Chapter 120 Ye Ansong’s provocation

Feng Mingxu's face gradually darkened, and his hands on the table tightened tighter and tighter: "Is there such a thing?"

　　"Well," Ye Annian said, "his mother has never been able to get sick again. His father kills and sells fish on the street to make money for his mother's medical treatment, barely making ends meet."

　　"If it is really because of..." Feng Mingxu paused, "It would be a pity."

　　He hesitated to speak, and Ye Annian didn't ask any more questions. He stood up and said goodbye: "It's getting late. I have to go back. I'll talk to Feng Shanchang again when I have time."

　　"Okay." Feng Mingxu came back to his senses, "I usually have nothing to do, but you come here often."

　　Ye Anyian agreed and left Hongfu Academy.

　　He has already said what needs to be said, and the rest is Feng Mingxu's business.

　　As for why he was chosen, Feng Mingxu was an upright man and could not tolerate any criticism. He was the principal of Hongfu Academy, and Ye Ansong was a student under him. He was directly responsible for something like this happening.

　　Moreover, Feng Mingxu's father had been an official in Kyoto, and he had some connections. It shouldn't be a problem to spend money on a county magistrate.

　　After Ye Anyian left, Feng Mingxu, who had not been home for more than half a month, returned home for the first time.

　　If there is really something fishy about Ye Ansong's matter, then we should not be hasty. It would be safer to discuss it with his father, Feng Leshan.

　　After the two discussed, they decided not to alert the enemy, but to verify the matter of the young man surnamed Yuan in Anxing County before making any plans.

　　Feng Leshan took over this matter, and he happened to have an old friend in Anxing County, so he could take this opportunity to visit him.

　　Putting the matter aside for the time being, Ye Annian strolled back to West Street. From afar, he saw Yu Hu and Wen Heng sitting on an ox cart under the big willow tree. The two were playing bamboo dragonflies in a competition, laughing and joking. Yes, very childish.

　　"Big shopkeeper!" When Yu Hu saw him, he quickly put away the toys in his hand and jumped down from the bullock cart.

　　Ye Anyian nodded: "Are there no customers in the shop?"

　　"The second shopkeeper is here. There are guests coming and the two bosses from Qedenglou are here and talking inside." Yu Hu said.

　　Ye Anyian said "hmm" and felt a little strange: "Why did you change your name today?"

　　"Oh," Yu Hu scratched his head, "Second Young Master Wen said that calling him 'Boss Ye' seems unfamiliar. It's better to call him like this, as it still has style."

　　Ye Annian was helpless. He didn't care about this, but he thought about it carefully. The "big shopkeeper" is indeed much more stylish than "Boss Ye".

　　"Then call it that."

　　"Hey!" Yu Hu smiled broadly.

　　"You guys have fun, I'll go in and take a look." After Ye Anian finished speaking, he entered the shop.

　　In the shop, Jiang Zhu was sitting behind the counter. Nan Shao, who had guests coming, and Sun Chuang, who was visiting the building, were sitting on the chairs for the guests to rest. The three of them were talking and laughing, not knowing what they were talking about.

　　Seeing him come in, Jiang Zhu said, "You're back? These two bosses have been waiting for you for a long time to discuss matters."

"Well," Ye Anian walked to the counter and stood, facing Nan Shao and Sun Chuang, "What do you two want?"

　　"Boss Ye, that's it." Nan Shao spoke first: "I heard that you are going to carve a jade statue of Wenqu Xingjun for Feng Shan. I also want to order a jade carving from you."

　　"Oh?" Ye Anian did not answer immediately, but looked at Sun Chuang next to him, "Isn't Boss Sun the same?"

　　"Hey, that's right." Sun Chuang said repeatedly with a smile that made his teeth disappear.

　　"Hmm..." Ye Anyian frowned slightly.

　　He promised to carve Qu Xingjun for Feng Mingxu because of Ye Ansong's incident. In any case, it was him who asked for help.

　　It takes longer to make jade carvings, and the jade raw materials are expensive. If the customer is not satisfied, it will take a lot of time and effort to tear the pieces apart. Opening a toy shop was enough. He had no intention of opening this, but he didn't expect that these two people would come to his door.

　　"Boss Ye," Nan Shao looked at him attentively, "I missed the opportunity to see Boss Ye's craftsmanship during the carving banquet on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can't refuse me this time."

　　"Okay. But the construction period may be longer, more than a month." Ye Anyian still agreed.

　　Yu Hu learns things very quickly. When he has free time later, he can really make jade carvings, just to pass the time.

　　"No problem!" Sun Chuang replied quickly, "I'll find someone to deliver the jade materials to Boss Ye when I get there. How do I collect the deposit?"

　　"Let's talk about it together then. Think about what you want to carve and what requirements you have. It's best to list them on paper." Ye Annian said.

　　This way, it is well-founded and saves you from wrangling when something goes wrong.

　　Both Nan Shao and Sun Chuang agreed. The goal was achieved, and the two left without sitting for a while.

　　After sending the two of them out, Yu Hu consciously came back to look at the shop. Wen Heng also strolled in and sat down on the chair.

　　Ye Annian took Jiang Zhu to the inner room to talk and told him about going to Feng Mingxu today.

Jiang Zhu was not surprised. His family was always smart and cautious. Since he chose this time to talk to Feng Mingxu about Ye Ansong, he must have had his own considerations.

　　"Then let's wait and see Feng Mingxu's reaction."

　　Ye Annian nodded: "Ye Ansong is going to Anxing County soon, and Feng Mingxu shouldn't wait too long."

