Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty.
There was a lot of traffic and crowds at the city gate.
This was not the first time for Yang Wuhui to come to Bianjing. Even so, he was still shocked by the magnificent scene.
Zhan Yirong smiled and said, "How about you go directly to my house?"
When Yang Wuhui heard this, he quickly refused.
"Forget it, your mother's character makes me cringe when I look at it."
Zhan Yirong's mother is naturally Her Royal Highness the Princess, but she is Zhao Zongshi's sister, the biological sister of the current official family, not the daughter of Emperor Renzong.
It's just that her relationship with Zhan Yirong's father, Nan Xia Zhan Zhao, is not that good.
Therefore, for many years, I rarely left the mansion to worship gods and Buddhas.
He only occasionally went to the palace and returned to his parents' home, and his temper was very indifferent.
Yang Wuhui had met her twice and felt that Zhan Yirong's mother was frighteningly cold to others. It wasn't that she was a bad person, but it was her personality that made Yang Wuhui feel uncomfortable seeing her.
So Zhan Yirong invited Yang Wuhui to live in her house, but Yang Wuhui refused without thinking.
Zhan Yirong will naturally not force this.
She said: "Then you find a place to live by yourself. When you find a place, send someone to deliver a message! I still have to meet my mother, and I have to go to the palace to meet the empress dowager, and my uncle! Maybe I won’t be able to come to you in the next few days.”
Yang Wuhui nodded: "Okay, go ahead!"
The two of them had already walked into the city. Zhan Yirong led the horse and took two steps. He looked back at Yang Wuhui, pointed at Yang Wuhui and said, "You'd better not live in a brothel anymore, otherwise I know and I will kill you." nice!"
Yang Wuhui thought to himself, he was harmed by his predecessor's reputation!
"Don't worry, I will definitely not go again!"
After hearing Yang Wuhui's assurance, Zhan Yirong left with peace of mind.
But in Yang Wuhui's opinion, who would go to a vulgar place like a brothel after they have already come to Bianjing? They must go to Jiaofangsi!
You must know that Jiaofangsi is a junior official.
It's just that after the fathers' house was confiscated, the men were assigned to jobs and the women were sent to the Jiaofang Department.
So when you come to Bianjing, you still go to a brothel, which is quite obscene.
But we still have to find a place to live first, and then we can find the address of Jiaofangsi.
Yang Wuhui led the horse forward, turned his eyes, and showed a smile on his face.
He stepped forward and said to a young man setting up a stall: "Write a letter to the family for me!"
The young man lowered his head and asked, "Where do you want to send it?"
Yang Wuhui replied: "Luzhou!"
The young man raised his head, and when he saw Yang Wuhui, his face was filled with astonishment, and then it was full of surprises.
"Brother Yang!"
The young man was Jing Wei. Unexpectedly, Yang Wuhui met him when he entered Beijing. It must be said that the two of them were indeed destined.
Yang Wuhui smiled and said, "You, Brother Yang, call me old."
Jing Wei rubbed the back of his head and said, "Although you are not my biological eldest brother, I have long regarded you as my biological eldest brother."
Hearing this, Yang Wuhui smiled even more.
In fact, he likes Jing Wei very much because he is relatively pure at heart.
To be honest, Yang Wuhui thinks that if he wants to go to high school this year, it will be difficult!
But for Jing Wei, it can be regarded as a kind of experience!
He is still young and still has many opportunities.
You know, the imperial examination has not been finalized yet. It may be taken once a year, or it may be taken every two years. It is impossible to say.
Jing Wei also remembered something at this time and asked: "Brother Yang, why did you come to the capital suddenly? Didn't you say you would wait until after the New Year?"
Yang Wuhui responded to this.
"Suddenly, a friend invited me to come to Beijing years ago, so I came. It just so happened that I met you just after I entered Beijing!"
At this point, Yang Wuhui also had doubts.
Yang Wuhui said: "Why are you setting up a stall here to write letters to people? Don't you have any money?"
Jing Wei shook his head and said: "No, I just thought that I would be idle every day, so I would go out and make some money to supplement my life. After all, I have to stay until after the imperial examination next year, and I know that I am still far away from high school. The possibility is extremely low, so there is a high probability that we have to wait for the imperial examination next year, so we can’t just sit back and rest in vain!”
Yang Wuhui understood that there were actually too many people like Jing Wei.
If they failed the exam, they would stay in the capital and wait for the next imperial examination.
But while you are waiting, you need to live!
Some people go to work as accountants in wealthy families, some people build connections and work as doormen for high-ranking officials, and some, like Jing Wei, sell calligraphy and painting, write family letters, and use the money they earn to subsidize Life.
Jing Wei continued: "Brother Yang, you haven't found a place to live yet! Do you want to live with me? The price where I live is very affordable, and the boss is also very down-to-earth. That's right, I'm afraid you won't like it. this place."
Yang Wuhui smiled and said, "Where is it? Take me to see it!"
Jing Wei nodded, immediately closed the stall, and then took Yang Wuhui to the place where he currently lives.
Now Jing Wei lives in Nancheng. Someone here has opened a school specifically for poor students. They only charge five cents a day, which is very affordable.
The owner of this school used to be a scholar in the imperial examination, but he failed to pass the examination for ten consecutive years. He knew that he did not have the ability, so he gave up.
Fortunately, he was working as a cashier in a rice shop. The owner of the rice shop had an only daughter, so she came to the shop one time and saw him. Seeing that he was handsome and well-educated, he asked other people in the shop for information about him, and the two of them flirted with each other and hooked up.
It's not appropriate to hook up, but they accomplish good things together.
Although he failed in the imperial examination, he was on another path and prospered.
After all, he now owns five rice shops in the capital and has a son and a daughter.
Because he had gone through hardships, after inheriting the rice shop, he opened this schoolhouse for students who came to the capital to take the scientific examination. It only cost five cents a day, which was almost free of charge.
The important thing is that his wife and father-in-law support him, which makes the family very harmonious.
He built nearly twenty school buildings.
But it is not full. There are currently eight people living there, and by next spring, it is expected to be full.
Jing Wei was familiar with the other seven people, and he also told Yang Wuhui that there was an old man in his sixties living in this school, and he was also going to take the imperial examination next spring.
Although there is no age limit for taking the imperial examination, this old man in his sixties has been taking the examination for thirty or forty years.
I have not been in high school for so many years, and I have not chosen to go home. The situation is self-evident.
Naturally, Yang Wuhui had no intention of criticizing others. He just felt that living in this world was not the only way to gain fame. Perhaps it would be better to explore other paths instead of trying to get into trouble.
But they are already sixty years old, and it seems that there is no turning back in life.
To put it bluntly, sixty years old has almost one foot in the ground.
