371 Hatchback comparison

After all, Chen Yu is Mrs. Chen's own daughter, and the two have not seen each other for more than ten years, and they are closer than the old lady and the eldest daughter-in-law. Naturally, the old lady Chen Yu talked about had to think about it. After all, the old lady has been a housekeeper for decades, and she used to come from a scholarly family, so when she was in the boudoir, she naturally read a few books and learned for a few years, unlike Situ's short-sightedness. Besides, the old lady also came up from her granddaughter-in-law, and she survived the previous grandmother-in-law and mother-in-law, and the daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law for decades, so she naturally has a lot of knowledge.

Besides, the pros and cons of Chen Yu have been analyzed when he suggested this family business, and Mrs. Chen just loves Chen Lan again, but the first thing to consider is the Chen Mansion. Besides, this family business will not wronged Chen Lan, and when she thinks about it, Mrs. Chen naturally favors her own girl.

And this matter has to be settled earlier, otherwise, when the spring season is over, the threshold of the Li family will naturally be higher. Although it is not a scholarly family, it is the eldest son who inherited the family business, but in fact, the threshold of their family is lower. But there is a saying that 'marry a wife should be virtuous, marry high and marry low', since the Li family in Jiangnan has such a meaning, the old lady will be relieved of this matter.

Originally, the old lady wanted Chen Lan's marriage to pass, so she had a fair mind, and she naturally knew that her granddaughter was a strong one, so that the wife of the housekeeper would never wronged her. After thinking about it completely, the old lady beckoned Chen Lan to come over, and the grandparents talked for most of the hour, and Chen Lan's eyes were about to cry and swollen when she came out of the old lady's room. At that moment, she naturally thanked the old lady, and the old lady looked at Chen Lan lovingly, and said with a smile: "Look at my Lan'er, this is a good thing." It's that Gusu City is a little farther away, but it's close to your little aunt's house, and the two families can go back and forth at that time. ”

"Lan'er thanked her grandmother here, but Lan'er thought that she couldn't come close to her grandmother to be filial piety, and she was very reluctant." Chen Lan never expected things to come so quickly, after all, it had only been more than a month since Tang Anqing had told her. And she has always respected her little aunt, even if what her little aunt said was good, she let go of half of her heart.

"Grandmother can't be detained for the rest of her life, the girl will marry after all when she is older. If you have this heart, your grandmother will be very happy, thinking that the Li family in Gusu will send a matchmaker to come up and say goodbye after a while. Grandmother will tell your mother, you can wait for it. Mrs. Chen is also very happy that her granddaughter has this filial piety, and when she is old, she thinks that her children and grandchildren will enjoy the joy of family, and now another granddaughter wants to say that she is reluctant to say that it is also false. But when I think about it, my grandson is about to get married, and in a few years, I will even have a great-grandson.

Chen Lan came out of the old lady's room, and her eldest maid Qiuyue followed with a worried face, helping Chen Lan out of the main room and back to Chen Lan's own courtyard.

"Girl, old lady? Why is the girl's eyes swollen? Qiu Yue hurriedly beckoned the little maid to bring ice cubes over to apply it.

Chen Lan waved his hand and motioned for a while to apply it again, although his eyes were astringent and painful, Chen Lan felt warm in his heart. Rubbing the Buddha beads on his wrist, is it natural to marry a pair?

"Girl, what's wrong with you?" Qiu Yue was not the son of Chen's family, and was sold by her family to Chen's house as a maid when she was young. Fortunately, he was born delicate and eloquent, and he was taken by Chen Lan and taken by his side. Chen Lan has a big maid by her side, four second-class maids, and six third-class little maids.

Chen Lan took the handkerchief and tried her tears, with a little smile: "I'm fine, do you know that my brother has returned home?" ”

"I've already sent someone to ask, the third master has never come back, but I left a message and waited for the third master to come back, and I will know that the girl has gone to look for him." Qiu Yue brought boiling tea to warm Chen Lan's body, although she didn't know exactly what was going on, but it wouldn't be a bad thing to listen to the tone.

