Chapter 196 Discussion
As expected, Shang Wan said: "Your brother-in-law is going to take the imperial examination. After the autumn examination next year, if he succeeds, he will have to go to Beijing to take the spring examination. If he succeeds again, no matter how he performs in the palace examination, he will be the Duke of Dingguo." The government’s promise is there, and if you work properly, you will definitely be able to become an official.”
Officials cannot return to their hometown to serve as officials. Their family must stay together, so they have to follow Lu Chengjing. Whether they stay in the capital or go to other state capitals, they cannot take the land they opened up with them.
No matter how much land is opened now, it will all be used to make wedding clothes for others.
Although the land could be bought and sold, Shang Wan felt it was not worth the effort compared to the effort put into it.
In the past, she would have considered it. Now the number of spiritual fields has surged to more than thirty pieces, and it may continue to increase in the future. The herbs grown can completely supply a pharmacy, and it is a high-quality pharmacy.
When it comes to making money, how can farming be compared with doing business?
If it develops well, maybe it can be turned into a chain store and blossom across the country.
After listening to Shang Wan's words, although she didn't want to be rude, Xiaohuan still asked cautiously: "What if my brother-in-law fails the autumn exam?"
She didn't blame her for being worried, but it was Lu Chengjing who seemed to have a conflict with the examination room. He fell ill as soon as he entered the examination room and couldn't even finish the paper.
"It is indeed possible." Shang Wan glanced at Lu Chengjing teasingly.
Lu Chengjing curled his lips and smiled helplessly, then continued: "If you fail in the autumn test, you have to wait for another three years. My wife and I plan to see the results of the announcement, and if we fail, we will go directly to the capital and be recommended by Duke Dingguo. Enrolled in the Imperial College."
"Where will we live when we go to the capital?" Shitou was reluctant to part with his new house, which had only been built not long ago.
He hesitated: "I heard that things in the capital are ten times more expensive than here. If we really go to the capital, where will we get so much money?"
"So we have to make money." Shang Wan patted him, "Don't just think that selling things in the capital is expensive. Think about it, if we bring the medicinal materials business to the capital, wouldn't we make more money?"
Shitou scratched his head, Li'er was indeed this Li'er, but was his sister too confident?
Shang Wan, who has more than 30 yuan in spiritual wealth, is indeed very confident. She said: "The autumn examination is next year. It is only July now, and there is still a year before the autumn examination. We can make enough money to travel to the capital no matter what."
Xiaohuan stood by Shangwan unconditionally, "Sister, just tell me what to do, and I will listen to you."
"Me too, sister, just give me your orders." Shitou hurriedly joined in. He was worried, but he had to be counted among them.
Shang Wan raised her eyebrows slightly, these two little ones were quite confident in her.
She had discussed it with Lu Chengjing just now, and now she was talking to them carefully.
This conversation lasted for an hour. By the time the family meeting was over, the heavy rain outside stopped.
The clouds disappeared and the rain dispersed, and under the sunshine, a long rainbow stretched across the sky.
In order to celebrate the important decision made by our family, tonight's dinner is quite sumptuous, including chicken, fish and ribs. Other families in the village may not be able to eat this well during the Chinese New Year.
Yu Da took the initiative to help in the kitchen and was very puzzled when he looked at the ingredients that seemed to appear suddenly.
The fish is caught from the river, where do the other dishes come from? It was clear that when he was decoction, there were not even any vegetable leaves in the kitchen.
Of course the ingredients are taken out from Shang Wan's space, so the freshness preservation function is not in vain.
Yu Da tried to talk to Xiaohuan, "Miss Xiaohuan, cooking so many dishes, is there any happy event at home?"
Xiaohuan tasted the saltiness of the sauce and said three words, "In a good mood."
Yu Da: "..."
"Aunt Xiaohuan, I smell the sweet and sour pork ribs." Chu Xu poked her little head in through the door frame.
Another little head appeared from below, with a pair of big black eyes blinking on its pink face.
"You have a good nose." Xiaohuan smiled and waved to the two of them, handing over a small plate of fried crispy pork strips. "There are still three more dishes to make. You guys should eat some first to fill your stomach."
Chu Xu smiled and thanked him, and first fed Xiao Huan one, and then Xiao Huan drove the two little ones out on the grounds that there was a lot of fumes in the kitchen.
Before leaving, Yuanyuan turned her head to look at Yu Da, wrinkled her nose at him, and made two puffing sounds with her mouth, as if she was spitting at him.
Yu Da: "..." Where did he provoke this little kid?
The sumptuous dinner was unanimously praised by everyone, especially the plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, which the two little ones particularly liked.
Yuanyuan has grown two more millet teeth and eats more easily than before.
He grabbed the ribs with his two little hands and gnawed them with the sauce on his face, just like a little tabby cat.
Everyone couldn't stop laughing, but Yuanyuan refused to let the adults feed him, so he had to eat it by himself.
It was a joyful meal, because the food was so good, and everyone had a rare drink, and they all felt a bit smokey after the meal.
Shitou burped and fell down on the table.
Lu Chengjing reached out to help him, but suddenly felt dizzy and fainted on the table.
This was like a signal, and everyone in the hall fell down one after another, lying on the table unconscious.
Even Yuanyuan fell asleep with her fingers in her mouth.
"Brother, it's down, it's down, it's all down!" The low voice could not conceal his excitement. Yu Er stood by the window and excitedly waved to Yu Da who was sitting on the kang.
Yu Da walked over and whispered: "The man named Shang is good at martial arts, please wait a moment."
Yu Er nodded, and the two brothers waited for another half-quarter of an hour before walking out one after another.
"Brother, I'm going to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife." Yu Er's eyes were red with excitement. He didn't mean to answer, and he had already rushed to the kitchen.
Mr. Yu Da felt that things were going a little too smoothly. He walked into the main room and checked on Shang Wan first.
He ran out today through a quarrel just to get the drug that he had buried in advance.
He has a habit of leaving a way out for himself when doing things. As long as he doesn't die, the things he buried can come in handy.
He went to the kitchen to help because he had put medicine in the water in advance. The medicine had a smell. He was worried that Xiaohuan would smell it, so he kept an eye on it personally.
Unexpectedly, Xiaohuan didn't notice it at all.
The woman was lying on the table, her face buried in her arms, breathing evenly.
Yu Da tried to push Shang Wan, but Shang Wan had no reaction at all.
He was slightly relieved and went to push others.
All of them slept like dead pigs, without any reaction.
"Hey, it's crazy. There aren't even any knives in the kitchen." Yu Er crossed the threshold and came in with a gloomy expression.
His eyes fell on Chu Xu. Did the damn kid fall into my hands this time?
Just as he was about to walk over and strangle Chu Xu to death, Yu Da stretched out his hand to stop him, "That woman's martial arts skills are too high. I don't know when she will wake up. Don't cause trouble."
Yu Er was unwilling to give in and looked at Shang Wan who was lying down, "Then kill her first."
Yu Da didn't stop him this time.
"This girl is really good-looking. She's even prettier than the oiran in the building."
Thinking of the insults he had received in the past two days and seeing Shang Wan unconscious and letting him be slaughtered, Yu Er couldn't help but have evil thoughts.
"Hurry up." Yu Da knew that he had this bad habit and was not prepared to take care of it. "I'm going to get the oil. Later, a fire will burn down the house and everyone."
"I know." Yu Da agreed and stretched out his hand towards Shang Wan.