"I went to the capital once, but I didn't have any money at that time, no matter how prosperous it is, it doesn't matter to me, you have to cherish this opportunity." Wen Ru's voice was as gentle as ever, although there was a little sadness in her words.

He went to the capital to participate in the scientific examination, he will always remember his mood when he first arrived in the capital, when he saw the bustling streets and a dazzling array of goods, his heart was very excited, but later he took the exam for a few days, every day was eating steamed buns, sleeping under the eaves of other people's houses, he then understood that these prosperity has nothing to do with him.

Shen Xi saw the sorrow between Wen Ru's eyebrows, she patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely take a good look at the streets of the capital for you." ”

"Hmm!" Wen Ru immediately buried his head in eating.

Shen Xi also sighed, there is nothing fair in this world, sometimes talent and ability also need to encounter some luck, the real poor even have food and clothing is a problem, what dreams and distances do you talk about?

On the second day, Shen Fang got up early to sort out Shen Xi's luggage, and packed all the fish and meat left over from last night for Shen Xi.

Shen Xi looked at the vegetables in the baggage, couldn't help frowning, and then took it out, "Auntie, it takes a day and a night to travel from here to the capital!" If you ask me to bring so much food, I will definitely not be able to eat it myself, so it will be a waste? Then he solemnly put it back into Shen Fang's hand, "These are still left to you and Wen Ru!" ”

"Who said you should eat it yourself? Isn't there a governor? Shen Fang glanced at Shen Xi, "You can go to the capital to participate in that meeting, and you have to thank him!" ”

"Wenhe Association, I can participate in it all by my strength, and besides, he is a governor, an official who has served in the palace all the year round, what will he think if you let him eat these leftovers? I guess I'll be driven back halfway. Shen Xi said very exaggeratedly, she really didn't want to, she had to bring cooked food to the capital, which was really not good.

"That'...... Then you should bring more silver taels with you, so as not to trouble when you don't have enough to spend. Although Shen Fang really hoped that Shen Xi could take a look around, it would be false to say that she was not worried, after all, she was not safe when she went out as a girl.

"Auntie, you can rest assured! I won't let myself be wronged. "Besides, Lu Qingyi is still in the capital, it would be strange if she didn't pit him well when she went to the capital this time.

Shen Fang instructed that Shen Xi should also leave, and Shen Fang followed him all the way to the Guan Mansion, and did not return to the bookstore until Shen Xi got into the carriage and left her.

Shen Xi was also inexplicably excited along the way, she also wanted to see what the legendary capital was like, she used to always see it on TV, or imagine it according to the description of the novel, and now she wants to go to the capital to see in person, how shocking it is.

When he arrived in the capital, it was already the evening of the next day, and the governor told Shen Xi the time and address of the Cultural Association before returning to his house.

As soon as the governor and his entourage left, Shen Xi suddenly felt that this huge capital, even though it was full of people and prosperous, she didn't know what she should do for a while, and her heart was a little empty.

Shen Xi first found an inn and walked in, when she heard the price, she almost thought that this inn was crazy about money, and it cost five taels of silver to stay for one night, if she lived for ten days and eight days, she would not go bankrupt?

"Little brother, let me ask, where is the cheapest inn in the capital?" Shen Xi asked very quietly, she felt that she was now a realistic version of a rural person entering the city.

She used to think that she was in a small town, let alone a rich woman! At least you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and occasionally you can eat a big fish and meat, this time I came to the capital and suddenly felt that I was a clown who had never seen the world, she had been to Beijing before, okay? Why is it so rustic now?

"Girl, in this capital, the cheapest inn is here, there are many inns and restaurants that have dozens of hundreds of taels a night." Fortunately, the shopkeeper is not a dog who looks down on people, and he will talk to Shen Xi well.

But when Shen Xi heard this, she almost fainted. She strengthened her strength, took out the hundred taels of silver she had brought, took out fifteen taels from it, and said, "Then I'll stay for three nights first!" ”

"Howler!" The shopkeeper said that he went to Shen Xi to get the money in his hand, but Shen Xi held it tightly, and the shopkeeper was also digging very hard, and in the end Shen Xi couldn't hold it, so he had to tearfully give the silver to the shopkeeper.

"I want to ask, do you have a bun to eat at this inn?" Shen Xi had already left, but she turned around and asked.

The shopkeeper grinned at her, "No." ”

Shen Xi touched her stomach, it seemed that she would have to find a stall to eat later, and she knew that she had brought the meat that Shen Fang had packed for her.

After Shen Xi went to the room and put her things away, she went to the street with her remaining eighty taels of silver.

It was the busiest time of the night, the streets were brightly lit, and there were vendors selling things everywhere, unlike the town where she stayed, and everyone closed their stalls as soon as it got dark.

Shen Xi walked around and saw that there were candy man snacks and all kinds of jewelry, there were really goods all over the street, Shen Xi wanted to buy a candy man, but she touched her pocket, and finally held back.

In the end, she only lost to reality, and ate a bowl of the cheapest boiled noodles at the vendor in the corner, and it cost her five cents.

She once thought that with a hundred taels of silver on her body, she was more or less half a rich person, but sure enough, the rich man was still 180,000 miles away, and she could be regarded as the hair on the rich man's body at most.

Although the boiled noodles are cheap and very light, the good thing is that there are a lot of them, at least Shen Xi is full of food and has a full burp.

After Shen Xi was full, he returned to the inn the same way.

Shen Xi was lying on the bed in the inn, she couldn't sleep, there was still a lot of people outside, there was temptation everywhere, where did she have the heart to sleep, thinking that after finding Lu Qingyi, she must finish shopping around the entire capital, and ask for everything she wants to eat and buy.

Although he had already repaid him the money, he didn't say goodbye, how much psychological damage he caused to himself, and she couldn't just let her go.

But Shen Xi forgot that she still owed Lu Qingyi two things.

She couldn't sleep, so she just got up and stood by the window, watching the traffic on the street, people coming and going, everyone had a smile on their faces, she thought that the people who could gain a foothold in the capital should be very happy, right?

Shen Xi was fascinated by the beautiful scenery of the capital, when she heard a quick knock on the door, she thought she had heard it wrong, and walked to the door, only to be sure that someone knocked on her door.

"Who?" Shen Xi asked cautiously, after all, when she arrived in the capital, except for Lu Qingyi, there was no one she knew, and Lu Qingyi didn't know that she had come to the capital, and she never knocked on the door when she entered her room.

"Deliver supper." I only heard the rough voice of the person outside, and it didn't look like the shopkeeper, and looking through the light, he was still swaying, as if he had drunk wine.

Supper? Didn't you say you wouldn't eat it? Shen Xi frowned slightly, suspicious.