Chapter 50 The room fee is free and the food money is free

Anlu is a big town.

Now it is at the juncture of the scientific examination, although the summer is scorching, the hot wind is gusting, the city of Anlu is also crowded, everywhere are Confucian students with bags on their backs, holding books, the sound of reading covers the hustle and bustle of the traffic on the street, but it can't cover the shouting sound of a louder.

Zhao Yu stood on the street, raised his eyes and looked around, and suddenly had an indescribable sense of gloom.

Anlu City is more prosperous than Yanling, and the streets are lined with more and more beautiful restaurants, he used to think that several restaurants in Yanling were already very magnificent, but today he found that he was just a stupid frog sitting in a well and watching the sky.

There are still three days left to leave his hometown, and the carriage and horses at the post station are only responsible for sending him to Anlu City to complete the task, and he still needs to find his own way to find the rest of the accommodation and food.

The restaurants on both sides of the road have played signs to serve the candidates, this one said that all candidates are 95% off, and that one said that all candidates are free of drink, anyway, the students who come to the township to take the test can not get drunk for such a small favor, and it is almost a business that makes fame for sure.

It's just that Zhao Yu came a little late, and many high-quality and inexpensive restaurants are all full, and the remaining restaurants are ...... Zhao Yu checked the silver on his waist and decided to take another look......

From daytime to dusk, there are many restaurants and ordinary inns, but none of them meet Zhao Yu's conditions, either full or too expensive, and finally there is an inn that is both cheap and vacant and too noisy and noisy, which is not suitable for pre-exam review at all.

Seeing that he was about to come to the end of this street again, Zhao Yu wiped his sweat and decided to solve his food and clothing problem first.

At the end of the road is a restaurant called Bac Ninh, which is three stories high, with towering eaves and red walls and glazed tiles.

"Guest! Are you a student in this year's examination? At the door, the person dressed as Xiao Er was idle, looking at the occasional passing vehicles and pedestrians, and a person dressed as a scholar suddenly stopped, looked up at the neat tiles on the roof of the restaurant, Xiao Er's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked.

Zhao Yu nodded a little confused.

"Then you happened to be in a hurry, didn't you?" Xiao Er slapped his thigh and collapsed, "Can't you find an inn to rest?" We still have a vacant house! ”

Zhao Yu looked into the house in the direction of Xiao Er's finger, and saw that the house was decorated with a bookish aroma, and there was a pair of pen and ink calligraphy and paintings hanging on every empty wall. In short, from the outside to the inside, from the inside to the outside, it is all like you can't afford to consume...

"How about the guest officer, are you still satisfied?" Xiao Er looked at Zhao Yu with hopeful eyes, "Our boss especially admires scholars like you who dare to take scientific examinations, and the candidates who will take the township examination this year are completely free?" ”

"Huh?" And such a good thing? Zhao Yu looked at the excited Xiao Er with some hesitation, and said cautiously, "Is it completely free?" ”

"All right!" Xiao Er was especially afraid that he wouldn't believe it, so he half-pushed and half-dragged Zhao Yu inside, "As long as you can provide the relevant documents for this year's scientific examination, the rent on our side is free, and all the meals are completely free of charge like you!" ”

"Oh..."Zhao Yu nodded stunnedly, took out his roll bag and handed it to Xiao Er.

"Wait a minute, I'll call the shopkeeper to come over." Xiao Er didn't answer, and shouted in a loud voice, "A child has come to our store to check in!" ”

One stone stirs up a thousand waves. There were not many people in the store all raised their heads and looked at Zhao Yu, and after a while, a short and fat man wearing a yellow thick robe and a mustache ran over.

This man in a yellow robe is the shopkeeper of this Beining restaurant, and when he saw Zhao Yu like he had seen his old father who had not seen him for many years, he grabbed his hand, and almost burst into tears: "You are a student who came to the hometown to test?" ”

"Uh... Be. Zhao Yu handed him the documents in his hand.

Huang Chou's robe was carefully inspected, and his eyes became more eager when he raised his eyes to look at Zhao Yu, "Gongzi is from Yanling, my favorite is Yanling!" There is a saying, the most important thing is that the scenery of Yanling is good! Don't say anything else, just rush to the fate of the two of us, and I will definitely give you the best room! As he spoke, he called Xiao Er beside him and asked him to prepare an upper room for Zhao Yu.

"That..."Huang Chou rubbed his hands and said with a sneer, "How about Zhao Gongzi, let's go through the formalities?" Seeing that Zhao Yu was still hesitating, he hurriedly snatched the bookcase from Zhao Yu's hand, and went to the counter with Zhao Yu's shoulder.

Standing at the counter was an elderly bookkeeper, who slowly raised his eyelids and looked at the scholar who had been brought here by the shopkeeper and the boss with a happy face. Sighing and shaking his head, Mr. Bookkeeper finally didn't say anything, and his subordinates kept checking in for the poor scholar and some other necessary 'overlord contracts'.

"It's okay, Zhao Gongzi." The yellow-robed shopkeeper spread out the contract in front of Zhao Yu with a smile on his face, and pointed to the bottom, "As long as you sign here and put a handprint, you can enjoy the free service of our store!" As he spoke, he flatteringly took Indonesia out of the counter, opened the lid and put it next to him, and almost took Zhao Yu's finger and pressed it.

"Hmm... Wait a minute..."The more he looked at the attitude of the shopkeeper, the more he suspected that he had entered the thief's den, Zhao Yu, held the 'check-in contract' in his hand and looked at it carefully, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this was a normal contract:

It is written that the shopkeeper of the king is the yellow thick robe in front of him in order to repay the students of Guangzhou University to hold this kind of activity in the township examination every three years, as long as the current students move in, the accommodation fee is free, and there are special characteristics of the student meal supply, and even during the exam, the shopkeeper will personally hire a carriage to send the candidates to the place of the exam...

