SFS Chapter 192 Visiting the Night Market
Chapter 192 Visiting the Night Market
Tang Yichen wanted to send the teachers back to the academy, but was rejected by the teachers.
The teachers didn't drink, so there was no need for him to see them off. After they told Tang Yichen to go back and rest early, a dozen of them left together.
"Brother..." Qin Huiyin jumped out from behind to scare him.
Tang Yichen's expression remained unchanged as he touched the top of her head: "Your shadow has betrayed you."
"Can't you just cooperate with me?" Qin Huiyin curled her lips.
She leaned in closer and sniffed, then said in surprise, "There's no smell of alcohol at all. Didn't you drink? That's not right. Even if you didn't drink, others would have smelled of alcohol if they had."
"The teachers didn't drink." Tang Yichen said, "The teachers said that I am only a scholar now and can't be proud and complacent. I won't drink the wine for now. I will drink it after I pass the imperial examination."
In reality, the masters didn't want to be overly extravagant. Qingyue Restaurant was the most expensive in the area, and the dishes they'd eaten today were already extravagant. The decades-old wines were even more expensive. They didn't want to feel uneasy for months after such a feast.
If it were Tang Yichen himself, he wouldn't have been willing to eat and drink so lavishly. However, he was hosting a banquet for the teachers who had done him a favor. He simply wanted to express his most sincere gratitude.
"Brother, you have met many noble people." Qin Huiyin said, "You must be a good official in the future and pass on the kindness you have received."
Tang Yichen touched Qin Huiyin's hair and said, "Silly sister, I am only a scholar now, and I still have a long way to go before I can pass the imperial examination. You say that, as if that official position has already belonged to your brother."
"I believe you can do it." Qin Huiyin said seriously, "You are so determined, what can't you do?"
"Okay, then I'll keep working hard to get my sister into a government-run household. I can do whatever she wants in the future," Tang Yichen promised. "To achieve this goal, we must not let up."
"Even if we can't relax, that's something we'll have to do after tomorrow. Now that we've finished the exam and achieved good results, we should relax. Let's go to the night market."
Qin Huiyin took Tang Yichen's arm and led the three sisters of the Tang family to the busiest street.
"I just went to settle the bill, and the shopkeeper said that Miss Xia would come to you to settle the bill, so I haven't given Miss Xia this money yet. When you're free someday, ask Miss Xia how much it is. This money must be quite a lot, and I don't have the ability to make money right now, so just put it on my account first and I'll make up for it later."
"Then I'm going to buy a golden abacus later." Qin Huiyin said seriously.
"What do you want to buy a golden abacus for?" Tang Yichen was puzzled.
"I want to count all the money in our family clearly, yours, mine, Sister Luwu's, and my younger brother's. I need to buy a golden abacus to count them all." Qin Huiyin said.
If Tang Yichen still couldn't tell that Qin Huiyin was angry, then he was a real nerd.
"Then don't buy it. The golden abacus is too expensive. If our family buys it now, we will be bankrupt." Tang Yichen said mischievously, "When big brother has more money, I will buy you one to play the sound."
Tang Luwu chuckled.
Tang Yi was so happy that he couldn't stop laughing.
Seeing that Tang Yichen could also joke, Qin Huiyin's unhappiness dissipated. She pointed at the candy opposite and said, "I want to eat that. I can buy candy without the golden abacus, right?"
"Yes. I'll go buy it right away."
There is no curfew in the current court, so the market is also very lively at night.
It was Tang Luwu and Tang Yixiu's first time visiting a night market. They found everything new to them, and they stopped and walked, looking around at the stalls.
It was peak season for the night market, with people coming and going, and people always jostling for position. Qin Huiyin only glanced at the jugglers a few more times, and when she turned back, she couldn't find the two people.
"Where are Luwu and Xiaodi?" Tang Yichen came back with three candies.
"Just now a group of people squeezed in to watch the acrobatic performance. When I turned back, they had been separated by the crowd. Now there are too many people and I can't find them."
"Then leave them alone. They are grown-ups now, and they have money on them. They can buy whatever they want to eat and play whatever they want. When they get tired of playing, they can just go back to the inn."
"So we won't look for them?"
"I won't look for you anymore." Tang Yichen took her hand. "There are too many people here. Be careful not to get separated from us. I'll hold you."
Among the crowd, several people wearing cloaks stopped at the entrance of the alley.
"Brother Ze, the fish has taken the bait." Jiang Qibin said excitedly, "As you said, we revealed that the purchasing office was a lucrative job and could embezzle a lot of money. Tong Baotou lost his patience and tried every means to snatch this job from you. You deliberately made a mistake, and the other party took over the purchasing office work. Now his people buy low-quality goods at low prices and accept bribes from those merchants. We let Shouhou and his men rob them, stealing their goods on one side and the merchants' newly received payments on the other. Now they all think it was a conspiracy by the other side and are fighting each other!"
"Has Captain Feng brought his men over?"
"Old Feng is very kind. If we give him such a great achievement, he will definitely speak well of you in front of the county magistrate and Lord Wen. Old Feng is much more reliable than Qian Baotou."
"Boss, what should we do with that batch of inferior goods?"
"Since it's of inferior quality, send it to the blacksmith shop to be remelted. Tell Blacksmith Fang that brothers should settle accounts clearly. Although I am his partner, my brothers need to eat. Whatever silver this ironware can sell for, divide it all among Skinny Monkey and the others."
"Brother Ze, you don't have to give it all. You've also put in a lot of effort." Chen Yong said, "Shou Hou and the others haven't gone hungry since they followed you, and they've made some big profits recently."
"They work with me, so of course I won't let them starve. They've been working hard for me recently to keep an eye on Mr. Gong's silk shop, and I can't let them guard it for so long in vain. I'll just consider this as their wages." After Song Ruize finished speaking, he was about to return to the dam, but he saw Tang Yichen and Qin Huiyin walking towards him, talking and laughing.
He put on his hat.
The others followed his gaze and saw the two men.
"Brother Ze, sister Huiyin..."
"Don't talk." Song Ruize frowned, pushed his hat down, and walked past her.
Several others followed him.
Qin Huiyin suddenly stopped and looked back in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Tang Yichen asked.
"Nothing." Qin Huiyin said, pulling her hand out of Tang Yichen's. "There's no one here."
Song Ruize didn't stop until Qin Huiyin and Tang Yichen walked away.
He turned around and said, "Is today the day for the college entrance examination results?"
"Maybe. We don't do scientific research, so we haven't paid attention to it." Jiang Qibin said.
"Today is the day to announce the results," Jiang Qingnan said from the side. "I took a look as I passed by, and this young master from the Tang family is the top winner."