Chapter 37 Chapter 37
Chapter 37
The road back to Beijing is all official, and there are many people traveling back and forth. The snow is not heavy now, so it is easy to pass.
Ding Pengzheng, who had finished his work, also went back with them. When he saw Yuan Rui's convoy again, he still felt it was quite impressive.
But he didn't think too much about it. He felt relieved after confirming that baby Yinyin was fine.
The return journey still takes two days, and we have to rest for a night in an inn along the way.
Everything was arranged by Guo Zhan and others, they just needed to use it as a place to rest.
Everyone was extremely worried on the road.
I was worried that His Highness was feeling unwell, but unexpectedly he was fine throughout the journey and even ate something.
It’s still Miss Yin Yin. As long as she is there, there is nothing to worry about.
In the evening, many people in the inn were already drinking warm wine to ward off the cold, waiting to set off the next day.
In the corner there was a woman, wearing coarse cloth and a veiled hat. She ate a simple bowl of noodles and went back to her room to rest.
Su Yinyin just felt that she walked differently from others, as if she was a little free and easy? So she looked at her a few more times.
Li Ruiyuan took a few glances and whispered, "She has practiced martial arts."
So that's how it is.
Early the next morning, Su Yinyin met her sister again. She saw her getting on the horse very swiftly and she was also heading towards the capital.
On the evening of October 30th, Su Yinyin and her group finally arrived in the capital.
Li Ruiyuan held the heater in his hand and looked at the baby seriously.
It was indeed very cold outside, but when I actually went outside, it didn’t seem that cold anymore.
Su Yinyin was also happy for him and reminded him, "I wrote down the recipe. Eat it if you can. Don't force yourself if you can't."
As they were talking, the voices of the Su couple were heard outside the carriage.
Su Yinyin hurried to see and trotted off the carriage.
She missed her mother so much after not seeing her for several days.
"Mom, Dad, Brother."
Su Yinyin was held in the arms of her family and they had a good time being affectionate with her. They were relieved that the child was fine.
Deputy Envoy Su thanked Ding Pengzheng specially, and when he saw Yuan Rui also got off the carriage, he quickly said, "Aren't you afraid of the cold? You don't have to get off the carriage."
Li Ruiyuan insisted on leaving and was very polite to the Su couple.
After the greetings, Su Yinyin was taken away by her family, and Li Ruiyuan's carriage turned around and headed straight for the palace.
At this moment in the palace, the emperor and empress were already waiting.
As soon as Yuan'er comes back, he will be able to see both of them.
Not only that, the Prince's tutor and others were also waiting respectfully.
Even Prince Ning was among them.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to Beijing.
Also walked out of the hot spring villa.
Five years.
It's been five years.
This is the first time.
May God bless the Kingdom of Wanlong.
The emperor and empress had tears in their eyes, clasped their hands tightly, and said, "Don't put too much pressure on the prince, just act as usual."
The Grand Tutor looked at the Emperor and Empress and thought, then you two should not be so nervous!
When I think about the little baby that His Highness brought back, he is such a lucky little star.
Having such an heir is such a blessing and luck.
I think those people in the court who have ulterior motives can now behave themselves.
Su Yinyin is now in the warm bed, having tossed and turned for several days, and now she wants to have a good sleep.
She slept until the next morning and sent her brother to school. Su Xian had been going out early and coming back late recently, and he had to review his lessons when he got home, which was really tiring.
Even Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang may not be able to find him.
But speaking of which, both of them are also preparing for the exam.
The provincial examination was relatively easy for the two of them, but the upcoming metropolitan examination would be a bit difficult as they would have to compete with students from all over the country.
Even someone as confident as Li Yunjing said that he was only half sure.
The more modest Master Zhang said, "I probably won't pass the first imperial examination."
After saying this, Master Zhang looked at Xiao Hongniang eagerly.
Is there any hope for his marriage?
Little matchmaker has no idea at all!
She has been very busy recently.
Master Zhang scratched his head. He just asked and then said, "There is a new bookstore in the south of the city. There are many good books that are hard to buy. If brother Su Xian has time, let him buy some."
My brother must be busy, so Su Yinyin volunteered: "I'll go and buy the book for my brother."
That works too.
Madam Su handed the silver and money to Yinyin and thanked Master Zhang for taking her with him.
Not to mention that modern children have a lot of extracurricular tutoring books, children in ancient times also had quite a few.
Su Yinyin seldom goes to South City. Many dignitaries live here, and there are many bookstores. There will be an imperial examination next year, and all the bookstores are doing good business.
