Chapter 22: How Can It Be Worth Only Fifty Dollars?!
The white matter of the Chen Mansion finally passed, and this matter had a great impact in Pengcheng County, and in a few days, the big clans in several surrounding counties sent people to attend the funeral. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After this, Chen Chi also had to resign from his official position and worry about his family, but the Chen family had some foundations, and had already made arrangements, just waiting for Xiao Zhongzheng to come over to inspect, and then take advantage of the situation to introduce the next generation of outstanding children to serve in the official.
In addition, Chen Yuan, the eldest member of Chen Chi's generation, still maintained the position of Xu official by relying on some exchange of interests, and the influence of the entire Chen family in Pengcheng County was not reduced much.
However, this is only temporary, the death of Mrs. Chen will have an impact on this huge family little by little, but this is all a later story, not for the time being.
said that during this white event, a lot of things happened, including Chen Yuncheng's poems, Chen Luo's fraud, etc., but the most eye-catching thing was the absurd young master who was disbanded in the mourning hall and the fire in his home, and Chen Zhi, who was known as Chen Stupid.
After that time, because someone secretly connected with each other, the Chen family branch united to put pressure on Chen Chi and let him take Chen Zhi, and finally because of the intervention of the three elders, Chen Chi compromised and chose a compromise method to temporarily block the mouth of the branch.
Of course, the rhyme of the big family, the people of cloth clothes are only regarded as talking after tea and dinner, no one will further investigate, and no one is bored enough to inquire about the whereabouts of the ridiculous young master, so they don't know that this young master went to Fengyang Street to open a shop, help people write letters, and at the same time review what they have learned and make preparations.
However, there were also those who brought news of him back home.
Wuyuan County, Wang's family.
Wuyuan County is located in the northeast border of Pengcheng County, and further north is Donghai County, where merchants come and go frequently, and there are also one or two major clans in the county, headed by the Wang family.
Wuyuan Wang's family is a branch of the Langya Wang family, with a deep background, great influence inside and outside the county, the old Wang Qian at home, and Langya himself has close contacts, and has also served as an official in other counties, and is highly respected, even the contemporary head of the Wuyuan Wang family is not as authoritative as him, as for the younger generation of the Wang family, they respect this uncle and grandfather even more, and they are racking their brains and trying their best to please.
Doing what he likes, since it is the only way to please, Wang Qian is no exception, and this Wang Qian has a wide range of interests, self-proclaimed celebrities, and has studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, whether it is a good song, a good game, or a good word, a good painting, all like to collect, the children of the Wuyuan Wang family will naturally not let go of these, and often offer some famous books and paintings.
At this time, a few people were sitting quietly in the verandah in Wang Qian's single courtyard and waiting, and just now, the four letters they had brought had been sent in for the uncle and grandfather to see.
These are Wang Xi and his three friends.
However, even Wang Xi, who has the highest status among the four, is sitting upright at the moment, not squinting.
In the eyes of the people of Wuyuan County, he is a son of a high-ranking family, but within the Wang family, he is just a junior who is slightly valued, because of this, seizing a little opportunity, Wang Xi wants to climb up, even if he bows to Chen Zhi, who he despises, he does not hesitate.
"You say, what will my uncle and grandfather think of those letters?"
"The words on the letter are really good, when we come back, we can find someone to appreciate it, which one doesn't praise it?"
"I'm afraid that the person who writes will not be treated by my uncle and grandfather."
The three people behind Wang Xi whispered, uneasy, after all, the "good word" presented this time was not from a famous family, let alone a legacy of the sages, but from a ridiculous man, if it wasn't for the fact that this word was really good, and it happened to run into the Chen family's white matter, it could be taken out logically, even if there was a problem afterwards, it could be brushed off, so they didn't dare to offer it so rashly.
Wang Xi in front of him sat on his knees quietly, but his expression was stiff, and cold sweat was left on his forehead from time to time, obviously nervous in his heart.
"What will my uncle and grandfather think? If something goes wrong, you can excuse it from hearing about Chen Zhi's calligraphy attainments, so I asked him to write a family letter, but it is also possible that I will inevitably hate my uncle and grandfather, but if I don't do it, how can I compare with the third brother? ”
This is a gamble, Wang Xi knows very well in his heart that if he doesn't do anything, nothing will be wrong, but his achievements in the family are like this, only by highlighting the strange tricks can it be possible to break the game.
Strange tricks don't happen often, when there is a decision.
"If my uncle and grandfather approve of this word, then I have the opportunity, and the next step is to ......"
Crunch.
