Imperial Exam Daily

It was Xu time when the banquet ended, Yang Ye drank a lot of wine, his stomach was a little bloated, and he slowly returned to his residence, the small house was already lit with lanterns.

When he returned to the house, Axi was busy in the kitchen, and he hugged him from behind: "What are you doing so late?"

Ah Xi was very happy all day, seeing Yang Ye came back, he was even more happy, he pushed away the hands around his waist: "I made some hangover soup for you, it's ready, now I'll serve you a bowl. "

Yang Ye tilted his head and smacked Axi's face.

Ah Xi looked around, and he was relieved to see no one, so he patted Yang Ye: "What, you smell of alcohol, be careful if someone sees you as a joke."

"Yes, I'm going to wash up now, and then drink hangover soup, okay?"

Axi filled three bowls of hangover soup, sent two bowls to Li Cheng and Wen Han's room, and when he returned to the room with Yang Ye's hangover soup, Yang Ye had just come out of the tub and hadn't even put on his shirt.

The strong and smooth body curves were covered with a layer of warm yellow light by the candlelight. Thinking of how rascal he was at night, Ah Xi's face turned red. He lowered his head slightly to avoid his gaze, but he caught a glimpse of Yang Ye walking towards him. The hand holding the tray shook imperceptibly, and some hangover soup spilled out.

"Be careful." Yang Ye stepped forward and took the tray. Seeing the blushing Ah Xi, he chuckled lightly, and leaned into his ear and said, "What are you thinking about, your face is blushing."

Ah Xi shyly pushed Yang Ye, but instead of pushing, his waist was buckled. He said angrily, "Who, who let you stay in the room, no, no clothes."

"Look, we, Axi, are so scared that we can't speak well." Yang Ye hugged the man and didn't want to let go, so he insisted on kissing Axi's fair face several times.

Ah Xi covered her face: "Don't do this, what if you hurt the baby!"

Yang Ye frowned: "How can you hurt the baby with two kisses, the baby can't be so delicate."

Ah Xi pursed his lips and said nothing, but murmured in his heart that he didn't know his temperament yet, and said that he only kissed twice, and he couldn't do anything else after kissing.

"You let me go quickly, I'm tired and want to rest."

Yang Ye took Ah Xi's wrist, brought him to the clothes hanger, took off the sachet with white background and red thread hanging on it, and ran his fingertips across the two water-playing mandarin ducks embroidered on it, very delicately: "Tell me what?" I will let go of the embroidered sachet."

Ah Xi reached out to take back the sachet, but Yang Ye held it in his palm.

"It was done when there was nothing to do two days ago."

"Do you know that I will win the No. [-] prize? Or are you ready to throw it no matter who wins the No. [-] prize during the parade?"

Ah Xibie started by saying: "I prepared it for you. Of course it's good to be able to use it if you win. If you don't need it, I won't vote. But you, under the eyes of everyone today, why did you pick up the sachet and can't point it out?" How to say it."

"It's wrong for me to take what my husband gave me." Yang Ye put the sachet in Axi's palm: "Tie it on my belt, and I will wear it every day from now on."

Ah Xi pursed her lips: "Yes."

The matter of scientific research can be regarded as the end. Two days later, Yang Ye and Li Cheng Wen Han went to Beijing to meet the saint. The emperor read that the hometown of the three was far away from Beijing, and the three of them were allowed to go to Beijing to continue their duties in January. Officially went to Beijing to work.

After face-to-face, the three of them set off to return to Wenyang County. It took a full three months for this trip to Beijing. After a lot of tossing and busy work, the trip was not in vain. They turned from students rushing for the exam to court officials , Now going back can be regarded as a homecoming.

Compared with the abjection of the light car and simple decoration when you came, going back with horses and horses is much more beautiful.

The original five-day itinerary, but considering that Axi was pregnant, the team deliberately slowed down the itinerary, and it was already six days before returning to Wenyang County.

This time when a few people return to their hometown, the battle in Wenyang County is much bigger than the provincial examination, and even the county magistrate has to greet them with salutes. After all, the three of them are at least seventh-rank officials, and the magistrate is only an eighth-rank official. Taking a step back, even if they are of the same rank, how can foreign officials compare with officials in the capital where the emperor can be seen all the time.

When Yang Ye and Axi returned home, they found that their mansion was more than twice as spacious as before, and it had been rebuilt into a three-in-one mansion.

At that time, Yang Cheng mentioned in his letter that the merchants in his family wanted to expand and renovate the mansion when they saw the newly opened shop earning money.

"It's not too soon, I heard that you won the first prize, and the family specially hired more helpers to rush to build the mansion and wait for you to come back." Yang Cheng's face was full of red: "The wood for construction is all good things. "

Wu Yonglan also said: "Now our second brother is the master, the house needs to be repaired!"

