pastoral wedding

Chapter 55
"Eldest sister," Su Jin was very happy to see Su Tang coming at this time, and hurried over.Su Tang smiled at her, "When your brother-in-law came back today, I said I wanted to come and see how our business is going, so he came with me."

Su Jin understood that if Han Chen didn't come back, the Sun family would not allow the elder sister to go out this evening, and even if she came out and went back, she would not give her a good face, "Brother Chen, it's good that you are back, you I'm not here, but I miss my eldest sister badly."

Han Chen just laughed, Su Tang glared at the little girl slightly angrily, but his face turned red.

"Yang Cheng, I'm sorry, my second brother is too reckless, please don't argue with him." As the eldest brother, Han Chen naturally wanted to apologize for his younger brother who beat someone.

Seeing him coming, Yang Cheng's anger subsided a little, and he nodded at him, meaning that he would not tell his family.But she still turned her head to look at Su Jin, "Is what Han Yu said true?"

Su Jin just wanted to say no, but when he thought of his stalking, he hesitated again. Just as he was hesitating, Han Yu stood up and stood between the two of them, "Of course it's true, she belongs to me, Han Yu." Daughter-in-law, as my second brother Yang, you shouldn't rob brother's wife by force, right?"

Yang Cheng opened his mouth, but he was so blocked that he didn't know what to say. After being bored for a while, he glanced at Han Chen, turned and left.Han Yu looked at Yang Cheng's limping leg gloatingly, and winked at Su Jin, as if showing off his achievements.Su Jin ignored him, took her elder sister's hand and entered the room.

At the beginning of September, the date of publishing the list arrived.Han Yunniang sent a message from Beijing, saying that someone specially asked people to read the list. Han Chen was on the list. There were 150 people on the list, and Han Chen was No. 20. This ranking is relatively good. of.Although Han Chen shook his head and sighed that he didn't perform well when he received the notice, he didn't get too entangled. There will be an exam in February next year, so he can't relax anymore, and went back to reading.

After this news came out, Qingshi Town was boiling again. There were many scholars in the Daxing Dynasty. On the eve of the exam, students from all over the world flocked to Beijing, and only a small part of them were able to obtain fame.In Qingshi Town, there have been scholars who passed the examination over the years, but those who passed the examination are really rare. This is not the same level as a scholar. You can register with the Ministry of Officials, get a certain official position, and become a county magistrate.Of course, this position is very rare, and there are probably dozens of people every year.Then there are even fewer people who are candidates to be officials, but at least there are still opportunities. There have been such examples in Qingshi Town in the past years. He is a boy from a poor family. He passed the Juren examination, was favored by some high-ranking official, and married his daughter to him, so he didn't have to be an alternate, and soon got a vacancy and took up the post.

Of course, if the Han family really wants to help Han Chen become a small official like a county magistrate, it's okay, but Han Chen doesn't want to rely on his family, so he made it clear that he will take part in the general examination, maybe he can also participate in the palace examination, okay? See the true face of the Holy One.

This year was the first year of the Great Xingguo. The current emperor was in his early thirties, and after more than ten years as the prince, he finally ascended the throne.The old emperor passed away only last year. He has eight sons under his knees. Naturally, he has a lot of troubles. No, as the boss of the new emperor, he is being stared at by his younger brothers, and he can't do anything. Fist, really a headache.

The people of Qingshi Town don't care about these court affairs. Although their place is not a closed small town, it is still far away from the emperor. It is thousands of miles away from the capital. As long as Qingshi Town is not chaotic, who would think So what happened to the old and young emperors in the capital.

The sunflowers on the mountain behind Liushu Village have all grown seeds, and Su Zhen plans to ask the people in the village to help them pick them.Su Wenshan came back with her. As soon as he entered the dilapidated courtyard of his house, his second brother Su Wenhai followed him in.First, he went around the carriage outside the yard, and then he said to Su Wenshan, "Brother, I remember that you still have an ox cart in your house? Since you have changed the carriage, how about the ox cart?" It’s better to use the car for me.”

Just as Su Wenshan was about to answer, Su Jin hurriedly interjected, "Second Uncle, our ox cart is still useful, and everyone in the store needs to use it to buy food and vegetables. I'm afraid we won't be able to help Second Uncle with this task. .”

"You little girl, your father hasn't even said anything yet, so you just said it, is there any rules?" Su Wenhai raised his hands to make a gesture of hitting.

Su Jin leaned forward to meet her, with a smile on her face, "Second Uncle, if you hit me, then you really can't even hold the bullock cart."

"How do you say that?" Su Wenhai raised his hands and froze in the air, looking at her in confusion.

Su Jin pursed her lips and smiled, "I was thinking of asking a few people in the village to pick the sunflowers on the back mountain. If the second uncle takes people to work on the mountain and finish this job, I promise to let me Daddy will buy you a new bullock cart." As she spoke, she raised her face to look at her father, Su Wenshan nodded cooperatively with a smile, thinking that he could take this opportunity to give his younger brother a hand, so as to save his mother He kept saying that he didn't care about his family.