Not long after they walked in, they ran into Li Shusheng and Xu Xiaomei who were shopping. They were already engaged, so it was normal for them to hang out when they had nothing to do.
Knowing that they were going to buy books for Su Xian, everyone followed.
The Tongshi is the first test in the imperial examination and must be taken seriously.
Su Yinyin felt overwhelmed looking at these tutorial books. Her brother really had a hard life.
As I was sighing, I seemed to see a figure out of the corner of my eye.
She had seen this figure before.
The sister I met at the Beijing Inn that day when I returned to Beijing.
She glanced around, picked out a man from the crowd, and slapped him. The man staggered a few times and almost fell to the ground.
"He hit someone!"
"Someone is beating someone up!"
The woman in coarse cloth didn't stop and punched the man several times, but the man didn't dare to say a word.
Yuan Rui said that she had practiced martial arts, and it seems to be true.
It must hurt if you get hit with a punch.
"Let him go, let him go quickly, we are calling the police!"
The man's fellow villager ran over and wanted to pull the woman away, but he didn't dare to, for fear that he would be hit as well.
At this moment, the woman spoke, her voice clear and heroic, and she snorted coldly: "Call the police? Does he dare?"
I dare not.
I really don't dare.
But the patrol officer arrived soon, and the man who was beaten said hurriedly: "It's okay, it's okay, we were just joking."
Are you kidding me like this?
Isn’t that a bit too harsh?
Li Shusheng complained: "One punch would break all the bones."
Xu Xiaomei also nodded, but said: "It must be this man's fault, otherwise he wouldn't be so patient."
Looking at the man's clothes, it's even the official uniform that can only be worn after passing the imperial examination. Logically speaking, he is already an official, but he still needs to help cover up.
All I can say is that this scholar’s mistake was definitely greater.
Seeing that more and more people were gathering, the officers asked them to leave quickly and not to gather in a crowd.
But the scholar stopped, but the woman didn't stop. She punched him twice more and threw a piece of paper from her bosom. The words on it were twisted and twisted: "Pay back the money!"
Pay back the money?
Su Yinyin has good eyesight, but she couldn't recognize the words on it.
The Juren couldn't even tell.
His fellow villager asked hurriedly, "Are you blackmailing me? Why are you giving me back the money? When did Mr. Wei owe you money? Do you have any written evidence to prove it?"
"You are trying to cheat me by throwing out a piece of paper like this!"
The officers wanted to take them to the yamen, but Mr. Wei disagreed and finally asked for more time to prepare well.
Moreover, the accounts on the paper were too messy for him to understand and needed to be sorted out first.
After a commotion, the woman stood outside the door, looking at the paper and frowning, with many people around pointing and talking.
The woman grabbed a random person and said, "Can you help me write down the accounts? I'll give you money."
The other party hesitated for a moment and waved his hand.
The person being chased for debt was a juren, and they didn't dare to get involved.
The woman glanced around and stopped at Su Yinyin and her group.
She obviously recognized baby Yin Yin. No one would forget such a cute little girl.
The woman took a few steps forward, looked at them again, and handed the paper directly to Mr. Zhang: "Can you help me write down the accounts? I'll give you money."
Master Zhang pointed at himself: "Me?"
"Um."
"Why?"
The woman thought to herself, he looks easy to talk to, and said politely, "He looks kind."
Doesn’t a kind face mean that it is easy to talk to?
Su Yinyin heard it all!
Su Yinyin greeted her and asked curiously, "Sister, does he owe you a lot of money? Do you need to go to Beijing to collect the debt?"
Everyone knew that she was here to collect a debt.
But I didn't know that he actually went to Beijing to ask for money. It seemed that the other party owed him a lot.
The woman then said, "It's more than just money."
"He's my ex-fiance."
ah? !
fiancé?
forward?
Su Yinyin instinctively discovered the melon field, and Li Shusheng immediately pointed to Master Zhang: "He helped you sort out the accounts for free. Tell us the whole story!"
Xu Xiaomei pulled Yin Yin with one hand and Li Shusheng with the other, you two are too curious!
But the woman didn't mind and nodded: "Okay, what's the big deal."
This is not something that cannot be said.
Li Shusheng treated everyone to a meal, and they went to a nearby teahouse to have tea and chat.
"My name is Chu Shan, and I have been childhood sweethearts with Mr. Wei."
They were all from Binzhou, eight hundred miles away from Bianjing.
Chu Shan's family runs a security business in Binzhou, and the people who come and go on a daily basis are all rough men.
