On the seventh day of the seventh month, the matter of Tianqiao Hall was completely settled. The whereabouts of the students have also been determined, those who should go home go home, those who should go to the store to report, and those who go to the store to report, are actually going their own way in this day of the galaxy.

Li Jingshan got up early in the morning, and after washing up, she went to knock on Meng Shu's door.

"Get up, get up. Senior Brother Ye is leaving! ”

As soon as she finished knocking, the door opened, and Meng Shu stood at the door neatly dressed.

Li Jingshan withdrew her hand curtly, "Morning." You won't be ...... Haven't slept all night? ”

Meng Shu couldn't see any emotion on her pale face, "I can't sleep." ”

Li Jingshan moved her lips, but swallowed back what she wanted to say. Meng Shu straightened her clothes and stepped out, "Let's go, Senior Brother Ye should also pack up." ”

“…… Oh. Li Jingshan followed like a little follower, and sighed again, Meng Shu's rational nerves are really strong, and any emotions that seem superfluous to her can be well concealed.

Ye Qing was indeed already waiting at the door of Tianqiao Hall, he hired a small car, and put all the gifts on the car, and when he saw them come out, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, and the morning light happened to shine between his eyebrows, and the whole person lit up.

"Three years of classmates, two more people have to take care of me."

Without waiting for the two girls to speak, Ye Qing first arched his hand and said with a teasing smile. In fact, in the academy, Ye Qing was the oldest among them, and he called them senior brother, most of the time, he cared more about others.

Li Jingshan was about to respond, but Meng Shu responded lightly, "Senior Brother Ye was taking care of two women during his studies, and when he returned to his hometown, he was not afraid of being interrogated by his fiancée?" ”

Ye Qing was stunned, and laughed awkwardly, "Senior Sister Meng's temperament is still so straight, and her mouth is still unforgiving. ”

A few people laughed and walked out of the city.

"Don't just laugh at me, senior brother, you two are not young anymore," Ye Qing leaned on the old and sold the old authentic, "Now your studies are completed." Starting a business is just around the corner, but it's time to start a family, right? Can the family arrange a marriage for you? ”

Meng Shu's throat moved, this time it was Li Jingshan who took the lead, "Senior brother, why have you become gossip?" The two of us are in the cardamom years, why are we in a hurry to find our in-laws. ”

"Cardamom is twelve, you're twenty, okay!" Ye Qing opened his mouth and blocked back, hating iron and steel, "You think you can pretend to be a child by hanging a longevity lock!" ”

Look at the two in front of me, one smiles and doesn't care, the other doesn't answer indifferently, he sighed, and said in his heart, he is salty and eats radishes, and he is worried about this matter.

So he stopped, "Send you a thousand miles, and you must say goodbye in the end." Besides, Xiaozhuang and Minzhi got married in September, and we all had to participate, and we will meet again soon, so don't make that miserable parting. Two people stay. ”

Li Jingshan and Meng Shu still insisted on sending it outside the ten-mile long pavilion before they watched Ye Qing's carriage go away.

On the way back, I don't know if the sorrow of farewell was still there, or because of Ye Qing's nosy words, the two of them didn't speak sullenly. In the end, it was Li Jingshan who broke the silence.

"What are you going to do after that?"

"I've already entered the main store as an errand boy, what else are I going to do?" Meng Shu looked at her in surprise.

"I mean...... Won't you take a look at the house in Liangzhou? Li Jingshan asked, "We still have a month's vacation when we are full, and if our family is in other places, we can have more than ten days of family leave." When are you going to go home and see? ”

Meng Shu looked into the distance, and said lightly for a long time, "I am the concubine of the family, and my mother passed away long before I came out." My relationship with my eldest mother and several siblings...... That's it. If you don't go back, no one will miss it. ”

Although Li Jingshan has a close relationship with Meng Shu, it is the first time she has heard her mention her family affairs. She thought of the second uncle's house in the Li family's main house, and suddenly felt empathy. She reached out and hugged Meng Shu's thin shoulders and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'll accompany you." ”

Meng Shu still smiled faintly and asked, "What about you, when will you go back?" ”

"I'll wait for the results of my brother's autumn examination to come out, and then go back with him, and come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival." just said that she wanted to accompany others, but found that she still had a home to go back to, and she couldn't even accompany someone for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Jingshan couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and put down her hand.

Meng Shu didn't care, and smiled faintly, "Brother Ling has done well in his studies, and he will definitely be able to go to high school." ”

Li Jingshan responded, and suddenly said, "Shushu, why don't you go back to Minzhou with us?" ”

Meng Shu turned her head to look at her, came over for a while, shook her head and smiled, "No, it is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a lot of work, but many craftsmen have to go back for the festival, and there are not enough people, so I will stay." ”

Li Jingshan was willing to invite, but she knew that with Meng Shu's indifferent temperament, it was not surprising that she would not accept the invitation. I had to say, "Then I will set off to Qingzhou to find Minzhi after the Mid-Autumn Festival, you also come early, let's talk about private things before she gets married." She saw Meng Shu nodding in response, and then put down a big stone in her heart.

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During the days when she was waiting for Li Jingjue to release the list, Li Jingshan was not idle.

Tianqiaotang's studies are over,The students also left the school one after another,Li Jingshan and Meng Shu, the two girls, were afraid of inconvenience,And they didn't want to go to live in the craftsman room in the Jingbao Pavilion。 So I decided to rent a yard in the capital to share it.

