Zhao Fujin went to the book collection of Dongxu in the morning, and after reading the books in the morning, the young man at noon originally planned to buy two pieces of bread outside Dongxu to satisfy his hunger, but thinking of the old man who went down to the basement after he fell asleep, he planned to go back and have a look.

When he came to Dongxu today, he locked the door of the Wenlai Inn, and the guests of the Wenlai Inn left earlier to give him a lot of convenience, and when he went back, the young man saw the door of the Wenlai Inn from a distance, and the little donkey that he had locked in the house in the morning was also released and tied to the tree in front of the door.

When the young man entered the door, he saw the old man sitting on the chair and napping, and said happily, "Are you up from the shopkeeper?" If it hadn't been for the little donkey pulling me to see the passage in the morning, I wouldn't have known you were back. ”

The old man opened his eyes unhurriedly, glanced at Zhao Fujin and said, "That little donkey is a wise one, and the donkeys of the champion are smarter than others." ”

"Shopkeeper, don't talk nonsense, this hasn't been tested yet, just say the champion, spread it out and make people laugh." The young man hurriedly waved his hand.

Sun Qimiao no longer insisted, and said to Zhao Fujin: "Have you ever eaten it?" ”

"I haven't eaten it, I was going to eat a little casually outside the East Order, but then I remembered that you should be back, so I'll come back and have a look." Zhao Fujin shook his head.

The wonderful old man nodded, took out a small piece of broken silver from the counter and threw it to the young man, "Well, the old rule, you can help me run errands and buy some things, buy more wine." ”

"Okay." The young man was not polite, and picked up the silver wine and ran out to buy something, and now he knew which food was delicious and cheaper.

After a while, the old man, who had filled the entire chair, opened his eyes and saw the young man running in, holding a jar of wine in his arms and a few bags of food in his hand, and the old man smiled and said, "What are you trotting?" If you don't know, you think there's a dog chasing you. ”

The young man spread out the bag of food on the table, and said to the old man without looking back: "I have to go to Dongxu to study after eating, time waits for no one, and it will be spring." ”

"You kid want to take the top prize?" The fat Sun Qimiao flexibly got up from the chair, and when he sat down at the table, the stool made a creaking sound, as if it was about to disintegrate at any moment.

The young Zhao Fujin was still wearing a coarse cloth dress, and every person he saw in the East Order today was dressed better than himself, and the young man was a little embarrassed, but he was full of enthusiasm as long as he could wear better after being admitted to the top prize, and said to the old man: "Yes, which scholar doesn't want to take the top prize?" ”

"Some people want to be prosperous and rich, some people want to get ahead, what about you, why do you want to take the top prize?" The old man took a roast chicken and tore it open and ate it.

The young man poured the wine for the old man, and poured a little bit himself, and after taking a small sip, the young man said, "What am I for?" I wanted to be able to get out of that small village, so that I could not face the loess with my back to the sky like my parents and grandparents, and reading was the best way out for the poor. ”

The old man nodded, as if remembering his old past, and said to the young man, "Do you know why I am called Sun Qi Temple?" ”

Without waiting for Zhao Fujin to answer, the old man continued: "I asked nonsense, how do you know, because ah, I was abandoned when I was a child, and I don't know what my name is, I only remember that it seems to be surnamed Sun, so my surname is Sun, and the person who picked me up met me at the fork in front of the temple, so he simply named me Sun Qi Temple, when I was a child, my biggest dream was to go out, but I didn't rely on reading." ”

Zhao Fujin ate the meat in a big gulp, he felt that he had not eaten so much meat in all these years, maybe the parents and wives of the family who ate these few meals of meat could not eat it for a year, so he ate harder, helped translate the exercises, helped run errands and ate something is still no problem, eating less means that he is losing, and he can study better when he is full of food and drink.

The old man said on the side: "Then what about changing your fate? Not being the top can change your fate, but why do you have to be the first? ”

The young man scratched his head embarrassedly, "Because the champion's wife can get a decree, I want to help my wife fight for a decree, and it would be great if I could canonize a county monarch or something." ”

"What's the commandment?" The old man obviously didn't know what the edict was, and he hadn't heard of it all these years.

The young man didn't know very well, but he explained it as simply as possible, "It is the emperor who appoints officials, and bestows honorary titles and some high-grade clothes on the families of officials." ”

"Oh, I know, you kid is also affectionate and righteous."

In the dilapidated little inn, the fat old man and the mediocre-looking young man sat opposite each other and ate meat, and the young man sighed and said, "What do I call this affectionate and righteous?" My wife is affectionate and righteous, for my entanglement in Beijing, my wife took her dowry, and even sold the bed sheets for me to take the exam, I don't know what I will eat at home if I bring all the food at home. ”

The old man stopped talking, and after the young man had eaten and drunk, he said to the old man: "I'm full, I'm going to study, and your relatives who are in charge of the shopkeeper have gone back?" Are you still leaving? ”

"It's already confirmed, I'll leave in a few days." The old man drank wine and didn't look back, and the young man standing on the threshold said goodbye and was about to leave for Dongxu, and the old man was curious: "Don't you have a little donkey?" Why walk on legs? It's embarrassing to ride? ”

Zhao Fujin smiled bitterly, "You are laughing at the shopkeeper, look at what I am wearing, do I still care about this face?" I'm saving money, the little donkey rides to the east order and puts it in the stable, it costs a fee, where do I have any money to spare. ”

The old man turned his head and smiled: "I'll give you some, you take the test well, get the champion, help your wife fight for a fate, I have a champion in the Wenlai Inn and is worthy of the two words Wenlai on the plaque, isn't this the inn where Wenqu Xing rests here." ”

"The shopkeeper laughed, I'm very good, walking more is considered exercise, and I can also take a good look at the scenery of the capital, killing two birds with one stone, and killing three birds with one stone by the way." The young man waved his hand and set off.

