When Shen Mingtang followed Ma Jiu to meet the dragon shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce Branch, he answered the errand, and the monthly money was quickly finalized, and when he came back, he saw Shen Xi, Shen Mingtang sighed faintly: "Qilang, it turns out that the Chamber of Commerce is so good, I don't want to leave." ”

As the manager of the Chamber of Commerce, 800 yuan a month, food and housing, no hard labor and someone to call, such a good errand can not be found in Ninghua County.

Shen Mingtang entered the provincial capital for the first time, in addition to seeing the prosperity of the provincial capital, he also found a job that made him want to do it for a long time.

It's a pity that the old lady's order can't be disobeyed, after Shen Mingwen and Shen Xi's exams are over, he will return to his hometown and continue to go to Wang's house to work as a coolie.

In addition to being annoyed, Shen Mingtang also began to wonder if the old lady had made all the decisions wisely and correctly.

Shen Mingtang's main job is to help take care of the warehouse.

The goods transported from land and water to the headquarters of the Fuzhou branch of the Chamber of Commerce, after warehousing, will be transferred to the major shops in the city, the shopkeepers of these shops are basically from Tingzhou Mansion, they do not trust outsiders, afraid that the guys will sneak or even make trouble in secret, and they need to be taken care of by a special person, so that Shen Mingtang will sleep there at night.

On the second day after he stayed here, Shen Xi gave the innkeeper Yin two taels of silver for the next two months. Shopkeeper Yin hurriedly excused himself: "Little shopkeeper, this is too much, right?" Do you want to eat big fish every day? ”

Two taels of silver are divided into seventy days, not even thirty yuan a day, the consumption level of the provincial capital is still very high, if thirty yuan is to live at home, you can still eat better, but if you live in an inn, the people in the inn buy vegetables for you to cook, and it is not easy to get a little meat in one of the three meals.

But the shopkeeper Yin didn't want to earn Shen Xi's silver at all, and handed over two taels of silver, but people still felt that it was too much, and they wanted to buy good wine and food for Shen Xi.

Shen Xi didn't expect that Shopkeeper Yin was such a sincere person, and Shen Xi had also inquired about the surrounding inns in the past two days. In the off-season, it costs forty or fifty wen a day to go to the room, but now it is the peak season for candidates to enter the city, and it is only once in three years, and the surrounding guest rooms have generally risen to seventy or eighty wen a day.

Shen Xi felt a little apologetic in his heart. smiled: "Shopkeeper, you can just get some light side dishes, if you really eat well, you will raise people to be arrogant, and it will be difficult to do well in the exam." ”

Shopkeeper Yin thought about it. Said: "Little shopkeeper, then look at it below, the dishes will not be too exquisite, you can take care of it more." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, it would be good to have side dishes at every meal, but if you still want to be exquisite, it is not for the exam, but for the scenery.

Shen Mingwen and Shen Xi lived for a few days, and on the third day of the sixth lunar month, Shen Xi was reading books in the room. The shopkeeper came over and knocked on the door: "Shen Gongzi, there is a Su Gongzi downstairs who is coming to visit, can you see it?" ”

Shopkeeper Yin had an order, he couldn't come up and disturb Shen Xi and Shen Mingwen reading, and the shopkeeper was a little embarrassed when he said this. As soon as Shen Xi heard it, he knew that Su Tong had come to the door, and he couldn't recognize a few people who took the township test with him, and Su Tong was one of the few friends.

"I'll come now." Shen Xi put away the books, closed the windows by the way, and then went out. saw Shen Mingwen also open the door and walked out.

Shen Mingwen asked, "Qilang, is this Su Gongzi the one from the east of Ninghua City?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head and said, "It's my friend in Fucheng." ”

Shen Mingwen had a little disappointment on his face: "I don't know...... But it's okay, it's okay to go out for a walk together, and your third uncle has been the same for the past two days. Come and see without looking at us, this is just to make money and throw us away. ”

Shen Xi secretly thought: "If it weren't for the third uncle holding the money bag, would you want him to come?" ”

Shen Xi said: "This Su Gongzi is not very hospitable, so don't go uncle." ”

Shen Mingwen made a "tsk" sound in his mouth, looking extremely disdainful: "Young man, don't bully the elderly." You're far from experience! When this Su Gongzi entered the provincial capital, he could inquire everywhere and find you, how much more friendship does this person have? If he asks you, it's nothing more than me......"

