Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 294 Industry
After giving instructions to everyone, Huang Chengming asked everyone to comb their hair and tidy up their clothes. If the clothes were not clean, they changed their clothes before leaving for Fucheng.

The road on the Fucheng side is much smoother, and the ten-mile road is just a cup of tea.

When everyone was waiting in line to be inspected and released by the officers and soldiers defending the city, a voice rang out from outside the car: "Is the one sitting inside Du Jinning, Young Master Du?"

Before Du Jinning lifted the curtain to look out, Lu Xiaobei, who had just shifted to the front shaft because he was about to lead the way, yelled in surprise: "Master Yao, why are you here?"

At this time Yao Shuqi also saw Du Jinning sitting in the car with the curtain lifted.

He bowed his hands and saluted, and said with a smile on his face: "I know that the young master is coming, I have been waiting at the gate of this city early in the morning."

Du Jinning raised his hand to return the salute, and said with a smile: "It's not that Lu Xiaobei doesn't know the place, why do you need to come here and wait?"

Ever since Yao Shuqi came to Fucheng to open teahouses and bookstores, it was Lu Xiaobei and Wang Lusheng who ran back and forth to pass information to each other.Although it is also possible to communicate through letters in the official post, communication is slow and insecure.When there is something urgent, it is safer to send someone to go there in person.

"That's different. Young Master, this is your first time in Fucheng, so I naturally have to greet you in person." Yao Shuqi said.

Du Jinning pointed to the carriage: "Get in the car, let's go to the city together."

Yao Shuqi hired a mule cart to come here, so he was not polite at this time, he got into the cart and sat opposite Du Jinning.

At this time, the team also checked Du Jinning's car.Knowing that this team was all from Lishui County to participate in the scientific examination, the inspection was relatively lax. The officers and soldiers glanced at the carriage and waved to let them go.

Du Jinning stuck his head out of the car window, bid farewell to Huang Chengming and his party, and the mule cart drove towards the small courtyard under the guidance of Lu Xiaobei.After walking in the city for almost a meal, he stopped in front of a courtyard.

"Young master, tell me to buy two or three suitable small courtyards or shops in this city. The environment of this courtyard is good, and it is close to the government school. I tried the landlord for a long time and paid a high price, so I bought it. Come down." Yao Shuqi got out of the car and pointed to the courtyard.

Du Jinning saw that there was a river behind the small courtyard, and a big banyan tree was planted beside the river bank.There is only one road between the river bank and the entrance of the small courtyard where carriages can be driven, and there are no shops, so the environment is very quiet.

She was a little surprised when she entered the courtyard, looked at Yao Shuqi and said, "Isn't this the courtyard you entered?"

Yao Shuqi smiled and said, "I entered, but there was a large space between the house next door, so the owner built a small courtyard. For this small courtyard, the owner asked for an extra 80 taels of silver. At that time, you called I am the master, I feel that this small courtyard is also worth 80 taels of silver, and the location and environment are rare, and no one like this nearby is for sale, so I decided to buy it."

"This yard is well bought." Du Jinning affirmed Yao Shuqi's approach.

"Let's have a look first before we talk." Yao Shuqi said, leading Du Jinning into the main courtyard.

The main courtyard is not big, with three rooms in the main room and three rooms in the left and right side rooms. The courtyard is about [-] square meters, but it doesn't look cramped.There is also a well in the middle of the yard, and a jujube tree and a pomegranate tree are planted.The small courtyard is located on the west side of the main courtyard, with a smaller area. There are only two rooms facing east and two facing south, and the courtyard in the middle is only about [-] to [-] square meters.On the north side of the small courtyard, a kitchen and a hut are built facing south, and there is a vegetable garden and an open space in front of the kitchen.

A total of 260 taels of silver were spent on this yard.

The house price in Fucheng is higher than that in the county, 260 taels is not too expensive to buy such a house.What's especially rare is that this house is very close to the Fuxue, just turn a corner after walking out of the alley.Even if Du Jinning and Yao Shuqi don't live there, if they rent it out, the rent will not be less.This is similar to the nature of modern school district housing.

What's more, Du Jinning plans to go to the government school to study in the future. It is very convenient to have such a house.

Du Jinning then ordered Lu Xiaobei: "Go to the door and ask Uncle Wang to bring the mule cart in and park it in the open space in front of the kitchen. You will live in the small courtyard for a few days. I will go to the bookstore with Shopkeeper Yao in a while. Take a look at the teahouse, you can put my luggage directly in the inner room of the main courtyard after you move it in. I have my own storage habits for many things, so you don’t need to help me pack them up, you can pack them up yourself when I come back.”

Lu Xiaobei is both a master and a servant, so he can live in the main courtyard or the small courtyard.But men and women are different, so Du Jinning decided to force him and let him live in the small courtyard with Wang Fulai.

Anyway, she saw it just now. The rooms in the small courtyard are as spacious and bright as the main courtyard. The furnishings in the rooms are similar. They are all beds, tables and chairs. The upper room in the main courtyard is just an extra screen. big.The number of rooms is enough, and there is no need for him and Wang Fu to live in the same room, which is not a big deal in terms of accommodation conditions.

"Okay." Lu Xiaobei agreed, turned around and left the courtyard.

Yao Shuqi hurriedly said: "Don't be in a hurry to go to the bookstore and teahouse. Young master, you have come from a long way and have been tired for a day. Why don't you rest early, and it won't be too late to go back tomorrow."

"Tomorrow you have something to do, and I have my own things to do, so let's do it now. Anyway, I'm not tired." Du Jinning said.

She had been in the car all day and just needed to go for a walk.Moreover, Yao Shuqi manages several teahouses and bookstores, so there are many things to do.When she goes there tomorrow, Yao Shuqi will definitely put down what he is doing and stay with her, which will only increase the trouble.Why don't you take advantage of Yao Shuqi's presence and go over to have a look.

Since Du Jinning said so, Yao Shuqi couldn't say anything more, and accompanied Du Jinning out of the courtyard to the bookstore.

The bookstore is just opposite the Fuxue, very close to the courtyard.The two arrived after a short walk.

"Boss, you're here." Seeing the two of them coming in, a waiter greeted Yao Shuqi, but looked at Du Jinning, and bowed to her with a smile.

Yao Shuqi quickly introduced Du Jinning's identity: "This is our boss."

The man had already heard that the owner was coming to Fucheng today, and had already guessed Du Jinning's identity.Hearing this, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Wang Huai greets the young master."

"You don't need to be too polite, you go and do your work, I'll leave after looking at it." Du Jinning said.

Probably because of the government examination, there were a lot of people shopping in the shop, and when Wang Huai greeted her, there were two waves of customers calling him.

Wang Huai pleaded guilty and hurried to fetch things for the guests.

"Go and work too, I'll take a look around." Du Jinning said to Yao Shuqi.

"That's fine, take your time and call me if you need something." Yao Shuqi also went to greet the guests.

Du Jinning walked around the bookstore.

The area of ​​the bookstore is not large, only seventy to eighty square meters in total.On the bookshelf, in addition to the scriptures written by Du Jinning, there are also commonly used books such as Sanbaiqian and Four Books and Five Classics.On the other side, there is a counter dedicated to selling the Four Treasures of the Study.On the three walls of the shop, there are also many literati calligraphy and paintings.Some of these calligraphy and paintings were brought from Lishui County, and some were collected in Fucheng or other counties.Earning some price difference can be regarded as making the best use of the shop.

(End of this chapter)