The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 133

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Summer went to autumn, and the next few months were quite peaceful.

Mr. Xu Guan also returned to Suzhou Mansion after taking care of Tan Fang and Wu Cheng's evasion of land tax.

Apart from going to the county school for half a day every day, Xie Shen spent the rest of his time studying the Four Books and Five Classics.

As a traveler, he knows what his weakest link is.Although I got the true biography of several great Confucianists, it is someone else's thing after all, and it is of little use if I don't have my own understanding and summary.

You must know that the township examination is the most difficult of the three majors. It is even more difficult than the general examination, and the admission rate is appallingly low.It would be fine if it was in a province with less intense competition, but Xie Shen is now in the province with the strongest imperial examination, and he is completely in the death group. If he is not careful, he will lose everything.

As for the Tan family and Wu family, I don't know if they got wind of it, but they didn't bother Xie Shen anymore.As for the Sun family, although they were unwilling, seeing Xu Shilang stand up to support Xie Shen, they had to smash their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs.

The bookstore and tea shop managed by Xie's family were booming day by day, Xie Shen sent Chen Hu'er, a young servant newly hired by Congya Branch, to inquire about the leased restaurant.Although the Xie family's business is booming now and they make a small income every day, they are not comparable to those local wealthy families. Even if they want to expand their business scope, they have to do it step by step, and they can't stop at nothing.

In comparison, leasing a restaurant is obviously more cost-effective than buying it. Even if the business is not good and there is a loss, you can sell the restaurant as soon as possible to stop the loss and get back the money.

It is impossible to make money forever in business. If you want to maintain long-term profitability, you must make alternative plans.

With the lessons learned last time, Xie Shen dare not let Shuiyun and Erya show their faces again.There is a saying that if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. God knows whether Tan Fang, who has temporarily died down, will lose her mind and come out to bite people someday.Letting the second daughter stay in the mansion, under the care of the two newly hired nurses, Xie Shen was a little relieved.

Going to school, studying, occasionally writing stereotyped articles, and visiting tea shops and bookstores, Xie Shen's life is plain but fulfilling.

But one day Xie Shen came back from the county school, went to Zuichunlou with Wang Shouwen, Wang Zhang, Xie Pi and others to have a drink, and just sat down when he heard the people at the next table say impassionedly: "This is really amazing. Bullying too much, is it bullying me that there is no one in Yuyao!"

"Brother Zhang, don't get angry. It's just a gathering. Isn't it normal for whoever wins and who loses?"

"Brother Hua said it lightly. This is an elegant fair, but it is a dispute between Yuyao and Fenghua. In a big way, it is a dispute between Shaoxing Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture. I, Yuyao, have always been sitting on the Jiangnan culture. How can I Let a mere student from Ningbo Prefecture steal the limelight."

"In fact, this gathering is not counted. After all, more than half of the scholars from the county school have never participated."

"Brother Hua's words are reasonable. If Xie Shenxie, the head of the Haitang Poetry Club, participated in this gathering, he would definitely not let the leader stand aside!"

Xie Shen was a little surprised to hear that they were talking about him.

"Hey, brother Shenxian, you are really famous now. What can I say, your literary talent is definitely not something in the pool."

Wang Shouwen took a sip of Nurhong and said with a smile.

Xie Shen cupped his hands at Wang Zhang and said, "Isn't this thanks to Brother Zhang, if Brother Zhang didn't rush to tell everyone, I'm afraid I wouldn't be so famous."

What he said was quite helpless.At that time, Xie Shen joined the Begonia Poetry Club and helped Wang Zhang gain the limelight at the Yaojiang Poetry Conference. In return, Wang Zhang agreed to help Xie Shen spread the reputation of his poems throughout the Jiangnan literary circle.

After a few months now, Xie Shen's reputation as a great poet in the poetry circles can't be said to have spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, but he is indeed well-known in this province. Even the scholar circles in the provincial capital Hangzhou know that there is a figure like Yuyao Xie Shen.

You must know that Xie Shen is just a scholar, even a scholar who has won three minor awards in a row is still a scholar.Xie Shen enjoys the reputation that many Juren and Jinshi may not be able to enjoy, and he really has to thank Wang Zhang.

But there are gains and losses in everything.Xie Shen has gained a good reputation, so it is inevitable that he will be picked up by local scholars to comment on it from time to time.

Let's say that the people at the next table had nothing to do with Xie Shen, and they could all blame him.

Alas, it is troublesome to be famous, and there are disadvantages to gaining fame.

"Brother Shen, do you know what they are talking about?"

Xie Pi was quite interested in this matter, and asked in a deep voice.

Xie Shen shook his head and said, "If you don't know clearly, it's better not to worry about it."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

The scholar at the next table heard the conversation here, and immediately got up and looked over.

"Dare to ask your step, but Xie Shenxie is the chief case?"

Xie Shen saw that the person was very unfamiliar, he should not be a student of the county school, so he frowned and said: "It is indeed Xie, I don't know who this brother is."

The scholar in the lake-blue straight gown with half of his arms hanging on his shoulders was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I will not return to Yuyao Tongsheng, I have long admired the famous name of the case!"

Xie Shen broke out in a cold sweat.This person should be in his thirties, how could he be a child.That's all for nothing, judging from the way he talked about it just now, he must have attended some literati gathering.Although there are many examples of late bloomers among scholars, if you are almost 30 years old and even fail the scholar exam, I am afraid that you are not a genius.

It doesn't matter if you're not a genius, but it's your fault if you go out and shame yourself if you're not a genius.

Compared with the scholars in Fenghua County, Ningbo Prefecture, he represents the scholars in Yuyao.

After this collection of essays is over, the scholars of Ningbo Mansion will only brag about how the scholars of Yuyao have a false name, but not how Mr. Zhang has a false name. Doesn't he understand this kind of reasoning?
"Uh, nice to meet, nice to meet."

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling face, even though Xie Shen was slandering Mr. Zhang in his heart, he couldn't say anything wrong about him.After all, the other party is also a scholar. If it is passed on, it will look like the county student is suppressing the old boy.

"It's really hard to find a place to look for. Zhang was just talking about thanking the head of the case, but I didn't expect to meet him here."

This Mr. Zhang was as excited as seeing his relatives, he almost grabbed Xie Shen's hands to greet him.

In previous years, it would not be appropriate to use the word desk head to refer to a student or student.Because there are many county trial case chiefs, government trial case chiefs, and hospital trial case capitals as the case chiefs.

But ever since Xie Shen was born, the head of the desk has been synonymous with him.

After all, in all these years of Yuyao, he is the only one who has managed to win three consecutive dollars.Although it cannot be called a great cause, it is indeed a small achievement.

Mr. Zhang was born. No, Mr. Zhang was so enthusiastic, Xie Shen could only force a smile and said: "Mr. Zhang, if you have anything to say, you can speak up."

(End of this chapter)