"Even the ox and the cart?" Su Wenhai slammed his lips, "I can do this, isn't it just to find a few people to work on the back mountain, anyway, I don't need to do it, it's done, leave this to me , I promise to get it done for you.”

"Then, second brother, I will leave this matter to you. You will start looking for people tomorrow and recruit more, but at this time the work in the field is also busy, and there are probably not many willing to do it. The wages can be raised a bit, let’s say [-] Wen a day, and I can’t say how many days I will work. When the sunflowers on the mountain are picked and when it will end, the wages will be paid once a day, so that everyone will not have to worry about it.” Su Wenshan carefully Confess to my younger brother, "I'll come back tomorrow with Girl Jin, so you have to find all the people for me."

This means that it has been a long time, but Su Wenhai rarely straightened his body and patted his chest, "Brother and niece, don't worry, I don't dare to say anything else, but if you are looking for someone, you can come to me." You've found the right one, and I promise to find someone for you early in the morning, at least a dozen or so."

It's rare to see him have such a side, Su Jin added with a smile, "If you can do it seriously and responsibly, second uncle, then you will not only have a bullock cart, but I will give you my own money. "

"How much?"

"Second Uncle, I don't have much money in my private house, so I can only give you three taels of silver, but those who work only have one tael of silver even if they work for a month. You can't be too little to work hard." Su Jin She deliberately said that three taels of silver is a small amount for her, and with the dividends given by Su Ji every three months, she has already saved a lot of silver.

Su Wenhai was so happy that he could get some more, and happily led the elder brother, father and daughter to the old house.When I walked to the gate of the old house, I happened to see Mrs. Lu standing there with a big belly chatting with people. Su Qing was holding a piece of candy in his hand, eating it sweetly.

"Second Aunt, Young Girl." Su Jin is a junior, she went up to greet Su Qing, and when she saw Su Qing approaching, she reached out and grabbed a handful of candy from her purse, stuffed it into her hand, patted her head, thought for a while and then I took a delicate silver orchid hairpin from my own head and pinned it to her head, "Young girl has grown up too, so it's time to dress up. Brother Shuo now knows that you have to wear clean clothes when you go to school." .”

The people around looked enviously, some were envious, some were jealous, they all looked this way.Only Xiao Lu curled her lips, stretched out her hand and took off the hairpin from her daughter's head, squinted at Su Wenshan and said, "Brother has money in his family, and he is very generous when he gives it away. Yes, our family is poor, it is not easy for Qing girl to grow up to such a big size without starving to death, how can she compare with you."

These words are very unpleasant. Su Wenshan is generous and doesn't want to argue with her, but Su Jin is not easy to provoke. Hearing this, he wanted to go up to her and talk to her, but was stopped by Su Wenhai.

"Good niece, don't be angry. Your second aunt can't speak. Second uncle must teach her a lesson. You go to your father's house first. Your grandmother is still waiting."

Seeing this, Su Jin had no choice but to follow her father into the yard. Su Qing pursed her lips aggrievedly, and stared eagerly at the orchid hairpin in her mother's hand. Xiao Lu glared at her and refused to take it out.Su Jin shook her head helplessly, so she had to drag Su Qing into the yard together, and promised in a low voice to buy her another one when she came next time.

In September, the sky is bright and clear, and you can’t see a trace of clouds when you look up. Occasionally, the breeze brushes people’s cheeks, which is also gentle.A few wild orchids dug from the field outside were planted in the yard. The fragrance is faint and pleasant.

Mrs. Lu was sitting in the yard peeling peanuts. When she saw her eldest son and granddaughter coming in, she had a slight smile on her face, "Why are you here at this time?" He said, grabbing a handful of peeled peanuts and stuffing them into Su Jin's hands. Seeing Su Qing watching eagerly, she also grabbed a handful and put it in her dirty hands.

Su Jin hurriedly thanked her grandmother, pulled Su Qing to find a bench and sat down, stuffed most of the peanuts in her hand into her hands, and listened to her father talking to her grandmother with a smile.

"I came back for the matter of Sunflower on the back mountain. I just entrusted the matter to my second brother. I will buy him a bullock cart when he finishes his work. It will be more convenient for him to go out in the future." Su Wenshan smiled innocently. Sit down beside my mother.

After hearing this, Mrs. Lu nodded in relief, "That's right, it's not easy for mother to pull the four of you brothers and sisters. You are the boss, and you are doing well now. The younger brothers and sisters below will help you too."

Su Wenshan hurriedly responded, and stretched out his hand to help Mrs. Lu peel the peanuts.Mrs. Lu asked about his family's situation again, asked Su Shuo, and did not forget to ask Su Tang if he was doing well.

Su Jin sat and listened, and felt that her grandmother was much better than before. I don't know if it was because her mother helped the third aunt. In short, she felt that her grandmother treated their sisters a lot better, at least not like I used to be so repulsive, I hated this and that.

(End of this chapter)