Before Fang Shaoze could start to introduce himself, Wei Chigong, who personally went to the Fang Mansion to invite Luo Qinghe, had already finished talking for him.

The man, who did not want to be named, listened and said suspiciously: "I vaguely remember that there is also a young man among the top 200 in this exam... What, could it be that you two are brothers? ”

Fang Shaoze's eyes darkened when he heard this, but he said in a calm tone: "He is my younger brother." This time, I fell ill on the way to Guangling, so I delayed the exam, and now I am preparing to go back to my hometown to fulfill my filial piety by my grandmother's side! ”

But the man, who did not want to be named, shook his head and said, "What are you doing so early?" Now that the saint has already planned to establish Taixue, most of them will still recruit talents again, you might as well stay and try again, I want your grandmother to let you come to Guangling, but also to seek a future! ”

Establishing Taixue? When Fang Shaoze heard this, he was overjoyed, and just wanted to ask carefully, but found that the man had already smiled and discussed the matter next to him. Fang Shaoze knew in his heart, most of the time there was no official news about this matter, and it was already interesting for this son to be able to give him a message like this, so he didn't ask again.

After a while, the pawns in Yu Chigong's mansion had already sent all kinds of beef, chicken legs, and mutton chops that Luo Qinghe had roasted to be oily and attractive, and several people at the wine table were full of praise for eating, and there were more and more wine jars piled up next to him.

After three rounds of drinking, these people actually drank more and more energetically, holding the wine jar and singing war songs loudly.

These people have all fought bloody battles on the battlefield, and their singing at the moment is a majestic aura that swallows thousands of miles like a tiger, which has attracted the other members of the Chiwu team in the house to be full of longing.

Fang Shaoze was also excited when he listened to it on the side, and he even longed for such a wanton and happy life.

Luo Qinghe just finished baking all the ingredients and came out to rest, and when he saw the yearning on Fang Shaoze's face, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, they are all people who were born several years earlier than you, and they naturally have a lot more experience than you!" But as long as you are good at business, one day you will always have this good buddy who is equivalent to you drinking and talking! ”

Is this true? Fang Shaoze felt that he had no bottom in his heart.

I have lived in Luo Quan's mansion since I was a child, and the people I have seen, except for my grandmother, are the subordinates of the Fang family and the uncles and aunts who don't want to see me, and there is really no close friend who can talk to him. Fang Shaoze even found that he didn't know how to have such a friend.

Seeing that he was stunned, Luo Qinghe comforted: "In fact, if everyone asks for nothing more than sincerity, as long as you treat others sincerely, there will naturally be many people who are willing to associate with you!" ”

Hearing this, Fang Shaoze couldn't help but yearn in his heart, yearning for the day when he could drink and talk and sing and dance on this moonlit night like Wei Chigong and his friends.

Even if he is singing and singing, he will burst into tears like Geng Wu, and he will be as stunned as Wei Chigong......

The time was approaching, and the people at the wine table were exhausted, so they were ready to say goodbye.

The man, who did not want to be named, said to Luo Qinghe with a smile before leaving: "Miss Luo, I have worked hard for you, this barbecue is extremely delicious!" ”

Luo Qinghe was complacent when he heard this praise, but suddenly remembered that his reward had not yet arrived, so he turned bitter.

Although everyone else was already drunk, although Wei Chigong, who had been making trouble for half a night, was slightly drunk, his spirit was very good: "Are you going back to Fangfu?" I'll send you away! I'm also going to wander around and sober up! ”

If it was normal, Fang Shaoze refused. But now he could see that Wei Chigong must have something in his heart that he couldn't let go of but didn't dare to mention at this time, otherwise he wouldn't have indulged so wantonly, laughed, or cried bitterly.

Fang Shaoze felt that this person was not a bad person, so it was better to accompany him to relax!

In fact, Luo Qinghe also felt that Wei Chigong had some thoughts at the moment, but now she was full of only her own bulging stomach, so she didn't care too much about Yu Chigong's thoughts.

