Tang Shi clenched his fists with both hands and gently placed them on Zhao Jin's waist. As Zhao Jin approached slowly, his eyelashes trembled even more, Zhao Jin's heart softened when he saw it.
Well, let's not scare this little tiger.
Tang Shi was holding his breath, waiting for the first time in his two lives, but this guy gave up halfway! Is it so appetizing? Is it purely to let him fail the exam in the afternoon
"I'm going to change clothes." Zhao Jin said that he wanted to reach out and hug him under his legs, but Tang Shi suddenly wrapped his neck around him.
"Zhao Jin, I forgot to tell you that there is a very nice girl in the city. She looks good and has a good personality. The most important thing is that she is similar in age to me. I..." The more he said, the darker and darker Zhao Jin's face became. .
Zhao Jin suddenly stretched out his hand to squeeze his chin, his eyes fell on his mouth that kept saying these irritating words, he was really angry, "Tang Shi, I shouldn't be soft-hearted to you."
Tang Shi shut up.
Zhao Jin stared at him with gloomy eyes, raised his little chin slightly, bowed his head and kissed it.
When their lips touched, Tang Shi's eyes widened suddenly, and the whole person froze there. Zhao Jin hugged his waist and chuckled, Tang Shi's whole face was burning like fire.
The lips were warm, but it was the warmth that burned into the hearts of the two of them.
Zhao Jin still restrained in the end, he just touched it lightly, then separated, and then while Tang Shi was stunned, he picked him up and put him on the chair beside him, and he quickly walked into the back room.
Tang Shi came back to his senses and smacked his mouth. Why did he feel that Zhao Jin had just fled
The two came to Tang's house, and Mr. Gao just brought out the last dish from the kitchen.
Tang Qing was a little surprised to see Zhao Jin, so he hurriedly asked Tang Nian to bring the wine, but Zhao Jin reluctantly declined, "I'm really sorry, Uncle Tang, I have business to do in the afternoon. I'll accompany you for a few drinks in the evening."
"Okay, okay." Tang Qing nodded.
Because Tang Shi and Li Shao had to take the exam in the afternoon, everyone didn't talk much at the dinner table. After eating, Tang Shi and Li Shao went back to the room to rest first.
The two-day county exam passed quickly, and because of the exam, Tang Shi had yet to spend time with Zhao Jin. After the last test the next day, he accompanied Li Shao back home and ran to the next door.
When Hong Zhong saw him, he said, "Young Master Tang, you are leaving in a hurry, so I only had time to tell you."
"He's gone?" Tang Shi's heart suddenly filled with a feeling of suffocation, as if he was about to eat the food on the plate, but suddenly found that he had woken up from a dream.
"So, what did he do when he came back?" He calmed down and asked with a smile on his face.
Hong Zhong shook his head, "It should be an official business, the son didn't tell me clearly."
Tang Shi was silent for a while, then nodded to him, and was about to leave, but Hong Zhong stopped him again.
"Little son, there are still two days left for the flower viewing party. Brother Geng has already asked me if you are ready?"
"Yes, you come with me."
In the Tang Dynasty, the yard was large enough and many flowers were planted. Now it is autumn, and chrysanthemums are naturally indispensable. Hong Zhong looked over, only to feel that his eyes were full of purple and bright red, and his face was full of fragrant fragrance.
Of course, the flowers raised in Tang Shi were not bad. Hong Zhong couldn't help but ask, "With so many flowers, which one is the young master going to choose?"
Tang Shi smiled, "It's not that."
Hong Zhong followed him to the side room of the room, and was surprised to find that Tang Shi had used it as a flower room. Although there were not many flowers, each pot was enough to attract attention.
"Little boy, what kind of flower is this? Why have I never seen it before?"
"It's a kind of Begonia flower, I call it Fuchsia." Tang Shi looked at them with tender eyes.
"Fuchsia? Very appropriate!" Even though Hong Zhong didn't understand flowers, he was attracted by these flowers of the same type but different colors.
Tang Shi picked up a pot, "You send this to Geng Cailiang."
Hong Zhong took it carefully and understood why Tang Shi chose this pot. The color of this pot is the most festive and extravagant. The flower tube is cylindrical red, the tip is slender and folded upward, like a flying eaves, vivid and flexible; the lower petals are purple-red, the petals are gathered in an oval shape, and the stamens are slender and hanging down. The whole pattern is very nice.
"Little boy, this is amazing."
Tang Shi nodded, "Take it."
The next day, the academy took a day off, and Tang Shi was lying on a rattan chair in the courtyard with a book in his hand.
"Little brother, are you here?" Tang Yue's voice came from outside the door.
Tang Shi sat up, "Sister, come in."
When Tang Yue entered the courtyard, her eyes were unconsciously attracted to the flowers in the courtyard. Beautiful things always get more attention.
"Sister, do you have anything to do with me?"
Tang Yue sat down in front of him, "Little brother, your flowers are so beautiful."
Tang Shi only smiled.
Tang Yuexiumei's face showed a hint of embarrassment, but she still asked bravely: "Little brother, you have to prepare for the county exam a few days ago, so I don't want to disturb you. ?"
Tang Shi looked at her with a playful look, "Sister, I was just about to tell you about this. You also know that my studies are heavy, and my parents and two brothers and sisters have other things to do, so I will Thinking about selling flowers in the future, how about leaving it to you?"
Tang Yue's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on her face. Not to mention the fact that the powder dealers need flowers, she said that the noble people love flowers and often put many beautiful flowers at parties, but those who can grow flowers really don't. There are many flowers, and few people can farm them on a large scale, so flowers are always in short supply. She has seen the flowers raised by her younger brother. Although the flower patterns are relatively common, the color, fragrance and other aspects of the flowers are the best quality she has ever seen. She is not afraid of not being able to sell them. The ten acres of flower fields are very profitable. .
