"We came out this time just to get to know each other, not to discuss knowledge or...have a meal together."
He Gong obviously had no intention of eating out.
This kind of meal... If it's not possible, it's a shared meal, and one point will be credited to him for whatever others eat. He won't be taken advantage of.
Wouldn't it be delicious if you go back and eat and drink by yourself?
Peng Dong stood up: "After this children's exam, the situation of everyone here will be different. Whether we can reunite in the future is another matter. But I hope you have the opportunity to enter school...otherwise, it will be difficult to get along when we meet again."
Yuan Rulin looked up at the tall Peng Dong.
As for Peng Dong, he is really a handsome and high-quality guy. Perhaps it is because of his outstanding external conditions, his family background is not bad, his brain is good, and he has always been excellent in studies. He has been regarded as "other people's children" all year round.
There is a kind of arrogance about everything.
But no matter how arrogant you are, you are still just a fool.
Zhu Haoxin said, can you wait until you pass the exam and then be so arrogant?
Zhang Levi hurriedly said: "Why don't you host me today and treat you all to a meal?"
The child of a merchant family has no shortage of money. He may seem timid and unwilling to compete with others, but in fact he is very generous at heart and does not value money or anything else.
The few people in front of him were either talented or had backgrounds. Zhang Levi felt that inviting the few people in front of him to dinner was nothing.
"How can this be so embarrassing?"
He Gong had already stood up and wanted to leave with Peng Dong, but after hearing this, he sat down again.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Since Mr. He said he won't have a meal, let's forget it today... Our husband is still waiting across the way. How about we sit down and have a good meal together after the exam? Then I will
You can do anything as a host."
He Gong glared at Zhu Hao.
It's rare for someone to treat you to a meal, so why is this kid so ignorant? It seems that the person who asked for a meal just now was you, right?
I couldn't help but feel regretful about what I had just said, and that I had missed the opportunity to eat for free.
Yuan Rulin said: "I... also want to go back and study harder."
Peng Dong said disdainfully: "It's useless to improvise. What kind of knowledge should be learned has been poured into my mind for a long time and cannot disappear..."
“Review the past and learn the new.”
Yuan Rulin rigidly went to argue with Peng Dong.
"They go their own way, we eat ours..." He Gong saw that the two children who came out of the palace had no intention of joining them.
But Zhang Levi's original intention was to invite everyone to have a meal together. Now Yuan Rulin and Zhu Hao, two younger ones, want to leave, and the remaining two older ones, some of whom are domineering, want to stay... Zhang Levi is afraid of the difficulty.
Psychologically, the desire to treat guests is no longer so strong.
Zhang Levi hesitated: "I'd better listen to Mr. Zhu. It's not too late to have a banquet after passing the county examination."
He Gong felt a little unhappy and sighed: "For some people, it will be better not to drink wine to relieve filth!"
When it came to this topic, everyone obviously had their own thoughts. In addition, the county examination was coming soon, and no one wanted to linger outside for too long, so they dispersed.
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Zhu Hao left the wine shop.
Entering the teahouse opposite, I found on the second floor that it was a cold day and not many people came to the teahouse to spend money at noon, so the business was very deserted.
Tang Yin was the only customer at the table. There was a guy next to him who was selling something to Tang Yin. He was eloquent, but he hid his face under Tang Yin's cold words and left.
"Why are you here?"
Tang Yin looked at Zhu Hao and then thought of something, "Where is Xiao Yuan?"
Zhu Hao sat down and poured tea by himself. He did not regard himself as a junior at all, and said casually: "He went home to study. He said that he was cleaning his gun before the battle. He wanted to review the Four Books and Five Classics."
Tang Yin nodded in approval: "Look at him, and look at you, why don't you learn from him?"
Although Zhu Hao didn't say anything, there was a smile on his face, as if he was asking: Mr. Tang, are you kidding me?
"What did that person do just now? It looks like he wants to sell you something." Zhu Hao decided to change the topic.
"The mirror seller." Tang Yin said.
"Um?"
Zhu Hao looked puzzled.
Tang Yin glanced over with a strange look: "It's strange to say that suddenly someone in the local area is selling mirrors on the street, but they are just some mirror fragments, which can reflect people's faces very clearly. The sizes and prices vary, but they basically cost one or two silver.
The above said that it was a service to buy a mirror and send it off, and even kindly invited me to participate in the sale... I don’t know what it means.”
Zhu Hao nodded: "It turns out that he is engaged in sales promotion."
“What is promotion?”
As a conscientious scholar, Tang Yin is the kind of person who doesn't like the fireworks of the world, and he doesn't understand some jargon among merchants at all.
Zhu Hao didn't bother talking to Tang Yin. He estimated that the batch of broken mirrors in Zhu's hands were in urgent need of disposal, so he came up with a sales method similar to pyramid schemes. He sold the mirrors through ruffians in the market, and met him in a teahouse to drink tea leisurely.
, Tang Yin, who had social status at first glance, naturally came to sell it.
Zhu Hao didn't explain, and Tang Yin didn't bother to ask.
The two sat for a while, and Zhu Hao suddenly touched his stomach: "I'm hungry, how about we go to a roadside stall together? I saw that the stall was still there last time. Mr. Tang should visit it often after he comes back, right?"
Tang Yin shook his head: "I've never been there again."
Zhu Hao was a little surprised, but then he suddenly realized something in his heart.
