"This is Lu Mo who has just arrived. The two of you choose to have a look. Do you like it?"

Ruijin studied hard, and has never put down his pen since he started to learn calligraphy. Xu He has been running to the bookstore all these years. Get soot ink and pine smoke ink.

Oil smoke ink is black and shiny, suitable for writing, while pine smoke ink is thick black and matte, easy to dissolve in water, and more suitable for painting and tracing the fine parts of the task.

"The new pine smoke ink this time is really good." Xu He picked up the ink stick and said to Zhang Fangyuan: "I have never seen anything like this the few times I have been here before."

Xu He originally planned to buy pine ink. He saw that Ruijin was painting in the study recently. He had been concentrating on reading and practicing calligraphy before, and had never done anything else. Now that he is learning to paint, he, a little dad, can't agree with him. The teacher generally guides, but it is always good to come and carefully select a few good pens and inks.

"Ruijin uses a lot of ink to practice writing. Brother Xiaoli cast nets for three days and fished for two days. Although he is not as hardworking as his brother, he should write well. Since I think the oil smoke ink is good, let's buy it together and stock up. There's always an opportunity to come in."

"Oh, the best pine smoke ink, the new stock from Shopkeeper Ma has arrived!"

The couple were discussing to buy it together, when suddenly a voice interjected and took the ink in front of the counter straight away.

"It's really good ink, I want it all, and the shopkeeper horse wraps it up."

The shopkeeper glanced at Zhang Fangyuan and Xu He in embarrassment, and politely said to the man who came: "Housekeeper, this is the first thing that Boss Zhang has taken a fancy to."

Hearing the sound, the man looked back at the couple around him, and suddenly realized that they were people: "So it's Boss Zhang, no wonder they look familiar."

The housekeeper laughed and said: "It's a coincidence that you two also came to buy ink for the children. Boss Zhang has always been open-minded. I don't know if we can let these inks go. Boss Zhang and Fu Lang also know it. There are quite a lot of students here, and seeing that the children's exam is coming up, it takes a lot of good ink to send students to take the exam."

"Master Zhang is still young, and he has just entered the age to enter the examination room. I'm afraid he won't end up in the exam this year. You can use some ordinary ink for writing and practice. Wouldn't it be a waste to use such good ink?"

Zhang Fangyuan sneered: "There are still some days before the Tongsheng Examination, the housekeeper might as well come back in a few days."

As soon as the words were finished, Xu He tacitly took out a piece of silver and put it on the counter, and picked up the ink.

"Eh!"

Zhang Fangyuan and Xu Hetong, the shopkeeper of the study room, said politely, hugged the box and left, completely ignoring the housekeeper Gan who was still hopping around.

"Wearing a dragon robe doesn't look like a prince. If you don't have enough talent and learning, you can't write good articles even with that royal ink!"

"Housekeeper, why don't you look at something else?"

The butler gave the shopkeeper a sideways look: "The shopkeeper has really good eyesight. In recent years, the Zhang family's financial resources in Siyang have become stronger and stronger. It's confusing whether you are a businessman or not."

"Hey, look at what the butler said, whether you can help me or not, Mr. Meng preached and got a job, and our nephews still have to rely on Mr. Zhang. In fact, it was Boss Zhang who came first, and he had a message to tell me that a small business can do it. To manage a business depends on honesty, don’t you think?”

The housekeeper snorted coldly: "Who doesn't know that merchants like shopkeepers are used to talking."

The implication is nothing more than looking down on the merchants, thinking that the merchants are so sophisticated and cunning, the shopkeeper of the bookstore felt displeased when he heard the words, but he never had a quarrel with him, he only responded with a smile.

Xu He came out of the bookstore with a bad expression on his face: "At the beginning, it was just because he didn't get started in Meng's family. The butler of Master Meng was very angry when he saw our family, and he always suppressed and provoked us. It seems that only his fierce family can teach good students. Generally speaking, with such a temperament of vengeance, fortunately, Ruijin Ruili was not sent to Kaimeng."