Shen Xi didn't expect Shen Mingwen to be so shrewd, and was thinking about how to excuse himself, Su Tong had already come upstairs and greeted Shen Xi with a smile on his face: "Brother Shen, you let me find it easily, if I hadn't heard that there was an inn of our Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce by the White Horse River, I really didn't know that you were hiding in this good place." ”

Su Tong and Shen Xi entered the room, opened the window and looked around, and asked for the store money, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Such a good place, bright and transparent, with pleasant scenery, even I want to move here...... I'm going to ask the shopkeeper if there's any room available......"

Shen Xi didn't want to add a burden to Shopkeeper Yin for no reason, and said with a smile: "The inn has been full for the past two days, and Master Su is afraid that he will be late." ”

Su Tong was surprised: "It's too late to come two months in advance?" Then I have to leave sooner next time...... Haha, no, no, no, I should have taken the test once, and I think this sign will not be very good next time! ”

Just as Shen Xi and Su Tong were talking, Shen Mingwen, who was hanging aside, interjected: "This Su Gongzi is dignified, and at first glance, it is not a thing in the pool. Why don't you go out for a walk together and have a cup of tea? ”

Only then did Shen Xi remember that he had forgotten to introduce Su Tong to his wonderful uncle. When Su informed Shen Mingwen's identity, with a little respect, he saluted: "It turned out to be Uncle Shen, and the juniors are polite." ”

Shen Mingwen looked very generous: "No need to be polite, just go out for a cup of tea together." ”

Su Tong was surprised, why did Shen Mingwen have to invite him out for tea, didn't this inn provide tea?

Thinking about it again, even if Shen Mingwen wanted to use the excuse of "drinking tea" to eat wine and feast, with the current status of the Shen family in the Chamber of Commerce and the silver number, there is still a little bit missing?

He didn't know that the Chamber of Commerce and the Silver Account had nothing to do with the Ninghua Shen family, everything was under the name of the Zhou family, and it was all operated by the Zhou family's good sister Hui Niang. Although Shen Xi is rich, he has been pretending to be poor, and Shen Mingwen, who seems to be respected in the Shen family, has no eldest son now, so he is waiting to eat and drink.

Su Tong didn't know what to do: "Uncle Shen and Brother Shen always study hard after they arrive in the provincial capital, which is not conducive to improving their studies, so they should really go out to relax...... What does Brother Shen think? ”

Shen Xi nodded: "It's okay." ”

It's not that he wants to create an opportunity for Shen Mingwen to eat and drink, but he is really afraid that Shen Mingwen will not be able to bear the loneliness and run out by himself, and when the time comes, he will have to pay for him when he owes a lot of debts, and Shen Mingtang and even the Chamber of Commerce will pay for him, and the old lady will not only not appreciate it, but will also blame him and Shen Mingtang for not taking Shen Mingwen well.

Out of the inn, there was a small servant at the door, who was brought by Su Tong to the provincial capital to take care of his daily life. This time, Su Tong went to the provincial capital to participate in the township test, which was not very high-profile, except for this little guy, there was only one old servant who was more familiar with the provincial capital.

Su Tong looked at the bustling streets and couldn't help but sigh: "This provincial city." Sure enough, it is much more lively than Tingzhou Mansion City, but it's a pity that I first came to the treasure land, and I don't understand the wonder, Brother Shen arrived a few days first. Is there a good place to introduce? ”

Shen Mingwen interjected: "I know that there are good places in Fuzhou City, where you can enjoy tea and listen to music, and drink and have fun, so you can't be at ease." ”

"Oh?" Su Tong smiled and made a "please" gesture, "Then Uncle Lao Shen will lead the way." ”

Shen Mingwen walked in front triumphantly. It was as if Shen Xi and Su Tong were his followers. Shen Xi was used to it along the way, and although Su Tong felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't mind too much when he thought that he had always regarded himself as a junior before.

The group walked for four or five streets, and finally came to the good place that Shen Mingwen said, but the small building was still there, but it was the rusty iron general guarding the door, and it was obviously empty.

