I took the imperial examination in the red building

After reporting the case, Mrs. Tan was free. Since she took a day off, she didn't have to go to work. She went to the market to buy some meat and vegetables, and then returned to Wangjiacun.

When I met villagers on the road, they all had strange expressions on their faces.

One of them grabbed her and asked, "Is your Wang Juren no longer teaching at the county magistrate?"

At first, when Wang Juren got a job as a teacher, there were many envious and jealous people in the village, but no one said anything. No one let his son live up to the expectations, not to mention taking the imperial examination, and he might not even be able to recognize a big character.

Wang Juren was the first respectable person in the village, and everyone congratulated them with eggs, thinking of being happy.

Who would have thought that he came back in disgrace yesterday, and the mess on his body was seen by others.

He was poor on weekdays, and all he wore was washed white clothes, and he had specially cut new clothes for teaching. Yesterday's new clothes were a bit too dirty.

Tan's face froze for a moment.

When Wang Juren came back yesterday, he didn't tell her that he was dismissed. He only said that Young Master Lin had asked for leave to rest and that he had accidentally messed with his clothes.

Mrs. Tan didn't know what was going on, so she could only smile and say to the villagers: "I don't know what's going on yet. I just got off work, so I'll ask at my house."

The villager who stopped her looked her up and down: "You are still in good health, why did you go out to work?"

It wasn't that the villagers made a fuss, but in fact, after the death of Tan's daughter two years ago, she had a serious illness, and her body couldn't recover afterwards, and she always rested for one and a half days in three days.

Because of this, people in the village even praised Wang Juren. They are all country people. Which of the women in the family has never stopped working?Tan's ability to rest for a long time on weekdays has already made them very envious.

Mrs. Tan smiled: "It's also a coincidence. A few days ago, the Zhuangzi in Pingjia Village next door was recruiting people. I went to try it, and I was selected. Now I am tending flowers and plants in the Zhuangzi. That job I'm not tired, the flower pots are moved and placed by long-term laborers, I only weed and fertilize every day."

The villagers congratulated her sincerely.

Tan has always been a good person and has a good relationship with the villagers. She lost a daughter for no reason, and they feel sorry for her—not to mention that they still feel a little guilty in their hearts. If they were more alert at that time, they might be able to save her. daughter.

A villager suddenly thought of something: "The Zhuangzi in Pingjia Village? Isn't that the county magistrate's family? I passed by there when I came back from the night road. It was dark and the road was slippery. The head of the village was given to me by someone. A lantern!"

"Oh! County magistrate Lin is such a good person! Our land tax has been reduced by [-]% this year! It's much better than in previous years."

"Not only that, how many years in our villages didn't the local hooligans collect protection fees? There are also those villages who come up to hire people to work, not to mention more work and less money, so they have to do it! Look at these two years Is there any more?"

Everyone chatted in a hurry and came to a conclusion: Mr. Lin is so kind!

One person sighed: "It would be great if Mr. Lin could continue to work here."

"I think about what I have and what I don't have every day. Mr. Lin may be promoted someday. We don't know what the next county magistrate will be like!"

They chatted for a while, and then urged Mrs. Tan to go home.

When Mrs. Tan arrived at the door of the house, the door was closed tightly, and only a few words could be heard vaguely. It was the voice of Wang Juren talking to his mother, intermittently.

"where……"

"Yesterday I... my friend... Tianxiang Tower..."

Tan frowned, Tianxianglou is a tavern, it costs a lot of money, people like them can't afford to go there.

She pushed open the door and said loudly, "Mother, Husband, I'm back."

The voice inside stopped abruptly, and after a while, Mrs. Wang came out: "Why did you come back so early?"

Tan said that she had asked for leave, and then asked Wang Juren: "What's the matter with the outside? You asked someone to fire? Why didn't you tell the family?"

When she entered the door, she saw Wang Juren leaning on the kang.

Wang Juren said with a stinking face: "Originally, I only taught a young master Lin. Yesterday, a brat came and contradicted me everywhere. They were obviously wrong, but they fired me in the end! It's really amazing to be so powerful!"

Mrs. Tan didn't believe what he said, and her own man didn't make up his mind?She also met the Lin family today, who couldn't be more kind, how could she dismiss him without reason?

She was also lazy to talk to him.

On weekdays, she might still feel indebted when she was lying at home and drinking medicine, but now she can go out to work, and the monthly money of two denarii a month is much more than washing, sewing, and mending!

What's more, Mrs. Lin just gave her a reward of one or two taels of silver. She has work in hand and money on her body.

No matter how good the words outside were, she had the most to say about how her life was going.

After losing her daughter, she didn't go out to work, and she did a lot of work at home, such as washing, cooking, and feeding chickens and ducks. Could it be that Wang Juren, who couldn't lift his shoulders and couldn't lift his hands, could do it all?

Virtue!

She cooked herself, washed the dishes and went to rest on the kang after eating.

On the other side, Qin Wan's flower party has already started.

The people who came were all from women's homes, and they all brought their children with them. It can be seen that Lin Huan couldn't help touching him and pinching his face.

