Chapter 663: Nine Out and Thirteen Returns
It's obviously a blind date for me, why doesn't it seem right? I think that Ye's interest in Zhu Ying is much greater than mine, is this girl not in love with her son and beauty?
Zhang Chen couldn't wait to find someone to vent this strange feeling in his heart, but there was only Ah Liu, a stupid nerd beside him, and in addition, Zhu Hong and other entourages who had not followed him downstairs before, and he didn't know if he had heard Ye's words. Even if he couldn't hold it back, it would be impossible for him to expose his shortcomings to these people, so he couldn't help it.
On the few bustling small streets that had just emerged near the Xinglong Tea House, two beauties with their own merits went to a shop with great interest from time to time, and then looked at those valuable goods and commented on them, and from time to time they called Ah Liu over to point out something, and even asked his opinion from time to time.
God knows that Zhang Chen has two big heads, and his head is full of mush, and he doesn't know what he is looking at all, and the answer is just two dry sentences, good, good, you think it's good...... He just felt like a goose with a dumb head!
If this is backbone, of course, he will immediately brush his sleeves away, and he will never get along with each other from then on, anyway, he has not fallen in love with Ye at first sight to that point, he just thinks that people are very interesting, not blindly pretending to be cold and noble, and leaving will leave. But he always felt that it seemed to be too bad for Zhu Ying, and the two girls were polite to him, but Ah Liu's eyes were weird.
Walking and walking, when Zhang Chen came back to his senses again, he found that he was actually in an armory shop at this moment! Nowadays, when many weapons belong to controlled products, this kind of shop is of course very rare in the capital, and although his family is not a military but a civil servant, there are still a lot of treasures in the house, so he glanced at it casually, and saw that those swords, bows and arrows were ordinary, and he didn't care.
But the next moment, he saw that the little girl with the red head rope was holding a bow and rushed to Ah Liu, and then asked in a chatter: "Sixth master, sixth master, Miss Zhu said that you have a good eye, can you help me see, how about this slingshot?" ”
Zhang Chen almost didn't bare out of his eyes. It's not because the little girl who had just fought with Ah Liu is obviously coming to flatter her, but because ...... What people brought over to Ah Liu to show is whether a bow is good or not, and it has nothing to do with the kind of slingshot that is used to hit sparrows and birds anyway when playing!
However, to his surprise, Ah Liu actually took the bow, looked at it again and again for a while, and finally replied, "Are you really using a slingshot as a weapon?" Why not use a bow? Projectiles used in slingshots, projectiles cast with gold and iron are expensive, projectiles fired from clay are not cheap, and the most important thing is that they can only be used at close range, and long-range killing is far inferior to bows and arrows! ”
Zhang Chen suddenly thought of the battle in Cuiyun at the beginning, and Ah Liu used indeed a bow and arrow, and felt that people's answers were not strange at all. However, when he simply went to look closer, he found that in the center of the bowstring of the so-called slingshot was a small pocket, and some projectiles could even be seen in it, and then he understood.
Unlike the slingshot used by the urchin, this slingshot is supposed to use a bowstring to deflect projectiles. But as Ah Liu said, long-range killing is far inferior to ordinary bows and arrows...... But the problem is that at close range, this thing really comes and goes without a trace, which is just right for the little girl who is a bodyguard in front of her!
Sure enough, the next moment, he saw Cao Qingqing very embarrassed and said: "I don't have enough arm strength...... Besides, I don't go to the battlefield again, what do you want to kill and wound from a distance?" It's enough to protect Miss Ye at close range, it's illegal to fight and kill casually, she doesn't want to go to jail!
And Ah Liu sighed, but first looked at the projectile in the slingshot pocket, and then took out another one ready to try it, and finally checked the bow tire and bowstring, he nodded and said: "The thing is really good, and the workmanship is quite good." ”
"Thank you Sixth Master, my slingshot is really too old, I'm worried that it will suddenly collapse when I use it one day! It's rare to see a slingshot seller, and it's in such good condition, I'm going to buy it! ”
Cao Qingqing suddenly smiled, and after saluting Ah Liu, she ran to Ye and Zhu Ying with a smoke, pointed at Ah Liu and chattered a few words, and then rushed to the smiling shopkeeper on the side happily.
Seeing that Ah Liu just raised his eyebrows suspiciously, Zhang Chen couldn't help but muttered a word of unenlightened brat in his heart. However, although he only felt that their group was indescribably strange from before to now, the atmosphere was no longer as stiff as it was when he was in Xinglong Tea House before, so he simply stepped forward with his hands behind his back and asked the shopkeeper with a smile.
