Chapter 394 Meeting with the Official
Ren Jianbai was caught off guard and staggered, almost falling to the ground.
The person who bumped into Ren Jianbai was a burly man with a beard, his face full of displeasure, "Your eyes are on the top of your head, you don't even look at the road!"
The other person's face was covered with flesh, and Ren Jianbai didn't dare to say anything. He just lowered his head and said timidly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
There is nothing else to say.
The sturdy man snorted coldly, "He is indeed an idiot!"
Then he strode forward.
Ren Jianbai breathed a sigh of relief, but he became more and more annoyed in his heart. He felt that everyone was staring at him and pointing fingers at him, which only made him feel more suffocated.
He looked up and saw a tavern nearby. He walked straight in, ordered a pot of wine and two side dishes, and started eating and drinking.
After the sun reached its highest point, it slowly slid down along the western sky.
It was not until the afterglow of the setting sun ignited a rosy glow that Ren Jianbai reached out and pounded the table in front of him.
The blow was struck with such force that the wine glasses and dishes on the table trembled.
The waiter who passed by couldn't help but curl his lips, especially when he saw the two dishes on his table, he raised his chin even more.
A plate of peanuts and a plate of pork head meat, which I drank for the entire afternoon. Really...
I don’t know whether to say that I’m stingy or that I’m fond of these two things.
But one thing is true, this man is dressed like a scholar, and has a worried and depressed look on his face after drinking for half a day. He must be the candidate who failed the imperial examination this spring.
People like this are in the most depressed mood right now, so it’s best to avoid them.
The waiter didn't take it seriously, but he glanced at him from time to time, to prevent Ren Jianbai from getting mad because of failing the exam and angering the guests who came to have dinner at that time.
When Ren Jianbai saw the waiter looking at him from time to time, he became even more unhappy. He pointed at the waiter and shouted drunkenly, "Why are you staring at me? Is there something wrong with my face?"
"Sir, you are overthinking. I didn't..."
The waiter tried to explain himself, but Ren Jianbai was still angry and refused to believe him. "You saw it, but you are still trying to make excuses now? No matter how much I failed the exam, I am still a juren. Who do you think you are? Why are you yelling at me?"
"No wonder you work as a waiter in a small tavern like this. You look down on others like this. You are actually a completely rotten heart!"
Hearing these shouts and scolds, the waiter was a little confused.
He was just afraid that this guy would get drunk and cause trouble, so he looked at him a few more times. Who would have thought that he would see the trouble? And he even looked down on him as a waiter?
What's wrong with him being a waiter? He doesn't steal or rob. He earns money honestly by working hard. Why would he be criticized?
The waiter was so angry that he wanted to argue with Ren Jianbai.
But before he could open his mouth, the owner of the tavern came over quickly, dragged the waiter behind him, and repeatedly bowed to Ren Jianbai, "Sir, calm down. It was my fault for not disciplining my subordinates and causing them to bump into you."
"As the guest said just now, you are a scholar, and he is just a waiter. It is really unnecessary for you to argue with him. So, I will toast you a glass!"
The shopkeeper took a wine cup and poured wine on his own. Seeing that Ren Jianbai didn't react, he gritted his teeth and said, "This meal is on me!"
The other party didn't eat much food and wine, but he was a difficult one. It would be better to forgo the food and wine for this table than to affect the business of other tables.
As the shopkeeper was thinking this, Ren Jianbai's eyes widened, "You treat?"
"Why did you treat me? We don't even know each other, why did you treat me to a meal? Or do you think I'm a poor scholar who can't even afford this meal?"
"You are really a dog who looks down on others!" The more Ren Jianbai spoke, the angrier he became. He shouted at the top of his lungs, causing everyone in the tavern to look at him sideways.
Some people who didn't want to be involved in the incident even sat down without ordering any food and simply got up and left.
The shopkeeper was so anxious that the sweat on his forehead almost fell down, "That's not what I meant..."
"What do you mean?" Ren Jianbai roared, "Let me tell you, although I was tricked by others and failed this time, I am not an ordinary poor scholar! You don't have to buy the wine and food, I will pay for it myself!"
While shouting, Ren Jianbai reached for his purse at his waist.
But he found nothing.
Ren Jianbai's heart skipped a beat and he reached into his arms.
It is also empty.
Ren Jianbai sobered up in an instant and frantically searched his whole body, but still couldn't find it.
But when he left the inn in the morning, he did bring his money bag with him, and it was clearly tied to his body. How come it was gone now? Ren Jianbai tried hard to recall, and suddenly remembered the burly man he met after running away from the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.
The man hit him very hard, and when the man left, he felt that the man seemed to have a smile on his face.
That person must have stolen his purse! Ren Jianbai hurriedly explained, "It's not that I don't have money to pay for the food and drinks, but someone stole my purse on the way here."
Someone stole his purse? The owner of the tavern, who had been hunched over, straightened up now, and when he looked at Ren Jianbai, his eyes were full of complexity.
After looking Ren Jianbai up and down once again, the owner of the tavern showed a hint of mockery on his face, "Since the Juren said so, it is probably true. However, I don't know if he is the Juren."
He is so rude and disrespectful, without any of the elegance and magnanimity that a scholar should have. He is always petty and doesn't seem like a juren at all.
Now he said that his purse was stolen.
If you knew your money bag was stolen, why did you come to drink? Did you want to eat and drink for free from the beginning? The owner of the wine shop frowned, "There is no such thing as free dining in Beijing. Do you want to be the first one today?"
"How could I, a dignified scholar, do such a thing?" Ren Jianbai shouted, "Wait for a moment, I'll go back to the inn to get it!"
He also hid fifty taels of silver under the pillow of the room he stayed in the inn.
"That won't do. What if you run away?" The waiter had just been so angry that he straightened his back and felt a little proud. "I think we should just go and see the official."
"It just so happens that it can also let us know whether the person standing in front of us is really a scholar."
The waiter felt that the person in front of him must not be someone else, so he could accuse him of being an impersonator and finally vent his anger! (End of this chapter)
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