Lin Piao entered the restaurant, and Xiao Er had already known him: "Guest officer, today is also two dishes of side dishes and a pot of hot tea?" ”

"I don't eat today, I don't have this time to kill, but the money still has to be spent."

Xiao Er was surprised when he heard it: "You don't eat and still spend money?" Got it, a pot of wine? We have a lot of good wine here, and we are sure that it is better and cheaper than other restaurants. ”

Lin Piao took out a few coins and put them on the table: "I want to ask you about the news, just one sentence." ”

When Xiao Er saw it, he didn't reach out to accept it, but a smile was even more on his face: "You ask." ”

"Before, there were always people who said the right and wrong of my family Shen Hong, I can't think of which god I offended, you tell me a message, who are those people who came here?"

Xiao Er hesitated for a while, seemed to be thinking about the pros and cons of this matter, and after thinking about it, he reached out and put the few coins under his hand and collected them back: "Actually, I didn't notice it too much, but from time to time there were always one or two, and it always left an impact. But our stewed hooves are called incense, and this kind of rich family also came to buy our house, not someone else's house. ”

Lin Piao heard him say a long list of propaganda about stewed hooves, suspected that he was doing it on purpose, and said that he was greedy so that he could take the opportunity to sell another order.

"Who is the owner of this cow?"

The man immediately lowered his voice: "He is a domestic slave of a rich local merchant in our area, this is really well-known to everyone, this rich businessman surnamed Sun, has always been very tasteful in eating on weekdays, and I like our stewed hoove......s here the most."

Lin Piao hurriedly stopped him: "I'll come over at noon, give me a stewed hoof, don't talk about food, say something useful." ”

"Howler! This wealthy businessman's surname is Sun, and he has a wife and seven concubines, a sister-in-law, two concubines, three concubines, and a concubine, and a concubine, among which the most outstanding are his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, who is a three-year-old genius who can read a thousand words and read poetry and books at the age of five, and is now only in his early teens. ”

Lin Piao nodded after hearing this, looking for useful information from it, Sun Fushang? A teenage genius?

"Did that little genius study at Qingfeng Academy?"

"Guest officer, you are really a god, you are indeed studying at Qingfeng Academy."

"Isn't that normal?" Lin Piao couldn't help but complain, this kind of reasoning has to be blown strongly.

"This is the guest officer, you don't know, generally people like this who are extremely smart and outstanding, they must go to the Deer Cave Academy, unless the Deer Cave Academy does not accept it, otherwise they will not go to Qingfeng Academy to study, but it is strange, this little prodigy is so smart, but the Deer Cave Academy just doesn't want him, it is said that he went to study two years earlier, and his arrogant attitude was too arrogant, and the Deer Cave Academy rejected him at a glance, and then he arrived at the Qingfeng Academy."

"I see." Lin Piao thought to himself, fortunately, Shen Hong has a high EQ, and a genius can't withstand a low EQ.

This person is a student of Wang Xiucai, and it is not unusual to help the teacher do things, Lin Piao thought about it and finally locked on to a person he had never seen in his mind.

It was the little prodigy who was sitting in the living room with Lord Cheng County, Shen Hong, and Chen Fushang, who sponsored Shen Hong's pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and was swept away by Shen Hong.

"What's that kid's name?"

"It's called Sun Mingcong."

Lin Piao asked back and forth, and after asking all the news that the guy knew, he found that the guy's information still had a certain lag, for example, he was clear about how many concubines and maids there were in Sun Fu's business, but he was mostly unclear about the recent affairs of Sun Fu's business.

Lin Piao decided to go to the next stronghold to find out the news.

When leaving, the guy didn't forget to send them out with a smile on his face: "Guest officer, remember to come and eat stewed hooves at noon!" The hoof sauce in our store is fragrant and thick, and it is guaranteed to be full of flavor! ”

Lin Piao nodded, he had already said that he was hungry, and decided to come over at noon to eat.

The two went to the next stronghold and used the same method to find out that Sun Mingcong was also participating in this year's county examination.

I guessed this in my heart, but I thought that since he was so self-confident and smart, he must have felt that he could get by, and he wouldn't think that he would have one more chance with one less opponent, right? I think it is more likely that he will hold a grudge, presumably because he holds a grudge against Shen Hong, and when he encounters this incident again, he will help his husband with his hand. ”

The more Lin Piao thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and all the doubts in his heart were solved, and after worrying for a while, he thought of Ludong Academy and relaxed.

As long as Shen Hong passed the Tongsheng and went to the Ludong Academy, there would definitely be teachers in the academy who appreciated him, and the power of these people would not necessarily be lower than that of Sun Fushang.

Shen Hong is a trouble-free child, and he is much more experienced than Sun Fushang and Sun Mingcong in handling the old man.

The more Lin Piao thought about it, the more open his mind became, and his originally unopened appetite was all opened, and his originally heavy heart dissipated, and now he only felt that his whole stomach was empty.

