There is also a good thing about the Xue family's shop, that is, two pots of charcoal are often piled up in the winter hall, and a pot of ice is always placed on the side of the wall in summer.

The stove at the door is only used in winter, and the fire is not turned on in summer, Zhu Liupo heard that the scholar ordered food, first gave him a cool drink, and after a while, he went to the kitchen to make cold noodles and brought them out.

The scholar ate Xiang Siwen, and after sucking a bowl of noodles cleanly, he didn't even splash a drop of soup on his face or body. Zhu Liupo waited for him to put the dishes and chopsticks, and then approached to clean up the table, but he didn't want the other party to suddenly ask: "Auntie, has your store been open for 20 years?" ”

His face was a little hesitant, and when he asked, he also looked apprehensive in his heart, and it sounded like a southern accent.

Zhu Liupo heard the other party call her aunt, and the smile on her face became thicker, although she didn't understand the meaning of this scholar, she immediately replied: "Where is it only twenty years!" Then he pointed to the old man at the middle table and said, "He had this shop when he was young, and by the time he is this year, he has been forty-eight years old." ”

The scholar looked relieved, lowered his voice a little more, and asked, "Then if you used to live in this Baokang Gate, you know more or less?" ”

Zhu Liupo was a little cautious in her heart, and did not boast, but said: "What do you want to inquire about?" ”

She has been doing business for many years, relying on the care of the neighbors, and she is easy to reveal to the living, and when she heard that the other party's tone was wrong, she also tightened up, unwilling to talk nonsense.

The scholar held a porcelain cup in both hands, and the snow bubble water in it had actually been drunk to the bottom, but he still didn't let go, only unconsciously turned the cup, and said cautiously: "In the past, was there a big family surnamed Li in this place?" Moved away a few years ago? ”

Hearing that it was a big family, Zhu Liupo was not so careful, so she said: "Which Li family?" There are many big families surnamed Li here, and there are some who have moved around over the years. ”

"I heard that it was originally in the cloth and horse business, and later moved to Junyi Bridge...... "The scholar added.

Hearing the "fabrics" and "horses", and where they moved later, Zhu Liupo immediately understood, "oh", and said, "You're talking about the tailor Li family!" ”

And he said, "There is such a family, and you ask him what he is doing?" ”

"Do you know what this family is like? Is the family good, and is it not righteous? ”

Before Zhu Liupo could answer, a table next to her had been eavesdropping for a long time, and one of them couldn't help it anymore and interjected: "What is your relationship with his family?" Q: What is this? ”

The scholar's face slowly turned red, and he waved his hand again and again, looking very cramped, and he didn't say anything for a while.

His white skin is not very old, and before others can ask him much, he shrinks up, and he is embarrassed to be too forced by others to look at it.

Originally, there were only three or four tables of customers in the restaurant, all of whom knew each other, and when they saw that something was going on here, they all looked over, and everyone looked at the scholar's face.

The scholar's face was as red as a monkey's butt all of a sudden, and after a long while, he said secretly: "Seeing that it is about to be autumn, I will try it in March next year. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, almost unanimous, the guests in the restaurant let out "oh" one after another, exchanged a meaningful look with each other, but none of them spoke.

Seeing this, the scholar was a little at a loss, so he just sat up straight and looked at Zhu Liupo with a blank and innocent face.

Zhu Liupo was a little soft-hearted, and couldn't help but mention: "The guest officer is here for the scientific examination?" But then the Li family wants to make an appointment with you? Why did you come to this place and ask? His family has now moved to Junyi Bridge. After a pause, he said, "Why don't you pass the exam, the young man Langjun, I'm afraid it's not twenty?" If you can wait for Jinshi, as long as you are ranked high, you can't marry any good lady, even if you are thirty or forty, it doesn't matter, and the dignitaries and nobles have to line up to find you, why bother so much. ”

She raised her head here, and the guests next to her picked it up one after another.

This one said that a big husband has no wife, and that one said that he would start a business first and then start a family, and someone asked the scholar about his family history, and he answered them one by one.

It turned out to be a person who went to Beijing to take the exam, quite a little talented, there are a few acres of land at home, and there are two younger brothers and a sister, thinking that with their own talents, they will be in the examination, and they should also be ranked behind the top three.

He saw that his younger brother was not young, one was still enlightened, the other had already worshiped Mr., and it cost money everywhere, and another sister, because of the popularity of marrying in Jiangnan, the family had no money to make up a dowry, and now he has grown to the age of nineteen and has not been married, and he is worried, who knows that there is an iceman who knows his name from nowhere, and comes to look for it, saying that there are several big families in the capital who want to make an appointment with a son-in-law in front of the list, and ask him what he means.

The scholar listened to the iceman for a while, and felt that it was also a good thing to have a son-in-law in front of the list, although almost all of the big families who came to make an appointment were businessmen, but the dowry of their daughters was very rich, and they married back, and the expenses for the two younger brothers to study were available, and they could also help pave the way for their careers.

As for those dignitaries, he didn't think about it, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, a Jinshi is already infinitely beautiful, but in the eyes of the officials in the court, Jinshi will also be ranked as 369 because of his ranking, appearance, family background, and age.

The scholar thought to himself, most of his family was the ninth-class, so he didn't want to do too much, he honestly married a businesswoman, and he would be a petty official in the future, and he would just live a small life.

He considered things very practically, and his words were frank, and his power was not annoying at all, but made the guests in the restaurant nod their heads and praise filial piety and sensibleness.

After the praise, I had to help him analyze it.

The old man sitting in the hall said: "The Li family is indeed wealthy, but according to the current situation of your family, it may not be compatible. ”

Zhu Liupo also nodded and said: "Not only did they leave, but the two children they gave birth to stayed in their husband's house, and I heard that they didn't leave any dowry, and they were all brought back to the Li family." ”