He Jinshu calmed himself down, turned the booklet in his hand in another direction, and then calmly said to the shopkeeper, "I understand. I'll make my selection and then take it to check out."
After hearing this, the shop owner said nothing more and turned away.
He Jinshu did not delay any longer. After taking the booklet, he selected a few travel notes and a few books he would need for the imperial examination, and then went to the counter to pay.
The shopkeeper used an abacus to calculate the money for him one by one. When he picked up the last book, he first glanced at He Jinshu and then asked, "You just got married?"
He Jinshu replied expressionlessly, "My brother asked me to buy it. He's getting married."
The shopkeeper glanced at him, then pretended to be casual and said, "I have a book here that's even better than this one. Do you want to take it back and show it to your brother?"
He Jinshu hesitated for a moment, then said expressionlessly, "Then take one. When he came here, he said he wanted the best one."
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper rummaged under the counter and said to He Jinshu, "Since you bought so many books, I'll give you a discount on this one. I'll give it to you for 300 wen."
"How much is the total?"
"A total of four taels of silver."
He Jinshu took out four taels of silver, pretended to be calm, put the books in order, and then walked out of the bookstore with steady steps.
After walking outside, He Jinshu took a deep breath and then exhaled violently. Fortunately, he was not wearing a scholar's robe today. He would never come to this bookstore to buy books again.
After finding a deserted place, he put the two booklets into his imperial examination book, and then walked towards the house in the town.
When Chen Zhen heard the knock on the door, he went to open it. Seeing that it was He Jinshu, he smiled and said, "You're back."
He Jinshu had returned to his normal self, nodded to Chen Chen, and said, "Shall we go back?"
"Okay, let's go."
When the two men were almost at the entrance of Wujia Village, Chen Chen saw a man standing on the side of the road while driving the carriage. However, he did not know him, so he did not intend to pay attention to him and continued driving the carriage forward.
Unexpectedly, the man suddenly rushed in front of his carriage and blocked his way.
Chen Chen immediately pulled the reins and shouted "Whoa."
After the carriage stopped, Chen Chen looked at the rather gaudy-dressed man in front of him with a bad face, and then said a little angrily: "What are you doing? Don't you know that horses can trample people to death?"
The young man ignored Chen Zhen's words, but looked at him with disdain, and then said in a somewhat arrogant tone: "Is Jinshu in the carriage? Let him come out, I want to talk to him."
"Who are you? Why should he come out just because you ask him to?"
The bump just now caused He Jinshu's body to tilt slightly in the carriage. After he stabilized himself, he asked, "Brother Zhen, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just ran into an idiot." Chen Chen said in a bad tone.
Stupid? What does this word mean, He Jinshu thought to himself.
At this time, the boy outside heard He Jinshu's voice in the carriage, so he shouted loudly: "Brother Jinshu, I am Ai Ge'er, don't you remember me?"
"Who is your brother Jinshu? Stop claiming kinship with me here. If you don't get out of the way, I'll whip you. Believe it or not?" Chen Chen said angrily when he heard his intimate name.
The boy seemed to be frightened by Chen Zhen, so he took a small step back, and then tears instantly flowed down his face. Then he cried and said, "Brother Jinshu, were you held hostage by this domineering boy, so you rejected my proposal?
Don't worry, as long as you tell me, I will ask my parents and the village chief to seek justice for you. I don't believe that with so many people in our village, we can't beat a person from another village. I will save you from this hell even if I have to die."
Chen Zhen got angry the moment he heard what he said, so he said to him, "What are you talking about? He Jinshu is my boyfriend. He will be my boyfriend for this life, the next life, and all my lives. Don't even think about snatching him away from me. Let alone you two villages, I'm not afraid of you.
Are you going to leave or not? If you don’t, I’ll really beat you up.”
After saying that, he took the whip and swung it towards the ground in front of him, instantly splashing up a cloud of dust. The place happened to be in front of the young man standing, and the dust instantly flew all over his face.
Wu Youai was blinded by the dust, and then collapsed to the ground. Then, while wiping away tears sadly, she cried and said, "Brother Jinshu, look at this guy's bandit behavior. He has bullied me like this, and you don't even come out to see me?
You shouldn't marry such a fierce guy, and if you do, you should divorce him and make him ashamed to face others in the future."
Chen Zhen looked at the traces of tears and dirt on his face with disdain. As the guy kept rubbing his face, it looked dirtier and dirtier. Coupled with his pretentious expression, Chen Zhen was even more disgusted.
So he ignored him and drove his carriage around him. Although the man was in the middle of the road, there were fields next to him, so the carriage could barely go around him.
When Chen Zhen had walked around him for more than half of the time, Wu Youai rushed directly to the window of the carriage, trying to open the window while shouting "Brother Jinshu".
The windows of the carriage were sliding windows made by the carpenter, and there were locks inside. If the locks inside were not opened, no amount of force from the outside would be of any use.
Seeing that this man actually dared to come up and harass him, Chen Zhen immediately became angry, so after parking the carriage, he got out and kicked the man to the side.
Then he said angrily, "If you want to find a partner, there are plenty of people on the street. Don't try to steal someone else's partner. Do you have any shame?"
"You, you actually dare to hit me." Wu Youai cried while lying on the ground.
"I hit you, but don't you see how ugly you look now? Go home and look in the mirror, don't embarrass yourself here." Chen Chen said without any politeness.
Wu Youai was so overwhelmed by Chen Zhen's words that she couldn't find any words to refute.
At this time, He Jinshu got off the carriage. Seeing this, Wu Youai seemed to have found a lifeline, so she cried and said to He Jinshu: "Brother Jinshu, this guy is basically a bandit, you should divorce him quickly. My parents said that if you marry me, they will work hard to make money to support your education in the future."
When Chen Zhen heard this, he wanted to go up and beat him up again. He said, "If you dare to covet my girl, you must be beaten to death or crippled."
Seeing that he wanted to hit someone again, He Jinshu quickly reached out and hugged his waist to stop him.
"Ah Shu, let me go. He actually dared to covet you. I must beat him to a pulp today." Chen Chen said angrily while twisting He Jinshu's hands.
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