Li Rizhi took the bamboo basket and hugged Cheng Zizi's shoulder, he was also very moved in his heart, Cheng Zizi was not even ten years old, such a small child, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, walking such a long way to see himself, after arriving, he didn't even dare to enter the door, and he had to go home when he sent something, if the two of them were friends, then this friendship was precious!

Li Ri knew: "If you don't leave tonight, you will stay with me, early tomorrow morning, I will borrow the carriage of the academy to send you back, it doesn't matter, it's just one night, as long as the family is fine, it's only half a night in advance." ”

Cheng Zizi hesitated, before he went out, he was afraid of walking at night, especially when he encountered wolves through the woods, of course, he just had to climb the trees, as soon as the day dawned, the wolves would leave, but after all, this delayed time, so the time he arranged was rich.

Li Rizhi pulled him to the academy and said with a smile: "Let's go, don't hesitate, I guess you must have arranged it, otherwise how could you come to see me from afar!" ”

Cheng Zizi thought about it, nodded and agreed, he didn't dare to enter Shangyang Academy, after all, this is a place where scholars gather, he heard the old people in the village say that every scholar is a star in the sky, and they are all great figures, so he didn't dare to enter the academy, just sat outside the mountain gate and waited for Li Rizhi.

Li Rizhi dragged him into the academy, and Chen Yingying said in the back: "Li Rizhi, who is he, are you good friends?" ”

Fu Guibao said: "I heard Li Rizhi call him comfortable, right, I heard him right?" ”

Li Rizhi looked back and smiled: "That's right, his name is Cheng Zizi, he is my good friend, and you are also my good friend, so he is also your good friend!" ”

As soon as Chen Yingying heard this, she was immediately happy, she hoped that she would have many good friends, clapped her hands and smiled: "Okay, the four of us are good friends!" ”

Fu Guibao didn't care at all whether He Chengzi was good friends or not, but when he heard Chen Yingying say that the four of them were good friends, he suddenly became happy and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the four of us are good friends!" ”

Li Rizhi took Cheng Zizai to visit the academy, Cheng Zizai felt very novel, but he was very well-behaved, not naughty at all, the kind of child who arrived in a new place, even the performance of jumping and jumping, he couldn't see it at all, the children of the poor were in charge early, Cheng Zizi was more sensible than Fu Guibao and Chen Yingying combined.

After walking around, Li Rizhi proposed: "Why don't we go to Houshan to roast chicken and eat?" It's been a long time since I've had a barbecue, and today there are just two good wild animals, and the four of us are getting together for the first time, so why don't we celebrate! ”

Chen Yingying immediately applauded, she was interested in all new things, Fu Guibao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, struggled, and said, "I'm not very good at picking up game, which of you will?" ”

He really wanted to eat, but he couldn't clean up, so he kindly suggested that the kitchen be cleaned up first, and then they would only be responsible for roasting and playing, but he was too embarrassed to say it.

Li Rizhi and Chen Yingying both shook their heads and said, "I won't either!" The two of them were in unison.

Cheng Zizi whispered: "I, I will, but I don't bring salt, if I don't put salt, it won't taste good!" ”

Fu Guibao was overjoyed and said: "It's not easy to say about salt, you go to Houshan to find a place first, I'll go to the kitchen to ask for spices!" "Volunteer and run to the kitchen.

Li Rizhi took Chen Yingying and Cheng Zizai, went out of the back mountain gate, and went to find a place in the woods, Li Rizhi was responsible for finding firewood to make a fire, Cheng Zizai was responsible for cleaning up the pheasants, and Chen Yingying was responsible for cheering them up and encouraging them spiritually and verbally!

After a while, Li Rizhi found a lot of firewood, but he was not good at raising the fire, Cheng Zizi had quickly packed up the pheasants, washed them in the mountain spring water, and after coming back, the fire was raised!

At this time, Fu Guibao also ran back, holding a large paper bag in his hand, and said with a smile: "I took all kinds of spices, and I can put whatever I want!" ”

The four of them were very happy, and when it was already dark, they lit up a bonfire, and lit up the surrounding woods, and Cheng Zizi's craftsmanship was good, and it didn't take much effort to roast two pheasants, and the four of them divided it, and began to eat it.

There was the sound of footsteps not far away, but the four men were eating merrily, and no one noticed until the man came closer.

Li Rizhi looked up and saw that the person who came was Hu Wei, Fu Guibao also saw it, his face immediately sank, others didn't care, but Fu Tong's students' hatred for Hu Wei was great, although it was a few months later, but the incident that caused him to defecate everywhere was still fresh in Fu's memory, and he never forgot it.

Tonight, Hu Wei finished dinner, and came out to the back mountain for a walk, but saw a fire in the woods, he was surprised, at this time the weather is dry, and there are many trees in the mountains behind the academy, if it is on fire, it is not a joke, he hurriedly rushed over, want to see what it is, if it is really on fire, it is good to put out the fire in time.

But when Hu Wei got closer, he found that it was four children barbecuing, lighting a bonfire, not to mention, and burning two big pheasants, eating with their mouths full of oil!

Hu Wei said unhappily: "You guys are too careless, this is the woods, and it's so close to the academy, how can you light a fire, and you have lit such a large number of fires, in case of a fire, how can you get it!" ”

He looked at Chen Yingying and Cheng Zizi again, Chen Yingying he had seen, but Cheng Zizi had not seen it, he was not a force that hated the poor and loved the rich, and he would not be discriminated against because Cheng Zizi was shabby, but people outside the academy came to the back mountain to light the fire, he had to ask!

