Chapter 15 Spirited
The request to see was refused, but Nie Xiaofan and Zhou Jiulang were not much surprised. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the two walked side by side, walked back to the Liuxiang Pavilion together, and then showed the night view of the Zhou Mansion on the way.
"Thank you for coming with me. Nie Xiaofan said suddenly.
Zhou Jiulang pouted, what kind of words are these?" "Isn't it supposed to be?" Your father is also my father-in-law, and his uncle took the initiative to help solve his official position, so it is reasonable that we should all come over to thank him. He said it rightly.
Nie Xiaofan smiled: "Then thank you too...", she couldn't say why, Zhou Jiulang could always make her feel at ease.
Xu is the backdrop of the lights, Zhou Jiulang felt that Nie Xiaofan smiled very movingly tonight.
"It's going to be over, you... Are you worried that I won't be able to make it to the gold list?" Zhou Jiulang took her hand and asked cautiously.
"No, it won't. Nie Xiaofan replied without thinking about it: "We have money, and we don't have to worry about the future." Just do your best. If... If you can't pass the test, you can beg your uncle to let you go, and then let's go to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and be the overlord of the soil, okay?"
"When you are the Earth Overlord, you have even thought about this?" Zhou Jiulang smiled, then took her in his arms and asked, "It's just... Shouldn't you be a good official who is honest and honest?"
Being a good official will inevitably offend bad people. can be a soil overlord who thinks about the people, then it will be majestic. Even the bad guys don't dare to mess with them!" Nie Xiaofan said. She saw that Zhou Jiulang's personality was simple and impulsive, and she was afraid that he would not be able to move an inch after he stepped into the officialdom, but she didn't know how to tell him.
To deal with the bad guys, you have to use the bad guys' methods... I don't know if he understands?
Nie Xiaofan looked up at Zhou Jiulang, but saw that his smile deepened, and the strength of the hand on her shoulder increased. Hold her tightly in his arms.
Nie Xiaofan couldn't help but tense up.
Zhou Jiulang didn't notice his wife's abnormality, but just hugged her tightly. In the past two years, he has begun to gradually get in touch with family affairs. He knew that things were not as simple as Nie Xiaofan thought.
The people of the Zhou family's generation, the eldest brother and the second brother from the eldest uncle are all serving in the border pass, and they have no interest in officialdom at all. The elder brothers born by the second uncle... Don't mention it. So at present, he is the only person in his family who has made achievements in the imperial examination. Although his uncle and father are not yet old, he is the best candidate to cultivate the successor of this generation.
Therefore, his responsibility is heavy, and it is impossible for him to be sent to a remote and small county as Xiao Fan said. He will definitely be left in the capital by his uncle to teach.
I can't say it, when my uncle retires, my father will also enter Beijing as an official.
While thinking about it, Zhou Jiulang followed his wife back to Liuxiang Pavilion. When I walked to the middle road, there was a faint sound of silk and bamboo in the east.
"This is the second uncle asking the servant to sing..."Zhou Jiulang said.
"It's so late... Aren't you afraid of making noise with others?" Nie Xiaofan asked. You can hear the sound here, where the second room is located, how do they live there?
Zhou Jiulang shook his head and said, "Don't worry about this, let's go back quickly." I used to be in charge of it when my grandfather was there, but now... As long as he doesn't disturb his uncle, no one will talk about him..."
Nie Xiaofan couldn't help but be curious: "This... The second uncle is often like this? Grandmother, doesn't she care about the old man?"
Zhou Jiulang frowned and said, "Grandmother rarely cared about these things before. Right now... Now my grandmother said, 'My second child has such a hobby, as long as he doesn't make noise to the office people, let him be...'"
Zhou Jiulang took the tone and learned from his grandmother's deep voice.
"I hate it..."Nie Xiaofan said angrily.
Under the night sky, the sound of the two laughing sounded from time to time...
The next few days are the days when Zhou Jiulang will be off, and he will take the exam for three days this time, and he can't come out during this period, so he only stays in a small room. The Zhou family and Nie Xiaofan sent people to wait outside the examination room every day.
When Zhou Jiulang came back, his eyes were full of exhaustion. He didn't eat or sleep well in the past three days, and he still had to be highly concentrated. Everyone says that if you take a spring exam, you have to lose three pounds.
"Good boy, poor man. Let's go back and rest. You've done your job. Mrs. Zhou said.
Zhou Jiulang, with the support of his wife, went back to Liuxiang Pavilion to sleep for a day and a night.
When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she smiled and said, "This kid... Those dozens of years old are very nervous after the exam, and they are too big to be biased..."Everyone in the room laughed, and the grandmothers said auspicious words.
Mrs. Zhou is also looking forward to the day when the list will be released.