Shen Mingwen frowned: "Closed?" ”

Su Tong sighed: "It seems that there is no fate, look at the dilapidated and mottled appearance of this house, I want to close for a while...... Uncle Shen should have been here three years ago during the township exam, right? ”

Shen Mingwen nodded. The old face was a little unbearable.

Shen Xi can probably analyze that the consumption level of this grade should not be low, there are not only famous teas from all over the world, but also professional tea masters performing tea-making skills, plus there are special people to play music and tell stories, just drinking tea may cost more than one or two silver.

The last time Shen Mingwen came with Shen Mingtang, he stayed in a hotel, ate, and patronized private prostitution, and it seemed that there was not much silver left, where did he have the money to patronize such an elegant place?

Shen Mingwen obviously wanted to borrow Su Tong for a treat. came here to pretend to be an uncle, but unfortunately the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and this teahouse closed down first.

Su Tong smiled: "Let's go, just change places." On the way here, I saw a wine shop that was very good, let's go have a meal first, and then pick up the wind and wash the dust for you in the evening, Brother Shen...... Ahem, it's supposed to be for me to pick up the wind and wash the dust for myself......"

Shen Xi smiled and nodded.

To say that this Sutong is still a very good person, warm and thoughtful, and generous. Except for a little bit of a bad thing, everything else is fine.

Shen Mingwen was still worried about not being able to go to a high-end teahouse to pretend to be showy just now, but when he heard that there was a wine banquet to eat, he immediately became energetic and walked to the front again to lead the way.

Shen Xi was a little embarrassed: "Brother Su, my uncle is like this...... Uh, don't mind! ”

Su Tong smiled: "How could it be? ”

When he arrived at the wine shop, Su Tong ordered the wine and food as the proprietor, and Shen Mingwen couldn't sit still when he heard that there were chickens, ducks, fish and meat.

Shen Xi thought to himself, in fact, the food arranged by the inn in the past few days was not bad, and every meal was a little fishy, and it was estimated that Shen Mingwen wanted to drink.

Sure enough, when the wine came up, without waiting for Su Tong to toast, Shen Mingwen had already begun to pour himself a drink, and after two glasses of belly, he was already fluttering: "Good wine, good wine, I should really buy two jars and go back, and drink two glasses occasionally...... What does Su Gongzi think? ”

Su Tong was quite embarrassed when he heard this, he thought that with Shen Xi's good cultivation on weekdays, the tutor must be good, and the rest of the Shen family should be the same, but he didn't expect that this Shen Mingwen and Shen Xi were not like the same tutor.

One is a gentleman, the other is simply a scoundrel!

Su Tong nodded helplessly: "What Uncle Shen said is that it is very tiring to prepare for the exam on weekdays, and it is okay to have a drink occasionally." ”

Shen Mingwen heard Su Tong's words, and said with a smile: "The hero sees the same thing, haha, it's really good wine, shhhhh......h

Before he finished speaking, he began to pick up the wine glass again, and when he took a sip of it in the back, he simply poured the tea in the teacup on the ground and drank it with a tea bowl, which made the person at the next table frown.

This is an old drunkard who hasn't drunk in his life?

Originally, Su Tong also wanted to discuss with Shen Xi about the relevant matters of this township test, but because of the strange existence of Shen Mingwen, Su Tong didn't know where to start, but Shen Mingwen was very enthusiastic, others didn't speak, and he also liked to take the initiative to talk to people, and asked Su Tong in detail about his birth history, whether he married a wife, whether he had children, whether he took a concubine or not, how many fields in the family, how many acres of land per capita, and how many cows he had......

Or because of drinking, Shen Mingwen became a chatterbox, and asked Su Tong with a frown.

Shen Xi smiled bitterly again and again, and finally couldn't see it, and suggested: "Uncle, if you don't do this, let the store send two pots of wine, how about you take it back to the inn and taste it slowly?" ”

Shen Mingwen's face immediately became extremely ugly: "So you think I'm in the way here?" You have to go out in the afternoon and have a good time, and it is not so easy for me to go back...... Hehe, what do you say, Mr. Su? ”

Su Tong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said, "Uncle Shen misunderstood, I have to go back to the inn to settle down after lunch, and I may not be able to accompany him." ”

Shen Mingwen smiled happily: "Before, Su Gongzi said that there would be a reception banquet in the evening, and I have to go to this reception banquet, and I will meet some literary ......friends by the way."

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