Young Master Liu looked startled, and after reacting, he pulled the manuscript on the case under the table.
Although all the customers knew that he was the one selling this kind of book, Young Master Liu still felt a little embarrassed when someone saw his own handwriting on such a book.
After all, his image is glorious.
He raised his eyes and smiled lightly as he looked at the young man in front of him who was wearing coarse linen clothes but had an elegant and heroic temperament. However, despite such a good temperament, his expression looked a little sick.
"What is this husband? Marriage or a future?"
The young man of seventeen or eighteen years old seemed a little cautious and looked at the simple decoration in the shanty: "The future... the future! Is it possible, sir?"
Young Master Liu picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip. He smiled and nodded: "No problem! It doesn't matter."
After Master Liu finished speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Tao Ying behind him: "Madam, you haven't shown the guests tea yet. How come you don't have any sharp eyesight after following your husband for so long?"
The title Madam made Tao Ying stunned for a long time before she realized what she was saying.
Hearing Young Master Liu calling her such a close name in front of a strange young man, Tao Ying glanced at Young Master Liu quickly with apricot eyes, and then walked towards the stove beside her teeth.
For a moment, Tao Ying bowed to the young man and placed a cup of hot tea in front of him.
"Mr. drink tea."
"Thank you...Thank you, sir and madam!"
"You're welcome, Sir!"
Seeing the young man take a sip of tea and put it on the table, Young Master Liu straightened his expression: "Young Master wants to ask about your future. Is it a calligraphy test? Or a fortune telling?"
"Test the words!"
Young Master Liu picked up a piece of rice paper and handed it over the pen he had just written on the ancient classic.
"Xiao Langjun, please!"
"Thank you sir!"
The young man wrote a word on the rice paper, then held it up with his hands and handed it to Young Master Liu respectfully.
"Sir, please take a look!"
Liu Mingzhi took the rice paper and looked at the strong and elegant character on it. He raised his eyebrows and looked at the young man opposite him carefully.
"ask?"
"Yes, late students should ask questions about their future."
"Where is Lang Jun's fairyland? What's your surname?"
"People from Kunzhou! Please give me your surname Lin."
Queensland? Your surname is Lin?
Liu Mingzhi murmured two words silently, and looked at the young man again for a moment.
"Mr. Lang, you should be a candidate for next year's general examination, right?"
The young man looked stunned and nodded in surprise: "Exactly, Wansheng has never gotten acquainted with Mr. How did Mr. know that Mr. Wansheng is a student taking the exam?"
Tao Ying on the side also looked at Young Master Liu in surprise. If she had not known Young Master Liu's true background, she would have really thought that Young Master Liu was a master figure who could figure things out!
Young Master Liu smiled calmly: "The mountain man has his own clever plan, so I don't need to worry about this!
Shanren not only knows that you are a candidate for the next spring examination, but also knows that Xiaolangjun, you are the number one Jieyuan in Kunzhou. "
The young man suddenly sat up and looked at Young Master Liu with dumbfounded eyes: "Sir...sir, do you know this junior?"
"Little Langjun, don't be so surprised, Shanren and Xiaolangjun have never met, let alone know each other.
Sit down and let's talk slowly. "
"Yes, this junior has lost his temper!"
"You ask questions about your future.
Questioner, there is a mouth in the middle of the door and it is difficult to speak!
It can also be seen as being trapped in the mouth and tongue.
The young man must be living in poverty now and cannot afford three meals a day.
Is it right? "
"Ah? Sir, how did Sir know?"
"According to the latest government decree of our new dynasty, all local and state governments will provide various amounts of silver to students who are candidates for the examination and whose families are confirmed to be poor by the local officials when high school candidates are selected, policies are drawn up by the Ministry of Personnel, and expenditures are made by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Take the number one Jie Yuan fifty taels of silver as an example.
Since Xiao Langjun is the number one Jie Yuan, he should have fifty taels of silver supported by the imperial court to support his expenses in Beijing.
But life is so tight. I guess it's because I didn't get the fifty taels of silver, or something happened.
Yes or no? "
"This... these gentlemen also know?"
"Although Shanren is not from the capital, he has been in the capital for many years, so he is naturally familiar with the government's decrees.
Dare I ask Xiao Langjun that the fifty taels of silver supported by the imperial court were due to corruption by your Kunzhou officials? Or have you lost it yourself? Or was he robbed when he entered Beijing? "
"Yes... the student was careless and accidentally lost it.
Along the way, I had to write family letters for others and write inscriptions before I managed to get to the capital. I thought that writing family letters and helping people copy books and articles would last me until the spring of next year.
An Xiang thought that the weather in the capital was so cold and bad. After the students arrived in the capital, there were no customers at the stall because of the cold weather.