It can be said that Tang Yin belongs to that kind of "nymphomaniac", a heterogeneous person who likes to enjoy spiritual love.
There was obviously a young woman flirting with him, and it could be said that Lang was interested in having a concubine, but Tang Yin got away in time after completing the platonic love stage...
You are really awesome too.
"Does Mr. Tang not want to have further contact with that person?" Zhu Hao asked curiously.
Tang Yin looked out the window and sighed: "Every encounter in life is different, and meeting each other is already fate. Why do we have to deepen this emotion?"
sound……
Very average.
Zhu Hao thought to himself, if something happened between you and that young woman, then I would understand.
But you didn't even hold hands, you just left and never came back, and there was no possibility of seeing each other again from now on. Are you addicted to torturing yourself?
When Zhu Hao followed Tang Yin's gaze, he found that on the second floor of what looked like a grocery store next to the restaurant opposite, several women were gathering there to make female celebrities. Due to the cold weather, only the opposite corner window was half open, probably because there were people growing inside.
The stove needs to be ventilated.
Zhu Hao understood at a glance why Tang Yin was sitting here drinking tea and looking at the scenery so hard. It turned out that he had a new "goal"?
Zhu Hao was a little speechless.
You could say that this man is a love saint, he has really complicated thoughts, but you could say that he is a rotten person, but he always looks at things superficially and chooses to avoid them even though he has a chance to succeed.
"Mr. Tang, aren't you...who are you interested in? Which one is opposite? The one in white or blue?" Zhu Hao asked.
When Tang Yin heard this, he withdrew his gaze and glared at Zhu Hao: "What are you talking about?"
Zhu Hao curled his lips.
Do you really not understand what I’m saying, or are you just pretending to be ignorant?
Tang Yin also knew that he could not infer the logic of Zhu Hao's actions in the same way as a child, so he said angrily: "If you are hungry, go home early for dinner. It doesn't matter if you don't go back to the palace in the afternoon... It's a festival tomorrow, you don't have to come.
Wangfu. I hope that when I see you next time, you can tell me that you have passed the county examination... Then I will help you prepare for the government examination."
Zhu Hao thought to himself, this is obviously because he thinks I am in the way.
Zhu Hao said: "Good intentions are like donkey liver and lungs. I am going to open an embroidery workshop recently and want Mr. Tang to draw some pictures and use them as models. It seems that Mr. Tang doesn't like this kind of thing."
Tang Yin's eyes widened when he heard this: "You want to open an embroidery workshop?"
Zhu Hao spread his hands: "Can't you? Not to mention the embroidery workshop, I have opened a girls' school. You have also seen Gong Yeling, who sings White Snake in the troupe. He is helping Mr. Gongsun's wife to take care of the girls' school... Tang
Sir, do you think I am not capable of opening an embroidery workshop?"
Tang Yin was a little discouraged after hearing this.
He obviously wanted to teach Zhu Hao a lesson with a straight face, but after hearing what Zhu Hao said, he couldn't help but want to explore further.
"You should wait until you finish the county examination to discuss opening an embroidery workshop. Don't be distracted recently. Then...I can indeed help you some..."
After saying that, he continued to look across.
Zhu Hao sighed softly.
When he went downstairs, Zhu Hao couldn't help but think, spring has really come. Even an old talent like Tang Yin, who has long passed puberty, has begun to think about women. The changes in seasons, the laws of all things, customs and people, are really incredible.
It goes against changes based on the likes and dislikes of people's hearts.
Want me to help you find a "husband"?
Beautiful thought!
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On February 2, the dragon raises its head.
It is a relatively important festival in this era.
Huguang is considered peaceful, with no major disasters in the past two years. Although it cannot be said that the weather has been smooth, at least people's hearts are relatively stable. After the Tatars withdrew their troops at the end of the year, the situation in the south stabilized. At the beginning of the year, there was another spring famine. The court would not impose any exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The people
Life will be easier.
On this day, Zhu Niang was supposed to go to the Fukou Di shop alone to check the accounts and distribute reward money.
Zhu Hao insisted on going together.
When the mother and son arrived at the ferry, they found that many cargo ships were unloading, but it was not their own business. It seemed that it involved the local government's money and food dispatch. There were officials on the side to direct order. All ordinary cargo ships had to berth and wait for the official ships to finish unloading their goods.
"My boss, my little boss, hello."
Shopkeeper Ma saw Zhu Niang and her son and hurriedly came over to greet them.
Zhu Niang asked: "Why are there so many boats?"
Shopkeeper Ma said: "It is said that there is no peace in Jiangxi. The imperial court has requisitioned money and grain from Shu and is preparing to temporarily store it in warehouses in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places to prepare for the use of troops against banditry in Jiangxi. I also heard that King Ning volunteered to lead troops to quell the banditry.
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Zhu Niang heard that it was a court matter, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Zhu Hao heard some clues from it.
It is now the eleventh year of the Zhengde reign of the Ming Dynasty.
There are only three years left before the Ningwang Rebellion in history. These three years can be said to be the most active period of time for Ningwang to prepare for war. Huguang is close to Jiangxi, and many local arrangements are made to coordinate with the political development of Jiangxi.
It was also in this year in history that Wang Shouren was transferred to the governor of southern Jiangxi and began to lead troops to clean up the rebellion in central and southern Jiangxi, laying the foundation for the future suppression of King Ning's rebellion.