I want to put my heart with the bright moon, how can the bright moon shine on the ditch. This is a portrayal of Li Wencai's current state of mind.

Li Wencai instructed Xiaoliu to go to the casino to take care of the business, and he still had important things, that is, the previous agreement with Tang Caizi, Li Wencai felt that he was fishing in troubled waters, and there was still a chance to take advantage of it, so Li Wencai deliberately dressed up and walked on the most prosperous street in Taichang County, not far from Jiafu, one of the only few big families in Taichang County.

At the moment, the street is very lively, selling vegetables, buying vegetables, shouting, juggling, a market image. Li Wencai was walking when he heard a gong not far away. In the corner of the street, a lot of people rushed out, these people were disheveled, dirty, and holding a broken bowl in their hands, as if they had encountered a flood of fierce beasts, and they knocked Li Wencai, who was walking in the middle of the road, into a stagger.

"Are there bandits?" Li Wencai was shocked, so he also ran forward with this group of people who looked like Hanako, and while running, he grabbed a person's shirt with one hand and asked, "Brother, have the devils entered the village?" ”

The beggar-looking man was carrying a broken bowl with a gap in his hand and said impatiently: "Jiafu is giving porridge in front of me, and I still have copper coins to get if I go early, and I can't even drink a bowl of soup if I go late, you let me go quickly." ”

The beggar broke free from Li Wencai, and rushed forward with his legs in Cairo, with a lot of courage. Li Wencai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that something big had happened, it turned out that these people were all poor, and in order to get the alms of Jiafu, they were all desperate.

Li Wencai was very disdainful, although he was not rich, but he was not reduced to grabbing food with a group of beggars, so Li Wencai shook his fan and swaggered towards the crowd gathered in front of him, and on the road he also saw a child with a pigtail, who was holding a candy man licking his mouth, Li Wencai saw that the child was very involved in eating, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, remembering that he also loved to eat candy man when he was a child, and he saw that the sugar man exuded a golden light in the sun, but Li Wencai hadn't eaten this thing since he crossed, and he couldn't help but have some aftertaste, So he walked straight over, without saying a word, snatched the candy man from the child's hand, and then licked it unwillingly, regardless of the tragic situation of the child wiping his tears and crying, and walked straight forward.

After licking a sugar man, Li Wencai also walked to the door of Jiafu, only to see that Jiafu is worthy of being a big family in Taichang County, the tall courtyard wall occupies a radius of several miles, the red lacquer door is inlaid with brass door nails, and there are two large stone lions with a height of one person under the steps, which looks very mighty, and at this time the gate is already full of people, Li Wencai took a closer look, the people who came not only begging poor, but also a lot of brightly dressed boys, everyone is crowded, you compete for me, the scene is quite spectacular, Li Wencai is a person who loves to join in the fun, So I watched from the sidelines.

After the meal was distributed, a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper in Jiafu stood on the steps and said: "Everyone be quiet, my Jiafu has always been responsible for helping the poor, and my wife is even more advocating Buddhism, benevolent and generous, now my Jiafu needs to recruit two family members, the first thing to consider is the poor people, but the family members of my Jia Mansion have certain skills, take out your skills and let me see, and those who pass can become the subordinates of my Jia Mansion, with a monthly salary of twenty copper coins." ”

As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, he saw a surge of people, and they all raised their hands and began to sign up, and those short people were directly submerged in the sea of people, and there was chaos, Li Wencai thought that he wanted to blend into Jiafu This is an opportunity, so without saying a word, he pulled over a skinny beggar and threw out a copper plate and said, "Give you a copper plate, take off your clothes to me." ”

The beggar glanced Li Wencai up and down, snorted coldly, ignored Li Wencai, and thought that his torn clothes with a few patches were very expensive.

"Two copper plates, this is my bottom line." Li Wencai despises this kind of person who sees the opportunity to raise the price, no one wants this torn clothes and throws them on the street, and there is a stench, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to enter Jiafu, Li Wencai wouldn't like to take care of this goods.

The beggar doesn't like to deal with Li Wencai at all now, and he raises his hand to campaign, Li Wencai really can't bear it anymore, when has the way of the world changed, and the people in torn clothes are very angry.

"Oops, help, someone took off my clothes." A voice drowned out in the chaotic crowd and did not attract the attention of others at all.

At this moment, Li Wencai grabbed the beggar's hair and pressed it to the ground, pressed the beggar to death, and forcibly stripped his clothes on the street, the beggar's thin arms and legs were as thick as that, where was Li Wencai's opponent, but Li Wencai was divided by two by three, and only a fig leaf was left, screaming again and again.

"You just call it, even if you cut your throat, no one will pay attention to you, Lao Tzu just gave you two copper plates, you don't want it, you have to let me be rough." Li Wencai said as he put the beggar's clothes on himself.

