A village chief who does not want to be a village chief is not a good villager

As time goes by, the time for the imperial examination is getting closer and closer.The capital, especially the side of West Street, has also become more lively.

After this month, Jian Ping and Tian Wen saw with their own eyes that the price of the empty yard next door was one price per day, and they finally rented it out at a price of 100 taels for ten days before the imperial examination to a man who seemed to have a little bit of money. Scholar.

When it was less than ten days before the imperial examination, not to mention that there were no vacant houses in the entire West Street, even the inns near the West Street were all full.

With the influx of people, Jian Ping and Tian Wen were the opposite of before, and they didn't run outside much.

Half a month's time is only enough for the small potted plants planted by Tian Wen to show a little seedling.However, this did not affect Tian Wen's enthusiasm at all. Tian Wen was completely obsessed with how to grow the best flowers in a small area of ​​soil like a flower pot.

From then on, Jian Ping and Tian Wen lived a secluded life, so as not to get involved in any bad things inadvertently.

Even Tian Wu, in the last few days, has also become quiet, staying in the room all day studying hard, instead of going out for a while.

When there is a candidate preparing for the exam at home, you will suddenly feel that your life is extremely fulfilling and fast.Even Jian Ping has recently taken a liking to giving Tian Wu boiled pork knuckles stewed tonics to nourish his body.

It's just that compared with Tian Wen, a well-behaved brother, Jian Ping's cooking basically tends to develop in the direction of dark cooking.

In the end, Jian Ping and Tian Wen ate the food Jian Ping made first, to ensure that there was no adverse reaction before letting Tian Wu taste a little bit, and then decide whether to eat it or not.

With things getting to this point, the family's concern for Tian Wu has reached an unprecedented height.

However, compared to Tian Wen's sincere nervousness, Jian Ping and Tian Wu seemed a little indifferent.Without Tian Wen's knowledge, Tian Wu directly followed General Peng to kill the enemy. Although he didn't really kill anyone, he really felt the aura.

From the battlefield, people who really persisted between life and death, how could they be nervous about such a trivial thing as the imperial examination.

What's more, without Tian Wen's knowledge, Jian Ping has already helped Tian Wu find another way to become an official - a military officer.

It's not the kind that really lets Tian Wu go into battle to kill the enemy and become a general, but it's the kind that can get a high-ranking official position in the barracks.

So in the final analysis, Tian Wu is the one with the least pressure among the three of them.

As for Jian Ping's pressure, it was naturally caused by his distress for Tian Wen.

Fortunately, this situation did not last too long, because Tian Wu finally entered the examination room.According to the requirements of the Gongyuan, I purchased a test basket, a set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and some other things allowed to be brought in.

Fortunately, the imperial examination time in the Great Xia Dynasty was changed to early summer instead of the previous early spring.At least it won't freeze to death.

This time, the exam will last for nine days and nine nights.As Tian Wu stepped into the examination room, Tian Wen's mood calmed down strangely.

Seeing Jian Ping's puzzled eyes, Tian Wen felt a little embarrassed. "Anyway, things have come to this point, and I can't help you with the rest, so no matter how much you worry about it, it's useless."

It makes sense, and it's completely irrefutable.

Jian Ping pinched Tian Wen's cheek with a smile, the two of them looked at each other, and then both laughed after pretending to be indifferent.

The next nine days were almost the last time they stayed in the capital.Whether Tian Wu will stay or not depends on his test results.

But Jian Ping and Tian Wen must leave the capital and return to Jian's Village after nine days.

"I think we have to hurry up on buying a house in the capital." After sending Tian Wu to the examination room, Jian Ping and Tian Wen didn't go home directly, but started to stroll on the street once again.

Those who need to take the exam have already entered the exam room, and many things have become much easier.

The two of them wandered around leisurely, and compared with the busy people around them, they seemed extraordinarily out of place.But that kind of laid-back look can always get envious eyes from around.

The two of them just turned around a little, and as soon as they reached the entrance of East Street, they saw a familiar figure.

Jian Ping and Tian Wen looked at each other again, and saw the smile in each other's eyes again.

The two walked straight down their street as if they hadn't seen that person.But that person was just like every time we met before, stubborn and scary.

He didn't come over to say hello either, pretending to be more alike than Jian Ping and Tian Wen, as if he didn't see the two of them.But with a firm goal, he kept wandering around five to ten meters away from the two of them, trying his best to make them see him as long as they raised their heads in a blink of an eye.

Three people like I saw you, but I just didn't want you to know that I saw you, so I persisted for half an hour.

In the end, once again, it was Jian Ping and Tian Wen who conceded.

Compared with this handsome uncle, the concentration of the two of them is really not good.

