The ancient life of a master craftsman

Hearing his husband's laughter, Shuangzhong couldn't help but also put on a smile on his face, and took the carriage to Li Enbai's guidance to Li's house. Li Enbai went down first and opened the door, and asked Shuangzhong to directly pull the carriage in.

"Shuangzhong, you and Brother Jiu will live in the west room for the time being." Li Enbai pointed out a room for them, "I'll give you an extra bed in a while, the east room is where Lizi and I live, and the kitchen is over there."

Briefly talked about the situation at home, and asked Shuangzhong and Zhang Jiu to share the things they bought, and they took a share, "Just put the rest in the main room, let's go to Lizi's mother's house first, and you two will watch and clean up." one time."

Li Enbai picked up his things, took Yunli and Brother Qing, and went to Yun's house together.When he comes back, he must report to the elders that he is safe, and tell his father-in-law that he passed the Tongsheng exam by the way.

Old man Yun just woke up from a nap, when he heard the courtyard door, he opened it and looked, "Lizi, Linfeng! You two are back! You didn't suffer any trouble on the way, did you?"

"No, no, we're all fine, Dad, let's go in and talk first." Yunli saw Old Man Yun, her happy eyes bent into crescent moons.

"Hey! Hey! Come in!" Old man Yun stepped aside and shouted inside, "Dahe, Xiaolian, your brother and the others are back!"

Brother Qing knew that their family must be lively, so he patted Yunli's hand, "Remember to come to me tomorrow, you haven't told me how Brother Li did in the exam."

Yunli pulled him, "Don't go, let's go together, Brother En did well in the exam, No.1! Let's celebrate together."

"No.1?!" Brother Qing's voice was raised a lot, "Oh my God, Brother Li, you passed the No.1 exam? Isn't that much better than Chen Gousheng back then, when he was only in the 70s? !"

Yunli raised her chin, "Of course, Chen Gouzeng's bastard is no match for Brother En!"

Li Enbai patted his head, "Brother Qing, come in together, Lizi treats you like a younger brother, not an outsider, so come in and listen together."

Yunli held Qing Geer's hand and did not let go. Li Enbai was right, he and Qing Geer had played well since childhood, but after all he was more than a year older than Qing Geer, and in his heart he regarded Qing Geer as a Treat him like a younger brother, if something is not easy to say to your elder brother who is a man, you will say it to Brother Qing.

It's the same with Brother Qing. There are three older brothers in his family, but they are all big and thick guys. They can't tell their little secrets to them, and they can't play with him all the time. Most of the time he is with Lizi The one who was waiting naturally regarded him as his own brother.

After a little hesitation, he followed Yunli's strength and went in together, "Then I'm not welcome, I haven't been to places other than Xinglong Town, Lizi tell me what's interesting in Shicheng?"

The whole family sat around the table, and even the overly lively Xiaoman was hugged by Mu Xiaolian. The father-in-law said that there was an important announcement today, and the whole family wanted to listen to it.

Seeing this, Li Enbai didn't delay, "I got No.1 in this government examination, and I can take the college examination in September. If it goes well, I will be a scholar in October."

They were all from his own family, and he was not humble. Instead, he expressed his true thoughts and showed them the proof he got back.

Because Yunli learned characters last year and then taught them to everyone, Yun’s family members can now understand the commonly used characters. Looking at the receipt, Li Enbai’s name, age, place of origin, history of three generations and time of taking the exam are written on it. , grades, on a small piece of paper, there are quite enough things to write.

In particular, the words No. 1 in the County Examination and Government Examination are still written with a Chinese ink pen, which is particularly obvious on the paper.Old man Yun couldn't help laughing, "Hahahahaha, that's great, Linfeng is doing well!"

"Brother-in-law, great job! You've given our Huaimu Village a boost!" Yunhe was also full of joy.

Brother Qing had already heard Yunli talk about Li Enbai's grades when he was at the door, but he finally felt the truth after seeing the certificate, and happily congratulated Li Enbai, "Brother Li, congratulations on getting No.1 in the exam!"

The whole family was immersed in joy, and even Xiao Man seemed to know that it was a good thing, giggling, "Ahhh" at Li Enbai, wondering if he was congratulating him.

Brother Qing was happy in his heart, holding Yunli's hand, and quietly shed tears, tears of joy, Lizi was finally able to feel elated, let's see who in the village dare to say that Lizi's life is not good enough to marry a scholar!Brother Li will be a scholar in October, and he will definitely have a bunch of pink eyes by then, envy them to death!

In the end, Brother Qing was wronged by Yunli, Chen Gouzeng's ruthlessness, villagers' gossip, and Bai's partiality, all of which he remembered for Yunli.Now I feel that the resentment in my heart has been reduced a lot, and Lizi will soon be the envy of the whole village.

Especially good.

Yunli is actually similar to his thoughts, the resentment of being abandoned and despised has been exhausted by Li Enbai's long-term love and care, but now, it is more about pride, only Enge can be so outstanding.

Brother En is so kind. Not only is he handsome and smart, he can also earn money. The most important thing is that he is very considerate of him, lest he be wronged.Yunli thought happily, fortunately he went up the mountain to collect firewood, so he was able to pick up such a good husband.