The cold white moonlight quietly reflected the lonely bluestone slab, and the three of them looked a little confused and vain.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the door of the Fang Mansion, Wei Chigong said: "All the things that happened in my mansion tonight, please don't spread it, no matter who you are with, don't say it." ”

Fang Shaoze said solemnly: "Don't worry! ”

But Luo Qinghe was not serious again, and said with a smile: "Tonight, I will take this story back to Luoquan to publicize it, so that they can all see the pride and ambition of Wenyuan's soldiers!" ”

Wei Chigong knew that she was joking, so he shook his head nonchalantly, and said with a straight face: "Qinghe, thank you for coming tonight to give me this face!" ”

Luo Qinghe generously accepted it, and laughed: "That's, I'm not ordinary kindness!" ”

Perhaps it was the moonlight that fascinated people's hearts, and Wei Chigong suddenly asked softly, "Do you have a marriage contract?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Fang Shaoze's body suddenly stiffened.

Luo Qinghe said bluntly: "There used to be, but then the contract was broken by my husband's family." ”

Wei Chi Gong laughed loudly and said seriously: "Then you can marry me!" ”

may have limited his imagination due to etiquette, Fang Shaoze never expected that this Wei Chigong would propose so bluntly, and he was stunned on the spot.

But Luo Qinghe didn't have the slightest reserve of a woman, and said in a rough voice: "Give me a reason!" ”

Wei Chigong said without hesitation: "I'll give you three!" Because you are good-looking, cook deliciously, and have a good heart! ”

"That's right." Luo Qinghe said narcissistically.

Seeing that she was not as helpless as ordinary women when they were proposed, Wei Chigong said cheerfully: "What's the matter, you also like the master?" Yes! Tomorrow I will let people go to your hometown to be hired! ”

"Wait!"

Seeing that this marriage was about to be completed, Fang Shaoze finally couldn't bear it anymore, and looked at Wei Chigong with great disappointment: "General! You're drunk! Let's go back and rest! ”

But Wei Chigong stared at the star-bright eyes, and said with a straight face: "I'm not joking. ”

Fang Shaoze felt even more uncomfortable in his heart, and was about to speak, but suddenly heard Luo Qinghe chuckle and said, "I naturally know that you are not joking, but because of this, I can't agree." ”

Wei Chigong's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he said in a low voice: "Why?" ”

Luo Qinghe sighed and said confidently: "The girl in the goulan is beautiful, the cook in the restaurant is delicious, and the monk in the temple is kind-hearted!" With these virtues you mentioned, there are a lot of people in this world who can fulfill you! But my husband must not take a fancy to me just because of these points. ”

As soon as he heard this, Wei Chi Gong's slightly playful face suddenly sank, and he was very serious.

Seeing this, Fang Shaoze thought that Luo Qinghe had offended Wei Chi Gong, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Wei Chi, don't misunderstand, she loves nonsense!" ”

Although Fang Shaoze's words were so, he was already in a mood at the moment.

When Wei Chigong heard this, he shook his head: "It's okay, blame me for being rude!" ”

The three of them were saying this, but they suddenly saw a person coming out of the gate of the Fang Mansion, and they saw Fang Jinglin with a smile on his face: "General Wei Chi!" Why are you here at such a late hour? Come in and have a cup of tea! ”

Wei Chigong returned to his previous indifference, and said in a deep voice: "Don't bother." With that, he turned and walked away.

Fang Jinglin was troubled by the flattering words in his mouth, but he didn't have time to finish it, he could only swallow his saliva, but he didn't give up and stuffed an invitation into Fang Shaoze's hand and said, "Hurry up and chase it over, and hand it over to General Wei Chi!" ”

Fang Shaoze felt that it was not appropriate to do this now, and just wanted to refuse, but Lian Wei Chi Gong turned around and said, "Why do you want to send invitations?" ”

Seeing this, Fang Jinglin hurriedly laughed and said: "General Hui Wei Chi, it's just because the dog Fang Shaojun won the ranking in the exam, and the lower officials want to hold a celebration banquet to invite everyone to have fun!" ”

Returning his hand to take away the invitation in Fang Shaoze's hand, Wei Chigong nodded and said, "Cheng." ”

Seeing that the plague god nodded, Fang Jinglin was ecstatic, nodded and said, "General Xie Weichi appreciates his face!" ”

Glancing at Fang Jinglin indifferently, Wei Chigong nodded and walked straight away.

