After seeing the group of female examinees leave, Cao Yan and Luo Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead because of the hot weather.

"Master, I can't sleep on such a hot day, so let's go out for a walk." Luo Ming asked.

Lin Yiru and the others had already gone back to the room to rest and entertain.

On such a hot day, no one can sleep too early.

After eating, the women went to play mahjong in the backyard.

They are military generals, and they really have nothing in common with these literati.

And there is a water-powered fan in the backyard room that Cao Yan asked the children to make, so they should occupy the place.

Now there are only Cao Yan and Luo Ming left in the front yard.

"You don't read anymore?" Cao Yan asked suspiciously.

Some time ago, Luo Ming still had a dead liver and an attitude of looking at death as long as he didn't die, why did he change sex today?

"What's so good about this, I have taken the exam, and I won't fail in the palace exam, just go to the exam, and then the election of officials will depend on their abilities." Luo Ming said very easily, he is not afraid of the election of officials, one of his two uncles is in the Ministry of Officials, and the other is in the Ministry of Households, both of which are departments of real power, and there is an invisible boss Xiang Yixin behind him, and he is afraid of a wool!

Cao Yan pursed his lips, although this sound harsh, but it is the truth.

Cao Yan recently checked the imperial examination from the founding of Great Chu to the present.

Found a very interesting question.

That is, I used to think that I was very awesome if I was admitted to the top prize, what did I marry Bai Fumei and go to the peak of my life.

In fact, this is just an illusion of oneself.

The bigwigs in the court, who is not from the imperial examination? Some of them just didn't get the top prize, and they don't think they're worse than you.

In fact, being admitted to the top prize is just for your future officialdom, adding so many points.

In the future, whether you can go through or not depends on your own level and whether you can get opportunities or help from nobles.

Take Da Chu as an example, in the past hundred years, a total of more than thirty or forty champions have been produced, and in the end, only six or seven of them have been mixed, and the others have been hovering in the position of fifth, sixth, and seventh rank officials until their deaths, which is extremely sad.

However, seeing what Luo Ming said freely, Cao Yan must be true.

"As long as you're not afraid," Cao Yan pulled open his collar and fanned the wind, letting the heat in his body evaporate a little, and wiped the sweat on his head: "It's so hot this day, by the way, what about your fan?" Go get one for me. ”

Cao Yan remembered that last year, Luo Ming, a kid, fanned him in front of him with a fan every day, but he was threatened by Xiang Yixin later, and was knocked over by Zhang Muer, and after the fan fell into the river, he didn't see him take it.

"Master, don't you say that I forgot, now that I see the county lord, I don't dare to bring a fan, junior, go and bring me and Master's fan."

"Got it, young master."

……

When the fan was brought, Cao Yan took it and held it in his hand, and suddenly felt a burst of sandalwood wafting in, and the fan bones were carefully polished from sandalwood.

With a "brush", the fan was opened by Cao Yan.

The fan surface is made of transparent silk, and then the picture is embroidered on the fan surface with very fine silk threads, which is a contrasting embroidery method, on one side is a night picture of the river scene, and on the other side is the words of Cao Yan's "Qingyu Case Yuan Xi".

The embroidery process and its exquisiteness, fully take into account the opening and closing of the fan, and will not appear when the silk thread does not fit, from the fineness of the silk thread and the tightness of the stitches, Cao Yan secretly estimated that embroidering these things, within a few months, you don't have to think about it.

And under the fan, a pendant of mutton fat jade fell off, which was very warm and smooth to the touch.

Let Cao Yan secretly guess that if this is auctioned in the next thousand years, I don't know how much this thing can be sold for?

Well, wait that day to call Luo Ming, the fat man, and ask his family to help him make a hundred, collect it himself, and leave a valuable wealth for his descendants.

……

"Where are you going?" Cao Yan took the fan and fanned it, a refreshing cool breeze blew, and it was also a little fragrant, it felt quite cool and refreshing.

"Master, don't you bring a sword?" Luo Ming looked at Cao Yan who was empty-handed and asked.

"What kind of sword do you bring? Then the stuff is heavy. "Cao Yan doesn't want to carry such a heavy thing by himself, the sword is too heavy, and the waist will be folded on the waist, and the back is on the back, and it is so hot this day, so how much do you have to think about it?

"It's okay, just let the junior carry it."

"Him?" Cao Yan looked at Luo Xiaosan, who was crying on the side, and smiled.

