Chapter 11: The Black Market
When I was anxiously waiting, the days passed the fastest and the slowest, every late at night to make sure that there was no hope of getting the invitation today, I got up early in the morning to look through the mattress and was not stuffed into the loss of the invitation, and then it was a whole day of waiting, watching the Mid-Autumn Festival day by day, but the invitation to the black market was not sent to Lin Zichen.
Lin Zichen's heart couldn't help but become more and more anxious, not only did he ask the scholar to look for everything carefully every day, but he was still afraid that there would be something missing, so he had to read it in person.
Father and mother saw Zichen's abnormality and asked him what was wrong, he didn't dare to say ah, to say that the black market does not send him an invitation, whether it is to ask or buy and there is a glimmer of hope to go, but if he let his father know, there is no glimmer of hope, I really don't understand, it is not a place to fight and gamble, why do you avoid it like a snake and scorpion.
Because the clans are strict about going to the black market, the young people do not dare to speak out when they receive the invitation, and the little maids or maids around them must be warned not to pass it on if they know it. But as long as there is a wall of news, it will eventually be known by one or two good people.
There are private rumors among classmates that there are so many fun-loving sons, but some people have received invitations to the black market. But who is it is also a mysterious flash, usually it is natural to laugh it off, but now I want to ask for this invitation card naturally can't let go.
With both soft and hard treatment, he finally learned from the mouth of the eldest son of the Chen family that the son of the Gao family received the invitation, or his wife found out, and the wife of the son of the Gao family was the daughter of this Chen Shang, and when Mrs. Gao returned to her parents' house, she talked about it and let the son of the Chen family know.
Although I knew that it was too abrupt and presumptuous to ask for this invitation, for the sake of my sister's gift, I still invited the son of the Gao family to get together.
When the son of the Gao family received the invitation, he was also stunned, and he was only a gentleman's friend with this son of the Lin family in the past, when was it close enough to let people spend money to go to a place like Fulou.
Fulou is the first restaurant in Beijing, without him is this dish delicious, ordinary to see the magic of delicious. That grilled meat alone makes people miss it very much if they don't eat it for a month. Moreover, light cuisine and strong flavor restaurants can be easily obtained.
Many people don't know why the taste of the same dish is so different. I can't cook such delicious dishes in my own kitchen. It can only be said that the dishes are not bad, and the cooking is in the people.
Fulou not only keeps people, the overall privacy is also very good, because many restaurants do not have too many private rooms, it is inconvenient for the female dependents to show their heads too much, and in addition to the many private rooms in Fulou, there are bamboo curtains hanging on each table, if you need to call Xiao Er to put down the bamboo curtain, because of this design, many female dependents in the house can occasionally come to Fulou to eat.
During this time period, people invite themselves to dinner for no reason, and go to such an expensive place, naturally they have something to ask for, and it is self-evident what it is, it must be the invitation to the black market. And it was his wife who knew about his invitation.
I can't bear to blame my wife when I go back to the backyard, of course, I don't dare, otherwise I will threaten to take peace and leave if I am unhappy, and there are pros and cons for the wife family to be too strong.
Although it is not good to blame his wife, he still has to explain to his wife that this is very powerful, and do not bring some unnecessary trouble in the future because of casualness.
"Cui Niang, did you tell others about the "that" I received? β
"Well, I told my mother and brother, why did he ask you for an invitation?"
"That's not it, it's just that he told me about another classmate, and the classmate invited me to Fulou for a get-together, I think it must have something to do with the invitation."
"Then you can give the invitation to others, it's over, a market is sneaky, I don't like it."
