Chapter 45 Setting up a stall in town

In the next two days, Ye Anyian made six wooden frogs of different sizes in one go.

　　It happened that Chen Xiucai's husband Yang Chi came to visit with his two children, so Ye Anyian picked two wooden frogs for Chen Lingling and Chen Huaishu to play with.

　　Chen Lingling liked it so much that she hugged a small wooden frog and scratched its back with a small wooden stick. The frog's croaking sound spread far and wide.

　　Ye Annian moved two small stools and placed them in a sunny place in the yard, so that Fuzai and Lingling could sit together and play with wooden frogs.

　　Copper Coin loves to join in the fun with children. When the wooden frog crows, Copper Coin will run all over the yard, making it very lively.

　　Compared to Lingling, Chen Huaishu was not that interested.

　　He only played with it for a while. After the initial freshness, he lost interest. Instead, he preferred to get together with Ding Qiu and watch Ding Qiu endorse it.

　　Jiang Zhu saw that Chen Huaishu was very interested in Ding Qiubei's "Shen Nong Baicao Jing" and thought that he also liked herbal medicine and medical skills.

　　Yang Chi said: "Don't worry about him. This kid is a bookworm like his father. He wants to read any book. I think I will become a bookworm in the future."

　　"It's a good thing to love reading." Ye Annian said, "In the future, if you want to get a degree or something, you won't have to dig in the soil for food."

　　"That's true. Even if you don't pass the exam, it would be good to know a few more words." Yang Chi said cheerfully.

　　He liked hearing what Ye Annian said. His family, Chen Maoyan, was a scholar. Now he was teaching in the town's academy and earning three or four taels of silver a month. This was not much better than many families in the village.

　　"Lingling is still young. I plan to consider sending her to enlightenment in two years. Although the girl's family does not ask her to get any academic achievements, she must be well-educated and sensible to avoid being deceived."

　　"What about you, what's your plan?" Yang Chi asked.

　　Yang Chi's words reminded Ye Anyian that Fu Zai would be five years old after the Chinese New Year, and Ding Qiu would be nine years old, and it was almost time to start studying.

　　The Dongling Kingdom has a culture of learning and open folk customs, and the status of women and brothers is not that low. Both women and brothers can go to school, and even take the scientific examination to become officials in the court.

　　It's just that there are still some restrictions on the rank. From the highest official to the fifth rank, there is no precedent for the higher ranks.

　　In terms of business, there are also many women and brothers who come to the fore and will not be discriminated against.

　　But in relatively remote places, because the people are poor, there are very few families that send their daughters and brothers to school.

　　For example, in Crescent Village, the Chen family is probably the only one who plans to send their daughter to school.

　　"It's time to get ready." Ye Annian replied, "After the new year, we can find a school for our two children, but Ding Qiu's eyes..."

　　He said with some worry: "I don't know if sir is willing to accept it."

　　"It's good to follow Mr. Lectures. I see that Ding Qiu is quite proficient in memorizing the scriptures now. He is a smart boy." Yang Chi comforted him.

　　"Yeah." Ye Anyian nodded.

　　"If you plan to find a husband anytime, feel free to ask me. The husband my Huaishu is working with right now is a good one. He was found by Shigeyan. The old gentleman is quite knowledgeable. It was said earlier that he taught the disciples of high-ranking families in the capital. He is quite old. He retired and returned home."

　　Yang Chi is very enthusiastic. There are not many people in the village that he can talk to. It is very satisfying to meet someone who gets along like Ye Anian.

　　"Then I'll have to trouble you then." Ye Anyian said.

　　Yang Chi waved his hands repeatedly: "What's the trouble? I'm a fellow villager."

　　The two chatted for a while, and Yang Chi was about to take the two children home.

Ye Anyian wanted to give the two children two wooden frogs to play with, but Yang Chi refused. "It takes you a long time to make one, but you can't do this. I didn't even thank you for the wooden tops and bamboo dragonflies you gave the children last time." Woolen cloth."

　　Lingling was also very obedient. Even if she liked it, she would obediently push it into Ye Anyian's arms.

　　"Next time we play, Guo Guo, it's my elbow!"

　　Ye Anyian was almost enchanted by the little girl, so he took a small one and put it into her hand: "Take it, the wooden spinning tops and bamboo dragonflies before were both favorites of male dolls, this one is for you."

　　Lingling blinked and looked at Yang Chi.

　　Yang Chi pinched her little cheek: "Then take it and say thank you."

　　"Thank you Guo Guo!" Lingling was happy and waved the small wooden frog in her hand, "Frog frog can scream!"

　　After sending Yang Chi and the others away, Ye Anian closed the courtyard door and turned around to find Jiang Zhu standing behind him at some point.

　　"Are you done?" Ye Anyian asked.

　　Jiang Zhu nodded. He had been dispensing medicine in the medicine house before, and he also heard some of the conversation between Ye Anyian and Yang Chi.

　　"Next year, are you going to send Fu Zai to school?" he asked.

　　"I have thought about it." Ye Annian pursed his lips, "But if it costs too much money, it won't matter if it takes two years. Fu Zai is still young anyway, but Ding Qiu..."

　　"I usually teach Ding Qiu." Jiang Zhu took over his words, "Actually, if you want to send them to study, I won't give you much money. What will cost you money is pen, ink, paper, inkstones and enlightenment books."

　　"There really isn't much money left at home, only half a tael left." Ye Annian said.

　　They spent a lot of money on the wedding ceremony and the banquet. After going back and forth, the remaining ten taels of silver were all spent in one fell swoop.