"Pfft, what a coincidence, Mr. Wan, I didn't expect to meet you here!" Jian Ping couldn't help but smiled at Tian Wen at first, and then calmed down after being pinched by Tian Wen. With a look of surprise, they looked at the person who had been in their line of sight for more than half an hour.

Wanningzong looked as if he had been called, and turned his head to Jian Ping and Tian Wen indifferently.After seeing the pair of Qi brothers, he nodded with a very reserved expression.His face was expressionless, as if he was the one who was really met by chance.

"What a coincidence."

Adhering to the consistent habit of being able to say less and never say a word more, Wanningzong nodded to Jian Ping and Tian Wen, and dropped two words noblely and coldly.

Looking at this uncle whose eyes were bulging with the meaning of 'ask me, ask me', the smiles on Jian Ping and Tian Wen's faces rose again uncontrollably.

Are all the uncles in the capital this interesting?

Neither Jian Ping nor Tian Wen could hold back, and coughed twice again.But since the greetings have already been made, we can only chat with this uncle for a while.

"It's our fate to meet Mr. Wan here. I wonder if the two of us have the honor to invite Mr. Wan to lunch?"

Jian Ping stretched out his hand to make an inviting gesture, pointing to the [Meilin Restaurant] not far from the three of them. Although it is a place that mainly sells wine, the delicious food there still has a certain reputation in the whole capital. .

The weather has been getting hotter and hotter these days, so Jian Ping and Tian Wen thought about having something light for lunch.And many of the meals in this Meilin restaurant are not only vegetarian, but also use plums for cooking or wine making, which tastes refreshing and pleasant.

It's just that I really didn't expect that after hiding at home for so many days, I still couldn't escape the blocking of this Mr. Wan in the end.

Wan Ningzong nodded reservedly, agreeing to Jian Ping's invitation.The three walked into the restaurant and asked for a private room.

As for Wanningzong's subordinates, except for a young servant who was dedicated to serving him personally, everyone else stayed outside and did not follow up.

As the number of "encounters" between the two parties increased, Wanning Zongxiang and Jian Ping showed more and more things.

For example, identity.

At the beginning, the three met by chance, but at that time, Mr. Wan probably knew about Jian Ping's existence.Because when they met for the first time, Jian Ping clearly saw the sincere surprise in the eyes of the other party.

It was a kind of surprise that he never expected to meet "him", and the premise of that surprise was that this Mr. Wan had already known Jian Ping.

At first, Jian Ping was nervous for a while.However, as the number of meetings between the two parties increased, Jian Ping found helplessly that at least he really couldn't get nervous about this handsome uncle.

Jian Ping has never seen such a naive person, even Shuanzi and Er Gouzi, who just learned to walk, did not give Jian Ping such an exaggerated feeling of "innocence to the end".

Although he tried his best to keep a straight face and put on a noble and cold expressionless expression, those pure eyes really made people wonder how they could appear on an uncle in his 30s.

After getting along for a long time, Jian Ping could tell.This Mr. Wan really has "no distractions". As long as it is the goal he believes, he doesn't mind even if it is used in a way that seems weird to others.

and……

Super will not beat around the bush!

"The price of goods in the capital is becoming more and more unpredictable. I am afraid that eating will become a big problem next year!"

look!Would a normal official say such a thing in front of an ordinary person?

As for why Jian Ping knew that Mr. Wan was an official, it was really thanks to Mr. Wan's "relaxing effort".

It was an accident when the two met for the first time, but this Mr. Wan did it on purpose when they met for the second time.Mr. Wan seems to want Jian Ping to know his identity, but he is too reserved to say it himself, and it is the kind that even his servants can't say it.

So from the second time on, Mr. Wan's attire was much more expensive, and he was surrounded not only by servants but also guards, as if telling others that he was a person of status.

Jian Ping really didn't realize it at first, but when they met for the third time, this wonderful Mr. Wan directly brought the official seal on his body.

Jian Ping still knew about the jade articles worn by the ancients.But Jian Ping really didn't understand the matter of an official wearing the official seal as a jade pendant around his waist.

So at the time, I didn't realize it at all, and thought that this person was just a person who likes to wear square jade.

Fortunately, there was Tian Wen next to him, so Mr. Wan didn't feel more depressed.

After Tian Wen obscurely pointed out the identity of this Mr. Wan, Jian Ping could see with the naked eye that this Mr. Wan was obviously expressionless, but it just made people feel that he was in a happy mood.The chin is slightly raised, just like a proud Persian cat.

It should be marked seriously here, this adjective was told to Jian Ping by Tian Wen after thinking about it for a long time.

Jian Ping only thinks this person is interesting, but Tian Wen thinks this person is very interesting!

But that kind of interestingness does not involve love at all, so it is rare for the two of them not to be jealous because the other party thinks an outsider is interesting.