Yuan An was about forty years old and had no official status at all. He met Qin Mian and his party very kindly. Probably Dean Huo had mentioned the situation of Qin Mian's house with him. When he saw their family of four, his expression did not show any abnormality.
Huo Sirui presented a gift on behalf of himself and Lei Xiangzhi, Qu Zongwen, Bu Qingyun and Zhao Tianhe. Qin Mian motioned to Lei Qin Le to offer the gift.
Huo Sirui smiled and said: "Uncle Yuan, you probably don't know? The wine and fermented bean curd of my elder brother's house are famous throughout Qingtian Mansion. This fermented bean curd does not smell fragrant, but the texture is delicate and the taste is fragrant. Suitable for all ages."
Yuan Anshi chuckled, "Why don't you know? There is a restaurant in Beijing that has fermented bean curd. I heard that it was bought from Qingtian Mansion. A plate only costs one or two silver. I didn't expect the old man to be able to eat his food today. Qin Grandpa and Grandpa Lei are too polite."
Qin Mian said: "It's just a trivial meaning. It's not a respect. Now that the capital is full of students, almost all the inns are overcrowded. If it weren't for Master Yuan to help, I'm afraid it would not be easy for our family to find a foothold in the capital. If Master Yuan thinks wine and wine If the fermented bean curd is not bad, you can ask Si Rui to bring a message to Qin at any time, and Qin will send someone some more."
"The old man thanked you first." Yuan Anshi smiled and nodded.
After sitting for a while in Yuan's mansion, everyone got up and said goodbye.
Madam Yuan walked out of the inner room and looked at her husband drinking tea with incomprehensible eyes, "Master, I don't understand. You are so polite to Master Huo and them. After all, he and the little boy named Lei are both in the spring of this year. Why are you so polite to the Qin and Lei? They are..." Madam Yuan frowned, with a very disdainful expression.
Yuan An glanced at her, put down his tea cup, flicked his sleeves and left, "Women's opinion!"
...
As soon as he walked out of the gate of Yuan Mansion, Bu Qingyun was so upset.
"Big brother, sister-in-law, you are really good, your fermented bean curd is sold in Beijing! Why don't you open a shop in Beijing? I believe you can make a lot of money!"
Qu Zongwen glanced at him diagonally, "Do you look like a scholar?"
Bu Qingyun hugged his arms, "Doesn't it look like it's tight? I'm serious."
Qin Mian is ambiguous, "Maybe there will be another day, who knows."
Lei Xiangzhi asked, "Sister-in-law, let's go back to the inn to Wen Shu, are you going back or just strolling around?"
Qin Mian looked at the fullness in his arms. "The two little guys are still very energetic. Let's take them around and then go back. You guys should not just read and endorse in the house. Why not exchange more with other students. If you learn from each other, you may have more understanding."
Lei Xiangzhi, Huo Sirui and Qu Zongwen were all thoughtful.
"Thank you Sister-in-law for the point."
Several people parted ways. Qin Mian asked Lei Qin Le to drive the carriage back to the inn.
ManMan urging Qin Mian, "Daddy, let's go shopping."
"Good, good."
This street is the residence of a large family. A family of four left the street unhurriedly and followed the flow of people to another bustling street. From a distance, I saw many stalls on the roadside and the endless stream of passers-by. This street is a "commercial street."
The crowd was too crowded, Qin Mian and Lei Tie carefully guarded the two little guys in their arms. A little bit for nothing, but no one dared to squeeze them.
"Roasted sweet potatoes, delicious and sweet roasted sweet potatoes!"
"Let's take a walk, take a look, a unique and fine-quality fabric!"
"The dough maker, it's not like you don't need money!"
"Delicious sugar fire and mahjong biscuits, there is no such shop after this village!"
"Sell kites, beautiful kites!"
"Funny mud calls and rattles!"
...
Yuanyuan and ManMan-open eyes are shining, looking at the left and right, only to feel that a pair of eyes is not enough.
Pedestrians pass by one after another, and many people take advantage of the chaos. Qin Mian didn't go far enough to see two little thieves who were pretending to be tripped and pounced on two passers-by, taking the opportunity to cut off their purses without knowing it, the two passers-by kindly asked the little thieves There was no injury, and he didn't know that he was bad luck.
Lei Tie asked: "Wife, Yuanyuan, Manman, what do you want to buy?"
Qin Mian looked at him nahanily, and teased: "YuanYuan and ManMan, you guys see if the sun is going to the east today? Your dad actually knows to take the initiative to ask our needs."
Yuanyuan and Manman couldn't understand his joking no matter how clever they were. They looked at the sun honestly and shook his head. The two brothers said in unison: "Daddy said that the sun rises from the east and sets to the west."
Lei Tie held Qin Mian's shoulders calmly, "Didn't I ask you to eat something delicious before entering the city?"
Qin Mian's mouth curled up, and he nodded solemnly, "It's good if you haven't forgotten. YuanYuanand ManMan, what do you want to eat?"
He poked his fingers ManMan and frowned, with a very tangled look; Yuanyuan looked left and right, also undecided.
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy came to face him, suddenly tripped and fell towards Qin Mian.
Qin Mian raised his eyebrows and smiled with interest. The thief lunged on him, and the moment he grabbed the purse, he pinched the thief's wrist like lightning.
"Ouch!"
He lowered his head suspiciously, and patted his two little hands, "Ah! Thief!"
The surrounding pedestrians all looked over, and when they saw the teenager clutching Qin Mian's purse, he immediately understood. While cursing and condemning, he quickly checked whether his purse or purse was still there.