"How is the price set?"
Tang Shi replied: "I will take the time to write down the price of each kind of flower, and you can set the price according to the above."
Tang Yue nodded again and again.
"I still want to read a book, is there anything else, sister?"
Tang Yue got what she wanted, so she stood up and said softly, "Then I won't disturb the younger brother."
It's not that Tang Shi didn't know what Tang Yue was thinking, but some people didn't cry without seeing the coffin. He gave Tang Yue a chance. If she didn't grasp it well, she couldn't blame herself for being ruthless.
Returning to the academy on the third day, Tang Shi learned that the academy had removed Tang Yi from his name. This matter spread widely in Nanlin Academy and even the whole county. Tang Yi is a student of Nanlin Academy. If something like this happens, Nanlin Academy is really dull.
When Master Ye gave them lectures, he always held a face. In the end, he even specially taught the students to be honest.
On the way to school, he met the school bully and the two followers again. Tang Shi woke them up after the county test, but no matter what, Tang Shi left an indelible shadow in their minds.
No, when they saw Tang Shi, the two immediately lowered their heads and shrank behind the school bully. The school bully knew that Tang Shi was not easy to mess with, so they pretended not to see Tang Shi.
The days were calm again.
Soon, in early October, the results of the county test came out. Unexpectedly, Wei Cong won the first place in the county examination, Tang Shi was the second place, and Li Shao was defeated.
No one would be surprised to say that Wei Cong won the first place, but the second place was taken away by an unknown person, which is really surprising!
Master Ye was very pleased. Tang Shi had only been in school for two months, and he had achieved such good results in the first county examination. His qualifications were really good. However, he still told Tang Shi not to be arrogant, and there would be the government exam and the academy exam, which were more difficult.
Along with the good news of the county trial, the pot of Fuchsia that he raised, as expected, became the oiran of Nanfeng County, and was sent to Qingping Mansion by Geng Cailiang.
Geng Cailiang became famous again. It may have been an accident once, but it's probably not an accident that such an eye-opening variety can be bred twice. People speculated that Geng Cailiang must have trained a talented gardener. They all inquired about who this mysterious gardener was, and wanted to meet and ask for such beautiful flowers.
After hearing this, Hong Zhong asked Tang Shi for his opinion. Tang Shi shook his rattan chair and shook his head, "Don't reveal anything about me for the time being."
Hong Zhong understands.
"By the way, it's been a few months? Why hasn't your son sent letters again?" It used to be at least two letters a month.
"It should be sent to the south to investigate corrupt officials."
Tang Shi stopped talking, and his eyes fell on the swaying chrysanthemums in the yard.
Seeing this, Hong Zhong left silently. The son must have encountered some problem, otherwise it would be impossible to have no news.
In late October, Hong Zhong brought another 500 taels of silver to Tang Shi, saying that the potted flower was favored by a nobleman in the palace and kept in the palace.
The news spread from Kyoto, and everyone thought that the flowers that could be favored by nobles must be extraordinary, and they all approached Geng Cailiang to buy flowers from him.
Tang Shi gave Hong Zhong the remaining five pots of golden bells with different colors. Rareness is the most precious thing. There are so many people who want it. The taller gets it.
The reward given by the capital to Tang Shi was five hundred taels, so the price of each pot should not be less than five hundred taels. Five hundred taels is an astronomical figure in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of those wealthy businessmen, this price is not comparable to fame. Being able to get a pot of flowers that are the same as those of the nobles is a matter of face for Bei'er!
In the end, the biggest beneficiary was Tang Shi. The five pots of flowers were sold for a total of 3,500 taels, plus the 5,000 taels in Kyoto, and some money from the previous flower sales, Tang Shi now has nearly 5,000 taels of silver. Putting aside the previous life, that would be considered a millionaire.
Tang Shi had experienced great wealth and honor in his previous life, so he was not shocked by these 3,500 taels, but the Tang family was different. If they took out so much money at once, the Tang family would not be shocked.
Therefore, Tang Shi didn't plan to tell the Tang family, but only took out five hundred taels to Father Tang, and asked Tang Nian and the others to buy land, and quietly gave Liu one hundred taels as private money. He originally wanted to give more, but even this one hundred taels shocked Liu Shi. However, the Tang family was not surprised when they were frightened.
Therefore, when Tang Shi took out another 100 taels for Fang Shi as the capital of the opening powder shop, the Tang family had calmed down. However, Tang Ji firmly refused, saying that the elder brother could not take the money of the younger brother. Tang Shi was helpless, so he had to say that it was borrowed, and it would be fine to pay it back when the powder shop made money.
Fang Shi was also very moved, thinking that his son could go to school, his daughter was brought up better and better, and he could open a powder shop by himself, all of which depended on Tang Shi's help. Although it is said that they are a family, the brothers still clearly settle accounts. I am afraid they will never know how much their uncle helped them in this life.
"Big brother and sister-in-law, second brother, have you thought about what to do?"
Tang Nian said in distress: "Little brother, I have nothing but farming skills."
Tang Shi asked him, "Did the big brother want to learn a craft in the past?"
Tang Nian wanted to talk about what to do at the house where he went to learn crafts, but when he thought that the family had money and a house, and the land was rented to others, it seemed that he really didn't need him.
"Then what crafts should my second brother and I learn?"
Tang Shi smiled, "Big brother and second brother, you don't have to worry, think slowly, find slowly, the most important thing is that you like it yourself."
Things are developing on the track set by Tang Shi, and the only thing that makes Tang Shi feel uncertain is Zhao Jin, who has never heard from him.
The days passed by slowly, and Tang Shi gradually grew up.