How heavy that sword was, Luo Xiaosan had taken it, and let him carry it all night, he felt desperate when he thought about it.

"Forget it, I have weapons with them, so I don't have to bother so much."

Luo Ming looked Cao Yan up and down a few times, not suspecting that Cao Yan was lying to him, but wanting to see where Cao Yan's weapon was, the last time he was assassinated at the door of Cao Yan's house, he had seen Cao Yan suddenly take out a sword.

And he also knew from Cao Yan's little followers that Cao Yan actually had a set of immortal armor, and he usually didn't know where to hide, but he could suddenly appear, and last time he saw Cao Yan throw out an iron plate to protect himself and avoid being shot into a hedgehog.

"Don't look at it, let's go!" Cao Yan patted Luo Ming, who was in a daze, and said.

……

Luo Xiaosan helped the two bring the carriage.

got into the carriage, Luo Ming asked, "Do you want to call Xia Haibo and them, there are many people and many people who come up with ideas." ”

When playing, it must be more interesting when there are more people, and those people are still old fritters who came a few months before the two, and when you go out with them, you will definitely be able to see those new things with beautiful corners.

Cao Yan didn't refuse, nodded and said, "Let's go, go and call them." ”

Xia Haibo: Their home is not far from here, about half an hour away.

When the carriage of the two walked to Xiahou Mansion.

Menzi saw the carriage of the two from a distance and had already greeted them.

"Go and call Xia Yanzi out." Luo Ming commanded the door outside through the window of the carriage.

"Hey, Master Luo, the little marquis went out with a few other colleagues before it got dark."

"Those who are unjust." When Luo Ming heard this, he immediately scolded.

He also knew that now that he and Cao Yan were family members, and he also took an errand today, Xia Haibo should be afraid that the two of them would not be available, so he didn't call the two.

"Master, why don't we go shopping by ourselves and see if we can meet them on the street."

"That's all it can be."

……

Sitting in the carriage, looking through the window at the bustling night scene on the side of the street.

and the endless flow of people.

"Master, is there anything you want to go?" Luo Ming asked.

Cao Yan was stunned, he knew where a hammer was.

But just when he was about to say that he didn't know, a question suddenly popped up in his mind: "Luo Fatzi asks you a few questions." ”

"What's the problem? You name it! ”

"Are you familiar with this Jingshi?"

"It's quite familiar, I always have to come here a few times a year."

"Oh, then do you know a woman named Master Li?"

"Master Li?" Luo Ming frowned, thought for a while, and then asked Cao Yan with a little doubt: "Is it Xiang Lao's granddaughter?" Good for singing? ”

Little singing? It should be good at singing, which is recorded in history, but who is Xiang Lao? What is a righteous granddaughter?

Seeing Cao Yan's confused face, Luo Ming was puzzled: "Isn't it?" ”

"It should be." Cao Yan remembered that there was no Daojun Emperor of art in this world: "Let's talk about it." ”

"What's there to say about this, isn't it Xiang Lao's righteous granddaughter."

"Who's that old man?"

"Isn't it? You don't even know him? ”

Cao Yan glanced at Luo Ming, no one told him about this thing, and he didn't want to ask, how did he know?

Seeing Cao Yan's expression, Luo Ming also knew that Cao Yan really didn't know: "Xiang Lao is Xiang Yongfeng, one of the five elders of the Xiang family." ”

Now Cao Yan is even more confused, who are the five elders of this family?

"I can't say these two sentences clearly," Luo Ming looked at the street scene outside: "It's just time to get to the place, let's go down and talk while drinking tea." ”

"What kind of tea are you drinking this big night?" Cao Yan was a little puzzled.

"Alas, Master, I don't want to, but this is Jingshi, if you want a good place, you have to make an appointment in advance, that's it, wait if there is a place to talk about it." Luo Ming was also a little helpless, the two decided to come out a little later, like Jingshi, a place with rich nightlife, coming out late means that those good programs have no chance with you.

Saying this, Cao Yan also remembered the scene he saw with Xiang Haoxuan in Fanlou that night.

That's really a sea of people.

And there are people from all countries.

The location is really hard to find.

At this time, a doctor came to him, with a professional bright smile, looked at Cao Yan and the two, and said with a smile: "Two guest officers, please inside, I don't know how many guests there are in total?" ”

The doctors at this time were not those highly educated people in later generations.

