"I talked to the second aunt about the matter of the second aunt, and the second aunt planned that she would go to the martial arts training ground to talk to the masters first, and then let the second pillar go there in person, what do you think in your heart, is there any arrangement?"

"You can visit the gentlemen for me."

"How to worship?" Lin Piao looked at him sincerely, after all, it was his husband, he knew better what kind of way they preferred, whether to go to worship with great fanfare, or to visit normally?

"Just like you usually do when you go up the mountain, just prepare more wine and food." Shen Hong stood up, pulled out a book from the bookshelf behind him, and then took out a letter from the page and handed it to Lin Piao.

"Forward the letters to the gentlemen, and give them one by one."

Lin Piao was dumbfounded for a moment, and looked at the stack of letters he handed over, each with the name of a different gentleman written on it, followed by two words in person.

"Give it privately, right?" Lin Piao gave him a look that I understood.

Shen Hong smiled: "Naturally." ”

Lin Piao put the stack of letters in his hand and heard Shen Hong say, "You should pay attention to safety when you go this way." ”

"Don't say that kind of thing, it will definitely go well."

"Hmm."

They packed their belongings for two days, and the most important thing they talked about when they stayed at home was to tell them to drink less and eat well, and when they were not at home, they should go to Tongxilou to eat by themselves, or let Tongxilou send them over, and not always mingle with those who praised them outside, for there was always a degree to everything, and they had to go home and sleep when it was dark.

Erzhu was so loud that his ears were calloused, and every time the second aunt chattered, he immediately said: "Don't drink, don't fight, go home and sleep at night, don't be caught as a son-in-law, mother!" I know. ”

Lin Piao occasionally talked about these things, but Shen Hong listened to them with a smile, looking very useful.

When it was time to really prepare to leave, Shen Hong didn't know how to get it, so he borrowed two honest and reliable servants from the government and asked them to escort Lin Piao and his second aunt back to the county government.

Lin Piao was originally quite resistant, thinking that he was following two strangers around him, and that he would have to take care of the two of them when he went to the county government, and that he would have to take care of the two of them, which was equivalent to one more chorre in all kinds of things that needed to be cooked.

Shen Hong said this very lightly: "My sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law are both weak people, and someone should follow them to take their luggage." ”

Lin Piao was reminded by him, and thought of a very serious problem, that is, surrounded by Erzhu and Shen Hong, they had long forgotten that they still needed to bring hard labor when traveling, after all, every time they carried the cubs away, the rest seemed to have nothing to do, and they were so accustomed to it that they almost forgot that every time they moved things and placed goods, Erzhu and Shen Hong were doing it.

There are only two strong men left in the county government, one is a big strong man who is born with a relatively weak physique, and the other is a second dog who does not exercise very seriously.

Lin Piao nodded after figuring it out: "Then we will go to the dock early tomorrow morning, you have to take care of yourself." Lin Piao thought about it, and asked him seriously.

"I won't say anything else, but there is one problem that you must not make."

"Huh?"

"I know that you are now a person of status, and there are many people who want to please you outside, and there are a lot of people who want to marry your own daughter and brother to you, and they don't even point to being the main room, and there are a lot of people rushing to be concubines for you, not to mention the things you usually go to socialize and drink, don't make a fuss about these things, you know, if I come back and hear any rumors, you can give me a little heart."

Shen Hong looked at him with a deep smile in his eyes: "Don't you allow it?" ”

"No, if you dare to mess around, I will really clean you up."

"Okay."

Lin Piao nodded: "Erzhu too, if you look at him more when you are next to him, you two are innocent now, don't get contaminated with things that shouldn't be contaminated." ”

"Okay."

Lin Piao saw that he should accept it very simply, and his eyes were quite sincere, and after finishing his words, he walked out of his room, and as soon as he exited, he heard Shen Hong's faint voice behind him.

"Lin Piao, I can be as guarded as a jade."

