In the early morning, a round of sunrise rose from the sky, Xiyin Village woke up from the morning mist, and the hard-working farmers had already come to the fields to start working.

When the breeze blows, golden waves roll up in the rice fields, sending the scent of rice to the tip of the nose and putting a bright smile on the faces of the sweaty farmers.

Wei Chen finished a set of morning exercises by Jingxi, went to his newly bought paddy field to take a look, and then set out on the country road home.

Along the way, Wei Chen greeted the villagers in the field from time to time, and when the villagers saw Wei Chen, they all stopped what they were doing and respectfully shouted "Xiucai Gong" or "Little Wei Xianggong". In fact, there were villagers who called Wei Chen "Master Xiaowei" before, but they were stopped by Wei Chen.

When he was about to get home, Wei Chen saw Wei Ruyi sitting under the big tree, chatting with a group of aunts and aunts, Wei Ruyi said something with his eyebrows fluttering, and the aunts and aunts on the side were all envious.

"Ruyi, look, your Xiucai is back!" A sharp-eyed aunt saw Wei Chen on the ridge not far away, and reminded Wei Ruyi with a smile.

Wei Chen walked two steps quickly, walked in front of Wei Ruyi, first called his aunt, and then politely greeted the aunts and aunts around him.

An aunt looked at Wei Chen, who was dressed in a shirt and had an elegant temperament, and exclaimed: "In the end, the people who go to study, just going to that station, is different from those of us who can only farm for the rest of our lives." ”

"Xiao Wei Xianggong is Wen Quxing who fell to our Xiyin Village, can he be the same as you!"

The aunt next to her said vividly: "As far as my family's uncompetitive little cub, a few days ago, I rubbed a little bit of Xiaowei Xianggong's temperament on the flowing water mat, guess what?" As soon as I got home, I learned a few big characters in a row! ”

"Wow!"

"Really?"

"And that kind of thing?"

"Then I'll try it too?"

The aunts and aunts on the side heard that Wei Chen still had such a miraculous effect, and their eyes lit up when they looked at Wei Chen.

Wei Chen was stared at by more than a dozen green eyes, and hurriedly took a few steps back.

These aunts and aunts in the countryside work as men, they don't care about what men and women are afraid of, and the meat jokes they talk about on weekdays can't even stand the old men, Wei Chen is really afraid that they will get started.

"Let's stop a little, make our Xiucai Gong make his ears red!" After the aunts and aunts laughed for a while, they finally let Wei Chen go and didn't stare at Wei Chen anymore.

At this time, an aunt suddenly asked Wei Ruyi: "Ruyi, I heard the patriarch say that Xiucai can be exempted from two dictionaries?" ”

Wei Ruyi nodded: "Yes, what's wrong, second aunt?" ”

"Oh, that's a pity! Brother Chen is fostered in your house, but he is still a family of his own, and he is alone in his household, isn't it a waste of these two servants? ”

"Second aunt, what do you mean?"

"Ruyi, you also know that your second uncle's family has a grandson, who has just turned eight years old this year, born smart and smart, ready to enter the social study and study, and has not yet entered the household registration."

The second aunt scratched her scalp and said a little embarrassed: "I just thought, anyway, it would be a waste if Brother Chen'er's exemption quota is not used, so it is better to pass my grandson to Brother Chen'er's name, what do you say?" ”

Wei Chen suddenly realized, it turned out that he was coming for my exemption quota.

Those who do not have a place of origin cannot participate in the imperial examination, let alone become an official or an official, but with a place of origin, they cannot escape the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes on weekdays, so many people choose to be black households.

And those who are interested in the imperial examination in the black households have come up with such a workaround, that is, they can participate in the imperial examination or be exempted from conscription if they succeed to the name of Xiucai or Juren who have a quota for exemption from military service.

Wei Chen frowned when he heard this: "I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, I am only twelve years old after the New Year, and I have an eight-year-old heir, this is too outrageous, and the official government can't pass it!" ”

"That's right, well, let's talk about it later."

