Since Li Xinheng said so, Fu Ciyi had no choice but to stop paying and get in the car with Yan Funing.
He first put away the empty backpack containing the small basket, then sat on the outer edge of the cart and motioned Yan Funing to sit next to him.
At this moment, Meixiang stepped into the car and pushed Yan Funing from behind with her arm.
Yan Funing was just about to sit down when she was pushed and almost fell out of the car.
Fortunately, Fu Ciyi grabbed her arm.
Yan Funing sat down beside him, raised her eyes and questioned Meixiang: "Why are you like this?"
Meixiang snorted: "What about me? The place where you sit is where I usually sit, and you took it away, and I haven't said anything to you yet."
Li Xinheng was about to open his mouth to speak when Meixiang glared at him.
"It's not like we won't pay you."
As she said this, she slapped ten copper coins into Li Xinheng's hand, sat down, and moved closer to Yan Funing, not forgetting to pull her husband to sit down as well.
Yan Funing had no choice but to move towards Fu Ciyi.
Meixiang moved over, but was blocked by Fu Ciyi with the back of his hand.
His arm went around Yan Funing's back, separating Meixiang and Yan Funing.
Meixiang was about to be secretly delighted, and said that riding in the ox cart would be so crowded that she might come into contact with the handsome man.
I didn’t expect it to come so soon!
Fu Ciyi suddenly said, "You're leaning against my wife. My wife is delicate and can't stand a woman of your size leaning against her."
Yan Funing pursed her lips and smiled slightly, suddenly feeling that there was nothing wrong with sitting next to Fu Ciyi.
Meixiang was so surprised that she screamed, "I'm big?"
Li Xinheng said, "Yes, he is quite big. I am also big, but you are big in a way that is typical for a woman."
Meixiang knew her own body shape, and now that someone brought it up like this, she was so angry that she had no place to vent her anger.
I had no choice but to stop sitting in the front of the car and took my husband to switch seats with the elderly couple in the back of the car.
The car started moving, shaking and swaying.
Only Fu Ciyi remained unmoved.
Yan Funing bumped into him from time to time, feeling embarrassed, but she couldn't say sorry in front of so many people.
Just then, he clasped two fingers around her wrist and placed her hand on his arm, meaning for her to hold onto him.
This was the first time she had grabbed a man's arm.
Hard, thick and strong.
I didn't expect that although he looks like a bookish person, he is actually quite muscular.
Could it be true, as Fu Nanyao said, that his body is all muscle?
The legendary saying that you look thin when dressed and have muscles when undressed?
His arms were thick, and her hands were small, so they could only hold each other like this. When the car got particularly bumpy, she simply used both hands to hold on.
Fu Ciyi glanced down, but she was not polite.
Finally they arrived in the town, and as soon as the car stopped, Yan Funing let go of her hand.
The two got out of the car and discussed while walking.
Yan Funing: "Shall we go and ask about the quota first?"
Fu Ciyi: "It's still early, I'm going to the bookstore first, do you want to come with me?"
Yan Funing: "I have to go to the restaurant to return the basket, so I'll just chat with the owner."
Fu Ciyi: "Okay, I'll go to the restaurant to find you in a quarter of an hour."
Yan Funing: "Okay."
The couple separated at the door of Liuji Restaurant.
Yan Funing entered the restaurant carrying a backpack.
"Uncle Liu, I'm here."
"My daughter is here." Liu Song came out from the kitchen. "The sales of medicinal food have been very good these days. A batch of squab arrived early this morning and I'm processing it."
"Business is good." She put the small basket on the counter. "This is the basket that held the chicken feet last time. I'm returning it to you."
"You still remember this, kid."
"Of course I remember it." Yan Funing took out a piece of rice paper from her purse. "There are two menus for medicinal dishes on it. Uncle Liu, my handwriting is sloppy and simplified. I'll read it out and you take notes."
"Okay."
The two of them read and took notes, and quickly copied down two new medicinal dishes, writing down the dosage and efficacy in detail.
After finishing all this, Liu Song locked the rice paper Yan Funing had given him, along with the one he had written, inside the counter: "This recipe is very valuable and cannot be seen by anyone."
Yan Funing nodded.
Liu Song took out a booklet recording sales from another drawer and showed it to her: "The quantity of squab purchased and the sales share are all recorded in this book." Immediately, he handed her a tael of silver and said, "This is my commission."
Yan Funing flipped through the booklet briefly and took a commission of five cents per copy. She had sold nearly two hundred copies during that period, so she accepted the money.
Liu Song sighed, "I could have sold more, but when someone saw how well I was selling, they also started selling squab medicinal food at a lower price. For a few days, I lost customers." Suddenly, he cheered up, "But the other party's squab medicinal food didn't work, so the customers came back."
"Business has been affected in the past few days, so I have to keep the recipe my daughter gave me carefully."
He tapped the lock on the counter drawer.
Yan Funing nodded: "That's how it should be."
On the other side, Fu Ciyi went to the bookstore and handed the remaining seven books to the owner, and received three and a half taels of silver.
He returned the imperial examination book he had copied to the shop owner, exchanged it for a new one, took ten blank books to copy, bought a roll of rice paper, and then came to look for Yan Funing.
When he arrived outside the restaurant, he heard the restaurant owner say to Yan Funing, "My daughter, it would be great if you were not married. Be my daughter-in-law and we can expand the restaurant business together."
Yan Funing smiled and said, "We are cooperating now, it's the same."
Liu Song shook his head: "How can it be the same? If you become my daughter-in-law, we will be a family."
Fu Ciyi stood at the door and coughed lightly.
Hearing this, Yan Funing said to Liu Song, "Uncle Liu, my husband is here to pick me up. Let's stop talking today."
"Okay." Liu Song slapped his forehead, "I forgot to tell you, people are starting to order the braised chicken feet."
"That's great!" Yan Funing waved her hand, "Uncle Liu, I'm leaving now."
Immediately, he picked up the backpack and walked quickly towards Fu Ciyi.
Fu Ciyi glanced into the restaurant, put his arm around Yan Funing's shoulder and left.
"Goodbye." Liu Song waved his hand, secretly complaining in his heart, such a good girl, why did she marry such a cold-faced man?
Or maybe his son looks gentle and cheerful, so the girl should meet him someday.
Yan Funing suddenly felt an inexplicable pressure on her shoulder. She turned her head to look, but there was nothing.
The moment she turned her head, Fu Ciyi withdrew his hand in time, took the backpack from her hand, and put a brown paper bag in it.
The two went to inquire about the places for the autumn examination.
However, when he arrived at the yamen, he couldn't find the headman, so he asked for the address of the headman's home, but to his surprise, the headman was not at home either.
Fu Ciyi and Yan Funing walked around the market twice, asked people, and finally found the headman in a teahouse.
The guard was a man in his forties or fifties. When he heard that someone was asking about the quota for the Autumn Examination, he immediately asked, "Is your last name Fu?"
Fu Ciyi nodded: "I am Fu Ciyi."
"Your village just reported your name, so I reported it to the county. But the county document came back and your name wasn't on it." The pavilion chief took a sip of tea. "The problem isn't with me. I also want one more person from our town to participate in the Autumn Examination."
Upon hearing this, Fu Ciyi understood: "Thank you, Captain, for telling me!"
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