Chapter 388

A Liei Qiuwei, Mrs. He took Mrs. Shen to burn all the temples, temples, temples and temples in Beichang Mansion, and was willing to spend money on spices and oils. Not only Mrs. He was willing to give it to her, but she couldn't move her heart, but her heart was just like her mother-in-law and grandmother. She was also a big deal. She asked the maid to take 100 taels of silver and handed it to her mother-in-law, and asked her mother-in-law to help her donate and accumulate merit for her husband.

When Shen talked about this matter, he said, "Ah Xing feels very sorry for Ah Lie." After several years of getting along with his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Shen and Yu Xing have a good relationship now. Shen has never had high requirements for their daughter-in-law, and the He family is not the one who waits for their daughter-in-law to set rules around their mother-in-law all day long. In Shen's words, life is shared by the couple, not by the daughter-in-law, so as long as the young couple lives well, Shen will be very satisfied.

He Zijin smiled and said, "Yes, don't look at Ah Xing during confinement. He personally arranges Ah Lie's meals every day. Just the midnight snack for the evening, and you won't bring you the same for ten days."

Shen smiled, "A Lie also knows that he feels sorry for his wife. During this confinement period, I also said that Ah Xun has to take care of the children and raise her body. He just arranges a house for A Lie. I don't know why it's so good. A Lie slept on the small kang in their house."

He Zijin smiled, "Mom, don't talk about others. You were in confinement at that time, and my father didn't go to another house to sleep."

Shen said to his daughter, "I joked about your mother." He said, "The men in our family take their wives seriously. Unlike some families, the wives they marry are not like daughters-in-laws, but like marrying an old mother."

He Zijin said, "This family is different from others. I want me to say that since I come in and treat my wife as my family, that's it."

"Everyone is as kind as our family." Even though Shen's mother-in-law didn't like her very much when she first married into the He family, in fact, Mrs. He just opened her mouth and said something to criticize her, or hid some food for her son and not her daughter-in-law. There was no other problem. Moreover, later, all these problems were cured by her daughter. In addition, Shen opened a shop and earned her own private house, and later gave birth to her eldest son, and the family life gradually became more and more harmonious. Now it is even more harmonious. Besides, Shen is not mean and looks down on those families who are most despicable in their lives. Just as Shen was about to say something, a neighbor came to talk, and no one came, that was Mrs. Zheng and the eldest grandmother of the Zheng family, who were neighboring Mr. Zheng's house in the west.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Zheng family came over and gave the porridge. Mrs. Zheng was over fifty years old, and her hair was combed with a round bun, a round face, black eyebrows and big eyes, but the two deep nasolabial folds on her lips brought out a bit of shrewdness. Mrs. Zheng smiled and said, "According to what your old lady wrote in the book, my wife tried to do it. I don't know if it tastes like this. My sister tried it. If there is something to change, my sister would have to guide me." Mrs. Zheng actually wanted to ask Mrs. He to help try the porridge, but today, Mrs. He was not at home and went to the third girl's house. She also said she wanted to talk to Mrs. Jiang and would not come back for lunch. So, Mrs. Zheng was unfortunately here, so she had to ask Mrs. Shen to help taste the porridge.

He Zijin has been busy recently and said with a smile, "I don't know, it turns out that Uncle Zheng and A Lie are in the same department."

Mrs. Zheng smiled and said, "Yes, it was a coincidence that the two of them ended together last time. Alas, they were both unlucky. I didn't hear your old lady talking about this porridge at first. Alas, if I had known this porridge, I would have asked my wife to make it for Dalang to eat it in the morning!" Seeing He Zijin, he was very happy, "Grandma, please help me try it. Your old lady said that you cook the porridge the most authentic."

Shen had ordered his maid to pick up the bowls and chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law brings me porridge. You are not allowed to leave at noon this year. We have nothing to do with it. It's just a common thing."

