Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 190 Performance Appraisal
Li Yuanqing finally arrived in the capital. After greeting his father and mother, Li Yu didn't ask him what he was doing. He just told him to take a good rest for a day so that he could go to the Hanlin Academy to continue his studies tomorrow. However, Li Yuanyu looked at him several times with ill intentions. Li Yuanqing had already gotten used to it. , ignored.

When he came to the bedroom, the servant Li Qin sent him a towel wet with hot water to wipe his face, and said, "Second Young Master, I'm afraid I asked him about it. Seeing how successful he is, he is really stupid! Young Master , is it according to what I said before, let him make an embarrassment in front of the doctor, so as to teach him what he is!"

"No, I will tell my mother about this."

Li Qin was surprised, "Master, do you want to tell Madam the truth?"

"It's just a change of favor." He said lightly.

Li Qin was puzzled, "Madam only regards the young master as a thorn in her side, and she only wants to get rid of it. In the past few years, there have been dozens of families who have found marriages. She wants to get the young master out of the capital!"

Li Yuanqing smiled, "It's just what I want. Their Xie family is very powerful, unlike my father who came from a poor family and has no family support. If I want to do this, I have to show my favor to her. Princess Huiping I don't like it, and I don't want to fight for the family property, if she understands, she will find a way to help me."

"My lord, don't you want to stay in the capital?" Li Qin was taken aback, and then he understood, "Master, do you want to go to Feixian County?" If he passed the assessment and stayed in the museum, his future would be even more limitless, but he actually wanted to give up these things!

Li Yuanqing glanced at him, "There are priorities in doing things. If you want to get something, you have to pay the price. I'm still young, and I'm famous and rich. Are you afraid that I won't have it in the future?"

Li Qin has also learned about his self-confidence and stubbornness. He knew that once he made a decision, it would be difficult to dissuade him. He sighed and said, "The little one just doesn't understand why the young master insists on going there? It's just to repay the kindness of upbringing. The big one But to pick them up, it's not like the capital has no place to settle them."

The capital of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid there is no one who refuses to come?Presumably the master will not object, with this second-rank senior official as his support, living in such a prosperous place, can there be a better life than this?

Li Yuanqing said, "I have made up my mind, if you don't want to go, I will tell my father when the time comes."

Li Qin was the son of a family, and Li Yu personally instructed him to serve him. These three years can be regarded as considerate and loyal, so he was also responsible for delivering the letters.

Hearing this, Li Qin hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The young ones don't dare, the young ones will go wherever the young master goes."

Li Yuanqing nodded, waved him out, and sat down at the desk to write a letter to Lin Song.

Ten days later, the list of Guibang in the capital was finally brought to Feixian County by the reporter. Both Bai Yushi and Zhang Zhuoyu were admitted to Juren, ranking No. 16 and No. 22 respectively. This is a very good result. The country gentry and wealthy people immediately offered wine to invite each other, and everyone in the village also congratulated them one after another. After dozens of days of excitement, it gradually calmed down.

The two families produced two candidates at once. Although Li Yuanqing was no longer the son of the Du family, it was well known that the last time he visited relatives, the Du family and the Bai family were very popular at that time, and neither Du Xiaoyu nor Huang Lishu had settled on a family. Marrying her or marrying him is equivalent to having a relationship with both Juren. For this reason, and their family background is also rich, the two immediately became the object of competition.

Du Xian and Zhao Dongzhi are busy rejecting others all day long, and the guests at home are one after another.

For this, Zhao Dongzhi was overjoyed, full of face, dazzled by choices, and there were really daughters from the county, such as the third miss of the Qi family from Jinhuabuzhuang.You know, Huang Lishu is also a scholar, equivalent to a potential stock, and has a cousin-in-law, so it is normal for a rich family to like him.

Zhao Dongzhi was hesitating, she was always too greedy, one mountain looked at another high.

"I have met the third miss of the Qi family. She is not very beautiful, but she is dignified and virtuous, not as fierce as her eldest sister." She sighed helplessly, "But I still feel that it is not good enough. Mrs. Qi has a wild temper. If I give birth to such an eldest daughter, I'm afraid that Li Shu will be angry with her."

Mrs. Zhao said unhappily, "Miss Qi's family married here, and Li Shu was not the son-in-law, how can you make him suffer? If you are not satisfied, just think of these excuses, and Li Shu can wait a few more years! "

Zhao Dongzhi smiled mischievously, took her arm and said, "What do you say? You really didn't pick a good one? Xiaoyu will be fifteen after the Chinese New Year!"

There are indeed a lot of choices, from big families and scholars in the county, to traffickers and pawns in the next village, there are all kinds of people. Zhao feels a headache when she thinks about it, and said with her eyebrows pressed together, "Everyone is here for the son-in-law's fame. The family originally only had a little money, so how could we get this kind of situation? My husband didn't like it at all, saying that they were evil, and there were a few good ones, but you know, how can we guess what this girl Xiaoyu is thinking, her father I threw them all to her to choose, but in the end I didn’t want any of them.”

