After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 68 Moving to Wangjing
Yan Shi saw that Ning Yu hadn't come to look for him for two consecutive days, and after inquiring, he found out that the little scholar had gone to Li's Village to find a lady surnamed Li. Lijia Village.

"This Mrs. Li and the young master hit it off right away. The two of them always have endless things to say when they meet. Mrs. Li is open-minded, open-minded, and capable. She is not an ordinary village woman. The rice and bract seeds in our south are all thanks to Mrs. Li... "

Xu Zhuang's rough and hearty voice rubbed into the damp cool wind after the rain, Yan Shi heard it harshly, and swung Xu Zhuang behind him with a whip.

……

The dawn suddenly dawned, the courtyard door of Xu Ningcheng's house was closed tightly, and the courtyard was quiet.

The voices of children are clear and loud, and the sound of reading books wafts into my ears from the farmhouse not far away.

In a wide courtyard planted with century-old pepper trees, a Qingjun scholar in a straight blue gown is sitting on a low chair with a smile on his face, with one hand across his thigh and a scroll in the other, guiding a thin and weak lady and four child reading.

What I read is "The Book of Filial Piety: Induction"...

"In the past, the king of the Ming Dynasty was filial to his father, and the story was bright;

The first break of the shower, the clouds disappear and the rain is over, the warm and soft morning light shines, and the courtyard is quiet and beautiful.

Yan Shi stood in a corner outside the courtyard, holding the whip tightly with his hands hanging by his side.

The shade is covered with greenery, the light and shadow are mottled, and the courtyard is full of tranquility, beauty, harmony and tranquility. However, he can only see the little scholar who is as gentle as jade, and only the young scholar's voice and smile at the moment is imprinted on his heart.

He didn't say anything to disturb Xu Zhuang's voice.

Until the youngest Li Xiaoni tilted her head...

The little girl with double balls and round head like a blessing is only five years old. She has not yet formed a clear concept of beauty and ugliness, but she is also attracted by an uncle who is unique and prettier than Uncle Xie outside the courtyard.

The little scholar raised his head and followed the little girl's gaze. His clean and bright pupils were slightly dilated by accident.

Lines of sight intersect, the light floats, and there is silence.

Li Xiaoying turned her head suspiciously, petrified on the spot!
What a handsome son!
When she regained her senses, she stretched out her hand and gently tugged at Ning Yu's sleeve, "Master Xu..."

"Grandpa Zhuang!" Little Siyuan ran over to open the courtyard door.

"Second Master Yan, let's go in."

Xu Zhuang has not yet adapted to Yan Shi's new identity, and is still used to calling him the Second Young Master Yan.

He pressed the top of Little Siyuan's head, bent down and picked him up, allowing the little guy to pull his beard.

Yan Shi looked at the little lady and the young man who were sitting opposite each other, less than an arm's distance away, and the hand of the little lady holding the corner of her sleeve, and an unknown fire burned in his chest.

The clenched hands almost crushed the whip, and he sank, trying to make his voice sound calm and unwavering.

"Mr. Xu Lan, I have something to ask you, come out."

……

Yan Shi walked ahead, his face was gloomy like a black cloud.

Ning Yu followed behind, full of lawsuits in his stomach, wondering why he was angry.

The two stopped under a big willow tree by the river.

"There is a difference between men and women, what are you doing?"

"Ah?" Ning Yu was stopped by his thoughtless question, his black and white pupils were pure and innocent.

"That Mrs. Li...the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried. You read Confucian sage books, don't you think it's wrong?"

On the way...

Xu Zhuang said that Mrs. Li had lost her husband for four years, and that his son brought justice to Mrs. Li, and that they had been friends with each other for four years. When they crossed the bridge, they even heard two women gossiping, saying that Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Li were both capable. A good man, a warm-hearted man, regardless of the secular background, he said that the two are really a good match.

Yan Shi tried his best to suppress his restless anger.

"You mean Xiaoying?"

