Tao Zhu admired and felt distressed at the same time that he worked so hard.
Originally, Tao Zhu called him Chief Li two days ago, but Tao Zhu quickly stopped calling him these three words for fear of putting pressure on him.
But there wasn't much Tao Zhu could do. Apart from feeding him soup and water in different ways, the rest was to not let anyone or anything disturb him.
Except for the three meals in the morning, lunch and dinner, no one can come to him during the rest of the time, so as not to affect his study.
Even if you come to him, you can't worry about anything, lest it affect his mood.
Just like Han Xiaoyan, Han Xiaoyan almost went crazy when she saw that Li Dazhong was getting married again so soon, and that he was marrying Bai You, whom she deliberately blocked.
She no longer knelt down and cried, begging Li Dazhong to forgive her, as she did a few days ago.
She regained her former vigor and scolded Li Dazhong for his change of heart a long time ago. His anger that he wanted to cut out her tongue that day was just an excuse to show off to the public. His original intention was to take the opportunity to divorce her, a rotten wife.
You ungrateful man, a scumbag, you deserve to be gutted!
Li Dazhong didn't refute Han Xiaoyan's insults. He was tired. He had argued too many times with Han Xiaoyan. He didn't want to argue now. Let Han Xiaoyan say whatever he said.
But Zhao Erniu couldn't stand hearing it anymore. Wasn't this a curse on her son?
Zhao Erniu seemed to have forgotten how she had encouraged Han Xiaoyan to cause trouble, so she rushed up and kicked Han Xiaoyan.
Han Xiaoyan suffered a loss from Li Dazhong, and actually wanted to come to Li Qiao, wanting Li Qiao to make the decision for her, and wanting to expose in front of Li Qiao the fact that Li Dazhong used him to abandon her, a useless wife.
Although Tao Zhu didn't understand why Han Xiaoyan had such a mind-set, he didn't bother to pay attention when he saw that the villagers stopped Han Xiaoyan in advance and didn't let Han Xiaoyan approach his house.
From beginning to end, Li Qiao did not feel sorry for Han Xiaoyan.
However, Han Xiaoyan had never been kind to Li Qiao, and even wanted to stop the nobleman's carriage to let Li Qiao know the truth.
For this reason alone, Tao Zhu could never forgive Han Xiaoyan. If it weren't for the sake of his two children, he would have deserved to be scolded every day.
After ten days of this, Tao Zhu began to pack his luggage. He and Li Qiao were preparing to go to Fucheng.
According to Zhuang Wen's experience, you should go to Fucheng to rent a house or stay in an inn in advance to adapt to the Fucheng environment.
Pingcheng is quite far from Fucheng. Even if you drive an ox cart, it is still a three-day journey. If you rush to Fucheng a few days before the exam starts, it will be very difficult if you get sick or take the wrong road along the way. The exam may be delayed.
This is the experience summarized by Zhuang Wen and other candidates through practice.
But this time, with Xu Ying, a person from Fucheng, leading the way, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu would at least not go astray.
Xu Ying's household registration is in Pingcheng, but his family actually does business in Fucheng.
After passing the county examination, he did not return to Fucheng immediately. Instead, he stayed a little longer and returned to Fucheng with Shen Hua, Li Qiao Taozhu, and Meng Yue.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu had a lot of luggage. When they arrived in Fucheng, they planned to rent a house instead of staying in an inn.
Staying in an inn is too noisy, which affects my studies, and I can't eat home-cooked meals.
So Tao Zhu brought the bedding.
Pots and pans can be bought temporarily, but as for bedding, they must be comfortable at home.
Besides bedding, the most important thing is books.
Li Qiao had to continue studying after arriving in Fucheng, so he brought a large box with just books.
In order to have someone to go shopping or run errands with Tao Zhu, Li Qiao brought Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian with him.
With Li Dashan's unremitting efforts, Zheng Qianqian finally nodded and was willing to marry Li Dashan.
