There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 281 Apricot Blossom Spring Rain

Wu Youwei also saw the white-haired boy, and he was very sad.

Wantong still accompanied him in the exam. The college exam was held in Gong Yuan, and there were thousands of candidates in this college exam.

Wantong specially went to the restaurant next door this time and ordered several tables of meals. The restaurant next door is best at crispy crucian carp.

What Wantong prepared for Wu Youwei was a sumptuous feast of Kaijiang fish.

Braised carp in braised sauce, fish slices in vinegar, spiced smoked fish, stewed fish with dried eggplant, caviar, crispy crucian carp... All kinds of fish came out, and they were all freshwater fish.

Wu Youwei stared at the table full of dishes, dumbfounded: "Is it all fish?"

"Yes!" Wantong smiled and brought him a small cup of steamed caviar: "Try it, the famous braised eggs with caviar here."

In fact, it is fresh fish roe mixed with eggs and miso, steamed and sprinkled with green onion, it is fresh and delicious.

"Oh." Wu Youwei took a bite, it was sweet and delicious.

"I asked someone to make two servings of caviar for each of our people. You can eat it freely, and let them make it if you don't have enough." "Wantong not only eats for himself, but also for his subordinates.

"Okay!" Wu Youwei took another bite.

Wantong asked him: "Is it delicious?

"It's delicious." Wu Youwei nodded: "You eat it too."

After eating a full stomach of fish, I finally received Wu Qiong who had finished the exam after the end of You o'clock in the afternoon.

Wu Qiong was in good condition, Wantong simply refused to let him go back, and ate another whole fish feast here.

Go back after eating.

After Wu Qiong went back, he took a shower and silently wrote down his test paper to Wu Youwei, Wu Youwei looked at it: "It's okay.

These three words again.

Wantong pouted, took it over and looked at it: "Not bad!

Especially the last Yingzhi poem, it was well written, although not as brilliant as his uncle's, but it was not bad.

"Okay, go to the backyard and wait for your hair to dry before going to rest." Wu Youwei said, "Just wait for the test results!"

Wu Qiong went back to sleep obediently.

Wantong saw him go, so he asked Wu Youwei: "You are always like this, okay?"

"I'm afraid that he will be complacent and feel that he is invincible." Wu Youwei said: "This kid is smarter than me in studying, so he will take the exam well in the future, maybe the second room can also be a candidate.

In my memory, Wu Bang was actually very spiritual. If Mrs. Wu hadn't acted at that time, he would definitely have passed the exam.

It's a pity that Wu Pang can only be forced to let loose...

In April, the world is full of beauty, and Xinglin became well-known to people after Wu Youwei's treat. Therefore, during the apricot flowering period, people kept coming to the garden to hold banquets. Butler Lin Su asked people to screen and select those who had cultural knowledge. They are allowed to come in to have a banquet in the garden, but if it is the kind of person who brings people from the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to sing and dance, they will all be rejected.

Especially some big businessmen fighting for wealth, they are strictly rejected!

So far, Xinglin has become famous in Beijing, and Wu Youwei personally wrote the door plaque of Xinglin: Xinghua Chunyu.

When it rains in Xinglin, more people rent out!

So much so that after the few spring rains in spring, Wu Youwei's purse swelled up without waiting for the autumn harvest.

Of course, people won’t say it’s for money, they just want to maintain the apricot forest. This apricot forest and Moling Lake all need to be maintained, because Wu Youwei manages the apricot forest like a park, and the inside is very clean. Not a single piece of trash.

There are also public toilets and other things that are not available elsewhere. The houses that have been built long ago can also accommodate people. More people like this place, especially because it is a place where Tanhualang treats guests, and it is owned by him himself, just to take advantage of it , everyone is also happy to come here for a visit.

Time soon entered May, and the Dragon Boat Festival was just around the corner. After the Dragon Boat Festival, the rankings were released, and Wu Youwei and Wantong started ordering their family members to prepare for the ceremony.

