Shanglin Night Snow

Guo Kai's thoughts moved.

The man was still talking eloquently: "You and I met half a month ago when the Chen's Cheese Shop opened. At that time, we lined up together, and you stopped midway to respect me and I still took your place. When we broke up, we said yes, and we will wait like this next time." New things, we must go together, but you don’t remember?”

"What's new?" Guo Kai pondered, his gaze shifted from the fish he was carrying in his left hand to the pork leg in his right hand, the mist in his chest gradually dissipated, and he raised his hand to touch his face, which was not unique in the world— Therefore, I often encounter embarrassment, but today, or because of the sudden change of the situation, I am not as embarrassing as in the past.Even if you want to get drunk, it's better to make the mistake: this Xun Miao looks dull, but he is still funny. After a long afternoon, let him be an accompanying guest, laughing and amusing at the wine table, and the time is easy to pass.

After making up his mind, he laughed along with him: "Then where did you go to try something new today, but you didn't call me?"

The person opposite shook his head, shaking the pork leg and herring in his hand and laughed: "I didn't go to try something new, but went to the market for a leisurely stroll. I saw that no one cared about this fish and meat until noon, and they were selling at a low price, so I went to buy it at a low price. Buy it back and eat it slowly.”

Yuan is also a greedy person who is not afraid of choking!It's no wonder that he hit it off with his younger brother who has always been greedy in eating.Guo Kai became more and more determined in his heart, so he was too lazy to spend much time talking with him, and immediately invited him directly.As expected, the man just made a gesture of refusal, and then agreed.Because they were looking for a restaurant, they had a drink and chatted.

Xun Miao was overwhelmed with alcohol, and after a few cups, he talked a lot, and what he said was trivial. He was poor since he was a child, and he managed to save some money, so he waited until he returned home to marry a wife and have children.For Guo Xie, he was like the wind passing through his ears, and he just dealt with it at will-but at this moment, it is better to have a noise in his ears than to be silent.

After drinking like this until Shenshi, the two of them broke up.

After leaving the hotel, Guo Kai felt his head was a little heavy, but his steps were brisk, and most of his worries dissipated.Walking a few steps, I don't know why, I suddenly feel stepping on the ground under my feet, I looked up wonderingly, and saw Xun Miao's figure in front of me had fallen sideways-it was a fall!He sneered, shook his head and sighed: Huangkou Xiaoer is useless, he has been talking for a long time before going back to dry meat and salted fish, so he dare not drink too much, but just three cups and two cups are still like this, if I were myself, I would die of embarrassment.

Full of disdain, he wanted to step forward to help, but the strange thing was that no matter how hard he walked, he was still unable to get close to the predecessor, and even seemed to be getting further and further away... until, the arms were crossed by the hands stretched out around him, The body "falls sideways" like the figure in front of him, and there is no emptiness under his feet. From the hissing voice beside his ear, he finally found a trace of clarity: If it weren't for this moment, everyone in the world had changed their habits and changed to lying down and running rampant. Just now - he fell down.

Of course, I can't remember what happened after that.

As soon as I woke up, it was already the second day, and the sun was rising three poles.

Although Guo Kai doesn't know how he got home yesterday, it's not difficult to guess: but with the usual face of "Second Shopkeeper", there are no lack of acquaintances all over the street.In this way, but look at it a little bit, it is not a bad thing at all to have a twin brother who is always swaying and making people feel sick.

My head still hurts a bit, I get up and ask someone to pour cold water on my face, and I feel refreshed immediately.The little boy brought breakfast, and Guo Kai had just sat down when he heard the wind blowing by his ears, and when he looked up, he saw a white shadow flashing through the door.

With a "boom", a huge object fell on the table, shaking all the dishes on the table.

Guo Kai raised his eyes, and saw that it was a leg of lamb (1), which weighed five or six catties. It looked fat and thin, with shiny muscles, even red and white, and even the fine down on the skin stood up arrogantly!It must be killed early in the morning, so it is fresh.

Putting down the porridge bowl he had just started, Guo Kai rubbed the tip of his nose with the back of his hand, and looked at the person who came by: "What is it? The cosmetic shop is down, and they sell meat instead?"

The face that was almost identical to his twitched slightly, the corners of the mouth trembled a few times, and he twisted the corner of his clothes and said, "You... Did you drink with a man named Xun Miao yesterday under my name?"

Guo Kai stared, the man turned pale as if he had seen a ghost, took two steps back, took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead and nose, and said softly like a gnat, "You, how could you..."

"What about me?" Guo Kai said coldly, "I just met him in the market yesterday, and he mistook someone with his blind eyes. What does it have to do with me?"

"Even so..." Guo Jian wrung the silk handkerchief and sighed coyly: "You can't make promises to him lightly!"

"What promise?" Guo Kai was also confused when he heard the words, "I just chatted with him at the wine table, what can I promise him?"

Carefully raising his eyes, Guo Jian looked dubious: "You...have never promised to make a marriage for him?"

"Climbing?" Guo Kai was taken aback, saying that... but he vaguely remembered that the person had mentioned that "they are old and weak and still unmarried". It is not impossible for him to respond casually when he is drunk...

