Chapter 56 Separation
Looking at his own name, Ji Zheng just felt that this world was magical. Could it be that this was the benefit given to him by the time-travelling god?
Seeing Ji Zheng in a daze, Ji Hean pulled Ji Zheng's clothes and asked, "Alang? What's wrong with you?"
Hearing Ji Hean's voice, Ji Zheng came back to his senses, "No, nothing happened, I just feel a little bit unbelievable."
"Why?" Ji Hean was puzzled. "I think it's normal for Alang to get the medicine. After all, Alang is so smart."
Ji Zheng was already used to Ji Hean's occasional praises to him. He smiled and squeezed Ji Hean's hand: "Tsk, what if I'm not smart anymore?"
"Then I like you too." Ji Hean answered without thinking.
A hint of warmth appeared in Ji Zheng's eyes.
"I'll take you to dinner." He took Ji and An and left.
The two came to the restaurant where they had been last time during the Spring Festival.
"Is Alang going to Beijing for the examination soon?" Ji Hean asked suddenly.
While Ji Hean was talking, Ji Zheng stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth and said, "Since you passed the exam, go and give it a try."
Alang has to go to take an exam, which is in the faraway capital, which means that he and Alang will be separated.
Thinking of this, Ji Hean felt that the food in his mouth had lost its taste. "Then, then when will A-Lang leave?"
He was sure that Ji Zheng would definitely take him with him, but he didn't want to follow Ji Zheng.
Although he longed to go to the capital after chatting with Mu Ya, the journey to the capital was so long that it would definitely cost a lot of money, and all the expenses in the capital would definitely not be cheap.
In addition to the money, if I bring him along, Ji Zheng will definitely spend a lot of energy taking care of him, which means Ji Zheng will have less time to study.
Ji Zheng was going to take an exam instead of having fun, so Ji Hean didn't want to be a burden to Ji Zheng along the way.
"It should be just these two days, what's wrong?" Seeing that Ji Hean looked a little unhappy, Ji Zheng asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No." Ji Hean shook his head and hesitated for a long time without saying anything.
Seeing him like this, Ji Zheng thought of the conversation between the two and believed that the reason Ji Hean was depressed was that Ji Hean was afraid that he would go to Beijing for the examination without him.
He reached out and touched Ji Hean's head, "Don't worry, I will take you with me even if we go to Beijing for the exam."
Although he knew that Ji Zheng would take him with him, he still couldn't help but feel happy when he heard it from his own mouth.
"What I want to say is that I won't go with you this time. I'll be waiting for your good news at home." After hesitating for a long time, Ji Hean finally said it.
"Why?" Ji Zheng frowned in confusion, "Don't you want to be with me?"
Ji and An hurriedly explained, "It's not that I don't want to be with you."
After a pause, he told Ji Zheng the reasons he had just considered.
Ji Zheng fell silent after hearing this. It was not because of the money or the fact that he had to take care of Ji Hean, but because of what Ji Hean said, that the capital city was prosperous after all.
He almost forgot that Jingcheng was the capital of the Jin Dynasty. If you picked up ten people there, at least seven or eight of them would be children of officials or from some aristocratic family.
Anyone you bump into on the street could be an official, so taking Ji and An with him when he has no foundation is obviously not a good idea.
Besides, what if some high-ranking official took a fancy to his Ji Hean and tried to snatch her away like they did on TV?
Ji Zheng felt a chill in his heart when he thought of this. No! If he was unable to protect Ji He'an, Ji He'an absolutely could not go to the capital with him.
But he was worried about leaving Ji He'an alone in the county. Looking at Ji He'an eating his meal obediently, Ji Zheng thought, why not just give up and not take the exam, since he might not pass anyway.
However, just as he had this thought, Ji Hean said, "If Alang passes the exam, I will be an official's wife in the future. I am happy just thinking about it."
Just one sentence shattered Ji Zheng's newly-formed thoughts. His family and An were so looking forward to him becoming an official, so he had to give it a try no matter what.
As for what He An should do....
Ji Zheng thought about it and decided to rent a house for Ji He'an in the county town, and then ask Li Wencheng to help take care of Ji He'an.
Behind Li Wencheng is Lu Qin, and Lu Qin's family owes him a favor. When the time comes, I can talk to Lu Qin and ask his family to help look after him. Thinking of this, Ji Zheng felt a little relieved.
After dinner, Ji Zheng first sent Ji Hean back to the inn, and then went to find Li Wencheng and Lu Qin.
"...So I'm sorry to bother you during the days I'm away." Ji Zheng and Li Wencheng explained their purpose.
"It's no problem. This is what I should do." Li Wencheng waved his hand and agreed readily.
"Thank you."
Li Wencheng chuckled and changed the subject, "Brother, you are going to take the exam, what about the bakery business?"
"The bread kiln is almost done now. I'll go to your house tomorrow to teach you how to make it." Ji Zheng said, "As for the store, you'll run it. How about we split the profits 40% to 60%, 40% for me and 60% for you."
After that, he added, "Of course I will definitely invest some money."
Li Wencheng threw a peanut into his mouth. "40%-60% is too much of an advantage for me. Big brother, you paid for it and provided the plan. I got 40% and you got 60%, which is about right."
