Chapter 193

Today, the Yan family is the protagonist. The wedding cakes are distributed in baskets and baskets. Uncle Jin and the others are all smiling from ear to ear.

Those who come to watch the excitement and see there are wedding cakes to eat are so daring. The obedient ones who don’t need money keep talking out of their mouths, just wanting to ask for more wedding cakes.

As Xu Yi's personal followers, A Xu and A Jin quietly guarded the left and right sides of the Yan family's gate.

Although there are many practitioners in the Yan family, there is no need for them.

Ah Jin is good-looking and well-dressed. She doesn't look like a maid, but like a young lady from some family.

Some young practitioners who had never seen Ah Jin suddenly saw such a beautiful little lady and peeked at her from time to time.

Those excessive gazes were so annoying that Ah Jin couldn't help but stare back angrily.

"What are you looking at?" She put her hands on her hips and shouted without fear, "Don't blame me for being rude if you look again."

A Xu protected his sister and stared back. Those bold practitioners were blushing. Ran away.

Ah Jin snorted and said, "You have a lustful heart but not a lustful heart."

A Xu: "..." He looked at his sister helplessly, "Where did you learn these words?"

"It's in the book. "Ah Jin said.

A Xu was a little confused: "Where did the storybook come from?"

Ajin turned her head away from looking at him, but she thought guiltily in her heart that she almost leaked the story about Miss Yan peeking at the storybook.

The excitement in the Yan family lasted until the golden crow fell to the west, and the relatives and clansmen who were watching the excitement and the neighbors who were enjoying the cakes gradually dispersed.

At this moment, Uncle Jin came over with a smile and said to A Xu and the others: "Thank you for your hard work today. It's getting late. Why don't you stay here tonight and have a simple meal?"

A Xu cupped his hands and said, "Don't bother Uncle Jin. It's time for us to go back."

A Jin agreed: "Lang Jun has been waiting for a day. I'm afraid he is in a hurry. It's better for us to go back."

Uncle Jin smiled and said he would prepare a car for them without forcing them.

The brothers still refused. A little while ago, Erqing drove Wangcai to wait for them in the alley outside the Yan family courtyard.

Seeing this, Uncle Jin could only do it, but before leaving, he still stuffed two plain red brocade bags into them.

This was a wedding gift from the Yan family, and A Xu and A Jin did not refuse it.

They took it back to the car and opened it. They found that there was a lot of money inside, a total of eighty-eight coins.

The two of them looked at each other and thought of something in each other's minds. There were so many guests coming to the Yan family today, and everyone was given so much money, so wouldn't they be divided...a lot of money.

After the betrothal gift is given, the next step is to wait for the auspicious day to welcome the bride.

It's just that...

the Xu family's situation is special. Xu Yi is staying in Zhaohua temporarily, but he has no relatives in Zhaohua, and no family property nearby. If Yan Quyue wants to marry, there will be no place to put the dowry.

We can't just rush into the wedding in this temporarily rented courtyard.

Even though Xu Yi and Yan Quyue had no objection to this and they were not particular about it, Madam Chen and Yan Jingming disagreed.

On this day, Xu Yi and Mrs. Chen started bathing and changing clothes early in the morning. When everything was ready, Mrs. Chen dressed up and rode a donkey cart to Yan's house.

Xu Yi helped her down. Yan Jingming and Wen Shujin were already waiting for them at the door.

"Ms. Chen, I've been waiting for you." Wen Shujin stepped forward and asked Mrs. Chen to talk, "There is tea in the room, let's go inside first."

After saying that, she looked at Xu Yi who was aside.

She said, "Sister Yue is waiting for you in the backyard. You go and see her."

"Thank you, Sister-in-law Wen." Xu Yi saluted, then raised his hand to Yan Jingming, and then, under the leadership of Qiaoqin, Separated from Mrs. Chen.

He knew that Mrs. Chen came here today to discuss with the Yan family their wedding. At this point, the marriage was no longer a matter for the two of them, but a matter for two families.

Xu Yi followed Qiaoqin to the courtyard and soon came to the backyard.

Beside the flower bed in the center of the yard, Yan Quyue was feeding Tiger King dried meat.

"Meow~"

As soon as Xu Yi came, Tiger King moved his ears first and called out in the direction he came from. Yan Quyue looked back at dusk. Under the flower crown was a pair of dark, water-cut eyes. She smiled and

said, "Are you here?"