Guo Jian is timid but not stupid. Looking at his face, he already guessed the reason. Before he could refute, he gritted his teeth, raised his chest and raised his waist, his tongue was as bright as a lotus, and his words were secretive, leaving no one else to intervene Interval: "He sent this thing early this morning. The way is to thank you for the kindness of the thread first, and I hope you will keep your promise and climb the door for him as a good kiss!" He raised his hand and "slapped" Zhang Hongjian on the lamb leg. He said, "This is the horoscope of his birthday. I told him that you were the one who drank with him yesterday, so I passed this on. Brother, you happen to be fine these days, so let's take care of him." The voice changed, "Entrusted , the matter of loyalty, big brother, please do it yourself, I will go back to the shop first."

The wind blew past his ears, and when Guo Kai raised his head, only the heavy leg of lamb remained in front of him.The still bristling fluff and the red paper made his eyes hurt.

Fanwaiyi

It's strange to say that Mrs. He, who was born in a small businessman's family, is obsessed with official career.Back then, although his Guo family was poor, there was a scholar, Guo Kai's father, Guo Yuanwai (the fashion is Guo Juzi) (1). Looking forward to his title on the gold list, he returned to his hometown to marry himself.But I don't want to, there will be no news for several years after his departure. When we meet again, Guo Juzi has become Guo's shopkeeper!

Full of pain, but nothing is done, He has no choice but to resign and marry.As for the failure of the ranking, I only thought that he had little knowledge and lack of talent, and this was really something I couldn't force, so I let it go.However, there was a turmoil on the ground. Once shopkeeper Guo was drunk and uttered the truth, telling the truth about his failure that year, He was so angry that he became seriously ill.

It turned out that when Guo Juzi arrived in the capital, there was still a few days before the exam, and because of financial constraints, he occasionally ran errands for other juzi to earn some hard-earned money to support his expenses in Beijing.After a while, he discovered that the candidates were keen to inquire about all the news related to the provincial examination, ranging from the likes and dislikes of the examiners, the environment of the examination hall, to the quiet and comfortable Jingshi Hotel, which is suitable for the candidates to live in for the examination. What's more, compare the major restaurants and hotels in the capital one by one to find out the hotel that has welcomed the most winners in the past, so as to feel happy.

Guo Juzi collected a lot of information by himself because he spent a long time inquiring for others, and immediately had an idea to compile these into a book and sell them to Juzi who were not familiar with Fang Lijing's place of life.Money was easy to come by, Guo Juzi was encouraged by this, and he ran around more hard to find out, and when he returned to the hotel, he compiled it overnight. A new edition of the booklet was published every three or two days, and the closer the exam was, the faster the booklet sold.However, Guo Juzi wasted time in editing and transcribing every day. Day after day, he almost forgot his purpose of coming to Beijing.On the day of the provincial examination, he fell asleep in the examination room due to exhaustion from running around for days, and eventually lost his reputation.

Fame has become a shadow, but as the saying goes, fortune and misfortune depend on each other. After a few months in Beijing, he has already obtained a way to make money. "Minutes" has become a must-read for all previous candidates entering Beijing for the exam!Then strike while the iron is hot, and there is a steady stream of "Yanjing Scenery" describing the customs and scenery of the capital, "Huajian Ji" which collects rumors in the market, and "Yafeng Ji" which describes the life of celebrities and officials, etc. The sales are very good. A lot of capital.Not long after that, the building trend rose in central Beijing, and the rich and nobles built or renovated their gardens and pavilions one after another, and many folks followed suit.Smelling business opportunities, shopkeeper Guo immediately switched to the timber industry, and he benefited a lot.The capital accumulated day by day, and he successively opened restaurants, cloth houses, etc., and finally became a big business in the capital within ten years, and "Guo shopkeeper" also transformed into "Guo Yuanwai".Up to now, everywhere in Yanjing, there is a shop surnamed Guo every hundred feet away, which can be called a real rich man!

It's just that no amount of money can cure the "lack" disease in He's heart. For his original intention, he forwarded his long-cherished wish to his twins, Guo Kai and Guo Jian. Inviting a famous teacher to teach him, he hoped that his brother would one day be named on the gold list and become an official, so as to make up for the regret of being his father back then.But it is a pity that God did not fulfill his wishes. The eldest son Guo Kai was naughty since he was a child, and his kung fu was better than poetry. The youngest son Guo Jian was even more incompetent. Eloquent and eloquent, he hated He Shi to send out all the two or three little maidservants left in the family (even the monster cat in the backyard was not spared, so they sent them away together), but it didn't work at all. , as the years get older, Guo Jian's popularity will only increase, but what is the truth?

Fortunately, Mrs. He is flexible, so now that the matter has come to an end, he turned his attention back to his eldest son: Since the literary test was hopeless, he switched to martial arts!The Daxi Dynasty emphasized culture and suppressed military affairs. Although the status and prospects of military commanders were not as good as those of civil servants, if they succeeded, they would leave business and become officials at any rate, which was considered a comfort.It was also Huang Tian who paid off, Guo Kai, who had been trained by countless famous teachers, won the first place in the martial arts examination at the age of seventeen, and entered the official career as he wished.I thought that this would fulfill my mother's long-cherished wish, but I didn't think that this was just the first step in her strategy...

Since Guo Kai won the first place in the martial arts examination, the eldest lady has always been behind the spurs. Even if he is away as an official, she also urged him to concentrate on military affairs in Yueyue letters, so that he can be relocated as soon as possible and make a career in the sky; , I read it every day, and I can't wait to be named a marquis and a prime minister day and night.Under the earnest instructions of his mother, Guo Kai was also sincere and fearful, and did not dare to neglect in the slightest.But who knows, after all, people are not as good as heaven, and the official career that has been painstakingly managed for nearly ten years is ruined like this. How can I teach people to let go?