The sturdy life of crossing

In the afternoon when the boat arrived in Fucheng, Jian Leyang's family of four disembarked together. The other people on the boat did not see the boss coming out, so they asked Zhao Erhu. Zhao Erhu couldn't laugh or cry when he saw Jian Leyang who had already left the boat, and explained, "The boss left on the dock over there early in the morning. Well, the boss has something else to do, maybe he will come to Fucheng to find us in two days, hurry up and let the boss know that you are lazy, and be careful of the boss' fists.

Hall Master Jiang also came to inquire, and when he learned that Boss Le had left early, he felt sorry, and said that Boss Le was a strange person he had met.He is considered to have some power in Fucheng, so letting the Canghe gang encounter any problems can't be solved, even if they find someone at the address he said, Zhao Erhu thanked him.

The four of Jian Leyang found an inn and asked for a separate yard, and the three of Li Tongsheng came with them, and together they asked for the small yard next door, which happened to be a good way to take care of each other. Besides, they thought that Father Jian was very knowledgeable, and the two on the boat He had very fruitful conversations, but he didn't know about Father Jian all these years. It is said that a person with such knowledge should have been a scholar long ago, and he shouldn't be so unknown.

Of course, this is just the three of them whispering in private. If you ask Father Jian face to face, Father Jian will definitely ask them, have you ever heard of the famous Mei Tongsheng in Xindan County?They must have heard of it to some extent.

Because I came to Fucheng in advance, there is still a period of time before the exam day. Father Jian reads at the inn with peace of mind, sometimes discusses with Li Tongsheng and the others, and occasionally accompanies his wife and children around the inn. He has never left his books all these years , knowledge is very rooted, and there is no need to improvise. It has been safe and sound for a few days, and Jane's father and mother are relieved, but they still can't finally rest assured until the day they enter the examination room.

Jian Leyang also took the time to meet Zhao Erhu and the others. Their business went very smoothly, and they will return after a few days: "Boss, we will go back now. After the cargo is unloaded, we will come to Fucheng. It should be over."

"In this way, when you come back, ask Zhang Mengduo to bring a few people to wait on the boat. I will be useful on the return trip." Jian Leyang arranged.

"Boss, you are..." Zhao Erhu's eyes lit up.

Jian Leyang smiled: "Yes, that's what you thought, let's visit the lair of the gang of water bandits, this time they dared to take up the idea of ​​the Qingyao Gang by accident, but they usually stare at us unknown It has been said that the small forces, in order to sail smoothly in the future, it is better to pull out such nails as soon as possible."

Moreover, he might be able to make a windfall. He thought that the Canghe Gang also needed a foothold in this prefecture. Had to make another idea.

He originally wanted to smuggle salt, but thinking of what he said to He Yunzhang last time, he promised not to do illegal things, so now under He Yunzhang's nose, let's put down this idea for the time being.

He didn't have much psychological burden to eat black and black, those were ill-gotten gains, and I don't know how many lives were in the hands of those water bandits.

"Yes, Boss, Brother Zhang and the others will definitely rush to come." Zhao Erhu was so excited that he couldn't wait to go back and tell Zhang Meng and the others about the good news.

When Jian Leyang left, Zhao Erhu also said something, because he heard the boss digging the corner of Hall Master Jiang face to face, so Zhao Erhu paid more attention to Hall Master Jiang, which prevented him from knowing about Hall Master Jiang these days Life is not easy, because the two young masters were frightened and injured when they fell into the water, so they have not recovered yet. Seeing that the hospital examination is only two days away, they must not be able to catch up. It is said that the entourage of the two has already reported the news quickly. Imagine, when the people from those two families rushed over, Hall Master Jiang would inevitably have another trouble.

"I found out that Liu Yingzhi has an aunt who is the concubine of a deputy head of the Qingyao gang, so the members of the Liu family don't take this head Jiang seriously. The Liu family is in Yunyang County because of this Therefore, even the magistrate of Yunyang County is very polite to the Liu family." Because the boss helped the Qingyao Gang out of the siege, some people on the boat had a good impression of the Canghe Gang, and they went around privately. When casually mentioning this matter during casual chatting, Hall Master Jiang's subordinates feel very sorry for Hall Master Jiang

"So that's how it is." Jian Leyang guessed that the Liu family had a close relationship with the Qingyao Gang, otherwise, how could it be possible for Hall Master Jiang to go there personally. Use, go back and describe it to Qiu Tan, let him sort it out, and you should hurry up and learn more words, so as not to be cheated and count the money for you."

