Half an hour later, the surprised voice of Dr. Sun came from the house over there, “Sweating, the young master is sweating!”
Song Si, who had been keeping his ears open to listen to the movements in that room, let out a long sigh of relief. Only then did he realise that he had been so nervous just now that even his shirt was a little wet.
He couldn’t believe that the pills could really be sold for one tael of silver a piece, and that twenty of them had been sold at once.
“I… How many do we have left?”
He asked without a clue, but Song Wangyue understood what he was asking, “There are about sixty or seventy pills left.”
Sixty to seventy pills was sixty to seventy taels of silver, in addition to the mint oil they could make another fortune.
“Put it away, don’t lose it.”
Song Wangyue nodded, not telling him that she still had the great tonic pills, if she did, maybe Song Si wouldn’t even be able to sleep well tonight.
The servant brought up the food, the people ate and drank enough, and went back to their respective houses to rest.
The following day, the sky was clear.
After breakfast, the group prepared to leave.
There was a knock on the door of the room, “My lord, my lord asks when you will leave today.
Song Si opened the door.
When he saw him come out, Doctor Sun bowed, “Sir, thanks to your pills, my young master is much better today. Our master is so grateful that he asked me to come and ask when your Excellency will be leaving?”
Song Si avoided his salute, “We have also received silver for those pills, so there is no need to be polite, Doctor Sun.
“Then I will go back and report to the master, please wait for us at the entrance of the inn for a while, Your Excellency.”
Song Si was also worried that the Zhang family would come to intercept them again, hoping to travel with them, and nodded, “Good.”
As Dr Sun turned to go back, Song Si also went back to his room, took the things he had packed, and went downstairs with Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi.
The carriage was parked at the entrance, and Song Si let Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi go up first, and waited by the carriage herself.
Soon Master Sun and his party came out, and they had a big row, not only with ten or so servants, but also four maids. Two of the maids were supporting a 14 or 15 year old boy, the other two followed behind, one with a teapot in his hand and the other with a tealight.
When he came out of the door and saw Song Si waiting by the carriage, Master Sun arched his hand, “I’ve kept you waiting, Your Excellency.”
Song Si returned the greeting, “You are welcome, we have just come down too, my name is Song Si, you can just call me by my name from now on.”
Seeing that he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, yet his manners were well mannered and generous, appreciation flashed in Master Sun’s eyes, so he introduced him, “This is my son Sun Jin, I hope Sir Song will take care of him in the future.”
Song Si nodded slightly towards Sun Jin, who merely glanced at him and impatiently urged, “I’m getting tired, why aren’t you on the carriage?”
Master Sun hurriedly beckoned for the carriage to come over, and the two maids helped Sun Jin up first, before Master Sun got on.
Song Si also got on the carriage and it started slowly, their carriage in front and the Sun family’s carriage at the back, all the way to the capital city in great haste, almost in the evening.
The streets were very busy and there were many people coming and going. Gu Yi raised the carriage curtain to look out in wonder.
“Gongzi, Gongzi ……”
Just a short distance away, someone waved to stop the carriage and came over to ask Gu Yi, “Is your son here for the examination? Do you want to rent a courtyard to live in, it’s quiet, the environment is good, the house is also fully furnished, and the price is not expensive.”
“Rent ……”
“No need.”
Before Gu Yi could say the word “rented”, Song Si had already refused.
When Song Si saw that the person who was stopping her was not leaving, she added, “We don’t have that much silver.”
The person stopping him looked at the clothes Gu Yi was wearing and then at the carriage in front of him, which was more spacious than ordinary carriages, and was somewhat unconvinced. Every time when the examination was held, he would stop the carriage here to rent the small courtyard, one after the other, and he had never looked away, and this time would be no exception.
“We rent.”
A voice came from the third carriage behind, and the man who stopped the carriage’s eyes lit up as he quickly ran over, “How big is it, Your Excellency, do you rent a normal one or a two-entry one?”
Song Si’s carriage slowly started, and Gu Yi looked at Song Wan Yue, pleading pitifully, “Little girl, I want to rent the small courtyard.”
Staying at the inn wasn’t bad, but only if he didn’t share another house with Song Si. He had to be in charge of what he ate, drank and slept, mainly because he couldn’t even whisper to his little girl.
“The small courtyard is too expensive, big brother is right, we really can’t afford to rent it, just find an ordinary inn to stay in.”
Gu Yi was a hundred and one times reluctant, “Don’t we have a lot of silver tickets?”
“I don’t know about us, you have a lot of silver tickets, but I told my family when I came here that they would cover all the expenses for you to accompany me to the capital this time, so your silver tickets cannot be touched.”
Gu Yi’s pretty eyes slithered around a few times, straightened his back, and lied without blushing, “But my father said that I should spend all these silver tickets, and if I don’t, he won’t let me go home.”
“Did Master Gu really say that?”
Thinking that Song Wan Yue believed him, Gu Yi nodded like a chicken chasing rice, “That’s what my father said, ask Xiao Si if you don’t believe me.”
Innocently dragged into the water,……
“That’s fine, in a while me and big brother will find an inn to stay in, you take your people to rent the courtyard.”
Gu Yi was dumbfounded.
Outside the car, Xiao Si almost couldn’t hold back his spurt of laughter and hurriedly covered his mouth, he knew that Miss Song was the young master’s nemesis and could cure the young master’s seventh inch every time.
Gu Yi hurriedly changed his mouth, “What’s so good about renting a courtyard, it’s better to stay at an inn, there are many people, it’s lively, and you can also take the opportunity to sell mint oil, I don’t want to rent a courtyard, I want to stay at an inn.”
“You can think it over.”
“Think it over, think it over, I’d love to stay at the inn, it’s better to stay at the inn.”
……
After enquiring about passers-by, the carriage stopped directly at the inn nearest to the examination hall.
Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, four days before the examination, and although many candidates have arrived, this inn is relatively expensive, so it is not yet full.
Song Wangyue asked for the three upper rooms directly after they got off the carriage and asked for the price. On the way, she had already given Song Si a job to do. The upper rooms were quiet and would allow Song Si to settle down and read his books, and he could rest well during the interval.
When she asked for the rooms, Gu Yi kept his ears open and listened. When he heard that she had asked for three upper rooms, he smiled and narrowed his eyes, he knew that the little girl would care for him.
The five-day deposit was paid first, and the couple were about to go upstairs when the Sun family’s carriage also stopped at the entrance of the inn.
The old man came down first, followed by Sun Jin, who was helped down by the maid. When he raised his eyes, he saw them and spurted out all the anger he had just saved up, “What are you doing running so fast?
All the people in the inn looked over.