Now the top priority in the house is Chen Gui's preparation for the exam, and Situ is afraid that those idle things will disturb Chen Gui's mind, so he has arranged a quiet courtyard and sent it to Chen Gui for studying. And the maids sent to it are all carefully selected, and they are honest and honest at first glance. Originally, the Situ clan sent to Chen Gui to take back a few beautiful and handsome maids who took back the maids in the room were also left in the original courtyard. And I beat these maids again, and I am not allowed to have any crooked thoughts, if I am found, I will send them out immediately regardless of the reason.

Let's say that after Chen Gui became a lifter, he would immediately participate in the examination held in the second year of the township examination, which was also called spring because it was held in the spring. It will be held in three sessions, on the 9th, 12th and 15th of February. This time, the number of examiners was doubled. The chief examiner, the same examiner, and the promoted officer are all held by the higher officials.

If you pass the examination, you will be a tribute, and after passing the examination, you will be eligible to participate in the palace examination held on March 15. The palace examination was presided over by the emperor himself, and only one was examined. After the temple examination, the paper was read the next day, and the list was released the next day. Admission is divided into three grades: the first and third, the first and the first, the first champion, the Dingyuan, the second list, and the three Tanhua, collectively known as the three tripods. The second class gives a number of "Jinshi origins", and the first place is commonly known as Chuanyu; The top three gave a number of names to "be born with Jinshi".

In the blink of an eye, the test began...... Students from all over the world gathered in Beijing, and for a while, the crowd was full of people, and it was bustling and lively. For a time, the inns and restaurants in Beijing were overcrowded.

Li Yu and his entourage arrived in Shangjing at the beginning of February, and the Li family also cleaned up the mansion in Shangjing, so several people lived in the Li family's mansion together, and they took care of each other.

Zhang Zhixi thought that he was here to follow Li Er and Bai Shaoxuan to fool around, so he was the most idle among the three of them, and the place where he walked around the most in Beijing these days was naturally the famous Bada Hutong in Shangjing. Besides, Zhang San was originally promoted, and the old man in the family was already thankful, and he didn't expect him to really be able to take the Gongshi or the top three. The situation in Bai Shaoxuan's family is similar to that of Zhang San, but Bai Shaoxuan's ranking is only slightly worse than Li Yu's by more than a dozen, so he naturally hopes to have a better name in the spring festival, no matter how he says, he can return to his hometown in fine clothes

Li Yu only went to Tang's house to say hello on the first day when he came, and then he studied hard in the mansion, and although he was the head of Gusu Xie Yuan, he also felt a lot of pressure in front of such a student. But those favors and visits will not stop, and besides, the master naturally wrote a letter of recommendation before coming. It's just that he felt quite surprised, Puyu and his grandfather turned out to be this year's chief examiner, such as today's students all know the good name of Xiangye, Xiangye was the flower of the year, who doesn't know that Xiangye is eight buckets high, knowledgeable, and now he is above 10,000 people under one person, or Qingliu was born, and he is respected and admired by scholars all over the world

On the day of the test, before dawn, Li Yu and the three of them took a carriage to the outside of the Gongyuan to line up, waiting for the inspection to enter the venue. Originally, the three of them planned to ride their horses, but they would try to test that today was different from the past, and they were afraid that the butler who came with them would be affected by the wind and cold, so they arranged the carriage early, and Li Sheng was naturally worried that he did not go out and arranged for the big butler to follow, so he must take care of the three of them until they enter the venue.

Li Sheng sent the three of them out and said a few words. The three of them listened to it and got into the carriage.

Originally, Tang Xiaoye swore to follow Li Yu together, but the child didn't get up, and when he arrived at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, it was about to be Li Yu's turn to enter the venue, and Li Yu only had time to say two words of encouragement, and Li Yu entered.

