Chapter seven hundred and twenty eight: recruiting
"Speaking of Jia Xiucai, he is also a famous person in our town!"
"Don't look at him now. He has one eye missing and is wearing an eyepatch. He is so skinny that he has no flesh on his face. When he was young, he was a handsome young man! He can read again and is fifteen years old.
He was admitted as a scholar at the age of 18.
He is the youngest scholar in our peach town! Everyone says he has a lot of potential and will definitely be admitted to the Juren Examination and become an official in the future!"
"But this man! What kind of fate is this? God has already decreed death for you. We humans can't change it!"
"In the second year after Jia Xiucai was admitted as a scholar, he went to Qingping Fucheng to take the provincial examination. You said it was only two days away, so something could happen, but it was fate!"
"Jia Xiucai's parents were both ill at that time. In order to take care of them, Jia Xiucai did not go to Fucheng with others first. Instead, he fell behind for a few days and did not leave for Fucheng until two days before the exam.
, thinking that if I win a prize and bring it back, my parents will be happy. Once I am happy, the disease may be cured.
However, we encountered heavy rain on the road. When we were hiding from the rain in a ruined temple, by chance, we encountered two groups of people inside the ruined temple who started fighting and killing each other. Jia Xiucai, a scholar, was very polite and avoided the trouble.
In the meantime, the eye that was still affected and lost was injured there."
"Without one eye, he could no longer take part in the imperial examination. Jia Xiucai was so disheartened that he stumbled out, fainted in the rain, had a fever, and was killed by a family.
Saved.
Later, he felt too shameless to come back to Peach Town and was sad and disappointed by his parents, so he wandered out for a few months. At the end of the year, which was almost the Chinese New Year, he returned to the town. However, he didn't expect that he didn't even wait for him to come back after looking at him at home.
My parents couldn't hold on, so they all left one after another.
When Jia Xiucai came back, he didn’t even see his parents for the last time!”
"Later, Jia Xiucai used his family's remaining savings to buy this piece of land near the river and built this inn. He never got married, so he lived in this inn!"
"But the business of the inn was not good. It was prosperous for a month or two after it opened, but it has been so deserted since then. Because the business was not good, many people stopped working. Now ten years later, they are still staying in that inn.
The three people in the house are all Jia Xiucai's own. They have food to eat and can do without wages. The boy is his nephew who has lost his parents. The other two women and the cook are the ones who are not paid.
They are all servants of the Jia family."
"His land is good and spacious. Someone has long been interested in it and wants to buy it, but Jia Xiucai is unwilling to sell it no matter what he says. The inn can't support the four of them now. Look at Jia Xiucai, one person
The shopkeeper is not as well-dressed as other waiters!"
"The more deserted this business is, the less business there will be. If this continues, this Loft Inn will be closed by the end of the year at the latest."
The old woman talked a lot, and finally sighed, "So why don't you stay one more night? Haven't you heard about the great excitement at Fang's house in our town tomorrow? Just stay for one day, tomorrow
It’s going to be lively, and you can even see the extremely beautiful young lady from the Fang family with your own eyes!”
Listening to the old woman talk about the one-eyed shopkeeper, after this experience, it was also embarrassing to hear.
Unexpectedly, the one-eyed shopkeeper who is so skinny and has a stubble on his face and looks like a shabby old man is actually a scholar? He is only in his twenties?
It's really hard to tell.
But this man's stubbornness really showed through.
This inn has been open for ten years, but the business is so bad that it can no longer be opened, so it is still trying to keep it open.
Song Qiu also understood why the inn was in disrepair for a long time. It couldn't make ends meet, so where could the money come from to repair it?
But if we don’t repair it, given the dilapidated environment, it would be strange for this business to be so good!
Song Qiu didn't say that they were going to stay in the town to watch the excitement tomorrow, so the old lady thought they were leaving right now, so she didn't say anything more about why they didn't stay one more night at the Love Inn.
After eating breakfast, paying the bill, the group headed towards the entrance of the town.
Along the way, I searched for inns where I could stay.
I was also lucky. I just walked to an inn near the entrance of the town. It happened that two rooms in this inn had been checked out. In addition, there was one room left vacant, and there were two large shops in their backyard.
It's so crowded that we can barely stay there for one night.
This inn is newly opened, and even the Datongpu is better than the Shangfang in Lok Fu Inn.
One night passed and early in the morning, the whole town was crowded and lively.
There are also many villages below the town where idle people come to town specifically to watch the excitement.
By the time Song Qiu and the others left the inn after breakfast, the street in front of them was already filled with water.
Tianxiang Tower is not far from the inn where they live, just across a few shops. There is no space under Tianxiang Tower for a long time, and the crowds are spreading to the area outside the inn.
If you push forward, you can't squeeze in. If you can't squeeze in, you can't see anything. The door is occupied by young and old men. They are all waiting to grab the hydrangea. Who dares to follow them?
Squeezing for space? This squeeze will cause no trouble.
Those who are not trying to grab the hydrangeas should stay back and watch the fun. Don’t delay others’ efforts to grab the hydrangeas.
Therefore, Song Qiu and his party simply did not go to Tianxiang Tower and went directly to the teahouse next door.
On the second floor of the teahouse, the windows are wide open and you can clearly see Tianxiang Tower.
Standing high and seeing far away, they will definitely be the first to see the young lady from the Fang family when she comes out on the corridor on the third floor of the Fragrant Building that day.
Originally, the time set by the Fang family for tossing the embroidered balls was exactly the right time, but now that it had just passed, everyone had already gathered.
So many people lowered their heads and shouted, Throw it away, throw it away quickly, and the sound echoed throughout Taozhen.
With so many people squeezing around downstairs, it wouldn't be a big deal to wait for half an hour.
Therefore, the landlord decided to go ahead of schedule, since everyone who was going to come would also come.
Under the spotlight of everyone, the wealthy landlord Fang, dressed in silk and satin, appeared on the corridor on the third floor.
He first raised his hand to signal for silence, then cleared his throat and began his opening remarks.
That is to say, the rules for grabbing hydrangeas were reiterated on the spot. Those who are married, those who are engaged, those under sixteen, those over thirty, those who are sick, and those with disabilities should not grab them. If you grab them, it will not count.
Grab only what needs to be grabbed, don't grab blindly and waste everyone's time.
Another one, if you grab the hydrangea and meet the above requirements, you can go to the third floor to meet Miss Fang. Miss Fang nodded after seeing it and immediately went to the church to get married.
Finally, Landlord Fang smiled and invited everyone to come to the Tianxiang Building for a wedding banquet later. No formalities are required. Please join in the fun and joy.
While everyone at the bottom clapped and applauded, they also continued to urge, start quickly! Stop messing around!
It came out after a thousand calls.
Soon, a young woman dressed in red and wearing a veil appeared on the corridor.
I saw her graceful figure, slim figure, delicate and plump forehead, jade-like skin, and watery eyes as charming as the stars in the sky.
Everything was boiling underneath, and everyone was rubbing shoulders and stretching out their hands, as if Miss Fang would jump down from above and be caught in their arms.