Yoshida Mii

Chapter 169 Going to Anzhou Again
After going through Song Bai's incident, Li Shi has a psychological shadow. She will not see Dongbao for a while, so she looks around in fright, often making Dongbao dumbfounded, and she is not even ready to let Dongbao go to Anzhou.

"It's so mysterious!" Dong Bao laughed, "Brother Dashi and the others will go with me, as well as Wang Cong's family. It will be fine."

Li Hongqin also helped persuade her, she was not expecting Dong Bao to earn money and come back, but Li Shi's attitude was not quite right, how could she keep her daughter by her side for the rest of her life.

"It's not pleasant to say something." Li Hongqin said, "Dongbao's family must be unreliable. Don't you expect Dongbao to be able to do something? Besides, we are honest people, and we are worthy of heaven and earth. Who else will harm us?"

In Li Hongqin's view, no matter how good a man is, he can't rely entirely on a man, just like her, the husband is very good, but there are unforeseen circumstances, the husband left her and a pair of children and left, leaving her to cry to death with the two children , and I can’t cry anymore. In the end, don’t I have to wipe away my tears and support the child by myself?
So, women have to rely on themselves.

"Hey, her grandma hates us this time. It's fine if she annoys me. I'm afraid she'll be annoyed by Dongbao. Maybe she will come up with something." Li Shi sighed and refused to let her in the past few days. Second Aunt Song came to fetch tofu and bean sprouts. Judging by Huang's temperament, this was a feud. Huang was not a kind person to his granddaughter.

Li Hongqin curled her lips, "Are they still reasonable?! What kind of people are in this family! Dongbao's father has spoiled her. Wait until Qiuli and the third child of their family go to the county to take the exam, and see how they ask you for money."

In order to get Song Bai to write a "confession", Dong Bao offered a tael of road money to lure her, and Li Shi did not object. She originally planned to give Song Bai the road money, but she didn't want to be yelled at by the Huang Shi lion. "Zai", when Song Yang went to the county to take the exam, he only spent about two hundred dollars. After discussing with Dong Bao, Mrs. Li decided to give only one tael of silver for the travel expenses, which was enough.

The shop makes money every day, but my brother-in-law has no money to go to the county to take the exam. It is said that the two of them will inevitably get a reputation for being stingy. Therefore, they must pay for the travel expenses, but even if they do, they cannot follow Huang's instructions. Ask to come.

For the Huang family and the old man Song, even if she doesn't give anything, no one will say anything about them. After all, Song Yang is dead, and the Song family still has two sons and two grandsons. There is no reason to ask the daughter-in-law to separate. Going to honor the elderly with my granddaughter, they usually give enough filial piety.

Of course, this is just Li's idea, and it is also the idea of ​​most normal-thinking people, but the Song family doesn't think so, they only think that you have earned money, how can you spend it yourself and not give it to them?It's outrageous!
Dong Bao didn't have time to pay attention to the Song family. Anyway, she had Song Bai's "confession" in hand. To be honest, even the Huang family can't provoke her anymore, and the Huang family must restrain the rest of the Song family, and treat their mother and daughter politely for the sake of Song Bai's reputation and future future.

Soon it was the day when Wang Cong made an appointment to go to Anzhou. Dongbao prepared his things and put them all neatly in a cloth bag, which was bulging. Lin Shi and Quanzi also came with them, The difference from last time is that this time Xiaoxu knew they were going to Anzhou, so he wanted to follow.

After consulting Lord Yan's opinion, Dong Bao decided to take Xiao Xu with her. She really likes this beautiful little baby. If it weren't for being too young, the master who taught him would have wanted him to try to be a scholar.Moreover, Master Yan took good care of them, and Dong Bao was also a person who would reciprocate, so he would naturally treat Xiao Xu well.

When a few people followed Mrs. Li to Baoji, it was still dark, and there was only a faint red light in the east. Now it is the hottest season of the year, but this time is the coolest of the day when.When they gathered from Tagou, the whole village was still asleep, but when they arrived in the town, it was a different scene.

Most of the people who set up the stalls have already pushed their carts and carried their burdens to the street, and started preparations for a busy day’s work. Aunt Qiuxia and Guizhi also put on aprons and went to the stove to knead dough, steam buns, and deep-fry them. Fried dough sticks, and the Li family set up a pot and a coal stove at the door.

"Ma'am, they got up really early!" Xiao Xu yawned with his mouth open, and exclaimed.

Dong Bao rubbed his fair and tender face, and said with a smile: "No, it's hard work, you have to study hard, and you won't have to work from dawn to dusk in the future." After educating Xiao Xu, Dong Bao suddenly felt that something was wrong, He laughed and said, "That's not necessarily true. Even if you are good at reading and become the number one scholar in the exam and become an official, you still have to work for the emperor from dawn to dusk!"

Lin Shi smiled slightly, and looked at Dong Bao with gentle eyes like water, "According to what you said, there is no rush in life!"