The tribute courtyard is three into the courtyard, the gate is open to the five wings, called the first dragon gate, there are three plaques hanging on it, the plaque at the east head is written on the "Ming Jing to take scholars", the middle is hanging a piece of "opening the astronomical luck", the west is a piece of "seeking talents for the country".

Enter the second dragon gate of the Gong Yuan, also known as the "inner dragon gate", there are thousands of houses made of wooden grids built in the gate, which are specially used for candidates to eat and stay in the Gong Yuan.

"Mother, how many people." Tang Xiaoye was quite disgusted when he saw the people who went in, and wrinkled his little nose.

Tang Anqing led him out of the crowd, pinched his little nose, and said with a smile: "Don't squeeze inside, my mother heard that each move is a separate small room, but Li Yu and they have to take the test for nine days in a row." Let's go home when we've seen enough, maybe Yu'er will come here for the exam when she grows up. ”

This will be equivalent to the college entrance examination for Tang Anqing, who is not a pure ancient person, and the single-plank bridge is naturally not so easy.

After the lifters entered, a small room for one person, the door was closed and locked after entering, and only a small window for ventilation was opened, and the examination case was set up next to the small window, and the lifters answered the questions on it. There are three exams in nine days, and if you don't finish the exam, you can't leave this small room, that is, you can eat, drink, and Lazar all in that room. This is especially unbearable in Tang Anqing's opinion, this is like a small room, closed not to mention, and who can not rest well in these nine days, the smell alone is uncomfortable, and it is naturally more difficult to write articles that have been read hard over the years. But everyone is like this, no one is better than anyone else, probably with better psychological quality, maybe they can still have fun in suffering

"Huh? Really, is my grandfather a big official? On the carriage, Puyu poked her head back and asked.

Tang Anqing nodded, pulled him over and sat down properly, and said with a smile: "Your grandfather is a very big official, why would Yu'er ask that?" ”

"Because Yu'er saw that many people saluted her grandfather, what kind of official is her grandfather? Brother Li Yu also asked about it secretly, and he was shocked when he heard it. Tang Xiaoyu rubbed in Tang Anqing's arms, her little body twisted like a twist, and said in a milky voice.

"Oh, it's hard to say, your grandfather is the chief examiner of this year, well, how to say it, the Jinshi and the same Jinshi who came out this time are both your grandfather's students. Li Yu is a candidate, so they have to respect the teacher, do you know? When you grow up, you'll understand. Our family Yu'er is so smart, she will definitely be more promising in the future. "The children are all their own good, although Tang Anqing is not as blind as Situ, but he has absolute confidence in his own children. Picking up Puyu to kiss her cheek, the coachman sat in front and drove the car unhurriedly, and the carriage drove leisurely towards the courtyard.

As soon as the nine-day meeting was over, everyone seemed to have collapsed, and they shed a layer of skin alive. This is better than the time of autumn, which is in August and the weather is still hot. Although the spring weather is not very mild now, it has warmed up and is still warm, which makes everyone feel better. But the nine days of not moving the place, and not knowing the situation outside, have made these movers suffer from the boss.

As soon as the vermilion door of the tribute courtyard was opened, the family members or servants who were looking forward outside all found their brothers or masters from the crowd of gray-faced and hungry men, and hurriedly stepped forward to drive to the carriage, rubbing their legs, pouring water, and waiting for the lifters to slow down before driving the carriage away.

Li Yu's spirit is not bad, although he will try it for nine days, but he has already finished answering the questions on the seventh day, and the remaining two days are really bitter, but he is not so nervous, and he slept all day. So compared to Bai Shaoxuan and Zhang Zhixi, the two of them are really much better, even among the grizzled people, they are quite standing out from the crowd, and the people can easily find Li Yu, and the big housekeeper breathed a deep sigh when he saw Li Yu like this, "The old slave is here to wait for the three young masters to come out on the orders of the eldest young master, and wait for the three young masters to slow down and then go back." "I also sent a little guy to rush back to report to Li Sheng, but I didn't expect Li Sheng to come in person, just waiting on the street corner.

