On the wedding day, I was broken off, so I remarried his uncle

Qian Feng was very happy to see his classmates coming. He first asked them if they had any dietary restrictions.

After learning that the two of them ate everything, he told Chang'an, "Ask the cook to prepare more food tonight."

Changan took the order and left.

The couple decided on the room they would stay in, and arranged accommodation for the Qiao brothers. "It's getting late today, you guys stay at home for one night, it won't be too late to leave tomorrow."

Chen Yunyou assigned them a room and asked them to clean it up themselves.

The Qiao brothers were of course very grateful. They still had to go to the city to inquire about the price of grain, but it was definitely too late today. They had originally thought about finding a dilapidated temple outside the city to stay overnight, but now there was no need.

Thanks to Qian Feng's help, the couple only had to move the luggage on the donkey cart twice to move it into their room.

"You brought too few books." Qian Feng sighed.

Chen Yunyou put the books on the table and said, "I have written down everything I need to read and remember. The provincial examination is coming soon. No matter how many books I bring, I won't have time to read them."

"That's true." He then picked up a copy of "The Analects" and flipped through it. He saw many annotations written on it. He looked at it quietly for a while and found that the book not only had annotations, but also marked which part had test questions.

He couldn't put the book down immediately. He looked at Chen Yunyou with shining eyes and asked expectantly, "Brother, can you lend me this book?"

Chen Yunyou packed up the books in his hands without even looking up, "Okay, pick whatever you want."

Qian Feng felt a little warm in his heart. These ancient texts were a bit obscure, and different punctuation would have different interpretations. He only had a vague understanding of some of the passages. After reading his classmate's annotations just now, he suddenly felt as if a light had been turned on.

He was afraid that his classmates would go back on their word, so he picked up another copy of "The Great Learning" and held the book tightly in his arms.

He retreated calmly, smiling and saying, "Well, you must have been exhausted from the journey, why don't you take a rest first? I'll ask Chang'an to call you when it's time for dinner!"

After saying this, he fled away.

Chen Yun shook his head and laughed, not caring.

Qian Feng hurried back to his room and couldn't wait to turn to the part that he only had a vague understanding of before. The clear and straightforward annotations on it made him suddenly realize and enlightened. He was immersed in it and forgot the passage of time.

As dusk fell, he was still immersed in the book when a knock on the door came from outside: "Sir, it's time to eat."

Qian Feng suddenly woke up from his dream. He raised his head and rubbed his sore eyes. Only then did he realize that the sky outside was gradually getting dark.

He hurriedly put the book away carefully, then went out to invite people to dinner.

After the meal, Qian Feng saw that everyone looked tired, so he did not invite them to chat. After quickly finishing their dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to wash up and rest.

The next day, the Qiao brothers got up early and saw that except for the cook, everyone else in the yard had not gotten up yet.

The two men gave instructions to the cook, took the mule and went out to buy food.

The two had also been to the city. After they came out of the alley, they walked straight to the main street and went to the various grain shops.

After asking around, I found out that the price of grain here is indeed about three cents cheaper than that in Nanyun County.

What they didn't expect was that all the grain shops had limits on supply, and each person could only buy a maximum of 30 kilograms of grain per day.

The two brothers walked around the entire city and found four grain shops in total. If the two brothers bought separately, they could buy more than 200 kilograms of grain.

They used the money to buy brown rice and coarse grains, and they saved a penny of silver on this trip. Both brothers felt it was a great deal.

When the two brothers bought food and returned to Liu'er Hutong, the couple had just returned from outside.

Similar to the rules of the county examination, the prefectural examination also requires a guarantor from a government scholarship student to ensure that no one impersonates someone else.

What is slightly different from the county examination is that the requirements for the prefectural examination are more stringent, and require two students on government stipends to act as guarantors.

Fortunately, Qian Feng had helped him find a suitable student early on, and he only needed to pay some money to complete this step smoothly.

The Qiao brothers, who returned with a lot of loads, bumped into a group of people who were out doing business in Liuer Hutong.

When Chen Yunyou saw the two brothers coming back with the mule, he took the initiative to ask, "Brother Qiao, what are you doing?"

Qiao Da said frankly: "We just walked around the grain shops in the city and found that the grain here is much cheaper than ours, so we bought some to take back."

"It's a pity that there is a purchase limit in the city. Each person can only buy 30 kilograms at a time. We went to four shops and barely bought 240 kilograms." They shook their heads as they spoke, with expressions of regret on their faces.

After hearing what the two said, Chen Yunyou suggested, "Thank you for seeing me off this time. Why don't you stay here for another day and go buy some food tomorrow morning? That way you can buy more."

He took out two taels of silver from his pocket and handed them over. "I was so busy packing yesterday that I forgot about it. This is the remaining payment. Thank you for seeing me off all the way."

Both of them were very excited after hearing this. According to the current situation, if the drought is not alleviated, the price of food will definitely not fall. Naturally, they are willing to buy more food.

Qian Feng, who was standing nearby, heard the whole story and said directly: "Why is it so troublesome? How much more do you need to buy? I'll let Chang'an take you to my shop at home."

Qiao Da's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he bowed and thanked him: "Thank you very much!"

Qian Feng waved his hand nonchalantly and let Chang'an lead the two of them over.

The Qian Feng family is considered a small landlord with considerable assets in the provincial capital. After accumulating a lot of assets over the years, they have a lot of land at home and also have grain shops and other businesses in the city.

Grandpa Qian Feng was originally just an ordinary farmer living near the city. Due to the frequent wars at that time, especially when the war spread to the south of the Yangtze River, many families fled their homeland, but the Qian family stayed at home and did not leave.

Qian's grandfather was a far-sighted man. He observed that although war brought chaos, it also provided a glimmer of hope for those with courage.

He noticed that although there was constant war all around them, the enemy had never reached their place.

Because the city has well-developed waterways, merchant ships from all over the country come and go, and the busy docks require a large amount of manpower to load, unload and transship goods.

In times of war, fighting was not only a consumption of manpower, but also a competition of the speed of transporting various materials. At that time, the city had well-developed waterways, and merchant ships from all over the country came and went, which required a lot of manpower to operate.

At that time, Qian Feng's grandfather was very brave. He gathered some villagers who could not make a living and asked them to work at the dock. Gradually, they had some savings.

After the new dynasty was established, the capital gradually regained its former prosperity.

A lot of land was left abandoned, and a lot of land could be purchased by just paying a small amount of money to the government.

After so many years of operation, Qian Feng's family has accumulated a lot of wealth.