After talking to Aunt Wen and the others, I don't know what they would think."

Yan Quyue licked Tiger King's hand and said, "I know a little bit."

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows, but didn't ask her.

He just didn't speak, and just looked at the little lady he loved calmly.

Xu Yi was also happy.

Yan Quyue said: "Why don't you say anything?"

Xu Yi did not stop looking at her, but followed his heart and said: "I'm looking at you."

Yan Quyue laughed: "I don't have anything good to see, right? , you haven't told me yet, do you like the Tiger King I made?"

Xu Yi said: "Yes."

Yan Quyue was a little unconvinced: "How much do you like it?"

Xu Yi: "I wear it. "

After that, he took off the pouch tied at his belt and took out a wooden doll with pointed ears.

Yan Quyue was surprised that she actually wore it.

"What should I do? If I carve something and you wear it on your body in the future, I won't be a hawker selling rare pieces." Yan Quyue thought about something and bared her teeth.

Xu Yi: "..." That's not the case.

He put the "Tiger King" away with a smile and said to her, "Those are different, if I carry them all, I'm afraid you won't be too happy."

The two of them talked to themselves, leaving the tiger behind. The Overlord was thrown aside. Seeing that no one was feeding it dried meat, the Tiger Overlord meowed impatiently.

"Gourmet." Yan Quyue moved her eyes away from Xu Yi and looked at the raccoon slave she had raised. She said she was disgusted, but her body was sincere and she came out with dried meat to feed it.

"I don't know who he looks like. Tiger King has gained a lot of weight recently after eating and sleeping." Yan Quyue said.

After hearing this, Xu Yi took another look at Tiger King.

Then, his eyes fell on its rounded belly and asked softly: "Have you touched its belly?"

Yan Quyue didn't know why: "It's soft when you touch it. Unfortunately, no matter how good-tempered the Tiger King is, it's too soft. " I like having my belly touched by strangers, otherwise you can touch it."

Xu Yi asked her uncertainly, "Have you noticed that Tiger King's belly has gotten bigger?"

"Ah?" Yan Quyue was surprised and quickly asked her. Go check its belly.

The Tiger King meowed unhappily, but did not resist Yan Quyue's inspection of its belly.

After a while, Yan Quyue said helplessly: "I don't understand very well. You are a doctor, can you also treat cats?"

Xu Yi said: "Shall I try?"

Yan Quyue immediately picked up Tiger King, In order to prevent the Tiger King from resisting, they used dried meat to attract its attention. Then, Xu Yi reached out and gently pressed its belly. It was soft when pressed and soft when pinched.

"What did you see?" Yan Quyue asked him.

Xu Yi smiled: "It's not that I'm pregnant, I just gained weight from eating."

That round belly is all meat from eating.

Thinking that it could eat several strips of dried meat every time, Yan Quyue fed it a lot in the past month or so.

Very good, no piece of flesh is innocent.

...

On the other side, the main hall of the Yan family.

Yan Jingming and Wen Shujin both believed that the wedding ceremony should be done at Yanting.

"Although the journey is a bit long, the nearest auspicious day is September 18th, so it's not too late." Yan Jingming said to Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen naturally agreed to go to Yanting. In her opinion, Brother Yi's roots are in Yanting. There are elders and friends of Brother Yi in Yanting. He must have the blessings of his elders and friends when he grows up. It's just that Zhaohua is so far away from Yanting, so the bride has to work hard along the way.

Yan Jingming waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Sister Yue has followed me all over the world since she was a child. There is no road that I haven't walked on. It's just Yanting. I have been there before."

Besides, the Yan family has dozens of landmarks. The teachers, all of whom were practicing practitioners, escorted Sister Yue to Yanting without saying a word.

What's more, the dowry they prepared for Sister Yue's son contained dozens of boxes and cages. If they didn't take the dowry to Yanting, how could they stay in Zhaohua?

They gave the dowry to Sister Yue's body. Unless it was absolutely necessary, it would be more appropriate for Sister Yue to take it with her.

So, the matter was settled like this.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the second day of August. It was a good day, with clear skies and beautiful wind and sunshine.

When Uncle Qi rushed back from Kyoto, he was shocked to hear that Sister Yue was getting married.

