Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The two bosses of the donkey cart just kept scolding, but Wu Er Er couldn't stand it anymore: "What are you scolding, Zuo Zuo is just looking for a doctor, if it is cured, I don't want you a penny of medicine. If it can't be cured, Zui Zuo will compensate you Money is just that, the lords have a lot of money. We will enter the market tomorrow, if you are delayed because of you, can you afford it? If that is the case, I will arrest you and go to the Xuezheng Yamen to explain in detail."

Sun Chen: "Yes, yes, let's find someone to look at it quickly, there are still dozens of miles away, so don't miss the exam date."

Hearing that what Wu Lao Er said was reasonable, and seeing that they were all famous scholars, Boss Che didn't dare to chatter any more, he just stood aside and sulked.

Only then did Wu Er Er run out to ask for a veterinarian.

Su Mu looked at the howling donkey who had been exhaling but not breathing in those two days, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, after a while, a doctor came in, looked at the donkey like this, shook his head and said: "I guess there is no cure, let the dead donkey be a living donkey doctor."

So he took an awl and pierced a few holes in the stomachs of the two donkeys, and inserted straws.

There was only a "chi chi" sound, and the air was full of the stench of **.

After waiting for a while, the two donkeys not only failed to stand up, but lowered their heads, seeing that they could not survive.

The owner of the bullock cart refused immediately, and cried and quarreled with all the scholars, saying that his whole family relied on these two donkeys for their livelihood, and now they were feeding them to death, and they had to pay.

Everyone couldn't help it, and in the end, it was still Mu Sheng, a big family, who paid for the compensation.

Only then did the owner of the car cry, pulled the empty car, and turned back to the capital depressedly.

Several scholars sat in the inn and began to complain to each other. Seeing that tomorrow is the rural examination, the mules and horses in the counties near the capital have been rented out by the examiners. less than one.

Thinking about going to the examination room tomorrow, there are dozens of miles away from Tongzhou at this moment, and it is raining again, and I don't know when I will be able to walk to the ground.If you miss the provincial examination, you have to wait for three years.There was a young scholar who wept softly. Sun Chen and Mu Sheng were older and could still hold on, but their faces became gloomy.

Su Mu was not afraid, he had already walked for a day yesterday, and this place is only forty miles away from Tongzhou, with his physical strength, he could just walk there.But this distance is undoubtedly a natural barrier to other talented scholars who have no power to restrain their chickens.

Everyone is from the local area, and it was the same year, so Su Mu could not leave them alone and set off on his own.

However, it's not a good idea for everyone to just worry about it, you have to think of a way.

Touching his nose, Su Mu suddenly remembered the mutton soup he drank at the soup pot shop outside this morning, but his heart moved, and he patted his thigh: "Yes, everyone, Xiaosheng has a way."

Everyone turned their heads and asked at the same time, "What can Zi Qiao do?"

"Now donkeys, mules, and horses are definitely not available for rent. Otherwise, let's rent a flock of sheep and take a sheep cart." Su Mu suggested: "In the morning, we went to the store where we went to drink sheep soup. More than a dozen sheep? Although the strength of the animal is not as strong as that of a donkey, but with a few more sheep, it can pull a cart. However, we need to find a good shepherd..."

Before the words were finished, several scholars rushed out with cheers.

In a short while, a sheep cart appeared in front of Su Mu, but there were too many sheep, they screamed and jumped around in the yard of the inn, creating a miasma.

The strength of the sheep is weak, and they can't pull too big a cart. Several scholars took the seats first, but Su Mu and Wu Laoer had no seats.

Sun Chen: "Zi Qiao come up quickly, or else, let's squeeze."

The shepherd yelled: "It can't be squeezed, it can't be squeezed, and the car will collapse if it is squeezed any more!"

Su Mu looked up at the car, it was full of five scholars, plus five test baskets, not to mention two big living people, even a chicken couldn't fit in it.Just like that, Mu Sheng's two legs were still hanging outside, and he was so startled that he grabbed the handle of the car with all his strength, and he dared not let go.

Su Mu looked at it and thought, "It's so crowded, won't you be tossing half to death when you get to Tongzhou?"

He shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll just walk."

Mu Sheng: "How do you walk such a long distance?"

Su Mu smiled: "you saw my physical strength yesterday, but it's only forty miles away, which means half a day's effort. Besides, the autumn rain is continuous and the scenery is especially beautiful. It's a rare feeling to see mountains and rivers all the way. Experience."

Sun Chen praised: "Zi Qiao is really a gentleman!"

