Chapter 155 Ancient Farmer (12)

The roads in ancient times were very difficult to walk on.

If you were sitting in a well-equipped carriage, it would only be generally difficult to walk on. Now, sitting in a simple donkey cart, the person sitting inside could be thrown up and down a thousand times in a day.

Lin Shiheng was fine, he seemed to have a kind of calmness of "Let the wind blow from the east, south, west, and north, I will remain unmoved".

Even if the person in the donkey cart could fly, he could still open the window and read in the sunshine outside.

And the one who was traveling with him was miserable.

The one who was walking with Lin Shiheng was of course not someone who had already agreed to go to the provincial capital with him to take the exam, but a scholar who was sitting in his own carriage, with servants and gifts and money around him, and was supposed to go to the provincial capital to take the exam comfortably.

This was a completely different comfortable version of taking the exam from Lin Shiheng.

He claimed that he had a backer, and that he was from the same clan as Sun, a third-rank official in the court. He had always lived in his hometown, which was next to Lin Shiheng's county. He had been living a life of luxury since he was a child. When he was going to Beijing to take the imperial examination, his family would prepare silver, servants and carriages for him without him having to do anything.

Unfortunately, this scholar was unlucky. Everything was arranged properly, but halfway through, he happened to meet robbers, who robbed all their money. If this scholar had not been good-looking and flexible, and immediately said that he could marry the robbers' daughter, he would probably not be able to save his own life and the lives of his servants.

They took advantage of the chaos to escape on the way back, and were separated from their servants. They were penniless, and he was a young master who had no ability to survive in the wild. He could be called the number one unlucky person in the world.

Fortunately, after he escaped, he met Lin Shiheng and could go to the provincial capital to take the imperial examination together.

Unfortunately, Sun Xiucai, who was delicate and precious, was sick of the donkey carriage.

On the way, he almost vomited his bile.

People vomited and felt uncomfortable in their mouths, so of course they wanted to drink water. He didn't bring any water, so he went to ask Lin Shiheng for it.

Often at this time, the scholar who was dressed simply, holding a book and smiling warmly would considerately take out water from his bag and hand it to the stranger who had never met him before.

It can be said that he was very kind.

"One tael of silver."

Young Master Sun rinsed his mouth with the water bag without hesitation. After rinsing his mouth, he leaned against the window with a look of despair, "Brother Lin, how much do I owe you?"

"Not much, a full eighty taels."

Lin Shiheng smiled at him with a pure and kind smile, which made Sun Xiucai's teeth ache.

Most of the scholars nowadays are full of courtesy, righteousness, and shame, and disdain to be stained with the smell of money, otherwise the bandit would not be fooled by Sun Xiucai's upper and lower lips and let him go.

After all, in the impression of the world, scholars disdain to lie.

At least the scholars that Sun Xiucai had met were all of the above type. He didn't expect to meet Lin Shiheng, such a strange person.

"Brother Lin, have you ever told me that you don't look like a scholar?"

Lin Shiheng smiled kindly: "No."

"As a scholar, you should make your family live well. Now I make money reasonably, why not?"

Sun Xiucai has been with him for so many days, and he has developed some feelings for him. Although he is occasionally choked by his thick skin, he feels more at ease with Lin Shiheng's direct price tag than those who are respectful and considerate on weekdays but shoot cold guns in the back at critical moments.

Although he is very demanding, he still needs money.

The two of them had a hard time all the way to the provincial capital... Oh, no, it was Sun Xiucai who had a hard time alone, while Lin Shiheng had a very easy time along the way.

When Sun Xiucai saw the plaque hanging on the city wall, his eyes were red. He was only a teenager now, and he had never suffered much since he was a child. Now, he had suffered enough for half his life.

He couldn't wait to return to his own territory. He jumped off the donkey cart and said goodbye to Lin Shiheng: "Thank you for taking care of me these days, Brother Lin. I have relatives in this city. Now I just need to find them. I hope Brother Lin can give me a place to stay. When I settle down, I will let someone give you the money I owe you."

Lin Shiheng lifted the curtain and looked back at the city gate.

"You are not old, don't be deceived again. Do you want me to take you a ride?"

Sun Xiucai shook his head. The place he was going to was not convenient for others to go.

"Well, let's say goodbye now."

Lin Shiheng smiled and was about to lower the curtain. Sun Xiucai was stunned and hurriedly called him: "Brother Lin, you haven't told me where you are staying."

If he doesn't tell him the location, how can he send someone to deliver the silver.

The handsome scholar in the car shook his head and laughed, "No need."

Seeing Sun Xiucai's confused face, Lin Shiheng smiled and said: "When we met, you were covered in wounds and looked alert. You didn't touch my things. You refused to eat even when your stomach was growling with hunger. Are you afraid that I will poison you?"

Sun Xiucai narrowed his eyes suddenly, his whole body tensed up, and his hands quietly pressed on his waist.

