After three days of sailing, the passenger ship carrying Master Li finally slowly docked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Shishi stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery around her, she knew that they had traveled south along Caishui and entered the territory of Chenzhou yesterday, this area was a plain area, full of large farmlands and woods, and small villages were hidden in the hazy morning mist.

It's mid-February, and the plum blossoms and early cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the fields are full of swaying wildflowers.

"Where is this?" Having lived in the capital for a long time, Master Li suddenly saw this beautiful pastoral scenery, and she was very happy in her heart.

The magpie packed his belongings in the cabin and said with a smile: "This belongs to Caikou Town in Xiangcheng County, but we are still five miles away from the town, and our lord bought a Baihua Villa here, covering an area of 3,000 acres!" ”

'Hundred Flowers Villa! ’

Master Li was a little interested, and asked with a smile, "How long are we going to stay here?" ”

"About a month!"

The magpie smiled: "When the limelight in the capital subsides, then we will go to Suzhou or Hangzhou, we have a house there, and the little official said that the girl likes Jiangnan." ”

Master Li was really happy when she heard that Ai Lang still remembered what she had said, and she asked again: "What about Yanqing, where is he?" ”

"He'll come, in a few days."

"Magpie, where is Hundred Flowers Villa?" The maid Feiwu looked around and asked.

The magpie's face sank, and he taught her in an old-fashioned tone: "You want to call Sister Magpie!" ”

Mengyue and Feiwu are a pair of sisters, the two are only one year apart, and the younger sister Feiwu is the same age as Magpie, but unfortunately she is a month younger than Magpie, Magpie immediately grasped this and asked her to call herself Sister.

Master Li smiled: "Feiwu, be polite!" ”

Feiwu muttered in a low voice, "Shorter than me, smaller than me, where is it like a sister?" ”

She reluctantly asked again, "Sister Magpie, where is the Hundred Flowers Villa?" ”

"It's pretty much the same, it's not far ahead, come with me!"

The magpie took them ashore and waved to the boat boss, "Uncle Min, thank you for your hard work." ”

"Magpie girls don't have to be polite, it's my honor to be able to work for the little outside."

The passenger ship was temporarily chartered by Li Yanqing, but the two boatmen were the captains of the Baoyanzhai fleet, and only his own Li Yanqing could be trusted.

The four of them walked along a path to a large wooded area a hundred paces away, and the magpie pointed into the woods, "Behind that woods is the mountain villa!" ”

"Magpie, is it safe here?" Master Li asked a little worriedly.

"Rest assured, girl! The people here are very simple, there are no thieves, many people sleep at night and do not close, I lived here for a month last fall, developed jasmine rouge, at first it was fresh, and then it was very boring, but you are lucky, just in time to meet the season of flowers. ”

"Sister Magpie, you want to teach us how to make rouge!"

Mengyue reminded Magpie with a smile that she didn't talk much and was relatively silent, but her sister Feiwu was the opposite, chattering all day long.

"Don't worry! Sister Mengyue, I will teach you to make the best rouge and perfume. ”

As he was talking, more than a dozen people walked out of the woods path, among which there were seven or eight women, all of whom were flower farmers in the villa, and the magpie happily waved to the woman at the head, "Aunt Gu, it's me, magpie!" ”

The first woman is Li Yanqing's neighbor Aunt Gu since childhood, she is now the chief steward of several Baihua Villas, but her husband grows flowers in Ezhou Manor, where there is their own land.

"It turned out to be a magpie girl!"

Aunt Gu smiled on her face, and the magpie was her favorite daughter-in-law.

She hugged the magpie and looked at Master Li again, although Master Li wore makeup and her natural appearance was covered, but she still looked very beautiful, especially her beautiful and refined temperament is simply rare in the world, in the eyes of a group of farmers, she is like a fairy.

"Magpie, who is she!"

The magpie whispered in Aunt Gu's ear: "She is the one of the little officials.... Come to the villa to see the flowers. ”

Aunt Gu suddenly realized that it was the Hun's family of the little proprietor, and she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "It turned out to be the young lady, I am the steward Gu Erniang here, please take care of the young lady." ”

Master Li's face flushed, but a trace of sweetness surged in her heart, and she also gave a blessing, "I will trouble Gu Erniang in the future!" ”

"No trouble! No hassle! Please come into the lodge. ”

Everyone led the way in front, through the woods, a magnificent villa suddenly appeared in front of them, this is Li Daqi bought the Hundred Flowers Villa the year before last, mainly planting red and blue flowers, but also planted hundreds of kinds of flowers, at this time most of the flowers have been budding, but there are still pieces of gorgeous flowers in full bloom, as if entering a sea of flowers.

