At the end of February, spring is blooming.
Dahe Village is prosperous, the fields are green, wheat is growing vigorously, the leaves on the mountains are lush, and the Meishan Mountain is busy.
Because everyone in the village is busy, there are fewer trivial things in the village.
On the 26th, Cheng Wanwan and Lu Yingxue prepared to go to Huzhou with their three children who were rushing to take the exam.
Shen Zheng and Cheng Zhao were taking the college exam, and Yu Zhan was taking the government exam. The exam venues were both in Huzhou and the time was about the same, so they went together.
Magistrate Shen had already arranged a carriage. Shen Zheng, Cheng Zhao and Yu Zhan took the Shen family's carriage, while Cheng Wanwan and Lu Yingxue took their own carriage.
When I was packing my books and luggage, an uninvited guest came to the yard.
It was Old Mrs. Cheng who came here with Brother Cheng and Sister-in-law Cheng.
As soon as he saw the Cheng family, Zhao Dashan was all frightened and his vigilance was raised to the highest level. Zhao Sanniu also stood quietly by the side with a hoe.
Cheng Wanwan stood up straight, with a half-smile on his face: "What kind of wind is blowing today? Why did it bring Mrs. Cheng here?"
In the past, Mrs. Cheng would have been so angry that she would have slapped her with such an attitude.
but now! The Cheng family has fully realized how powerful this married second sister-in-law of the Cheng family is!
Within half a year, he was promoted to two levels in a row. It is said that there is no such precedent in the entire Daewoo Dynasty.
Forget it if you offended him before, from now on, the Cheng family will never dare to go against Cheng Wanwan again.
"I heard that Zhao'er is going to Huzhou to take the exam today, and we've brought the money." Old Mrs. Cheng ignored Cheng Wanwan's attitude, looked at Cheng Zhao who came out and said, "Here are twenty taels of silver, including ten. The two taels of silver were collected for you by each family of the clan leader, and the other five taels were borrowed by our family, and the other five taels were saved by the family’s hard work, so please keep them all and don’t lose them.”
A large piece of coarse cloth, with broken silver in it, and hundreds of copper plates.
Cheng Zhao's mood was extremely complicated. He said slowly: "While I was at my second aunt's house, I have been copying books for the study in the city. A book costs one hundred cents. I saved about ten taels of silver. The clan members The money I collected will be returned to everyone.”
It's not easy for people in the village. It's too difficult to earn a few copper coins. How can he exploit the hard-earned money of these poor people.
"If you are admitted as a scholar, our Cheng family will not have to pay local taxes for five years, and everyone is willing to pay for it." Old Mrs. Cheng forced the money over, "There are still a lot of things to do at home, let's go first , be careful on the road."
Brother Cheng coughed and looked at Cheng Wanwan: "Second sister, I will leave Zhao'er to you. Zhao'er is a sincere child and will repay you in the future."
Mrs. Cheng didn't want to stay any longer, so she turned around and left.
Sister-in-law Cheng followed up quickly and muttered: "My mother-in-law came so far away and didn't ask me to come in and sit for a while. She didn't even let me take a sip of water. My second sister-in-law is really getting more and more stylish, and she's also They take our Cheng family less and less seriously..."
"Shut up!" Old Mrs. Cheng scolded her coldly, "If you say that again, don't come to Dahe Village again."
She won't deliberately please this second daughter, but she doesn't want to expand the conflict anymore. It's fine as long as they don't conflict with each other.
Anyway, the Cheng family has such an outstanding eldest grandson. In the future, they will become rich and powerful through this grandson. There is no need for them to be humble in front of Cheng Wanwan.
The three members of the Cheng family came and went in a hurry and soon disappeared at the entrance of the village.
Cheng Zhao was slightly distracted as he held the heavy silver coins in his hand.
Cheng Wanwan said quietly: "They give it to you, just keep it and repay double in the future."
Cheng Zhao nodded and went back to pack his luggage.
As soon as the Cheng family left, a father and daughter walked in, holding two pairs of red silk socks in their hands.
Silk cloth is very expensive these days. Even such a small piece of cloth costs at least two to three hundred coins.
"This is for Master Shen, and this is for Cousin Cheng." The little girl squinted her eyes and smiled, "My mother has completely recovered. After sewing these two pairs of socks, she sent them to the temple for consecration. I hope Master Shen and Cousin Cheng will go well in their exams."
