Before the first afternoon of the first month of May, Zheng Shi came back, wearing a scarf for students, wearing a blue shirt, and was already dressed as a student who had officially entered the school.

Zheng Shi himself felt that he was dusty and sweaty, but in the eyes of the villagers of Yingtanfang, this Zheng Xianggong's look was very different from the past, his eyebrows were colorful, the seal hall was shining, and he was obviously developed.

The vast majority of the residents of Yingtanfang are people surnamed Gui, and not all of the people surnamed Gui are bullying the weak, and there are many people surnamed Gui who have a good relationship with the Zheng family.

As the patriarch of the Gui clan, Gui Manxing was reprimanded by Zheng Shi in person the day before yesterday, but today he still has the cheekiness to greet Zheng Shi, this is a major event in Yingtanfang, if he is absent, it is equivalent to making the contradiction with Zheng Shi clear, Zheng Shi is in the limelight, he Lao Gui has to avoid his edge, otherwise next year's township test Zheng Shi is really in high school, then he and the county lord are all brothers, how can he fight with Lao Gui-

So yesterday, while Zheng Shi was not at home, Gui Manxing took the two tenants surnamed Gui who rented the Zheng family's fields to the door, and liquidated the rent owed by Zheng Jiatian in the past six years into a total of eighteen and seventy-two dollars, a lot of money, and made up for the Zheng family, and sent a gift box returned by Zheng Shi the day before yesterday, Gui Manxing originally planned to hand over the money and things to Zheng Shi's mother Lu Shi, and the women would not say anything to him, as long as they accepted it, I didn't expect that it was Mr. Xiao Zeng who came out to accompany the guest, this young Mr. Feng Shui spoke but was sophisticated, Sure enough, he was accustomed to going to the rivers and lakes, not only accepted all the land rent and gifts on behalf of Zheng Shi, but also said that he would persuade Zheng Shi to let these two tenants continue to rent the Zheng family's land.

Zheng Shi returned home, heard that the Gui family had made up all the arrears of land rent, but did not say anything, but did not agree to the Gui family to continue to rent his Zheng family's land for farming, and finally his mother Lu persuaded him that since he lived in Yingtanfang, he could not become an enemy with the Gui family, Gui Manxing had already softened, there was no need to be a rival, and he had to be forgiving and forgiving, Zheng Shi reluctantly agreed.

At dusk that day, Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu sat in the back garden to watch the river view, Zheng Shi smiled and said: "Jiu Li, I heard Jiaci say that you have worked very hard for my family in the past two days, my mother is very confident in feng shui fate, her old man does not attach much importance to whether I can be promoted to become an official, of course it is good to be promoted to make a fortune, if there is no life in the force, I went to school and became a student, my mother is already very satisfied, there is only one thing, my mother is nagging endlessly, the ears have to grind out the cocoon, do you know what it is for?" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Of course, I want to have a little brother in Humility." ”

"Nine carp, you are really a god." Zheng Shi folded the folding fan in his right hand and struck hard in the mouth of the tiger in his left hand, and said with a smile: "My mother wants to hold her grandson, I am over thirty years old, only one daughter, my mother is a little anxious, it is not easy to raise a child, and the clumsy Jing had a miscarriage before and after giving birth to Qianqian, which was very hurtful - before my mother called me to speak, and said let me ask you, is my house not good for the heirs, how to rebuild it?" ”

Zeng Yu asked with a smile: "Why didn't the third idiot brother think about taking a concubine and having an heir?" ”

Zheng Shi pointed at Zeng Yu and said solemnly: "You instigated me to take a concubine, and I won't prepare wine and food for you at night." ”

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, brother just asks, this is also human nature, everyone will think so, the three idiot brothers are not sages, lustful heart is inevitable." ”

Zheng Shi said seriously: "Although I am not a sage, I am not lustful, and the master said that I have not seen a virtuous person like a lustful person, not me." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Last year, my brother and my brother went down the mountain from the White Deer Cave Academy, and met an oil-walled car on the bank of the Xunyang River. ”

"Jiu Li, you still remember this!" Zheng Shi smiled and said: "I just passed it at the time, and now I have long forgotten it, but Jiu Carp will never forget it." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Don't laugh, let's get down to business, the foolish brother is blessed, the Lu aunt is loving, the Li sister-in-law is virtuous, the younger brother not only saw your Ming house, but also went to see the Yin Mansion of the Xianjun, the position of the Yin Mansion was not intentionally arranged at the beginning, but it happened to be secretly in line with Xuanwu hanging his head, The trend of the green dragon meandering, beneficial to future generations, this yang house, you let people transplant two big locust trees in the northeast corner of this garden, corresponding to the ancient camphor of the gate, so that it can store gas, beneficial to the heirs, and then build an octagonal pavilion in the northwest corner of the garden, send a show of civilization, and the road to the imperial examination of the foolish brother will be smooth. ”

