Chapter 53
After Wen Tingzhou passed the exam, he felt that the teacher in Xilin Town could no longer teach him. In order to find a better teacher, Wen Tingzhou went to Jinzhou.
He cooperated with the Wang family and was able to get a sum of silver from the Wang family's maritime trade every year.
However, the eggs cannot be placed in the same basket, and the Wang family is becoming more and more ambitious, so he has to make some preparations as soon as possible.
After the doorman reported, a servant led Wen Tingzhou to Mr. Wang's reception room.
"Young friend Wen is here, how are you today?" Mr. Wang asked with a smile on his face.
Wen Tingzhou looked at the round Master Wang on the upper head and curled his lips and smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Wang for your concern. Yan has been doing well recently."
The two of them talked a lot, and Mr. Wang smiled and said, "Little Friend Wen, is there anything wrong?"
Wen Tingzhou said embarrassedly when he heard this: "I'm not hiding it to Master Wang, Yan came today and wanted to invest back."
Mr. Wang narrowed his obscure eyes: "Can you tell me why you scatter back?"
"It's like that. Mr. Yan asked the county academy to go to Beijing to find a good academy to study. Beijing, Mr. Wang, you know..."
Needless to say, Mr. Wang is also a smart person, so he naturally understands it.
After thinking for a while, Mr. Wang had long wanted to get rid of Wen Tingzhou and gave him a lot of money every year. To be honest, Mr. Wang felt sorry for him. He ignored his son's instructions and decided to agree without long time.
After ordering someone to come over to the silver notes, Mr. Wang handed the silver notes to Wen Tingzhou and said with a smile: "You guy, do you want to confirm?"
Wen Tingzhou glanced at the silver bill and said respectfully: "No need to confirm, Yan naturally believed in Mr. Wang."
"Haha, young people have good character, no wonder my son admires you so much." Mr. Wang threw away Wen Tingzhou's big burden and was not stingy with these few words of praise.
Wen Tingzhou always smiled and performed well.
After leaving the Wang family mansion, Wen Tingzhou hid the smile on his face and gradually moved away from the Wang family mansion with the Shutong.
In the evening, when Mr. Wang's son came back, he heard that Wen Tingzhou had been here today, so he went to find Mr. Wang to ask about the situation.
When Mr. Wang explained to him, Mr. Wang's son immediately said incrediblely: "Dad, you are confused!"
When Mr. Wang heard this, he was immediately dissatisfied. He realized that he had left a lot of money for his family and got rid of Wen Tingzhou, a person who had not invested much money and took advantage of so many advantages.
He slapped the table next to him and said, "Damn it, is there anyone who talks to your real father like this?"
Mr. Wang’s son couldn’t tell him clearly and was too lazy to talk about it. He thought that he would go to Xilin Town in person after dawn.
Unfortunately, his trip was destined to be in vain!
After leaving the Wang family, Wen Tingzhou rushed to the capital. The academy teacher recommended a teacher from the Minghe Academy in Beijing to him. He was going to go to the capital to check it out before making plans.
Wen Tingzhou was lucky on the day he visited the teacher. He happened to meet Fu Qingbai, who was visiting the teacher. After explaining his purpose, the teacher took the exam. Fu Qingbai found that Wen Tingzhou's language was sharp, his words were bold, and his insights were unique. He was a young general and he was not arrogant or impatient. He immediately became a loving talent.
Wen Tingzhou followed the trend and naturally became Fu Qingbai's student.
As for whether he met a great scholar like Fu Qingbai, it would be a matter of opinion whether he was lucky or planning carefully.
Wen Tingzhou has also met many people silently in recent years. Although it is not considered to be a good relationship, it is also considered a small connection.
I found a friend in the capital and asked him to buy a three-entry house in Tonghua Lane. Tonghua Lane is less than half an hour away from Minghe Academy carriage, about forty minutes.
The original owner of the house happened to have repaired it and the furniture was left for him. He could move in as long as he had to sort it out a little.
Wen Tingzhou looked at it and made a decision. It took two days to transfer the property and then he could move in after a little repair.
However, he has been living in Fu Qingbai's place for the past half month. Fu Qingbai likes some of his policies very much. When discussing with him, he always feels that many things are suddenly enlightened. Knowing that his house is being repaired, he invites him to live there for the time being.
On this day, Wen Tingzhou and Fu Qingbai discussed some strategies. Fu Qingbai sat opposite him and looked at him and smiled: "Your thinking logic is very good and bold. Unfortunately, there are ideas. As for how to achieve it, it remains to be studied."
"Students understand that talking about things on paper is a bit bad after all. To prove the feasibility of these ideas, we must come up with facts..." Wen Tingzhou replied gently.
Fu Qingbai nodded with satisfaction when he looked at him. As for his own affairs, Fu Qingbai didn't mind at all.
Fu Qingbai is not pedantic. On the contrary, he is an unconventional celebrity with a somewhat unruly personality. He believes that sometimes appropriate means are necessary, so he did not break Wen Tingzhou's little thoughts, but liked it very much.
Wen Tingzhou naturally understood that his tricks were full of flaws, of course he did it on purpose. Since the teacher didn't say it out loud, he would let it go.
