Chapter 35 Testing each other and making big purchases

Xiao Langjun, you said your master is that old doctor Chen?

Master Ma's face lost the previous smile and became a little solemn.

It seems that the villagers all call him this old man.

The tension on Lu Qing's face eased slightly and he replied.

Yes, Mr. Ma, this little brother of mine has to study at Old Doctor Chen's place every day.

At this time, Wang Daan also found an opportunity and took the opportunity to say.

Mr. Ma looked at Lu Qing and Wang Daan critically, and suddenly smiled.

It turns out that he is a disciple of Dr. Chen, but I am disrespectful.

Master Ma solemnly saluted Lu Qing, but Lu Qing seemed to be frightened, and he took two steps back.

He waved his hands in a panic: I can't be a great disciple. I just learned a little knowledge of herbal medicine from the master, and I don't even know how to see a doctor.

Seeing Lu Qing being so sincere, Mr. Ma couldn't help but smile.

Anyway, it was me who offended Mr. Young, so be it, I will pay for the meat you buy at this meat stall.

How is this possible? Lu Qing shook his head repeatedly, No reward will be given without merit. Master has taught you not to accept other people's things casually.

But I did offend Xiaolangjun just now. With this meat, should I consider it as my apology to Xiaolangjun?

However, no matter what Master Ma said, Lu Qing just shook his head and was determined not to accept Master Ma paying for him.

Wang Daan on the side saw his eyes widened.

This was the first time that he saw Master Ma being so polite to someone.

And this person is still his little brother Lu Qing.

Seeing that Lu Qing kept refusing Ma Ye's gifts, Wang Daan felt a little anxious.

That's more than ten kilograms of meat. If someone gives it away, I won't take it. What is Ah Qing thinking?

However, although he was anxious, Wang Daan did not respond to Lu Qing's behalf.

He knew that Lu Qing was literate and had the guidance of an old doctor, so he must know more than him.

Since he is unwilling to accept it, he must have his own reasons.

Seeing that Lu Qing was unwilling to accept his apology, Master Ma had an idea and laughed again.

Young Master is really kind and worthy of being a disciple of old doctor Chen. Let's see. Just now I saw that you seemed to be interested in this money. How about I help you find it?

When the meat stall owner heard this, he quickly said: Yes, Xiao Langjun, the only one here who has the ability to get your money is probably Mr. Ma.

When Lu Qing heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, Then there is Mr. Lao Ma.

After taking out the silver, Mr. Ma took it and saw that it was fine silver with snowflake patterns. He believed Lu Qing's words a little more.

An ordinary country boy would not be able to obtain such fine silver.

After weighing it, he smiled and said: This silver is about six cents. If converted into copper coins, it would be about six hundred cents.

Master Ma took off a cloth bag from his body, took out two small strings of copper coins, and handed the bag to Lu Qing.

The copper coins here should be worth your silver. Count them.

Lu Qing took the money bag and started counting without any courtesy.

Wang Daan wanted to help, but he knew that he couldn't count. If he tried to help, it would only add to the chaos, and he could only worry on the sidelines.

Lu Qing took out the copper coins and counted them quickly.

Master Ma narrowed his eyes again when he saw Lu Qing counting money.

It is rare for people in the countryside to know how to read. It is already a great thing to be able to recognize numbers within one hundred.

Judging from the speed at which Lu Qing counts money, it is obvious that counting is not difficult for him.

He became more and more convinced that Lu Qing was indeed the old doctor's disciple.

Soon, Lu Qing counted the money.

He raised his head: It seems like there are too many.

In the cloth bag, there were a total of six hundred and fifty copper coins, which was fifty more coins when converted into one tael of silver and one thousand copper coins.

It's not too much. Your silver is of very good quality. You deserve fifty more. Mr. Ma said with a smile.

Lu Qing thought for a moment and did not refuse.

He knew that Master Ma was trying to show his kindness.

But he has rejected the other party several times, so he can't really give him no face at all.

Besides, this might not be an opportunity for him to understand the outside world.

The money has been exchanged. You can buy things with confidence. By the way, you still don't know your name? Mr. Ma took the opportunity to ask.

My name is Lu Qing. Lu Qing said, pointing to Wang Da'an beside him, This is Brother Da'an from the same village as me.

Master Ma, my name is Wang Daan. Wang Daan said flatteringly.

Wang Da'an, that's good.

Of course Mr. Ma could see that Wang Daan was just an ordinary young man from the countryside.

However, he still nodded to him politely.

But just this was enough to make Wang Daan excited, and his face turned red.

Brother Lu Qing, I wish you a happy time here. I have something else to do, so I will leave first.

Mr. Ma is a man who understands propriety. He did not take the opportunity to follow Lu Qing, but chose to keep his distance.

Of course, Lu Qing is happy to see this happen.

Although he also intends to make friends with this Ma Ye, but not now.

Because now, their strength is still not equal.

Today, he is only regarded highly by the other party because of his status as Old Doctor Chen's disciple.

After Ma Ye left, Lu Qing came to the meat stall again.

Boss, can I buy meat now?

Of course. The meat stall owner smiled brightly, Xiao Langjun, it turns out that you are the apprentice of Dr. Chen. No wonder you are so handsome!

Lu Qing looked at his patched clothes and was speechless.

Is this also called a dignified appearance?

Why, the boss also knows about Old Doctor Chen? Wang Daan asked curiously.

Brother, what you said is right. Who from all over the country doesn't know Dr. Chen? My wife was infected with cold after giving birth last year and almost died. It was the old doctor who cured her. He is from our area. The famous miracle doctor!

In this case, boss, shouldn't your meat be cheaper for us? Wang Daan took the opportunity to ask.

Cheap, of course it's cheap!

In the end, the meat stall owner wiped out the fraction of the meat price and charged Lu Qing three pennies less.

After buying the meat, Lu Qing and Wang Daan continued shopping in Daji.

It didn’t take long before I bought a lot of things.

Mainly food and some daily necessities.

Among them, grain is the most purchased.

In addition to these, Lu Qing also bought some vegetable seeds and needlework.

I bought vegetable seeds because I want to grow more vegetables in the yard.

You can’t dig wild vegetables every time.

As for needlework, it was because the fishhook made of a large iron needle at home was already a little overwhelmed.

He wants to make more fish hooks as a backup.

Lu Qing also saw fish being sold at the market. He asked about the price and found that it was cheaper than pork.

But yes, for the lower-class civilians in this world, fat is very important, so even pork is fat and more expensive than lean meat.

Fish doesn't have much oil at all, so you won't feel very hungry after eating it.

Only the rich nobles are willing to spend a lot of money to buy fish just for a bite of fresh food.

For civilians, if given a choice, they would even prefer to eat pork than fish.

After selling these things, Lu Qing had already spent most of his 650 copper coins.

He bought two more large bamboo-backed baskets, and then he and Wang Daan carried and carried them, and finally got everything.

Then the two of them left Daji and walked towards the village with somewhat heavy steps.