Wulong Inn

Gao Fei stood at the end of Chaoshou corridor, looking at the plaque with the word "Shou Zhuo" written on it, he hesitated for a moment.Housekeeper Luo at the side noticed his strangeness, and turned around with some doubts.Gao Fei quickly came back to his senses, smiled apologetically at the other party, and after gathering his composure, he stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of Master Luo's study room again.

The layout of the room was the same as last time, Master Luo still stood solemnly behind the desk.The difference is that this time, Luo Shuyu was also standing in the room, and he stood there impatiently for an unknown how long.

Hearing the noise, Luo Shuyu peeked at the door. Seeing Gao Fei, he was startled at first, and then began to wink at him desperately, but Gao Fei looked straight at Master Luo behind the desk, as if he didn't see him. Luo Shuyu is average.

Master Luo was slightly taken aback when he saw this, and seemed a little surprised by Gao Fei's composure at the moment. After a long silence, he finally said slowly: "Qian Shan, you must already know why I called you here today, right?"

Gao Fei said in a deep voice, "Yes."

Hearing this, Master Luo looked at Gao Fei fixedly: "Then can you give me an explanation?"

Before Gao Fei could say anything, Luo Shuyu hurriedly said from the side: "Is there anything to explain, we have nothing wrong with this incident."

"There's nothing wrong with it!" Master Luo turned around suddenly, looked at Luo Shuyu behind him, and said sharply: "A scholar, for a few things, went to the street to sell them, and even cheated with his servants, This is what you said is not wrong! It’s not enough for me to mess around, but I also brought Shuyao..." Master Luo seemed to be in a hurry, panted for a while, and after a long breath, he said in a deep voice: "Do you know What is Shu Yu doing these days, he..."

Before Master Luo finished speaking, Luo Shuyu cut off excitedly: "Enough, it's Luo Shuyu again, why do I have to compare with him every time, am I so unbearable? That's right! I'm a street peddler , but I can earn every penny and feel at ease, so people must rely on reading to get ahead!" After speaking, without looking at Master Luo, he turned and rushed out of the room. "

"Shuyu, come back!" Seeing this, Master Luo strode to the door, as if he wanted to stop his son who was running out of the room, but he failed in the end. Looking at the figure going away, Master Luo stood up. After waiting for a while, he turned around dejectedly and returned to the study.

Gao Fei just kept his eyes shut and said nothing, there are some things that he should not interfere with.

The room fell into silence. In the end, Master Luo was the first to speak. He turned to Gao Fei and said in a deep voice, "The date for the resumption of ethnology is three days later. It's up to you to decide whether to go or not." "I wanted to persuade you at first, that's all, since you have your own opinions in your heart, I won't say any more, you have to go your own way." He took a deep look at Gao Fei again, and said solemnly: "Uncle I hope you will not regret the choice you made this time in the future."

"Thank you Uncle for reminding me, Qianshan has been taught." Gao Feiwen said solemnly.

When Master Luo heard the words, he nodded in a subtle way, and said softly: "You go.".

Gao Fei nodded yes, saluted Master Luo, and exited the study lightly.

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Steward Luo gently pushed open the door of the study, and bowed to Master Luo, but saw that Master Luo was sitting on the wooden chair in the study with a look of disappointment on his face. Steward Luo hesitated for a while, and finally stepped forward and said in a low voice: :"master."

"Hmm...en?" Master Luo seemed to have just realized it, and turned to Butler Luo with some confusion: "You, what did you just say?"

Butler Luo didn't take it seriously when he saw this, and said in a low voice: "Master, I just went to see it. The young master went to Rongzhen Garden. I think it will be fine after a while of sulking, but the master doesn't need to worry too much."

But Master Luo smiled wryly when he heard the words, and said softly: "He was like this when he was a child. He was wronged by me, so he went to Rongzhen Garden to find his mother. Later, when Ah Zhen went, he was still angry. Love to run there." After saying that, he looked at the red bracelet on his wrist with infinite sadness, although the weaving was very rough, but the shadow of the love ring could still be seen.Caressing the complicated pattern on the bracelet, Master Luo was silent for a while, and then whispered to himself again: "I always hope that he will make progress, so as to live up to Ah Zhen's entrustment before he died, saying that everything is inferior. Wouldn't it be great to be a scholar and get a good reputation?" After speaking, he looked at Steward Luo inquiringly.

Upon seeing this, Housekeeper Luo hurriedly said, "Master is right to think so."

Master Luo frowned when he heard the sound, he was silent for a long while and then said: "My Luo family was passed down from merchants until my father's generation. They were all merchants. At that time, they were very rich." He paused for a while. , the tone turned sharply: "But what's the use of that, the gentry can look down on it, and the powerful officials can exploit it. If our family hadn't climbed up to the Zhang family back then, how could it be possible to be as beautiful as Yizhou! Master Luo said a little excitedly: " At that time, I felt that instead of running the family in a business way and depending on others forever, it would be cheaper to go to a certain official title by myself." After saying that, Master Luo's voice lowered: "It's a pity that good fortune tricks people. Once the Zhang family fell, the whole Not to mention the fact that the family left home, as the head of the family, I have to coordinate with it, and I will never be able to become an official again." Master Luo slowly analyzed himself, "It is said that the son inherits the will of the father, and I am afraid that I have this intention too. Well, that’s why I’m so concerned about Shuyu’s studies, I’m afraid that the master in Cangzhou is not knowledgeable enough, so I sent him to Lishan Publishing House…”

Seeing that Master Luo fell silent again, Steward Luo hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The young master can't understand the painstaking efforts of the master at this time, one day..."