The teenager thought it would be easier to start while they were talking, but he didn't expect to be a teacher, and stared at Qin Mian with shame and annoyance, "You, you... let go of me!"
Qin Mian smiled faintly, with a hard hand, the young man screamed in pain before letting him go, and giving Lei Tie a lot.
"Atie, you are waiting for me here. I will send the thief to the government."
"No--" The young man's eyes widened in horror, his neck suddenly tingled, and the shock stopped abruptly.
Curiously asked: "Daddy, why send him to the government?"
Yuanyuan said sternly: "Brother, he is a bad guy, and he will be punished for doing wrong."
Nodded with ManMan understanding.
The thief bowed his head.
Qin Mian squeezed his shoulders, turned into an alley not far away, stopped, unlocked the boy's dumb acupuncture point, and released the gripping hand.
The young man knew that he had encountered a hard stubble, and he did not dare to escape when he was free. He cowered and asked, "You...what do you want?"
Qin Mian said with a negative hand: "For your young age, I will let you go today. But if I run into you next time, I won't have such good luck."
The young man couldn't believe his ears, "Are you really going to let me go? Then why are you..." He didn't let it go until here.
"Because I don't want to mislead my son." Qin Mian took a piece of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into his hand. Without saying a word, he turned and left.
The young man looked at his back, unconsciously followed a few steps, and watched him walk back to the man in black. The cute doll stretched out his arms to him with a smile.
Qin Mian knows that many small thieves are specially trained to steal. They are organized and can't sympathize even if they want sympathy. This boy might have one of them. But he suddenly remembered that the old Qin Mian was so big when he lived in Qingshan Village, that's why he has today's good deeds.
At this time, he hadn't expected that today's unintentional benevolence would forge a good relationship for him. Therefore, the old saying "good is rewarded" is quite reasonable.
Closer to home. The family of four didn't take the small episode to heart. They tasted several snacks, bought some toys for Yuanyuan and Manman, and returned to the inn.
It is not time for dinner, and no one is eating in the lobby. Almost all the desks and chairs were occupied by scholars, who gathered together to discuss knowledge, recite poetry, and even some people were discussing several popular candidates for Chunwei this year. It was very noisy. The attitude of the inn shopkeeper is very good, not only is not angry, but even provides them with free tea. You don't need to think about it. If the champion, the second place and Tanhua really come from his inn, his inn will immediately become famous.
At the corner of the stairs, Qin Mian saw a few pieces of red paper hanging on the wall. The red paper had some names written on it. The names of Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui were among them, and there were numbers written under each person's name.
"What is this?" Qin Mian asked puzzledly.
Lei Tie said: "Chun Wei hot candidate odds."
Qin Mian's eyes widened in surprise, "Betting who will be in the top three?"
Lei Tie nodded.
Qin Mian shook his head, "I really admire those who are good at gamblers, they can bet on anything."
Yuanyuan asked curiously: "Daddy, what is'gambling'?"
"Ahhh, why is my stomach hungry so quickly. Let's go back to the room." Qin Mian strode upstairs holding Yuanyuan.
Lei Tie chuckled, unhurriedly following.
Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui were absent and came back at night. Qin Mian learned that they had also heard of several popular people in Chunwei. In the afternoon, when interacting with a few students from other cities, they unexpectedly became one of the top picks-Gu Youran from Xishan Prefecture. Gu Youran's odds are lower than Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui. The three had a very good chat, and they also arranged to go to the famous Baihuayuan in Beijing the next day to attend a student gathering.
Thinking of Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui making new friends, the cost would not be small, and Qin Mian each gave them fifty taels of silver.
Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui didn't refuse. They really needed the money, so they should bring more money with them to make things easier. The two silently noted the friendship between the brothers and sisters and paid it back later.
The four escorts like Zhang Biao could not stay in the capital until the end of the spring season, and then left Beijing the next day. Qin Mian and Bu Qingyun together sent them out of the city gate.
In the next few days, Lei Xiang Zhiwu went out early and returned late in the evening to exchange meetings with other students.
The Qin Mian family of four is busy playing. On the first morning, Lei Tie took Wife and his son to visit the palace. Of course, it was only about half a mile away from the palace wall outside. Civilians are not allowed to get too close around the palace, otherwise they will be treated as assassins.
Qin Mian was very curious about the imperial palace, including what the emperor looked like, whether the emperor's servants were eunuchs, whether the emperor really had three palaces and six courtyards, and whether the concubines were all beautiful... He whispered to Lei Tie, "Wait for me to repair To be higher, I must dive in and see."
Lei Tie pressed to his ear, "Take you in at night."
Qin Mian's eyes lit up. How did he forget that his family has a facial paralysis but a person who had been in the early court for two years, he must be very familiar with the palace!
Blinking ManMan, he reached Yuanyuan's ear, and said in a small voice: "Brother, I saw Daddy secretly kiss Daddy's ear again.
"Hush!" Yuanyuan whispered, "Don't say it. Dad said Dad would be shy, but we saw it and pretended not to see it."
Qin Mian: "..."
Lei Tie calmly picked up his two sons and walked away quickly, "Wife, let's take them to fly a kite."
Before taking two steps, there was a gritted groan behind him, "Lei, Tie!"
ManMan giggled, "Father, run away, Daddy is catching up!"
Lei Tie hugged the two little guys tightly and walked fast.
Qin Mian chased after him, "Stop!"
Yuanyuan was also happy, "Daddy, come on!"
"Woo!" A little Bai followed vigorously.
The joy of a family of four and a wolf infected passers-by, with a little smile on their faces.