Uncle Liu was a fuyin in Qingzhou City a few years ago, and there are still many industries here.

Liu Yao wanted to come to participate in the government exam, but Liu Erye still brought his son over in advance. When Du Xiaoxi hurried to Qingzhou City, it was only three days before the government examination began.

"Sister Xi, sixth brother, starling brother, you are here!" Liu Yao saw that the carriage stopped, lifted the curtain and got into the car.

I heard that Sister Xi was coming, Liu Yao wanted to go to Shangyang to pick up people yesterday, or Liu Erye saw that the exam was going to start in a few days, and he didn't agree for fear that something would happen suddenly, so Liu Yao was forced to change the place of pick-up to the city gate.

The carriage space is not large, and it has been windy these days, and Du Liu and Du Ba are not disgusted with being aggrieved in the carriage. Liu Yao got in the car and saw Du Liu sitting next to Du Xiaoxi, Du Ba was sitting alone on the right side, and the position next to him was also full of things, disappointed that he couldn't sit with his sister, Liu Yao took the little horse handed over by his brother-in-law and sat down.

"You're not going to wait here all morning, are you?" Du Xiaoxi watched Liu Yao get into the car wearing a big cloak, and asked with white lips on his face and annoyance.

"Drink some hot water!"

Liu Yao took the quilt with a smile and drank it, the warm water flowed downstream, and he felt that his heart was also hot, and he was very happy.

Silly short! Du Ba looked at Liu Yao and looked at his sister and smirked, and scolded in a low voice, he didn't know how to say hello to his little brother-in-law!

Liu Yao put down the cup and said honestly: "I didn't wait long, I came over after lunch, the family has already cooked the meal, wait for you to eat more." ”

"En, what did my brother-in-law Uncle Liu do? You don't know how inconvenient it is to eat in a carriage and a boat these days, but my brother will have to eat more later. Make up for these days! ”

Speaking of eating, Du Ba was very happy, pulled Liu Yao to say the dog food they ate along the way, and talked about the things that he encountered in the capital without knowing how to run, and for a while only Du Ba's loud voice was left in the carriage.

Liu Yao smiled and looked at the little brother-in-law who became more and more excited the more he talked, and wanted to say that it would be better if what you said was said by Sister Xi herself.

Under Du Ba's loud voice, he quickly arrived at the place where he lived, and Liu Yao accompanied the three of them to eat something and was dragged by Liu Erye to read a book.

For Du Xiaoxi's sudden arrival, Liu Erye was still a little unhappy, after all, he didn't come early or late, and he came over after the exam was held immediately. It's too easy to affect my son's mood. In the past few days, Second Master Liu has been guarding the mouth of his sons. I'm afraid that the two of them will talk about it secretly, and their son won't learn well.

Liu Yao's exam is about to start, and his family is very important to him.

Two days later, Liu Yao entered the tribute courtyard with ease. Second Master Liu and Du Xiaoxi were worried and stationed at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard.

The Futsu Gongyuan will provide food, clothing, and quilts. Candidates can easily bring themselves in. But it was because everything was provided by the Tribute Academy, and Second Master Liu was worried.

Will the person who distributes things jealous of the brush issued to his son because of his son's handsomeness? Will the food given not enough to eat and not meet my son's taste? Is the quilt thick enough to sleep on at night? Will it be used by the big man who picks his feet, and there is a manly smell?

In short, Second Master Liu was very worried, and he regretted that he stuffed less silver for the staff inside a few days ago, and those who saw the money didn't know if they had preferential treatment for their sons.

Five days later, Liu Yao finally staggered out of the examination room.

The unveiling time of the government examination is half a month older than the county examination, but the government examination has just been completed, and an announcement has been put out in the city of the government.

As soon as the emperor list came out, the students of Qingzhou Mansion immediately boiled!

If you did poorly, I'm glad you can take the test again next year. Naturally, I don't want to do well in the exam, after all, the number of admissions in each session is also fixed, and if I take the exam with next year's candidates, there will be many competitors. There is also the poor person in the family, and with the strength of the whole family, he finally scraped together the money to participate in the government examination, but there was no palace examination, if he was admitted to the next year, how much silver would it cost!

Anyway, it will take a long time to be out of the list, so Liu Erye simply took his son back to Shanshui County.

After saying goodbye at the wharf, Du Xiaoxi was taken back to Dujia Village by the second brother Du who was guarding the wharf, accompanied by five carts of luggage.

"It's really a blessing to go to Kyoto and bring back such old things!"

"Hey! Look at the car print is really deep, I don't know what good things are loaded? ”

"Let's just look at the long insight!"

When the women of the village saw several big carriages entering the village, they all gathered around curiously, and began to discuss what good things Master Xile had given to the Du family.

Father Du directly unloaded the threshold, asked his son to drive the carriage to the yard, and carried the big boxes in the carriage to the hut where Du Xiaoxi's house put his things.

Daddy Du is a good father, over the years, Du Xiaoxi has received valuable things from the Liu family and Master Xile have been carried and locked in the house for his daughter, just waiting for the daughter to get married, and the family can also make up a dowry that surprises the Liu family.

