Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 73 The He Sisters Happy Reunion (7)
Jiang Yebang smiled and nodded in agreement.

The two finished their business.The Jiang Ye gang specially kept the old patriarch for dinner, had three glasses of wine, and praised the Qu clan's handling of emergencies last year.

The old patriarch heard that the Jiang Ye gang praised the person who handled the emergency three times, and he didn't say that the He family had come up with the bad idea, but just nodded and smiled.

"The students of the Qu Clan want to stand out, and the Qu Clan must first be self-improvement and have a good reputation." Jiang Ye helped see that the old patriarch was an old man who was simple on the outside and smart on the inside, and proposed that Qu Dinglin's father resign from the management of Taiqingguan and return to the clan. Take over the position of the old patriarch and manage the Qu clan well.

The old patriarch agreed deeply, nodded and said: "What your lord said is true. In the second imperial examination in the next year, seven scholars from our family will take part in the government examination, and seventeen students will take part in the county examination. If our family wants to achieve good results again, The reputation must not be bad."

The Jiang Ye gang praised the old patriarch for his easy-to-understand skills, implying that when Qu Dinglin and Jiang Rong get married, they will recommend Qu clan students to Tanzhou Academy.

Tanzhou Academy is one of the best academies in Hunan Province and even in the whole country. It has a long history and many famous teachers. For hundreds of years, there have been two champions, six second places, and fourteen third-ranked scholars.

Students enter Tanzhou Academy based on their real ability or are recommended by celebrities.

Qu Dingshan and Qu Dinglin entered the Tanzhou Academy after two rounds of the exam based on their real skills. After studying for several years, they took the Liuyang County Examination and won the first and third place.

Qu Jiujiu failed nine times in a row, and Qu Duo failed three times in a row. If it weren't for the Tanzhou government's order to give Quzu County more places in the exam, they wouldn't have passed the exam at all.

This shows how difficult it is to take the exam at Tanzhou Academy, and the future is boundless after the exam.

The old patriarch was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to salute, but Jiang Ye helped him up with very accommodating hands.

A few days later, the good news of Qu Dinglin and Jiang Rong's engagement spread from Qujia Village, and the news hung over the people of Chenjia Village like a dark cloud.

The village head of Chenjia Village, Li Zhengyuan, wanted to use a trick to ruin the reputation of the Qu clan, and implicate the seven talents of the Qu clan from participating in the government examination.

Now that the old patriarch's family is married to the powerful Jiang family in Tanzhou, as long as the Jiang Ye Gang of the Jiang family let out a word, the new county magistrate of Liuyang can crush the Chen family village to death.

Right now, Chenjiacun must not target Qujiacun. Only two years later, the talents of the two villages will compete in the government.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, it rained heavily all day, followed by a hot summer.

At dusk, the sky of Qujia Village is red as if it had been burned by fire, and the clouds are changing shapes at a speed that can be seen with the naked eye.

Two gorgeous four-wheeled two-horse carriages with big white palm jade pendants hung on the left side of the door curtains, driven by two middle-aged women with women's haircuts and no headgear, and wearing black clothes and black trousers that are probably new, drove slowly along the dirt road Entered the village entrance.

Several old men and old ladies of the Qu clan were sitting and chatting beside the pear tree. Seeing this magnificent carriage that only the wealthy families in Tanzhou City had, they thought it was someone from the old patriarch's in-laws, the Jiang family. , They all stood up in fear.

The round-faced middle-aged woman got out of the carriage, clutching the reins in her hand, and asked with a Tanzhou accent, "May I ask all uncles and aunts, where is Li Changsheng's home?"

The old lady of the Qu clan who was usually so quick-spoken and could silence the officials of the Tanzhou government was dumb, but an old man who didn't like to talk came forward and said slowly: "The Li Changsheng you're talking about is Li Laoshi?"

Several old men and old women nearby did not recover.

The round-faced woman was taken aback when she heard this nickname, and said slowly, "Li Changsheng's wife is named He."

"That's Li Laoshi. His home is at the end of the village. There are medicine animal pens in front of and behind the yard, and there are many medicine beasts in the pens, so it's easy to recognize." Yupei, in his mind, estimated how much money it was worth and how many mu of land he could buy.

Two imposing carriages drove to the end of the village, attracting many adults and children from the village to watch. Dogs from every household stood at the door and barked at the shiny and unfamiliar big horse, fiercely defending the territorial rights.

A stench of livestock excrement and urine wafted in the air far away, and the two driving women had already seen the half-exposed brick and medicine animal enclosure uphill ahead, fearing that the nobles in the car would be waiting in a hurry, so they whipped their horses and urged them to move quickly.

A little girl with bun hair wearing a yellow silk satin jacket and blue trousers, with snow-white skin and star-like eyes, whose appearance and temperament are different from the little girl in the village who stood in front of the gate and looked at the carriage just now, standing on the village road He was holding a small bamboo basket containing Sophora japonica flowers in his hand, and was looking at the carriage.

The little girl followed closely behind two middle-aged women who had practiced martial arts, their eyes were always on her, because they were afraid that the carriage would hit her.

The round-faced woman reined in the reins, dismounted and pointed to the small yard where the pear tree protruded, and asked the little girl with a smile, "Excuse me, is this Li Changsheng's home?"

Li Jingjing asked back: "May I ask where you are from, and why are you looking for him?"

The round-faced woman naturally wouldn't answer directly, and said, "You don't know Li Changsheng's home?"

Li Jingjing showed a harmless smile, nodded and said: "I know, so I want to ask you."

The round-faced woman didn't know how to answer, so she went to look at Wangyue and Wanglian, but was ignored by the two women, so she turned her head and asked the children who followed, "Do you know Li Changsheng's home?"

In other villages, the children would definitely rush to answer.

This time in Qujia Village, several children shook their heads and pretended not to know, then ran to Li Jingjing with a smile and surrounded her.

The curtain of the carriage driven by the round-faced woman was lifted, and a delicate young girl with a pair of maidservants came out from inside. She was dressed exactly like the round-faced woman, except that she was wearing a fish-shaped silver earring. In a hurry, he said to himself: "It's really strange. Just now the old man said that there is a small courtyard with medicine animal enclosures at the end of the village."

The delicate girl was about to enter the small courtyard to ask, when a boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes in beige half-sleeved shorts and blue trousers ran out of the courtyard, caught sight of the two-horse carriage, and shouted excitedly: "Little uncle, come quickly!" Look at the big carriage."

Li Qubing came out and said, "Xiao Yazi, you just finished eating, so don't run too fast and hurt your stomach."

Hearing the words "Xiao Yazi", the nobleman in the carriage couldn't bear it any longer, and asked the servants to lift the curtain of the carriage, revealing a beautiful but haggard face like a lotus, with big bright eyes and rouge The red lips are very attractive, the black hair is combed into a cone-shaped bun, and she only wears a blue jade hairpin, which shows elegance and nobility.

The square-faced woman put the small square stool on the uneven dirt road with winking eyes. A middle-aged maidservant with an ordinary appearance and a big black mole on the eyebrow came down first, and then stood aside, helping the nobleman get out of the carriage with both hands. .

The nobleman wore a long purple silk dress with dark embroidered cloud patterns, a butterfly-shaped white jade pendant around his waist, and beige cotton shoes embroidered with small purple floral flowers. He looked about 25 or six years old, and his figure was very thin, like a pond. The weak willows on the side will be blown away by the wind at any time.

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