Seeing Lu Jiuyuan and the others away, Qi Muyuan asked Du Jinning: "Are you ready?" ”

They analyzed that Qi Yuandao's lecture hall would be held after the township test. After all, when the time comes, you can invite some of the people who have been selected from the township examination and the officials who have come to preside over the township examination to attend his lectures, so as to enhance his prestige.

Now because of the five princes, he has advanced the time by a few months.

This situation has both advantages and disadvantages for Du Jinning.

The disadvantage is that Du Jinning is just a talent now, if Lu Jiuyuan hadn't specially asked for a post for her, she wouldn't even have the qualifications to enter the debate. Even if she has a post now, she has a low status and is soft-spoken, and others will not take her seriously when she gets up to debate.

The advantage is that once she temporarily emerges in the debate, or even becomes a blockbuster, it will still be very beneficial for her township test. After all, in the final ranking, the examiner always has to rank according to fame. Otherwise, if an unknown person is chosen as Xie Yuan, it will be questioned by everyone, thinking that he has accepted other people's benefits and cheated in the field.

Although the top three articles are to be announced, there is no first article and no second, so why is the second place article not as good as the first place?

At the beginning, Qi Siyu continued to manage his reputation as a "talent", and this is the reason.

"That's it." Du Jinning is not nine out of ten. There are too many variables in this kind of academic debate, and no matter how well prepared she is, there may be accidents, so she has a very positive mentality.

Qi Muyuan also knew this, but he didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't feel too anxious about Du Jinning.

He was about to go back to his room, when he suddenly remembered something and said to Du Jinning: "By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that Jiangbei and Jiangnan stopped me today, and I wanted to come up to my house to be a subordinate, and I rejected them." ”

"Uh......" Du Jinning expressed deep sympathy for Jiangnan.

People don't want to be subordinates, okay?

However, Qi Muyuan's attitude showed that day, and Du Jinning also knew that he just said this, not that he really didn't understand what Jiang Nan meant.

"Then leave them alone." Du Jinning said.

Although she didn't care much about the brother and sister Du Jinning, when she went home the next day, she still mentioned it to her mother and sister.

Du Fangling curled her lips: "I'll go see them in a while." ”

Chen Shi looked at her strangely: "See what they do?" Then he admonished, "Don't be embarrassed and sarcastic about them." Have you forgotten what I said two days ago? ”

"I didn't forget, how could I forget. Am I not caring for them? Du Fangling said with a smile, "They are people from our house, and if something happens, Jiangbei will definitely come to the door for help." So I'll have to warn them so that they don't get into trouble again. ”

Du Jinning nodded: "What the third sister said makes sense, she really should go." ”

Du Fangling put the bowl down: "I'm full, I'll pass." ”

Jiangbei gave the address of his new house to the Du family. For safety, he didn't dare to stay too far away from the Du family; And although the houses in this neighborhood are more expensive, they are safe, and the people who live in them are all wealthy people, and Jiangbei is willing to rent a safe place even if it costs more. After all, Jiangnan's appearance is prone to trouble.

Du Fangling took the carriage over, but after half a cup of tea, the carriage stopped at the entrance of an alley.

"Girl, the alley in front is too narrow to pass." Wang Fulai said.

He still works as a coachman in the Du family. But now the shotguns have been replaced, and the driving is no longer a mule cart, but a horse-drawn carriage.

Du Fangling led a maid and a mother-in-law to get out of the car and said, "You wait here, let's just walk over." ”

Wang Fulai has a good relationship with Jiangbei, Jiangbei is a house he helped to inquire, he is very familiar with this place, and he has long known that there is such a thing, so he specially brought his youngest son out.

Not worrying about the three women going in, he put the whip on his younger son's hand and commanded, "Watch here." He got out of the car and followed Du Fangling into the alley.

After walking in the alley for a while, Wang Fulai stopped at the door of a small courtyard and stretched out his hand to knock on the door.

There was no sound inside.

"Hey, isn't anyone home? It shouldn't be. Wang Fulai wondered, "Jiangbei is going to work in the teahouse now, but Jiang Nan should be at home." ”

Du Fangling knew what was going on, and she said to her maid, and the maid understood, so she stepped forward and said, "Jiangnan, I'm Xiaoyu." Are you at home? The girl has come to see you. ”

Sure enough, footsteps immediately sounded in the yard, and after a while, the door opened, and Jiang Nan's beautiful face appeared at the door: "Girl." He opened the door again, "Come in." ”

Du Fangling walked in and looked at the courtyard.

Jiangbei has limited silver, and he doesn't know what will happen to him when he comes out. Although Zhuang Yue arranged a job for him, the salary was not high, and he could only support his brother and sister. If there is any urgency or difficulty, he can only rely on the savings in his hand.

So he didn't dare to spend too much money on renting a house.

This is just a yard to enter, the yard is not big, and there are only three houses, the only advantage is that there is a well in the yard, and you don't have to go outside to pick up water.

There were three rooms, with a hall in the middle, one for each brother and sister, and a kitchen and a latrine. The furnishings of the room are very simple, a bed, a table and a chair, but it is better to be clean.

Du Fangling looked at the room and asked Jiang Nandao, "Are you cooking?" ”

Jiang Nan smiled: "Yes, my brother will come back for dinner in a while." ”

Du Fangling nodded and said to Wang Fulai: "You go to the alley to guard the car." Then he instructed the maid and the mother-in-law, "You go to the kitchen to help cook, and I will talk to Miss Jiang in the hall." ”

"No, no, no." Jiangnan was busy prevaricating.

Xiaoyu and her mother-in-law both knew that Du Fangling wanted to talk to Jiang Nan alone, so they deliberately broke up, and the two went to the kitchen regardless of Jiang Nan's obstruction.

Jiang Nan saw Du Fangling going to the hall, so he had to follow her into the door.

Du Fangling had a cool personality and was impatient to go around the bend, so she asked Jiang Nandao directly: "What are you going to do in the future?" ”

Jiang Nan lowered his head, twisted his clothes, and was silent for a while before he spoke: "Girl, you may not believe it when you say it, but I am really not an ungrateful person." ”

She raised her head and looked at Du Fangling: "I said that I want to marry Young Master Qi, not because I like him, but because ...... Their family can protect me. ”

Seeing Du Fangling looking at her in surprise, she lowered her head again and twisted her clothes: "When I am old, I must be married." There is no one in the house that I can look at. can marry into a family of ordinary people outside, and my face will definitely cause trouble. So I thought about it, it was better to be a concubine for Young Master Qi. ”

She smiled bitterly: "I know that my wife and the girl will definitely say that I have a big heart and that I am shameless, but this is my true thought." ”