"How much did that slingshot cost just now?"
Zhu Ying's beautiful appearance of the country's natural fragrance, if there is no one on the side, although there are many young ladies in the entire capital, but they can't pick out the second one, plus the girl goes to this kind of place where weapons are sold, the shopkeeper can generally guess who this is, plus seeing Zhang Chen's dress and bearing at this time, he remembered that he had just heard an entourage call him Zhang Gongzi, and his face was full of smiles.
"The small shop has been registered with the DPRK-China Ordnance Bureau, specializing in the production and sale of non-prohibited weapons, so it sells slingshots, not bows and arrows. The swords are also shorter, and there is no such thing as armor and helmets......"
Seeing that Zhang Chen obviously showed an impatient expression, he hurriedly made a long story short and said: "This slingshot is made by a craftsman, and it was originally going to be sold for sixteen pieces, if Master Zhang, you want to ...... sincerely."
"Stop, what Bachelor Zhang!" Zhang Chen fortunately reacted very quickly, and immediately interrupted the shopkeeper, seeing that the person was stunned at first, and then he apologized repeatedly, and he shouted violently, "Where am I like Bachelor Zhang!" Mr. Zhang: That's my teacher, understand? If you don't know people, don't scream, fortunately I met me today, otherwise I won't have your good fruit to eat! ”
The shopkeeper was so frightened by Zhang Chen's storm that the sweat on his forehead came out, thinking that it would be terrible enough to meet you, what kind of powerful person would he meet again? However, as he was nodding his head, he heard the girl who was as beautiful as a fairy descending from heaven and was suspected to be the eldest lady of Zhao Guogong's mansion laughed: "You actually regard Zhang Chen as Ah Shou, he is also clumsy enough!" ”
Hearing Zhang Chen's two words, the shopkeeper's face changed greatly, and the resentment just now was completely gone, and he couldn't wait to kneel down and kowtow to make amends: "It turned out to be the eldest son of the Duke of Qin, and the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai......"
"Okay, okay, no nonsense!" Zhang Chen waved his hand impatiently, and then said thoughtfully, "Sixteen runs a slingshot, the price is really not cheap, but Ah Liu said it was a good thing...... Hey, little girl surnamed Cao, you don't have enough money? ”
Cao Qingqing was feeling sorry for herself on the side, not caring about this little matter between Zhang Chen and the shopkeeper, and when she heard someone call herself, she raised her head blankly, and it took a while to react, but she nodded in frustration and said: "The bow of a dart master in our dart bureau is only eight yuan, which actually costs sixteen yuan, which is really too expensive." I've managed to save up for only seven wages! ”
Ah Liu, who was on the side, heard her asking the price just now, and when he heard someone clearly say that he was shy and couldn't afford it, he suddenly moved in his heart, and just said: "If the money is not enough, I can lend it to you." ”
Hey? Not only Zhang Chen, but even Zhu Ying raised her eyebrows in surprise, and at the same time gave birth to a wonderful thought. A wooden fish head like Ah Liu can even open his mind and know how to borrow money from a girl? However, under their enthusiastic gaze, Ah Liu actually said to himself: "Of course, you can borrow money, and you can return to nine!" ”
This kid is finished......
This kid is hopeless!
Not to mention Zhu Ying and Zhang Chen, even the Ye family, at this time, the cold face couldn't help but show an extremely subtle expression. However, what made them dumbfounded was that instead of scolding, Cao Qingqing looked very familiar: "Nine out of thirteen I know, pawnshops are like this, saying that they borrowed ten times, but in fact, they only gave me nine times, and after three months, they will return them to the pawnshop for thirteen times!" ”
Ah Liu looked back at each other in surprise, Zhu Ying and Zhang Chen thought that the young man was going to say that such a simple question still needed to be asked, however, the next moment Ah Liu's answer was once again beyond their expectations.
"That's right, it's such a nine-out thirteen-return. The young master said that if you see someone on the road who is about to starve to death, then if you can, give him a bowl of porridge and try to find him a job to fill his stomach. But if someone has to borrow money because they can't afford necessities because they are poor, and that thing is not a life-saving thing, then it should be out of 13. ”
That sounds so reasonable...... This was Zhang Chen's thought at this time, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made more sense. Although his family is not prosperous, there are often relatives and friends who come to borrow money, but his mother will lend to some people and not to others. And the money lent out must be recovered.