In this way, he didn't say much, and he turned into three carriages and went to Li's mansion. When he got into the carriage, Zhang Zhixi fell asleep, and when he woke up, it was already the third day, and he slept for three days and three nights. asked the little guy about the time, Zhang Zhixi patted his head, "No wonder you feel so hungry"

On the day of the release of the list, there was another period of chaos, and Li Yu's eldest follower, Zhou Rui, was leading the little guy to stand in front of Ying Tianfu, waiting for the list to be released. There are many people around, and there are scholars and students waiting for news; There are little servants like them, who wait for their masters; Some of them just come to see the excitement in order to talk about it, and all kinds of personal thoughts.

"Do you think the third master can win?" Zhou Rui's other servant belongs to the Zhang family, and he will come to Beijing to serve Zhang Zhixi at this time, he also feels depressed, his own father is not worried, and he is not so anxious as a slave. If you don't win, Uncle Bai and Second Master Li are hit, and the third master doesn't win, how unsightly it is

Zhou Rui smiled proudly, "My grandfather will definitely be able to win, maybe it will be Huiyuan." What are you kid talking about, the third master will definitely be able to win"

As he was talking, he saw the gate of the mansion suddenly open, and out of it came an official and a few soldiers to protect him, walked to the notice board, posted the list, and walked away.

When everyone saw him come out, the scene suddenly became quiet, and a pair of eyes were staring at the yellow list in his hand, if it weren't for the official uniform on his body, if it wasn't for the soldiers who were protecting him, maybe someone would pounce on him and grab it. After he left, everyone was busy looking at the names on the list.

I could only hear someone shouting, "I'm in, I'm in." ”

This time, the scene suddenly became lively, and everyone was crowded, eager to rush up to see what was going on. Zhou Rui was also anxious, and squeezed to the front of the list with all the small guys, Fang looked carefully, Zhou Rui also knew his master's ability, so he looked at it from the front, but he was pleasantly surprised, and shouted: "My grandfather won the first place, Huiyuan, Huiyuan!"

At the moment, everyone else was full of admiration, and they all saw which master had won the first name Huiyuan

"It's a servant of the Xie Yuan family, the head of Gusu City"

"If Xie Yuan Huiyuan wins the champion again, it will be three yuan and the first, and there are few people from ancient times to the present."

"yes, yes, yes"

Zhou Rui didn't have time to help the other two families, so he shouted happily and squeezed out of the crowd, and rode all the way to the Li Mansion to report the good news.

Li Sheng listened, shouted, still had a smile on his lips, and directly dragged a jade pendant from his belt and stuffed it into Zhou Rui's hand, and was overjoyed and hurriedly asked people to give a reward, and the rest of the servants also came back, that is, from the beginning of the gate began to report the good news, Bai Shaoxuan's ranking is in the middle of the stream, that is, Zhang Zhixi also won this time, although he fished the last few, but it was indeed hit, and the servant's face also had light Although Bai Shaoxuan seemed to sit calmly on the chair, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Zhang Zhixi was stunned for a while, "No, I'm still waiting to go out and have fun."

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Although the Li family's family is not in Shangjing, there are also many people who have dealt with in Shangjing who have come to congratulate them. Li Yu didn't have to care, and they all used to prepare for the palace test seriously.

He has come all the way, from Xie Yuan to Huiyuan, if he wins the first place this time, Sanyuan and the first are indeed sharp. Don't you know the truth that 'the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it'.

But he never thought that Puyu was still a little adult, and he was followed by a servant to say goodbye, and he was very reluctant to take out the jade that he had treasured for a long time.

