Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 286 Another Year

After a few days, everything to be brought on the road was ready, and Du Xian and his wife went to the capital with Zhao Dongzhi and her daughter.For the sake of their safety, Du Xiaoyu specially hired a few skilled escorts in the martial arts gym, so that she can feel more at ease.

Du Qingqiu also lives in the mansion now. Although Du Huanghua hired a nanny to take care of Xiaohe, she was more careful this time because of the lessons learned from last time, and she never left Xiaohe at every step, so Du Xiaoyu took Huang Lirong as well. Come on, he and Du Wentao study in the same private school, so it's good to have a companion when they live together.

Zou Luan and his wife have been fully responsible for the fields in the village, and they have recruited a few more farm laborers. She is now a hands-off shopkeeper in terms of farmland, and there are a few more shops to manage. She really has limited energy. If she can take care of one place, she can't take care of another .

In a busy life, time flies by.

As soon as Du Xian and his wife arrived in the capital, they saw Du Huanghua and quickly wrote a letter. Only then did Du Xiaoyu know that Cui Shi was seriously ill, and Bai Shiying was not in good health. There is only one person to support, and he has to take care of Bai Nianlian and take care of his parents-in-law. Even if he bought a maid, he still lost a lot of weight.

So they decided to stay in the capital for a while, help Du Huanghua share some burden, and come back after the Bai family has passed this test.

It was already late autumn when Du Xiaoyu read the letter, and Huang Lishu had already passed the provincial examination at that time.

The two news were not very good, and she couldn't help frowning.

Li Yuanqing took the letter from her and read it.

"Now I really wish I was in the capital." She has never been far away from Du Xian and his wife, and now that they are going to live there for a while, and I don't know how long, it sounds like Cui's illness is not serious Haozhi felt a little worried immediately, "My cousin didn't pass the exam, so I'm afraid my aunt will be disappointed."

"He's still young, so he's not in a hurry, but if you're really worried about my sister, go to the capital too." Li Yuanqing suggested.

Du Xiaoyu shook her head, "I can't help even if I go, and besides, if I really go, Dad won't die in a hurry? Just leave you here alone, he feels sorry for you and has no one to take care of you."

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Then wait, there may be a chance next year."

"Have a chance?" Du Xiaoyu raised his eyebrows, remembering that a young man came to Li Yuanqing two days ago, and his accent was from the capital, "But what's the news?"

"Do you still remember the last time my father thoroughly investigated the corruption of ink in the Ministry of Industry? It was about a prince."

Du Xiaoyu nodded hurriedly, "Didn't the prince go to plead guilty with the Holy One?"

"Now there are new clues to find out that it was another prince who designed the frame. On the contrary, it seems that the former King Jing was generous and righteous. In order to protect his brother, he did not hesitate to stand up and plead guilty. The Holy One pitied him for suffering in the frontier, and immediately sent someone to arrest him. King Jing came back and lived in the palace for several days, and now there are many supporters."

What a turn of events, Du Xiaoyu couldn't help worrying, "The case was tried by the father-in-law, is he implicated?"

"No, my father only handled it impartially, let alone overstepping his authority. The Holy Majesty personally made the judgment."

The affairs of the imperial court are complicated, and she is not able to figure it out as a layman, so she asked again, "Then is this matter beneficial to our family?"

"At least it's harmless. The current minister of the Ministry of War is supporting the prince who designed to frame him. Now he is in a state of panic, but his son-in-law doesn't know how to restrain himself. Do you know how many brassica fields our magistrate Wang has planted? He forcibly Ordered more than ten counties in Jinan Prefecture to plant brassicas, and those who disobeyed would be sent to the government immediately." Li Yuanqing sneered a few times, "I have written several times to no avail, and the seeds have already been planted."

Sure enough, it was a great achievement, and without restraint, Du Xiaoyu cast a sideways glance at Li Yuanqing, "You know he won't listen to you, how many times have you persuaded him?"

He squinted his eyes and smiled, "Kung fu is always enough."

"No wonder you want them to grow all the food, and then they will send charcoal when the time comes." Her eyes brightened, "I don't know what the weather will be like next year. This Wang Zhifu is really brave."

Half a month later, Zhao Dongzhi returned from the capital with Huang Lishu.

One had a normal face, not surprised by favor or disgrace, while the other had an ugly face. Zhao Dongzhi originally had great expectations for this son. He thought that he would stay in the capital if he won the Juren, and wait until next year's exam, but he failed in the result. , She boasted in front of people that her son would have a good future, but now she doesn't know how many people laugh at her.

"Hey, Xiaoyu, tell me, he studied well in private school, so why didn't he pass the exam?" She sighed, "I don't think I will ever have a son who is an official in my life!" After becoming a chef, Huang Lirong's studies were mediocre, so she didn't have much hope.

"It's just that he didn't perform well. He's still young. If you say such frustrating words now and your cousin hears them, you'll even fail the exam in the future."

Zhao Dongzhi immediately covered her mouth, and whispered, "I'm just talking casually, you don't know, I'm stuffy here." She sighed and rubbed her chest.

