In the end, the Lu family experienced the triple joy of his father and husband being admitted to Xiucai and his brother being admitted to Juren. Although I was also excited this time, I was familiar with the reaction.

She begged the excited mother-in-law to look at the child in the cradle, and the two sisters-in-law who were so happy that she was confused, moved the table to boil tea and get snacks, and the speed was very fast.

As soon as this carriage was prepared, the patriarch of the Jiang clan and several clan elders arrived at the Jiang family, followed by the old man Jiang, father and son.

Because he was in a hurry to come back, he didn't have time to put down the trousers he had pulled up, and one of the straw sandals on Old Man Jiang's feet ran away.

The father and son hurriedly greeted the patriarch and the clan elders, and hurriedly ran into the house to change their clothes and shoes. As soon as it was packed, the newspaper had arrived at the doorstep.

There were two officials who came to report the good news, both wearing red silk.

After one of them sounded the gong, the other person held the instrument and sang loudly: "Good news - Jiang Wenyuan Jiang of Qingzhou County, Lingzhou Prefecture, won the Lingzhou Mansion Township Test.

Good news - Jiang Wenyuan and Jiang Lao of Qingzhou County, Lingzhou Prefecture, won the Lingzhou Township Test Yayuan. Hereby report the good news! Congratulations, ladies and gentlemen. ”

"Rejoice and rejoice!" Lu stepped forward and stuffed a bulging purse into the newspaper's hand: "Thank you two for this trip, and please come in and have a cup of coarse tea." ”

The newspaper took it and passed it in his hand, and his face instantly smiled.

He entered the courtyard of the Jiang family, and when he saw that the tea and fruit snacks had been placed inside, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile. is so obedient, it is sentence after sentence, and it praises the Jiang family as a flower.

The men gathered around talking, and Old Hu also came back to his senses. After discussing with the old man Jiang and his two sons, he took out the money and called a few people from the Jiang clan to help, and hurriedly went to buy some meat and vegetables, and arranged for someone to eat at noon.

Not to mention anything else, at least the official messenger who reported the good news, the village chief of Lizheng and the like and the Lu family's family must be invited. As for the rest, when the third son returns home, he will invite the villagers to eat and drink.

Lu's father, Lu Laoxiu, heard that the student and son-in-law had taken the Yayuan exam for this township exam, and his beard was raised with excitement.

The good news was announced in the school, and after the afternoon holiday was announced, he took his two grandchildren and followed the seven children of the Jiang family to his daughter's house non-stop.

When he arrived, the Jiang family was already full of people coming and going.

When they saw him come in, they got up and asked him to take a seat. This old man is both a father-in-law and a mentor, so he has to serve well.

Throughout the day, the Jiang family was bustling. And the old man Jiang said, when the third child went home, he would invite the whole village to eat and drink. The crowd responded happily before they dispersed.

In the evening, when the guests were gone, the Jiang family was tired, but their hearts were full of joy.

Jiang Wenyuan was admitted to the Juren, which means that the Jiang family has completely changed their doors and entered the "scholar" family. Scholars, farmers, industrialists, merchants, and scholars are the most expensive.

For several days, the Jiang family was full of people. This kind of liveliness reached its peak at the moment when Jiang Wenyuan stepped into the house on the sixth day of September.

As soon as Jiang Wenyuan entered the house, he personally moved two stools to help his father and mother to take a seat.

After the father and mother sat down, the robe knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times: "Father, mother, my son lived up to his expectations and won the second place in the Lingzhou Township style this time." ”

"Good! Good! Good! Daddy is proud of you! Old man Jiang lifted his son with red eyes. I'm out of breath, and the ground is cool! "Old Hu is already in tears.

After Jiang Wenyuan got up, he made a deep gesture with the two brothers and sisters-in-law: "Little brother, thank you for the support of the two brothers and sister-in-law for ten years.

Without my brother and sister-in-law, there would be no Jiang Wenyuan today! These are the words from his heart.

In ancient times, reading was expensive, and Jiang Wenyuan, a lifter, was offered by the whole family by tightening their belts.

Today, Jiang Wenyuan's wife, Mr. Jiang and Mr. and Mrs. Jiang feel that all the hard work in the past is worth it. The third child of their family is a conscientious person, and he will not forget his brother when he is out.

Jiang Wenkang and Jiang Wenxi helped their younger brother one by one, their eyes were full of relief: "Hurry up, they are all brothers." We are the elder brother to help the younger brother, as it should be! ”

Jiang Wenyuan finally gave a long look at the Lu clan and said affectionately: "Thank you for your husband's hard work for me over the years and giving birth to children."

I, Jiang Wenyuan, can have today, and my mother has made a lot of contributions. Lu was ashamed and happy when he heard this, and tears rolled down like beads for a while, which made the village women in the courtyard envious.

Secretly said that Lu's life is good, his in-laws are charitable, his concubines are harmonious, his children are complete, and his husband loves him. Isn't this what a woman is looking for in her life?

Jiang Wenyuan greeted his father-in-law and the elders of the village again before sitting down to talk.

On this day, the Jiang family opened more than 30 tables, and the high shed was full.

In addition to relatives, friends, and clansmen, there are also mountain chief teachers and classmates from the county school, as well as some squires who come to congratulate themselves. It is even more lively than Jiang Yuqing's full moon before.

The congratulatory gifts received from all walks of life, those who have not seen them, occupy half of the room, and there are more than two hundred taels of silver alone.

Even the Qin County Commander sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, giving the Jiang family enough face.

