Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 18
"Thank you Uncle Fu, my nephew will be brought over when I get home."

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui agreed straight away and saluted himself before leaving, Uncle Fu suddenly felt that it was no wonder that Master, this disciple, was valued so much by Master.

Daxing County Yali was not far from the capital, and the carriage only took an hour. After the sky darkened, the carriage returned with three bamboo baskets.

Lifting off the white cloth on the bamboo basket, he saw pomegranates in addition to preserved peaches and persimmons, and the housekeeper suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face.

However, considering that the pomegranate is resistant to drought and cold, although the skin is red, many places have dried up, turned gray, and turned black. I just thought it was stored well and didn't think much about it.

Since Shi Zhongkui can use his mind to dehydrate peaches into candied fruit in space, it is easier to make fresh pomegranate peels old.

Sending the things to the inner courtyard, Yu Honggao's wife, Yu Shi, looked at the candied fruit placed on the table by the mother-in-law, and directly took out a piece, and put it into the mouth of a little girl about 3 years old in her arms.

"You little greedy cat, the food your uncle sent is enough for you for half a year."

The little girl didn't speak, and happily ate the preserved peaches.

Needless to say, this must be Yu Honggao's granddaughter.

As for the granddaughter, unless both parents died like Lin Daiyu, and the father's family has no elders such as uncles, she will be sent to her uncle's house for adoption.

And even if all these conditions are met, Yu Honggao will only send his granddaughter back to his hometown, and will not bring his granddaughter with him when he is an official outside.

The mother-in-law Yu Shi's natal family is probably also in the capital, so she doesn't have to support Yu's parents-in-law.

Either Yu Honggao's parents died young, or there was an older brother in his hometown who took care of his parents on his behalf.

Otherwise, Yu Shi's family would not have appeared in the Daxing County Government, and Yu Honggao's concubine would have followed him to take care of him.

"Mother, you dote on Xi'er too much."

"What's this."

Yu Shi said to his son Yu Tongfu indifferently, "Your father not only gave Boqian the notes of himself and your uncles' past scientific examinations, but also the scriptures compiled by your ancestors more than 20 years ago. Comments are passed on to him.

It's not an exaggeration to say that this treatment is a real son.

If you didn't have any direct sisters, your father might have recruited Boqian as his son-in-law.

And I just heard that your father predicted that Ding Boqian would pass as a scholar, and that it would not be a big problem for him to take the exam.

If Boqian passed the provincial examination first, but you failed to pass the general examination, you will suffer in the future. "

Yu Tongfu curled his lips angrily. He was a scholar in the 15th grade and a genius in the 18th grader.

If it weren’t for having a daughter after winning the exam, the joy of being a father for the first time and thinking about working harder, the boy who had a second child with one stone would have had a lot of thoughts, and he might have won the Jinshi at the age of 19.

Feeling complacent, Yu Tongfu sighed again and thought, although Shi Boqian has nothing to do with his mother's natal family, but he has the same surname as Shi, so he still took advantage of it.

Coupled with his father's attention, his mother became closer to Shi Boqian.

Of course, these preserved fruits are really delicious.

It's not even worse than the fat peaches from Shizu's hometown.

Thinking of this, Yu Tongfu couldn't help but grabbed a piece of preserved peach and ate it.

But he felt his arm being gently pulled down, and when he turned around, he saw his wife who was holding her infant son, blinking at him.

With a smile, he glanced at his mother, and then grabbed a few pieces of candied peaches, and quietly put them in his wife Yu Pang's hands.

That's right, Yu Tongfu's wife Yu Pangshi is Pang Shitong's granddaughter, which is probably one of the reasons why Yu Honggao dared to come up with a comment.

And the three generations of their mother, son and grandson dared to live in the Daxing County Yamen, and the reason they used was to go back to the capital to visit their parents and younger brothers, and by the way, prepare for the examination in February next year.
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A few days later, the results of the government examination were published again. This time, Shi Zhongkui was not only accompanied by Jia Quan who had been waiting outside the Gongyuan early in the morning, but also Uncle Fu and a few servants.

