A scholar becomes a landlord

"Young master is a little strange today."

Li Dahai shook his head, turned around and sent the mule cart to the cowshed, and at the same time put the purchased supplies back into the kitchen and arranged them.

Today, I cut a few extra catties of meat. The young master said he wanted to eat crispy fried pork. Although he didn't know how to do it, he still weighed ten catties of pork belly according to the young master's instructions.

And big bones and large intestines, all set out on the kitchen windowsill to freeze.

Go to the firewood room to get firewood, prepare to boil water, wash and cut the meat, and wait for the young master to get it.

"Master, there is a big bundle of firewood missing in the firewood room."

Li Dahai knocked on the door of the study in a panic.

"Well, don't worry, I gave it away."

Wei Le's voice came from the study.

"Oh~"

Li Dahai didn't think much of it when he heard it, and walked into the kitchen with a bunch of firewood again.

After the people outside the door left, Wei Le buried it in the book again.As for that bastard named Li Gouzi, I hope I'm not mistaken.

In the blink of an eye, the exam day is approaching.

Wei Le went to Suikao County in a mule cart. The snow on the road just melted two days ago, but the ground was muddy and it was not easy to walk. The speed of the mule cart was not fast, and it was already noon when he arrived at the county town.Wei Le picked a clean inn, asked for a room, and brought some dishes for Li Dahai to eat before going back to the countryside.

"Then young master, I'll go back first, and I'll pick up the young master after the exam is over."

Li Dahai was just hired by Wei Le, he did not buy himself a slave, so Wei Le never asked him to call himself a slave.

"Ah."

Sitting on the bed that had been remade with his own bedding, Wei Le nodded towards Li Dahai.

No matter whether it is the original owner or him, because of the house, they don't like to talk very much. They nod if they can, and express one word if they can express it. If they talk too much, they feel irritated.

"Then young master, I'll go first, you rest!"

Knowing that Wei Le had to take a nap at noon every day, otherwise he would be particularly lethargic in the afternoon, so Li Dahai drove away in the mule cart after eating and resting for half a quarter of an hour.

"Young master, you want hot water."

Xiao Er waited outside with a basin of water.They can't offend the guests who can live in the room.Judging by the temperament of this guest, he is not like an ordinary businessman, but rather like a scholar who came to the county seat for the yearly exam.

"Come in."

Because a charcoal basin was burning in the house, Wei Le took off his cloak and hung it aside, reading quietly with a book.I just woke up, my eyes were still a little cloudy, so I ordered hot water to wash my face and continued to read.

"It's troublesome."

After Xiao Er put the water down, Wei Le rewarded him with a few pennies, and was so happy that Xiao Er called him when he left.Regardless of the fact that there are only five pennies, many guests never give money.

Wei Le knows that Hades is easy to mess with, and little ghosts are difficult to deal with.He has to live in the inn these days, but it is only a few pennies.If it can save himself some trouble, he will be willing to do more.This reward, you have to give it when it should be given, otherwise the villain will remember it in your heart and use some tricks secretly, and you will be the one who is unlucky.

So every time Xiao Er brings things up, he can always get a few pennies, which makes him run more diligently at Wei Le's place. As long as Wei Le gives an order, he will help to complete it soon.

On the third day after Wei Le came to the city, Sui Kao finally arrived.And the reason why he came early was to adapt to the environment, and three days was enough for him to adapt.Apart from being a little unaccustomed to life, it is basically passable.

Wei Le looked at the exam questions and let out a sigh of relief.Fortunately, he knew it, and the original owner had a good answer in his memory.Of course, he couldn't copy the original text, but based on the original owner's answer, plus some of his own understanding, a good answer sheet was completed.

Putting down his pen, Wei Le checked it. Except for the words that were specially marked to avoid the names of the elders in the family, there was no mistake in the answer sheet, so Wei Le handed in the sheet in advance.

He is not the kind of person who is particularly patient, since it is done, just hand it in!In order not to make more mistakes, this is the test experience of the previous life.

"My lord, the students hand in the paper."

Stepping forward, offering the test paper in both hands.

"Okay, try to be as quiet as possible when you go out."

Xuezheng took the test paper, and though he didn't smile at him, he spoke kindly.The ancients had some face control, and people with good looks will be liked by more people.

Wei Le's current appearance can be said to be very attractive, coupled with his gentle temperament, neither humble nor overbearing, it is easy to make people like him.

"Yes." Wei Le packed up his pen and ink, and put them in a specially made bag. In ancient times, unlike modern times, a pen can do it all.In ancient times, it was very troublesome to carry pen and ink with you.

Quietly exiting the examination room, Wei Le stood outside looking at the rare fine weather. Although the sun was not too big, it shone on him with a touch of warmth.

And he can't go home yet, he has to wait until the ranking comes out.I hope I don't back down too much, or I will embarrass the original owner too much.

