The grass market in Shangyuan County, which was built by Fan Jin, can be regarded as a scene in Jiangning at present. It is known for its complete planning, strict management and low price. Prior to this, there were spontaneous bazaars in the countryside and so-called bazaars outside the city, which also catered to the needs of rural commercial activities. But the problem is that the bazaar is not unmanaged, and there can be fights over a spot. The officials of the yamen and the local sticks in the countryside can draw points from it, which is also a big exploitation for the operators.

The grass market officially established in Shangyuan County not only has relatively perfect buildings to ensure that both sides of the business are not affected by the sun and rain, but also has a fixed stall division. For farmers, if they pay the protection fee for the past month, they can get the right to use the stall for one year, which will be issued according to the number plate to ensure that it will not be occupied. There are also special officials in charge of patrolling in the grass market, and they will intervene in the event of a verbal fight, which is a protection for both sides. Fan Jin advocates business, pays attention to good quality and low price, black-hearted businessmen can't survive here, and the same goes for villains. Now that the reputation of Shangyuan Grass Market has been made, people are more and more willing to buy all kinds of materials here, and farmers are also willing to trade their things here.

Most of the people who come to buy in this kind of place are also farmers, and there are some shopkeepers, and there are basically no scholars, and there is nothing they need. It is a little eye-catching to be a young and handsome scholar who appears on the grass market with a beautiful woman.

The woman is not very old, and her appearance is extremely handsome, and the only regret is that there are some pockmarks on her small face, which destroys the white skin carved in pink and jade. Everyone can guess at a glance that this must have been a disease caused by smallpox. I had to lament in my heart that her fate was not good, if she caught up with the cowpox, there would be no such thing.

The woman's interest was very high, and she stopped in front of many stalls to watch, sometimes to look at farm tools, sometimes to look at poultry and livestock, and to pick up some grain and put it in her hand to look at. shouted: "Brother-in-law, come and see, this is the pearl rice we grow in Shangyuan County." Originally, it was only planted in Jiangning County, but now we have it in Shangyuan. ”

The man came over with a folding fan, looked at the rice, motioned for her to put the grain back, and asked with a smile, "How do you know that this is pearl rice from Shangyuan County?" Maybe the rice from Jiangning County was sold in Shangyuan County, and there was no writing on the rice. ”

The merchant who sold grain knew that they were decent people when he saw the clothes of the two, and he knew that he was not a customer, but he still had to greet them with his heart. said with a smile: "Childe, this is indeed the pearl rice of Shangyuan County, not from Jiangning." Since the dam was built in our village, we have been able to grow pearl rice. This is also thanks to Master Fan's set of persuasion books, telling us how to make money. You see, there are many more sheep and ducks in this market than in the past, just by relying on Master Fan's order. Of course, the most important thing is to build dams. In the past, there were no dams, and everyone was afraid that they would either starve to death or die of poverty if there was a big flood, so how could they dare to grow such good rice that nobles eat. And these husked and polished rice, we also know that it is good, but it is too little, and only decent people in your city can afford to eat it, and we farmers cannot eat it. In the past, in order not to starve to death, I didn't dare to grow good rice, but now I dare to do it. ”

The girl smiled: "Then the old man thinks that Master Fan is a good official?" ”

"Needless to say, of course. Even the sea pen holder back then was not as good as the old parents. When I was the governor of Haibijia, no one dared to bully me, but I couldn't make a fortune. Master Fan is the official of his parents, I have this stall, I can earn money every day without going to the field, and I can hire people to work for me in the future, so naturally Master Fan is better. We are looking forward to Master Fan staying here now, and we will be blessed. It's best to be the governor of the county after being the prefect in the future, maybe I can build a big house, buy a dozen fat girls, and become a rich man. ”

The girl said, "Then what if Master Fan is transferred elsewhere?" ”

"How's that going to work? Master Fan is our Shangyuan's parents, where can we go elsewhere? If the imperial court transfers the old parents to other places, we will ask the old man in the village to come forward and give a message to the grandfather of Long Live that we must let the old parents stay in our Shangyuan. This is a lucky star sent by God, where can he go elsewhere. ”

The girl smiled, "You're right, Master Fan is a lucky star, and he is not allowed to go anywhere." After speaking, he casually threw something on the stall and left with the scholar. The boss picked up the dropped thing, but saw that it was actually a golden bean, and hurriedly put it in his mouth to bite, and saw that it was full of real gold, and his face became a bloom with joy, and he couldn't help but say: "God of Wealth!" I met the God of Wealth today! ”

"Brother-in-law, did you hear that? Your people don't want you to leave, you always say that you have to consider public opinion, and now that you are in Beijing, you don't care what the people think? ”

Xu Liu has been in the internal accounting room in the yamen for so long, and he is already very capable. made a cute appearance in front of Fan Jin to make her brother-in-law happy, it doesn't mean that she is really cute. If you want to keep your brother-in-law, you also know what to do.