In addition, the apricot blossoms have declined a lot in May, and the apricot forest was closed.

According to Wu Youwei's regulations, Xinglin only opens on the first day of March every year and closes on the first day of May every year. It is only open for two months, and after two months, it will be closed.

He did this only because he felt that Xinglin had lost the apricot blossoms, and there was nothing to see, so it was better to let Xinglin rest for a while, and he didn't point to this to make money.

But what he didn't know was that as soon as he closed Xinglin like this, Bai Zhen was dodged on the other side.

"Closed?" Bai Zhen asked angrily, "Why is it closed? Did someone leak the news?"

"No, father-in-law!" Sitting in front of him was the son-in-law that Bai Zhen recruited last year, and now he is a small official censor at the Yushitai.

"How could Xinglin be closed without him?" Bai Zhen asked suspiciously, "If it were me, I would definitely be reluctant to close it."

Not to mention making money every day, it's almost the same.

If it was me, why would I close it if I had nothing to do?I wish it would be open all year round. Every day, people rent the apricot orchard to hold various meetings.

The second son-in-law was holding a memorial with a bitter face: "My son-in-law has just finished writing this memorial, and I will send it up at the Dragon Boat Festival, but now... can I still send it?"

"Send!" Bai Zhen gritted her teeth: "Re-write it, and say that he, as a Xinke Tan Hua Lang, actually opened a garden for personal gain in the name of his own Tan Hua, and made a profit. Those things." The second son-in-law was very dissatisfied, married the daughter of the Bai family and thought that he would go straight to the sky, but the result was that the concubine Bai became pregnant as if she was holding a golden egg, and she refused to take another step and say a word .As a censor, the little salary is not enough to do anything. The tigress in the family has been in the house for less than a year, and the maids, maidservants, and concubines before marriage have all been dismissed.We have been married for so long, and there is no good news, and he is not allowed to get close to other women, and the father-in-law even let him join the Tanhualang of this subject...Wu Youwei still doesn't know that he is shutting down the apricot orchard, but it's a fight. Bo Zhen's plan was messed up, and he was busy preparing for the ceremony.

There are so many classmates at once, although it is not necessary for everyone to give gifts, but as long as they can get it, they have to give a copy. He is Tanhua, Yijia No.3, and he dare not give gifts to others. That's an impressive impression.

So I was busy going around. Fortunately, Wu's family was rich, and Wu Youwei spared no expense, and had already bought out a lot of top-quality suet white jade for Mu Xiaosheng to practice, and Mu Xiaosheng also helped Wu Youwei. As early as the two and a half years of Wu Youwei's filial piety for Mrs. Wu, he asked Wu Youwei for a lot of top-quality suet white jade of the same color, and carved them into uniform patterns. jade pendant.

The engraving on the jade pendant is a magpie, because in ancient times, two magpies meant double happiness;

And on this jade pendant, there are two magpies on the top in pairs, and the bottom is supported by a lotus flower, which means that the two are happy together.

On the back is the words "Ji Chou Ke in the fifth year of Chenghua", written on the two magpies, and on the lotus, are the rank and name.

Wu Youwei gave Zhang Sheng the jade pendant with the words "Chenghua Five Years Ji Chou Ke, First Class No. 1, Number One Scholar Zhang Sheng".Yang Yiqing was ranked second, while Wu You kept Tanhua for himself.

Then down to the top two, Chuanlu, and down to the second.....

In order to prepare this gift for Wu Youwei, the father and son of the Wu family worked hard for many days in a row before they finished. Wu Youwei asked Lin Su to bring the gifts to one by one. Those who did not come back kept the gifts and gave them to them when they came back. In the past, everyone in their subject had such a jade pendant, which can be regarded as a proof that they were on the same list in the same year.

What an elegant gift!

Almost no one who received the gift disliked it. Anyway, such a gift made Wu Youwei have a good impression in the hearts of these people.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, Wu Youwei also went to the homes of the four tutors in person. His current tutors include Liu Dingzhi and Shang Ren, the chief examiners during his examination.