"How is Aunt Cui now?" Du Xiaoyu asked what she was most concerned about. Cui's family is not good, and Du Xian and his wife may not come back.

"It's a sickness in the stomach. I spent a lot of money, and the sickness hasn't improved much. I think this capital city is full of quack doctors." Zhao Dongzhi was annoyed. Those doctors still look down on them, and some famous ones invite them three times and others refuse to come, saying that they are only willing to come here because they want to see other big families. Hey, so, this capital city is really not a good place for ordinary people to stay. what!"

As soon as she complained, Du Xiaoyu frowned.

"But don't worry, my sister and brother-in-law are fine, and there are servants at home. They just bring Xiaohe to Huanghua, and talk to Brother Bai. Brother Bai fell and injured his leg from time to time. It's not suitable to walk around on the bed. Your brother-in-law is busy, he is outside all day, and he doesn't come back even on holidays. "

"What?" Du Xiaoyu opened his eyes wide after hearing the last sentence, "Isn't brother-in-law coming back?"

"It seems that something happened to their yamen." Seeing that she was very nervous, Zhao Dongzhi smiled and said, "It's not that the relationship between the two of them is not good. Don't worry about it. Although Huang Hua has lost weight, I can tell that she has a relationship with your brother-in-law Still good."

Only then did Du Xiaoyu feel relieved, the so-called husband and wife work together to cut money, they should all get through it safely.

Zhao Dongzhi said again at this time, "At first I thought that Li Shu would win the exam, but since he didn't pass the exam this time, he has to think about this lifelong event."

She had chosen thousands of choices in the county, but she didn't like any one. Du Xiaoyu twitched the corner of her mouth. She didn't want to give any opinions, anyway, Zhao Dongzhi had a high vision.

"How many shops do you manage now, but what kind of relationship do you have with those wealthy businessmen?"

"What's wrong?" Don't you want those girls from a scholarly family, and turned to businessmen instead?

"You don't know, the cost in the capital city is really incredible. If you take out dozens of taels of silver, it will be spent in a blink of an eye. I see those ladies who have thousands of taels of silver on hand. When you buy jewelry, you can't see it." Don't even blink. How can I bear it when I come to the capital in the future? And Sister Cui's illness, I spent 100 taels casually. Fortunately, your parents also saved a lot of money. I think their Bai family is It's not enough..." She covered her mouth as soon as she finished speaking, her eyes rolled around, and she said suddenly, "What do you think of the Lu family's daughter?"

Obviously changing the subject, how could Du Xiaoyu let her go, "What did you just say, sister, they don't have enough money?"

"No, it's enough. I just feel that I don't have enough money in the capital." Zhao Dongzhi laughed.

"Did your father and mother tell you not to tell me?"

Zhao Dongzhi was very uncomfortable being looked at by her, and annoyed that she had slipped the tongue, so she had to say, "Just pretend you didn't hear, you know who your sister is, why would she reach out and ask you for it? Even your mother would cry with anger." It's because your sister is willing to take her money, and now she has taken on a lot of embroidery work, and she can barely handle it."

Du Xiaoyu was very distressed when he heard that, after all, the capital is the capital, it is different from other places, and Bai Yushi was an upright official, the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was indeed very low, and now the two old people in their family have to pay To see a doctor, relying on Du Huanghua alone may be really difficult.

The money saved before was used to buy a house and a servant, so it was probably spent.

"It's not good for me to pretend that I don't hear it. If you don't say it, I will be angry!"

Zhao Dongzhi smiled sheepishly, "I also advocated telling you, but Huang Hua is not willing to let us help at all. I said she would not even if it was a loan. Since you know it, that's all. She has a good relationship with you and is willing to listen. Yours, maybe she won't be embarrassed if you show up."

The marriage with Bai Yushi was Du Huanghua's own choice. How shocking this choice was at the time, Du Xiaoyu still remembers it now. Therefore, Du Huanghua must be more sensitive and stronger when it comes to this aspect.

As soon as Zhao Dongzhi left, Du Xiaoyu dug out a few bank notes from the cabinet.

But how to deal with it is still a bit difficult. It's hard to say just give it to Du Huanghua directly. If that's the case, she definitely won't want it.

As soon as Li Yuanqing came back, she told about it.

"It just so happens that I have a letter to send to the capital, so let him bring the banknote to Eldest Sister."

"Always find an excuse." Du Xiaoyu said hastily.

"Excuse? The three of us are siblings, do we still need an excuse?" Li Yuanqing sat in front of the desk, picked up a paper and a brush, and wrote a letter.

Du Xiaoyu picked it up and looked at it, feeling sincerely, just like a charcoal basin in winter, making people feel warm.

"Is this good? If the eldest sister still doesn't want it, I'll send it over in person." The last sentence was delivered in person, and he also wrote it in the letter.

"You're cheating, you sent it yourself, do you still want to be an official? Hey, the eldest sister is afraid that you will lose your official title, so she has no choice but to take it." Du Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing. "Eldest sister is a soft-hearted person."

Then, according to Li Yuanqing's method, the messenger sent the letter to the capital together with the bank note.

(End of this chapter)