"It's a housekeeper if you say it decently, but it's a slave if you put it bluntly. Since he dared to provoke him several times, it would be unbelievable if he said that he didn't get the instruction of Master Meng."

Zhang Fangyuan said: "Master Luo has always been a low-key and introverted person. The private schools in the city like to lead students to participate in the poetry gatherings. It sounds good to be an exchange, but in fact the atmosphere is not good. It is nothing more than a comparison between private schools."

"Which private school's children won the first prize in the poetry collection, and whose private school's children are excellent at writing. In this way, they can have a good reputation in the private school industry and spread their reputation, and people outside have sharpened their heads to think. Sending the child to a private school, the Meng family is most enthusiastic about this Yaji Poetry Contest, and that's how the name was made."

"I heard from Mrs. Luo that the Meng family sent invitations to him. I don't know whether they want to invite him sincerely or to find out the truth. You also know Mr. Luo, who likes to be clean and never pays attention to it. The Meng family resents our family and repeats it several times. Being rejected by the Luo family, I even started to resent the Luo family, slandering everywhere."

After taking root in the city over the years, he has made many acquaintances and caring friends. Every family has children, and the gossip from outside has also spread to Xu He's ears.

It is nothing more than saying that merchants like them have narrow horizons and can't know people clearly. The Luo family's actions can't tell the truth from the fake, and the children they teach never take them out to see the world. They are pedantic and closed. It's like a student who can't teach anything at all.

The child is young and can't see much. When he grows up, if he leaves the school and enters the academy, he will know who is superior and who is inferior. At that time, he regrets that he did not follow a good teacher when he was young, and wasted so many years. In the future, he will have to be like his family, inheriting his father's business and becoming a merchant.

Although Xu He is a white man, you can still see whether the child has made progress. It is also thanks to the fact that the two of them grew up in a nest of gossip and gossip. As long as they have confidence in their hearts, they will not listen to what others say .

Some of the merchants who had a relationship with the Zhang family shared the same hatred, and some persuaded them to send their children to the academy.

Now that the little guy is already six years old, he can find an academy to enroll in, but the couple thinks that he studied well at Luo Yan, so that's all for the little brother Li, as long as the little brother can read and write, he will be fine, and he can't end it Going to the scientific examination, the couple didn't have high demands on him.

In fact, to be precise, the couple did not have high requirements for the two children, but Ruijin really likes reading and is also interested in scientific examinations, so the couple will naturally pay more attention to their teaching.

I also asked Ruijin what she meant before, whether she wanted to go to the academy to study, relying on her contacts in the city over the years, it is not a problem to send her to the best academy in the city to choose a good teacher, but Ruijin I feel that I can learn very well in Mr. Luo's private school, so I don't want to go to the academy.

Ruijin has been stable since she was a child, and the couple don't have to worry about the child's refusal to go to the academy because he is greedy for play.

The two were of the same mind, and although they were disturbed by gossip, they never really felt sad.

After talking for a while, the couple realized that the carriage they were riding in hadn't left at some point, and Zhang Fangyuan was still rushing to meet the guests, so they couldn't help asking: "What happened?"

"Master, there are people making trouble ahead, you have to go forward."

Zhang Fangyuan raised his eyebrows, opened the curtain and took a look, there were two carriages passing by in the alley, although there was no carriage in front, but there was a group of people, the carriage could pass, but it was a bit troublesome.

After staying in the city for a long time, it is not uncommon to see such a battle. One can see that it is not a good thing when one sees the menace from afar.

The population in the village is small and there are often quarrels, the population in the city is dense, and there are many big and small things, and it’s not like the village’s ups and downs are all relatives who are good at persuasion. Being dragged to the Yamen to be a witness, ordinary people dare not get involved in such things.

"Why didn't you follow the Lord's way?"