This made Li Dashan so happy that he quickly asked his father to go to the Zheng family to propose marriage and try to get the marriage done in the summer.
In winter, every household has to make vermicelli, and they are so busy that they don’t even want to have a good New Year, and there is no time to prepare for the wedding.
So Li Dashan wanted to get married in the summer.
He wanted to give Zheng Qianqian a perfect and grand wedding that Zheng Qianqian would never forget. Therefore, even though he knew that Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went to Fucheng for exams, he still asked Tao Zhu to bring them back to him. Something new.
Like jewelry, fabrics, rouge and gouache, he wanted to buy Zheng Qianqian anything that Pingcheng didn't have.
Li Qiao knew this, so he simply took him along and asked him to go to Fucheng to buy it in person.
After these two years of experience, Li Dashan is much more stable than when Li Qiao first crossed over.
This stability is more forced out.
Because Zheng Qianqian was angry because he couldn't speak clearly before, Li Qiao happened to write him a guide at that time, so he made up his mind to get rid of this bad habit.
When talking to Zheng Qianqian, he would always think for a moment, as if his mind was not clear, and he would look silly.
At first, everyone thought he would give up after a few days.
Because it's just too difficult.
We are just talking, how can we say a word or think a word, how can we have a pleasant chat?
But who knew that he persisted. Every time he talked to Zheng Qianqian, he would think about it first before speaking.
Zheng Qianqian was moved by his persistence and relaxed.
And he also brought this habit to getting along with other people, so slowly, he became a lot more stable.
Now that he was stable, Li Qiao took him with him this time and asked him to go out and see the world.
As for Zheng Qianqian, firstly, she and Li Dashan went out to have fun before the marriage, and secondly, she had a companion with Tao Zhu.
After settling in Fucheng, Li Qiao himself would definitely study without leaving home, but Tao Zhu had to take care of his food, clothing, and daily life, and Tao Zhu had to go out.
If Tao Zhu went out alone, he would definitely be worried. Now that Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian are following him, he can save a lot of worry.
There were a lot of people and luggage, but Li Qiao's family had no shortage of oxcarts at this time.
After buying 200 acres of land, he also bought a few cattle, hitched the cart to the cattle, and a freshly made cart was ready to go wherever he wanted.
So, in mid-March, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu rode in an ox cart, Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian rode in an ox cart, and Huang Youming and his youngest son rode in an ox cart. Huang Youming was getting older, and Li Qiao specially let him His son took care of him, and the six of them drove three ox carts behind the carriages of the Xu family and the Shen family, wandering away from Pingcheng and heading to Fucheng.
Meng Yue was on the Xu family's carriage. His family was poor and he had to go to Fucheng alone, so he had to walk.
This time he took the Xu family's carriage. He didn't ride in vain, he paid the fare.
Although his family is poor, they have prepared money to go to Fucheng to take the exam. Of course, the money is not much. If he is alone, food and accommodation will be very difficult.
Now that he took the Xu family's carriage, the fare he paid was obviously not worthy of the carriage. He could only write down this kindness and pay it back later.
The journey is long, and it often takes a long time to reach the town without reaching the town. However, there are tea sheds on the official road.
It was opened by people from nearby villages and provided simple tea and meals to passers-by.
You will also encounter a town in the middle. There is an inn in the town. You can stay in the inn at night instead of sleeping in the wild.
In this way, after riding in an ox cart for three days, the group finally arrived at Fucheng, Hexi Prefecture.
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Chapter 77 Mansion Examination Flying away, life would be worse than death
Hexi Prefecture is not the original capital of He Province, but it is quite prosperous. The gate of the city is crowded with people and very lively.
In Dasheng, when people leave their place of household registration, they need to go to the county government to apply for a certificate called a public document, which contains their name, place of origin, what they want to do in a certain place, etc.
