In the bamboo forest in the backyard, Wang Chong held a four-foot-long green steel long sword, and Wang Qian'er, the little girl next to him, held a short sword made by Wang Chong himself from the old bamboo that had been dried in the shade for a year on Xiaozhu Mountain, and followed Wang Chong to play sword moves.

It's not a method of internal training that pulls out muscles and bones, nor is it a sharp and concise killing technique, just some beautiful and good-looking flowers, but it has a good effect on exercising and enhancing physical fitness, and the most important thing is that the effect of dancing is very good-looking.

One day after drinking, Wang Chong came to the interest, carrying the sword in the garden to dance wildly, Wang Qian'er saw it, immediately pestered Wang important to learn good-looking swordsmanship, Wang Chong personally made the bamboo sword in her hand.

The old man suddenly ran over and said, "Childe, the second son of Sheng is here!"

"Please come here, and let someone bring some tea and snacks!" Wang nodded and said.

"No!" Yu Chuer took the order and left.

Not long after, the cypress in a moon-white robe arrived at the bank of the bamboo forest.

Now the side of the bamboo forest, has long been changed by Wang Zhong into a martial arts field, the square circle of the abbot Xu is paved with green bricks, there are ditches all around, and the rest is the land that has been smoothed and tamped with wooden mallets and stones.

"Zihou is good at swordsmanship!" Seeing that Wang Chong was dancing a sword in the field, Changbai stopped on the sidelines, and waited for Wang Chong's set of swordsmanship to finish dancing, and then applauded.

Wang retracted his sword and stood up, letting Wang Qian'er practice by herself first, and he walked in front of Changbai, handed the long sword to Yu Chuer, and invited Changbai to sit down!

Yu Chu's second daughter-in-law also brought up the freshly brewed tea, a plate of osmanthus cake, and a plate of mung bean cake.

Wang Zhong made a cup of tea for Changbai himself, and asked with a smile: "I heard that the Sheng family has been holding a big banquet and entertaining guests these days, but Zecheng is not at home to entertain guests, why do you have time to come to me?"

Hearing Wang Chong say this, Changbai rubbed his nose a little embarrassed: "My mother is in charge of family affairs, I came here this time, one is to thank Zihou, if there is no Zihou to guide me, this time to solve the test, Bai is afraid to miss it!"

[In view of the general environment,

Although the way of the imperial examination and the way of the eight strands have not yet prevailed, there is already a trend, and it is not difficult to get the trick in it, that is, ordinary people, who have studied for a year or two, can also master it, not to mention that Changbai is so talented, but in the end it is limited by age and knowledge, although the article is written well, but after all, it still lacks a little experience.

Originally, according to Changbai's progress, he didn't plan to participate in this township test, but he followed Wang Chong's articles for more than a year, and learned a lot of knowledge about agriculture, water conservancy, and people's livelihood from Wang Chong, so he thought about giving it a try.

I didn't think about it once, although the ranking is only in the middle of the stream, but Changbai is only fourteen this year, and the fourteen-year-old person is among the scholarly families of the official eunuchs, which is also extremely rare.

In the past few days, the Sheng family has been full of guests, and even the threshold is about to be broken, and the entire Yangzhou Mansion, from the governor of the state capital to the people of Qianshou, no one knows that there is a talented young talent in the Tongju family, but he was promoted at the age of fourteen.

Some people have even begun to contact Wang Ruofu in private, ready to say goodbye to Changbai.

Even Wang Chong, the seventeen-year-old Xie Yuan, was overshadowed by Changbai.

Changbai said: "Originally, my father wanted to come to the door in person, but the family has been busy these days, and my father is about to go north to Tokyo to report on his work.

Wang Chong didn't be polite with Changbai, but asked directly, "Uncle is going north to Tokyo?" When will you leave?"

Changbai said, "After the tenth day! My father knew that Zihou was also going north this time, so he specially ordered me to come and invite him, and asked Zihou to stay for a few days, and when my father finished dealing with the things in hand, he would go north by boat together! I don't know what to do with the son's kindness?"

"It would be my honor to walk with my uncle!" Wang Zhong smiled and said, "If I go to Tokyo here, if I can have my uncle to take care of me, I will definitely save a lot of trouble."

