Xu Tianxin's eyes lit up, thinking that someone else wanted to order a water-drop clock.
Bai Muyan suddenly felt a little discouraged when he saw Xu Tianxin winking at him and hinting at inquiries.
Bai Muyan glanced at the newly changed clothes and soap boots with his eyebrows lowered, and Bai Muyan felt that he was even a little ridiculous.
He knew that Xu Tianxin would pay more attention to what he was wearing.
She couldn't feel the sweetness of him changing her clothes at all, so what had she been busy with all morning?
Fortunately, Bai Muyan knew very well that he was happy with Xu Tianxin first, so he couldn't ask the other person to feel the same as him.
Thinking of this, he adjusted his mood in an instant.
Bai Muyan warned herself that no matter whether Tian Xin was enlightened or not, if she liked a girl, all she could do was be nice to her. Instead of asking her, why don't you give me any feedback when I do this to you?
Why should he insist on giving feedback? He didn't like it either.
I can't control it, hey.
From Bai Muyan's point of view, this matter is a bit like studying. All you need to know is that if you are young and don't work hard, you will be miserable. If you don't work hard, it will be a pity. As for the remaining results, there is really no need to worry too much, time will tell the answer, so as not to worry about gains and losses.
Bai Muyan stood up, looked at Xu Tianxin with a smile and asked, "How are the elders doing? I'm here to visit."
I'm not looking for an excuse to order from her.
Xu Tianxin said with a smile: "I happen to be awake, do you want to come in and take a look?"
Bai Muyan was hesitant. Looking at an elder who had not yet left the cabinet, he felt a little awkward and had nothing to talk about.
But he behaved very well.
After all, there are times when there is nothing you can do but stay calm. Why not be more calm and not lose your style?
It wasn't until Bai Muyan opened the door and saw the old lady lying on the kang that he breathed a sigh of relief.
I only blame myself for not asking clearly, because another person fell down here.
Bai Muyan asked: "How is Tai Nai doing?"
Xu Tianxin replied: "The ribs are broken and I need to be nursed for two months. It's not something to worry about."
Too milky?
Xu Lizheng and the others who accompanied Bai Muyan into the house to visit could not help but look at each other.
Xu Lizheng was surprised: This generational hierarchy is so chaotic, huh? Where did it start from?
But that doesn't matter right now.
The important thing is that Xiu Caigong's car is parked in Xujiazhuang, and the curtains are blue that is only allowed by Xiu Caigong.
Zhuangzi, whose surname is Xu, is passed down from ten to one hundred.
After a while, all the villagers in Haoxin'er knew that the most promising scholar in Shiliba Village, and the only one in the neighborhood who had passed the examination, came to visit the old lady of the Xu family in person.
After everyone heard the news, they rushed over to join in the fun, clicking their tongues and talking:
In recent years, even the most arrogant elders in Xujiazhuang have disappeared, and they cannot recruit serious scholars.
In other words, Bai Muyan could not be invited.
After all, people are very expensive at that time. You would come here when you know each other or have a relationship with someone by giving them some gifts?
Unexpectedly, the old lady of the Xu family was sick, and this is what happened.
I heard that they came with meals, cakes and gifts.
The villagers all talked about it:
And if we really talk about his status, Bai Muyan's status is higher than that of Zhen Ting, not to mention that Zhen Ting has real power.
I heard that the scholar did not have to kneel before the magistrate and could scold the officials without being punished. If Bai Muyan committed murder and arson, he would not be arrested immediately and would need to be reported to a higher-level government office.
"You men have been talking for a long time without getting to the point. The most rare thing about Mr. Bai Xiucai is that he is very young."
Yes, young, what if we go further in the future? Scholarship is just the beginning.
And it was such a young man with a bright future who took the time to visit an old lady.
What's more important is that this scholar, who is very outstanding both in terms of future and appearance, specially sat by the kang and said to the old lady: "You don't have to get up, there is no need to be polite."
There is no room for standing in the room.
At this time, there were many people watching the excitement in the house, yard and outside the windows.
The old lady was a little surprised to see Bai Muyan.
