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Chapter 196 High School
Chunying's good mood has lasted for a long time. Even when Xinghong made an old mistake and talked back and made Shi'er so angry that she was half dead, she didn't feel depressed. An apricot-like girl can also speak the truth slowly for half a day, until it discourages people, and she is obedient.Seeing this, Shi'er gave a thumbs up in admiration.

Father Lu has been practicing in the past two years. He is very capable and neat in handling things, so he discussed with his daughter. In just four or five days, he bought two small courtyards in Jinmao'er Hutong near the eldest daughter's house. The son-in-law had eight rooms, and the small one had five rooms. After looking for someone to clean it up, he bought simple tables, chairs, bed cabinets, and asked his son-in-law Lu Renyi to let the wind out, saying that there is a lucky house for rent here.

At this time, it was the peak time for candidates from various provinces to enter Beijing. Jinmaoer Hutong was close to Chongwenmen, which was convenient for entering and exiting the inner city. Yougui rented out all the rooms one after another, collected three months' rent uniformly, put dozens of taels of silver into his pocket, and made up a quarter of the money spent on buying a house.

He weighed it carefully, and felt that his daughter's words were really good. Although buying real estate almost wiped out his family's wealth, after a long time, he earned it all back and had a good income.If there are any changes in the future, at least two properties can be left, a small one to live in, and a large one to rent out. Even if you can't find a job for a while, you don't have to worry about food.Besides, the two courtyards are not conspicuous, and the son-in-law came forward. Outsiders only thought that the daughter and son-in-law bought the property again, so how could they think of themselves?
Weighing the purse again, Lu Yougui decided to deposit most of the silver in the bank, and the remaining two taels would be used as tea money for his son-in-law. Even though he is half a son, he can't ask people to run errands for nothing, because he is always on his own, right?Speaking of which, he was somewhat fortunate, if not for his son-in-law persuading him, he might have leased the entire yard to wealthy businessmen or officials who came to Beijing, and he would only receive a penny, which would be worse than splitting up the house and renting it out. Go out and earn a lot.This son-in-law is really good!Later, he will have to inquire carefully to see where there is medicinal wine that is good for legs and feet, and then ask his wife to make new clothes for his daughter, son-in-law and grandson!

A month later, Chunying learned the news that her father Qiantu was promising from her sister Qiuyu, who occasionally came back home to greet the old lady. Save it, and carefully put away valuable rewards such as clothes and jewelry, so that you can take it home when you leave the house.

While Chunying was carefully accumulating funds for her future free life, several minor incidents occurred in the Hou Mansion.

First of all, under the introduction of Princess Jing, Fan Xiru, the cousin, met several clan daughters and daughters, and made friends.Her temperament is very popular with the noble ladies, one of the county lords said after returning home that within two days her mother, the concubine princess, sent several attendants to take Fan Xiru to the county palace to play.That county prince's mansion happened to have several sons, ranging in age from 14 to [-] years old, and three of them were unmarried, and they only interacted with the children of the princely and noble families in Beijing on weekdays, or they were arty, reciting poems and composing Fu , or walk around the horse Zhangtai, ride and shoot for fun, but rarely get involved in royal affairs.When others talk about it, they all call them dandies, but fortunately they do things in a reasonable way, and they have never caused any trouble.

Fan Xiru just went to the county prince's mansion as a guest twice. Not long after, there was a rumor in the Hou's mansion that Miss Fan Jiabiao was about to fly to the branches, and she would be a princess like the eldest lady. It was rumored that she had nose and eyes. Yijun took this word To tease Fan Xiru, the latter just blushed and wanted to cover her mouth, but neither admitted nor denied it.The old lady took heart because of this, and specifically told Fan Xiru that if she received another invitation, she would bring the two sisters Yijun and Xijun as companions, saying that she wanted them to see the world, but she told Lord Hou and his wife privately, But he was thinking that the sons of princes and marquises who are on good terms with the princes are all well-matched, and some of them can be regarded as both civil and military, and their mothers are all good friends with the princess of the county. Showing your face, once a good marriage is achieved, is also the luck of the children.

Secondly, one of the main sons of the Hou Mansion—the second young master Li Chang—finally passed the imperial examination in a safe and healthy manner, and successfully entered the gate of the Gongyuan in the summer of 15 years in Shun'an.According to him and several teachers who taught him, he is very promising in this subject.Everyone in the Hou's mansion was both happy and worried about this. He had been in the tribute courtyard for three days and the old lady, Lord Hou and his wife, as well as the young master and his wife and the third young master had been worried for three days in the mansion.

In the end, it was Mr. Wang who had been "unhealed for a long time" and made a formal request to Lord Hou to abdicate for the elderly on the day the second young master entered the tribute courtyard.

He looked panting and pale, and after walking a few steps, he swayed his calves tremblingly. Hou Ye couldn't bear to see him, thinking that although he had done many irritating things, it was decades The old servant is now, and he has settled down a lot in the past few years. After all, he still has the face of the old mother. He is knowledgeable, so why should he be as knowledgeable as him?So he agreed to his request and rewarded him another 50 taels of silver.

