Li took his fourth son, Shen Mingxin, and finally arrived at the capital city of Tingzhou after three days of travel.

The first thing after arriving in Fucheng, the old lady rushed to the courtyard of the Shen family, and had a long talk with her son-in-law Shen Mingjun and daughter-in-law Zhou, but they didn't come out of the hall for two hours.

As for Shen Mingxin, he went to the new courtyard, his son Shen Yuan was taking the exam, and he wanted to know about the exam as soon as possible.

Here Hui Niang is very happy, knowing that Shen Xi won the champion, the contradiction between the top and bottom of the Shen family is nothing, who let the Zhou family cultivate a good son and impress the old lady?

Shen Mingjun and his wife just said that they wanted to go back to Ninghua to "report the good news", but the Li family came to Fucheng first, even if the Shen family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had some small disputes on weekdays, but after all, they closed the door and came to the family, and it was not easy for her, an outsider, to mix in at this time.

"Xiao Langjun of the Shen family is really capable, he won the top prize of Jinke, and in the future, the people of our Tingzhou Mansion will go out, and their waists will be straighter......"

Since the news of Shen Xizhong's champion spread all over the eight counties of Tingzhou, those seven aunts and eight aunts have come to the pharmacy to chatter, and the three sentences are not separated from the Shen family's Xiaolangjun.

If anyone's child can be the same as Xiao Langjun of the Shen family, let alone the champion at the age of thirteen, even if he comes back at the same age, he will be satisfied.

But hope is just hope after all, my own children can't compare with prodigies, and I don't know what kind of elixir Xiao Langjun of the Shen family is eating, how can his understanding be so good?

Even in Feng Yanqi's new-style school, the number of students who came to sign up suddenly increased several times.

It's a pity that the school is a "school for the children of the Chamber of Commerce", as long as it has nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce, even if you pay a sky-high "school choice fee", it will not help. The main reason is that the Chamber of Commerce is not short of that little money, and if Hui Niang wants to establish prestige, the first thing is that she must follow the rules that have been established.

Since the school can't get in, I can only retreat to the next best thing and dig Mr. from the school. Even if Feng Yanqi is unmoved, but Mr. Xuetang is not only Feng Yanqi, these people have to support their families, who wants to invite them back to be Mr., and the conditions offered are good, it is difficult for them to refuse.

So much so that in April, the school was poached several gentlemen one after another.

Fortunately, the educational ideology of the school is a sharp weapon for cultivating students, and the gentleman can be recruited again when he leaves, with Feng Yanqi, the principal, the school signboard is still loud.

Approaching dusk, Zhou's family went from his yard to the pharmacy, at this time Zhou's face was full of red light, obviously her son won the champion, so that her status in the Shen family was rapidly improved, and even the old lady who used to be picky about her had to discuss everything with Yan Yuese.

As soon as Zhou came, he didn't wait for Hui Niang to ask, so he said with a smile: "My family has no conscience, send my mother to visit Liulang in the new courtyard, and he will go to the workshop to keep vigil when he returns." ”

Hui Niang smiled dumbly: "Sister is too, Xiaolang Zhongyuan, you and your brother-in-law are waiting to enjoy Qingfu, and this kind of vigil is still left to others." ”

Zhou's tone was a little proud: "This matter is one yard to one yard, my son's champion is his son's business, and the unconscionable work in the family is his own responsibility, even if my son wins the champion, the family also needs someone to support him, right?" ”

The envy in Hui Niang's heart!

Sure enough, there is a champion son who is different, and even speaks in a tone.

These days, gentry and celebrities from near and far come to the Shen family to congratulate them, and the gifts they bring are piled up into a small mountain, whether they have anything to do with Shen Xi or not, they are respectful to Shen Mingjun and the Zhou family, and many of Feng Yuqi's students treat Shen Xi, a fellow student, as a god, and treat Shen Mingjun and his wife as their own parents.