"Didn't I just miss the mark? How could such a big thing happen?" Uncle Qi looked at the Yan brothers and sisters in confusion, "Good girl, you are going to marry someone else in the blink of an eye."

Yan Quyue said seriously . : "Even though I'm married and I'm a girl from the Yan family, I'll call you Uncle Qi."

"As expected of our Yan family." Yan Jingming looked at his sister with a smile, and stopped saying those words that made his sister gentle and virtuous.

Uncle Qi looked at the grown-up Sister Yue with fondness in his eyes. After sighing with emotion, he gave her the scimitar he brought from Kyoto.

He was tall and burly, and when he was not smiling, he was very majestic. He said, "I brought you the scimitar you asked for. After Sister Yue gets married, if Uncle Xu treats you badly, just tell Uncle Qi, Uncle Qi will support you."

Yan Quyue happily took the scimitar and touched the exquisite carvings on it with fondness.

"Uncle Qi, don't worry, Doctor Xu will not bully me." Yan Quyue put the small and exquisite scimitar into her arms and said firmly.

Yan Jingming narrowed his eyes: "You are about to get married, why are you still calling me Doctor Xu?"

Yan Quyue turned away her eyes uncomfortably and defended in a low voice: "I'm used to it."

Uncle Qi laughed out loud: "It's time to change my name. "

...

Uncle Qi didn't stay at the Yan family for long. After meeting the Yan family brothers and sisters, he came to the Xu family to meet Xu Yi.

This time, Xu Yi's identity has changed, from the Yan family's employer to the Yan family's future uncle.

Uncle Qi coughed twice uncomfortably and shouted: "Uncle Xu."

Xu Yi quickly asked him to take a seat and asked: "Uncle Qi has been working hard on this trip. I wonder if Uncle Qi has anything to explain after meeting Brother Xing." ?”

“Yes.” Uncle Qi nodded.

He handed Xu Yi the letter he brought from Kyoto. Uncle

Qi said: "Mr. At the beginning of the Jinshi period, official positions are conferred. Except for the secretary of the eighth rank, the Provincial Secretary, and the supervisor of the eighth rank, the rest of the second-class Jinshi and the same Jinshi will be awarded official positions according to the situation, but they are not higher than the eighth rank. Grade, then there is only the position of the ninth grade. There are quite a lot of positions in this ninth rank, such as Dali to judge affairs, signing letters and envoys, officials, officials, or magistrates, county magistrates, etc. [Note 1] It seems that Xing Yuesen was appreciated for being able to stay in Kyoto and serve as an official. The closer you are to an official family, the greater your chances of promotion. Although the risk of matching is also higher, everyone has taken the Jinshi examination and became an official, so everyone wants to give it a try. In this regard, Xing Yuesen is no exception. He has many great ambitions in his heart, which can only be realized if he is in a high position. In his letter to Xu Yi, he did not hide his ambition. He even hoped to meet Xu Yi in Kyoto one day. Along with the letter, there was also a piece of Xing Yuesen's personal jade pendant. Xu Yi saw this piece of white jade in good condition and put it into his collection in a good mood. Then, he asked Uncle Qi how Xing Yuesen was doing in Kyoto. Uncle Qi didn't hide anything and said: "Every inch of land in Kyoto is precious. Even the courtyard in the south of the city is still worth thousands of gold. Mr. Xing's family is quite wealthy, but when I first came here, I saw that he only had two attendants around him. It's hard to get along with a slave girl." Xu Yi was silent for a moment after hearing this. In the past, I only looked at the history of the Song Dynasty, and what impressed me most was the high salary of officials in the Song Dynasty. Officials of the third and fourth grades received tens of thousands of dollars in salary every month.

But after contacting it, I realized that the salary of this association was not as high as recorded in the data, but the prices and housing prices in Kyoto were already rising rapidly. It is not easy to buy a house in Kyoto.

Not only money is needed, but also connections and power.

The Dali judge is just a low-level official who assists in the execution of sentences and prisons.

But in Kyoto, the most indispensable thing is low-level officials.

After understanding this, Xu Yi knew that Xing Yuesen's next road was not much easier than his, and being an official in the Song Dynasty was not a good job.

...

The time soon came to the fifth day of August.

On this day, the masters of the Yan family came out of the city gate in a mighty manner. They escorted seven or eight carriage cages and slowly drove away from the official road and entered the Jinniu Road, one of the Shu roads.

