Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 115 The price of buying

This amount is not too much. You must know that the price of the zodiac pattern is equivalent to a hundred taels of gold. I have to say that Ni Bancheng is really an old man in business. He is quite measured and cautious in his words and actions. Even though he didn't believe that Yuan Bao had such abilities, he still called Yuan Bao over and coaxed a child to make a promise that was as if he hadn't said it.

"I don't want gold," Yuan Bao looked back at Ni Bancheng quietly, "I just want to go home, don't have to obey the rules, don't have to be a slave, don't have to worry about being beaten to death for no reason even if I didn't make a mistake, I can cry as much as I want Cry, laugh whenever you want, go up trees to dig out bird nests, go down rivers to fish for small fish in your free time..." She spoke slowly, but her words were clear.

"I just hope that the old master can turn his appreciation for me into a blessing for me, and stop being like the Fifth Young Master, who doesn't mean what he says. Even if I do what you want, he won't let me go." There was no sneer or resentment on Yuan Bao's face, only a kind of unusual seriousness, but such seriousness, who can say that it is not a kind of accusation?

"I can give every little thing I make in the future to the Ni family, just like giving it to the fifth young master. Since the zodiac pattern, I have been the shopkeeper of Ni Zhong. Although I am young, I have never made a mistake. Similarly, as long as the old lady agrees with me, this time, even if I risk my life, I will come up with something fun to repay the kindness of the Ni family!" Yuan Bao is betting that even if she doesn't get caught by Ni this time, The Ni family will not do anything to her if the family values ​​things, not because the Ni family is kind, but because she still has value to use.

Ni Bancheng looked at the little girl in front of him. Although Yuan Bao was kneeling, it made him feel like he was facing a business veteran at the negotiating table.

This child is not ordinary, Ni Bancheng first sighed, then thought, if it is ordinary, how can he attract his attention?
"You all have something to do, let's leave today!" This was the answer given by the old man, always adhering to the same style that he didn't say, just like a slippery loach.

Yuan Bao was not disappointed. Originally, she did not expect that the Ni family would encounter such an important event, so she was somewhat sure of it. Now that she had such a god-given opportunity, she felt even more certain in her heart.

Yuan Bao kowtowed, stood up, walked slowly behind Ni Xiaopang and stood still.

Everyone went out in a file, and everyone's face was very complicated.

Not far from the old man's yard, Yuan Bao was blocked by someone, "Did you draw the zodiac pattern?" It was the young master.

Yuan Bao lowered his eyebrows and answered calmly after saluting, "Back to the young master, yes."

She had thought of it, probably not many people knew that she was the author of the zodiac patterns, even in Ni's residence, otherwise, she would not be able to stay so peacefully in Ni Xiaopang's yard, and Ni Xiaopang couldn't protect her. The same goes for her, the second master, so she specifically mentioned this just now.

Originally, the young master wanted to make a simple confirmation, but Yuan Bao's slow movements and slow tone of voice, how could it be possible not to attract the attention of others?Everyone stopped because of this.

Now that the matter has come to this point, the eldest young master doesn't care anymore. Opening the door to do business depends on one's ability, so what if it is a family?In business and business, he was soliciting in public, not a dirty trick, so his chest puffed up even higher, and his voice became louder, "Yuan Bao, is that right? If you follow me from now on, regardless of the past Whatever Fifth Young Master promises you, I can double it to you!"

The father and son of the second room all changed their faces, but they held Yuan Bao without a deed of sale, so although the eldest young master did this, it was very embarrassing to them, but they couldn't say anything.

Yuan Bao stepped forward, saluted again, and looked up at the young master with a small face, with ignorance and innocence in his expression, but mostly yearning, "Fifth young master promised me peace and freedom, but he said it would take a while to let me go out of the house." , Does the young master mean that I can go back now?"

buy it?OK, I like it very much, but, can you really afford this price?Yuan Bao sneered in his heart, his crystal-clear eyes lingered on the young master's face.

