Cui Zhenggong came down from the teahouse opposite the Gongyuan with a pale face, and turned a blind eye to all kinds of happy or depressed crowds.

Although he was sick in the spring, and said that he might be famous in Sun Shan, Cui Zhenggong is a conceited person in the end, and he thinks in his heart that he may be in high school, but I am afraid that his ranking will not be obvious.

But who knew that he didn't even enter the top three.

What does this mean?

It means that he didn't even pass the same jinshi exam.

He was still worried about what he would do if he was admitted to the Tongjinshi, how he would deal with the officials, and how he would beg the head of the family to run for him a real official position, but now he is not even a Tongjinshi who is called Mrs. Ru, and this road to Qingyun is undoubtedly unpavable.

Clenched his fists, Cui Zhenggong secretly warned himself not to be depressed, it was nothing if he failed the exam once, and it was a big deal to do it again in three years.

It's just that he is still a little worried.

That Miss Zhang is waiting for him to marry after he gets a Jinshi, and now, I'm afraid he will let people down, I don't know what will happen to the Miss Zhang family who is not very good-tempered?

"Young master, young master......"

Fuxi, the little scholar who had been following and serving him, spoke cautiously: "The master sent a martial arts butler to tell the young master to go back early." ”

Cui Zhenggong turned around and glared at Fuxi: "Long-winded! ”

With a snap, Fuxi slapped himself in the face: "Tell you to talk more." ”

Cui Zhenggong was even more depressed: "Why did the master tell me to go back?" ”

"Yes, yes, I said that you should go back early to get married." Fuxi replied in a low voice: "The master said that it would be okay if he didn't win this time, he should start a family first, and wait for the next spring, the young master will definitely be able to go to high school." ”

Cui Zhenggong nodded: "Then let's go back." ”

It's just that he is still thinking about Li Luan'er in his heart.

Cui Zhenggong's illness couldn't help but feel a little grateful for Li Luan'er.

Thinking that at the beginning, he was sick and dying, even he didn't forget it, and when he was abandoned by the whole family, Li Luan'er married into the Cui family, and he didn't dislike him, and served him carefully, it was because of Li Luan'er's careful and thoughtful care that he could get better.

On the eve of the test in his hometown, Li Luan'er stayed up late with him, cooked food for him, and comforted him to pay attention to his body.

This time he came to Beijing to participate in the examination, and none of the subordinates he brought could compare to Li Luan'er, even if it was the most meticulous and thoughtful Fuxi, he was not as careful as Li Luan'er in taking care of people.

Also, he still remembered the words of the Taoist priest, Li Luan'er was a blessed one.

Thinking like this, Cui Zhenggong was even more suspicious, he stopped and asked Fuxi: "Fuxi, what do you say about your former young grandmother?" ”

"Ex? Young grandma? Fuxi thought about it for a long time before thinking of who Cui Zhenggong was asking: "You said that the lady of the Li family, that ...... Young master, don't be angry when you say it. ”

"Say it." Cui Zhenggong shouted.

Fuxi shrunk her neck: "The lady of the Li family is a good person, but she has no good life, when she was in our house, many people did not accept her, only said that she was weak and did not have the demeanor of an eldest woman, but she had a good temper and did not care about others, and when she left, there were some people who missed her, young master, to tell the truth, now the girls in this family are all careful, but I don't know what the new young grandmother is, I am afraid that the young grandmother will not be able to tolerate people." ”

Cui Zhenggong listened to Fuxi's words, and was even more puzzled: "You mean to say that she is often bullied when she is at home?" ”

"Not really." Fuxi smiled: "She is a tolerant person, she has never told anyone about being bullied, and she will not bother the young master with these things, and the young master doesn't know because of this." ”

Cui Zhenggong couldn't help but remember that once he came back from outside and saw Li Luan'er secretly crying, what was he talking about at that time.

By the way, he only said a bad word, and then turned his head to study, he thought that Li Luan'er was looking for nothing, so a village girl married into the Cui family but she had been blessed for eight lifetimes, what did she have to cry about, I can't say which one to take eye medicine with.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid I was really bullied at that time.

At this moment, Cui Zhenggong felt a little sorry for Li Luan'er: "Fuxi, how do you say she will live after she goes back?" ”

"Ouch, my young master." Fuxi patted his head: "I'm afraid that the young master doesn't know what is going on outside, this woman has been taken home, where will there be a good life, besides, the Li family's lady has no father and no mother, and her brother is a fool, even if you think about it with your knees, you can understand what kind of life she is living." ”

"Then you said that if I take her back to Cui's house again, will she agree?"

Cui Zhenggong thought of that blessed sentence again, and couldn't help asking.

"Come back?" Fu Xi was surprised: "Young master, you are about to get married, this, this, Miss Zhang is ......"

"That's it." Cui Zhenggong also felt that his idea was really crazy: "When I go back, I will have a silver tael with you, you can send her over quietly, and it will be my heart." ”

"Okay." Fuxi's face was overjoyed when he heard this.

Li Luan'er didn't know that Cui Zhenggong had her idea again.

She got two hundred taels of silver from Cangshan County, and five hundred taels of silver from the Yan family, and now that she has enough money, the house outside the city will naturally be built better.

