Chen Shimei's father sighed, to say that this old man is also stubborn enough, and he can't let go of his little bit of scholarly face: "I've been here all my life, and I'm really reluctant to leave." If you have a meritorious name, I can also tell the villagers that you have glorified your ancestors in Bianjing Guangzong, and I will follow you to get your light. You're just making a deal right now, and you can't say goodbye to anyone else. ”

Don't mention the feeling in Chen Yuan's heart, he wants to be angry, but he knows that this is Chen Shimei's father, the person who gave him this body, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he has to suppress his anger: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely come back next year." ”

Since it doesn't make sense of him now, then he can only enlighten slowly, after Chen Yuan eats, he immediately asked Han Qi to take out several bags of gifts prepared, this is Chen Shimei's home, where there is a home, not only parents, wives and children, but also three aunts, six mothers-in-law and two uncles.

I haven't been back for two years, and I always have to go and see it when I come back. And put on a little arrogance in front of these relatives, not only to have face, but also to fight for the old man's face. Although I didn't take a fame test, this connection may not meet the requirements of the old man at all, but it is better to earn a little than not to earn at all.

"Dad, is there anyone in the second aunt's family now? I want to go see my second aunt, I haven't seen her for two years, and I don't know if her legs and feet are better. ”

The old man was obviously very satisfied with Chen Yuan's performance, and the ice on his face completely melted: "Well, you go, it's still early, they shouldn't have gone to the ground." ”

Chen Yuan picked out one from a pile of packages: "Here is the tiger skin I brought back from Liao, a real tiger skin, just right to wrap the legs of the second aunt." ”

Han Qi came to ask if he wanted him to go with him, but Chen Yuan carried the package on his back, and he had more important things for Han Qi to do: "You go to the county seat this morning to help me do something, bring more money, go to the rice shop and see if you can buy a thousand catties of grain and come back." ”

Now is the season of spring and summer, that is, the ancients said that the green and yellow are not harvested, the grain is very expensive, at this time a thousand catties of grain, worth a lot of money.

The old man was stunned when he heard this: "What are you doing with so much food?" ”

Chen Yuan really thought a lot last night, including if there was no way to convince this old man, he should do it.

If the old man doesn't leave, Qin Xianglian won't leave. During the spring exam, it was easy to say that Chen Yuan didn't plan to take the exam at all, so he asked Lao Pang and Lao Lu to help him move, and it was not a problem to get sixty or seventy people like Wu Zhou.

The key is that there is still one year between now and next year's spring exam. Chen Yuan didn't know what was going on with the real Quanmei case, when did the famine happen, what kind of famine happened, and he didn't know, he only knew that the two old men starved to death in the end.

To tell the truth, Chen Yuan became more and more suspicious that the Quanmei case was just a drama, because so far, there has never been a prime minister in the court of the Great Song Dynasty! And during this period of time, based on the analysis of Chen Shimei's experience that he got from Chen Shimei's memory, this guy is not a heinous bad person, and he can't even compare to himself when he says that he is a widow, and he can't do anything to kill his wife and children.

What made Chen Yuan most suspicious was that with his understanding of the legal system of the Song Dynasty, there were many doubts in the Quanmei case itself. First of all, Bao Zheng has now become the prime minister of Dali Temple, and it is impossible for him to return to Kaifeng Mansion to dismiss Chen Shimei.

And even if it was the Quanmei case that Bao Zheng tried when he was the prime minister of Dali Temple, he was not qualified to kill Chen Shimei in the lobby. Because Chen Shimei is a colt and a new champion! These two points are in line with the "discussion of relatives" and "discussion of talents" in the death penalty of the Song Dynasty! In other words, he is a relative of the emperor, and he has enough talent to be recognized by everyone, these two points are taken up casually, and Bao Zheng has no right to condemn Chen Shimei in court, at most, it will be decided after the autumn.

Also, what made Chen Yuan feel that the Quanmei case was a fake case was that it was impossible for the princess of the Song Dynasty to marry the champion. The champion is an identity with a promising future, but once you marry the princess, you are destined not to interfere in the government in the future, and even the official can't be too big.

The younger champion will not marry the princess at all, and the older champion princess will not look down on them, so they are like polar bears and penguins, although they both live in the ice and snow of the earth, they will not have the opportunity to be together.

But what if it's really possible? Chen Yuan didn't dare to be careless. At least Han Qi really appeared, Qin Xianglian was also standing in front of her, and the two children were also here.

When facing Pang Taishi, he dared to fight hard for Linghua. In the face of such a dangerous situation in Liao, he also dared to fight against the water. It's a lot of fun to fight with people! But Chen Yuan is really afraid of the occurrence of the Quanmei case, it is not a fight with people, it is a fight with the sky!

