Ye Tingen is a down-and-out scholar in Tai'an City, although he has been full of wealth since he was a child, and he was admitted to Xiucai at a young age, but what makes people who are optimistic that he can win all the way is that after he was admitted to Xiucai, every time he took the township exam, he was named Sun Shan.

Every time he failed the exam, there were various reasons, either because he had a bad stomach, or because he didn't grasp the time well, and twice he didn't shy away from it, and the result was that the brilliant test paper was regarded as the last one. As he grew older, he became less and less advantageous in the exam room.

The general examiner likes younger scholars, so that they can have their own students in the next twenty or thirty years, which is equivalent to paving the way for future generations, if you are seventy or eighty years old, and you burp earlier than the examiner, why does the examiner accept you as a student?

Therefore, although Ye Tingen has grown older, his pen power has become more and more sophisticated, and his insights are far-reaching, but he does not like the examiner, and when he handed in his test paper, the examiner looked at his old-fashioned font, and silently put him at the end.

came and went, time flies, he is forty in a blink of an eye, and he is just a showman, and because he is not convinced, he thinks that he is more talented than the scholars in the examination, so he is even more deaf to the things outside the window, and only reads the sage books.

People say that the poor are rich in martial arts, which means that if the poor want to get ahead, they can only study, and if they want to have a good martial arts, this can only be afforded by the children of rich families. But this sentence has another meaning, that is, if you study literature, you will become poorer and poorer, and if you practice martial arts, you will become richer and richer.

Ye Tingen interpreted the second meaning of this sentence very well, because he didn't know what to do to make a living. Every year is to live on a little food obtained by the endowment, this day is tight, although there is no need to pay taxes, but they do not have a few acres of land, this life is not as good as a day.

No, just after the beginning of spring, Ye Tingen, who usually only reads sage books, began to worry, after all, if you are hungry, this sage book will not be read, and even Confucius and his old man must choose a good family background when accepting people. Children who can have bacon should be children. It can be seen that the saints also have to eat.

could have made do with it, but he didn't expect to marry two daughters in a row, which hollowed out Ye Tingen's old bottom. In the Ming Dynasty, raising a daughter was a loss of money. Just that dowry. It can empty out people's homes. After marrying two in a row, Ye Tingen began to feel that his life could not go on.

Just when Ye Tingen was pondering whether to go out and set up a calligraphy and painting stall, his business came to the door. He heard someone shouting outside the door: "Is Ye Xiucai at home?" ”

"Who?"

Ye Tingen hurriedly walked out of the door and saw two people standing outside the door, one was tall and thin, looking like a bamboo pole, as if it would fall when the wind blew, and the other looked strong with a very eager smile on his face.

"Do you have something to do with Ye?" Ye Tingen looked at the two of them, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, in his opinion, these two people did not look like serious people.

"Mr. Ye, my master heard that Mr. Ye was full of wealth, so he specially sent me to invite Mr. to come over for two days to ask for advice. Of course, it's not that Mr. works hard in vain, my master is willing to pay ten taels of silver as a consulting fee, I don't know if Mr. is willing? The tall, thin man spoke.

"I haven't asked the names of the two honorable names yet, and what is the name of the master?" Seeing the appearance of the two, Ye Tingen didn't dare to take risks, no matter what he said, he had to figure out what the situation was.

"Hehe, we are from the Confucius Mansion in Qufu, his name is Kong Dong, my name is Kong Yang, Mr. Ye, if you don't worry, here is the road certificate issued by the government to the two of us, you can take a look at it first, and our master has already explained when he came, I will give you the consultation fee first, do you still have any questions?"

Of course, Kong Yang is a fat sheep, and when he saw that Ye Tingen didn't believe it, he hurriedly took out the road slip that was ready. Of course, there is also silver, and he doesn't believe that Ye Tingen will not take the bait.

Seeing Lu Ping, Ye Tingen already believed it, and when he saw Bai Huahua's ten taels of silver, Ye Tingen's doubts had already flown to the clouds, he was a poor talent, and now all his net worth did not have ten taels of silver, would someone who could take out ten taels of silver beat him for a poor talent's strange idea?

"Wait a moment for me, let me pack my things!" Ye Tingen decided to go, these ten taels of silver are not earned in vain, although the gentleman does not say profit, but the gentleman also has to eat! Only those who are alive are called gentlemen, and those who are starving are called fools.

"You just go and explain to your family, you don't have to pack up other things, we have prepared them for you, do you see if it fits?" Lei Dong took out a package from the carriage and handed it to Ye Tingen, inside were two brand-new robes.

Looking at these two new clothes, Ye Tingen's heart has an idea that he just comes and goes, and at the same time he is heartbroken by Confucius, it seems that the family is the family, and doing things is to make people comfortable, this kind of bearing, others can't learn it!