When she was two years old, a private school was opened near the escort agency. The teacher's surname was Wei, and he had a seven-year-old son, who is now Mr. Wei.
The two families lived close to each other, and the Chu family often helped the Wei family drive away the thugs who harassed them, so they became familiar with each other over time.
Chu Shan and Mr. Wei met during that period.
Later, when Mr. Wei's father passed away, the private school closed, and he had no money to continue his studies, the Chu family, whose escort agency was growing bigger and bigger, stepped in to help.
In the same year, Wei's mother came to propose marriage. Since it was an expression of gratitude, it was also Wei Shusheng's own idea. He said that he had admired Miss Chu for a long time.
As for Chu Shan, she had admired her neighbor's well-mannered and studious older brother since she was a child, so she nodded happily to this matter.
They were originally neighbors, and now they are in-laws. All the food, drink and study expenses of Wei Shusheng's family are paid by the Chu family.
Fifteen years have passed since the engagement.
Chu Shan said, "This autumn he passed the imperial examination in Binzhou, and his family had been planning to arrange a marriage for him."
"After all, he is twenty-five this year, and I am twenty."
"Who would have thought that his family would shirk responsibility, saying that they would be taking the imperial examination soon and there was not enough time."
It is not wrong to think so, and Bian Jing is some distance away from Binzhou, so we must set out in advance to prepare for the imperial examination.
What the Chu family didn't expect was that Wei Shusheng and his mother took the Chu family's travel expenses and actually left with Wei's mother.
At that time, the Chu family was puzzled. Their family had taken care of Wei's mother for many years and even provided her with servants. Why did she have to take her mother with her to take the imperial examination?
It was not until the brothers from the Chu Family Escort Agency returned from Bian Jing that they found out the reason.
When Wei's mother's family, who were officials in Bian Jing, learned that Wei Shusheng had passed the imperial examination, they invited them to live in the capital and planned to marry their daughter to her.
With the status of a juren, he is already eligible to become an official. He is no longer a potential stock, but a blue chip stock. Naturally, Wei's mother's family wants to win him over.
On one hand, there is the fiancée Chu Jia who has taken care of them, an orphan and a widow, for fifteen years.
On the other side are relatives who are officials in the capital.
After comparing the two options, the Wei mother and son quickly made a decision.
Go to the capital!
One is his father-in-law who is an official.
The other is a warrior who runs an escort agency, so there is no need to choose more.
When the brothers from the escort agency in Bian Jing went to argue with them, the other party actually said that Chu Shan could not read or write and yet wanted to marry a juren, which was simply a fantasy.
There were many dignitaries in South City, so the escort agency was driven away again.
When the news reached Binzhou, the Chu family was so angry that they wanted to knock on the door.
Chu Shan stopped him and said directly, "The Wei family has made up their minds, and there is no possibility of changing it. But this is my daughter's business, and I must beat him up in person and get back the money I have spent all these years."
After saying that, Chu Shan rode alone and headed straight for Bian Jing.
The purpose was to beat up Wei Shusheng and get back the money that he had supported for fifteen years.
She only knew that if she didn't do this, the depression in her heart would never get rid of itself.
That's what it sounds like.
The beating just now was not hard enough!!!
We should give that Wei Shusheng a few dozen more punches!
Hearing Su Yinyin say this, Chu Shan raised her chin and said, "Don't worry, I'll beat you up every time I see you next time."
Su Yinyin blurted out: "Why bother to settle the accounts? Just find an excuse to call more times."
That makes sense.
Chu Shan wanted to agree, but still said, "I don't have time to waste with him. Just get my money back and he can marry whoever he wants."
"That's a lot of money, enough for my father to run escort missions for many times!"
And her father's face.
Now, everyone in Binzhou knows that her family has been abandoned by the scholar. If she doesn't do something, her whole family will be laughed at.
Chu Shan shook her head and ignored all that for now, settling the accounts was the most important thing.
The cost of studying is not cheap.
The Chu family has supported the other party's mother and son for fifteen years. Without a detailed calculation, you know that it is a considerable expense.
Except for money.
Master Zhang looked up at her and wanted to say that if she was sad, she could say it out loud.
But the other party was holding on, so he couldn't say much, and just said gently: "Your family has kept the account of the fifteen years of study expenses."
The escort agency does have accounts.
But I won’t remember the money flow in my own house in such detail.
She only knows a few words, but her parents are illiterate.
Therefore, the original account is not better than the paper written by Chu Shan herself.
