Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

The northbound team quickly arrived at the city gate and entered the city one after another after inspection.

Hao Youcai saw Jing Xingzhi holding his baby in the crowd and stepped forward to greet him, “Xingzhi! You’re finally here. I’ve been waiting for you for five days!”

Jing Xingzhi turned around with the baby in his arms and was happy to see someone he knew. “Thank you for your hard work, Brother Youcai! We’ve been traveling for a long time, and there were people who were sick on the way, so it’s been a bit slow.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Hao Youcai said cheerfully. “Now that you’ve arrived at my territory, you can rest at my house for the night! Those Guanyi Inns aren’t as comfortable as my home!”

Jing Xingzhi shook his head. “No, we have rules and can’t leave the team. But it’s okay to go out to eat and hang out in the evening. Could you please take us around?”

Hao Youcai sighed and said, “Okay. Let’s go eat first, and then I’ll take you around after eating.”

Hao Youcai was talking to Jing Xingzhi when the two fat men looked at Jing Xingzhi’s fifth-grade official uniform and were a little dumbfounded.

There weren’t many fifth-rank officials in the team, and there was only one as young as Jing Xingzhi, the number one scholar!

The two of them didn’t expect that Hao Youcai hadn’t been bragging and actually knew the number one scholar.

Jing Xingzhi looked at the two people with strange looks, then looked at Hao Youcai and asked, “Are these two friends of yours, Brother Youcai?”

Hao Youcai patted the two fat men on the shoulders, narrowed his eyes with a smile, and asked Jing Xingzhi narrowly, “Twins, have you seen them? These two are my eating friends. You can call them Da Qian and Xiao Qian.”

“The one on the left is Da Qian, and the one on the right is Xiao Qian. You won’t be able to recognize them when you look back,” Hao Youcai said proudly.

The two people, who were almost the same, almost said the same thing.

“Jing Zhuangyuan! I’m Qian Jin, nice to meet you!”

“Jing Zhuangyuan! I’m Qian Xin, nice to meet you!”

“Hello, I’m Jing Xingzhi. Nice to meet you!” Jing Xingzhi looked at the two of them, taking a serious look at them several times.

Da Qian and Xiao Qian wore the same clothes, the same appearance, and even the same shoes and socks. Except for those who were particularly familiar with them, everyone else would be confused when they saw the two of them.

But… Jing Xingzhi wasn’t an ordinary man. He was a man who could directly see the internal organs.

With one glance using the “X-ray” of the spiritual energy card, he could tell the difference between the two people.

The kidney of Da Qian wasn’t good, but the kidney of Xiao Qian was fine.

When the time came to recognize someone, Jing Xingzhi thought it would be very convenient to just scan it.

Unexpectedly, little Ah Deng in his arms was dumbfounded, staring at the two identical people with wide eyes.

“Ah!” Little Ah Deng kicked his legs and called for his father.

When Jing Xingzhi heard this, he immediately lowered his head. “What’s wrong?”

Little Ah Deng looked excited and gazed longingly at the twins. “Ahhh!”

‘I want to hug them!’

Although Jing Xingzhi didn’t understand, he knew what little Ah Deng was thinking by looking at the little guy’s expression.

‘If you’re curious, just let someone hug you. You’re so familiar with others. Does your Amu know?!’

Jing Xingzhi smiled awkwardly, decided to ignore little Ah Deng, and said to Hao Youcai, “I’ll go check the ID documents first and call my wife to come with me.”

Hao Youcai looked at the clerk at the city gate and smiled. “No need to check, just follow me in. You go and call Liu Fang.”

After Jing Xingzhi informed the leader, Minister Wen, and called Liu Fang, he discovered that Hao Youcai was indeed very respectable in the border town, and there was really no need to check the people he brought into the city.

The group of people followed Hao Youcai directly without pausing and arrived at a restaurant. It was located in the centre of Zhenmaguan City.

The three-story restaurant had a grand style, and the chairs and tables were much larger than those in the capital.

Big tables, big chairs, even Da Qian and Xiao Qian could sit comfortably.

But as soon as they entered the restaurant and sat down, little Ah Deng couldn’t stop looking in the direction of Da Qian and Xiao Qian, until he almost shed tears.

Jing Xingzhi felt a headache when he saw this and said embarrassedly, “Brothers Qian, can you help me hold my son? He seems to like you two very much. He has never seen rare twins in his life.”

