Da Lang finished eating the soup yuan, and as soon as Fang went out, he was met by a pair of hands stretched out. He glanced at the owner of the hands and sneered: "Now that the financial crisis is in the financial crisis, even the banker's family has no remaining tickets, you are young and strong, and you still have to reach out to me, and you haven't seen me and I haven't asked for many recommendation votes, have you been squeezed out of the homepage?" "All the officials are big, and I want to ask for more votes...... ）

Fengyutang is a big grain store in Lin'an City, and Meng Shaotang's Rishengzhuang is equally famous, the time is longer than Rishengzhuang, it is said that before the change of Jingkang, Fengyutang was originally opened in Bianliang, if it is counted from that time, there are more than 100 years of time.

Today, the owner of Fengyutang is named Huang Shaobin, and he is the leading figure on a par with Meng Shaotang in Lin'an Grain Store (Note 2). It's just that the two have always been at odds, Meng Shaotang can't get used to Huang Shaobin's reliance on Zuyin, and Huang Shaobin also looks down on Meng Shaotang's childishness. Meng Shaotang introduced Hu Fulang of "Baoxing" into Lin'an Grain Store, Huang Shaobin was disdainful at first, and later found that the flour of "Baoxing" was distinctive, he was jealous of Meng Shaotang's insight, and coveted the "Luban Secret Method" of "Baoxing", after finding out the owner of "Baoxing", he racked his brains to think about how to move this secret mill to his own house, and it happened that there was a guy in the store whose uncle's house was close to Yuzhuang Villa, so he promoted the guy to the second shopkeeper, and he came forward to buy off his uncle, That is, the patriarch of Luo Village is in a dilemma with Yuzhang Villa.

In Huang Shaobin's mind, although the family lives in Yuzhang Villa, it is not close to the royal family, but it does not even have a distant branch for several generations, and it is an orphan and widow, so it can be done by scaring it. But he never thought that the guy would come back in disgrace after only ten days, and with him came a letter from "Baoxing".

The letter did not say anything, but Hu Fulang, the big shopkeeper of "Baoxing", greeted Huang Shaobin on behalf of the owner, and as for the matter of Luo Village, he did not mention anything. Huang Shaobin has been able to compete with Meng Shaotang for decades, so he is naturally not an ordinary person, and after rewarding the messenger, he just pretended that nothing had happened, and sent that guy to Fengyutang's branch in Zhenjiang.

But both Huang Shaobin and Zhao Heju know in their hearts that this matter will not stop there.

On the night when Huang Shaobin received Hu Fulang's letter, Meng Shaotang also received a letter, and after he opened it, he said two regrets in succession.

The son Meng Zhengxian, who was standing on the side, was surprised when he heard this, so he asked, "Why is it a pity for Daddy?" ”

Meng Shaotang handed over the letter to Meng Zhengxian, and Meng Zhengxian took a cursory look at it, it was written by the person Meng Shaotang placed in Fengyu Hall, but it was just a few words, and Huang Shaobin's calculation of Yuzhang Villa could not be completed. Meng Zhengxian also said "It's a pity" when he saw it.

"It's good if both sides lose." Father and son looked at each other and smiled.

Although Zhao Heju knew that the matter of Fengyutang would not stop there, he did not have the strength to deal with Fengyutang at this time, and the only thing he could do was to ask the Zhuang Ding to take care of it carefully, so as not to let people steal the secrets of the mill and reeling car. He was busy all day, and he felt that time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the winter solstice arrived.

The winter solstice in the Song Dynasty is an important festival, not only the court has a big court banquet and drink, but also the people have a lot of liveliness. Women and children, all dressed in gorgeous costumes and decorations on the street to play, Dongyue Temple, City God Temple incense is very prosperous, the general store will even go on a three-day holiday, let the guys feast and drink games. (Note 3)

It was also an important day for the children in Zhao Jiayi School. Since entering Zhao Jiayi, they have been circling around Yuzhang Villa every day, and they have never entered the Shaoxing Mansion City, which is not far away. Although life in Yuzhang Villa is also very fulfilling, how can a child at this age not be greedy for fun. Zhao and Ju also knew that there was a reason for Zhang Youchi, so he had already announced that on the day of the winter solstice, all of them would be on holiday, and the top five in the last exam and the other three who performed well on the day of the week would go to the Shaoxing City God Temple with him to offer incense.