Master Luo waved his hand, and stopped Steward Luo's words: "I forced him too much. He doesn't like to read books, but I just keep demanding... After a pause, he turned to Steward Luo and said, "It's said that children and grandchildren are self-sufficient. There are sons and grandchildren, now that he is grown up, and he hasn't taken some crooked ways, why should I worry so much, don't you think? "

The deep tiredness in Master Luo's tone made Housekeeper Luo startled. He looked at Master Luo worriedly, and finally said: "Yes."

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On the way back to Xiyuan, Gao Fei glanced at the surrounding scenery unconsciously. Although he was extremely calm just now, as if he had made a plan, in fact, his heart at the moment was far from what it seemed on the surface. Take it easy.

For today's conversation, Gao Fei can be said to have expected it. It is a shame for a scholar to do business, not to mention selling in the street. It is no wonder that Master Luo can tolerate this kind of thing. With this kind of worry, I wondered why everything was calm, but now I know that it was Luo Shuyu who opened up a joint in advance.

Now, there are two roads before Gao Fei, business road or official career.Speaking of it, Gao Fei's dedication to official career originally came from the voice in his heart clamoring all the time, that kind of fanatical infection, subtly affecting Gao Fei, making him involuntarily regard official career as the best choice.But that arrogant figure in front of the city gate that day made Gao Fei more determined in this way of thinking. Thinking of that bloated and simple silhouette, Gao Fei felt a sense of injustice in his heart. By controlling his fate, he can be looked up to by everyone with peace of mind. This kind of cognition made him secretly speechless, but he couldn't help yearning for it.

On the other hand, the business road seems to have an infinitely bright future, but Gao Fei knows in his heart that there will be no such hot sales like the 'Adha Festival' for a long time in the future, and Gao Fei really finds it hard to accept that. One or two profits a day are slowly accumulating.But doing business is something Gao Fei is used to, unlike the imperial examinations where he has no clue, which became the source of Gao Fei's hesitation.What's more, this is a choice about future development, and Gao Fei should not be too rash.

With this complicated state of mind, Gao Fei walked slowly into his hut, only to see that Yue Xiaomei was already waiting in the house. Seeing Gao Fei came back, Yue Xiaomei put down the book-like thing in her hand and rushed over: "Brother is back, What did you say to Uncle Luo just now?" After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gao Fei to answer, he pulled him into the house, Gao Fei was pulled by his right arm, and the severe pain made him frown, without a trace. Breaking free from Yue Xiaomei's control, Gao Fei pointed to the ledger and asked, "What is this?"

"Of course I remember the account these few days." Yue Xiaomei replied cheerfully after hearing the words.After finishing speaking, he pointed to the various numbers on the account book and said, "In the past nine days, we have deducted the cost, and we got a total of two hundred and twenty-three dollars!"

"So much?" Gao Fei raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

"That's right, I'm also surprised, I calculated it several times on purpose." Yue Xiaomei said with a smile, "Give Brother Lin and the others 100 taels, and give Brother Luo and Sister Shuyao 50 taels. We earned a lot this time." It's more than 50 taels of silver!" After saying that, Yue Xiaomei broke her fingers and said: "Add the 50 taels I got from buying the wheat before, and it will be a full 100 taels! We can move out then, and we will rent in the west of the city. A small courtyard, I have inquired about it, the rental price of the houses there is quite reasonable, from now on, I will be responsible for making accessories, and my brother will be responsible for selling them, and I can also sell them together with Brother Lin..."

Looking at the eloquent Yue Xiaomei, Gao Fei was a little envious. That kind of pure happiness is probably hard for him to get. If he thinks about it too much, it will always cause more trouble, but he doesn't agree with Yue Xiaomei's idea. , After thinking for a while, Gao Fei calmly said: "This matter, I'm afraid that it will be discussed in the long run."

"Why?" Yue Xiaomei frowned upon hearing this.

Looking at Yue Xiaomei who was unwilling, Gao Fei said: "Don't talk about Uncle Luo first, how can you convince Sister Shuyao about our move out?" He said in a tone: "That 100 taels is not much, but it is not much. If we move out like this, the place where we spend money is the rent. After all, the jewelry stall can't make much money. I I'm afraid I'll be unable to make ends meet by then." Looking at Yue Xiaomei, Gao Fei hesitated and said, "So, the money I want to..."

"Brother, you don't need to talk about it, little sister will save it." Yue Xiaomei interrupted Gao Fei's words, pursed her lips, and said in a somewhat depressed mood: "Forget it, let's not talk about it. In short, my little sister will listen to my brother." After saying that, he seemed to think of something again, pulled himself together, and said to Gao Fei with a smile: "By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell my brother." He raised the letter in his hand and said, "This is Brother Lu's messenger. It was sent, saying that you and brother Luo are invited to go to the Oolong Inn for a while."

"Brother Lu, who is it?" Gao Fei asked with some doubts.

"It's the elder brother who sent me back last night."Yue Xiaomei first cast a reproachful glance at Gao Fei when she heard the words, and then said a little coyly.

Gao Fei thought about it for a while, and finally remembered the starry-eyed man. Seeing Yue Xiaomei's expression at this time, he thought belatedly, it seemed that he had missed a certain romantic story...

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After seeing off Yue Xiaomei, Gao Fei conveniently put the letter aside. There are too many things that bother him now, and he still can't take care of these matters.Thinking about something in his heart, he accidentally touched the wound on his right arm. Gao Fei endured the pain and thought, after a while, it will be completely dark, why hasn't the guy who promised to treat his injury come yet...

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