"Understood, boss." Zhao Erhu nodded with a bitter face.

At this time, most of the scholars in the inn were rushing for the exam, and Li Tongsheng and the others inevitably came into contact with other scholars, and Jian's father could not avoid it. Then they ran into Tongsheng who was also from Xindan County, and one of them took the identity of Jian's father as Mei Tongsheng. It was exposed, and when they heard that he failed to enter the examination room four times, some people subconsciously stayed away from him, lest the bad luck affect themselves, and some even persuaded Li Tongsheng and the three to move out of the small room. , yard, because the most serious one was that the inn caught fire. Although Jane's father was not burned to death, there were dead people in the inn.The three of Li Tongsheng felt that it was nonsense, and they did not listen to other people's opinions and moved out of the yard.

They didn't expect Jane's father to have such an identity. They said that Jian Dong didn't know him, but they had heard about it once or twice when he said that he was a bad boy. When they heard it, they couldn't help but sigh a few words. Let's get to the bottom of the case, but he couldn't participate in the college exam. This luck is really weird. What's commendable is that Jane's father didn't see much depression in him, and his temper was still very peaceful. He felt that such a friend was worth making friends with.

"It's my fault, I should have told you earlier." Father Jian said with a wry smile. He didn't expect that after all these years, there would still be people who would recognize him, and that's all in his own village, but those scholars in Xindan County, he had already After all these years, he didn't expect that the person who recognized him also took the county examination with him back then. The other party didn't have such bad luck, but he was still stuck in the courtyard examination.

Li Tongsheng hurriedly said: "Brother Jian, you don't have to be like this. That title is extremely absurd. No one can claim it for themselves. Besides, the three of us didn't think that Brother Jian was unlucky. You see, we came all the way by boat and met at night. The water bandits robbed the four of us all safe and sound, our luck is much better than that of Young Master Liu and Young Master Yue, I heard that they are in poor health, so they probably won't be able to take part in the examination."

"Yes, brother Li is absolutely right, our brother Jian had bad luck in his early years, but maybe he should be a late bloomer." Others also echoed.Jian Niang likes to hear others praise her husband-in-law and have children the most, but if they say that her husband-in-law is a late bloomer, she cooks a table of dishes and invites them over for dinner. From Jian Leyang and Jian Wenyuan's point of view, their mother's face is very modest, but in fact, they don't know how excited they are, pretending!

Finally, Father Jian lined up with a basket to pass the inspection, passed the threshold smoothly, turned around and waved to the women and children outside, telling them to go back quickly, don't wait outside, at this time his heart was also relieved , he finally came in.

Outside Jian Wenyuan was very happy: "Mother, just look at me and say it's okay, it's all right now, let's wait in the inn with peace of mind, dad must be in high school."

"Okay, let's go back and wait." Jian Niang wiped her eyes, weeping with joy.

Jian Leyang smiled. He has also maintained a high level of vigilance these days, but there has been no movement until now. In his opinion, there may be two reasons. One is that the Jian's big house in the village did not know that his father was here to participate The second is that his father failed in the test repeatedly. From the perspective of others, his father had given up the scientific examination long ago, so the person in the dark also felt that his father would not have a bright future, so he didn't have to stare at him all the time. , so this time his father went smoothly and nothing went wrong. This does not mean that the previous four times were man-made. Someone deliberately obstructed his father's future. When Jane entered the examination room, he was locked in a small cell At that time, Jian Leyang was outside thinking about the Jian family in Yong'an Village, and the people in the Jian family's big house were also talking about Jian Leyang's family. , so he sent the bride to Fucheng to marry the Hong family, and the Hong family also sent many servants over to give advice on what kind of ceremony the Jian family should perform.

Not a lot of people came to the banquet, and everyone added makeup to Jian Wan. Xiao Wang rolled her eyes, shook her handkerchief and said, "Why didn't I see the second brother's family come to add makeup to the younger sister, no Can you tell, the second brother's family just made a fortune to buy a mountain, how can they have no money to add makeup to the fourth sister? Or, the second brother and the second younger sister..."

