Married a scholar

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It's almost August, and it's the hottest time. This year's academic examination is scheduled for September [-]th.The examination room is in Guqu County.

Meng Yining and Xia Wenze made up their minds and decided to arrange everything at home before September, and then go to Guqu County to wait for the exam. After the exam is finished and the rankings are released, the two will go directly to the border.

Therefore, Meng Yining has been very busy for a while, busy arranging the home, busy instructing the construction of the gourmet city and the department store supermarket to steward he and steward Wang's accountant.

He listed all the things in detail one by one, and wrote down some problems that might be encountered, how to solve them, and who to go to.

If there is another emergency, it will depend on the resilience of Steward He and Steward Fang.

However, judging from the investigation in the past few months, Guanshi He's ability to handle affairs is still reassuring. No matter how bad it is, the village head and the clan will help to watch.

Before leaving, Meng Yining and Xia Wenze specially invited the village head and several old patriarchs of the Xia clan to come to their house for dinner. They said they were going to the border gate, so I troubled them to look at the house.

Such a small request, the village chief and the clan would certainly not refuse.

Meng Yining asked Manager He to go to the county town to buy a slightly larger yard, and then hire a car to return home to take away the remaining potatoes, dried goods, herbs, winter bedding and thick clothes, etc. Pull things together first.

The busy time has come to September, and today is still a sunny day.

Before dawn, Xia's house became busy.

Meng Yining asked people to move all the packed boxes to the carriage outside. That's right, a carriage. In order to go to the border this time, Meng Yining and the two bought a horse to pull the carriage.

The carriage was spacious and comfortable, and the four wheels were spring-absorbed at Meng Yining's special request.Naturally, he didn't find someone to make this spring here, but he traded it from Meng Chongjue, but it was said that he found someone to make it.

For the time being, he and Xia Wenze will take turns as the coachman. After that, whether to hire a coachman or something else is up to you.

Before leaving, Meng Yining said to Guanshi He: "On the [-]th, you come to the county to find us. I have something for you."

"Okay, Master Ning." Manager He and his group stood outside the courtyard and looked at the two, "Please also take care of Master Ning and Master, we will take good care of you at home."

"En." Meng Yining glanced at the courtyard again, and sat next to Xia Wenze. Xia Wenze flicked his horsewhip, and the carriage moved slowly.

"Reluctance?" Xia Wenze held the whip in one hand and pulled Meng Yining with the other.

"It's okay, but I don't feel at ease at home." Meng Yining leaned against the wall of the carriage, even though they had tried their best to arrange everything at home, they still felt worried.This is probably the worry that everyone who leaves home has in their hearts.

Xia Wenze said in relief: "Don't think too much, Guan He and their abilities are not bad."

"I know." Meng Yining sighed, "Okay, don't think about it." With those things at home, what could happen.

All the way to Guqu County, many people looked at their carriages.

Sensing those gazes, Meng Yining was secretly proud.

This carriage was specially built by him.

A general carriage is divided into the board on which the horse and the driver sit, and the carriage behind.

The area where the coachman sits is open, and there is no shelter in the wind and rain.

Meng Yining remodeled the carriage, and the whole rear is regarded as a carriage, which is a bit similar to the cars of later generations. The place where the driver sits is no longer open, but has been made into the cab of later generations of cars, with two doors on the left and right. , There is a wooden board in front that just blocks the waist position when sitting down.The top just covers the top of the head, and there are two wooden blocks on the left and right, but these two wooden blocks are movable, similar to windows, and can be folded inward.There is a length of about one meter in the middle, so you can see the outside.Will not affect people's field of vision.If it is in the wild at night, there will be a wooden board of the same size inlaid around it, so that the entire carriage will become a closed space.

Such a different carriage naturally attracts people's attention.

The two went to the yard bought by Manager He in Guqu County.

This is a courtyard with two entrances, the front yard is relatively small and the back yard is large.

Meng Yining asked Manager He to bring over the potatoes in advance and put them in various rooms in the backyard.

The two of them bought the yard and hadn't seen it yet. Now that they came here, they took a good look around. Meng Yining was quite satisfied, "It's okay." The house cost more than 300 taels, which is a bit expensive.

"I'll put away the potatoes first." These potatoes are all going to be taken to the border, and asking Manager He to bring them here in advance is to create an illusion that he wants to bring them here to sell.

"Okay. I'll go and unload the luggage from the carriage." Xia Wenze rolled up his sleeves and began to carry the luggage brought over. Naturally, all of these luggage will be packed in Meng Yining's space later.

"Okay, you move first, and I'll be here in a while." In the past, Meng Yining would have gone over to help move together. After these two months of training, Xia Wenze is no longer a frail scholar. It can't be compared with him, but there is basically no problem with a pair of four or five ordinary big guys.

