Chapter 190 Two fists cannot beat four hands

Huang E's father has already resigned from his position as a county magistrate of Jiangdu County and is preparing to go home for the New Year. He plans to set off from his hometown next spring to take up his post as Haizhou. The family will come out, and of course they will have to go back. Therefore, Huang E's father wrote a letter to ask Huang E to accompany him.

After introducing the situation, the old butler, Bo Sun, whispered. "Girl, after such a thing, you have to show your face in your hometown, otherwise, gossip can overwhelm you."

Huang E looked at Shi Chuan, not knowing how to answer. Seeing this, Lu Da and others hurriedly got up and avoided it by helping the three girls who were about to marry to move their luggage and clean up the room.

Huang E held back the verbal talk and sent the three people away. She turned around and said to the old housekeeper Sun, "Uncle has already gone to Beijing, what should I do when I go home? Uncle Sun, think about it. Now that my stepmother is at home, I have no relatives at home. No matter what others say, if I really want to go home, just stepmother’s gossip is embarrassing...I can’t reply."

Uncle Sun said embarrassedly: "Girl, if you don't go home, you will have no way out in the future... Such a thing happened. Your father was a little ignorant of you afterwards, otherwise how could he allow you to stay in Haizhou?

If you don’t obey his call, go home for the New Year… From now on, you will have no relatives to take care of you. Ah, girl, don’t expect your parents to help you in your marriage in the future.”

After Sun Bo finished speaking, he glanced at Shi Chuan and signaled the other party to persuade him with his eyes. But Shi Chuan just stared at Huang E, his eyes were very soft - in his opinion, it didn't matter whether Huang E would go back or not.

Huang E snorted and shook her head softly: "Who said there is no one around me? Although my uncle set out to go for the examination, my aunt was about to arrive. My uncle used to be reluctant to give up on his father, but he was afraid that his father would hold my mother's dowry. Now my uncle no longer cared about that dowry, and I don't expect that dowry to live. If this calculation is made, it would be better if I don't go home.

Uncle Sun remembers Miss Cui Xiaoqing... Oh, I don't remember. She lives next to her brother in Cuizhuang now. Miss Cui also has a stepmother at home. She would rather go to the temple to practice by pretending to be sick, so as to escape from the shackles of her parents and become a female household independently. From then on, the vast sky and the sky will fly.

I may not be able to walk the path she has walked, and let alone - my brother is my future reliance. Now that I am with my brother, I can make the decision on everything by myself. Why do I need to go home and see people's faces and listen to people's orders? Sun, think of a way for me, and just quit."

Uncle Sun was stunned for a moment and said in embarrassment: "The master will come to Haizhou next year. If the girl does not return to her hometown with the master, it will have a great impact on the master's reputation. The master may be reluctant to get to this point."

Shi Chuan suddenly interrupted: "E Niang just passed the Taohuaguan incident and was still in shock. She was attacked by the city of 'Amitabha Buddhism'. Now the whole Haizhou is still in turmoil... Well, let alone E Niang has been sick again recently and is very ill."

A smile appeared on Huang E's lips: "Uncle Sun, you didn't tell your father about his uncle."

Uncle Sun bowed his head and replied: "The man and the woman also sent a letter back to the master, saying that the man was willing to sponsor his uncle to go to Beijing to take the exam, and he also said that the girl's aunt would settle in Haizhou soon."

Huang E chuckled: "My aunt has not arrived yet, and she was probably delayed on the road by bandits. I guess it will be here in just three or two days. If we don't need this time, Uncle Sun sent a letter back and said that I was sick due to fright and was being taken care of by my aunt."

Shi Chuan interrupted again: "Maybe, it will be here by noon tomorrow."

Huang E stepped forward and put up the arm she wore: "Since my aunt is coming tomorrow, I will start to 'be ill' now. Brother, today is the day for candidates to enter the examination room. Please take me out to watch it. Sister Suzhen is probably outside the examination room. Since we came back, we have not seen her yet."

