Seeing that his son and Ruan Yuping came out first, but Sun Yunxuan was missing, both Zhou and Li were a little jealous. It's just that I lost my daughter, but now that I've found it, is it worth seeing the county lord in person?

If all the families who have lost their children are like this, then the magistrate will not be busy to death, and he will not have to work, and he will receive this kind of person every day!

It's hypocritical!

They were still a little unhappy that Tao Zhixian had left them here cold.

However, their unhappiness was only for a moment, and it was just a little jealousy hidden in their hearts. Because they saw the heavy cloth bag in their children's hands, it couldn't be all silver, right?

Zhou's is okay, her Dong Mingju is a son, no matter what she has, it is hers. However, the Li family is different, Ruan Yuping is a girl, and seeing that she has reached the age of saying goodbye, she can't worry about it a little more.

Therefore, Zhou's is just slow, but Li's speed is very fast, he walked to Ruan Yuping in a few steps, took the bag and said, "Girl, what is this, why is it so heavy?" Yo, it's silver, it's all silver. ”

Li screamed, and felt that this was unruly, so he hurriedly covered his mouth. It's just that the white silver shook her heart, and she was surprised and happy. How much is such a bunch?

"Yes, mother, this is the reward of the magistrate, saying that we won the first place in the country, so we were rewarded with fifty taels of silver. Then, you take it, I'm going to carry this brand. ”

Ruan Yuping gave the cloth bag containing fifty taels of silver to the Li family, and she carried the medal herself. In this regard, Li Shixi is like something. She was afraid that Ruan Yuping, a girl, would have a big idea and take the silver as her own private money.

Even so, she couldn't help it.

Zhou didn't take the money, because she didn't like Li's approach. If you want to go out with you, you should have seen and seen, and you should have some skills. This Li is good, fuss. Thinking of this, he asked with interest: "Son, what is this plaque, why is it so heavy?" ”

She personally took the plaque in Dong Ming's hand, for fear of crushing her son. Dong Mingju is now a baby bump in her heart, the capital of happiness in life and the talk point of showing off, but there can be no problems.

Moreover, he is only fourteen years old this year, and he still has a long way to go.

Dong Mingju's height has always been a regret in Zhou's heart, because the family was really poor and the food was poor, although she had tried her best to cook the food, and from time to time she boiled an egg for Dong Mingju to eat.

But that's all the ingredients at home, and the meat can't be seen, so how good can it be.

As far as it seems now, Dong Mingju is only a little higher than Ruan Yuping. For this reason, Zhou has slandered in his heart more than once, why is a girl from a family so tall.

But in fact, it's not Ruan Yuping who is tall, it's Dong Mingju who is short.

Hearing this, Dong Mingju pointed to the words on the plaque and said: "Mother, this is the plaque that we have won the first place in the knowledge competition, saying that it is to commemorate it, in short, it is the statement of the government, I don't understand." However, the magistrate asked us to hang it at the door of our house, saying that it was for the villagers to see. ”

"Yes, auntie, this was sent to us by the emperor himself. Just now, the magistrate also said, let's go back and hang it up immediately, so that everyone can have fun together. ”

"Hey, got it, yes, yes, yes."

This time, Li and Zhou's thoughts were surprisingly consistent.

To say that this plaque is really too stylish, it turned out to be made of brass, no wonder it is so heavy. When I go back, I will hang it up immediately, so that people from all over the country can also come and see.

"Then let's go back, it's been a month, your grandparents must be in a hurry." Zhou said that he wanted to go home immediately. She had thought about it, and she would take the ox cart back this time, but she couldn't insist on walking like before in order to save two copper coins. It's not good to be tired of her baby son.

Dong Ming said, "Mother, aren't you hungry?" ”

When Zhou heard this, he thought that Dong Mingju was hungry, yes, it was already time to eat, and he forgot it as soon as he was happy, anyway, there was so much silver, and it was okay to go back after eating. Besides, I also bought a few catties of meat after dinner.

