[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Along the way, Wang Yue was thinking about his painting, while Grandma Liu was chatting with people, talking about how happy she was.The ox cart swayed and approached the capital city. At this time, it was already daylight, and there was a long line at the gate of the city. Wang Laosan directed the old ox pulling the cart to line up in an orderly manner, and waited for a long time before they arrived.

After paying the certificate issued by Li Zheng and the tax money for entering the gate, the ox cart slowly entered the city gate.

Although the capital at this time was the capital of a country and a prosperous metropolis, but in comparison, even the second-tier cities in later generations may not be able to match the prosperity.

Grandma Liu and others opened their mouths wide when they entered the capital, as if they were countrymen entering the city, but Wang Yue remained calm.

Seeing him like this, the people in the car all praised him for his knowledge and said that he was an extraordinary scholar, so Grandma Liu hugged him and rubbed him with joy.

Regarding this, Wang Yue only showed a shy smile and did not speak. Instead, she focused on the stalls on the street and the performers on the street. Many of these things have been lost in later generations. It is hard to see if it is not lost.Wang Yue looked at it all the way, and secretly decided in her heart that after the hospital examination, she would find a chance to go shopping and buy some delicious and interesting things, so as to live up to this time-traveling adventure.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Wang Laosan stopped in the cattle driveway and said, "Grandma Liu, little scholar, has arrived, it's time to get out of the car!"

After hearing this, Grandma Liu raised her eyes and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's here!" She pulled Wang Yue out of the car, then took out a few copper coins from her sleeve and handed them to Wang Laosan: "This is the fare for the car." , have you seen enough?"

Wang Laosan insisted on refusing to accept it, and said that it was a congratulatory gift for the young scholar. Grandma Liu was still waiting to take his car home at night, so naturally she had to give him money. Only then did I collect the car fare.He put the copper into his arms, and said again: "Grandma, my car is parked in the Lianzi Hutong of Dongjie today, and I will be back in the next half an hour at the latest. If your old man comes home by car, you can look for me over there. It's too late." I'm leaving!"

Grandma Liu nodded quickly, and said again: "It's not sure whether you will go home or not, if it's too late, you don't have to wait for me!"

"Hey, I see, grandma!"

Grandma Liu greeted the others again, and then led Wang Yue inside.Seeing that the two of them had gone far away, someone laughed and teased Wang Laosan: "Wang Laosan, you don't even count the fare, let's see if the talented master has rewarded you?"

The man who spoke was sour, Wang Laosan took a look at him, and drove away in the ox cart without saying a word.

That person was bored, and shut his mouth embarrassingly. When the others saw it, they went to say something else and turned the conversation away.

After leaving the street where Grandma Liu got off the bus, Wang Laosan suddenly said, "Do you know the name of the street where Grandma Liu got off?"

"what is it call?"

Everyone asked questions one after another, Wang Laosan glanced at the person who spoke just now, and said: "That street is called Rongning Street, and there are only two families in it, one is Rongguo Mansion, the ancestor is Rongguo Gong, and the other is Ningguo Ning Guogong was the ancestor, and the two ancestors were brothers, so Emperor Taizu put the two of them together, and the two occupied a whole street, so this street was called Rongning Street."

Everyone is usually in the countryside, and the biggest official they talk about is only the county magistrate. When have they ever heard about the Duke of the State, they are naturally aroused. He opened his mouth and said, "Grandma Liu got off the car there. Could it be that she is related to the Duke's Mansion?"

As soon as he said this, the car suddenly fell silent for a moment, and it took a while before someone tentatively said, "This...how is it possible? Maybe they are related to the servants of the Duke's Mansion!"

But even the servants are not something they can afford to offend. The person who said sour words just now turned pale, but Wang Laosan was annoyed that she deliberately provoked her, and refused to let her go. Looking at her face, deliberately Said: "This is what you said wrong. Didn't Mrs. Wang recognize her relatives when she was alive? The eldest girl of that family married the second master of the Rongguo Mansion, and the niece of the second lady married into the Rongguo Mansion. The eldest young master is now in charge of the back house of the Rongguo Mansion, talking about the little scholar, he still wants to call that eldest young mistress an aunt!"

Although the middle-aged woman who was frightened had already thought of countless ways to admit her mistakes to Grandma Liu in her mind, she refused to relax her mouth and still insisted on retorting: "In the end, this relative only recognizes her. They are not serious relatives, they still recognized the old lady when she was alive, so don't chase her out when they come to visit now!"

As soon as she finished speaking, someone who was acquainted with her tugged at her sleeve to remind her that this man secretly regretted not falling down. He just wanted to refute Wang Laosan and didn't want to admit defeat in front of him. The person who lost the door, said something that offended Wang Gou'er's family again!

