After a rapid heavy rain, the sky did not clear up, and the drizzle stopped from time to time. For those who like to rain, the plum rain season is simply a blessing.

It is best to lie down and sleep on rainy days. Gu Shun returned to the house where he lived with an umbrella. The charcoal fire had been lit in advance to dry and keep warm and prevent moisture from inside the house.

"Wait." Gu Shun called out to the servant who had just held the umbrella.

"What are the instructions for the young shopkeeper?"

"My godfather should have prepared the book I wanted to take the imperial examination before. Please come and get it back for me. I'll use it for him."

"Small understand."

The servant held an umbrella and did not dare to delay. He hurried out of Gu's mansion.

On the street outside Gu Mansion, on both sides of the long street paved with bluestone, the signs and flags of shops of all sizes are filled with rain, attracting customers from all directions and collecting money from all directions.

Countless vendors and hawkers were shouting around the streets and selling dazzling goods.

Although there have been many disasters in the territory of Daqi, the people are in distress, displaced, and countless people have fallen into the army, for Jiangnan, which is rich in fish and rice, everything seems to have nothing to do with this city.

A merchant holding a horse walked past the most prosperous middle street in Jiangnan City. He was surprised to see the streets coming and going, crowded with people, and the supply of various commodities was not affected at all. The whole city was bustling and lively, and there was no hungry person inside and outside the city.

He stopped at a roadside tea stall, tied up his horse, asked the boss for a bowl of tea, and asked by the way:

"I dare to ask the boss, I went south from the north and visited more than a dozen cities of all sizes along the way. Why is Jiangnan City still so prosperous that even a single disaster victim can't see it?"

The tea shop owner scooped a large bowl of herbal tea and gave it to him, showing off with pride: "This guest official doesn't know that the reason why Jiangnan City is so prosperous depends on Gu's family.

You should have heard of Shunfeng Escort Agency. With Shunfeng Escort Agency, those warriors and bandits who are in trouble in the world dare not come here to cause trouble.

Before, the eight evil people from the Evil Valley came to Jiangnan City to commit crimes, and the entire Zhu family was slaughtered by them. The people in Jiangnan City were panicked. It was still scary to think about those days.

Fortunately, thanks to the team leaders of Shunfeng Escort Agency, they solved all the evil people.

Since then, Jiangnan City has been completely safe, and even the robbers and thieves have disappeared. Only ordinary people who know how to do martial arts can live such a stable life.

In terms of material supply, there are Yunda Commercial Banks. Every day, a large number of commercial fleets continue to transport a large number of material resources into the city.

Mrs. Gu’s Yunda Store sells things at low prices, and there are still many samples. You outsiders should go to the department store to check it out. I promise that the things sold there will definitely open your eyes.

Storekeeper Gu and his wife are both great charitable people. Storekeeper Gu opened a clinic in the mansion and asked famous doctors to treat residents in Jiangnan City for free. Mrs. Gu opened a porridge shop for disaster relief outside the city, and also provided accommodation for the victims to arrange work for those young and strong people.

Thanks to the Gu family, Jiangnan City can prosper and prosper. We all thank them from the bottom of our hearts."

The person who looked like a merchant nodded and drank a few sips of tea. When the guests at the tea stalls next to him heard the boss's words, they also boasted in a lot of agreement. The reputation and reputation of the Gu family in Jiangnan City can be seen.

After paying the tea money, the merchant led the horse along the Central Street to Gu Mansion, trying to investigate the situation.

I saw a lot of people at the gate of Gu's mansion and around, and many of them were girls and mature women.

In front of the Gu Mansion, a fat woman with long skirt swaying on the ground and big sleeves was stopped by a guard.

The woman shouted, "I'm here to see a doctor, why don't I let me in?"

The guard said angrily: "You have been here eight times this month. Every time the clinic prescribes medicine, you will get medicine for at least half a month. You don't have to come every day."

"What's wrong with this coming eight times a month? Do you not afford to look down on the patient?"

"But today is the fourth day. You have come eight times, and you travel twice a day on average. If you really have so many illnesses, you will probably die."

"Bah, you're going to die. I'm having lovesickness. Gu Fan has not married, so why does his family do? I'm still waiting to marry Gu Fan. Let me go in. When I become the wife of Gu's family in the future, I will definitely let you be the head of the ward."

The guard laughed dumbly, "I thank you. There is nothing wrong with dreaming during the day, but it's your fault if you say the dream. You'd better ask me to go back, it's going to rain again later."

The woman tugged with the guard again, but couldn't get in, so she said a harsh sentence, "Wait for me, and you will definitely regret it when I become the wife of the Gu family."

The merchant passed by the cursing woman and came to the gate of Gu's mansion. The guard immediately stopped him, "The Gu's mansion is prohibited from entering in front of him. You can enter by practicing medicine and treating medicine. If you go to the escort agency, please go to the other side."

The customer said that he was here to find the shopkeeper of the Gu family, but was blocked by the guards. "Sorry, the shopkeeper is not in the mansion now. If it is a entrusted or business, you can go to Shunfeng Escort Agency to find the manager inside."

Seeing that he could not enter, the merchant had to lead his horse to a tea stall opposite Gu's mansion and found an empty seat to sit down.

Because this place is closest to Gu's mansion, it is full of Gu Fan's suitors and admirers. These people gather together and call each other sisters. They only talk about two things every day, including the gossip of Gu Fan and Gu Shun and his son, and the curse of Chu Xiuru.

Seeing this, the merchants also gained a deeper understanding of Gu's influence.

At this time, the merchant found a seven or eight-year-old child in a crowd sitting around the tea stall. He was wearing a brocade suit and holding a book in his hand. He was reading tirelessly, not caring about the gaze and noisy sounds of the people around him.

He walked up and asked curiously: "Why is this young man studying here?"

Zhang Yian looked up and saw a strange man who had never seen before asking him, and then replied politely: "I am waiting for someone at this door, and I am bored to read some books. After all, I promised a friend that I want to do things for him in the future."

"It's amazing to see the young master's serious spirit and the chattering next to him is so noisy that he can still concentrate on studying."

"I just want to take this time to read more books so that I can get a good exam in the future, complete my friend's instructions, and prove my ability."

"Your friends must be very honored to have friends like you. I don't know why the young master didn't go home to study, but instead studied on this noisy street?"

Zhang Yian said a little embarrassedly: "I just want to study on the street."

He can't say that his parents don't let him study, so he has to read on the street because he kicked him out.

The merchant saw Zhang Yian in a dilemma and did not ask more questions, but said, "Dare you ask what book is the young master reading?"

"Spring and Autumn"

"Reading the Spring and Autumn Period in the downtown area, these spring and Autumn are full of history, politics, classics and thoughts. Can the young master understand it by himself? Have you ever been to any teacher?" The merchant asked slightly surprised when he heard this.

"I don't have a teacher. My mother asked a scholar from my fellow countryman to teach me how to read for two years. I read most of the sentences I don't understand more, and memorize them a few times. I can understand them slowly and always understand them.

It’s just some rare words that I don’t know, and I really can’t guess the meaning, so I can only put them aside. I want to compile a book that specializes in literacy in the future, which is called a dictionary and can be used for others to check words."

"I really admired that the young master has such ambition and talent. I happened to read the Spring and Autumn Period for a few days and have some understanding of the sutras in it. I don't know if I can solve my doubts for the young master."
Chapter completed!