After walking for a while, the road back is now flat. Although there are some bumps, it is still stable.
The three of them went home in a bullock cart.
Returning to Shenjia Village from the town, Su Tang'er calculated that it took about an hour to ride on the ox cart.
That’s almost two hours.
Transportation in ancient times... If you had to rely on your feet to walk, you would be out of luck today. Those feet must no longer be yours.
After arriving at Shenjia Village, Shen Xinuo paid for the ride and walked home carrying the bamboo basket. However, he thought that Gu Changlin had helped Su Tang'er and their relationship was there, so Shen Xinuo hugged a lot of people. Gu Changlin, who was reading a book and carrying a medicine box, said: "Changlin, come to our house for dinner tonight! You helped Tang'er today, so let Tang'er cook a meal to thank you! But don't worry, there are only three of us. My parents won’t bother us!”
Gu Changlin looked at Su Tang'er secretly and found that Su Tang'er didn't mind at all. He nodded, "Then I'm welcome. I will have a good meal at your house tonight!"
"Brother Gu is welcome to come anytime!"
Su Tanger took the small thing and followed Shen Xinuo back home. When I got home, it was past noon. The house was very quiet, and the yard was full of clean clothes. Su Tanger recognized those clothes. They belonged to the Zhu family and the Lin family, but the clothes of the eldest brother and the second brother were not. There are no clothes for my parents!
Su Tang'er just raised her eyebrows, looking down on her two sisters-in-law.
My parents were strong, so it didn't matter whether they helped with the washing or not, but they didn't even wash her husband's clothes, and Su Tang'er was speechless.
However, it's not her turn to worry.
Shen Xino put the things they bought back into his thatched hut and closed the door. "We packed up all the things we couldn't buy back. If the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law see it, there will be trouble in the sky."
"Oh okay!" Su Tanger immediately sorted out the things they bought.
Shen Xino will handle Shen Xino's books by himself.
And she sorted out the things she bought from the market, including daily necessities. Su Tanger put them on the bed, while the meat and seasonings were placed on the table.
Su Tanger put the daily necessities she bought in the tattered wardrobe, but Shen Xinuo divided the spices into two halves, putting one half in the kitchen and the other half at home.
As for the straw sandals she bought, Su Tang'er also sorted them out. There was also some cloth. Su Tang'er also divided some out and gave them to her parents when they came back in the evening.
Seeing Shen Xinuo like this, Su Tanger smiled and shook her head. She saw that Shen Xinuo was guarding against Zhu and Lin.
However, the pork they bought had to be washed and boiled into oil later. Now the two of them went to the kitchen to cook and ate.
My mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, and my eldest and second sister-in-law are not at home. They probably went out to work.
After Su Tang'er and Shen Xinuo had dinner, Shen Xinuo took Su Tang'er back to their dilapidated thatched hut. He took out all the money from selling game meat today and gave it to Su Tang'er, "Tang Son, take all this money."
Su Tanger took it over without politeness, and took out the money Shen Xinuo gave her when she was in Buzhuang. After looking at it, she actually didn't spend much money today. She spent a lot of money at the market. It’s just the pork, and the other seasonings don’t cost much, “Don’t you keep some for yourself?”
"No, you have corrected your mistake now, and I have seen your determination. I can rest assured that our family's money is in your hands. From now on, you can spend it as you want, and buy whatever you want. Don’t you want to open a perfume shop? Now we can start saving money, but don’t let the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law know. You have also seen the temperament of the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law. Let them know that I have so much in my hands. If it comes to money, there will probably be another commotion.”
Su Tang'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Shen Xinuo didn't like Zhu and Lin so much.
We are really on guard against them at every turn.
Su Tang'er counted the silver and found that the money for selling wild game was one hundred taels of silver, while the total of the things they bought was only seven taels of silver per penny.
The twenty taels of silver on her body remained unchanged.
Now the two of them still have one hundred and thirteen taels of silver.
"You didn't spend any money? Then where did your book come from?" Su Tanger raised her eyes and looked at Shen Xinuo.
Shen Xino said: "The books were taken from the academy. Although I didn't go to the academy, I got the books every month. My mother didn't let me go to the academy, so I went there secretly and earned my own money. Qian went to school on his own, and they didn’t even know that I was still studying in the academy.”
Su Tang'er was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted Shen Xinuo on the shoulder, "You are a good young man with great ambition! You are going to take the Qiuwei exam, so you have to work hard now. You won't be the top pick in high school in the future. Forget about this wretched wife of mine."
If you pass the Qiu Wei (provincial examination), there will be the spring examination, which is the general examination, and then the palace examination.
If he passes, next year will be the hardest year for Shen Xino, because the provincial examination, the general examination, and the palace examination are all very close to each other, so it is a big year.
However, Su Tanger did not discourage Shen Xinuo. It is always good to have that ideal. Encouragement and support are what Shen Xinuo needs most.
Shen Xino chuckled, "It's too far to talk about that now. The situation will change. Let's wait until next year to talk about it!"
"Hey, that's not right. Since you have ideals and ambitions, then go ahead. Even if you can't become an official in the court, you can't suppress your ambition. If you try hard and fail, you won't regret it. If you succeed, you have truly taken a step forward. You will have a bright future, Xino, just do what you want to do!" Su Tanger said very seriously.
"Do you support me continuing to go to school?" Shen Xino smiled, and it was obvious that he was in a good mood now.
Su Tang'er nodded, "Of course! If you really become the number one scholar in high school, I will be able to follow you and drink hot food. Of course I will support you!"
However, Su Tang'er also had her own plans and considerations. She had to open her perfume shop and try to open it before winter. It was too far to go to Beijing for exams and so on, but it was right for them to prepare in advance.
"Are you a scholar now?!" Su Tanger asked, tilting her head.
Shen Xino nodded: "Yes! I am now a scholar (a junior student, a student member), but no one in my family knows about it! If I can pass the provincial examination, I will be a civil servant in the future. Next spring, there will be a general examination. Just pass the exam..."
"The Palace Examination! The Palace Examination is the last test, right! Whether you can pass high school or not is determined by that test. But as far as I know, even if those who take the Palace Examination cannot pass high school, they will still be Jinshi." Su Tangerruo He said thoughtfully: "Then you earned the money you spent studying these years by hunting yourself?!"
"I am now a student (scholar). The academy has rice every month. The students who have rice are called Linsheng. The government will distribute rice and food allowance every month. I study without telling my family. If the food allowance is not enough, I will earn my own money and go to college."
Linsheng is also called Shengyuan, and is also called Xiucai in the text.
The Wang family did not allow Shen Xinuo to study and take the Qiuwei exam, so no one in Shenjia Village knew about it except Gu Changlin. No one in the academy would tell it. This was a tacit understanding among everyone. The reason for this will be explained later in the article.
Thank you to my wife Yiyi for the reward.
Happy weekend, please give me a recommendation vote, okay
(End of chapter)