Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

After being free from the pressure of work and life, Zhou Banxia gradually realized that he had developed the trait of secretly complaining, and as a result, he missed what was happening outside.

Listening to the conversation between mother-in-law and Mai Huang outside, it seemed that she was not the only one who was asked what dishes she wanted to eat. At this time, Mai Huang mentioned that they would go to the backyard.

What are you doing in the backyard?
With a "pop", Gu Wenxuan finally remembered that after seeing his wife, he forgot to mention that he had brought home the belated Mid-Autumn Festival gifts from several families in the city.

Zhou Banxia understood as soon as he heard it.

It’s not that these families intentionally delayed their return gifts, but although all the return gifts from the capital city were sent directly to the manor in the capital city, there were still some differences in how early or late they were sent.

The return gifts from several families in Fucheng, such as Gao, Qian, and Zhao, were first asked to be brought back by the escort agency together with the purchased spices. Now the return gifts from the remaining families should have arrived.

As for the guard team that was divided into two to deliver Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to the provincial capital, I think the reason why they did not return with the return gifts from the remaining families was that they had other missions.

They still needed to go north, purchasing supplies according to the list along the way, and then meet up with Ding Dali and others in the suburbs of Beijing, and then go to Zhoujia Village to wait for her father-in-law.

Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, her father-in-law will be going on a long journey to sell furs, and he will need them to escort him back and forth, otherwise they will not be able to let him go out alone.

But it is not without advantages. Once her father-in-law takes this team of guards out for a stroll, it won't be difficult to form a "caravan".

Small hall in the west wing.

Although a considerable portion of the return gifts had been sent directly to the workshop courtyard for Zhou Molan to arrange, there were still quite a few wooden boxes piled up.

Gu Dahua's family was unsealing boxes and registering the food. After dinner, Zhou Banxia was not idle either. Although she didn't need to do anything, she still had to talk.

What should be sent to the main room, what should be sent to the east wing opposite, what should be sent to the kitchen, and what should be placed where, etc.

Gu Wenxuan didn't care about these trivial matters which were originally part of the household chores. He just wanted to know that such chores would not burden his wife and daughter.

After taking a shower and changing into casual clothes, Gu Wenxuan felt comfortable as the weather was getting cooler in the evening, so he went to the study room separated by a wall.

Leaving the door open so that he could hear any noise coming from the hall, he took out a roll of blueprints from the drawer of the bookcase and modified them according to his ideas of the past two days.

Then he rolled it up and placed it on the kang table so that Zhou Banxia could see it at a glance when she came to the study. Gu Wenxuan then returned to the desk, picked up the book, and focused on studying the Collection of Successful Imperial Examinations.

This collection of successful candidates came from his master, the former Grand Priest of the Imperial College, who is now a great Confucian scholar living in seclusion in Jiangnan.

There are more than fifty books in a set, which include examination questions from the academy examinations, provincial examinations, and metropolitan examinations over the years of this dynasty. They are very suitable for study and reading.

This is already an advanced textbook with all-encompassing content, covering a wide range of topics, from small techniques for approaching and solving questions to big ones like analysis of essays and policy papers, all of which are annotated in detail.

It is no exaggeration to say that even by taking out such a secret book, his teacher had taught him and Dajiang everything he knew.

As for the initial study materials, Gu Wenxuan also reviewed them. As the level of the scientific examination continued to increase, those contents seemed a bit insufficient.

They have completed their mission well and can be put away. Instead, you should focus on the notes you have summarized along the way and occasionally look through them to deepen your impression.

The imperial examination is like a mountain road going in the opposite direction. As one moves forward, the resistance will gradually increase, and the level of his competitors will also become higher and higher.

If you want to step on their heads, you must take solid steps, and knowledge is the foundation. With confidence, you have a foothold. Now that the college examination is over, there is still a year before the provincial examination. This time is different from the previous busy ones. Gu Wenxuan believes that he has more time to prepare.

The evening breeze blowing on people's bodies, making them cool, was the best time to study. Gradually, without him realizing it, he was concentrating on the books again.

Therefore, he naturally forgot to pay attention to Zhou Banxia, ​​who was separated by a wall and had already quickly arranged the final destination of the return gift in the small hall.

Moreover, after finishing the work, Zhou Banxia tiptoed to the door of the study, peeked in, and saw that he had entered the study state and even went to the east wing opposite.

Whoever's daughter is loved by him.

Compared to the old house they lived in before, Gu Erlang and Ma Shan only had one room to live in. It would be too crowded with one more person, and they didn't want their son-in-law to move out.

Even though the Gu family no longer lacked servants to serve them, after returning home from the banquet, Aunt Ma still came to take care of her daughter who was in confinement after dark out of concern.

When Zhou Banxia heard the other party coming and stepped into the east wing to show respect, Ma Shan, the daughter, was hugging her mother's waist and acting coquettishly.

Make her happy.

Her sister-in-law is not like a mother who gave birth to two children. She is jealous of her two sons and thinks that her mother does not love her daughter enough because she has grandchildren.

They sat for a while in the south room of the east wing. Since the room had been carefully tidied by the maids, there wasn't much odor, but they didn't want to disturb the mother and daughter too much.

Without looking at her mother-in-law, she very sensibly gave up space for the mother and daughter to be together in private. She was very grateful and said it was a good thing that Aunt Ma came, and then she slipped back to the main room.

Zhou Banxia then stood up and pointed in the direction of the west wing opposite, and declined Ma Shan's kindness to keep her there for a while, saying that she was worried about Gu Wenxuan.

With Aunt Ma's admiring gaze, Zhou Banxia was on her way back to the west wing when she saw her mother-in-law Liu looking at her, the old daughter-in-law, with a half-smile.

"Why don't you go back to your room and rest." Liu had no choice. In terms of etiquette, there was no child more considerate than her old daughter-in-law, but she was also tired.

"Be obedient and go back to your room to rest. If there is anything, mother will call you. If she doesn't call you, just rest in your room by yourself. No one dares to say you are rude, understand?
You are not the same as before. You are pregnant and you have less energy. How can you take care of everything? If you don't want to disturb Liu Lang from studying and can't sleep, you can go and paint."

Facing Liu's playful expression, Zhou Banxia smiled, winked at Liu to show that she knew her mother-in-law's good intentions, and whispered something.

——Mother still loves me the most.

The cute and naive little girl made Liu very happy.

She tried hard to hold back her laughter for fear that her mother-in-law in the east wing would hear it and think that she was unfair and too partial to her old daughter-in-law.

It is so difficult for her to be a mother-in-law.

The daughters-in-law all seem to be good, but the mothers-in-law are different. Each one wants her to be more partial to their daughters than the other, making her not even qualified to be a mother-in-law.

Liu cleared her throat and immediately glanced at the south window of the east wing.

One hand covered the other hand holding the old man's and patted it gently, signaling Mai Huang to help the second young lady go back to her room to rest. (End of this chapter)