Guozijian subordinate Taixue and Wuxue each have a fasting house, 30 people for a fast, all the students live in a fast, which is a place to stay, the outer house has a room for six people, the inner house has a room for two people, and the upper house has a room for one person. The living conditions in the outer house are acceptable, but there are slightly more people, and it is quite sad in the hot weather in summer.

The new students who have just entered the martial arts are all outside the house, once a year, they can be promoted to the inner house students after passing the assessment, and the living conditions and learning conditions have been greatly improved.

The construction of Taixue and martial arts under Guozijian was funded by the imperial court, and the daily expenses were also borne by the imperial court. There is no tuition fee for students, and accommodation is also free, but if they want to eat in the official kitchen, students need to pay 600 yuan per month, and students from poor families can reduce their monthly fasting money by half.

Yang Congyi is from Huangmei, is a poor place, living by hunting and farming, born as a commoner, poor family, in order to study, walk for more than a month, when it is undoubtedly poor, naturally the monthly fasting money is halved. He didn't have much money in the first place, but now he can only sit and eat when he enters the martial arts, and the money for fasting is halved, which is a big expense.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Congyi carried the suitcase and entered the dormitory with the servants, and as soon as he entered the gate of the dormitory, he saw six wooden beds side by side in the room, of which the two ends and the four beds in the middle were already occupied, and there were bedding and other things on the beds, and only one person in the room was lying down and resting.

After the servant was sent to the dormitory, he said, "Stay as you please," and left.

There were only two empty beds in the room, so Yang Congyi chose the nearest one and put the box on the bed. I don't want this bed to seem to be particularly stable, so I saw a "squeak" sound for a while.

Yang Congyi turned his head to look, and the sleeping man next to him opened his eyes, and immediately hugged his fists apologetically and said, "Brother Tai, I'm really sorry to disturb your rest." In Yang Congyi, Xiaqizhou, please teach my brother Taigao's surname? ”

The man didn't look very old, seventeen or eighteen years old, turned his head to look at Yang Congyi, and saw that he was next to his bunk, so he got up and got out of bed, hugged his fists and said: "In Tang Xun, Jianzhou, Xianan, I have seen Brother Yang." ”

Yang Congyi hugged his fists again and saluted back: "I have met Brother Tang, I am fortunate to be happy." "The young man looked a little thin, not very tall, and had a more delicate eyebrow.

Tang Xun asked, "Brother Yang, why did you only move in today, didn't you should have arrived before the tenth day of the ninth month?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled embarrassedly: "All the way from Anqingjun, the journey is really long, I only arrived in Lin'an on the tenth day of September, how to live in." ”

Tang Xun suddenly felt even more surprised, up and down, carefully and carefully, looked at Yang Congyi again, and asked: "We all arrived in Lin'an before August 20, and we only took the entrance exam after some preparations, and you only came to Lin'an on the tenth day of September, and the entrance exam is over, how can you let you in?" Could it be that Brother Yang, after you are a high-ranking official, what is the way you can't succeed? ”

Yang Congyi laughed when he heard it, this Tang Xun inquired about his family background so directly, and he didn't even shy away from the word "doorway". Immediately smiled and said: "No, Yang was born in a hunter, and the missed trip was all because of the poor family background, I walked nearly 2,000 miles, and Mr. Guozijian saw that I was sincere in my studies, so I tried it in the morning, but there was no way." ”

"And an extra test?" Tang Xun was surprised to hear this, and seemed to not believe it.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "It is indeed an additional test, and I tested the right questions about foot archery, martial arts, and the art of war." Where are the others, why are they gone? He didn't want to say too much on the subject and quickly changed the subject.

Tang Xun sat down and said: "School will start tomorrow, and it will be inconvenient to go out in the future, so they made an appointment to go out to play, and they didn't come back for three days." ”

Yang Congyi also sat down and said, "Why didn't Brother Tang go out together?" ”

Tang Xun said: "They are going to Flower Street Willow Lane and West Lake Painting Boat, I have no interest in these. "It's very indifferent.

Yang Congyi didn't care why he was interested, but the others were curious: "Where are the other few of them from, and what background do they have, do Brother Tang know?" "In the future, we will live together for a few years, and we must continue to figure out the background and origin, according to Lord Chen, this time the reopening of martial arts, most of the students are mainly the children of official eunuchs, but it is not good to offend for no reason.

Tang Xun recalled: "I rarely see them, I don't know where they are, and I occasionally hear them say that they should not be far from home, and they can go back within a day." As for the background, I don't know, they rarely communicate, but they should all be after the official eunuchs. ”

I think about it, those who go to those flower streets and willow alleys for three days and don't return are undoubtedly the children of rich families. Yang Congyi secretly warned himself that he would have less contact with them in the future, and the money would not be spent. He looked down and saw that he had no futon on his bare wooden bed, so he said, "Brother Tang, did you get this futon at school, or should we buy it ourselves?" ”

"School?" Tang Xun was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, the other party should be asking about martial arts, so he replied: "Bedding and other living things need to be prepared by yourself." ”

This environment is too similar to when he first entered the university, Yang Congyi made a mistake for a while, and it was difficult to explain, so he left it alone, and asked again: "I have not been in Lin'an for a short time, and I am not familiar with life, I wonder if Brother Tang can take me to buy some bedding and other necessary things for life?" ”

Tang Xun immediately replied: "Of course, it's okay, it's just fine, you can accompany Brother Yang on a trip." ”

"Brother Lao Tang, thank you." Yang Congyi immediately took some copper coins and went out with Tang Xun to buy daily necessities.

