Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 121 Family Letter
Luo Baisu's letter only arrived in September, and it said that he and Luo Baihan had already settled down in Shangjing, and Zuo Qingzhi arranged for both of their brothers to study in Zhuyuan Academy in Shangjing. Ask Fang to take good care of the two children at home and not to miss him.

Luo Tiandu and Fang's heart settled down, and they were busy with the family's autumn harvest.

In autumn, there were not many sources of honey, so Jiang Xia didn't have to guard the bee barrel all day long, but just went to see it in the morning and evening, and most of the time, he and Cheng Qing helped Luo's family harvest rice crops.Both of them came from the south, and it is much faster to reap the grain than Fang's. Cheng Qing and Fang's rice in a field of more than ten acres, the three of them cut and picked, and they took it back in five days. , the rest is just waiting for the grains to be dried and put into the warehouse.

On this day, Luo Tiandu was turning over the rice and saw Mrs. Qi walking in.

"Xiaodu, you are drying the millet. You are really diligent." Mrs. Qi greeted her with a smile as soon as she entered the door.

"Hey, Second Aunt is here." Luo Tiandu wiped the sweat from his brow, and said, "I'll finish turning the millet first, Second Aunt, go sit in the room."

Qi grew up in the town, never did rough work, and couldn't stand the dust in the millet. Hearing what Luo Tian said, he really went to sit in the main room.

After a while, Luo Tian turned over all the rice in the yard before entering the door.

Seeing her coming in, Mrs. Qi said: "I heard from your mother that your father wrote you a letter?"

"I've been here for several days." Luo Tiandu asked strangely, "Why is Second Aunt asking about this?"

Qi asked again with a smile: "What did your father write in the letter? Did you mention your second uncle?" She knew that Fang was illiterate, but Luo Mingdu and Luo Tiandu could both. A few words, so she didn't wait for Fang Shi to come back, and asked Luo Tiandu directly.

"My father just said that both he and Second Uncle have entered the Zhuyuan Academy in Shangjing and told us not to miss him." Luo Tiandu asked curiously, "Why? Did Second Uncle not write to you?"

"He wrote a letter." Qi smiled and said, "Apart from these, did your father say anything else?"

"No, what's the matter?" Luo Tian frowned, not understanding why Qi asked such a question.

Mrs. Qi was still afraid that he might not be able to read all the characters due to his smallness, and some information in Luo Baisu's letter had been missed, so he asked Luo Tian to ask for Luo Baisu's letter to read. Greetings from home, there is nothing shameful, so I took it and showed it to Mrs. Qi.

After reading it, Mrs. Qi finally put away her smiling face, which was never blown away by the wind, and said with a somewhat unsightly expression: "No, I was afraid that your second uncle would not tell me something, so I came to ask Ask." After speaking, Luo Tiandu left in a hurry.

Luo Tian frowned. Qi's behavior was clearly what Luo Baihan said in the letter, which made her not believe it, so she came to ask for proof, but she didn't bother to think, anyway, it's not a good thing, so she let Qi worry about it Bar.

It was only when Fang came back in the evening that she finally cleared up her confusion. Luo Baihan did write a letter to Qi, but he asked Qi for money. The letter only said that he had found a way to get a place in the Imperial Academy. He asked for money for activities, and asked Mr. Qi to send him a few hundred taels of silver.Qi Shi was a little skeptical, so he came here to ask Fang Shi and Luo Tiandu if they mentioned this matter.

Both Fang and Luo Tian had never heard of this matter, and Luo Baisu didn't mention it in the letter, Qi's was annoyed.

Luo Tian was a little speechless to Luo Baihan, even if he tried to find a way to ask Qi for money, he still had to find a more plausible reason.How can ordinary people enter Taixue?She had heard from Luo Baisu that the eligibility for admission to college students was very strict. Only the descendants of Chinese and military officials of the fifth rank and above, the probable relatives of the military officials of the fifth rank, or the great-grandchildren of the third-rank officials, and the honorary officials of the third rank and above Only with the son of Feng can he be qualified to enter the Imperial Academy.Luo Baihan is just a scholar in Qiushui Town, without any fame or family status, how can he be qualified to enter the Imperial Academy.If there is a connection, wouldn't others choose a child from their own clan to study in the Imperial Academy, instead promoting him as a poor scholar who just came to Beijing.

When Fang talked about this, he was a little skeptical: "Do you think what your second uncle said is true or not? Can he really have a way to enter the Imperial Academy?"

Luo Tian thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's hard to say." Although she felt that it was probably a lie, it was hard to tell Fang directly.

Mrs. Fang said: "I also think it's impossible. Only the children of officials can enter the Taixue. Your second uncle has only been in the capital for a few days, so you can find a way there. Besides, your father faced this in the letter. He didn't even mention the matter, if it was true, he would definitely talk about it."

"That's right." Luo Tiandu affirmed Fang's thoughts.

"But your grandma must have believed it. When I first came here, I heard your grandma telling your second aunt to prepare money to send to your second uncle."

"Second Aunt agreed?" Luo Tian felt strange, Qi Shi came over today, and after reading Luo Baisu's letter, his complexion was so dark for the first time that it could be called the bottom of the pot. money out.