Now there is no shortage of rice, grain and white flour at home, but there is a shortage of meat.

After thinking about it, Zhou said: "Yuping, my son and I are going to the inn for dinner, will you go?" Let's go, I'm in for a treat. ”

Zhou was rarely stiff, and felt that he was a man's mother, so he naturally wanted to treat him in etiquette.

Li and Ruan Yuping had been discussing how to deal with the land and silver, and when they were shouted by Zhou, they smiled and said, "Ah, you still don't know?" ”

Ruan Yuping had already told her that she would wait here for Sun Yunxuan's family to come out, so that they could go to Liuyunxuan for dinner together. The magistrate had already booked a private room, and the silver was also given, so he just went to eat directly.

"Know what?" Zhou was confused. She vaguely felt that she had missed something, because Li's face was full of pride, and she was a little unhappy.

"Mother, it's all my fault, I forgot to tell you, Lord Zhixian has already ordered a table of delicious food for us in Liuyunxuan. When Sun Yunxu's family comes out, let's just go eat together. ”

Hearing this, Zhou smiled and said, "So that's the case." By the way, where did you just say to eat? Liuyunxuan? But inside that Liuyun Xuan, where the food is expensive and scared to death? ”

The Zhou family was normal for a while, but now, like the Li family, began to make a fuss. I completely forgot how I despised the Lee family just now.

At this moment, even the Li family was stunned, is Liuyunxuan really that expensive? This way back, she has long been accustomed to the guest house, eating and drinking, being served, and stretching out her hands to eat and open her mouth.

Where is it like at home, from picking vegetables in the field to washing to cutting to frying, which is not do-it-yourself. Therefore, she thought that Liuyunxuan was just an inn she had seen along the way, just a place to eat.

Seeing Li's appearance, Zhou knew that she didn't know anything, so he said exaggeratedly: "Let me tell you, this Liuyunxuan, now it is one of the four major restaurants in our city, and meals need to be booked, that is to say, you may not be able to eat it if you have silver." Moreover, the food here is delicious......"

Zhou's neighbor Xiao Zhou's sister-in-law Zhou Mei married in Chenjia Village, and occasionally went to Liuyunxuan to sell longevity fruits, and bought some longevity fruit cakes produced by Liuyunxuan for her children, so she came to her from time to time to show off.

The more she listened, the more she remembered it.

After a while, Sun Yunxu's family came out. Seeing that the size and shape of the cloth bag and the weight were about the same as those in his hand, Li smiled and said, "You guys are out, then let's go to dinner." ”

As soon as the words fell, a clever boy who looked like a little girl said, "Come with me, the meal has already been prepared." The magistrate still has official business, so he won't accompany you to dinner. ”

Along the way, Li and Zhou looked east and west, and only then did they understand a truth, that is, why people in the city like to go shopping. Because they have money in their hands, they always want to buy something, and the key is that they can afford it.

They are in this state of mind now, they think everything is good, and they want to buy it and go home.

When they arrived at the door of Liuyunxuan, as soon as everyone saw this decoration, they began to admire it in their hearts. The Zhou family had a feeling that the old lady had finally come here, while the Li family felt that the Zhou family had not lied to her just now, and everything was really good here.

Of course, the entire Liuyunxuan was decorated according to Ye Feng's suggestion, not to mention whether it was expensive or not, this decoration style alone was different from the restaurants in the city, and it quickly opened up the distance.

Under the guidance of Xiao Er, a group of people went to the second floor. The little guy explained a few more words to the shopkeeper before leaving.

Dong Mingju is a man, and he has been training in the county government for half a month, and he has seen a lot of etiquette along the way, so he hurriedly stepped forward to thank the little guy, said a few more words, and then came back and sat down.

Seeing this, Zhou's eyes looked at Dong Mingju more and more like he was looking at a gold ingot. However, this time, even the Li family felt that Dong Mingju was a good kid and a polite person.

