Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong quickly welcomed Sun Chengxiu, who seemed to have lost his soul, into the hall and sat down.As soon as he was seated, Sun Chengxiu began to sob. Seeing this, Wu Shigong hurriedly asked Xiuzhu to go out to make tea, and drove Xiuzhu out.After all, for Sun Chengxiu, Xiuzhu is an outsider.It would hurt Sun Chengxiu's face for outsiders to see Sun Chengxiu's gaffe.Wu Shigong squatted down in front of Sun Chengxiu, held Sun Chengxiu's hand tightly with his own hands, expressed his comfort, and waited for Sun Chengxiu to calm down.

After a while.Sun Chengxiu stopped crying, and said to Wu Shigong: "Brother Wu Xian, seeing that you are in good health now, you can feel relieved as a brother, and you have nothing to worry about in the capital." After pondering for a while, he continued with some embarrassment: "Brother is penniless now, and his future is bleak. Today, I have the audacity to go to my virtuous brother to borrow some travel expenses to go back to my hometown."

Wu Shigong hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Sun Chengxiu, and said: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it later, I'll get you the money first."

Wu Shigong walked into his bedroom, and Xiuzhu sat obediently on his little bed.Of course she understood that Wu Shigong asked her to make tea, not really to make tea, but to avoid it.

Wu Shigong asked Xiuzhu, "Master, how much money do I have now?" Wu Shigong doesn't have many monthly records, and they are all kept by Xiuzhu.

"Master, you only have a tael of silver now." Xiuzhu replied.Wu Shigong nodded. In the past, Wu Shigong basically went to buy books for his monthly cases, and there were really not many left.

Wu Shigong then asked Xiu Zhu: "Then how much money did you hide in your private house?"

"What are you doing?" Xiuzhu asked cautiously.

"Master, I need it urgently, take it out quickly."

Reluctantly, Xiuzhu took out a small cloth bag from under her pillow, opened it and asked Wu Shigong, "How much do you want, Master?" Xiuzhu's monthly bills were handed over to her parents. Embroidered bamboo is very reluctant to save what he saved by saving food and money.

"How many do you have?" Wu Shigong's tone became a little impatient.

"It's just over 18 taels." Seeing Wu Shigong's face turned serious, although Xiuzhu was a little bit reluctant, he didn't dare to falsely report the number.

"Give me 15 taels, young master, don't worry! Young master, I will pay you back as soon as I have any silver." Then, regardless of whether Xiu Zhu agreed or not, he took out three small silver ingots of five taels from the small cloth bag in Xiu Zhu's hand, and walked away. out.

Wu Shigong put one silver ingot in his arms, stuffed the other two silver ingots into Sun Chengxiu's hand, and said, "Brother Yao also knows that I don't have a high status in the mansion and I don't have much silver. You can buy these ten taels first." Take it. Don’t mention whether to borrow or not. It’s almost time for lunch. Let’s go! Let’s find a tavern to have a few drinks and have a good chat.” Then, regardless of Sun Chengxiu’s attitude, he couldn’t help but say Pulling him up, the two walked out the door.

The small courtyard where Wu Shigong lived was far from the gate of the Wu Mansion, so the two of them took a shortcut, passed through the residence of the servants, and walked out through the side door where the servants walked.While walking, the two chatted: "Now, where does Brother Yao live?"

"Temporarily borrowed an inn to stay."

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At the gate of the Wu Mansion, there were two people talking about something, one of the big men took out two liang of silver from his arms and stuffed it to the other man who was dressed as a servant of the Wu Mansion, asking some questions non-stop.

The name of this big man is Xue Qiang, and he is one of the guards of Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu.After Xue Lian heard the news that Wu Shigong had been beaten unconscious, he was very angry, but the family background and power of the noble son who injured Wu Shigong was similar to his own, and it was Wu Shigong who made the first move, so he was at a disadvantage logically. So there is no way to retaliate.He could only send one of his personal guards to protect Wu Shigong.In addition, Xue Lian gave Xue Qiang a secret mission, asking him to learn as much as possible about Wu Shigong's character and habits from Wu's residence.

After Xue Qiang was sent out, he was unwilling from the bottom of his heart.At that time, after Xue Lian's arrangement was clarified, none of Xue Lian's guards was willing to work as a nanny with Wu Shigong.Xue Qiang was unlucky, and the lottery fell into this errand.But today, the news that Xue Qiang inquired from the servants of the Wu residence did not have a good word from Wu Shigong.Said that Wu Shigong is a nerd who doesn't understand the world?How can everyone in the Wu family look down on him, and there is some scandal about Wu Shigong.The servant with the big mouth spoke with great interest and froth.

Xue Qiang was even more reluctant after hearing this.Suddenly he remembered that before he set off, one of the bodyguards gave him a bad idea: as long as Wu Shigong was not satisfied with Xue Qiang and drove him away, wouldn't he stop doing this job?When he was thinking about what to do, suddenly, the servant of the Wu residence pointed at the backs of the two people who had already walked to the corner of the street and shouted: "That is the Fourteenth Young Master, hurry up and follow." Xue Qiang immediately put aside the nagging The nagging servant spread his legs and chased after him.

Wu Shigong and Sun Chengxiu didn't notice that someone was chasing them, they turned around the corner and found a tavern.The waiter in the tavern brought them to an empty table and sat down. Wu Shigong proudly took out the silver ingot from his bosom, slapped it heavily on the table, and said to the waiter: "First serve two bottles of wine. The dishes will be arranged for me according to the silver on the table."

