When the yellow list came out, Xu Si ordered him to be ranked tenth in the second class.

The whole Xu family celebrated, and even the in-laws like Yongchang Hou Weibei Hou Zhongqinbo were also happy and asked the steward to drag firecrackers in a small car to the door of Xu's house to set off. The third wife's father even made a special trip to visit Xu Siyu.

Xu Lingyi showed a smug smile in front of Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang covered her sleeves and smiled: For those who didn’t know, I thought you had won the Jinshi. Xu Lingyi hugged her and kissed her hard.

Eleven Niang laughed and pushed, and the two hugged each other

Xu Siyu, on the other hand, kept having big and small banquets, either going to meet fellow students or visiting his master. Otherwise, if someone was inviting him to a banquet, how could he see anyone there?

The second lady finally got a chance to talk to Xu Siyu: Forget about the excitement, what matters is the next Shujishi exam.

Xu Siyu said nothing and came to see Eleven Niang the next day.

Mother, he bowed respectfully and I want to let him go. In other words, he is not going to take the sage examination.

Eleven Niang was surprised.

Does your father know? She thought for a while and asked.

Xu Si had just told his father in a subtle way that his parents were here and they would not travel far. It would be good to stay in Yanjing, but I would also like to visit Jiangnan. He showed a gentle smile. Fortunately, there was still a fourth brother at home who could

Instead of Cheng Huan, I can take Xiang and the children out to have fun and see the scenery outside... He took a few steps forward and slowly knelt in front of Eleven Niang. Mother, looked up and stared at

There was a bit of sadness, a bit of reluctance, and a bit of relief in her eyes. As she spoke, her eyes turned red, and there was a glimmer of water in her eye sockets.

When he passed the Jinshi examination and was overshadowed by Xu Sizhen, he asked Xu Sizhen to replace him and take his children to the south of the Yangtze River. He even decided to go to the south of the Yangtze River to ask her to forgive him for his unfilial piety.

Did he want to use this method to tell Xu Sizhen that he had chosen a path that would not block Xu Sizhen? No, perhaps, he wanted to tell Xu Lingyi

Eleven Niang suddenly felt sad in her heart: Your father has always valued you, otherwise, he would not have married into the Xiang family.

I know, Xu Siyu nodded, with a bit of relief in his smile, so I want to go to Jiangnan. After saying that, he stood up. Mother, where do you think it is better to wait for me to settle down, you can stay with me for a few days.

Accompanying you to walk around and look around, go boating on the lake, and go to teahouses to listen to operas. He stands there handsomely and gracefully, with a smile on his face and eyes, as bright as the bright moon and the breeze. Like a sapling that has just sprouted in spring. Where is it?

There is still a little bit of the haze of the past.

Eleven Niang's eyebrows couldn't help but stretch out, revealing a gentle smile.

Leaving is not necessarily the end, sometimes it is the starting point for flying high.

When Xu Lingyi returned to the house, it was already time to light the lamp.

The red lantern swayed in the wind, and in his eyes, it suddenly felt a little more festive.

He entered the room slightly drunk, and the maid stepped forward to change his clothes with a smile on his face.

He went to the clean room next to him, wiped his face, and chewed some tea leaves to get rid of the smell of alcohol in his mouth.

Where's the lady?

Leng Xiang, who is reading in the inner room, is from Jiangnan and has been at Xu's house for more than a year. Although he speaks Beijing dialect, he can bring out the unique glutinousness of the Jiangnan water town.

Eleven Niang is also from Jiangnan. But her words are clear and her accent is Qingyue. Her Beijing dialect is even more beautiful than him who was born and raised in Beijing.

Thinking of this, he touched his head.

As soon as Eleven Niang got married, she spoke Beijing dialect. When she drank the hot and sour soup, there was nothing different about her, as if she had been born and raised in their family. Is this what others said, that the whole family does not belong to the same family?

Xu Lingyi entered the inner room with a smile, and was greeted by a burst of hot air.

Eleven Niang's body is weak. For many years, other people's houses started to burn kang at the beginning of winter. In their house, they started to burn tuolong as soon as October came.

She put up a bed with a quilt with red vase carvings, and placed it on the big pillow made of turmeric and koi carp on the big bed next to the window. She lazily turned over the book, which reminded him of the kitten warming himself by the fire.

As soon as it was hot, I walked to the kang in three or two steps and sat down. Then I put my hand in and grasped the feet that were as delicate as cream under the quilt.

Eleven Niang was flipping through the book vigorously when she was startled, her legs naturally shrank, and she was pulled over again.

She smiled and glanced at him: Mr. Hou is back

Xu Lingyi hummed, and caressed her smooth instep with his thumb, which made her sit upright with a tremor in her heart. She hurriedly handed over the book in her hand: What does the Marquis think of Yangzhou?

It's the Chronicle of the Nine Realms of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It’s been a long time since Eleven Niang read this book.

His eyes couldn't help but narrowed: Yangzhou is not bad. It's very lush and has delicious food... Then he asked, why did he suddenly ask about Yangzhou?

Brother Yu said that he wanted to take Xiang and his children to Jiangnan to serve as officials. Eleven Niang looked at Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi said nothing, but the hand in the quilt stopped.

Leng Xiang comes in to serve tea.

Madam and the Marquis sat there affectionately, but the atmosphere in the room was cold.

She shrank her neck and walked out quickly with light hands.

