434 Obvious Flattery
They couldn’t help but praise Xue Yan’s excellent handwriting, which was even better than the writings they see at home. “These words are really well written.”
Jinshan’s mother, Li Qingshu’s mother, and the other men who were sitting down stretched their necks and looked over. They also felt that Xue Yan’s handwriting was well-written. Even though they were actually illiterate, they could still appreciate the sharp stroke of each word.
However, they had heard from the village chief that Xue Yan’s handwriting was very good, so no one was surprised.
“My little brother studied for three years,” Xue Sifu said with a smile.
“At such a young age?” The two of them were a little surprised, and then they nodded in approval.”It’s good to be educated at such a young age. We haven’t been educated, but when we followed our masters, we learned a lot of words. The words your brother wrote are not difficult to recognize. We learnt a few words so we can recognize them.”
“You both have bright futures ahead. You can even read a few words! If it were me, I probably wouldn’t be able to read a few words even after following those families for ten to twenty years.”
These two people’s faces were glowing red. They were shy from the compliment that Sanfu gave.
Sifu was too good at talking. Jiang Yue and Xue Yan had heard too much of his tricks and were numb to it. However, if their Sifu did learn from a young master, he should be able to recognize words even if he did not learn. They believed in his intelligence.
When he wrote the deposit, Xue Yan stopped writing, raised his head and asked the two, “How much are you guys paying?”
“The Yan Manor is a hundred silvers, right? I went back to ask my master yesterday and he said he would also pay a hundred silver.” As the man spoke, he took out a hundred silvers and placed them on the small table.
“I’ve also asked my master, and he also said a hundred silver will be paid upfront.” The other person also took out a hundred silver.
Jinshan’s mother and the others were all stunned, their mouths wide open. It was so big that it could fit a whole shirt.
Li Qingshu’s mother’s scooping basket for the cooked rice noodles almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, she reacted in time and caught it.
Jiang Yue was still grinding the ink. She was very calm and composed.
Xue Yan was also very calm. He wrote a deposit of 100 silver on the paper, and then wrote some other things before signing.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue opened the small box that contained the red ink.
Xue Yan didn’t need Sifu to come, he just put his finger into the ink and pressed his fingerprint.
It didn’t matter who pressed the fingerprint, as long as it was pressed, it would become official.
This was a written receipt from the Xue family, so the buyer didn’t have to sign or stamp anything, but the buyer could sign, draw, and stamp anything.
However, the two of them felt that it was too troublesome to make another one and that this was enough. They immediately took a document each.
Xue Yan had left the exact same bottom line for the final settlement.
Xue Sifu saw the two of them take the documents, so he put away the two silver notes on the table, each worth a hundred pieces of silver.
“We agreed that the ice must be delivered before noon. It’s written in the document. If it’s not delivered, we’ll come and bring trouble to you.” The two men jokingly said.
Xue Sifu laughed repeatedly, “Don’t worry, don’t worry. I’ll definitely deliver it by today.”If you don’t, our stall is right here. The document also states where we live, so you can come and find us there! Haha!”
“You’re right.” The two of them laughed again and were relieved. “We shall head back and wait for the ice. Thank you.”