After thinking about it, Li said: "Big sister, Mingju is really sensible and polite. Sister-in-law Zhou, you are so blessed. ”

"Wherever you are, you Yuping is also a good one. Such a handsome girl, you, just wait to enjoy the blessings. ”

The two complimented each other until Xiao Er came to serve the food.

The little second said: "A few guest officers, the county magistrate has specially instructed that today's dishes are all specialties in the store." In particular, you must try a few dishes made with longevity fruits. ”

After speaking, the little two left, and then dishes were served one after another. In just five minutes, the dishes were ready, and a whole table was filled. The meat and vegetarian dishes, and some of them can't be named, in short, the match is very good and pleasing to the eye.

In addition, there are several jugs of unopened wine, which look like osmanthus wine.

Seeing that the dishes were ready, Xiao Er closed the door, and a few people began to eat. Indeed, these dishes have never been eaten by several people, and they are local specialties, so they are a little more intimate.

In short, everyone eats with a mouth full of oil.

Zhou and Li are okay, after all, they have eaten a lot of good things along the way. Especially in the past few days in the capital, those fans were generous and sent them a lot of food, so they can be regarded as knowledgeable.

But Wang Chunlai's family is different, where have they eaten such a good meal. At first, I was a little embarrassed, but then I saw that everyone let go of the big meal, and I no longer cared about the image. The two children even spooned and ate directly, and the chopsticks were not used directly.

Rao eats like this, and a few people let go of their stomachs to eat, and there are still a lot of dishes left, after all, there are only a few of them, but there are a lot of dishes. After thinking about it, Li said: "It's a waste to put this dish here, otherwise, let's call the little second brother to come and give us a bag, and we'll bring the meat or something back." ”

They also want the soup, and it is the most delicious to take it back and eat it below. It's a pity that there shouldn't be any suitable for these in this store, and they still have a car when they go back, so it's not easy to take with them at all.

The shopkeeper naturally met all the requirements, and one of them gave a paper bag.

The three housewives of the Li family, the Zhou family and the He family, began to put vegetables and meat into their paper bags. When there was only soup left on the plate, Sun Yunxuan said, "There are still three small jars of wine here, or we will share them." ”

In this way, with the things packed from the store and a pot of wine, several people said goodbye in front of Liuyunxuan and went home.

Chen Qianguo went to the county government to get the household registration paper, and Sun Yunxue took her father's family shopping, ready to buy some quilts and pots and pans and other necessities.

Speaking of which, the family is about to be separated, and they are bound to build a new house, and everything is needed. It's appropriate to buy it now, it's all in the city anyway.

On the other side, Zhou took his son Dong Mingju to the bookstore without thinking about it and bought some paper and pens. Although Dong Mingju is so old and has long missed the age of enlightenment, after discussing with his father, she still wants her son to try.

She kind of understood that nothing was as good as studying.

With all the land and silver that her son earned during this time, even if she and his father worked hard for a few lifetimes, they couldn't earn it. And he just memorized the book for a while, and all this was there.

Then, after thinking about it, he looked at the silver in his hand, and without hesitation, he went to the store to buy some pastries, and went to the butcher's stall to buy ten catties of meat, a few pieces of cloth, and some various kinds of food, and then took the ox cart home.

As for the Li family, it is also similar to the Zhou family. I first went to the butcher's stall and bought more than ten catties of good meat, and then sent some bones to the horse butcher. She has a lot of concubines at home, and when she goes back now, it goes without saying that she must have a treat. Anyway, I have to take the car back, so it's better to buy it all at once today, so as to save the toss back and forth.

Then they went to different places to buy vegetables, spices, fabrics, pastries and wine, and then the mother and daughter went home satisfied. Looking at this large pile of loot, Li's heart was simply happy.

Ruan Yuping's father Ruan Dalang is the eldest of the Ruan family, and there are two younger brothers and two younger sisters. The two younger brothers are married, but the two younger sisters are not married yet, and they still live with the second elder of the Ruan family.

