Qiao Sangyu sighed.
She was very used to the little master's occasional teasing. She lowered her head to crochet the wool and asked, "Master, are you still going to the capital?"
The academy examination was held twice every three years in the capital of each state and presided over by the provincial education officials. Those who passed the examination were called scholars.
This is the first step towards becoming a "scholar".
Because Ganlin Prefecture was originally the capital of Qinzhou, they saved the trouble of traveling back and forth. Tang Shirong and his friends had originally agreed that after the prefectural exam, if they passed, they would stay in the prefectural city and wait for the academy exam. However, due to the epidemic, several people were worried and discussed coming back to take a look.
Tang Shiyue had expected this to happen, so as soon as she received the good news, she immediately asked someone to send a letter as fast as possible, telling them that they didn't need to come back. She had made great contributions and was in high spirits. Besides, she was already a county lady and had received a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. What else was there to worry about?
But she also understood the feeling of "I understand the truth, but I just feel uneasy", so she said in the letter that she would go to see them after she finished her busy work these few days.
I was actually planning to go there, but who knew something would go wrong.
Tang Shiyue shook her head and said, "I wanted to go, but my old man Su said that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, so it's best not to go far away, so forget it."
Qiao Sangyu nodded and hesitated to speak.
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Tang Shiyue asked: "What's wrong? Just say it if you have something to say."
Qiao Sangyu said softly, "I want to sue that beast and get my dowry back."
Tang Shiyue was slightly startled: "Hmm?"
Before every academy examination, the academician would inspect the local area and hear cases concerning the students.
Because students had various privileges such as not having to bow to officials, not having to perform labor service, and being exempt from rent and taxes, local officials often hindered their decisions. Therefore, after the examinations in each province were over, the provincial education officials would return the office to issue complaints, allowing the people to accuse those illegal students who bullied the people and acted tyrannically, in order to rectify the academic atmosphere.
Therefore, if you want to sue a scholar, you have to do it at this time, so that you will have the best chance of getting a fair judgment, which can lead to punishment at the lightest and dismissal at the worst.
Qiao Sangyu said bitterly, "That bastard is proud of being a Tongsheng, but I have to sue him now! I have inquired about it, and he also passed the prefectural examination and ranked 44th."
Tang Shiyue nodded seriously: "Okay! It's time to sue! Are the witnesses ready?"
Qiao Sangyu nodded: "Everything is ready.
"That's right!" Tang Shiyue suddenly raised her fan and held up her chin: "It's just that Ayu, I don't know anything about the academic inspection... Who gave you such a good idea?"
Qiao Sangyu's face turned red at that moment.
She stood up and said quickly, "I remembered that I have something else to do at Yuefang, so I'll leave first!"
She trotted away. Tang Shiyue asked someone to call Xia Yuhui over.
Xia Yuhui has been very busy these days. When he came, his head and face were covered in dust. He didn't say anything when he entered the door and just drank a few cups of tea.
However, his young mistress was not moved. She pointed at the door with a look of disgust and said, "Mr. Xia, please stand over there. If you move, dust will fly everywhere."
Xia Yuhui didn't, he sat down in the chair, and even shook his clothes. Tang Shiyue covered her nose and walked away, standing at the door and said: "Pack up and accompany A Yu to the capital city."
Xia Yuhui was stunned.
Of course he knew what Qiao Sangyu was going to do, and his expression changed several times: "But I have..."
"Leave it to someone else," she said nonchalantly, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but if you do everything yourself, you'll never be able to finish it even if you die of exhaustion."
Xia Yuhui glared at her: "You make it sound so easy. I have already handed in everything I could. These are all important matters..."
"How important is it?" Tang Shiyue raised an eyebrow: "Just say you pull your hand away now, how bad can the worst result be? Will I die? Will you die? Will we have no money and have to beg for food?"
Xia Yuhui was speechless.
"You still don't admit that you are just being unreasonable." Tang Shiyue gave him a look of disdain: "As a person, you have to know how to make choices. I am still looking forward to the day when you call me Master. When I write something and ask you to circle it, if you don't circle it and give me that expression, then that is disrespectful to your elders. Not only will I not have to rewrite it, I can even give you a slap on the hand! Just thinking about it makes me happy."
Xia Yuhui opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He shook his head and laughed, then walked away.
Tang Shiyue sat there and drank two cups of tea, saying, "So boring..."
This sound, coupled with Xia Yuhui's exhausted appearance just now, was so heartbreaking that anyone who heard it would cry.
Tang Shiyue yelled to the sky again: "Ding Xiaoyan!"
Ding Xiaoyan jumped down silently, and Tang Shiyue said, "Let's go to the town to see the new house!"
The road from Jubao Village to the town has been repaired. This is not just a matter of upgrading one's rifle to a cannon, but rather an atomic bomb. Once the carriage goes up the road, the feeling of stability and speed is so comfortable.
The main road in the town has also been repaired. On the wide and level road, there are quaint buildings and ancient people coming and going, pushing carts and carrying loads, which makes her feel as if she is in a state of confusion in time and space.
It was just the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground, "dong dong dong" so loud that people who heard it felt sorry for the horse's legs.
Tang Shiyue was immediately inspired. She thought of the rickshaws in the Republic of China dramas, and then a series of modern tricycles... So she took a pen and drew rickshaws, tricycles, and four-wheelers... The only difference was that there was one person or two people pedaling in the front.
If one person pedals it, the back can be made into a big chair that can seat two or three people. Then the canopy can be put up and a screen door can be installed in the front. If two people pedal it, the back can be made into a carriage-like shape.
As long as there is this kind of road and this kind of thing, there will naturally be countless workshops and countless new things. She is just proposing this idea to shorten the process.
When they arrived at the place, the painting was almost finished. After getting off the carriage, he wanted to ask them to give it to Zhao Gou, but after thinking for a while, he asked Ding Xiaoyan, "How is Ding Shiba doing?"
As soon as Ding Xiaoyan saw the blueprint, he knew they were going to make something: "It's ready over there. Twenty craftsmen have come, plus there are hundreds of new apprentices. They are now helping the workshop here make fans."
Tang Shiyue gave him the blueprint and said, "Tell him to do this."
Ding Xiaoyan agreed with a smile. Now he was the only one guarding the dragon, so he didn't dare to leave without permission, so he asked Qing Wei to arrange for someone to send him over.
Only then did Tang Shiyue have time to look around her new house.
The new house had a sign that read "Huo Mansion" and a vermilion lacquered front door with an eight-shaped wall at the entrance.
She has always liked courtyard houses, and the stone house is also of this type of layout, but this type of house with three or four entrances has a stronger feeling of a courtyard house.
The koi pond and flower beds in the main courtyard were all completed, and trees were planted outside the hanging flower gate. The cement outside was paved smoothly, while the inside was kept as it was, with blue bricks on the floor, full of charm. Even the place where she practiced calligraphy and martial arts, the bathroom and so on, were all completed.
Tang Shiyue felt comfortable immediately. Huo Qijing understood her quite well and did what she wanted.
When I went in to take a look, I saw that the furniture and other things were almost ready, and even a fan was installed, so I could move in right away.
Tang Shiyue said, “clear a room to make a small pharmacy. If you need anything, go ask my nephew later…” She laughed as she spoke. The shopkeeper and doctor of Jishiditang was Su Ji’s disciple’s great-grandson, and he had to call her “little uncle.”
Yes, she didn’t call him Aunt Master, she called him Little Master Uncle. The old man was only in his fifties and had a very old face. She felt happy when he was called Little Master Uncle.
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