Chapter 136: Xie Shi
Mr. Bai was very happy, and he personally helped his proud protΓ©gΓ©, "Good boy, get up quickly." β
Su Shen got up with a smile, and Mr. Bai warmly invited Yan Zhenwu to sit down.
The four of you talked and laughed back and forth, and then Mr. Bai began to tell Su Shen some things.
What he said was basically related to social interactions, and the focus was on the banquet of the prefectural magistrate.
The county ordered the adults to hold a banquet and summon some students who were admitted to the top ten in the county, although they had the intention of making friends with these potential stocks in the county in advance, but after all, they were already real parents in the county, and Su Shen and the students who got the invitation would still regard this matter as an honor.
Mr. Bai is also worried that his student has no relevant experience and does not know the magistrate, and if he provokes the magistrate on the day of the banquet again, he will teach him earnestly.
What he didn't know was that in fact, Su Shen had always been in contact with the magistrate.
After that bandit suppression incident, Su Shen has been representing the Meng family in dealing with the magistrate and the county lord.
During the New Year's holidays, he would basically go with Yan Zhenwu to give gifts to the officials in the county government.
Those small officials and errand servants, Meng Zhen is very real to give silver.
A purse is both decent and affordable.
For those who are suspected of accepting bribes such as silver money and jewelry, Meng Zhen and Su Shen will carefully prepare rare objects for them that look worthless on the surface, but can be sent into other people's hearts.
In the small valley, there are precious medicinal herbs of the year, the finest furs collected from the hands of Orion, all kinds of exquisite pastries exclusively made by Meng Zhen, and the new satin cloth, rouge gouache, velvet comb grate, fan handles, tea and wine in the south of the Yangtze River......
These things are not very valuable, but they are all practical and relatively rare, and they are perfect as gifts.
Thanks to the blessings carefully managed by him and Meng Zhen, they have a very harmonious relationship with those big and small officials in the county government.
And the most direct benefit they get is the Meng family's shop, almost no one dares to make trouble and make trouble.
Now that Su Shen has won the show, his status has been qualitatively improved, and in the future, when they deal with the big and small officials in the county government, the process will undoubtedly be smoother.
When Mr. Bai gave him all his experience, and probably told him about the character, hobbies, and background of the county magistrate, Su Shen briefly mentioned his acquaintance with the county magistrate.
Mr. Bai was very surprised.
Qi Yu'an asked Su Shen directly, "It turns out that Senior Brother Su, you know the county commander!" I haven't heard you mention it. β
Su Shen was a little embarrassed, "It's just an acquaintance, but I don't really know much, and it's really not close, this kind of 'understanding', I can't always talk about it." β
Qi Yuan thought about it.
After all, it is the county commander, Su Shen is an ordinary person, even if he intersects with others by chance, it is really not good to always use his "acquaintance with the county magistrate" to come out and talk about things, otherwise others must not think that Su Shen's power is superficial?
And if his power is really superficial, how can Mr. Bai accept him as an apprentice?
At first glance, he was just surprised, but he didn't blame Mr. Bai for Su Shen, Qi Yu'an couldn't help but feel that he had really asked a stupid question.
He scratched his head a little embarrassed, "That's what Senior Brother Su said. β
Su Shen smiled at him, and Mr. Bai glanced at his apprentice and son-in-law approvingly.
These two children, one is modest and calm, and the other is a little bookish, but he is kind-hearted and warm-tempered, and he is a good candidate for a husband.
Thinking of his delicate and cute baby girl, Mr. Bai was suddenly more satisfied with Qi Yuan.
After a few people finished talking, Su Shen and Qi Yu'an took the thank you gift he brought to Mr. Bai from the carriage.
Mr. Bai didn't take it seriously at first, but he soon found out that Su Shen was actually moving things down bag after bag, basket after basket, and box after box......
"Alright, alright, don't move." Mr. Bai didn't care about continuing to drink tea with Yan Zhenwu, he rushed outside the house in three steps and two steps, "You have moved half of your belongings to me, right?" β
Su Shen smiled and took out a basket of persimmons, "No, no, I didn't bring anything valuable." β
Mr. Bai was speechless.
Is this a question of worthlessness?
Don't think he doesn't know, this stinky boy, the ingredients, cloth, tea, and wine that he gave to their family are so many that his wife can't help but feel worried.
Their family is only four people, including Qi Yu'an, how can they stand Su Shen's big bags and small bags of things every time?
Su Shen pretended not to see Mr. Bai glaring at him, and he reminded Qi Yu'an in a low voice, "Don't be stunned, continue to move." β
Qi Yuan couldn't help laughing and silently helped Su Shen move things.
I really don't blame him for being "greedy enough", it's really that the things Su Shen brought are too delicious.
Not only the dim sum meat sauce that had been made, but even the rice noodles brought by Su Shen, Qi Yu'an felt that it was better than the ones they bought in the county seat.
He was a pure scholar who did not understand farming, and he did not understand the subtle difference between new rice and old rice and noodles, otherwise he would have discovered that the grain store that his aunt frequented sold rice and noodles that were actually mixed with a little old goods.
Under Mr. Bai's helpless gaze, the two of them quickly moved everything in the car.
After that, Su Shen did not continue to stay here, and he had to go back to his house before closing the city gate.
After he left, out of curiosity, Mr. Bai decided to work with Mrs. Bai, Qi Yu'an, and Bai Yunzhen to study what Su Shen had brought.
And then... Mr. Bai, who felt that he had been deceived, was happy and helpless and slapped the table hard, "This stinky boy! Didn't he say there was nothing of value? β
Those that are carried in baskets and bags are indeed not of much value.
In the bag are new rice, millet, white flour, yellow rice, and beans that have come down this year.
In the basket are the persimmons, dates, pears, grapes, watermelons, hazelnuts, chestnuts, pine nuts, dried fungus, and dried mushrooms that Aunt Guo asked Guo Yang and Guo Song to send to the county seat yesterday.
In the box, except for a box of dried apricots, a box of preserved peaches, a box of egg yolk crisp, and a box of jujube flower cake, everything else is more valuable.
If you say that two of the best silk of the latest colors in the south of the Yangtze River, two Songjiang fine cloths that are also from the south of the Yangtze River, one side of the mud inkstone, one box of lake pens, and one knife of good rice paper, are still within the scope of Mr. Bai's acceptance, and the last small box in the "Luo Shen Fu" handwritten by the former calligrapher Songshi Daoren, but it really shocked Mr. Bai.
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