Chai Tiannuo looked at the dark scene in front of him and couldn't help but frown. The two martial arts scholars were speechless and did not dare to talk to each other.
There are lessons for both the left and the right. Isn’t it bad to criticize like this?
Following the road signs, there was already a long queue at the registration office, and Wu Xiucai from all over Dahua were arriving one after another.
"How much?"
Chaitino's voice changed a bit. The instructor raised his finger and said with a smile:
"You heard it right, the tuition fee is one hundred taels, and you are a good boy."
"No, it's not fifty taels. How come it's doubled?"
Sweat dripped from Chaitino's forehead.
"The martial arts exam is fifty taels, but you talents who were supposed to go to the government schools to further your studies are all one hundred taels."
The person who registered me as an instructor was pretty good, and he still said it with a smile.
"...Isn't it too dark?"
Chai Tiannuo's mouth trembled a little. He couldn't figure out whether he had one hundred taels of silver.
"Is there anything bad about martial arts?"
The teacher's finger circled around, and Chai Tiannuo took a look and realized that his mother's hair was indeed dark enough.
"If you think it's too dark, you don't have to do it. You can save a hundred taels of silver, which will be enough for you to drink two or three meals of flower wine."
He still had a smiling face, but Chai Tiannuo felt like a fierce ghost, and he was disgusted by the sight of him. He spent a hundred taels of silver on wine for two or three meals, but he had no money and no place to do anything?!
However, you have to pay the tuition fee, and you can't ruin your future just because of a hundred taels of silver.
After tumbling about in the book basket, Chai Tiannuo gritted his teeth and handed over the heavy piece of silver. Man'er's little face wrinkled up, and tears rolled back and forth in his eyes. This scene was truly heartbreaking.
"If you have any other questions, please ask Zashi for guidance, next one!"
After receiving the money, he immediately changed his face and asked Chai Tiannuo, who was about to speak, to play with his cold voice.
"...he's his mother, he will immediately become a human being after receiving the money!"
After muttering a few words, Chai Tiannuo and Wang Pu said hello and walked towards the chores class.
The chores instructor was an old man with gray hair. When he saw Chaitino, he directly handed over a piece of paper.
Chaitino took the paper and looked at it, feeling a bitter taste in his mouth:
"Teach me, isn't it too dark to live in the upper house? One hundred taels of silver doesn't even require food and accommodation. How can I, the outsiders, live like this?"
"There is no need to be so depressed. After leaving the courtyard gate, walk two miles to the left. There is a large area of houses for rent there."
"All martial arts students rent accommodation there, and food is very convenient."
He was good at teaching chores and gave Chai Tiannuo a clear path.
"...what's the price?"
"It's cheap, only five taels a month."
Chaitino sat down on the steps, and I knew that this was the realm of robbery!
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Master, let's go home. We only have about twenty taels of silver left. We can't survive with prices so high."
Man'er was so frightened that he cried. This was more profitable than robbery.
"Xiucai, it's just one hundred and eighty taels of silver, don't say you can't get it."
The gray-haired tutor said in surprise, "You are rich in literature and martial arts, how can you become a martial arts scholar without money?"
"Hey, my family is poor and there is nothing we can do."
Chai Tiannuo talked about his situation with a hint of bitterness, and the chore instructor couldn't help but scratch his head. This was the first time he had seen such a poor Imperial College Supervisor.
But then I thought about it, in the past years, all the talents were promoted, and they had a salary. Even if they had no family background, they were not comparable to these talents.
"Teacher, I heard that every year there are students in the Academy of Arts and Sciences who have no honors. How do they live?"
Chaitino wiped his face and asked, and the teacher smiled and said:
"The Liberal Arts School takes care of food and housing, and distributes cleansing supplies every month. They live a very comfortable life."
"...Do you think it's too late for me to switch to the liberal arts college now?"
"You say that?"
The teacher is still smiling, Chaitino is grinning, the teacher in the upper house has definitely gone through the same training, the smile is exactly the same, it makes people feel uncomfortable just looking at it.
"If you really can't afford it, then go to Jiazifang and have a look."
"Although the environment is not very good, the distance is much farther, and the people who live there are still small officials and businessmen, but I heard that the rent there is cheap, less than two taels of silver."
"Is there anything cheaper?"
Chaitino grinned, and he didn't know whether his expression was crying or laughing.
The teacher also grinned:
"How cheap do you want it to be?"
Chaitino thought for a while and slowly raised a finger:
"Do you have a hundred coins?"
The gray-haired miscellaneous teacher did not speak, but looked directly at Chaitino.
Chai Tiannuo scratched his belly in embarrassment, thinking that he was a little fooling around. One hundred coins in this world is equivalent to five steamed buns, and he couldn't do anything.
Even in Shaoyin County, you can't find such a low rent.
"If you're not afraid of noise, then go to Ding'er Street Fireworks Alley."
Seeing how pitiful Chaitino's master and servant were, the chore teacher sighed and said:
"The residents there are all traffickers and lackeys. I heard that the rent is only a few hundred cents, but the distance is quite far. It takes half an hour to walk one way."
"That's it!"
Chai Tiannuo and Chai Maner were refreshed and agreed at the same time. The thing they were least afraid of losing was their legs.
After saying hello to Wang Shanyu Pu Benfang and declining their offer of support, Chai Tiannuo and Chai Man'er each carried a book basket and strode toward the Fireworks Alley of Ding'er Street as instructed by the miscellaneous teacher.
After walking for exactly half an hour, Chaitino came to Ding Er Street. He sniffed and found an indescribable sweet smell filling the air.
After asking the short man who was selling pancakes on the street about the way out and about renting a house, Chai Tiannuo and Man'er turned around and headed towards the alley, when a soft voice suddenly came from behind:
"Da Lang is coming home. Uncle has sent someone to bring you something."
"Jin Lian, be careful and don't expose yourself so much."
Chai Tiannuo suddenly turned around and saw a charming woman opening the window on the second floor and shouting. He couldn't help but trembled in his heart. Could it be that it was really Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian?
Scratching his head and throwing away his funny thoughts, Chai Tiannuo took Chai Man'er's little hand and walked deeper into the alley.
Is this the origin of the name Fireworks Alley?
Standing on the street, looking at the red buildings and green pavilions in front of him, Chai Tiannuo's brows twitched three times in a row. He finally knew the origin of the sweet smell just now. It turned out to be from here.
It's still dark, the lanterns are on, and the orioles and swallows in light gauze clothes are smiling coquettishly as they shuttle between the pavilions. The aroma of different scents of powder rises from the building and spreads to the entire block.
Xiuchun Pavilion, looking at the red font of Wei stele, Chai Tiannuo couldn't help but scratch his belly, he really found a good place.
"Master, those sisters are so beautiful and white."
Chai Man'er couldn't help but swallow her saliva as she watched her daughter's house coming and going. Her face was covered with makeup and her plump red lips were covered with makeup. Her brows were painted in black and white and her eyes were filled with dewy eyes. How could these sisters be so beautiful?
"Indeed, it is indeed very white!"
Chaitino stuttered a little, but his emphasis was different. Man'er was talking about the face, but he was talking about the white patch held up by the low-cut tube skirt.
In sixteen years, this was the first time that Mr. Chai had seen such an eye-catching scene, which made his withered heart beat wildly.