Behind the convoy, two donkey carts fell.

Xu Yi and the others' vehicles followed leisurely behind them, and they spent several days in peace and harmony.

The speed of the convoy was slow, and within a few days, they arrived outside the city of Pu'an.

Neither team chose to stay in the inn to rest. Instead, they found an open space outside the city and repaired it on the spot.

At this time, Yan Quyue would get down from his motorcade and come over to play with Xu Yi.

The two of them understood each other tacitly and did not do anything beyond the rules. They only played chess, drank tea, and watched Xu Yi teach A Xu and the others about medicinal materials.

"Is this also a medicinal herb?" Yan Quyue followed the study for a few days and became interested in identifying medicinal materials. She picked a plant that looked like a medicinal herb and asked Xu Yi.

Xu Yi looked over and said with some surprise: "This is the nine-segmented calamus, also called chicken claw lotus. It can be dug when it matures in summer. You picked it wrong. You have to dig up its rhizomes, which are used for medicine."

This nine-segmented calamus originally grows at an altitude of more than a thousand meters, beside mountain valleys or in bushes, which is very rare in Sichuan.

After that, he called Ajin and said to Yan Quyue, "I asked Ajin to follow you and let her teach you how to dig."

Yan Quyue looked at him with a smile in her eyes: "Why not you? I want you to take me "

After hearing this, Xu Yi got up to get the tools and took her to find the place where the nine-section calamus was found.

They walked for a while and finally saw the nine-segmented calamus growing in a shrub on a high ground.

These nine-segmented calamus have grown vigorously and have not been dug up after the summer. The roots and stems are growing horizontally, and the ripe fruits that naturally fall off fall all over the ground. Some of the outer shells have corroded and are buried in the soil.

In this case, they will sprout and grow again next spring.

"A lot of seeds fell." Although Yan Quyue didn't know anything about medicinal materials, she didn't know anything at all. She asked Xu Yi, "Are these seeds useful?" "

Yes." Xu Yi nodded and said seriously, "I We rented a village in Yanting and opened a medicinal field in it to cultivate medicinal materials. If we bring these seeds back, we might be able to grow them."

Yan Quyue's apricot eyes shone slightly: "Such a variety of seeds can definitely be grown. "

She didn't mind the dirty fruits whose shells were corroded, so she picked them up one by one and put them into the handkerchief with her bare hands. The handkerchief couldn't fit in the back, so she used a pouch to pack them.

Seeing her being so informal and happy, Xu Yi smiled and took the tool to dig out the roots of the nine-segmented calamus.

The two of them divided the work and cooperated, and in less than half an hour, they took away all the nine-segmented calamus.

Xu Yi wants the rest to stay here.

Maybe if I have the opportunity to pass by here again in the future, I can see this vigorously growing nine-section calamus again.

They brought the medicinal materials back and handed the roots to Axu Ajin for processing.

Xu Yi handles the seeds himself, soaking them in water and scrubbing them, washing off the outer shell and pulp of the seeds, drying them and sealing them in jars. Wait until you return to Yanting and teach Chen Liu how to plant.

The convoy rested overnight outside Pu'an City. The next day, everyone simply settled down to eat before setting off again.

Traveling during the day and resting at night, this journey lasted for almost a month.

When they saw the familiar city wall of Yanting County, the tired atmosphere in the convoy turned into joy. Everyone's faces were filled with smiles and they were eager to enter the city directly.

The Yan family was led by Uncle Qi and Wen Wei.

Originally, Wen Wei was not qualified, but the Yan family did not have many members, Yan Quyue had no brothers of the same age, and Yan Jingming was the head of the family and could not follow him, so he had to settle for the next best thing and choose the Wen family. cousin.

The Wen family and the Yan family are cousins ​​by marriage, and Yan Quyue wants to call Wen Wei "Brother Wei". From this point of view, his identity becomes more reasonable.

At this moment, Uncle Qi and Wen Wei came to find Xu Yi.

"When we enter the city, we need to find a place to stay. We have twenty brothers here this time, and there are so many boxes and cages. We need to find a big yard." Uncle Qi looked at the burly but attentive person and asked , "Aunt Xu, does he know where there is such a good place in Yanting City?"

Xu Yi thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Qi, please be patient and let me think of something."

"Okay, then I'll follow Aunt Xu's advice." Uncle Qi said Hold your fists.

