Scholar and old attack

This happened to give Xu Shuizhou the opportunity to catch Matchmaker Qian and beat her hard. It's okay to bully him, but you can't bully his family, A Yuan!

"You, you hit me, be careful that all relatives in your family will not be able to marry a wife." Qian Matchmaker endured the pain and looked at Xu Shuizhou with a vicious expression.

Xu Shuizhou sneered, "At your level, who would care about it? Without your money, the matchmaker wouldn't be able to get married?"

Ren Quan looked at the people lying on the ground, then looked down at the clothes on his body, a ball of white powder was smeared on his chest, and suddenly became furious, "My daughter-in-law just made the clothes for me, if they get dirty, I will suffer them when I go back." punished."

"You have to pay for my clothes." Ren Quan kicked the person on the ground, just stretched out his feet, and remembered that his shoes were also made by his wife...

"Throw it out, find the money on his body and pay it to my uncle." Jiang Jingyuan held his nose and directed the two guys in the bookstore.

The two guys quickly searched Qian Matchmaker for a while, and found out the two taels of silver she had on her, and handed it to Ren Quan.

Ren Quan took a piece of paper and wrapped it in disgust, carefully placed it in his arms, ignoring Matchmaker Qian's wailing, the money had to be handed over to his daughter-in-law.

The flower matchmaker was thrown out, and the bookstore suddenly became quiet, and even the smell of the air was not as pungent as before.

"Mr. Uncle, why don't you go wash it, so you don't have to face the wall again when you go home." Xu Shuizhou was very embarrassed, and he didn't expect that Ren Quan would come in from the outside at this time, soiling his clothes for no reason.

You must know that my aunt is in control of my uncle. Without my aunt's approval, if I smell a drop of alcohol when I go home, I will be punished.

Seriously, the uncle was not allowed to have sex for three days, so the uncle planned to dig a tunnel in his room, and sneaked in when the aunt fell asleep.

Ren Quan stiffened his neck and refused to admit that he was afraid of his daughter-in-law. "You don't need to wash it, just a little makeup, and your aunt dares to ask me for it."

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou smiled lowly, they were very face-saving and had no way to expose him.

I don't know who hugged my aunt's thigh two days ago, cried, made trouble, hanged herself and wanted to enter the house.

"By the way, I'm here today to tell you two things." Ren Quan frowned and changed the topic.

"Uncle, please tell me." Jiang Jingyuan held back his smile and poured Ren Quan a cup of herbal tea with trembling hands.

Ren Quan took the teacup, took a sip, and looked at Jiang Jingyuan with some hesitation, "Speaking of which, it's still your fault."

"Oh." Jiang Jingyuan lifted his robe and sat down, becoming interested.

"It's not because of your exemption from labor. The court wants money from top to bottom, but the corruption of the court is not a good thing. How can you get it?"

Ren Quan casually drank tea and ate peanuts on the table, and continued, "It's good for you to replace taxes with work, but you just want the court to pay, but the way you collected the money earlier was too beautiful, so that the court paid for it. I also learned a lot from it."

Jiang Jingyuan frowned slightly, and spoke carefully, "Could it be that the imperial court is also planning to speak to the people."

He had no choice but to speak to the people at the beginning, and the imperial court ordered him to do so, so he put the cart before the horse.

Ren Quan skillfully plucked the peanuts, shook his head and said, "That's not true, the imperial court must be embarrassed to speak to the common people. This has just won a little popular support, and it will destroy the popular support all of a sudden."

"That's going to attack the merchant." Jiang Jingyuan calmly picked up his teacup and raised his eyelids slightly.

"No, you said that the imperial court is really interesting. Merchants are asked to pay money to buy imperial examination places. Merchants are not allowed to take imperial examinations. After so many years, merchants basically marry women to scholar-bureaucrats as wives and concubines. This is the first time I heard that they can buy Quota."

Ren Quan sighed a little as he spoke, and he didn't know who came up with this trick, it was really Gao.

Jiang Jingyuan shook his hand holding the teacup calmly just now, maybe it wasn't his master who did it. The collusion between government and businessmen has been going on for many years, and the intertwined interest relationship is too deep, and it won't be able to fall apart in a short while.

But disintegration is actually easy. The collusion between officials and businessmen depends on the unequal status. The lower party is dominated by the higher party. As long as the lower party is given a chance, someone who can sit on an equal footing with the higher party Chances are, those businessmen have to go crazy and pay.