"The boy in your family is really well-raised, white and tender." A squire lady said, "The flowers outside are also growing well. Could it be that the Fengshui in the county government is more nourishing?"

After hearing this, the wives glanced at the soft and lovely Lin Huan, and then at the young and beautiful Qin Wan, feeling sore in their hearts: "Isn't it just raising people? Look at Mrs. Lin's face, looking at She is much younger than us, and I heard that Mrs. Lin is the only one in Mrs. Lin's backyard!"

Anyway, it's all women who talk together, so they don't have any scruples.

Qin Wan smiled without saying a word.

She didn't answer, and the wives below started chatting among themselves again, complaining about the men at home.

At the moment, there are romantic figures popular in this generation in the south of the Yangtze River. The good people don't learn from the bad ones, and they don't look at their knowledge, so they go to those brothels.

Especially in these squires' homes, it's not enough to have beautiful wives and beautiful concubines, they have to go outside to steal those dirty and smelly things!

They are very angry.

One said: "If you want me to say that they were all brought out by the Zhen family! Just because they have a concubine in their family, those relatives, no matter how far away, are bullying others. What kind of gambling do you not do?! These people in our family have followed suit!"

When the people below heard her mentioning the Zhen family, they all fell silent.

Why did they come back to this flower club?Isn't it just to find out what Lin County magistrate's family thinks?

The Jiangnan generation was controlled by the four kings, the Zhen family, the Shi family, the Wang family, the Jia family, and the Xue family, these five mountains were pressing on top of their heads, and everyone lived carefully and swallowed their anger, for fear of offending others.

If they want to live a comfortable life, they either go along with them or stand against them.

Let's get along with each other, they are in a panic.

But where is the opposite to stand?There is no one on top of my family, and they can crush themselves to death by flipping their hands. They don't take human lives seriously, so I have to tie my head to the waistband of my trousers!

Before they came, they also inquired about the county magistrate Lin's branch having close relatives with him!

Didn't Lin Ruhai, the legitimate branch of the Lin family, marry the legitimate daughter of the Jia family?Now he is serving as the doctor of Lantai Temple, and he is the family of County Magistrate Lin, and although County Magistrate Lin has passed the fifth service, the relationship between his ancestors is still quite close, not to mention that County Magistrate Lin has an old Mr. Ge!

Therefore, they are there to watch the limelight.

If I dare not come, I call the women and children at home.

No wonder people are angry.

Qin Wan said with a smile: "They messed with them, what does it have to do with us?"

She pointed to the crabs on the table.

"It's not yet the season for eating crabs. I thought about it and didn't know what to serve you. It happened that my servant brought up a basket of crabs with teeth and claws. It looked passable, so I asked someone to tie it up in a steamer. It's steamed thoroughly, how do you taste it?"

The ladies looked at the crabs on the small table, so what about the crabs that were showing their teeth and claws?Didn't you ask someone to pack it up and deliver it to the table?

They made up their minds and said with a smile: "Forgive me for eating good crabs! There are not enough crabs on the market now, so it's hard for Madam to pick out such big ones. If you ask me, we are all women's families anyway, so why don't we go together?" Drink a cup and benefit from this crab!"

Someone else said: "Should they only be allowed to boil green plums with warm wine? Hurry up and ask people to serve green plum wine, and let's talk about the world!"

The crowd laughed.

As expected, Qin Wan asked someone to bring up warm green plum wine, and also asked someone to take the children down to play, and ordered: "Just ask them to eat the leg meat of the crabs today. They are not allowed to serve anything else. Ask someone to bring some more." For other snacks, let the nuns watch."

She thought of something again: "Don't let the mothers and nurses who are with you drink alcohol, tell them to watch carefully the children of each family."

Mrs. Lou is not here at the moment, Mrs. Feng is sitting next to her, and when she heard her orders, she boasted: "You should be more careful, I heard that some people do not prohibit them from drinking alcohol, and they gather together to drink and gamble after they are on business. Instead, it delays things."

Qin Wan said: "How can we say that those individuals are the root of bad families?"

They feast freely.

This Zhuangzi is the largest one with a radius of hundreds of miles. In the past, people passing by would come to borrow a bowl of water or borrow a night. Qin Wan asked the Zhuangtou to agree.

The wives inside were having a banquet, and someone in the village head might bump into them, so they sat in the outer courtyard drinking tea and eating snacks.

While drinking, a farmer came and reported: "Someone came outside, saying that he was passing by and wanted to borrow."

Zhuangtou asked, "How old are you, male or female?"

The farmer said: "One big and one small are all men. The big one looks about 34 or so, and the young one looks only in their teens."

Zhuangtou went out to have a look.

It turned out that a middle-aged man took his disciples on a tour of mountains and rivers, and happened to pass by Gusu. The older one had a beard and one could guess the age, while the younger one had a straight figure, a pair of clear eyes, and the whole person seemed to be soaked in water. Green bamboos are average.

Zhuangtou had met quite a few people, guessed their identities were extraordinary, and asked, "May I ask where you are from?"

"I'm from the Luoxia Shen family, Shen Qing, this is my nephew and my disciple, Shen Juan."