Therefore, when the winter solstice comes, the children are looking forward to it. The top five names in the last exam were known, but the list of the other three had not yet been released, and they would not be known until after the morning run. The top five in the exam were Chen Ren, Chen Zicheng, Geng Wan, Ou Bama and a boy named Meng Xisheng.

"Han Yu."

The first to be named was Han Yu, the eldest of the girls, which was not surprising, although she was shy and shy, she was extremely self-conscious, and took care of those young girls in life, and her female red weavers were the best, and even those skilled silk reeling women praised her when she went to reel the wheels.

"I'll order Han Yu out, but does anyone have an opinion?" Zhao and Ju looked around at the children, and as he expected, no one raised their hands.

"Dragon Twelve."

The second one to be named is Long Twelve, which is a bit surprising, since Long Twelve entered this righteous school, the exam has always been at the bottom, he is a man and silent, and he is extremely inconspicuous among everyone.

"I'll order Dragon Twelve to go out, but does anyone have an opinion?" Zhao Yoju asked again.

There were some small voices below, and after a while, a boy raised his hand and asked, "Da Lang, the Dragon Twelve exams have always been at the bottom, and they are not outstanding in the mill and reeling car." ”

"You're right." It was Li Ye who raised his hand, he no longer bullied other children now, and he was much more stable, but his bold temper has not changed, Zhao Youju nodded slightly, and then said: "But among you, if anyone asks himself if he strives to surpass the Dragon Twelve, he might as well raise his hand!" ”

As soon as Zhao and Ju said this, all the children looked awe-inspired. Long Twelve knew that his talent was not high, whether it was academic or manual, they redoubled their efforts, their daily routine was originally full, and the time for frolicking and resting was less than an hour and a half, and it was this time that Long Twelve also squeezed out and used it for homework, which can be described as a waste of sleep and food.

"I chose Dragon Twelve to tell you, hard-working people, the sky will not bear it, if the sky is negative, I will not bear it!" Although Zhao Heju is young and naïve, these words are scandium powerful when they hear the ears of the children: "If you don't have enough talent, then redouble your efforts to make up for it!" ”

These children are all through things, no matter how young they are, they are nine years old after this year, compared to the babies who are still coquettish in front of their parents in later generations, Zhao and Ju's words, they not only understand, but also firmly remember.

"Li Ye!"

As soon as the name of the third candidate came out, there was an immediate uproar, although it was a strict discipline in Yixue, but the choice of this Li Ye still made many people can't help but speak out, even Li Ye himself, who also opened his mouth with wide eyes and a face full of surprise.

"I'll order Li Ye out, but who has an opinion?" Zhao Youju asked again.

Immediately, more than half of the children stretched out their hands.

Zhao Youju didn't ask anyone to come out and ask, but motioned for them to put down their hands: "I know that you are not convinced, Li Ye is at the bottom of his studies, and he is not as clear as Han Yu and not as hard as Long Twelve, but he has caused a lot of trouble for Zhuang Shang." ”

Every time he said something, a child nodded, and after he finished speaking, he deliberately stopped, and then said: "However, you can pay attention, in the past two months, Li Ye has caused an incident once?" ”

Everyone shook their heads.

"In the past two months, Li Ye has bullied you?"

The crowd still shook their heads.

"In the past two months, whether it is studying or working, Li Ye has cheated and cheated?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"That's it, I chose Li Ye because he is changing, I want you to know that people are not sages, how can they be errorless, they can change their mistakes, and they are very good!"

The children were silent, only the low sobs were still ringing, and everyone looked at the cryer, and the person who cried was Li Ye.

Note 1: The ancients attached great importance to the clan, and often ranked them according to the eldest and youngest of the clan, and they were often called in this order.

Note 2: In the Song Dynasty, there were relatively mature industrial and commercial guilds, and the leaders of the guilds were called Xinglao. "Qingyuan Article Law • The Eighth for Politics" contains: tea shops, wine shops, brothels, restaurants, cabinet shops, horse teeth, unraveling warehouses, silver shops, hotels, each standing old.

Note 3: Contained in Song Zhoumi's "Old Stories of Wulin".