Mrs. Zheng said, "If I don't say it, I won't leave, now it won't work. My grandmother is looking for autumn exams. I'm too late to get the old lady's divine book. There are still many things to prepare. Not to mention, one person must have big red clothes. The red cloth that is now pulled must be made." Seeing the maid bringing the bowls and chopsticks, Grandma Zheng went to help distribute the porridge, and each person had more than a bowl.

He Zijin tasted it for a few bites and said, "It's a bit fishy. When the porridge is out, add some pepper powder, and then cut some minced coriander and mix it, and it's done."

Mrs. Zheng said, "There is a pepper medicine shop. Where can I find the minced coriander in this season?"

Shen simply said, "If my sister-in-law doesn't dislike me, I have it here, just give me some."

Mrs. Zheng laughed, "This is a helping hand in the fire, so how can you say disgust?"

Shen ordered his maid to pinch some coriander, some vegetables and fragrant mushrooms in the basket, and said, "My sister-in-law has used up, just send someone over."

Mrs. Zheng smiled and knew how to improve the porridge, so she took her daughter-in-law home.

Shen said, "I'm not as delicious as you cook."

He Zijin said, "This is the first time to make the porridge. In fact, it is to cook the porridge first, then add meatballs, pork liver slices, and rice noodles. Put some pepper, minced coriander, and shredded green onion and ginger in the pot. Cook the porridge until the water and rice blend, and it is as soft as one. Meatballs, pork liver slices, and rice noodles must be cooked or purified in advance. I see Grandma Zheng's look of low eyebrows and eyes. Mrs. Zheng looks like a powerful person. If you say Grandma Zheng's porridge is not good, how can Mrs. Zheng not go off when she returns? Besides, everyone has their own skills, and it will be the same everywhere."

Shen quickly said, "You are kind-hearted, don't do bad things. How can you know that Mrs. Zheng is going crazy for her boss's fame. Zheng Dalang failed the exam and went out to divine the divine. I don't know where the evil divine came from. It said that Grandma Zheng's eight characters defeated Wenchang. Didn't Mrs. Zheng just take a second wife of Wang Wenchang for Mrs. Zheng? Her grandma, who was very gentle and quiet when she first entered the door, now she asked her to rub and grind it, and it was going to be turned into wood. This year, because she was going to have an autumn examination, she would not allow Grandma Zhu to approach Zhu Dalang for a year. You said, isn't this a problem?"

He Zijin turned his eyes and thought to her mother, "Mom, you told Mrs. Zheng that since you want to be prosperous, you naturally have to cook this porridge that is the most prosperous, and that aunt of Mr. Zheng will be the most prosperous."

Shen said, "Originally, we don't care about their family affairs. But I really look down on Mrs. Zheng's wife like this, so I will talk to her."

He Zijin said, "Mom, do we have any grandmother's books? Seeing that the autumn exam is approaching, I will also give it to others."

Shen said, "There are still five or six sets, and you have to leave two sets, otherwise your grandmother would not have one when she was doing favors, so you should be unhappy." Give your daughter three sets.

He Zijin sent someone to send someone to Mrs. Zhou Tong, and the third son of Zhou Tong's family was about to leave the autumn examination. He also gave another one to Mrs. Tian, ​​and Mrs. Tian's parents and grandson to leave the scene. Another one, He Zijin took him in.

Mrs. Zhou also came over to ask how to make this porridge. Mrs. Zhou was a smart person and brought the cook and said, "I came during the day. If you are not at home, you will come to the evening. This is my cook. Let me tell me how to make this porridge twice. She made it so fishy. My third brother said that it would pass by when you smell the smell, and there would be no way to get it. He heard from A Lie that the porridge was delicious, and it was definitely not the taste. He said that my family was not cooked at home." A Lie and Zhou Sanlang were in Beichang Prefecture, how old were Zhou Sanlang, and their relationship was pretty good.