Changbai deliberately went to Xiaozhuzhuang, just for this matter, the two agreed on a time, and Wang Chongliu stayed in Changbai for lunch.

Wang Zhong is not a pedantic person, although he is not short of money, but he can go north with Sheng Hong, and with Sheng Hong's identity, he can save a lot of money

The trouble that must not be solved, Wang Chong is naturally happy to do it.

Ten days of kung fu is not long, and it is not short.

In the middle of the day, Wang Chong was not idle, and now the school in the village has already been opened, but all the villagers of Baishui Village, or the children of workers working in Xiaozhuzhuang, do not need to pay the bundle, they can directly enter the school to study.

Wang Chong stood outside the school with his hands on his shoulder, looked at the dolls who were listening to the gentlemen's lectures in the school, and nodded with satisfaction.

Today, there are more than 40 students in the three subjects of literature, martial arts, and mathematics, ranging in age from 7 to 15 years old, divided into three classes according to their age level, and divided into three time periods every day, and taught by three teachers in a staggered manner.

Liberal arts, as the name suggests, is responsible for enlightening children, teaching children literacy and making articles, martial arts is similar to sports, teaching dolls to keep fit, and as for mathematics, it is the way of mathematical calculation.

However, up to now, although the school has been established for nearly two years, among the students, there are many smart, but can successfully graduate from the school, there are only two people, and they are both mathematics, and now one is in the city of Wangjianglou as an apprentice, one in the oil mill, with the shopkeeper to learn, and after the apprenticeship, you can become a steward or accountant, if it is a steward, the monthly salary is at least 800 Wen, if it is an account room, at least 200 Wen per month.

Moreover, there is an opportunity to increase wages once a year, and if you make meritorious contributions, in addition to the actual material rewards, your wages will also rise.

As these two sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers entered Xiaozhuzhuang to work and received worse wages than ordinary workers, the enthusiasm of the villagers and the dolls was mobilized.

I am not motivated, I am playful, and I have my own stick education from my parents.

In particular, the teachers regularly call the parents of the students to the school and inform them of the students' recent studies and performance in the school.

If you perform well, you will naturally be fine, but if you are so naughty, do not want to forge ahead, and do not cherish the opportunity, in addition to the punishment of the teacher, you will definitely be beaten up when you get home.

For those who refuse to change their ways, always stealing girls and refusing to study, after three admonitions, they will be removed from the school.

In addition to the three subjects of literature, martial arts, and mathematics, there are also night classes every night, which are specially designed for adults over the age of fifteen, who have already participated in the work, and who want to be literate, to teach them literacy, as well as basic arithmetic.

Wang Chong is also ready to add two departments of agriculture and water conservancy, and it is good to say that it is nothing more than farming, spinning, weaving, clothing, embroidery, Wang Chong has entrusted Sheng Wei to help find a few outstanding talents in this area to come back to teach the female dolls in the village this knowledge.

It's just that the water conservancy door is still only at the stage of having ideas, not that Wang Chong is unwilling to open it, but he really lacks skills, and there are no suitable talents.

It is not uncommon for people to be proficient in water conservancy, but the southern water system is developed, the rain is abundant, and floods are frequent all year round.

Some of them are of high birth and are not short of money.

In Xiaozhu Village, Wang Li helped Wang Chong pack his bags and said with concern: "I heard that it is very cold in winter in Tokyo, uncle is here, but you have to take care of yourself!"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, it's not like I haven't been to Tokyo before." Wang Zhong next to him said with a smile, a few years ago, the original body followed Wang Erxi, that is, the running boat from the south to the north to do business, Tokyo Bianliang, is the first good of the country, with a population of more than one million, is now the most prosperous place in the whole world, the original body from the Jiangnan brought those goods, are brought to Tokyo Bianliang to sell, from which to earn the difference.

"In previous years, my uncle came back before the winter, but this year I have to spend the winter in Tokyo, how can it be the same!" Wang Li said.

Wang Zhong said, "Sister-in-law, relax, I will take care of myself."

"Although the cooperation between the yarn mill and the cloth mill is led by Uncle Sheng's side, we can't ignore it, and we have to bother my sister-in-law to bother a lot."

