In Beipo Village, Ruihong Town, the weeds beside the path are still stained with morning dew. Xie Xiaowan is walking on the country path with a wooden basin on her side. The fourteen-year-old girl's curves are beginning to bloom, like a tasseled grain, filled with joy.

The breath of youth.

The sweet-looking maid Yue'er also followed behind with a wooden basin on her side. Her sleeves were rolled up, revealing two fair and delicate arms. After all, she was a maid carefully selected from the palace to serve the crown prince Zhu Houcong.

, their appearance and temperament are naturally the most outstanding among the same batch of maids.

There is a small river at the bottom of Beipo Village. Village women usually wash clothes and vegetables in the small river bend at the bottom of the slope. Xie Xiaowan and Xiaoyue were about to wash clothes in the small river bend at the bottom of the slope.

Originally, with Xie Xiaowan's current status, the maid Yue'er would naturally do the laundry for her. However, Xie Xiaowan was born in a poor family and was a hard-working and frugal girl. How could she have free time? Plus, living at home was boring, so every day

They all went to the river to wash clothes with the maid.

Of course, besides washing clothes, there is another purpose, which is to wait for the husband to come back. Ever since Xu Jin left for Nanchang, this little girl has been worried every day.

"Xiaowan, do the laundry!"

"Sister Yacai!"

When Xie Xiaowan and Xiaoyue arrived at Xiaohewan, several village women and aunts were washing clothes, and they all greeted them with smiles.

"Xiaowan, there's still room here!" A village girl moved her wooden basin to make room for Xie Xiaowan and Yue'er.

Xie Xiaowan smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Sister Cuihua!"

A village woman joked: "Xiaowan, when are you going to change your name to Cuihua Sister-in-law?"

Xie Xiaowan smiled and said: "You can do it at any time, as long as Sister Cuihua is willing!"

The village girl suddenly blushed, lowered her head and silently rubbed her clothes.

This village girl's name is Miao Cuihua, a villager from the nearby Miaojia Village. She has already been engaged to her brother-in-law Xie Yidao, and is waiting for Xie Yidao to collect the betrothal gift of ten taels of silver to get married.

Xue Cuihua is about sixteen or seventeen years old. She is quite beautiful and has fair skin. It is no wonder that her father dared to ask for a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver. This is not a small amount for an ordinary family. They have been frugal and frugal for several years.

It may not be possible to save it.

"Sister, sister..."

At this moment, the boy Xie Sanqiang came running quickly from the distance of the dirt road carrying a basket. The protective cover was open like that, revealing the solid muscles of the chest and abdomen. Although he was only half the age of eleven years old

He is a child, but due to practicing martial arts since childhood, he is more than half a head taller than other children of the same age, and is as strong as a little tiger.

Children from poor families have long been in charge, and now that Xie Yidao and Xie Erjian are not at home, some of the work at home has naturally fallen on the third child, so before dawn this morning, Xie Sanqiang and the old man

Dad and I picked up yesterday's catch and took it to the town to sell.

Xie Sanqiang carried the fish basket and ran to the river bend in three steps and two steps at a time. He was sweating profusely and panting. Xie Xiaowan quickly took out a towel to wipe his brother's sweat, while scolding: "Why are you running so fast?

, where is our dad?”

Xie Sanqiang said with a smile: "There are still a few tortoises that have not been sold. Our father is guarding the stall. Hehe, sister, I have good news to tell you!"

"What's the good news?" Xie Xiaowan asked casually while wiping her brother's sweat carefully.

Xie Sanqiang said proudly: "My brother-in-law is a scholar, and he is also the head of the college examination!"

Xie Xiaowan said happily: "Really?"

Xiaoyue next to her also straightened up in surprise, and the village women and aunts around them all subconsciously stopped what they were doing.

Xie Sanqiang patted his chest and said: "Of course it's true. Boss Yu who received the goods has just returned from the city. The results of the college examination have been posted outside the county government office. The top one is Xu Jin from Shangrao County. Hehe, my brother-in-law

He is just awesome, he gets first place every time in the exam, I heard he is an unprecedented third in Jiangxi Province... so what?"

"It's Xiao Sanyuan!" The maid Yue'er interrupted with a smile. After all, she was a maid carefully trained by the palace, so she is naturally very knowledgeable.

Xie Sanqiang nodded fiercely and said: "Yes, yes, it's Xiao Sanyuan, Yue'er, isn't Xiao Sanyuan very powerful?"

