"Twenty taels?" The old man over there stared at Xu Xuan and handed me a few cabbages, radishes and cucumbers. While weighing them, he said, "This little brother dares to say that it would be good to have twelve taels … Well, there are … twenty articles altogether."
Xu Xuan "oh" took the money to pay the bill and casually asked, "Twelve taels of silver is also very good. You need to send it to the county government every day."
"If it’s going to the county government, it’s okay. Now Yan’s adult has bought another house, but it’s going to run twice … and it’s not the old man. My family and two others have to send it, so it’s less profitable."
Listening to the other person’s mouth report a number, Xu Xuan frowned. "Can you eat so much?"
"Who knows? Anyway, it’s an adult’s business for me to deliver food to the old man …"
Then I walked slowly with the food and changed to another one. It was a similar conversation, and some idleness was like chatting. In the conversation, Xu Xuan made some things clear.
Xu Xuan, the former county magistrate, knew something about the daily total amount of food, but at this time it was just another magistrate. The whole amount actually tripled. Although Liu Shouyi was relatively frugal, the comparison was too exaggerated, and Xu Xuan noticed that Chinese meat should be significantly higher than the normal level.
Go out to my official’s office, spend lunch every day, be strict with courtesy, and spend the remaining share at home to support the number of people.
About fifty people
Of course, vegetable vendors can’t read much, and most of them are rough and simple calculations. If they have account books, they can see them, so maybe they can be more specific, but it’s not important. At this time, it’s enough to estimate one and be aware of it.
Anyway, it is a side evidence of a guess … This strict courtesy is really problematic.
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In the small courtyard, the sun shines in spring, where lady white snake sits in the house. The sight can see some scenes outside through the window not far away. Although it is spring, there are no flowers and trees in the courtyard, but there are no bees and butterflies. At this time, some people in the courtyard are rude and destroyed.
It can be seen from the clothes and clothes that some Jianghu people speak loudly and often scold their mothers, which is very rude and strong. There are many reasons for cursing, most of which are because they are restricted from going out.
But it’s also scolding. In the end, people will stay indoors or have a chat in the courtyard. Only half a day later, she has seen three fights, which seem to be really serious and will shed some blood, but the hands are not measured. People will watch the fun or cheer better when chatting.
She spent a whole day in such a messy environment, and she was coveted by those Jianghu people who looked like her. Earlier, some people came here with oil and gas as if to flirt with her, but it didn’t take long for them to be taken away by some fierce-looking men. She vaguely heard some piercing screams, as if someone had been beaten.
After that, many people avoid her room at a distance.
The danger is far from what she looks like, and the eye room is comfortable and tidy. Someone will deliver the food on time, and there are some things to see. For the time being, what she loses is some freedom because of being here.
But is this really the case?
Chapter 392 Twilight in Spring (6)
After the fourth county exam, Huang Yusheng was the first one to walk out of the literary hall. After several exams, it was very difficult to realize the reality, especially for a person who has always been a scum. Many people find it incredible that he can persist. However, considering that he has to keep a low profile and endure until today,
From the beginning, there was a shock, and it has been maintained. As time went by, I knew in advance that some test sites were compared with reality, and the absurdity was like a dream, but after all, the test mood would rise and fall, and I really felt that the whole person was not good when I came out this day.
However, after all, after the exam, in addition to dealing with those exam questions, thinking about such a scene against reality is more like thinking about things with Xu Xuan.
On that day, Xu Xuan suddenly left some misunderstandings and could not be clarified. Later, he also vaguely found out that the reason behind his abandonment of the exam that day was obviously that someone secretly played tricks and made three things.
However, if he still took the exam, it would have been a big deal to give up and not take the exam. Now that he had the hope of taking the exam, he didn’t give up the truth. In addition, he also had an idea from his heart that this time he would fight for Xu Xuan’s first position as a Japanese solution for him.
Today, after the exam, my first thought was to ask Xu Xuan about this matter. I was thinking about this in my heart. I looked up and saw Xu Xuanzheng coming out not far away. Xu Xuan gave me a hand at a distance: "Congratulations!" The afterglow of the sunset called and felt that many days of worries were unnecessary. Huang Yusheng opened his mouth and then laughed.
Xu Xuan passed by here today, and then things were prepared. The whole rock town ran a few laps, so Huang Yusheng was also dusty when he saw him at this time, but he always remembered that today was the last day of the county trial. After all, it was involved in some things, and it was hard to say what the result would be, so he came to say "congratulations" first.
After simply saying a few words, they left, and both of them had a tacit understanding. They didn’t go to the county to take the exam questions, and then the night rose and Huang Yusheng returned home in a complicated mood.
This time, the county tried him as the representative of Huang Jiasan’s room, but he was not the only one who took the exam in the whole Huang family. More than two rooms were also occupied.
It’s all his cousins. There are seven of them, and among them, he is the least favored. It is said that the three generations read food, the four generations read articles, and the five generations read articles … The Huang family is rich to the eyes of the fifth generation merchants, and there is no shortage of money. Even if you don’t do anything now, the accumulated money will probably be spent for generations, but it is also because of this expectation that one or several scholars who need to go on official career will appear when the social status is high.