Looking at Wei Chigong's back, Fang Jinglin suddenly felt that Luo Qinghe was very much an eyesore, so he said impatiently: "You retreat first, Shaoze, you come with me." ”

But Fang Shaoze frowned, didn't leave Luo Qinghe one step, and said lightly: "Please forgive me, Lord Fang, I'm a little drunk today and it's not suitable for discussion, please talk about it another day." ”

In fact, even if he didn't go, Fang Shaoze knew what Fang Jinglin was looking for him.

Luo Qinghe also cooperated after hearing this: "Master Fang, the eldest young master has indeed been drinking a lot, and he is not very sober at the moment, please talk about it another day." Saying that, Luo Qinghe was very careful to support Fang Shaoze, and Fang Shaoze also leaned towards Luo Qinghe's side with a heart.

Looking at the slightly reddish and slightly drunk state of his own son, Fang Jinglin suddenly glanced at Fang Shaoze with a deep meaning, waved his hand and let the two of them in.

But looking at his wolf-grandmother-like smile, Luo Qinghe only felt a chill on his back.

When Luo Qinghe responsibly sent the "drunk" Fang Shaoze back to the bedroom, Fang Shaoze awkwardly took out a silver ticket from his arms and stuffed it to Luo Qinghe, saying, "This is a thank you gift for leading me to make friends!" ”

Seeing that Fang Shaoze seemed to be in a good mood at this time, Luo Qinghe reacted very quickly and hit the railway while it was hot: "Wow! Young Master, you are really the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, a heavenly immortal! But..."Luo Qinghe said, pretending to be sad and stuffed the silver back again, and said timidly: "I want to earn money through my own skills, so instead of giving me a reward, you might as well let me go out for a while, and when we go back to Luoquan in the future, I won't be left with regrets, right?" ”

After the stimulation of Fang Cai's drinking game, Fang Shaoze's state of mind had actually changed: when he heard that he had the opportunity to be rewarded for his ambition, the irrepressible feeling in his heart was only the same as Luo Qinghe, who wanted to go out and fight.

Thinking of this, Fang Shaoze finally nodded, and said with a straight face: "What you said makes sense." But I also have conditions, when you go out to set up a stall, you must let Granny Wen go with you, and you are not allowed to go to Fengyue places such as Qinglou, if you have any plans in the future, you must discuss with me! Can you do these three things? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Luo Qinghe originally wanted to test it, but he didn't expect Fang Shaoze to really agree! Luo Qinghe's heart suddenly burst into ecstasy, where do he care about so many rules and regulations, hurriedly nodded again and again, and said in his heart: No matter how much he is, let's do business first!

Seeing her so happy, Fang Shaoze couldn't help laughing and said, "You can take this money, just because of my support for you." Don't be too embarrassed about yourself, if you have difficulties, hire a capable person from outside to help you, and the people in the province will look at people's eyes! ”

"Sure enough, it is Young Master Fang who cares about me the most!" Luo Qinghe only has heartfelt thanks in his heart at this moment.

But when Fang Shaoze heard this, his ears were slightly red, and he said awkwardly: "What are you talking nonsense!" Let's go back to sleep! ”

Geng Wu, who had just left Wei Chi Mansion with the unnamed man, thought about it, and then turned back to find Yu Chi Gong.

When he walked to the entrance of the alley, Geng Wu saw Wei Chigong, who was walking alone in a daze.

Hurriedly stepped up to meet him, Geng Wu hesitated a little and said: "Actually, I still have something to tell you, eldest brother, he ......."

Unexpectedly, Wei Chigong frowned when he heard this, pushed him away, and walked forward by himself.