After all, no one likes to be squeezed, no one wants a chance to get ahead, especially the rich, they don't want to be underserved by others, but scholars, farmers, businessmen and businessmen are the lowest, so they have to bow their heads.

On the other hand, this method does not harm the interests of being an official. There are imperial examinations every year, and whether you can pass the exam is still the same thing. At that time, the money is paid, and it is not a matter of the court whether to give it or not.

It's not that the merchants didn't think that the imperial court would kill donkeys, but it was a hope after all. If their son was able to get a good name in the exam, he wouldn't have to look at other people's eyes, wouldn't he?

Furthermore, even if the imperial court did not give it to him, it is not impossible to get some money out of the relationship.

"Well, I'm thinking now whether I should pay 100 taels of silver or 1000 taels of silver. In case your aunt gives birth to seventeen or eight children, all of them will go to school. What if the quota is not enough?" Ren Tsuen became serious and worried.

Jiang Jingyuan almost spit out the tea in his mouth, did he think Mu Junxi was a sow?Also ten or eight.

"A quota of 100 taels?" But he was really willing to do it, because the court could not make a lot of money just by relying on this wave.

"No, this is still premium. There is no crime in the family. There is only 100 taels. If there is any criminal evidence before, I don't know how many times the money will be multiplied." Although Ren Quan's family was born as a robber , but this birth has long been whitewashed by Ren Che.

Seeing Jiang Jingyuan's face, County Magistrate Zhang didn't dare not cancel the file for Ren's family.

"Just pay one or two hundred silver. I don't think this matter is over, and the fun is yet to come." Jiang Jingyuan tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously.

The pleasant sound of dong dong dong resounded on the table, and the well-defined, slender and white hands were also pleasing to the eye.

From Jiang Jingyuan's actions, Ren Quan could see some tricks, he just nodded slightly, and didn't ask any more questions, he was very clear when he came out, and if he shouldn't ask, don't ask.

"One more thing, someone from your aunt's family sent someone to tell him that since he is a caring person, the Mu family will treat him as if there is no such person, and he is just a concubine who gave birth to a child. Your aunt has closed the door for the past two days. Come to secretly wipe your tears."

Ren Quan was not as casual as before when he talked about this matter, his face was full of sadness, he had never seen such a weak side of Mu Junxi.

He is a strong brother, and he hides and cries even when he cries, without telling him to see him, but after he cries, the corners of his eyes are always red, how could he not notice it.

"Is someone from the Mu family coming? That's right, this matter is such a big deal, no matter how slow the Mu family is, they should have heard the news." Mu Junxi was driven in a sedan chair at the beginning, but the Mu family really didn't dare to do this. agree.

Even if it was a concubine who gave birth to a child, he was also a descendant of their Mu family, so if he said no, he would not?

"I've asked someone about it. Your aunt's father passed away early. This Phoenix Tower is your aunt's father's only dowry. He wanted to rely on the Phoenix Tower to turn around when he went out this time, but he didn't expect to meet him. I."

Ren Quan sighed as he spoke. If he hadn't sent someone to inquire, he would have thought that Mu Junxi had been pampered all along. It turned out that those who came from a wealthy family also had tears of bitterness.

"So my uncle is going to find a place for my aunt." Jiang Jingyuan could tell that Ren Quan was here to complain for his aunt.

Xu Shuizhou shook his head helplessly, "How can the Mu family find a place for a big business, and besides, the Mu family has been kind to my aunt for so many years, how can I get it back?"

"I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask how to make people happy. You also know that I can't make people happy." Ren Quan blushed as he spoke. Night is always Fu Lang's initiative, not to mention making people happy.

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou looked at each other. It's really hard to say this kind of thing. Every couple has their own way of getting along. If you intervene rashly, you may be self-defeating.

"Why don't you give in to my little aunt recently, follow him in everything, try not to make him angry, and you'd better satisfy him with whatever he wants to eat and buy." Xu Shuizhou tilted his head and thought for a while and said, Anyway, he felt that if Jiang Jingyuan did this, he would definitely be overwhelmed.

"Actually, you don't need to do anything." Jiang Jingyuan objected, "Auntie is not a weak person, he doesn't need other people's sympathy, and he doesn't need others' pity, you just have to pretend that nothing happened and give him the last Decent, he will be able to recollect it by himself in two days."

Although buying things is indeed very effective, but Mu Junxi is a strong person, and he hopes that someone can give him dignity rather than others sympathizing with him.

"Then I know." Ren Quan pondered for a while, understood what Jiang Jingyuan meant, and got up to thank him.

