"You can try it when you have time! I'm already hungry. Let's go out to eat quickly! I'll treat you!" Gu Heng said.

"Okay, Hengbo, please wait for Brother Zijue and me in the carriage outside. I still need to tell Brother Zijue some specific precautions regarding the looms and spinning machines," Gu Yanwu said.

"Well, then I'll wait for you at the carriage outside." Gu Hengdao.

After waiting in the carriage for almost as long as a stick of incense, Gu Yanwu and Bo Jue arrived.

Gu Yanwu suggested: "Let's go to the "Qi Stop" teahouse nearby! Compared to the famous Sixteenth Floor in Jinling City, the tea and food here are good and the prices are reasonable."

"Is the food on the 16th floor of Jinling terrible?" Gu Heng couldn't help but ask.

"Not really, it's just that those restaurants are called restaurants, but they are actually brothels. They are very unclean. I don't like them very much. I believe Zijue is the same as me!" Gu Yanwu said.

"If it's too noisy, I really don't like it," Bo Jue said.

"Brother Gu, have you been to the 16th floor of Jinling?" Gu Heng asked curiously.

"We went to a few buildings because we wanted to discuss business with those merchants, but we are not going to socialize here. There is no need to go to such a place." Gu Yanwu said.

"Okay then, let's go to the "Stop" teahouse you mentioned, and you will lead the way!" Gu Hengdao.

Gu Yanwu took Gu Heng and Bo Jue to the area near the "Qie Stop" teahouse, and suddenly saw two men beating a young man dressed as a scholar. Gu Heng quickly asked Gu Yanwu and Bo Jue to bring several people with them.

The servants went over to take a look first, while Gu Heng walked slowly over there using a three-inch golden lotus behind him.

Gu Yanwu and Bo Jue walked over, and Gu Yanwu shouted: "Stop, why do you two grown men bully a weak scholar?"

The two men saw that Gu Yanwu was tall and strong. Although he was followed by a weak scholar in simple clothes, there were two followers behind him. Knowing that they could not offend, they let go of the scholar-dressed scholar.

man.

But the two men were still angry. One of the men in gray clothes explained: "You two gentlemen, you don't know the inside story. This man looks like a weak scholar, but he is actually a liar!"

"How did he lie to you?" Gu Yanwu asked loudly.

"Have you seen his fortune-telling stall next to him? He calls himself "Sai Banxian", but when I came to him to predict when I would have a son, he predicted that my marriage was imminent!"

"The problem is that I don't have money to marry a concubine. If I have money to marry a concubine, why should I find a fortune teller to predict when my wife will give me a son? I can just marry more concubines, and one of them will eventually give birth to a son!" Gray clothes

The man said angrily.

"He thinks mine is even more outrageous! I am twenty years old this year, and I want to ask when marriage will come, but this liar scholar said that I will get married when I am eighteen!" Another young man in blue who had just participated in the beating was also very worried.

said angrily.

Gu Heng, who had just arrived here, couldn't help but laugh secretly after hearing this. He didn't expect that he was actually a charlatan. No, he wasn't even a charlatan. His eyesight was useless, otherwise he wouldn't have been beaten!

But seeing the young scholar with a bruised nose and swollen face, he felt a little pitiful! Gu Heng also saw some paintings and calligraphy on the scholar's fortune-telling stall, some of which were pretty good.

Just as Gu Heng was about to say something, Gu Yanwu said loudly: "Then has this scholar paid you back all the money he collected from you?"

"I paid it back, but..." the two men replied together, but both of them were still a little angry.

"Just pay him back, why bother again? Besides, if you hurt him, will you pay for his treatment?" Gu Yanwu asked loudly.

Seeing Gu Yanwu say this, the two men had no choice but to leave in frustration.

At this time, Gu Heng and Bo Jue had already helped up the young scholar lying on the ground.

Bo Jue couldn't help but said: "This young master, as the saying goes, "A gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way." Why did you lie to others? You even got yourself beaten."

"This kind-hearted young master, and your friends, thank you very much for what happened just now!" The frail young scholar ignored the dust on his body and thanked Bo Jue, Gu Heng in Confucian attire, and Gu Yanwu.

"As for the question you just asked, sir, you don't know something. I lost my father when I was young, and my mother and I depended on each other. My family was poor, so I relied on my mother to weave and embroider day and night to support my education. However, I failed every time, and my mother passed away not long ago.

, unfortunately passed away due to overwork."

"As for Xiaosheng, because I was thin and couldn't find any way to make money, I set up a stall near the teahouse to tell people's fortunes, and occasionally sell my paintings and calligraphy."

"It's a pity that no one cares about my calligraphy and painting, and I don't have any real fortune-telling skills, nor can I read people's emotions. I did make a lot of jokes."

"Like today's situation, if a twenty-year-old comes to ask for marriage, I will treat him as an adult and get married at eighteen; if he wants to be rich, I will treat him as a high school student; if he wants to have a son, I will tell him that marriage is imminent. I don't make much money, but

I received a lot of beatings, but luckily I was beaten once or twice, so I didn't starve to death."

After the young scholar talked about his experience, Gu Heng, Gu Yanwu and Bo Jue felt heavy and sympathized with the young scholar.

Gu Heng couldn't help but ask: "Can you tell us your name? How old are you this year?"

"My name is Guo Chen, also known as Chenxi. I am a native of Jinling. I am twenty-one years old this year!" the young scholar replied.

"Mr. Guo, I just saw your calligraphy and painting. They are quite good. And you are alone. Are you willing to work with us? Food and accommodation will be included, and you will be paid monthly." Gu Hengheng, Guo Chen

The scholar extended an invitation.

"I don't have much ability, can I really do this?" Guo Chen's eyes had a glimmer of hope!

"Of course you can. I think your calligraphy and painting are pretty good. Although it lacks the style of a famous artist, the things you paint are very realistic, and you can show sincere and simple emotions in your calligraphy and painting. You can still be liked by others!" Gu Yanwu held it.

Comment on a painting by Guo Chen.

"What does this young master mean, that I can help you paint?" After hearing Gu Yanwu's words, Guo Chen asked cautiously.

"That's right, what Mr. Gu means is that we really need you to draw pictures for us and write poems for us!" Gu Heng replied.

"Thank you so much! I can write poems and paintings! I will definitely do a good job!" After Guo Chen said this, he bowed to express his gratitude.

"There is no need for this. You just need to be down-to-earth and complete the tasks we assign you seriously and responsibly when the time comes." Gu Heng said.

Gu Yanwu and Bo Jue had already stopped Guo Chen.
Chapter completed!