If you don't take it back, you will all come to the door to fight the autumn wind in the future. No one's money fell from the sky!
That sounds really good...... This is Zhu Ying's thoughts at the moment. There is no doubt that she very much supports Zhang Shou's indoctrination of Ah Liu, and now that she thinks about it, when she lends money to her second brother in the future, will she have to let someone write down an IOU of nine out of thirteen?
And Ah Liu didn't care about other people's reactions, seeing that Cao Qingqing didn't seem to have any objection to his words, but just seemed a little entangled, he said something again unhurriedly.
"I'm not short of money right now. The young master saved me 270 yuan, and he said that after a year, it will be 660 yuan, and I will not be able to spend 30 yuan in advance. If you want to borrow money, you can, but I don't want you to pay it back, you can pay back something else. ”
Cao Qingqing's eyes widened immediately, and then he quickly calculated.
She really wanted that slingshot, but not to mention that it was nine out of thirteen, even if it didn't have a penny, and she couldn't afford to pay it back after three months! She had also heard that the famous Bachelor Zhang had a very powerful entourage by his side, but she didn't expect that she was also doing the work of a bodyguard, and people could save more than 200 yuan casually, but she was tired and tired, and she saved less than a fraction......
Moreover, the important thing is not to save money, but to help his entourage save money, and he even uses nine out of thirteen returns...... Two hundred and seventy yuan for a year, thirty yuan a month, it is exactly six hundred and sixty yuan, and I also advanced sixty or thirty yuan for pocket money!
Such a generous employer, such thick golden thighs, she wants it so much!
But this idea had just been born, and Cao Qingqing thought of Miss Ye's kindness to her, and hurriedly shook her head for a while to drive away this really ridiculous idea. However, she pondered the conditions that Ah Liu had just proposed, and suddenly she couldn't help but be terrified.
She is not as glamorous as Zhu Ying and Miss Ye, just an ordinary yellow-haired girl like her, if she asks someone to borrow money, what else can she take out to pay it back?
It's even more impossible to repay the debt, Cao Wuye has learned from others, that is her unattainable figure!
Just when she was trembling, Zhu Ying asked with interest, "Ah Liu, what do you want Miss Cao to pay you back?" ”
"I didn't think about it." Ah Liu frowned, and then said honestly, "Or, Miss, your female schoolmaster will also take her in?" Female students should have a lot of female students, right? Miss Ye teaches martial arts alone, can't she be busy? Moreover, there should still be people who have practiced martial arts like Miss Cao in Shunhe Dart Bureau and Miss Cao, right? Invite everyone over? Well, the money I borrowed was deducted from her salary. ”
As soon as these words came out, Cao Qingqing's eyes were shining, and he couldn't wait to shout loudly that I am willing.
Even Ye's face, which had just turned cold, couldn't help but look at Ah Liu in surprise, he didn't look at himself when he saw anyone, and stared at Zhu Ying intently, his eyes were extremely sincere, she had already planned to give out this slingshot money for Cao Qingqing, she suddenly sighed in her heart, and immediately said: "Qingqing, this is a good thing, you agree." ”
"Ahh Cao Qingqing didn't expect that the Ye family would also instruct her to agree, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed for a while. After the result of the slingshot handed over by the shopkeeper, she couldn't put it down for a while, and then hurriedly stepped forward to thank Ah Liuqian, seeing that people didn't care, she suddenly realized again, and hurriedly went to thank Zhu Ying, of course, Ye Shi was also among her thanks.
And Zhang Chen on the side saw that the shopkeeper was looking at this and that, his face was full of caution and panic, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "What else to see, give that slingshot to Miss Cao, are you still worried that no one will pay the bill?" ”
It turns out that nine out of thirteen is not a plan to get away with it, but it doesn't matter if Ah Liu has a lot of money, so he is willing to borrow money, and he doesn't care about interest, but he is sincerely thinking about Zhu Ying's female school!
Where is Ah Liu a nerd, this kid only has Zhang Shou in his heart, and now he has to add Zhu Ying!
Seeing Ah Liu take out the money ticket and count it to the shopkeeper seriously, Zhu Ying only felt that everything today was beyond her expectations. So, she rolled her eyes, and then looked at Ye and Zhang Chen with a smile and said: "Miss Ye, Zhang Chen, please do me a favor next, my eldest brother's wedding is about to begin, please help me choose a suitable gift." Well, there's also one for my sister-in-law! ”