Chapter 3 Hiding a knife in a smile

"Who?" Yang Li shouted as he pretended to be impatient. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

I have just been expelled from the school, so I naturally have to act in an extremely bad mood, so that I can look more normal.

"It's me, Wang Chengde. ”

The person outside the door didn't seem to mind Yang Li's very unfriendly tone, and replied politely: "I overheard about you today, after all, I have a friend, so I stopped by to have a look." ”

"Oh, wait a minute. ”

While Yang Li got up, his mind was rapidly searching for relevant memories.

Wang Chengde is also a student of the Element Academy, and his grades are exceptionally good.

In the annual Yuan Controller Assessment, ordinary students only participate in it after two years, but he has only been practicing in the academy for a year, and he has hoped to become a Yuan Controller.

Wang Chengde's family background is also very wealthy.

His father is the chief bookkeeper of Muyuan County, and although the rank of Zhengjiupin is not too high, after all, he has been operating in Muyuan County for decades, and various relationships are intertwined. For example, the fourth aunt of the county commander Zhao Ze is Wang Chengde's aunt, and the county Cheng Cai Tingzhi, who is in charge of the Element Academy, Wang Chengde and his granddaughter were engaged a few years ago.

In particular, Wang Chengde's sister Wang Chengqing, because of her outstanding performance in the selection and assessment of the controller, was selected by a chief examiner from the state capital, not only became a controller, but also received additional special reuse.

Under the action of various factors, the Wang family can almost be said to be unshakeable in the entire Muyuan County.

And Wang Chengde, a veritable son of heaven, logically speaking, should have no intersection with Yang Li. But just three months ago, Wang Chengde actually took the initiative to get acquainted at a party.

Yang Li once thought that this was a rare opportunity and did his best to have a good relationship with Wang Chengde.

And Wang Chengde was also extremely high-spirited, not only often guiding Yang Li in elemental cultivation, but also giving a lot of help in terms of economy.

Yang Li was naturally grateful for this, and invited Wang Chengde to his home to be a guest.

But from that time on, Yang Li didn't know why, his grades in the academy began to decline gradually, until he was expelled from the academy today.

Confirming this information and his own speculations one by one, the thoughts in Yang Li's mind began to gradually become clearer, and at the same time, he was also vigilant against Wang Chengde.

This guy is probably the one who dug a hole for himself behind his back!

"Be cautious and calm!"

Yang Li secretly admonished himself in his heart, then took a deep breath and came to the door seemingly calmly.

"Squeak~"

As the wooden door was opened, Wang Chengde, who was brightly dressed and handsome, walked in with a smile, carrying two baskets in his hands.

"It turned out to be Brother Wang, please come in!

Yang Li greeted with a smile, and while hurriedly glancing, he found that the basket was actually full of wine and food, so he hurriedly asked Yang Yuyi to clean up the broken wooden table in the hall, and then helped to set up these wine and food.

When Yang Yu retreated to the inner room, the two began to sit and greet each other like old friends for many years.

"Brother Yang, you don't have to worry too much about this matter, as long as I, Wang Chengde, am here, I will definitely not let you, who is a friend, go hungry. I'll help you figure out a way to do things in the future, and today we'll have a meal first, and we'll rest when we get drunk!"

After Wang Chengde finished speaking, he stood up and poured Yang Li a glass of apricot blossom wine in person, looking arrogant and dry.

"Alas, don't mention it!"

Yang Li glanced at the table full of wine and food, took the wine glass and drank it directly. Wang Chengde brought so many things in, and many villagers would definitely find them on the way, so he didn't worry about the poison in this meal.

"Our family was already poor, and now we have been hit by this, and we really don't know what to do in the future. Yang Li sighed, looking very melancholy.

Hearing this, Wang Chengde's expression moved slightly, and he asked in a concerned tone: "I don't know what Brother Yang plans next, but is there anything you need my help with?"

