Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 78 I have a tiger in my heart, and the firewood room can also smell roses

   "Hey, it's hard to describe in one word. The few of us are fortunate to be helped by Brother Qian and Brother Zhao and others. Uncle also wants to help you, but I'm so shy."

  Uncle Zhu Shouren's expression changed several times, and he finally sighed.

  Zhu Ping'an showed disappointment on his face, but he was calm in his heart. He had expected that his uncle would refuse, and it would be strange if he didn't refuse. All of their money is with him. Seeing that the uncle was dressed in new clothes, it can be seen that there are indeed friends helping him. The purpose of asking this question is to hear the uncle's refusal. Since then, the uncle is too embarrassed to ask himself for money.

  I should keep the money on my own for later use, and it can also reduce the burden on the family. The imperial examination costs a lot.

   "Can uncle have a place to live?" Zhu Ping'an asked again.

   "There is a place to live, but thanks to Brother Qian, Brother Zhao and others, they gave me a bedroom." The uncle also looked helpless, "The place where we live is also overcrowded."

After the uncle Zhu Shouren finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Pingan who was carrying his luggage, and continued in a tone of consideration for Zhu Pingan, "Hey, why don't you go to my place to rest for a day, and you can study books?" Let the family prepare another twenty taels of silver, how about I ask my friend's servant to bring your letter home, and let the servant bring back the silver taels?"

  Seeing how his uncle compared his heart to his heart, Zhu Pingan was inexplicably amused. The uncle is really good at calculating. Generally, ten taels per person is enough for the boys to try. The family prepares twenty taels, so that parents can also share the uncle’s share. Besides, let your friend's servant bring the money back, who knows if the money will still fall into my hands, if the servant took the money away or lost it, what can I do, this kind of thing happens to uncle possible.

  I am not short of money.

"Thank you uncle for your kindness. When my mother left home, she sewed five taels of small-value banknotes in the interlayer of my nephew's inner jacket. I'm more frugal by myself, but I can survive." Zhu Pingan looked at his uncle and said lightly, A person who is frugal and speaks more seriously, lest the uncle have any ideas.

Uncle’s calculations were in vain, and he lost a lot, and he no longer mentioned the matter of letting Zhu Pingan go to his place to make ends meet. He waved his hand and said, “Since that’s the case, let’s go find a place to live, as it’s getting late. All right."

  At this time, among the other students who were walking with the uncle, one of them said in a joking tone, "My nephew is only five taels, I'm afraid I can only live in a firewood house."

Another person also joined in the fun and said, "That's a coincidence, the inn where we live really has a firewood room. When we left, the shopkeeper was packing up the firewood room and preparing to rent it out. He said that the monthly rent is only 1 tael, which is cheaper than ordinary guest rooms." More than double."

  The joking words of these people really made Zhu Ping'an's eyes shine.

  Generally speaking, firewood rooms are sunny and spacious rooms. If they are cleaned up and a bed is placed, they are not necessarily worse than the last-class rooms, and they are much cheaper than ordinary rooms. As for the shame of living in a firewood house, Zhu Ping'an didn't care. Your face is not determined by how well you live. Don't you know that Gou Jian is a brave man, as long as he has the ability, he will have face wherever he lives.

   I have a tiger in my heart, and a firewood room can smell roses.

   "Really, where is the inn?"

  These people were originally teasing Zhu Pingan, but they didn't expect that Zhu Pingan, a silly boy, was not ashamed but asked everyone with a silly smile.

   Well, there's no saving this silly boy. Isn't the firewood house the place where cannon fodder is produced? It's so unlucky that he would give up on himself.

  Uncle Zhu Shouren and the others were originally bored and wandered around casually. This time they met Zhu Pingan, a fool who insisted on staying in the firewood house. They surrounded Zhu Pingan as if watching a joke, fearing that he would regret it, and went to their inn.

  Zhu Ping'an wasn't embarrassed at all, but his uncle Zhu Shouren blushed, as if he had lost his lord.

  The inn where uncle Zhu Shouren and the others lived was quite far away, and it was obvious that the uncle and the others really had a leisurely time. They walked for about half an hour before arriving at the inn where they were staying.

  This inn is much more luxurious than the one I saw when I first came here, and it could have been rated as a star in ancient times.

The shopkeeper is a philistine fat shopkeeper, who is worrying about the woodshed. Just now, he saw that there are a lot of students and scholars who have come to stay here. He has a business mind, so he ordered someone to clean up the woodshed, thinking of renting it cheaper. If you go out, you can also earn two silver coins.

I never expected that when I recommended Chaifang to my students, these weak and weak students seemed to have the hatred of killing their father and seizing their wives. Sven, shut up and sweep the floor, if I didn't see that the situation was not good, I quickly apologized, these students and scholars could really raise their arms and fight with themselves.

   Isn’t it just a woodshed? As for it, the fat shopkeeper can’t understand the arrogance of scholars.

  The fat shopkeeper got a lot of anger from the scholars and students, and now he gets angry when he sees the firewood house. If someone comes to rent it, it can be half the price, so as not to look annoying.

   Just then, a polite voice came.

   "The shopkeeper, but there is a firewood room for rent?"

  The fat shopkeeper looked up and saw a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old, who looked a bit naive. Behind the young man were a few scholars who had just rented a room here not long ago. These scholars looked at the simple and honest boy one by one as if they were joking, their eyes and smiles were the same as those of the innkeepers next door looking at themselves.

   "Yes, as long as you are willing, I will rent you for half a tael for a month."

  The same is the end of the world, renting a house is cheaper than you. At this moment, this sentence suddenly appeared in the mind of the fat shopkeeper who was illiterate.

The people watching the joke behind Zhu Ping'an were surprised that the shopkeeper's price was half cheaper for no reason, but they didn't envy Zhu Ping'an's good luck. Yes, it is even more unlucky for people to live in.

The young man who came to rent the house was Zhu Pingan, and when the shopkeeper said that he only charged half a tael a month, the smile on Hanhan's face became wider, and he said with a smile, "Okay, please show me the woodshed. "

  The fat shopkeeper led Zhu Ping'an to the firewood room. Uncle Zhu Shouren and others followed from a distance, but did not follow in, fearing that bad luck would affect his luck in the exam.

  The firewood house looks shabby from the outside, but the inside is very clean, the brick floor is spotless, there is a table and chair by the window, and the bed has just been moved in. On the sunny side, the afterglow of the setting sun can shine in through the windows, and it must be bright during the day. The overall feeling is much better than the last-class room in the first inn.

   "How is it?" The fat shopkeeper was a little nervous.

   "I think it's okay, and it's worth the money." Zhu Ping'an turned his head and replied with a smile, looked around, and nodded with satisfaction.

  High mountains and flowing water meet bosom friends.

  The more the fat shopkeeper looked at Zhu Ping'an, the more pleasing he was, and he kept doing it, and gave Zhu Ping'an a penny cheaper.

  Zhu Ping'an is also more pleasing to the eye when he looks at the fat shopkeeper. It's great to live in this kind of room for four coins.

  (end of this chapter)