On the side of the yarn mill and cloth mill, Wang Chong originally wanted to sell the improved spinning machine and loom to Sheng Wei and make a one-shot deal, but Sheng Wei was resolute

disagreed, he had to let Wang Chong also join in the shares, Sheng Wei was kind, and Wang Chong was not easy to refuse, so he agreed.

The two agreed that Wang Chongshu was a technical shareholder, accounting for one percent of the dry shares, and the Sheng family itself had a cloth mill and a yarn factory, but it was limited by technology, and the output was not high.

As soon as Kewang's re-spinning machine and loom came out, it was enough for Shengwei's yarn mill and cloth mill to increase the output of the yarn mill and cloth mill by several scales in a short period of time.

Sheng Wei also knows his own heritage, his cousin Sheng Hong is just a small six-grade Yangzhou general judge, although he has real power, but in the land south of the Yangtze River, those gentry are extremely rich, which one has nothing to do with the court.

It is Sheng Wei and Wang Chong who coincide, and Qi Qi set his sights on the coarse cloth most commonly used by ordinary people.

The Sheng family not only has its own business name, but also has long-term cooperation with the Cao Gang, so there is no need to worry about sales.

"Uncle and concentrate on preparing for the exam, the concubine will take care of the affairs at home!" Wang Li's action of packing up his things paused, and looked at Wang Chong, who was standing behind the desk, bowing slightly, and waving his pen on the spread of rice paper, and a little different color flashed in his eyes.

In the evening, Wang Chong, Wang Li's family and his niece Wang Qian'er sat at the dinner table.

On the table were all meals cooked by Wang Li himself.

"In a few days, my uncle will leave for the north, and I don't know when I will be able to return!" Wang Li's heart seemed to be pretending to be something, and his expression was a little unnatural.

"yes!" Speaking of this, Wang Chong also felt a little emotional, looked at the little niece beside him, and said, "After the exam, we have to wait for the release of the list, if you are lucky, there will be a palace exam, and then there will be a Qionglin banquet.........

If you are awarded an official position again and want to return to Yangzhou, I don't know what year it will be!

The Great Song Dynasty has a clear stipulation that officials who are released from abroad are not allowed to be officials in their hometowns, and each term is only two to three years, that is, they can be re-elected, and they cannot serve more than three terms.

But in fact, the re-election is only two terms at most, and then they will be transferred, either to Beijing or to other places.

After Wang Li was silent for a moment, he said, "Tokyo Bianliang is not as good as Yangzhou, after my uncle goes, be careful in everything."

Wang Chong knew what Wang Li meant, smiled and said softly, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, no matter what happens, the first thing I think about must be to protect myself."

Saying that, he smiled and raised his hand to rub Wang Qian'er's little head, and said, "I still have to come back to see my sister-in-law and Sister Qian'er!"

"Third uncle, can I go to Tokyo with you?" Wang Qian'er looked at Wang Chong and asked with an innocent face, her black and white eyes were full of expectation.

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "Then we have to wait for the third uncle to settle down first, so that I can take Sister Qian and sister-in-law over!" Otherwise, we didn't even have a place to live in the past, so we could only live in an inn, which was very inconvenient!"

Wang Qian'er asked, "When will the third uncle settle down and pick me up and take Ah Niang to Tokyo together?"

"It depends on when Sister Qian will practice the Flying Flower Sword Technique, and memorize the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Family Poems"!"

"Huh?" Wang Qian'er's little face, which was originally full of expectation, immediately wrinkled into a little bitter melon.

It's okay to say that the flying flower swordsmanship is good, the little girl has a good talent, she has memorized all the moves, and the rest is only proficiency, "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" is also easy to say, although the little girl is forgetful, but it is almost the same to memorize a few more times, but the difficulty of "Thousand Family Poems" has risen a lot all of a sudden, and the little girl has only memorized a few songs until now.

"My sister Qian is so smart, as long as she is willing to work hard, she will be able to memorize it sooner or later!" Wang rubbed the little girl's head and comforted.

"Okay!" Although a little reluctant, the little girl is not the kind of person who spills and rolls around and vows not to give up if she can't get what she wants.

It was night, Wang Chong was reading a book in the study, and suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

As soon as Wang Chong's words fell, Wang Li, who was wearing a peach-colored tulle dress, walked in with a wine jug Shi Shiran.

