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Chapter 58 The Landlord's Wife and the Wealthy Woman (1)

Separated from Sui Yi at the intersection of the street, Liu Yu carried a bag of books and went straight to the direction of Xu's mansion. Someone saw him on the road and thought that the failed scholar was going to return home with his bag of books. Unfortunately, there were more people sighing.

A scholar who looked gentle but dressed in a very shabby manner came over and patted Liu Yu on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you and I will encourage each other. I will take the exam next time. There will be a time when I leave my name on Yanta!"

Liu Yu glanced at the man, looking like a poor scholar, too lazy to argue, nodded and said, "Yes, brother. We are both people who have fallen into the world, why do we have to know each other when we meet each other? If it doesn't work this time, we will come back next time."

Liu Yu was hungry and wanted to go back for lunch, but he was afraid that even his wife would not know that he would go back at noon when he was on the job. After meals, it would be a big problem.

"Brother, you are so good at writing poetry. It's better to be the host of your younger brother..."

Liu Yu looked at him again and said that he was so poor that he still wanted to be a partner. He really had the backbone of a scholar. When he met his fellow students, he would be generous even if he was short of money.

"No need, your grand name is Gao?"

"My name is Liu Ning, and her name is Yongyi. I don't know my brother's platform..."

The imperial examination system of the Dashun Dynasty was different from the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the county exam, you could come to the capital for the imperial examination. Therefore, every major exam was very lively, and very few people actually got the imperial examination. These students who failed the exam came to Beijing all rely on one breath. It is hard to say whether they could find a teaching job after returning home. It would be difficult to get enough money to come to Beijing for the exam in the future.

"I am my brother's surname, and I have the same surname as you. As for your name, I won't say it." Liu Yu pointed to the direction of Jingzhao Mansion, "Brother Liu, you might as well go to Jingzhao Mansion to take a look. I heard that the new Sui Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion is recruiting talents. You can go and take a look. It's said that a great sanitary named Liu with the book on his back introduced you. Maybe Sui Shaoyin will accept you as an aide."

"Ah?" Liu Ning was surprised, "I'm still short of my life in the capital, but I also heard that Sui Shaoyin is a virtuous official who has good management. He is arrogant and so how can he treat me differently?"

Liu Yu didn't expect that Sui Yi had such a good reputation among the people just a few days after taking office. He was so hungry that he cleared his throat and said, "Go, if you don't go, you really have no chance."

After sending this Liu Ning away, Liu Yuxin said that he was not right today, and he actually learned to be a man of the same way. Where can we meet in life? Maybe it was Liu Ning's miserable appearance and generousness that touched him. This person was fortunate to meet Sui Yi first.

Back at Xu Mansion, there were a bunch of female soldiers carrying ladders in front of the door unloading the plaque. Originally, the plaque of "Xu Mansion" was quite good, but Liu Yu didn't understand why he had to remove it. The highest point of the ladder was a thick "auntie". He was not very old, but he was wider than a man's shoulders, big hands, big feet, big facial features, and big face. This woman's big face was different from Chai Hulu, which was rich, and this woman was born with a big basin and didn't look fat at all.

Seeing that the woman took off the thick solid wood plaque alone, carried it down the ladder, and saw Liu Yu, he nodded with a smile. The width of the smiling face reached an outrageous level, and then carried the plaque and smiled towards Liu Yu.

Just as Liu Yu was considering whether to say hello to "aunt" or "aunt", the woman had already spoken: "You are the son-in-law, right? Hehe, my name is Xu Caihua, this is polite."

"Secretly Xu?" Liu Yu asked hesitantly, "You and my wife..."

Xu Caihua stretched out her hands and waved her hands. The plaque on her shoulder was shaking and said, "Son-in-law, you misunderstood. Although my surname is Xu, I am different from General Xu." Why is it different? She couldn't explain clearly. After a while, she stammered and said, "Anyway, I have no relatives with General Xu, but General Xu treats me well on weekdays and is like my sister."

Sister? Liu Yu was very shocked. His wife was young, beautiful and heroic, and she actually became her sister! How old is Xu Caihua? No matter how old she is, she can't tell that she is under 30 years old, let alone being Xu Xuanzhu's sister.

"Then... sister, please keep busy, I'll go in first."

Liu Yu finally found a pretty suitable title, walked into the door with his book on his back, and entered the main hall. He only saw Lu Chu'er watching him come in with a surprised look on his face.

