When he was eating the next day, Yu Yuanshan asked to see him outside the door again, and Wisteria sent him away because he was not at home according to Li Xiaoqi's instructions. As soon as the day dawned, Luo Yan invited Zhang Gouzi and Zhao Wuge to see the house, just after the meal, Luo Yan ran back to the half-acre garden with sweat on his forehead, and his eyes were excited and brightly reported: "Fifth master, look at it!" It's the one across the street from Nanwa! The house is 30 acres in size, there is a lake behind it, and there is a rockery seven or eight feet high by the lake, and the trees and vines in the garden are old, there is really nothing to say! It's the old house, I don't care about it, anyway, the first half a year can't open the business, today Uncle Zhang looked at the house with a craftsman who has accumulated years, and said that the house is very good, there is no need to rebuild, repair it, I want to build a few more, ••••••" Li Xiaoqi looked at the excited gushing wild goose, patiently listened to her say about the plans everywhere, Haitang poured a cup of tea into Luo Yan's hand, Luo Yan drank it in two sips, and then said: "The most important thing in •••••• is cheap, as long as eight thousand taels of silver, such a place, Thirty acres, say that it is a fancy to the house is next to the tile, across the street is the hook fence, but what we want is not this! Fifth master, what do you see? ”

"If you like it, then buy it, Begonia will go to find wisteria and get five hundred taels of silver." Li Xiaoqi turned his head with a smile and ordered Begonia, Begonia went out to look for wisteria, Li Xiaoqi looked at Luo Yan and smiled: "Pay five hundred taels of silver first, but in three or five days, the remaining seven thousand five hundred taels will be sent over with cash." Luo Yan stood up, bent his knees at Li Xiaoyi, tied his hands as if he didn't know how to be excited, and turned around two or three times before he remembered what he wanted to do: "Fifth master, then I'll ask someone to watch the house, garden, and •••••• I'm going to look for those sisters!" ”

"Go, go, go!" Li Xiaoqi saw Haitang come in with a silver ticket, smiled and waved his hand to signal Luo Yan, Luo Yan carefully took the silver ticket, quit with a smile on his face, and ran out to get busy.

The next day, Wei Shuisheng is going to enter the test to discuss the strategy, Li Xiaoqi has no mind to do other things this day, Mama Zhang is busy preparing for the sacrifice to the gods and dotting all kinds of things that Wei Shuisheng will bring when he enters the venue tomorrow, this test is to be tested for two days, in addition to pen, ink, paper, inkstone, but also to bring food and tea, but also to cover, but also to prepare in case of rain•••••• things are really a lot, Mama Zhang is busy with people, Li Xiaomian is busy watching Mama Zhang and everyone busy.

It was getting late, Wei Shuisheng was carrying a huge suitcase, coming back from the Jingjiang Hou Mansion, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly went up to take the suitcase, Wei Shuisheng pointed to the suitcase and smiled: "This is given by Mr. Shui, it was prepared when he was ready to go to the end, and then he never had a chance to use it, so he gave it to me." Mama Zhang came over and looked at the box with Li Xiaoyi, the box is made of light paulownia wood, painted with smooth varnish, the box has a total of five layers, neatly placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, cups and plates for eating tea and other objects, take out the object, the grid below is carved into the shape of the object, no wonder it is so appropriate.

"This suitcase is good! I've seen people use it once before, it seems to be the water family, girl, just use this, it's much better than ours! Mama Zhang couldn't put it down and smiled, Li Xiaoqi raised her eyebrows, and looked at the box a little speechlessly, alas, how can life be fair, a box for the exam will be divided into three, six, nine and so on!

This night, Li Xiaoqi was chanting Buddha again, tossing and turning, nervous almost all night without closing his eyes, Wei Shuisheng was indifferent as if he was not taking the exam himself, Tianjiao Bingyin, half an acre of garden was already brightly lit, in the kitchen, Li Xiaoqi followed behind the begonia, turned around and looked at the begonia preparing breakfast, Mama Zhang stared at the stove with a serious face to steam the soft-shelled turtle, this soft-shelled turtle should be cooked, this head must be good, the dominant auspicious can not be wrong!

Wei Shuisheng ate this very elaborate breakfast, changed the robe embroidered with the auspicious pattern of the bottle insert halberd before and after, Mama Zhang commanded everyone to load all kinds of things to be used in the examination room to the car, Li Xiaoqi and Wei Shuisheng got into a car and went out, the dark streets and alleys were quiet and lively, behind the red lanterns, there were cars, horses, and walks, and they converged into a small river to gather in the Gongyuan.

