Chapter 129 Chapter 129 Scholar
In the end, Miao Ying accepted the shop. Fried skewers are a profitable business, and Miao Ying would not be stingy with money. After all, he has a big family to support.
After Huo Xiaobao finished his exams, he returned to the academy to continue his studies. Miao Ying took Xuetuan and Xiaolin to the county town to look at the shops. They knew that Fu Lingyou didn't need them to worry about anything, they just needed to prepare the ingredients and the shop could be opened.
Lingzhi stayed by his side. "You and Xiaolin are too tired to run the shop alone, so I've paired you with two people. They're my most trusted people, and their indentures are with me. You can come and see it when you're free, or you can hand the shop over to them if you're not."
"Thank you Lingzhi." Miao Ying put Xuetuan down and let him run around in the shop. This shop was smaller than the store they expanded, and could only accommodate two or three tables for people to rest.
The stove and cabinets are all ready, and there is a small yard at the back where you can store a lot of food. It's perfect.
"I just hope you can have more time to do what you want to do," Lingzhi said. "Don't let money hold you back."
Miao Ying hugged him, and then Xuetuan came over and hugged Lingzhi's legs. Lingzhi bent down and picked him up: "Let's go to uncle's house and play with Shengsheng, okay?
Xuetuan shook his head. He didn't really like going to Lingzhi's house. Although it was very big and had a lot of fun things to do and delicious food, he felt uncomfortable there. He always tiptoed around and felt restrained. He still preferred to play in the yard or the village.
"Okay." Lingzhi scratched his cheek, "Let's go to the manor to play next time, okay?"
Xuetuan smiled at him, and Lingzhi wanted to give him everything.
Their shop in the county town opened very quickly, which made the diners in the county town happy. After Miao Ying gave birth to her child, he rarely went to the county town to set up a stall, but only went there to deliver potato chips every few days.
However, after the shop opened, Miao Ying did not go there often. He handed over the business to the people assigned to him by Lingzhi, and Xiaolin. Last time, Xiaolin said that he wanted to do business, so he asked Xiaolin to go to the county town and let Xiaolin sell things at the stall by himself, which was also a training for him in advance.
In the evening, he had a heart-to-heart talk with Huo Xing, who said that children would eventually leave home when they grew up, and they couldn't take care of them forever. Instead of worrying about them, they should train them.
Miao Ying spent more time accompanying Xuetuan as he grew up. He wanted to give his child more company and also wanted to spend more time with Li Hongying. The death of his grandmother still had a great impact on Miao Ying. His brothers and sisters were growing up, and it was time for them to fight for themselves. The elders were getting older, and he needed to spend more time with them.
The income from the two shops is enough for their family to live well. There is also Huo Xing's oil press. With the increase in rapeseed planting in recent years, their oil press business is also very stable.
It's the same on his mother's side. Now that they have made money from growing rapeseed, they are willing to improve the family's meals, so the meat is selling very well now. His sister-in-law's banquet business is now the biggest part of the family, and it is well-known in the nearby villages. If someone's family marries off their daughter or son, and can invite Madam Zheng to a banquet, both the husband's family and his mother's family will be proud.
In order to support Zheng Caier's career, Miao Ying picked up a pen that he had not used for painting for a long time and drew a cookbook for Zheng Caier.
Zheng Cai'er was overjoyed and even joked with Miao Ying that she wanted to pass down the recipe as a family heirloom.
When everyone at home was busy with their own things, Miao Ying would drive the ox cart and take Xuetuan for a walk. If the journey was far, he would not take Xuetuan with him and go out alone. He knew that transportation was slow now, and many things were also slow to circulate, so he wanted to walk around and see if he could find anything.
Just like the starch before, it was not far from their village, but it had not been widely used. Therefore, Miao Ying believed that even many small villages should have different specialties.
At first, Huo Xing was reluctant to let him go out, but then he remembered what Miao Ying said, that he was also a man, so he just repeatedly told him to be careful. As long as Huo Xing was free, he would accompany Miao Ying out.
Xuetuan was very happy every time he went out with them.
Huo Xiaobao's imperial examination results came very suddenly. After the weather turned cold, Miao Ying did not go out again. He left Xuetuan at home and went to the county town to check on the business of the shop. Because it was the slack season for farmers, people's economic conditions had improved, so they were willing to satisfy their appetites, and the business of the shop was also very good.
The same goes for the shops in the town. The customer flow is very regular, which is a very stable source of income. In the past few years, the money earned has also increased. Miao Ying has planned every penny, saving it for Huo Xiaobao, Xiaolin, Xuetuan, and himself.
That day, when Miao Ying was about to go out to the shop, the village entrance suddenly became very lively. Xuetuan never missed such a bustling scene, so he asked his grandmother to take him to see. Before they had gone far, they saw the oncoming officials.
Every parent has used the police to scare their children, and Miao Ying is no exception. When Xuetuan was disobedient, Miao Ying also said that if he didn't obey, the yamen runners would take him away. As a result, Xuetuan is now a little afraid of the yamen runners.
He hid behind Li Hongying and saw the yamen runners getting closer and closer, and soon arrived at their doorstep.