Of course, these favors will have to be repaid in the future.

In this township test, Cheongju County went to six. Although he only won Jiang Wenyuan, fortunately, he ranked well, and he was the second-place Yayuan, which was stronger than expected, which was also a surprise.

In the evening, wait for the guests to disperse. The family sat around the hall and talked. Ask about the exams those days.

Jiang Wenyuan took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "You don't know, the test shed is leaking rain, it is very damp, and there are fungi in some places."

It was full of flower-legged mosquitoes, buzzing, and many people couldn't stand the bites.

Some of the faces are scratched. Fortunately, I had a good treasure to give insect repellent sachets, which saved me from mosquito bites.

When I eat, everyone else eats hot water, dry cakes, and hard cakes, and I eat noodles.

Soak it in boiling water, it is so fragrant and delicious that even the invigilator smells it.

Later, when I left the examination room, the examiner secretly asked me where I bought that noodle. I said that the lady of the family bought it by chance from a traveling merchant, and then I searched for it again and could not find it again. The lord was quite sorry. ”

Only these few words, Jiang Yuqing could hear it. Instant noodles were very marketable in ancient times.

Think that this thing can be popular in the later generations when there is plenty of food, and there is no way to survive in this ancient era when food is scarce.

It's not hard to make. Perhaps, in the future, it would be good for the Jiang family to specialize in making instant noodles and selling them.

Students rushing to take the exam, businessmen, dart walkers, and even the military are all customers who just need it.

…… Of course, at this stage, she can only think about it, and her current six-month small body will be long in the future.

After a few days of bustling activity, the Jiang family gradually calmed down. But the Jiang family's courtyard is different from that of ordinary villagers.

The first is the field tax. In the Great Xia Law, people can be exempted from 150 acres of land tax.

Although the talent can also be exempted from field tax, the bottom is only 15 acres. When it comes to lifting people, it has multiplied tenfold.

To put it mildly, you will do nothing, and you can only hang up the 150 mu tax, and you will not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of your life.

No wonder people in the world say that only the poor can make the rich.

The Jiang family originally had 17 acres of land, but after discussing with his family, the old man Jiang bought more than 30 acres, and now a total of 51 acres.

The remaining 99 acres are going to be divided among the in-laws at home. Dafang Lin's maiden family, the family is a dart game, and there is no land.

The mother's family of the Zhu family in the second room has land, but such a wolf-hearted brother and sister-in-law are naturally not within the budget of the Jiang family.

In the end, under the unanimous decision of the whole family, Uncle Zhu's three acres of pension land were hung up.

As for the three-room Lu family's mother's family, there is land, but her family has both people and talents, so she can't use it up at all, so she doesn't have to give it.

In this way, there are still a total of ninety-six acres of places left. Later, everyone summed up and simply gave this quota to the clan.

There are a total of forty-seven families of the Jiang clan in Xijindu, and they simply hung two acres for each family, and the remaining two acres were given to Granny Yang's family, which was the most difficult in the village.

Therefore, when the patriarch of the Jiang clan announced the good news in the clan, the Jiang clan people were crazy with joy.

It is said that Jiang Wenyuan's family is conscientious, and his family is developed, and he has not forgotten to bring his clansmen.

The land tax of the Great Xia Dynasty was thirty taxes and one, which was very low compared to other dynasties. However, the grain output in this era was not high, and the peasants were busy all year round and could not pay more than a few grains.

Two acres of land can save at least twenty or thirty catties of rice every year.

Replace it with brown rice and save some to eat for a month. fell in a famine year, but it can save your life, can you not be happy?

Granny Yang is not from the Jiang clan. She fled here with her parents when she was young, and later married Yang Orion in the village.

In his early years, Yang Orion went into the mountains to hunt and was attacked by tigers, leaving only orphans and widows.

Granny Yang finally raised her son and married her daughter-in-law, and her daughter-in-law had a difficult birth when she gave birth to her second child. In less than half a year, his son also had an accident when he was serving in forced labor.

Only Granny Yang was left with her six-year-old grandson and three-year-old granddaughter, and her life was like Huang Lianshui.

If it weren't for the constant help of the villagers, life would have gone on.

Granny Yang never thought that Jiang Juren would hang up her family's only two acres of land, and she cried with joy.

There was a lot of food this year, and she didn't have to worry about her children starving to death. The Jiang family is really a good person!

The Yang family is surrounded by walls, and there is really nothing to show for it.

After thinking about it, he led the two children to the courtyard of the Jiang family, and kowtowed a few respectfully to the old man Jiang and the old Hu family.

This move scared the Jiang family enough, and they were busy helping their grandchildren up.

Granny Yang thanked the Jiang family for a thousand times, and persuaded her for a while before she wiped her tears and went back.

When this matter spread, everyone in the village gave a thumbs up, and they all said that the Jiang family was benevolent and righteous.

The tax field has been decided, and the next step is to build a new house.

Although the old Jiang family's current house is barely enough to live in, it is a mud brick house with a thatched roof. To put it mildly, it is renovated every year.

During the rainy season, it rains heavily outside and light rain inside the house. After a long time, the gray fungus in the corner of the wall grew in clusters.

Now that the family has a small surplus, and his son has also been admitted to the lifting of people, there are more guests coming and going, which is really a little undignified.

Old man Jiang discussed with his sons and decided to sit in the large courtyard with three entrances, and the three brothers entered one by one.

It just so happens that in a few years, the grandchildren will also grow up, and when the time comes, they will marry their daughters-in-law and have children, and they will have a place to live.