"Shut up!" The old lady interrupted Xiao Wang's words, and she was not allowed to say unlucky words to curse her old girl today, but she also raised her voice, "Where are the people from the second family? Second, what kind of gift is it if you don’t add makeup to Wan’er?”

"Here we come, here we come!" Aunt Zhao ran in from the outside, "I'm sorry, I came a step late, everyone gave way, Mrs. Jian's family has gone on a long journey, and when I don't leave, I don't know when my sister will get married, so I left the things at my house and asked us to add makeup to Xiaowan when they got married. Mrs. Jian said that he was the only girl, and he would let her go out happily no matter what. Here, this is what Mrs. Jian left behind. .”

After Aunt Zhao came in, she opened a wooden box in her hand and showed it to the surrounding villagers. There was a gold hairpin in the box and a pair of silver bracelets. When the family marries a girl, the brother and sister-in-law will add such a big makeup. If it is pure gold and silver, how much is it worth?

Little Wang's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to grab it, and said, "Who knows it was really stolen, I'll check it out.

But before she could snatch it, the old lady was stopped halfway, and she could tell it with her eyesight. They were thicker, and said to Xiao Wang angrily: "Okay, what's the matter with you. By the way, where are the people from the second family? Where are you going at this time? I don't know if Xiaowan is going to get married?"

"I don't know about that. I only know that their family went to Fucheng. Maybe Xiaowan can run into each other when she goes to Fucheng." Aunt Zhao tried her best not to tell the truth.

The old lady held the box and didn't say any harsh words, but she was muttering in her heart, Xiao Wan married into a wealthy family in Fucheng, so how could she meet the poor second child?In her dream, she didn't want the second child's family to gain the glory of Xiao Wanfu's family, which belonged to the third child.

The youngest Jian's eyes flickered when he heard this, he didn't expect Jian Dong to have the money in his hand, he bought the mountain, he could travel far away, and he could also prepare for such an extra make-up, but what are he doing in Fucheng at this time?Could it be that you still don't give up and go to the hospital examination?Impossible, Jian Laosan immediately vetoed his sudden idea, he would not have the luck of this scientific examination, wouldn't it be good to just stay in Yong'an Village?

Next, the old man and the old lady couldn't say anything bad about Jian Leyang's family. With this makeup, Jian Leyang's family showed a sense of presence. Even Jian Wan was surprised. She didn't even look at the makeup added by others. One glance, but this one made her like it very much. Who doesn't love gold and silver jewelry?Hmph, I must know that she married well to her husband's family, so it's too late to curry favor with her now!

In fact, this makeup was not bought by Jane's father and mother on purpose, but Jian Leyang brought back a few pieces of jewelry after copying the homes of Boss Huang and the others. He didn't need it, but Jane's mother could use it Ah, if you don't like the ones worn by others, you can melt them down and redo them. It's not like when Dad Jian said to add makeup, he just picked a different one.

After three days, Father Jian and the other examinees were finally released from the cell. Jian Leyang had already hired a carriage and waited outside to pick them up.Jian Leyang felt that it was not easy for examinees in ancient times. The weather this time was not bad, neither hot nor cold. If it was a hot or cold day to take the exam, it would be difficult to stay in such a small place without wind protection for a few days and nights. No matter how good the health is, I can't stand it anymore. Many of the people who came out now are staggering.

"There, dad is out! Dad!" Standing on the carriage, Jian Wenyuan saw his dad coming out with a basket from the door, shouted excitedly, immediately jumped out of the car and cleverly got in, and quickly picked him up come out.

"Sanggong, are you okay?" Jian Niang looked at him with distress, and she became much haggard.

"It's okay, I'm fine." After the exam was successfully completed, nothing went wrong, and Father Jian felt that his whole body was going to float, and he didn't feel tired at all after staying up for three days and three nights, "Brother Li and the others also came out later, Wait for them."

"it is good"

Li Tongsheng and the others also arrived in a while. Their condition was slightly worse than that of Jane's father, but they all looked good. It can be seen that the test is not bad, at least they feel good about themselves.

Send the four of them back to the inn, boil water for them to wash, and then have a meal after washing, then let them go to bed quickly, they must not have a good rest at night in that kind of place.

After this sleep, all four of them slept until dawn the next day. After waking up, the other three discussed with each other. Father Jane wanted to accompany his family for a stroll around the city. He hadn't been able to accompany them well before, so they just worried.