After washing clothes and changing out of the house, I found that it was afternoon and my family was still in Xin'an Guild Hall, but I moved to the courtyard dedicated to Hui's commercial residence. Wang Fulin knew exactly what was going on. n∈n∈, the Cheng family and the Wang family were both merchants. They had not been able to do special things in the provincial examination before, and they were mixed with other test-takers. Now that their families are here, they naturally might as well enjoy the benefits they should have. I think during the few days of waiting for the release of the list, most of those who are wealthy or have relatives in Nanjing will move out for a few days to rest. There can be many empty houses in Xin'an Guild Hall, and the people who stay will live more comfortably.

He took Xiaobei through the Xin'an Guild Hall, went out from the back door, and came to a clean and tidy stall with only two or three guests. After finding a table to sit down, he smiled and said, "I used to go out early and come back late every day when I was taken here once. I was taken to eat it once. I really thought it was delicious. Cheng Naixuan often asked Mo Xiang to come here to buy midnight snacks. The real ingredients are cheap, and it is the best choice to fill my stomach! Although there are few people at the moment, it is because it has not yet arrived, otherwise I can't even find a pair of heads."

In later generations, Nanjing and Zhenjiang once slapped their origins for a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, but Wang Fulin only sucked the food, not caring about the many unnecessary debates.

The couple who runs this stall was a couple. When the woman who came to greet the guests heard this, she immediately smiled and said, "This little official is too complimentary. We are not just for making money. The family is also a scholar who takes the exam. After participating in the autumn examination, we have to stay in Nanjing for at least one and a half months. The expenses in Jinling are too high. If we didn't do some small business to fill it up, how can we support us? Now we have to set up a small stall like this. Thanks to the Xin'an Guild Hall, all the officials are willing to support us. We can say at least hundreds of bowls to sell every day. The expenses and travel expenses of our family of three in Nanjing will be all made."

When she heard this, Xiaobei, who had just followed Wang Fulin to taste delicious food, was suddenly a little dazed. The hardships she suffered when she was young were only intermittent for less than a year, and neither before or after that. She didn't worry about how to live. Although Wang Fulin had the highest debt at home, the lean camel was bigger than a horse. Since he got rid of the two difficulties of fame and food growth, he was the leader of a county. His good connections and flexible wrists quickly reversed the predicament. However, he could appreciate the hardships of supporting scholars.

Because his parents were not around at that time, Wang Erniang was in charge of the family, and was extremely stingy and even took Wang Xiaomei to make beads and jewelry to make money. As long as he bought a little thing, he would be happy... Although that kind of life has gradually faded away, it still existed in the end.

So he smiled and said to the woman, "I want to wish the son nomination for the Gui List!"

The woman smiled, as if even the wrinkles on her forehead were completely relaxed. When Wang Fulin ordered two bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup, she hurried over to help her husband prepare and deliver them, but she saw that the bowl was full of real ingredients, dark red duck blood, snow-white duck intestines, and all kinds of duck liver and duck hearts, there was actually one duck wing each. Xiaobei hadn't eaten it yet, but Wang Fulin knew that the duck wings were extra extra heads, and immediately smiled and said, "I slept until now after I appeared. I was so hungry. Now I'm so kind."

"I know that the little official must be tired on the spot. Thank you for your auspicious words, my uncle and I also wish the little official nomination on the list and flying with the little lady."

Xiaobei didn't expect that the woman would say this. Seeing that each of them had a duck wing, they were not flying together. They immediately smiled and quickly took out a silver horn from their waist purse and stuffed it. The woman was so honest that she brought a handful of copper to change. Wang Fulin smiled and took it away. After thanking the other party, he shook his head at Xiaobei: "The couple is hard-working, but they support themselves and have a straight waist. They never have to give extra rewards. In addition, with the protection of Xin'an Guild Hall, no one dares to come over to find fault. I just hope that their son will be lucky and will be given a juren to take the exam to pay his parents' hard work."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him said, "Since you are here to take the provincial examination, you should know that there are only 135 total quotas in Nanzhili. If others pass the exam, your hope will be reduced a little."

Wang Fulin looked at the man and saw that he was a middle-aged man with a white hair and straight hair in a dressed body. He had a calm face and a child about ten years old. He smiled and said, "You have to rely on yourself to take the provincial exam. I hope that others will fail. If you don't say that your mind is right or not, you will not have enough confidence. What else can you take? To put it more explicitly, if ordinary people can get more juren and poor families keep giving birth to noble children, the folk reading style will continue to be maintained. Otherwise, if all those who have served in the officialdom are children of officials and wealthy families, wouldn't they have to go back to the time when the Wei and Jin dynasties are determined?"

The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect Wang Fulin to say this. After being stunned, he didn't continue to say it. The couple who were busy at the stove over there, heard Wang Fulin's words, all of them were grateful. Xiaobei pulled Wang Fulin's sleeve and whispered: "Take Qianyanshen, why do you say so much? Eat your food when you are hungry, a big foodie!"