The young master opened his mouth, his face was red and white, and it was beautiful. It was the first time he had encountered such embarrassment when he grew up.After all, he was still young. Once he heard about Yuan Bao's ability and realized the value of Yuan Bao, he couldn't help it. He didn't think about what the old man's silent attitude meant.

"Cough." A light cough saved the young master, he obediently obeyed his father's call, returned to the old master, turned and left without saying a word.

The third master, who had been watching the excitement, sneered twice when he passed by Yuan Bao, "Hehe, okay, okay, the second brother is getting more and more embarrassing now, and he dared to embarrass the eldest brother."

The second master smiled very modestly, "Where did the third brother say that, Yuan Bao is young and ignorant, the eldest brother and the young master will not be offended." It is like a parent apologizing for an ignorant child, but showing it in disguise Yuanbao and Erfang are inseparable.

The third master looked at Yuan Bao again, probably thinking of the embarrassment of the young master just now, he left without saying anything.

The people in the second room continued to move forward. Suddenly, Ni Xiaopang, who was walking behind, said in a low voice, "When you want to buy someone else, you'd better inquire about the price first. Don't afford it when the time comes, and make people laugh!" The voice was not loud .

However, this group of people is at the most sensitive time right now, especially for Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao who are walking at the end. I made it clear.

The second old man who was at the head stopped all of a sudden, and after being stunned for a moment, he burst out laughing louder and louder. The joy from the heart was gushing out. Finally, when he had had enough laughing, the second master laughed loudly. Only then did the master pull Ni Xiaopang past him, "Good son!" He patted Ni Xiaopang's shoulder heavily, "Father has finally had such a thing in his life that they can't take it away, and he can't take it away." I can't afford it! It's all thanks to you...and Yuanbao!" Maybe it was because he laughed too hard, tears welled up from the corners of his eyes.

It wasn't until he entered his yard that Ni Xiaopang asked Yuan Bao, "When you said this to me back then, I thought it made sense, and I kept it in my heart. When I saw the relationship between you and the young master today, I remembered it." , I didn't expect to be praised by my father like this, you said, should I tell my father that you taught me this in the first place?"

Yuan Bao was stunned, and then, many not-so-distant memories flooded her mind: the first meeting between her and Ni Xiaopang, the coaxing price of a tael of silver every half day, and what Ni Xiaopang said just now about buying ...

Yes, that was indeed what Yuan Bao said when they met for the first time, satirizing Ni Xiaopang. Is this... how should I put it, is it fate?

Yuan Bao patted his forehead, and explained to Ni Xiaopang as briefly as possible, "That's not a good word, I used it to scold you around the corner, but now the second master thinks you are scolding the young master, so the second master You're so happy, don't talk nonsense in the future, let alone I taught you!"

"Hey," Ni Xiaopang smiled, "You finally admitted that you didn't like me at that time, and even scolded me."

Yuan Bao was angry, "What does it matter if you admit it or not? Can you punish me for this?" After entering the room and eating something, he went to bed to catch up on sleep.

Ni Xiaopang first laughed and said nothing, until Yuanbao fell asleep, and then whispered, "I want you, but I can't afford you, so I can only lie to you, Yuanbao, after thinking for so long, I know I lost you A lot, but I still feel that I did nothing wrong!"

After Yuan Bao woke up, he said to Ni Xiaopang who was reading a book, "I want to learn to draw, you go and tell the second master that you want to learn too, please come and teach us." , Yuan Bao always collects some interest first, in short, don't lose money, as Yuan Bao expected, Li Nan's repairs and painting supplies are recorded as income in her abilities.

"Oh," Ni Xiaopang put down his book and went, and soon came back to inform Yuan Bao, "Father said that Li Nan can enter the mansion on the eighth day of the first lunar month." He asked curiously, "Who is Li Nan? recognize him."

Li Nan is the second-rate artist Yuan Bao met when he went to Yunjin for the first time (see Section 075 for details). It was also inspired by Li Nan that Yuan Bao embarked on the path of a designer.

