For three days, Xiao Yiran saw Xiao Guoliang's face. That is, the day Xiao Guoliang's official certificate was obtained.

"Good wife, I'm afraid that your mother and daughter will have to accompany your husband again."

"The husband is serious, and it is the most important thing for the family to be happy and happy together. I don't know where my husband was chosen to be an official? ”

"Liangzhejiang Road, Pingjiang Mansion, Taicang County."

"Husband, when will you take office?"

"This time, a total of 34 jinshi were selected. All officials are given three months of leave, and after returning home to save their relatives, they will go to work. It is now February 27, counting from the first day of March to the first day of June. It is enough to take office before the first day of July. ”

"Are you going to go back?"

"Let's go back to our small house first, see the village chief and neighbors, as well as the mother and son of Sishu, and then make plans."

Xiao Yiran could hear that Sun's question was not to go back to that home, but to ask whether he would go back to Xiao Guoliang or Sun's home. I wonder why my father always doesn't want to go back. Xiao Yiran became more and more curious about the past of the two.

Returning the rented small courtyard, the family of three took the rented carriage, and returned to the small courtyard where Xiao Yiran was born in half a day. Although I have been away for nearly five months, because there are four books of mother and son to take care of it, the small courtyard is basically the same as when I left. Even the small vegetable patch in front of the door has been planted with vegetables.

Xiao Guoliang's return this time is different from the past. After the last lift, although the identities are very different, no matter how you say it, there is no official yet, in the eyes of the people, as long as it is not an official body, there is not so much awe. Now that Xiao Guoliang has received the official certificate, he is already a real official, so even the village chief, who has always had more contact, hurried to come and pay homage to Xiao Guoliang as soon as he entered the door. Fortunately, Xiao Guoliang was quick and stopped, and did not let the village chief kneel.

As soon as he grabbed the village chief, Sishu stepped forward, fell to his knees with a pop, and kowtowed to Xiao Guoliang.

Xiao Guoliang hurriedly pulled up the four books again. Said to the two of them:

"Village chief, four books, we don't talk about this between us. My Xiao Guoliang's family is in the village, and I have a lot of care from the village chief and the neighbors, so I should say that I Xiao Guoliang should also thank the village chief and the neighbors. Four books, only this once, not as an example. ”

From the point of view of Xiao Guoliang's relief of the mother and son of the Four Books, as well as the commensurate relationship between the mother of the Four Books and the Sun sisters, they can receive the Four Books and one gift. That's why Xiao Guoliang said so.

Xiao Guoliang, a newly promoted jinshi and was awarded the Taicang General Judgment under the Seventh Grade, came back this time and immediately caused a sensation. Not only did the squires who came to congratulate him last time come to visit in person again, but some local officials also came to the door one after another. Although Xiao Guoliang's current official position is relatively low, as a jinshi, if there is no accident, he will be promoted quickly. Therefore, no one will despise Xiao Guoliang's position as a general judge under the seven grades. Because the courtyard was too narrow, in the end, under the construction of the village head, the students of the private school were temporarily given a few days off, and Xiao Guoliang's family of three was invited to live in the school temporarily, so as to receive the squires and local officials who came to visit.

After a few days of busy work, Xiao Guoliang also had to pay homage to the local officials who came to visit. Therefore, for more than ten days, I either received visitors or returned to pay respects to guests, and I was very busy.

I can't see it in front of people, and whenever no one is there, Xiao Yiran can also see a trace of impatience on Sun's face. This is a very rare thing.

"Mother, let's get out of here."

"Ran'er, why are you leaving here? Where do we go out of here? ”

"It's too chaotic with people here. Mother, why don't you go to grandpa's house, or grandma's house? ”

Xiao Yiran finally couldn't hold it back and began to ask about his parents' family.

"My mother is also a little impatient, but I have to discuss it with my father. When I turned around, my mother discussed with my father. ”

Xiao Yiran didn't know how Sun and Xiao Guoliang discussed, anyway, within a few days, Sun began to pack up and salute.

"Mother, are we leaving?"

"yes, Ran'er, we're leaving."

"Mother, where are we going, grandpa's house, or grandma's house?"

"Ran'er's father said, let's go to Taicang. Along the way, he walked and played, and let Ran'er see the scenery outside. ”

Sun didn't say why he didn't go back to his grandfather's house and grandma's house, Xiao Yiran thought about it, but he still held back and didn't ask any further.

"Mother, is it far from here to Taicang County?"

"Your father said it's more than 2,000 miles."

Xiao Yiran actually knows that from Songshan to Taicang, it is 13,400 kilometers at most. The more than 2,000 miles of land that Sun said is not bad. The reason why I want to ask is to divert the topic just now. Don't let Sun wonder why he didn't continue to ask. Since Xiao Yiran wrote the three words "Thousand Character Text" on the ground that time, he has already thought about it, and he will hide it in the future and no longer show his superiority. Although Xiao Yiran is not afraid that if she is too smart, she will lose her life, but Xiao Yiran knows that if a girl shows her superiority in this era, she is afraid that she will cause unpredictable trouble to herself. For example, the talented girl of the late Tang Dynasty, Yu Xuanji, Xue Tao, etc., were either forced into the empty door or fell into fireworks, but there were no good results.

