Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Naturally, the family letter should be read first. For the three wives and the two children whom he had never met, Su Mu suddenly became worried.

Unlike modern society, you can make a phone call every day, and you can also video chat.Thanks to the poor means of communication in ancient times, if people in this era want to contact news, they can only use letters.It is not uncommon for a letter to travel for two months from Shaanxi to the capital.

The first thing Su Mu read was Hu Ying's letter. This woman is not very educated, and the letter was probably written by the master of the mansion.Probably because of Su Mu's reputation as a literary guru, this letter is very elegantly written, and there are many allusions in it, it looks like a stereotyped article.

It's good, but it's a pity that there is always a layer of separation, not so friendly, and it makes people feel breathless after reading it.

The content of the letter was very simple, it just said that the weather was getting cold, so I asked Su Mu to take care of himself, and then asked Su Mu to greet Hu Shun on his behalf, everything is fine at home, don't worry about it.

There was nothing to be seen on the letter, Su Mu sighed and had no choice but to put the letter aside.Knowing that everything is fine with her, there is nothing to worry about.

When it comes to the standard of writing articles, Mrs. Wu will naturally be a few blocks away from that master in Hu's residence.However, this letter is much more interesting.There is no text, but it is plain and easy-to-understand vernacular, and there is a warmth between the lines, as if someone is sitting in front of Su Mu and chatting with him.

Mrs. Wu's letter included a lot of homely things, saying what clothes and fabrics are popular in the capital recently, and what news is there on the street.My daughter, Su Xiuxiu, can eat very well, but she doesn't have enough milk, and the family just hired a nanny.She started to learn to speak again, she already knew how to call her mother, but she was too good at crying and her voice was loud, once she started crying, the whole Su Mansion could hear her voice.

Moreover, the daughter grows too fast, and seems to be a little fat.

Mrs. Wu was a little worried, saying what should be done when her daughter grows up and becomes a fat man?

Seeing this, Su Mu couldn't help but burst out laughing, and his mood immediately became better.

Finally, Mrs. Wu said that according to the second child, the Development Bank seemed to treat him very badly.Also, the bonus that should be given to the Su family has also been stopped for several months.The problem is, she is Her Royal Highness, and it is not easy to ask for it.

Seeing this, Su Mu frowned unconsciously.

When she came to Shaanxi from the capital, Princess Taikang turned against Su Mu.Now that we haven't seen each other for another year, the contradictions in everyone's hearts have not disappeared, but have become bigger and bigger.

"Forget it, now my total net worth of Su Mu is several 10 taels of silver. Money is just a numbers game to me. Even if it is too easy to blame my account, it doesn't matter. Big deal, I will find someone to make money in the future The matter of Emperor Zhengde’s body has too much to do with it, and it’s really inconvenient to tell Taikang, otherwise, even ten lives would not be enough to pay for it.”

Su Mu shook his head helplessly: "I, Su Mu, am a wife and a son and daughter, so I can't do risky things."

Xiaodie didn't write a letter alone, so she asked Mrs. Wu to append a sentence to the letter, saying that the weather was cold, and she sewed a jacket for the master, which came with the letter, and asked the master to take care not to catch cold. He asked Su Mu again, saying that the Shaanxi Provincial Examination was about to end, when would he be able to return to the capital, and it would be best if he could return to Beijing for the New Year, so that the family could reunite.

Su Mu continued to smile wryly, and picked up his pen to reply to the letters respectively.Said that although the township examination has ended, the official duties at hand have not yet been completed, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return home until the next year.

"After a year... I'm afraid it won't work."

The history of this piece of time and space has changed because of the intrusion of this butterfly. King Anhua's rebellion knows when it will happen, and he doesn't know how long he will stay in Shaanxi.

Now, I can only wait for the opportunity, dragging on for a day.

After writing the letter, Su Mu hurriedly took out this issue of the residence newspaper and thought about it carefully, but unfortunately he didn't get any useful information, and he felt very disappointed in his heart.

Thinking back, this issue of Dibao was last month, and it took half a month to travel from the capital to Shaanxi, so the news has become old news.

At this moment, there is no way of knowing what happened in the court.

The Shaanxi Provincial Examination has come to an end. For the examinees, it is natural for some to be happy and some to be sad.

Now, the only thing left about Su Mu in Shaanxi is the Luming Banquet.

However, this depends on the arrangement of the governor of Shaanxi.

Since Su Mu didn't want to cause trouble in this provincial examination, he also pretended not to see some joints in the examination room. The officials in Shaanxi were very happy and treated him very hospitablely.

The governor took his prefects and county magistrates, and accompanied Su Mu to play around for days.Huashan, Zhongnanshan and so on, visited several major scenic spots in Guanzhong.

It took half a month to come and go.

When we got back to Xi'an, the snow started to fall and became bigger and bigger. It was already the middle of winter.

There is only one month left until the Spring Festival.

At the end of October, on the Yin day, the new imperial examination candidates were summoned to the Luming Banquet.

Su Mu was no stranger to this banquet.The last time he participated as a new imperial examiner was only four years ago, but it was just eating, drinking, watching the Kuixing dance, and holding a few ceremonies.

After the banquet, the governor and several officials left, leaving the rest of the program to Su Mu and Mr. Shi.

So, Su Mu and Mr. Shi went back to the court of the Gongyuan, sat upright, waiting for the new imperial examination candidates to come to learn their teachers.

More than 100 Juren came in separately, and visited two teachers in turn, which was regarded as formally confirming the teacher-student relationship with Su Mu.

Su Mu is only a young man in his twenties now, and there are quite a few scholars from his grandparents among the candidates.Seeing the white-haired Juren knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him, saying "Menshi, benefactor" respectfully, Su Mu couldn't bear it.But the etiquette system is like this, so I can only accept their prostration ceremony abruptly.

The Ming Dynasty was founded more than 100 years ago, and most of the scholars were children of aristocratic families.Guanzhong is also rich, and this thank-you ceremony is extraordinarily grand.The worst ones were 20 taels, and the ones with more than a hundred taels piled up two hills in front of Su Mu and Mr. Shi.

Calculated, each of the two examiners has a legal income of tens of thousands of taels.

Su Mu sighed in his heart: there is no poor family in the top class, class stratification is inevitable in any era, once the country is at peace for a long time.If you are a real proletarian, even if you want to study, if you don’t say anything else, you won’t be able to show the teacher’s appreciation ceremony. 20 taels, enough to feed a family for five or six years.

The weather was really too cold, there were many books hidden in the tribute courtyard, no open flames could be seen, the hall was very cold, after sitting for a while, Su Mu felt his feet were stiff.

As for Mr. Shi, at first he saw so many thank you gifts, and he still smiled.In the end, after all, he was getting old, and his face was blue from the cold.