"Son-in-law, aren't you working in the palace?"

"Oh, the work has been gone. Is there any lunch? I'm going to prepare for a little while. Where is your general?"

Lu Chu'er said sadly: "General... was cleaning the Xu family's ancestral hall himself."

There are no people in the Xu family anymore. Outsiders say that they were criticized by Xu Xuan, but Liu Yu guessed that there was probably some familial genetic disease, but unfortunately, it was impossible to do the examination these days. Now Xu Xuan returned to the door for three dynasties, and only one tablet is faced with, and those who are sons-in-law must be filial.

"Take the food to the ancestral hall, I'll go and see your general."

When Liu Yu arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall, he saw Xu Xuanzhu kneeling on the ground and seemed to be praying to his ancestors. Liu Yu walked forward. Xu Xuanzhu looked up and saw Liu Yu with a little shame on his face. Liu Yu immediately knelt down, and Xu Xuanzhu looked very moved.

The two knelt over the ancestors of the Xu family. Xu Xuanzhu helped Liu Yu to the table in the ancestral hall. At this time, Lu Chu'er had already brought the food over.

Originally, eating in front of the ancestral spirit plane was an indecent act, but Liu Yu didn't avoid it so much. After slapping a few bites of food, he suddenly remembered the stupid sister and asked, "Madam, who is the... very solid woman outside?"

Xu Xuan smiled and said, "What my husband is talking about Xu Caihua and Deputy Supervisor Xu?"

"Daughter Deputy Commander Jun?"

"Yeah." Xu Xuanzhu looked at Liu Yu eating with a happy look and said, "I am my daughter Jun Zhengshen. There are two deputy commanders under him. This time, the daughter Jun was seriously damaged. When the defense was changed, the emperor issued an order to summon Deputy Commander Xu back to Chang'an. On the one hand, he was responsible for recruiting new recruits."

In the past, Liu Yu didn't understand how the daughter army recruited soldiers. After asking in detail, he realized that on the one hand, the female prisoner was exiled to the army, and more importantly, he was recruited in the countryside. There were women's group training in the countryside, which was very formal, similar to the reserve service. Xu Xuanzhu explained the structure of the daughter army to Liu Yu in detail, and Liu Yu couldn't help but think of the holiday that the emperor gave to Xu Xuan.

"I went to pay homage to the emperor earlier, which was originally a matter of resignation. But the emperor refused to agree, saying that if my daughter's army had no one, she would be afraid that the arrangement would not be done, so she would ask me to return to the camp after the New Year. If... I have my husband's flesh and blood, I can delay the return to the camp again."

After dinner, Liu Yu put down his bowl and smiled and said, "It's still half a year before the Chinese New Year. No matter how hard you and I work hard, we can solve the problem of the next generation. Then you can stay in the capital forever."

"I... mean that's the same."

Liu Yu looked at Xu Xuanzhu's shy look, which was really different from General Xu who was the most powerful on the battlefield. Perhaps Xu Xuanzhu did not experience the warmth of family in the past, but now that he has a family, he is attached to the simple life of taking care of his husband and children, and he has become like a little woman.

Liu Yu was about to take a nap when Xu Xuanzhu suddenly took out a small bag and said, "Husband, this is just given by the emperor."

"Is this... Tianqi?" Liu Yu looked at the thick stack, "How many acres?"

"One thousand six hundred acres."

"What are we doing with so much land?" Liu Yu felt embarrassed when he looked at so many land deeds. "It seems that you have outstanding military achievements and even more land than others. You are a good landlord."

Xu Xuanzhu hurriedly said, "Husband, these are all sealed by Your Majesty in the name of your husband. If your husband feels troublesome and is not good at managing it, why not...we sell it?"

"There is no need to go back and find a accounting room for your husband, and manage these lands specifically for us. They collect rent every year. Even if you and I don't have to do anything, they should be enough to support the family." When Liu Yu talked about the accounting room, he couldn't help but think of Sui Yi's sister Sui Yu. He was a good person in charge of accounting. Sui's family has a big business, so it should be no problem to borrow an accounting room manager from her.

Liu Yu wanted to go to see the Sui family's restaurant. After all, it was his idea to bring the restaurant back to life. It would be even better if he could try the dishes made by Sui Yu himself. He stood up and said, "Madam, go out for your husband, and have something to do."

Xu Xuanzhu said reluctantly: "Since you don't have to be a job, why do you go out?"
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