Coming out of the restaurant, Jiang Yun thought about finding someone to spend the night and settle down, and was walking aimlessly on the street, when he saw a little beggar in ragged clothes and a filthy face running in front of him, the little beggar ran in front, and a man in gray chased behind, holding a wooden stick in his hand, chasing and cursing in his mouth.

"Plop-" When the little beggar rushed to Jiang Yun's side, he didn't pay attention, and he fell in front of Jiang Yun.

Before the little beggar could get up, the gray-clothed man chasing after him had already caught up, raised the wooden stick in his hand, and hit the little beggar.

"Bang-bang-" The little beggar was really hit twice, and suddenly screamed miserably.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Yun couldn't bear it, stepped forward, grabbed the wooden stick in the hand of the man in gray, and shouted: "Don't stop, what has happened to the child, it is worth shouting and killing like this." ”

Seeing this, the little beggar hurriedly got up from the ground and hid behind Jiang Yun, his thin body rubbing against him vigorously, looking worried and afraid.

Jiang Yun patted him and said, "Don't be afraid, no one dares to hit you again." ”

The gray-clothed man shouted angrily: "This little brother, you are here to take the exam in the county seat, I advise you to be nosy." ”

Jiang Yun said: "What's the matter, you still have a reason to beat people, I really take care of this matter today!"

The man in gray sneered: "There is a filial son under the stick, I discipline my own son, and I want you, an outsider, to meddle in my affairs?"

"Dad, the child will never dare to do it again, he will study hard in the future, like this big brother, he will take the test as a child, show off his talents, and glorify his ancestors! Dad, don't beat me again. ”

At this moment, the little beggar who had been hiding behind Jiang Yun suddenly ran back to the man in gray, pulling the other party's sleeve and begging.

The man in gray gave up the wooden stick in his hand, touched the other party's head, and said, "Okay, little girl, it's good if you are willing to study seriously, Dad won't beat you, so I'll go back with my father." ”

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yun was stunned, he didn't expect that the gray-clothed man and the little beggar in front of him were actually father and son.

He felt a little confused and didn't react, and at this time, the man in gray had already pulled the little beggar and hurried away.

Looking at the gray-clothed man and the little beggar who left in a hurry, Jiang Yun faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of what was wrong for a while.

At this time, a passer-by standing next to him looked at him with pity and said, "This little brother, take a closer look at your body, whether you have lost something." ”

When Jiang Yun heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses, and touched his hand to his waist, but he felt empty, the money bag there was gone, and his face couldn't help but change a lot, and he finally woke up, those two people were liars and thieves.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Jiang Yun turned his head and stomped his feet at the passer-by and asked.

The passer-by said: "You yourself were careless, but you blamed me, if I had said it earlier, I was afraid that they would have retaliated." ”

"Catch the thief, catch the thief!" Jiang Yun stomped his foot, and without saying a word, he hurriedly chased in the direction where the man in gray and the little beggar had left.

The gray-clothed man and the little beggar in front of him significantly quickened their pace, and soon turned the intersection in front of them and disappeared.

When Jiang Yun chased to the intersection, he saw pedestrians coming and going, but there was still a trace of the man in gray and the little beggar.

"This uncle, do you see a man in gray and a little beggar walking away from here, do you recognize them, where did they go?"

"This aunt ......"

Jiang Yun chased for a while, completely lost the trace of the target, and pulled the passers-by on the street to ask, but all he got was shaking his head blankly.

"It's just hateful, how can it be reasonable!" Jiang Yun was so angry that he scolded on the street, scolding for a while, but there was no result, except for attracting some curious passers-by to watch.

There are more than three taels of silver in the money bag, which is all the expenses he is preparing to go to the county seat this time, and now the money bag is stolen, and he suddenly becomes penniless, how can this be good, is it destined to sleep on the streets, and then go hungry and dizzy to take the county exam?

It seems that the only way to find an acquaintance to borrow something will get through this difficulty. Jiang Yun thought so, but he didn't have any acquaintances in the county seat, except for those classmates in the academy. These academy classmates should have arrived in the county seat early at this moment, but he didn't know where these people had settled in the county seat.

I remember that Zhou Shimin seemed to have said that he had a relative in the county seat, and Jiang Yun also vaguely remembered that Zhou Shimin also explained to him that after arriving in the county seat, he might as well go to him.

Jiang Yun hadn't thought about going to find this Zhou Shimin before, without it, he was just afraid of the other party's autumn wind, but now, it seems that he has to find the other party to fight the autumn wind.

However, let's see if there is another way.

Jiang Yun thought about finding a place to settle down first, and tried to find a house in the alley, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a man in a silk shirt appeared at the door, looked at Jiang Yun a few times, and asked, "What's the matter with this little brother?"

