Abuse reformation

"That's a long way indeed."

Although shocked in his heart, Ye Huai still did not forget to maintain a gentle and elegant personality.

He sighed and said, "We three brothers and sisters are penniless now, so it's not easy to go to Yuhang."

Seeing Ye Huai with a sad face in front of him, the boatman couldn't help worrying along with him, "Then what will my brother do next?"

Ye Huai thought for a moment and said: "I want to settle down in Jianghuai first, earn a little money, and then make plans."

Hearing this, the boatman slapped his head: "That's just right. A while ago, Mr. Zhang of our private school in our town was ill, and the private school was short of manpower. Right now they are looking around to recruit teachers. I think you have studied, brother, so you can go there." try."

gentlemen?

The kind of teacher who teaches a subset of classics and history?

How could he know this? Isn't this misleading the younger generation?

Just as Ye Huai was about to refuse, he heard a sentence beside his ear: "My eldest brother is from Juren, so it must be no problem."

Turning his head to look, Fang Zeyu's dark face showed a proud expression.On the side, Fang Zeyu echoed: "That's right, my elder brother is very powerful!"

Ye Huai: "..."

You two can shut up.

"Juren?" The boatman was a little surprised, "I didn't expect my brother to be able to win the exam at such a young age, it's really amazing!"

As he said that, the boatman said with a smile: "I never thought that one day, my little broken fishing boat would have the opportunity to carry Master Juren. It's really gratifying!"

Caught off guard by someone's praise, Ye Huai had no choice but to say with a guilty conscience: "You're absurdly praised, but it's actually not that great."

"Hey, how can this be called absurd praise? That Ding Xiucai in our village was not admitted as a scholar until he was nearly [-] years old. He has been trying repeatedly since then, and now he is almost [-] and he is still a scholar. You can do it at a young age. Zhongju, that is not an ordinary person, he will definitely have a bright future in the future."

I have to say that in ancient times, it was true that "everything is inferior but reading is high", and the status of this scholar is extraordinary.Ever since he knew that "Fang Qionglou" was a Juren, the attitude of the boatman became more enthusiastic, and the address of Ye Huai was changed from the previous little brother to "Master Juren" and "You".

However, Ye Huai is not the real Fang Qionglou either, he can't and doesn't want to take this imperial career path.Those so-called "great prospects" probably have nothing to do with him in the future.

But of course he wouldn't say these words right now.

Therefore, while the boatman continued to brag, Ye Huai immediately changed the topic to other aspects - such as where to rent a house.

Hearing his question, the boatman immediately stopped talking, thought for a while and said: "There are rented houses everywhere. If you live outside the city, you can rent a small courtyard for about seventy or eighty renminbi a month, but this I don’t know the price in the city. But in a small place like ours, it’s not too expensive.”

Said, the boatman paused and said: "If Master Juren needs it, after entering the city tomorrow, I can ask my acquaintances to help you find out a thing or two."

"Then I will trouble you, brother."

Hearing Juren call him big brother, the boatman smiled more and more, "No trouble, no trouble. You three brothers and sisters can rest at my house today. Although the place is a bit rough, there is a roof tile to cover your head anyway. .”

Really dozed off to send a pillow.Hearing this, Ye Huai hurriedly said, "Thank you, big brother. If it weren't for your help, the three of us, brothers and sisters, wouldn't know where we would end up tonight."

"Meeting is fate, no need to thank you." Said the boatman smiled and joked: "Besides, I didn't expect that I would be called brothers and sisters with Master Juren one day."

"Brother is serious. Now that I don't have anything, I definitely can't be called a master. You are older than me, so you should call me little brother."

The boatman wanted to refuse, but seeing the serious face of the person in front of him, he hesitated for a while and finally compromised: "Success!"

"I don't know what the big brother is called?"

"My surname is Chen, and I am the eldest in my family. Everyone calls me Da Chen. Let me call you my younger brother."

"Then I'll call you Brother Chen from now on."

Ye Huai arched his hands as he spoke, with a serious expression: "The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. Brother Chen's kindness today, I, Fang Qionglou, will never forget it."

Hearing that he became the benefactor of Master Juren, Chen Da only felt very happy in his heart.Even when preparing food and lodging for the three brothers and sisters at night, he was even more dedicated.

Thanks to him, that night, the three brothers and sisters who had been in exile for several months had the opportunity to take a hot bath and sleep peacefully.

Before dawn the next day, Da Chen got up to wash up.Because the house is relatively old and not soundproof.In addition, during this period of time, they were wandering outside, and the two children were also alert when they slept.After a while, the three brothers and sisters also woke up.

Stepping out of the door, Ye Huai took a breath of fresh air.Seeing Chen Da who was busy drying dried fish in front of him, Ye Huai immediately walked over to help.

Seeing this, Chen Da hurriedly said: "Little brother Fang, these hands are used to hold pens, how can he do this kind of rough work? Let me do it."

"Brother Chen, where did you say that?"

Ye Huai hurriedly said: "Yesterday, I was bothering my elder brother's house all night, and I feel embarrassed. There is just something I can help with right now, and I hope elder brother will not refuse."

"This……"

Just when Chen Da was hesitating, Aunt Chen beside him smiled and said, "Old Chen, since Brother Fang has already said so, you can just let him go. Besides, if we have more people to help, we can go faster."

