In the small restaurant, an old Taoist priest who eats and drinks and cheats for a living, claiming to be more than 130 years old, asks a young aunt who is famous for his nest under the fence what his ambitions are in his life, how strange and inexplicable this scene is.

"My ambition ......" Xiao Fan raised his head, his gaze gradually changed from confusion to perseverance: "...... It is to become the richest man in Jiangpu County within a month! ”

――The premise is that if you are lucky, you will not encounter the charlatans of ancient times.

Too vain and dumbfounded: "This is your ambition?" ”

Xiao Fan nodded firmly, looking complacent: "Not bad!" Even if the current richest man is my father-in-law, I will mercilessly squeeze him down and replace him! ”

Taixu stared at Xiao Fan with wide eyes, and didn't say a word for a long time.

After a long time, Taixu finally muttered and sighed: "...... Others say that the uncle of the Chen family became a madman after a serious illness, and the poor Dao saw that your words and deeds were no different from ordinary people, so he didn't believe such rumors, but now it seems that ...... The reason why rumors can become rumors is that there is still some truth in it, and the poor Dao has a little more understanding of the world......"

Xiao Fan happily arched his hand and said: "The Taoist has entered the world to practice, and now the skill of cultivation has deepened by another layer, not to mention that he may be able to feather and ascend to immortal, it is really gratifying......

Taixu showed signs of madness: "I heard that you are a farmer's child? ”

"That's right."

"And now you're going to be a trader?"

"Yes."

Taixu had an expression of hatred that iron could not become steel: "I divide the people into the fourth class of 'Shinong Industry and Commerce', and you are a good second-class farmer who does not do it, but you just run to be the most low-class businessman, you are not called ambition at all, you are called willing to fall!" ”

Xiao Fan was a little dumbfounded, even the charlatans who were so desolate looked down on the profession of businessmen, and the status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was so low?

It seems that the phrase "rich is an uncle" did not apply in the Ming Dynasty.

Money is a good thing, it is a good thing in any dynasty, but the businessman who has the most good thing is pressed to the bottom of the social framework, which is really a very strange phenomenon, and the economic base determines the superstructure is simply a.

chatted with the old Taoist priest for a long time, not very speculative, but he was the first person to talk to the most people since Xiao Fan crossed over, so it can be regarded as a friend, although this friend is a liar.

Full of wine and food, several dishes on the table were licked clean by the old Taoist priest with his tongue, and the light was recognizable, Xiao Fan ignored the old Taoist priest's earnest eyes of "a few more plates", and beckoned the guy to settle the bill.

This meal cost fifty yuan, which is not expensive, Xiao Fan carefully took out a small piece of broken silver from the money bag on his body, and the guy took it to the counter, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant weighed the broken silver with a small and delicate scale, and then found dozens of dollars for Xiao Fan.

Out of the door of the restaurant, Xiao Fan and the old Taoist priest said goodbye, the old Taoist priest seemed very reluctant, followed Xiao Fan for a long time, and kept chattering behind him, saying that he had taken root in Jiangpu County recently and couldn't leave, hoping that Xiao Fan could come out to talk to him every day, and the two of them worked together to brainstorm and modify Xiao Fan's self-depraved ambition......

Xiao Fan ignored him, he had already seen through the old Taoist's sinister intentions at a glance, what kind of conversation, didn't you just let me take care of your food every day? It is enough to be wronged once.

Taixu followed him for half a street before he stopped, and then held high the banner of "Iron Mouth Straight Break", and turned around to deceive other wronged leaders.

Walking on the way back to Chen's Mansion, Xiao Fan's mind kept turning, and the process of knowing the old Taoist priest made him full of frustration, he always thought that he was very smart, but now he carefully recalled all kinds of encounters since he crossed over, first he was almost buried, and then he recognized the wrong person, accidentally insulted the maid, and then he was almost kicked out of the door, and now, he was deceived by a charlatan......