The beggar had a cracked mouth, covered his face with his hands in his hands, and ran away crying.

Putting on the beggar's clothes, Li Wencai immediately became confident, stood behind the restless crowd, secretly lucked his luck, and prepared to perform his lion's roar.

The noise was broken by an unusual voice, and the scene immediately fell silent, and everyone turned around, as if they had seen some monster.

"Hi~~ What kind of water is fighting, hey"

"What a high-rise building on the water, hey."

"What water surface holds a parasol, what water surface is white-headed......"

Li Wencai's song "Liu Sanjie's Song to the Mountain" is really amazing, coupled with Li Wencai's tenor, which suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention, Li Wencai sang while walking, and the people in front were stunned, it was tantamount to looking at aliens, at a distance of one meter in front of Li Wencai, the crowd receded like a tide.

Li Wencai came to the stone steps without hindrance, still holding the trick in his hand, and continued to sing to the housekeeper with eyebrows and eyes: "Hey~~ The duck is fighting on the water, hey." ”

"The big ship is a tall building on the water, hey."

"The lotus leaf water surface holds a parasol, and the mandarin duck water surface has a white head to ......"

The middle-aged housekeeper was so shocked by Li Wencai's roar that he didn't react for a long time.

"Lord Butler, is Xiaosheng singing well?" Li Wencai stood in front of the butler and smiled with eight teeth.

"Good...... Good. The housekeeper was still shocked, and he didn't know how to describe Li Wencai's amazing performance.

There was a sudden applause behind the housekeeper, and everyone looked at it, only to see a woman walking out of the vermilion gate, this woman was wearing a light cyan silk gown, and her willow waist was tied with a golden ribbon, indescribably graceful, I saw that this woman was only eighteen or nineteen years old, about the same as Li Wencai, her white and tender face was slightly flushed, and her big eyes were still looking up and down Li Wencai with great appreciation.

"Miss Chuntao, why did you come out?" The housekeeper hurriedly asked respectfully to the girl named Chun Tao.

"I have nothing to do, and suddenly I heard a singing voice from outside the door, it is really unique, I love to sing the piano the most, but I have never heard such a tune, presumably this gentleman is an unborn master, can you come to my Jia Mansion to do things, will definitely not treat Mr. badly." Chun Tao looked at Li Wencai with a pair of charming eyes, and evaluated Li Wencai very elegantly.

Li Wencai sang this high-pitched song just now just to open the way, but he didn't expect the effect to be extraordinary, and the women in the courtyard were shocked. Li Wencai still refused, so he bowed down and said: "This young lady is really discerning, since she was seen through by the young lady at a glance, Xiaosheng will no longer hide it, in fact, I have always been a Maiba, I can sing any song." ”

"Really, great." Chun Tao smiled happily, looked at Li Wencai with bright eyes and said, "Then can you teach me?" ”

"Of course, I can teach you not only to sing, but also to tell stories, which is absolutely unheard of by you." Li Wencai looked at Chun Tao's eager eyes, and he could only take out the weapon of pickling girls.

"Okay, well, the butler will write down this gentleman's name." Chun Tao said, and did not forget to smile at Li Wencai before turning around and entering Jiafu.

"It's true that Yiduo doesn't press down, brother, I actually stood out from the army, which shows that my brother is not a pig waiting to die, I want to let that little steamed bun see, my brother is a talent." Li Wencai entered Jiafu very smoothly, and his salary was a little higher than that of the lowest-class subordinates, and his monthly income also rose to thirty copper coins.

Li Wencai's entry into Jiafu is no different from Grandma Liu's entry into the Grand View Garden, not to mention that this ancient rich and noble family is different, and it is very emotional to make rockeries and fake waters, and the garden art in the south of the Yangtze River is really ten steps and a good time.

Li Wencai is the first new subordinate, after walking around the courtyard, I found that the middle-aged housekeeper brought another subordinate behind him, this person is dressed more humbly than Li Wencai at the moment, and as soon as this goods came in, he squeezed his eyebrows at Li Wencai behind the housekeeper, which made Li Wencai have the urge to beat people, this kid is too cheap. Li Wencai squinted his eyes and took a closer look, and couldn't help but exclaim, he didn't see it for a long time, this guy turned out to be Zhao Jia, why did he come in, didn't this kid run to the painting boat and be happy.

"The two of you will be the subordinates of Jiafu in the future, someone will explain the specific affairs, go and change your clothes, and in the future, you must dress neatly in Jiafu, your image must be dignified, you can't run around casually, the old lady and a few young ladies live, you can't go in and out casually, I am the king of Jiafu, you can find me if there is anything in the future, I heard it clearly." The middle-aged housekeeper gave an explanation and left with a few subordinates.

This book was first published in Reading Books