The son-in-law of a prosperous family

"Are you Zhao Yunchuan, the man who won the first prize in this case?"

Zhao Yunchuan smiled slightly: "That's me."

Although a student is not that great, this student is the top scorer in the exam, which means that he has already stepped into the threshold of becoming a scholar with both feet, and now all he needs to do is move his butt in.

Some people who recognized Zhao Yunchuan became even more enthusiastic.

"So it's you. Everyone says that the chief examiner of this year's provincial examination is very handsome. Today, I see that it is indeed true."

These words were spoken by an older aunt, and they wouldn't come across as frivolous or teasing.

Zhao Yunchuan just smiled and said he didn't deserve it. This group of people were very enthusiastic and looked like they wanted to pull Zhao Yunchuan to have a long chat. Zhao Yunchuan was so scared that he quickly said he hadn't had dinner and wanted to go out to find food.

"I went to my sister-in-law's house without dinner. She made dumplings today, stuffed with cabbage and green onions. Can you give some to your husband?"

As soon as this was said, someone immediately said sourly: "Dachang family, I heard that your man went out to buy goods. Why did you call him home? What do you want to do?"

This was said with ill intention, as if Dachang's family and Zhao Yunchuan and his wife were having an affair.

"You are wrong. My man came back at that time and is catching up on his sleep now."

"Who knows whether what you said is true or not?"

Zhao Yunchuan said: "It's true, isn't the person standing there?"

Following Zhao Yunchuan's gaze, everyone saw Lin Dachang coming out of the house. Lin Dachang looked to be in his twenties, tall and strong. His clothes were bulging, and it was not difficult to imagine that they were full of tendon meat.

His family also ran a shop, a grocery store, but the business was not very good. In order to make a living, Lin Dachang would go to the dock from time to time to carry large bags to supplement the family income.

He is very strong. While others can carry one bag at a time, he can carry two bags. If he did not have a third hand, he would have tried to carry three bags.

As soon as Lin Dachang arrived, the woman who was gossiping just now shut up.

Can you shut up? Lin Dachang's sturdy physique is scary at first glance, as if he could kill a tiger with one punch.

"Why are you up?"

Lin Dachang's voice was still a little hoarse: "If you're hungry, make me some food."

"I've made the dumplings. I'm just waiting for you to wake up. I'll be there soon."

Dachang's wife was called Xu Zizhu. She had just taken two steps when she turned around and said to Zhao Yunchuan and his wife, "You two should come too. It's just a matter of fire anyway."

The couple shook their heads like rattles.

"No, no, let's go out to eat and take a walk."

"Okay, I won't greet you then."

Lin Dachuan and Zhao Yunchuan nodded as a greeting.

The two found a small stall and ate chicken noodle soup. The noodles were rolled very thinly and the chicken soup was extremely delicious. One bite and their taste buds were satisfied.

"My two guests, would you like some pancakes? Dip the pancakes in the noodle soup and they will taste amazing."

"Then come two!"

The store immediately served two pancakes. The pancakes were white and plump. If it weren’t for their shape of pancakes, people would believe they were steamed buns.

The cake was very chewy. I tore it into small pieces and soaked it in the soup. Every pore of the cake absorbed the sugar juice. It was fresh, fragrant and chewy in one bite. It was really delicious.

The shopkeeper is also a talkative person.

"My two guests, how does it taste?"

Zhao Yunchuan gave a thumbs up: "Delicious!"

"Of course it's delicious. My ancestors were chefs in the palace. This shop has been around for decades and everyone around me loves it. By the way, I haven't seen you two. Did you just move in?"

Zhao Yunchuan nodded: "Yes, we just moved here and live in Lu'er Lane in front."

"So, you are a neighbor." The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "This cake is my gift to you. Don't forget to take care of my business in the future."

"Thank you very much!"

In general, Luer Lane is nice, and the surrounding neighborhoods are also okay, but whether it is good or not is anyone’s guess, after all, time will tell.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yunchuan went to the academy to report. Fang Huai sent him to the door and refused to go in.

"Don't you want to go in and take a look?"

He still wanted to go, but Fang Huai shook his head.

"No, I'll wait for you outside."

The academy is a holy and elegant place, and many academies do not allow women and boys to enter, as they think their status will tarnish this elegant place.

Fang Huai never understood how they were defiled?

They are obviously not dirty!

In comparison, some men are a little dirtier.

But the general environment is like this, and he is powerless to change anything.

"Husband, please go quickly. It's not convenient for me to go in."