Seeing that he didn't have a seat and refused to walk, Wu Er Er hurriedly called out, "What about me, what about me?"

All the scholars shouted and scolded at the same time: "Brother Ziqiao is high-spirited and upright, he will not compete with us for a seat. He is the first name of our court, and he is not willing to get in the car. How can you want to get in the car, you vulgar villain? "

The second Wu was choked up, and said in a low voice: "My old man is a juren, so I can get in the car too..."

Seeing that everyone was about to leave, the owner of the inn quit. He stepped forward to stop everyone and called Tian Qu: "Masters, you left as soon as you left, but left two dead donkeys with us. Five yellow six months, not a day It stinks, you have to be buried, right? The villain is doing a business of conscience, you have to pay the funeral expenses before you can leave! It doesn’t need much, just five hundred cash.”

He bullied scholars who were ignorant of world affairs, and wanted to extort some money.

"It's just money. I'll give it to you. I won't make up for it." Mu Sheng already had money and was in a hurry to take the exam, so he threw a tael of silver over.

But I didn't think, Wu Laoer was quick, jumped out, grabbed the silver, hid it in his arms, and yelled at the boss at the beginning: "You can really say that you still burn and bury money, but you are just two beasts." , is it possible that you still have to make two coffins for them?"

The boss was unconvinced: "The weather is so hot, it's really stinky, would you be willing to live in my shop? You little brother is really unreasonable, how can you compare with the educated and reasonable of the gentlemen?"

Wu Laoer sneered: "What stinks, what burial? You can coax my son, but you can't coax me. Those two donkeys are several hundred catties of fresh meat, and they can be sold for a few taels of silver by dragging them anywhere. We are in a hurry Going to take the exam is a waste of money for you. You are still not satisfied, you really annoyed me, so you threw the donkey into the street. It will be snatched up in a short while. Why don't you try it?"

Seeing that Wu Laoer is a veteran, the boss knew he couldn't be fooled, so he apologized and smiled: "Brother, why bother, forget it, the exam is important."

Fearing that the scholars would go back on their word and want to take the dead donkey back, he kicked a sheep with a "dead".

The dozen or so sheep were furious, and rushed out with a bleat. The scholars in the car yelled "Ouch", and they disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Wicked people have their own grind, seeing this situation, Su Mu shook his head, put on his test basket and strode forward, but thought in his heart: Li Bai said well, I am born with a talent that must be useful.No matter how unbearable Wu Laoer's character is, he is not useless.Going out with such a gangster follower, but it also saves a lot of trouble.

He is in good health, and this road is nothing to him.

On the side of the road are patches of harvested wheat fields, the fields are vast, and the air is refreshingly refreshing. Walking slowly along the way is also a rare experience.

At least it's much better than being tossed about in a bumpy car.

When a person is young, he has to go to many places he has never been to and see people and things he has never seen before.

After walking for five or six miles, the activities started, the whole body was hot, and the autumn wind blew, refreshing. Su Mu felt that the decision to walk to Tongzhou was very wise.

But the second child Wu started to mutter.

In the past two days, Wu Laoer got a few taels of silver for nothing, and he was in a very good mood.

You have to know that he is just a fourteen or fifteen year old boy who hangs out on the streets every day and has no job to earn a living. If he has a few coins on his body, it is considered as New Year's Eve.

In the past few days, my pockets have suddenly become thicker, and I have never felt so bold.

Therefore, at the beginning, the birdman had a smug smile on his face, and threw the ingot of silver up and down with his right hand, looking like a villain.

But after walking for half an hour, his eyes were slanted, his mouth was crooked, and he couldn't stop cursing, saying that Mu Sheng and Sun Chen were dishonest and left themselves behind.

But he didn't think how much he had benefited from others in the past few days.

Su Mu looked down on this guy very much, poor Wu Juren, although he has a weird temper, is also a famous scholar.As for Ms. Wu, she is an admirably talented person. Why did the Wu family produce such an unbearable character?

The Wu family is so poor that it is almost impossible to get rid of it, and this kid is still messing around outside all day, he is really a scum.

Su Mu didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, just smiled lightly, and suddenly remembered what Wu Juren said to him when he came to see him off yesterday, and his heart throbbed inexplicably again.