The car stopped not far from the Tribute Courtyard, Wei Shuisheng jumped out of the car neatly, turned around and helped Li Xiaoqi down and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm in, you go back and sleep well, look at you, your eyes are red." ”

"I'm fine, don't be nervous, Brother Shuisheng, relax the test!" Li Xiaoqi looked at Wei Shuisheng nervously and explained, Wei Shuisheng smiled and nodded in agreement, and Mama Zhang bent her knees beside her and blessed: "The second master is very lucky, even the three yuan!" ”

"Runwen!" Not far away, Shui Yan waved his hand and ran over with a smile on his face: "You are really calm, you just came here now, I have been looking for you back and forth several times!" Shui Yan ran over in a few steps, stretched out his hand and patted Wei Shuisheng's shoulder and smiled, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly smiled and bent his knees to salute Shui Yan, Shui Yan hurriedly returned the salute, stretched out one hand to take the cover roll handed over by Mama Zhang, and pushed Wei Shuisheng who was carrying the suitcase with one hand, and while walking towards the dragon gate, he turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "I'll send Runwen in first, and then talk to you when I come out." Li Xiaoqi paused at his feet, shook his body a few times, stood in place and didn't follow, there are many rules in this examination room, if you want to taboo women•••••• forget it!

It didn't take long for Shui Yan to stride back, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "I just saw Lao Zhao of the Ministry of Rites, I watched him take Runwen in, don't worry." Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and muttered a few words in a low voice, looked up at Shui Yan and smiled: "I just saw you, I asked you for a favor!" Shui Yan bowed slightly, posing for a please, Li Xiaoqi smiled: "That's the case, I opened a weaving workshop, before the Spring Festival, the old weaver invited from the Taiping Mansion, taught these months, half a month ago, finally weaved a few decent silk Luo, I look good, I just don't know what others think, I want to send a few horses to your house, bother you to ask the ladies and girls of the house to see, if good, I opened a silk shop in the future, and please take care of one or two more in the house, if not, I told them to learn again, cut and weave again. Shui Yan looked at Li Xiaoqi with a surprised face: "Such a trivial matter, the fifth master can just say it, Bai gave a good ayaluo, how can such a good thing be bad?!" Will the fifth master still do business? It's really impressive! ”

"Business is my job!" Li Xiaoqi smiled, Shui Yan was also laughed by what Li Xiaoqi said, seeing that there were more and more people around him, Shui Yan arched his hand and hurriedly said: "I also want to congratulate the fifth master, I heard the eldest brother last night that the reward given to the fifth master by the Ministry of Rites has been prepared, and this morning, the auspicious time will be awarded to the house." Li Xiaoqi was overjoyed, wanted to ask a few more words, and saw more and more people around him out of the corner of his eye, and swallowed the words in his mouth, anyway, the ten thousand taels of gold were carried over in a box, or sent over with a tray holding a silver ticket, and you can know when it is delivered in a while, Li Xiaoqi bent his knees with a happy face and thanked: "Thank you for your auspicious words, I am looking forward to it!" Shui Yan dodged the crowd around him and said goodbye: "Then I won't delay the fifth master too much, let's talk when we meet tomorrow." Li Xiaoqi said goodbye to Shui Yan with a smile, got in the car and went back.

Li Xiaoqi thought about it carefully, and couldn't help whispering to Mama Zhang that the Ministry of Rites would send a reward of 10,000 taels of gold later, and there was about a holy decree, and she had never received the decree, Mama Zhang was pleasantly surprised, clapped her hands and smiled: "The girl's dowry is available!" This reward of silver, those who did not take silver tickets, were all cash, and the ten thousand taels •••••• a dozen large chests were brought in! The box has to be covered with bright yellow silk, but I am afraid that it will not be able to be put in front of the second door! Our house is cramped, I think, we have to put the incense case in the house, the front of the main hall can put seven or eight boxes, two doors behind the shadow wall and then put five or six on it, the order has to use sandalwood, I remember we still have a few sticks of •••••• to speak, I have not done this for more than ten years, once upon a time when the Empress Cixiao was there, a sudden princess set a marriage, a sudden uncle adulthood, there are many things, although a family, this etiquette on the first link can not be less, this will not be a big deal, It's been more than ten years! The more Mama Zhang spoke, the more emotional, Li Xiaoqi tilted her head to look at her, imagining in her heart more than a dozen boxes of gold and gold all over the yard, only to smile so much that her eyes were bent into a line.

The two returned to Willow Hutong, Li Xiaoqi was in excellent spirits, and was not in a hurry to go back to the half-acre garden, so he simply took a few little girls such as Danyue and Liuyun to take a walk in the back garden, Mama Zhang got out of the car and began to be jubilant Zhang Luo again, greeting the angel is not sloppy, the servants and mothers-in-law in the yard are all Mama Zhang's feet are not connected to the ground, and carefully clean and wipe everywhere with a wet and dry rag. Everywhere in the main hall, even the innermost part of the door, the last end of the door shaft, be sure to stretch your fingers to make sure there is no trace of dust.

Just busy not long ago, Nanning rode into the willow alley, with a smile on his face to Li Xiaoqi to report the news, the Ministry of Rites announced that Qin sent the end of the morning to ask for the departure of the order, at the end of the two minutes to the willow alley, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly ordered Begonia to take a purse thank Nanning, Nanning took the purse with a happy face, thanked Li Xiaomi, went out and got on the horse and went back.

Sure enough, at the end of the morning, Zhang Gouzi, who was guarding the mouth of the alley, stretched his neck and kept looking, rushed back to report, and the angels seemed to be coming! Mama Zhang and Mama Lu hurriedly inspected the place again, and saw that everything was in order, so they breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Xiaoqi sat in the flower hall not far from the main hall, waiting for his ten thousand taels of gold.