In the past few days, she got up early every day, went directly to the construction site to see, while discussing with the craftsmen how to build this house strong and beautiful, while thinking that the house in the county is built well, and it is cool to live in summer, only in winter, the facilities inside are not very good, I am afraid that it will be cold to live.

Only this house has been built for many years, she just wants to change, and it is troublesome to get it, so it is better to make the house outside the city directly make facilities, and when it is really cold in winter, the family can move over and live in the winter, and then move back in the spring.

The more Li Luaner thought about it, the more she felt that this idea was feasible.

She originally wanted to make a fire kang, but after seeing a few people who were making a fire on the kang, she dispelled this idea.

This fire kang is okay to live in winter, in the spring and summer season, it is really not good, because it is an adobe plate, and the foundation of this ancient house is exquisite, the foundation of ordinary people should not be too high, especially in summer, this fire pit is very easy to have insects, such as scorpions, centipedes and many other insects like to drill in, I can't say when I fall asleep will be bitten.

Also, the kang is not as clean as the bed.

Li Luan'er thought about spending more money to get a floor heating again, and after she told her idea, she was immediately stumped by the questions asked by the craftsman.

Floor heating is easy to get, but this water cycle is a problem.

In modern times, the floor heating can be carried with a circulating pump, which is constantly pressurized, so that the cold and hot water cannot stop flowing, which can drive the temperature of the house, but in ancient times, where to get a circulating pump, she is not an engineering woman, but she can't do this.

However, even if it is an engineering woman, I am afraid that in ancient times when science and technology were extremely backward, I would not be able to get floor heating.

Neither of these ideas could be implemented, Li Luan'er was a little frustrated, and said in her heart that she would be frozen in winter, and she had no choice but to use a brazier?

On this day, she went to the construction site, and saw that the craftsmen had built the first house and were building the courtyard wall of the second entrance, and seeing that there was nothing to do, she quietly left, wanting to take a turn around the neighborhood.

She walked slowly alone, and when it was hot, she drank water in the shade of a tree.

Coincidentally, a caravan passed by, Li Luan'er saw that there were a lot of people in this caravan, and it seemed that there were a lot of goods, and he saw some black stone-like things falling from a carriage.

After the caravan passed, Li Luan'er hurriedly went over and picked up the black stones to confirm carefully, there is no doubt that this is coal.

With coal in his hand, Li Luan'er entered the city as fast as he could, and ran to Yan's Mansion again to look for Steward Zhou.

It happened that Steward Zhou was busy with something, Li Luan'er could only suppress her anxiety and wait slowly, but Steward Zhou didn't wait, but waited for Yan Chengyue.

Li Luan'er hadn't seen Yan Chengyue for a few days, and when she said goodbye, she found that his face was much better, and he was not as thin as when she first saw him, it seemed that this guy was living a good life.

"Big lady." Yan Chengyue's voice was a little hoarse: "What's the matter with the eldest lady looking for Uncle Zhou?" ”

Li Luan'er spread her hands and put the carbon block she was holding on the table: "I want to ask where this is sold?" ”

"Blackstone?" Yan Chengyue picked it up and confirmed it carefully, and looked at Li Luan'er again: "We have this in Fenghuang County, there is a mountain to the north of Fenghuang County, and the mountain specializes in this, what is the use of the eldest lady asking for this?" ”

"Is it expensive?" Li Luan'er didn't answer Yan Chengyue's question, but continued to ask him.

Yan Chengyue shook his head: "These objects are all used by the court to make iron, but they are not expensive, the open-air part of the mountain in Fenghuang County is full of these objects, and they are sold even cheaper, but it has no use except for burning fire and striking iron......"

"It's cheap?" Li Luan'er confirmed again: "That's good, that's good." ”

"What's the use of the eldest lady asking for this?" Yan Chengyue is even more suspicious.

Li Luan'er shook her head with a smile: "I can't say it now, I don't know if it can be done, so let's do it, these days the trouble for the eldest young master and me to find some black stones, I went home and drew the drawings, and then found a blacksmith to make things, and then we will talk about it." ”

Yan Chengyue glanced at Li Luan'er a few more times, and finally nodded: "Cheng." ”

Even if the matter is negotiated, Li Luan'er is naturally inconvenient to stay for a long time, she stands up and leaves, and as soon as she closes the door when she goes home, she hums a little song happily.

Xiaoya and Zheng's brought the dishes up, and when they saw Li Luan'er happy, Xiaoya also rejoiced: "What kind of happy event does the eldest lady have, she can't even care about eating, she only cares about humming a song, but this song is weird and good." ”

Li Feng'er glared at the little girl and said with a smile: "Talky, sister is happy, that is naturally a good thing, she has a good thing, naturally she will not hide it from us, it's okay if you don't ask, this question, maybe she won't say it because she is in a hurry." ”

As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing, and then asked, "What is my sister happy about?" ”

Li Luan'er smiled and said nothing, served the meal first, and ignored Li Feng'er, and began to eat a lot.

After eating, seeing that Li Feng'er was anxious or something, she kindly explained: "Feng'er, I found a good thing, with this thing, we don't have to be frozen in winter, I, I want to make you all comfortable this winter, I want to warm this house, so that you are hot and eager to call your mother." ”RS