"Uncle Qiu! Walk! Let's eat hooves! ”

Zheng Qiu saw that he was still worried just now, thinking about things with a worried face, but now the clouds and rain have dispersed, and he doesn't know what he has figured out, but in short, he is in a good mood, and he loves to eat.

When the two arrived at Guangjulou, they asked for a sauce stewed hoof, two side dishes to clear the mouth and relieve greasy, and a pot of tea, so they sat on the seat and held chopsticks and began to wait for the food to be served.

When the hooves are served, good guys, it is worthy of being a restaurant famous for its affordability, a hoof is fat and big, and the skin and flesh are so soft and glutinous that they shake when they are put on the table.

Lin Piao lightly dropped a chopstick, and the tip of the chopsticks was gently forced, separating the hoof from the middle.

"That's right, Uncle Qiu, we both eat half of it, we have to work hard to eat, but don't finish eating, otherwise we won't have hot food in the place where we live now."

Uncle Qiu nodded solemnly, and after reaching a consensus, he began to enter the battle.

The elbow meat sauce is fragrant, especially for the appetite and Lin Piao, every bite is fragrant, and you can eat half a bowl with the sauce and meat mixed with bibimbap.

Until the end of each plate was clean, Lin Piao and Zheng Qiu ate straight and dizzy, and sat at the table to rest for a while before getting up to settle the bill.

Lin Piao inquired about the way things came from, and after feeling relieved, he relaxed, and Uncle Qiu ate snacks outside, and when the weather was good and a little sunny, they pressed the road, and both of them felt anxious about the students who were taking the exam, yes or no, they always brought it up, I don't know what they were eating, I don't know how they are now, this kind of topic.

Every time he finished speaking, the final result was just a sigh, and nothing else could be said, and in the end the two of them tacitly agreed not to mention it again.

Finally the two of them discussed the topic of what to get for them to eat when they came out.

"I must get some soup and water, so that it can be restrained, but it will not be too vegetarian to eat porridge."

"I think it's still chicken soup, it's delicious and nutritious, and it's good to use porridge with chicken soup."

"It's better to eat, take the rice and soak it in the chicken soup, it tastes better than porridge, and it is easier to digest."

"That's the reason, then let the inn stew two pots of chicken soup first, and when they come out, they can eat it, and if they want to make rice, and then eat meat, they won't have to eat."

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, until the fifth day, Lin Piao finally saw this group of cubs, and saw that they were helped out by the people in the examination institute, and the situation of the two pillars was better, and the other people were all vain, and then looked at the people around them, basically all of them, this test was more difficult and terrible than going to prison, Lin Piao was distressed when he saw it, and Uncle Qiu hurriedly stepped forward to support the people, Lin Piao caught Shen Hong first: "Are you okay?" ”

"Sister-in-law, I'm fine."

Shen Hong's voice was quite normal, but it was one degree weaker than usual, and he knew that he was suffering when he heard it.

Five children, there are only two of them, although Erzhu's own situation is fine, the rest can't be helped, they can only be regarded as barely taking a hand, plus they are trying to stand on their own, not to mention that there is still a short distance to the inn, Lin Piao looked around.

Some of the people who came to pick up the children in the neighborhood waited in horse-drawn carriages, and some sedan chair drivers waited on the side with a sliding pole, just waiting for someone to sit on the sliding pole, and there were many nearby people who braved the cold wind to watch the lively onlookers.

In the midst of a group of sliding poles, Lin Piao saw a brightly colored carriage, the outside was dark blue silk, like a flowing water, at this time the curtain of the carriage was just pulled from the inside, and a pale young man sat on the outside of the carriage, watching them.

Lin Piao keenly captured this feeling in his heart: "Shen Hong, is that person Sun Mingcong?" ”

Shen Hong raised his eyes and glanced at it: "Yes." ”

"In the past two days, I have inquired about those things that your family and Wang Xiucai have done together."

Shen Hong didn't seem surprised when he heard the news, he only nodded lightly, but it was estimated that he was too uncomfortable to react, he looked up at Sun Mingcong in front of him, and beckoned to him.

Sun Mingcong looked vigilant, but still let the groom drive the carriage over.

This kid has a mouth, which is more serious than Shen Hong, and his voice is dry and hoarse, like a male duck's voice.

"What? Don't have a carriage and want me to take you? Don't even have that money? ”

"Sun Mingcong, you have bad intentions and a mediocre mind." Shen Hong shook his head as if sighing, and criticized him the most lightly.

The four words of unrighteousness are enough to make people uncomfortable, who can accept that they are wrong, and the four words of mediocre mind are even more critical, Sun Mingcong is most proud of his mind, but now he is degraded by Shen Hong as worthless, but he has no confidence to refute, because in front of Shen Hong, he seems to be really a little worse, even if it is only a little, he is also looked down on by Shen Hong.

Sun Mingcong's face turned red with anger and glared at Shen Hong angrily, but he didn't know what to say in order to immediately turn the situation around.

"You are not ashamed to speak out, you usually act like a gentle and humble person, but now you speak harshly, you know what people should say."