Yue'er nodded and said: "Of course. Only when a boy takes off the head of his desk in all three tests can he be called a Xiao Sanyuan. Since the founding of our country, only a handful of people have won the title of Xiao Sanyuan. Congratulations, madam. You will be a scholar in the future."

"Congratulations to Sister Yacai!"

"Ya Cai'er is so lucky. Look at her nose and chin. I have already said that she is a lucky girl."

All the village women and sisters-in-law expressed their congratulations one after another, with eyes full of envy. They remembered that Xie Xiaowan got married "secretly" and the betrothal gift was only one bushel of rice. Some people present even joked behind their backs, but now they are just jealous.

Xie Xiaowan was very happy. Her husband was the most capable husband in the world and he had never let her down.

"Congratulations to sister Xiaowan!" Miao Cuihua also looked envious, and at the same time she was secretly happy in her heart. The more capable Xiaowan's man is, the more help he will provide to his mother's family in the future.

"Sister, I'll go home first and tell my mother the good news!" After Xie Sanqiang said that, he picked up the fish basket and ran away.

At this time, on the pier of Ruihong Town, a flat-bottomed sand boat docked. Xu Jin, the Fei brothers and others came ashore one after another, and finally Xie Erjian also jumped off the boat.

This flat-bottomed sand boat is one of the warships of the Ming Navy. It is said that Xu Jin and others left Nanchang two days ago and went down the Gan River to Poyang Lake.

Sun Sui specially sent a sand boat to transport Xu Jin and others to Ruihong Town, while he led a group of personal guards across Poyang Lake to Nankang City, presumably to arrange for someone to secretly send the jade seal to the capital.

.Xie Erjian specifically asked Sun Sui for a few days' leave and went home with Xu Jin.

"Thank you for your hard work, brothers. Let's take this little money and go to town for a drink first!" Xu Jin took a tael of silver and gave it to the soldiers in charge of the boat.

The leading Ming soldier was named Xiaoqi, whose surname was Zhang Mingmeng. He happily took the money and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xu!"

Xie Erjian cupped his hands and said, "Brother Zhang, please wait for me for half a day. I will be back before dark!"

"Thank you for being so polite, brother, don't say half a day, just stay overnight!" Zhang Meng said quickly.

Although Zhang Meng is Xiaoqi, he is just a low-ranking junior captain. Xie Erjian is Sun Sui's personal soldier, so naturally he does not dare to take the big one.

After sending away the Ming Army military academy who was in charge of the boat, Xu Jin and others entered Ruihong Town, arranged accommodation for the Fei brothers and others, and also bought some souvenirs and returned to Beipo Village.

It is said that Xu Jin left Nanchang in a hurry that day, so Xu Jin didn't have time to buy gifts for Xiao Wan and others.

The last time I came here, Ruihong Town had just been looted by the water thief Ling Shiyi, so it was quite deserted, but now it is very lively. There are many cargo ships parked on the dock, people are coming and going on the streets, and there are hawker stalls everywhere.

Most of them sell aquatic products, and the air is filled with fishy smells.

"Hey, isn't that my father-in-law?

Everyone was walking on the street when Erniu suddenly made a buzzing sound. Xu Jin looked up and saw his father-in-law Xie Qing squatting on the street chatting with people. A few green-skinned tortoises covered in nets came to him.

Throw it in front of you casually.

Xu Jin quickly stepped forward and shouted: "Father-in-law!"

Xie Qing was overjoyed to see Xu Jin. He stood up and said, "The good son-in-law is back!"

"Lao Xie, this is your uncle, tsk tsk, a scholar is worthy of being a scholar, he is handsome and smart, your bean sprouts are so lucky!"

Several fishermen nearby looked at Xu Jin and others with envy.

Xie Qing laughed and said: "Brothers, I'm going back first. I'll have two drinks at home for dinner. Fortunately, the tortoises were not sold. They will be boiled in a big pot tonight!" After saying that, he picked up the tortoises and threw them to Xie Erjian.

In arms.

Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong couldn't help but secretly exclaimed, "What a tough guy!"

Xie Qing was not obvious when he was squatting just now, but now he stands up, with a height of nearly two meters and bronze skin, he is as intimidating as an iron tower.

Xu Jin introduced brother Fei Maoxian to Xie Qing, and they greeted each other politely.

Next, the Fei brothers rented a few rooms in the only inn in town and planned to wait for Xu Jin for two days before returning to Qianshan County together.
Chapter completed!