Hearing this, Chen Dahan smiled, "Then... that's fine."

After the words fell, two little bean dings also rushed out from behind Ye Huai and said they wanted to help, and Mrs. Chen was so happy that she said straightly, "Okay, okay."

After drying the fish, a group of people had a simple breakfast.Leaving the two younger siblings at the Chen family, Ye Huai changed into clean clothes and set off with Brother Chen

After chatting yesterday, Ye Huai learned that this place belongs to Jiangning County under the jurisdiction of Jianghuai Prefecture, and Brother Chen's family lives in Chenjia Village, Yongping Town outside the county seat.On weekdays, Big Brother Chen earns his living by fishing and selling fresh and dried fish in the town.

On the way, Ye Huai asked, "How far is this Yongping Town from the county seat?"

"Walking will take at least an hour, and taking a bullock cart should be faster." Brother Chen asked, "Brother Fang wants to go to the county town?"

Ye Huai smiled: "To tell you the truth, my younger brother has this intention."

After all, he would prefer to settle in a larger county town than a small town.This is the same as modern people looking for a job, they all love to drill in big cities.After all, there are many opportunities and high wages.

Chen Da didn't ask Ye Huai's purpose of going to the county seat, just nodded and said: "Actually, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, there will be people from our village pulling an ox cart to the county seat to go to the market. For a penny, you can take a car and go along with you, and you don’t have to walk with your feet.”

Hearing this, Ye Huai nodded, "Thank you Brother Chen for letting me know."

Chen Da waved his hands and smiled: "Since Fang Xiaodi calls me big brother, then I can't be called big brother for nothing, right?"

A group of people talked and laughed, and came to the town like this.

Chen Da came to his former permanent location and cleaned up the stall while saying: "If Brother Fang can wait, I will take you to the private school in the town until I sell this basket of fish."

Ye Huai hurriedly said: "It's okay, Brother Chen, you are busy here. I'll go around first, in case I can meet other suitable recruiters."

"Okay. If you can't find your way back, just ask the people in the town 'how to get to the fish market'."

Ye Huai nodded, "Understood, Brother Chen."

Afterwards, Chen Da gave him a few more instructions, and then devoted himself to the work of selling.

After leaving the fish market, Ye Huai walked straight along the long street.Passing by the bustling restaurants and restaurants, you will see shops that sell all kinds of daily necessities, such as cloth stores and pharmacies.

Going forward, there is a teahouse.I saw a storyteller sitting inside, who didn't know what to say, and the hall applauded.

Ye Huai stopped outside and took a look, then walked straight to the Wu family bookstore in front of him.

Through Fang Qionglou's memory, he learned that there were many scripts circulating among the people in the Great Wei Dynasty.The vast majority of the themes are ghosts or historical novels, legends of heroes.Of course, there are also stories of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies.

And in the book store in front of me, the few books placed outside are all romance books such as "The Legend of Yingying" and "Legend of Liu Sanniang".

It can be understood if you think about it carefully. After all, this place is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Compared with the content of fighting and killing, the story of talented men and beautiful women falling in love is the favorite story of local people.

Although Ye Huai has never written about romance, he is well versed in a truth:

Except for classic and serious literature, any best-selling novel cannot do without the word cool.

For example, "Harry Potter", tearing off the cloak of western magical background, isn't this novel a proper upgrade of the hero.

Although the mainstream of southern storybooks today is the romance of sad spring and autumn, it does not mean that there is no market for cool writing.

Especially ordinary people are under a lot of pressure in their lives, so they need to relax even more.

Right now, the market for Dawei's Shuangwen is blank. He happens to be the first person to eat crabs, and he might be able to get a bonus and earn the first pot of gold.

Thinking about it, Ye Huai went straight into the book shop.Just when he was about to ask the boss if he would accept scripts here, he heard a sentence next to his ear——

"Boss, why do you keep these books here and there? Don't you have any new scripts?"

Just outside the bookstore, a handsome young man was frowning and looking at the bookstand in front of him.

The boy was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and he could tell from his clothes that the other party's family background should be good.

As soon as he saw the visitor, the owner of the book store immediately came out to greet him, eagerly with a bit of helplessness, "Master Xu, you have been here four or five times this month. How can the speed of publishing books in our store catch up with your reading speed?" ah."

Hearing this, the boy couldn't help curling his lips: "Cut, it's boring."

"I think the Zhouji Bookstore is much better than yours. Every time I go there, the words at the door of their store are not the same." As he spoke, the young man muttered in a low voice: "I will never come to your place again. .”

Seeing the back of the other party leaving in a huff, the owner of the book shop became anxious: "Hey! Master Xu, Master Xu!"

But no matter how he called, that young master Xu didn't look back.

No way, the boss had to let out a long sigh.Just when he was about to turn around and tidy up the books in the store, he happened to catch a glimpse of Ye Huai who was beside him, so he quickly asked with a smile, "What do you need, sir?"

Hearing this, Ye Huai paused, then curled the corners of his lips and said, "I'm not here to buy books."

Hearing this, the boss's face immediately pulled down.Before he could say anything to drive people away, he listened to the humanity in front of him——

"I don't know if you accept scripts here, boss?"