"Second uncle, little uncle!"

Xiao Xiang ran out and obediently called the two of them.

Ah Xi patted Xiao Xiang's head: "Has Xiao Xiang studied hard at home?"

"Xiaoxiang recites all the poems taught by the master well."

Yang Ye said with a smile: "I think I have learned a lot, and now I won't hug Axi's leg when I come back."

A group of people happily entered the house.

When I got home, I was a little rusty, but fortunately, the room was cleaned by servants every day, and it was no different from when I left.

Yang Ye passed by the garden and saw that the lemon trees he planted last year had not only come back to life, but had also grown round. He jumped into the garden and picked one and took a sip. It was very refreshing and his mood brightened. The weather is hot this year. Morning, the weather is too bad to wear clothes these days, he thought about cutting some water for Ah Xi to drink later.

Some time ago, Axi wanted to eat boneless chicken feet in the capital, but now he can make some for him when he gets home.

A Xi said: "When I came back, I squatted in the garden. You are very fond of these sour fruits."

"Aren't you clamoring for some sour food? Sour fruit doesn't suit your appetite, so it was planted last year." Yang Ye stepped out of the garden, took Axi's hand and said warmly: "I heard that sour fruit Hot girl, now you don't like sweet ones, you only think about sour ones, the baby must be a boy."

"Wouldn't it be better if you were a little brother?"

Yang Ye raised his eyebrows: "I can't tell. It would be great if I was really a little brother. How great it is to be like you. I'm so happy."

The two talked for a while in the garden, and Yang Cheng called Yang Ye over.

Although one month is a long time, it will take about ten days to go back and forth to the capital, and the rest of the day will be half a month, and there are still many things to pack. Back to the county.

Yang Cheng's mood is also a bit complicated. His younger brother is promising, and he was doing business research all the way. Their family moved from the village to the county, and they have developed all the way to today's prosperity. He is naturally proud and happy to have such a younger brother in his family. It's a pity that Yang Ye It's not the fate of ordinary people. Now that they won the first prize, they want to be an official in the imperial court. If they don't tell their old age and return to their hometowns, how can they stay in Wenyang County for a long time? The two brothers are afraid that they will get together less and leave more. I am so sad.

What he can do now is to try his best to handle the affairs before and after Yang Ye went to the capital to work properly, so that the couple can live a good life in the capital in the future.

"I heard that the emperor will grant residences to officials when he becomes an official in Beijing. How is the residence in the capital?"

Speaking of this matter, Yang Ye couldn't help sighing, although it is said that officials should be allocated residences, but not any official can have a mansion like that of Song Tingyou, and the emperor must be an official of the fourth rank or above to bestow a mansion , and these mansions can only be lived in during the working period. If they are demoted or return to their hometowns, their performance is not high, they still have to be taken back.

As for a sixth-rank official like him, he is already considered a small official in the huge capital. How can he enjoy the mansion bestowed by the emperor? Although there is no big mansion, the residence is still allocated. Li Cheng went to see the residence they were assigned to, and it was a smaller house than the one they entered.

It’s okay to have a smaller residence in the capital, but the residence they share is far from the Forbidden City. It’s been in disrepair for a long time, and it’s very dilapidated. If you want to live comfortably, you have to pay for repairs yourself, which is very troublesome. , Maybe in the future when I return to my hometown, the imperial court will take it back, and the ownership of the residence is still the imperial court. No matter how comfortable I repair the residence, it is not my own after all.

The imperial court is good at calculating, and the officials are also shrewd. They would rather save their money to buy private houses than renovate the residence allocated by the imperial court, and even more have no money to renovate their residences. After all, the imperial court’s salary is not much. Spending money is like running water, shaving away daily expenses, what else can you do with that little salary.

Many people will live in the houses allocated by the imperial court. Most of them are officials who go to the capital from afar. If you don't live in a house allocated by the imperial court, your grandparents will have a great fortune.

Therefore, officials from poor backgrounds look better in their own townships and counties. When they arrive in the capital, they are still at the bottom struggling to meet the food and clothing line. The bad ones, with their official titles, have worked hard in the capital for a lifetime, and finally they have to go back to their hometowns. They didn't even find a place to stay in the capital. After all, it was not easy.

"It must be the difficulty in the imperial treasury, otherwise it wouldn't be so bleak." Yang Cheng said: "Look, how about we buy a private house in the capital?"

"The capital is very expensive, and it is not easy to buy a private house. Since there is a ready-made residence, let's make do with it first, and then talk about the house when the family is richer. The hard days in Zaocun are over. No matter how dilapidated it is now, it doesn’t matter if it’s in the capital.” After Yang Ye learned about the situation in the capital, he also had some plans in mind. Use it on the edge of the knife first, I plan to open our family's shop to the capital."

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