Zheng Shi was dumbfounded and said, "Nine carp, is it really so magical?" ”

Zeng Yu said quietly: "Of course, the thousand-year-old inheritance of the Sanliao Zeng clan is not in vain!" He said in his heart: "The eight strands of the three idiot brothers are clear and clean, and it is not impossible to pass the township test, as for the beneficial heirs, Baduan Jin can strengthen the body, and the fertility will naturally be strong." ”

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On the third day of the fifth month, Zeng Yu set off to Yuanzhou to fight for the make-up examination, his mother Zhou and his little sister Niuniu lived very comfortably in Zheng's house, he had no worries, and he could travel lightly to take the exam.

Zheng Shi's family earnestly kept Zeng Yu in Yingtan after the Dragon Boat Festival and then on the road, but Zeng Yu couldn't wait, the hospital test in Fuzhou Mansion should be held in early May, together with the reading of the papers and the release of the list, about half a month before and after, that is to say, the teacher Huang Guoqing will arrive in Yuanzhou Mansion after May 20, Yingtan is more than 800 miles away from Yuanzhou, 50 or 60 miles a day, and it is about May 18 to arrive in Yuanzhou. Zeng Yu had to arrive in Yuanzhou before Huang Tixue.

Zeng Yu originally planned to go on the road alone, so that Xiao Xi Sixi stayed here for his mother and little sister to call, but his great-mother Zhou had to follow Zeng Yu, and his great-mother Zhou was not worried that her son would go so far alone, and his great-mother Zhou was more down-to-earth when he followed him, and felt that his son would not be lonely on a long journey.

Zheng Shi's mother Lu and Zheng Shi's wife Li also let Zeng Yu relax and go to Yuanzhou, and Zeng Yu's mother and little sister will take care of them.

On the third day of the new year, the Zheng family specially celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival in advance for Zeng Yu, the gate hung Ai Hu, inserted calamus, the two families ate zongzi and drank realgar wine, lively and festive, Niu Niu and Qian Qian two little girls bathed in Ai Ye Lanhui soup in the morning, wearing five poisonous flowers, wearing five poisonous talismans, these are to drive away evil and avoid filth, two little girls hand in hand to play around, humble sometimes makes a little petty, Niu Niu is more modest and sensible, knowing that she is older than Qianqian, she will tolerate Qianqian in case of trouble, Qianqian also knows that Sister Niu Niu is good to her, she likes Sister Niu Niu very much-

The Zheng family passed the Dragon Boat Festival in advance, in the afternoon, the scorching sun was blocked by the clouds, Zeng Yu and Sixi were going on the road, Zeng's mother Zhou couldn't rest assured, and repeatedly told her son to pay attention to his body on the road, not to eat unclean food, don't be too economical outside, the body is the most important, to Yuanzhou, whether you can make up the exam or not, whether you can take the exam or not, don't be anxious, remember to hurry back to Yingtan, mother and Niuniu are looking forward to it day and night-

Great-mother Zhou's advice, Zeng Yu agreed, and Zeng Yu said: "Don't worry, my son knows some medical skills, even if there are some minor illnesses on the road, I can cure myself, my son has never been sick since he was eight years old, there is no problem at all, my mother can rest assured, rest assured, my son is gone, my mother is waiting for my son's good news, take care of my mother." ”

Zeng Yu and Sixi both wore hats, Zeng Yu carried a book and a sword, and the tiger bone wooden compass also carried, since the Jiajing Dynasty, the people have been quite relaxed when they leave their hometowns, and they generally don't want to guide the road, and the soldiers who meet the patrol will give more than a dozen money, and the compass is Mr. Feng Shui's pass, and the whole country is unimpeded.

The weather is hot, thousands of miles away, did not take the black donkey to carry the weight of the travel, so as not to make the donkey sick and troublesome, and the daily forage, accommodation is also troublesome, or their own legs are more reliable, Zeng Yu and Sixi master and servant two walked from Yingtan to the direction of Longhu Mountain, first to Jinxi, and then to Fuzhou Mansion, to go to Yuanzhou to make up the examination, these are all necessary places.

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