So despite so many doubts in his heart, Chen Yuan still had to make preparations to prevent the occurrence of the Quanmei case.

He continued to do some things that moved the old man, hoping that he would finally change his mind and follow him. On the other hand, Chen Yuan had to stock up on enough food to ensure that if there was a real famine, they would not starve to death.

1,000 catties of grain is enough for this family of five to eat until next spring. In other words, even if the famine occurs this year, it can guarantee that the old man will not starve to death.

This can't make Chen Yuan completely relieved, he is going to leave some money for Qin Xianglian, so that she doesn't have to work so hard for life in the future, and if there is really an accident, they have enough money to go to Bianjing to find themselves.

Of course, it is best to convince Chen Shimei's father to go to Bianjing with him.

He didn't have much time left, Pang Ji's birthday banquet had already passed, and Chen Yuan was very worried about Hu Jing's current situation.

The entire Chenjia Village is not very old, and although there are many relatives to visit, one morning is enough.

At a relative's house, Chen Yuan was warmly entertained, not because they had a good relationship before, but because the bags of gifts were enough to knock on the door of any family.

People are very realistic, and relatives are no exception. Chen Yuan remembers very well that one of the motivations for Chen Shimei's hard study in the past was that these relatives despised his eyes. Although a scholar is respected, he is a meritorious scholar. A person like Chen Shimei's family, who has no fame, is not as good as being able to farm with all his strength in the eyes of the villagers.

So although they have enough respect for the father and son on the face, when they are busy with farm work and only one woman in his family, Qin Xianglian, is working in the fields, those not mean words still appear from time to time.

But now it's different, Chen Shimei is back. Riding a tall horse, wearing a silk satin, with a little daughter-in-law who was more beautiful than a fairy from Bianjing, when they knocked on the door of their relatives with a large bag of gifts, they were very enthusiastic to greet them, and even put down their farm work and ran back from the field.

They accepted the gift with a look of envy and praised the beauty of the rhombus. Chen Yuan didn't think that this was their power, because people were like this. Relatives should take care of each other, but like in the past, they always have to be taken care of by others, but they can't take care of others, and after a long time, there will definitely be no relatives.

So even though no one has helped them over the years except for Chen Sheng, a hardcore friend, Chen Yuan is still very polite to thank every relative, thanking them for helping him take care of his family in the two years he left.

Isn't it hypocritical? Favors are inherently hypocritical. In fact, it can't be said to be hypocritical, it's just that Chinese tradition has formed a kind of politeness.

Those people also politely asked Chen Yuan to eat at their house at noon, but Chen Yuan refused one by one. He's going back to continue his old man's work, and besides, he's a man who likes to eat at home. The family ate a little casually, and then took the children and two elderly people to the county seat in the afternoon.

Last night, Qin Xianglian told Chen Yuan that in order to save money, they had not been to the county seat for more than a year, that is, they had to purchase some New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year this year, and Qin Xianglian went alone. Chen Yuan believes that all this is Chen Shimei's fault and should be made up for by him.

So he was going to take the family to the county seat in the afternoon to have fun, so that the old man would be happier, and his purpose might be easier to reach.

The county seat is more than 40 miles away from Chenjia Village, and Han Qi drove a carriage to buy rice in the morning, and he could run back and forth in the morning.

After eating at noon, Chen Yuan let the family sit in the carriage, and he and Han Qi sat on the wheel and went to the county seat together. and Chen Sheng, who came to join in the fun.

In order to keep the old man and the child from feeling too bumpy in the carriage, Chen Yuan asked Han Qi to drive the carriage very slowly. There is no hurry in time, Han Qi had already booked an inn when he came to contact Mipu in the morning, and they didn't plan to come back in the evening.

The two children were very excited, they rarely had the opportunity to go to the county seat, and it was the first time to ride in the carriage, and they kept shouting in the carriage all the way.

An hour later, the carriage stopped at the gate of the county seat.

This small county town is no bigger than Bianjing, the city gate cave is much smaller, and it is not lively enough, and the inventory of the guards at the gate is relatively relaxed. Seeing this carriage called the "BMW of the Song Dynasty" coming from a distance, the soldiers were busy cheering up to prevent a big man from coming to make a secret visit.

The soldier straightened his shirt even more, and then stood at the door and stopped the carriage: "Stop, what are you doing?" ”

Han Qi stopped the carriage, and Chen Yuan jumped off the wheel: "Several military masters work hard, we are from Chenjia Village, come to the county seat to see the excitement." ”

The head of the soldier and a few soldiers came over to inspect the carriage briefly.

This remote small county town is located in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, so there is no need to worry about any details, mainly to see if they are carrying prohibited weapons, to prevent the appearance of characters in the rivers and lakes, and to print and distribute public security cases with evil surnames, so the inspection procedure is very simple.

(To be continued)