This Huang family has been preparing for these years. In the generation of Huang Yusheng’s father, there was an uncle who had a good literary talent. He was also admitted to the scholar at the beginning, but once he fell into the water after drinking, he was no longer able to save future generations. In this way, he was handed over to their generation. From his memory, the Huang family and their brothers also made great efforts. Various resources have been tilted to the present, and some achievements can be smashed.
Huang Yuxiang, who is one year older than Huang Yusheng, was supposed to take the exam three years ago, but it happened that he had dysentery, so he missed an opportunity. The second and third rooms were happy for a long time, but they were not as brilliant as Huang Yuxiang, but they were much better than the third room. Huang Yusheng’s father took three rooms and had two and one daughter, but the children were only six years old now and Huang Yusheng didn’t live up to expectations. At this time, the situation was more embarrassing.
The pattern of secret struggle in Huang Jiasan’s room is still biased towards shopping malls. For many years, it has been mutually winning and losing, maintaining a delicate balance with each other. However, if the result comes out this time, this balance pattern is likely to be broken, and the huge resources of Huang Jiasan will be reshuffled and the distribution gap will continue to pull.
Therefore, the results of this county test are of great significance to Huang Jiasan’s room. On how to compete in shopping malls, if there is no talent in the examination hall, it will be very passive. Although considering the blood and feelings, it will not do too much, but mutual high will definitely be completely separated.
Eye-catching is also a key period. Huang Jiazhang’s old man is over 70 years old. Although his prestige is still high, he has already expressed his interest. Now he is waiting to see the results of the county test, which determines his final attitude.
When Huang Yusheng entered the house, he felt that the whole family was tense. This atmosphere even affected the people in the family. He was careful not to offend his host’s family. Comparatively speaking, today’s big room is somewhat cheerful. After all, before Huang Yuxiang stood there, there was a saying that it was definitely no problem for him to take the county exam.
Moreover, the magistrate of a county, Yan Zhili, Xiancheng Li Jin, has already got through the door, which can maximize the advantage of this kind of yellow body, so it may be possible to get a higher ranking in the end than originally estimated.
The biggest pressure is that it is impossible for Huang Yusheng, a three-bedroom apartment, to take an examination of three rooms and there is no one else, and because he is close to Xu Xuan, he is strict and courteous, and he hates Xu Xuan. This kind of emotion will definitely affect his opinion of Huang Yusheng, so the possibility of the original weakness is completely gone.
When Liu Shouyiyan Town was a real town, Sanfang was very proud with Huang Yusheng and Xu Xuanshi. However, after thirty years of Hedong and forty years of Hexi, the tables were turned, and this time it was passive.
Just walked into the yellow courtyard, someone came to inform me that the Fu Huang dinner was ready. Many people in the East Garden had already arrived. Let him hurry over. Huang Yusheng wanted to think about throwing something in his hand that he still didn’t put pen and ink on, and he walked towards the East Garden.
At this time, I was somewhat sure about the results of the county test, but I didn’t feel much panic. Except for rote memorization, he consulted some famous Confucian scholars. Although they were not as famous as Xie Zhen and others, the level was not big enough to cope with a small county test. Moreover, he also took great pains to get these. Even if Yan Zhili reduced his score for Xu Xuan’s sake, the Huang family was, after all, a Huizhou clan with status and influence. It is certain that some scores can be added back to the total county test.
……
Except for the holidays, it is difficult for the Huang family to have such a family gathering. After the county test, it is probably because the old lady thinks that the time is almost ripe. Everyone should be psychologically prepared for some things. When the results of the county test come out, everyone can be prepared not too suddenly.
The place in the East Garden is very lively. People set the plates and lamps. The Huang family has already sat there. Huang Yuxiang first arrived at the place where he said this with Huang Laogong. I don’t know what he said. The other party likes to listen to the old man caressing his beard and laughing. When Huang Yusheng went in, he saw him there. Huang Yuxiang hurriedly greeted him. "My second brother is back. I think it’s also a problem in this county trial .. So good, come, come, let’s get drunk today." There are quite a few brothers in the hearty laugh.
Huang Yusheng curled his lips and then saluted the old man: "Grandpa."
Seeing Huang Yusheng’s original smile, Huang Laogong gradually faded away and nodded faintly: "Nianqing is here." Although they are all their own grandchildren, there is still a big difference in personal relationship. This is also no way to prevent Huang Yusheng from disappointing. It is not a year or two, and the old people’s feelings for the younger generation will also weigh some values. At this time, they don’t like Huang Yusheng very much. When they know that he has achieved the test, they will show their preference even more.
Around him, several brothers also nodded in succession. Huang Yurui and Huang Yusheng in the second room had some disagreements and said, "Third brother might be able to give you a test case and come back to honor your ancestors first."