Back at the inn, Wei Le's life became more leisurely.In addition to reading books every day, I just wander around the county town.Some things in the county were cheaper than in the town, so he bought them together.As for vegetables in county towns, which are half as expensive as in towns, he said that the bigger the city, the more expensive vegetables are.

Although there are very few vegetables in winter, and occasionally there are a few edible ones, but there are many people in the county who can't afford them.

The pen, ink and paper at home were almost used up. This time, Wei Le bought a lot, and the paper alone cost five or six dollars.There are also better high-grade papers, which he also bought for a dollar. These papers are usually used to write letters or write some important books.

The money was spent like running water, but Wei Le became more and more satisfied, and he didn't need to buy any more in the next year.Compared with the town, the things in the county town saved me at least one-third of the money.

Don't look at spending a lot of money now, if you think about it differently, this is equivalent to saving a lot of money!If you spend now, you don't need to spend in the next year. It can be said that spending now is just an advance payment.

If you buy a lot of things, you will send them directly to the inn, so you don't have to worry about them shoddy, as a shop with a good reputation, if you dare to do this, their business does not need to be done, no matter where the integrity is Times matter.

When he returned to the inn in the afternoon, all the things he bought had been delivered, and after checking that there were no problems, he settled the remaining payment.

There were piles here and there piled up in the guest room, and Wei Le began to worry that he didn't even have a place to sit.

Forget it, anyway, I have almost bought enough, I even bought a lot of clothing materials for next spring and summer.He doesn't like silk clothes very much, one is difficult to wash, and the other is not easy to preserve.Not as good as cotton!Coupled with the fact that modern people have always admired cotton clothes, Wei Le took it for granted that he bought a few extra bolts of fine cotton fabrics of different colors for himself.

Cotton clothes are good, soft and breathable, whether they are used as outer clothes or worn inside.Especially in summer, there is no air conditioner, and the temperature can only be artificially cooled. The benefits of breathable clothes are immediately reflected.

Speaking of artificial cooling, he asked the villagers to get a lot of ice cubes and put them in the dug ice cellar, which was reserved when the house was built, just under the storage room.

There is no way, anyone who has read online novels knows that in ancient times, if you want to stay cool in summer, you have to rely on ice cubes. Without ice cubes, summer will be very sad. Of course, this is about Wei Le.After all, he used to stay in an air-conditioned room, and he still wore long sleeves in summer!

So when a thick layer of ice formed on the river, he had someone mine the ice and put it in the ice cellar.This ice cellar is different from ordinary cellars. It cost more than twenty taels of silver to build it. It is no wonder that ordinary people have never thought of storing ice cubes for summer use. The price is unaffordable for ordinary people.The ice cellar he built can be regarded as a small ice cellar. It is said that the ice cellar in the Hou Mansion is as big as two or three rooms, and it is filled with ice cubes.

Like the original owner, even though he is a son of the Hou family, the amount of ice he can get every year is pitifully small, and he can only use it to cool down a little at noon. Although it is useless in Wei Le's opinion, the original owner is very satisfied.

Hey, what a pity!It was not mainly because he was controlled by the Marquis Mansion. He should have become a great talent envied by everyone and became famous in the entire Qing Dynasty, but now he has taken advantage of himself.

Forget it, let's burn more paper money for him every Qingming Festival in the future, so that he can live a good life in the underworld.I didn't live a good life during my lifetime, but I still don't live too well after my death.

Thinking of this, Wei Le felt a little better.In fact, if he could, he didn't want to replace the original owner, let alone come to a strange ancient time where nowhere was safe in his opinion.

I don’t know why the people in the book want to live in ancient times. To be honest, although the air in the future will not be ventilated and the environment will be polluted, if Wei Le really had to choose, he would not choose to time travel. It's up to him to choose, such as time travel.

A few more days passed in a blink of an eye, and the ranking finally came out.He also lived up to the ability of the original owner, and obtained Linsheng and Linmi.It's next year, Wei Le happily went back to the inn with rice and silver in his arms.Although he is not short of this little money and rice now, don't take it for nothing, not to mention that it is a status symbol!Seeing those scholars looking at him with jealous eyes, Wei Le jumped up happily.

After receiving the rice, Li Dahai came to pick up Wei Le in a mule cart the next day.

"Master."

"Uncle, you are here."

Wei Le received an award from Xuezheng adults yesterday, and now the county town is considered a minor celebrity, and the innkeeper and waiter in the inn are more polite to him.

"Yes, master, shall we go back today?"

Now the road is easy to walk, and it takes less than half a day to return to the village.

"Well, you wait for me in the room. I'll go out for a while. You can eat at the inn at noon. The money will be settled when I come back."

Wei Le nodded. He still wanted to visit Xuezheng. After all, many people saw Xuezheng's praise and love for him yesterday, so he had to come to show it.He has to take the exam under Xuezheng for several years, and building a good relationship is also beneficial to him.