He Zijin simply asked the chef to take the cook to the kitchen to learn. He Zijin said to Mrs. Zhou, "It's also my brother's fate. I remembered this. Is it effective? That's what it means to have a good fortune."

"It's all. People who never worship gods and Buddhas have worshipped all the temples of all sizes and big and small for Sanlang's autumn exam. My mother-in-law started eating vegetarian food three months ago, giving the Bodhisattva three pillars of fragrance every morning, noon and evening." Mrs. Zhou said, "If it weren't for the fact that the boy was not stupid in his studies, he would just donate an official like his brother. Even though he was not a serious and professional background, he could still make a real flaw." Of course, this kind of real flaw is definitely different from the serious three-ranked Jinshi.

He Zijin said, "On the day they entered the market, I will go back to my parents' house to make A Lie's porridge, so just let your Saburo go to my house to eat."

Mrs. Zhou is a straightforward person and said, "It's good, each of them has different skills. My chef has learned it, and I'm afraid that he won't be able to practice it for a while. I'm not polite to you when I'm about to enter the market."

"Why are you polite?" He Zijin asked the maid to take out a golden talisman with an inch-sized golden light, and pierced a hole on it and tied a red rope. He Zijin said, "This is the golden talisman I asked for in front of the Sanqing, which will bless you for fortune."

Mrs. Zhou thanked He Zijin again. At present, as long as there are candidates at home, it will be a busy scene. The Zhou family is the same. Mrs. Zhou took the talisman home and asked her son to wear it on her neck. Zhou Sanlang said, "There are not ten or eight of the talismans that my grandmother asked me for. They have to wear, so how many talismans they have to wear. This is not about making a fuss, but about comparing who has worn more talismans."

"How is this?" Mrs. Zhou said, "How can you know Mrs. Jiang's ability? It is said that she is the birth of the chrysanthemum fairy in the sky. This examination room is not allowed to bring a piece of paper. The talisman your grandmother asks for you are all made of paper, and there are characters on it, so this is not something you can bring. The one given to me by Mrs. Jiang is the most effective, but it is not guaranteed to win. This is the golden talisman that blesses fortune."

As Mrs. Zhou said this, Zhou Sanlang saw that the talisman was indeed golden and had a very mysterious picture engraved on it. Zhou Sanlang felt that the talisman was really not ugly, so he put it on. Mrs. Zhou said again about going to He's house to eat the porridge on the day he entered the market. Zhou Sanlang sighed, "If I must eat the porridge, I really have to go to A Lie's house to eat it." His cook made it, and he had to explain it immediately after he was afraid that he would eat the life.

On the day he entered the market, He Zijin also went to Yu's house. Mrs. Yu hurriedly said, "I'm not busy here, so you can go back. Wouldn't you make A Lie's porridge?"

He Zijin also said, "It will be done tomorrow morning."

Mrs. Yu asked her to go back again and said, "Go home to rest and make the porridge more effective."

He Zijin had no choice but to go back.

The next morning, it was really early in the morning. He Zijin got up as soon as he went up. In fact, he was not sleeping. He Zijin had definitely used local fragrant rice. Yes, it was the kind of rice that was used to make tributes. The particularity of cooking porridge was neat. First of all, rice must be new rice this year, and the water must not be used. The water in the jar mentioned in advance was not enough, so the first bucket of well water needed to be made. Furthermore, the utensils for cooking porridge were not iron pots from the He family’s kitchen, but the large porcelain jar brought by He Zijin himself. Even if it was put in, how much water, how long it took, and when the porridge was cooked, He Zijin had all held a look of a god. Everyone in the kitchen stood quietly to serve. They all felt that the porridge became a sacred object when cooked by his eldest aunt, commonly known as sacred porridge.

When the porridge was cooked, Mrs. Zhou, who brought her son over to eat the porridge in advance, said, "It is worthy of being the porridge cooked by Mrs. Jiang, and the taste is different."

