About a cup of tea later, County Magistrate Zhou came back.

He walked to the public housing with a gloomy face, and first asked whether the medicines packed by Song Xile were adulterated.

"Your Excellency, I have completed the inspection and found no adulteration in the medicine!"

Lord Zhou nodded, then looked at the Zheng father and son in the corner.

"I heard from the maid who brought the medicine that day that the order of getting medicine at the pharmacy was very chaotic. Doctor Zheng, you must rectify the order of the consultation after you go back. Otherwise, if the patient gets the wrong medicine, who do you think is responsible?"

"Yes, yes, yes. I will strictly manage the situation when I return. No more swarming in the shop!"

Lord Zhou was quite satisfied with Doctor Zheng's tact. He took a sip of tea and said, "This incident was caused by your poor management of the medicine shop. I will fine you thirty taels of silver and close the shop for three days. Do you have any objection?"

"I have no objection, and I will follow your wishes!"

Song Xile listened to the conversation between the two and felt it was funny.

It turns out that the county magistrate had this idea in mind when he brought the person back this week.

Not only did he cover up the secret affairs of the rear house, but he also reprimanded the pharmacy. Although Doctor Zheng knew what was going on, he could only agree to what Lord Zhou wanted!

This is how the matter will end!

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Lord Zhou ordered his men to send the couple away.

At the same time, Mr. Yuan had brought five students to the county government gate.

"Yun You hasn't arrived yet?" Qian Feng looked around and asked.

"Hmph, the master has arrived, but he hasn't, yet he's acting so arrogant! Mingyuan, your uncle is so disrespectful to your elders at home?" Jiang Nan said disdainfully.

Chen Mingyuan just frowned. Although he didn't say anything, one could tell from his expression that he was unhappy!

"Jiang Nan, what you said is really harsh!" Qian Feng retorted.

"The teacher is here, but Chen Yunyou is not here yet. This is disrespectful to the teacher!"

"Okay, what's the point of making such a fuss in front of the county government office?" Mr. Yuan stopped the quarrel among the people.

Just at this time, the couple walked out of the county government office.

Chen Yunyou quickly stepped forward to apologize to Mr. Yuan: "I am late, please don't blame me, Master!"

When Mr. Yuan saw his student coming out of the county government office, he asked in surprise, "Why did Yun You come out of the county government office? Did he go to the ceremonial room?"

Chen Yunyou shook his head and told everyone about his wife helping to check the medicinal materials.

Everyone seemed to have just seen Song Xile.

Qian Feng was the first to react. He jumped in front of the two and introduced himself, "Hello, sister-in-law. I am Yun You's classmate, Qian Feng!"

Then he took his classmate's arm and said, "You are so good, Chen Yunyou. You said you were going home to recuperate, but you got married secretly! No, you have to treat me to a drink today!"

Chen Mingyuan, who was standing aside, looked at the woman in front of him. He sneered in his heart, a peasant girl, checking medicinal materials? She was not afraid of being laughed at if she couldn't say it!

"Okay, stop making a fuss. Now that everyone is here, let's go to the ceremony room to sign up!"

Several people followed Mr. Yuan into the county government office.

Fill out the "personal confession" containing personal information such as name, age, and place of origin.

Then the five of them wrote a letter of commitment together not to cheat or take exams for others, which is called "mutual commitment".

Finally, Mr. Yuan brought over the scholar brother to help with the guarantee.

Of course, not just any scholar can be guaranteed a place. Only a scholar who has passed the imperial examination is eligible!

There are only ten places for government stipend students in a county every year, and passing the exam means receiving a certain amount of food allowance every month.

However, the status of a student on government stipend is not static. Once a student on government stipend, he or she must take part in annual examinations. If he or she does not perform well in the examinations, he or she will become an ordinary scholar!

Therefore, scholars are most afraid of the annual examination! If they do not do well in the exam, they will lose their place as a student on government stipend!

After registering, the group just walked out of the county government office when suddenly someone called Song Xile from behind.

Nanny Yang held three gift boxes and said with a smile, "Miss, thank you for your help today. This is a token of our Madam's love. Please accept it!"

Song Xile, who had already received a jade bracelet, declined, saying, "Madam has already given me a bracelet, how can I let Madam keep spending money!"

Nanny Yang stuffed the gift box directly into Song Xile's arms and said, "Miss, please don't make things difficult for me, otherwise the lady will say that I am incompetent when she goes back!" After that, she left in a hurry without giving Song Xile time to react!

Chen Mingyuan looked at the scene in disbelief. Someone actually thanked a country woman. Looking at the direction the nanny had just returned in, was that the county government office?

Could it be that this country girl really understands medicinal herbs?

Mr. Yuan looked at the young couple with a smile, and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he patted Chen Yunyou on the shoulder and said, "I will take them back to the academy first. You should pay more attention to rest when you go back, and just do your best in the county exam!"

Mr. Chen Yunyou bowed and said, "Thank you, sir. I will remember this!"

Mr. Yuan nodded, put his hands behind his back and left first.

Qian Feng, who was also about to leave, bumped into his shoulder and said, "Boy, you owe me two drinks now, don't default on your debt!"

Chen Yunyou said noncommittally: "First, let's pass the county exam!"

Qian Feng blinked proudly and said, "Just wait for the treat!" Then he raised his leg and chased after him.

Chen Yunyou took the gift box from his wife's hand and said, "Let's go eat something first?"

Song Xile nodded in agreement.

They had only eaten a few snacks in the county government office since they finished breakfast, and they were indeed a little hungry at the moment!

The two walked to a small stall on the street. Perhaps because it was afternoon, there were no customers at the stall.

When the stall owner saw that there were customers coming, he immediately came forward to greet the two people, "We have fresh meat wontons, shepherd's purse wontons, and rice dumplings. What would you like to order?"

"Give us two bowls of fresh meat wontons!"

"Okay, please wait a moment, sir!"

The two sat down at the table. Song Xile curiously opened the gift box and saw two boxes of exquisite snacks.

When I opened the last gift box, there were four plump white silver ingots inside.

With a snap, Song Xile immediately covered the gift box.

Silver ingots weighing five taels each, a total of twenty taels!

She subconsciously looked around. She thought that wealth should not be shown off. The current economic situation was bad and the two of them were powerless. If someone targeted them, they would not be able to fight back!

After closing the gift boxes again, Song Xile took out a piece of dessert from one of the boxes and handed it to Chen Yunyou.

Afterwards, he took a piece himself and ate it while whispering, "The county magistrate's wife is too polite to give such a high consultation fee!"

"That's because you saved the most important person to her! If it were me, I would also be willing to give everything I had to thank that person!" After saying this, he stared at his wife in front of him with sincere eyes!

Being stared at by his handsome eyes, Song Xile's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. She lowered her head and ate some snacks to ease the panic in her heart!

At this time, the stall owner brought up two bowls of wontons, interrupting the ambiguous atmosphere between the two.

"Sir, your fresh meat wontons are ready!"

The plump wontons float in the soup bowl, with green chopped green onions floating on them, looking very appetizing.

When the two were eating happily, a surprising voice sounded in their ears!

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