Zhao Yunchuan nodded and figured out the key.

In this era, men are strictly prohibited from being men, and the students inside are all men. As a young man, Huai Ge'er naturally has to avoid suspicion with them.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Yunchuan quickly kissed Fang Huai's lips.

"Oh, what did our dear Huai'er eat this morning? His mouth is so sweet."

Fang Huai hit Zhao Yunchuan's chest hard with his big fist, causing him to cough.

"You talk like you're coaxing a child."

This is how his parents coaxed him when he was a child.

Zhao Yunchuan gritted his teeth in anger: "I was clearly trying to coax my husband, not my son.

Besides, I must have been so incredible to give birth to a son as big as you."

He is two years older than Huai Ge'er. When he was two years old, Xiao Chuanchuan was not mature enough, so how could he do such a outrageous thing.

"Stop talking nonsense and go in."

Zhao Yunchuan kissed Fang Huai on the mouth again, then turned and walked into the academy.

Qinghui Academy is the largest academy in the city. It not only has a good geographical environment, but also excellent teacher education. Almost all the teachers there are Juren, and some are even Jinshi. Although Qinghui Academy is not among the four major academies, it can still be ranked in the top ten in the Dajing Dynasty.

Zhao Yunchuan was a student of the lowest rank. Qinghui Academy would accept twenty of them every year. These twenty students would form a student class and would take the examination for the scholar one year later.

If you pass the examination to become a scholar, you can stay in Qinghui Academy to continue your studies. If you fail, you will be advised to drop out.

Although Zhao Yunchuan was the top candidate, he was only the lowest-ranking student in Qinghui Shuyuan. The teacher in charge of reporting the new students did not give him any preferential treatment and completed all the procedures in a fair and impartial manner.

"On the tenth day of the lunar month, classes will start. You must wear the school uniform when you come to the academy. You are not allowed to be late or leave early. You must ask for your luggage when you see the teacher. You are not allowed to make loud noises or play around in the academy."

"In addition, you have to pay a lodging fee to stay in the academy, which is 100 wen per month. You can eat in the dining hall for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but you have to pay for it yourself."

"Yes, I've made note of it."

The Master thought about it and decided that he had nothing else to say, so he waved his hand and asked Zhao Yunchuan to go back.

Zhao Yunchuan walked out of the academy holding two new college uniforms in his hands.

Seeing Huai Ge'er from a distance, he started waving, and Huai Ge'er greeted him with a smile.

"Is everything going well?"

Zhao Yunchuan nodded: "It's going well. We will start school on the tenth day of the first lunar month."

Today is the fifth day of the New Year, which means I can still stay at home for five days.

Good.

"Is that clothing in your hand?"

"Yes, the academy uniforms are quite nice, but they don't stand up to getting dirty."

The clothes are white, with black edging on the cuffs and collar. The style is simple and elegant, and it is the most commonly worn long gown by scholars.

Zhao Yunchuan likes the color matching, but not the style.

To him, a long gown is a bit like a skirt. He always feels uncomfortable wearing it. He still prefers short clothes. Long shirts and long pants are also convenient for work.

Fang Huai took the clothes from Zhao Yunchuan's arms and shook them out. His eyes were sparkling as he looked at the clothes again and again, liking them very much.

"This dress is beautiful, and the hat is beautiful too."

Each set of clothes comes with a Confucian scarf of the same color, forming a set.

"It will definitely look great on my husband."

Zhao Yunchuan raised his eyebrows, his voice was a little hoarse, and there was a hint of ambiguity in his tone: "Then I will wear it for you tonight, okay? But... you can only take it off, not tear it off!"

Fang Huai understood his intention instantly and felt a little annoyed. How could this person be like this? Reading is a sacred thing, and the clothes one wears while reading are also sacred clothes.

How could he do something like that in holy clothing?

Isn't that a blasphemy to reading?

Seeing Fang Huai's face looked a little bad, Zhao Yunchuan began to reflect whether he had just said something wrong. After going over what he had just said over and over again, Zhao Yunchuan came to the conclusion that he had said nothing wrong.

Instead of wasting time on yourself, why not just ask directly?

Zhao Yunchuan asked and Fang Huai answered. The couple had communicated with each other a long time ago and would talk about everything and would never hold it in their hearts.

Communication is really a very important thing in the interactions between people.

After knowing the reason why Fang Huai was unhappy, Zhao Yunchuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"That's it?"

Fang Huai frowned and said coldly: "Do you think this is a small matter?"

Is not it?