After tidying up the yard, it has passed the Midyear Festival. Li Jingshan took her younger brother home, made up for him with soup and stew, and sent him into the examination room, and then ten days later, on July 30, Li Jingjue got up early in the morning and went to see the list outside Dongzhimen. Li Jingshan cleaned up the house at home, her face was calm, but she either took the wrong rag or kicked over the basin.

It wasn't until noon that Li Jingjue hadn't come back, but she saw Ruan Mingyu coming over with a smile on his face. When Li Jingshan saw his expression, her heart immediately settled down: her brother's reputation was stable.

Ruan Mingyu still wanted to sell Guanzi, "Guess what Ah Jue's results are?" ”

Li Jingshan looked at him and said with a firm smile, "It looks like the situation is hopeless, but the Jinshi background should not be able to run." ”

Ruan Mingyu raised his eyebrows, and just as he wanted to respond to her, he saw Li Jingjue running back from a distance, and shouted as soon as he entered the door, "I'm hit!" Sister, I won the fourth place in the exam! rushed over and hugged Li Jingshan and laughed and jumped.

Li Jingshan covered her mouth in surprise. I didn't expect my younger brother, who had just turned eighteen, to achieve such a ranking.

Ruan Mingyu only stood aside and watched with a smile as the two sisters and brothers were happy, and when they finally calmed down, they stepped forward and said, "Let's go, I have set a seat in Baoyi Zhai, and I will celebrate Ah Jue first." ”

"I'm going to eat the duck with eight-treasure sauce and jade shrimp there!" Although she won the Jinshi, Li Jingjue's child's heart has not diminished at all.

When I arrived at Baoyi Zhai, the store was already full of people, all of whom came here to celebrate. And the shopkeeper directly led them to the second floor seat.

Li Jingjue looked at the bustling crowd downstairs and had a whim, "Young Master Ruan, if I don't pass the exam this time, wouldn't your private room be in vain?" ”

Ruan Mingyu glanced at him, "If you don't pass the exam, I still invite you to eat, and comfort the sad mood with delicious food - it's just that you pay!" ”

Li Jingjue screamed, "Why am I already so sad and want me to break the bank?" ”

"Those who buy drunk to drown their sorrows must spend their own money to buy wine to drown their sorrows." Ruan Mingyu said with a smile.

"Really?" Li Jingjue looked at him suspiciously. Ruan Mingyu smiled incomprehensibly, "Next time you try." ”

sat down to serve, and sure enough, there were eight treasure sauce duck and jade shrimp ordered by Li Jingjue.

Li Jingjue took care of herself and feasted, Ruan Mingyu picked out the steamed sea bass clean and spine, sandwiched it into Li Jingshan's bowl, and became a qualified breeder, "You eat more, the more you raise, the thinner you get, I have no sense of accomplishment." ”

Li Jingjue bit a duck leg and smiled, Li Jingshan blushed from his laughter, but Ruan Mingyu was calm. If it is thicker than the skin, few people can compare to the Ruan family.

Ruan Mingyu waited until the two of them had eaten almost before asking, "Ah Jue is within the top ten in this exam, and it stands to reason that he can stay in Jingli, what are your plans for the future?" ”

Li Jingjue held the teacup and was silent. After a long time, he said, "My sister is on an errand in Beijing, and she once said that she wanted to take her mother to Beijing. It stands to reason that I should also stay in Beijing. It's just ......" didn't know how to speak for a while, and then fell silent.

Ruan Mingyu only drank tea quietly and did not urge him. Li Jingshan remembered that she had heard Li Jingjue talk about her plans for the future before. I couldn't help asking, "Do you still want to go to the land of Xiyue?" ”

Li Jingjue glanced at Li Jingshan in confusion, and her face slowly turned red. Banyu nodded slightly.

The land of Xiyue is the remote west of the territory of the Dalang Dynasty, when Li Jingshan was on the way to Beijing, followed Chu Tiankuo to relieve the epidemic Xiling City, which is the easternmost capital city of the land of Xiyue. Further west, there is the land of the Yimin tribe. There are also mountain bandits who are rampant, and they set themselves up as kings.

The year before last, Chu Tiankuo was ordered to reorganize Xiyue. It took him two years to subdue the tribes of the Yimin and suppress the mountain bandits. At the beginning of this year, he proposed to the imperial court that Maoxian County would be set up in the west of Xiling to strengthen control. This resolution has become the hottest topic in the streets and alleys of Beijing.

Ruan Mingyu said: "Now that the imperial court intends to develop the land of Xiyue, Xiling and Mao counties have been officially established as counties. However, the state capital system is not yet complete. It is true that a large number of officials are needed to take up their posts. Just ......"

He bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the tabletop, "There are poor mountains and bad waters, miasma is rampant, and life is hard. Are you sure you can handle it? ”

When Li Jingshan heard this, she first felt distressed. She was in Xiling back then. As soon as he went there, he immediately took over the prevention and control of the epidemic, and had no time to pay attention to the local situation. Walk through a street, the main street that goes in and out of the city. I only remember that it was not as good as a small town in the south.

Therefore, she did not know anything about Xiling at all. Now that my brother is going to Mao County, which is more remote and has just been established as a county, wouldn't it be even more harsh?

As soon as she wanted to open her mouth to persuade, Li Jingjue had already responded: "The poor mountains and bad waters are also the mountains and rivers of Dalang, and besides, there is chaos at the beginning of the opening, and everything is waiting to be prospered, so it is necessary for someone to educate and develop people's livelihood." Just like a blank slate, it is a good place for aspirants to show their strengths. ”

After a pause, he seemed to feel that he was not convincing enough, and said: "Even Li Jianwei and Li Ge Lao said that Mo is afraid of Tongyun to cover his eyes, and the young ambition is to be Lingyun!" ”