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Chapter 29 The trip to the city

On August 29th, the sky is clear and the wind is smooth.

Xu Yan, who had been preparing for the exam for several days at home, said goodbye to his parents and took Xiaoshu Tong Shuangxi to the mansion to prepare for the exam.

Ningbo Prefecture has a total of five counties, and its prefecture is Yin County.

There is Junshan in the east of Yin County and Simingshan in the southwest, with a circumference of more than 800 miles.

Dinghai County is located in the northeast of Yin County, and it takes only two hours to get from the county town to the Fucheng.

Xu Yan set out in a carriage in the early morning, and it was noon when he arrived at the Fucheng City.

Compared with Dinghai County, the city was obviously much more prosperous. After entering the city, Xu Yan paid the coachman's money and found a shop with Xiaoshutong to worship Wudian Temple. He thought about finding an inn to settle down.

The Xu family is not short of money, so Xu Xiaolangjun naturally wanted to find the inn that he liked, and chose to choose Tailai Inn on Chengxian Street.

This inn has an extremely superior geographical location, close to the public school, and it is most convenient to take the public exam.

It was noon at this time, and people came and went to the inn. Xu Yan brought Xiao Shutong into the gate, and immediately a waiter with a short beating came over.

"Do you two guests want to stay in a hotel?"

The waiter saw Shuangxi wearing a small hat wrapped in a green dress and Xu Yan was wearing a Taoist robe made of Huzhou silk, and he knew his identity in his heart.

"Yes, prepare two rooms for me."

Xu Yan said lightly.

Unexpectedly, the waiter looked embarrassed and said, "This young master is really sorry. The shop has been doing so well recently and has booked all the rooms. Now there is only one room left."

It turned out that the mansion examination was approaching, and the number of candidates who stayed at Tailai Inn increased significantly, and there were no more rooms available.

"That's how..."

Xu Yan was naturally a little disappointed. There were good inns in Ningbo City, but there were really no one with a superior location like Tailai Inn.

He thought for a moment and said in a harmonious voice: "Can you please give me one room? It's really inconvenient for us to live in a room."

The waiter sighed and said, "This young man is really not a young man who refuses to help. Now even the shopkeeper lives in a uniform room, he has sold it, and he really can't. Maybe you should find another store."

Seeing this, Shuangxi hurriedly said, "Young Master, let's do it one by one, and you'll get off after squeezing. I'll hit the floor shop at that time, so the young master will sleep comfortably."

Although Xu Yan felt a little sad and happy, he thought about it carefully that this was indeed the best solution, so he nodded and said, "Since that's the case, please take us to see the room."

The waiter was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed to greet him, "Please please, please, my son."

There are three floors in Tailai Inn. The waiter led the way in front. After reaching the second floor, he turned right, walked to the penultimate room, stopped to get the key, opened the door.

Pushing open the door of the house, the waiter walked into the house first: "Please come in, please come in."

Xu Yan and Xiao Shutong walked into the house one after another.

Xu Xiaolangjun looked around and found that although the room was not big, there were all kinds of documents, wardrobes, beds, and chairs, and the environment was tidy.

When you come out and live, you can't be as particular as you are at home. Xu Yan is already very satisfied with this environment.

"So I booked this room."

"Young Master is really happy. I spend seven cents of silver a night in the room, and I live now and pay now, and I don't have any credit."

The waiter was very happy to settle the room when he saw Xu Yan so readily.

"Seven cents of silver per night? So expensive?"

Xu Yan suspected that he had heard it wrong, and his eyes were staring like a cowbell. You should know that seven cents of silver were equivalent to the monthly salary of the border soldiers.

The rooms at Tailai Inn are good, but they are definitely not worth so much.

Couldn’t this waiter thinks he is a nerd who turns a blind eye to the things outside the window and only reads the books of sages?

"Young Master is joking, right? If this is normal, our room is naturally not that expensive. But now we are close to the mansion and the location is so good, it is really hard to get a room. If the young master comes one step late, the room will definitely be ordered by someone else. Not to mention seven cents of silver, even seven taels of silver will not be ordered."

Although what the waiter said sounds good, he actually decided to eat Xu Yan. After all, there is only one inn close to Fuxue, and you can't help but even if you start the price.

Xu Yan thought about it for a while and felt that what the waiter said was not completely unreasonable. In addition, his Xu family is not short of money, so there is no need to make trouble for a few dollars.

"Forget it, Shuangxi gives him five taels of silver and order it for five days first. The meal money will be deducted from it."

After hearing the young master's instructions, Shuangxi naturally took out a ingot of five taels of silver from the package and handed it to Xiaoer.

The waiter took the heavy silver and bit it gently with his teeth. When he saw a clear tooth mark appeared, he laughed and said, "Young master is so proud. Just say hello, the little one is on call... The little one will not disturb the young master's rest."

After saying that, he bowed and stepped out, and took the door with him.

After the child left, Xu Yan shook his head and sighed, "Alas, I didn't expect that Xu Yan, I, had also become a sucker."

Unexpectedly, Shuangxi not only did not comfort him, but instead chuckled: "What are you saying this? This is not the first time you are like this."

Xu Yan almost choked to death and asked, "What do you mean?"

Seeing that the young master was not convinced, Xiao Shutong pouted and said, "Have you forgotten that you went to Suzhou to study last year? You rented a three-entry house in Wujifang, in Changmen. What's the prosperity of the world in Wuzhong, and Wuzhong is in Changmen. The rent for that house costs fifty taels a month, and it doesn't even cover food and drink. When you asked me to pay, you didn't even blink. But to be honest, the house is really luxurious. You slept with a six-pillar rack bed in Huanghuali wood, and there are chicken-winged wood three-dimensional arhat beds, beech wood rectangular kang tables, ironwood south official hat chairs, and the red sandalwood clothes hanger carved with Ruyi cloud head patterns..."

Xiao Shutong was so intoxicated that Xu Yan was confused. Why didn’t he remember this? Could it be that the memory of Xu Xiaolangjun he inherited was not complete?

However, seeing how Shuangxi said so seriously, it seems that there is no falsehood. It seems that this Xu Xiaolangjun is really a complete prodigal son.

"Uh, can't I become thrifty?"

Xu Yan tried hard to restore his image.

Shuangxi shook her head like a rattle: "If the young master can manage his family thrifty, even the sow can climb a tree."

Xu Yan looked dark and couldn't answer the words.

Forget it, forgot... Since the image of a prodigal son has been deeply rooted in everyone's hearts, there is no need to force it to reverse it.

Besides, talented men and prodigal sons do not conflict.

Zhang Dai, a famous rich second-generation, was a famous loser, but it did not prevent others from leaving their literary world famous.

The most important thing is to live happily. Since you have a wealthy family, why should you be that kind of slutty slave?

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