Although Li Guanqi and his entourage are micro-service private businesses, the clothes in the palace, no matter how ordinary they are, are naturally gorgeous, so as soon as the four of them entered the door, the teahouse junior had already seen that the four of them must be rich and noble masters, so he immediately tore his throat and shouted: "There are guests arriving, four VIPs, and the private room upstairs is waiting." As he spoke, he greeted him.

Li Guanqi saw that there were about thirty or forty tea guests sitting in the hall, listening to the singing of two artists, an old man and a young man, and from time to time there were cheers, which seemed to be relatively noisy, so he followed Xiao Er to the second floor.

Although the private rooms upstairs are not closed rooms like now, they are all partitioned one by one with screens, which makes them much quieter and more elegant. Thinking that the price of coming to the second floor is also much higher than that of the first floor, Li Guanqi took a look, only two or three tables were seated, and one of them was a few young people who looked like scholars, who were sipping fragrant tea and talking loudly, so they walked to the private room next to them and sat down.

He Bijun also sat down opposite Li Guanqi, and He Ziming and Yue'er stood behind the two of them. Li Guanqi smiled lightly and said, "There is no one else here, so you two should sit down too." ”

Before He Ziming and Yue'er could answer, He Bijun had already preemptively said: "How can this be?" How can a slave sit with his master? ”

Li Guanqi frowned and said, "I don't think the two of them are slaves, and I think all people should be equal." ”

He Bijun smiled: "You are joking again, how can people be born equal?" If you are born equal, how can you be the one who sits on this river......"

Seeing that He Bijun was about to tell the future, her voice was loud, I was afraid that the next door would definitely hear it, Yue'er didn't care about etiquette, and took the first step to interrupt He Bijun, and said: "The slave and maid also think that what the young grandmother said is right, if the slave and the son sit at the same table, they will lose their dignity and humility, and they will be chaotic." ”

Li Guanqi smiled dumbly and said: "It's just sitting and drinking tea together, is it necessary to be so formal?" ”

Yue'er pursed her lips and said: "Gang Chang can't be abolished, if the son thinks that we serve well, he can reward us more after he goes back, but this sitting at the same table is absolutely unacceptable." ”

Li Guanqi didn't expect the concept of respect and inferiority to be so ingrained at this time, and while shaking his head with a smile, he also thought that even in the era in which he lived in his previous life, he did not achieve true freedom and equality, and he felt that he couldn't blame them.

Sighing, Li Guanqi said: "Yes, people have long clearly divided the ranks in their hearts, and they must climb to the top of the hierarchy when they treat high-ranking officials and nobles, and they must avoid nobodies; Treat your boss with flattery, and treat your subordinates with scorn. In the world of flowers, rank is everywhere, and the high and low have long existed deeply in people's subconscious, so why should I be amorous here. ”

"Just for the sake of my brother's self-inflicted affection, my younger brother also wants to get to know you." A young man in white sitting next door walked over with a cup in one hand and a pot in his hand, and stood with a smile at the door.

Li Guanqi stretched out his hand to push away He Ziming, who had already been blocking in front of him, got up and hugged his fists and said: "I only care about talking to myself, I don't want to disturb the brothers next to me, forgive my sins." ”

The young man in white continued to laugh and said, "Junior Brother Shu can't have his hands free, and he can't salute him. ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Meeting is fate, if the other brothers sitting next to each other don't dislike it, they will come over and drink together. Li Guanqi took the opportunity to invite.

After sitting down again, Li Guanqi learned that these four young people were all tribute students who had come to Beijing to prepare to participate in this year's Spring Boudoir. The young man in white who took the initiative to say hello just now is surnamed Xie Mingchen, the word Xiping, is a student of Jiangnan Province, he has always been bold, and his family is well-off, so he loves to make friends. The other three were not his fellow villagers and friends, but they only met when they arrived in the capital.

Because the other three were not students of Jiangnan Province, they came to Jinling City for the first time in their lives, and the Confucius Temple was famous, so Xie Chen was very happy to invite everyone to come and visit the Confucius Temple, because he was tired of walking, so he went to this teahouse to rest, and he didn't want to run into Li Guanqi.

After Xie Chen introduced himself, he hugged his fist at Li Guanqi and said, "I haven't asked my brother Taigao's name yet." ”

Li Guanqi clenched his fists and replied: "In the next Bai Zheng, the cursive words are clear." The family lives in this capital. Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at He Bijun and said, "This is Humble Jing, He Shi." ”

The other three also introduced themselves. One is named Lin Yuankui, the word Pengfei, a native of Lingnan Dao; One is named Li Liangchun, whose name is Luoqiu, and he is also from Jiangnan Province; The other is called Tang Zifeng, whose name is Xiuqing, but he is from Hedong.

Because everyone was of the same age, Xie Chen and the four of them didn't know Li Guanqi's true identity, but they could secretly guess that he must be the son and young master of a big family, but seeing that he didn't have the slightest shelf, they intended to settle it, and Li Guanqi also wanted to learn some news through them, so the two sides soon became very familiar.

Xie Chen hugged his fists at Li Guanqi and said: "I heard Brother Bai's deviant words next door just now, the younger brother was really unheard of before, and he was surprised and felt that it made sense, and I hope that Brother Bai will explain it in detail." ”

Lin Yuankui next to him hurriedly said: "Brother Xiping has drunk too much again, Bai Gongzi and his wife are noble and noble, and they are followed by two people who are promoted by grace, they must be from a famous family, how can they say deviant words?" ”

Li Guanqi liked Xie Chen's straightforwardness and boldness very much, but he felt a little annoyed by Lin Yuankui's deliberate flattery, so he sneered at the moment: "Brother Lin is right. I am indeed not a deviant, and like everyone else in the capital, I see outsiders as inferior, especially those who come from poor and remote areas, and we will regard them as hillbillies. ”

Lin Yuankui is from Lingnan Dao, which is naturally the poorest and most remote place in the country, of course he understands that Li Guanqi's hillbilly is aimed at himself, and he is angry, but after seeing that Li Guanqi must be a high-ranking official, he is not something he can offend, so he can only laugh and say: "Bai Gongzi said that he was laughing." ”

"I'm not joking." Li Guanqi said calmly, "It is a fact that there is pride and prejudice between different regions. All kinds of discriminatory practices also pervade every corner of society. ”

Lin Yuankui said: "Respect and inferiority are orderly, there is a difference between the top and bottom, and there is no discrimination. For example, we are now tribute students, so naturally we can't be compared with the ordinary people. In our country, the people call me master, which does not mean that I am arrogant, but because there are rules in it. ”