In the most central area of Getan City, there is a place called Qijiawan.

It is said that this place was there when Getan City was just Getan Village.

The earliest Getan people lived here. But nowadays, a lot of people have moved out. After all, with the inextricable incense of the ancestors, in this group of people, if there is one person who mixes well, he can bring out a large group of villagers and elders and prosper together.

Now, among the few old Getan people who live in Qijiawan, there is another one who is ready to move his family.

After Yu Li, the wealthy man, established a foothold in Getan, officials and businessmen colluded to take a large piece of land in the city and establish Fang City in imitation of the capital Chang'an. On the outside of the market are rows of shops, while on the inside, there are residences with extraordinary craftsmanship.

The whole country, such a pen, there is only one spare force. After all, land is the root of the common people, and businessmen who dare to buy and sell land can't find a second person in the Great Zhou, or even in the whole world.

The family that Qijiawan is going to move away from is to live in Yuli's Fang City.

Lao Qi Ben is a reader, the most reader in Jiangnan Province. It's a pity that among his ancestors, there has never been a successful scholar. Lao Qi is considered talented, but unfortunately he is not literary. He can read the truth in the book, but he can't turn it into pen and ink in his belly and put it into practice.

So when he reached middle age, he finally put down his study, and under the recommendation of relatives and friends, he went from a bookkeeper to a shopkeeper.

After today, he can move out of Qijiawan and enter Yujiafang.

There are three Yujiafang in Getan City, which are named Yujia Tianzi Fang, Dizi Fang, and Herringbone Fang. The three are not a descending relationship from top to bottom, on the contrary, the last herringbone workshop is the most popular and best equipped Xinfang City in the three squares.

What Lao Qi's family wants to go to is the Yujia Dizi Workshop, which is only because of this, and it is also where the shop taken care of by Lao Qi is located.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and the old relatives went out today, walking exceptionally heroically, and even carrying a pot of wine in their sleeves, taking a sip from time to time.

On weekdays, he doesn't dare to be so public, and he drinks alcohol when he goes to work, which is a big taboo. As a shopkeeper, he needs to be awake at all times in the store.

But today, I'm so happy. It's not because he bought a new house in Yujia Dizifang, but because yesterday afternoon, he received a report that his baby son passed the exam in Jiangnan Province and can be named a talent.

His old relatives have been reading books for several lifetimes, and finally there is a talent who can eat by reading, no matter what, he should be happy for a few days.

Jiangnan Province has a prevalent literary style, and the talents here can be compared to those in other places. The identity of the literati is a token of unimpeded passage of one party, if there is a large family to hold a banquet, Xiucai will come uninvited, and the host will be invited to take a seat.

From then on, his old relatives' family, in this Getan City, can also be regarded as a face-saving person. Xiucai's son is much more promising than the shopkeeper's father.

What's more, his youngest son, who is only fourteen years old now, is a top-notch figure even in Jiangnan Province.

Thinking about this, Shopkeeper Qi raised his sleeves and took another sip of wine. This son is so smart and clever, if you want to say, it is still thanks to his mother-in-law to give birth. When you live in a new house and live in a separate room with the children, you must reward your mother-in-law in bed and strive to have two more talents.

So on this day, the shopkeeper Qi was full of spring breeze, and he was more proud than his son who won the show. When he saw the new stupid guy make a mistake, he just laughed and cursed a few words, and went with him.

At noon, the sky was clear, and when he was half-asleep and half-awake, the shopkeeper Qi saw a scribe dressed in white walking into the store.

The literati of the Great Zhou Dynasty liked two kinds of clothing the most, one of which was a white shirt and the other was a green shirt. Especially with a folding fan in his hand, he must be a literate person who shakes it like a cold winter wax moon. Shopkeeper Qi had a good impression of the reader, and when he saw this person walk in, he immediately cheered up. He was ready to warm up the words, and inadvertently revealed that he had a talented son at home.

I saw that this person had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a sharp and upturned nose on his lips, which was a little weird, and seemed to have Fanbang blood.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Qi underestimated him a little more. The people of Fanbang also learn from the style of my literati, Xi Shi imitates the style, and looks stupid.

But the smile on his face has not diminished, the people of Fanbang do not know the goods, and often exchange treasures for worthless objects, and he likes to deal with such people very much.

The white-clothed scribe saw the cute shopkeeper Qi at a glance, walked straight up to him, and handed out a letter with polite hands.

"Are you here to pick up the goods?" the shopkeeper Qi thought so, nodded to the white-clothed scribe, and opened the envelope, only to see that it was written: 100,000 taels of gold.

"Is this ......," he asked, puzzled. It is true that customers will pick up their belongings by letter, but usually such letters will be stamped with the receipt stamp of their own store and the customer's own signature seal. But there are only five big words on this letter, and there is nothing else.

The white-clothed scribe smiled and pointed his finger at the envelope, which meant so.

100,000 gold is not a small amount, and the shopkeeper Qi is worried that this is a big customer, and he must not offend anyone because of his small mistake. After all, a high roller who dares to ask someone to come to the door to get 100,000 taels of gold, even if he has some quirks, is understandable.

As long as the other party has money and gives enough money, Shopkeeper Qi can understand everything.

So the shopkeeper carefully flipped through the letter and groped for it, and even opened the corners of the envelope to read it, but he still didn't see the clue.

He cautiously asked, "Dare to ask which distinguished guest wants it?"

The white-clothed scribe raised his eyes to the sky, as if he was remembering something, and after a moment, he hesitated: "Qi ...... Qi Fangque?"

Shopkeeper Qi was shocked when he heard this, this name was the name of his baby son who was admitted to the exam, his mind changed rapidly, could it be that this was a joke made by his son with him, what surprise did he want to give himself?

He asked again: "The little old man is stupid, and he asked the guest officer to make it clear." ”

The white-clothed scribe seemed to remember something, stretched out his index finger and shook it to the sky, and said "Ahhh

Then he reached out and took out a cloth in his arms, wrapped something in it, and handed it to the shopkeeper Qi. The latter opened the footcarf, and suddenly it was a finger, and the blood stains on the wound had not dried, as if it had just been cut off.

Shopkeeper Qi is also a person who has seen the world, otherwise he would not be a shopkeeper in this store, his face did not change, and even showed a sneering smile, and said: "Guest officer, what does this mean?"

The white-clothed scribe lifted a wolf's hair from the shopkeeper's bookcase, which the shopkeeper used to write orders. As if disgusted, he flicked his fingers with the tip of his pen. But I saw that my fingers were flipped, and a scar was revealed at the knuckles.

Shopkeeper Qi recognized this scar at a glance, he had long expected this kind of situation, but he had never dared to think about it.

It was a scar from his son's young boy roasting sweet potatoes on the stove.

This is the finger of his talented son Qi Fangque!