Chapter 62: The Middle Lift
It just so happened that the third day was the day of the release of the exam, and Shunzi and Qingzhu brought back the news: Lin Rusong won the exam and was the third place! Cheng Yan was one hundred and twenty-two, Xu Yiliang was four hundred and fifty-three, and Jiang Zhifu had a total of five hundred and thirteen. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info also saw Wang Zhao's name, the one hundred and seventy-eighth, ranking better than Xu Yiliang.
Xu Lan remembered that he didn't come to refer to it this year, could it be that he changed his mind later? Or is there someone with the same name and surname?
When the news came back, the Lin Mansion suddenly boiled, and there was an endless stream of congratulatory people, and the old grandmother wanted to hold a congratulatory banquet for him in person.
Xu Song just took this opportunity to say goodbye to Lin Rusong, saying that he was going home to tell his father the news of his father's promotion, and said that he had seen a lot of shops in the past two days, and he would settle down after going home and letting his father decide.
Lin Rusong couldn't get out of the body, so he could only let Xu Song go back first.
Not to mention, Lin Song returned home and told Xu Yiliang and Wang the news, because the official documents had not yet arrived, Xu Yiliang had not heard of it, but since it had been announced, it was naturally not wrong. Although the ranking is a little low, it is also past after all.
Wang immediately sent the prepared reward money, the family was full of joy, and on the second day, there were friends from the same department to celebrate, and Wang opened a banquet, Xu Yiliang was really relieved. I played with my friends for a few days, and I went home late every night to rest.
Wang heard Xu Song say that he saw Wang Zhao's name and went back to inquire about the matter, and after two days, he replied that it was Wang Zhao who won the move, and Wang was even more happy for his brother's family, and prepared a congratulatory gift to send it over.
Speaking of Xu Song's side, Xu Song and Xu Yiliang talked about the shops they had seen, discussed it, and then settled on the shop with containers on Chaoying Street, and immediately repaired a letter, and asked Shunzi to bring the order money over to set the shop. Xu Song took Steward Zhao over again and redecorated the shop, and the second floor of the shop was still used as a warehouse. The goods were shopped up again, and there were more people and merchants in the Xijing market, and many goods were put in Xijing. The back of the shop is also with a small courtyard, Xu Song changed an office area, and the others were used as wing rooms, Shunzi lived in the courtyard, and he would stay in Xijing more time in the future, and Steward Zhao would stay in Huaiyang County more.
The store has recruited two new people, one is a native of Xijing, who has been more experienced in guarding the shop before, and the other is a foreigner, although he has no experience, he is better than being honest and willing to work.
Xu Lan asked Sister Chen to come up and take them for two days, and taught them all the methods of selling the goods and waiting for customers.
After being busy for more than a month, Xu Lan also stayed in the shop for a week.
Shunzi talked to Xu Lan in private, and vaguely revealed that he was unwilling to keep the shop as the shopkeeper, saying that he was not very good at handling these trivial matters and settling accounts.
Xu Lan asked him to take his place temporarily, now that there is no manpower, it is not so easy to find a satisfactory and trusted shopkeeper. Steward Zhao can't run Huaiyang Xijing at both ends, and he can't bear it, but when he finds a suitable one, he will let Shunzi get out.
Master Cheng saw that he was busy here, so he took the initiative to stay in the yard for a few days, straightened out the yard, made up the things that should be made, and recruited a new woman before returning home.
Xu Lan took advantage of Xu Yiliang's happy event to bring up the matter that Shunzi had thought about under Master Cheng's name. Xu Yiliang and the Wang family naturally would not object, Shunzi was originally picked by his grandfather from outside, and he was not a slave of the family, so there was no reason to stop him. By the way, he also successfully passed under the name of Master Cheng.
August 13 is Xu Tang's ninth birthday, Xu Lan prepared a pair of silver bracelets for Xu Tang, the family prepared a birthday banquet, and the family happily celebrated Xu Tang's birthday.
Followed by the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family line to welcome the cold and sacrifice the moon, set up a large incense case, put on the offerings, there are moon cakes, watermelons and other offerings, watermelons cut into lotus shapes. In the evening, under the moon, the red candles are burning, and the whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the Wang family cuts the reunion moon cake and everyone eats it one by one.
Xu An was already able to turn over, and his legs and feet were also very strong, and when he saw Xu Lan, he insisted on her to hug her. In addition to Wang's family, Xu Lan is the most sticky. Xu Lan is very fond of him, and she has to hug him sooner or later, and she misses him very much after living in the Xijing shop for a few days.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Lan was also a little empty, and the Wang family took advantage of the good weather to take Xu An, Xu Tang, Brother Xuan, and Xu Lan to their mother's house in Huaia County.