The second aunt sighed a little disappointed, but listening to her tone, she didn't seem to be completely dead, probably wanting to wait for Wei Chen to be older, and then come to the idea of these two exemption places.

The rest of the aunts and aunts on the side heard that Xiucai still had this benefit, and their minds were all active, everyone is a clan, why should you give your second aunt this exemption quota?

They didn't have anything in common with Wei Chen, so they rushed to Wei Ruyi's side, this praise Wei Ruyi is so blessed, that praise Wei Ruyi has a mind and a good way to run a family, there are really no words to say, even Wei Ruyi's sitting posture has to be praised.

Wei Chen's sweat......

As for it?

One by one, they are rushing to stuff their sons under my name!

On the way home, the smile on Wei Ruyi's face never stopped, and the whole person was radiant, as if he was more than ten years younger.

When the two arrived home, Zhang Ming had already prepared the mule cart and was beckoning the men to move the boxes up.

Seeing this, Wei Chen couldn't help but be surprised: "Uncle, are we going back to Youyang today?" ”

"Yes, the winery can't do without me and your aunt for a day, this time I came back from leave to live for three days, it's not easy, and if I live again, Master Sheng is afraid that he will send someone to urge us to go back."

Zhang Ming hugged his mischievous son into the car, and turned back to Wei Chen with a smile.

"Alas, these three days have really passed in a blink of an eye, and it feels like we've only been back for two days." Wei Ruyi complained softly, looking at the big willow tree at the gate of the courtyard, his eyes were full of reluctance.

"My aunt doesn't want to go back because she can't bear her audience, right?"

Wei Chen probably guessed what Wei Ruyi was thinking, and couldn't help but be a little funny.

Display, too, needs to be divided into objects.

When they moved to Youyang City, the Zhang family was already a medium-sized family, and the conditions were similar to those neighbors around them.

Although Wei Ruyi was reluctant to give up on this proud day, he finally did not delay the business, and the family finally got on the mule cart and embarked on the journey back to Youyang.

After driving for more than two hours, he finally saw the tall and magnificent Youyang City in the distance, Zhang Ming, who was driving the car, was in good spirits, and when he shook the reins, the wheels flew and drove into the city gate.

The car kept bumping, turning a few alleys, and finally came to the house that the family had bought in the city.

Wei Chen picked up the curtain of the car, and just as he wanted to get out of the car, he heard someone shouting: "Virtuous nephew! ”

Wei Chen followed the prestige and saw that it was Sheng Wei, the eldest lord of the Sheng family, followed by two family members carrying gifts.

"It turned out to be Uncle Sheng."

Wei Chen smiled and clasped his fists and saluted.

Over there, Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi also came over when they heard the voice, and when they saw Sheng Wei waiting for a long time, they were a little embarrassed: "Master Sheng, let's settle down at home, and we will go back to work in the wine shop today." ”

"The old man is not here to urge you to work. The old man is here because he has another important matter to discuss with his virtuous nephew. ”

Sheng Wei sighed, his expression stunned.

Wei Ruyi and Zhang Ming looked at each other, in their impressions, Sheng Wei has always been a wise pearl and calm, how could he have such a depressed appearance?

"Let's go in and talk about it."

Wei Chen invited Sheng Wei into the front hall to sit down, and Wei Ruyi hurriedly found a kettle to pour tea for Sheng Wei.

"Don't bother." Sheng Wei grabbed Wei Chen and said with a wry smile: "I'm burning in my heart now, how can I be in the mood to drink tea?" ”

"Then it's even more important to lower the fire."

Wei Chen took a bowl of white water from Wei Ruyi's hand and placed it in front of Sheng Wei.

"Alas......"

Sheng Wei picked up the bowl and drank it all, and then sighed heavily: "The catastrophe is coming, virtuous nephew!" ”