Geng Wu's original hesitation was also dissipated, and he said angrily at Wei Chigong's back: "Wei Chigong, are you willing to fall all the time!" ”

Wei Chigong did not stop when he heard this, and said sadly: "Actually, I have always hoped that time can be turned back. ”

"And that's just a pipe dream! Big brother he ......"

"I don't want to hear it!" Wei Chigong suddenly roared, as if he didn't dare to stay any longer, and walked away quickly with pain on his face.

Walking all the way to a secluded and uninhabited corner in this way, Wei Chigong hammered his chest painfully, and let the tears roll down.

In the hazy eyes of tears, he seemed to see a slender figure that looked like Luo Qinghe, and the woman giggled, which made Wei Chigong feel bright and bright for a moment.

However, an illusion is an illusion after all, and Wei Chigong closed his eyes sadly and did not move for a long time.

Early in the morning of the second day

Aunt Zhou went to Fangfu early in the morning to find Luo Qinghe. It happened that Fang Shaoze was also there, but this time he didn't say much, just asked Granny Wen to pay attention to the movement here, and left Fang Mansion with Fang Shaojun.

The reason why the two of them went out together without anyone else for the first time was because Fang Jinglin personally summoned them together early in the morning, handed over the invitation to participate in Fang Shaojun's celebration banquet to the two, and let them go out together.

Fang Shaojun knew in his heart that his father just wanted to take this opportunity to let Fang Shaoze show his face in front of various families. Although he had some bad feelings in his heart, Fang Shaojun did not object, and honestly led Fang Shaoze away.

As soon as the two of them stepped out of the gate of the Fang Mansion, Fang Shaojun remembered what the Qin clan had said to him yesterday. Looking at his brother's face, Fang Shaojun couldn't help but ask about yesterday's situation.

Fang Shaoze only said that he went to Wei Chigong to barbecue with Luo Qinghe yesterday, although Fang Shaojun was still a little skeptical, but if he investigated further, he was afraid that it would be a little rude, and Fang Shaojun would not be embarrassed to ask in detail.

And when Fang Shaojun led Fang Shaoze to see the gentleman who taught him, he unexpectedly learned that his brother, who grew up in a remote place, turned out to be the personal disciple of Mr. Zhao Rongyin Zhao, a master in the literary world, coupled with seeing his own teacher's polite attitude towards Fang Shaoze, the nameless jealousy made Fang Shaojun's heart finally have a gap between Fang Shaoze.

He once tried to treat Fang Shaoze as his brother, but why did Fang Shaoze hide so many things from himself?

The reason why Aunt Zhou came to Luo Qinghe early in the morning was actually because of Aunt Fang's entrustment.

As soon as he heard the three words "Xicui Pavilion", Luo Qinghe refused without hesitation: "Aunt Zhou, it's not that I don't want to help you, but the eldest young master has already forbidden me to go out of the Qinglou." ”

Although the reason given by Luo Qinghe was that Fang Shaoze did not allow it, in fact, she had no intention of going back at all, after all, the place in the Qinglou was not suitable for a girl like herself who had not been out of the pavilion to go in and out often.

Seeing that Luo Qinghe refused so happily, Aunt Zhou also calmed down: "Miss Luo, I came to you to talk about this matter just to hinder Aunt Fang's face, in fact, I don't want you to go to that place in my heart." But since you have your own calculations, then... Can you bring me one? ”

Luo Qinghe thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "Aunt Zhou, I know that you have a straightforward temperament and don't like those twists and turns, so I also have something to say." We are both strong people, and if we both call the shots, I'm afraid there will be a lot of disputes, so if you make up your mind to do business with me, then you have to listen to my arrangement. ”

"How?"