"Is Huo Linchuan from your family?" asked the leading yamen runner.
Miao Ying nodded, and saw him take out a document from his pocket: "This is his document. In the previous examination, he passed the examination and became a scholar. From now on, your family's taxes will be reduced by half."
Miao Ying was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out some silver from his pocket and said, "Thank you for coming to announce the good news, this is just a token of my appreciation!"
Generally speaking, it is normal to receive wedding money for such things. He nodded with satisfaction. The gift given by the Huo family was not small. He added a few more words: "Huo Linchuan's achievements this time are remarkable. In time, he will surely achieve great things."
Miao Ying smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your kind words, sir." Then he gave some more money and respectfully sent the person away.
When he returned to the yard, it was already packed with villagers, all staring eagerly at Huo Xiaobao's document in Miao Ying's hand.
There are many children in Rongshu Village who have started to learn to read and write, but most of them go on to do other things after learning a few words. Apart from Master Song, there has never been a scholar. Huo Xiaobao is the first scholar who has passed the imperial examination. Moreover, he is only twelve years old this year, so his future development can be said to be promising.
Many villagers have already had this idea. After all, Huo Xiaobao is already twelve years old, so it’s not too early to make a decision now.
Hearing them veer off topic, Miao Ying quickly stopped them: "My little treasure is still young, and the most important thing right now is studying."
Seeing that Miao Ying had no such intention, the villagers were not angry. They all teased Miao Ying: "That's right. When you pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar, you can marry any girl or boy."
Miao Ying quickly said, "Let's look at Xiaobao. I won't interfere with his marriage in the future. Whoever he wants to marry is his own business."
Miao Ying was really not good at this kind of socializing, so he ran out of the yard with Xuetuan in his arms, leaving the mess to Li Hongying.
He took Xuetuan to the county town and wanted to tell Xiaolin the good news. Xiaolin had been living in the shop recently and came back once every two or three days.
When Miao Ying arrived at the shop, the young man helping in the shop said that Xiaolin had gone out to set up a stall. Miao Ying parked the ox cart, took Xuetuan's hand and took him to the market to find Xiaolin.
Xiaolin's business at the stall was pretty good, but there were always times when he was idle. He saw Miao Ying coming from a distance, with a snowball beside him.
"Brother, why are you here?" Xiao Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although the weather was cold, he still sweated a little because he was guarding the stove.
"I have good news to tell you." Miao Ying grabbed two potato chips from the stall and gave them to Xuetuan, but Xuetuan refused to take them.
Xuetuan hugged Xiaolin's legs and said, "Uncle, an official came to our house today."
Xiao Lin's heart was in suspense. He looked at Miao Ying anxiously, "Brother, what happened?"
"It's not a bad thing." Miao Ying said quickly, "Xiaobao passed the exam and became a scholar. He can go to that academy in the future."
"Really?" Xiao Lin laughed, "Does he know?"
"I haven't had time to tell him yet. I don't know why he informed my family directly." Miao Ying scratched his head. "Why didn't he let us send the news to the academy?"
"He said if he had good news, he wanted his family to be the first to know," Xiaolin said. "That's great! He's taken the first step."
When Xiaolin was accompanying him to the provincial capital and waiting for him to come out of the exam, he also heard those people say that many people might not be able to pass the exam to become a scholar in their lifetime, and only with the title of scholar could they continue to take higher exams.
Miao Ying was familiar with the modern college entrance examination system, but knew nothing about the ancient one. He worked part-time during college and never understood the subject. "So what happens after you pass the exam?"
"After becoming a scholar, you become a juren. After passing the juren exam, you can go to the capital to take the joint examination. If you pass the joint examination, you become a gongshi and can enter the palace to take the palace examination!"
"He'll be home in two days," Miao Ying said. "Let's make him a delicious meal to celebrate."
"Okay." Xiao Lin hesitated again, "Are we going to have a banquet? Are we going to invite my sister-in-law? Are we going to invite the whole village?"
Miao Ying shook his head: "No, it's just our family having fun together. If we really want to invite guests, we have to wait until Xiaobao passes the imperial examination."
"Okay, then I'll go home with you today and we'll buy some good food."
Miao Ying took Xuetuan for a stroll in the county town, bought a lot of vegetables, spent a lot of money, and then went to Lingzhi. He told Lingzhi about Huo Xiaobao's achievements and asked them to come to his house for dinner in two days. After that, they waited for Xiaolin to close the stall. Finally, Miao Ying drove the carriage to take them home. When they were at the village entrance, they met Huo Xing who came to pick him up.
Looking at Huo Xing's expression, Miao Ying knew that he knew Huo Xiaobao's grades. Miao Ying bumped his shoulder and said, "Don't mention this when you go to pick up Xiaobao. Wait until he gets home and give him a surprise."
Huo Xing was able to complete this task because he had no expression on his face.
The next day they asked someone to run errands to Miao Village and invited his family to come and celebrate together.
The villagers only invited Ye Feng, and they didn't want to show off, so they asked Huo Xiaobao to take Shu Xiu to thank the teacher in person.
In short, Miao Ying arranged everything in an orderly manner, just like he was in charge of the whole family after he came here.
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