More than 72000 catties of potatoes were grown at home, in the village, and handed over to the government office. There were some spares left for the family. Meng Yining took away 68000 catties of potatoes.With so many potatoes, all the houses in the backyard are piled up to the brim.

Meng Yining put them all into the space of the plane trader. His own space couldn't hold so many potatoes.Only the folding space of the plane trader can be put down.

It didn't take long for the potatoes in more than a dozen rooms to be collected, but when Meng Yining came to the front yard, all the luggage on the carriage had already been removed by Xia Wenze.

"I'm going to boil some water to take a shower, you can move them into the house, and I'll clean them up later." Meng Yining saw that he had nothing to do, so he went into the stove to boil hot water.

"Row."

After Xia Wenze moved all the luggage into the house, Meng Yining's bath water was ready, "Wash your body first, the clothes are soaked." In September, when the autumn tiger is showing its power, the dry weather, let alone If you move, you can sweat even sitting there.

Xia Wenze went into the room to take a bath, Meng Yining had the ability to regulate himself, but he didn't see a drop of sweat.He went to sort out Xia Wenze's luggage, because most of the salutes had been brought over by Manager He in advance, and most of the luggage they brought over this time were things they needed now.

Such as summer clothes, toiletries, usual bed sheets and quilt covers, Xia Wenze's books and so on.

Other winter bedding and cotton padded clothes, etc., have been pulled over by Manager He long ago.

After getting these things out and arranging them, Meng Yining went to another room to look around, and put away all the things that Manager He had brought over in advance.

Xia Wenze came over after taking a shower and saw that the room had been tidied up by Meng Yining, so he smiled, "There is still some time before lunch, should we stay at home, or go outside to have a look?"

Meng Yining thought it was all right, "Going out for a stroll? I just found a restaurant outside for dinner at noon." He didn't want to do it on a hot day.

"Row."

At Si o'clock in the morning, the temperature is rising.

It's not the first time for the two of them to come to Guqu County, but every time they come there is purposeful, either to exchange money, or to buy food at the restaurant here to trade for the two Doomsdays.Never had a good visit.

This time the college exam was scheduled to take place in Guqu County, and there were still eight days left before the exam, so the two of them could have a good time visiting Guqu County.

"It's much more lively than Shangqing Town." The courtyard where the two lived was on a relatively quiet street, and they had to go through an alley to enter the main street.

The main street of Guqu County can accommodate three carriages in parallel, and there are many shops on both sides, including bookstores, restaurants, cloth shops, pawnshops, etc., and so on.

Even if the sun is hot, it can't stop the people coming and going on the street.

The two walked along the street, and the eaves happened to be able to block some sunlight.

Xia Wenze was more familiar with Guqu County, so he took Meng Yining with him, "There is a bookstore in front of it. In the past, if I came to the county, I would go there. The boss is a scholar, and he is friendly. Many poor students can't buy it." He allowed them to read the books there, and they could borrow them to read at home, but he emphasized that the books should be cherished and that they should not be damaged when they are returned. There is no borrowing fee.”

Xia Wenze had a good impression of the bookstore owner, he was not as lofty as ordinary literati, and he would not look at him strangely.When I see him buying books, I will also give him advice, and occasionally discuss some articles with him.

"Then let's go for a walk?" Meng Yining wanted to see the boss after hearing what he said.

Xia Wenze smiled and said, "Let's go in the afternoon, he should be the busiest right now."

"Not busy in the afternoon?" Meng Yining didn't have to go.

"Yes." Xia Wenze pulled Meng Yining into a teahouse, and asked Xiaoer to take the two of them upstairs to the private room, "There are more students who come to the bookstore in the morning to ask him for advice. He confiscated the students just for the convenience of the poor students." , so he said that he could go to discuss knowledge with him in the morning, and he had his own time in the afternoon. He likes to read books, and there is a reason for opening a bookstore.”

Meng Yining praised: "This person is very good."

"Yes." Xia Wenze pulled someone to sit beside him, "Let's go shopping more in the past few days to see what we need and then buy some."

"Yeah." Meng Yining leaned on the window frame and looked out, "This way we go to the Border Gate, we'll buy some specialties here and sell them in the next place, this way, we can not only earn money, but also hide in the middle Some things are traded to parents, Zhan Youxi and the others." Buying and selling, who knows what they have in their hands.

Xia Wenze nodded when he heard the words, "You asked Manager He to come over on the [-]th, and you still want to leave some silver taels for them?"

"Yes." Meng Yining took the herbal tea he handed over, "I'm afraid they won't have enough money then, I think I'll exchange some for them in the next few days." It will be built before returning from the border. It is best to prepare more silver taels, just in case.

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Good night~ Mejiu~