The old lady was still angry yesterday, and after Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er "round house", she felt that her face had been earned, and her anger gradually subsided.

Xie Yun'er's grandfather and father were both talented, and Xie Yun'er's father, Xie Bolian, also served as a prisoner in Beijing's Guozijian. As Shen Mingwen said, Xie Yun'er has a good background and a serious scholarly family, and being able to marry into the Shen family has not insulted the Shen family.

Moreover, Xie Yun'er has an income of about ten taels of silver every month from sitting in the pharmacy and dividends, and this money falls into the hands of the Li family, which is of great benefit to the Shen family, she is not in a hurry to drive Xie Yun'er out of the door, if Xie Yun'er can spread the branches for the Shen family, it will be great.

Shen Xi will be busy with learning and participating in the imperial examination in the future, and he needs to be taken care of the most, Xie Yun'er is much better than Lin Dai of unknown origin.

It's really wrong!

Sometimes Li Shi feels beautiful in his heart when he thinks about it, but he doesn't show it on his face, and he always has a straight face as if someone owes her money.

A large family got together for breakfast, there is no rule that women can't serve the table here, Zhou and Xie Yun'er are on the table, but Shen Mingjun stayed in the room because of his injuries and didn't come out.

Shen Mingwen said: "Mother, when will the child go to the provincial capital to participate in the township test?" Who are you going to send the baby to? ”

"Such a big person, if you go to Fucheng to take the exam, you must be sent by others?"

Li said with a pale face, as if blaming his son for not being able to stand on his own, but in fact, Shen Mingwen would do so precisely because he lived in her shadow.

After a while, Li Shi said coldly, "My mother originally planned to go with you, but there are many things at home and I can't do without it, so I still let the third child accompany you and Qilang to the provincial capital." The time should be sooner rather than later, wait until you arrive in the provincial capital, find a place to settle down, study hard, and don't slack off! ”

"Come back early after the exam, you will have to wait for more than a month. Don't delay in the provincial capital. ”

At this time, the township examination, the release of the list is different from the hospital examination, because the marking time is too long, it is impossible for candidates from other places to stay in Fuzhou City for a long time.

Shen Mingwen smiled: "What my mother said is true." The child remembered. ”

Shen Xi was a little disapproving, the earlier he entered the provincial capital, the easier it was to be wild, the city of Fucheng looked already very prosperous, but compared with the provincial capital Fuzhou. The capital city of Tingzhou is just a small county town in a remote place. Just like the last time Shen Mingwen and Shen Ming had two brothers enter the provincial capital, the whereabouts of the last one are unknown, and one returned to Tingzhou Mansion in poverty, the reason is that he was dazzled in the provincial capital and couldn't contain his ambitions.

Zhou asked, "When will my mother return to Ninghua?" ”

Li's heart suddenly swelled up, and he scolded: "Are you in such a hurry to let your mother go?" When I get to Fucheng, can't I stay for two more days? It's okay to accompany Shichiro and Shiro, I, who am a grandmother, don't get along with my grandchildren well, how can they get close to me as a grandmother in the future? ”

Zhou hurriedly explained: "My daughter-in-law is afraid that you will be away for a long time. The water and soil are not adapted, and you just said that you can't do without many things at home, and Ninghua needs you to preside over the overall situation! ”

Hearing this, Li's face improved, but he deliberately put on a score, and slapped the dishes and chopsticks on the table: "Don't eat it!" ”

Because Li was in an emotional situation at the dinner table, the family couldn't eat properly, and then Li got up and went into the side room to sulk by himself.

