Chapter 35 Testing each other and making big purchases
“Xiao Langjun, you said your master is the old doctor Chen?”
Mr. Ma’s face lost the previous smile and became a little solemn.
"It seems that the villagers all call him this old man."
The tension on Lu Qing's face eased slightly and he replied.
"Yes, Mr. Ma, this little brother of mine has to go to old doctor Chen to study and study every day."
At this time, Wang Da'an also found an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity.
Ma Ye looked at Lu Qing and Wang Daan critically, and suddenly smiled.
"It turns out that he is a disciple of Dr. Chen, but I am disrespectful."
Master Ma solemnly saluted Lu Qing, but Lu Qing seemed to be frightened, and he took two steps back.
Hands up in a panic: "I can't be a disciple. I just learned a little knowledge of herbal medicine from the master, and I don't even know how to treat a doctor."
Seeing Lu Qing's sincerity, Mr. Ma couldn't help but smile.
He shook his head repeatedly, "No merit will be rewarded. Master has taught you not to accept other people's things casually."
However, no matter what Master Ma said, Lu Qing just shook his head and was determined not to accept Master Ma paying for him.
Wang Daan on the side was so excited that his eyes widened.
This was the first time that he saw Master Ma being so polite to someone.
And this person is still his little brother Lu Qing.
Seeing that Lu Qing kept rejecting Master Ma's gifts, Wang Daan felt a little anxious.
That's more than ten kilograms of meat. Someone would give it away for free. What was Ah Qing thinking?
However, although Wang Daan was anxious, he did not respond to Lu Qing's behalf.
He knew that Lu Qing was literate and had the guidance of an old doctor, so he must know more than him.
Since he is unwilling to accept it, he must have his own reasons.
Seeing that Lu Qing was unwilling to accept his apology, Mr. Ma had an idea and laughed again.
"Xiao Langjun is really kind, and he is worthy of being a disciple of old doctor Chen. Let's do it this way. Just now I saw that you seemed to be interested in this silver, so how about I help you find it?"
When the meat stall owner heard this, he quickly said: "Yes, Xiao Langjun, we are the only one here who has the ability to find it." I'm afraid the only one who can afford your money is Mr. Ma." Upon hearing this, Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then it's Mr. Lao Ma."
Mr. Ma took it out and saw that it was fine silver with snowflake patterns. He believed Lu Qing's words a little more.
The average country boy cannot get such good silver.
After weighing it, he smiled and said: "This silver is about six cents. If converted into copper coins, it would be about six hundred pieces."
Ma Ye took off a cloth bag from his body, took out two small bunches of copper coins from it, and handed the bag to Lu Qing.
"The copper coins in here should be worth your silver, count them."
Lu Qing took the money bag and started counting directly.
Wang Daan wanted to help, but he knew that he was not good at counting. If he forced himself to help, it would only add to the chaos and he could only worry on the sidelines.
Lu Qing took out the copper coins and counted them quickly.
Ma Ye narrowed his eyes again when he saw Lu Qing counting money.
It is rare for people in the countryside to know how to read. It is already a great thing to be able to recognize numbers within one hundred.
Looking at the speed at which Lu Qing counts money, it is obvious that counting is not difficult for him.
He became more and more convinced that Lu Qing was indeed a disciple of the old doctor.
Soon, Lu Qing counted the money.
He raised his head: "It seems like there are too many."
There were a total of six hundred and fifty copper coins in the bag. Calculated according to one tael of silver and one thousand copper coins, there were fifty more coins.
"It's not too much. Your silver is of very good quality, so I should give you fifty more." Mr. Ma said with a smile.
Lu Qing thought for a moment and did not refuse.
He knew that the horse master was trying to show his kindness.
But he has rejected the other party several times, so he can't really give him no face at all.
Besides, this may not be an opportunity for him to understand the outside world.
"The money has been exchanged, so the young man can buy things with confidence. By the way, you still don't know the young man's name?" Mr. Ma took the opportunity to ask.
"My name is Lu Qing." Lu Qing said, and pointed to Wang Da'an beside him, "This is Brother Da'an from the same village as me."
"My name is Wang Da'an, Mr. Ma." Wang Da'an said flatteringly.
"Wang Da'an, that's good."
Of course Mr. Ma can see that Wang Da'an is just an ordinary young man from the countryside.
However, he still nodded to him politely.
But just this was enough to make Wang Daan excited, and his face turned red.
"Brother Lu Qing, I wish you a happy time here. I have something else to do, so I will leave first."
Mr. Ma is a person who knows how to be measured. He did not take the opportunity to follow Lu Qing, but chose to keep his distance.
In this regard, Lu Qing is of course happy to see the results.
Although he also intends to make friends with this gentleman, it is not now.
Because now, their strength is still not equal.
Now, it is only because of his status as "Old Doctor Chen's disciple" that the other party takes a high look at him.
After Ma Ye left, Lu Qing came to the meat stall again.
"Boss, can I buy meat now?"
"Of course." The owner of the meat stall smiled happily, "Xiao Langjun, it turns out that you are the apprentice of old doctor Chen, no wonder you are so handsome!"
Lu Qing looked at his patched clothes and was speechless.
Is this also called a dignified appearance?
"Why, the boss also knows about Dr. Chen?" Wang Daan asked curiously.
"You're right, little brother, who from all over the country doesn't know Old Doctor Chen? My wife was infected with cold after childbirth last year and almost died. It was the old doctor who cured her. He is a famous miracle doctor in our area!"
"In this case, boss, shouldn't you give us cheaper meat?" Wang Da'an took the opportunity to ask.
"Cheap, of course it's cheap!"
In the end, the meat stall owner wiped out the fraction of the price of the meat and charged Lu Qing three cents less.
After buying meat, Lu Qing and Wang Daan continued shopping in Daji.
It didn’t take long before I bought a lot of things.
Mainly food and some daily necessities.
Among them, grain is the most purchased item.
In addition to these, Lu Qing also bought some vegetables and needlework.
Buying vegetable seeds is because I want to grow more vegetables in the yard.
You can’t dig wild vegetables every time.
As for needlework, it’s because the fishhook made of a big iron needle at home is already a little overwhelmed.
He wants to make more fish hooks as backup.
Lu Qing also saw fish being sold at the market. He asked about the price and found that it was cheaper than pork.
But also, for the common people at the bottom of this world, fat is very important, so even pork is fat and more expensive than lean meat.
Fish is not very oily, so you won’t feel hungry after eating it.
Only those rich nobles are willing to spend a lot of money to buy fish just for a bite of fresh food.
For common people, if they have a choice, they would even prefer to eat pork than fish.
After selling these things, Lu Qing had already spent most of his 650 copper coins.
He bought two more large bamboo-backed baskets, and then he and Wang Daan carried and carried them, and finally got everything on them.
Then the two of them left Daji and walked toward the village with somewhat heavy steps.
(End of this chapter)
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