Wang Fulin nodded, but reached out to stop Xiaobei from moving his chopsticks immediately. Instead, he mysteriously took out a porcelain bottle from the brocade bag on his waist, pulled out the plug, and dripped a few drops into his bowl. When Xiaobei saw the red oil, he was immediately amazed and laughed: "You are not that right? When he set off from Huizhou, he really brought this with him?"

"You don't know yet. When I entered the exam room, I even brought the spicy sauce. Otherwise, how could I swallow the dry scones? However, because I stayed for a long time this time, I was afraid that the bottle would be broken on the road and I didn't bring much spicy oil. I didn't want to eat it before, but now I can finally have a full meal."

Wang Fulin handed the bottle to Xiaobei. Seeing that she also liked spicy food, she added some more to the bowl. She took the chopsticks and mixed it. The fragrance of chili oil suddenly spread. He took the porcelain bottle she handed back and stuffed it back. Then he picked up the chopsticks and started to feast. But as he ate, he found that the light in front of him suddenly dimmed. When he looked up, he saw that the middle-aged man who was just asking was standing by the table and the couple setting up the stall came over, but the most speechless one was the little boy, staring at their bowls with his eyes fixed on them.

Finally, the middle-aged man asked a little embarrassedly: "Little official, this red oil is..."

"Oh, it's the chili I grow at home. Grind it into powder and add oil to soak it, and then it becomes this."

Nowadays, various spicy dishes are popular in the Zhuangyuan Building in Huizhou Prefecture City. Wang Fulin justified the name of the pepper planted in his backyard, and then promoted the planting in Songmingshan and Xixinan. Hong Renwu, the head of Zhuangyuan Building, took the opportunity to open several restaurants in Huizhou Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, and Ningguo Prefecture, and used the words Hui cuisine, and the business was quite good. However, the peppers are very good and cannot be hidden, and restaurants that follow the trend are emerging one after another. Therefore, chili oil is no longer a new thing near Huizhou Prefecture, but it is still rare in Nanjing.

Wang Fulin said while taking out the porcelain bottle and generously asked the boy to add a few drops to his bowl. However, the little guy was so excited that he was so spicy that he stuck out his tongue, which made the middle-aged man who was supposed to be his father scolded him. Although the couple who set up the stall wondered, they asked Wang Fulin if he had seeds and planned to go back and try all kinds of things. Regarding this request, Xiaobei smiled and said, "We all love spicy food the most, and we wish we could grow this all over the world, so we don't have to go anywhere. He should have it in his luggage. I'll find it to give it to you later."

The couple were naturally overjoyed and thanked him very much. The middle-aged man took his son to eat his own portion, but did not leave immediately. Instead, after Wang Fulin and Xiaobei finished eating, they took the initiative to come over: "I took the liberty to ask, I have visited many places before, but I have heard of pepper, but this is the first time for pepper. I don't know where this thing comes from?"

"It is said that like pepper, it comes from the West. I am delicious, so I have brought some seeds. At present, several prefectures and counties near Huizhou Prefecture are not uncommon. This thing is just a seasoning, but it is said that some things are high in yield and can fill their stomachs and withstand famine. I have been asking if I can get some seeds overseas." Wang Fulin said this, but he thought that he would go to Macau sooner or later. It is important to know that the Spanish and Portuguese are competing in the Americas, and those American plants should be the most mature of those people.

Xiaobei looked at the middle-aged man who was asking this question from time to time, and saw that he was thinking about it, the little boy broke the casserole and asked to the end. He actually asked Wang Fulin what other plants looked like and tasted. She couldn't help but think that Jin Bao, who was about the same size as this little guy at home, also interjected a few sentences from time to time.

No one noticed that there was a guest in the corner who ate slowly from beginning to end and never left.

As Wang Fulin listened, he also knew the identity of the middle-aged man: "It turns out that this uncle also came to take the provincial examination. However, it is really not easy to bring his son to take the provincial examination."

"My grandfather was successful in business, but when I got to my house, I could only make a living by farming and studying. He usually worked as a teacher to supplement the family income. This time, I also hoped that he could see the big scene where talents gathered in the southeast and work hard in the future. So, I just heard a little official mentioning a poor son, which really meant that I was thinking! This is my first time in the second grade in the scientific examination, and I was able to take the provincial examination, but the success of the examination was slim. I just hope that he could surpass my father in the future!"

"Dad, I will definitely study hard and come back after taking the Jinshi exam in the future!"

Wang Fulin, like Xiaobei, couldn't help but think of Jinbao at home when he saw this boy. He smiled and asked the little guy who was straight and said boldly: "Dare you ask the little boy's surname and why is his name?"

But the boy first looked at his father, and then said seriously: "The boy's surname is Xu and his name is Guangqi." (To be continued...)

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