Chapter 343: Halfway out of the way
Compared with the tranquility and peace of the morning, Guiyun Pavilion is like another world, full of people. As soon as I walked to the door, a wave of heat came from inside. Yao Si frowned slightly. The location at the door was blocked by her with a screen, so the ventilation was less. She thought to herself, she had to find a space to open a few more windows around. The Spring Festival is so stuffy. Isn’t it that summer that people dare not forget to leave inside?
Qiu Ji followed behind and whispered: "The windows below should not be opened too much. Now it's just right. You can open the windows above and add a few more skylights."
Yao Si turned around and smiled at him, nodded: "I think so too, otherwise Xia Tian would be very uncomfortable."
The three of them came to the counter. Chen Jinhai was busy checking out the bill with several people. When he was finished, he felt that there was still a figure next to him. He turned his head and saw that he was surprised and said, "It's the lady who is back." As he said that, he bowed, looking like a servant.
Yao Si was embarrassed and waved his hands repeatedly: "Mr. Chen, don't call me like that. I blushed. I'll go in and say hello to my mother first."
Chen Jinhai looked at Qiu Ji with a smile, and the two greeted each other.
The backyard kitchen has been rebuilt. Yan's cooking was busy cooking on the stove. What surprised Yao Si was that the chef was not only Yan, but also three chefs. She also looked very skilled. She thought the chef would have to look for it again after a while. It seems that Guiyun Pavilion has indeed had a great business in the past half month.
The kitchen was noisy, and Yao Si shouted, but he didn't say yes, so he walked closer and shouted again: "Mom."
Yan looked back and almost threw away the shovel. She looked at the other people and was so happy that she was incoherent. However, the little girl who was burning the stove said anxiously: "Auntie, it's time to get the pot."
Yan quickly put the dishes on the pot first, then put down the shovel, hugged Yao Si and sighed. Although she had only been separated for more than ten days, she missed Yao Si very much. If she had not been busy in Guiyun Pavilion all day, she would have been unable to withstand this longing.
Yao Si had a rough idea in the future, and said that he had to go to Kuaijiting to participate in the spring test in the afternoon and could only return to Jinbuju in the evening.
Yan said hello repeatedly, and he didn't remind him before leaving: "Changwen is here to have dinner in the evening."
Qiu Ji nodded with a smile, and the few people left the kitchen and returned to the counter. Chen Jinhai took out a bag and handed it to Yao Si and said, "Miss, there are 100 taels of silver and 200 taels of silver here."
Then he took out a purse and handed it to Yao Si: "There is fifty taels of silver in it, which is the lady's living expenses next month."
Yao Si first took three hundred taels of silver and then 50 taels, but shook his head and said, "How can I use so much?"
"Miss, this silver is not used by you, but for others." Chen Jinhai smiled and handed the purse back to Yao Si: "Miss is in the academy and must deal with various characters. I won't talk about it before, but in the future, if you lack silver, you won't be able to eat."
Yao Si was shocked. Chen Jinhai could see more clearly than her. After thinking about it, she took it and said goodbye to Chen Jinhai. The group took the carriage to the Wang family pawnshop on Shuncheng Street.
Originally, Yao Si wanted to go by himself, but when she thought about it, it was abnormal to hide it. Besides, she just went to pay back the money and did not need to meet Zi Ya, so she went to the Wang family pawnshop with Qiu Ji with peace of mind.
The shopkeeper recognized Yao Si at a glance, glanced at Qiu Ji, and then smiled and said, "Miss is here today----"
Yao Si handed him the silver notes together. The shopkeeper immediately understood and went to weigh the silver first, and counted the silver notes, "I will be 300 taels." He turned around and entered the house. After a while, he took a box and handed it to Yao Si, "Girl, see if it's your thing."
Yao Si only took a casual look, nodded, thanked him, and said goodbye to the shopkeeper.
After leaving the Wang family business, Yao Si handed Qiu Ji the jade she had used to pay 300 taels of silver to Qiu Ji, "Please help me see how much is this jade worth?"
Qiu Ji looked at it for a moment and smiled and said, "Five and Six Hundred Taws are indispensable."
Yao Si opened his mouth in surprise, and then smiled bitterly for a while: "It seems that this Wang family pawnshop is honest enough, and he even returned the things to me without saying a word."
After finishing the work here, it was almost noon, and it took at least more than an hour to go to Kuaiji Pavilion. In the afternoon, I had to meet with the students from other academies. It was too late to have lunch, so Qiu Ji asked Wei Zha to buy some pastries and snacks to take them on the way.
Because the weather is good and it is now a good time to get to the spring, there are many pedestrians on the road, and many of them tried to get to Kuaijitingchun, so the journey was not smooth.
The closer you get to Yangshan, the more people you pedestrians and more carriages on the road, so you walk very slowly. When you reach the hillside, you stop and don’t move forward.
"Come on." Qiu Ji handed the water bag to Yao Si. Yao Si was so delicious that he was dry. He took Gulu Gulu and took a few sips, letting a long sigh, and feeling much more comfortable.
At this moment, she suddenly heard a quarrel outside. She curiously opened the curtain and saw that the bodies of two carriages were hit by the bodies of two carriages not far away. The two families were quarreling, and they did not allow anyone to block the middle of the road and blocked the carriages behind them.
Unable to Qiu Ji's order, Wei Zha got off the carriage and went to inquire. After a while, he came back and said, "Young Master, Miss Yao, is Cao Jian, the son of the Minister of Works. He collided with Xie Huai, the cousin of Zhan Shi Xie Jun. He was unwilling to give way and was arguing."
Yao Si didn't know these people in the court, especially their young masters. Seeing her a little confused look, Qiu Ji explained: "Cao Jian is a student of the Imperial Academy, and the case of the Tongsheng Examination the year before yesterday. This person is very talented and one of the best among the Imperial Academy. As for Xie Huaiqi, he is still above Cao Jian's generation."
"Then why should I beg for a junior?" Yao Si was a little puzzled. In public, an adult man was petty with a young man, and it seemed not very good-looking.
Wei Zha quickly said, "The girl doesn't know anything. It's not that Xie Huaiqiu refused to let her go, but that Cao Jian bullied people too much. The road was narrow, and if you accidentally hit her, you would hit her. It would be fine if you apologize to each other.
Cao Jian refused to give up and insisted on giving it to an explanation. Xie Huaiqi's slave gave him ten taels of silver. Unexpectedly, this made Cao Jian provoke him. He felt that Xie Huaiqi insulted him, so he started arguing."
At this time, the drivers on the previous carriages had already started shouting, and the general idea was to ask the person in front to leave quickly, and if they didn't leave, they would give way. However, Cao Jian was like a firecracker, and he was urged by the people behind him. He became even more angry. Not only did he not give way, but he also let casual servants cross the middle of the road. Now he couldn't even get up.
Chapter completed!