Although my daughter-in-law's family has met many high-ranking officials of several grades in recent days, it is not surprising that she is a scholar. But to be honest, those high officials were a bit elusive to her.
I don't have the confidence to go out and say that I know those officials. I always feel that my family is too low-level and is just a supplier. Presumably the folks will feel the same way, too.
But it's Bai Muyan's turn. Things are different. You know, people from all over the country are proud to be able to talk to relatives of the Bai family.
Moreover, this is the first time for such a serious public outing.
The old lady was a little flattered. She covered her chest and whispered: "The people who allow you to visit in person are gentlemen and scholars. I never dared to think that the scholar guild would come to see me, an old lady."
Bai Muyan looked at the old lady and said with a smile: "You're so polite, don't say that I'm just a scholar now. In the future, if I take one step forward, two more steps, however many steps, as long as I'm at home, I will come to visit you."
Everyone inside and outside the house was extremely surprised when they heard this.
In other words, in the future, when the scholar is a scholar, he will be a scholar, a Jinshi, and any official will recognize this relationship. Did they understand it correctly?
But why does Bai Xiucai support the Xu family so much?
You must know that the Xu family of the old lady's family has a small number of people, and the land combined is not much. It can be said that this family named Xu used to be an ordinary villager family in Zhuangzi, and they would stand in the back rows when opening the clan ancestral hall.
Bai Muyan seemed to have guessed everyone's doubts. He thought he needed to explain a few words:
"Tainai, you may not know, but I actually admire my Aunt Xu and Tian Xin very much.
Taking Erdaohe Village as an example, it is not an exaggeration to say that under the leadership of my aunt and Tian Xin, the fate of many families has been changed. "
Bai Muyan grew up in the countryside and knew the countryside very well. He only gave a few general remarks, but the villagers might not understand because they didn't expect it to be so far-reaching.
Only when specific examples are given and everyone hears that it is true, will they say yes, yes, yes.
So Bai Muyan specially gave an example to explain to everyone:
"For example, if my aunt leads everyone to make money, so that every family in the village has more money, then the focus of choosing a daughter-in-law will be different.
In the past, the only important thing was whether the daughter-in-law could have enough to eat after getting married, and whether the daughter-in-law could work more, and other things were put aside. Now that I have extra money, I will look at my character.
As for character, I would say it is actually the foundation. Don’t we have a saying that a good woman will prosper for three generations, but a shrewd woman will destroy a clan. Doesn't this change destiny? "
Shuanzi's wife, who was having sex with Uncle Xu outside last night, was the first to respond: "Yes, yes, that girl named Gu is ruining the whole clan."
Shuanzi's daughter-in-law was glared at by Xu Lizheng, "Why are you, a wife, interrupting this conversation?"
Shuanzi's wife didn't take it seriously. They just had such bad character and liked to stare at her. If she hadn't wanted to listen to a few more words so that she could go to the front door of Gu Sufen's house and say a few more irritating words, she would have been there by now. ran away.
Bai Muyan continued:
“Even this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner in Erdaohe, I guess, will be very different from last year.
I also plan to visit various stores, which will be good for my writing.
We common people often say that a good official means leading everyone to have enough to eat.
Previous officials did not make Erdaohe different.
And I, a person with a bit of fame, can’t do it either.
And Erdaohe is undergoing such big changes right now. I think it will become the leading village in the neighborhood in another year, and Zhuangzi, where my home is located, will not be able to compare.
Who brought about these changes? How could I not admire it. "
There are still many people in Xujiazhuang who have never been to the current Erdao River. They haven't been there because of the cold weather, so they don't have a deep experience. But if Xiucai Gong said that he could become the best, then he would not be lying.
After all, some things only seem to be officially certified to everyone if they are said by scholars.
At this time, everyone looked at Old Mrs. Xu in a daze. Everyone seemed to realize that they were only paying attention to the earth-shaking changes in the Xu family's second room, like three bullock carts buying them as soon as they wanted, and pushing them outside. If you sell goods, how much money will you make?
It seems that the Xu family has never thought that the more second-home transactions the Xu family does, the harder it will be to do it. If they can't do it, they will hire people to pay them. As time goes by, many families will become different.