"Well," Yuan Bao nodded, very satisfied with the result, "Then let's go buy some things for learning to paint!"

Ni Xiaopang murmured, "Father has already arranged for someone to buy it."

Yuan Bao smiled coldly and stopped talking, while Ni Xiaopang sighed softly.

This was a trial, Yuan Bao wanted to know where the bottom line of the Ni Mansion was, but it turned out that Yuan Bao's freedom was limited to the Ni Mansion.

At Yuan Bao's request, the time to learn painting was arranged in the second half of the day. After taking a break, Yuan Bao urged Ni Xiaopang, "Let's go!"

Ni Xiaopang shied away, "I won't go. I don't like drawing, and I don't know how to draw. When I told my father, I just said that you should learn."

Yuan Bao thought for a while, "You should go with me, what if someone snatches me on the way? If you don't want to learn, why don't you just bring your big characters and books?" It can't be said to be safe, and Yuan Bao would rather stay by the side of Ni Xiaopang, a controllable master, than to change to someone else.

Ni Xiaopang said repeatedly, and hastily followed suit.

Li Nan is much cleaner and tidy than when Yuan Bao saw it last time, presumably it has undergone some modifications, so it seems that Li Nan is very willing to get this job, speaking of it, being a gentleman is much more respectable than being a painter.

Moreover, Yuan Bao learned from the ability that Li Nan's Shuxiu is ten taels of silver per month. This price is not low, and it is enough to invite any well-known painter in Qing'an County. Only such a good job can fall on Li Nan's head.

Yuan Bao could tell that Li Nan was wearing the same padded robe she saw last time, and it had changed from [-]% new to [-]% new, which showed that Li Nan's family was very poor, in other words, Judging from the texture of the robes, Li Nan's family background has a decline process from high to low, otherwise, how could he afford such a decent robe back then?
First of all, at the ceremony, Yuan Bao explained, "I begged the master, so I bothered the master to come into the house. The young master has nothing to do, so I also come to sit down. Don't worry, the master, the young master will never disturb the master's teaching." She knew that Li Nan was a little bit The artist's strange temper was afraid that Ni Xiaopang's lack of seriousness would disturb Li Nan's enthusiasm for teaching. You must know that such a learning opportunity is very rare for Yuan Bao.

In fact, Yuan Bao was wrong. Li Nan already knew what the young master and lady of a wealthy family looked like when they read books. Besides, although painting is also one of the six arts, it is not as good as reading, so there is no such thing as reading. I hope that the young masters and ladies can study hard.

What Li Nan was concerned about was another matter. He announced his first rule to Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao, "From now on, you can just call me Mr.

Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao naturally agreed, and Yuan Bao even sighed.

"Sir" is what scholars call their teachers, while "Master" is usually what craftsmen and warriors call their teachers. It seems that Li Nan is very concerned about his identity as a craftsman.

Yes, Yuan Bao had accidentally learned that under the coercion of Yunjin and Ni's family, Li Nan had become a craftsman. Not only did he lose his status as a scholar and cut off his future in the imperial examination, but he also became the laughing stock of the entire Qing'an County.

What's even more sad is that he has to hand in a certain number of drawings on time.

Yun brocade could not be used, but he had to hand it in, especially after Yuan Bao came to prominence, Li Nan's sketches were rejected many times, Ni Zhong's attitude was not as respectful as before, and he was always cynical, and Li Nan had no income for a long time.

Even if he is so poor, according to the contract, Li Nan can't sell the drawing to others, otherwise what awaits him may be the disaster of his life and his family.

Yuan Bao learns painting just because he wants to take advantage of Ni's house, but he doesn't know that this move is really a timely help for Li Nan.

Li Nan didn't know Yuan Bao's identity, and thought she was a young lady from the Ni residence. After all, the three generations of the Ni residence had many wives and concubines, but there were only a few males. Several times, Li Nan had never seen any of them.