"No, I'm really useful." As soon as the words fell, a sharp gaze looked over, and I thought she must have misunderstood. In order to alleviate the embarrassment, I continued, "I heard that there is a dog transported from abroad, don't you always feel bored at home, three years ago I heard you say that when you went to the flower feast, the old lady of Dingguo had a Jingba, you think it is particularly fun, at that time I have been trying to find you a hearty one, I went to the Dingguo Mansion to see the dog's appearance, and then I have been looking around and have not been able to match the appearance you like, I heard that this time there is a sale on the black market, and the goods on the black market are considered top-notch, This time, I want to see the dog from the outland. If you want anything, I will buy it back and give it to you, but you misunderstand me so much, hey! Maybe I gave the invitation to Lin Zichen, so what's the matter. After saying that, pretending to go out, Cui Niang hurriedly took his hand, stroked his back and said, "Don't go, husband, ah~ husband, I really don't know, blame me, blame me, I can't blame me, let you embarrass husband." Thinking that he always felt that he was playful and wanted to go to the black market, but he didn't expect that his husband was dedicated to himself, and after listening to his husband's explanation, he felt that he was too stingy, so he quickly appeased and appeased his husband.
Gao Xianggong actually wanted to take this opportunity to let her know that she lost her temper when she was unhappy, but she had to endure it everywhere if she was unhappy. Seeing the softening of his wife's attitude, Gao Gongzi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
In fact, the black market also accepts the exchange or gift of invitations to others. But the selection of the black market has its own rules, and with this rule, the person who receives the invitation does not want to forward the invitation unless it is forced to do so.
Lin Zichen in Fulou was waiting in the private room early, thinking about how to speak.
As Xiao Er shouted loudly, "Master Gao, please inside." β
Lin Zichen hurriedly got up to greet him, and instructed Xiao Er to put on the menu, and when he picked up the Gao family son to sit down, not to mention that Gao Gongzi felt that it was quite useful, if he didn't want to find the dog for his beloved wife, it didn't hurt that this invitation was so enthusiastic to Lin Zichen.
The two pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and found that it was very fateful, but in order not to let Lin Zichen be too disappointed, the original pretext Gao Gongzi did not plan to trick him, but told Lin Zichen the truth that he could not cut love, and today he and Zichen are very in love, this time I invited Zichen, I hope it will not affect the relationship between the two because of this time.
Hearing Brother Gao say this, how embarrassed should he be, he shouldn't have made such a rude request, but now that people are so polite and chatting happily, they want to invite themselves to this banquet. Busy pushing and saying that he would invite, he didn't get the invitation, but it is even more precious to gain like-minded friends! Although the meal was happy, I was still struggling with how to go to the black market on the way back to my home.
The days are flying, and seeing that the black market is about to open one day, I have no chance to get an invitation at all, and now I am a little discouraged.
I thought I could give my sister a lovely gift, but now I'm really going to be in the soup, and I'm down the street listlessly. As soon as he walked out of Guozijian Street, he was stopped by the chivalrous warrior who had squandered his wealth that day.
Zichen smiled out of politeness and arched his hand, and was about to leave, but the chivalrous man took the initiative to greet him, and now if he leaves, it must be too rude, although he is in a lost mood, he still stands there.
"Childe, thank you again for your relief that day, although you don't have to pay it back, I still want to treat you to a drink." The big hand stretched out and led to the teahouse.
"Don't hide it from my brother, I really want to have a drink at this moment, but it's not tea, it's wine." Hey, Lin Zichen has been smooth sailing so far, and it should be normal to have one or two unpleasant things, but when he is used to it, he will inevitably encounter unacceptable things, and his heart is extremely depressed.
The older brother at this age has not yet learned to hide his emotions. I just know that laughter is laughter, and troubles are troubles.
Seeing him so depressed, King Jing was also curious about what was going on and asked, "What's wrong, brother." β
Rather than holding back his brother, he is more willing to tell the bitterness in his heart. The ins and outs of the change were all told to King Jing. What was difficult for King Jing at that time, it turned out to be just an invitation to the black market.
But King Jing was also curious, the people who went to school in this country were all protΓ©gΓ©s of the Son of Heaven, so why did he want to go to the black market. He has been in the rivers and lakes for all these years, and he has not relied on the name of King Jing, but he has also got a black invitation, and it is not impossible for him to give it to this little brother.
Curious.
"What do you do with the black ticket?"
At a glance, he was a chivalrous man, and when he went to this black market, he also issued some invitations to some people in the rivers and lakes. Thinking that maybe he had an admission ticket, a small flame suddenly burst into his chest.