Ye Tingen, who was full of joy, hurriedly went back to the house and explained to his family, when he showed the heavy silver and brand-new clothes, the family members all cheered, their own family has not made new clothes for a long time, not to mention that these are clothes made of fine silk, and this white silver.

Ye Tingen, who felt that he had found the feeling of the head of the family again, explained to his family, so he couldn't wait to change his clothes and follow the fat sheep and the two left.

When he got into the carriage, he saw that the interior of the carriage was very beautiful, the cushion was very comfortable, and the carriage was not bumpy at all, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is this carriage specially for your master?" It's so comfortable to sit up! ”

The fat sheep smiled and said, "My master doesn't sit on this, he sits in the new four-wheeled carriage of the Jingshi now, and it is more comfortable to sit on than this!" ”

"Oh! I didn't think there were four wheels! Ye Tingen felt that he was really right to go out this time, he had been at home for a long time before, and he was about to become a frog at the bottom of the well. At the same time, he is very envious of the Confucian Mansion, this is the life that a rich family should have, when will he have that day.

On the way, the two of them also invited three well-known scholars in other counties, all of whom were like Ye Tingen, full of wealth, but they didn't meet Huaicai.

Two of them were the same as Ye Tingen, the fat sheep threw out the silver and clothes, and they agreed, and the other one was still young and didn't want to leave his daughter-in-law when he got married, but under the persuasion of the three, he still agreed.

Along the way, Ye Tingen felt that he had really lived in vain before, what was the name of the life he used to live, he was tight all day long, which is like now, as long as he stops and stays in the hotel, the best room, the best food, he doesn't have to worry about it at all, and the two of them will be arranged.

And the most satisfying is not only this, as long as you go all the way through the bustling city, the fat sheep always takes four people into the best green building in the city, in the words of the fat sheep, that is, his master said, you are all talents, of course the talent must be matched with the beauty, if you don't leave a little romance, how to call the talent, this is also equivalent to experiencing life.

Ye Tingen and the other three are older, and the yellow-faced woman at home has long been bored, and now they can ask for flowers and willows, and they will follow half-push, only the young Yan Xin is very resistant to this, and he also quoted a lot of scriptures.

Ye Tingen and the others are very unhappy about this, you kid is younger than us, how can you say that you are also your senior, and it is your turn to teach a lesson? So they simply left him alone in the inn, and they went to look for flowers and willows by themselves.

The next day in the car, the fat sheep was also very attentive to ask whether yesterday's Oiran served well, if there was anything dissatisfied, of course the three of them were very satisfied, and exchanged ideas with each other. Yan Xin couldn't stand it, so he had to chant desperately on the side: "Don't look at incivility, don't listen to incivility???"

But the road was boring, Yan believed for a long time, and saw that no one paid attention to him, so he had to stop chanting the scriptures and began to listen to the communication between the three of them.

In the evening, the three of them went again, and Yan Xin opened his mouth, not embarrassed to go.

The next day, the three of them began to exchange their experiences from last night, Yan Xin listened, his heart began to itch, and he had the heart to join in, but he was embarrassed to shut his mouth.

In the evening, the three of them were going to go again, and Yan Xin saw that the three of them didn't pay attention to him, so he had to swallow the words again.

On the third day, the fat sheep said before leaving: "Thank you gentlemen, you will arrive at the place tomorrow, and then my master will definitely greet a few gentlemen!" ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard at all! If I do this every day, I can't miss it! One of the three said with a loud laugh.

"You do this every day, can you stand it?" Ye Tingen said with a smile.

"Ha Luha, it's here tomorrow, and then have a good rest for two days!" The other old man said with a smile.

Yan Xin is in a hurry, according to their meaning, tonight is the last opportunity, if you don't hurry up, there will be no chance. Seeing that the three of them began to communicate again, Yan Xin couldn't hold back any longer, and he began to join in the discussion of the three of them, and there were bursts of lewd laughter from time to time in the car.

In the evening, it was logical that Yan Xin followed the three of them and came back very late.

In the daytime, Yan Xin said with a very retrospective taste: "I only now know that the words of Confucius are sometimes wrong, I estimate that when the sage said that men and women should not kiss, he may have been unable to do it, but he can only have a weak heart, so eat grapes and say that grapes are sour!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ye Tingen was anxious, he hurriedly gave Yan Xin a look, and signaled him not to talk nonsense, the people from the Confucian Mansion are outside, you talk about the ancestors in front of other people's people, isn't it uncomfortable?

As soon as Yan Xin's words came out, he immediately knew that he had said something wrong, he was worried in his heart, and he didn't know what to do, at this moment, the fat sheep opened the curtain and stuck his head in, and said with a smile: "It seems that we have found the right person, our master is looking for such a person!" He was going to revise some of the words of the saints! ”

"What?" Everyone was shocked, and now they realized that something was wrong, and at the same time, Confucius said, "If you are courteous, you must ask for something", the phrase "If you are courteous, you must ask for something", constantly echoed in their hearts. (To be continued......)