn't remember so many

people. What if someone took the meat and defaulted on the bill.

Just when a bunch of people were standing and looking at each other, Qu Qing

said strangely beside him: "Can you find something to write down the name of?"

Everyone's eyes turned to him immediately, and Jiang Orion asked, "How do you

remember?"

Qu Qing was a little strange: "Just find a pen and paper to write the name

down, it's not difficult to write the name." After speaking, he suddenly

realized that almost all people in this era are illiterate. I can't read, so I

don't think of using pen and paper to record anything at all, and it's

impossible to use this method in daily life.

Jiang Orion's eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother Qu, are you literate?"

"Get to know some..." Just after saying this, Qu Qing felt that the eyes

around him were suddenly different. People were talking so loudly that he

suddenly felt that he was now as precious as the giant pandas in the zoo.

"Heaven, Qu Qing is literate!"

"There are actually scholars in our village!"

"I heard that his ancestors were rich, no wonder they can read."

Jiang Orion took a step forward and grabbed Qu Qing's hands affectionately,

and said earnestly: "I didn't expect Brother Qu to be literate, and his

attitude towards you was a little frivolous before. I hope you don't mind,

what should I call you in the future, Mr. Qu? Can you ask Mr. Qu to help me

record it, you have to do this, no one else can do it?"

"You don't need to call me that!" Qu Qing quickly waved his hand and said

sincerely: "We are still friends as before, and I only know a few words. It's

nothing special. You make me really panic."

Jiang Orion sincerely exclaimed: "As expected of a scholar, he is so talented

in his speech. No wonder he is different from others at first glance. Everyone

says yes."

puff!

Everyone started to coax the collective and started to praise Qu Qing, Qu Qing

blushed and coughed awkwardly with his hands covering his mouth: "Everyone,

stop doing this, let's get down to business, the writing can be done with

charcoal, but there is nothing to write about. , even if you can write, it's

useless."

One of them said, "Isn't the Spring Festival couplet in front of my house just

paper, can I use that?"

Qu Qing said of course, so the person closest to here hurriedly ran home to

play the Spring Festival couplets, and everyone present didn't wait. Small

village gossip.

The person who took the Spring Festival couplets came back soon. Since the

Spring Festival couplets were pasted on the wall before, and some places were

very firmly attached, the paper that was peeled off was in tatters. Qu Qing

could only use these uneven pieces of paper. Come to write the name.

He took out a blackened branch of the thickness of a little finger from the

fire, and after processing it, he picked a large leaf and wrapped it around

the charcoal branch, revealing only a small section of the "nib", a simple pen

That's how it was made.

The only table in the house was full of pork. Qu Qing looked around and found

that only a small bench was more suitable as a place to write, so he simply

squatted down, took a pen, laid out the paper, and was ready to start writing.

, but after waiting for a while, no one took the initiative to hold his name.

When he looked up, a group of big men surrounded him, and some people were

holding their hands. Everyone stared at him with relish. They were also

crowding Kitten and Jiang Zhu, with the same eyes as everyone else!

For a moment, Qu Qing felt like a monkey being watched.

Grass! Isn't it just a pen to write a word, what about you!

He stood up, raised his hand and shook his hand in front of everyone, waking

everyone up, pointing and waving: "Hey, hey, hey! Don't stare at me, aren't

you here to buy meat, speed, you need labor for it The meat people come here

to line up, come one by one, and think about how many kilograms you want."

Everyone thought it was very interesting, so there was a long queue soon, and

the scene was finally under control. From the first one, Qu Qing asked him how

many pounds of meat he wanted.

The other party opened his mouth and said, "Give me twenty pounds!"

The people behind suddenly quarreled dissatisfiedly: "You want 20 pounds, what

should we do behind us!"

"I only want 20 pounds, and I don't want a whole pig. Why can't I!"

"No, it's not fair!"

Everyone blushed and had a thick neck. Seeing that they were about to fight,

Qu Qing felt a pain in his head, and turned his eyes to Jiang Orion, the owner

of the meat next to him, only to see Jiang Orion looking at him with the eyes

of Liu Bei and Tuogu, with a complete expression of "I'll give it all to you."

You, I believe you will not betray my trust".

Qu Qing was helpless, so he could only tentatively look at him and say a

random number: "A maximum of three pounds per person?"

Jiang Orion immediately clapped his hands vigorously, and said loudly, "Okay!

Brother Qu is really thoughtful, this will solve my troubles and take care of

everyone, so even if someone defaults on the bill, I will You won't lose too

much!"

When everyone heard it, they also clapped their hands and exclaimed,

"Wonderful!"

Qu Qing: "…"

There are many things that are silent, and of course there is more than this

one, but in general, I still stumbled and wrote down everyone's names, and to

be safe, I also asked everyone to wipe the bottom of the pot and put a

handprint behind their name.