Zhou Sanlang also said, "If you have to eat this porridge, you will not be able to pass the exam."

Everyone laughed, and Old Madam He was even more happy. She felt that the words were auspicious and said, "I will definitely respond to Sanlang's auspicious words!"

Today, not only do everyone have to eat the porridge, and whether it is He or the Zhou family, they are all bright red clothes, and Zhou Sanlang Alie is even more so. I don’t know that they thought they were going to have a wedding. The family was drinking porridge in the old lady’s house, and Yu Xing was drinking in her own house. Yu Xing absolutely endured the nausea. In addition to the change in taste during pregnancy, after giving birth, Yu Xing returned to her previous diet. She doesn’t even eat much beef and mutton now, let alone pork balls, and there are rice noodles and pork livers in it. She couldn’t eat it when she thought about it. But this is not to make her husband prosperous, and she has to eat it. Yu Xing held a bowl and smelled it, and it didn’t smell bad. After eating it, she couldn’t help but say, “This porridge is really good.”

A Tian said, "I went to see it in person. My aunt's porridge has some specialties." Then I told my girl one by one about rice, water, and pots that were put into use, and said, "The old lady asked my aunt to come back to cook porridge. I also said, "There are many people in the family, so the porridge is not specially cooked by my aunt. But now when I look at it, I feel that this porridge may not be able to learn it." I explained all the details of this porridge.

Buddha also said, "I heard that when my eldest aunt was a child, she was still in her hometown. She learned magic from the gods on the mountain and was very good at divining. She only got three hexagrams a month, and one hexagram costs ten taels of silver. In this way, she had to queue up numbers. Some people came to get numbers six months in advance, waiting for my eldest aunt to divine."

Atian couldn't help but say, "Girl, do you think my aunt really have magical skills?"

Yu Xing said, "The eldest sister is no longer allowed to make a fortune. I heard from my husband that the eldest sister said that the fate method has ended, so I will not do it."

Buddha said, "I feel that my aunt is very sage."

Atian said, "But I feel that my aunt is very kind and not like the monks in the temple or the aunts in the temple."

The superstitious master and servant trio were talking, and A Lie came over. A Lie looked at his son and said to his wife, "I have to queue up to enter now. Come and see you and your son."

I was lucky enough to hand the porridge bowl to the maid and wiped the corners of my lips, "Don't worry, it's too early to pack up the things. I just asked A Tian to check again, and everything was complete. It's the same. When I go to bed at night, don't close the windows of the exam room too tightly, otherwise something will happen to the charcoal basin." A Lie smiled, "I've been killed for seventy or eighty years."

Yu Xing said angrily, "Isn't this not worrying about you?" He sorted out his husband's clothes and asked, "Is the golden talisman given by my elder sister? Is my husband wearing it?"

"Weared."

Yu Xing touched her husband's neck, and then he felt relieved and said, "Go, don't ask the young master of the Zhou family to wait for you."

A Lie pinched his wife's hand and then went.

He Gong took Jun Ge'er, Xing Ge'er, A Nian and A Ye, Jiang Ren brought Dabao, Erbao, Hu Wen brought Chongyang and Erlang to A Lie and Zhou Sanlang to take the exam. With such a show, A Lie was uncomfortable and said straight, "It's not necessary to go, it's only a few steps."

Jiang Ren smiled and said, "A Lie, it's not for you, it's mainly to let the children feel the atmosphere of the autumn examination."

A Lie smiled and said, "This is, I have seen it for a few years. It's Double Ninth Festival, Dabao and the others."

Chongyang said, "Uncle A Lie, take the exam well. This time you must pass the exam, otherwise you will lose face if you are with Dabao in the future."

He Gong coughed, "I used to pass the exam with A Nian, and people said it was a good conversation."

Chongyang shrank his neck, "Grandpa, I don't mean that."

"What do you mean?" Since becoming a grandfather, He Gong has also become solemn.