"Girl, what are so many boxes? Let my sister-in-law take a look? The second sister-in-law, Ma Hongmei, saw her father-in-law's posture and knew that she was locked up immediately, and she didn't give them anything to be a brother and sister-in-law.

It's a fool not to take advantage of it, watching a few boxes of things fly away, how can she be willing! As long as she opens the box and asks the neighbors to see the good things inside, she asks for it in person, Du Xiaoxi, who is a girl, guards so many things, and she will give her one or two pieces if she says anything.

There was a brand-new big lock hanging on the big red camphor wood box, Ma Hongmei tried the five boxes one by one and couldn't open one, so she turned her head and looked at Du Xiaoxi with a smile, urging: "Sister, come and open the box and let the uncles and sisters-in-law take a look." ”

Du Xiaoxi glanced at her second sister-in-law, took out a few pockets directly from the large package on the table, and said to the children who came over with her, "Come and eat candy!" ”

"Oh! Aunt Xiaoxi is the best! ”

Dozens of children cheered, and Du Xiaoxi circled from small to large.

Sweets are the favorite of every little doll, and ordinary people's little babies can't eat a few pieces of candy all year round. The Du family often receives gifts from the Liu family, and Du Xiaoxi often has a few candies in her purse, and the children in the village like to come to her.

He put down a large bag of candy and grabbed some of the women who had not brought the children, and a group of people laughed and went home with the children who were eating candy.

Waiting for only the Du family to stay, Grandma Du sat on the bed on crutches.

Grandma Du glanced at the boxes built up in the hut, thinking of what her daughter and Erlang's daughter-in-law persuaded her, and felt that she still had to talk to her son. When the girl gets married, just send the dowry and shop given by the Liu family to accompany her, how can you consider them when there are so many grandchildren in the family.

Du Xiaoxi beckoned everyone to sit down, opened a large box specially placed on the ground and began to pick it up.

"Recruit my brother to help my aunt get something!"

"Hey!" Brother Zhao, who was standing next to Grandma Du, answered and ran to Du Xiaoxi's side.

"This is for Dad!"

"This is for the eldest brother and sister-in-law!"

"This is for Brother Jiu!"

Du Xiaoxi distributed gifts one by one, and several sisters-in-law couldn't hold their mouths happily while holding the precious silk at a glance.

After sending the gifts from his brothers and father, Du Xiaoxi ran to Du Niang and Grandma Du with a wooden box to offer treasures.

"Grandma, mother, this is what I gave you, see if you like it or not?"

Du Xiaoxi opened the box, and two pairs of glasses, one gold and one silver, appeared in everyone's sight.

"Glasses!" Du Wu exclaimed in surprise and came up to take it.

In Kyoto, there was a kind of glasses that could make the elderly and short-sighted people see things clearly, especially the large flawless water jade that made zuò such glasses was rare, and the water jade and glasses were sold at sky-high prices in a short period of time.

Shanshui County is located on the canal to control all kinds of economic information for the first time, and naturally knows the preciousness of glasses made of water jade.

Those rich people don't know if it is to pursue the temperament of literati, or simply and rudely prove that they are rich and capricious! The latest form of showing off your wealth is not that you have received a new eighteen-room concubine, I have found a thirteen-year-old chick.

Instead, he turned into a shiny flat glasses and wandered down the street. Where there are more people, where there are more crowds! It is important for the people of the county to know that they are all rich people with the temperament of literati.

Naturally, the people of the Du family have also seen the strange thing called 'glasses' they carry, and when people have the impression of them, there is one word "expensive!" ”

Du Xiaoxi took out gold-framed eyes and brought them to Grandma Du, and asked with a smile, "Grandma, how are you?" Do you like it? ”

"Good! Good stuff, grandma loves it! "Grandma Du didn't dazzle, and she didn't feel good with her glasses, but it was very uncomfortable to have something hanging on her nose, but this thing is so valuable, it can be passed on to her grandchildren in the future.

Du Xiaoxi took out the remaining silver pair and handed it to Du Niang, and said expectantly: "Mother, you also try, the eyes are not easy to use, so it works best!" ”

Du Niang put it on with a smile, stroked her glasses unaccustomed and looked up into the distance, she saw a spider web on the window, and said angrily in her heart, "This second daughter-in-law is lazy when she is working, and she can't clean the house!" ’

Feeling unprecedented clarity, Du Niang smiled gently, rubbed Du Xiaoxi's head and said, "This kind of thing is too expensive!" You can't spend money in the future! It's not that I can't see people. ”

"Well, well, listen to my mother!" Du Xiaoxi wisely admitted, if she shouldn't, Grandma Du and Du Niang could train her for a few hours on her wasting money.

The poor glasses in the county cost hundreds of taels of silver, and Grandma Du and Du Niang's from the prince's mansion are even more valuable.

Grandma Du knew that she had at least 1,000 taels of silver at a glance, so she carefully hid it, looking like a family heirloom. Du Niang was also distressed and reluctant to use it, so she put it directly in the cabinet and locked it, even if several grandchildren wanted to see it, they were reluctant to take it out. I'm afraid that they will break the glasses worth 1,000 taels.

(To be continued.) )