Chapter 3: The Scholar and the Maiden

In the morning, when the first rays of sunlight shone into the window, Li Jin woke up from his sleep, stretched his waist, his face was full of energy, and he looked a hundred times more energetic. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Li Jin himself didn't notice that he slept late, but he didn't feel sleepy at all when he woke up in the morning, because he was still thinking about the warm and beautiful spring dream last night.

Shaking his head vigorously in the sunshine of the new day, he muttered, "What am I thinking, how did I get infected by this disrespectful old man." Ay! It seems that I have to find a woman, I can't live twice and be lonely for life. ā€

Thinking of women, Li Jin couldn't help but think of the Miss Liufu he met at the gate when he came to Liufu to apply for a job, and she stayed after a while. But thanks to his self-knowledge, how can a woman of this level be within the reach of a small family member of his own, or just do something down-to-earth and don't starve herself to death.

After washing and dressing, I finished breakfast with the old man, asked where the young master of Liufu was studying, and then began to embark on the road of a new job.

The place where the young master of Liufu studied was a separate small courtyard, which was slightly smaller than the small courtyard where Li Jin lived, but I don't know how much stronger it was than Li Jin's courtyard in terms of decoration.

When Li Jin walked into the yard, there was an almost elderly man holding a broom and bowing his head to clean up the fallen leaves in the yard. Seeing Li Jin nodding slightly, Li Jin also smiled slightly.

Li Jin came to the door of the room and found that the door was not locked, thinking that the prince of Liufu had already come, so he quickly pushed the door in, but found that the room was empty, and the books on the desk were clean and tidy, and there was no trace of looking through them. Li Jin couldn't help but wonder, what's going on? So he went to the house in the courtyard and asked.

After hearing this, the family said helplessly: "Hey! How many of the current sons and brothers are willing to study with peace of mind, and this young master Liu of our family is even more excessive, never studying, soaking in the gambling house to gamble and listen to music during the day, and turning the phoenix upside down in the brothel at night. Ay! Jiading sighed, looked at Li Jin with envy on his face and said: "I don't think you look like a child from a poor family, you must be the first time to be a subordinate, in fact, the scholar is the most relaxed among the subordinates, no need to work, just like this situation, if the son does not study, the scholar is an idler, white-collar salary." ā€

After talking with the family, I learned that the young master of Liufu is named Liu Shiqing, and he is a complete gentleman, relying on his family's great business to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and his reputation is even more stinky.

After listening to the words of the old man, thinking about it carefully, the position arrangement in this ancient mansion must also have an insider, but when he first arrived, he was arranged to be a scholar, and it seems that he relied on the blessings of the old monk, but even so, Li Jin is not an idle person, and if he really eats for nothing and does not work, Li Jin really feels a little uncomfortable. Li Jin thought to himself, he hasn't seen the world well yet, he is idle anyway, so he will go out for a casual stroll, and by the way, he will meet this Liu Shiqing, he can't be a scholar and don't even know who to accompany him to study.

After inquiring about this, Liu Shiqing often goes in and out of some places, Li Jin changed into civilian clothes, and brought the silver rewarded by Mrs. Liu by the way, it seems that he is ready to squander it.

According to the confession of Lao Ding, Li Jin quickly found the gambling house that Liu Shiqing often went to, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw and heard the shouts of gamblers with red eyes, some cheering for luck, and some scolding their father and mother. Li Jin didn't feel anything out of the ordinary, after all, this kind of scene had been seen on TV many times, so I had to say that there was something different, that is, I was a little excited about entering the casino for the first time.

Li Jin walked around the casino, except for the private rooms, he basically searched all over the room, and there was no one who could match Liu Shiqing's appearance characteristics. Fortunately, Li Jin didn't have much hope that he would be able to find Liu Shiqing at once, so he was not disappointed, but came to a table where he rolled the dice to guess the size and made a bet.

At this time, there was a middle-aged man on the table who was fat but well-maintained, with a frustrated and unwilling face, obviously losing more and winning less. Although Li Jin has not gambled money before, but fortunately, he is a person in two lives, and he is a person who has crossed over from the era of big data, and he understands the greasy in it after a little thought, most of the gambling money in this is a drag, only a few people are real players, a few people are acting together, and identify a big fat sheep to be operated by the dealer, and the rest of the people pretend, let the fat sheep win a few handfuls first, and then secretly engage in means to win the money when it is fluttering, these slaughtered fat sheep are often slaughtered to the end of the family and do not know that they have been played.

Obviously, the middle-aged fat man was the big fat sheep, and he himself was kept in the dark. Think about the reason, Li Jin is ready to play a few, sure enough, the fresh face just on the table attracted the attention of the dealer, of course, Li Jin is not so stupid, come up to win money, slowly the dealer relaxed the attention to Li Jin, I thought it was an ordinary player, and I didn't take it seriously, slowly Li Jin according to the eyes of the dealer and the people around him and the middle-aged man to judge the next will be big or small, is a leopard or all-in-one, and then choose which bet they should place, and after a while they won the lost money back, And it has also doubled several times, Li Jin couldn't help but sigh No wonder he is addicted to gambling, this feeling of winning money is really refreshing.