"I want to be an official in the future, I want to be a high official!" Xiao Xu said suddenly.

Dong Bao stretched out his thumb and praised: "Ambition!" Children seem to have the dream of becoming an official. The quieter children want to be the number one scholar, while the more stern ones imagine that they can be a majestic general. .

Xiao Xu chuckled, clenched his fists and said: "The group of officials in the county always scolded my father because they thought he collected too little tax and gave them too little money for tea. They always scolded my father. When you become a high official, you must punish them for their crimes!"

Dong Bao silently patted Xiao Xu's head. From their point of view, Mr. Yan, who is an official, is the sky of the common people in their area, and there are more officials on top of Mr. Yan, who were tested by serious scholars. Officials, presumably these "serious officials" look down on petty officials like Mr. Yan, it is inevitable that Mr. Yan will be treated unfairly, and it is no wonder that Mr. Yan is so concerned about Xiaoxu's studies.

A few people were talking, a black carriage drove over steadily, and stopped at the gate of Baoji, with a young man and a middle-aged coachman sitting in the front, Dongbao could see it clearly by the light of the stove. That boy was the boy who followed Wang Cong to Baoji that day.

"Miss Song!" The servant quickly jumped out of the carriage, saluted Dong Bao, and said with a smile, "Please get on the carriage."

Seeing the carriage, Mrs. Li hurried over, looked at Dong Bao reluctantly for a while, then patted Dong Bao's hand, and said, "Go, come back early, and take good care of Xiao Xu."

I have to say that Wang Cong's carriage is indeed much more comfortable than Zhou Pingshan's mule carriage. This is the common feeling of Dongbao and his wife after they got into the carriage. The stools are covered with cotton cushions, and the interior of the carriage is very spacious. , along the way to go smoothly, less bumps.

Dong Bao thought to himself, Zhou Pingshan's mule cart is roughly equivalent to a modern Santana, while Wang Cong's carriage is more advanced, such as BMW, Audi, etc. As for more advanced cars, Dong Bao listened The guests who ate in the store mentioned that there are two horses and four horses in a large carriage. The carriage compartment is almost equivalent to a room, and the interior is gorgeous, which is equivalent to the level of a caravan.

But such a carriage, even if you have money, you may not be able to afford it.There are strict restrictions on the grades of the Dasu Dynasty, and there are regulations on what grades should be used for what kind of things.It is estimated that only high officials and nobles can afford the drooling carriages that can be envied by talking about them. For ordinary people like them, if they can have a horse-drawn carriage, they will already stand out from the crowd. up.

Besides, since Dong Bao has been here for so long, he has only seen a horse-drawn carriage, and more often mules, donkeys, or oxen-drawn carts.

"What are you thinking?" Lin Shi asked softly.

As time passed, the sun gradually rose, and the inside of the carriage changed from the original darkness to light. Of course, Lin Shi also saw Dong Bao's pensive side face.

"I think this carriage is really good. It is very convenient to go out with a carriage. You can go wherever you want." Dong Bao smiled, and there is no need to think about battery life. There are grass everywhere, and the horse is hungry and tired. Stop If you take a break, you can continue to run. In modern times, you still have to find a gas station. If you run out of gas, no matter how powerful your car is, you can just lie there and cannot move.

Zhang Xiuyu sat next to Dongbao, pinched Dongbao's nose, and asked jokingly, "Where else do you want to go?"

Dong Bao smiled and shook his head, "I don't want to go anywhere, Tagouji is pretty good." Modern people want to travel everywhere, one is because of the convenient transportation, and the other is because they are tired of the current place and want to change places. Look, she really doesn't have anywhere in particular she wants to go right now.

Tagouji is very good. It has different scenery throughout the year. Although the ditch next to the village is scary to say the least, it is a different world after entering. It is rich in products, such as fungus, mushrooms, peppercorns, wild fruits... These forest fruits have been taken with her to pick them.The river that flows through the village is always clear and clear. When you are tired from playing outside, you can drink directly with a handful of water. What a place!If according to her original idea, the Song family would not come and cause so many troubles, and the current house would be well renovated, with flowers and trees in the front yard and vegetables in the back yard, what a beautiful rural scenery!
"Sister Dongbao, when will you move to the town? Soon?" Xiao Xu asked excitedly. He had been looking forward to Dongbao's move.

Dong Bao nodded, "Come on, I went to the woodware store yesterday to see that the furniture and everything are finished and painted, and it will be ready to take home in ten days or so. When the furniture is ready, we will move to the Come to town."

In fact, after brushing the paint, it can be used directly after two or three days when the paint dries. However, Dong Bao thought it better to hang it for a few more days to be on the safe side.

Lin Shi said that he didn't quite know how he felt in his heart. On the one hand, he hoped that Dong Bao would move to the town, so that they could spend more time together. a little bit.

Even Xiao Xu is a child, he really needs to work harder!

(End of this chapter)