Almost everyone asked for three kilograms of meat, and it recorded two-thirds

of it. When Qu Qing called for the next one, two small faces appeared in front

of him with a smile. It was Jiang Zhu and Kitten. Jiang Zhu was still very

special. He said: "The two of us can act as an adult's coolie, I also want

three pounds!"

Qu Qing suddenly couldn't help laughing and crying: "Don't be a fool, go and

play with the kitten!"

At this time, Jiang Orion also came over, and without any reason, he carried

the two children halfway to the side to play with the little milk dog.

Looking at Jiang Zhu and Mao'er, who have become more lively, without the

depression and caution of the past few days, Qu Qing's heart is slowly

relieved, and at the same time, it is also accompanied by the sense of

accomplishment that my family has grown up.

Ever since he found out that Mao'er seemed to be more eloquent than Qu Xin, he

simply called Mao'er directly. Anyway, he hadn't grown up yet, so Qu Xin's

name was reserved for him to use as his official name when he grew up.

Suddenly, Qu Qing reacted, why did he feel that Hua Zizhou was gone as soon as

he came back? He usually doesn't always let the cat follow him, why can't he

find anyone now?

The names of dozens of people were quickly settled, and everyone went home

contentedly carrying their flesh. Qu Qing raised his head and noticed that

there was another person, and hesitantly looked into the room.

"Excuse me, do you have anything else?"

Seeing Qu Qing being so polite, the man seemed a little frightened, and

immediately waved his hand: "It's alright, it's alright, I'll leave now."

Qu Qing glanced strangely at the back of the man leaving, got up and moved his

stiff back and hands and feet, looked left and right, but still didn't see

anyone, so he called out, "Zizhou?"

Qu Qing didn't notice that as soon as the person who left heard him shouting

like that, he immediately turned his head to look strangely.

"Hey! It's here!"

Qu Qing heard Hua Zizhou's voice coming out of the house. He obviously got up

and came out as soon as he heard his own voice. He still had needles and

clothes in his hands, so that people could see what he was doing just now. .

"So you're here. I didn't see you for a long time. I thought you were going

somewhere."

Hua Zizhou lowered his head and said softly, "I can't help you much, so I just

found some clothes to mend."

In fact, he didn't tell the truth because he saw that everyone was praising Qu

Qing, so he took the initiative to avoid everyone and hide in the room before

everyone noticed him.

In his heart, Qu Qing was very good, but he didn't want that being Qu Qing's

brother would become a stain on everyone's criticism of Qu Qing, and he didn't

want Qu Qing to lose face.

Seeing that the clothes in his hand belonged to him, Qu Qing took it and

looked at it, and it was much better than what he had done by himself. Just as

he was about to thank him, a suspicious voice of a man came from behind him.

"younger brother?"

This voice was all too familiar to Hua Zizhou, he raised his head suddenly,

his eyes a little surprised: "Second brother?"

Brother Hua Zizhou did not dare to confirm that his younger brother was really

here, so he came over happily: "It's really you, mother let me see if you're

doing well..."

Qu Qing was also a little surprised, he took out a stool and invited someone

to sit down, but the other party quickly refused: "Don't bother, I'll come to

see my brother, and see that you're doing well, I'm leaving, mother still

Waiting for me to go home."

Hua Zizhou suddenly heard him talking about mother, thinking of his mother's

heartless behavior that day, he said with some anger: "Do people like mother

still care about my life and death?"

Qu Qing looked at Hua Zizhou's second brother and looked hesitant, as if he

wanted to say something, he said, "It's alright, brother just wants to see

you, brother Qu Qing, don't bother you anymore, I'm going home, Mother still

doesn't know I'm out."

The other party left without looking back.

Hua Zizhou's mood is very complicated. Facing the relatives he used to be most

familiar with, he had quarreled and got along well. When they met again, they

found that the atmosphere when the two sides talked became polite and awkward.

As soon as Jiang Orion heard that Hua Zizhou's brother was leaving, he

immediately pulled someone and forced him a few spare ribs, but left in a

flattering manner.

Qu Qing also felt that their relationship seemed to be a bit delicate, but

Bingzhi didn't have a big relationship with him, so he didn't even ask, looked

up at the sky, and estimated that it should be around two o'clock in the

afternoon, so he was ready to continue Be a hard-working farmer, pick up your

** and prepare to continue your farming career.

Before he shouted, the others saw his movements and started to pick up farming

tools and seeds in a tacit understanding, and set off like this.

On the way there, Jiang Liehu took his son, Qu Qing and Zizhou held one person

and one hand held the cat, Qu Qing turned his head and glanced at Hua Zizhou,

inexplicably felt that he seemed to be a little different. After thinking for

a while, he suddenly turned around. He turned his head to Hua Zizhou and said,

"Is the acne on your face getting better?"

Hua Zizhou touched his face subconsciously, and suddenly a little excitement

surged in his heart: "Really?"