I think Mr. Wei knew about this and deliberately shirked responsibility.
Master Zhang held his forehead and turned the pages one by one, subconsciously saying: "It's not easy for your escort agency to be able to do what it is now."
"What do you mean?" Chu Shan said directly.
Master Zhang lowered his head: "Just talking."
Li Shusheng and Xu Xiaomei helped to manage the accounts, but they felt a headache just looking at them. With such account books, it was no wonder that Wei Shusheng was so confident.
Of course, he was also afraid of reporting to the government. No matter how you look at it, he was in the wrong, so he would rather be beaten than go to the government office.
But if he really sues, he won't be able to pay much money based on these account books.
So the matter remained at a standstill and no one wanted to file a lawsuit.
But there has to be a solution.
The accounts are one thing, and Chu Shan’s thoughts are another.
Master Zhang said seriously, "If you are relieved, I will sort out the account books in the next few days."
"I am also a student, and I can roughly estimate how much money the Chu family spent in fifteen years."
Putting aside other things, you need to sort out the accounts before you can settle the final accounts with the other party.
There is such a scholar among the new candidates this year. I really can't bear to associate with him.
It has come to this. Chu Shan waved her hand and said, "Just calculate it. Just calculate as much as you can."
"Miss Chu, what are you going to do next?" asked Xu Xiaomei, who is also a woman.
what to do?
Chu Shan was a little confused.
She came all the way here, feeling depressed.
It was because of his own failure in judging people, and also because of the ridicule his parents suffered in Binzhou.
After the incident, some people sympathized with him, some laughed at him, but more people still felt that his family was not worthy of being a juren.
Anyway, everything he said, openly or secretly, was just his fantasy.
Otherwise, how could that fellow villager named Wei dare to speak up in his defense?
Chu Shan said, "Let off the steam first and get the money back. I'll beat him up every time I see him."
She thought asking for money was easy, but she didn't expect the man surnamed Wei to be even more shameless than she imagined.
This matter will most likely have to be swallowed down.
When discussing marriage in the future, never look for a scholar.
"This is the first sword after landing. Kill the person you like first." Su Yinyin complained in a low voice, "I actually saw the real thing."
The other three adults thought about it and agreed that what he said was true.
Master Zhang said sternly: "Such ungrateful people cannot be compared with gentlemen."
What is a gentleman among tools?
Chu Shan didn't understand.
The sword is a gentleman's weapon, and such a villain is not worthy of using it.
Oh, it's cursing.
Chu Shan nodded in satisfaction. These scholars cursed people in such a subtle way.
The accounts still needed to be sorted out, and when Xu Xiaomei learned that she was staying in a nearby restaurant, she left her home address and told her to come find her if she had any problems.
Su Yinyin took her brother's books back home. These three or four books needed for the children's examination cost several taels of silver.
It took Mr. Wei fifteen years from the childhood examination to the provincial examination, so the expenses must have been even more outrageous.
Sister Chu Shan actually met such an unfaithful man.
Su Xian was naturally overjoyed when he received a few new books, but after asking about the price, he was quite cautious and said seriously: "Don't buy them in the future. I can afford it if I work harder."
That being said, how could the Su couple save the money and just let him study hard?
"Recently, many people have ordered wedding cakes. Don't worry." Madam Su comforted the children, "Your father's salary will be paid at the end of the year. Our family can afford it."
Su Yinyin nodded as well, but she also knew that many people ordered wedding cakes, while ordinary snacks sold less.
After all, we still need to develop new products.
All the dim sum shops in Bian Jing have already rolled up their sleeves, and his shop cannot be left behind.
Grandma can make 28 kinds of dim sum, and their family has already learned 11 of them. However, considering the level of involution in the dim sum industry in Beijing, they can only last another two or three years at most.
Innovation, we must innovate.
If she can make noodles, she can definitely make dim sum.
Su Yinyin returned to her room and began to recall the recipe for making snacks.
According to her observations over the past few years, people in the capital have different tastes, ranging from salty to sweet to bitter, but they can accept any taste.
This is of course also related to the region. Officials and businessmen from all over the world brought their families here, which naturally led to a variety of tastes.
For example, the shop next door sells Shandong dipping sauce. At the beginning, most of the customers who came to buy it were from Shandong, but in the past six months, there have been many local customers.
Therefore, as long as the taste is good, there will definitely be customers who appreciate it.
That being the case, she could let go and do it.
Generally speaking, they can be divided into two categories: Chinese dim sum to increase variety, and modern Western dim sum to test the waters.
