After a long time, the child's uncle, who is the shopkeeper of the store, walked out, waved at the three of them outside the door, and said, "I heard my nephew say that your three guest officers want to stay in the shop, and I wonder if I heard it wrong?" ”

Ji Qingwen saw that the shopkeeper was in his thirties, with a smile on his face, and replied, "You heard it right, it's just that the three of us want to stay in the hotel." There are two more horses, and you have to take them down and feed them. ”

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "That's nature, that's nature." But the little ones have to ask, how did a few of them come to our poor country? ”

Ji Qingwen replied patiently: "I am the one who went to Beijing to take the exam, and these two are with me, can't they?" ”

"Okay, okay!" The shopkeeper was a little anxious when he heard Ji Qingwen speak, so he quickly took over the conversation and said, "Since it is the master who has entered Beijing, the villain wishes the master two yuan in a row, step by step, and the prince of Wandai!" Just ......"

Ji Qingwen had something else on his mind, and after listening to the shopkeeper's flattering words, he was not happy at all, and interrupted his words: "Just what? Is this inn full of yours? ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face: "No, no, there are vacant rooms in the shop." However, the villain is ignorant, and he calculates that this year is not the year of the scientific examination, and now it seems too hasty to enter Beijing to catch the examination. I wonder if the old man has a guide with him? Can you take it out and show it to the villain? ”

"Huh?" Ji Qingwen listened to the endless shopkeeper, and immediately became dissatisfied, and said, "Is your Sifang Inn opened by the government?" Why is it not over yet? What else do you need to see? ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Master, where are you talking about this?" It's just that the ground hasn't been very flat lately, so let's be careful, and everyone can rest assured of each other, right? Although he was resolute, he spoke very politely and always had a smile on his face.

The so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, although Ji Qingwen was angry in his stomach, he couldn't vent it, so he could only mouth at Duo Jiugong Nunu and said, "Jiugong, did you bring the road lead?" ”

When Duo Jiugong heard this, he hurriedly took out some carefully folded documents from his arms, handed them to the shopkeeper with both hands, and said: "Now that the etiquette is broken, the rules set by Grandpa Taizu have long been broken. How many people are on the road now, and how many are there with guides? Fortunately, my lord paid attention when he went out, and opened the way to the school and government yamen to lead him out. Well, right here......"

The shopkeeper took the road guide and unfolded it, read it carefully by the lamplight, and folded it again, still with a smile on his face, and said: "It turned out that the old man's surname was Ji, and he came from Shaanxi...... I heard that there is a man in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province who is also surnamed Ji, and his business is very big, I don't know what his relationship is with this master? ”

Duo Jiugong took the loop guide and said proudly: "The shopkeeper's good eyesight and knowledge!" This is the young master of the Ji family, who was ordered by the master to go to Beijing to take the exam! ”

The shopkeeper's smile immediately became a little more respectful, and he said, "Oh, disrespect, disrespect! Since he is the young master of the Ji family, it is the honor of the small store to be able to come to our store. There are a lot of vacant rooms in the store, so how about I open a few rooms for a few people? ”

Ji Qingwen and Duo Jiugong saw that the shopkeeper was so cautious, but they put their minds at ease, discussed a few words, and decided to stay.

So Duo Jiugong arched his hand to the shopkeeper and said, "It's okay, then there are a few clean rooms for the shopkeeper, and we can stay for one night." In addition, we have been on the road for a day, and the young master is already hungry, can the shopkeeper cook a few dishes for us to satisfy our hunger? ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "It's getting late now, and the cooks have gone home." But it doesn't matter, I will also cook a few side dishes, and today I will show my hand to let you taste my craftsmanship! ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper shouted and said, "Huang Degong! Don't come out quickly and move the luggage off the car for a few guest officers! ”

As soon as the shopkeeper's voice fell, he heard a loud answer from the inn: "Come!" ”

Everyone followed the prestige, but saw a man striding out of the backyard of the inn.

I saw that the man was tall, with a beard on his face, and his eyes were bright, but there was a red and purple scar on the left side of his face, as if he had crawled out of hell......