"Actually, the Mu family doesn't want to recognize Auntie or look down on you, Uncle. If Uncle's family has a great career today, even if the Mu family's sons and daughters elope with you, the Mu family won't say a word."

Jiang Jingyuan reminded again that the most indispensable thing in this world is people who step on the high and flatter the low. Only when you are strong, no one can bully you.

Ren Quan's breath stagnates slightly, of course he understands this truth, but when he was young, he never thought that he would marry a brother from everyone's children, otherwise he would not be so passive.

"Give me another year, and next year I will ask Mu's family to lick their faces and recognize Xiaoxi." Ren Quan clenched his fists heavily. He is a man. He watched his wife secretly close the door and cry. This is really embarrassing.

Jiang Jingyuan watched Ren Quan walk out of the bookstore in a daze, this man who became a family is indeed different, the former brother-in-law would not have such bold words.

Since getting married, he seems to be a different person. He never goes out with his gang of gangsters anymore, and spends money in moderation. Of course, this is inseparable from my aunt's discipline.

But anyway, it is progressing in a good direction, right?

After Ren Quan left, Xu Shuizhou blinked his long eyelashes, and stared at Jiang Jingyuan with eyes as dark as jewels.

"Look at what I do." Jiang Jingyuan felt a little uncomfortable, Ah Zhou probably wanted him to learn from his uncle, didn't he just secretly closed the door to learn for a while a few days ago.

"A Yuan, I think you can really be a matchmaker if you don't pass the Jinshi exam. Recently, I have seen something wrong with Fang Xinli and Wei Liangjun. If I think about it, if we change careers and become matchmakers, we will definitely have a prosperous business."

Xu Shuizhou really felt that Jiang Jingyuan had the physique of a matchmaker, as if no matter how difficult someone was to deal with, if he came together, he would always meet the right person.

"Don't talk nonsense, what does Xinli and Liangjun have to do with me since they were childhood sweethearts?" Jiang Jingyuan frowned, and tapped Xu Shuizhou's forehead with the pulp of his index finger.

"Anyway, I just think it has something to do with you. The two of them were still fighting each other before they met you." Xu Shuizhou puffed up his cheeks with a determined expression on his face.

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Time passed quickly. At the end of November, the weather began to turn cold rapidly. Xu Shuizhou didn't know what happened in the past two days. He got up every morning and retched, as if he had eaten his stomach badly.

"Could it be that she's pregnant?" He Yuzhu felt sorry for his son, and when he saw his vomiting, he muttered suspiciously.

Xu Shuizhou's eyes were still full of tears when he vomited just now, and his face was negative, "Impossible, I went to the county for an examination before, and the doctor said that there is some gastrointestinal disturbance, and it is impossible to conceive. My body needs to be nourished. Before It’s a huge deficit.”

"It may be that the weather has been too cold recently, and I feel a little unwell, and it may not be as cold as this year in previous years." Xu Shuizhou let out a sigh of relief while speaking.

The winter in the south has always been relatively warm. This year, for some reason, it started to get cold early.

"I'm going to find the master to mend a floor cage at home today." Jiang Jingyuan wiped the drool from the corner of Xu Shuizhou's mouth with a handkerchief distressedly.

"No need, someone in the south has a ground cage, it's not a joke for others." Xu Shuizhou disagreed, no one in Datong had a ground cage at home, and rich people bought silver charcoal to burn. Only the North does this.

"Using carbon is not good for the body. It is easy to be poisoned by coal. It is better to build a cage to be safe. What are you afraid of making jokes? I am afraid that others will make fun of me in this life."

Jiang Jingyuan held Xu Shuizhou's cold little hand, and frowned in distress, "Besides, when I read and write at home, I also feel that my hands and feet are too cold to use. It's too cold, and even the ink is easy to freeze."

What Jiang Jingyuan said was a little exaggerated, how could Mo freeze so easily, he just knew in his heart that if he didn't say something serious, Xu Shuizhou would definitely stop it.

Silly husband, all his heart is on himself, he really hasn't thought about himself at all, and he doesn't know what he wants to marry him.

Sure enough, when Xu Shuizhou heard that Jiang Jingyuan was delayed in reading and writing, he immediately shut his mouth. Next August will be the township examination.

Whether you can be admitted to Juren depends on this move. The time is still very rich, but in fact it passed in a blink of an eye.

Recently, Jiang Jingyuan spends his days reading and writing in the study. From morning to night, he only comes out to eat and go to the toilet. It is really hard work.