Liu Fang laughed when he saw it and said, “He is very well-behaved and won’t do anything random.”

“Ah!” Little Ah Deng looked at the two of them, as if trying to prove that he was well-behaved.

Da Qian, Qian Jin, had already thought about it. He chuckled and stretched out his hand. “I really want to hug you. Other people’s babies aren’t happy for me to hug!”

Qian Xin said to the couple, “No trouble, my brother likes children very much. When he sees a baby, he wants to hug it and make them happy.”

Qian Jin and Qian Xin were both quite old, the same age as Hao Youcai. The eldest child in Hao Youcai’s family was over ten years old, and Qian Xin’s son was also ten years old, but there was no news about Da Qian’s children.

It was said that hugging children could stimulate happy news, so Da Qian liked to hug children very much.

But he was fat and tall, and little kids didn’t really like him as a “behemoth.”

As soon as Da Qian stretched out his hand, he took little Ah Deng into his arms and ordered several bowls of milk for little Ah Deng.

Jing Xingzhi felt relieved when he saw that little Ah Deng’s wishes came true and he was willing to pay a lot of money, not forcing others to pamper his child.

With children around, everyone stopped drinking and started eating.

Liu Fang ate quickly, and after he was half full, he took the child back from Da Qian’s hands, leaving Da Qian free to eat.

After finishing the meal, Da Qian wanted to follow him and caress the baby, but he was cruelly driven away by Hao Youcai.

Before leaving, Jing Xingzhi kindly patted his shoulder and sent him two strands of true spiritual energy to protect his kidneys.

Hao Youcai drove away his two dining friends, but instead of taking the couple around as promised, he led them directly into his own teahouse.

Sitting in the soundproof box with solid walls, Hao Youcai said mysteriously and uneasily, “Brother Jing, are you going to Dingbei on an errand?”

Jing Xingzhi and Liu Fang sat on one side; Liu Fang coaxed little Ah Deng to fall asleep after drinking enough milk.

His son was probably asleep, so Jing Xingzhi replied softly, “Yes, we are going to Dingbei. Brother Youcai asked about this, what’s the matter?”

When the two had met in the examination room, it must have been fate, and as they met more later, they had similar personalities.

Jing Xingzhi really thought that Hao Youcai had come to pick him up just to take him to dinner.

After all, this person could go directly to someone else’s house just to get a meal.

But looking at the situation, he realized he was still too naive.

Hao Youcai smiled and said, “Something really happened this time. My family is a merchant. We used to do business with Dingbei. Now the business has stopped for a while, and we want to continue it. My father knows that I know you and asked me to come over and ask.”

“You ask. I’ll tell you the rest after hearing it,” Jing Xingzhi said simply.

Hao Youcai coughed, his voice a little suffocated. “Ehem, there is business of ginseng in the market, my father still wants to try it. Is that okay?”

Participate? Ginseng?

Jing Xingzhi was shocked, but he glanced at Hao Youcai lightly.

What was the price of ginseng? In some years, it was like grabbing money, and it was still in a merchant circle. The supply was less than the demand. If people had money, they might not even be able to get it.

Hao Youcai guessed from that faint glance, then shook his head and sighed. “Sure enough, it still won’t work. This time, I have to give up.”

Jing Xingzhi suddenly realized that there was a treasure where he was going. He and Liu Fang looked at each other, smiles flashing in their eyes.

Jing Xingzhi pretended that he had known it for a long time. “Brother Youcai, it’s hard to talk about this now. After all, I don’t even know what ginseng is, where it is, or how big it is?”

“But what is our fate? If I can help, of course, I will.”

Jing Xingzhi patted Hao Youcai on the shoulder and said friendly, “Only Minister Wang can make the decision regarding participation in the event. I will ask Minister Wang later. If I can help, I will definitely do so.”

“Really? That’s great!” Hao Youcai clapped back in surprise. “Dingbei lacks everything. If you want anything later, just ask me. I will make sure Liu Fang and Ah Deng live just as well as they did in the capital.”

The two chatted happily, which led to Jing Xingzhi and Liu Fang returning a little late to the inn where they rested at the official residence.

The two returned to the room and looked at each other.

Jing Xingzhi laughed first. “I thought I was going to Dingbei to eat dirt, but I didn’t expect…”