It refers to the laborers who serve in the restaurant called "Xingcai" and "Overselling", but some places like to add a "doctor" and call it "Dr. Tea, Rice and Wine"

In addition to being hospitable and good at socializing, these service staff must at least have several skills: First, they must know the names and prices of all the food in the store.

The customers ordered several things that were hot, cold, fried, and boiled, and the doctors had to pass them to the reporting kitchen in one go; When checking out, it must also be calculated one by one, and there can be no mistakes.

Second, it requires superb skills, in the peak season, such as Fanlou's "door bed horse road" has many customers, in order to improve the efficiency of food delivery, it is often necessary to use a few small wooden boards to overlap and stack one or two dozen bowls and shelves, like a stack of walls, once sent, distributed to different customer tables, this can not be sloppy at all, otherwise it is a dish to break people and get out.

Third, as for the perception of faces, understanding the mentality and needs of different customers, how to make customers satisfied, and coming again next time, this requires higher ability.

Generally, there are dozens of "doctors" in the Liuda Hotel, such as the five three-story buildings of the Fan Building, there are more than 20 levels, and each level also requires at least two doctors, and the entire Fan Building employs a total of forty or fifty "doctors" to open the situation.

And last time, because Xiang Haoxuan took everyone there, it was a shopkeeper-level mother who went out in person, and the later dishes were also served by some young and beautiful maids, so Cao Yan didn't see these doctors.

Cao Yan took the time to look at the restaurant behind the doctor, which read, "The Su family orders tea." ”

Cao Yan once saw this tea in Jiangning Mansion, how can you say it?

A little different from the current tea, it is brewed with tea powder, to put it bluntly, it is the tea made from broken tea foam, of course, this is not really made with broken tea, but with a tea mallet, tea grinding, tea grinding and a complete set of tea utensils actively crushed, more like Japanese matcha - it is said that the Japanese tea ceremony is to beat China's Tang and Song dynasties.

When ordering tea, some women with advanced skills will use a tea whisk to blow the tea soup when ordering tea, and use the reaction between the tea powder and boiling water to point out various lifelike patterns in the tea cup, such as a flower, a bush of bamboo, a small bird, a small fish, and a landscape painting...... It's a bit like coffee shops nowadays with coffee and milk, mixing with each other to create some nice patterns.

When I saw it in Jiangning Mansion, I was stunned for a moment, and I was still thinking about starting a live broadcast at this time, I don't know how many fans I can attract to reward!

But Luo Ming, who went to play together, said that the level was nothing, and he would bring Cao Yan to see the authentic one another day.

Unexpectedly, after many months, he still remembers.

"Just two! Is Eighth Sister free? Luo Ming handed over a 100-fast coupon and asked.

At this time, the title of this sister does not refer to women older than the two, but if there are many sisters in a family, they are not called in order of size, such as the second sister, when the eldest is called, the eldest sister, but when the third is called, it is not called the third sister, but the third sister, the fourth sister, and so on.

"Thank you, guest officer, but I'm sorry, the eighth sister has already made an appointment today, and now the third sister is free, I don't know the two guests, do you need the third sister to entertain?" The doctor accepted Luo Ming's bounty, and his attitude suddenly became even more dedicated than just now.

"Third sister?"

"Yes, in fact, the little one quietly told the two of them that many of the skills of the eighth sister were taught by the third sister." The doctor looked around, and saw that no one was around, so he whispered.

In fact, what kind of skills at this time, how to say, is family inheritance, some rich shops, will adopt some young children, pass on some of their skills to them, let them make money for themselves.

This is very common at this time.

And this Su family's tea was opened by a family surnamed Su.

What kind of third sister and eighth sister are these, they are the tea girls cultivated by the shopkeeper, and it is unknown how many of these women are biological.

Hearing the doctor's words, Luo Ming, the profiteer, still didn't understand: "What? Who are you that third sister? Do you recommend so hard? ”

"Hehe," the doctor was not embarrassed: "After this year, the shopkeeper is going to recruit me to the door and let the third sister marry me." ”

Cao Yan and the others also understood what he meant, they should have seen Cao Yan and the two of them dressed, and they were quite generous, so they wanted to push the benefits on their own mouth.

"I see! Then the third sister, if it's not good, I'll make trouble for you! Luo Ming smiled.

"Don't worry, as long as the guest officer is not satisfied, you can find a small account at any time." The doctor happily led the two to an empty private room. ()