The next day, Qian Jin planned to go to the bookstore to find two more idle books to read. There are still some days before the release of the list, and I always have to find something to do to kill time.

As soon as I arrived at the bookstore, I actually met Jin Taiming again. This benevolent brother has occupied a corner of the bookstore, holding a novel and savoring it, with a smile on his face from time to time.

"Brother Jin, it's early." Qian Jin coughed lightly and said.

Jin Taiming looked up at Qian Jin, closed the book, and said, "Brother Qian, you are here too." That book was okay last time, right? ”

"The book recommended by Brother Jin is indeed extraordinary. I've finished reading that book, and I still can't get enough of it. No, I'm shopping for books again. ”

"It seems that Brother Qian is also a man of temperament."

"It's okay to go around, why don't you go out for a walk?"

"That's exactly what I mean."

……

Every year after the autumn season, the streets of Linhai Province are the time when the incidence of love at first sight is the highest for scholars.

There are many episodes in the story that are like this: a scholar was playing on the street, and a handkerchief accidentally floated over, and when he smelled the fragrance, it turned out that a certain daughter was accidentally lost. Later, the scholar and the young lady met unexpectedly because of a handkerchief, and they fell in love at first sight and made a good story.

However, the chances of Jin Taiming and Qian Jin encountering this kind of thing seem to be very slim.

Although Jin Taiming has a slender figure, his face is not very cute. Although Qian Jin looks acceptable, his face is still childish. The most important thing is, who knows if those handkerchiefs blown by the wind were thrown away by other girls when they saw it?

At this time, Qian Jin and Jin Taiming were walking on the street talking and laughing. Watching the people coming and going on the street, smelling the fragrance of osmanthus wafting from nowhere, the fatigue caused by the nine consecutive days of exams was also swept away.

When he was about to walk to the office of the Chief Minister, a pink silk scarf floated in the wind, impartially pounced on Qian Jin's face, and there was a faint fragrance of women. Qian Jin opened the silk scarf and saw a little girl in a green dress chasing after him.

The girl seemed to be a little exhausted, and when she caught up with her, she was already drenched in sweat, and she was holding her knees and panting. When she raised her head, Qian Jin was holding the corner of the silk scarf gently dangling in front of her eyes, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth.

The girl in the green dress snatched the silk scarf from his hand, gave him a blank look, and said, "Dengzi...... Don't you know that the girl's things can't be picked up indiscriminately? ”

Qian Jin only saw the little girl's face clearly at this time. I saw that she was about fourteen years old, with two double buns on her head, her face was white and red, her eyes were as bright as two crescent moons, and her upturned nose was covered with fine beads of sweat at the moment. The most interesting thing is that when this girl spoke, a pair of small tiger teeth were unconsciously exposed, like a kitten that had been provoked.

Just as he was about to say something, the girl in the green dress had gone away to chase her companion. Jin Taiming next to him squeezed his already small eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother, Yanfu is not shallow......

"Brother Jin smiled." Qian Jin smiled. was called a disciple by a little girl, and he was always a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"My brother is really a model scholar for my generation...... Would you like me to inquire about the girl's residence, and wait for a few days when you are on the list to recognize each other, wouldn't it be a good story? The more Jin Taiming spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had just picked up the handkerchief.

Qian Jin was speechless when he heard this, so he had to say perfunctorily: "My brother is still young, so I won't consider these for the time being." "It seems that this Jin Taiming usually reads too many wild history biography, and everything is set into the drama in the book.

Near noon, the two saw a restaurant with a fairly good business, and a huge signboard was erected directly above the door: Drunken Crab Building.

At this time, it has passed the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is the season when the crab meat is full of fat. So Qian Jin proposed that Chinese food be solved here, and Jin Taiming did not object although he hesitated.

After entering the restaurant, the two found a remote seat and sat down, ordered eight crabs and a few side dishes, and each of them brought a pot of rice wine. After the two of them drank a glass of rice wine, they were not polite, and they drove directly at the crabs.

Qian Jin didn't pay much attention to eating crabs, he didn't use any of the wooden skewers on the table, and used all his mouth. In a few moments, he had already nibbled on three. The people at the next table whispered to him when they saw him, but Qian Jin didn't care at all.

Jin Taiming is more Sven. He first used a small hammer to loosen the crab shell, gently peeled off the crab cover, and then used a small spoon to put all the crab roe inside into a bowl to eat, and the rest of the crab meat and crab legs were also eaten clean with the help of tools, and the remaining crab shells and the like were placed on the plate next to them in a regular manner.

Qian Jin couldn't help but praise: "It's really a pleasure to watch Brother Jin eat crabs." ”

Jin Taiming wiped his hands with a towel, poured himself a full glass of rice wine and drank it all, and then sighed heavily.

"Brother Jin, what's the trouble?"

"Brother, you and I hit it off at first sight, and I won't hide some things from you. In fact, my family used to be rich, and when I was a child, my mother would buy a lot of crabs every time there was a Mid-Autumn Festival. Later, the family fell into the middle of the road, and the family had not eaten crabs for several years. ”

"What happened to Brother Fei's family?"

"It's a long story. I usually like to read miscellaneous books the most, and I have basically seen all the miscellaneous books in the bookstores in Linhai Prefecture. I have always scoffed at "The Theory of Sons" and "Science". I don't speak the good vernacular, but I have to learn from the sage to speak ancient Chinese. That's why my father often said I didn't want to make progress. ”

Jin Taiming took a sip of tea and continued: "I think I am not bad, but I want to fight for this tone, so I participated in the township examination six years ago, and all of them answered in the vernacular. How do I know that the examiner said that I couldn't understand it, so I went to argue with reason, but I was blasted out. Later, Sun Shan was not to mention that his father was so angry that he vomited blood and died after hearing about it. ”

Qian Jin sighed when he heard it, so he comforted: "Brother Jin is a man of temperament. I think there are many people who can see the disadvantages of Bagu clearly, but if you dare to use vernacular as a question, Brother Jin should be the first person. Maybe a few hundred years later, it will be the world of vernacular literature, and Brother Jin's move should be the first credit. ”

"In a few hundred years, we will all be gone, and who will know what will happen in the future. After my father died, I devoted myself to studying Baguwen for a few years. First, I came to comfort my father's soul in the sky, and secondly, I also wanted to find an official and a half-job to support the family. ”

"Ling Zun will be very pleased to hear your words."

"The past is gone, so don't mention it. No matter how well you pass in this imperial examination, it is a blessing in life to meet a confidant like my brother. ”

"It's also my honor to know Brother Jin."

The two of them raised their glasses and drank bitterly.

Qian Jin hadn't drunk as much as he did today for a long time, and the last time he had beef hot pot with Yang Yinghe. Now more than half a year has passed, and I don't know where Yang Ying and the northbound have gone. Thinking of his tall and thin figure, Qian Jin couldn't help but sigh.

Jin Taiming saw Qian Jin's face full of sadness, and couldn't help asking, "What is there to worry about my brother?" ”

"I have a mentor who has devoted himself to studying science for eight years and created his own method of physical science. Now he has gone north to preach. ”

"I didn't expect that Lingshi was also a talented person. It's no wonder that students like my brother can be taught. ”

"If I have a chance, I can introduce Brother Jin. By the way, the teacher has a book "New Gewuxue", if Brother Jin is interested, you can borrow it and take a look. ”

"Then thank you, brother."

"Brother Jin is welcome, didn't you also recommend the book before?"

"Hahaha......"

The more the two chatted, the more speculative they became, and after a while, a table of wine and food was settled. Halfway through, Qian Jin secretly settled the meal money, which moved Jin Taiming.