Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 118

Three days before the exam, Shi Zhongkui stood beside the copybook in the study and practiced calligraphy, while listening to Xue Pan and Jia Lian's report on the restaurant.

Although the restaurant is used to plot against Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen, Shi Zhongkui also understands that if he can't make money, no one will jump into the pit foolishly.

So these days, Jia Lian and Xue Pan were the ones running outside in name, but Shi Zhongkui also put a lot of thought into it.

Now that all the preparations are done, they are waiting for Shi Zhongkui to name the restaurant.

Jia Lian took the rice paper of "Huixian Tower" written by Shi Zhongkui himself, and asked someone to make the plaque urgently, so as not to have to treat guests in other restaurants in case of high school.

But in the end, Jia Lian decided to be on the safe side and rented Jude Building and Guangyuan Building, which are only tens of meters away from Huixian Building, for three days.

No matter how many customers there are, they should be able to sit down.

Three days later, Xue Pan and Jia Lian came to Shi Zhongkui's house again.

When the three of them were drinking tea and chatting in the main hall, Xue Pan felt as if there were nails on the chair, twisting left and right and couldn't sit still.

After a stick of incense, I couldn't help standing up anymore, and muttered, "Why hasn't the person who reported the letter come yet?"

Jia Lian also stood up worryingly and looked at Shi Zhongkui, but Shi Zhongkui smiled and said, "What should be yours is yours, there is no need to worry."

Except that he didn't expect that someone would use him to cheer up Old Concubine Zhen.

After calculating so much, if you still can't get the membership, then you will admit it yourself.

However, Shi Zhongkui often thinks back on his answer sheets these days, and he feels that even if his article does not get the first place, there is no reason to lose it.

With this minimum deadline guaranteed, I feel less uncomfortable.

Compared with Yu Tongfu who came to the door a few days ago and sent him an article written silently, Shi Zhongkui felt that his article was at least one level better than his.

After Yu Tongfu read the article he silently wrote down, he sighed, "Father will be happy after reading this article by my virtuous brother."

Then he pointed to the wooden box on the coffee table beside him and said, "Brother, I don't have much good things for my brother, this set of 32 Hui inks composed of 'Shangyuantu' collection ink is a thank you gift for my brother. "

Shi Zhongkui didn't mean to be polite this time, he reached out to pick up the wooden box and opened it, his expression immediately became surprised and pleasantly surprised.

For top-grade Hui ink, there is a saying that one or two inks are one or two gold.

And ink plates that are processed into various forms, and then engraved with various patterns of collection ink, are really not good things that money can buy.

This thing has risen to the ranks of collectibles and even orphans.

And Yu Tongfu would thank him with a big courtesy, it was nothing more than Shi Zhongkui trying to resolve his nervousness before the exam, and at the same time reminding him the day before the exam.

Since he was studying with Yu Tongfu before the exam, he was also a brother in the same school.

In the future, if they enter the officialdom together, the two will be a natural alliance, and it will be an alliance with a very strong relationship.

Therefore, under the premise of not affecting himself, Shi Zhongkui would of course try to cover up the questions he knew might be asked with more than two dozen other questions.

Tell Yu Tongfu that this is a question he guessed.

If it was changed to a month and a half ago, Yu Tongfu would definitely not care.

But after more than a month of getting along day and night, he really admired, even admired Shi Zhongkui's knowledge.

At the same time, Shi Zhongkui understood the matter of enlightening himself a long time ago.

Although when Shi Zhongkui gave the questions, there was not enough time to do the questions carefully, but there was still time to think about it in his mind.

Moreover, he is also very knowledgeable, and with preparation, his psychological advantage directly offset Yu Tongfu's nervousness in the examination room.

If you are not in a hurry or nervous, you will be able to show your true level, so while Yu Tongfu is confident after finishing the exam, he also feels that if he really fails the exam, he will have no regrets.

That's when I came to thank you personally.

After Yu Honggao and Yu Shi knew that Shi Zhongkui had guessed the test questions and told Yu Tongfu, of course they wanted to thank him.

But if you think about it carefully, Baochai's letter and the decision to welcome the spring were all made by them and Shan Guogong's mansion, so there is no need to deliberately thank Shi Zhongkui.

Shi Zhongkui didn't dare to accept the thank-you gifts from his teacher and his wife, it was just right when Yu Tongfu came to thank him.
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At around 9 o'clock in the morning, there was already a huge crowd of people outside the tribute courtyard, but when countless people watched the chief and deputy examiners walk out of the tribute courtyard together, their expressions looked a little weird.

It is said that the examiner should be happy to post the list in the exam.

After all, according to the rules of the imperial examination, the scholars who passed the examination will have to use him as their teacher in the future.