"It's a failure for Shanjiu, and now my brother-in-law has just improved a little in Shangyuan County, isn't that the same as not doing anything? For example, our girls' school was originally a girl from the literary club, but now there are hundreds of people, and there are many girls who want to come in. The Song family is willing to donate two more properties to be the place for the girls' school, and as soon as the brother-in-law leaves now, the girls' school will be finished. Isn't the idea of a brother-in-law teaching a woman to read so that she doesn't have to be subordinate to a man all in vain? And silk ......"

She counted everything, didn't let Fan Jin take a hand, threw a piece of rice cake into her mouth, Xu Liu was caught off guard for a long time, only chewed half of the rice cake, and said angrily: "Brother-in-law said that those were all lies, you don't care about anything when you think of Sister Zhang, don't you?" ”

"yes. I'm a jinshi, even if I don't do anything, I can live a good life. If it weren't for you, Sister Zhang, I would have been able to fight so hard? Fan Jin had a natural expression on his face, "I did this for Shunqing, and now I have the opportunity to go back and get married, I will stay here and wait, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?" ”

"Then my sister can also come to Jiangning to marry her brother-in-law? Since ancient times, the husband has been a wife, and the sister and brother-in-law have a deep relationship, so they should consider the hardships of the brother-in-law. ”

"Stop messing around. I'm a liuguan, not a toast, and your sister can't follow me around. Taiyue Xianggong can't bear to marry his daughter far away, so he wants to stay in front of him to take care of it, these are all reasonable things. It's impossible to come to Jiangning. ”

Xu Liu looked at Fan Jin pitifully and said, "Then brother-in-law, you...... Surely not coming back? ”

"It's hard to say, I can't do this, it's definitely not easy from common sense. However, it is probably impossible for me to be an official in Beijing, and the incident I made in the Criminal Department at the beginning made the six ministries use me as a rat, and no one would want me to go in alone and turn the ministry upside down. The biggest possibility is to be released, if you are lucky in the future, you will be a squire in the department, and if you are unlucky, you will be a five-horse Huangtang. If there is a choice, I may go to Yangzhou, but this is just an idea, and whether it can be realized depends on the game in the court. Back to Jiangning...... It's hard. Shangyuan here I will recommend a proper person, it will not break my rules, and besides, with your eldest brother and them watching, no one dares to do this. The girls' school can be opened, although I can't be a teacher, but you can also find a good enough character, in fact, you can be a teacher with a sixth sister. ”

Xu Liu shook his head and said, "How can I do it?" You'll die of laughter. ”

"Why not? You are not going to take the top prize, you are just reading and writing, learning a skill, and having a capital to compete with your husband, so that you will not live completely on your husband and be taken care of by your husband's family. Judging from this standard, you are actually more suitable than me, and you also know that I have a headache right now at the girls' school. ”

Of course, Xu Liu knows that the sequelae of Fan Jin being a teacher in the women's school is that many girls and children begin to refuse the marriage arranged by the family, or they can delay it, and many people secretly write poems to the teacher and even say that it doesn't matter if they are concubines and children, as long as they follow the teacher and be a girl for a lifetime, they will admit it.

Of course, Fan Jin doesn't regard the impulsiveness of these little girls as love, but it is also a big thing to parry so many people every day. Xu Liu smiled and said: "It's not their fault, who makes the brother-in-law too good, everyone is willing to make the brother-in-law small." In fact, I know that this is something that cannot be done. But having a dream in my heart is better than not even having a dream, in order to chase this dream to fight once, not to let myself have regrets, this is all taught by my brother-in-law. ”

"Yes, that's called self-destruction." Fan Jin said helplessly: "You have to teach them well in the future, don't let them lead you astray." It is impossible for them to be small, and now it is nothing more than impulse, and they will regret it later. Tell them to learn to control their feelings, and if they meet a bad person, they will be miserable. ”

"How can a brother-in-law be a bad person?" Xu Liu's eyes had some complicated feelings in his eyes, and he stared at Fan Jin and said, "What does it matter if you are willing to throw away so many official affairs and make a man who is a girl happy?" ”