But Zhao Yunchuan didn't dare to say anything, for fear that Huai Ge'er would raise his fist and hit him.

This matter is neither big nor small, it all depends on how people think about it.

"Brother Huai, your husband is also a scholar. Do you feel that you are blaspheming me every time you do it with me?"

Fang Huai denied it three times in a row: "I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

"If not, why do you feel that the clothes I wear are desecrating clothes?"

Yes, why?

It really doesn't make sense to think this way.

So was he wrong?

Fang Huai couldn't figure it out, so he shook his head, trying to make himself more clear-headed, but he ended up feeling even more dizzy.

With that said, it seems like there’s nothing wrong with exercising in school uniform.

After all, he even desecrated scholars, so why would he be afraid of desecrating one more academy uniform?

He was just narrow-minded.

"So we're wearing this dress tonight?"

After figuring this out, Fang Huai nodded in agreement: "Okay, wear this dress and the hat, I like it."

……

Duan Wenshu arrived in the city three days later. Zhao Yunchuan originally thought that Duan Qiumin's "living next door" meant living in the next yard, but he didn't expect that he lived in the next street.

But it’s very close, probably only about a hundred meters.

When Duan Wenshu came, Zhao Yunchuan was brewing wine in the yard, and Fang Huai was helping to wash pears.

"From today on, we are classmates. We will go to and from school together."

With a companion, his college life wouldn't be so boring.

Zhao Yunchuan didn't stop moving his hands. He asked curiously, "How much silver did you pay?"

In theory, only the top 20 in the provincial examination can enter Qinghui Academy, and the rest must meet two conditions if they want to enter.

1. Very rich!

2. It does matter!

Both are indispensable.

Now it seems that the Duan family should be both rich and well-connected.

"I don't know how much money was paid, but it can't be too little. My father was so distressed that he couldn't even enjoy his meal. I estimate it to be around three to five thousand taels."

However, Duan Wenshu guessed wrong. He paid not just three or five thousand taels, but a full eight thousand taels, and this was the result of using connections.

After all... Duan Wenshu didn't do very well in the exam.

Being the last one, you naturally have to pay more than others.

"By the way, come to my place for dinner later. Mute Po made some snake soup today. Would you like to try it together?"

Zhao Yunchuan suddenly missed his former life as a rich second-generation. He had a house in almost every city, and even if he didn't, he had enough money to buy one at any time.

When he was studying abroad, his family bought a house and arranged for a nanny and driver to take care of his life, exactly the same as Duan Wenshu now.

It's nice to have money!

So he has to work harder now. If he can't become a second-generation rich, then his goal in this life is to become a first-generation rich and strive to live a good life with nothing to lose as soon as possible.

I couldn't help but make my hands move more skillfully.

In the end, they did not follow Duan Wenshu to eat the snake soup because they were really too busy. They originally thought that brewing wine was a very easy job, but it was not.

Winemaking is a very tedious task. You have to stay alert throughout the whole process. If you are not careful, all your efforts will be wasted.

They worked for three days and brewed several large jars of wine, including strong liquor that men liked to drink, and plum wine, pear wine, and hawthorn wine that women liked to drink.

And some medicinal liquor.

I bought the medicine bag for foot bathing at a clinic in the city. It contains codonopsis, wolfberry, deer antler, angelica, seahorse, and red dates. It doesn't have any huge effect, but it is enough to strengthen the body.

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day for the Tongsheng class to start. I have to say that the students nowadays have a really hard time. They have to go to the academy for classes at 7:30 every morning, two and a half hours in the morning and two and a half hours in the afternoon, and they have to stay in the academy for nearly ten hours in total.

On the first day of school, Zhao Yunchuan got up at around 6:30. He got dressed and washed up, while Huai Ge'er prepared breakfast. By the time he was dressed, breakfast was on the table.

Breakfast was very simple, porridge, kimchi and boiled eggs.

At this time, Zhao Yunchuan had already put on his college clothes, so he was extremely careful when eating, for fear of getting stains on his food.

This was the second time that Huai Huai had seen Zhao Yunchuan dressed like this. At a glance, he couldn't help but recall the erotic scenes of that night, and his face instantly turned red.

"Husband, eat, and then we have to go to the academy."

Zhao Yunchuan washed his hands and sat down. At this moment, someone knocked on the door. It was Duan Wenshu, and behind Duan Wenshu was Yantai carrying a food box.

Zhao Yunchuan glanced at the food box and asked slowly, "Are you here to deliver breakfast?"