The former is the main one and the latter is auxiliary.
After sorting out the details, Su Yinyin decided on the first snack to be made, mini date paste cakes.
It is the season when winter jujubes mature. Not only are they cheap and easy to get, they also taste good.
Why Mini?
Su Yinyin planned to make some bite-sized snacks that would not only save your hands from getting dirty but would also taste more elegant.
Given the level of involution in Beijing’s dim sum scene, this step would eventually come.
Then why is it date paste crisps again?
The flour used to make mini date paste cakes must be high-gluten flour, which is difficult to obtain nowadays.
As long as the date paste pastry can be made, high-gluten flour will be the biggest secret recipe of their store.
The difference between the three different types of flour, low, medium and high, lies in their protein content.
The snacks that are suitable are also different.
Low gluten is suitable for cakes and biscuits.
The medium-gluten one is suitable for steamed buns.
High gluten foods include bread, puff pastry, etc.
In ancient times, most people came into contact with medium-gluten flour. If they wanted to make unique pastries, they had to master the method of mixing flour.
Although they are all flour, the difference is huge when it comes to making food.
Su Yinyin plans to start with high-gluten flour. It is troublesome to go from medium-gluten to high-gluten. The most suitable method is to add high-protein flour washed with water.
You have to figure out how to mix it yourself.
Since baby Yinyin had been on the stove, Madam Su did not stop him, but directly said: "You must do it when your mother is watching. You can't go into the kitchen by yourself, understand."
This is naturally for safety reasons.
Deputy Envoy Su patrols every day to ensure fire safety in the neighborhood, and he makes sure his own daughter is especially careful.
Yin Yin nodded obediently, she knew!
She wants to make mini date paste cakes this winter!
Su Yinyin was making snacks at home seriously, but Yuan Rui hadn't come for more than ten days. He said that his family was worshiping their ancestors, and he had not been there in previous years, so he must not be absent this year since he was in Beijing.
It's November now, and every family really needs to worship their ancestors.
I heard that even the emperor, empress and prince had to go out of the city to offer sacrifices, which would take at least seven or eight days.
Li Shusheng and Xu Xiaomei haven't come for a few days. The two families will definitely visit each other at the end of the year, so it's not a good idea for them to go out.
On the contrary, it was Master Zhang who came several times. He wanted to discuss the accounts with Miss Chu Shan. It was not convenient for the two to meet alone, so it was most appropriate to call Yin Yin along.
Su Yinyin looked at the two of them.
Although she couldn't think like that, she couldn't help it.
She has a reputation as a matchmaker. If these two become a couple, she can ask the emperor, empress and prince to help report to God that she, the matchmaker, has been successfully reincarnated!
This is of course a joke, Su Yinyin would definitely be willing to help.
When she thought of Wei Shusheng, that unfaithful man, she wanted to beat him up.
In a teahouse, three people were drinking tea while looking at the accounts.
It was mainly Mr. Zhang who explained, Su Yinyin supplemented, and Miss Chu Shan listened.
Su Yinyin was extremely sensitive about accounts and was good at arithmetic, and she pointed out many omissions.
In this way, as long as the accounts are checked, baby Yin Yin must come.
After three days, I finally sorted out some of the accounts.
Over the past fifteen years, the tuition fees alone cost the Chu family four hundred and forty-seven taels of silver.
Various expenses for buying books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, plus holiday gifts for teachers, another 760 taels were recorded.
Food and drink have not yet been calculated.
But according to this standard, it must be no less than one thousand taels.
It is said that there are countless men under the official hat.
Wei Shusheng, an orphan and a widow, was able to pass the imperial examination and become an official.
It’s all thanks to the Chu family.
Chu Shan's eyes were slightly red and she felt upset.
She should have broken off the engagement long ago, knowing full well that the other party looked down on her for not having an education, and she also knew that she had given her heart to the wrong person.
But until now, there is nothing much to say. She still feels sorry for the efforts made by her family.
Su Yinyin was sent home by Master Zhang and didn't know what to say.
Mr. Zhang was also going to go home, but he turned around and went back to the teahouse. Seeing Chu Shan still there, he hesitated for a moment and walked up to her: "Miss Chu Shan, cry if you want to."
"This is the capital, not my hometown. No one will pay attention to it."
He never talked about his difficult marriage again.
A fifteen-year marriage was broken in one day. The person in front of him must be a thousand times sadder than him.
The mouse has no skin, and the man has no manners.
If a man has no manners, what is the point of living?
Wei Shusheng, you deserve to die.
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