Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 101

Before Du Jinning could answer, Qi Bokun said with a smile: "He plans to open a teahouse with my grandson and the Guan family boy, a boy from the same village, and let the storyteller tell the storybook he wrote."

"Oh, this is a good thing." Yuan Xiuzhu nodded, and said, "No matter what difficulties you encounter, don't carry them alone. Remember, you are also a man with a husband now. If you have anything, come and tell him , You can tell me, or you can find your mountain chief, it’s all right.”

"Yes." Du Jinning replied.

She raised her head: "Now, I really have something I want to ask Mr. or the head of the mountain for help."

"What's the matter, you said."

"I don't know if my husband and the head of the mountain have any land close to the city to rent? The husband also knows that when our house was separated, we left the house without any land or house. I thought, since where are we? They are all rented fields, so it is better to rent a place closer to the academy, and also avoid running around every day, not to mention the waste of time, and the cost of the car."

As Du Jinning spoke, he paused again: "I don't know if people like us are allowed to move to live in other places and rent other fields?"

In some dynasties, the household registration management was very strict. In order to avoid the migration of the people, farmers were directly bound to the land.Du Jinning was worried that this would be the case in the Great Song Dynasty as well.

"Yes, why not?" Yuan Xiuzhu praised, "You are right to think so, instead of spending time on the road, it is better to read more books."

Du Jinning's head was full of black lines.

Does she think differently from what the old man thinks?
"Don't worry, it's not difficult. Not only you, the head of the mountain, but I also have fields near the academy."

At that time they bought land to build the academy, but they bought a large piece of land, half of which was built as an academy, and half as fields, and a Zhuangzi was placed beside it.These fields are the farmland for the academy, and the proceeds are used to maintain the expenses of the academy; besides plowing the land, the farmers on the village will also help the academy do some chores in their spare time, such as repairing houses and so on.

"Is there a house to live in or rent to buy?" Du Jinning asked again.

This was actually what she was most worried about.It is easy to manage the leased land, no matter who the landlord is, he needs tenant farmers.But the reason why the farmers were stuck in the original village and did not go to other places to rent land was because there was no house to live in.

At this time, it is not a later life, where you can rent a house to work.Unless it was the case of the Wang family, or the owner of the house moved to another place for other reasons and left the house for sale, there would be no surplus houses for sale.

Yuan Xiuzhu frowned.

He really didn't expect this.

He said: "I'll go back and discuss this matter with your mountain chiefs to see how to arrange you."

Although he can directly help Du Jinning to handle this matter well, but Du Jinning is Guan Lehe's direct disciple after all, his hand is too long, Guan Lehe should have some thoughts about him, thinking that he wants to rob his disciple .

"Yes, thank you sir." Du Jinning stood up and saluted.

Yuan Xiuzhu waved his hand and asked again: "Are you going to the academy or going home?"

"I went to the academy first today, and I came out later. I have to go to the city to buy some things in a while, and then I will go home directly, and I will not go to the academy."

Yuan Xiuzhu nodded, and ordered the coachman to take them to the Qi Mansion in the city, and then went on to the academy.

"Grandpa Qi, I'll take my leave first." Seeing that it was getting late, Du Jinning reckoned that Zheng Lin had already arrived in the city.She planned to go to the market to buy something, so she went to look for Zheng Lin.

Qi Bokun said: "Don't worry, come in and sit down for a while, I have something to tell you."

Du Jinning had no choice but to enter Qi Mansion with him.

This Qi mansion is the ancestral home of the Qi family in Lishui County, with courtyards in front and back.Although Qi Bokun has been an official outside for many years, there is still a brother at home, and the house is well maintained.

Knowing that Du Jinning had something to do, Qi Bokun didn't lead him to the back, but into the study in the front yard.

After sitting down and serving tea, he said, "I asked you to come in because I wanted to tell you about my Xiaoyuan."