"Sister-in-law, is this?" Wang Zhong looked at the wine jug on the tray, as well as Wang Li's body

The smell of alcohol was strong, and there was a faint guess in my heart.

Wang Li didn't speak, rolled up his sleeves and poured wine, held the wine glass in both hands, and sent it to Wang Chong: "Uncle, please!"

Wang Zhong took the wine glass, did not raise his sleeves to cover his face, and directly raised his head to drink the wine in the glass.

Wang Li poured another glass for Wang Chong, poured himself a glass, picked up the wine glass, and said, "In the past, if it wasn't for my uncle's best to protect each other, I was afraid that the concubine and Erniang would have been taken away by thieves, where would there be a good life like now!"

"The concubine salutes my uncle."

Wang Chong didn't speak, clinked glasses with Wang Li, and drank it all again.

Wang Li then poured wine and continued to toast Wang Chong.

After three glasses, Wang Zhong grabbed Wang Li's wrist and stopped Wang Li from continuing to pour wine.

"Uncle!" Wang Li, who was already drunk and had a red face, looked at Wang Chong with drunken eyes, obviously having drunk a lot of wine before coming.

"Sister-in-law!" Wang Zhong called softly.

"Uncle!" Wang Li shouted again, his voice was soft and lovely, and he didn't know if he was really drunk, or if he was drunk or not, everyone was drunk, and there was undisguised affection in his hazy drunken eyes.

Facing Wang Li's undisguised affectionate gaze, Wang Chong reluctantly got up, let go of the hand that grabbed Wang Li's wrist, but stepped forward, leaned over and hugged Wang Li's waist, Wang Li only felt that his body was light, and subconsciously grabbed Wang Chong's neck.

Wang Chong didn't care about it, hugged Wang Li and went to the soft collapse next to him, Wang Li's pretty face was red, his eyes were blurred, and his pink face was like a blooming peach blossom.

The moon hid behind the clouds, and the stars in the night sky closed their eyes shyly.

After the clouds and rain, Wang Li lay on Wang Chong's chest, looked up at Wang Chong, and said, "The biggest regret of the concubine's life is that she failed to give birth to a son for her husband. Let the concubine have a thought!"

Wang Li's eyes glistened with tears, and his eyes were pleading.

Wang Zhong raised his hand and twisted Wang Li's chin, looking at Wang Li's hair was a little messy, his forehead was full of fine sweat, and his cheeks were red, he looked at the eyes that seemed to be full of water and said, "Not for the time being!"

"Why?" Tears in Wang Li's eyes immediately overflowed, and he asked with a tight brow.

Wang Chong raised his hand to wipe away the tears that were sliding down his cheeks, and said gently: "After I finish high school, I will take my sister-in-law away from Yangzhou, and it will not be too late for my sister-in-law to continue the incense for my Wang family."

Wang Li was stunned by Wang Chong's words, and looked at Wang Chong in confusion.

Wang Zhong explained: "In Xiaozhuzhuang, people up and down all know the identity of the sister-in-law, if the sister-in-law rashly gets pregnant and gives birth, it will inevitably attract rumors, and then others will talk about it, how can the sister-in-law deal with herself? People are terrible, I know my sister-in-law's heart, my heart to my sister-in-law, and I can also show the sun and the moon, but now is not the time."

"If my sister-in-law doesn't want to leave Xiaozhuzhuang, I will wait until I settle down in Tokyo, and then take my sister-in-law to live for a few years, and when I have a child, I will say that it is a child born to my room, and pass it on to my brother and sister-in-law, so as to continue the incense for my brother."

"If my sister-in-law is willing, she will follow me in the future, but I just want to wronged my sister-in-law, and follow me without a name or a point!"

The Song Dynasty is not as good as the Ming and Qing dynasties, although women also attach importance to chastity, but the widow's remarriage is not unacceptable to the world, but the identities of Wang Chong and Wang Li are different, although Wang Chong has a good impression of Wang Li, but he has never thought of marrying Wang Li, and Wang Li has never thought of marrying Wang Zhong as a wife.

"This... Will this work?" Wang Li looked at Wang Zhong with some uncertainty.

Wang Chongdao: "Why not, now the entire Baishui Village relies on Xiaozhuzhuang to live, there is no shadow, if anyone dares to chew the root of the tongue and damage my sister-in-law's reputation, I will let him get out of the way, and he will never be hired for the rest of his life."