For such words, Huang Yusheng’s face was slightly blocked, but after all, he shook his head and smiled. Later, he belonged to the three-bedroom seats and sat with his eyes. Compared with the lively scenes in the two rooms, the three-bedroom side was deserted. Many fathers and mothers and several aunts sat there and looked awkward. The younger generation in the two rooms, such as Huang Yuxiang, Huang Yurui, Huang Yuxian and others, talked to each other and talked about the county trial topic. No one came to take care of him for a moment, or his father patted him on the shoulder and shook his head and sighed.
The noisy scene lasted for a while until people almost reached the first place of Mrs. Huang’s husband and gently "coughed" and then smiled. "The old man simply said a few words first …"
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Yan Zhili came back from the county government in a sedan chair as usual. People have been waiting for the door there, and after greeting, Yan Zhili faintly "hmm". Then he tilted his head and looked like a steward. He said a few words in the government. He is a county official, but when he came home without his official robes, he was a master. Some family sales and interpersonal relationships were also necessary.
The county examination is finally over, and a major event in his mind is also a relief. The achievements made by local officials in the scientific examination are directly linked to his achievements, so it is impossible to be careless.
In addition to the county examination, there are several things that have been annoying recently. The failure of the "smallpox incident" has led to many subsequent steps. This is one of them. Another thing is that I have recently bought a concubine and my back house is quite nervous.
Being strict and courteous is still romantic in the prime of life, so when my sister sees a beautiful girl, she will think about his identity and status as a magistrate in the income room. These are not problems, but the problem is that on the other hand, he is afraid.
This is also a kind of happiness and pain for men and jealousy for women in this era. He doesn’t understand it very well, but he can solve it. Of course, he can also put on his majesty to suppress it. But it is better to block such contradictions than to sparse them. Why don’t we sit down and talk it over?
However, things later collapsed, and his wife and several concubines fought. After the war, he also suffered a wave. The direct result was that his face was caught, which led to the county trial and he went to the scene in the next few days.
After a short rest at home, Wilson came in and said something to him. After listening with a frown, he was silent for a moment and then hesitated to ask, "Is this kind of firearm very powerful?"
Yan Zhili is a pure reader. He has never understood firearms, a military thing. Looking at Wilson at this time, I don’t know what he means by saying these things.
"It is said that the previous Zhang Rang just went to Rock Town and Liu Shouyi … maybe that’s why"
There is no need not to explain the importance of things that can make Zhang Rang and Liu Shouyi pay attention to, but this time it involves that Xu Xuan …
What? He’s everywhere. He is fed up with this guy.
Yan Zhili sank himself into his chair and meditated slowly.
……
Just as this happened, Xu Xuan walked in the East Lane and stretched out his hand and knocked on the wall from time to time.
These days, I have been repeating this rhythm. It feels like I’m doing something shameful, but I still do it patiently. After all, I can be sure that there are results and there is nothing to complain about. Of course, I will go to lady white snake’s original courtyard in the evening as usual at the end of each day, mainly to ensure the safety of lady white snake from Pei Qingyi.
Everything is fine, and he is slowly getting closer to the goal.
In the investigation, it was found that those vegetables, meat and eggs sent to Yanfu would be sent to another house after a while, which was a little far away. He carefully followed the past and finally determined the location.
The Tibetan place with strict courtesy is still east lane, but I never thought that the original always felt that the other party should have moved from east lane after that incident, and then Luo Changsheng’s attention point was put in other places.
It’s true that the old saying goes that the most dangerous place is the safest place.
This is also a misunderstanding of his own thinking. After knowing this fact, his reaction was that he patted his head with some regret. However, he still found him through the courtyard wall when the dusk slowly emerged, thinking that there might be an impulse to ask lady white snake women to hold back and rush in like a passerby.
Another key point in the survey is that people around Yan Zhili don’t deliberately do anything. Yan Zhili didn’t hide anything from these. One of them is Wilson, who looks like a tout, and the other is Li Yisheng, who was once "Wen Kui * * * *".
Wilson also said that in the past, after all, he was a middle-aged man and a tout. It looked quite normal, but that guy named Li Yi was a little strange. Such a young student was talented and came to Rock Town from Hangzhou with Yan Zhili. Maybe he wanted to mix a future or something.
But I always feel a little strange because there is no occasion for him to come forward, so what is the meaning of this person?
In the past few days, although some people probably have things to do, there will be occasional staggered times. For example, Xu Xuan once met Li Yi, which was a street place. Li Yi shook a folding fan and came to see him, then "snorted" contemptuously and then walked away. It looked quite arrogant and frivolous. It really didn’t look like a problem.
I don’t want Xu Xuan to think that the person who made some moves may be a young man. At this time, it feels like that compared with Li Yi, but if the evidence is true, I can’t get it now. These are all based on intuition. He is more confident in his own judgment. Li Yi looks like a frivolous and superficial person on the surface, but it doesn’t seem so simple.
This side of Dongxiang is not far from his original brewing place. He used to go to his brewery every day, which did not arouse many people’s doubts. The reconstruction of Linxianlou has also been officially started, and one side of the street has been demolished. In this era, the government management of construction is relatively loose. After sending someone to ask and doing some simple registration, there is no problem. The main difficulty lies in the pressure from the original owner, but it is not too big a problem that the money can be solved.