Chapter 146 Dozing off
After settling Ji Feng's mother, it was already four o'clock in the morning. Ji Feng hurriedly drove the carriage to send Qianhuan back home.
Arriving under the old locust tree, Ji Feng said apologetically: "Master, thank you. It's all because of me that you can't go home until so late today."
"It's okay. I'll just get a little less sleep tonight. It won't be a big deal."
Qianhuan is also a night owl in modern times, and it is common for her to go to bed in the early morning. Even though she has to get up early tomorrow to go to Mr. Fan's house to study, how can sleep be compared with human life?
Ji Feng was willing to acknowledge his master purely to repay the man in front of him for saving his mother's life, not to avoid paying back the money.
So he vowed, "Master, when I make money, I will return the twenty taels of silver to you as soon as possible."
"Don't you and your mother acknowledge me as your master now? You don't have to pay back the twenty taels of silver. Just quit your job at the carriage company tomorrow. I'm planning to buy a carriage, and you can just be my coachman from now on. When your mother recovers, I'll arrange other work for her. Don't worry, I'll pay you monthly wages for helping me with the work." Qianhuan never thought of asking him to pay back the silver.
Ji Feng was very touched when he heard Qianhuan say this. He didn't expect that his master was willing to pay him monthly wages. He knew that he had followed the right person.
"Thank you, Master. This is the indenture of my mother and I. We have signed and sealed it. Please keep it."
Ji Feng took out the indenture from his arms and handed it to Qianhuan. He had just written it himself at home.
Qianhuan was surprised, "Ji Feng, did you write this indenture contract yourself? You can actually read?"
"Well, my mother used to be a housekeeper in a wealthy family. I learned to read from her when I was young, so writing a contract of sale should not be a problem for me."
Qianhuan was overjoyed after hearing this. She was worried that there was no one to manage the servants. Now that was a good thing. Ji Feng's mother used to be the housekeeper of a wealthy family. Once she recovers, there will be someone to help her manage these servants.
Qianhuan took the contract and put it in her arms, then told Ji Feng, "After you quit your job at the carriage and horse shop tomorrow, go to the Jixiang Restaurant opposite Zuixianju and wait for me. There is a manager named Cai there, and you can explain the situation to him."
"it is good."
Ji Feng said nothing more. He escorted Qianhuan to the outside of her yard, squatted down and let her climb up the wall on his shoulders. He watched her enter the yard before leaving with peace of mind.
I earned 360 taels of silver today. After paying the 20 taels for Ji Feng, I still have 340 taels left.
There were originally 700 taels of silver in Qianhuan's small wooden box. Qianhuan crawled under the bed, dug out the wooden box, and then deposited 300 taels of silver she had earned that day into it.
In addition to the fifty or sixty taels of silver she had left, she now had nearly a hundred taels of silver on her for backup.
The next morning, when it was time to get up, Liu saw that her daughter had not yet gotten up, so she went straight into Qianhuan's room and shouted beside the bed, "Qianhuan, it's dawn, get up quickly."
Qianhuan was sleeping soundly, but Liu's voice was like a sharp blade that tore her sweet dream apart.
She said drowsily, "Oh, Mom, please stop disturbing me. Let me sleep a little longer."
"You can't sleep any more. You still have to take Wenjie to study at the teacher's house. If you go too late, you will be late."
After hearing these words, Qianhuan's mind finally became clearer, but unfortunately she felt that her eyes were like heavy stones and still found it difficult to open them.
She sat up with difficulty with her eyes closed. Liu handed her the coat and she began to put on her clothes with her eyes closed.
Liu couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. She frowned and asked in confusion: "Qianhuan, didn't you go to bed early last night? You usually get up quickly, why do you look so tired this morning? Did you not sleep well last night?"
Liu's words frightened Qianhuan so much that she shuddered. She must not let her parents know that she had sneaked out at night.
So she quickly opened her eyes, cheered herself up and explained, "Mom, no, I slept soundly last night."
"If you slept so soundly, why do you look so lazy this morning? You don't want to get up even though it's already bright?"
"I just happened to have a beautiful dream that morning, but I was woken up by your shout. Of course, I didn't want to get up."
Qianhuan slept too late last night, and now she got up so early, it would be strange if she didn't feel sleepy.
Liu smiled and said, "What kind of sweet dream did you have? You were so happy that you didn't even want to get up."
Qianhuan answered randomly, "I dreamed that I became a wealthy female businessman, with a house full of money that I could never spend."
"You kid, you can't take dreams seriously. Hurry up and get dressed, wash up, and then go have breakfast."
"Ah."
Before leaving, Qianhuan handed Liu twenty taels of silver and said, "Mother, take this money for household expenses. Just buy more delicious food and rice to eat. Your daughter has no shortage of money now."
Liu took the silver with a smile, "Okay, my daughter is capable now, and can take me and your father to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."
Today, Mr. Fan was giving a lecture while Qianhuan was yawning non-stop. Amidst all the yawning, she accidentally fell asleep on the table.
Seeing this, Mr. Fan could only shake his head helplessly.
In the past few days, Qianhuan followed Wenjie to listen to Mr. Fan's lectures. Mr. Fan felt that this child sometimes listened very seriously, but sometimes it was obvious that he was daydreaming. Now he actually fell asleep in the lecture hall.
No wonder he said he didn't want to be an official. He was probably self-aware and knew that with his lazy and casual personality, he might not be able to pass the imperial examination and gain fame even if he studied until he was old.
In fact, Mr. Fan really wronged Qianhuan. Qianhuan is the kind of person who will work very hard to learn something that interests her.
For example, when she was in modern times, she learned singing, dancing, sword dancing, and opera, and practiced hard day and night.
Even when she was in school, she took several courses on the languages of China's ethnic minorities and often found time to study on her own in the dormitory or library, so she became proficient in several ethnic minority languages.
When Mr. Fan was lecturing, she was sometimes serious and sometimes careless because when Mr. Fan talked about something she found useful, she would listen attentively.
But when it comes to boring things, she will lose her patience to listen.
For example, when Mr. Fan talked about etiquette, she listened very carefully. After all, this was an ancient cannibalistic society with a strict hierarchy. Although she might not be able to meet high-ranking officials, knowing some etiquette would only benefit her, not harm her.
However, when Mr. Fan talked about moral ethics and the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, she didn't want to listen to a word.
Especially when Mr. Fan talked about things like "the king is the leader of his subjects, the father is the leader of his sons, and the husband is the leader of his wife", she wanted to run away immediately. She didn't agree with many of his views at all, so how could she possibly listen to him?
For example, Mr. Fan just talked about something like "As a subject, you must be loyal to the emperor and love the country. If the emperor wants you to die, you have to die." Qianhuan thinks this is nonsense. Why should I have to die if the emperor wants me to?
Life is so precious, and she cherishes it very much. If she has not done anything illegal or committed any heinous crime, she would not surrender even if the emperor wanted her to die.
She tried every possible way to survive. If a rebellious person like her were pushed into a corner, she might just rise up in rebellion!