Due to the large population, the family was separated in the early years. The two younger sisters lived with the second elder of the Ruan family, and Ruan Dalang and the two brothers paid some food to the family every month, and paid one tael of silver a year, which was regarded as alimony.

Because of the early separation, the families get along harmoniously, after all, they don't live together, and there is no friction. It's just a New Year's and holiday gathering, and it's usually their own way.

It's just that Ruan Yuping became famous inexplicably this time, which made the second and third families a little overwhelmed. It's more about having fun, though. The old family is like this, and it will be considered developed in the future, and I think I will pull them.

It's just that they only know that Ruan Yuping got the white flour and rice and silver issued by the county, but they don't know that Ruan Yuping has received more rewards. This is also the result of Lee's deliberate concealment. Otherwise, maybe it would have happened.

When the ox cart of Ruan Yuping's mother and daughter arrived at the entrance of the village, a sharp-eyed person went to Ruan's house to say it. After all, the people in the village rely on walking, where can they have this spare money to take the car back.

Now that the mother and daughter dare to do this, they may get some reward.

Ruan Dalang got the letter and immediately ran to the entrance of the village.

First, his eldest girl followed the official to the capital, and then his mother-in-law was also picked up, which made him panic. Moreover, it was only a month, and as time passed, he became more and more panicked.

Seeing this, someone in the village even joked to him: "Your daughter is now promising, and now many people are inquiring about her." I took your mother-in-law away again, do you think you will live in the capital, find someone from the city to marry, and not come back? ”

Now, with Ruan Yuping's conditions, she can indeed find someone from the city to marry. As for whether he will come back or not, it is really based on his conscience.

The villagers all knew that Ruan Dalang wanted to sell his daughter before, and he didn't know anyone from the city, so he asked people everywhere to inquire about the news.

At first, he didn't believe these words of the villagers, and felt that his mother-in-law and daughter had always been weak, and he would definitely not dare to do so. However, as time passed, the mother and daughter had no news at all, and he panicked.

If he really doesn't come back, how can he, a big man, feed the children in the family?

Now I heard that the mother and daughter had returned, so I had to hurry up to see them.

When he was halfway there, he saw the ostentatious ox cart. Just as he was about to curse, he heard Li open the curtain and say, "Boss, come up." ”

The ox cart stopped for a while, and Ruan Dalang sat down. It's just that he was instantly stunned, because the car was full of food and drink, and there was actually wine.

"This, this is?" Nguyen Da Lang only knows that he is happy now.

As soon as Li and Ruan Yuping left, no one in the family knew how to cook, and the second girl was still young, and the cooking was really not delicious, so they had been eating at the second elder of the Ruan family recently, which made his second brother and sister and third brother and sister have a lot of opinions, and they felt that the food and silver they gave were taken advantage of by the old family.

"Look at you stupid, you're hungry. That, this is the food in Liuyunxuan, a famous restaurant in the city, you can try it. With that, Li handed the meat and vegetables packed back to Ruan Dalang.

Li has been eating and drinking with Ruan Yuping outside recently, sleeping until he wakes up naturally every day, plus the food is good, and there are no worries, so his skin has become whiter. Coupled with this new clothes, how handsome he looks, Ruan Dalang's eyes are straight.

Li was a little proud and a little shy, and after beating him, he realized that his daughter was still in front of him, so he hurriedly ate the meat and vegetables. If you want to say that these dishes are too fragrant, I don't know where my mother-in-law bought them.

Gobbling it up, as if I had been hungry for a few days.

Don't even think about it, this month is probably not very good. She worried several times on the road, but Ruan Yuping said: "Mother, you finally came out with me, don't always think about home." Anyway, no matter how much you think about it, you can't go back. ”

For this reason, the Li family was not happy at first, thinking that Ruan Yuping was playful, and forgot about the family in a few days.

