The village chief and the patriarch came over happily and asked about the wedding feast.

"Our clan will give out the silver, put on a one-day banquet, and the whole village can come over to drink wine and eat meat!"

Grandpa Xie was happy in his heart, because of his son's prowess, he is now the most noble old man in this branch.

"Thank you, patriarch, but I mean Xiuwen hasn't come back yet, and we'll discuss it when he comes back, what does Uncle think?"

Several people nodded, but they didn't have any opinions.

One of the clansmen didn't understand and asked, "When will that cousin come back?" Will you go directly to the capital? ”

"No, after the announcement of the laurel list, there will be a deer banquet in Fucheng, he is Xie Yuan, he must participate, and then he will go back to the academy to thank the teacher, and it is estimated that he will come back in two or three days."

"Since it is Zhongxiyuan, why did the news come so late?"

"I listened to Liu Xian's nephew, it seems that there is still a case unfinished in Fucheng, after the announcement of this laurel list, it seems that someone is involved, and the county magistrate is also afraid of mistakes in the middle, so he deliberately sent someone to report the good news two days late."

The implication is that he is afraid of empty joy.

Fortunately, Xie Xiuwen's top spot did not run.

Xie Rongzhao and his party arrived at the county seat, Cheng Juren specially sent someone over to invite him to come over to talk about it, Xie Xiuwen also excused himself, and just wanted to thank the Cheng family again.

Cheng Jingzhou took out the silver ticket and handed it to Xie Rongzhao, and after she counted it, she confirmed that it was nine hundred taels, and then carefully put it in her purse.

"Good baby, do you want to keep this silver ticket for yourself?"

"Well, I'm still young, I'll give it to Daddy for safekeeping when I get home."

Xie Xiuwen didn't stay at Cheng's house for too long, and after about half an hour, he left for home again.

Xie Jiazhuang but all the people who didn't have work were waiting at the entrance of the village, and as soon as Xie Xiuwen came back, he was warmly welcomed.

Xie Xiuwen naturally cheered up and greeted his relatives one by one.

Grandma Xie and Gao sat in the back hall, and their expressions were not very good.

originally thought that Xie Xiuwen would definitely not be able to win this time, but he didn't expect that he would come back with a top spot.

Now, how do they explain to him?

"A-Niang, should we send a letter to the capital?"

"Well, I've already sent the letter out. Don't be in a hurry, even if you go to Beijing to catch the exam, and you have to wait. ”

"A-Niang, no matter what, the second brother has won the lift, even if he doesn't go to Beijing to catch the exam, our family can be regarded as confident, in the future in Gaoyang County, who dares to be disrespectful to us? You see, there are not a few people who come to give gifts these days, should we take this opportunity to buy a house in the county? ”

Gao knew that the old lady had a lot of money in her hand, and even two houses must be able to afford it.

But the problem is that the Xie family has fallen so far, and there are still a few scholars, and the old woman has never dared to show her family background, because she is afraid that the old man will be suspicious.

Now it is perfect to take this opportunity to buy a house.

"There is no urgency. I'll have to talk to your daddy first. ”

In fact, Grandma Xie was also moved.

If they can buy a house in the county, their family will become a rich family living in the county in the future, and if they live in the county, they can find better families for the marriage of several grandchildren.

At least, there won't be any more people saying they're mud legs.

Xie Xiuwen mentioned that there are more fields under his name that can be exempted from taxes, and in addition to himself, there are a few more places that are exempt from Yao labor, that is, if there is an industry, some taxes can also be reduced.

In the final analysis, the various taxes that were exempted added up to a hundred taels of silver.

This is equivalent to Xie Xiuwen earning back to his family!

But not to be underestimated.

Xie Xiuwen was lifted, and naturally he was the first to think of his own small family.

In the past, his wife and daughter were treated harshly at home, and he didn't know it, but now that everything is known, he must make more preparations.

When he stayed at Cheng's house before, it was Cheng Juren who sent the deed to him.

When he came back last time, Xie Xiuwen asked Cheng to raise someone to help him pay attention to some good fields, he didn't dare to buy more, but forty or fifty acres was still okay.

There are a lot of fertile fields in Gaoyang County, and one acre of fertile land sells for seven or eight taels of silver, while Botian is four or five taels.

Cheng Juren helped him find all the good land, it happened to be a Zhuangzi, the good land was eighty acres, in addition to the field, there was also a small house with two entrances, and now the head of the village lived there, but the main courtyard was empty.

Because there was a mansion and a dozen servants, including a living deed and a dead deed, all of them were resold, so the other party only needed five hundred taels of silver to make a deal.

To be honest, it's a really cheap price.

Xie Xiuwen was moved, so he immediately took out all the remaining silver tickets on his body, and there was still a difference of three hundred taels, and finally moved the five hundred taels of silver tickets that Xie Rongzhao handed over to him.

He knows the origin of these five hundred taels, and he knows that he won it by his own good treasure, so there is no burden to spend it.

But in this way, he only had two hundred taels of silver left in his hand.

Two hundred taels of silver were thrown away from the family's travel expenses to the capital, food, etc., and they might be able to leave about one hundred and seventy taels left.

After that, you have to rent a house in the capital, and there are some occasions that you need to socialize and you can't go empty-handed, so calculated, if you leave next month, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive the spring of the next year.

Even if he survived the palace test, he was pitifully few after he had just been admitted to the Jinshi, how could he support a family in the capital?

Therefore, Xie Xiuwen began to have a headache for the silver again.

Fortunately, Xie Laosan brought him good news in the evening, and he had an extra one hundred and fifty taels of silver tickets in his hand.

After the husband and wife sorted out the silver tickets, silver ingots, and some broken silver, they found that there were more than 600 taels of silver in their hands now.

This number still makes Xie Xiuwen feel very gratified.

Knowing that two hundred taels of them were rewarded by the county government, he thought that he would have to go to the county government tomorrow to pay a visit.

Xie Xiuwen discussed the matter of the flowing water banquet with Grandpa Xie early the next morning.

"Father, the banquet is all up to you and the patriarch and the village chief, but there is one point, the congratulatory ceremony sent by the local squire, if it is less than ten taels of silver, you and A-Niang can accept it, if it is more, I am afraid it is not appropriate."

Grandpa Xie was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Father, I still have to continue the scientific research, it is not appropriate to have too much contact with the squire now, and now there is not much tax-free land in my name, so it is not appropriate to promise others."

Grandpa Xie and Xie Xiuran were stunned, what is this called?

Xie Xiuran took the lead in asking: "Second brother, isn't there 600 acres of tax-free land under the name of the lifter?" Our family is only 100 acres full, but what about 500 acres? ”

Grandpa Xie's face was pale, and he obviously felt that what the eldest son said was right.

"Father, the Liu family also married Ruolan a small village, but it was only because my eldest brother was working in the yamen that I had been hanging on him, and now I have won the lift, and my eldest brother has made the decision to assign the grange to my name."

(End of chapter)