"In the future, I will decide all the major and minor matters in the business, you only need to invest twenty taels of silver as an investment, and then be responsible for the work of selling. But I will not give you a monthly salary, but 20% of your daily profits, and if you want to withdraw one day, I will return the full amount of the 20 taels to you. ”

But Aunt Zhou thought about it carefully, but hesitated: "But... Isn't 20% a little less? The twenty percent you gave Aunt Fang didn't have the cost cut when it was calculated! ”

Luo Qinghe said patiently: "The reason why I gave Aunt Fang more than I gave you was mainly because I used Aunt Fang's kitchen, seasonings and ingredients when selling meat skewers that day, and Aunt Fang had customers in her hands, and the second little guy helped sell Zhang Luo." If Aunt Zhou can also do this, I am naturally willing to give you more silver. ”

As soon as she heard this, Aunt Zhou was suddenly a little ashamed: in fact, she knew in her heart that the treatment Luo Qinghe gave her was good enough, after all, Luo Qinghe would eventually return the twenty taels of silver she paid. And whether it is doing business with Luo Qinghe or selling it by herself, her workload is the same, and she doesn't have to bear the risk of not being able to sell the goods in her hands when she does business with Luo Qinghe, no matter how you think about it, she actually earns it.

It's just that people are so insatiable, seeing that Luo Qinghe agreed so happily, Aunt Zhou couldn't help but want more.

Luo Qinghe also knows her thoughts, but everyone is self-made, and she is already quite worthy of Aunt Zhou's conditions, if she bargains with herself at this time, she doesn't know how she will take advantage of herself when she is doing business at that time!

The two discussed again, and after agreeing on all the conditions, they rolled up their sleeves vigorously and began to prepare.

The first important thing in preparing a rice noodle stall is to prepare the ingredients.

Granny Wen actually looked down on the work of the back kitchen from the bottom of her heart, she always thought that the people in the back kitchen did some hard work, and their status was much lower than that of her own subordinates who served the master in front of her. But helplessly, this was ordered by Fang Shaoze personally, no matter how unhappy Granny Wen was in her heart, she could only follow Luo Qinghe honestly.

didn't think about it, the three of them asked about the big and small shops on Juying Street, and they didn't find anyone who sold rice noodles.

Walking to the grain shop, Luo Qinghe still did not give up and carefully described the appearance of the rice noodles with the shopkeeper: "It is a white round strip of rice noodles, which tastes slippery and smooth, and looks quite elastic when clamped!" ”

The shopkeeper thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Girl, everyone is open to do business, if we really have it, can we not sell it to you!" ”

Hearing this, Granny Wen was a little happy: "That's it, it may be that God won't let you do business!" ”

Aunt Zhou, who had been trying her best to help Luo Qinghe find it, was also a little lost at this time, but at this time, the shopkeeper of the grain shop suddenly had a flash of inspiration and hurriedly said, "Girl! Did you say that thing was a little transparent before it was cooked, and it turned white when it was cooked? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Have you seen it! Luo Qinghe, who was already desperate, came to his senses when he heard this.

The shopkeeper nodded, and said patiently: "Girl, what you are talking about is the food of the empty Sang country in the south, but the name is not rice noodles, but 'Zong', which can also be called 'Chaoji'." Once upon a time, I had met caravans from the country of Kongsang, and I had heard them mention them. But this thing doesn't seem to be able to hold... I remember that I also know a person from Kongsang Country, who should be on Zhuxi Street, otherwise you can ask? ”

Luo Qinghe's just ignited hope was extinguished by a basin of cold water. I can buy this thing everywhere, so what's the use of asking for it? After all, the workload of cooking rice noodles by himself is already large enough, and if you even have to make this rice noodles yourself, then the workload must not be cost-effective.

But if you can't sell rice noodles, what will you do with the business you just planned?

Seeing that Luo Qinghe, who was still full of fighting spirit, was already disappointed at the moment, Aunt Zhou hurriedly comforted: "It's okay Miss Luo, if you can't sell rice noodles, you can still sell meat skewers!" The left and right are making money, and the difference is not big! ”

But when it's cold, who can sit in the cold wind and drink and play skewers? Luo Qinghe shook his head, and just wanted to go home and re-plan, but suddenly saw a boy pinching a few gourds with scorched yellow gourds on both sides, and ran over happily.

Luo Qinghe suddenly felt that he saw hope.

Fang Mansion.