Zhao Yu looked at it several times and didn't find anything wrong, everything was in his favor, except for the last sentence: If the candidate checks out on his own without completing the township test, he needs to compensate the shopkeeper Wang ten times the compensation.

"Zhao Gongzi, what do you think?" The king's shopkeeper stared at him fiercely.

"Uh... OK. Zhao Yu picked up the brush, signed his name in the last place, and printed his fingerprint.

After doing all this, Zhao Yu watched Boss Wang blow the ink on the paper that had not dried, carefully rolled it up and put it away, and couldn't help but sigh: "Boss Wang, you are really a good person." ”

"Poof." The bookkeeper on the side was drinking tea, and when he heard Zhao Yu's emotion, he directly squirted out the tea in his mouth, and he looked at Zhao Yu who was still in the dark with a complicated face, and shook his head regretfully. This little scholar is really a fool, he was sold and helped the shopkeeper count the money, and when he goes out of the Beining Restaurant in a while, I am afraid he will know why the shopkeeper asked him to sign this agreement...

Mr. Bookkeeper quietly looked at the silver money bag that Zhao Yu tied around his waist, and sighed for him, sure enough, he was a poor and stupid little scholar, hoping that he would not cry when he learned the truth.

When the shopkeeper Wang heard Zhao Yu's praise from the bottom of his heart, he shook his face unnaturally, looking at Zhao Yu's clear eyes, he even felt a trace of guilt... But soon this sense of guilt was suppressed, and he called to run the hall and shouted several dishes for Zhao Yu in one breath.

They are all nourishing and nourishing dishes, and they are worth a lot of money when you hear them. Zhao Yu was flattered and said: "No need for the shopkeeper Wang, I can't eat so much!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Shopkeeper Wang smiled innocently, "The sky is big, you scholars who are rushing to take the exam are the biggest, shouldn't you eat something good?" A coarse person like me can only do such a trivial thing for you. ”

Zhao Yu blinked, he couldn't believe that he would meet such a good boss, and in the sound of thanks, he naturally missed the regret in the eyes of Mr. Ledger.

What a good scholar, but alas... Alas! The bookkeeper shook his head, didn't care about these things that he shouldn't be in charge of, lowered his head and continued to register the account.

Soon, the dishes were served, and almost a table was filled. Shopkeeper Wang personally poured a cup of tea for him, and his loving eyes were fixed on Zhao Yu: "This is the set meal prepared by our store for the students of the township examination, which are all warm and supplementing ingredients, which are very helpful for exam review, you can use it slowly." ”

Zhao Yu swallowed his saliva as he looked at the fragrance on the table, and said, "Thank you for the shopkeeper's hospitality, why don't you call the candidates here to eat together?" Your preparation is so rich, I will definitely not be able to eat it alone..."Before Zhao Yu finished speaking, he was interrupted by the shopkeeper Wang, "I'm here...", he laughed hehehe, "At present, you are the only student... So you can eat boldly and boldly, and the rest will be leftover! I'll make you a new one in the evening! After speaking, without waiting for Zhao Yu to reply, he said that there was something in the back kitchen and got up and left.

Zhao Yu looked at the table full of dishes, almost not knowing where to start. Xiao Er, who was not far away, leaned against the counter and said to the bookkeeper inside: "Good girl, our shopkeeper really doesn't give this little book a way to live... How much does this table and an upper room cost..."He carefully looked at the white Confucian shirt on Zhao Yu's body again, "This little scholar doesn't seem to have much money, it's really unlucky to catch up with our shopkeeper, so he can only resign himself to living here, right?" ”

The bookkeeper shook his head while looking at the account book: "What can I do then?" Who told this little scholar to crash into the hands of the shopkeeper by chance? Besides, you didn't lead people in. ”

"Harm." Xiao Er grinned and scratched the back of his head, "Isn't it for our restaurant, who knew that this little scholar really came in, but this little scholar looks stupid, and he shouldn't be able to pass the test, right?" ”

"It's hard to say." Mr. Ledger drew a circle on the last page of the ledger and closed the ledger, "In the previous township examinations, the saint preferred older scholars, hoping to give these elderly Confucian students a chance to become a careerist, and it seems that he has gradually liked these young people in recent years, as for this session... Who can say for sure, maybe this dull little scholar can also enter the eyes of the examiner. ”

"Alas. I hope so! I don't feel too guilty that way! Xiao Er saw that Zhao Yu put down his chopsticks and hurriedly ran over, "No, I have to watch him go upstairs, and the shopkeeper said that he can't be asked to go out!" lest he know about the bad reputation of our restaurant! ”

How can this be hidden... Mr. Bookkeeper packed up his things, their Beining Restaurant is a famous 'students do not enter' restaurant in Anlu City!

Any student who has stayed in their restaurant has never made it to the list, even a promising student will have temporary problems, whether it is a sick or car accident, in short, he will be called to avoid this exam perfectly... In this way, Beining Restaurant has been blacklisted by all candidates, and everyone has made a lot of money during the trial period in their hometown, but the guests of Beining Restaurant are depressed, and almost no one stays.

Shopkeeper Wang came up with the trick of free, and was ready to recruit a few poor students to come in to fill the scene, as long as even one of them entered the list, he could prove that the Beining Restaurant was not the legendary Beining Restaurant! Pity... waited left and right, and only waited for Zhao Yu to be such a stupid scholar.