Lin Piao was amused by him, and looked back at him: "Got it, our Shen Hongju, who is clear and jade." ”

The luggage is mainly cloth, all kinds of gadgets, as well as stone carvings and other fresh gadgets, in addition to bringing to the family, as well as to the nearby neighborhood friends, they are leaving, giving fresh small objects as nostalgia.

Early the next morning, they simply ate some thin porridge for breakfast, but did not eat too early, so as not to vomit out uncomfortably on board.

Shen Hong and Erzhu sent them to the door, followed them down the small steps, helped them each get into the carriage, and then stood outside the carriage and talked to them.

Lin Piao and the second aunt opened the curtain and waved at them: "Go back, go back, go have some breakfast, you two will drink some porridge later, if you have to go out to meet friends later, don't have an empty stomach." ”

The two nodded: "Yes." ”

The curtain fell, and the carriage headed out of the alley, where it soon disappeared.

Shen Hong and Erzhu also returned to the courtyard together, and the two sat down at the table, the food in the pot was still hot, but it looked so empty without two people.

Lin Piao and his second aunt took a carriage all the way to the ferry, and the two officials of the state capital helped them carry their things onto the boat, and then they took the boat and made their way back.

Now the weather is much cooler than then, although there is still the residual heat of summer, but it may be because of the drizzle last night, the air is humid, the wind on the water blows, so that the heat has nowhere to hide, Lin Piao came to lie in the cabin room during the day, did not notice that the scenery on both sides of the strait is so good, this time on the deck blowing the wind and looking at the scenery and the second aunt to have a good look.

The two of them had just eaten some refreshing pastries, and the second aunt was blown by the wind and squinted comfortably: "This boat ride is still comfortable, it is easier than a carriage, but the weather is hot and I can't stand it, but unfortunately Erzhu and Shen Hong, the boat ride before my Erzhu is the first time to take a boat, and Shen Hong is too, right?" ”

"It should be."

"The first time they took a boat, the weather was too hot and uncomfortable, and the sun was too poisonous to stand on the deck, and they encountered some bad luck on the way.

"Aunties always think about the small ones when they have good things, and they are always remembered when they look at the landscape."

"It's not like eating, it's delicious to eat by yourself, but if you eat it as a family, it's even better."

"That's the thing." Lin Piao highly agreed with this.

The two of them sat on the boat, and the return journey went smoothly, because they were accompanied by two servants, although they were dressed in civilian clothes, they were carrying knives, and they had a bit of an official tone all over their bodies, and no one dared to provoke them or try to talk to them, and they basically did not encounter the slightest trouble along the way.

Because the return trip was not downstream, the journey was a little slower, and it took more than two days to arrive on the boat.

When the boat docked on the shore and the two servants carried their luggage to the shore, Lin Piao beckoned two laborers to carry the two large cages home.

Lin Piao is quite famous in the county government, and it can be said that most of the people in the county government remember his face.

The two laborers were very surprised when they saw him: "Shopkeeper Lin, didn't you go to the state capital to accompany Shen Hong to take the exam?" How did this come back? ”

"I've already passed the exam, so I naturally have to come back."

The second aunt emphasized next to her: "It's high school! ”

Lin Piao hurriedly gave her a look and told her not to say anything about it.

The second aunt immediately stopped when she received his eyes, and the series of words about Shen Hong's high school and my family's second pillar was also high school in the back swallowed it vividly.

Although it was not very surprising news, the two laborers were still very shocked, looking at Lin Piao in front of them, they felt that the brother in front of them had become more and more unattainable, although they could not climb high, but the brother was not a glorious thing to do after all, and he was still a life-like person with a copper smell, but now Shen Hongyi Middle School, this is a real sister-in-law, who is said to be ten miles and eight townships, even in the county government, he can also be regarded as a well-known and admirable figure.