Xiao Er's eyes lit up, and a big customer came.After happily responding, I went down to serve dishes.Just as Wu Shigong was about to say something to Sun Chengxiu, a sweaty man rushed in from the door of the tavern. He was out of breath and stared straight at Wu Shigong's table.Wu Shigong was taken aback, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly reacted and quickly stuffed the silver ingot on the table back into his arms.

The big man gasped heavily, and stammered out a few words: "Gu...Guye!"

"Uncle?" Wu Shigong was a little confused by the monk Zhang Er, because this title is still very unfamiliar to him now.He looked at Sun Chengxiu suspiciously and asked, "Did I call you? Are you married?"

Sun Chengxiu was also full of doubts, he was still a "boy chicken" in his thirties.He asked Wu Shigong back with some uncertainty: "Should it be you?"

"Oh!" Wu Shigong responded immediately.It should be someone sent by my future father-in-law.

"Are you from the Xue family? What can you do with me?" Wu Shigong asked the big man.

"The young one's name is Xue Qiang, and he was sent by Lord Hou to protect my uncle." Sure enough.Wu Shigong nodded, and then heard, "Master, you should be more stable at home these two days, don't run around here and there, making it difficult for us servants."

"Huh?" Hearing what Xue Qiang said later, Wu Shigong felt unhappy for a while.When will a slave be able to teach his master a lesson?But thinking about it, it might not be Xue Qiang's own opinion, but his future father-in-law confessed, so he suppressed the anger in his heart, waved to Xue Qiang and said, "Got it, then you wait at the door of the tavern." on."

Seeing Xue Qiang walk out of the tavern, Wu Shigong turned his head to Sun Chengxiu and said mockingly: "You have to bow your head under the eaves!"

Sun Chengxiu smiled, expressing great sympathy and understanding.

"No matter what spoils the fun, Brother Yao, I'll just ask you bluntly, do you still want to continue the scientific research?"

Sun Chengxiu sighed and said, "Of course I want to, but my current situation..." Then he spread his hands in a helpless gesture. <The rural examination took more than half a year, and I gritted my teeth and passed it.Brother, that's all I have now, but as long as I get married in a dozen days, it will be better than now.That is to say, as long as I have a little brother to eat, I will never let brother Yao go hungry.You can take the test with peace of mind.Here, little brother, let me say a lot of crow's mouth, even if it doesn't work this time, I think: Yangwuhou's family will keep you one more Qingke, there will be no problem.When the time comes, I will continue to take part in the next township examination, otherwise, what a pity for brother Yao's talent. "

After hearing Wu Shigong's words, Sun Chengxiu was very excited and was about to stand up and give Wu Shigong a big gift.Wu Shigong quickly got up and pushed Sun Chengxiu back on the chair, and said: "We two brothers are separated. At that time in the Imperial College, your brother Yao also helped me a lot and regarded me as a good friend. Now, brother, I will do what I can. Don't be too polite about it."

Sun Chengxiu trembled her lips, understood that Wu Shigong did not just do what he could do, felt the warmth in his heart, and cupped his hands to Wu Shigong: "I don't say thank you for your kindness, and I don't say much for my brother. "

Xiao Er quickly brought two bottles of wine, and the dishes were also served quickly. In just a short while, the table was full of dishes.There are too many dishes.Wu Shigong hurriedly called Xiaoer to stop, and asked, "How many dishes are there on our table?"

"There are thirty more." Wu Shigong was speechless.With the thinking of modern people, he miscalculated the price of Ming Dynasty silver.He always thinks that a tael of silver is equivalent to 50 to 100 yuan in modern times. If you spend 500 yuan for a drink in a tavern, even if it is more, it will not go there.Unexpectedly, the silver of the Ming Dynasty is indeed relatively valuable.

"Forget the ones that have already been cooked, and return the rest of the dishes." Wu Shigong instructed Xiaoer.

"This?" Xiaoer listened to Wu Shigong's order with a perplexed expression on his face.

To deal with this situation, Wu Shigong has a lot of experience in modern times.

"In this way, for the extra money, I will give you a tip as a tip, and the rest will be charged to the account. How about asking the gentleman opposite to pick up the food in the future?"

"Success." Xiaoer answered very simply with a smile on his face. He can get so many tips, so why not be dissatisfied?

Sun Chengxiu has already received too many favors from Wu Shigong today, and it doesn't matter if there is one more, so he accepted it calmly.When Xiao Er left, Sun Chengxiu asked Wu Shigong curiously: "Your brother was a bit taciturn before, but today you really make me look a little different?"

Finally, someone noticed that his personality was a little different from before.Instead, it was embroidered bamboo, because the two of them talked together every day, and embroidered bamboo didn't have any special feeling.Wu Shigong also didn't take Sun Chengxiu's question seriously, and said with a smile: "This time, my little brother was kicked on the head, and he was kicked awake. What's the point when I feel that I was holding on to the hard days before? It's still safe and sound." Get married and live a rich life."

"In addition, little brother, I have an experience this time. As for that person, there are three types of points. The first type is raised with a golden key in his mouth, and he will live a prosperous life. Our two brothers do not have such a good life; the second type is Born in a poor family, they lived in poverty. Our two brothers’ lives were not so bad. The third kind is a balance between good and bad, which is the golden mean we have learned. This is the life of our two brothers. The first half of life was good, Then the second half of my life will be bad. If the first half of my life is bad, then the second half of my life will be good. For example, I had a bad life in the Wu Mansion, but after I got married, I went to the Xue Mansion to enjoy a rich life. Brother Yao, you What? Although it seems like bad luck now, but in the future, it will definitely walk on the golden road."

Sun Chengxiu nodded after hearing this, and felt very warm in her heart for the comfort of her friend.So, the two drank happily, and Sun Chengxiu, who let go of his worries, was a little indulgent and got himself drunk.