In the Liuxiang Pavilion here, Zhou Jiulang slept until the third pole on the second day, and there was no sign of waking up. Nie Xiaofan brought someone to a basin of water, twisted a handkerchief to wipe his face and hands.
"Hmm... Comfortable...," Zhou Jiulang muttered. Looks: Enjoy.
"Phew!" Nie Xiaofan threw away the handkerchief at once, and splashed the water in the copper basin on the ground: "It's not serious!"
Nie Xiaofan said that she did her best to obey the fate of heaven, but when it came to the day when Zhou Jiulang released the list, she was still a little nervous. After all, it's a matter of life for the rest of your life.
Nie Xiaofan and Zhou Jiulang went to Mrs. Zhou's Fu'an Hall and waited with the old lady. The few people who went to see the list have not returned for a long time.
During this period, there were sisters from the Zhou family who came to comfort the two from time to time, nothing more than to say some good things.
Nie Xiaofan knew that they were kind, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, we all see Jiulang's efforts." We have already finished the exam, and we can accept the results. ”
Xu knew that today was a big day, and he should come to Fu'an Hall to meet the occasion. But she might as well not come. Looking at the smiles on Zhou Jiulang and Nie Xiaofan's faces, it was as if they were already high school champions.
"Daughter-in-law Jiulang, I advise you to accept the smile on your face. It's good to be in this later... If you don't hit this, wouldn't it be embarrassing for you to laugh?" Xu couldn't see that Nie Xiaofan was laughing so heartlessly, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner.
As soon as the words came out, she subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Zhou, and saw that Mrs. Zhou was talking to the people below, but she didn't notice her, so she glanced at Nie Xiaofan provocatively.
When Nie Xiaofan heard this, he said loudly: "Auntie's words are wrong, I am happy at this time, not for the sake of the gold list that will only know the result for a while." Instead, I'm glad that Ikuro works hard and hard, he has this spirit, and no matter what he does in the future, he will definitely have achievements. So it's worth rejoicing. What does my aunt think?"
Xu blushed again when she heard this, her two sons were adults, and they were doing all the errands they were not satisfactory. The Zhou family is also a noble family, and this kind of thing has never happened. So these two sons are now in charge of one or two errands, but they are often reprimanded by their uncle...
In a situation like Zhou Jiulang, who has been stuck in the study and studied hard for several years... Her son really can't do it!
Xu's eyes rolled and said, "Yes, it's still Jiulang." This newlywed Yan'er, other couples are like glue, but we Jiulang, we can not be fascinated by women... Plunged headlong into the study... It's amazing!" Xu said, covering his lips and laughing.
This sick seedling, even the husband can't keep it. I'm still happy at this time, I can't wait for the gold list to come down. Zhou Jiulang brought a concubine from ten doors and eight doors in a blink of an eye, and he was angry with you!
Xu Shi was amusing himself, and suddenly sat down on the old lady Zhou and said: "Actually, in the final analysis, it is still our Xiaofan who is powerful. If I hadn't married Xiaofan into the door in advance to urge Jiulang, Jiulang would have slackened, which is not good. ”
A sentence made Xu's face red and he was embarrassed.
Chen listened to the joke, watched Xu eat deflated and was very happy, and thought that Mrs. Zhou was talking so much. If you know that Zhou Jiulang didn't hit at this moment... Isn't Nie Xiaofan's virtuous person making a big joke?
Chen didn't mind adding another fire, and said, "Xu, if you look for a daughter-in-law in the future, you have to be more virtuous and smart than Xiao Fan?" Chen said, his eyes looking at Xu's eldest daughter-in-law, Wang.
The Wang family has no heirs, and he often gets the white eyes of the Xu family, and when he hears Chen's words at this time, his head will be lowered to the ground.
Nie Xiaofan felt distressed, she didn't fail to hear what Chen meant. Roasted her on the fire like this, and didn't forget to step on Wang's foot.
are all women, Nie Xiaofan can't understand Chen's brain circuit.
The Pei family and the Ruan family are both from famous families, and this stepmother-in-law knows that they are twisted in her heart. The heart is full of disdain. It's a joke on juniors like this... It's a shame that she was still from the Hou Mansion...
But in the end, it is not revealed.
Zhou Jiulang said: "Yes, Xiaofan urges me to be motivated everywhere, if I don't have the title of the gold list, I will really fail you..."
In front of everyone's eyes, Zhou Jiulang was stunned and looked at Nie Xiaofan with a red face.
Not serious!
She cursed inwardly.
I have to say that Zhou Jiulang's trick is to lead the water to the east and target him, which is the envy of all the women in the house.
Among them, the Wang family is obvious, she can't give birth to children, and other concubines haven't given birth. This shows that the problem is not her.
Kosaburo... When her mother said her, Saburo never said a word for her. Even if it's just a sentence...
In the midst of everyone's different thoughts, a few people who went to see the list came back.