But Ruan Yuping had a different opinion, thought about it and said: "Mother, you are so busy at home, taking care of housework and raising younger siblings, but what about others, filial piety to grandparents, but the second aunt and third aunt feel that everything is what you should do." It's a good time to give them a feel for you. ”

Li thought about it, this is indeed the case, the second and third families always rely on their own smallness, and from time to time they play tricks, and push her to do any work. Take the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, once a year, when the second elder of the Ruan family bought the ingredients, they began to pretend to be sick, either stomach discomfort or headache, anyway, they just don't work.

And when the meal is ready, everything is ready, and you only know how to eat.

She also complained about this, but her man said: "You should be tired as a sister-in-law, don't worry about your younger siblings." ”

Ahh

Thinking of this, Li no longer felt sorry for the alabaster rouge that Ruan Yuping bought for her. As Ruan Yuping said, this family is going to get better slowly and develop towards the rich. In that case, shouldn't she have prepared earlier?

The ox cart is fast, and it is about to get home.

Although there are various bumps along the way, it is better than walking. It's been raining lately, and the village is muddy.

If they walk, won't they have to pay for all their shoes? You know, these two pairs of shoes were bought in the capital, and they are very good in terms of style and comfort. Even if you take it out for the New Year, it's very good.

And Ruan Dalang has stopped saying no more since he saw the car full of things, and he also understands the reason why his mother-in-law and daughter came back by car. These are the things that would be so conspicuous if you carried them back in your hand.

Ruan Yuping won the award last time, and before she went to the capital to compete on behalf of Qingshan County, didn't the county give out rice noodles and silver? Fortunately, it was sent by the government, and the Li family lied that he couldn't move, otherwise he would have been asked to leave by his relatives a long time ago.

And the Li family, as if he had a good heart with Ruan Dalang, suddenly asked: "Boss, my daughter and I are not here during this time, and those rice noodles are still there, right?" ”

Hearing this, Ruan Dalang immediately felt like he had made a mistake, and said half-loudly: "There are those who are there, but there is not much left." As you know, during this time, the children were eating at their parents' place, and Erya and I also went, so we moved the rice noodles over. You can't eat other people's food for nothing. ”

In this regard, the Li family has been prepared in his heart, anyway, if so many hundred catties of grain are placed at home, it would be too abnormal for the second and third families not to worry.

But in fact, as soon as she left, the second and third families came to the door, pulled him to complain, and said that her father and mother were old, and they had eaten coarse grains all their lives, and wanted to eat white flour and rice.

In this way, Ruan Dalang moved the rice and white noodles to the second elder's house in a daze, and only a small half was left. And since that day, several people have started to go to the old man's house to eat, and they are never absent.

Therefore, she and Ruan Yuping have already begun to plan the next step in their lives. Anyway, the silver at home is also an unstable factor, it is better to go directly to the city to buy a small shop, or buy another piece of land, release it, and sit at home to collect rent.

If this money had been kept in the house, it would have been lost by them sooner or later.

"It's okay, just eat it, anyway, isn't that rice and noodles just for eating? I'm still thinking about waiting for me to come back and give half of it to my parents. Since you took it first, it's just right. Li said without blushing and without a heartbeat.

Ruan Dalang was very happy about Li's generosity, and the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it became. And the Li family is now speaking with a charm that only people in the city have, and Ruan Dalang is very angry.

If it weren't for the car, I really wanted to correct her on the spot.

Ruan Yuping was unaffected, as if she hadn't heard the conversation between her parents, and was seriously thinking about something.

She had already inquired about where she was, but the shops in the city were too expensive to afford. However, there is that kind of small and narrow door, that is, the size of a room, there is no place to live, there is no toilet, there is simply nothing.

And so it will cost sixty taels of silver.

Thinking of this, she was a little worried, and couldn't help but say "hey". Why are the shops in this city so expensive? It's too difficult for someone like them to buy a shop.