Bai Shandao: "The weather is going to be cold, and the Qintian Supervisor has said that winter wheat planting will be moved forward ten days this year. He has informed the whole country before the autumn harvest."
"Hey, is that so? Why didn't I know?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "I didn't even know that. It was only when Brother Zhou received the notice from the village chief that he learned that the government had posted a notice, so this year Zhuangzi planted winter wheat in advance, and now it's almost done."
No wonder her parents are so interested in going to Pucun to play. It turns out that now is the time to plant winter wheat.
Man Bao carefully cut off some branches and leaves and put them in a vase, then asked Bai Shan: "Then when will they come back?"
If she waits for the flowers to fade before coming back, does that mean she has wasted everything she has today?
Bai Shan smiled and said: "I sent someone to Pucun early this morning to deliver a message. There are so many of them, they won't be able to come back until tomorrow."
Bai Shan guessed wrong. They packed up their things and came back at noon, but got home within an hour and didn't even wait until the next day.
Of course, they brought back a lot of things, most of which were fruits, vegetables, poultry, eggs, chickens and ducks from the village.
Man Bao looked at the bustling crowd and was hugged by Zhou Lixin before he could react.
Man Bao was surprised: "Da Ya!"
Zhou Lixin is much plumper than before, and his silver plate-like face is full of smiles, "Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for many years."
Man Bao also hugged her, "Yes, yes, I haven't seen her for many years."
There was an elegant young man standing beside him. Man Bao let go of Zhou Lixin and looked at him with approval, "This is my eldest niece-in-law. I haven't seen him in a few years and he has grown taller."
Guan Yong: "...Hello, sister-in-law."
He bowed his head to the end and looked at Zhou Lixin.
Zhou Lixin blushed slightly and shook Man Bao's hand before saying: "Grandpa said he was not sure when my sister-in-law would leave the palace, so we went to play in Zhuangzi. My sister-in-law has grown a lot taller."
Man Bao's eyes lit up and he asked quite reservedly: "Really?"
Zhou Lixin nodded repeatedly to express his affirmation. Man Bao became more and more happy and asked her, "Which courtyard do you live in? Are you two alone? Do you have children with you..."
Manbao was filled with a series of questions.
Naturally, it was impossible to take the child with them. Their children were still young. Because this time Zhou Lang and Zhou Lang were going to Beijing together, so the Guan family did not let anyone else accompany them. They only asked the couple to pack their things and go to the capital.
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Man Bao took Zhou Lixin back to the house to whisper, and then he learned that the Guan family was originally scheduled to go to Beijing again in November to catch up with next year's Ming Jing examination.
But thinking that Zhou Man was going to get married and the Zhou brothers were going to the capital, they might as well go together, which would be safer.
Since you have arrived early, why not take the Jinshi exam to test the waters? What if you succeed?
Well, the people of Luojiang County have this optimistic spirit.
It happened that the registration deadline had not yet closed when Guan Yong arrived. He was a county school student and had obtained the qualification to register for the Ming Jing exam before, so he directly signed up for the Ming Jing exam.
If I fail this year, I will take the Ming Jing test again next spring, which is the same plan as the Bai brothers.
"Why isn't eldest sister coming? She hasn't been to the capital yet?"
"I was originally going to come. My eldest uncle has asked for leave. He also said that he would bring his cousin here to see the world. But before leaving, my aunt found out that she was pregnant. The doctor said that the fetus was a bit weak. In the first three months,
It’s not easy to move around, so Auntie and the others didn’t come.”
Manbao said "Yeah" and was surprised, "Sister is pregnant again?"
It is a bit dangerous for her to give birth at her age.
Zhou Lixin said: "Grandma also said that my aunt is still pregnant at this time, and she is discussing with grandpa a trip home."
"Do you have a pulse report and prescription?"
"Yes," Zhou Lixin knew that his sister-in-law would ask this, so when he came, he went to Jishi Hall to ask for it.
If someone comes to ask for pulse records and prescriptions, Jishitang will not give them to them. This is considered their confidentiality. However, because the person asking is the Zhou family, they know that Zhou Man has good medical skills and has a good relationship with Jishitang, so he will give them to them.
Already.
Zhou Lixin showed her the pulse chart and prescription.
They deliberately wrote down the pulse case in detail, and Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.
In fact, Zhou Xi's living conditions have been good these years, so her health has improved a lot. Looking at her pulse, the fetal pulse is a bit weak, but the mother's body is fine, but her age is not conducive to childbirth.
But there are many women at Zhou Xi's age who give birth.
Don't tell her from afar, just look at her mother.
So Man Bao folded the paper and said, "It's not a big problem. I'll write down the recipe and send it back to her later."
Man Bao asked her, "Have you ever been to the capital? Is it fun?"
Zhou Lixin nodded repeatedly. She had never even been to Yizhou Prefecture. It could be said that the capital was the most prosperous city she had ever seen.
I have never seen a higher wall, a bigger city and more people than this.
Even the house she lived in was so big, so many people lived in it and it was not crowded at all. If it weren’t for the fact that her familiar family members lived around her, she would have been frightened, but even so, it took her two days to feel the drift.
Get on the ground.
This time, Zhou Lijun took them to Yueyang to see the newly built workshops. In fact, it is not very far from the capital. It is much closer from here than walking to Pucun and then turning around. The reason why they go around like this is to go to Pucun to pick some melons.
Fruits and vegetables, and a way to relax.
Man Bao knew that the workshop was used to make ointments and creams, and that the house he rented in the outer city was about to be surrendered, because if too many medicinal materials were cooked, it would be inconvenient in the city.
But Manbao was a little curious, "Why did you choose Yueyang? I thought I had to choose Pucun."
Zhou Lijun said: "Originally, I wanted to choose Pucun, but my uncle said that it would be better to choose Yueyang than Pucun."
She paused and then said: "My uncle said that Pucun is a vocational field, and the land is only temporarily owned by my sister-in-law. Although we can build a workshop by buying land like we built Zhuangzi, so that my sister-in-law can be transferred in the future.
Regardless of being demoted, if the job field is no longer in Pucun, the workshop and Zhuangzi will still be ours."
"But that piece of career land has been assigned to other adults, and that piece of land is someone else's sphere of influence. Zhuangzi is still there. We only go there to live and play occasionally, and the impact is not big. But the workshop is there, and there are caring people.
If you want to cause trouble, it will be very easy."
"Although there is no land over there in Yueyang, it is my sister-in-law's fiefdom," Zhou Lijun said with a smile: "My sister-in-law said that unless she seizes the title, the five hundred households granted to her will always be my sister-in-law's.
Outside the capital, any number of county magistrates would be more polite to our workshop."
"So I asked someone to buy two pieces of land on my sister-in-law's fiefdom. One is wasteland where workshops and houses can be built, and the other is fertile land where fruits and vegetables can be grown. When the workshop is built, we can also hire people to supply vegetables.