Xu Lingyi picked up the tea cup and took a sip: Did he also have any plans?

He said he wanted me to come and play on his property. Eleven Niang looked at him sympathetically and took me to go boating and listen to a play.

Xu Lingyi was silent for a long time, heaved a long sigh, put down the tea cup, and leaned on the big pillow next to Eleven Niang: "Then go," he said in a voice as quiet as a gnat, "That's fine, you respect me, I respect you."

You alone, Brother Zhun is not the kind of person who doesn’t know what is good or bad.

Eleven Niang hugged his arm and leaned on his shoulder: "Then you can find a better place for him. Then we will take the children to send Xu Siyu on the boat." Xu Lingyi said in a deep voice and hastened to Huguang to take charge of the administration.

Envoy to deliver the letter.

Mr. Xiang had neither regrets nor emotion about Xu Siyu's decision. He planned an official career for Xu Siyu calmly and rationally. He delineated the main tax targets for Taicang, Gaochun Jiaqing, or Fenzhou, Dezhou and Changzhou, which were major transportation routes: it was impossible to appoint him as chief official. First of all,

Go to such a big county for some experience, and then go to a small and wealthy county like Tongxiang Xiushui Lake to work as a parent official. As the tax increases, the chances of promotion will be much more than others. Or, on the contrary, go to Shenqiu Baofeng.

Being a parent official in a poor county like Nanzhao is easy to cause trouble.

Xu Lingyi thought about it in his study for two or three days, and finally decided to go to a place like Gaochun Jiaqing in Taicang.

During the Spring Festival, he made a special trip to Chen Ge's hometown. After the New Year, Xu Siyu filled the seventh position of the judge of Jiaqing Mansion.

Ever since Xu Siyu failed to take the exam for the Shujishi, all kinds of rumors and rumors have been growing wildly in the Xu Mansion like grass in spring. When the news came out, Mrs. Tai was silent for a long time and ordered Luzhu, who was in charge of the key to the cage:

I found my jewelry and I want to give it away.

Ying Niang was very envious and told Xu Si, who was coaxing the child, "If the mother goes to see her second brother, we should clamor to go too."

Xu Sijie laughed: I don’t dare. If you want to say it, go ahead and say it.

I said just what I said. Yingniang glared at him and said, "Just don't hold me back when the time comes."

A little maid ran in: The fourth young master is here. Xu Sijie handed Brother Zhuang to Yingniang and explained: Fourth brother invited me to see off second brother. We are going to Chunxi Building for a drink. Then you can come back to Yingniang early.

His mother sent him out of the courtyard and took the child to Mrs. Jiang's place.

Mrs. Jiang is in the warehouse.

Hearing that Ying Niang was coming, she put down her rolled-up sleeves and walked out.

Ying Niang asked Ru Niang to take the child to play with Brother Ting, while she discussed with Mrs. Jiang: Second Sister-in-law and the others are going to Jiaxing, what can we give them as gifts?

I was about to look at things in the warehouse. Ying Niang has a cheerful personality and gets along well with her sisters. Jiang said with a smile. There must be a lot of clothing materials there. My grandmother and mother will probably give some jewelry and the like. I want to give them to the official kiln.

The porcelain used to be there should not be available in Jiangnan, right?

Shaoying's mother smiled and said, "Then I will also follow the second sister-in-law to deliver porcelain."

The two agreed to go to Xiang's place.

The room was noisy. Several of Xiang's housemates were holding booklets and drinking the names of objects, while several eldest maids led the little maids to count and store the half-packed things. Brother Qing was making a lot of noise when he saw the commotion here.

When we were playing in the main room, this one had a plum vase and wanted to touch it, and that one had a teacup and wanted to look at it. The nun didn’t dare to take her eyes off it for a moment. She was so tired that the maids and women who were packing things kept stopping.

I called my ancestors, but Xiang was nowhere to be seen.

Mrs. Jiang and Yingniang looked at each other.

Xiang's close mother hurriedly invited the two of them to sit in the living room on the side: the second young lady was called to Shaohua Courtyard by the second lady early in the morning.,.,

Different from the noise in Xiang's house, it was quiet in Shaohua Courtyard. Because the second lady moved to the Tai Madam's place, the two caretakers mother who looked after the courtyard and the two maids in charge of the study were all staying in Shaohua Courtyard.

In the retreat, only Yuxiang is serving tea in the room.

When you were a child, you should have heard your mother say that your grandmother secretly gave me all the Xiang family's books as a dowry, right? The second lady was sitting on the Arhat bed in the study room, with a cold expression on her face, making Mrs. Xiang somewhat unclear about her.

intention.

I heard my mother say it. She honestly said that because it is a matter between the elders, we juniors didn’t listen very carefully. Before she finished speaking, the second lady suddenly stood up and walked to the study while saying: You follow

I came to interrupt her.

Mrs. Xiang did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly followed.

The study shelves to the east were all empty, but there were a few more camphor wood boxes carved with patterns of everything going well.

This is the book I brought from the Xiang family. The second lady slowed down and stroked the persimmons carved on the camphor wood box board with her hands. She felt a reluctant nostalgia, and it was all here. I took them all

I gave it to you. Send someone to move it.

Xiang was stunned.

The second lady had left the study without looking back.

Mrs. Xiang hurriedly went to Eleven Niang’s place: Mother, me, what should I do?

Since it was given by the Second Madam, you should just collect the car.
Chapter completed!