Yuan Bao asked him to learn Gongbi painting by name, and Li Nan tried his best to teach him. He found that Yuan Bao was smart and serious in his studies. Li Nan was very lucky, but he didn't find it surprising. He thought Yuan Bao had learned it before.

Even later, Yuan Bao asked to learn how to paint flowers, but Li Nan didn't take it seriously, because Yuan Bao is a woman, and to Yuan Bao, female celebrity is much more important than painting. In order to keep this hard-won job, Li Nan, Not only did he give all his money, but he also contributed the picture book at the bottom of his box, all of which were all kinds of patterns that he and Yunjin helped him collect, and were drawn by Li Nan himself.

As if Yuan Bao had found a treasure, he not only copied it very seriously, but also gave Li Nan a lot of thank you in private to express his gratitude, and the master and apprentice got along very well.

At this time, Li Nan didn't expect that it was this master-student relationship that would one day make him famous all over the world, and Yuan Bao changed Li Nan's life. Many lives, and the process didn't take too long.

After the one-hour class on the first day, Yuan Bao and Ni Xiaopang went back to the courtyard and found that there was a guest waiting for them, it was Ni Zhong.

Ni Zhong took out two contracts, which were prepared by the second master and him in three days, and were revised by the old master himself.

But Yuan Bao didn't even look at the two contracts, and said directly, "I want to go home."

Ni Zhong pushed one of them towards Yuan Bao, "If you become a painter of Yunjin, you can go home."

Ni Xiaopang "suddenly" jumped up from his seat. Although his face was flushed with anxiety, he closed his mouth again under Ni Zhong's sharp gaze.

Yuan Bao added, "When I get home, I want to buy a few acres of Susukida to earn enough food and clothing. As for the flower pattern, I will paint it if I can. If I can't, I don't want to be forced."

Ni Zhong nodded, "This can also be added to the contract."

Yuan Bao simply stated his attitude, "I don't want to sign a contract."

If it is signed, won't things go back to the beginning?This year's suffering was considered in vain, although Yuan Bao couldn't understand the problem, but she felt intuitively that the contract should not be signed randomly, especially the Ni family's contract.

"Alas—" Ni Zhongchang sighed, and patted Yuan Bao's head, "You are still young..." Full of pity, but without any explanation.

Yuan Bao asked himself in his heart, am I wrong?Did i do something wrong?Who can tell her, what should she do?She misses Su Chunsheng so much!

"If you don't sign it, don't sign it. I'll go back to the old man like this. You can do it yourself and hand in the trick as soon as possible." After Ni Zhong finished his instructions, he left with a complicated expression.

"Why don't you like staying in the mansion? You picked it up in the first place, and the Su family is your home! Am I not good enough for you?" Ni Xiaopang asked repeatedly.

Yuan Bao sneered, "What's so good about this mansion of yours? Maybe you will die at any time, and you don't know when you will be sold!"

"No, now that grandfather and father value you so much, such things will never happen again in the future! I will protect you too!" Ni Xiaopang stood in front of Yuan Bao, as if this would keep her , "If you leave the mansion, unless you leave Qing'an County, it will be the same as it is now, no, no, no, even if you leave Qing'an County, as long as you don't find a bigger backer than the Ni family, it's still useless. Signing the contract is the same!"

Yuan Bao looked at Ni Xiaopang with cold eyes, and she said in her heart, "Then I'll go and find a bigger backer. In short, I can't let myself be used by the Ni family like this. I want to cooperate with people, not to be taken advantage of by others." Control!" She suddenly felt that no matter what, she was right not to sign the contract!

"You... don't be angry... I'm just... just talking." Ni Xiaopang was startled by Yuan Bao's eyes, and he involuntarily stepped out of the way.

Yuan Bao turned and went out, and called the woman in charge of the kitchen, "Tomorrow morning, go and buy me two hundred eggs, fresh ones."

The mother-in-law was stunned, "The girl wants eggs?"

(End of this chapter)