Hui Niang helped Zhou sit down and asked, "What else did the old lady say?" ”

Zhou was beaming: "I didn't say anything, my mother came to Fucheng, just to visit our husband and wife, to meet Shilang and Yi'er by the way, and then to go to my in-laws' house...... What her old man means, Yun'er goes to the capital is a good thing, it is best to hug her grandson as soon as possible, my son will be an official in the Hanlin Academy for a year or two, and he will be selected to be a local magistrate, and when the time comes, the children of the Shen family will also have a place to go to......"

Li did a lot of homework before rushing to Fucheng, but what she learned was not comprehensive, even if there were knowledgeable people in Ninghua County, they only knew what the promotion path was when they became a Jinshi, and they had no way to understand the champions, including Shen Mingwen.

Hui Niang smiled: "Sister, didn't I tell you, the magistrate is a seventh-grade official, and Xiaolang is now a sixth-grade Hanlin cultivator, even if he is released, he will not be the magistrate...... If this is the case, wouldn't it be a degrade? ”

Zhou suddenly remembered that this seemed to be the case, but she was a little puzzled: "Isn't it better to be a county magistrate than to be a Hanlin cultivator?" If you do well in the future, you may be able to become the governor or even the prefect of the same government...... My mother doesn't have too high requirements for Xiaolang, if you can be a fourth-grade official, if you are high, it is easy to fall. ”

The Zhou family used to respect and fear the Li family, even if she was the main force of the Shen family to make money, but after all, she was a woman and had no right to speak at home.

Now it's different, in order to show the harmony between the Shen family, the Zhou family has a long exit and a short mother, as if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have always been close.

Hui Niang didn't quite understand the concept of the Shen family, Shen Xi was a Hanlin official from the sixth grade, if he only set the goal on the prefect of the fourth rank and the same knowledge of the fifth grade, is it too short-sighted?

In Hui Niang's opinion, since Shen Xi wants to do great things, it is best to stay in the capital, only the feet of the Son of Heaven are the places where Shen Xi realizes his ambitions, and if he is put in the place, it is really a dragon swimming in shallow water.

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When the Li family arrived in Fucheng, they were very polite to Shen Mingjun and his wife in the house, and they almost wanted to return the love they owed to the husband and wife before.

The next day, Li and Shen Mingjun were going to visit the Xie family, but it was just a normal walk between the in-laws, but it became a major event in the capital of Tingzhou.

On this day, a few strings of red firecrackers were put in front of Xie's house early to wait for the Shen family, and there was a large banquet in the courtyard, and the neighbors came to congratulate.

Xie Bolian has been in prison for a few years, and after she came out, she even lost her confidence in practicing medicine, and she had to rely on her daughter to support her when she was old.

First, Lu Sun and Shen Zhou cared for Xie Yun'er, and then somehow they were crooked, and they married their daughter to the Shen family's Xiaolangjun.

Such an unmatched marriage, originally not favored at all, who knew that the Xie family was lucky, the Shen family Xiaolangjun was smooth sailing on the road to the imperial examination, rising step by step, and in a few years, it was actually three yuan and the first, and the fortune teller hurried over to join in the fun, and it was said that the Xie family's feng shui was good, and the daughter of the Xie family was a nobleman.

In general, Shen Xi's success is inseparable from Xie Yun'er's fortune.

This kind of nonsense is also deceived and deceitful, and when people are happy, they can ask for some reward. But the Xie family heard a lot, and gradually believed it, plus the neighbors met and praised, your daughter is really a good life, marrying into the Shen family will let the Shen family Xiaolang Jun be the champion, and in the future, he will be willing to take the life of his wife, so he will be happy.

Although the Xie family has been in the limelight for a while, they have always had hidden worries, especially when they knew that the old lady of the Shen family had traveled all the way from Ninghua County to Fucheng, and she also offered to visit in person.

The Xie family urgently held a family meeting before welcoming the Shen family, and asked the family to strictly guard against it, and it was absolutely impossible for the Li family to say in front of everyone that the marriage between Xie Yuner and Shen Xi was just a fake marriage, let alone let the Li family mention the divorce.