　　There was no one in the shop at the moment, and it was still early. Ye Annian remembered that the paint at home was running out, so he wanted to take Jiang Zhu with him to go shopping in the bookstore.

　　Zhao Nan and the others have become more and more proficient in making mud, making bamboo dragonflies, and the paint goes down very quickly.

　　Ye Annian plans to teach them to make other things in a few days, such as clay dolls, clay tigers, and the like, and they can also make some colorful and noisy paper pinwheels.

　　After visiting the book store, I bought some meat, vegetables and so on, and went back to cook something delicious in the evening.

　　The two of them have been too busy these days, eating out all the time. Even the evening snacks are bought ready-made and taken home to heat up. He hasn't eaten Jiang Zhu's food for a long time.

　　After explaining everything in the shop to Yu Hu, the young couple held hands and went out.

　　Wen Heng looked at the backs of the two of them side by side, holding hands, and for some reason, his teeth turned sour with envy.

　　He clicked his tongue and said, "Don't tell me, it's quite enjoyable for two people to live together."

　　Yu Hu was handling the accounts behind the counter. Hearing this, he said casually: "Then you can find one too. A young man from a wealthy family like you, who wants to marry a girl, has to leave Tianshui Town, right?"

　　"I do think so," Wen Heng said angrily, "but all of them are staring at my money, and none of them are sincere at all!"

　　"Then find someone who is a good match." Yu Hu didn't care.

　　The Wen family is one of the richest families in Tianshui Town, and Mr. Wen is also upright and generous. It shouldn't be difficult to find a well-matched partner for Wen Heng, right?

　　"What do you, a little brother, know..." Wen Heng choked and his face darkened.

　　They are a perfect match, do you think he doesn't want to? The key is that he is the right person, no one can fall for him!

　　"What's wrong with you?" Yu Hu hadn't seen why he was unhappy.

　　Wen Heng had just been stabbed in the lungs by him, and when he heard these words again, he almost burst out of anger: "If you can't die, I'll have to settle the debt with you!"

　　"With your temper, you'd better live alone." Yu Hu glanced at him, lowered his head and picked up the abacus.

　　"Hey! You little brother..."

　　Wen Heng was about to roll up his sleeves angrily, but was stopped by Zhao Da on the side: "Second Young Master, we can't afford to fight with a little brother!"

　　Wen Heng: "Humph!"

　　Unexpectedly, Yu Hu was happy: "It's okay, just let him come. I can beat him in a duel."

　　Wen Heng:...

　　Damn, I'm even more angry!

　　…

On the other side, Ye Annian and Jiang Zhu strolled to the bookstore.

　　There was no one in the bookstore at the moment. The owner of the bookstore was hiding behind the counter, holding a book and reading it so fascinated that he didn't even know that someone had come in.

　　Ye Annian ignored him and took Jiang Zhu to pick paint together.

　　Now that they have more money at their disposal, they can buy more. Not only for Zhao Nan and the others, Ye Anian also wants to draw something himself.

　　After picking out the paint, he moved his eyes to the bookshelf nearby, where a copy of "Hundred Gods Book" caught his eye.

　　Since you plan to take on some jade carving work, you still need to have some understanding and reference of these statues.

　　However, as soon as he put his hand on the book, a haunting voice sounded behind him.

　　"Brother Nian, you don't know a single Chinese character, but you still read?"

　　Ye Annian turned around and saw Ye Ansong walking in carrying a book box at some point, looking at him with a mocking look on his face.

　　When Jiang Zhu heard this, he was happy: "These days, dogs can be selected as scholars. Is it so strange that An Nian can read a book and learn a word?"

　　Let alone reading, he felt that if Ye Annian wanted to take the imperial examination, it would be easy to become a scholar, unlike Ye Ansong, a loser who was just a scholar and had to rely on connections to go through the back door.

　　"What do you mean!"

　　Ye Ansong was filled with anger at the rebuke. He walked up to the two of them in a few steps and said viciously: "Don't think you can endure it by opening a shop. The Wen family has some power in Tianshui Town, but in front of the magistrate, they are so powerful." Not even a fart!"

　　"So you are relying on the backing of Magistrate Youfang to become stubborn?" Ye Annian looked at him lightly.

　　Ye Ansong took a deep breath and seemed to have regained some sense.

　　"Who can I rely on, of course, I rely on myself. Brother Nian, I would like to advise you as an elder brother, don't try to climb up. Even if you open a shop and start a business, you will still be beaten by me! "

　　"I'm just curious," Ye Anyian suddenly said, "I'm living a better life, so why do you feel so uncomfortable?"

　　"No," Ye Ansong sneered, "People like you don't deserve to live a good life."

　　After saying that, he snatched the book from Ye Anyian's hand and tore it into pieces.

　　"You bitch should just stay in the mud and want to climb up? The only outcome is to fall to pieces!"

　　Seeing Ye Annian's increasingly cold expression, Ye Ansong finally felt happy.

　　He breathed a sigh of relief, turned to leave, and suddenly heard Jiang Zhu shouting to the bookstore owner: "Boss, this man has torn up your book and is running away!"

　　"You..." Ye Ansong looked at him in disbelief, unable to say a word.

　　But they saw the owner of the bookstore, who had been immersed in a book just now and seemed indifferent to the outside world, jumped up from his chair and rushed in front of the three of them in two steps.

　　Seeing the scraps of paper scattered on the ground, his face darkened visibly. He grabbed Ye Ansong's collar and shouted, "Did you tear it up?!"