Wen Wei, who was listening next to him, said: "Then should we go directly to the city now? Or should we rest outside the city?"

Xu Yi said: "I'm afraid there will be too many people when entering the city, so it's better to stay here and find a good place. It will take two days soon."

Wen Wei frowned: "We are rough guys, two days late is no problem, but my cousin has been tired for so long, so she has to go to the city first."

Uncle Qi nodded and agreed. thing.

The girl has been following them for a month this month. Although she is never tired, this trip has been quite painful.

Xu Yi frowned and said softly: "I'll take her to the city to rest."

"No need."

Before she finished speaking, Yan Quyue came over and said with a smile: "I'm not a sweet lady, Zuo is just Just wait for two days."

When Yan Quyue said this, her eyes fell on Xu Yi's worried face and added, "I need your help to find where we will stay in Yanting. Don't worry about me."

After a while, Xu Yi said, "I'll leave Ah Jin to accompany you."

"Okay." Yan Quyue did not refuse.

...

Next, Xu Yi took A Xu Erqing into the city.

Erqing had never been to Yanting and was particularly curious about everything here. He looked around and found everything interesting.

And A Xu drove a donkey cart and took Xu Yi straight to Xu's house on East Street.

No one was notified of their arrival, and Mrs. Chen and Zhang Tiegou, who had taken the first step, were also unknown.

When Xu Yi returned to the familiar streets, he felt a feeling that seemed to be from another world in his heart.

"Papa, papa."

"Mama Lin, Uncle Liu, we're back!"

Mrs. Lin in the house heard the knock on the door and ran out to open the door in surprise. She was happy to see that it was Xu Yi and A Xu. She shouted: "Lang Jun, you are finally here. Come on, hurry up, oh, I'm not even ready."

Although she said that, when Xu Yi came in, he found that she had taken care of the house in order. When she left, she What, this will still be the same.

There was no dust or dirt in the room, and the bedding in the room was put away, but after Mrs. Chen came back, Mrs. Lin took out the bedding, washed it, dried it, and scented it, so that it could be used directly.

Lin stood aside cautiously and explained: "Liu Da went to the countryside to buy firewood. The weather will turn cold in a while. We don't know how long Lang Jun will stay, so we plan to buy more. The firewood sold in the country costs It's more affordable than the ones in the city. My father-in-law also said that when the husband comes, he should prepare more cotton."

Xu Yi nodded and said, "You should prepare some cotton for you and Uncle Liu. The clothes are all old, so when I make them this year, I will make two."

Ms. Lin said "Oh" in emotion, she didn't expect that they would also share in such a good thing.

Xu Yi glanced at the furnishings in the room and said to her: "Wait a minute, prepare the food. I want to invite Xinyao and the others to come to my house for a gathering."

He told Lin some things, and then took A Xu non-stop. Go see Mrs. Chen.

When Mrs. Chen saw him, she immediately asked: "Where is the young lady of the Yan family? Why didn't I follow you into the city?"

"The Yan family brought a lot of things, so I asked them to rest outside the city first." Xu Yi made the arrangements I told Mrs. Chen what happened, and then I went to the dental shop to find Agent Huang.

Mrs. Chen said: "Tie Gou is busy at He's house. I asked him to follow you."

Xu Yi smiled, shook his head and said, "I can handle this."

He was going to the dental clinic and did not take Ah with him. Xu and Erqing asked Axu to send greetings to Tao, Xin, and He's family, and asked Axu to take Erqing to get familiar with the situation.

If you want to find a place for the Yan family label designers, you have to go through the dental shop.

Manager Huang happened to be here today. He was a little surprised when he saw Xu Yi. He was even more surprised to hear that he was looking for a Zhuangzi with a good environment and a location close to the eastern suburbs.

"Buy Zhuangzi? Do you want it now?"

Agent Huang repeated to him uncertainly.

Xu Yi nodded: "Yes, do you have any in hand?"

Manager Huang touched his chin and looked at him hesitantly: "There is one place, but the price demanded by Zhuangzi's owner is not cheap, and he does not accept negotiation. Doctor Xu If you want, you can look at the house today."

He couldn't help but say, "But I still advise Dr. Xu to look at a few other places. Although Zhuangzi is good, he wants this price."

Agent Huang said in front of Xu . Yi's face made an eight sign.