Jiang Yun arched his hand, and directly said to his intentions: "Respectful, I am a candidate who came to the county seat to catch the exam, because the city inn is full of guests, and I can't find a place to stay, so I want to spend a few nights in your place, I wonder if the host here can make it convenient?"

When the man in the silk shirt heard this, he said very happily: "It turned out that it was a candidate who came to stay overnight, and if you want to stay overnight, of course you can." ”

When Jiang Yun heard this, he was overjoyed, but he didn't wait long for him to be happy, and the man in the silk shirt said even more bluntly: "As for the cost of the accommodation, it costs three dollars for one night." ”

When Jiang Yun heard this, he was dumbfounded, three dollars of silver for one night, which is almost catching up with the price of those big inns in the city.

If it was before, he might have gritted his teeth and accepted this price, but he wouldn't be able to stay for a few nights anyway, and when the exam was finished the day after tomorrow, he would go home.

But now, not to mention three dollars of silver for one night, even one penny for one night, he can't take it out. He thought to himself, didn't he hear before that if he met a hospitable host, he would provide free accommodation to the county test candidates who were rushing to take the exam.

With a tentative mind, he said: "Don't hide this big brother, I accidentally encountered a thief just now, and all the money on my body was stolen, so I really can't get this accommodation fee, I don't know if I can be accommodating and exempt from the accommodation fee?"

When the man in the silk shirt heard this, his face turned cold, and he said, "Since you can't pay the accommodation fee, then don't talk about it, you better go find another house." Without further ado, he slammed the door shut.

"What's the matter?" asked a woman who came out of the house and turned to the man in the silk shirt.

The man in the silk shirt said disdainfully: "It's a sour scholar who rushed to take the exam, came to spend the night, and couldn't pay the accommodation fee, so he was driven away by me." What else did he say that the money on his body was stolen by a thief, and the ghost believed it. ”

The woman said: "Yes, what kind of money was stolen by thieves, it's all deceitful nonsense, and now many such sour scholars like to take advantage of small advantages, so they make up all kinds of pitiful excuses, and want to spend the night in vain, thinking is so beautiful!

Outside the door, looking at the slammed door, Jiang Yun shook his head and had to leave.

Next, he looked for a few more people's homes, but without exception, they all ate closed-door soup, at first it was okay, but as soon as he heard that the other party couldn't afford the accommodation fee, he closed the door and drove people away.

In the end, Jiang Yun had to give up the idea of finding a free accommodation like this, and it seemed that there was no way but to go to Zhou Shimin to fight the autumn breeze.

Thinking like this, he remembered the address of his relatives in the city that Zhou Shimin told him at the beginning, and he was about to look for it, and just after walking a few steps, his heart suddenly moved, remembering that he was not completely desperate, and maybe there was a way to think of it.

He remembered at this moment that when he went to the city first, the old boatman he saw still had a canopy boat for himself, which he had deposited with the other party. That canopy boat has become his lifesaver now.

He thinks about it now, the boatman who abandoned the ship and left, most of them were ill-intentioned, even if it was an accident, but the other party almost destroyed the ship, he should always pay a little for mental damages, and he didn't want to have more, just use that canopy boat to compensate.

Thinking of this, he was even more at ease, and had already made a decision, so he sold the awning boat and got a little money to alleviate the urgent need at the moment.

I remember the old boatman, and he left himself the address of his home in the city. After making up his mind, Jiang Yun no longer hesitated, and immediately followed the address left by the old boatman and searched all the way.

The old boatman said that his home was in Yangqiao Lane in the north of the city, Jiang Yun found it all the way here, asked someone, and soon found the home of the old boatman Zhao Fulai.

When Jiang Yun came to the door, Zhao Fulai was having lunch, smoking a dry cigarette in the house and closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, and his granddaughter ran in and ran in, saying that the big brother who had just taken the exam came to the door.

Zhao Fulai didn't know who she was talking about at first, but after the little girl explained a few more words, he realized that it was the young scholar he saw in the morning who used the technique of controlling water to operate a boat came to the door.

already thought that the other party was at least a showman, and even lifted people, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran out of the house, and saw Jiang Yun who was desperate in the yard.

"This son, the old man is rude. Zhao Fulai stepped forward and bowed to Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun replied with a salute, and then explained his intention: "To be honest, I am not satisfied with the old man, this time I came because the inn in the city was full, so I wanted to come here to spend a few nights, I don't know if it is convenient for the old man to stay here?"

Zhao Fulai was very happy, and said repeatedly: "Convenient, convenient, it is our honor that the son is willing to spend the night in the cold house, but I am afraid that the cold house is simple and the son is wronged and neglected." ”