"If you want to take the road of studying and taking the imperial examination, you will devote yourself to the sea of eunuchs, where will you be at ease? Everything in this world has to be done with hard work. ”

"The imperial examination is just a stepping stone, if I pass the examination and can be awarded an official, I will work for a few years at most, and then I will hang up the crown and beg to go, and travel leisurely in the mountains and rivers, wouldn't it be happy? As long as you can see it, you can be at ease everywhere. Cheng Jin said with a grin.

Mrs. Cheng has been extremely tolerant of her, and since she agreed to her to participate in the Autumn Festival, she has turned a blind eye to her, even if she can't accept that she will not marry and have children, but at this moment, the description of her has also produced an uncontrollable yearning.

What Cheng Jin wanted was the dream she had never dared to declare, she was slightly stunned, she did not advise and blame as she did in the past, and seemed to be imagining such a leisurely life.

In the end, they all turned into a sigh, and Mrs. Cheng gently touched her hair, "Silly child, go back and rest." ”

Mrs. Cheng wanted to hide it from Cheng Chan, but Cheng Chan was such a keen and intelligent person, although she was unhappy because of a dispute with Cheng Mingzhi, she rested early, but when she was half-asleep and half-awake, she vaguely heard someone walking outside, and immediately woke up and called the maid to ask.

Mrs. Cheng had the intention to hide the matter, her maid naturally couldn't hear anything, and when she heard in the morning, Cheng Yu's nurse died of a sudden illness, and she heard that she could still pass the plague, Cheng Yu was temporarily moved to an idle yard and settled, and she immediately felt that something was wrong, and there must be something inside to this matter.

Since Mrs. Cheng couldn't inquire about it, she pulled Cheng Jin over.

"Don't be sloppy with me, what happened last night?" Cheng Chan watched the door and saw the mountain road.

"I can't hide anything from the eldest sister, but A-Niang said don't let the eldest sister worry anymore," Cheng Jinbian flattened his mouth, "If the eldest sister agrees not to worry about it anymore and toss this leg, I will tell you." ”

"You've learned to negotiate terms with me now?" Cheng Chan made a gesture to twist her ears, "When did I toss my legs?" My own body, don't I know it? I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do. ”

"You still have to drag your injured leg to apprenticeship today, if you hurt your leg and fall ill, isn't it just willful nonsense?"

Cheng Chan glared at her, "I went in a sedan chair today, and there is no obstacle to my legs, not to mention that I have already discussed with Dr. Yu, the apprenticeship will break the contract, how to stand in the world in the future?" ”

Cheng Jin scratched his head, "Then eldest sister, go ahead." ”

"You have to go too," Cheng Qian snorted, knowing that Cheng Jin would not be so happy to tell himself what happened last night, so he wanted to pull her together and pry some words out of her mouth, "If you don't apprentice, you should accompany me on a trip, aren't you worried about my legs and feet?" Let's just watch from the sidelines. ”

As long as she doesn't apprentice, Cheng Jin is indispensable, and she also wants to see what real skills Yu Xi, who was born in Hongshan, has.

Cheng Chan's Yu Mansion is called a "house", which is really a bit of a Yuxi, not so much a "house", but actually a small house, not as good as the cramped residence in Shao'an.

The capital residence, it is not easy, they these Beijing officials seem to be beautiful, in fact, the salary is meager, the price of the capital is extremely high, especially the housing price, almost every inch of land, in addition to the knighted family has a reward for the house, other people who can afford the house are either generations of nobles, or rich businessmen.

Wen Shao'an is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he has received many rewards, and he has such a family background, it is very good to be able to rent such a small courtyard, and Yuxi's residence is just two rooms nested in the alley and an attic upstairs.

The alley was so narrow that the carriage couldn't get in, so Cheng Chan could only let the servant woman carry the bamboo sedan chair and send him in.

When they arrived at Yu Xi's house, she was watching a young man make a stove for her at the door, and her face had black charcoal stains on the cuffs, obviously very unfamiliar with the skill of making a stove, but she always had a shallow smile on her face.

"Mr. Yu!" Cheng Zhan saluted respectfully under Cheng Jin's support.

"Cheng Chan is here." Yu Xi was a delicate and gentle woman, and when she saw them, she smiled kindly, and said with some embarrassment, "The servant woman at home has something to go back, I won't make a stove, so I will make you laugh." ”

She pointed to the bamboo chair next to her, "You have inconvenient legs, sit down for a while." ”

Yu Xi was still standing, how dare Cheng Qian sit, shook his head, and said firmly, "It's okay." ”

"You just sit, I don't have so many rules here," Yu Xi's expression didn't seem to be fake, he really didn't care about these etiquette, "Don't hurt your legs and feet and fall ill." ”

Cheng Zhan is stubborn, although Yu Xi is tolerant of her, she refuses to be rude, and still stands aside respectfully with her eyebrows bowed.

"Yueran, okay, I'll go to duty first." The young man who lowered his head and fiddled with it straightened up and raised a smile, nodded at Cheng Jin, and smiled at Cheng Jin again, "Child, meet again." ”

Cheng Jin arched his hand at him angrily, "Lord Yang, I'm glad to meet you." ”

The young man grinned, obviously thinking that the little girl was very interesting.

"Okay, you go quickly, don't miss the hour on duty." Yu Xi patted the ash on the young man's body and urged gently.

The young man smiled at her, and could not hide the love in his eyes, but because there were still two children standing by and watching, he could only look at her nostalgically, and then left in a dashing manner.

"How do you know Lord Yang?" Cheng Chan found that although his sister had not been awake for a long time, she had been fooling around in the market for most of the time, and her vision was really not narrow.

"I met him that day when I was in Pingkangfang, he bought Hu cakes for Lord Yu, and I saw that they were eating well, so I asked Ah Qi and Ah Yuan to buy them for me." Cheng Jin was deeply impressed by the young man in the guard uniform, and only guessed his identity when he saw his intimate attitude with Yu Xi today.

Yang Zhong, the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, Yu Xi's fiancé, is also from the Hongshan sect with her, but unlike his brothers and sisters, he takes the path of Wu Zhuangyuan, but after all, he is a disciple of Hongshan, and he is not only the top among the generals in terms of scripture and literary talent, but even ordinary literati dare not underestimate him.

Cheng Chan supported his forehead, and sure enough, it was something related to eating and drinking.

Yu Xi laughed, "I talked to my senior brother yesterday, and I just remembered that you were the child that day. Let's all come in and talk, the alley is narrow, don't crowd others. ”

Cheng Chan glanced at the servant, and someone stepped forward to help Yu Xi take care of the stove.

"I wanted to boil water and make tea for you, but I couldn't even make a stove." Yu Xi said apologetically, "You don't have to be like me, you only know how to bury your head in learning, and you don't know anything about the world." ”

Although she is not very beautiful, her posture is gentle and peaceful, and she is extremely humble, which makes people want to be close to her, and her temperament is completely different from that of the gloomy Ye Ping.