The bustling inn, with the entry of the two teenagers, attracted many people to look at the door. No wonder these people pay attention, this inn is actually the best inn in Xiji Wharf, that is, the guest rooms are divided into A, B, C and third, that is, the C number room, and it costs dozens of dollars a night, it is not like these two poor young people can afford to live.

The little second of the inn was surprised, not only because the little young master of the scholarly door had become a sheep herding baby in the countryside, but also because the little guest's black face was completely different from the gentle appearance before leaving yesterday.

"Young Master Gui?" Xiao Er was a little unsure if he remembered the wrong person, so he asked tentatively.

Gui Chongyang's face was still dark, and he casually rewarded Xiao Er with a piece of broken silver: "Check out, hire two more carriages." ”

Xiao Er bowed down to pick it up, and then he was sure that he didn't remember the wrong person, so he pressed his curiosity and hurriedly went out to find a familiar handlebar style. This little young master doesn't look at the change of dress, it is estimated that he is playing some kind of drag game, and his shot is still generous.

After instructing Xiao Er, Gui Chongyang took Gui Chun up to the third floor and entered the innermost guest room.

This room has two and a half rooms, in addition to a bedroom, a living room, and a small room where the maid sleeps at night. Because it is a superior room, it is fully furnished. On the floor of the living room, there are more than a dozen unboxed boxes. On the bed in the bedroom, there is a new fine cotton covering, and two sets of clothes are neatly arranged.

Gui Chongyang didn't pack his luggage in a hurry, but first took a set of clothes to change, and he looked like a little young master again. It is still a plain cotton dress, and there is no trace of silk and satin on the body, but this little face is tense and has its own momentum.

Gui Chun was very restrained, and he couldn't help but wonder when he saw everything in front of him, but when he looked at his cousin's little black face, he was also a little afraid, and said cautiously: "Why are you angry?" ”

Gui Chongyang didn't answer, anyway, he asked, "Has Brother Chun seen the fifth aunt?" What kind of character is the fifth aunt? How about treating the fifth uncle? ”

Gui Chun nodded and said, "I have met twice, when the fifth uncle first got married, he took the fifth aunt back home once; Last year, when I sent Xiao Er to the town, the fifth aunt sent someone to ask us to come over for dinner. The fifth aunt is in poor health, but it is excellent to treat the fifth uncle. ”

Gui Chongyang's face was better, he paused, and said, "How much money did the family receive from the Jiang family back then?" ”

Gui Chun drooped his head and said in a muffled voice: "Thirty taels of silver." ”

Tong Son-in-law is a son-in-law, but in fact, for men, it is almost the same as selling one's body, and he has to enter the woman's household registration and change his surname, and even his children must follow the woman's surname.

However, Rao is Gui Chongyang, and it cannot be said that the price is low. You must know that now you can marry a daughter-in-law with a dowry of a few taels of silver, Gui Wu is a good citizen and has gone to school, and the Jiang family is kind to such a "dowry".

Gui Chongyang's face softened a little, no matter how wary the Jiang family was about this child-in-law now, they still accepted him with kindness at first.

Originally, Gui Chongyang had his own plan, and he was not so urgent, after all, he was still young, and he had to keep filial piety, plus he had to wait and see the temperament of relatives and others; But meeting Jiang Wuye made Gui Chongyang change his mind.

The weakness of "Xigui" is not only that Guiyuan made a mistake and became a sinner in Mujia Village; There are also six men in the Gui family who died one after another, one ran away from home, and only a room of old, young, sick and disabled remained.

Even now, Gui Chun is eighteen years old, Gui Qiu is sixteen years old, and the two brothers have become Ding one after another, but in the eyes of the villagers, they don't fancy the Gui family a little more, just because the Gui family is poor, and even the daughter-in-law can't say it, and the two brothers can't say that they want to be singles, and there is no inheritance; Even if their brothers reluctantly marry a daughter-in-law, they are only two brothers, and it will take thirty or fifty years for the men to complete the trip when the children and grandchildren are full.