That person resolutely shut up, he only hoped that everyone would ignore her words, but he didn't think that she was really a bad person, and her popularity was not good, but her tongue was too good, and others couldn't take advantage of her, so she tolerated her in every possible way, today it was so difficult When seeing her suffer, these people naturally want to take the opportunity to vent their anger.

"How do you say this? Although there is no kinship relationship, it is in the family tree after all. A serious family should watch out and help each other."

"That's right. After the old man passed away, his family was somewhat in decline. Brother Nine was unwilling to come forward, lest people say that he came to the house to fight the autumn wind. Now that he is doing well, it is natural to contact him. This is a serious relative. !"

Others also echoed, and the middle-aged woman who caused the war secretly gritted her teeth. Now she takes a step back, but sooner or later they will suffer.

Here, Grandma Liu brought Wang Yue to the stone lion at the gate of Rongfu. "Grandma Liu dared not go there when she saw a bunch of sedan chairs and horses," but thinking about her grandson, Grandma Liu regained her confidence. After dusting off his clothes, he told Wang Yue, "When you enter his house later, be careful what you say, and don't offend anyone."

"Don't worry, grandma, you don't know me yet, I'm sure I can make people happy."

Grandma Liu naturally knew Wang Yue's ability to coax people, so she rubbed his head with a smile and said, "That's great, grandma certainly believes in you!"

After Grandma Liu finished speaking, she took Wang Yue's hand and walked to the corner door, "I saw a few people sitting on the big bench with their chests up and their stomachs gesticulating, talking and talking."

Grandma Liu came up with a smile and asked, "Grandpa is happy."

Everyone looked at her for a while, and saw that she was wearing silk and satin, although it was only ordinary, but wearing it on this old woman also showed that the old woman's family was probably not bad.

The child who was looking at her had a childish smile on his face, but he had a calm demeanor. He didn't show any shyness in front of them. Instead, his eyes were full of confidence, and he was dressed in a Confucian shirt. I'm afraid a scholar could raise such a child , this is at least the home of the little rich.

The gatekeepers are always good at watching people, just by looking at their every move and clothes, they can judge the person's family status and purpose.

With a quick glance, they knew that the old woman and the children around her might have some relatives in the mansion, but they didn't come and go often, and the family was probably in decline, and it was only recently that it was on the rise.

It's just poor relatives, the people in the gatehouse naturally don't take it to heart, so they just smiled casually and asked casually: "Where did you come from?"

Grandma Liu laughed and said, "I'm looking for my wife's companion, Mr. Zhou, and I'm going to trouble that grandfather to ask him to come out for me."

Those people didn't pay any attention to it, and said for a long time: "You wait at the corner far away, and someone from their family will come out after a while."

An old man inside said: "Don't miss her business, why bother playing with her."

Yin said to Grandma Liu: "Uncle Zhou has gone to the south. He lives in the back area, but his wife is at home. When you want to find it, go around here and ask at the back door on the back street."

After hearing this, Grandma Liu thanked her, and took the board around to the back door.

Grandma Liu said as she walked, "But I didn't expect to meet a kind person. Otherwise, I don't know how long I'll be waiting for those monkey cubs to play tricks on me."

Grandma Liu smiled happily, but she couldn't imagine it. Wang Yue's heart was already turbulent. Why did he feel so familiar with this scene and this conversation?

Thinking carefully about the scene just now, Wang Yue suddenly recalled that the plaque hanging on the gate seemed to read "Decree to Rongguo Mansion", Rongguo Mansion, Grandma Liu, Ban'er, these three words suddenly turned up in his mind , until now he still doesn't understand, he actually traveled to the Dream of Red Mansions.

"Baner, Baner, what's the matter with you?" Grandma Liu saw that Wang Yue didn't respond to her after she finished speaking. She lowered her head and saw Wang Yue was stunned. His face asked anxiously: "Ban'er, are you okay?"

Wang Yue suppressed the shock in his heart, just smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm just a little scared."

Seeing Wang Yue recovering, Grandma Liu was relieved. She straightened up, pulled Wang Yue forward, and said as she walked, "It's because those monkey bastards didn't have good intentions, which scared you. It's no wonder Your father doesn't want to come and walk around often. In fact, their group of concierges are like wolves and tigers. They have to give them money before they are willing to report to them. If they have no money, it's fine if they don't report. It's a waste of time, there is no good person!"

Grandma Liu scolded again, Wang Yue just lowered his head and smiled wryly, he never thought that this weird world turned out to be a dream of Red Mansions!