When Fu Yiran came into the house with tea and refreshments, she heard the laughter from her father coming from Wueng. She asked with a smile: "Why are you so happy about Dad?"
Seeing that his beloved daughter was coming, Fu Qingbai smiled and said, "I told Tingzhou something interesting."
"What's it like? Can I listen too?"
Fu Yiran put down the refreshment and asked curiously, looking at Wen Tingzhou who was sitting beside her. She didn't really want to know, she just wanted to stay in the house for a while and see Wen Tingzhou more.
Wen Tingzhou's body has now been much taller and his facial features are more delicate. With his gentle temperament, Fu Yiran fell at first sight.
Wen Tingzhou lived in the mansion for a few people, and Fu Yiran would always be met by chance. No matter how stupid he was, he understood that the house he had just bought was almost gone, so he asked his teacher to resign.
The people living in Tonghua Lane are basically scholars, but they are still clean. After moving in, Wen Tingzhou bought a few people to help him take care of the house and started his daily schooling.
Muyun lived in Wutong Lane, and was separated from him by a road. He lived there for almost two months, but the two of them never met once.
The summer in Beijing is as hot as fire, the house is not big and there is no ice room. Muyun is so hot that he is bored every day, thinking about how to get some ice to cool off.
She remembered that saltpeter could make ice and could be recycled, so she thought of buying it back, but she ran all over the outer city and only collected a little bit, which was not enough to make large ice cubes.
Unfortunately, she went to the Duke's Mansion in person and asked Shan Jingyan for a can of saltpeter to come back, which solved the unbearable days of heat.
Xia Tian cicadas cried and slept in a daze. They were half asleep and half awake. Mu Yun lay on the bed with laziness, feeling that since he left the mansion, he had become lazy.
So early in the morning that day, she took Zhong Li and Mei Yuan to Furuixuan. When she arrived at the store, Mu Yun did not go through the main entrance, but entered through the back door.
The shopkeeper is Fan, the wife of Manager Zhong. When Mu Yun came, he hurriedly came from the front: "The boss is here."
As he said that, he poured her tea, took fruits and so on. Mu Yun quickly stopped her and said, "Aunt Fan, don't have to be so troublesome, I'm just here to take a look."
When Fan heard this, he stopped busy figure and stood respectfully.
Seeing this, Mu Yun said helplessly: "Aunt Fan, don't be so reserved!"
"The boss's gift cannot be abandoned!"
"..." What else can Mu Yun do!
"Forget it, the store business is still doing well these few days?" Mu Yun asked.
"Very good. The new goods are almost sold out, and there is no stock in our store..."
When it comes to the main business, Fan talks happily. There are so many bars. Mu Yun has a headache when he hears it and secretly shouts: If he had known, he would not ask about business.
It’s not that Mu Yun is not concerned about her business, but that her management method is to give full play to her greatest advantages. Just like Manager Zhong’s family, her family has good conditions, is good at managing and can speak wisely. If you leave the business to them, Mu Yun doesn’t have to do everything by himself. After all, you don’t doubt people, but you don’t need to doubt people!
After working for a while, after reading the account book, Mu Yun took two maids back home. After all, Fan was more restrained when she stayed in the store.
When I returned home, I passed by Tonghua Lane. Muyun smelled a fragrant smell of braised meat, so I asked someone to stop the car. I got out and found out that it was a small shop hidden in the entrance of Tonghua Lane. The shop was run by an old couple.
Mu Yun looked at the pig's ears and pig's trotters, took the food packaged by her mother-in-law, and suddenly a person stood behind her.
"Grandma Ma, give me a portion of braised duck."
The boy was in the voice change period, and his voice was not good, but Mu Yun's heart suddenly moved.
He looked back and saw that he was wearing a miserable green dress, his hair was tied up with a bamboo hairpin, and his body had a fragrance of wood that was different from orchid musk. His eyes were like stars, which surprised Mu Yun.
"Young Master Wen, it's you!"
"Miss Qiao!"
To be honest, Wen Tingzhou was also quite surprised when he met Mu Yun here. After meeting him last year, Wen Tingzhou would occasionally think of the beautiful girl who smiled with a pair of dimples in his spare time.
"Young Master Wen, why are you here?"
"Miss Qiao, why are you here?"
The two spoke at the same time when they had a tacit understanding.
"My home lives nearby!"
"My home lives nearby!"
They spoke in unison again, and both of them laughed. Wen Tingzhou quickly made a gesture to Mu Yun say first.
"Honest Master Wen moved here?" Mu Yun asked curiously.
"Yes." Wen Tingzhou didn't know what to say, so he could only whisper.
Mu Yun didn't care and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, my home is nearby."
"It's right there in Wutong Lane. Where are you?"
"?" Wen Tingzhou laughed at Mu Yun with a question mark expression.
Wen Tingzhou came back to his senses and replied in embarrassment: "I will live in Tonghua Lane."
"Oh, you..." Mu Yun wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the old lady.
"Brother, your duck." Grandma Ma handed the wrapped duck to Wen Tingzhou.
Chapter completed!