Wearing the cannon fodder little koi in the imperial examination essay

Chapter 297

While talking, the waiter in the shop was afraid to let go of a customer, so he hurriedly sang into the shop with his unique ups and downs, "There are a lot of distinguished guests, there are four staying in the shop, come quickly and help the distinguished guests Lift the box..."

As soon as the voice fell, Yu Su, who was paying the fare for the uncle, and Song Xiahe, who was worried about his own box, saw that as the waiter's voice fell, two smiling people rushed out of the shop, looking at the whole body of flesh. The little second brother from the shop came, and got the advice of the shop waiter, so he quickly got into the car to help carry and salute.

Yu Su watched, the service of this inn is quite enthusiastic.

With emotion, Yu Su looked away obediently, stood beside Song Xinglin, and thanked the old man the coachman. Song Xiahe, who followed them out of the car, was protected by Wang Shuisheng, but he stared at his cage with a good eye, turning his head while walking, worrying about it, a group of people just entered the bright and spacious Fushunlai like this.

As soon as he entered the door, the innkeeper, who had already received the news, came out to welcome him.

"Yeah, the door is full of distinguished guests, the door is full of distinguished guests, are the four distinguished guests going to stay in the hotel?"

Song Xinglin nodded, "Yes, the shopkeeper, we have to stay in the store."

"Then how many rooms do you want for the distinguished guest?" The middle-aged shopkeeper looked at the four of them.

Song Xinglin thought for a while, he only heard from the uncle that their prices are fair, but he didn't know the exact price of the rooms in this inn, so he asked, "What is the price of the rooms in your hotel?"

The question asked by the guest is from his old business, so the shopkeeper naturally understands it best, and then the shopkeeper held his beard and repeated without pause with a smile: "I asked the guest officer to ask. There are three kinds of goods in this shop, upper, middle and lower." Different rooms, different classes, different prices, superior rooms..."

After the shopkeeper quoted the price, Song Xinglin looked at Wang Shuisheng with his head. Wang Shuisheng thought about the money he had brought, and originally wanted a second-rate room.

In the end, Yu Su pulled Song Xiahe's sleeve and said something, they were not familiar with each other, and it was safe for their aunt and sister-in-law to live in the same room, and Song Xinglin felt that it was meaningless to sleep alone, and it would be a waste of money to just have a room , I also wanted to subsidize Senior Brother Wang, so I strongly stated that I would continue to live in the same house with Wang Shuisheng, so as to achieve the purpose of covering the rent quietly.

Wang Shuisheng didn't know what else Song Xinglin could say, so he gritted his teeth and asked for a middle room, thinking that it would be a big deal that he wouldn't be able to spend enough money, so he set up a stall in the busy street to write letters for others.

Song Xinglin didn't know what the senior brother was planning, so he turned around and looked at them with a smile, waiting for them to discuss. The shopkeeper, who didn't have any impatience on his face, looked at him and raised his hand to make a gesture, "Trouble shopkeeper, we want two rooms." Moderate."

The shopkeeper smiled and nodded, "Okay, two middle rooms, since the guest officer is living with two people, I will find two rooms for the guest officer with two couches, and the guest officer can sleep there."

Sure enough, it is worthy of the Fair Inn introduced by the uncle, and the shopkeeper's behavior is extremely appropriate.

Song Xinglin and Wang Shuisheng hurriedly cupped their hands to express their thanks, but the shopkeeper repeatedly waved his hands and said yes, but when it was time to collect the money, the shopkeeper asked again, "Excuse me, how long will the guest stay?"

This is related to the issue of the deposit. If you stay for a long time, the deposit they charge is not equal in order to prevent guests from escaping the order.

Song Xinglin, who didn't know the inside story, naturally responded to the result they had negotiated a long time ago, "Please trouble the shopkeeper, we will make an appointment for two days."

I just calculated carefully in my heart, if the scholar who came here to rush for the exam wants to live for a few months, I can't charge too much money, at most it will be based on January, after all, the two scholars in front of me are not very rich, and They open the door to welcome guests from all over the world. Doing business with peace makes money. No one knows that the cloud above the head will rain.

I was thinking about it in my heart, but the scholar in front of me said to himself, they only live for two days?

"Two, two days?", the shopkeeper was a little dumbfounded for a while, and some couldn't react, "Could it be that the two of you are here to rush for the exam?"

Song Xinglin and Wang Shuisheng didn't understand why, but they still nodded and said, "We are."

The shopkeeper hissed, the hand stroking his beard trembled, and accidentally tore off two of his beards. Looking at the four people in front of him, the shopkeeper was extremely puzzled.

"Since the two scholar masters are here to rush for the exam, there is still more than a month before the exam starts, and the exam is ten days long, and it won't be easy to turn around after the exam is over, at least you have to wait for the village tribute. Will the result come out? Did the guest officer only stay for two days for such a long time?"