These encounters do not say or feel, as soon as they talk about it, they make him feel very depressed, people have bad luck to this point, he has doubts about his confidence, and his dream of becoming the richest man in Jiangpu County within a month began to waver.

To be a man, you still have to be down-to-earth! Xiao Fan began to self-examine, the ancient people were not as stupid as they imagined, compared to each other, the real stupid person seems to be himself, and the goal of becoming the richest man in Jiangpu within a month is too unrealistic.

…… Let's change it to two months!

There is another thing that is very strange, it is said that he is very wary of strangers, but why did this old Taoist priest easily deceive him for a meal, Xiao Fan did not have much disgust with this in his heart, but faintly had a sense of intimacy with the old Taoist priest?

Could it be that this old Taoist priest is not human at all?

*******************************************

It was already evening when he returned to the Chen Mansion, and as soon as he stepped into the side door next to him, Xiao Fan found that the atmosphere in the Chen Mansion today was a little weird.

In the past, there were always a few people gathered in the gatehouse, sometimes drinking and bragging, sometimes throwing dice and playing money, fighting for so much money, but today's gatehouse was unusually quiet, the old man guarding the gatehouse sat alone in it, calm with a little fear, and carefully looked at the front yard from time to time, and he didn't even notice Xiao Fan entering the door.

Xiao Fan frowned, what's wrong today?

was secretly strange, but saw Steward Chen coming towards him, Xiao Fan was shocked, hurriedly moved to the side, saw Steward Chen, Xiao Fan suddenly remembered, when he went out in the morning, he seemed to have fooled him, according to the current results, it seems that the flickering was very successful, -- Steward Chen's white and pure face was printed with two bright red slap prints on the left and right, and the whole person was depressed a lot, and the momentum of the dog looking at people in the ordinary world was obviously restrained.

Peeking at the chest of the wife of the head of the family, this sin is not small, Xiao Fan was secretly surprised, this guy would not be so stupid, he really took the initiative to explain to Chen Siliu, right? If this is the case, these two slaps are not wronged.

Despite this, Xiao Fan still has a little weakness in his heart, and he has to keep a low profile when he does bad things, especially when facing the bitter master, he must be even more low-key.

I thought that Steward Chen would be furious when he saw him, accusing Xiao Fan of spewing blood, but who knew that Steward Chen came to meet him but ignored Xiao Fan at all, just glanced at him casually, and then hurriedly walked towards the door, quite anxious between his eyebrows, not knowing what to do.

Xiao Fan is getting more and more strange, what's going on in this mansion today? What happened?

Now Xiao Fan faintly regrets it, the disadvantages of poor popularity are now reflected, and he should make a friend among the subordinates of the Chen Mansion, especially the kind of subordinate friends who like to spread gossip and current affairs news.

Not being able to grasp the news and information in a timely manner at the first time is really anxious.

If the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain. Xiao Fan decided to take the initiative to ask someone.

Xiao Fan's way of asking people is a bit rude and not worth advocating.

It was still the old way, he found a gray corner in the garden on the west side of the front yard of the Chen Mansion and squatted down, and then like a hunter waiting for the stupid rabbit to hit the stake by himself, he patiently waited to beat the unlucky people passing by, and whoever he caught was whoever he caught.

The first unlucky subordinate was the dumb uncle who was responsible for muttering the garden every day. Xiao Fan pinned the dumb uncle to the ground, and then began to ask what happened in the Chen Mansion.

It's a pity that Xiao Fan caught the wrong person, the reason why the dumb uncle is called the dumb uncle is, of course, a dumb person who can't speak......

Under Xiao Fan's apologetic eyes, the dumb uncle wiped his tears of happiness and ran away...... I am fortunate to be a dumb person in this life, and I am really an ancestor who has accumulated virtue......

So Xiao Fan had no choice but to squat down again, like a scout who went deep behind the enemy to touch the enemy's sentry post, and continued to wait for the next unlucky subordinate.

----------------- Split -------------------

What's that...... A signed, ashamed to ask for votes, big officials, let's get a few!

Don't forget to collect it......

;