The news of Li Enbai's return spread throughout the village that afternoon, and the old man Yun even walked with wind, saying to everyone, "My son-in-law passed the No. 1 exam! There will be a banquet to celebrate tomorrow afternoon, and everyone will come to my house for a drink." ah!"

Before staying overnight, the whole village knew that the son-in-law of the Yun family has become a child student and can go to the scholar examination. The Yun family will hold a banquet to celebrate tomorrow afternoon and let everyone go.

This is a happy event, everyone is happily preparing to go to Yun's house for a drink.

You know, the boy from the Li family married the younger brother of the village head's family, so he definitely wouldn't be like that wolf-hearted bastard Chen Gouxeng, who would move his household registration if he passed the exam and let them be laughed at by other villages.

This also means that Huaimu Village is going to produce a master scholar!

There hasn't been a scholar for decades, and everyone is looking forward to it. Not everyone is happy to see hope.

The next day, even the clan elders who didn't come out very often came out with smiles on their faces, and went to Yun's house early in the morning to see if they could help.

Li Enbai went to Liu's mansion first in the morning, talked to Liu Chuncheng about the state of the mansion examination, and gave Liu Chuncheng the test paper that he had rewritten silently after the test.

When Liu Chuncheng heard that he got the first place in the exam, he took it for granted and said indifferently, "Congratulations." Then he pointed out the mistakes in his answers one by one, reprimanded him with shame, and was punished. Twenty large characters came to an end.

"I'll talk to you about the rest next time you come, and go back and understand what I just said." Liu Chuncheng's face was serious, not like a mortal, but an immortal from the world, "Don't try it because of the little mansion." If you are complacent, you have to remember that there are others out there, and that you should persist in being humble, prudent, and eager to learn.”

"Yes, Linfeng remembered." Liu Chuncheng refused to let Li Enbai regard himself as a disciple, but did everything a master should do.

With a sullen and unparalleled face, he took out a few letters from the drawer, "This is from Chang Le, take it back and read."

This is what it means to see off guests. Li Enbai took the letter, said goodbye to Liu Chuncheng, and left Liu's mansion to buy the vegetables, meat and seasonings needed for the afternoon.

After he left, Liu Chuncheng slowly smiled, as if the ice and snow were melting.He quickly wrote a letter with a pen, attached Li Enbai's answer, and sent it out together.

Shuangzhong drove a carriage and waited not far from Liu's residence. Li Enbai came out of Liu's residence after a short wait. Shuangzhong hurriedly jumped off the carriage and opened the door first, "Master, please."

"Well, go to West Street." Li Enbai pointed him in the direction. Although the West Market is gone, there are still more shops near the West Market than other places, and the things are more complete.

The dim sum shop he used to go to is also on West Street, not too far from the big market, today is not a market day, there are not so many people, Shuangzhong's skills are also good, and he brought Li Enbai to the place smoothly .

He first went to buy Yunli's favorite snacks and snacks for guests, then went to grain and oil stores, grocery stores, taverns, and found a small vendor to buy a lot of vegetables. Originally, he wanted to go to Qianxiu Pavilion However, it suddenly occurred to me that Brother Zhu was raising a baby at home, and Qianxiu Pavilion was temporarily closed.

"Shuangzhong, go home."

He bought a lot of things and piled up half a carriage. Li Enbai counted them. If a family of two in the village came to eat, it would probably be enough. No matter how much it was, it might not be enough.

I hope that not everyone will drag their families to the banquet.

Li Enbai pressed his forehead, if he had followed his ideas, he would definitely not be so ostentatious, but his father-in-law and the others felt that this matter was very lively, so he let them go.

He prepared a lot here, and Yunli also prepared a lot in the village. He found five cooks alone, and a stove was set up in the yard to facilitate cooking and serving.

Zhang Jiu is worthy of being the steward of a rich family. Even if he is mentally weak, he can arrange everything in an orderly manner. The old man Yun who thought it was a waste and extravagance to buy a person had to admire it. Ten round tables have been neatly arranged in the courtyard, each table can seat ten people, the dishes and chopsticks have been placed, and four cold dishes have been served.

If someone came over earlier, it wouldn't look like they weren't ready.Zhang Jiu was weak, and couldn't stand up after holding on for a while, so he could only sit and direct, counting the time, "Stir fry, follow the order I said."

The five cooks are not helping out, they are all hired by Zhang Jiu with Li Enbai's consent. The big family pays attention to human relations, but they also taboo human relations the most. When it can be solved with money, don't owe favors.

Debt of favor, not easy to repay.

Yunli wanted to cook, but was changed by Zhang Jiu into beautiful clothes, and her hair accessories were replaced by simple and generous silver hairpins, two round jade beads were dotted on her ears, and a sachet was hung on her waist. Everyone is like the husband of the big family.

Looking at her different self in the mirror, Yunli didn't dare to go to work casually, for fear of spoiling Zhang Jiu's thoughts.He became more cautious, and his style was even more sufficient. Zhang Jiu was secretly satisfied. Today's banquet, the protagonist is not only the master, but the young master is also the protagonist.