That is to say, there are [-] new academic candidates as potential help at once, which is a big help for the chief examinee to enter the cabinet.

But the chief examiner was actually sweating in the cold wind of February.

It can be said that the chief examiner and some of the assistant examiners with weird thoughts had wonderful expressions when they saw the seals on the copy papers being opened one by one.

After all calculations, these people never imagined that Shi Zhongkui would change his writing style, and the poems he made could only be regarded as passable at best.

As for the paper that insisted that Qingshan would not let go, they used reasons to place it in the second place with 79.

It is equal to No.2 from the bottom of the second class.

After the news got out, while Fan Dao hated the examiner to death, he also hated Shi Zhongkui.

It's a pity that the examiner didn't have the heart to care about him, all calculations were in vain, and he wanted to die.

At the side stood five assistant examiners admiring Shi Zhongkui. Although they were equally surprised, they burst into smiles when they saw the result.

Everyone is not stupid, knowing that a dozen examiners were all cheated by one Juren.

As for the Juren named Violent Dao, why he could suddenly compose a poem that could be remembered by future generations, everyone could only smile knowingly.

Anyway, as long as Shi Zhongkui and Fan Dao don't know each other about this matter, they haven't seen it.

It's not a relationship between relatives or seniors, so there is no reason to make trouble.

Write down the list of those who have won the test, and send one copy to the palace immediately, and the other to the Longshou Palace.

Only then began to copy the first, second and third lists on the yellow list.

But today's incident will inevitably spread inside and outside the court, and the eyes of more than a dozen assistant examiners looking at the examiner already have a taste of looking at a dead person.

The examiner also knew in his heart that he had offended both forces, and it was the best ending to resign and go home.
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The sound of gongs and drums came from far away, and Xue Pan, Jia Lian and many servants looked happy.

He ran to the gate in a hurry, and soon saw at least 2 to 30 servants wearing government uniforms and red paper hairpin flowers on the brims of their hats blowing down and beating drums to announce the good news.

Moreover, the sound of these gongs and drums also attracted all the households along the street.

Everyone knows that Shi Zhongkui won four yuan in a row. If he wins the yuan again, the whole street will have face.

He was also thinking in his heart that his own children might be able to enjoy Shi Zhongkui's style.

More importantly, once the relationship is good and Shi Zhongkui lives in this street, he may be able to ask him to give advice to his children in the future.

This is four yuan in a row, and this time at least he has passed the test, maybe he will be the leader of five yuan in the test.

Just giving some pointers on how to write articles according to the examiner's preferences is the secret that is worthless.

Therefore, any family with a boy in the family will order people to bring out the prepared wedding candies, pastries, snacks and copper coins this time.

Put it outside the front door of your house and distribute it to the servants who came to announce the good news and the pedestrians who watched the excitement.

The guards and passers-by didn't expect that there would be a surprise, and they kept shouting good things like they didn't want money.

After the master confirmed that Shi Zhongkui had won Huiyuan, he immediately smiled and said that it was for Huiyuan's justice.

Some people quickly understood that there must be an ulterior motive.

After much deliberation, he couldn't help but hope that Shi Zhongkui could look at the face of the neighbors and give advice to the juniors of each family.

For a while, everyone envied the residents of this street.

In the future, when a small official resigned and returned to his hometown, the small houses he entered were sold for 2400 taels.

A full 4% more expensive than the market price.

And all of this is because Shi Zhongkui fulfilled his promise to let Shi Huaiji, the son of Shi Guangzhu from Shanguo Gongfu, come to study, but he couldn't evade Jia Zheng and Jia Lian's intercession, and let Jia Lan also come to study.

After accepting two people, thinking that one or two more would not take much time for me, I simply pointed out and pointed out two children of the same age on this street from time to time.

Of course, Shi Zhongkui would definitely not let these children live in his own home, but even if it is just to assign homework, the act of visiting for advice every 5 days is enough to make countless people envious.

Once one of Shi Huaiji, Jia Lan, and the other two children is selected as a scholar, 100% of the residents on this street will try their best to protect him.

So when they heard that Shi Zhongkui had seized the Hui Yuan again, all the residents in the whole street ran out and went to Shi's house together.
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If it is said that when the township examination won Jieyuan, there were a lot of people who came to announce the good news, then this time when the Huiyuan was taken to announce the good news and watch the excitement, even the two adjacent streets were full of people.

Fortunately, Xue Pan and Jia Lian were well prepared. When Shi Zhongkui came out to salute and thank everyone, they yelled that the Shi family would set up running water mats for three days in Jude Building, Guangyuan Building and Huixian Building.

Every restaurant starts at noon every day, and continuously prepares two hundred tables of 2 taels of silver for each table.

