PDLP Chapter 136 Foreign Merchants
Chapter 136 Foreign Merchants
Jiang Ci was pressed against the door and kissed by Lin Jingsheng until her brain was deprived of oxygen and her legs were so weak that she could not stand.
Now he is completely supported by Lin Jingsheng's arms.
Jiang Ci rested her forehead on Lin Jingsheng's shoulder and said, "Don't kiss me anymore. If you do, I won't be able to see anyone."
Lin Jingsheng stroked Jiang Ci's back and said, "Okay, no more kissing."
His eyes were full of satisfaction. He had just been kissing Ah Ci in this empty room and could hear the noise of the children in front.
Especially when a child came towards him later, it gave him a unique sense of excitement.
Before walking out, Jiang Ci touched her lips again.
It shouldn't be too obvious.
After leaving the room, I saw many children walking outside holding hands.
"Are they going out to play?"
"After boxing practice this afternoon, it's their own time, once every five days."
"Don't they usually go out?"
"You can go out on weekdays, but this compound is so remote that you can only go out around here in your free time."
"Oh, I see. This is a great arrangement."
Lin Jingsheng asked the children here to start making toothbrushes some time ago.
Jiang Ci’s idea was to divide those who make toothbrush handles and those who wear toothbrushes into three groups according to different ages.
There are only three or four children under the age of eight, so they don't have to make toothbrushes. The hygiene of the classroom and the yard is their responsibility.
There is one group for those aged nine to thirteen, and another group for those aged thirteen and above. These two groups have minimum standards every day. The latter group has ten more toothbrush handles per five than the former group.
Of course, Xu Xia, who was responsible for teaching the children kung fu and purchasing goods, would not get paid even if he did not do the work.
There is also Li Xiaojin, who teaches children to read and write and takes care of the children, and she also gets paid without doing any work.
The extra work these children did was charged according to the price they charged the villagers, and they were paid a copper coin every ten days.
"They can go to town and buy the things they like."
"These children work very hard. The number of toothbrush handles you set for them every day is calculated in their spare time. Just one of them can make ten toothbrush handles every day."
Now I still see several people who didn't go out to play. They found a place out of the sun to sit down, carrying wood and tools or toothbrush handles and wool, and started working.
Jiang Ci went over and praised them, "You work really hard!"
"The boss is good. The more I work, the more money I can get. After this month, I can sell myself a set of clothes."
A boy who looked about 11 or 12 years old next to him also said, "Winter is coming soon. I must make more money to buy warm clothes so that I won't be cold anymore."
"Then you should also pay attention to the time. You can't work after dark, otherwise your eyes will go blind. Don't work so hard. When winter comes, we will buy you thick clothes."
"And buy us thick clothes!"
The child stood up excitedly.
Lin Jingsheng touched the child's head and said, "Of course I bought it for you. When I asked you to sign the indenture, I agreed that I would give you a stable place to live so that you would no longer suffer from cold and hunger."
The people next to them also looked at them with admiration in their eyes.
When I walked to the front, I saw a dozen people doing horse stance. They were between ten and fourteen years old.
It was nearly a quarter of an hour since they had heard the joyous noises of the children disbanding.
Some people's foreheads were already sweating and their legs were shaking, but there was no expression on their faces and their legs continued to move in a very standard manner.
There was a little girl about five or six years old with two pigtails on her head, sitting on a bench in front of these people and watching.
Jiang Ci found it interesting. The little girl was very cute and looked like a mascot sitting there.
They drove the donkey cart to the entrance of the alley on the other side of the academy, and soon passed by a group of students dressed in long gowns who looked like scholars.
Some of them talked about what they had learned today, and some talked about where to eat and play next.
This scene was very similar to every Sunday when he was in high school.
I can't help but feel a little nostalgic when watching it.
Lin Jingsheng put his arm on Jiang Ci's shoulders and pulled her closer to him, "What are you looking at, Ah Ci? She's so beautiful."
Why does this sound sour?
Jiang Ci didn't want Lin Jingsheng to become jealous, "No one is as pretty as you."
When he said this, he didn't close his eyes, and a smile immediately broke out on Lin Jingsheng's face.
Jiang Ci felt that Lin Jingsheng, who could be coaxed into submission with just a few words, was so childish.
After a large group of people passed by, there were fewer people coming out of the alley now, and there was no sign of Lin Jingchen yet.
"Come on, let's go over and take a look."
When they walked to the entrance of the academy, they saw Lin Jingchen coming out.
Lin Jingchen was very happy and surprised, "Brother Ci, you are here to pick me up."
"Just dropping by."
The classmates on the road greeted Lin Jingchen, "Jingchen, are you going home?"
"Yes, my eldest brother and the others are here to pick me up."
I got on the donkey cart and swayed on the way home.
When I was almost out of town, I saw a man from a foreign land.
His hair is dark brown and curly, his facial features are particularly deep, and his eyes are also brown.
He spread a cloth on the ground and put a lot of things on it.
Jiang Ci was amazed. She didn't expect to see foreigners in such ancient times.
"Let's go over and take a look."
See if there's anything he brought that's needed here.
Of course, Lin Jingsheng unconditionally supported Jiang Ci and parked the donkey cart aside.
"Let's go."
The foreigner saw someone coming and quickly stood up, "Just take a look, there are many things that are not available here."
He spoke with a thick accent, but he spoke fluently.
Most of these are handicrafts, which are very rare and exquisite, especially the bracelets and necklaces carved from colorful stones. They are so beautiful that Jiang Ci was dazzled. Why do they look so much like agate and amber?
"What kind of stone are these made of?"
"They were all dug out from the ground. Wuxu gave these stones names, but it's been so long that I can't remember them anymore."
It couldn’t be really agate amber, he couldn’t tell. He had only seen it in short videos on TV in modern times.
Jiang Ci was attracted by the few stones that had not been carved yet.
"It's also nice to buy the ones here and ask someone to carve the ones you like."
There is a palm-sized stone in Jiangci, one inch thick, which is red in color with some other colors mixed in.
"How much is this one?"
"Five taels of silver."
Jiang Ci weighed it again and said, "Make it cheaper. I'll give you a few more dollars."
He took a small white stone and said, "That plus this one makes a total of five taels of silver."
Jiang Ci took it and looked at it. The white thing was smaller than an egg. Some parts were almost transparent milky white, while some parts were opaque milky white.
"Okay, I'll look at the others."
Jiang Ci walked two steps to the side to look at the seeds and some plants on the stall.
He didn't recognize any of these seeds. In the past, when he bought seeds, the name of the plant would be on the bag, or his grandmother would tell him what it was.
Jiang Ci pointed to a small piece that looked like flower seeds and asked, "What kind of seeds are these?"
"It blooms a small flower with many petals and many colors."
Jiang Ci was considering whether to buy it or not when she saw a black one with a little white in it that was slightly larger than a grain of rice and had more seeds.
Why does this look so much like cotton?