He climbed onto the chair and sat on the chair shaking his short legs, Li Yu hurriedly beckoned the maid to serve his favorite pastry, "Puyu, why are you here alone?" ”

Tang Xiaoye twisted his eyebrows and glared at Li Yu angrily: "What's wrong?" The master can't come alone, my mother said that I am a little man, and I can take charge of it alone. ”

Li Yu smiled sullenly, and my mother said it, but he also felt comfortable, after all, he was just good friends with Puyu, and the adults couldn't help but look a little embarrassed when they came. "Yes, yes, you're a little man. Is there anything you want to mention about Brother Tang? ”

Tang Xiaoyu snorted twice, "My mother said that she wanted me to congratulate you first, but I didn't think you had anything great." Hehe, coax you to play, my mother said that you are quite powerful in Zhonghuiyuan. My grandfather even praised you, but he doesn't praise people easily. But Puyu stopped talking about this, squinted her eyes and looked at Li Yu happily, Li Yu ......

Directly stuffed the purse on his waist into Puyu's hand, and the little guy ......, "Na, I rewarded you, now I can talk about it." What did he say, teacher?"

Tang Xiaoyu smiled, climbed down from the chair and circled around Li Yu, shook his head and snorted a few times before saying, "Huh? I forgot - hee-hee...... Don't scratch me, can't you let me think about it? Ah, my mother said that if you don't mind, you can come to my house for dinner, my grandfather is here. ”

Li Yu was surprised, and then understood again. After thanking Tang Xiaoyu, he told the people in the family and followed Puyu to the courtyard.

A few of them here are happy, but the Chen Mansion has suffered here, and Chen Gui has fallen off the list......

It's just that before the release of the list, the masters of the Chen Mansion were anxious, and on the day of the release of the list, the housekeeper personally led people to guard it. is to carefully read the list from top to bottom three times, and now Chen Gui's name is gone. It wasn't as elated as when he came, and he came back with his head drooping.

But this didn't happen, and the people in the house also had eyes, saying something like "Uncle Gui was young, he had already been lifted, this Jinshi couldn't run, this subject was not successful, the next subject was absolutely fine, maybe it was a champion" and so on. As the saying goes, "Thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi", that is to say, fifty years old Jinshi is not old. When Situ and the old lady heard it, they both felt that Chen Gui was young and motivated, and if he waited for another three years, Jinshi would not be able to run.

Only subconsciously put this year's top name Huiyuan is just a sixteen-year-old Huangkou child's business

Before the list was announced, everyone in the house was looking forward to Chen Gui High School, and then followed up and down. Situ also felt in his heart that Chen Gui's things were inseparable, although he was not obvious in front of people, but his words and deeds could not help but reveal a little bit. Only this time I didn't hit, and everyone else comforted me, but I listened to a few words from the second room, saying that I was still thinking about Toad Palace, but I didn't expect to fall into Sun Shan or something. Hearing this, Situ was angry and anxious in his heart, and he only felt that his heart was on fire. But I can't take the second room as well, so I can only have a little more prejudice about the second room in private.

Only Situ comforted himself here, but it was not easy for Master Chen, and when the list was released, Chen Gui was called to Master Chen early in the morning to listen to the news together. When the news of his failure came, Master Chen immediately straightened his face and reprimanded: "Now do you know that 'there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky', right?" It makes you arrogant, and you feel amazing when you hit the move last time. How old are you, how many books have you read, and you're so rampant? Do you know your shallowness now? ……”

Chen Gui could only bear it, and he couldn't say anything, just waiting for Master Chen to say something halfway through, what he said was called a dry mouth, and finally the sentence "Go back and work hard, and try the next subject" made a summary and sent Chen Gui out

This Master Chen thinks that he is Yan's father, and in the past, it was Chen Gui who was lifted, and Master Chen did not praise him. Now when Chen Gui was still depressed, now after listening to Master Chen's reprimand, he was a little depressed when he returned to the room, but he didn't expect to get caught a cold and get sick the next day......