In the 95th round, the new imperial examination people returned to their hometowns, and Liu Zhixian grabbed the scenery

The poem says:

Great joy is followed by great sorrow, and the extremes of things will turn back a thousand times,

It's just that today is too joyful, and it will be difficult to return when disaster comes.

Hou Gongzi was blessed by misfortune, dedicated to learning the way of Confucius and Mencius, four books and five classics, in the examination of Zhili Province, high school 7th, Mr. Hou took Hou Gongzi to visit the Xuezheng University, and then visited each examiner's house, the same subject of the people also feasted each other, tossed two or three days of effort, father and son from the provincial capital of Zhili Province Baoding Mansion, took two carriages to rush home.

Mr. Hou has been in Niuquan Village for more than ten years, tutoring the two young masters to study, and has also participated in the affairs of the Li family, he should be a respected elder, for the sake of Mr. Hou's face, the old housekeeper Niu He did a glorious thing for Mr. Hou, he especially found Liu Zhixian, brought a lot of gifts, and asked Liu Zhixian to invite Mr. Hou to have a meal when Mr. Hou came back, in the county yamen.

Master Liu was originally an old fritter in officialdom, and it was a bit of a joy to hear the old housekeeper say this and bring so many gifts. As a local parent official, he originally wanted to make friends with these new magnates, and these new people, mutual contact, on the one hand, he can enhance his own strength, on the other hand, he can also improve his reputation, once these people can be developed, it is not a way for him, a new way, even if the old housekeeper does not come to give gifts, even if the old housekeeper does not come to give gifts, he also wants to feast these new imperial examination people. So he agreed, and sent three classes of officials to inquire everywhere when these people would return to their hometowns, and asked the master chef in the yamen to prepare quickly, and he wanted to prepare a sumptuous banquet to invite Mr. Hou and his son, and get to know this new person.

The old housekeeper Niu He, came to find Liu Zhixian, Master Liu had another meaning, seeing that he had agreed to this matter, so he opened his mouth to ask him for another matter, "Master Liu, I came today to have another meaning, Mr. Hou has been in our house for more than ten years, and we have bothered to have a few young masters in our family and the young people in the village, and we Mrs. Liu want to express some gratitude, according to Mr. Hou's character, he will not want it." So I want to ask you for one thing, our family has prepared 10,000 taels of silver, and you will reward it to the Hou family father and son in your personal name, and we will give him this money unknowingly, and he will have no reason to refuse, do you think it will work?"

When Liu Zhixian heard this, he didn't have to pay for himself, but he could be a person, what a good thing this is, and his heart blossomed, "There is nothing wrong with this matter, it's just that you know that we don't have much money in the county government, and this money should be from the county government." Since Mrs. Liu is beautiful, then I will thank her for Mr. Hou. Don't worry, I will do a good job for you, don't let Mr. Hou know the details, and I won't let him resign, I will say that it is the official silver in the county government, I have to thank you for the county, your wife is really thoughtful about this matter. ”

Why did Mrs. Liu send so much silver to Mr. Hou? Because Mrs. Liu knows that going to Baoding Mansion, taking the exam is to spend money, in addition to their own entanglement, the main thing is to apprentice and make friends, which examiner can not be left behind, this is a lot of money, according to Mr. Hou's family background, this trip down, although the son won the lift, the family's family is basically shaken clean, after returning home, it is also necessary to welcome the guests, it is estimated that Mr. Hou will be shy, he took the money to block Liu Zhixian's mouth, and made up for Mr. Hou's deficit, you can also leave a little silver, repair the Hou Mansion, and you can buy some houses and land, so that the home will not be looked down upon.

The biggest profit here is Liu Zhixian Master Liu, which means that he didn't spend a penny, collected things and money, and cashed out 10,000 silver from Guan Yun, why? After all the preparations stopped, someone sent him to report that Mr. Hou would be able to go to Liangxiang County at noon tomorrow, and he hurriedly distributed invitations, organized more than 100 people in the county, squires, rich people, and big families, and set up more than 20 tables of banquets, just waiting for Mr. Hou and them to arrive.

At 10 o'clock at noon, Mr. Hou took his son, a total of two carriages, slowly came to Liangxiang County, and looked at the ten-mile long pavilion, Liangxiang County Master Liu led the squires, beating gongs, drums and firecrackers, and warmly welcomed the return of their father and son. Mr. Hou hurriedly ordered the carriage to stop, took his son and got off the carriage quickly, walked to the front and was just about to give Liu Zhixian a courtesy, when he was caught by Liu Zhizhi County, courteous to each other, greeted each other for a while, walked into the county officials together, sat at the main table, and started the welcome banquet. At this time, the gongs and drums were noisy, the firecrackers were ringing, Mr. Liu in front of everyone, handed over 10,000 taels of silver to Mr. Hou, so that Mr. Hou was excited, in a happy and peaceful atmosphere, completed the welcome banquet, after the banquet pulled a high-headed horse, Hou Gongzi is also a cross clothed red, by the 3 classes of officials to open to him, and to Mr. Hou changed an 8-person sedan chair, the scenery in the county turned around, and then directly sent him back to his hometown Houjiayu Village.

There was such a lively welcome scene in the county town, and someone had already come back to report it to the old housekeeper. The old housekeeper Niu He led a number of miscellaneous servants, who had been preparing in the Hou Mansion for more than a day, and hurriedly let people, Zhang Luo, Zhang Luo, should cook, and cook, after the arrangement, accompanied Mrs. Liu and the patriarchs of the major families in Houjiayu Village, as well as Mr. Hou's relatives and friends, came to the happy shed a mile outside the village, waiting for the return of Mr. Hou's father and son.