"I see you always have your hands on your waist, there must be a b-i'sh0u there, right?" Lin Shiheng didn't take his alert look seriously, instead he said in a relaxed tone: "If there is something wrong on my way, I'm afraid this b-i'sh0u should be in my heart now."

"And you are not a scholar coming to take the exam, right? The exam is about to start, you don't have a book with you, and you are not in a hurry at all. When you parked to repair, you never mentioned borrowing books from me."

Sun Xiucai was stiff. He thought he was disguised perfectly, but he didn't expect so many flaws. He was only a teenager, but his voice was very obscure: "Who are you!"

"Didn't I tell Brother Sun a long time ago? A scholar coming to take the exam."

Sun Xiucai didn't believe it. Not only did he not believe it, he kept thinking in his mind, which way did this person come from, since he had the opportunity to harm him, why didn't he do it all the way?

"Since you've seen it, why are you pretending to be stupid?"

The scholar in the car smiled casually, "If I don't do this, will you eat my food and drink my water? I'm afraid you'll starve to death and die of thirst before we even reach the provincial capital."

Sun Xiucai's face froze. This was true. If Lin Shiheng hadn't clearly marked the price, making him think that he was a money-seeking person, he would not touch his things even if he starved to death.

But why did this man help him?

What did he want?

Sun Xiucai was thinking deeply here, but Lin Shiheng in the car looked up at the sky, "Since you've reached a safe place, let's say goodbye."

After saying that, he lowered the curtain and asked the driver to drive the car directly.

The simple donkey cart entered the city, leaving Sun Xiucai alone with a confused and dazed look on his face.

Just left like that?

Leaving without wanting anything?

It shouldn't be like this. The people he had met were either for fame or for profit. Lin Shiheng was the first one who saw that he was not ordinary but didn't want to leave.

Thinking of their casual chat when they were traveling together, the talent that Lin Shiheng inadvertently revealed, and the way he could stand still no matter how bumpy the donkey cart was, Sun Xiucai's young face gradually became clear.

He was indifferent to fame and fortune, and he didn't say it. In order to save him, he didn't care about putting on a disguise of love for money.

This is a real scholar!

He must recruit such a noble man around him! !

The driver of the donkey cart was confused while driving the cart.

In the eyes of the people in Linjia Village, the driver was hired. In fact, he was bought by Lin Shiheng, and even the donkey cart was bought together.

In today's world where "you sell my body contract and you are my master", he wholeheartedly regards Lin Shiheng, a scholar, as his master.

He originally thought that his master was kind enough to pick up a scholar who was also going to take the exam, but Lin Shiheng's words just now made him stunned.

Isn't this man a scholar?

He had heard Lin Shiheng's big mouth before, and the young master agreed to it, and made a fortune for his master. What is going on now?

After all, he was still worried that his master would not have a good life in the provincial capital. The driver drove the car and couldn't help asking: "Master, you really don't want the reward? From such a far place to here, the travel expenses alone are not small."

Lin Shiheng sat in the car safely, "I don't want it, he will give it to me."

"It's not as good as asking for it."

The driver was even more confused.

Master, does this mean that the young master Sun will come to give money?

But they didn't tell the young master Sun where they planned to live.

He was confused, but he didn't dare to ask. He drove to an inn and followed his master in.

The driver knew that his master had money. When he drove to the county before, the clerk of the government came to give him money, saying that he was a great help.

From then on, he knew that his master was very capable. Didn't he see that the people from the government came to make friends?

After waiting for Lin Shiheng to get off the car, he followed him and asked carefully: "Master, you want to stay in the upper room?"

As for him, any room would be enough.

"No need." Lin Shiheng took out money and gave it to him: "Go and book two lower rooms."

The driver didn't understand why he had to stay in the lower room even if he had money, so he obediently went to book two lower rooms.

That night, a man dressed as a servant walked into the inn and knocked on Lin Shiheng's door.

"Master Lin, I am a servant of the Sun family. This is a thank-you gift from my master. He said it was the silver agreed upon before..."

The scholar in green stood tall and straight, frowned slightly, and leaned to the left with a noble face, letting the servant see the environment of the lower room clearly, and said in a calm voice: "It's just a small favor for me to help Brother Sun. No thank-you gift is needed. You can take it back."

The servant took a few glances at the poor situation of the lower room. It was too bad that even a servant like him couldn't live there. Looking at the handsome scholar in front of him, he was so poor, but he could still refuse such a large sum of silver.

The image of a noble man who was not greedy for money, had a pure character, and had a noble character appeared in front of him.

I must learn from my master when I go back.

Thinking about what my master said, he threw the thing in his hand directly from the empty space on the right side that Lin Shiheng had left because he leaned to the left.

"Hey, you!"

Lin Shiheng seemed very surprised and turned to pick it up and return it to him, but the servant turned around and ran away.

"Master Lin, please keep it. This is the gift from my master."

Watching him run away, the scholar seemed helpless and stood there with the silver, then gently closed the door.

As soon as the door was closed, he lowered his head and nodded the one hundred taels in his hand, his lips slightly raised.

Tsk, I'm rich again.

Money is so easy to make.