"Oh, this is such a great situation that you can't find a single person you like. If the reputation of high vision spreads in the future, who will dare to propose marriage?" Zhao Dongzhi frowned, "A girl is different from a son. Our family can afford to wait, Xiaoyu No, sister, don’t you think so? Don’t regret it in the future, I still have to persuade her.”

Mrs. Zhao shook her head, "Forget it, I think Xiaojin is really good, but there is no movement in their house, and I don't want to climb anything."

Zhao Dongzhi didn't expect her to have such thoughts, and said in surprise, "Xiao Jin? No wonder my brother-in-law always keeps him for dinner. I think it's just rewarding him for his hard work!"

This young man is good, but his family background is too far behind. Zhao Dongzhi couldn't figure out why he fell in love with him. She paused and said, "Mr. Zhang is also a juren now, so I don't know if there is hope... "

"Don't count on it over there, Xiaoyu has no idea." Mrs. Zhao frowned, worried and warned a few more words, "Even if he comes to your restaurant for dinner, don't talk nonsense. The son-in-law is a juror, but who is he?" Don't meddle in the glory of their Bai family!"

"Fine, I don't care anymore, it's your daughter anyway." Zhao Dongzhi snorted angrily.

As the days passed, more and more people refused, and finally the front door began to be cold, and Du Xian was relieved. He was not good at rejecting people. It was still very tiring, and I felt relieved immediately.

In order to welcome Chun Wei, Bai Yushi worked harder than before, and stayed away all day long. Du Huanghua was afraid of disturbing him in the room, so she often brought her daughter to her natal house. Anyway, Bai Shiying came back, and he was the one who took care of the fields. Most of the time it will be done by Cui Shi, she is only responsible for taking care of the children.

But Mao Yuzhu came and said that Mrs. Wan had asked her to speak.

When Du Xiaoyu heard that she put down the work in hand, she stepped forward and asked, "Are you going to call my sister back to Hongxiufang?"

Mao Yuzhu nodded, "In the past few days, I have received several embroidery pictures, all of which were ordered by several big households in the county. Mrs. Wan is too busy to do it alone, and we are not as good as Master's craftsmanship, so Mrs. Wan asked me to invite them." Master go back."

Of course Du Huanghua agreed, "Then just wait, I'll pack up and go with you."

"Then take Nianlian too? She's still breastfeeding." Du Xiaoyu was worried, "How about I go with you? If you do embroidery, I'll watch Nianlian." For many days, Du Huanghua couldn't be too busy alone, and it would be bad to ask someone else to take it with her, and it would be troublesome to go back and forth every day.

Du Huanghua smiled and said, "You forgot, you can hand Nianlian to Xiaoying to watch, she is empty during the day anyway."

"It's true." Du Xiaoyu nodded again and again, "It's not far from Hongxiufang, and it's convenient for you to breastfeed." Huang Xiaoying is also careful in doing things, and Du Xiaoyu can't fault her.

"You wait here, I'll go and tell my parents-in-law." After speaking, Du Huanghua went back to Bai's house with Nianlian in her arms.

Mao Yuzhu sat a little cautiously, and Du Xiaoyu brought some food, "I'm afraid it will be a while, and I have to tidy up my clothes."

"It's okay." Mao Yuzhu smiled.

"Try it, it's delicious." Du Xiaoyu pushed the plate away.

Mao Yuzhu smiled shyly again, then reached out and took a few pieces into his mouth.

She was still wondering why so many people suddenly ordered embroidery pictures together, which was rare in the past, so she asked, "What's going on? I heard that those embroidery pictures were all given to whom?"

"I heard from Sister Liu Hong that it was given to the county lord and the county lord's wife."

"Oh? Has anyone in the County Lord's family celebrated their birthday?"

"I don't think so." Mao Yuzhu tilted her head and thought for a while, "It means that the county magistrate may be promoted to another place because of his good grades. That's why those talents gave gifts one after another, even Mrs. Wan also gave it."

Officials in ancient times also needed to evaluate their performance, once every three years, to determine whether to stay in office, devalue, promote or dismiss in the future, so it was very important for their official career, and the county head of Feixian County has been re-elected in this place for two terms. After six years of mediocre political performance, this year he finally got an excellent grade and is expected to be promoted to the head of the household department in Jinan Prefecture.

Du Xiaoyu suddenly realized, it turned out to be the case, no wonder there was a gift.But when it comes to the county head, Du Xiaoyu has neither a good nor a bad impression of him. He is probably a relatively moderate official who does not seek meritorious deeds, and has never done anything bad in the county. .

She thought for a while, then smiled at Mao Yuzhu, "My sister said you are a quick learner, and often praises you for being smart."

Mao Yuzhu was very embarrassed, and said modestly, "I am very stupid, but Master taught me well."

The two talked for a while, and Du Huanghua finally took care of it, and came over with a bag, in which were some changes of clothes for her and Nianlian.

Mrs. Zhao knew about this and gave them some advice. Du Xiaoyu sent them all the way to the entrance of the village, and came home after seeing the ox cart.

Thank you for the pink ticket from Hazy Distance, Wenwen Xinxin's evaluation ticket~~
(End of this chapter)