The Xie family's worries are not unreasonable, because they don't know that Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er performed the joint play in front of the Li family, and they have not yet had a round house with Shen Xi after their daughter married into the Shen family, and it seems reasonable for the Shen family to withdraw from the marriage. But the Xie family is obviously too worried, the Li family has no intention of withdrawing from the marriage at all, on the contrary, the old lady still wants Xie Yun'er to get pregnant as soon as possible, and it is best to inherit the ancestor for Shen Xi.

Now that Shen Xi is only married, but has no heirs, then Shangguan will still treat Shen Xi as a child, how can he rest assured when he is vacant in the future?

In the morning, several members of the Shen family came in a sedan chair, and firecrackers spread a few feet long began to set off, resounding throughout the city. Then a large number of people gathered around, either to please or to see what the grandmother and parents of the champion looked like.

"Mother-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law...... Come on, inside please. ”

The person who came out to greet the Xie family, in addition to Xie Bolian, his wife also appeared.

It is rare for a male and female hosts to come out to greet guests at the same time, and Xie Bolian also considered that there were two women from the Shen family, and if only one man came out to greet him, it would inevitably be insufficient in courtesy.

The crowd gathered around the two families to the courtyard, and the banquet had already been arranged, and the liveliness was no worse than when Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er returned to the door that day.

As soon as he sat down, before he could say a few words of greeting, someone outside came to report that Liu Yuanwai and Xia Yuanwai from the city had made a special trip to visit.

Liu Yuanwai and Xia Yuanwai are both famous big landowners in Changting, one is a lifter, the other is a showman, in this province and nearby Jiangxi Ganzhou, Guangdong Chaozhou and other places have 10,000 acres of fertile land, but also have dozens of tea estates and orchards, in the city belongs to the wealthy family, this time I heard that the Shen family visited, take the opportunity to climb the relationship.

Liu Yuanwai and Xia Yuanwai sedan chair did not arrive, the gifts arrived first, they were all picked up with a burden, not only a gift box, but also a gift box, plus the silk and satin tied up are all one by one, these gifts are worth seventy or eighty taels of silver, it can be seen that the family has a big business, and the gift is absolutely not chilling.

Liu Yuanwai arrived first, and as soon as he came, he saluted Xie Bolian: "Brother Xie, I have been taking care of Nongsang for a long time, I don't know when you will return, this time it is late, please forgive me." ”

Xie Bolian smiled and saluted, like an old friend who had known each other for many years.

Only Zhou's squinted eyes at this Liu Yuanwai, in the past few years of business, she knows the temperament of those big families in the city very well, this Liu Yuan's reputation is that he dislikes the poor and loves the rich, the Liu family and the Xie family used to have a little friendship, but when Xie Yun'er returned to his hometown, he invited relatives and friends to a banquet, and this Liu Yuanwai didn't even show his face...... People think that the Xie family is not high-grade enough!

What do you say now that "this time is late", where can there be a delay of five or six years? If Xie Yun'er hadn't been the champion lady, I'm afraid Liu Yuanwai would not have set foot in Xie's house in this life.

Liu Yuanwai just came, and Xia Yuanwai also arrived.

The two gentlemen said that they came to visit Xie Bolian, but in fact, they were mainly to meet the Shen family, especially the Li family, who was the head of the Shen family.

Li's widow with her son, now her grandson won the champion, and now the government is discussing, in addition to setting up the champion archway for Shenxi, but also for the Li family to set up a chastity archway, highlighting her determination to observe the spirit of educating her children and grandchildren, and the tree is a model for the people of Tingzhou.

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PS: The second update is sent!

It was Sunday, relatives came to the house, and the two little nephews ran back and forth in the study of the code word of the Son of Heaven, noisy and upset!

This chapter is full of thoughts, let's make do with it!

Finally, I asked for a monthly pass with a sad face! (To be continued.) )