Master Li and the two maids couldn't help but marvel, although they also had a back garden, but they couldn't compare with the sea of flowers here, Master Li and the two maids were intoxicated.

The magpie was also here for the first time in the spring, and she was amazed and immediately fell in love with it again.

Aunt Gu smiled: "Stay first, and then enjoy the flowers slowly!" ”

They walked north along a small stream, and there was a small house covering an area of two or three acres in front of them, surrounded by a wall, which is also the reason why Li Yanqing settled Master Li in this Baihua Villa, where the former owner of the villa built a holiday house, surrounded by curved corridors, gurgling streams, and seven or eight houses were also built extraordinarily elegantly.

"The young lady will live here! There is everything here, inside is the master room, I live in the outhouse with the two eldest mothers, and the others live in the bungalow on the east side, it is very safe here, and the young lady can rest assured. ”

Master Li said with a smile: "Aunt Gu, I am not a young lady for the time being, my surname is Guo, my name is Sisi, I miss Sisi in my hometown, and Aunt Gu will call me Sisi in the future." ”

"Alright! Miss Sisi, please settle down, and I'll go get some new things. ”

Aunt Gu left, the magpie hurriedly caught up with her and explained a few words to her, Aunt Gu smiled: "Don't worry! I will definitely do what the little proprietor explains. ”

"Then it's annoying Aunt Gu!"

"You little lady!"

Aunt Gu lovingly pinched her little face and left with a smile.

Flying Mist tilted his head and asked, "Magpie... That sister, what did the little proprietor explain? ”

"What is a magpie... That sister? The magpie said with a straight face.

She smiled at Master Li again: "I asked Aunt Gu to go to the nearby village to hire a few rough maids and cooks, and then go to the town to buy some good fabrics, we can make clothes, this is what the petty officials ordered, at least let the girl live comfortably." ”

Master Li nodded, he didn't expect Ailang to be so careful, and at this time, Feiwu couldn't help but ask, "Sister Magpie, where is the town?" Is it lively? ”

"That's pretty much it! Caikou Town is five miles to the north, we can ride a donkey to go, it is very lively, there is everything, just like our Lushan Town, by the way, I can buy some paper and pencil to teach you two to read and read. "The magpie's habit of being a good teacher can't be changed.

"And the books here?" Master Li asked with a smile.

"There are quite a few! There are also books written by petty officials. The magpie grinned and added, "I brought it last year." ”

Master Li suddenly remembered the books that Li Lang gave her, she only read a few, but unfortunately she forgot it in the capital, but fortunately there are also here, and she can calm down and take a good look at it.

"Let's go! Let's go see the house. Master Li turned around and walked towards the house, the three of them hurriedly followed, and the four of them walked into a moon gate, and a two-story red house appeared in front of them.

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With the completion of the registration of the jinshi in the ministry, the next ten days of waiting is the most difficult moment for each jinshi, and ten days is not a deadline, but an experience value.

Generally speaking, after a jinshi is registered in the ministry, the court of judges will conduct a strict review of each jinshi, and then submit it to the ministry for conferral of officials, and the ministry will often complete the notification to the parties within ten days.

However, there are also many Jinshi who have not heard any news for ten days, and have been delayed for months or even years, and there are also Jinshi who have waited for months and finally got a dispatch letter to teach in the state school, which is desperate.

Li Yanqing is also patiently waiting for the arrival of the notice, these days he has been living in the mansion on Freezer Street, this morning, Li Yanqing is reading in the room, the housekeeper said in the yard: "Outside the small staff, there are guests looking for it!" ”

The housekeeper of the Li Mansion is surnamed Yu, a native of Bianjing, who once worked as a housekeeper in an official's house, and the official told the old man to return to his hometown, he did not follow, and under the introduction of an acquaintance, he became the housekeeper of the Li Mansion, and the housekeeper Yu is only fifty years old this year, very shrewd and capable, and keeps the house in order.

Li Yanqing walked out of the study and asked with a smile, "Who is looking for me?" ”

"It's Zhou Guanren!"

It turned out to be Zhou Chun, Li Yanqing walked out of the inner courtyard quickly, only to see Zhou Chun sitting in the guest hall drinking tea, Li Yanqing walked in and said with a smile: "Which gust of incense blew the noble son-in-law of the Gao family here?" ”