fake prince

Chapter 7 The Migrating Fox

Although it was cold and covered with cotton, from Su Ziji's point of view, he could still see some heat dissipating from the meat pie, and the discussions of the neighbors who took the meat pie also reached his ears.

"Who is this?"

"The Hu family sent it to the neighbors in the neighborhood. I heard that the wife of the second master of the Hu family who was an official in another city died in office, leaving behind an orphan and a widow. Without a backbone to support him, he was afraid of being watched, so he moved to join the uncle..."

"Then why go to the boss of the Hu family instead of to the natal family?"

"Who knows... Maybe the chaste woman doesn't want to remarry, and the boss of the Hu family is just a scholar. He doesn't have such a strong influence as the second wife, so he can't bully their wives, and even though he took refuge with the uncle, he actually bought the house next door to get through, but it doesn't matter. Living together is just a care, and the boss of the Hu family went to the countryside to buy land yesterday, so he happened to avoid this scene."

"Hey, my daughter-in-law is the famous Hedong Lion Roar, Boss Hu's desire to survive is very strong..."

"No wonder the meat pies are distributed now. Mother and daughter don't have a man to support them. It's inconvenient to invite neighbors to come over for a drink. Distributing meat pies is also considered a housewarming."

Gossip news travels faster than flying.

Su Ziji couldn't help laughing. Seeing Ye Weihan quicken his pace and follow him, he saw a group of carriages passing by.

Not far from Hu's house, among the guards and maids, a mother and daughter came down, not only the daughter-in-law of Hu's family went out to greet them, but a group of onlookers gathered around the street early on, their eyes seemed to be rooted, staring desperately at the mother and daughter , seems to be able to take advantage of the same.

And it was still winter in February, wearing thick clothes, I couldn't really tell, besides, the mother and daughter were both veiled, nodding to the neighbors, they entered Hu's house, and the door was closed tightly.

Although outsiders couldn't see the appearance of the official's wife and young lady, but the Hu family's eldest wife's face was very ugly, which made people guess. The excitement was worth the price of admission.

After the bustle ended, the door was closed, and the wife of the big wife of the Hu family took a look and saw that the young sons had betrayed her and were very enthusiastic about the orphans and widows. She touched her cheeks that were no longer as smooth as before, and spat bitterly. : "Call Da Lang back! Go to Erfang with a shameless face. Don't forget that this is his aunt and sister. Is this a bite of meat, or an extra reward?"

"Ma'am, how much do you want to bite?" A crisp voice sounded from behind the eldest daughter-in-law, causing her to tremble with inexplicable horror. When she looked back, she saw a pair of seductive eyes.

"Mother and daughter just now seem a bit familiar." Su Ziji, who couldn't see what was going on inside, looked back, frowned and sighed, then heard a snort from behind, looking back, it was Ye Buhui.

She yelled: "Hurry up and go, Dad has gone far away, what are you looking for!"

Well, the irritable little girl got angry again, and hurriedly followed. At this time, the Spring Festival was over, the shops were open, and pedestrians were bustling. When passing by, people would say hello from time to time, and Ye Weihan would return their salutes one by one.

At the door of a house, Ye Weihan stopped, and Su Ziji knocked on the door, taking the time to observe.

"Zeng Lingchu, Zeng Xiucai?"

Zeng Lingchu's father was a former Tongzhi. This house is not shabby, but there are no disciples, the lanterns are a bit old, and the snow in front of the steps has not been swept away. It doesn't look like a Tongzhi's house.

It was a young woman who opened the door, her charm was still there, but her face was tired. When she opened the door, Su Ziji saw that her fingers were dry and cracked, and he couldn't help thinking that Ye Buhui's little hands also had chilblains.

Real life in ancient times was not as beautiful as the gifted scholars and beautiful ladies in the time-traveling novels. The beauties also had to work hard, and the scholars also took in concubines. When the family was in a bad situation, they couldn’t afford long-term labor, and the mistress also had to do some work.

However, people in this era are used to it, and Ye Weihan's attitude is very low: "Mrs. Zeng is well, come here to collect the manuscript."

"Come in, my husband is in the study." Madam Zeng stepped inside.

The two followed in, and inside was a middle-aged scribe drinking tea. Seeing someone coming, he got up: "Brother Ye, please sit down, the manuscript you want has been finished."

His voice was not high, and he looked peaceful, but his breath was a little lacking, he was panting slightly, and his face was tired. Su Ziji was very familiar with this kind of exhaustion. He looked like he stayed up late, and glanced at the manuscript. It was written with a brush. There are not many words in the Zhang, it looks like a lot of stacks, not necessarily [-] words.

Ye Weihan smiled: "Master Zeng, you've worked hard, I'm going to read it."

As he said that, he pulled out an article, read it quickly, and couldn't help clapping his hands: "It's amazing, you really deserve to be Master Zeng."

Zeng Lingchu smiled and didn't respond any more.

Ye Weihan pondered, calculated, and said: "Leave it to me, my store will give [-]% of the royalties, how about it?"

"also!"

Zeng Lingchu's attitude was still indifferent, but he didn't object, and nodded in agreement.

Su Ziji didn't speak, so he stepped forward to accept the manuscript, Ye Weihan smiled and gave it, pointing casually: "This is my nephew Su Ziji, maybe you have heard of it, the son of the Su family, now If you want to catch the boy, you can give me a guarantee."

"Oh?"

Zeng Lingchu had a tired look on his face, he casually glanced at Su Ziji, coughed lightly, and nodded his head, agreeing.

In the county examination, not only were five people guaranty each other, but at least one janitor had guaranty.

"You're bothering." Ye Weihan took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, although it was cut with a pair of scissors, but the background was fine and deep, with ninety-eight color patterns of silver - this is the rule.

It is said that there are no more than 20 students in the county, and there are one to two hundred people who take the exam. For this item alone, each student can earn an average of ten taels of silver.

Su Ziji stopped stretching his hand into his bosom, and looked up at Ye Weihan. The Ye family was already in a difficult situation, but they still prepared the Baojieyin silently.

"With the money now, Ye Weihan must ask where the money came from."

"Could it be said that killing people and robbing money?"

"Forget it, if you win Tongsheng, it's not too late to repay you. Anyway, you already owe a lot of favors."

Immediately took over the bond, and left with Ye Weihan.

"Boss Ye brought his nephew to see you, why do you look indifferent?" Madam Zeng looked at the two people who went out, and asked, "Isn't your friendship very good?"

"The friendship is good, and the 80% royalties given are very kind, but the Ye family's shop is too small." Zeng Lingchu sighed: "My family is in this county, and there is only one real estate. The land is only 30 mu, and other silver rents earn a year. But [-] taels of silver, others think my family is an official family, it is really difficult to move forward."

"I have no other choice. It's okay to help. I can't give the Ye family the next book." Zeng Lingchu shook his head and sighed.

When going out, the snow was getting heavy and there were fewer pedestrians on the road. Su Ziji looked at Ye Weihan's back and suddenly called out: "Uncle Ye?"

"What's wrong?" Ye Weihan looked back in surprise.

"...I will definitely take the Zhongxian Examination." Su Ziji said this in his mouth, but this is what he said.

(End of this chapter)