If you go late, you won’t be able to eat, and the money-spreading session to thank you will also be held in Huixian Building.

As soon as they heard that 2 taels of silver was a table, many people thought that this must be all meat dishes.

And thinking of the rumors that Shi's family had directly distributed melon seeds during the township examination, many people immediately shouted auspicious words at Shi Zhongkui noisily.

Then squeezed out and rushed to occupy a place.

The guards who come to announce the good news don't have to worry, just like last time, all the guards who come to announce the good news will have a silver ingot of 50 taels.

With 30 people down, the money alone will cost more than 1000 taels of silver.

Including the banquets and money-sprinkling sessions in the three restaurants, it might be worth 6000 taels of silver.

For a while, countless people envied Shi Zhongkui for his great ability, but also envied him for marrying two good wives.

Shi Zhongkui's mentality is different now.

After winning the club, the champion basically didn't run away.

But it seemed too stupid for him to say that he was rich.

Fortunately, those who are willing to come to congratulate each other either have no hatred, or want to get to know each other better, so no one will find fault at this time.

But jealousy is inevitable.
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At home, I received some fellow imperial examination candidates, scholars, and neighbors from several nearby streets who came to congratulate me, and my smiling face almost cramped.

But he didn't dare to show the slightest perfunctory expression, this is the time when he is proud of himself and others are extremely jealous.

Moreover, when people come to congratulate them, it is unreasonable that since the host is at home, he would turn people away, or behave poorly in hospitality.

Until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the number of people coming to the door gradually decreased.

Sending away a few scholars, did not wait for him to rest for a while.

Jia Lian and Xue Pan hurried over and said, "My dear brother, since the Jude Building and Guangyuan Building have been in business for a long time, nothing has happened.

But our own Huixian Building, because there are too many people who come to congratulate.And the sorbet is so popular that it's a bit overwhelming.

So that it was a bit of a mess inside and out. "

Shi Zhongkui can't do anything about this matter, if he can direct himself, he is confident to coordinate well.

But if you really do that, you will be guaranteed that someone will say that you are disrespectful tomorrow.

However, if something happens to the restaurant, it has nothing to do with me, after all, the nominal owner is the shopkeeper.

The most serious thing is to close the restaurant.

After thinking about it carefully, he asked, "I heard that when the funeral was held in Ningguo Mansion the year before last, elder brother Zhen handled the external affairs, while the second sister-in-law handled the internal affairs?"

"How can this be the same?" Jia Lian quickly shook his head, "For the funeral of Rong's daughter-in-law, your second sister-in-law only needs to sit in the Ningguo Mansion, but how can she go to the restaurant as a woman?"

Shi Zhongkui smiled and said, "Second brother, don't worry, brother is not an impolite person, you just need to assign more servants to the second sister-in-law, so that people can report the matter of the restaurant to Rongguo Mansion.

This is not much different from the second sister-in-law commanding in the restaurant, it is nothing more than a waste of time.

And the food and drink are the same for each table in these three days, the second sister-in-law only needs to assign tasks clearly and determine the rewards and punishments. "

When Jia Lian heard this, she couldn't help but fell silent. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was really the case.

But deep down in his heart, he didn't want Wang Xifeng to interfere with his business outside.

Just about to tell Baochai to come, but seeing Shi Zhongkui looking at him with a smile, he immediately cursed in his heart.

This bastard feels sorry for his wife, but leaves the hard work to his sister-in-law.

And with Wang Xifeng's character, as long as Shi Zhongkui is willing to say something nice and give him a decent gift, he will definitely take over this matter.

Seeing Jia Lian's expression, Shi Zhongkui knew that he would no longer object.

Call Shun'er and ask him to bring four kinds of silk and satin, four kinds of dry goods such as preserved peaches, and four kinds of butter biscuits and pastries.

There are also 50 one or two silver coins engraved with the word "Fu" on the front and a deer on the back, which were sent to Wang Xifeng.

The silver dollar was just made by Shi Zhongkui with his own thoughts in the space.

The source was found by Liu Yu'er in a shipwreck in the canal.

However, if someone sinks a boat, they will definitely hire someone to go into the water to fish it back.

And in order to prevent the sunken ship from blocking the river, even the sunken ship had to be salvaged.

So Liu Yu'er finally found a lot of gold and silver, but the amount was only more than 7000 taels, which relieved the silver shortage.

Shi Zhongkui didn't think about circulating the silver dollars, but only for giving them away, which seemed more sincere and festive.

And for his own marriage, he even made thousands of gold coins with the word "囍" engraved on the front and back.

Seeing this, Jia Lian could only say 'too outlandish' again and again, but there was still a smile on his face.

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