The groom said honestly: "Master is in a hurry to go to the Qianchun Building to meet guests. It's almost time for dinner. The weather is clear and cool today. The main road is bound to be congested. I'm afraid there will be a delay in going to the other side, so I changed the road."

"But it's the same. There are usually few people on this road."

Xu He frowned and looked at the front. There were several tall men standing there, and he couldn't see what was going on inside. He was not a nosy person, and ordinary people like them couldn't handle things that the county government couldn't handle. It's not easy to manage.

Although it's best not to get involved, it would be great if you could stop the disturbance earlier: "Drive the carriage over, go down and persuade me, you go to a yamen who reports to patrol the street."

After he made an arrangement, Zhang Fangyuan got out of the carriage and took the lead, Xu He was hidden behind him, and the two walked over accompanied by servants, but before they could speak, they heard a voice: "Young master, someone is here. There are masters and servants. It will be troublesome to talk about it later. Young master will spare the blind man today. It's just a vulgar fan. You don't have to be angry."

"Bah, I don't know good and bad things! My young master appreciates you but insists on following your poor husband. So I use this money to see a doctor for your short-lived husband."

After saying that, there was a sound of silver falling to the ground, and then the group of people really left, and they withdrew very quickly.

Zhang Fangyuan was tall, and when he saw the backs of those who were surrounded by strong men, he looked familiar, but the young master walked away with his head held high, and he never looked back, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

This group of people left, and the people who were bullied in the middle were revealed. They were actually a young couple. The man collapsed on the ground with a bruised nose and swollen face.

The husband and wife are clean and simple, and it can be seen at a glance that they are from a poor family. Although the young lady is simple, she can hardly hide her beauty, but she never stepped forward to ask. You can guess what the play is.

It's nothing more than lecherous men taking advantage of their wealth and power to molested young ladies in the street. The husband stepped forward to argue, but was beaten.

Xu He saw that the young master just dropped the copper coins all over the floor, and looked at the two couples who were really pitiful. He couldn't bear it, and hurried forward to help him: "I see that your husband is seriously injured, you should go to the doctor quickly. Let’s take a look at the hospital, wouldn’t it be even more sad if the illness is delayed. Wouldn’t it be better to go to the Yamen to sue after the injury is healed?”

"There is no one in the alley, and the husband and wife alone are in trouble, so it is really hard to tell each other." The little lady wiped her eyes, and her heart broke when she talked about this matter: "That is the young master of the Qin family, Qin Shang, who is rich and powerful, and has a good personality. Dude is vicious, how can we sue the common people."

Zhang Fangyuan frowned when he heard the words: "You said it was Qin Shang?"

The woman nodded.

Zhang Fangyuan understands it, no wonder he looks familiar, that kid is indeed a master of bullying, and he is a cousin of Qin Zhong, his old club when he was in the city in the past.

Qin Shang is the most lecherous, and he abuses people a lot, and he can really do things like molesting people in the street.

The couple are also right. How can they sue the local snakes in the city because they are weak and weak? It is precisely because they know the disparity in strength, and they can't go up to seek justice for themselves.

"Also hurry up and go to the clinic to see your husband. Human life is the most important thing. As the saying goes, if you keep green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood."

Zhang Fangyuan saw that the scattered silver on the ground was really shabby, the couple just looked at each other, Xu He paid the little lady some money out of his own pocket, and the girl was about to kowtow to thank her, when the servant invited her The Yacha came over and just sent someone to the medical clinic.

The little lady supported her husband all the way, and turned her head to the two of them, crying and bowing down to thank them.

Seeing the couple going away, Xu He felt a little uncomfortable. If their family was poor, they must have been bullied like this, so they would inevitably feel more sympathetic.

Zhang Fangyuan seemed to see what he was thinking, and patted the person's head: "No, even if our family is not rich, I can still fight, and the person lying down will definitely not be me."

"At this time, I'm still joking." Xu He patted the back of Zhang Fangyuan's hand: "Hurry up and go to Qianchun Tower, don't be late."

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