The four children, big and small, are probably not going out for the first time. They are so naive and ignorant that they can't figure out the situation at all, right?
The shopkeeper couldn't help feeling anxious for Song Xinglin and the others, and hurriedly explained it to them.

Song Xinglin couldn't stop laughing, but he received the shopkeeper's kindness in his heart, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said to the shopkeeper: "More of your kindness from the shopkeeper, the boy is grateful, it's just the shopkeeper, we don't plan to stay in the inn, but want to Stay for two days first, take advantage of these two days to find a middle-aged man, and then find a clean courtyard in the streets and alleys near the Gongyuan to study in peace."

"Oh, so that's how it is!", the shopkeeper understood, but... "Guest officer, don't think I'm meddling in my own business, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Song Xinglin cupped his hands, "Say it."

The shopkeeper said: "If the guest officer only wants to look for a small and clean courtyard, to be honest, behind the inn, there are several courtyards specially reserved for students like you who are going to take the exam, and the price is also lower than that of the guest officer. Go find it, it's just a little bit more expensive.

Guest officer, you have to know that if you want to go outside to search for a courtyard, you must first be introduced by the person you are looking for. Let’s not talk about whether the person is good or not. It is a question of whether the person is honest or not. question.

In addition, the fee for the middleman and the money needed to sign the deed can be worth the money paid by the small courtyard of the shop. Why should the guest officer be far away?
Another one, guest officer, the service in this store is very good, there are guards on patrol at night, the safety is assured, and the small courtyard house behind is fully equipped with stoves, the guest officer can fire by himself, what is needed on weekdays is insufficient preparation, You can also say hello to my little girl, whether it’s firewood or rice flour, grain and oil, we can deliver it to the customer at the market price. Even for washing and drying clothes and bedding on weekdays, our store also has a special laundry lady who is in charge, all of which are included In the room rate, there is no extra money. The guest officer's female family members are so young, presumably the guest officer can't bear them to work hard, right?

Even if we put aside the first questions, there is still the most important one.

There are tens of thousands of students who came to Jinling to take the exam this time. When everyone gathers in Jinling, there are naturally all kinds of exchanges. If the guest officials live in a small clean courtyard, if they don’t have good news, such a good thing will be missed; In our shop, we are guaranteed to be well-informed, and we will not miss all kinds of friendships, close relationships, establishment of contacts, and ability-enhancing literary meetings, dialectical meetings, poetry meetings, etc.

And don't hide it from the guest officials, but if the guest officials can show up on such occasions, whether it is poems, articles or arguments, once they are recommended by everyone, these can be exchanged for money. The ranking of the guest officer will give various discounts, and if the guest officer is outstanding in everything at that time, maybe the room fee will not need to be paid.

Guest officer, living in this shop is really beneficial, the small courtyard at the back is still empty, guest officer, why don't you go and have a look first? "

Hearing the shopkeeper's explanation with all his heart, the four of Yu Su and the others were actually moved, not because they wanted to participate in some poetry meeting, nor because they wanted to save some room fees.

What Song Xinglin liked was that someone would do the laundry and wash the quilts, so he wouldn't have to work hard for his guest and sister;
What Wang Shuisheng likes is that it is more reliable than finding a middleman, saves time, and the price is similar;
In the end, what both of them were interested in was that the night patrol that the shopkeeper said was safe and sound. They lived here, and after they entered the examination room, they didn't need to worry about their safety day and night;
So the two kings and song nodded in unison, and they just looked at it.

After looking at it, he was naturally reluctant to leave, so he simply paid the deposit and directly booked the cleanest room among the four small courtyards.

There are three main rooms in the small courtyard here, a kitchen room, and a washing room. There is a persimmon tree with fruit in the center of the yard. Although there is only one entrance, it looks small, but the layout is elegant and interesting, so the price is free. It is more expensive than in Yuezhou Prefecture, but in a big place like Jinling City, with such a boundary, and such supporting services, the price is very reasonable.

It seems that the owner of Fushunlai still knows how to invest and make friends with scholars.

Out of jealousy and hatred, Tan De, who was trying to find an opportunity to vent his anger, had long been stalking in secret, waiting for an opportunity to follow Yu Su and his party.

They followed secretly all the way, but fortunately, the carriage that Song Xinglin and the others were riding was not fast, but the mice in the gutter quickly followed.

Carrying a bookcase and carrying his pitiful baggage, Tan De, who was out of breath, nestled in the corner of the alley opposite Fushunlai, secretly observing every move at the entrance of the inn diagonally opposite.

He waited and waited until his breathing became even; he waited for the sun to rise, his stomach rumbled incessantly; the group of people who had entered the Fushunlai Inn had no intention of coming out, Tan De understood. Can't help but sneer secretly, with a cold light in his eyes.