Shen Zheng put the socks away and felt grateful in his heart. Unexpectedly, his small kindness at the beginning was reciprocated.
After collecting some clothes, a dozen books, and loading the carriage, we can officially set off.
There are two exams, with three days in between. Including the time to go early and wait for the results to be released, it takes about ten days in total.
"Mom, leave everything at home to me, don't worry." Zhao Dashan patted his chest, "What mom was like when she left, she will be like when she comes back."
"That's definitely different." Zhao Sidan retorted, "In ten days, there should be flower buds in the yard, and the vegetables in the ground will also grow."
Zhao Sanniu said: "I'm keeping an eye on the soap workshop, mother, don't worry."
"I am always there for everything at home." Mrs. Zhao hugged her great-granddaughter and said with a smile, "I have been staying at your house for the past few days. Don't worry, there won't be any trouble."
"Woof woof woof!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Ouch——"
The three little guys, Big Black, Little Black and Little Dot, kept circling around Cheng Wanwan. Little Hei went too far and directly hugged Cheng Wanwan's thigh, making him laugh.
"You guy..." Cheng Wanwan laughed and shook his head, "Open your mouth."
She quickly bought fragrant dried meat from the mall, and each of the three wolf dogs stuffed some into their mouths. She blocked her movements with her sleeves so that no one around her could see clearly.
After she fed her the dried meat, the three little guys immediately hid in the corner with the meat in their mouths and enjoyed it.
"You guys all listen to grandma." Cheng Wanwan warned, "If you encounter any big problem that you can't handle, try to solve it yourself first. If you really can't solve it, just wait until I come back to handle it. Okay, I'll I'm leaving."
Cheng Wanwan has nothing to worry about. There are two elderly people at home. If you want to eat, you can just go to the canteen of Lao Zhao's house. The hard-working women in the village are responsible for the matters in the yard. There are shopkeepers Sanniu and Yan in the soap workshop. Ergou and Huiniang were in charge of the restaurant. Overall, there was nothing major that she needed to worry about.
She stepped onto the carriage.
A circle of people watched in the yard.
Two carriages left Dahe Village one after the other.
The Shen family's carriage was in front, and Shen was sitting in it. There were two people beside him, Cheng Zhao and Yu Zhan, both bookworms. The carriage was shaking and bumping, but these two people were still reading.
He was not interested in improvising. He got out of the carriage, jumped out of the Shen family's carriage, and then jumped into Cheng Wanwan's car.
Of course, he didn't sit in, but squeezed next to Ah Fu.
Ah Fu was driving a carriage and quickly slowed down: "Why is the young master here? Is that carriage uncomfortable?"
Shen Zheng coughed and lifted the car curtain a little: "Auntie, are you okay?"
Cheng Wanwan has been taking motion sickness medicine since last night. She also has motion sickness patches on her body and ginger slices on her wrists. She has just been in the car and doesn't feel anything unusual for the time being. She shook her head and said, "I'm fine. What's wrong?"
"Ahem." Shen Zheng touched his nose, "Well, I just wanted to ask my aunt, what do you think of my father?"
Hearing this, Lu Yingxue's head immediately came up: "Xiao Zheng, I also want to ask, what does our county magistrate mean to Sister Wan Wan? I heard from the villagers that your father hired a matchmaker before. I came to propose marriage. Judging from the posture, it seems that I won’t marry anyone but Sister Wanwan, but I have been in the village for so long and I haven’t seen any expression from the county magistrate. Did the villagers misunderstand something?”
"No misunderstanding, my father just wants to marry my aunt." Shen Zheng said immediately, "That's right, my father always puts political affairs first, and will forget everything else when he is busy. After a while, something will show."
Lu Yingxue's face showed disgust: "Then this won't work. A man who puts government affairs first will not be able to marry."
She lowered the car curtain, pulled Cheng Wanwan and whispered, "Sister Wanwan, when we women marry, we must marry a close person, no matter his official position or how much money he has, the most important thing is , I want to put you first..."
Cheng Wanwan couldn't laugh or cry. She had never thought about having anything to do with Magistrate Shen, and she had already agreed with Mrs. Shen to hold a formal recognition banquet after the spring rush was over.
Shen Zheng, who was sitting outside the carriage, was deep in thought. It seemed that he had to tell his father what Mrs. Yu said. His father should really work hard...