The shop in Xijing asked Master Cheng to keep an eye on the store first, and transferred the straight back.
hired three cars, Wang took Xuan'er and Xu An, Zhao Mama lived in a car, Xu Lan Xu Tang and Zhao Qingyao took a car, and prepared a car of gifts, Shunzi and Xu Yiliang rode horses, and the group went to Huai A County.
After walking for a day, Xu An was stunned in Wang's car, and then hugged Xu Lan to be stunned, and slept for half a day along the way, but it was not noisy or noisy, and it was quite smooth.
It was almost dinner time to arrive in Huaia County, and the grandmother and the second uncle's family had already waited outside the door, and the eldest uncle and the second uncle separated after the old lady's death, and the grandmother basically lived in the second uncle's house.
Wang naturally cried again when he met his mother, but it was the second uncle who persuaded him a few words before he stopped his voice.
Everyone saluted and entered the courtyard, Qing Yao was picked up by her brother and sister-in-law, Qing Yao looked at Wang Zhao standing there like a pine, Qing Yao wanted to step forward and say something, but Wang Zhao didn't even look at her. Qing Yao knew that Wang Zhao was moved, and she was very happy for him, and felt that he was far away from her. Qingyao didn't know if she had a chance to see Wang Zhao, so she dared to walk towards Wang Zhao, but she was immediately grabbed by her sister-in-law's arm, saying that dinner had been prepared at home, so she dragged her home. Mother also persuaded her to accept this idea early, and raised her like a young lady, not to let her be a girl in a room, to find an ordinary family, to be a serious lady, isn't it? This time I came back to let my brother and sister-in-law give me a family affair, but Qingyao was unwilling in her heart.
Xu Lan looked at Qing Yao who was far away, and then at Wang Zhao, who seemed to be unaware, and sighed in her heart.
After dinner, everyone rested early, Xu Lan was arranged to share a room with Brother Xuan, it seems that other people except Wang's mother don't know about her pretending to be a woman. Xu Lan secretly went to Xu Tang's house to sleep at night.
On the second day, Wang Zhao called them all to the Wang family's orange orchard to pick oranges. Because Huai A County is only a small county town and there is no place to play, the Wang family has a big orange orchard, thinking that they are still young, picking oranges in the orange orchard is also a new thing.
Brother Xuan was the happiest, he hadn't gone to the countryside to pick oranges, so he was naturally very excited.
Everyone first took a carriage to the countryside, and then went to the village in the countryside, and then took the tools, and got on the kind of trolley, and the little girls in their own fields pulled them to go, Xu Lan was not interested in sitting, she was a lot older, and she had to pull herself alone, Brother Xuan sat for a while at first, and then couldn't sit still, and then came down and followed Wang Chang to catch frogs here, and fluttered frogs there. Only Xu Tang sat in the car.
The path in the field, winding and winding, took a long way to reach the garden.
Sure enough, the garden is very large, and it is now the harvest season, and many people in the garden are already harvesting. Seeing that the young master of the main family came, he naturally picked a few of the best plants for them to pick.
Wang Chang climbed to the tree very skillfully, then picked the largest peel on the tree, tasted one and handed it to Xu Lan, let her taste it too, Brother Xuan saw him climbing the tree, naturally he was not far behind, and he also climbed to the tree and picked one and ate it.
Xu Lan gave it to Wang Zhao and Xu Tang again, and it was really sweet.
Today's oranges are fresh and without any toxic pesticides, and there is no such thing as ripening, so they are naturally very sweet to eat.
Wang Zhao Siwen is too much, and the people have grown taller, so he only stood under the tree and picked a few, and he didn't really come to pick oranges, but he came to play with them.
Xu Tang is the shortest, standing under the tree can only pick those hanging oranges, and he wants to climb the tree, but he is a little embarrassed. When Xu Lan saw it, she climbed to the tree first, and then pulled her up on the tree. The two sat down on the branches and ate the oranges.
I'm full, I'm tired of playing. Xu Tang had been attracted away by butterflies, and Brother Xuan followed Wang Chang to the ditch at the edge of the field to catch loaches.
Wang Zhao sat on the field stalk and watched them play, so Xu Lan walked over and sat down next to him.
"Cousin, didn't you say you wouldn't take the exam before?"
"Yes, then the teacher said that I might as well give it a try, so I went to try it, but I didn't expect to win." That being said, there was no trace of unexpected joy in passing the exam.