A family of three set off at the end of March, and because they already had some belongings, they simply bought a carriage this time, and bought a Xiao Si and a maid. Xiao Si was fourteen years old, called Xiqing, Xiao Guoliang thought it was too tacky, so he renamed him Xiao Qing. The maid's name is Ximei, but Xiao Yiran feels bad, and always reminds her of Xiao Guo, her eight maids: Xiaomei. Every time Xiao Yiran spoke, he was called Xiaoxi, so Sun saw that his daughter didn't seem to like the name "Ximei", so he changed his name to Xiaoxi. Xiaoxi is twelve years old, and Xiao Qing are both locals of Songshan. There are too many brothers and sisters in the family, and the parents can't afford to raise them, so they have to sell them.

With three months left before his arrival, Xiao Guoliang chose a circuitous path. First, he went south to Xuchang, lingered in the capital of Wei for a few days during the Three Kingdoms period, went south to Xinyang again, turned east, and went straight to Hefei. Continue eastward from Hefei, arrive at Jiankang, stay for a few days, and set off again to Danyang. At this time, it has come to the bank of the Yangtze River, and the area south of the Yangtze River has always been a prosperous place with rich cultural heritage. The three of them gave up their cars and bought boats, and asked Xiao Qing to drive by land, take the creek, and go south along the Yangtze River, and came to the Taicang County Wharf in less than a day.

Although it is a general judgment of a county, the county government has a house to live in. It's just that after Xiao Guoliang went to see it, he came back and said to Sun's mother and daughter:

"Good wife, Ran'er, the county government's house is too small, we might as well buy a house outside, it's more convenient to live."

Xiao Yiran and Sun are both quiet people, so they are naturally willing. First stayed in the inn, and after Xiao Qing arrived, Xiao Guoliang and Xiao Qing began to look around for suitable housing in Taicang County.

"A good wife, for her husband to see a house, a separate courtyard, rarely quiet. Let's take a look. ”

Staying at the inn, Xiao Qing drove a family of three to the house that Xiao Guoliang fancied. The two vermilion gates, which are half-new and not old, have three stone steps, and two clumps of moso bamboo are planted on the left and right sides of the gate. After entering the door, there is a welcoming wall, and a welcoming pine is painted on the outward side, which is vigorous and green, and an eagle stands proudly on it. Turning around the front wall, there are three north rooms with transepts facing the gate. Under the wall of the south courtyard of the courtyard facing the ear room, there are two south houses on the east side, which can be inhabited by the subordinates. There are also two east rooms under the east wall, which can be used as kitchens, or utility rooms. There are also two rooms on the west side, one is a clean room (toilet) and the other is empty.

In front of the windows of the east and west rooms of the north house, there are a few new flowers. There is a moon season, there are peonies, there are plantains. The yard is not big and spacious enough for a family of three. There are verandahs on both sides of the transept that lead to the backyard.

Along the veranda to the backyard, the first thing that catches your eye is that at the wall of the west courtyard, there is a lush green bamboo. On the east side of the courtyard wall, there are tall sycamores and osmanthus trees. In the middle of the backyard are five ginkgo trees, with swaying leaves and lush greenery.

There are only four north rooms in the backyard, and there is a wide verandah in front of the house, which is connected to the verandah that leads to guò from the front yard. Under the back wall of the north house in the front yard, there is a small flower garden with many flowers and plants planted in a patchwork of flowers.

After Xiao Yiran came in, he fell in love with the residence in front of him at a glance.

"Dad, I like it."

Without waiting for Xiao Guoliang to ask, Xiao Yiran said first.

"Husband, this house is really suitable for us to live in, if we can afford it, we might as well settle down."

"The price is a little higher, and the landlord has one hundred and thirty taels of silver. Still, we can afford it. Since both the good wife and Ran'er like it, let's buy it. Let Xiao Qing send you two back first, and then find the landlord to sign the contract for the husband. ”

Although Xiao Yiran didn't know how much purchasing power one hundred and thirty taels of silver had in this era, she still knew one thing. After the establishment of the dynasty, the price of goods was generally very plain, so one hundred and thirty taels of silver should be a large amount.

Xiao Yiran, who is more than a year old, has been thinking about a problem recently, that is, how to get out of the shadow of two rebirths. Xiao Yiran has already thought about it, since God has let him be reborn twice in succession, he will simply face it. If you blindly seek death, if you let yourself be reborn again, you will definitely bring even more pain to yourself. Xiao Yiran, who had long believed that there was a force in the underworld that was dominating all living beings, had to believe that God must have a purpose in doing this, and she wanted to know what God's final arrangement for herself was.

Xiao Yiran was trying to force himself not to think about the past again, especially Xiao Guoli's qiē. What worries Xiao Yiran the most is naturally the five children who stayed there. Xiao Yiran hoped more and more that the scene in that dream was true, that is, the soul of that body had occupied that body again after his soul left. If this is the case, Xiao Yiran's heart can be a little calmer.