Shen Mingwen smiled and said, "Brother and sister, you go to the pharmacy with Qilang and your niece and daughter-in-law." We're at home! ”

Zhou originally wanted to go to the pharmacy, after all, Hui Niang was still busy with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, and only a few maids couldn't keep it busy. But in this situation, she felt like she had left a few mice in a rice bowl. It's a little uneasy that no one is watching at home. Zhou replied with a smile: "Don't worry, uncle, there is Mrs. Lu at the pharmacy." ”

When Shen Mingwen and Shen Mingtang went to the backyard to see the Li family, the Zhou family pulled Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er and instructed: "Han Wa'er, you go to the pharmacy with Aunt Xie, and when you get there, go upstairs to read your books." You know? I'll stay at home and watch today, or maybe they're going to bully your father!" ”

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Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er slept together for a few days after they got married, as long as Li didn't leave, this scene would continue, but Li no longer went to Shen Xi's bedroom like he did on the first day of the "round house".

May 12 was the day when Shen Xi, Shen Mingwen, and Shen Mingtang set off to the provincial capital to catch the exam, and the two families began to prepare a few days in advance.

The Li family was scheming, in order to prevent her from leaving, the Zhou family asked Shen Xi to write a letter of resignation to drive Xie Yun'er out of the house, especially to send Shen Xi and Shen Mingwen on the road before leaving for Ninghua, she and Hui Niang advanced Xie Yun'er's salary of a total of thirty taels of silver in the next few months and the sharing of the pharmacy, thinking that this would cut off Xie Yun'er's intention of using the "Shen family money" to supplement the Xie family.

This morning, Shen Xi got up early to clean up.

This trip to Fuzhou, it takes more than three months to go back and forth, and some daily use can be bought after arriving in Fuzhou, but Li's management is very wide, and he is afraid that there is a shortage of things there, so he not only asked Shen Xi to prepare clothes, but also put pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books that need to be reviewed in a big box and go on the road together.

In these years, if you are a Pingtou people, you must have a road guide issued by the government, and if you are traveling thousands of miles, you must have a suitable reason. And Shen Xi and Shen Mingwen are talents, and they are going to the provincial capital to catch the exam, so naturally they don't have to go through these cumbersome procedures, and at the same time, according to the regulations, they can also enjoy the right of their families to "send the exam".

Originally, the three uncles and nephews could do with one carriage, but because there were too many things with them, they had to have two carriages.

Hui Niang helped call the carriage of the Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time asked the carriage to help a leader named Ma Jiu, and help drive and take care of the carriage along the way. This Ma Jiu is one of Song Xiaocheng's right-hand men, and he is one of the objects that Shen Xi asked Song Xiaocheng to "cultivate", and he can be released to take charge of one party in the future.

Ma Jiu has the opportunity to help the big boss of the Chamber of Commerce, and he is very diligent in running up and down.

May 12, morning.

The two families sent Shen Xi out, and Shen Xi secretly wrote a "letter of resignation" to Xie Yun'er before leaving, which meant that after he left, she could take the letter of divorce to the government at any time to change her nationality and return to her parents' home, but Xie Yun'er just put the letter of resignation under her pillow, and she didn't see how much she attached importance to it, and she didn't seem to want to be an "abandoned woman" just after getting married.

Before leaving, the saddest person who cried was Lu Xi'er, Shen Xi's brother not only got married, but also had to travel far away, and he couldn't come back for a long time, Xiao Nizi was not old and didn't know what it meant to be reserved, and she cried bitterly when she hugged Shen Xi. In the end, the old lady said, "What kind of system", so that Hui Niang had to go up and pull her daughter away.

Lin Dai stood aside with her head drooping, although she was sad. But she also knew that Shen Xi was going to "take a break" of Xie Yun'er when she turned around, so she still had a chance to be Shen Xi's wife, so she didn't have much resistance.

When saying goodbye, he was reluctant, and even Shen Mingjun, who was not lightly injured, came out of the room.

Shen Xi saw that his father was beaten by his grandmother, and he couldn't even walk steadily. sighed in his heart, Li's discipline method is simply an imperious and domineering old stubborn, he used to think that as long as Zhongju and the first Jinshi, he should take it as his responsibility to revitalize the Shen family and let the Shen family live a good life.

But now it seems that finding a way to leave this feudal and conservative family is the most important thing.

