Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 140 Wife is for pain

In the office of Tongpan Yamen, Zhou Yingjie read the latest newspaper sent from Bianjing and took a few sips of tea with a tea cup.

Just when I was about to handle official business, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in!" Zhou Yingjie said.

The door opened and the master walked in.

"Sir, a government official just sent me a name card. I took a look and it belongs to Wen Linlang and Li An." Master Jin said and handed over the name card.

"Lee An?"

Zhou Yingjie looked through the name card and wondered: "Why does this name sound familiar?"

"My lord, you have forgotten that a few years ago, Mr. Liu, who was studying politics in Yangzhou, had a student named Li An." Master Jin reminded him.

The master's status is very special, he can be regarded as the confidant of the local chief official.

But in fact they are not officials, not even officials.

Seriously speaking, it is somewhat similar to the secretaries of later generations.

These people were hired by the officials themselves, and their wages were paid by the officials themselves. They had nothing to do with the court.

Master Jin is Zhou Yingjie's confidant, and he knows some interpersonal relationships better than Zhou Yingjie.

This kind of thing is what he has to remember.

Therefore, even though Li An had been away from Yangzhou for several years, Zhou Yingjie didn't remember much. He remembered it as soon as he saw the name and thought about it.

"The native place is really our Yangzhou, but I remember that his student was only a teenager, right? How did he become Wen Linlang?" Zhou Yingjie asked doubtfully.

Shi Lin did not tell his parents that Li An was given the title of Wenlinlang. Yangzhou was far away from Bianjing and he was just a literary official. Naturally, no one knew about it.

"Sir, you will know if you have seen it or not." Master Jin reminded.

No matter what, if a prose official from the ninth rank asks to see him, he still needs to meet him.

"Well, go ahead and invite people in." Zhou Yingjie said.

"Yes."

Master Jin bowed his hands and retreated.

All the way to the door of the yamen, I saw Li An waiting at the door. After checking with the yamen servant, Master Jin went up to greet him and saluted: "I have met Mr. Wen Lin, and I have feelings for you."

"Please lead the way." Li An said with a slight nod.

Since the other party saluted him, it meant that the other party was not an official. Otherwise, any official in Yangzhou would be higher than him, a civil servant.

"Mr. Wen Lin, please."

Master Jin led Li An into the Yamen and asked about Li An's identity as he walked.

Since Li An came to ask for an interview, he naturally had nothing to hide and admitted it directly.

Although Master Jin was curious about how Li An got the identity of Wen Linlang, he didn't ask much.

He led Li An to the office room in a zigzag manner and saluted, "Sir, I'm here."

"Yes." Zhou Yingjie waved his hand and asked Master Jin to step back.

"Wenlin Lang Li An, I have met Lord Tongpan." Li An saluted.

"May I ask if your master is Mr. Liu Xuewen?" Zhou Yingjie asked.

"Sir, that's right." Li An said.

Zhou Yingjie stood up in surprise and asked: "How did you become Wen Linlang? Could it be that you have already been named on the gold list?"

As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Zhou Yingjie knew that he had asked nonsense.

Li An only worshiped Liu Xuewen as his teacher and was not the son of an official. If he participated in the imperial examination, he would have to return to Yangzhou.

Li An smiled and told Zhou Yingjie about his being named Wen Linlang.

Zhou Yingjie was surprised after hearing this. He didn't expect that Li An would be able to get a royal title at such a young age. If he passed the imperial examination in the future, he would have a bright future.

After coming back to his senses, Zhou Yingjie asked Li An to sit down, served tea, and asked him about Sheng Hong and Liu Xuewen.

Although the two of them were not from Yangzhou, they were promoted from Yangzhou to Bianjing. Naturally, he wanted to ask some questions. “By the way, my nephew came to see me, but what can I do for you?”

After chatting for a while, Zhou Yingjie already called Li An his nephew.

"Sir, I came back this time to take part in the county examination, but I have been living in Bianjing for the past few years and I can't find a suitable person to renew my insurance. I would like to ask you a favor," Li An said.

"What did I think it was? It's a simple matter. I just need to vouch for you personally." Zhou Yingjie said with a smile.

Regardless of the fact that he calls Li Anxian nephew, if Li An asks him to help with something difficult, he is really unlikely to help.

What Li An is proposing now is a trivial matter to him, so naturally he doesn't mind giving Li An face.

Half an hour later, Li An left the Yamen with the letter of guarantee issued by Zhou Yingjie.

When the county examination begins, Li An can just take the guarantee letter and take part.

After leaving the yamen, Li An returned home with Shi Zhu who was waiting at the door.

The weather is a bit cloudy today, with a cool breeze, which is very comfortable.

However, halfway through, it started to drizzle.

In the ancient city of Jiangnan, holding an oil-paper umbrella in the drizzle and walking in the rain has a unique flavor.

"Pillar, run!"

Of course, the premise is that you have to bring an umbrella.

Li An didn't. In order to prevent himself from becoming a drowned rat, he shouted and ran.

Fortunately, it was not far from home. When they ran home, they happened to meet Li Nan who was going out to give him an umbrella.

"When you see it raining, just find a place to hide. Your father and the others will naturally give you an umbrella. If you come back in the rain, what if you get sick?" Mrs. Liu scolded him while using a handkerchief to wipe the water for him. .

"Mom, it doesn't matter if it rains a little in this summer." Li An said with a smile.

"This is no joke. What if you catch a cold? Go back to your room and change out of your clothes. I'll boil some hot water for you to wash up and make some ginger soup to get rid of the cold." Ms. Liu said.

Li An couldn't resist Liu, so he had no choice but to agree.

By the time he took a shower, it was already pouring rain outside.

However, the summer rain comes and goes quickly. By the time I finished washing and putting on my clothes, the sound of rain outside had stopped.

As soon as Li An put on his clothes, he heard a burst of voices coming from outside.

One voice belonged to Shizhu, and the other was a strange female voice.

Confused, Li An opened the door and saw his aunt's niece sweeping the yard with a broom.

The ground in the yard was paved with bricks and stones. Although the rain just now was heavy, it did not last long. The rainwater seeped into the ground and there was no accumulation of water.

However, there are some green plants in the corners of the yard, and some leaves have been knocked down because of the rain.

The girl was cleaning the fallen leaves with a broom.

She didn't know what Shi Zhu said to her, but the little girl stopped there and stared at Shi Zhu with red eyes.

"Zhuzi, what are you doing?" Li An asked.

The two people who were staring at each other turned their heads when they heard Li An's voice.

"This slave has met the second young master!" the little girl saluted.

"Brother Aniu."

Shi Zhu trotted over and said with an aggrieved look on his face: "Auntie told me last night that wives are for pain. Didn't you say she was my wife? I saw her sweeping the floor and wanted to help her. She said she was not my wife. , and stared at me.”

Li An looked at Shi Zhu who looked aggrieved and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He just had this idea, but he didn't decide it directly.

In the final analysis, it depends on whether the two of them are compatible, mainly on whether the girl is willing or not.

Unexpectedly, Shi Zhu just called her his wife.

(End of this chapter)