"Because my sister's birthday is approaching, I learned that the prize of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the lonely book endgame. I want to win her back."
Ooh! What a big breath, I thought he just wanted to buy something, but he didn't expect that he wanted to win the prize of the lantern, is this something anyone can win.
"Brother Tai is really not secret, there is indeed an invitation letter that can be given to Brother Tai, but the lantern riddle is not something that anyone can guess. I advise Brother Tai to prepare another gift. β
Zichen was overjoyed, held King Jing's hand with both hands and said, "As long as you can get in, you will win." Zichen didn't expect that this Jianghu person really had an invitation, "I really don't know how to thank Brother Tai." β
"Have you already thanked you? I've had tea. β
"It's just that Brother Tai gave me the invitation, how can you go?"
"It doesn't matter. I have a brother who doesn't happen to be there either. Shall I go and get his invitation, shall I go with you?" β
"That's good, of course." On the day of the appointment to go to the black market together, we met in the teahouse in front of the Guozi Prison, and we took our leave. Seeing this Lin family's son running farther and farther, he remembered that he hadn't invited him to have a drink just now, what had he done, and he left happily without drinking tea.
After King Jing left, he was inexplicably thinking about the high-spirited words in his mind: "As long as you can get in, you will win." That smile was a little dazzling. couldn't help but smile and shook his head, this Lin family's son-in-law is really interesting. That day, he paid for his tea and left, and after asking Xiao Er, he found out that it was Lin Zichen, the eldest son of the Lin Mansion; I love to make friends, so I thought that if I had a cup of tea at the tea shop today, I would make friends when I met them.
Who would have thought that he had really met, the last time I saw him, he was preoccupied, but this time he was still so preoccupied, and I don't know what was difficult. Although he is far away from the court, he still has his own news network, and there is no news that is unfavorable to the Lin family, why is it that he is sad when he sees him twice.
When he stepped forward to call out to him, he obviously felt that this guy was stunned and wanted to leave, but for some reason he stopped again. In order not to be abrupt, I thanked him and invited him to have a drink, but he said that he wanted to drink and didn't want to drink tea.
Thinking of his preoccupied appearance, I asked him what was wrong, and the feelings were just for an invitation to the black market. It's not a big deal, what does he have to do on the black market? Invitations to the black market are all sent to carefully selected people, and it is natural that the son of the Lin family is not among them. I asked the reason and it was just to prepare a gift for my sister's birthday, and I was really enough to spoil my sister, so valuable things for a little girl.
Hey, I'm really, what is not favored, what is precious or not, he has not won the prize yet, it is too early to say anything. It's just that this guy said that he didn't want to drink tea, but wanted to drink. Why did you run away?
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he came to the teahouse early in the morning to wait, if it wasn't for King Jing coming back from the palace and passing by the teahouse and seeing him from afar, he rushed back to the house to change his regular clothes and then rushed back to the teahouse, I was afraid that the fool would have to stand from morning to night to enjoy the lanterns.
When he approached, the fool was still standing outside the teahouse, so he trotted forward two steps.
"Why are you here so early? If I hadn't gone to the shop in front of me and passed by here and saw you here, you wouldn't have been waiting for me at night. β
Lin Zichen also scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled shyly. I can't say that because I only said that I met today, and didn't finalize the specific time, I was afraid that you wouldn't find yourself when you came and missed going to the black market.
I often come to this teahouse, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er are aware of themselves, this morning in fact, Xiao Er came out to greet himself, although he entered the teahouse and chose a seat by the window on the second floor to wait for this ranger, but a cup of tea still can't extinguish the eagerness in his heart, he really can't sit still, so he stood at the gate and waited, but he couldn't wait for the figure of the ranger, and he was very helpless how he didn't even say the time that day.
I just had to say, "Hey, I've just arrived, I just want to come here and sit down and have a cup of tea." β
Seeing that the fool had saved face for himself, King Jing didn't break it, "Okay, go in and have a drink, let's have a third face, I don't know my brother's surname." β
"In the lower forest."
"Under Liu Xun."
Men's friendship is often as simple as that, smells like each other, and hits it off.