He sighed: "When I was young, I was very arrogant. After I became an official, I was upright and I offended many people. One of them was dismissed from office because of taking bribes and breaking the law, which caused his mother to die of anger. He hated me and wanted to take revenge, but I was helpless. There are always guards around, he is not easy to attack, so he puts the target on my younger generation. I have seven or eight grandchildren, and Xiaoyuan is the most loved by me because of his cleverness, but I don't want this love to hurt him .”

Probably recalling the unbearable memories, he was a little excited, and the hand holding the tea bowl trembled slightly.

In order to calm down, he raised the tea bowl and took a sip, took a deep breath, and then continued: "At that time, he was only six years old, and he followed his mother to the mountain to offer incense, and was captured by the enemy. Spend the rest of your life in pain, don't kill him, only torture him mentally. For example, eating..."

He put down the teacup that was clanging because his hands were trembling: "Start him for a few days first, then put the meat buns in front of his face with feces, and forcefully stuff them into his mouth."

He closed his eyes: "If it's an ordinary child, it's fine. He doesn't know whether it's dirty or not. In order to survive, he doesn't have any obstacles in his heart to eat; he is small and far-sighted, and at the age of six, he understands everything. , and he is a very clean kid since he was a child. So this torture is especially severe for him."

"And this kind of torture is not only in terms of eating..."

"Thinking about that day when you were at the head of the mountain, you could also see that Xiaoyuan is a character who will be strong when he meets the strong, and he will not admit defeat in everything. If other children, they might have collapsed a long time ago, but he just gritted his teeth and persisted. Come down. In order to make him collapse, the enemy tortured him in different ways. Although he managed to escape and returned home, a child, after being tortured like this for half a year, naturally changed his temperament. He didn't want to talk to people, didn't want to Eating and even sleeping are always tense, and I can't sleep peacefully."

Having said that, his voice choked up, and tears flowed from his eyes.He opened his mouth to continue, but his lips trembled for a long while, but he couldn't say a word.

Du Jinning lifted the teapot to refill him with some tea, and pushed it in front of him.

Qi Bokun nodded his thanks, wiped his tears with his handkerchief, took a sip of tea to calm down, and then said: "I said this to tell you that he is not arrogant and ignorant, nor is he extravagant. Picky eaters don't want to eat steamed buns, but... he is a child with a mental illness."

"Over the years, he has been trying his best to overcome his psychological barriers and try to get himself back to normal. He wants to make friends, and seeing that you have opinions on him, even though he feels disgusted, he still insists on eating the buns." Qi Bokun raised his eyes and looked at Du Jinning, "He is the most sensitive in knowing people. Not everyone is willing to associate, let alone take the initiative. We are all very surprised that he can take the initiative to associate with you."

"I want to ask you...to take care of him for me. He is a good boy. Although he has suffered so much, he is still sincere in his heart. You can tell me what you want. If you want, I can help If you buy a small house and a shop in the city, you and your family can move to the city and start a small business."

After getting along for a day, he can be considered to understand Du Jinning's temperament.Afraid that Du Jinning would get angry, he said in a hurry: "I know you are an ambitious child and don't want to be favored by others, but this is a little thank you from me. Please don't refuse it. For the sake of an old man's apology and love for his grandson Please don't misunderstand my thanks."

Du Jinning shook her head: "There is no misunderstanding, don't worry." Without waiting for Qi Bokun to be happy, she said again, "But I will not accept your thank you gift."

"He is my classmate. He treats me well, and I treat him well. It is the friendship between friends. If I accept your thank you gift, this friendship will no longer be friendship, but a transaction. Qi Muyuan is so smart. When he saw me moving into the new house, wouldn't he think of the deal between you and me? To him, this should be the deepest hurt, right? When he makes friends in the future, will he think that this friend is right for me? I am good, is it because my grandfather gave him money behind my back, so he treats me well? Could it be that I am worthless, so no one wants to associate with me sincerely? "

Qi Bokun was stunned by her words: "I...I didn't expect this..."

Du Jinning smiled and said, "If you care about it, it will cause chaos."

(End of this chapter)