"The old lady... Great joy, great joy..."The people are running to tell each other, the ninth son... Won the tribute...
"That's great!" everyone congratulated.
Nie Xiaofan and Zhou Jiulang looked at each other and smiled.
It's great that three years of hard work have paid off!
"What about the copper coins that have been exchanged, take them out and reward people!" said Mrs. Zhou.
Nie Xiaofan saw that her face was calm, and although she was happy, she didn't fluctuate much. Nie Xiaofan didn't think that Old Madam Zhou didn't care about juniors. She only vaguely guessed, could it be that Old Madam Zhou already knew the result?
It's the same, Zhou Youxiang doesn't say that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, but he is also a person who is very favored by Emperor Shun.
If a nephew wants to enter the office, I am afraid that not only has he known the results of the palace examination for a long time, but even the position has been arranged.
Nie Xiaofan looked at Zhou Jiulang, who kept accepting congratulations from his family, and didn't know whether this was good or bad.
Thinking of this, Nie Xiaofan was dragged out of Fu'an Hall by Zhou Baozhu in a daze: "Xiaofan... I really envy you!" Zhou Baozhu said.
Envy?
Yes, it is indeed something to envy.
Zhou Jiulang wants to enter the office, and he can only work hard in the future. There are gains and losses. Very good.
What was she worried about?
"It's a great event for the whole family. I don't dare to be happy alone. Nie Xiaofan said. Then leaned on Zhou Baozhu's ear and said, "Actually... I envy you too. ”
This is the truth, Zhou Baozhu is at home for a day, and she will always be the princess of the family. Although the right minister was stricter with her, the careful thinking moths of the Xu clan and the Chen clan never dared to show it in front of Zhou Baozhu.
Zhou Baozhu smiled.
What is there for her to envy?
It's right that she doesn't marry now, she is freer, but how long can she be free?
Who will always keep an old girl?
Next is the temple test. According to the news that Zhou Youxiang came back. Zhou Jiulangjun's prelude is okay.
Waiting again, and finally good news.
"The old lady... The ninth son of our family, was ordered by the emperor to explore the flowers?"
Tanhualang?
That's great.
Happy for the whole family.
Mrs. Zhou prepared copper coins along the street this time. When the Jinshi was paraded through the streets, they were rewarded.
It just so happens that Juxian Building opened today.
"Jinshi Youjie, let's go out together?" Nie Xiaofan saw that Zhou Baozhu was depressed, so he thought about taking Zhou Baozhu out for a walk. Scatter your mind.
Although it's good to be single, I've been bored at home, and even the fun of ideas is gone.
"yes! I haven't been out in a long time. Zhou Baozhu said.
Zhou Jiulang ordered Tanhualang. It's a happy event. The Zhou Mansion was full of joy.
Although some people look at the smiles on other people's faces, they have to endure it. Not only did I have to endure it, but I also had to have a smile on my face.
Nie Xiaofan took advantage of the old lady's permission at this time and took Zhou Baozhu and Zhou Shimei's two sisters-in-law to Juxian Tower to watch the street.
As soon as he arrived at Juxian Building, Nie Xiaofan instructed the shopkeeper to prepare the copper coins.
"Isn't grandmother ready?" asked Zhou Baozhu.
"Hi... The girl's words are bad, the copper coin prepared by Mrs. Zhou is for her grandson. What we have prepared in Juxian Building is for our uncle! Everyone said, isn't it?" Zhou Baozhu wore a hat, and the guy guessed that she was the sister-in-law of the owner, so he said.
"Yes!" everyone laughed. The inside and outside of the store were full of joy.
Nie Xiaofan doesn't care about these anymore.
Lien has taken over here. She'll arrange that.
They looked out into the street from the private room by the window.
"It's coming, it's the first time Zhou Shimei has come out of such a lively place, they opened the window, and there was a bamboo curtain through it, as long as they were by the window, they could still see clearly on the street.
Nie Xiaofan and Zhou Baozhu also joined hands to watch, and saw that it was really like in the opera. Six streets and three cities, vying to see the new Jinshi Street. It's not lively.
Nie Xiaofan saw Zhou Jiulang at a glance, he was riding a tall horse and wearing a Jinshi red robe. What a high-spirited teenager.
"Tanhualang is so young and handsome, and Zhuangyuanlang is also young. This year's young people are good," someone commented.
Only then did Nie Xiaofan find out that Zhuang Yuanlang was an acquaintance.
"It's... Champion Lang..."Nie Xiaofan opened his mouth and stammered.
A chattering voice answered her outside:
"I heard that this is Mr. Liu's apprentice... How many winners are you?"
This voice answered Nie Xiaofan's question, and also made Zhou Baozhu's eyes widen suddenly...
This voice... So familiar...
(To be continued.) )