So they ran back and forth diligently, smiling with a smile on their faces, dragged a cart to pack their cages, and carefully put their usual gray cloth on the corners: "Look, not a single corner touches yours, this beautiful mahogany box, but if there is a little paint, how dare I accept this money!" ”

Lin Piao and his second aunt followed behind them, and the two servants followed them until they arrived at the door of the house, where they moved the cages into the yard, and Lin Piao paid them a reward, and gave them a reward as usual.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, the house was still the same as before, and it was full of familiar scenery, brick by brick, table under the eaves, and double stoves on the side.

Hu Ci was running in the courtyard when he saw Lin Piao and his second aunt walking in, his eyes widened, and he ran up with his soft cloth shoes and threw himself into Lin Piao's arms.

Lin Piao hugged him: "Xiao Hu Ci, why are you alone at home?" Why didn't you lock the door? ”

Hu Ci raised his head and pointed in the direction of Uncle Qiu's house.

As soon as the door creaked, Uncle Qiu happened to come out of the house and was startled when he saw them: "Oops! I say how it sounds like yours! You ...... What are you? How is this? Uncle Qiu didn't speak clearly for a long time, and only after a while did he ask, "Why did you come back?" There was no ward sound, and now the people are standing in the courtyard? I'm not dreaming, am I? ”

Lin Piao and the second aunt greeted him with a smile and pulled him: "It's not a dream, didn't you write a letter before, and you said it." ”

"I received the letter, I only received it yesterday, and we also wrote a letter out, and I only asked someone to take it away yesterday, just to ask you what you are going to do, is there anything we need to do, and we are also preparing here."

"That's because we wrote the letter in a hurry, and as soon as we sat down at home, we hurriedly wrote it to you, and we didn't think clearly about any plan, and then we thought about it, thinking that we should also come back, and it would be troublesome to write another letter, so we hurried back first."

Uncle Qiu nodded again and again: "It's good if you win, it's good if you win, and you will be able to lift people in the future." ”

"Uncle Qiu, what are you doing at home?" Lin Piao saw that none of the children were at home, so Uncle Qiu was the only one staying at home.

"I have back pain again in the past two days, and it rained a little yesterday, and my body was even more uncomfortable, so Da Zhuang told me to rest at home, and I just lay down at home, and it was much better, and I came out to see it when I heard the sound."

Uncle Qiu went and called the children who were playing nearby, gave them a few copper plates, and asked them to help them run and call Juan'er Xiaoyue and Da Zhuang back.

A few of the children took the money and ran back as fast as rabbits.

Lin Piao first invited the two officials to sit down here, and added hot tea to them, and Uncle Qiu brought out all kinds of snacks at home and invited them to taste fresh.

After a short pause, the second aunt took the time to ask him: "Why didn't you let me tell me just now, what a good thing it is for Shen Hong and Erzhu to be lifted, and it also makes everyone happy." ”

Lin Piao thought to himself, is this family happy together? People are here to ask for money, and they have to send out how much money they have to go out to get home.

"Auntie, if you want one of them to come together, we have to give a reward, and the other one, everyone comes to see the excitement and have a good time, and when the time comes, they will surround us, and we will still carry our luggage, so when will we be surrounded by them when we can get home?"

The second aunt suddenly realized: "Piao'er, you still think about it thoroughly, we just got off the boat, we are already so tired, if we are surrounded and blocked again, it is really unbearable, and it is the right thing to get home quickly." ”

"When we get home, there is a wall around it, no matter how much we come to join in the fun, it won't be too much, not to mention that we have to rest first."

The second aunt took the lead again and again, and soon Dazhu and Juan'er Xiaoyue hurried back, the weather was hot, and the sun was almost noon, so that the tips of their noses were beading with sweat, and they were as quiet as Juan'er, and they were all hurrying slowly, a thin layer of sweat appeared on their foreheads, and as soon as they entered the door, they ran up quickly when they saw Lin Piao and the second aunt.