As he spoke, he poked Lu Qin beside him with his arm and said, "Isn't that right?"
Lu Qin said nothing, calmly put down the tea in his hand, and glanced at him sideways.
Ji Zheng pondered for a while and said, "Then we'll split it 50-50."
Seeing that Li Wencheng wanted to say something, Ji Zheng immediately made the decision: "It's decided."
"But..." Li Wencheng had just said one word when a piece of cake was stuffed into his mouth.
Taking out the cake that could choke someone to death, Li Wencheng glared at the owner of the cake and said, "Are you sick?"
Lu Qin did not react when he was scolded. He just silently poured a cup of tea and handed it to Li Wencheng.
Li Wencheng took a big gulp until the cake flour was gone from his mouth, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's outrageous that such a disgusting pastry is sold for twenty cents a piece."
"If you don't like it, then naturally someone else will." Ji Zheng immediately retorted, "Haven't you heard that existence is reasonable? Haven't you heard that everyone has their own preferences?"
Li Wencheng was stunned by Ji Zheng's sudden reaction, "Could it be that you, you like it?"
His eyes were wide open, with an expression of disbelief.
Ji Zheng doesn't like it. Not to mention this, he doesn't even like cakes and desserts.
But he doesn't like it, but his wife likes it.
"Can't you see?" Ji Zheng answered as a matter of course.
Li Wencheng: “….”
I really didn't realize that if you like me, you should eat it. You only ordered one plate of pastries, and except for one piece that Lu Qin touched, the rest were neatly placed on the plate.
The weather was a bit hot, and even though ice cubes were placed in the four corners of the room, the temperature did not drop much.
Lu Qin put away his fan and said the third sentence, "Do you want to go to the capital with us?"
These words were spoken to Ji Zheng.
Hearing Lu Qin's invitation, Ji Zheng was somewhat tempted. The journey was long and it would be much better to have someone familiar to take care of each other than going alone.
"How many people are traveling with you?" Ji Zheng asked.
"Including you, there are three of us."
This number was just right, neither too many nor too few, so Ji Zheng agreed immediately.
At this point, Li Wencheng spoke up again, "Brother, you said at that time that you couldn't pass the exam, but it turns out you were lying to us."
In fact, Lu Qin was also very confused about Ji Zheng's inclusion on the list. After all, the poem that Ji Zheng read to him that day was really at the level of a three-year-old child.
In response, Ji Zheng said, "I don't know either." (He threw his hands up in frustration.)
What the three of them didn't know at this time was that Ji Zheng was able to pass the exam only because he answered the last question perfectly, which was why he was given an extra spot as an exception.
"Don't be so modest, big brother." Li Wencheng raised his eyebrows, with an expression that we all understand, "Don't you just want to be like the protagonist in the storybook, hiding your incompetence and then suddenly making a shocking statement?"
Ji Zheng's eyes twitched. It's better to read less juvenile stories.
"Actually, I really don't know." Ji Zheng explained again, but this explanation sounded very pale and powerless.
"Are you sure the poem you wrote on the test paper that day was exactly what I heard?"
It was rare for Lu Qin to speak such a long speech at one time, but it sounded a bit harsh to Ji Zheng's ears.
"Of course, if I'm hiding my abilities, why don't I just take first place? Wouldn't that be more impressive?"
Listening to Ji Zheng's words, Li Wencheng touched his chin and said, "That's true."
Lu Qin also fell silent. If what Ji Zheng said was true, then was the examiner blind?
If he had not investigated long ago and found out that Ji Zheng was really a farmer's son, he would have suspected that Ji Zheng had someone behind him.
Just when the atmosphere was silent, Li Wencheng suddenly slammed the table, stood up abruptly, leaned towards Ji Zheng, and said in a voice that only the three of them could hear: "Brother, tell us honestly whether you used a backdoor or not."
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"If it's not true, then it's not true. Why are you looking at me like an idiot?" Li Wencheng said angrily.
"Haha." Ji Zheng smiled with a fake smile, "Many times I wondered if Lu Qin had sucked away your IQ."
If Lu Qin had said this, Ji Zheng would not have reacted so strongly. But Li Wencheng grew up in the same village as him, and he would not say such a thing if he used his brain.
Lu Qin couldn't help but said quietly: "Niu Niu, you... have been drawing too much recently?" You must have ruined your brain.
Of course, Lu Qin didn’t say the last sentence.
After hearing this, Li Wencheng came to his senses and suddenly realized that what he had just said was really... quite stupid.
Li Wencheng was filled with embarrassment and his ears turned red. "Well... Actually, I... I, I was just joking. Yes! Just a joke!"
He even laughed awkwardly, "Don't you think it's funny?"
The only response he got was the dead silence in the air, as if a row of crows flew by, leaving behind a series of awkward cawing sounds.
Faced with this scene, Li Wencheng suddenly lost his temper, lowered his head and whispered: "Okay, I am an idiot."
Just as he finished speaking, the silence was broken by a light laugh.
Following the sound, I saw Lu Qin. He smiled and said, "Niuniu, you are so cute."
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