The old Confucian unhurriedly ate a plate of mutton, and drank a sip of plum wine, the shopkeeper on the side was shocked, not to mention the old gentleman's teeth, but it was this old man who ate such a big plate of mutton, which made the shopkeeper admire, but I don't know if I can stand the anger when I return home.

Master Zhao said to the shopkeeper: "Please ask the shopkeeper to go and serve the lamb again." ”

Yes, this is going to get down to business, nodded with a smile, stood up and commanded Xiao Er, and then went to the door to wait for Cao Yang, who was about to come back.

Seeing the shopkeeper leaving, Master Zhao said softly, "What do you think of Zizheng?"

The old Confucian shook his head and did not speak.

Master Zhao smiled and asked a little reluctantly, "No, or don't you want to say it?"

Regarding Old Man Zhao's words with a little disbelief, the old Confucian just muttered, "There are all and then ask for everyone, and then there is no self and then not everyone", and then he kept silent.

"Why are you missing the word gentleman?" asked Master Zhao in confusion.

The old Confucian smiled, "I naturally don't dare to call myself a gentleman for this Great Yan Shoufu, a few days ago, Zizheng also came to sit with me, he didn't dare to call himself a gentleman, what face do I have to call myself?"

Master Zhao laughed, seemed to be a little happy, couldn't help patting the table, and said: "If others listen to your words, they will probably be convinced by Zizheng, if the hundred officials of the imperial court hear it, I am afraid that those officials will laugh and lose their big teeth, haven't you heard of those 'little things' that Zizheng has been in the palace all these years? The gentleman does not lose his footing, he has not done this well, how dare he call himself a gentleman?"

"Haha!" the old Confucian also laughed when he heard this, "Of course I have heard of it, but what he thinks, does, and wishes, who can do it, dare to do it, and what he is willing to do? ”

Master Zhao nodded, glanced at the mutton that Xiao Er had just served, and said: "Actually, what Zizheng is thinking is also what I have been thinking, Zizheng is still too anxious, and I didn't think about it so quickly, although it is true to be prepared for danger in times of peace, but in the eyes of those people, I can't see it at all, can you tell me why?"

The old Confucian put his hand on the table, lightly buckled the table, and said: "If you ask me about this, I can't answer it, but after eating your mutton today, even if I respond to your invitation, I will eat eight points full, and I should make a lot of effort, I still understand, Old Man Zhao is still relaxed, as for Zizheng, Old Man Zhao has already made up his mind, I just said that no matter how much, can I still influence your thoughts?"

Master Zhao sighed slightly, "Zizheng's current appearance, very similar to the person back then, is also so decisive, not giving people a little room for negotiation at all, don't tell you, some time ago, I also invited the master to teach him, who knows that after preaching, it was Zizheng who taught the master once, in addition to inviting you today, in fact, I still want you to help Zizheng, after all, that person back then, I really can't stand it, and I don't want anyone to repeat his mistakes." ”

The old Confucian did not agree, but shook his head, stood up, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you may take this mutton away?"

The shopkeeper who was squatting at the door immediately stood up when he heard the words and said, "Okay, is the guest officer going to give birth or has he already done it?"

After thinking about it slightly, the old Confucian pointed to the plate of mutton on the table that had not been touched since it came up, and said: "Don't be so troublesome, just want this plate, I think Old Man Zhao won't eat it, so I'm taking a pot of this plum wine and taking it away." ”

The shopkeeper looked at Master Zhao with some hesitation, and when he saw Master Zhao, he nodded with a smile, and then ordered Xiao Er to send the plate of mutton into the back kitchen for decoration.

The old Confucian looked at Master Zhao, who was still sitting, and said with a smile: "You don't have to bother, I heard that Zizheng didn't invite someone to eat a bowl of noodles, that person may be able to make a move." After speaking, he carried the pot of plum wine, with the lamb wrapped by Xiao Er in his arms, walked out of the door, looked at the light rain outside the door, turned around again, walked to the table, and casually picked up the umbrella held by the old servant just now, and walked out of the tavern.

