Chapter 419 Middlemen make the difference
Sun Shan regretted for a moment that he had said something against his will, but he still said to De Ge'er with his neck stiff, "De Ge, did you hear me? Settle down and get married, and give me a little Dezi next year."
This made De Ge'er so angry that he rolled his eyes. He was upset and chased Sun Shan to play with him. Finally, he let Sun Shan go after Sun Shan gave him a beautiful slingshot.
De Ge'er carefully examined the slingshot, tried it out, and found it very handy. He praised, "Shanzi really understands me and knows that I like slingshots the most. The slingshots from Changsha Prefecture are really good, and the quality is top-notch."
Sun Shan and De Ge'er chatted for a whole morning, and in the afternoon De Ge'er brought Yang Qingbei over.
Sun Shan stared at Yang Qingbei for several times. He looked exactly like the handsome boy he had remembered.
Yang Qingbei looks like a pretty boy, especially when compared with Sun Shan, the dark-faced boy, he looks even paler.
Looking at Yang Qingbei, who was half a head taller than him, Sun Shan said with a smile: "Qingbei, you are here. Come and sit down. I haven't seen you for a long time. You are still the same as before. You haven't changed at all."
Sun Shan pulled Yang Qingbei to sit down. Yang Qingbei said with a little excitement: "Ashan, I heard from De Ge'er that you were back, so I came to see you. I haven't seen you for three years. You are thinner and darker than before. Is it because studying is too stressful?"
Yang Qingbei's voice is just like his appearance, gentle and kind. He is a very gentle boy.
Sun Shan nodded and said, "Qingdao and Peking University, you are right. There is always someone better than you. When I arrived at Yuelu Academy, I realized that I was mediocre and my knowledge was not as good as I thought. So I had to work harder to catch up with others, but unfortunately, I could never catch up."
Yang Qingbei said quickly: "Ashan, don't say such discouraging words, you are the smartest one."
De Geer echoed, "Shanzi, Qingbei is right. In our hearts, you are the smartest and most powerful."
Sun Shan looked at his two childhood friends with emotion, and took out a painting depicting the beautiful scenery of Changsha from his bedroom. He smiled and said, "I brought this back from Changsha Prefecture. I'm giving it to you. I know you like painting."
Yang Qingbei eagerly opened the painting and saw the magnificent scenery of Changsha. He was moved and said, "Ashan, I like it very much. Thank you."
Sun Shan also asked Qingbei why he got married so early. After all, he got married at the age of fifteen. In Sun Shan's impression, there was only Yang Qingbei.
Yang Qingbei's face and ears were red as he said, "It was my mother who decided. Parents' orders cannot be disobeyed."
It turns out that the girl's mother and Mrs. Yang, the mother of Peking University and Tsinghua University, are close friends.
The girl's mother saw that she was ill and would not live long, so she threw away her reputation and went to find Madam Yang, hoping that her daughter would marry her while she still had energy.
Mrs. Yang originally liked her best friend's daughter, so she agreed.
So even though Yang Qingbei was still young, they got married.
Yang Qingbei also told Sun Shan in confidence that the reason he married off his daughter regardless of the consequences was because the girl's father was not very kind to her and her daughter, and the girl's mother was afraid that if she passed away, her daughter would be sold.
More importantly, the girl's mother has a dowry. If she wants to give all the dowry to her daughter, she can only marry her off while she is still alive.
Yang Qingbei said a little embarrassedly: "Jin has a younger brother born to her aunt."
Jin is Yang Qingbei’s wife.
After hearing this, Sun Shan understood. No wonder Jin's mother was in such a hurry to marry her daughter off.
If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather, and Jin’s father has always been a “stepfather”.
If Jin's mother is not a fool, she will definitely find a marriage for her daughter and marry her off while she is still alive.
Obviously Jin's mother was not stupid, she chose her best friend's son.
As for whether the son-in-law is good or not, that is a matter for the future. The only thing that is certain is that if the father is not good, neither the stepmother nor the concubine will be good either.
If you gamble, you still have a 50% chance of winning; if you don’t gamble, you lose everything.
As Sun Shan listened to this secret, he thought to himself that Yang Qingbei really did not treat him as an outsider. This sincerity had been preserved from childhood to the present, and Sun Shan was deeply moved.
Sun Shan smiled and said, "Qingbei, since this is the case, treat your wife and children well and be a good husband and father."
Speaking of his father, De Geer chuckled: "I never thought that among the three of us, the youngest Qingbei would get married first and become a father first, haha. Qingbei, you are really amazing."
The boy from the Qingbei family was born not long ago and is still in swaddling clothes.
Sun Shan took out a few more gold nuggets and said with a smile, "Uncle doesn't have anything good to give to my nephew, so take these back and let my nephew play with them. I'll go see him when I have a chance."
Yang Qingbei quickly said no, but Sun Shan said nonsense in all seriousness: "These gold nuggets were given to me by my eldest cousin. They were won by the first place winner of the second class. Qingbei, I give them to my nephew, hoping that he can pass the exam like my eldest cousin."
Sun Shan knew that Qingbei had always wanted to take the imperial examination but had no chance, so he hoped that his son could help him fulfill his wish.
Sure enough, when Yang Qingbei heard that the golden nude was won by a Jinshi, he was very happy to take it and said gratefully: "Ashan, I thank you on behalf of my son. I hope he will be a good student as you said. I dare not think about passing the imperial examination, but I will be very satisfied if I can pass the examination and become a scholar."
Sun Shan, Yang Qingbei and De Ge'er looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Yang Qingbei brought some special products from Yangjia Village. Sun Shan and the other two chatted freely for an entire afternoon. Yang Qingbei left only after having dinner.
On the fifth day after Sun Shan came back, he finally saw Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun.
Early in the morning, Sun Shan was reading in the yard. Uncle Sun rushed in, pulled Sun Shan over, and said in surprise, "Shanzi, you are finally back. That's great."
Then Aunt Sun San came in, pulled Sun Shan to the other side, looked at Sun Shan carefully, looked at the book in Sun Shan's hand, and said happily: "Shanzi, not bad. You are still so diligent in reading after coming back. It seems that you will definitely pass the provincial examination this time. Our Sun family will be able to hold a banquet for the candidates soon."
Sun Shan looked at his uncle and aunt. They had become darker and thinner than they were three years ago, and of course, more energetic.
I heard from Sun Boming that Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun started working as middlemen, collecting mountain products from the surrounding villages and were not at home all day.
The reason why Sun Shan hadn't seen them for so long since he came back was because they went out to collect mountain products, and they would be gone for several days at a time.
The thing is, my third cousin He Shusheng opened a mountain goods store, and Guang'er worked as a waiter there.
Sun Bomin helped his relatives and friends collect mountain products, and took the opportunity to transport the products to sell while transporting New Year flowers and oranges.
At the beginning, the demand for mountain products was not high. Later, as the store grew bigger, the demand increased, so Sunjia Village needed to collect more mountain products.
Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun saw a business opportunity in this. They thought that Sun Bomin was helping people sell mountain products, but he didn't make a penny. He was like a fool, working for nothing. How could that be? We couldn't let others take advantage of us!
Besides, Guang'er was working there as a clerk, so it would be more appropriate for the couple to take over the business, so they took it over.
Take advantage of the slack season to collect mountain products.
Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun lowered the price on this side, while the other side kept the normal price, so they became middlemen and made a profit from the difference.
Later, I collected more and more, and made more and more money.
Earn more and more, and receive more and more.
So the couple went out all day, collecting mountain products from all over the country.