Hu Wei asked, "Whose child are you, and why did you come here?" ”

Cheng Zizi was already a little inferior, and when he heard Hu Wei's question, he stood up and said, "I, my surname is Cheng ......"

Fu Guibao jumped up and shouted: "He's my friend, what's the matter, I'll take care of it for him!" ”

As soon as he saw Hu Wei, he had a feeling of anger rising from his heart, and evil was born to the side of his guts, and he was naturally very polite when he spoke!

Hu Wei glanced at him, and also remembered Fu Guibao's big living treasure, shook his head, and said: "After you finish eating, remember to extinguish the fire, and finally bury it with soil, or pour it with water, otherwise sometimes it looks like the fire is extinguished on the surface, but in fact it is not, be careful, don't cause a fire." ”

After saying that, he turned to leave, shaking his head as he walked, and sighed, probably thinking that the world was declining, and the younger people did not respect the older people.

Li Rizhi glanced at Fu Guibao and said, "Why bother, he is also kind, and he didn't say anything about us, why do you shout." ”

Fu Guibao said: "I'm annoyed when I see him, if there is no fight in the academy, I really want to beat him!" He took a big bite of the chicken leg in a huff.

Li Rizhi persuaded two words, and the four of them began to talk and laugh again, but after Hu Wei reminded them, after they finished eating, they carefully extinguished the fire, and then returned to the academy, Cheng Zizai and Li Rizhi lived in a room, and Chen Yingying had his own residence.

Let's talk about Hu Wei, he slowly walked back to his room, sat on the edge of the bed, and thought about his thoughts for a long time, of course he was not angry with Fu Guibao, a child's words were disrespectful, what was there to worry about, he was thinking about his own business.

Hu Wei has the heart of the imperial examination, but his academic performance is average, and he is not outstanding in the academy, not to mention the county, go to the state to take the exam, so he has the heart to give up the imperial examination and turn to do some business, such as buying and selling real estate, to earn the difference in the middle, but after reading books for many years, if he wants to give up, he is unwilling, so he is still hesitating.

Hu Wei opened a small box at the head of the bed, took out a small package from it, opened the small package, which was more than a hundred taels of silver, people in this era basically spent copper money, copper money is the main currency in circulation, silver is only used for savings, but sometimes when you go out, you will also bring some gold and silver, after all, gold and silver are carried on the body, which is more space-saving than copper money, and the weight is lighter.

Hu Wei's bag of silver is not his, although his family background is still passable, but if he wants to take out more than 100 taels of silver at once, he will never be able to do it, this bag of silver was given to him by his brother-in-law.

Hu Wei's brother-in-law is a businessman, doing a small business to make money to support his family, saving money for more than ten years, this is more than 100 taels of silver, his brother-in-law wants to buy a shop on the street in Huxian (non-modern place name), it is best to have a storefront in front, there can be a yard in the back, the kind of shop that can live in people, and then you can settle down in Huxian and live a stable life.

But Hu Wei's brother-in-law is not very literate, and he usually keeps an account, but when he buys and sells real estate and signs a contract, then the little words he knows are not enough, and he asks others to be an intermediary, and he is afraid of being deceived, after all, this transaction is a big thing for his brother-in-law's family, which is related to the livelihood of the future, and cannot be treated carelessly, so he found Hu Wei.

The Hu family reads the most and has the best brain, and the person with the best brain is Hu Wei, and he is a real relative, his brother-in-law naturally found him and wanted to ask Hu Wei to help pick a house, his brother-in-law believes in Hu Wei's vision very much, and Hu Wei is also very confident in this regard.

Sure enough, Hu Wei picked a pretty good street store in the county seat of Huxian County, and the owner was in urgent need of money, so he sold the store at a reduced price, Hu Wei picked up a cheap one, and told his brother-in-law, who also went to see the store and thought it was good, so he decided to buy it.

But just before the payment was about to be made, and then the contract was signed, the brother-in-law suddenly suffered from the cold, fell ill, and couldn't do the handover, although the illness was not too serious, but it really couldn't be too tossed, so the money to buy the store was put here by Hu Wei, and Hu Wei went to handle the whole business, the brother-in-law's family believed in him very much, and Hu Wei himself also wanted to accumulate some experience for himself through this transaction.

Hu Wei nodded a little more silver, and thought: "I will ask the mountain chief for leave tomorrow, I will go down the mountain to do this well, Huxian is not far from the academy, go tomorrow, do things the next day, and come back the day after tomorrow, but it will not delay too much study, or put the entrance examination first!" ”

Blowing out the oil lamp, Hu Wei went to bed, slept until dawn, got up, washed, ate something indiscriminately, filled his stomach, and went to Guo Youji, saying that he wanted to take three days off.

Guo Youjun asked about the situation, he was very supportive of students to do some practical things, which was better than staying in the academy all day long and becoming a nerd, so he happily granted leave.

Hu Wei carried a small package on his back, went out of the mountain gate, went down the mountain to Huxian, and waited until the evening, entered the county seat of Huxian, found a small shop, lived in, and did not go out at night, just order food in the front hall of the small shop, and simply deal with a meal.

As soon as he sat down, he heard someone call him, and when he looked up, Hu Wei's face immediately became ugly, there was a person sitting at the next table, and he was also eating dinner, but he was the most hated person in his life, although he hadn't seen him for a few years, but his disgust had not weakened slightly!