The first day of October is the Cold Food Festival, and the weather gets colder and colder after that. Before that, Fu Zhenyu handed over the greeting post and visited Mrs. Fang. Li Zijian heard that the Marquis of Zhenyuan had returned, and on September 30, he also followed.

After the Li family knew that the Fu family had entered Beijing, they endured these days, and finally arrived when Li Zijian was resting, but they were still turned away by the porter: "The master and the wife are not at home." ”

The old lady didn't believe it and said, "His father-in-law is here, where can he go?" ”

Menzi said: "Two days ago, our wife sent a message to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, saying that today is over. No, just after breakfast, the lord and his wife went out. ”

People come to the door first, how can you come to the door like you?

The eldest old lady heard his unfinished words, and his old face blushed halfway, and finally held it back. After they left, I only heard Xiaomenzi ask Laomenzi: "Why is our eldest old lady's face so red?" ”

The old lady's face turned even redder when she heard the question.

The old man is very good at talking: "When you go out on such a cold day, it's freezing." ”

When I returned home, the eldest lady wrote a post and asked people to send it to Kaidao Street. When Li Zijian came back in the evening, he also returned happily and made an appointment for the two families to meet on the tenth day of October.

In Mao'er Hutong, Mrs. Lin lived in the hot kang for the first time, and was very surprised, and said: "No wonder the house is so small to keep warm." Ouch, it's much warmer than ours. ”

Mrs. Lin has lived in the capital for a year, but it is the first time to spend the winter, and she said, "Didn't you say? It's cold outside, and it's not cold when it's covered with big hair. Xiao Yu was still careful and prepared big wool clothes for each of us. I said I didn't want to, but fortunately, I wasn't polite. It's too polite, and I'm not sure how I'll suffer at this time. ”

Speaking of Fu Zhenyu's goodness, Mrs. Lin instructed the Lin family: "When the people of the Li family come, let out all your energy, and say that they can't be asked to bully the two children Xiao Yu and Zijian." ”

Lin rubbed his hands and swore and said, "Don't worry, mother!" My daughter, I'll take advantage of it, don't think about it, but don't even think about it! ”

In the past half a month in the capital, not only his own family, but also his mother's family, the subordinates of the Li family are respected, and the Lin family is satisfied. Fu Zhenshang went out and came back, and when he came back, he said that he was stained with his sister's light, and the owner of Wanlou gave him a bunch of meeting gifts because he was his younger brother; Gu Wuye from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion also rushed over to see him, and it was also a bunch of gifts......

What the Lin family wants is nothing more than a girl to help her mother's family and her brothers.

She doesn't need to say this, Fu Zhenyu will do it. What's more, everyone is also in this habit nowadays, and they have to carry Fu Zhenshang one or two, and even Lin Jian, a cousin, has to be behind, but Lin Jian has not suffered much neglect.

The feelings of the group were the strongest when they met the villagers of Runing.

Gu Yongyan saw everyone, as a local snake, he had to treat him. Everyone refused, after Wanxianlou ate a few times, everyone knew that the price was very expensive, and it was too thrilling to eat dozens of taels of silver in one meal. Lin Jian was in charge, and picked a restaurant at random and asked Gu Yongyan to treat him. Everyone stayed in the restaurant and realized that there was no cheap place in the capital.

This meal is less than a dozen taels, which is enough to catch up with the expenses of Li Zongyan and Zhao Lin's family for a year.

Lin Jian and Zhao Lin both secretly sighed, if it weren't for Fu Zhenyu's presence, they were afraid that they would starve to death if they survived to the test, right? Li Zongyan has been lifting people for three years, so he is naturally slightly better than the two of them, and he feels emotional, but he doesn't think much about it. His calmness changed color when he met the middle-aged man in a gray cotton jacket who was bargaining with the shopkeeper when he went downstairs.

"Master Gui?"

Li Zongyan used to study in a private school, and his master's surname was Gui, and he was a talent. Gui Fuzi has been saving family assets for ten years as a talent, and he has just been promoted in the autumn in August. Prepare to go straight to the test. But after all, the time to become a lifter is still short, and the money is not very rich. The first time I entered Beijing, although I knew that everything in the capital was expensive, I never thought that it would be so expensive - from housing prices to food, it has increased tenfold.

Guicheng is like this, also because there are too many moves to catch the exam.

In the annual examination, tens of thousands of children enter Beijing, and some even bring their families with them; Merchants in various places have even increased their population by at least 100,000. A population of 100,000 is nothing compared to the million-dollar population of the capital. But the problem is that more than half of the city belongs to 100,000 people. The remaining 900,000 people live in the remaining half. Not to mention adding 100,000 people, it is not easy to add 10,000 people.

Gui Fuzi walked to more than a dozen inns, and when he was hungry, he thought of the kindness of the shopkeeper of Tongfu Inn, so he came to try: "There are so many people in the inn, there is a shortage of manpower, I come to work with the store, and I don't need to be paid, just a wooden bed and leftover meals for guests." ”

These words are very embarrassing, but face is never something that Master Gui can care about.

Today's move, do you know if he is only a scholar in the future? Therefore, the shopkeeper refused very kindly: "Every year of Dabi, there are not many people who come in from outside the city to make a living, and there is really no shortage of people." ”

Gui Fuzi still had to grind, and when he heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw Li Zongyan. smiled embarrassedly, and said, "It turned out to be Zong Yan, I also went to your house to ask you, and your mother said that you followed the mountain chief of Nanhu Academy into Beijing." ”

Knowing that he was going to take the exam, Li's mother also gave him six five taels of silver, one as a celebration, and the other as a travel fee for him.

Li Zongyan was full of worries and didn't know what to say.

Others don't know Master Gui, so it's hard to interject.

After a period of embarrassment, the shopkeeper said: "Do you know each other?" ”

But he looked at Gu Yongyan, and Gu Yongyan said: "I don't know, my classmate knows." ”

Li Zongyan came back to his senses and said to Gu Yongyan and the others: "You guys go back first, I know the way, and after saying a few words to Master Gui, I will go back by myself." ”

Gu Yongyan has been with him for the longest time, thought about it, and went to untie the money bag on his waist. Li Zongyan held his hand down and said, "Thank you, Fifth Master, I still have some money to spare." ”

Lin Jian said to Gu Yongyan: "It's not difficult for him to do this, it's really not good, it's not a few steps away from Wanxian Tower." ”

Hearing this, Gu Yongyan smiled, withdrew his hand, and left with the others.

After this time, there were only a few people in the lobby of the inn. Li Zongyan invited Gui Fuzi to sit in the lobby, ordered him to have two dishes, a bowl of mutton soup, and ordered a pot of hot tea.

Master Gui did not refuse, waited for the meal, and said: "Fu Shanchang's daughter married the champion of the previous department, do you all live in the champion family?" ”

Li Zongyan snorted, and had the intention to invite Master Fan to Li's house, but he knew that he didn't have that right, so he could only be silent.

Gui Fuzi was very transparent, talked about the situation of his entry into Beijing for most of the day, and finally smiled: "I didn't expect the capital to be so cold and so ...... Not to mention, in short, I have thought about it before, if the shopkeeper of the Tongfu Inn does not agree, he will have to break the bank tonight. When it dawns tomorrow, I will go to the houses outside the city to find a place to live. Before the February exam, take more money to enter Beijing. Now, I'll give you a few months, and let me stay at his house for a few days in February, okay? I'm not trying to take advantage, I'm afraid that when the time comes, I won't be able to find a place to live with more money......"

Gui Fuzi chattered, and Li Zongyan was sad for a while.