Fan Ning smiled a little bitterly, no wonder the second uncle's eyes were so apologetic, but he was only nine years old, what was the point of a blind date?

Fanning smiled and said, "Since you're here, it's okay to take a look!" ”

Fan Mingli put his arm around his shoulders, looked at him with a look of contempt and said, "Brother, don't think too much, it's useless for you to look at others, the key is that people want to look at you." ”

Fan Mingren also hugged Fan Ning's shoulders and said with a smile: "That little lady of the Wu family is really good-looking, but it's a pity that she belongs to a tiger!" ”

Fan Ning smiled dumbly and said, "How old is that little lady, and you can actually see that she is a tiger?" ”

"Hey! You know it when you see it, will we still delay your life's events? ”

Fan Ning thought of the second uncle's pleading, and was a little hesitant in his heart, "But...... Will it affect your store? ”

The two brothers glanced at each other, and both of them showed pity in their eyes, and Akihito shook his head and said, "If you are willing to feed the tiger with your body and save the small shop, we can also fulfill you." ”

Fan Ning didn't mean this, he estimated that he couldn't say it clearly, so he quickly denied it completely, "I listen to you, just eat." ”

At this time, Fan Tiege called them on the steps, "You three, come in quickly!" ”

The three of them hurriedly followed Fan Tiege into the Wu Mansion.

The owners of this house, Wu Yuanwai and Fan Tiege, were classmates in the same school, and Fan Tiege failed to study in the county when he was not in school, so he stayed in Wu County and worked as a partner in the restaurant opened by Wu Laoyuan's family.

Thirteen years ago, Fan Tiege rented a small store with his little savings, opened his own shop, and after more than ten years of hard work, his shop became a two-story grocery store.

During this period, he got married and had children, and in his hometown Jiangwan Village, Fan Tiege also became a successful person admired by everyone.

But life is like dressing, cold and warm self-knowing, Fan Tiege's grocery store is small, but he has to support his family and provide for his two sons to study, and the pressure of life can be imagined.

Behind the glamorous, in fact, a man has to face the huge pressure of bankruptcy crisis all the time.

The appearance of Chai's grocery store in the sky finally detonated the existential crisis of Fan Tiege's store.

In order to get rid of the fate of bankruptcy, Fan Tiege had to come to his former classmates.

It just so happened that Wu Yuanwai was preparing to open a new restaurant in Wujiang County, and he needed to purchase a batch of pots and pans.

Wu Yuanwai looked at the face of his former classmates and promised to help him this time, but at the same time, he also made a condition for Fan Tiege to bring his nephew Fan Ning to the house for a meal.

For the Great Song Dynasty, the imperial examination system was not only a selection mechanism for reserve officials, but also a training base for the son-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty.

Other middle-level high-ranking officials in the capital, or giant businessmen who are bent on improving their political status, of course, also want to get on the blind date platform of Jinshi.

It's a pity that there are more monks and less porridge, and they can't get tickets for non-sincerity.

But there is no sincerity, do not disturb, there is love in the same city, and love is watched again and again.

Like the local tycoons, they will turn their attention to the top few in each state to intercept future jinshi in advance.

Of course, the risk is also high, and the top few in the state may not be able to pass the Jinshi, and it is easy to catch a golden beetle, but in the end it is found to be a gold-plated turtle.

lost his daughter and dowry in vain.

In this kind of social atmosphere where everything is inferior, only high reading is leading, and even as long as you can pass the exam, the matchmaker who comes to ask for relatives will break through the threshold.

Although the Song Dynasty could not be an official, but in the examination, the social status will naturally be greatly improved, and if you can enter a good school as a gentleman, or enter the official mansion as a clerk, the wealthy families compete to be hired, and live in the countryside, you are directly a squire.

Wu County's county taxi selection competition is famous all over the country, and in the past 15 years, there have been three young prodigies who were born as Jinshi.

Although the competition is not over, Fanning's dazzling performance in the selection competition has attracted the attention of many large families in Wu County.

The Wu family is one of them.

Fan Tiege walked to the middle hall with his three children, and was greeted by a fat white man about thirty years old with a smile, he was wearing a blue satin deep coat, wearing a good white silk head, and a leather belt around his waist, which was full of various jade knick-knacks.

"The wine and food are ready, just waiting for your iron pot to cook!"

The two laughed and hugged heavily, Fan Tiezhou pointed to his two sons and said with a smile: "These are my two dogs, come with me to eat." ”

Akihito and Mingli hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Uncle Shi!" ”

"Huh! I really can't tell who is Akihito and who is Mingli? ”

Having said that, Wu Yuanwai's eyes were always staring at Fan Ning behind him.

"This is ......"

"This is my nephew Fanning!"