After all, Li Jin is not a real gambler, and he will not go astray because of a small fortune, seeing that the middle-aged man has not much money in front of him, and the dealer began to pay attention to him again, Li Jin decisively chose to quit, and he knew the rules and threw a lot of official silver to the dealer and the accompanying customers around him.

Just as Li Jin was about to turn around and leave, the scene that was common in the casino appeared again.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old little maid with a delicate face squeezed to the middle-aged man who lost the money with difficulty and said timidly: "Master, Madame asked me to call you home, saying that there is an urgent matter to discuss." ā€

"Urge! Urge! Urge! It's really a dead star, it's because you keep urging me that I can't win money, what's the use of keeping you, it's better to exchange you for gambling money. As he spoke, the middle-aged man pushed the little maid onto the gambling table, and the little maid seemed to have foreseen her fate, and instantly cried into tears.

Li Jin, who originally thought that the middle-aged man was pitiful, pushed the middle-aged man away with disgust and said, "You lose money, what are you doing!" ā€

The middle-aged man who was pushed shouted with an angry face: "I discipline my maid, what does it matter to you?" ā€

Li Jin tightly guarded the little maid behind him and said, "How much?" I bought this girl. ā€

"Huh? Why do you say you have to sell me if you buy me? ā€

"Money shopkeeper, you are a businessman, why bother with money, if this little brother's bid is suitable, you might as well sell him for my thin noodles, just a maid." Because Li Jin was generous just now, the dealer on the side said.

"Humph!" The middle-aged man may be afraid of the power of the casino boss and dare not really make trouble here. He flicked his sleeves and stretched out five fingers, which meant fifty taels.

Although Li Jin has just crossed over and doesn't know much about the market price, he also understands that it is difficult for ordinary people to make up fifty taels without eating or drinking for three years, and a maid is not worth that much at all, but Li Jin is too lazy to talk to this kind of social scum, so he took out the silver he had just gambled on and handed it to the middle-aged man, "Huh, that's all, there is no more." After speaking, he led the little maid out the door.

Fortunately, the middle-aged man was also knowledgeable and knew that although Li Jin gave him not fifty taels, he was in his early forties, and for a maid, this was definitely worth the price.

When Li Jin came out of the gambling house with the little maid, he found that it was already night, but he thought that he had just found a place where he was not very stable, so why should he take care of this little girl again.

"Girl, do you have any family or relatives or friends nearby? I will send you to them, and you will be free. ā€

As soon as Li Jin finished saying this, the little girl's big eyes fell as if she didn't want money.

Li Jin, who had never even held the eldest girl's hand, could bear this, and immediately said at a loss: "Alas, don't cry, you have something to say." ā€

"Bauhinia has been sold as a maid since he was a child, and he has been helpless, and today thanks to Gongzi's rescue, he is Gongzi's person, and now Gongzi doesn't want Bauhinia, then Bauhinia may only be able to live on the streets."

"Huh! That one...... Your name is Bauhinia, isn't it? Li Jin rubbed his hands and said, "Actually, I'm not a son, I'm just a little scholar in Liufu, so you may still suffer with me, why don't you try to find your family." ā€

The maid named Zijing looked at Li Jin with clear and firm eyes and said: "No matter what the identity of the son is, Zijing is willing to follow the child, Zijing is not afraid of hardship, as long as the son does not dislike it, Zijing is willing to serve the child." If Gongzi insists on abandoning Bauhinia, then Bauhinia can only die with a clear will. ā€

Having said that, Li Jin is not good at refusing again, and Li Jin is originally a soft-hearted person, and other girls are going to die, so it is difficult to really want others to die.

Li Jin helplessly spread his hands and said, "Okay, as long as you don't dislike it, follow me." ā€

Zijing couldn't hide the joy on her face and said, "Well, Zijing is willing to follow Childe." ā€

Li Jin also couldn't suppress the excitement on his face and smirked: "Well, in fact, I'm quite bored in Liufu myself, and I'm very happy if I have you with me." ā€

Nonsense, anyone is happy to have such a good-looking girl by their side.

"Let's go, I'll take you to buy something first." Although the girl doesn't ask for anything, she is a girl after all, and normal daily necessities still have to be added. With that, Li Jin took Bauhinia and walked towards the storefront on the street.

Don't look at Li Jin as a man, but after all, he is a person who has undergone advanced cultural education, and he must not be as pedantic and ignorant as ancient men, otherwise he is really sorry for his two lives.

Li Jin took Bauhinia to buy two changes of clothes and some daily necessities, thinking that there was no food to eat when he returned to Liufu at this point, and he ate something outside before returning to Liufu with Bauhinia.

When he saw the doorman of Liufu, Li Jin stuffed some scattered silver, saying that he was a relative in the countryside and left after staying for one night, so he was successfully fooled over.

When he returned to the small courtyard where he lived, Li Jin saw that the lights in the old man's house had long been extinguished, and he must have slept, so he couldn't help but sneer: "Fortunately, this old man is asleep, otherwise he will be mocked again when he sees it." ā€

Back at the residence, sleeping at night is another problem, there is only one bed, Li Jin originally wanted to let Zijing sleep in the bed, and he would get off, but this girl stubbornly said nothing, so the two slept with clothes for one night.

Today may be the happiest day since Li Jin crossed over or even as a human being, without the pressure of hustle and bustle city life, and forgot the worries of worrying about his livelihood, it was a good night's dream.