"Little sister-in-law! Aunt ! You're back! ”

Juan'er and Xiaoyue pounced up, threw themselves into their arms, hugged them, and Da Zhuang watched from the side: "What about Shen Hong and Erzhu?" Isn't it the end of the exam? Why didn't you come back? ”

The second aunt hurriedly announced the good news at home: "Shen Hong and Erzhu have been hit!" Hit the lift! They were busy in the state capital, and they were just getting people up, and they were all on all sides, and there were people everywhere who wanted to invite them to dinner, so they couldn't get out of their way at all, so we would come back first and take care of the things here. ”

Da Zhuang was stunned on the spot, and Xiao Yue and Juan'er also stayed aside, and after a while they reacted, and immediately shouted in the courtyard, jumping up with joy, and kept looking at the second aunt.

"Second aunt, really? Brother Erzhu was also hit? Isn't he unwilling to read? He is just like Ergou, and he is also a natural person who has big luck. ”

Xiao Yue next to him immediately echoed: "That's it, how powerful Brother Erzhu's martial arts are, he is born with good strength, Master Lin also said, he has good muscles and bones, and he is suitable for practicing martial arts. ”

The second aunt was full of smiles when she heard this, and she hugged Xiao Yue happily: "Don't say these words, how do we know, this martial arts practitioner can read and write, let alone write some decent words, the little three-legged cat book he read, he used it all, but he also mixed up with a good person, it was Piao'er and Shen Hong who stared at him well, and told him to read it a little, so that there was such a good thing that the ancestral tomb was smoking." ”

They talked about it again and again, and then asked someone to send a message to Ergou, who was now on the mountain and would not be able to come down for a while.

Lin Piao and the second aunt packed up their things first, and planned to go to meet the county Chenghe and his wife first, inform the news in place, and leave the local parents and officials at this stop, and then go to thank the teachers on both sides at the next stop.

The two of them were ready to set off, and when they arrived at the county mansion, the county Cheng heard that Shen Hong was the first to understand the yuan, and the second pillar was also lifted, and they suddenly did not know how many times more polite, although they were not rude before, but now they have a sense of the highest hospitality.

If the county is not solemn, Shen Hong was selected at a young age, and he is still Xie Yuan, although he is also a lifter, but he is very far away, let alone being a county leader, maybe Shen Hong will be higher than him in two years of official positions.

The county sighed in his heart, if the officialdom is dark now, people who do not flatter and pat horses cannot rise at all, and he has not been promoted in recent years, which is the reason, but Shen Hong is young, and there are many people who want to appreciate him, and the nobles are lucky and handsome, maybe they will marry a good family, and they will be on the rise in the future.

The afterlife is terrifying.

It is really a dragon that turns into a dragon as soon as the fish jumps over the dragon gate, and it is no longer a thing in the pool.

The county man congratulated them well, summed up all the bits and pieces of his relationship with Shen Hong, and realized all the advantages that Shen Hong had.

"When I saw Shen Hong, the child, I saw him at first glance as intelligent, good-looking, full forehead, straight nose, and good eyebrows.

After Shen Hong finished speaking, he naturally couldn't snub the second aunt, and said Erzhu: "There is also the child of Erzhu, at that time he was the county government official who got up with Shen Hong, he was very energetic at a young age, and he could eat four bowls of rice at a meal, which is really rare, it can be seen that this meal has gone to nourish the muscles and bones, and the muscles and bones of this military general are not what ordinary people can have. ”

After all, the county man is a man, and it is not good for them to stay and talk to the county man like this, and then they will retire at the end of the day.

When they returned home, the two found that the news had spread, and they quickly avoided the crowd and saw people gathering in their alleys, which was almost like a tourist area during the National Day holiday.

Those people were in a hurry to see, and they were stuck in the middle of the road, not knowing why, when they heard discussions coming from all directions.

"It's time to lift people! Our county government hasn't raised people for several years, right?! ”