Fan Tiege pulled Fan Ning forward and introduced him: "This is Wu Yuanwai, my classmate and friend when I was studying in the school. ”

Fan Ning clasped his fists and saluted, "The junior has caused trouble for Wu Yuanwai." ”

"Fan Shaolang is too polite, please! Everybody come with me. ”

Akihito whispered in Fanning's ear, "The following is the first part of the investigation, you will accidentally find that there is silver around you, at your fingertips, first friendly reminder, it is not silver, but white copper dressed like silver." ”

"How do you know?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"You are the ninth blind date, this is the summary of the blood and tears of the previous eight people."

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Could it be that your brother is also one of the top eight?" ”

Next to him, Mingli pressed his chest and posed as if he was injured by an arrow, "It's too hurtful, it's too sad, it's not good to be reciprocated!" Second child, don't remind him again, let him taste the Wu family's secret arrows by himself! ”

Akihito looked upright, "If we don't tell him, wouldn't it be meaningless for us to pay those heavy prices?" Mingli, you're going to take out ten days of garbage! ”

Fanning really liked the two brothers, and he put his arm around their shoulders, "Go on, what else is down there?" ”

Akihito whispered a few words to Fan Ning, and Fan Ning nodded again and again, "It's really a lot of organs!" ”

At this time, Fan Tiege called out to his two sons: "You two come with me, Uncle Wu Shi wants to say a few words to A-Ning." ”

Mingli gently poked Fanning with his arm, meaning to say, "It's time for the show!" ”

Akihito glanced at Fanning sympathetically, but the meaning of his gaze was, "Brother can only help you so much." ”

The two brothers left Fanning behind and followed their father.

"Fan Shaolang, please come here!"

Wu Yuanwai invited Fan Ning to sit down in the guest hall, and asked people to serve tea, Fan Ning glanced at it, but there was a silver ingot of white flowers under the small table where the tea bowl was placed, about five taels.

Fan Ning smiled secretly in his heart, there is really silver!

Wu Yuanwai didn't seem to see the silver under his eyelids, he smiled and asked, "May I ask what kind of errand Fan Shaolang's father is doing at the moment?" ”

Fan Ning scratched his head and replied very seriously: "My father is currently fishing in Taihu Lake and is a fisherman!" ”

"Oh-"

The smile on Wu Yuanwai's face became a little unnatural, but he still remained polite, and he asked again, "Isn't Fan Shaolang's home in Mudu Town?" ”

Fan Ning hurriedly shook his head, "There is a temporarily rented house in Mudu Town, and my family is in Jiangwan Village, and my family is relatively poor, with only three thatched houses. ”

The smile on Wu Yuanwai's face disappeared, and he looked at Fan Ning's clothes again, only to see that he was wearing a half-worn fine linen shirt, and the square scarf he was wearing was also washed white.

He smiled reluctantly, "Fan Shaolang, please sit down for a while, I'll go see if the food is ready?" ”

"Go outside!"

Wu Yuanwai glanced meaningfully at the silver under the table, turned around and walked away quickly.

At this time, Fanning picked up the silver on the ground, weighed it, and looked at it carefully for a while, sure enough, it was not silver, it should be white copper.

Fanning snorted lightly and casually put the white copper on the table.

After drinking a cup of tea, at this time, a housekeeper walked in and said with a smile: "The meal is ready, the master invites Shaolang to eat." ”

Fan Ning finally waited for the moment of eating, this was his original intention of coming to Wu Yuanwai's house as a guest, eating was the essence, and any other blind date was a floating cloud.

"Thank you! Please lead the way. ”

Fanning followed the housekeeper and walked out, just out of the guest hall, he was greeted by a girl, about eleven or twelve years old, wearing a light yellow short shirt on the upper body, a red long skirt underneath, combing a double-ring bun, long nostrils facing the sky, quite ugly appearance, and a few small white pockmarks on her dark face.

The housekeeper stepped forward and saluted, "Miss Wu is here?" ”

The girl nodded, looking at Fan Ning with a smile, this is the second test of the Wu family, to be precise, it is a test set by the heroine, in Mingli's words, this plan is called Li Dai Taozhuang.

Test Fanning's admiration for the heroine.

Fan Ning stepped forward and bowed deeply, "Xiao Sheng has seen Little Lady Wu, and I have already heard of Little Lady's name for a long time!" ”

The girl covered her mouth and laughed, and the housekeeper shook her head secretly, what a look! Can the real Miss Wu be so ugly? Another test loser.

He smiled: "Shaolang is mistaken, this is not my little master, but the little master's maid Xiao Tao, she happens to be surnamed Wu." ”

"Oh! I see, I'm mistaken, I'm sorry. ”

Fanning smiled and hurried away with the butler.