bookcurios Chapter 232: Which God Did You Collide With?
Chapter 232: Which God Did You Collide With?
Amid the awkwardness, the restaurant owner quickly came over and asked, "What are you doing here? You're disturbing our guests' meal!"
The waiter quickly said, "It's the master who wants to pay. Before, someone said he wanted to give alms to the master and brought him to dinner, but he left without paying. Now the master has no money, what should he do?"
The restaurant owner glanced at the monk and waved his hand casually: "Forget it, Master, you are a person outside the world, how can you have any money? No need to pay the bill, just consider it my alms to you!"
The monk raised one hand and said, "Amitabha, congratulations to the donor on the birth of a baby boy!"
The boss was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed: "Really?" His wife had been pregnant for ten months and was due to give birth in the next few days, and he was worried about it before.
"It is absolutely true. Your eyebrows are like sleeping bags. You are kind-hearted and generous. You always treat others with compassion, so you are respected by everyone. Your eyes are clear and bright, and your gaze is firm. It can be seen that your heart is upright and you are not deceived by external things. Your nose is straight and fleshy, which is a sign of good fortune. Although you are not rich, you will have no worries about food and clothing. I see that there is joy between your eyebrows. You must have a new son. Judging from your face, your son is born with good fortune. He will be very smart in the future. If you train him well, he will definitely achieve success and bring honor to the family!"
When the boss heard this, he smiled so brightly that he almost jumped for joy.
He felt around his body, grabbed a handful of copper coins from his bosom, and stuffed them into the monk's hands. He was so happy that he couldn't speak clearly: "Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master. I'll give you some money for the incense!"
The monk smiled and shook his head: "There is no need for money. Why don't you help me pack up the leftovers on the table?"
The boss naturally agreed to such a small matter and told the waiter to do it quickly.
He was so happy that he couldn't sit still, rubbing his hands, and smiling so much that the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.
Just as the waiter packed the food and brought it to the monk, an old woman came running over: "You Tang, You Tang, it's born, your wife has given birth, a big fat boy..."
Cao Shuqing was rejected by Mr. Ping again, and his face sank.
Yan Hua said cautiously: "Sir, the servants in the master's house said that the master went out ten days before the college entrance examination. Could it be that Mr. Ping thought that some students would visit him and deliberately avoided him?"
Cao Shuqing naturally thought of this possibility.
It was just that Ningshan County was far away from Jiazhou City, so he wanted to do both of these things at once.
The college entrance examination did not go well, and the monk didn’t say anything good, so at least one thing must go well!
Yan Hua said carefully, "That monk said that you are plagued by bad luck, could it be that we bumped into some gods when we came here?"
Cao Shuqing sneered: "How can you trust the words of a monk who only eats meat and drinks wine? He is just a swindler. Have you ever seen a monk eat meat? Do you dare to believe what he says?"
Yan Hua thought about it and felt that it made sense.
That monk must have been trying to get free food and drinks. Although Mr. Cao was young, he was smart and was not fooled.
At that time, he really thought that Master Cao was going to treat the monk to a big meal, as they didn't have much money.
Cao Shuqing didn't know that he had actually bumped into someone.
However, it was not an offense to gods, but an offense to humans.
He never imagined that a huge gamble would actually ruin his chance of becoming a scholar.
Who would have thought that Wang Jiayou's father, whose name had never been heard of in the officialdom, had a classmate with whom he had a very good relationship and with whom he often contacted and visited, and the classmate was actually an official under the Jiazhou education commissioner.
The official is not high-ranking, but the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.
He brought gifts to pay a visit and made a small request, which was to arrange a bad number for a student named Cao Shuqing.
It's not cheating, and I don't need any help from him, let alone any secret requests. It's just a small request, how could that classmate not agree?
Anyway, someone has to sit in the stinky car.
If you don't give it to this person, you should give it to that person. If you do things that are convenient for others, everyone will be happy!
There are nearly a thousand students taking the college entrance examination, and there is one bad number among the 28. It is reasonable for a student to be assigned a bad number, right?
It was also because Cao Shuqing had been used to a life of luxury, so he didn't suffer much after his rebirth and entered Ziguang Academy early.
The food and accommodation environment at Ziguang Academy is much better than the previous private school, and even better than Baizhang Academy.
He still had a sense of superiority, thinking that it was reasonable to invest more money now, and spent all the money that was originally saved in the family. Later, with the help of the Yan family, he had no worries about food and clothing. Although he was born in a farming family, he had never done farm work and his physical foundation was not good.
Otherwise, why was he the only one who fainted in the examination room among more than thirty people?
Cao Shuqing stayed in the inn for another four days, but still couldn't wait for Mr. Ping. Yan Hua also hesitantly reminded him: "Sir, we don't have enough money!"
"How can it not be enough?"
Yan Xininghua cursed in her heart, but counted out the details: "This time, the master gave me a total of 1,000 taels of silver. He said that the poor family is rich on the road, so that you don't have to worry about the money and affect the exam. Along the way, we stayed in the best inns and ate the best meals. Even so, the silver is enough. But you made a bet with Wang Jiayou and lost 300 taels in one go, so we don't have enough silver!"
Cao Shuqing was speechless.
Three hundred taels is indeed not a small amount.
But when he signed the bet, he never thought that he would lose.
He was determined to win the case.
Why would he care about three hundred taels in his previous life?
He never expected that in this life, he would be in such a predicament because of three hundred taels!
He gritted his teeth secretly, and his whole face became gloomy!
"How much money do we have left?"
"That's four taels of silver. The room we booked will expire tomorrow. If we want to stay again, we have to pay more! We have to pay for food and lodging on the way back!" Yan Hua suggested: "How about we go back first and come to see Mr. Ping next time?"
Of course Cao Shuqing didn't want to.
Yan Hua simply gave a strong prescription: "Sir, Mr. Ping is not in Jiazhou at all. Who knows how long it will take for him to come back? Besides, you can't go to see a person like Mr. Ping empty-handed, right? Now we don't have the money to prepare gifts. Rather than coming empty-handed and making people think we are rude and bad, it's better to go back and rest, and come back when we are ready."
Yan Hua smiled on the surface, but cursed in his heart: Bah, if he hadn't lost three hundred taels, let alone one more day, he could have lived ten or twenty days. He could have lived comfortably and easily, but now he has to be stretched to the limit! After returning, he must report everything to the master.
Cao Shuqing was very unwilling, but he also knew that what Yan Hua said made sense. Nothing could be done without money.
It would be even more embarrassing if we were kicked out of the inn at that time.
He suppressed his resentment and ordered, "Then go and get ready. We will set off early tomorrow morning!"
Cao Shuqing was extremely depressed because he failed to pass the examination to become a scholar, failed to become Mr. Ping's disciple, and failed to hear any good words from the monk. Now he was more worried about another thing.
After returning, how should he face the Yan family?