At the same time, Nanny Wang also mentioned this matter in front of the old lady, and she burst into tears, saying that the old man had worked hard all his life, and wanted to serve his master until he was old, but his health was so unbearable, so he had to resign shamelessly In order not to ask the Hou family to spend money to support him as a useless person, he is willing to use his savings to redeem himself, just hoping that his son and daughter-in-law can be by his side before he dies.The old lady sighed unceasingly, not only nodded and agreed to her request, but also rewarded her worth, and specially allowed Wang Momo to go home with her son and daughter-in-law to serve her father.

An's eyes almost burst into flames as he watched from the sidelines.She managed to win over the power in the mansion, and was planning to deal with the Wang family's gang of slaves in one fell swoop when the old lady was no longer useful, and she actually let them get away!If Shaoyao hadn't quietly pulled her sleeve several times, she would have crushed the teacup in her hand on the spot and swallowed the breath, but when she saw the Wang family obeying her mother-in-law's order to kowtow to thank her, she immediately I couldn't catch my breath, so I coughed for a while.The old lady looked ugly, so she frowned and said: "If you are sick, go and ask a doctor to come and see, don't just come and accompany me, the children are young and weak, what if you get sick?" it is good?"

The ladies present looked embarrassed, pretending not to hear anything, staring down at their own skirts.An's face blushed, and she babbled away with words, and she couldn't sit down for a cup of tea, so she found an excuse to leave.Seeing the silence of the crowd, Fan Xiru had no choice but to start telling jokes to make the atmosphere cheerful again.

An's mood after that has obviously been greatly affected.The Wang family moved very quickly, and sent the documents before it was dark, asking An to use the seal, so that they could be delivered to the yamen early the next morning.Although An's teeth were itching with anger, but the old lady spoke and Hou Ye was in front of her again, she couldn't get angry, so she reluctantly handed the document to Shao Yao.

The Wang family moved very quickly, and only then handed over the paperwork to the Yamen, and the family began to move things.They have to move their belongings and luggage to private houses.Although the redemption was only for the members of their own family, and those properties bearing the name of the Hou Mansion could not be taken back, but the master of the Hou Mansion did not lack rewards, and they did not suffer a big loss.

Chunying heard Shi'er mention that when Mr. Wang was carrying his luggage, there were ten or twenty boxes of gold and silver jewelry alone, she was silently speechless, and comforted Shi'er a few words.But Shi'er still couldn't hold back the sneer on his lips: "Second sister still has the face to say that she was so wronged because of our royal family! Now his family has escaped, but they left us in the mansion and called us We are angry for his family!"

Chunying hurriedly said: "You already knew that she had her own thoughts, so what's the point of being angry? No matter how much my wife hates them, she won't kill all the remaining Wang family members, right? The old lady and Master Hou have a few For those who are surnamed Wang or their husband's surnamed Wang, there is a little Brother Wu with the eldest master, you used to be with the third young master, and now you are a cousin, there are countless people who work in the East Mansion or the public office. My wife won't disturb the whole family just because of a few Wang family members."

Shi'er curled her lips: "I only know that the second young master must be angry! Uncle Grandpa has made us all miserable this time!"

Chun Ying thought the same way, she was very suspicious, the Wang family took advantage of the scientific examination period to seek self-redemption, in fact, it was to prevent the second young master from playing tricks to stop him, right?

After the three-day scientific examination was over, the second young master Li Chang came back from the Gongyuan, exhausted half his life, took a bath and ate in a daze, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep until he woke up. Come here, when I have time to call Pan Laoliu in to report the big and small things that have happened at home recently, it is already the afternoon of the fourth day.As soon as he heard that the direct descendants of the Wang family had gone out of the mansion, he didn't care to pay respects to his grandmother, so he immediately rushed to the house where Director Wang used to live, where could he see anyone?It was just some tattered furniture left, and when he was so angry, he lost his temper and smashed the furniture to pieces.

Afterwards, several young servants surnamed Wang were whipped by the second young master one after another. Fortunately, the day for the opening of the tribute college came, and the second young master threw them away and went to see the results.The boys helped each other go home, with deep resentment in their eyes.

As expected, Li Chang passed the exam. Half a month later, he took part in the imperial examination and won the 110th place in the top three. His grades were mediocre, but he also came from the same Jinshi background. The Hou Mansion has not had such an honor for many years, and the Hou Ye was very happy about it. Greatly exaggerated the second son.While Li Chang was being modest, he gave the two brothers a sideways glance, filled with pride in his heart.Li Jing remained calm, while Li You sneered in his heart, lamenting that the second elder brother was confused, he got the top three in the exam, he was either idle or released, did he think he still had a chance to dominate the Hou's mansion?
Not to mention that everyone in the Hou Mansion was very happy for the second young master's high school, the small courtyard where Huo Yi lived was also filled with joyful atmosphere.

Chunying and Shi'er stood outside the door, watching Aunt Qing and Ju'er in the room crying and laughing around Huo Yi with some astonishment, while Huo Yi knelt down in front of his parents' tablet with tears in his eyes, praying silently.

Aunt Qing stepped forward, choked up and said to her: "My good lady, I won't stop you anymore. I just hope that you can settle the matter as soon as possible. If you can't open your mouth, why don't you let me talk about it?"

Huo Yi just held her hand and wept, but didn't speak.

Shi'er gave Chunying a hand, and the two went in. Taking advantage of Ju'er's unpreparedness, the former pushed Chunying to the side of the table, and Chunying happened to see a letter on the table with only four words written on it: " Erjia Biography", I was surprised and uncertain.

Who won the Erjia Biography?

(End of this chapter)