The four of them went to bed very late and wanted to sleep a little longer in the morning, but as soon as it was dawn, the four women came and banged on the door.

It turns out that someone died in Yuzhongfang yesterday afternoon. I ordered a shroud from her house and a coffin from next door. Since I had to hold a funeral, I couldn’t save paper money for paper figures, so I came early in the morning to ask Zhu Zhu to prepare it quickly, and later put the coffin and shroud together.

Send it to others together.

You can't make much money by working as a clerk in the yamen. If there is a business coming to your door, you have to do it. Zhu Zhu doesn't dare to be lazy, and Han Xiufeng also rushes to help prepare.

Pan Er didn't understand this and didn't want to get involved in such an unlucky thing, so he simply got Da Tou up and started a fire to wash rice and cook. Zhu Zhu and Han Xiufeng prepared the paper money and paper figures unhurriedly, and the breakfast was just in time cooked.

After dinner, Han Xiufeng went upstairs and took out two banknotes and dozens of pennies, and said: "Da Tou, Brother Pan and I went out to buy something. Zhu Zhu doesn't know whether to go out or not, whether he goes out or not."

When you go out, you have to stay at home for me."

Maybe it was because I was frightened by the beating of people to death two days ago, and I didn't sleep well for two consecutive nights, so I slept well last night. I thought that this gloomy place was not haunted at night, and there should be nothing going on during the day.

He was much more courageous than before, and he actually grinned and said: "Fourth brother, are you going to the street to pull cloth to make me new clothes?"

"Yes." Han Xiufeng said yes, but in his heart he was thinking that you, a melon, don't know anything besides new clothes.

"Then you go quickly, I won't run around, I will stay at home."

"Okay, remember what you said."

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Pan Er was a restless person. As soon as he went out, he asked happily: "Fourth brother, should we pull a few feet of cloth first, or find someone to make an inkstone box first?"

As Han Xiufeng walked, he nodded and greeted the neighbors who were unloading the door and preparing to do business. He smiled and said: "There is no need to go to the cloth shop. I told Siniang just now that she will help me pull the cloth. Anyway, she owns the clothes."

She knows how to do it, how much and how little, how can we two grown men understand this?"

"That's true," Pan Er thought about it and asked, "Fourth brother, how many clothes do you plan to make for Datou?"

"Going out is not as good as being at home, and you can't dress like a beggar. I asked Si Niang to help him make three pairs of clothes, two for spring and autumn, and one for cotton. If he can make it in time, I can help him make a few pairs of shoes."

"Fourth brother, you are so kind to him. Meeting you is a blessing that his little son has cultivated for eight lifetimes."

"The main reason is that he is pitiful. He has no father or mother since he was a child, and he grew up playing tricks with me and Zhuzi. When I was young, because I came from the countryside, and because Zhuzi's family worked as a gangster, we were often bullied by the kids around us.

I can’t remember how I met Datou. Anyway, since I met him, I called him every time we fought. Zhuzi and I have never been bullied again. We were just bullies." Thinking back to when we were children.

Han Xiufeng couldn't help laughing.

Pan Er couldn't help laughing and asked: "Fourth brother, so Datou liked fighting when he was a child?"

"It's not that he likes him, it's because no one plays with him except me and Zhuzi! Doesn't he have a father and a mother? He usually doesn't even have a meal, let alone clothes. He's so tall and he's running around with his butt naked, and he's covered in blood.

He's dirty and his brain doesn't work well, so the kids in the streets not only don't play with him, they're also afraid of him."

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Zhuzi has been working for his father since he was a child. He has seen so many dead people, so why should he be afraid of the living? My uncle and I stayed at Zhuzi's house as soon as we entered the city. We have seen a lot of dead people, and we are not afraid of them either. Besides, Datou.

It will be easier to coax him now than it is now. As long as you give him something to eat, he will do whatever you ask him to do, and he will rush to fight whoever you ask him to fight."

Pan Er suddenly envied Han Xiufeng, and even envied Zhuzi. He felt that Han Xiufeng and Zhuzi were more playful than he was when he was a child. Thinking that he was always taught a lesson by the old man and his eldest brother Pan Changxi when he was a child, he felt very uncomfortable and quickly changed the topic: "Four

Brother, if we don’t go to Buzhuang, where should we go first?”

"Let's make the inkstone box first. You don't usually go into the city, so you don't know where to look for it."

"Yes, the county is so big. If I were to go out on the streets alone, I would be really dizzy and unable to find my home."

"I happen to know an old carpenter who can do these things. He specializes in making boxes for rouge shops and jewelry shops. His work is very beautiful. Sometimes he also helps others carve patterns, trace gold on the boxes and inlaid with Western mirrors. He should be able to make an inkstone box as well.

Down."

Pan Er pondered: "That's for sure, just look for him. But Fourth Brother, what we are making is an inkstone box for scholars. I think the materials must be good, but the style cannot be too fancy.

The more primitive it looks, the better, what do you think?"

Han Xiufeng thought his words made sense and couldn't help but smile: "Brother Pan, your family runs a pawn shop. You have watched your father and your brother collecting things on the cabinet since you were a child. In terms of eyesight, I am far behind."

.How to make the inkstone box is up to you. If you encounter these things in the future, it will be up to you."

"Fourth brother, you didn't expect that I, Pan Changsheng, could be of some use, right?"

"In the words of Sage Kong, this is called "three people must have my teacher". In the jargon, it is called "specializing in your art."

"It doesn't matter if you don't follow the teacher, don't say you can't attack. I, Pan Changsheng, only have this little ability. It's really hard for me to do other things." Pan Er suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment, and thought about it again.

Asked: "Fourth brother, where shall we go after finishing the box?"

"Go to Daotai Yamen."

"What are you doing at Daotai Yamen?"

Han Xiufeng subconsciously touched the banknote in his arms and said helplessly: "Didn't I donate an official? Aren't we going to the capital to fill the vacancy immediately? Since I donated an official and want to be an official, naturally I can't lose it.

Official uniforms. I originally thought I would wait until I got to the capital to buy them. After all, there are more officials in the capital and there are more official uniforms for sale. It would cost less money to buy them. However, it is not that easy to get on the ship that transports Yunnan copper. I don’t have official uniforms.

I will be looked down upon even more by those luck officials, so I can only spend more money to buy one first."

Pan Er asked curiously: "Does Daotai Yamen sell official uniforms?"

"Daotai Yamen is not a Zhizao Mansion, so how can it sell official uniforms?"

"Didn't you say you went to Daotai Yamen to buy it?"

Han Xiufeng smiled and explained patiently: "Daotai Yamen does not sell official uniforms, but Daotai's official uniforms do. Didn't Uncle Liu, who was working as a scribe in the door room of Daotai Yamen, come here the night before yesterday? He said that Daotai Yamen does not sell official uniforms.

Ambassador Cang of the yamen has just donated a seventh-grade official uniform. Naturally, the former ninth-grade official uniform is no longer needed. Let’s go and ask if we can sell it to me at a cheaper price.”

Pan Er murmured: "Fourth brother, why is the court like this? You have already donated your official posts, so why do you still need to buy official uniforms yourself?"

"That's how the imperial court is," Han Xiufeng touched the corner of his nose and said with a smile, "Don't talk about me, a ninth-grade sesame official who donated money. Even the minister of military aircraft and the governor-general have to make their own purchases. You may not believe it when I tell you, those things
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