No wonder the old lady was just sick and the scholar came to visit her.
No wonder something happened to the Xu family. Erdaohe Village exaggeratedly sent a lot of food. As if he had never been hungry before, many people were complaining behind his back this morning. Why are you pretending?
In short, in the final analysis, the symptom of Xujiazhuang, as their husband's village, is that they still treat her as the second daughter-in-law of the Xu family. She always feels familiar to her and instinctively looks down on her.
Bai Muyan believed that everything he said above was the truth and had nothing to do with his happiness with Tian Xin.
Even the statement that he wanted to see any changes in each family's New Year's Eve dinner was not a lie.
And he also plans to take several classmates to see it.
Because he planned to listen to Tian Xin's opinions and became more positive about the stock market.
Last time on the way back from Xishan Town, Xu Tianxin and Xu Tianxin were talking about making a fuss about the imperial examination. Tianxin asked him what he thought about the mutual market.
To be honest, he is not so optimistic. Long-term is not a problem, and if you want to trade in the long term, this is not the way to trade.
Obviously there are too many disadvantages.
Then Tian Xin asked him, did you plan to write like this when you took the imperial examination? After seemingly enduring it for a while, Tian Xin hesitated and said to him:
“When you encounter a question that doesn’t have an accurate answer, do you need to grasp the general direction first?
Otherwise, you will not get what you want, and the general direction will be wrong from the beginning. Even if the discussion is meaningful, will it...
Let's play a game of chess.
Our Zhenbei General’s family, the Huo family, is well known to the people as to whether their background is strong or not. They also understand the disadvantages of this mutual market better than we do.
But on the surface, don't you still have to be busy with the mutual market? Who dares to sing the opposite tune?
What's the difference between that and your boss turning tables while your boss is eating, or your boss keeping you warm while you put out the fire? "
No matter how much he said, Tian Xin stopped talking, but Bai Muyan also understood.
No matter how serious the shortcomings of the mutual market are, the examiners will not give him high marks. He will easily fail the exam next August.
Fortunately, he is still a pragmatic person. He only secretly contended with his stubbornness for two days before choosing not to be stubborn anymore because he couldn't do it.
But let him extol the virtues of Germany's mutual trade, saying that in order to prevent war from breaking out on the border, teams were temporarily raised from south to north in the middle of winter. He was so thoughtful that he almost froze these traders to death.
As for the elite soldiers and generals who praised the people for paying taxes and food, they didn't dare to fight if they wanted to. The cowardly states cooperated in sending food and drink to the other side, all for the sake of the people on the border.
No, he couldn't close his eyes and boast.
That's why Bai Muyan considered visiting Erdaohe, a famous village in Hushi during the Chinese New Year.
He said that the only benefit of this mutual trade is that it makes the villages along the road different. He can only praise this aspect.
At the same time, as for what Bai Muyan said or did to the old lady and everyone else, don't worry about that. Just listen to what Shuanzi's wife, Fifth Aunt, and the other ladies are saying at the door of Uncle Xu's house.
"Master Xiucai said that my old sister should get well soon, because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the grandchildren and great-grandchildren who want to kowtow to my old sister are not only the ones in front of me, but a bunch of juniors from Erdaohe will also go there. , he will go too.”
Shuanzi's daughter-in-law looked at Uncle Xu's house and curled her lips and shouted: "What if your mother is really a snobbery? How can you be treated like this in your family? Do you have the ability to let Mr. Xiu Cai visit? If you can't prepare for the Chinese New Year, just one and a half If you kowtow and the boss is not happy, I won’t come back, that’s all!”
"The most promising scholar in the family is highly regarded, but your family is so easy to eliminate. At the moment, it seems that your family is not a top-notch family, but a real tiger. Just look at it, you are so scheming. , Sooner or later, you will regret it greatly. I heard that Mr. Xiu Cai also gave Ginseng to the old lady to raise."
