But I didn't think that I knocked for a while and no one responded, isn't Lao Zhao in the back room, and can't hear it in the front room? He groaned, looked up at the doorway, which was neither high nor low, looked around again, and after making sure that there was no one, he did what he had done a few years ago: climb the wall! She was young, although she hadn't climbed this wall, but she hadn't climbed the wall in the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she had experience.

Pulling the carriage closest to the door, Dye Qing climbed onto the roof of the carriage, and then easily climbed to the wall with the height of the roof of the carriage. I have learned a few tricks of three-legged cat kung fu before, and the height from the ground is about three meters, and I don't want to jump so straight and straight, and I slowly flip down the wall with both hands, so that my feet are more than one meter from the ground, and I fell to the ground as soon as I let go of my hand.

patted the ash on his hands, looked around and saw that the courtyard was the same as in his memory, it seemed that Lao Zhao did not renovate it after they left. When I walked into the inner room, I felt more intimate, and even the furnishings did not change, and I vaguely flashed the scene of living here with my mother and Xiang'er. I was very grateful for Lao Zhao in my heart, and I gave him the house but never touched the back room, and it was obvious that people often came to clean it here, and there was no dust on the ground.

When I entered the inner room and opened the closet, I still had a few sets of men's clothes. With a thought, after closing the door, he changed the clothes of the palace guards on his body, which was also one of the main reasons why he didn't want to go to the store. A palace dress is really eye-catching, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. After changing into a set of white piping robes, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smile, sweeping away the depression in his chest for many days, as if he had returned to his teenage self.

Carrying the silver ticket and going out, when I arrived in the courtyard, I wanted to go to the front yard to find Lao Zhao, but I thought about it. If he comes to the backyard and bumps into him, say hello to him, and if he doesn't come, don't disturb his life, lest something still affect him.

Dye Qing opened the backyard door and pulled the carriage into the courtyard, then found another lock to lock the door from the outside, and then walked through the alley and into the street. After so many years, Huaicheng has become both familiar and unfamiliar, familiar is the old street is still the same, and strange is that many of the shops in my memory have disappeared, of course, replaced by other shops.

So when she walked to the location of Chen's rice shop, Dye Qing stood there for a long time without moving, and it turned out that her rice shop was replaced by a shop called "Liangyouxuan". I still remember that in order to make a living, I worked hard to develop rouge rice and supported Chenjia Rice Shop to become the first rice shop in Huaicheng, but time migration will eventually be replaced.

sighed lightly, in the end, I had my own hard work, and now I am still a little disappointed when I see that I am down.

Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly saw a person hurrying out of the door and greeted her. Dye Qing didn't pay attention, only glanced at it and stepped forward, suddenly hearing the call behind him: "Du Gongzi? She was stunned, looked left and right and couldn't see anyone, and then turned back again, and saw that the middle-aged man was looking at her just now, and she was even more strange after being sure that he was calling her, how could this person call herself like that? Just thinking about it, the man took a few steps closer to this side, and said with a shocked face: "Is it really Du Gongzi?" You're back? ”

At this time, Dye Qing also vaguely felt that this person's eyebrows and eyes were familiar, and rummaged through the names of people in his mind, but he couldn't think of anyone for a while.

Or the other party spoke first to solve the puzzle: "Du Gongzi, I am Chen He of the Chen family's rice shop." ”

Hearing this, I was taken aback, and I still remembered the name Chen He, especially when I was still thinking about Chen's rice shop just now. can look the person in front of him up and down, and it is really difficult to tell that this is still the simple businessman back then.

Dye Qing smiled slightly after coming back to his senses, and also admitted his identity: "Lao Chen, why are you here?" ”

Chen He was overjoyed and walked closer and said, "Son, isn't this the Chen family's rice shop, where can I go if I'm not here?" Dye Qing turned his head to look at the plaque of "Liangyouxuan" above his head, only to hear Chen He explain on the side: "Son, you don't know, a few years ago, I expanded the Chenjia rice shop to open a few branches, and renamed this headquarters Liangyouxuan, one is here to store grain, and the other is for everyone to drink tea here, which can be described as elegant and vulgar." ”

I felt a little surprised when I heard this, I really didn't expect that this Chen He was still very business-minded. Later, Chen He invited Dye Qing into the store, and he didn't go to do anything, but directly led people to the private room and asked his subordinates to make the best tea. The two drank to each other for a while, basically listening to what Chen He was saying, and dying green occasionally responded to a few sentences.