　　"Let's go lie down in town tomorrow." Ye Anyian suddenly said.

　　Jiang Zhu knew that he wanted to sell the woodcarving gadgets he had produced these days, so he nodded and said, "Okay. There is a clay figurine alley in Tianshui Town. All the things sold on that street are children's things. We can go there and give it a try. "

　　Once it was agreed, Ye Anyian laid out all the knickknacks he had made in the past few days and put them in a basket so that he could pick them up and leave early tomorrow morning.

　　There are a total of five wooden tops, ten bamboo dragonflies, and five newly made wooden frogs.

　　There isn't much stuff, just a good time to test the waters first.

　　The next morning, the two of them got up early.

　　As usual, Jiang Zhu warmed the two children's food for the day in a pot, picked up the basket that Ye Anyian had packed last night, and they went out together.

　　At dawn, the two of them stood under the old locust tree and waited for a while. Zhou Liang drove the bullock cart over.

　　There were already four people in the car, two aunts, a husband and a middle-aged man.

　　As he got closer, Ye Annian recognized that the middle-aged man was actually his cheap father Ye Chenghe.

　　After not seeing each other for so many days, Ye Chenghe seemed to be a different person. Although he was still wearing ordinary cotton clothes, he was neatly dressed, his hair was tied into a bun behind his head, and the sloppy beard on his face was gone. The person seems to be quite energetic.

Ye Chenghe is actually not ugly, he is upright and tall among ordinary people, and Ye Anyian's biological mother is even more beautiful.

　　Otherwise, a person as handsome and handsome as Ye Anyian would not have been born.

　　The moment he caught a glimpse of Ye Chenghe, Ye Annian immediately frowned. Jiang Zhu followed his gaze and saw that disgusting figure.

　　But there is no way, Zhou Liang is the only one in the village who has an ox cart, so he can either take a cart or walk.

　　It was several miles away, and Ye Anyian didn't want to skip the car just to avoid Ye Chenghe.

　　After the bullock cart stopped, the two got on the cart. Jiang Zhu deliberately chose a seat that could separate the two of them.

　　Seeing the two of them getting into the car, the two aunts and the husband greeted them. Ye Chenghe just "hummed" in displeasure but said nothing.

　　Maybe it was too early, everyone was in trouble, and no one said anything along the way.

　　Ye Annian felt at ease, and leaned against Jiang Zhu for a nap.

　　When we arrived in the town, the sun had already risen. As usual, Zhou Liang asked the owner of the soup cake shop that he entered the town to help him look after the oxcart, and he went into the town for a walk.

　　Today was another big market in Tianshui Town. The two aunts and husband went to the market together as soon as they got off the car. Ye Annian and Jiang Zhu went straight to Clay Figurine Lane carrying baskets.

　　Ye Chenghe was the last one to get off the car. He didn't rush to leave after getting off the car, and just walked around nearby.

　　It wasn't until these people in the village disappeared that he strode forward, turned into an alley facing the street, and disappeared.

　　Ye Annian and Jiang Zhu were standing behind a big tree not far from the alley.

　　Jiang Zhu asked Zimo to find out about Ye Chenghe's dirty work in Tianshui Town early in the morning, but Ye Anian didn't know about it yet.

　　Now that this trip happened to happen, Jiang Zhu told Ye Anian by the way, so that he could have some peace of mind. If Ye Chenghe or the old Ye family had any bad intentions in the future, they would be somewhat prepared.

　　After Jiang Zhu finished talking about Ye Chenghe, Ye Annian asked his doubts: "With a salary of ten taels a month, is this a serious job?"

　　After all, Chen Maoyan worked as a teacher in a school in the town and only made three or four taels of silver a month, and he taught students from the entire Tianshui town, plus students from nearby villages.

　　According to Yang Chi, there were about thirty or forty people.

　　What kind of job does Ye Chenghe do to earn ten taels of silver a month?

　　"I heard that Zhou Ji's pawnshop is not clean." Jiang Zhu said casually.

　　"How can the pawn shop not be clean?" Ye Anyian was puzzled.

　　"On the surface, they are doing pawn business, but there are also loan sharks behind the scenes."

　　Jiang Zhu didn't say anything more, but Ye Annian already understood that Ye Chenghe's death was probably related to this.

　　However, Ye Anyian didn't care what Ye Chenghe was doing. He could do whatever he wanted, as long as he didn't cause trouble for himself.

　　The two of them stopped following Ye Chenghe and went directly to Clay Figure Lane

It was a busy time at this time. As soon as they entered the alley, the two of them were drowned out by the noise of children and the shouts of hawkers on both sides of the alley.

　　After all, it is a town, and there are many people walking around with their children, and there are many things for sale on both sides of the alley.

　　Ye Annian glanced over and saw people making dough, people painting sugar paintings, people selling head flowers, tiger head pillows, tiger head shoes, as well as caramel and snacks.

　　Many of the stalls outside were already occupied, so Jiang Zhu pulled Ye Anian all the way inside. They walked almost half of the alley before finding an empty seat next to a stall of a lady selling children's embroidery patterns.

　　The two of them didn't bring much. Ye Annian put down the basket containing the wood carvings, spread a piece of floral cloth on the ground, and picked out all the wood carvings in the basket one by one and placed them neatly on it.

　　Jiang Zhu took out two mats from the cloth bag he was carrying and spread them on the ground, pulling Ye Anian to sit down together.

　　Perhaps because the things on their stall were novel, the lady kept looking over here, and finally she couldn't help but said, "Little kids like to play with wooden spinning tops and bamboo dragonflies. This wooden clam fish is also for children." Just for fun?"