When Li Xiaoying was mentioned, Ning Yu unconsciously smiled.

Xiaoying...

Called so affectionately.

As expected, he was a merciful prodigal son, who took two maids with him when he went to Beijing for the exam, and he never refused anyone who came, even widows were not taboo.

Yan Shi was stuck in wild thoughts, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Ning Yu opened his mouth.

"The neighbors all know that I have a close relationship with her, and that I am a close friend. There is nothing else, and no one will spread it indiscriminately."

The villagers planted the rice seeds cultivated by Li Xiaoying, and used the planting method taught by Li Xiaoying. They came to ask for advice every three days. They also knew that she came to Li Xiaoying to plant farm tools and other matters. Besides, the four years of civilized education were not in vain. I dare not say it elsewhere, but in Lijia Village, no one will make rumors about her and Li Xiaoying.

Those two women...

They are all discussing that they will ask for a red rope for marriage between Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Li at the next temple fair. Isn't it called a rumor?

Yan Shi was so angry...

I am so angry that I am blinded by lard for seeing such a vegetarian!

Thinking that Ning Yu will go to Beijing with Xu's family in another ten days, and will be active under his nose from now on, he feels better.

Yan Shi pursed his lips and remained silent, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Ning Yu felt that his unhappiness should be related to what he said, but she couldn't guess what it was.

"Didn't you say something happened?"

The thing is to catch a young scholar who behaved badly and bring him back!

But Yan Shi would not be so stupid as to say clearly that Prince An looked like a resentful little daughter-in-law, which was too demeaning.

"I have nothing to do, let's take a look at a clumsy scholar who lost his hand, no one is feeding him, is he starving to death?"

"Just for this?"

Yan Shi raised his chin slightly, "Why, no?"

"Okay!" Ning Yu twitched the corners of his mouth, "So...seeing me jumping around alive and kicking, and not seeing the mess you expected at all, His Highness Wang An feels that it's not a show, is he unhappy?"

Yan Shi glanced at her coldly, then turned around.

"Oh! How boring!"

Looking at the brocade-robed man who was walking leisurely along the embankment with one hand behind his back, turning his wrist and shaking his horsewhip, Ning Yu murmured in a low voice, holding his right hand with his left hand, and quickly chased after him.

……

Xu Ningcheng led [-] soldiers from Qingfengzhai, and left Nanli on the dry road from Xiaoqing'ao official road.

More than a dozen carriages with the Xu Mansion brand followed behind.

Two unlicensed carriages followed closely behind Xu's carriage, in which sat Li Fangyun's mother and son, and Li Xiaoying's mother and son.

Behind the carriage carrying people is a long series of baggage carriages.

The guards and soldiers who escorted the convoy, as well as the master who was willing to ride a horse, were divided into two sides of the convoy.

On the day of departure, the Nanli people followed each other for more than ten miles, and the send-off team stretched for several miles, with no end in sight.

Zhao Xiu rode a tall black horse, reined in and approached Liu Xin's carriage.

"Sixth sister, I'm right outside your car, just call me if you need anything."

The curtain of the car was not raised, and a soft and soft woman's voice came out.

"Thank you, Cousin Xiu."

Zhao Xiuchun's heart was flying high, driven by a strong desire to show off, he turned his head and looked back...

But Xu Linpeng, who was neatly dressed, was holding the rein with one hand, and the stewed pig's trotters in the other hand, and his mouth was full of oil.

"Just like you, you will be teased when you arrive in Wangjing, but no son of an aristocratic family or the proud son of heaven will look up to this kind of 'informal' little lady. Grandmother Xu's wish to marry her granddaughter...huh!"

Zhao Xiu scoffed contemptuously.

Xu Linpeng glanced at him, "None of your business!"

I didn't find a river to take photos, whether I was a son of a family, a proud son of heaven, and had the face to ridicule others.

Zhao Xiu choked, and was about to open his mouth when he was interrupted by a sudden voice.