Still thinking about it, the door in front of him has been opened, and a young man in Tsing Yi walked out, with red faces and white teeth, and extremely handsome.
As soon as they saw this person, Wang Xi and the others all came to their senses and greeted them one after another.
This little guy is just a scholar, but with Wang Qian's side, even ordinary children of the Wang family dare not despise him.
"A few young masters are polite, the master let you in and talk."
When Wang Xi and the others heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that things were not developing in a bad situation, and after looking at each other, they thanked the little scholar, and the four of them walked into the house lightly.
The furnishings in the room are simple and elegant, with a small incense burner in the center and green smoke curling.
Behind the incense burner, an old man sat on the ground, dressed broadly, beating his chest with a white beard, looking down at the letter in his hand, nodding from time to time.
"Uncle......grandfather"
As soon as Wang Xi and the others came in, they saluted respectfully, and they didn't dare to breathe.
"Coming?" The old man put down the letter, raised his head, glanced at everyone with slightly dim old eyes, and smiled slightly, "Don't be restrained, you are all good children, you know what the old man likes, and I specially went to ask that Chen ...... Chen Zhi, I've also heard about this son, he is not a good person, you ask him for words, I'm afraid he will be troubled. ”
"This ......" several people have embarrassed looks on their faces, where they have been troubled, it is clear that they are going to make things difficult, and finally the one who threw his armor and said thank you and came back, but after all, it has been tested for a long time, and the embarrassment is fleeting, so I heard Wang Xi say with a straight face: "If you can make your uncle and grandfather happy, we are a little wronged, what is it." ”
"Okay," Wang Qian showed a pleased smile, "They are all good children, this stale word is indeed good, but talented people are often arrogant and arrogant, and have a strange temperament, thinking about the previous rumors about this son, it should come from this, and it must be not easy to deal with such people." ”
When Wang Xi and the others heard this, they all smiled, knowing that this bet was successful and effective, and Wang Xi thought more-
"can make my uncle and grandfather praise it so much, it can be seen how far Chen Zhi's words have become, at least let the well-informed uncle and grandfather value it very much!"
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that the absurd man who was still looked down upon by everyone might have far surpassed others' expectations in the future.
"Isn't this a strange commodity? I must grasp this first move! Arrange things in the past few days, and then go to Pengcheng and get close to Chen Zhi......" At this moment, Wang Xi had already forgotten the promise he made to Chen Yun.
After Wang Qian praised a few people, he didn't talk much about Chen Zhi, but talked about homely things, and asked them about their homework and knowledge, after a while, he showed a little tired, Wang Xi and others observed the words, and hurriedly asked for their leave.
"All gone?" After a few people left, Wang Qian cheered up, looked at the little scholar who was closing the door, and asked.
"Let's go, what else does the master have to order?" The little scholar has been following Wang Qian for a while, and he has already figured out his preferences and knows that this master has something to say.
I saw Wang Qian stand up all of a sudden, and said with an anxious face: "Hurry up!" Go and get twenty taels of silver, then take the good paper, take Wang Chuan to Pengcheng to find that Chen Zhi, take the "Bright Moon Fu" written by the old man last month, and ask him to transcribe it, it must be fast! Before the Chen family reacts! At this moment, where does he still have the demeanor of an elder, and his previous calm bearing is gone.
"The little one knows, but why are you in such a hurry?" The little scholar nodded, a little strange, "According to the words of several young masters, that Chen Zhi didn't open a shop, and he wrote a letter with a clear price, and he could write it at any time, and it wouldn't take twenty taels of silver." ”
"These words, which have already been put into the product, are only worth fifty dollars? Fifty dollars can write hundred, that's an insult! Wang Qian looked distressed, "If it spreads, how will other places see our Pengcheng County?" If you want to say that we are tyrannical and tyrannical, maybe we will have to make up some idioms to ridicule us, this thing has not happened, and Wang Xi and others are not sensible, so they only spent fifty dollars, shame! But the child is filial, and I can't refute it. ”
Hearing these words, the little scholar secretly smacked his tongue, only to feel that these literati and celebrities had a lot of fancy intestines, and then asked: "Then why are you in such a hurry?" In a short period of time, the news won't get out, right? ”
"Of course I'm in a hurry," Wang Qian's eyes widened, "The Chen family has such a character, but he is allowed to let Mobao outflow, it must be abnormal, where is the news blocked, and when the Chen family reacts, the old man has to come to the door in person to beg!" What can be compared to now, you can buy it with money! ”
The little scholar suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.
Dare to love you, you always want to take advantage, how is it different from a few young masters Sun?