This group of people is sure to settle down here in Fushun, right?That's good!
A glint of coldness flashed in Tan De's eyes, and then he pretended to straighten his clothes, then picked up the bookcase on his back, carried the burden, and walked towards Fushun with square steps.

Naturally, Tan De, who was wearing a straight dress, looked poor even if his clothes were frayed. Whether he was the waiter or the shopkeeper, he was treated as warmly as Song Xinglin and the others, and he was not looked down upon at all. human appearance.

It's just Tan De...

In fact, Tan De is a stingy, stingy and real villain. He can't afford to live in any of the upper, middle and lower rooms mentioned by the shopkeeper, not to mention the courtyard. In the end, he can barely afford Datong Shop, Tan De He also dislikes that this is a place where low class people live. He is unclean because of the noise and mess, and he can't read at all, so naturally he doesn't want to live there.

So, Tan De came out of Fushun in a desperate manner, and when he reached the door, he couldn't help stamping his feet in resentment, and spat hard at the door, calling him a dog who looked down on people, but it made the enthusiastic waiter in a daze , until watching Tan De go away in a panic, the waiter in the shop couldn't figure it out, how could they look down on others?

And those who curse...

He went shopping in several streets near Gongyuan, searched, and found more than a dozen inns, none of which he could afford to live in, and most of them were not as good as Fushunlai!It's not like he didn't meet the waiter and the shopkeeper who had a really contemptuous attitude towards him, but Tan De was too scared to say anything, and left with his tail between his legs in despair.

In the end, there was really no other way, seeing that it was getting late, he was tired and hungry, and the place he found was several streets away from the Gongyuan, a long way away.

Tan De had no choice but to curse bad luck secretly, and had no choice but to find an inn with a very small face and a very unattractive look. Er, it was actually a big car shop. Tan De lived in it, and he couldn't help comforting himself by saying that he just He stayed for one night, and tomorrow he went to find a monastery to stay, so he gritted his teeth and asked for a low-end single room.

Cursing and swearing for a night, Tan De decisively checked out the next day, and went to search for cheap monasteries inside and outside Jinling City where scholars could stay.

This search, well, I searched directly from the city to the outside of the city. Tan De disliked the distance here, the small temple was dilapidated, and the food he ate every day was poor. ...

Tan De gritted his teeth, put all his hatred and blame on Song Xinglin's head, and then reluctantly stayed.

Of course, Tan De didn't tolerate such reluctance for long.

As students from all over the Southland arrived in Jinling City one after another, the city became more and more lively, and someone's mind also floated.

Song Xinglin and Wang Shuisheng didn't care much, and they didn't want to spend more time on the Laoshizi Wenhui, dialectics and so on. They went less often, but Tan De participated very frequently, which also led to him almost every day. You have to rush from the outskirts of the city to the city.

It's a pity that he has to wait for the city gate to open every day to enter the city, and has to rush out of the city before the city gate closes, and he is too cash-strapped to take a car. It is conceivable that this greedy brother has runny legs.

Seeing the middle of July, Tan De hammered his tiny legs hard.

"No, we can't go on like this!", if this goes on, he is afraid that he will die before he enters the Tribute Academy.

For a while, that guy Song Xinglin couldn't figure it out, what about the guy he caught on the boat earlier?

Well, it's decided. Tomorrow's literary meeting, I have to take it easy. He still has to search around to find that idiot Zhang Shusheng, otherwise, I really can't stand it anymore!

After making up his mind, Tan Demei fell asleep and put the plan into action the next day.

This villain was also lucky, and estimated Zhang Shusheng's family background. He found a few inns in the streets closest to the Gongyuan, and found an inn near the romantic place on the bustling Qinhuai River. I met Zhang Shusheng who was participating in the literary meeting.

Seeing the eloquent Zhang Shusheng, Tan De rushed towards him like a dog seeing a meat bun.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, Brother Yu found you! I got off the boat that day, Brother Zhang left in a hurry, and I couldn't find you anywhere, Brother Yu was anxious! I'm afraid Brother Zhang has an accident, how are you doing, Brother Zhang? "

Zhang Xiucai was still very happy with this little brother who was especially good at talking. Naturally, it was a happy encounter. He didn't see the entourage of his two servants behind him at all. He saw the leech they had finally thrown off and picked it up like this again. The two looked at each other, their expressions were not very good, and they looked at their flattered master who was being flattered, both of them had big heads.

They are sorry for the master and madam, and for the master's and madam's trust in them when the master came...

　Fuck!Our community was sealed off again today, and it has only been unblocked for ten days. Here again, in the storm and crying, my baby is in the third grade of junior high school, and I will graduate soon. What should I do? It is too late to study, and my husband basically has no salary this month. Yes, next month the whole family will drink northwest wind, woo woo woo...

　　
　
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