Shen Xi knew it in his heart. Mother Zhou's can't wait to split up, even if the cheap father doesn't agree, but as long as he can be admitted to the lifting or jinshi, he has enough reasons to stand on his own, and he can come to separate the family without separating the family, and take the father and mother to the field.

Shen Xi and Ma Jiu were in a carriage, carrying a large box, and the space in the carriage was relatively narrow. There are many mountains in the land of Fujian and Guangdong, and this road is not very easy to walk, and it will be very bumpy to sit in the carriage.

In view of this, Shen Xi simply sat on the frame outside, which could not only enjoy the scenery along the way, but also make himself comfortable.

The carriage left the city from the east gate of the city and traveled all the way along the official road to the southeast.

Ma Jiu drove very smoothly, not in a hurry or slow.

The May day in Changting County (equivalent to June and July of the later Gregorian calendar) has a hot climate under the scorching sun. Shen Xi estimated that the temperature was at least 30 degrees, but fortunately, the mountain wind was quite strong, so he didn't feel how hot it was.

Ma Jiu had great respect for Shen Xi, and the person he admired the most was Song Xiaocheng. Because the rise of Song Xiaocheng is an inspirational story of the rise of a small person, everyone knows that Song Xiaocheng used to be just an errand runner, and in just a few years, he has become a powerful figure in Tingzhou Mansion.

But Ma Jiu knew that Song Xiaocheng admired Shen Xi the most. In Song Xiaocheng's eyes, Shen Xi is Kong Ming alive. There is no last resort. Therefore, Song Xiaocheng often conveyed to the brothers that he could not listen to him in the Chema Gang, but there were two people who had to listen to him, one was Hui Niang, the big boss of the Chamber of Commerce, and the other was Shen Xi, the little shopkeeper.

“…… Master, it's okay to be idle, you can dial the small one more, if you can teach the little one a little bit of real skills, the little one will be of infinite use for life. ”

The carriage slowly moved forward between the mountain roads, and Ma Jiu began to offer courtesy by Shen Xi's side. Shen Xi was not too modest, and said with a smile: "It depends on whether Brother Jiu can satisfy me along the way." ”

Ma Jiu heard Shen Xi call himself "Ninth Brother", and he thought that he had become the second leader of the Che Ma Gang, and said with a smile: "That's that, sir, as long as you give an order, even if you see the bandits blocking the road and robbing them, I will fight with them." ”

Shen Xi hurriedly said: "Don't do such an impulsive thing, you don't care alone, don't hurt the two of us." ”

Ma Jiu was stunned, scratching his head before he figured it out. If you really encounter a group of bandits and give money and nothing to do, after all, people just want to make money to support their families, do you really want to fight with people, fight a group of people, and send yourself to death, not to mention, people have committed a life lawsuit, can you stay alive and wait for someone to testify against them?

Although this section of the road from Changting County is the official road, in fact, there is not much difference between the official road and the mountain road, the mountains and the hills are one after another, none of the four people know the road, and they have to inquire all the way along the way to prevent mistakes, plus Shen Mingwen is very lazy, and he is willing to get up after dawn in the morning under the pretext of studying late, and he has to find a place to rest before the sun sets, and it is good to walk forty or fifty miles a day.

Shen Xi didn't have anything to do along the way, he just took the book and read it, although he didn't see it very really, but fortunately, he could pass the loneliness and boredom of the journey.

Ma Jiu was very curious about the books Shen Xi read, and he didn't dare to talk to him in the first few days, but he was already familiar with Shen Xi later, so he asked: "Master, the little one is illiterate, what are you telling the little one about this?" I've heard that there are a lot of wonderful stories in it. ”

"This is a scholar, not a storybook, and you don't understand what those people say." Shen Xi shook his head and said.

Ma Jiu said with a hippie smile: "It turns out that there are so many kinds of books?" I saw the brothers in the gang, who had nothing to do on weekdays and had a book ......called "The Golden Vase of Plums", which looked very energetic, saying that there were pictures on it, and I wanted to borrow it from them to look at it, but they hid it more tightly than the other. ”

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