Out of the martial arts gate, Tang Xunwen said: "Do you have enough money?" ”

"Not a lot, what's wrong?" Yang Congyi didn't know what Tang Xun meant by asking, judging from his clothes, he shouldn't be short of money.

Tang Xun said: "If you don't bring much, let's go to Qinghu Bridge, which is close to here, and things are cheaper." ”

Hearing this, Yang Congyi smiled: "Then Qinghu Bridge, as long as things can be used, there is not so much attention." ”

The two went all the way to the west after studying martial arts, chatting about trivial things that were not painful while walking, and did not mention anything about their respective experience backgrounds, the so-called gentleman's friendship was as light as water, not mixed with too many personal feelings, and the two had just known each other for a short time.

After arriving at Jijiaqiao, he turned to the south again, there were many pedestrians on the street, and the street was full of shops, of course, all the things sold were things that Yang Congyi didn't need, and he basically didn't look at it, Tang Xun actually went to ask about musical instruments and folding fans, Yang Congyi could only shake his head, they were martial arts students, and they were not too students, so they didn't need to be vassals. But Tang Xun only looked at it occasionally, and asked casually, and he didn't mean to buy it.

After walking for another quarter of an hour or so, Tang Xun took Yang Congyi into a small alley, and made a few detours before he found a street of grocery stores for daily necessities.

"Brother Yang, what do you want to buy?" Tang stopped in front of a grocery store.

"I don't have anything, I have everything I need to have, what's here?" Yang Congyi stopped and looked into the store, there seemed to be a lot of things in the store, and he didn't know which ones were needed at a glance. Since coming out of Huangmei County, I haven't bought anything, I really don't know what to buy, and it's not close to a trip, so it's best to buy it all at once, otherwise it's not a matter of running back and forth.

"What the guest officer needs, our store has a complete range of items, you can buy it." The shopkeeper came out of the store to greet him, and when he saw Tang Xun, he suddenly smiled and said, "Hey, this Lang Jun is familiar, and he has come to take care of the business of the store, what do you need today?" ”

Tang Xun said: "Today I brought my friends to buy some things, and I am also a student of Guozijian, a set of bedding, basins, foot basins, towels, dishes and chopsticks, teacups, and daily necessities." ”

When the shopkeeper heard that Yang Congyi was also a student, he hurriedly smiled at him and said, "Congratulations to Lang Jun, it's not easy to enter the Guozijian." There are quite a few students who come to the shop to buy things, and today they are brought by regular customers, so everything will be discounted for you today. ”

Yang Congyi asked, "How much did these things cost after the discount just now?" "He didn't bring much money out, although he hadn't bought much in Lin'an City, but he also knew that the prices in the capital were not cheap.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "There are two bedding, one basin and one foot basin, two towels, a pair of chopsticks, a teacup, and an oil lamp, a total of three and three hundred and fifty-six texts, and you can give three and three hundred and thirty hundred texts." ”

Hearing this number, Yang Congyi's face was embarrassed, he didn't bring so much money, and when he didn't know how to get back, he heard Tang Xun say: "Shopkeeper, didn't you say to give a discount, how can it be so expensive?" If these things are more than two dollars, we don't want them. ”

"Two? Lang Jun don't laugh, two runs are not enough for the purchase money of these things, you are students, and you are old customers, then I will give a little more, three times and two hundred texts, no less, this price can't make money. ”

Tang Xun said: "Shopkeeper, it's not right for you to say that, how can there be anything that doesn't make money in business, even if you sell two times, you can make a lot of money." It can't be more than two, and if it's more than two, we won't buy it. ”

Yang Congyi was shocked when he heard it, and directly bargained for 1,300 Wen? Will the water content of the store's quotation be so large?

"Lang Jun, how can there be such a business, I will lose hundreds of dollars for the price you want, it is not easy to support a small business for my family, you can't bargain too ruthlessly." If you sincerely ask for it, you will pay three times at a price. The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and replied, as if he had made up his mind.

"We can only produce two runs, and we won't buy one more." Tang Xun said very firmly.

"Then this business can't be done." The boss smiled, turned around and was about to enter the store.

"Brother Yang, let's go ahead and have a look." Tang Xun greeted Yang Congyi, raised his feet and left.

Yang Congyi had no choice but to keep up, he was really not good at bargaining when buying things, basically the seller said whatever he wanted, and never counteroffered.

As soon as he walked a few steps, he heard the shopkeeper shouting from behind: "Okay, just two runs, sell a friendship." ”

Tang Xun looked back and smiled: "Thank you, store." Then he said to Yang Congyi: "Brother Yang, pay to move things." ”

Yang Congyi had nothing to say about this, so he could only secretly admire it, and helped him save 1,300 yuan.

The shopkeeper took the money and said bitterly: "I really sold it to you at a loss, I can take care of the shop more in the future, and friends in need will be introduced to the shop." ”

Tang Xun said with a smile: "Definitely, the store is so good at doing business, how can there be any reason not to take care of it." ”

The shopkeeper picked out the same things, and Yang Congyi and the others took the things and left in a hurry.

"Brother Tang, I really didn't expect that you are still a master of counteroffering. I can't do that. After leaving a distance, Yang Congyi couldn't help but praise after all.

Tang Xun smiled: "What kind of master am I, it's just that I was in a hurry last time, and I suffered a loss when I bought things there, and today I just got back to the field." ”

Yang Congyi said in admiration, and then said: "Brother Tang helped a lot today, so I saved a lot of money, let's invite you to dinner in the evening." ”

Tang Xun said: "No, it's all a trivial matter." Lin'an is a gold cave, save some money and spend it, and there will be no less places to use money in the future. ”

Seeing that the other party said so, Yang Congyi no longer insisted.

Without any further delay along the way, the two went straight back to martial arts.