"What else do I have to do? Those corrupt officials in the academy only have a success rate in their eyes, and they don't care about the life or death of poor people like me! They just see that I have no background to bully, so they chose me to be fired!" Yang Li complained.

Wang Chengde nodded in agreement, then raised his glass and said: "Now this world is getting more and more difficult to mix! Let's have a friend, originally I wanted to wait for you to graduate smoothly, and then help you find a better position in the county government, but it's a pity that ......"

Speaking of this, Wang Chengde patted his thigh with great regret, drank all the wine in the cup, and then continued: "It's a pity that you can't successfully complete the Elemental Academy now, this road will definitely not work, alas!"

Yang Li suddenly asked eagerly, "Junior brother, I'm really desperate now, Brother Wang, do you have any good ideas?" You can't be like me, a person who has cultivated in the Elemental Academy, and as a result, you have to run errands for others and work for a lifetime, right?"

Wang Chengde didn't answer immediately this time, but poured himself full of wine again, and then glanced at the anxious Yang Li, and after a while, he said leisurely: "I have an idea, but I don't know if you can see it, Brother Yang." ”

"What kind of idea? Brother Wang, you are so smart, your idea must be good. Yang Li was immediately overjoyed.

"Actually, it's nothing, just find a shop in the county town and do some small business. Look at the welcome restaurant on Fugui Street, a table of wine and food is three dollars of silver, and the business is still booming, and the harvest every month is at least this amount!"

After Wang Chengde finished speaking, three fingers stretched out from his right hand.

"Thirty taels?"

Yang Li's eyes widened, the income of thirty taels was a huge amount of money, and the tuition fee of the Element Academy was less than five taels a year.

"Wrong, three hundred taels!"

Wang Chengde drank apricot blossom wine and replied lightly.

Yang Li's face was suddenly full of shock and envy, and his mouth was wide open, as if his saliva was about to fall to the ground.

Wang Chengde secretly glanced at Yang Li while picking up vegetables, and was very satisfied with the effect of this conversation.

After a while, he felt that the heat was almost over, so he continued: "I just heard yesterday that the Xu Ji steamed bun shop in the south of the city is ready to be transferred and rented out these days, and the price is not expensive, only seven taels of silver a month. If it works well, it will be easy to earn a dozen taels of silver a month, or brother, you can take it down? I am also familiar with Boss Xu, as long as you are interested, I can also let him reduce the price of rent again. ”

"Ah, there's such a good thing, but ......"

Yang Li looked a little hesitant: "Brother Wang, you don't know the situation of my family, let alone seven taels of silver, even seven coins of silver can't be taken out now! You asked me to rent that bun shop, but I can't even pay the rent, how can I run it?"

"Don't worry!"

Wang Chengde stood up, patted Yang Li's shoulder comfortingly, and then said earnestly: "After all, the two of us are friends, and my family background is relatively better, so naturally I won't stand idly by." In this way, I will lend you thirty taels of silver at one time, not a penny of interest, only you need to return the principal within three years, how about it?"

"How embarrassed am I, thirty taels of silver is not a small amount of money, even if the interest for three years is calculated at the lowest market price, it will cost nine taels of silver, and I don't have anything of value as collateral......"

Yang Li waved his hand hurriedly, and seemed to be a little flattered by Wang Chengde's move.

However, Wang Chengde directly took out a silver ticket printed with the words "thirty taels" from his arms, put it on the table with a "snap", and then said righteously: "The two of us are both classmates and close friends, and I will help you when you are in trouble, and that is also right." I can be the master of the interest, and I promise that I will not charge you a penny, and I can also trust your credibility, and I don't need any collateral in the first place, but ......"

When Wang Chengde said this, his tone changed, and he seemed to become quite embarrassed, and he frowned and said: "It's just that the thirty taels of silver tickets are the money I secretly took from my family, and if it is discovered by my family, it is really not like words." Well, if you really can't come up with anything of value, sign a copy of your sister's deed of sale and give me the right to use as collateral. You don't have to think about it, it's just a show, lest my family look too ugly when they find out......"