I wanted to go back to the inn where I was temporarily staying in the outer city to rest and keep warm. When I passed by the husband's Gua stall, I happened to hear the shouts of the husband and his wife.
I was already hesitant in my heart, so by some strange coincidence, I walked in and wanted to seek comfort!
Unexpectedly, I met such a master as Mr., and the junior admired me so much.
May I ask, sir, how is your future as a student? "
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a while, then took out the fifty-tael banknote he had just handed to the pretty lady from his sleeve and silently placed it on the desk.
"As long as I study hard, my future will be limitless.
Now, write an IOU! "
"Ah? What do you mean, sir?"
Liu Mingzhi looked narrowly at the young man with a stunned expression, with a faint smile on his lips: "What? Mr. Jie Yuan, a dignified man from the government, wouldn't want to borrow money without paying it back, would he?"
The young man Lang Neng was a senior high school student, so he was naturally not a foolish person. After a little thought, he understood the deep meaning of Liu Dashao's words.
Looking at the fifty taels of silver notes pushed in front of him, his eyes gradually turned red.
He hesitated again and again with the pen in his hand, and started writing on the rice paper.
After a while, the young man stamped his seal on the rice paper and handed it to Young Master Liu respectfully.
Looking at the three characters "Lin Hanzhi" on the bottom of the money, Liu Dashao's eyes flashed with a smile that was indeed the case.
Lin Hanzhi tremblingly collected the banknote in his arms and bowed to Young Master Liu.
"The younger generation is deeply grateful for the kindness of Mr. Sir, it will be unforgettable in this lifetime.
If God is merciful and the student is able to go to high school, he will definitely repay the teacher's kindness today twice in the future. "
“Okay, okay, don’t be careless again in the future.
Although gold and silver are common things, they can protect your food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
If we hadn't met by chance, you, the great talent of Jieyuan in this mansion, might one day freeze to death on the streets and no one would know about it.
Not to mention that the court has lost a great talent, you will not be able to repay the ardent hopes of your family and fellow villagers.
Go back, study hard and wait for the spring exam next year. Shanren will wait for you to come back to me after high school for the fifty taels of funding. "
"Yes, student, thank you sir for your kindness.
Student Lin Hanzhi said goodbye. "
"etc!"
"Huh? What else can you do, sir?"
"I gave you the hexagram money! I don't need more than ten cents from you!"
"Yes, yes, the student forgot in the excitement."
Lin Hanzhi rummaged around on his body and finally found only eight copper coins. He looked at Mr. Liu with an embarrassed expression and touched the banknotes in his arms.
"Forget it, consider that you are Shanren's first customer, eight coppers is just eight coppers!"
"Yes, yes, I made Mr. laugh again!"
"Just leave it to my wife, you can go back."
Lin Hanzhi nodded respectfully and placed half of the copper in his hand on the low table where Tao Ying was drinking tea.
"Sir, madam, I'm just kidding. I'm going to say goodbye. I'll see you again if we have a chance."
Tao Ying stared at the eight copper coins in front of her in a daze, and waited until the young man Lang Lin Hanzhi disappeared for a while before she came back to her senses.
Looking at Young Master Liu who had started writing furiously at his desk again at some unknown time, Tao Ying's pretty face walked towards Young Master Liu's divination table in astonishment, picked up the rice paper with a big question written on it and looked through it carefully. .
However, no matter what Tao Ying thought about it, it was just an ordinary piece of rice paper, with a question written on it by a young man, and nothing else.
Tao Ying put the rice paper back in the distance with a puzzled expression. Tao Ying looked at Young Master Liu, who was clasping his chin and laughing a few times, and tapped Young Master Liu on the shoulder?
Liu Da Shaohao stopped writing and looked up at Tao Ying: "Good sister, what's wrong?"
"You... do you know that young man Lang Lin Hanzhi?"
"I don't know you! It's our first time meeting you today!"
"Then how do you know him so well?"
"My dear sister, of course I have figured out what you said!
If you don't even have the skills to eat, why would I dare to set up a stall here to tell fortunes?
Are you stupid? He came to tell fortunes and measure the characters, so of course I figured it out by asking the characters! "
The pretty girl stared with almond-shaped eyes: "Bah! That's nonsense.
I still don’t understand your strengths and weaknesses? How could you possibly figure that out? "
Young Master Liu licked his lips and smiled faintly, then raised his hand and slapped Tao Ying's buttocks.
"Good sister, since you know me so well, what do you think of my little brother?"
Tao Ying covered the area where she was slapped, took a few steps back and looked at Young Master Liu angrily: "You... are shameless, I'm talking about your moral conduct!"
"Little brother, what I said is true! Then, dear sister, what do you think it is?"