Master Zhao looked at the departing figure of the old Confucian with a smile, drank a sip of plum wine, and also stood up and said, "Shopkeeper, your sister will prepare a jar for me, and I will send some people to pick it up later." ”

The old servant behind him took out a golden cake from his arms, put it on the table, and followed Master Zhao to the door.

Master Zhao, who walked to the door, waited for a long time, but he didn't see the old servant behind him open the umbrella, and looked back with some confusion, until he saw the old servant's embarrassed appearance, he remembered the umbrella that the old Confucian took away just now, smiled, and looked ahead.

Cao Yang, who had just come home and picked up two umbrellas, looked at the rain that seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, reached out and took a brand-new umbrella and handed it over, saying, "Do you want an umbrella for the elderly?"

Hearing this, Master Zhao turned his head to look at the diligent young man who was talking about the shopkeeper, and the old servant behind him quickly stepped forward, took the umbrella, and handed over a small golden cake.

Cao Yang looked at this golden cake a little helplessly, and didn't dare to take it, and said, "Old man, you have this golden cake, I can't find this small stall." ”

Master Zhao said indifferently: "You just have to keep it, you don't need to look for it." ”

Hearing the rich man's generous words, Cao Yang hesitated, but still didn't answer, "That's it, let's use this umbrella for the old man, if you come again next time, give it to me again, this golden cake, the old man should take it back, right?"

Master Zhao suddenly looked at Cao Yang in some surprise, "Why don't you do this business? If I don't come back next time, aren't you losing an umbrella?"

Cao Yang scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "The old man looks at his family background and seems to be unusual, just an umbrella that is worth a little copper money if he buys a gold cake, it is really not worth it, even if I lose, it is a matter of a few pennies, the old man has lost a whole gold cake, and the old man is still not worth it." He glanced at Master Zhao again, hesitated and said: "To put it mildly, even if the old man is rich, he can't squander it like this, if you let your children see it, although it is not likely to complain that you are old, but it will always be a little uncomfortable in your heart." ”

When Mr. Zhao heard this, he waved his hand, and the old servant behind him immediately took back the golden cake, and Mr. Zhao pointed at Cao Yang and said with a smile: "This shopkeeper is not wrong, then I will take the umbrella given by the little brother today, but the little brother, if you want to plate this small restaurant, it is better to order it early, I heard that in two years, there will be a lot of outsiders coming to the capital, and the business will be terrible at that time." After speaking, he walked out of the tavern, and the old servant behind him hurriedly held an umbrella and followed behind Master Zhao.

The shopkeeper came out and said, "You fool, this Master Zhao was quite generous in the past, but you still haven't taken it." ”

Cao Yang smiled wryly, and said a little embarrassedly: "Shopkeeper, I think about it, I want to sell this store, it's the price, can you give a little first, and I will pay you later, calculate the interest, okay?" looked at the shopkeeper with hopeful eyes.

The shopkeeper looked at Cao Yang with some surprise and said, "Then you didn't take the golden cake just now?" Besides, you have earned a lot in the past two years, so why do you owe me a discount?"

Cao Yang's face turned red, and he said in a low voice: "My mother didn't let me take advantage of others, and the Zhang family in the west of the city agreed to my proposal a few days ago, but this is a bit too much..."

The shopkeeper smiled from ear to ear when he heard this, put his hand on Cao Yang's shoulder, and said: "Don't worry, you just can't come up with the money, I will give you this restaurant, but I have to taste your happy wine." ”

Cao Yang looked at the shopkeeper in surprise with his eyes, grinned his lips, showed a mouthful of white teeth, smiled, lowered his head, and touched a piece of jade pendant covered by the clothes around his waist.

I'm about to become a shopkeeper, when will you come to the capital?

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