"Sister Peng, do you still have duck feet? Give me two more." Huang Chao lifted the curtain of the car, stretched his arms out vigorously, his old and withered fingers were greasy.

Xu Linpeng took a half-gnawed pig's trotter in his mouth, and pulled it around in the mulberry paper bag.

"The duck feet are gone, do you want chicken feet?"

"Come on!" Huang Chao hooked his fingers.

Xu Linpeng handed Huang Chao three braised chicken feet, gnawed on the pig's trotters in two or three, and then threw it seemingly casually, hitting Zhao Xiu's back of the head with precision.

"Xu Linpeng! Are you sick?!" Zhao Xiu touched the back of his head, furious.

"That's right! I'm sick, and I act bravely when I see righteousness, punish evil and eradicate evil, and beat you just to cure the disease!"

Xu Linpeng raised his oily fingers and blew.

Hearing the movement ahead, two small heads poked out the car window, and quickly retracted.

"Mother, I also want to ride a horse." Xu Linfu tugged on the second lady's dress.

"Xiao Jiu wants too." Xu Linrong grabbed her mother's arm.

The second lady was flipping through the item booklet she was carrying, and said casually, "I'll wait until noon to rest for my breath before riding."

"No, I'm going to ride now!"

After Xu Linfu finished speaking, she opened the front curtain, leaned out most of her body, and shouted to the muscular man guarding the car: "Grandpa, I want to ride a horse."

"Okay!" Zhang Wushi has gray hair but Kong Wu is strong, he easily grabbed his granddaughter to protect her in front of him, turned around and saw Xu Linrong also got out of the carriage, and with a big hand, inserted Xu Linrong between him and Xu Linfu.

One old and two young, riding together, laughing and laughing.

Coincidentally, Xu Siyuan also had the same idea as sister Xu Linfu and Xu Linrong.

But he was not as lucky as the two sisters to have his grandfather's favorite. Outside his carriage were two strangers who didn't seem to be easy to talk to.

As for his father Xu Ningcheng, he led the way at the front of the army.

Yan Shi was in a bad mood——

Mrs. Li, who was not clear with the little scholar, also went to Wangjing with her.

An unaccompanied mountain woman in Wangjing, the reason for her determination to leave her hometown, what else can she have besides following the person she likes?
Ning Yu put his left arm on the car window and supported his head, chatting with him one after another.

"What happened next? It seems very lively."

Yan Shi practiced martial arts, and his hearing was much better than Ning Yu's, so he immediately said: "Your fifth sister, you are arguing with the same man."

Don't need to think about it, it must be his second cousin who is the overlord.

The fifth sister and the second cousin were born on the same day, and they started quarreling and fighting since they were babies.

"That's my second cousin Zhao Xiu..."

As soon as Ning Yu spoke, he saw two figures, one blue and one red, flying past in front of him, as fast as lightning. They were Zhao Xiu and Xu Linpeng.

"Ah!" Ning Yu belatedly remembered something.

"What's wrong, young master?" Seeing Ning Yu slapping his forehead in annoyance, Zhiyi, who was sitting in the car, asked with concern.

"Knowledge!"

Hearing Ning Yu's shout, Zhiman urged her to come forward immediately, and Ning Yu asked her, "Did Xiao Hongyan forget to hold her?"

"The two ladies said that Xiao Hongyan is too old, so they will leave it in Nanli for the elderly, and wait until Wangjing to buy a more beautiful donkey for the young master."

The two wives in Zhiman's mouth refer to the second wife and the third wife. This time the family relocation, what to bring and what to keep are all discussed and decided by the two sisters-in-law.

"Little Red Swallow is only capable of running. Besides, I made an agreement with it. It will be my mount. When it dies, I will personally buy a big coffin for it."

"My lord, why don't you write a letter to the old man, asking him to bring Xiao Hongyan with him when he comes to Wangjing?" Zhiyi suggested.