Chongyang umm, humming, I can't say it anymore. Everyone was happy. A Lie Zhou Sanlang lined up. He Gong touched Chongyang's head. Chongyang pulled A Ye away. It was so dark that Hu Wen and A Nian saw their servants follow him, and then said nothing.

Seeing A Lie enter the venue, the whole family went home.

Mrs. Zhou said, "No one from our family can give it to you, so he should do it himself. The old lady at home wants to give it to you. The old lady is old, and Sanlang said that the old lady wants to give it to you, so he won't take the exam."

Old Lady He said, "The old ones don't have to go there. The younger ones should ask the younger ones to send them off. The children grow up quickly one after another. If it weren't for the emperor and the scholar exam this year, otherwise, Brother Jun was taking the scholar exam this year. If it were a coincidence, he would have to go to the exam with his brother. Brother Xing, Chongyang, Dabao, Erbao, Erlang, and Aye are all the same age. The children are all up. They will start to talk about it. Tell the children to see how it is difficult for brothers and uncles to take the exam, and they will know how hard they have tried."

Mrs. Zhou said, "I am worried that too many people will go, so the child will be stressed, distracted, and the reverse exam is not good. The old lady doesn't know that my sister-in-law also has a boy. The child is smart since childhood and is very good at studying. When people were young, people said that this child will have a promising future when he grows up. Somehow, no matter how good he is, he will not be able to pass the exam. This always fails to pass the exam, and the child feels frustrated. Oh, I'm so frustrated that he gets sick at such a young age. Later I saw through it. Let him go with this fame. Our eldest son is not a material for studying, and the family spends money to find a lack of money. The couple went out to be officials. Even though they are small officials, they can be well-off in food and clothing."

Mrs. He said, "What you said is good in normal times, but there are also people who fail the exam. This has to be told that the child knows what this exam is. If he is so focused in the exam, there will be more important things than the exam in the future. This exam is just a threshold, and he doesn't even dare to step on the threshold, and he can think about what else can he think. This is because his heart is too narrow. He should ask him to be more at ease, stop studying, go to the field to work, and exercise his body firmly. Walk outside and go through some things, it will be fine. Where can the child be allowed to fight to the imperial examination, and he will be stuck in the rut, and the strange way is ruined."

Not to mention other people, Mrs. He is definitely experienced in the imperial examination. Mrs. Zhou nodded repeatedly. Mrs. He took her own example, "Our girl, her father, is also not lucky. In fact, the Huohou of Wenhua has arrived a long time ago, and he is not lucky. He was wasted ten years in the autumn examination. What's wrong? If you have a narrow heart, you feel that life can't go on. My family has nothing to do. My wife gave birth to a granddaughter and two grandsons. She grows flowers and vegetables at home. Life is getting better and better. When the fortune comes, she will be immediately impressed. Once she goes to the imperial capital, the feng shui of the imperial capital is different. I

Another grandson must not say that our daughter, her father and her son-in-law, both of whom passed the imperial examination, and later both entered Hanlin. They did not delay the marriage of the next generation. Although A Lie's study was not like our grandson-in-law, Wenquxing came to earth, and he knew diligence. After living a lot of things, it was not just the imperial examination. If life was better, they would naturally pass. If the family was buried in this imperial examination, it would be no wonder that the children were under great pressure. In fact, living a life is a matter of a whole family. It is not just the matter of this person. If life is better, people will be open to their hearts."

Mrs. Zhou said straight, "You are weird old lady, you can write books. It turns out that you are a person with great insight."

Old Madam He pretended to be humble and said, "Not a big insight, it's just a little experience after living for a long time." The four words "little experience" are so cheerful!

Mrs. Zhou said, "This is amazing. It's strange that if you have an old family, it's like a treasure. That's great. Otherwise, your family will be prosperous. With an elderly person like you, it's hard to live a prosperous life."

