The carriage was walking very slowly, the road was not good, it was shaking and bumping, Lin Mei was dizzy, it was better to walk, so she simply got out of the car and chatted with the woman.

"My surname is Lin, my single name is Mei, you don't want to be a slave, I'm not used to it; What's your name, can you also introduce yourself, how old you are, and what are your specialties? Lin Mei said.

The woman was a little restrained: "The man's surname is Xu, his name is Rongsheng, he is fifty out of forty, and everyone used to call him a slave... I am a single mother, and I am eight years old in my Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

"Don't you have a name of your own?" Lin Mei was puzzled.

The woman said embarrassedly: "It's a coincidence, my name is Shan Meihua, and there is also a plum character in my name, which conflicts with the name of the benefactor." ”

After the woman finished speaking, she secretly looked at the new master's expression.

When Lin Mei heard this, she felt that it was nothing, and said with a smile: "Then we are still quite fateful, I still call you Xu in charge, right?" ”

This name, called in the local dialect, is really similar to Meizi, in order to avoid trouble in the future, Lin Mei still decided to call her Xu Dangjia.

But when she called Mother Shan, Lin Mei felt that she couldn't scream.

Xu Dangjia saw that her expression did not seem to be fake, and put the hanging heart back in her stomach.

Then he said: "I am a man who is good at raising horses, driving horses, and I am good at kitchen work. ”

"I don't plan to investigate your past past, as long as you work hard in my house in the future, life will not be too bad." Lin Mei and Yan Yue said, suddenly a turn, majestic: "But I am also a person with sand in my eyes, and I can't tolerate betraying the master, if I know that the two of you have a betrayal heart, then you can see what the fate of the betrayal is." ”

Xu Dangjia was bluffed by her like this, and suddenly felt a feeling of being lost for a long time, which made her involuntarily respect Lin Mei.

"Miss, don't worry, the slave knows it, and she will not do that kind of betrayal of the master."

After Lin Mei knocked a few words, she briefly introduced the situation at home to her.

Father Lin listened to Lin Mei's report that he had spent a total of eighteen taels of silver, and felt that the leg injury was extending to his heart, and it hurt from his leg to his heart.

Although he didn't spend the money saved by Daddy Lin, this is also the hard-earned money that Lin Mei earned, which is more distressing than spending her own, earning money to support her family should be her own responsibility, but now she has become a burden to her family.

Lin Mei glanced at the woman in the courtyard obliquely, thinking that she still had to find a place to settle them, so she informed Father Lin.

Lin Mei asked Xu Dang's family to vacate a utility room to come out, but there was no kang, so she found two benches, put a few wooden boards, and put wheat straw under the mat first, and waited for someone to build Zhang Kang after a while.

When he first arrived at Lin's house, Xu Rongsheng woke up, and he was lying on the mat at this time, looking at the simple house, and his heart was very steady.

Xu Dangjia was also diligent, settled the man, and began to help Lin Mei learn to make tofu. Lin Mei also taught her without reservation, she already had a foundation, and she would soon be able to get started.

Liberated Lin Mei from the kitchen.

……

Whitewater Town, in Xiao Mansion.

Mrs. Xiao wiped her hands with a wet cloth towel and said, "I heard that you like to run to the countryside recently, but you have left a lot of homework behind?" ”

After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Qiming who was standing in front of him.

Xiao Qiming was just about to go to the door when his mother called him into Wanfutang.

Seeing that his mother asked this, he probably began to doubt, and said in a hurry: "My son has only recently truly realized what it means to "read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, take off the turbidity of the law in his chest, and camp in the natural hills and ravines, and become a villa." ”

"Oh, it seems that walking around will help you in your studies, that is, you might as well go to Uncle Taiyuan's house in advance to prepare for this year's autumn festival, if you can become a talented master in one fell swoop, then you can directly participate in the spring festival next year, what do you think?" Mrs. Xiao said with a smile.

Xiao Qiming straightened out his thoughts in a panic, and said tepidly: "Mother, why did you suddenly mention this matter, but who said what?" Didn't I say that I would take the test next year, why did I suddenly let my son go ahead of schedule, this is only four months away from Qiuqiu, which makes my son unprepared. ”

"It's been two years since you were admitted to Xiucai, it's time for you to try, you're not too young, you won the lift early, and it's time for your mother to consider your family." Mrs. Xiao immediately laughed after speaking.

In addition to the embarrassment, Xiao Qiming still wanted to fight for himself again: "Mother, my son feels that the article is still a little hot, and he wants to end up a year late, and he will be more sure then." ”

Xiao Fuzi was a little displeased, frowned, thought for a long time, and said, "It's okay, but I plan to send you to live at your uncle's house for a while, until next year's autumn is over, and it's not too late for you to come back." ”

Seeing that his son was sullen, he hurriedly persuaded: "Your uncle is also from a Jinshi, and it is more than enough to have him guide you in your article, not to mention that he is still friends with Examiner Meng, if you can please your uncle and take you to the examiner to take a look at it first, this name is not in your pocket." ”

"Mother, you know that your son doesn't like to go through the back door, as if your son is particularly incompetent, I won't go." Xiao Qiming thought of the good-looking uncle, he didn't want to go, maybe he would be taken crooked.

"Nonsense, this world is not like this, there is no way for others to have a relationship, you are good, and you still push it out. Don't say this in the future, besides, it's your uncle, and it's not an outsider, if your marriage with Minglan is successful, then you are his son-in-law, can he not take care of you. Mrs. Xiao let this marriage not be a matter of one day or two days, but my sister went early, and my brother-in-law renewed a room, Minglan 's marriage, her stepmother, did not give a clear answer, which made Mrs. Xiao feel very faceless, thinking that if her sister was still there, which would be her turn, and she also put up a shelf, looking superior everywhere.

Seeing that his mother mentioned the marriage with his cousin again, Xiao Qiming knew that it was useless to be anxious, so he still wanted to show his attitude: "Mother, I have always regarded Minglan as my own sister, and I have never thought about it, I think that since my uncle's family didn't fancy me, then forget it, she is the second daughter of the sixth grade official, and I am just a showman, and I am indeed not worthy of my cousin." ”

"Smack~" Mrs. Xiao slapped the table angrily and said angrily: "My son is so good and capable, if someone hadn't stirred it up, how could your uncle not respond." You pack up your things in the next two days, and in two days I will ask your brother to personally send you there, I want your uncle to take a good look at my son, and you can also fight for some anger and behave well, I don't believe that your uncle is really blind and can't see such an excellent talent. ”

"But Uncle Ruo still doesn't like it?" Xiao Qiming asked tentatively.

Mrs. Xiao sneered and said, "If he is really blind, then this marriage will be over." ”

In a blink of an eye, he sighed seriously: "But son, you have to fight for your mother, your brother is hopeless in this life, the Xiao family training, the eldest son of the long house must guard the family business, otherwise with your brother's intelligence, maybe he will be in the Jinshi early, that is like now he doesn't even have a show of talent, since he was a child, he has followed your father to learn to plan the plate, read the account book, and after your father left, he took over the family's business early." Mother's hope can only be placed on you, you and your brother are brothers of the same mother, and you have to support each other in the future. ”