"That's not what I said. Marriage is related to the family, not everyone has the good luck of your sister Shunqing and met an enlightened father. Her willingness to marry a poor scholar like me has been wasted, and if these children who study in girls' schools want to be small, the family is afraid that they will not make a fuss. It is impossible to sober them up. When I was leaving, one of them gave them a painting, which was considered a memorial for teachers and students. If anyone is bullied by her husband's family in the future, I, as a teacher, can think of a way for them to come forward, but don't think about other things. ”

Xu Liu didn't speak, but followed Fan Jin out of the grass market, she suddenly grabbed Fan Jin's arm and led him to an alley. It's a dead alley, not much people walk around, and the environment is very secluded. Xu Liu looked up at Fan Jin, his face flushed, and after a while, he said, "Brother-in-law...... I'm going to tell you something. I...... It wasn't born to my mother. ”

"Sixth Sister ......"

"Listen to me. Although everyone is hiding it from me, I actually knew it for a long time. My own mother is my mother's sister, the girl who came out, and I have the best relationship with my mother. Originally, I came to Jiangning to play, but my father broke into it after drinking...... There you have me. Mother's temperament is already very weak, and when something like this happens, she is depressed, and she passed away after giving birth to me. My mother raised me as her own daughter. So although I am nominally the daughter of the princess, I am actually a concubine, and from beginning to end, my mother has no name, and I can't say whether I am a concubine or an adulterous child. ”

The matter is related to personal interests, and it is related to the national government, Fan Jin can learn some information about this matter from Zhang Shunqing and the nature of it is completely different from Xu Liu's own mouth, and it is too late for him to stop Xu Liu. I had to comfort: "Sixth sister, don't think about it so much, I believe that neither Mrs. nor Grandpa Guo will think about this, after all, the sixth sister is so cute, how can she think about it before she has time to love." The things of the previous generation have nothing to do with you, and you shouldn't think about it too much. Since this matter is a secret, let it be called a secret forever, keep it in your heart and don't say it, if someone makes irresponsible remarks about this matter in the future, my brother-in-law will kill him! ”

Xu Liu shook his head and said, "I told my brother-in-law this, not to tell my brother-in-law the secret, but to tell my brother-in-law that I am not a grandson." It doesn't matter what I do! ”

The little girl, who had always been well-behaved and cowardly in front of Fan Jin, suddenly burst out with great courage, grabbed Fan Jin's sleeve and said, "Brother-in-law, I am different from those girls, I can be small." Anyway, I'm so ugly, no one wants to be a main room, and it's okay to be small. My brother-in-law went to Beijing this time...... Would you like to bring me with you? ”

In terms of Xu Liu's character and identity, I don't know how much effort and determination it takes to say it. After saying this, her big eyes locked on Fan Jin and she didn't say a word. His hands were clenched into fists, and he looked at the man in front of him with good eyes, waiting for the final verdict.

Fan Jin's hand was raised, lightly pressed on Xu Liu's shoulder, and he let out a long breath and said, "Nonsense." Who says you're not good-looking? My sixth sister is a rare beauty in the world, her appearance and temperament are impeccable, who can marry you as the main room, it is a blessing from the cultivation of three lives. And this blessing ...... I didn't. For the people of the world, you are the beloved daughter of the grandfather of the country, and it is impossible to be small and lose the face of the princess. Besides, there is nothing good about a scholar like your brother-in-law, you will definitely be able to meet a man worthy of your marriage in the future and live a good life. Don't be stupid, if you look back and think about it in a few years, you will know how confused you are now. There is still something in my brother-in-law's yamen, so I'll send you home first, and then I'll go back to the yamen. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand slightly, watching Xu Liu's reaction.

"Thank you, brother-in-law." Xu Liu didn't dwell too much, nor did he cry, but saluted very politely, lowered his head and walked out of the alley behind Fan Jin. Fan Jin may not be unintentional about this well-behaved woman in his heart, but now that he is about to get married, he will never provoke Xu Liu to cause such trouble. As for what she thinks, I can't care about it at the moment. Fan Jin could guess that she was depressed, but she didn't want to comfort her, dragging her feet at this time would only make things worse and worse.

Fan Jin couldn't leave the county, so naturally he couldn't send Xu Liu back to Dagongfang, so he could only send her to a sedan chair and arrange for someone to send her back. He lowered his head all the way and didn't speak until he got into the sedan chair, then suddenly raised his head, looked at Fan Jin's departing figure from the small window, and said in a low voice: "Brother-in-law is a big fool...... Knowing that I'm a stupid girl, what I recognize won't change, so what's the use of telling me this? I won't change my mind if you say anything, and I definitely don't want to listen to you this time! ”