"Not only that, I heard that the other end also carried mutton steamed buns. When we were standing in the courtyard and heard people talking inside, the mutton was placed in the pot to heat up. Scholars are very particular and say that ginseng can replenish qi and mutton can replenish the body. I saw that there was also a large plate. Finely chopped lamb head meat.”
"Why did I hear anything else to drink? Tea?"
"No, it seems to be water boiled with hawthorn, tangerine peel, black plum and white sugar. People said that Aunt Bai said that Tian Xin liked to drink this and brought it to him because he was worried that he would get sick while guarding the patient here.
I also specially brought food to Tian Xin’s breasts. Did you hear that? It's called Bazhen Cake. "
Several women discussed Bazhen cake:
"I heard that Tian Xin Nai and the old lady from the Bai family have the same problem, both of which are bad spleen and stomach, so Xiu Caigong specially asked for the prescription from his classmates.
And this recipe has a lot of history. It was written by a great imperial doctor of this dynasty who lived to be over eighty years old. I don’t know exactly what is in it. Anyway, it is a pastry made of eight kinds of ingredients. Eating it is guaranteed to be good for your health. .
Tian Xinnai was very happy when she heard this, saying that her spleen and stomach could still be dealt with, but her granddaughter was really bad at it. "
When I traveled through time, I was already dead. You can only imagine the digestion ability of the spleen and stomach.
Shuanzi's wife hurriedly winked and asked Fifth Aunt to talk about the important point.
Don't go on and on about food and get off topic.
"Ahem, guess what Mr. Xiu Cai said after hearing what happened?"
"What?"
"There is a lack of virtue. This is because we don't want the next generation to study. You need to know that you need to be recommended by someone, and it needs to be recommended by more than five people.
Who do you think the scholar's evaluation was made casually? Do you think you can pretend nothing happened if you don’t close the marriage documents? "
Shuanzi’s wife spit out:
"He deserves it. We only have four acres to support him in his old age. It's not from your hands. I still have the nerve to cry and howl for half the whole night, as if someone owes you. Raising a child is a big deal for others, and it's hard not to pay for the medicine." If you push it to the other side, your family will take over everything, and you will take advantage of everything, but in reality this is called trying to get rid of everything."
In the house, Uncle Xu couldn't pretend to be deaf even if he wanted to, but it was a pity that the door was not closed tightly.
Hearing that his future grandson would not be allowed to study, he was heartbroken.
Xu Youshu held his head and said, "Dad, tell me how to deal with it. I've given you everything you deserve. My second aunt's family still wants to be tortured to death by our family."
Gu Sufen was scolding Wangdi in the kitchen: "Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. You can't hear the scolding outside, are you satisfied, you little bitch?"
It's almost noon, and I haven't eaten breakfast yet.
Wang Di didn't talk back and said: You must be satisfied, right? She and Zhaodi have different personalities. But she suddenly put down the grain bag and said listlessly: "Then I won't eat any more."
Just be hungry. After saying that, he entered the house.
Gu Sufen would not let Wang Di go, but Wang Di pushed the door back in.
She yelled through the door: "If you dare to send clothes to Zhaodi, or if you dare to sneak over there, I will break your legs."
Xu Youshu pushed Gu Sufen away, maybe it was because Gu Sufen didn't have much energy today.
Xu Youshu knocked on the door and said, "Second sister, I persuaded my mother to leave. How about cooking?"
"If you want to eat, just bring the firewood back and go talk to mother. I have a headache."
"I... hold firewood?"
Otherwise, Zhao Di will leave.
He is really gone.
Just after noon, the three Xu family members and Zhao Zhenting came. The fourth uncle Xu and his family had dull faces: "..." The threshold of their house had never been stepped on by so many people.
Xu Lizheng also swallowed his saliva, rubbed his hands nervously and stepped forward to help lift the person.
Zhao Dashan came because he had something to do. Hearing that Mrs. Xu was not at home, what could he do? He impatiently followed her to Xujiazhuang to have a look.
If this side can leave, let's go together. If we can't, we have to replace his aunt and Tian Xin. Let someone else take care of it.
Because it was a document issued from above, the Xu family's land was specially approved to be rezoned.
Also, for the first time, the Zhenbei Army came with a serious order.