"Okay, I'll go find it, so I won't delay A Yuan's study time." Xu Shuizhou didn't want to waste Jiang Jingyuan's precious time, so he planned to find it himself.

It is not so easy to find this ground cage master. At least in Wutong County, I have never heard of anyone who knows this craft. If you can't find it for a few days, it will delay A Yuan even more.

"Neither of you are allowed to go out, I'll go find it." Chen Xiuxiu saw Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou pushing back and forth, slapped the table, and said angrily.

After thinking about it, Xu Shuizhou nodded and agreed. He has to go to the field to watch the fish collection today.

Not to mention that raising fish in the paddy field is really a good way. The clear water fish are well-fed, and the smallest one looks like it weighs two catties, so it took a while.

The taste is the same as that salvaged from the Qingshui River, there is no difference.

It was just right to sell it to the Phoenix Tower for seven cents a catty. Not only did it not lose money, but it also made a lot of money. The money invested in the beginning was finally paid back.

It also made him feel a little more relaxed. Back then, people in the whole village were spreading the word that he was crazy and didn't treat money as money.

Now I can finally feel proud.

Even Tan Jingyuan heard the news and came to watch the fun. He earned a lot of money writing scripts this year, bought a house, and set up some paddy fields. He was thinking of ways to generate income for his family.

Sure enough, as soon as the fish carriage from Phoenix Tower arrived, Tan Jingyuan also followed.

"Xiao Zhou, let me see how your fish grows." The curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing a snow-white and smooth face.

Just as Xu Shuizhou put on a smiling face, he stepped down in an instant. If there were no Tan Jingyuan or Lin Xuesong today, he would definitely be very happy.

However, precautions were taken so that these two people got together, he wanted to find a piece of tofu to kill him.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect you, Xuesong, to be interested in our farm." Xu Shuizhou forced a smile and greeted him to hide his embarrassment.

Fortunately, Lin Xuesong is a child without a heart, and he can't see Xu Shuizhou's smile at all, and he replied cheerfully, "I am tired of playing the whole Wutong County, and my father is urging me to go home for the New Year. If I want to go, I’ve never been to your farm, so let’s take a look.”

When Xu Shuizhou heard that Lin Xuesong was going home, he was overjoyed that he could finally send this old man away.

"Who is this?" Lin Xuesong asked, pointing at Tan Jingyuan.

Xu Shuizhou's heart rose again before comforting him.

"This is my friend. His family just bought a paddy field and he came to learn how to raise rice and fish from me. His name is Tan Jingyuan, you can call him whatever you want." Xu Shuizhou explained with an embarrassed smile.

Pointing to Lin Xuesong again, he said, "This is the Lin Xuesong I told you about before, Mr. Lin."

Xu Shuizhou bit the word Lin Xuesong very tightly, hoping that Tan Jingyuan would be smarter and understand what he meant.

Of course Tan Jingyuan was not a fool, Xu Shuizhou had been nagging in his ear every day that a rich man named Lin Xuesong was inquiring about his whereabouts and was going to beat him up and make him hide as far away as possible.

He took his younger sisters back to the countryside to live for a period of time. The paddy fields he just bought needed to be taken care of, so he just avoided them. He didn't expect to meet them again today.

"Oh." After listening to Xu Shuizhou's introduction, Lin Xuesong didn't become suspicious. He just glanced at Tan Jingyuan lightly, and said to himself, "This man looks pretty good, but he's a bit shabby, and the clothes he's wearing outside are brand new. , but a lot of patches have been made inside, even the shoes have been patched, and the stubble has not been scraped clean."

Tan Jingyuan's first impression of Lin Xuesong was nobleness, wearing snow-white silk clothes, a snow fox open shoulder, a jade card on the palm of the neck, a jade crown on the head, and even the feet under the feet. The shoes feel fine.

The whole person is so noble that he really wants to rob him.

Especially thinking that this is his book fan, I can't help but sigh in my heart. These days, people who read books make more money than those who write books, so move away the eyes that are about to go blind.

"Ahem, my friend's family is a little poor, Xuesong, don't be as knowledgeable as him." Xu Shuizhou looked at Tan Jingyuan with eyes that almost swallowed Lin Xuesong, and explained kindly.

"Are you short of money? Would you like me to give you 100 taels?" Lin Xuesong asked casually. Anyway, to him, this amount of money is just a pair of shoes. .

"Well, I can earn money by myself. Even though I live in a poorer life, I can still support my family." Tan Jingyuan, who is a money-scattering boy with a head of black money, can only open his mouth for 100 taels.