Mrs. He smiled, "The main reason is that the children at home know how to live, and there is no idle person, life will be easier.

Mrs. Zhou agrees deeply.

After a while, the men came back and heard that the children had entered the venue successfully. Everyone felt relieved. Mrs. Zhou also stood up and said goodbye. Shen Shi He Zijin went out to see Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. He planned to go back and have a good sleep.

When A Lie entered the venue, Governor Yu cleaned up and stopped the banquet. He quit his colleagues and friends in Beichang Prefecture and planned to go back to the imperial capital. Yu Xing was still in his confinement period, and he was afraid to go out today. Old Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Yu, together with Yu Jun, came to talk, and went to see Yu Xing. After seeing A Can, Mrs. Yu took Yu Jun to talk to He Gong. Old Mrs. Yu said some private words to his granddaughter. When Yu Xing heard that his grandparents were leaving, tears came down. Old Mrs. Yu wiped her tears and said, "What's the point of crying? Now that the grandson-in-law is over, I think he must go to the imperial capital to prepare for the spring exam next year. Our grandparents and grandchildren may not see each other again next year."

Yu Xing said, "I haven't left my grandmother yet. I always feel that once you leave, there will be no one around your parents' home."

Old Mrs. Yu was funny, "What a child, I married your grandfather and went back to his hometown to mourn for more than ten years. It was only after the year when my family members were gone. I was far away. What's the way to see my family members? I couldn't see them year by year, and my life was good."

"It's such a bad day. Let's look at myself, or is it that my grandson-in-law has been bad for you?" Old Mrs. Yu asked with a smile.

"We are fine." Yu Xing acted coquettishly, "I just can't bear to part with my grandfather and grandmother."

"I'll see you next year." Old Mrs. Yu smiled.

"It's better for grandparents to wait for a few more days. Everyone says that my husband is very sure of this subject. If he passes the exam, he will go to the imperial capital together." Yu Xing also has his own little plan. Thinking that her husband will go to the imperial capital with his grandparents, there will be people on the way, so he will not suffer any pain, and he will ask the family to rest assured.

Old Mrs. Yu said, "It is because A Lie is very sure of this subject that we should return to the imperial capital earlier. Otherwise, your grandfather was in power in Beichang Prefecture for many years. He accepted the imperial decree and was still waiting for his grandson-in-law to return to the imperial capital for a long time. Once the grandson-in-law passed, there will inevitably be villains gossip. It's nothing to leave now. The grandson-in-law is just taking the exam for fame and fortune. Wouldn't you be angry when you hear this? It's better to leave first. You can prepare your grandson-in-law in advance. Your grandfather also said that as long as you get the normal level, there is no big problem. When the grandson-in-law passes, you will immediately send him to the imperial capital. The family prepares the yard for his studies. When the grandson-in-law goes to the imperial capital, just study hard and wait for the spring exam next year."

Yu Xing thought about it, but my grandmother was thinking carefully and said, "What grandmother said is."

Old Mrs. Yu said, "You can take A Can with you, take care of your children, take care of your family affairs, and your grandson-in-law is focused on your future. In a few years, you will earn you a decent life."

Yu Hao smiled, "I'm looking forward to it too."

Fortunately, Yu's life was smooth. Although the He family was not a wealthy family, the family was generous and kind, and the family was clean and upright. The Yu family was also very satisfied with the in-laws. The Yu family spent lunch at the He family. When the family returned to the capital the next day, the people in the city sent them to see each other. Naturally, the whole family went there. The people offered tens of thousands of people's umbrellas, which made Master Yu's eyes wet. The officials of Beichang Prefecture, led by Governor Tian, ​​gave them to him again and again, and all the way to the Ten Mile Changting. Master Yu stopped him again and again, but everyone stopped. In this way, Master Yu officially withdrew from the political stage of Beichang Prefecture and returned to his hometown.

Beichang Prefecture had to enter the political pattern of Tian Liu fighting.
Chapter completed!