Wang Li listened to Wang Chong's domineering words, his heart was warm, and he secretly thought in his heart: We are both like this now, where do I have any reputation to speak of.

But listening to Wang Chong's words to defend himself, he couldn't help but be happy.

"I still want to stay in Yangzhou and stay in Xiaozhuzhuang!"

Wang Li thought about it, looked at Wang Chong, and said very seriously.

Wang Chong met Wang Li's gaze: "Sister-in-law wants to help me guard the foundation of Xiaozhuzhuang?"

Wang Li nodded and said, "I heard that although the official is high, the cost is also large.

Wang Chongdao: "As long as my sister-in-law is willing, I will support me wherever she is!"

Wang Li looked at Wang Chong's eyes, could no longer restrain the surging affection, leaned over and took the initiative to kiss him.

Wang Chong's hands also raised, one hand caressing Wang Li's black and silky hair, looking at the forgetful Wang Li, and gradually entered the state.

Now Wang Chong, who has not touched a woman for more than two years, meditates and practices qi on weekdays, meditates and concentrates, but he doesn't want those things, but now Wang Li is so active, how can Wang Chong hold on.

After all, Wang Chong is a laity who likes wine and lust.

All night long, until the sky was about to dawn, Wang Zhong got up and took a cold shower, changed into practice clothes, continued the daily morning exercise, and instructed his little nephew to continue to practice the flying flower sword technique.

At breakfast, the little girl saw that Wang Li was not there, and asked Wang Zhong curiously, "Third uncle, where is A-Niang?" Why didn't A-Niang come to dinner?"

Wang Zhong coaxed: "Sister-in-law is not feeling well, now she is resting in the room, Sister Qian should not bother!" When my sister-in-law is rested, she will naturally get up."

Wang Li slept until noon, and Wang Li, who had been widowed for several years, slept all morning after a night of yin and yang reconciliation, and now he is refreshed, his face is ruddy, and he is extremely energetic.

As soon as the little girl heard that Wang Li was up, she couldn't wait to find it.

"A-Niang, are you well?"

"Huh?" Wang Li was stunned by the little girl's question, a little overwhelmed, and saw Wang Chong who was smiling next to him, so he reacted in hindsight, dug Wang Chong's eyes, and leaned over to pull his daughter to sit down next to him: "A-Niang is fine!"

If you change the usual, how could Wang Li make such a small move to Wang Chong, last night's clouds and rain, breaking the last layer of estrangement between the two, Wang Li has already regarded himself as Wang Chong's woman, although it is just a woman who can't see the light, but now there are no outsiders present, Wang Li has not yet woken up from Wang Chong's gentleness, naturally a little less cautious, a little more presumptuous.

Wang Qian'er said suspiciously, "But the third uncle said that A-Niang was not feeling well, and asked me not to disturb A-Niang's rest."

explained: "Erniang is so good! A-Niang is in good health! It's just that I looked at the accounts last night and saw that it was too late and forgot the time, so I overslept, and the third uncle felt sorry for A-Niang, so he asked Erniang not to disturb A-Niang."

"I see!" Wang Qian'er suddenly realized: "A-Niang, I also have to study hard, and help A-Niang take care of the accounts in the future, so that A-Niang doesn't have to be so busy!"

Wang Li's heart rippled at Wang Qian'er's innocent words, and he hugged his daughter in his arms and said, "That Erniang must study hard and grow up quickly!"

As he spoke, his eyes were already full of tears.

That's how sensual women are.

In an instant, it was evening again, and there was only one day left before Wang Chong left, and after eating, Wang Chong said to Wang Li's family: "I looked through the accounts just now, and there are some unclear points, and I will have to bother my sister-in-law to point out later!"

"After the second mother is settled, the concubine will go to find her uncle!"

For three nights in a row, Wang Li rested in Wang Chong's room, the two of them were like newlyweds in Yan'er, eating marrow and knowing taste, singing every night, like glue and lacquer, I can't wait to hide in the room for twelve hours a day, Wang Li was still a little worried, but Wang Chong's medical skills as high as level five are not decorations, with Wang Chong's guarantee, Wang Li completely let go.