With the current hour, at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, someone suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in the distance, and the people who greeted them were boiling all of a sudden, only to see the Hou Gongzi riding a cross and red on a tall horse, a sedan chair with eight lifts in the back, three classes of officials to open the way, two gongs in front of the knocking all the chaotic sounds, four chess pai officials held up the qi card to follow, and finally there were two big carriages, this team is more than 10 zhang long.

At this time, relatives and friends rushed forward, Mr. Hou also came down from the shelf, Hou Gongzi rode a big horse and did not come down, but went directly to the village with the third class of officials, Mr. Hou thanked everyone one by one, and then returned to the village with everyone, the third class of officials was still waiting in the Hou Mansion, that was a majestic style, seeing Mr. Hou they came back, the drummers did their best to beat the gongs and drums too loudly, the suona was passionate and high-pitched, and the joyful atmosphere reached the climax. Mr. Hou hugged everyone into the upper room, and then invited Hou Gongzi to meet the patriarchs, squires, relatives and friends, and then began the welcome banquet.

The first group of people at the banquet is the squires and distinguished guests, and the other is the three classes of officials, more than 20 tables are lined up at once, and they are full of them, these people are not polite, and they are also very open to drinking, and they are drinking loudly, guessing the boxing order, which makes this atmosphere lively, the first wave of guests ate for an hour, in which, Mr. Hou took his son to toast one by one, thank you squires, relatives and friends, come to cheer, and please take care of you in the future. This circle will be quiet, that is a loss and a gain.

Every squire, relatives and friends are not empty-handed on this occasion, especially those rich people, they all want to pull a backer, take advantage of this good day, hurry up with the Hou family to climb relatives, negotiate friendship, no matter what the future is, a Hou family, out of the old and young two people, that is a festive event that has never been in ten miles and eight villages, which shows that the Hou family father and son, in the county, in the local can speak, now the government is like a wolf, the exploitation of ordinary people is still limited, but this has never been soft on these rich people, once something happens, in addition to blackmail is fraud, if there is something, who gives a sentence to the father and son of the Hou family, then they will be able to eat well in the yamen, at least they will not be offended. So one after another, some took out 30 taels or 50 taels of silver, and there were hundreds of taels or thousands of taels of wealth, which was not given in vain, and took other people's silver, and in the future they had to do things for others, speak for others, and there was a special account room Mr. to record these gifts, one is that people will have something to help others in the future, and the other is that people have to go with them if they have a happy event. Don't look at it, just such a small welcome banquet collected thousands of taels of silver, the Hou family turned out to be a quiet scholarly family, and because Hou Gongzi raised people in high school, he made a lot of money.

Of course, it also cost a lot, one is to prepare for this welcome banquet, but also to spend a few hundred taels of silver, the other is these three classes of officials, each of the officials need to give people gifts, come to thirty or forty people, good food, drink and hospitality, each person 5 taels of silver must also be hundreds of it, these dentists are used to eating, a look at Mr. Hou is very generous, if it is an ordinary person, a person can give a tael of silver is already amazing, this time a shot, a person is 5 taels of silver, happy hand dance, after eating quickly wipe their mouths and leave, because they know that the guest away host An, especially they these servants, after leaving, the common people can let go of eating and drinking.

Those squires also left one after another, and the rest are the villagers of a village, so to speak, men, women and children go into battle together, with this festive day, everyone can eat and drink enough, and relieve their hunger, especially some poor families, through this incident, the whole family can eat a good meal, and it is a full meal, where is the reason not to eat? So when eating, this scene is really lively, some women in order to occupy a seat, drag their children to shout, some children chase and fight, and some of the key to see, without saying a word, sit at the table, a bowl of rice after a bowl of rice, the food can not keep up with the food, a look at the food can not come up, these people are also slapping the table and smashing the bowl, this chaotic situation looks really a little ugly, but the lively atmosphere is brought out.

Because the rural family makes a flowing water mat, every family is like this because the rural family makes a flowing water mat, every family is like this, if there is something in your family and no one cares, then it is an embarrassing scene, don't look at the active yelling now, chickens and dogs jumping, people and horses are screaming, children are chasing and fighting, Mr. Hou is happy in his eyes, his son who is not angry, today finally made him feel that he is glorious and glorious, how can he not be happy, not let him be excited?

The hardest working is still Luo Caihua, for several years, washing his face with tears, married to such a playboy, never raised his head, this time her husband was lifted, in front of his parents, in front of his mother's brother, especially in front of the seven aunts and eight aunts and sisters-in-law and brothers and daughters-in-law of those forces, he raised his eyebrows, those who used to chew their tongues behind their backs, all changed their flattering faces, so Luo Caihua behaved unusually calm in this welcome event, especially not humble and generous, those snobs, in addition to envy, or envy。

Precisely:

Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, it is not that it is not not repaid, the time has not come.

Hou Gongzi won the lift, it can be said that one person has attained the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, Liangxiang County held a grand welcome banquet for him, and let him ride a horse in Liangxiang County, show off, back home, Hou Mansion is very lively, in this joyful atmosphere, there is a strange phenomenon, so that Mr. Hou's heart sinks, what is it that makes Mr. Hou worried? Please listen to the next decomposition.