When everyone saw him with such a fierce appearance, they couldn't help but feel a little palpitations, but they heard the shopkeeper smile and said: "Don't be afraid, guest officers, although this Huang Degong is ugly, he is a good person." My father died early in the family, and my mother was sick, so he finished planting the fields during the day, and came to my inn at night to help, so that he could earn a few pieces of silver......"

"Oh! It turned out that he was still a filial son. Ji Qingwen sighed.

Before Ji Qingwen crossed over, he was a bitter child who died first and then had no father; After crossing over, although he became a rich second generation, his mother also died early.

Therefore, when he heard that Huang Degong was a filial son, he immediately had a good impression of him, took out a tael of silver from his purse, handed it to Huang Degong, and said: "Know how to support yourself, good job." This is my reward for your money, and you take it. ”

Huang Degong took the two pieces of silver, but he was a little overwhelmed, and he didn't even know how to say words of gratitude.

Or the little boy who was sharp and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, this is the silver that this master rewarded you, don't you accept it and thank him?" ”

Huang Degong reacted at this time, put the silver in his arms, and thanked him with a thousand thanks: "Thank you, young master, thank you, young master." With this silver, the little one can also buy a few catties of white rice and fine noodles for the old lady, so that her old man can eat a full ......" As he spoke, Huang Degong's eyes were full of tears, and he was almost about to cry.

The shopkeeper hurriedly made a round and said, "Degong, what's the matter with you?" The guest officer came to stay in the hotel, why are you crying? ”

Ji Qingwen also said: "What the shopkeeper said is reasonable. What are you crying about? Well served, I still have a silver reward. Or did you accidentally remove my luggage from the room and bring it to my room? ”

Huang Degong immediately agreed, followed Duo Jiugong to the door quickly, and lifted the bags of luggage that Ji Qingwen and his party were carrying, and put them in the several rooms arranged by the shopkeeper without difficulty.

Ji Qingwen was satisfied with this, and saw that although the decoration of his room was not gorgeous, it was also spacious and tidy, so he rewarded Huang Degong with a tael of silver, and came out of the room again, and after using the food cooked by the shopkeeper himself with Duo Jiugong and Xing'er, he went back to the house to rest.

He was already exhausted from the turmoil on the Yellow River ferry today, and as soon as he entered the house, he touched the bed and closed his eyes and took a nap.

I don't know how long I slept, Ji Qingwen suddenly felt that someone was pushing open the door of his room, and he quickly opened his eyes in shock, and looked at the dim light on the table, but saw that it was Xing'er who came in from outside with a touch of hot water.

So Ji Qingwen asked, "Xing'er, what time is it?" What do you come in for? ”

Xing'er smiled and said, "Young master, it's past the time to be a child." This inn did not have hot water, and finally boiled the water, so I came to wash the young master's face and soak his feet. ”

As she spoke, Xing'er took a towel, rubbed it in hot water and handed it to Ji Qingwen.

Ji Qingwen took the hot towel and wiped it vigorously on his face, feeling refreshed, and the fatigue accumulated along the way was dispelled in an instant.

Xing'er took the towel in Ji Qingwen's hand, squatted down to take off his shoes and socks for him, and soaked one of his feet into a wooden basin filled with half a basin of hot water. The water was neither cold nor hot, allowing a warmth to spread from the soles of Ji Qingwen's feet, making him indescribably comfortable.

So Ji Qingwen said with a smile: "Fortunately, when I go out, I will talk about it and take you out." Duo Jiugong is also a person who is not afraid of trivialities, but after all, he is not as careful as a girl, and this basin of hot water alone is not something he can bring in. ”

Xing'er scrubbed Ji Qingwen's feet with both hands, and said with a smile: "Young master, you have become more ...... in the past six months."

Ji Qingwen was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is this...... How do you say that? Haven't I always been like this? ”

Xing'er smiled and said: "I have been serving the young master since I was a child, and the changes here can't be noticed by others, don't I know yet?" Half a year ago, with the young master's temperament, let alone praise our subordinates, I just don't beat or scold, I'm thankful. ”

Ji Qingwenman thought that after he traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty, this rich second generation should be absurd enough, but he didn't expect that the previous self was such a gentleman who didn't know how to warm and cold, and he was suddenly a little embarrassed, and said busily: "So that's the case, then I'll accompany you here......"