When they were about to enter the city at this time, Li Qiao and others took out the official documents issued to them by Pingcheng and asked the soldiers guarding the city to inspect them.
After staying at the city gate for about a quarter of an hour, the group entered the city smoothly.
The Xu family had already sent people to wait at the city gate. On the one hand, they were to pick up Xu Ying and Shen Hua, and on the other hand, they were to act as guides for Li Qiao.
After the results of the county examination came out, Xu Ying learned that Li Qiao did not plan to live in an inn, so she asked her family to find several places in Fucheng suitable for candidates to rent. Now that Li Qiao was here, the Xu family sent people over to take Li Qiao over. Qiao went to take a look at some of the houses they had selected.
However, it was evening now, and it was obvious that there was no time to go see the house today. Therefore, after entering the city, the group split into two groups. Xu Ying took Shen Hua and Meng Yue back to Xu's house, while Li Qiao took others to stay. Inn, we’ll look at the house tomorrow.
With people from the Xu family as guides, Li Qiao and the others drove the ox cart to the inn first. After settling down at the inn, the steward from the Xu family left and came back tomorrow morning.
The inn recommended by the steward of the Xu family was really good. The rooms were clean and the food was delicious. After the meal, several people ordered hot water to take a bath. After being smoked by the hot water, exhaustion hit them like a sea. After running around for three days, the few people had no intention of going out for a stroll. Go straight to bed.
The next day, at nine o'clock, the steward of the Xu family came on time.
Huang Youming and his son stayed in the inn, while Li Qiao, Tao Zhu, Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian followed the steward of the Xu family to see the house.
The houses chosen by the Xu family are all near the examination shed. As the government examination is approaching, candidates from several counties in Hexi Prefecture come to the city to take the exam, so the houses here are very popular.
Just like Li Qiao's previous life, the renting method here is very flexible. Some rent out the entire yard, while others rent out a house of their own. There are various forms.
There were six people in Li Qiao's party, and they were not short of money, so they naturally had to rent a yard.
The Xu family found him clean and tidy courtyards. After looking at three in a row, he picked the one with the most rooms and signed a contract with the homeowner that day.
There are two entrances to the yard. The yard is smaller than the yards of the surrounding houses. It looks a bit compact, but it has everything it should have.
A well, a kitchen, and a utility room for oxcarts are all available just like Li Qiao's house.
This was what Li Qiao liked, so he rented it for two months without hesitation, with a deposit and rent, a total of twenty taels of silver.
After signing the contract with the landlord, Li Qiao and several others returned to the inn, brought the luggage to the cart, washed and wiped it, and after a busy day, the whole day passed.
On the third day, Li Qiao took Tao Zhu, Li Dashan, and Zheng Qianqian out for shopping.
Pots and pans, vegetables and meats, as well as various small items needed for home, and of course, pens, inks, papers and inkstones.
If you want to buy all these things, you have to visit a lot of stores. At the end of the day, several people walked around Fucheng from east to west, north to south, and had a clearer understanding of the prosperity of Fucheng.
The money was spent like water, and Li Dashan originally thought he was quite rich - his salary had been increased, and now it was 150 yuan a day, plus the red envelopes his uncle gave him during the holidays, and in just a short time In two years, he had saved two hundred taels of silver.
He felt that he was extremely rich, so he was very generous when he asked Tao Zhu to help him buy things. He asked Tao Zhu to buy whatever he liked.
But now that he really came to Fucheng, he touched the money bag in his arms and had only one feeling:
Grab money.
In Pingcheng, a blade of papyrus only cost thirty coins, but in Fucheng it actually cost forty coins.
There is also pork. In Pingcheng, the best pork belly is twenty cents per catty, but here in Fucheng it is almost thirty cents per catty.
As for pots, pans, etc., they are also more expensive than Pingcheng.
Even these things are more expensive than Pingcheng, so jewelry fabrics, rouge and gouache must also be more expensive than Pingcheng.