Today's Zhao Fujin met the young man who didn't answer when others called him Lin Jingxun, and he responded when others called him Lin Xianyu, and the young man was also reading, but Zhao Fujin didn't bother when he helped read, otherwise the chatter would be wasted in vain.

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A group of people from the Yun Tomb of Yang Xiahou Mansion went west, and on the way, they were all indignantly condemning Yangxiahou's family for being really muddy and unable to support the wall.

Han Difu frowned and said: "It's not that the mud can't support the wall, after all, the mud is not, it can only be the roots of the rotten trees, the mud can be used when it is sunned, and the roots of the rotten trees are really useless." ”

"Hahaha, flute, your metaphor is good."

Several people laughed for a while, but Han Difu didn't laugh, but sighed and said, "Do you remember how their family educates their offspring?" ”

Li Yu shook his head and said: "Of course I remember this, Yang Xiahou said that the children in their Hou Mansion do not practice martial arts, and they are easy to break their clothes and wear out their shoes when they practice martial arts, and the children who practice martial arts eat a lot and are unwilling to bear this cost." ”

Li Qiyuan on the side said: "Yes, and look down on literature, children's knowledge and culture rely on the old people who are familiar with poetry and books in the family to teach some, the goal is to be able to know their own names and know some simple words, life and death do not practice martial arts and firmly believe that the fist in this world is respected, and the literati always rely on the martial arts to live." ”

Han Difu smiled bitterly: "Isn't this it, in such an environment, how can you expect them to be bricks instead of mud?" It's like when we were all put in that environment when we were kids, and we'll be like that when we grow up. ”

"How is that possible?" Li Yu was the first to object.

Han Difu looked up and said: "Your opposition is invalid, this is the truth, you see that you can't talk because your father is like this, you look at Zhao Hongda again, although he is also rubbish, but his father is always calculating, so Zhao Hongda will only joke in front of things he doesn't know and will not rush to conclusions." ”

Li Yu suddenly opened his mouth and was speechless, he really had nothing to say, he didn't expect a casual sentence to usher in a burst of humiliation, and he also added his father to humiliate him, Zhao Hongda looked at Han Difu for no reason and said: "Dizi, you scold him, what are you taking me for?" What's wrong with me? Why is it rubbish? ”

Handifu explained: "It is used as a metaphor and contrasted. ”

"You can compare it, you can't catch me, right, who are you arrested? Li Yu doesn't talk about his brain, what do you call me and this kind of person together. Zhao Hongda frowned, and as soon as he finished speaking, Li Yu pounced.

Looking at the two who were scuffling together, Han Difu didn't pay attention to it anymore, and said to Yun Tombsheng: "Do you like that Yangxiahou Mansion very much?" ”

The young man in white walked slowly, nodded and said: "It's really good, our Shui Yuntian is too small, there are only four rooms, and it's not small, to be precise, there are too few buildings, if you go to add buildings, the yard will be crowded, so you can only find a new residence." ”

Han Di's Mansion Xiao Mishu and several people nodded, and Yun Tombsheng continued: "Look at the few of you, only the flute you live there, and the others have no place to live, which is too bad, but there are many people who know each other, and there is no place to stand after you go." ”

"That's right, according to ordinary people, that yard is enough, even if you add one or two buildings, it won't be crowded, but for a local tyrant like you, it's small, and it doesn't show the grandeur of your family." Li Yu, who was dressed in pink, interjected on the side.

Han Difu looked at Li Qiyuan, who was walking on the edge with a happy face, and said curiously: "Li Gongzi, what kind of building do you plan to prepare for their family?" There is also a big lake, which occupies a relatively large area, do you have any good ideas? ”

Li Qiyuan saw that everyone was looking at him, so he said: "There is no suitable method for the time being, but no matter what, it will not lose money, first of all, the house should be in a slightly remote place, so the land price is much cheaper, and secondly, everything in the building is new, they don't have any other requirements, the wood is not good, just build a new one, and repair the walls." ”

"Do you have any good solutions to this lake? Are there any small lakes in the capital? It's okay to be a little smaller, they can make do with it, and it's better to give money directly. Yun Tombsheng looked at Li Qiyuan and said.

"Wouldn't it be nice to dig one by hand when there is no suitable lake to pour down?" Li Yu interjected again, but this time no one said anything about him, because if there was no suitable yard containing a small lake, manual digging would be the best solution.

It's just that Li Qiyuan suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "There is." ”

"What's the solution?" Yun Tombsheng understands this kid thoroughly, and he is really shrewd, and during his time in Yangxiahou Mansion today, he has devalued the value of Yangxiahou Mansion on the front side to lower the price.

Li Qiyuan pointed to the Chunhua Pond on the side of Zhanghua Road, smiled weirdly and whispered: "This lake, wouldn't it be nice to give them this lake." ”