"No, Uncle and the others will come next year at the earliest." Ning Yu disagreed.

She got used to riding Xiao Hongyan, and found it more convenient than riding in a sedan chair and carriage.

"I'll send someone back to take care of him." Yan Shi said righteously.

"Your uncle may not recognize—" Ning Yu looked at Zhiman, "Let Uncle Zhuang have a hard time."

"Hey!" Zhiman turned his horse's head and went to the back to inform Xu Zhuang.

Zhiyi continued to be an invisible person in the carriage, listening to his young master chatting with the second young master Yan, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and he unconsciously showed a gratified aunt smile.

……

Crossing mountains and rivers, across plains, and into mountains.

After bumping on the road for more than two months, I finally arrived at the outskirts of Wangjing.

The [-] troops did not enter the city. Yan Shi, as the general and supreme commander of the East Day Camp, personally took people to the East Day Camp to settle down.

The family team entered the city through the east gate.

Waiting for the city guards to check and clear the supplies, the second master respectfully went to pay the city gate tax.

The Xu family brought more than 20 vehicles into the city, and the city gate tax was 82 taels. The second master obeyed the second wife's instructions, and he was very conscious and handed over 100 taels.

"You don't need to look for it. For the rest, I will buy wine for the military lords."

"Bold! What are you talking about! We are ordered to guard the city gate, and we have never been greedy for the people's hard-earned money. Are you trying to slander us by saying that!" Stuffing two feet of silver to the second master, he said in a serious tone, "Hurry up and leave!"

"Right now, two years from now, one will be more greedy than the other..."

The second master grumbled and climbed into the carriage, and put the remaining 18 pairs on the small table. The second lady hurriedly put them away, and then drew two strokes on the ledger.

The Princess Palace of the former dynasty is in the fourth household of Shangpin Lane.

The door plaque has been replaced with "Xu Mansion".

The huge gilt regular script is thick and powerful, majestic and majestic, hanging above the closed vermilion gate, the so-called "Zhumen embroidered households, wealth and honor" is nothing more than that.

Everyone in the Xu family stood outside the magnificent and exquisite gate, feeling guilty in their hearts.

I passed through the bustling East Street before and turned into Shangpin Lane. The polished slate floor is clean and wide, and the trees planted on both sides of the road are neat and orderly. After walking for seven or eight miles, I only passed three houses, namely Chen Guogong's Mansion, Nanguo Mansion, Prince An's Mansion.

Nursing yard galloped forward to take a look...

The fifth house is Zhen Guo General's Mansion, and the sixth house is Yongchang Marquis Mansion.

Obviously, Shangpin Lane is not ordinary, quite unusual, and the people who live there are all dignified and powerful princes and ministers.

Xu Mansion...

More or less out of place.

The key is still in the center.

"Father, don't we go in?" Xu Linpeng looked up at the gilded gate plaque.

The second master gave the key to the third master, "Third, come here."

"It's the first time to open the door, mother should do it." The third master handed the key to the old lady again.

"We walk upright and sit upright. His Majesty gave us a house, which means we are worthy and able to live in it. Our Xu family is not as good as our neighbors now, but one day we will be able to do so. Let's go and go home! "

The old lady took the key, and made an impassioned statement. After speaking, she handed the crutch to the second lady, walked steadily up the steps, and walked towards the vermilion gate.

Ning Yu glanced left and right with a guilty conscience, wishing that the time could go back to more than two months ago and bite off the tongue that was talking nonsense.

Why do you say that the house was given to the Xu family by His Majesty, together with Chunhua Street!

Sooner or later you have to wear clothes!
The old lady took a deep breath, patted her shaking right hand holding the key with her left hand, took another breath, and inserted the key into the lock.

inside the gate.

The huge screen wall carved with "Pine Greeting the Moon" slowly unfolds as the door is slowly opened...

Inside the screen wall.

It was the beginning of the Xu family in Wangjing, their home in Wangjing.

(End of this chapter)