After the news came out, send someone back to tell Yu Honggao immediately.

And because Shi Zhongkui's parents didn't have any brothers or sisters, and didn't even buy a servant, Yu Honggao was worried that he would be entangled in trivial matters, so he asked Uncle Fu to bring someone over to help.

Then he took him back to Daxing County to study, not only to try to pass the college examination in one fell swoop, but also to prepare for the township examination.

At the same time, this is also to close the relationship with him.

"Da Lang, hit, hit."

Jia Quan's eyes were bright when he was in his teens, and he saw the names of Daxing Shi Zhongkui and Shi Boqian written on the top of the list at a glance.

"Congratulations Dalang, congratulations Dalang."

Uncle Fu also bowed his hands in congratulations.

Shi Zhongkui froze for a few moments, and couldn't help admiring Yu Honggao in his heart. He was sure that he would pass the government examination, but getting the first place again was not only luck, but maybe there were other reasons.

He hurriedly replied to Uncle Fu, "It's a fluke, it's just a fluke."

"Da Lang is too modest, the chief of the county trial, the chief of the Canadian government trial, this cannot be described as a fluke."

As soon as these words came out, people around suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Nian is Shi Boqian who won two yuan in a row?"

"Fortunately, fortunately", Shi Zhongkui hurriedly became humble, then clasped his fists and bowed to his surroundings repeatedly.

Scholars become jealous, maybe because of a trivial matter, they will hate you for the rest of their lives.

There was Zhou Gongjin before, and Wu Dalang after.

A literati's pen, a murderous knife.

"Everyone, please make amends in the same year. My younger brother has to rush back to Daxing to pay homage to my parents to inform this matter. The elders in the clan are also waiting for me to make amends, to make amends."

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui used this reason, not only did no one feel that he was neglecting him, but they also had to praise him for his filial piety.

And Shi Zhongkui obviously has no serious elders, but he just doesn't say that he has no relatives.

In this era when relatives must be hidden from each other, it is a crime to report relatives, and the power of the family is greater than most kings' laws. The family is a restraint, but it is also a help.

Outsiders think that you have a lot of people, and they must have scruples if they want to deal with you.

In addition, Uncle Fu brought a servant, acting like a domestic slave, and the students around him not only saw him off, but also congratulated him on winning the case twice.

As for Jia Quan, he believed in his words even more at this time.

For this year's preserved peaches, Jia Quan almost sent him all the way to Daxing County.

There's nothing he can do about being entangled, Shi Zhongkui can only promise, "Brother Quan, don't worry, this year's candied fruit must not be less than last year's."

Guaranteed, although it was a pity that Jia Quan couldn't make more points, he didn't bother too much. After all, Shi Zhongkui at this time was no longer comparable to himself.

And the income of 3 taels of silver is comparable to his family's income in the past few months.

Besides, when the preserved fruit goes on the market, maybe Shi Dalang will have more in his hands.

Thinking about it this way, Jia Quan begged God in his heart to bless Shi Zhongkui to be admitted as a scholar, or even a scholar.

But for Shi Zhongkui at this time, selling an extra few hundred catties of preserved fruit was nothing at all.

In August, if you pass the Nengyuan Examination and the Township Examination, you will be a Juren.

To sell some preserved fruits, you only need to go to Tongzhou Water Transport Wharf, even if you bring back a few thousand catties, you won't attract attention.

Being sent to the carriage enthusiastically by Uncle Fu, Shi Zhongkui smiled helplessly and shook his head.

The old man's mind is nothing more than wanting to send his third son to him as a servant. It would be even better if he can be a housekeeper in the future.

Shi Zhongkui actually didn't mind Uncle Fu's little thoughtfulness, not only because he had the opportunity to observe and test Uncle Fu's youngest son in the next few months.

It's also because it's better to find someone who knows the basics to do it instead of going to the Renshi market to buy a housekeeper.

But what Shi Zhongkui didn't expect was that the fact that he was the head of the Zhongxian Examination and the Court Examination unexpectedly spread to the Rongguo Mansion.

(End of this chapter)