"Yizhidang? Xu Wenchang? I really haven't heard of it." After thinking carefully for a moment, the shopkeeper shook his head with certainty and said truthfully, "Of course, it is also possible that the store is close to the street and the news is not available, and I
You are ignorant again, you can go inside and inquire."
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and thanked him.
Next, Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao searched along the Cultural Street and asked two stores one after another, but they both said that they had never heard of Yizhidang Private School, nor Xu Wei Xu Wenchang.
"Was it wrong?"
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but have some doubts, and then took out the half of the calligraphy and painting from his arms and confirmed the date of signing. It was indeed the day before yesterday. According to Chu Xiong's statement, Xu Wei distributed the calligraphy and painting the day before yesterday to promote Yizhitang Private School, and it must still be in Yingtian now.
, it is impossible to leave so soon.
Zhu Ping'an thought for a while and felt that Xu Wei's reputation was still limited to his hometown in Shaoxing, and his reputation in Yingtian Mansion was not so great, otherwise he would not have recruited students by distributing calligraphy and paintings. It is precisely because of his lack of reputation that these shopkeepers
I have never heard of Yiljitang Private School and Xu Wei.
"Da Dao, let's look for it more carefully."
So, Zhu Ping'an cheered up and took Liu Dadao to carefully look for Yizhidang and Xu Wei in Cultural Street.
Walked there and walked back.
Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao walked back and forth on Wenhua Street and carefully searched all the shops and houses on both sides of the street. They did not miss any of them. However, they still found no trace of Yizhitang Private School or Xu Wei. After asking many questions
No one has heard of Yizhidang Private School and Xu Wei.
It’s impossible for Xu Wei to disappear from the world! Then there is a high probability that Chu Xiong made a mistake?!
Zhu Pingan stood on the street of Cultural Street, stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, and reorganized his thoughts.
Maybe Chu Xiong didn't make a mistake, but he did.
Chuxiong met Xu Wei in Wenhua Street and distributed calligraphy and paintings to promote Yizhitang Private School. This does not mean that Xu Wei opened Yizhitang Private School in Wenhua Street. Xu Wei may have opened a private school near Wenhua Street. It is just that the flow of people in Wenhua Street is relatively large, and Xu Weicai
I just come here to distribute calligraphy and paintings for publicity.
Zhu Pingan asked about the rent of shops in Wenhua Street. Since Wenhua Street is a mature street with prosperous business, the rent is nearly half higher than that of the left and right streets. The annual rent for a shop of about 30 square meters is eight taels of silver.
This does not include transfer fees, huge amounts of taxes, etc. After understanding the cost of opening a store in Wenhua Street, Zhu Ping'an was able to confirm what he had just thought. Xu Wei's Yiljitang Private School was not opened in Wenhua Street, but in
other nearby streets.
Zhu Ping'an understood Xu Wei's character. Xu Wei was a proud man. After becoming a scholar at the age of twenty, he had been taking the provincial examination unremittingly, but he had never passed. The reason why he opened a private school in Yingtian Mansion was to make a living.
As for the compromise he has made in life, judging from his current economic conditions, he will definitely not choose such a high-cost cultural street, but choose a nearby street with cheap rent.
"Da Dao, let's go for a walk around the area."
Thinking of this, Zhu Pingan took Liu Dadao to the nearby streets to continue looking for Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang.
Zhu Ping'an's first choice was Pichai Street, which is adjacent to Wenhua Street. Unlike Wenhua Street, Pichai Street is a trading street. The reason why Pichai Street is called Pichai Street is because this street used to be stocked by country people carrying firewood from the east gate.
The place gradually developed into a farmers' street selling firewood, agricultural products, vegetables, etc.
This street is relatively noisy and chaotic, and the living environment is not as good as that of other streets such as Cultural Street. The residents are middle and lower class people. There are shops on both sides of the street, and the rent of the houses is more than half cheaper than that of Cultural Street.
Zhu Pingan inquired about it and found out that Pichai Street is the cheapest among the nearby streets. In addition, Xu Wei is now a scholar. He has failed in many provincial examinations and is not very well-known in Yingtian Mansion. His private school can attract
The target audience can only be the middle and lower classes.
Therefore, Zhu Ping'an deduced that Xu Wei's Yizhidang Private School was most likely located on this street.
Sure enough, Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao were looking for people on this street, and they only got halfway through when they found out about Xu Wei's Yizhitang private school.
"What, you are looking for Yizhidang private school... I really want to hear about it somewhere..." A vendor selling sesame oil in the streets scratched his head and thought after being asked by Zhu Pingan.
He got up and said, "Oh, I remembered. There is a dark alley in front of me. A new private school has recently been opened. It seems to be called Yichitang."
"Thank you, little brother." Zhu Ping'an was overjoyed when he heard this.
Following the instructions of the oil seller, Zhu Ping'an took Liu Dadao to this dark alley.
The alley is nameless.
To say it's dark is actually an exaggeration. It's just that the alley is relatively closed and narrow, and the light is worse than the main street.
Surprisingly, Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao walked into the alley and searched around, but they couldn't find Yizhitang Private School...
"Uncle, I'd like to ask you, is the Yiljidang Private School here?"
Zhu Pingan met an old man in the alley and asked him about the Yizhidang private school.
"Yiljidang Private School is not far in front. The seventh one from here is the one with the crooked-necked tree at the door. There's no plaque on it. It's a shared house. He rented two of the houses."
The old man answered Zhu Pingan's question.
"Thank you, uncle." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and thanked him.
"Young student, you don't want to send your child to Lao Shizi Yizhitang Private School for education, do you?" The old man saw that Zhu Ping'an understood etiquette, and thought of the things at Yizhitang Private School, he couldn't help asking kindly.
"Well..." Before Zhu Ping'an could speak, the old man spoke again, "If you want to send your child to him to learn, I would advise you to think about it carefully."
Well?!
From the old man's tone, it seems that he has a bad feeling about Iljidang Private School. Are you trying to dissuade yourself in good faith?!
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but be stunned, "Old man, Yizhitang Private School..."
"Young student, seeing that you know etiquette, I kindly remind you that it would be better not to give this away to Zhitang Private School."
The old man shook his head.
"Old man, I would like to hear the details." Zhu Pingan said with cupped hands.
"The master of this Zhidang private school, Erwulang, is not reliable..." The old man waved his hand and reminded Zhu Pingan.
Erwulang is the local dialect of Yingtianfu, which means bad-minded and neurotic. It means two hundred and five plus psychosis. Hearing the old man's description, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but twitch his lips.
"Really, my house is not far from the house he rented, only one house away. The wife named Xu from Yiljidang private school often screams and howls at night. It's really scary. A normal person would do such a thing.
Ah. Also, he doesn’t look like a husband. The day before yesterday, I saw him sitting on the ground, chatting happily with a firewood seller. The two of them sat on the ground, eating fried soybeans and drinking wine, and they got very drunk.
..."
The old man was afraid that Zhu Pingan would not believe him, so he specifically cited two typical examples to prove that Xu Wei was abnormal...