When the tea came down, she was faintly surprised in her heart, she was really clumsy back then, this Chen He was really a piece of business material. Speaking of the end, Chen He asked if Dye Qing planned to go back to business in Huaicheng this time, and he was willing to fund or directly let Dye Qing join the shares in this Liangyou Xuan, saying that if it wasn't for Dye Qing's promotion, he would not be where he is today. Although the words were in place, Dye Qing still declined, firstly, she also used this place to earn enough silver taels to escape, secondly, people's hearts are not ancient, and she doesn't know Chen He as a person after a few years, and thirdly, there are very few opportunities for her current identity to come out, so don't think about doing business.

Chen He persuaded him again and again, but he saw that Dye Qing had a firm idea. At this time, someone outside was shouting Boss Chen, and Dye Qing asked him to be busy in advance, and she drank tea here for a while. After Chen He left, Dye Qing walked to the window and looked down, a little lost emotions rolled in her heart, if she didn't enter the royal family, then maybe she could really have a career in this river and lake, in the end, she gave up many principles because of her children's affection.

As soon as he lowered his head, he happened to see Chen He going out, and a person who looked like a small guy was whispering something, and the two of them were in a hurry. Not only them, but Dye Qing found that the pedestrians on the road were all rushing in that direction, and their faces were all inexplicably excited, most of them were men.

After a few more moments, she went downstairs from the box to the counter to ask the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper had just seen this son go upstairs with his boss, and he knew that it was a distinguished guest, so he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately replied: "Childe, that's the case." Today, Miss Helan is going to hold a literary examination on the platform to recruit relatives, and our boss is invited to attend the ceremony. ”

Recruiting relatives in the literary examination? I only heard of the competition to recruit relatives, and this is the first time I have heard of it. Dye Qing also felt interested when she heard this, and after asking the shopkeeper for the direction and location, she went out. In fact, you don't need to go out of your way to look for it, just follow the flow of people, and there are more and more people in front of you, and gradually it begins to stagnate.

The balcony was set up outside a certain restaurant, and the crowd gathered under the terrace, both men and women.

Someone was talking beside him: "I heard that Miss Helan is outstanding in learning, but the Helan family is a big family, how can she recruit relatives in this way?" "Heh, you don't know, Helan's family is rich, but Miss Helan's eyes are above the top, and she insists on finding a husband who matches her talents."

Suddenly, a shout broke out from the crowd: "Miss Helan is out!" It also interrupted the discussion of people just now.

I saw a young woman dressed in plain clothes, surrounded by Cui Luo, covering her face with a light veil, and coming out with the support of two maids. Although she can't get a glimpse of her face because she covers her face, she must also be a beauty when she looks at her black hair hanging down her waist, her graceful figure, and the delicate charm of her eyebrows at the corners of her eyes. From the discussion of others just now, it can be seen that this Miss Helan must be a high-minded and arrogant person.

But Dye Qing admires this woman's style a little, in the current situation, it is really rare for someone to show up to find a husband like this. In this case, I'm afraid I can only be good at talent, and I can't win by family background and appearance.

I only heard someone next to me shaking his head and commenting: "This Miss Helan should be a beauty!" ”

Dye Qing couldn't help but feel funny when she heard it, she could see that she was a beauty if she was wrapped up like this? There was also a question next to him, and then the man nodded and said: "Whether it is beautiful or not depends only on her walking, her shoulders are straight, her steps are light, her clothes are not gorgeous, such a woman's mood is also transparent, even if her appearance is not good, she must be a person with a beautiful heart." ”

This time I was really surprised, and I couldn't help but glance at the man, but when I saw that it was a gorgeously dressed man, I couldn't help but smile secretly, thinking that this person was also casually talking nonsense.

After Miss Helan sat down, another elder walked up, dressed in brocade clothes, in the middle of his age, with a slightly long beard, and it seemed that he was the old man Helan. This Helan family has also heard one or two when they were dyed green, they are merchants, they have been in business for many years, and their family background is really thick, and they can agree to their daughter holding this literary test to recruit relatives, which shows that they are fond of them.

He walked to the middle of the platform, clapped his hands, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said loudly: "Fellow villagers, friends passing by, today's little girl held this literary test to recruit relatives, in order to meet friends with literature, and you can find a good son-in-law from it." The rules are actually very simple, there will be a couplet here, the right neat ones can enter the candidates, and then the little girl will make a question, the candidate will make a poem by himself, and the little girl will choose the best work among them, and that is the final winner of today's literary exam. ”

The comparison sounds simple, but in fact, the power is in the hands of Miss Helan.

But when Master Helan took out the couplet he tried for the first time, Dye Qing couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that it was not a pre-made couplet, but a painting. On the top of the painting is a pair of hands tightly together, as if worshipping a bodhisattva, and the whole painting is golden.

Is it to use this painting to erect the upper couplet to the lower couplet?