"Oh, anyway, it's just money for a pair of shoes. It's weird for you to say that." Lin Xuesong looked at Tan Jingyuan very strangely.

It's normal for friends to send things to each other. He didn't bring any gifts when he went out this year, but he brought a lot of money. He can give Tan Jingyuan 100 taels of silver, and then Tan Jingyuan can also give gifts back in the future. Once they come and go, they can be good friends.

"...?" Feeling 100 taels is just a pair of shoes, no wonder he just felt that the pair of shoes under Lin Xuesong's feet were expensive, so they were so valuable.

Tan Jingyuan moved his gaze to Lin Xuesong's feet as he thought about it.

Lin Xuesong saw Tan Jingyuan staring straight at his shoes, and showed a nice smile, "These are shoes shipped from the capital, the uppers are made of silkworms, and the patterns are cloud bones embroidered with gold silk." Son, the rabbit fur stuffed inside the shoes, it’s still a bit hot to wear this day.”

Tan Jingyuan's poor heart was riddled with holes by Lin Xuesong. It was poverty that limited his imagination. Can shoes be embroidered with gold?

"If you like it, you can tell me the size. Later, I will ask them to go to this store to make another pair for you. It will not cost you any money." Lin Xuesong smiled lightly. He is petite, even bigger than Xu Shuizhou. Get shorter, and when he speaks, the hot air blows directly to Tan Jingyuan's neck.

"No, I don't like such unrealistic things." Tan Jingyuan waved his hands again and again, not receiving rewards for nothing, and he and Lin Xuesong were not good enough to trust each other's gifts.

"It's very practical, and it's very warm to wear in winter." Lin Xuesong asked with a puzzled frown.

"..." Don't talk to me, a poor man.

Xu Shuizhou silently lit a candle for Tan Jingyuan, and went fishing in the field with someone, and asked the two of them to chat first. As long as Tan Jingyuan didn't reveal his pseudonym Huang Liang, the two should get along peacefully.

The Fenghuang Tower has already made an appointment with Xu Shuizhou, ordering [-] catties of fish every five days, which can be scheduled until the beginning of spring, and people will start fishing after the beginning of spring.

In fact, this little fish can’t last a day, and the supply is in short supply. However, there are really few fish in clear water in winter, so let’s have fun secretly.

The fifty catties of fish were quickly salvaged, and the carriage from the Phoenix Tower was asked to drive back first, and then come to pick up Lin Xuesong later.

When fishing just now, a group of villagers stood beside the ridge of the field and were gesticulating and muttering. Xu Shuizhou didn't drive them away and let them watch.

Seeing that Xu Shuizhou was in a good mood today, some courageous people stepped forward and asked, "Jiang Xiucai's husband, your fish was sold to Phoenix Tower, how much did you pay for it?"

Xu Shuizhou was not annoyed either, and replied with a smile, "In winter, the charge is fifteen Wen a catty, which is five Wen more than usual."

This was the original price set by the Phoenix Tower, but now the two families have become a family, and the aunt let them go there for free for three days. Xu Shuizhou really couldn't accept the original price, so he gave seven cents Jin, the foreign price is different again.

"Hey, I didn't expect that fish farming in this rice field can really be successful. The [-] acres of fish can make a lot of money, why don't you catch some fish fry and throw them in the field to raise them in time for the spring."

Everyone was chattering and had no idea, and they were afraid that Jiang Jingyuan's fortune would be robbed. Jiang Jingyuan would come to the door and asked carefully, "Mr. Jiang, can we also raise your fish?"

"Okay, you aunts, you can raise them if you want. The Phoenix Tower hopes that everyone can raise them, and their business will be good." Xu Shuizhou nodded with a smile, "If you don't understand, you can also ask the Ankang brothers, they have always been Watched for me."

Everyone began to beam with joy, and praised Xu Shuizhou for being a good man, and he did not forget his clansmen even when he became rich.

Xu Shuizhou walked away after listening for a while. He didn't forget that there was Lin Xuesong, the young master who wanted to beat someone, but as soon as he came over, he heard Lin Xuesong asking Tan Jingyuan, "You are so familiar with Xiaozhou and the others, you should know that Where is the book writer named Huang Liang, I can give you a lot of money, can you tell me where he is?"

Xu Shuizhou's feet almost slipped, and just about to interrupt their conversation, a nausea surged in his stomach, and he squatted on the edge of the field and retched.

The author has something to say: I wish you all peace, we also have a typhoon, so scary.