Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Book of Business
Returning to Chuqiu County again, Fan Ming's mood has changed completely, because this time he is the master here!
Thinking about the embarrassment of the first time, and the apprehension of the second time, this time he seemed much calmer, and he no longer felt unfamiliar, this time Chen Siliang did not come, and Fan Ming and the other two students from the neighboring village.
The two students were the sons of the squires of the neighboring village, and they had already arranged their quarters in the city, and when they reached the city gates, someone had already come to pick them up.
After greeting him with a smile and leaving, Fan Ming began to walk to the city alone with the bookcase, this time he didn't plan to sleep in the bunk again, the new house has not yet been handed over, he plans to find a cheaper inn to live in first, and then live directly in the new house after the new house is handed over in two days.
He thought about simply borrowing it to live in Guangji Temple outside the city, and remembered that Fan Zhongyan did the same back then.
Just as he passed through the city gate, he vaguely heard a shout, as if he was calling his name, it was a male voice, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, there were not many people he knew in Chuqiu County, and someone would shout his name, looking for the voice, and found that it was Xiaoqi, the little girl who led him to Chuqiu County last time.
This little guy seemed to have been waiting for a long time, a layer of sweat had appeared densely on his forehead, and his face had become red due to the rapid running, and he was already out of breath when he ran in front of Fan Ming.
walked over and asked, "Xiao Qi, are you waiting for me on purpose?" ”
Xiao Qi nodded vigorously, "Yes, Childe, I finally waited for you, I've been waiting for you here for a day." ”
"Waited a day?" Fan Ming was puzzled, "Who told you to wait for me here?" ”
"It was ordered by Sister Xiangxue!" Xiao Qi came up and said, "Fifth master, come and give me the salute, you're tired of picking so far, let's go back to the shop." ”
"Back to the shop?" Fan Ming suddenly understood a rough idea in his heart, knowing that this should be arranged by Xiangxue behind his back, for fear that he would refuse, he had arranged everything in private to wait for him, but he didn't mention it to him before he came, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
After thinking about it, he shook his head, "No need, I'd better go directly to the county school, you go back first." ”
Xiao Qi suddenly drooped his head, "Childe, you are going to scold me again." ”
Fan Ming couldn't help but laugh and rubbed his head, "Okay, just follow me today and be a scholar for me." ”
"Hmm." Hearing Fan Ming's words, Xiao Qi suddenly became happy again.
Originally, Fan Ming was going to find Wang Jiaxuan, but on the first day he entered the county school, he didn't know what the song was, so he should go to the county school to report first, you must know that people who study are the most important rules, and it is not cost-effective to lose a casual reputation.
All the way through the county, along the way kept looking at the surrounding shops, thinking about buying something, by the way to visit Sun Xuezheng, before coming he heard the two students from other villages mention, the first official meeting must be presented as a gift, to show respect, the name is "bundle", this is the rule.
Besides, Sun Xuezheng estimated that he helped himself a lot in the last county school screening, if he didn't buy some gifts to thank him, he would not be a man.
However, he was a little hesitant about what to send, and he didn't know Sun Xuezheng's preferences, it was estimated that it was a little inappropriate to give too much courtesy, and it was even more disrespectful to give it too badly, so he hesitated for a while.
When I was struggling with my nerves, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Childe, this son, stay here." ”
Fan Ming looked back, but it was an acquaintance, it turned out to be the shopkeeper in the pen and ink shop who wanted to blackmail Sun Xuezheng last time, turned around and asked, "The shopkeeper is calling me?" ”
The shopkeeper smiled and nodded, "Exactly." ”
Fan Ming couldn't help but wonder for a while, it stands to reason that he ruined his good deeds last time, and this shopkeeper should hate himself, why does it seem to be quite affectionate now, "I don't know what the shopkeeper has to teach?" ”
"Dare to ask Childe if you still remember me?"
Fan Ming couldn't help but nodded, "Of course I remember!" ”
"Can you take a step to speak?" Although the smiling face of the shopkeeper made him feel very uncomfortable, he couldn't lose face, so he had to follow the shopkeeper into his shop, and after sitting down, there was a greeting, and the shopkeeper finally entered the topic, "I have offended a lot before, I hope that Gongzi will not keep it in mind, there is something in the small shop that wants Gongzi to help, it is very difficult to speak, and today's coincidence, I have to pull down this face after all." ”
"What's the matter, the shopkeeper just tell me to listen, as long as I can do it, I will try to help." Fan Ming was impatient, so he simply asked him to finish talking and send him away, he still knew how many catties and taels he had, and what use value he could have.
"I didn't know it was Sun Xuezheng last time, all ......" The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I guess that Gongzi must be a student of the county school, and he has a lot to do with Sun Xuezheng. ”
The shopkeeper smiled while taking out a copper coin wrapped in red paper from the side, which looked consistent, and the boss was generous!
"This ......" he was completely sure that Sun Xuezheng didn't take this matter to heart at all, but he didn't dare to take the money for no reason, "this ...... I'm afraid I'm not talking that useful. ”
"Hmm...... In fact, the invitation of Gongzi to come in this time was not entirely because of Sun Xuezheng's matter. The shopkeeper paused a little when he said this, looked at Fan Ming's face carefully, and smiled, "Useful, useful, in addition, it is actually just a good relationship with the son, in the future, the county school classmates will definitely use a lot of pen and ink, rather than buying it from other houses, it is better to buy it at my house, and then ask the son to say a few kind words in front of the classmates." ”
"Haha." Fan Ming couldn't help laughing suddenly, nodded the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, you can do business." ”
The shopkeeper was also bright, and raised his hand slightly, "I'm ashamed." ”
After thinking about it, Fan Ming still accepted the money, "Okay, in the future, I will come to you to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but if you are a thief, then you have to be careful, not everyone wants Sun Xuezheng to be so easy to talk to." ”
"That's that, I understand." The shopkeeper bowed in fear.
The shopkeeper Wu rolled his eyes and said, "In this way, I will give Gongzi a pair of pen and ink, how about asking Gongzi to hand it over to Sun Xuezheng?" ”
The enthusiasm of the shopkeeper Wu made Fan Ming a little unbearable, as if he had been a friend for decades, and finally had to bring a pair of encapsulated pens and ink to finally get rid of the entanglement of the shopkeeper Wu.
After coming out, he couldn't help but smile slightly in his heart, thinking that he hadn't thought of giving Sun Xuezheng anything, but now someone has prepared a gift for himself, just a broken pen and ink, and I don't know if Sun Xuezheng will be satisfied, if he is not satisfied, he will have to look at other people's faces in the future.
Forget it, the right to send this pen and ink by yourself, if it is shabby, it will be shabby, who will make your family poor.
After thinking about it, I was faintly unconvinced, thinking that I could only earn it by doing hard labor for a month in Qinghe, but now it is so simple that someone will send the consistent money, and it is just such a 'little thing', just because I saw the identity of the student in this county, some people rushed to send money to themselves for no reason.
The class gap is a little too obvious!