Shen Lingqiu's chopsticks stopped in mid-air, the steaming iron pot was rumbling, and the woods were burning in the stove, and the smell of rice wafted from time to time. Shen Lingqiu still picked up a piece of ham and meat, chewed it carefully for more than thirty times, and then asked a little suspiciously: "What do you call me? Don't you think that you have a deep friendship with me?"

Qin Chuan didn't answer, but drank all the wine in the cup, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the blackened pig's head meat. The shopkeeper is extremely skillful in burning the pork hair on the surface with firewood to add the flavor of the firewood, and then soaking it in aged soy sauce for seven days before taking it out and cutting it into thin slices.

Qin Chuan sandwiched a piece of Chaotian pepper, and said casually: "I have seen the speed of your defense today, if you are in Ningzhou City, you will definitely be able to enter the local academy, and it is not difficult to go to the capital to take the big exam, why do you have to go to Qingzhou City and rob us poor people? Is it just to prove that you Ningzhou scholars have overpowered Qingzhou City." Or do you want to see if the White Deer Academy is already sunset, as others say?"

Shen Lingqiu didn't care about her face at the moment, but she was eating very happily in this small restaurant, only to see her pour the tofu into the boiling pot, and then said with satisfaction: "What's the matter, now that the White Deer Academy is no longer on the stage, don't you let us talk about it?" I think that back then in Longguo, the White Deer Academy was a holy place in the hearts of scholars, and some people even laughed and said that those who left the White Deer Academy and entered the Tai Academy were eight out of ten. But now in the Tai Academy in this capital, can you meet a few scholars from Qingzhou City?"

Qin Chuan poured himself full of wine, but he didn't believe what Shen Lingqiu said. Since Meng Qing said that Shen Lingqiu was the Shen family, one of the four major families in Ningzhou City, then she was definitely not an ordinary person, and she would definitely not come to Qingzhou City so boring. And she is so handsome, there must be a lot of difficulties and obstacles along the way, for a girl who has no power to protect herself, sometimes being handsome is a danger.

This reminded Qin Chuan of Li Xiuyan, who saved his life at Guanshankou, and compared with Shen Lingqiu, both of them were from the four major families in Ningzhou, but the style of action of the two was completely different, so Qin Chuan didn't believe that Shen Lingqiu was just here to come, but she didn't want to say it.

At this moment, Guan Lang suddenly remembered that Shen Lingqiu looked down on the scholars in Qingzhou City, but now it was not easy to put on a face when sitting at a table, so Guan Lang was also very curious: "Yes, Qin Chuan said that you saved his life today, and then I knew that you were definitely not an ordinary person, and you would not come here for no reason." Why don't you say it and see if we can help you, after all, we have been in Qingzhou City for a long time, and we are more familiar with the world than you. ”

Shen Lingqiu smiled bitterly at this time, took a cup from the side and poured it full of wine, and after drinking it, he said: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the Shen family in Ningzhou City is no exception. I was born as a concubine, and I was not treated well by others, and my wife only wanted to marry me to the son of the Chen family, so that the position of the Shen family would be as stable as Mount Tai. Therefore, if I continued to stay in Ningzhou City, the local academy would definitely not let me participate in the spring examination because of the Shen family's affection. In desperation, I had to hide in the dart car with Aunt Zhi and escaped, I wanted to go to the capital to see the world, but I knew that this was the dart car to Qingzhou City, and in desperation, I could only participate in the spring test of Qingzhou City. ”

Qin Chuan asked a little puzzled: "Why doesn't the Shen family let you take the capital exam?" Now that the Longguo is prosperous, many women have both ability and political integrity, even I know in Qingzhou City that the 'female book saint' Wei Yuyan, the 'poetry everyone' Feng Ximo and others, for the family, it is a family blessing to have this woman, and I really don't understand their move." ”

Not everyone can empathize with all the sufferings in the world. Shen Lingqiu lowered his head and ate the fragrant spring bamboo shoots, as if he wanted to forget about Ningzhou, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Marrying the Chen family in Ningzhou, I can't participate in the capital exam, so I escaped on the day of marriage, for the people of the Shen family, I am a shame for the family, maybe the killer of the Shen family has set out from Ningzhou to find me everywhere, there is a way to take advantage of the poetry and wine, and today I can eat such a mountain delicacies, which is not worth the trip." ”

When Qin Chuan heard about the Chen family in Ningzhou, he suddenly remembered Chen Xiangyuan, who was not dealing with Li Xiuyan, and heard that he was also one of the four major families in Ningzhou, and he was also quite famous in Ningzhou City, so Qin Chuan opened his mouth and asked: "The person you are married to, but Chen Xiangyuan of the Chen family in Ningzhou?"

Shen Lingqiu was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't know why Qin Chuan guessed this person, and he was secretly afraid that he would have a good time drinking, so he actually told the secret thing. If Qin Chuan is a person with a heart, he will definitely find a way to arrest himself back, and then his wife will definitely be beaten and locked in the dungeon, and it will be difficult to see the light of day in this life.

It's just that Shen Lingqiu didn't know why, but he believed in Qin Chuan very much, as if he knew that he would definitely not do this: "What, you also want to make a fortune? ”

Qin Chuan shook his head: "I was having a banquet at Zhang Yuanwai's house in Qingzhou City before, and my husband's family was Li Xiuyan in Ningzhou. Therefore, when I heard you say that the Chen family in Ningzhou, I thought it should be Chen Xiangyuan. ”

Shen Lingqiu sighed: "This Li Xiuyan's life is not easy, he was forced by Chen Xiangyuan step by step, and several businesses were robbed. ”

After listening to this, Qin Chuan took some small cabbage from the stove, looked very tender, and shouted that the store added some chicken soup and boiled it, in the slightly cold spring, the cotton jacket on this body was very warm, and after adding two bowls of firewood rice with strong wine and spring bamboo shoots and meat slices, his mind was sweaty for a while, and he ate with relish.

The shopkeeper waiting next to the stove saw that Qin Chuan was so edible, and brought a small plate of beans and dried radish from the side, which was drizzled with a few drops of sesame oil and sprinkled with green onions, which was very appetizing to look at.

Qin Chuan asked Guan Lang: "Have you eaten enough?" If it's not enough, let's add more!"

Guan Lang drank fresh spring bamboo shoot soup, and pulled a few mouthfuls of rice on the fried bacon chop with Chaotian pepper, eating a mouth full of oil, and a few grains of rice stuck to the corners of his mouth, which looked very indecent.

However, Shen Lingqiu looked a little gentle, seeing that no one was talking, he ate half a bowl of rice for a long time, and when Qin Chuan and Guan Lang finished eating, there was still a lot of rice left in this bowl.

Seeing this, Qin Chuan put the last few peanuts into his mouth, poured the last drop of wine, and said with satisfaction: "Guan Lang gave me crucian carp soup a few days ago, so I invite you to this meal today, don't be polite to me." ”。

Guan Lang was about to take out the silver money to settle the bill, and when he came to the gambling house with good luck that day, although he took back forty taels of silver at the last moment, he still earned a lot of silver money with Qin Chuan. However, since Qin Chuan said that he had a treat today, Guan Lang did not refuse.

Qin Chuan got up at this time, and after settling the account at the store, he said to Shen Lingqiu: "Today you stand up for me, tomorrow I will stand up for you!"