Fang said: "It seems that your second aunt said that she wants to go to Shangjing in person."

"That's good." Luo Tiandu nodded. She felt that although the Qi family was sophisticated and valued money too much, at least there was a way to control Luo Baihan. It would be good to go to Shangjing to take care of Luo Baihan, "When will Second Aunt leave?" When we went, we just asked her to bring some things for dad."

After Luo Baisu left, Luo Tiandu collected some chicken feathers, sewed two jackets, and the family still had the last honey that was sold for tens of tang, so he just took this opportunity to bring it with him.

Fang sighed: "Your grandma won't allow your second aunt to go! Just let her send the money over there."

"Then Second Aunt agreed?" Luo Tiandu was immediately speechless, feeling that sometimes Yao shi is too lenient, Yao shi controls his own money, and wants to control Qi's dowry.

"I don't know, your second aunt went back to town at that time." Although Fang said so, she cleared out the jacket and money, packed a burden, thinking that if Qi's not going to Beijing, she would have to entrust others Take these things to Luo Baisu. After all, the capital city is not as small as Luojia Village. Money is used everywhere. Luo Baisu is a frugal person. Fang is worried that he will be short of money, and he refuses to tell his family that he will treat himself badly. .

Two days later, Mrs. Qi came to look for Mrs. Fang again, but this time she came to borrow someone from Mrs. Fang. She was going to the capital, but she was just a woman, and the journey was far away, so she was afraid that the road would be unsafe. I want Cheng Qing to take her all the way.

Fang thought that the autumn harvest was over now, and there was nothing to do at home. She was also worried that Luo Baisu was alone in the capital. She didn't know if it would be okay, so she just asked Cheng Qing to go with Qi, so that she could meet Luo Baisu and Cheng Sheng , so agreed.

Cheng Sheng had been away for a few months, and Cheng Qing was worried that he was out alone, so he readily agreed to this opportunity.

The Fang family exchanged the dozens of coins into loose silver, and handed them to Cheng Qing together with the baggage, and asked him to go to Beijing with Qi's group.

After Mrs. Qi left, Luo Tian listened to Mrs. Chang Hui's story that Mrs. Yao lost her temper at home, and said that when she came back, she must divorce Luo Baihan and marry her.The Qi family went to Beijing with such great fanfare, and the Yao family had a temperament that would show off at the slightest sign of trouble, wishing that everyone would know about it. Almost everyone knew that Luo Baihan was going to enter the Imperial Academy.

"You don't know, there are people coming in and out all day long, and it's so lively that the door is about to be squeezed. The eldest son of the Qi family in the town even brought a handsome young boy there! Not to mention the matchmaker Here, one after another came, and they all said they wanted to marry Luo Baining." Changhui Niang was so frothy that she wished she could tell the whole situation at that time, "Tsk! Now Fourth Aunt's chin is almost lifted up to the sky, so everyone just glances at people like this from the corner of their eyes."

While talking, Chang Hui Niang imitated Yao's way of looking at people, which made Luo Tian couldn't help laughing, and secretly thought that if Chang Hui Niang stopped farming, he might go to any teahouse to tell stories, and he might be able to get away with it. mouth to eat.

Fang also said with a smile: "My mother-in-law has that temperament. Doesn't she always look out of the corner of her eye when looking at people?" Especially when looking at their family, she is really willing to give a little out of the corner of her eye when she is in the mood.

"Hey, Fourth Aunt doesn't know what's wrong. The behavior of the past few years has become more and more disrespectful. What a shrewd person she used to be. How did she become like this now?" Changhui Niang sighed.

Fang Shi is a daughter-in-law, so naturally she can't say bad things about Yao Shi in front of Changhui's mother, so she just laughs and doesn't speak.

Changhui Niang loves to gossip, so she coughed, lowered her voice, and whispered in Fang's ear: "I heard people say that the Qi family in the town wants to marry your family."

Fang was quite surprised: "Who did you hear that from?"

Changhui Niang gave her a blank look, and said: "People in the village say so, and they also said that Mr. Qi brought that young Mr. Jun here just to see each other. Fourth Aunt has had a great time these few days."

"A matchmaker came to propose marriage?" Fang was also a little interested.

"That's not true, but the fourth aunt has been watching your sister-in-law learn sewing at home these days, and won't let her go out to play. I guess it's because of this." Changhui Niang also spoke a little bit There is no envy on weekdays.

well!This old Luo family is very lucky!Both sons are studying in Beijing, Luo Baihan is about to enter the Imperial Academy, and Luo Baining can marry into the Qi family, all the good things in the world are occupied by the old Luo family.Thinking of this, Chang Hui Niang felt a little proud. Fortunately, she and the Fang family had always been good friends, and she let Xiao Chang Hui worship under Luo Baisu's name to learn Chinese characters early on. Friendship, that master-student relationship can't escape no matter what.Luo Baisu will be promising in the future, and Changhui is his student, so he doesn't expect to take advantage of Luo's family. At least in the future, Changhui will have more connections than others.

(End of this chapter)