Since the master of the Jiang family no longer likes the fifth master of Jiang, he is worried about choosing heirs from several grandsons to inherit the family business, so let them fight for it themselves. They are not rare Jiang Wuye, and Gui Chongyang is rare.

Jiang Wuye's age, marrying a wife and taking concubines to reproduce offspring is a matter in front of him; He has been a teahouse shopkeeper for many years, and he is a good manager who does not need to be trained.

Before, because the Gui family did not have any manpower, and it was the first time to involve business, Gui Chongyang thought of small fights, which could not only exercise people, but also not move too much to make people red; Now that there is Jiang Wuye, a businessman who has been trained, it is another plan.

Gui Chongyang has a plan in mind, but he is not the kind of person who is self-righteous. Jiang Wuye is still Jiang Wuye, and his life should be his own choice, not arbitrarily changed by others. Therefore, whether to "redeem oneself" for Jiang Wuye and how to "redeem oneself" can only be decided after discussing with Jiang Wuye.

At this time, Xiao Er had already brought a few rough envoys upstairs and asked Gui Chongyang how to carry his luggage.

Gui Chongyang pointed to the boxes and said, "There are a total of twelve boxes, ten of which are sealed and two are unsealed." Carry the sealed ones first, and then pack the remaining two boxes with luggage and clothes. ”

Xiao Er hurriedly said: "Where can I use Young Master Gui's hands, if it is not too small coarse benzene, it is still small." ”

Although Gui Chongyang loves cleanliness, he doesn't have the habit of not allowing others to touch his things, so he nodded and said, "Then it's bothering the little second brother." ”

Xiao Er was obedient and took the initiative to wash his hands before going to tidy up Gui Chongyang's bedding. Seeing the "patch suit" that had just been changed on the bed, Xiao Er's face was as usual, neatly folded.

Although Gui Chun didn't know what Gui Chongyang's box contained, he also knew that this was the whole net worth of the little cousin, and it was distressing to lose anything, so he took the initiative to help the guy carry the box down and stayed at the door of the inn to watch the carriage.

Gui Chongyang, who was received by Xiao Er before, moved in, knowing that he had a lot of boxes with him, because he hired two carriages, one was a flatbed carriage for pulling goods, and the other was a manned carriage.

The boxes were carried down one by one and placed on the carriage one by one, attracting many people's attention here.

Seeing that there was only a shabby-dressed and honest-looking Gui Chun standing next to the carriage, there were idlers on the street who were ready to move.

Gui Chun only stared at the number of boxes, unaware.

Jiang Wuye was worried about his nephew, he kept an eye on the inn, noticed that something was wrong, paced over, and said to Gui Chun: "These ...... Are they all Gui Chongyang's luggage? ”

Gui Chun nodded and said, "Well, there is no one in the south, Chongyang should have moved everything that can be used at home." ”

Gui Chun has never been out and doesn't know the distance between Beijing and Nanjing, but Jiang Wuye will not be so naïve. Even if it costs less to travel by water than by land, you can carry these luggage with you, and the cost of a boat for thousands of miles is expensive, and it may contain ordinary household items.

Gui Chongyang is only twelve years old, what kind of reliance and confidence do you have to come back alone? Did he really come back alone? Jiang Wuye was full of doubts, all pressed in his heart, and he only had closeness to Gui Chun on his face.

A few ruffians who were worried about the carriage recognized Jiang Wuye and were honest. Those who can open a teahouse are naturally friends with black and white, not something that a few idlers can provoke.

Gui Chongyang settled the bill at the inn's bookkeeper.

"The deposit is five taels of silver, a Jiazi suite for two nights, three hundred yuan a night, a total of six hundred yuan, and a return deposit of four taels or four hundred yuan." The inn bookkeeper held the account book and abacus, and counted "crackling".

Gui Chongyang had no objection, signed, and returned the deposit.

Seeing Jiang Wuye's posture in front of the carriage, Gui Chongyang was stunned.

Gui Chun only came over to talk when his uncle was close to him, but Gui Chongyang saw his intentions. Although he knew that most of them borrowed Gui Chun's light to get Jiang Wuye's protection, Gui Chongyang still felt warm in his heart.