Yes, it's time to go and see Chu Suzhen.

...

At the gate of the Haizhou Gongyuan, the yamen runners of the Haizhou Gongyuan were arranged in two squads, and the imperial guards were also dispatched. They stood along the streets into human walls to prevent the people from attacking the imperial guards... But the people of the Song Dynasty were never afraid of the government. Even in such a heavily guarded occasion, many people still squeezed around in the human alley formed by the imperial guards, which made the soldiers unable to stand, so they had to scold them frequently.

In this way, the front of the Haizhou Gongyuan gate was very crowded - but this crowding was a unique phenomenon in the Song Dynasty. Zhang Shuye, the governor of Haizhou, who was standing on the steps of the Gongyuan, pretended not to see it. However, the Xueyu and the governor of Haizhou Gongyuan, the chief magistrate of Haizhou, narrowed his eyes and looked at the chefs who entered the venue up and down.

Outside the Gongyuan Gate, the people who looked at the future juren were not only the Zhigong Ju. The people were squeezing around in front of the soldiers, but were actually also looking at the future juren. The reason why the soldiers could not take action and forced the idle people to push them was because most of the people who came to inspect the future juren were girls from wealthy families, matchmakers, and servants carried by the girls.

Shi Chuan led Huang E and finally squeezed to the gate of the Gongyuan. Seeing this chaotic scene, she couldn't help laughing: "The National Talent Ceremony is actually like a vegetable market. Haha, this Song Dynasty is really interesting."

Huang E pulled the hand she was wearing when she pulled, and explained in a whisper: "This is the son-in-law. Now they are just booking a pick. The capital is so noisy, that is a Jinshi. It is said that the scene there is even more lively. It is no longer the usual 'seeing', it is a snatching sticks."

Shi Chuan nodded: "I know, 'Catching a son-in-law under the list'... Oh, now this scene should be called 'Catching a son-in-law under the list', right?"

People in Beijing have unique advantages. They can know who passed the Jinshi exam at the first time. These people have been holding the patent for "robbing son-in-law" for more than two hundred years. Gradually, the people in other prefectures and counties are unhappy with the control of the people in Beijing - yes, we can't go to Tokyo Bianliang City to grab the son-in-law, but we can grab the juren, and we can't lose the wealth of people. So, every time the imperial examination, I seize the moment when the candidates enter the venue, let their daughter stand at the gate of the Gongyuan, and select a few candidates in advance. When the candidates get news of the examination, they immediately make reservations. We will eliminate the delusions of people in Beijing from the upstream. Isn't that possible?

So, the girl and matchmaker at the entrance of the Gongyuan, as well as the team of servants with big waists, became a landscape of the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty... I think Zhang Shuye came here like this, and stepped into the Gongyuan with a lingering flower, which was an inspiration for the candidates. Didn’t our Taizu say: “There is a golden house in the book, and the beautiful Ruyu in the book.”

This is the situation described by Taizu. This is an invisible incentive for scholars. How dare the imperial guards and the wing army drive away?

After figuring out the situation, Shi Chuan turned his face. Ah, the three green matchmakers who came to Shi Chuan’s house to discuss the marriage between Lu Da were also present. Okay, the three matchmakers had just earned ten thousand yuan from Shi Chuan, and then turned around and earned another ten thousand yuan. This shows that the profession of matchmaker is very rich in the Song Dynasty, and is a white-collar worker among white-collar workers.

Shi Yanei smiled silly, not feeling embarrassed at all, but Shi Chuan felt a little embarrassed. He tilted his head and observed Chu Suzhen's expression. He found that the latter was not ashamed, timid, shy and other negative emotions. He immediately smiled and said, "Two fists are hard to beat four hands. I am alone, at most I can take good care of E Niang. Yanei has the courage to bring twenty or thirty companions in one breath - only a large number of people can be majestic."

Chu Suzhen turned around and looked at it and asked, "Where has your ghost elf - Xiao Huan Niang gone?"
Chapter completed!