The other half of the curtain that had been lifted was also opened, and Lin Piao saw clearly that Wang Xiucai was also inside, and he personally came to pick up Sun Mingcong from the examination institute, but he valued this disciple very much, and there was a middle-aged man sitting inside, who should be Sun Fushang.

Lin Piao didn't see him, but when he saw him, he was angry, he didn't play well in the county lord's study before, and now he bumped into this fool again.

"Wang Xiucai, right, meet again today? You came to the examination institute to pick up your beloved apprentice Sun Mingcong, and your beloved apprentice's house slave helped you slander Shen Hong, you two are mutually beneficial, and no one suffers, what a good pair of masters and apprentices made in heaven! ”

Wang Xiucai saw that as soon as he opened his mouth, he rushed to himself and glanced around: "You are a fool!" Don't make a big fuss here! ”

The people nearby looked at the atmosphere on their side, and they were about to quarrel after a while, and they were a little confused.

"That's what I should say, but I don't know how it came together, and seeing that the grievances are very deep, Wang Xiucai, a scholar who teaches, must not be able to do such a thing."

"Am I a fool? Where can you compare to you Full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but what you do behind your back is all filthy deeds, your mouth is the Holy Master, and your heart is full of calculations, if you want to say that this matter has nothing to do with you, but if you look at it and pay a little attention or inquire, those few people who are always saying that Shen Hong is not good are basically all slaves of the Sun family, otherwise they often follow the slaves of the Sun family and do things for the Sun family in the streets and alleys outside, you dare to say that you have nothing to do, why are you not used to Shen Hong, and the people of the Sun family are immediately not used to Shen Hong? ”

A few people in the crowd experienced the scene at the time, and they didn't feel anything at the time, but now they remembered it when Lin Piao said it, as if this was the case, and those people seemed to be more or less people who were related to the Sun family.

"It seems that it is true, I said why they suddenly came out to talk about these things, and I just thought that they heard about it because they felt angry in their hearts before they came out to talk about it, and it turns out that there is such a reason."

"I also thought that they were only used to looking down on others, but if they were not used to it, they would not be used to it, anyway, I thought that it was not a big deal, and it would be over when I talked about it.

"This is still Mr. Dang, with this means, phew!"

Looking around at Wang Xiucai and Sun Mingcong, his eyes changed suddenly.

Wang Xiucai has always had the upper hand on the moral side, and he never imagined that he would one day quarrel with people on the street and not make a noise, and he was dragged directly into the mud and lost his face, and his face turned green when he looked at the crowd pointing at him.

"You ......!"

Sun Fushang is a businessman, he has always sought advantages and avoided disadvantages, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he quickly grabbed Wang Xiucai: "Don't say anything, go back and rest first, now Cong'er is not feeling well!" ”

Wang Xiucai endured it, and knew that it was no different to continue arguing, and the days ahead would be long, and everyone would always understand that he was better, and Shen Hong and Lin Piao would not necessarily make any mistakes.

"I have a clear conscience!" Wang Xiucai resolutely swore an oath.

"Hey, it's insulting to say that you're a dead duck." Lin Piao shook his head speechlessly.

Wang Xiucai's face turned greener, the door curtain was lowered fiercely, and the groom hurriedly drove the carriage away when he saw the situation.

Lin Piao beckoned to the sliding rod, and quickly talked about the price for a few seconds, and was delayed for a while, if it was delayed any longer, these cubs would be uncomfortable to death, because the distance was close, and it was not a heavy child, so they asked for five at a time, and the sedan chair man naturally agreed simply, and quickly did this business.

Lin Piao asked the sliding rod to send them to the inn quickly, and when they arrived at the inn, the sedan chair driver helped to help a few cubs into the inn, and Lin Piao first called two pots of warm water to pour them down.

"Eat, eat, I'm already going to cook two pots of chicken soup in the back kitchen, and it's going to be just right."

Shen Hong's face was pale, he shook his head very stubbornly, and said in his weak voice, "I want to scrub and scrub." ”

Lin Piao was stunned for a moment, and looked at the other poor cubs, only to see that their eyes were struggling, and finally they all nodded.

"Let's scrub and scrub first."

Chapter 59

Lin Piao hurriedly stood up straight and looked at the guy: "Quickly carry a few buckets of water to the house." ”

Guy, look at the six roads, listen to the eight directions, and simply say hello! Hurry up to the back to ask for water, the guy in the backyard has big shoulders and round waists, and his hands can carry a bucket of water on the left and right.

When Erzhu saw his eyes full of envy, his eyes widened all of a sudden, and he almost wrote a line on his face, this was the strongest person he had ever seen!

When Lin Piao saw his expression, he thought to himself that this kid was really not suitable for studying, he was a muscular head, and if he could practice it, he would probably want to train his brain into hard muscles.

The man helped him help him: "Now that the weather is cold, we have hot water here all year round, so I let the backyard burn some more, and I want you to speak." ”

"Just scrub and scrub, don't get cold, but I'm not here to play with them." After Lin Piao finished speaking, he hurriedly instructed them: "You should scrub quickly, don't freeze yourself, or let the guys help you scrub?" ”