Fei Er Ye handed over the account book and a register book to Han Xiufeng, and called Pan Er to come in and help pack up the things in the east wing, and move to the third room in the west with the books piled up in the hall. In this way, his old man changed from the head of the Chongqing Association to the head of the Beijing Association to the entrance examination, and even took the trouble to say that he would pay two taels of silver according to the regulations of the Association, and let the Association owe him forty-five taels of li.

Han Xiufeng was ridiculed, so he could only be the second landlord, and he could only bear a debt of forty-three taels in a daze.

Pan Er was also very depressed, and ran back and muttered: "Fourth brother, I knew that this would happen, and I can't promise him anything to do if I die!" ”

"The raw rice has been cooked by his old man's family, and it is useless to say it now." Han Xiufeng opened the register and motioned for him to sharpen the ink.

"What to write?" Pan Er asked curiously.

"None of us are from Beijing, we are all from other places. The second master said that the government would divide the date according to the month, check the cycle number book one by one, interrogate in detail, and not allow people of unknown origin to be kept. Therefore, we have to register our names, places of origin, and reasons for coming to Beijing, and then go to the first chief and ask the first chief to enter them into the circulation number book. ”

"Fourth brother, do you recognize Captain A?"

"I'm a newcomer like you, how can I know the first captain here, register first, register and go to the neighbors to inquire."

"Leave this matter to me, I know the right brother Huang."

"Okay, register first."

Han Xiufeng carefully filled out the registration book, asked Pan Er to bring 500 yuan to find Chief A, and went to his own house to take out a few letterheads brought from his hometown, and returned to the hall to write a letter to his father-in-law who was far away in Ba County.

The son-in-law knelt down

The father-in-law was blessed with peace and greetings to the whole family, and arrived in Beijing on the eighth day of the lunar month, and stayed in the Chongqing Hall with a letter from the old man......

Write a good copy, just because Qin'er is illiterate, even if she writes a letter to her family, she doesn't know what it means, regret, there is a sound of calling the door outside. Immediately afterwards, an official man wearing a five-grade civil official uniform and a warm hat followed the big man in.

"Young master, this old man asked me where I came from......"

As soon as the big man's voice fell, the official who had just come in stared at Han Xiufeng and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Listening to the accent, he knew that he was a fellow countryman, Han Xiufeng got up and arched his hand: "You are Master Qian, the late born Han Xiufeng, the word Zhixing, just came from his hometown in Ba County." Second Master Fei was old, and he had to prepare for the spring festival of the coming year, so he studied hard to read the books of sages, so he asked the late students to take over the care of the guild hall for him. ”

"You know me?"

"Second Master Fei mentioned you."

"You just asked you to take care of the guild hall, why don't I know about such a big deal!"

"Second Master Fei thought about discussing it with you, but he didn't wait for you after waiting all night. His old man was so anxious that he would take the late student to the provincial pavilion early this morning to finish the seal, and then take the late student to the old man's mansion to report to him......"

Master Ji didn't object, Qian Junchen naturally didn't want to say anything, looked down at the family letter on the table that had not dried the ink, and asked curiously: "Brother Zhixing, so you are also here to try?" ”

"Let Master Qian smile, Zhixing is a cold person, and he can't get famous, so he can only donate a nine-grade inspection, and this time he is here to confess. Unexpectedly, as soon as Second Master Fei saw Master Gu's letter, he insisted on letting Zhixing take over the care of the guild hall for him. ”

"Which Master Gu?" Qian Junchen asked subconsciously.

Han Xiufeng looked up at the statute of the guild hall posted on the wall: "I advocated the construction of this guild hall back then, and now I have stepped down from Jiangxi Province and returned to my hometown. ”

"I said that Brother Bowen and Second Master should rest assured that they will hand over the guild hall to you, it turned out to be Master Gu's people." Qian Junchen sat down at the square table, looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile and said, "Brother Zhixing, since you are here to confess, it is only an expedient measure to be the first thing in this nominal guild hall." ”

"This is natural, and when I fill the gap, I have to take office."

"Is there an eyebrow to fill the gap?"

"When I went to the provincial embassy in the morning to seal the knot, I entrusted Director Zhang, I don't know if there are eyebrows, and the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, and now I can only wait."

"Director Zhang's door is quite wide, but he is so busy, he may not be able to rest assured about your affairs."

Second Master Fei reminded that the debt in front of him was high, and Han Xiufeng didn't want to be surrounded by him, so he pretended to be careless and said: "Let Master Qian bother, I didn't spend much silver to donate this Jiupin inspection, it is naturally good to make up for it, and it is nothing if I can't make it up." This time I came to the capital, one is to try my luck, the other is to see the world, it is better to read thousands of books than to walk thousands of miles, Mr. Qian, do you say? ”

Qian Junchen thought to himself that the Jiupin inspection, the official with a bigger sesame seed, not to mention that he may not be able to make up for it, even if he made up for this official, it would not be interesting, so he didn't move to help Han Xiufeng find a way to find a way, but changed his words: "Brother Zhixing, brother, I have encountered something and am in a hurry to use the money, can you lend me two hundred taels for a few days." ”

Borrow money as soon as you meet, and borrow it for two hundred taels!

Not to mention that Second Master Fei had reminded him earlier, even if he didn't remind Han Xiufeng, he wouldn't borrow it, and subconsciously scratched his neck: "Master Qian, if I had two hundred taels, I would have taken it to Curator Zhang to help me fill the vacancy." I'm not afraid of your jokes, and it is precisely because I have no money that I agreed to Fei Erye to help take care of the guild hall, so I did this thankless first job. ”

The creditors found the yamen at noon, and Qian Junchen was forced to have no choice, so he asked: "Brother Zhixing, if you don't have two hundred taels, how much do you have?" ”

"If I lend you a few taels of food money, what will I eat and drink in the future?"

"You don't believe my brother!"

"Where can I be, I am powerless, and I can't help it." Han Xiufeng didn't want to waste words with him, so he simply opened the account book and said with an embarrassed face: "Master Qian, even if you don't come back today, I will go to you in the next few days." According to the agreement, you have to pay two taels of museum fees for borrowing and living here, and it can be seen from the account that you have lived for three years and have not paid the museum fees. ”

"No way, I remember to hand it in!"

"But there is no account on it, or I'll ask the second master."

Qian Junchen didn't expect Han Xiufeng to actually take chicken feathers as an arrow, and just took over from Second Master Fei to take care of the hall and collect the museum fee, he immediately stood up, and said with a gloomy face: "Second Elder Fei is confused, he must have forgotten to keep accounts." ”

"Master Qian, the second master is old but not confused, look at this account, one by one, it is clear."

Thinking that Fei Er's old immortal seemed to be in the courtyard, Qian Junchen didn't dare to quibble anymore, and said stupidly: "That's why I forgot, I still have some things, go first, and I'll talk about it later." ”

"Master Qian, don't be in a hurry to leave, take a sip of tea."

"Don't drink it," Thinking that the creditor was likely to come to the door again, Qian Junchen walked to the door and turned back and said: "I have to be on duty in the yamen these days, and it is inconvenient to run around, so I packed my luggage and moved to live near the yamen." If someone comes looking for me, they say I've moved away. ”

"Move today?" Han Xiufeng got up and asked.

"Move now, move now!"