After Lin Zhu was bored and ridiculed Chen Qiqi, a stinky scholar who couldn't get into the exam at first glance, he left satisfied. Chen Chuchu sat on the stall and looked at his back in a daze.

Earlier, the boss thought that Chen Chu was not angry, so he hurriedly took a steamed bun and put it in front of him in a small bowl and said: "Alas, scholar, you are very born here, it shouldn't be from our county, don't be angry, Lin Zhukuai is a member of the official family, two mouths up and down, black and white are all in people's mouths, and we poor people can't fight others." ”

Chen Chu said with a smile: "You have what you say, if I come back after taking the meritorious test, won't it be enough for him?" ”

The boss smiled bitterly: "You scholars like to have this kind of dream of one step to the sky, I have seen many scholars have said so, whether it is in the county or in other places, but the result, the highest is just a lifting person, you must not hear the word 'lifting people' and get excited, this lifting scholar is dredging up and down and spent a lot of money to be on the list!" ”

Chen did not speak.

The boss said in a tone of a passer-by: "Ordinary people can be admitted to Xiucai and have already burned high incense, and it is already very good to set up a stall to write letters and couplets to people in the future, and it is better to go to the accounting room and go to the private school to be a gentleman, as for continuing to take the exam and being an official, don't even think about it, the career is specially reserved for the children of powerful families!"

You go to the merit test, thinking that you can't pass the test because you have a problem with your ability, but if you're wrong, you can't pass the test purely because your name and your parents' identity don't match! ”

When he said this, seeing that Chen Chuchu didn't say a word back, he reacted and knew how much impact these things would have on a scholar. The reason why I know these things is because those yamen catchers often come over to eat and drink, and they are just heard by him when they chat after tea and dinner.

Chen was a scholar on the surface, and he arched his hands: "I believe that things are done by people, God rewards hard work, and the poor can get ahead......

The boss sneered: "The cold door does not refer to us flat-headed people with mud and legs, but refers to the famous families who were once rich and beautiful, and they are a little worse, but even this is much better than us." ”

Chen Chuchu discharged a few copper coins on the table, picked up the steamed buns in the bowl and gnawed them: "Thank you boss for your doubts!" ”

The boss has a rare opportunity to complain about such things, it is cool, but it is equivalent to ruining other people's dreams, and he said with some embarrassment: "Scholar, this soy milk steamed bun is the ...... I invited you"

Chen Qiqi had already gotten up and walked away, shaking his hand with his back to the boss.

The boss's breakfast shop belongs to the "family business", and he has been setting up a stall for more than 30 years, and he has seen all kinds of people, so he naturally sees that Chen Chuchu has a trace of temperament that ordinary people do not have. He picked up the copper coins on the stall one by one, put them into the clay pot, sighed and said: "In this world, we only talk about money, and it is difficult to move an inch without money......

Chen Chuchu returned to Old Man Fan's mansion.

The courtyard door was pushed open and entered, and his brows suddenly frowned, Old Man Fan was sitting on the stone in the courtyard, and there were two men in yamen clothes standing next to him, staring at Old Man Fan and saying something.

Chen Chuchu walked in, and saw one of the messengers coming over, looking him up and down: "Scholar, the Chenghuang Lao Ye Temple in Zichuan County was set on fire by thieves, and the county master plans to rebuild the Chenghuang Temple for the long-term peace of our county in the future. ”

Chen Chu looked at the poor person and said, "Official, I'm not from Zichuan County, I'm just passing by and living for a while. ”

He had just demolished the City God Temple last night, and as soon as it was dawn in the morning, and even before the morning had passed, the county lord had already come up with the idea of taking the money, which was really good.

The messenger sneered with the booklet in his hand: "As long as you step on the land of our Zichuan County, then you must contribute to Zichuan County!" You don't want to pay the money, I suspect that you are a spy sent from the northern grasslands, after all, only a spy will not care if my Great Qiandynasty can prosper......"

When he said this, the poor man standing beside Old Man Fan smiled, took off the rusty iron chain from his waist and walked over: "Then go to the county prison and sober up for a few days!" ”

As soon as they sang and harmonized, they all sang black faces, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the old Fan Tou, who was originally as immobile as a statue, suddenly raised his head and said: "Give, we all pay, and I will also pay his share!" ”

Chen Chu was stunned, he got along with Lao Fan Tou for more than a month, in addition to his strange temper, he is also a person who values money very much, he can save as much as he can if he can spend less, and he doesn't know what to do.

According to Chen's consumption on the street on weekdays, the purchasing power of copper coins is quite high, and the copper coins have always been 1,000 pieces, similar to the purchasing power of more than 800 yuan in the real world. The county lord forced the people to crowdfund the money to rebuild the City God Temple, that is, each family had to pay more than 1,600 yuan per person......

The two messengers came for half an hour, grinding Old Man Fan for half an hour, only to see that he didn't eat soft and hard, and he had an attitude of squatting in the cell! They didn't dare to really lock up Old Man Fan, the reason was very simple, the county government was always a county office, and it was difficult to lock up an old man in and directly execute him according to a crime? If you don't kill it, you can't starve to death if it's locked up, and you don't have to spend effort cooking it with wild vegetable soup? It's a waste of time......

The poor man holding the chain smiled and said: "Old immortal, our brothers' mouths are about to wear out, you can't hold back a copper coin to come out, you have to pay double as soon as this scholar comes, to be honest, it can't be a wild seed planted when you were young, right?" ”

Old man Fan has a strong personality, but today is very abnormal, he did not conflict with the two poor people, but stood up and walked into the room slowly, and when he came out again, he took a small package and put it on the stone: "It's none of our business!" ”

The messenger opened it and saw that there were large and small pieces of silver in the package, and they actually carried the rod scale with them, and put the broken silver in the scale and weighed it for a while: "Barely two taels, old man Fan, count you as acquaintances!" Let's go! They swaggered away and went to the next door neighbor's house......

Chen Qiqi silently watched them leave.

A person like this, if it is a wilderness, he is already two coke bodies at the moment, but he can't do it now, because this is the old man's house......

Old Man Fan, who had given two taels of silver, didn't say anything, and still sat on the stone looking at his rape flower Chen Chu walked over and bowed deeply: "Old Fan, thank you for your help, I will return the money to you as soon as possible." ”

Old man Fan seemed to have Alzheimer's disease again, his eyes stared at the rape flower motionlessly, and he muttered in his mouth: "Sister, there is no water in the water tank, my vegetables are going to die......"

Chen Chu was stunned for a moment, then rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "You wait, I'll go fetch water!" ”