If they cannot make up five people, they will not be able to participate in next year's county examination.
Yuan Ziwen was a little anxious, and originally wanted to complain, but when he turned around and saw Wei Yan with a calm expression, he suppressed his anxiety and asked: "Brother Wei, do you have any good ideas?"
This county examination was very important to Wei Yan. He wanted to pass the exam more urgently than anyone else, but when things happened, he was the calmest one.
"I want to go to Master Li and ask. There are no single candidates in our academy. But other academies may not have any." Wei Yan said his plan.
Yuan Ziwen said: "Then I'll leave this matter to you, Brother Wei."
The most important thing to Mr. Li is Wei Yan. For Wei Yan's sake, he should do his best to help.
Yuan Ziwen finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and saw Qu Huan, and couldn't help but hum.
Qu Huan and Yuan Ziwen have not yet reconciled these days, and Qu Huan was a little unhappy when he heard Yuan Ziwen's hum.
Although he didn't say anything on the surface, he secretly had concerns in his heart.
Wei Yan came back very quickly, and he brought back not too bad news.
"Master Li said that he would go to other academies to help us inquire. If there are no more single candidates, then he would ask the county magistrate to help us intercede."
Others were relieved when they heard the news.
Only Qu Huan went to Wei Yan privately and asked, "Did Master Li say anything else?"
Wei Yan knew he couldn't hide it from him, so he spoke as lightly as possible, but Qu Huan still noticed the difference in his tone.
"Master Li said that the county magistrate is actually easy to talk to, but the king of hell is easy to meet, and the devil is difficult to deal with. So if we really need the county magistrate's help, then we have to collect some money and take care of the people around the county magistrate."
Wei Yan said: "I don't think things necessarily need to come to that point, so I didn't talk about money."
Qu Huan said: "Brother Wei, if you want to see the county magistrate, you may not need some money. Have you forgotten Mr. Luo?"
Wei Yan didn't know Luo Gong's identity, so Qu Huan explained to him: "Luo Gong's cousin is the county magistrate's wife, and Zuo County Magistrate is his cousin-in-law. And Mr. Luo now lives in the backyard of the county government office."
, so if we want to see the county magistrate, we just need to ask him."
After Qu Huan finished speaking, seeing that Wei Yan had not spoken for a long time, he said: "Leave it to me to ask for help. Just wait for my good news!"
On the day of the holiday, Qu Huan told Luo Gong about the matter and asked him for help again and again.
Luo Gong said: "This is easy to talk about. But I have a condition."
"What are the conditions?" Qu Huan asked, "Just ask. As long as I can do it, I will help you do it."
Luo Gong said: "This matter is actually not difficult. Didn't you let me read an orchid brochure last time? As long as you bring the brochure and let me enjoy it for a few days, I will promise to introduce you to my cousin-in-law."
When Qu Huan heard that it was just a booklet, he agreed readily and went back to Wei Yan to discuss the matter.
Wei Yan did not agree immediately, "This album was drawn by my wife, I have to ask her first."
Even though Shen Xiu never said it, Wei Yan knew that the orchid album was a pattern drawn by Shen Xiu. He knew the importance of the pattern to Shen Xiu, so he did not agree immediately.
When Shen Xiu heard that someone wanted to see her orchid booklet, she just smiled and said, "Since my husband's classmate wants to see it, just take it."
Wei Yan thought more and asked seriously: "This orchid album is your embroidery pattern. If you lend it to others rashly, will it affect your business if it spreads like this?"
Wei Yan did not want to affect Shen Xiu's embroidery shop business because of his own affairs.
Shen Xiu smiled and said, "Ms. sir, you underestimate me too much. I dare say that even if others read this orchid book for a month, they still won't be able to embroider the same orchid screen."
When she was embroidering orchids and embroidering the screen, she used artificial embroidery from later generations. This artificial embroidery, to put it bluntly, she was the only one in the world who could do this kind of stitching.
So even if the orchid brochure is circulated, she is not afraid of someone plagiarizing it. Because of the imitation embroidery method, they cannot plagiarize it at all.
Luo Gong quickly got the orchid book as he wished.
Every type of orchid painted in the orchid book can be called the best. Luo Gong looked at it and sighed. It would be great if he could get these top-quality orchids.
There are many noble people in the capital who like orchids. If you get one or two pots of these orchids, you will make a fortune.
What a pity, what a pity.
The more Luo Gong thought about it, the more regretful he became, but at the same time a thought emerged.
Although this top-quality orchid is not easy to obtain, if this orchid book is well-made, someone will definitely pay a high price to buy it back.
Luo Gong thinks this idea is feasible.
But how can this orchid book look high-end? How about getting some silk cloth and changing the paint to musk ink?
But it doesn't seem to be very good. The nobles in the capital have never seen anything good. Mere silk cloth and musk ink don't seem to impress them.
At this time, Luo Gong suddenly saw the gauze curtain at the head of the bed. The gauze curtain was embroidered with Cordyceps sinensis patterns. The embroidery work was exquisite and the embroidery method was also very novel.
This gauze tent was sent by Wen Min's order a few days ago. Luo Gong was still in the academy at the time, and he didn't see it until he came back today.
His eyes immediately lit up, and he immediately called the maid over, "Who embroidered this gauze tent?"
The maid said: "It was embroidered by Mrs. Shen, and she also embroidered the many curtains in Madam's house."
Madam Shen, Luo Gong remembered, she was the embroiderer who once saw through fake handkerchiefs.
Luo Gong always felt very embarrassed about the fake handkerchief, but he didn't want to lose this business opportunity. After thinking about it, he decided to leave this matter to Qu Huan.
After Qu Huan was on vacation, he was bored at home. Luo Gongyi asked him for help, and he immediately agreed.
He followed the address Luo Gong said and quickly arrived at the embroidery shop, where he happened to bump into Shen Xiu who was coming to the shop.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here too?" Qu Huan stepped forward to greet her.
Shen Xiu smiled and said, "I am the owner of this shop. Do you want to buy something, Brother Qu?"
Qu Huan did not expect that the person Luo Gong was looking for was Shen Xiu. He was surprised and said: "Sister-in-law, when did you open the shop? If I had known earlier, I should have supported you earlier."
"It's not too late now!" Shen Xiu felt that Qu Huan was funny and sounded like a businessman rather than a scholar.
While thinking about how to speak, Qu Huan complimented: "Sister-in-law is really capable. She opened a shop so quickly."
Shen Xiu smiled modestly: "It's just a living."
Qu Huan said: "Sister-in-law, please stop being modest. Not everyone can do this business."
He is now learning about business, and of course he knows that the water here is deep, and he can't do it without two brushes.
After finishing his polite greetings, Qu Huan changed the subject and said, "Sister-in-law, to be honest with you, I came here on someone's behalf."
"Oh, Brother Qu, what do you mean by this?" Shen Xiu poured him a cup of tea while he was talking.
Qu Huan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's like this. Didn't we borrow an orchid book from my sister-in-law two days ago? The classmate who borrowed the book fell in love with the orchid painted by my sister-in-law and wanted to borrow it.