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Qi Damai didn't come alone, he brought two younger people with him.

Xia Xing, who stayed behind, didn't know Qi Damai, but when he heard Qi introduce himself as Qi and said he was looking for Miss Shen, he asked, "Are you Uncle Damai from Qijiazhuang?

The Third Miss has instructed you to notify her or Uncle Huang immediately if you come looking for her."

"Little Loach, you come and entertain Uncle Damai. I'll go into the guest house to find Uncle Huang." He knew that Uncle Huang and Young Master Song were counting money, so he called the young man from the Huang family who was collecting goods with him at the other end of the stall, and he went to call people himself.

"Okay." Because Little Loach was thin, he voted unanimously to stay at Laojun's stall to watch over the stall when Uncle Huang was selecting someone to stay with Xia Xing.

After Xia Xing left, Qi Damai inquired, "Are you all hired by Miss Shen's family?"

Little Loach corrected him, "I'm an apprentice. My family worked hard to get me a spot."

"Do many people go to her house to work?" asked the young man who followed Qi Damai.

Little Loach nodded heavily: "Of course, except for our Huang family who got in thanks to my aunt, no one from other families can learn to make things from the Jinshi master."

"Mr. Jinshi?" Qi Damai and his two companions were shocked and hurriedly asked him again.

When Xiao Niu introduced the Shen family, Shen Lingzhu and his group had not yet reached the city gate. They did not want to pay extra for the bus, so they chose to walk.

Considering that his sister was afraid of the sun, Shen Xianzhu specially used an oil umbrella to provide shade. When he met a group of students traveling in two mule carts, he lowered the edge of the umbrella to cover himself, but signaled his sister to stop and look at the second car.

"Uncle Shiman is in the car."

"which one?"

"The one in the lake green silk dress in the middle."

"He's actually wearing silk clothes!" Fourth Uncle and Ninth Uncle were all wearing coarse cloth clothes.

Although the mule cart had passed several steps, Shen Lingzhu looked closely and saw that the man's profile was still fair under the black square scarf. He was dressed in silk and holding a red bone paper fan, and the jade fan pendant kept flashing with the fan.

No wonder Aunt Jiu was angry with Grandma San. The whole family earned money to support him in his studies, but he dressed well. This outfit alone probably cost several taels of silver.

She asked, "Shouldn't it be study time now? They're actually out having fun."

"Perhaps the private school teachers are focusing on teaching the students who need to take the August entrance examination, so the lessons for others are relatively relaxed.

Some students often gather with like-minded people and go to the flower boats at the pier... " He stopped talking about the word "boat" in time. How could he tell this to his sister? Shen Xianzhu bit his lower lip. He had heard that his uncle did not study hard recently when he went to the market.

After the two continued to move forward, Shen Lingzhu said, "I see there are fruits and drinks in the car. They really know how to enjoy themselves.

Oh, by the way, did Brother Songzhu take part in this year's county exam? Has he been taught by Mr. Zhao at the clan school?

"Well, he has been studying in the clan school, and Mr. Zhao has been teaching him with all his heart. He took the test today and passed the county test, but failed the prefectural test.

My father had wanted to take him to Beijing to study, but he was worried about my grandmother's health and refused to go no matter what.

Alas, if Dad is still at home next year, I’m afraid Brother Songzhu will not take part in the county exam for the time being.” Shen Xianzhu sighed regretfully:

"Yesterday, the teacher tested his knowledge and said that he would have no problem passing the two county exams next year."

"That means the academy exam is not going well enough?" As an old internet addict, Shen Lingzhu knew that to take the examination for the scholar degree one had to pass three stages: the county examination, the prefectural examination and the academy examination. After that came the autumn examination for the juren degree and the spring examination for the jinshi degree.

Shen Xianzhu glanced at her and said, "Brother Songzhu is only sixteen years old, there is no need to rush for the college entrance examination.

Moreover, since the reign of Emperor Renzong, the regulations on the imperial examinations have become increasingly complete, and the academy examinations are no longer as difficult as before.

If he passes the examination next year, it will be a great comfort to my grandfather, whose health is deteriorating."

She asked, "Where did Grandpa become a monk?"

"North of the county town, Huangshan Foguang Temple. I will accompany him up the mountain tomorrow afternoon. You follow your uncle and are not allowed to walk alone." Shen Xianzhu pointed to the north.

Shen Lingzhu paused, protesting that he had abandoned his sister again.

Shen Xianzhu was not afraid of the little fuss, and just said that his father had asked him to do this before leaving.

"What exactly did your uncle tell you?" Shen Lingzhu had just finished speaking when he vaguely heard someone calling Xiao Zhuzi from behind.

She quickly turned around and saw her uncle chasing after her on a mule cart. "It must be something urgent."

The two siblings hurried over. Huang Zongqi pulled the reins and jumped off the mule, letting the two of them move closer to the shade of the trees on the side of the road. Then he whispered, "Something happened.

Qi Damai, the man you found, brought two people with him today. One of them works part-time in an old restaurant on Gulou Street. He said that he had learned wood carving from an old craftsman before, but later injured his hand and stopped doing it.

But he can also handle simple carpentry work."

The young man heard that the master of the Shen family was a Jinshi and had served as an official. When he saw Huang Zongqi, he immediately expressed his willingness to work for the Shen family.

While chatting around the rows of bellows, he said that the store was busy today and the owner paid him late. When he was leaving, he accidentally saw a scholar in the back alley giving Master Cai a big red bellows.

Because he had done wood carving before, he noticed at a glance that there were two extra strokes under the word "Fu" on the side of the box. He said that if he were to carve the words, he would definitely not carve even a single extra stroke.

Shen Lingzhu closed her eyes. The only one with a few extra strokes on the bellows was the one that was moved to Third Grandma's house. "Who is Master Cai?"

“He’s the junior fellow of the coffin shop owner.

This person is really not giving up. She even asked someone to buy one for her. Do you want to open it and start studying?" Huang Zongqi didn't know that she was making secret notes.

But Shen Xianzhu Menqing'er said, "Uncle Huang, did he say he knew the scholar who sent the bellows?"

"I didn't say it."

"Let's go and ask again."

"No need." Shen Lingzhu grabbed his brother's sleeve and said, "It's unreasonable for a scholar to give something to a cook.

Unless, this scholar is a relative of the cook."

"Are you guys hiding something from me?" Huang Zongqi sensed something was wrong.

Shen Lingzhu looked at his elder brother, and when he nodded, he told him everything he had done deliberately.

"You two wait, I'll ask someone to find out about the Cai." Huang Zongqi jumped onto the mule and galloped towards the city gate.

Shen Xianzhu was momentarily distracted: "Xiao Zhuzi, could it be him? But why?"

Shen Lingzhu comforted him, "Maybe it wasn't him, it was just a coincidence.

There is something that doesn't make sense here. If it was Uncle Ten, it means that someone surnamed Cai had noticed that bellows were in high demand in Shenquan Market long before we entered the city.

He had been planning to find a partner for a long time, but it just happened to happen when we arrived in the city."

It just so happened that they saw Shen Man passing by half a quarter of an hour ago.

"I think we should go into the city as soon as possible and ask him if he has gone to see Shopkeeper Lu.

The other two carpenters also need to be observed." As soon as Shen Lingzhu finished speaking, he saw his eldest brother nodding repeatedly and said, "It's not him."

This "he" obviously refers to Shen Man. The moment the latter got on the boat with a group of scholars, he sneezed several times and accidentally stepped on empty air and fell into the river.

Then I heard my classmates shouting, "Shen Man, why are you so depressed that you want to jump into the river again?"