Xiao Er had already taken his men out with the last two boxes, and when they were finally loaded into the carriage, there was a small episode.

The two boxes were tilted to the ground, and some of the contents fell to the ground, and the peeping eyes in the streets and alleys couldn't help but look at them again. I saw a box revealing half-used cotton luggage and a patched garment; The other box was full of old books with yellowed pages, as well as some manuscripts.

Looking at Gui Chongyang's outfit again, there is no gold and jade on his body, and those idle ruffians who were originally eager to try it have inferred that they are just a poor scholar.

Xiao Er hurriedly apologized to Gui Chongyang for his "mistake", and Gui Chongyang personally helped Xiao Er and sent a piece of broken silver over.

Xiao Er shouted loudly to the guys who set up the boxes: "Be careful, there are more than a dozen boxes of books, it's not good to get dirty." ”

The men answered, and carefully arranged the twelve boxes, and fastened them with ropes.

Jiang Wuye saw the small movements of Gui Chongyang and Xiao Er in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but he also had to admire the cleverness of this cousin who had just returned. In the eyes of readers, since books are priceless; , but in the eyes of idle people in the market, they are all poor acid with bad luck, and they are not worth remembering.

When Gui Chongyang first arrived, more than a dozen boxes of luggage inevitably attracted peeps, and more than a dozen boxes of books were another matter.

Gui Chongyang saw that Fifth Master Jiang had no intention of speaking, so he took the initiative to say: "When is it convenient for Fifth Uncle, I am bothered that Fifth Uncle will take his nephew to settle down in Yamen." ”

Jiang Wuye thought for a while and said: "Sooner or later, you have to settle down, and you will have a good morning birthday as soon as possible, just today." I'll go back with you, take the uncle's household sticker, and come back. ”

Although Gui Chongyang used small means, Jiang Wuye didn't worry about the two of them going back like this, so he found an excuse to bring two people to send them, but Gui Chongyang had already taken out something from his arms: "Fifth uncle, before I came out this morning, I asked my cousin for the family's household sticker, but it was cheap." ”

Although Grandpa Gui and Grandma Gui are gone, Mei was already an adopted daughter and settled in the Gui family, and the household post was received here by Mei. It's not that Grandpa Gui and Grandma Gui had the foresight to know that their son would marry another, but because they felt sorry for this niece and left her a way back, and it was convenient to remarry when it was appropriate, so they didn't write about their daughter-in-law, but wrote about their adopted daughter, but it happened to be cheaper Gui Chongyang, and they didn't have to worry about the fame anymore.

Fifth Master Jiang couldn't help but glance at Gui Chongyang again, nodded and said, "That's right, then we'll go to the yamen now." After that, he told Gui Chun to stay and watch the car.

With Jiang Wuye here, Gui Chun naturally had nothing to worry about, so he hurriedly responded, watching the two leave, and worried that the people of the Jiang family would be unhappy when they saw Jiang Wuye getting close to the Gui family, and they always couldn't help but look in the direction of the teahouse.

"After a few years of enlightenment, can you read through the four books? After the expiration of the filial piety period, can I end the game? Fifth Uncle Jiang thought of the box of books on the ground, as well as a lot of notes, and asked.

Gui Chongyang said: "Reading at the age of five and enlightening for seven years is also considered rough." When the time comes, if you want to try it, you must always have a fame to support the portal. ”

Gui Chongyang didn't mention the words of being a patriarch, just keep it in his heart, and he doesn't need to mention it repeatedly. ‘

Fifth Uncle Jiang looked at Gui Chongyang's small body, not optimistic, frowned and said: "Self-motivation is important, and your body is also important, since you are the only seedling in the long house, you should know to cherish yourself, don't let the long house break the incense." ”

It's straightforward, but only you can say it.

"Fifth uncle, don't worry, my nephew will take good care of himself." Speaking of this, Gui Chongyang paused for a moment and said, "It's the matter of the Jiang family, my nephew heard that Brother Chun also mentioned two sentences, since their family's aunt is staring at the teahouse, what does the fifth uncle mean?" If you don't argue, is it good for the fifth uncle to go home? ”