"Marriage proposal...Actually, I, Su Mu, are more grateful to Ms. Wu. If it weren't for her, I would definitely not be able to pass the provincial examination. But I still forgot that this is the Ming Dynasty. Showing your face, talking about poetry and morals with you all day long, and telling you what to say, if you fall into the eyes of others, you will definitely cause misunderstandings. No wonder the old Juren is willing to say that he wants me to propose marriage... It's not that he really forgave me, Su Mu, but Seeing that my daughter completely ignored her and felt helpless, I nodded and agreed. Besides, I, Su Mu, can be regarded as a well-known scholar, and I have no moral character. No matter how you look at it, I am also a person worth relying on."

"But, did you just agree to the Wu family? No, Ms. Wu and I are just friends in terms of knowledge. We meet on weekdays, and it's also fair and aboveboard. Besides, Hu Ying knows, and I don't know what she will think?"

The smile on Su Mu's face turned into a wry smile.

At this time, the sky suddenly began to rain.After more than a month of drought, I finally saw rain.At the beginning, it was sparse, but in the end it was connected together, and the whiteness was so big that it was tight.

Su Mu was surprised, and hurriedly took out the raincoat from the test basket and put it on.

"Haha, haha, it's raining, God has eyes!" Wu's second son was drenched in the rain, but laughed loudly: "Those birdmen threw us on the road, it's okay now, it's raining so hard The rain, the road has long been drenched, and they will not be knocked to death."

"You are really..." Su Mu shook his head helplessly: The ancients said: A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain is always close.But looking at this guy's appearance, it's just a joke, the villain is always happy.

Walking in the rain was a bit of fun at the beginning, wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, especially when walking through a bamboo forest from time to time, it really is "Don't listen to the sound of the leaves being beaten through the forest, why not scream and walk slowly. Bamboo Who is afraid of a straw shoe lightly defeating a horse? A cloud of mist and rain will make life easier."

But the rain in this autumn never stops, the road under the feet is gradually soaked soft, and it is muddy and difficult to take one step and two slippery steps.

Wu Er Er stopped scolding, and could only sigh and sigh, and his breathing gradually became heavier.

After being drenched in the rain for half an hour, the guy's face began to turn pale.

Su Mu also felt a little tired, and felt anxious for no reason.People are not as good as heaven, so if you walk to Tongzhou like this, it may be midnight.

After walking for a whole morning, and walking for another ten miles, I saw another small village in the distance, with a wine board at the head of the village.

Su Mu was also hungry, so he took Wu's second son over there, found a seat, and ordered food.

Wu Lao Er took off all his clothes, revealing two rows of washboard-like ribs.As soon as I wrung it with my hand, a puddle of black dirty water came out from the clothes, and the diners next to me frowned.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen Merry Tijue look better than Pan An?" Wu Er Er was about to scold, when he suddenly turned his head and stared outside, and then let out a cheerful laugh: "That's great, too Well, I finally don't have to walk to Tongzhou!"

Su Mu turned his head and looked, only to find that the village was located on the edge of the Grand Canal, and there happened to be a small pier next to the tavern, where many boats were parked.

A while ago, because of the drought, there was no water in the river.It rained heavily today, the river was full, and boats could sail again.

In other words, he can go to Tongzhou by boat.

Just now Su Mu was so tired that he plunged into the tavern, but he didn't notice this.

Wu Er Er was still laughing loudly: "Sun Xianggong and Mu Xianggong are afraid that they are still stuck in the mud at the moment, haha, but we can go down the river, haha, if you want to leave the young master, this is a man's plan." It's better than God!"

Just when he was proud, he heard Su Mu say: "Well, it's best to go by boat, eat something first, let's find Sun Chen and the others later."

"Ah, don't do it!" Wu Laoer wailed, only feeling that his legs were as heavy as lead.

Naked, carrying wet clothes, a smile froze on his face.

Su Mu also deliberately made fun of this disobedient boy, seeing him speechless, he smiled inwardly.

Looking at the situation of Wu's second child, he is also very tired.Besides, he is only a teenager, and he can't stand this kind of trouble, at least Su Mu can't let it go: "Forget it, I was joking just now, you go rent a boat, I will find someone else to find my grandson." Serve them."

The road is so bad, Sun Chen and the others should be not far ahead.A dozen sheep pulling the cart are so eye-catching, and it is easy to find them.

Wu Er Er didn't care about eating, cheered, and quickly ran out to rent a boat as if he had received an amnesty.

Su Mu was about to ask Xiao Er if he had seen Sun Chen and the others, when he saw a group of people staggering up and down the intersection in front of the village, shouting in disorder: "There is a hotel, first go to drink a cup of hot wine to warm up your body. But Xiaosheng has suffered a lot!"

Looking closely, who is it if it's not Sun Chen and the others.

Su Mu wondered, didn't this group of people go first, why did they fall behind?