It's just that there were too many people going to the two Ge elders' homes during the Dragon Boat Festival, and Wu Youwei had to queue even if he was Tanhualang.

However, the things Wu Youwei sent were all "timely and appropriate", and there were nothing expensive. They were all special agricultural and sideline products of Moling Villa, as well as big fish and fresh shrimps found in Moling Lake.

In addition, some silk and satin are added, and the two jade ornaments are considered precious, and there is a set of gold noodles, a gift for the wife.

The rest are zongzi, salted duck eggs, eggs and so on.

Because Wu Youwei was busy when he came, he just had a quick meeting with the two seat teachers, said a few things about the situation, and said goodbye, but the two seat teachers asked him to come over in a few days Taste their own tea, one is their own wine

This was after the appointment, and he was too busy now, so he couldn't say anything, Wu Youwei only thought they were being polite, and didn't take it seriously, so he left and went to Chen Jian and Liu Xuan's residence.

Chen Jian and Liu Xuan are very happy. They have been examiners for many years, and this time they have a whole top three in their names!

Even more promising than Li Dongyang's class!

Even Emperor Xianzong praised the two of them for teaching students.

Wu Youwei's respect and attitude towards them as always is what makes them the happiest. This proves that Wu Youwei is not someone who crosses rivers and demolishes bridges. The one who fawns over is the instructor who will take the exam.

Luo Lun, who was far in the south, also sent a thick letter to Wu Youwei, following the path of Jin Yiwei.

The imperial court had already reported there, and he already knew that Wu Youwei had won Tanhua, and when the four of them were admiring the scenery on a snowy night in Moling Mountain Villa, who would have thought that all four of them would get first-class exams? Woolen cloth?

Four people, two No. [-] picks, one No. [-], and one No. [-].

However, the etiquette of the Dragon Boat Festival came after the letter. Because of the ceremony, people with gifts walked slowly, and it turned out that the letter came first and the ceremony came after.

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While Wu Youwei was busy celebrating the festival, Bo Zhen's second son-in-law also handed over the memorial.

Emperor Xianzong's power was very strong, and the eunuch who was the chief inspector of ceremonies did not dare to withhold any memorial, especially the content of this memorial was related to Wu Tanhua, whom the emperor valued most.

After receiving the memorial, Emperor Xianzong also had a strange expression on his face after reading it. Even when he returned to Zhaode Palace, he still had a confused expression on his face.

"My lord, what's wrong with you?" Wan Zhen'er was startled seeing him like this.

Knowing that Maid Wu and Wantong are neighbors, Emperor Xianzong told his beloved woman about the memorial.

"The concubine doesn't quite understand." Wan Zhen'er was also puzzled: "What is this all about?"

"Speaking of Tanhualang...shouldn't Xinglin be opened to collect money?" Emperor Xianzong scratched his head: "I haven't figured it out yet, is this a thing?"

"Why don't you ask Zhongming?" Wan Zhen'er didn't understand, so she couldn't make up her mind: "Or the old Shangge? Liu Dingzhi and Master Liu are fine too!"

These two are capable ministers who govern the world.

"Let's ask Zhongming first!" For this kind of matter, Emperor Xianzong still had to ask Wantong first. After all, Wu Youwei was really good at doing business, which made him a lot of money. The inner palace is no longer allocated by the Ministry of Users.

Spend the money in your own treasury, no one makes irresponsible remarks.

Very cool!

That's why Emperor Xianzong became more and more fond of Wu Youwei. He felt that if all his officials were like Wu Youwei, what else would he worry about?

Wantong heard Emperor Xianzong's summoning, and was afraid that something would happen to Wu Youwei here, so he followed the people who came to pass the decree to the palace to have an audience after making arrangements.

"I heard that Wu Tanhua has an apricot grove?" Emperor Xianzong held up the memorial and said, "Tell me, what's the matter with his apricot grove? Someone has already filed a memorial to impeach him and compete with the people for profit."

When Wantong heard it, he felt something was wrong...