Chapter 125 126 Warmth

Before Jixiang arrived at Fengming Village, a Yamen official rode a fast horse to Fengming Town. When he arrived at the entrance of the village, he held up the good news and shouted, "The scholar Zhou Jia from Fengming Village is the first in the high school, Jie Yuan,..." "

When the people who were plowing in the fields heard this, they wiped the mud off their legs and ran towards the door of Li Yu's house, shouting loudly: "Xiaoyu,... Mr. Zhou has won the lottery, and the first place is Jieyuan." "

Li Yu and Li Mei's family all ran out of the house and ran towards the Zhou family.

The Yamen officer shouted all the way and was led to the door of Zhou's house. He shouted, "Congratulations, congratulations, the first one is Jieyuan, the Zhou family is receiving the good news!"

Li Yu accepted the good news with a smile on his face, took a piece of silver and handed it to the Yamen, smiling and saying: "Thank you for your hard work."

The officer took it and saw that it was an ingot of silver. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. "It's not bitter, it's not bitter." After saying that, he turned around, got on his horse and left.

Ruyi lit the firecrackers, and the festive firecrackers crackled.

Li Yu looked at Uncle Zhou and Ruyi who were wiping away their tears with emotion: "Uncle Zhou, when Zhou Jia comes back we will have a banquet to celebrate."

Uncle Zhou wiped the tears from his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, I will listen to you. Let's celebrate."

After speaking, Uncle Zhou looked up at the sky and prayed secretly in his heart: Old Master, Madam, the young master has passed the exam, and he is still the first to win the title of Jie Yuan. Rest in peace in heaven!

On the day after the results were released, Zhou Jia attended the Luming Banquet hosted by the governor, declined the invitation to go out to celebrate in the same year, and set off back to Fengming Village early in the morning.

As soon as I arrived in the village, I was surrounded by the villagers. Everyone asked questions excitedly. Some asked: Is the deer-crowing feast all venison?

Some asked: Is the governor the same as the one on the stage?

After Zhou Jia answered patiently, he smiled and said to everyone: "Uncles, uncles, and aunties, tomorrow the Zhou family will hold a banquet, and everyone will come to the banquet."

Chen Yaohui and others laughed happily, "That's great! We'll be hungry all night and wait for the banquet at Jie Yuanlang's family tomorrow."

Everyone laughed after hearing this.

After Zhou Jia and Li Yu sent the villagers away, Zhou Jia bowed to Li Mei and his wife, "Congratulations to aunt and uncle on the birth of their son."

Li Mei looked at Zhou Jia with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, I'm still waiting for you to come back and give Brother Pig a name!"

Liu Changmin smiled and glanced at Li Mei, "I can no longer call you Mr. Zhou, now I am Jie Yuanlang."

Li Mei rolled her eyes at him, "Xie Yuanlang is also my niece-in-law."

Liu Changming had a son and everything was ready, he smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes." Everyone laughed and watched the two bickering.

Zhou Jia secretly glanced at Li Yu who was standing by with a smile. He saw her long black hair, fair and pink skin, dark eyebrows, cherry lips, long eyelashes and smart eyes. Zhou Jia couldn't move away. Eye.

Zhao Di saw Zhou Jia keep peeking at Li Yu, and said to Li Mei with a smile: "Mom, Brother Zhu is crying at home. Let's go home! Let cousin talk to Mr. Zhou."

Li Mei pushed Li Yu in front of Zhou Jia, "Yes, yes, you two have a chat and we will go back first."

After sending Li Mei and the others away, Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia, who was more elegant and handsome, and joked with a smile on his face, "Tell me, from now on, should I call you Xiao Xizi or Jie Yuanlang?" "

"You can call me whatever you like, it's all yours," Zhou Jia couldn't help but hold Li Yu's hand and said softly, "Yu'er, you miss me so much."

Li Yu felt as sweet as drinking a bowl of honey water, and looked at Zhou Jia with a smile, "You go back to the next door first. Uncle Zhou has been waiting for you to come back early in the morning to burn incense for your grandfather and mother."

Zhou Jia held Li Yu's hand and said, "Okay, come with me. I have something else to say to you."

"Yes!" The two smiled at each other and went to Zhou's house. Uncle Zhou, Aunt He and Ruyi watched Zhou Jia happily bow and salute, "Congratulations, young master."

After Zhou Jia helped several people go to the small ancestral hall to light incense and kneel down to worship, he bowed to Uncle Zhou and said, "Uncle Zhou, thank you. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Uncle Zhou stepped aside excitedly and said, "Master, we can't help it. We are just doing our duty."

At this time, Ruyi came over and reported outside, "Master, Zhu Zhencheng and some squires congratulate you on passing the exam."

When Zhou Jiahe arrived at the door, he saw Zhu Zhencheng, the housekeeper of Ye Ju's family, and several unknown squires also coming to congratulate him.

When Zhu Zhencheng saw Zhou Jia, he smiled and stepped forward to hold his hand, "Ha! Ha! I, Old Zhu, really saw it right. Congratulations to you, Mr. Zhou! The first place is Jie Yuanlang!"

Zhou Jia smiled and cupped his hands in thanks, "Thank you, Mr. Zhencheng, thank you all folks."

Zhou's house was filled with guests all of a sudden. Everyone he knew or not came with gifts. Zhou Jia smiled so hard that his face froze. He didn't send the guests away until evening. After hurriedly washing up, he went to Li Yu's house. The two held hands. Standing in front of the upstairs window with hands clasped together, looking at the bright starry sky, my heart is filled with the joy of seeing each other again.

Zhou Jia kissed Li Yu's temple and couldn't help but laugh, "Yu'er, I heard from Zhaocai that you brought Ruyi to clean up Ye Ju's family, which scared him so much that he still has a dojo today. , you also put those snakes and insects into the hall, scaring Mrs. Ye almost to death, and you also shaved Ye Juren's head and even his eyebrows?"

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia sideways and smiled mischievously, "Humph! Who asked him to play tricks on us? Sister, I can't kill him by playing tricks on him!"

Zhou Jia thought about how Ye Juren looked white and beardless, and also thought about how he looked shaved clean by Li Yu, and felt that it wouldn't be too interesting.

"Naughty." Zhou Jia couldn't help it anymore, hugging Li Yu and the two laughed.

After laughing, Li Yu remembered the words he brought back to attract wealth and asked Zhou Jiadao: "Xiao Xi, where did you know that the Qingzhou government office was almost destroyed by the victims? And the drought in Qingzhou has not eased at all?"

Zhou Jia frowned and said: "The news was told to me by Shen Wu. He said that the rioters robbed the government's granary, and there were not many grain harvests in several places near Qingzhou. I heard from Shen Wu. , the imperial court ordered Tongzhou to transfer grain."

"If the imperial court does not provide relief to the victims, riots are not far away. Can the city of Qingzhou still hold on without food?"

"Yes! If we don't provide relief, and Daqi is watching eagerly from the side, Qingzhou may be in trouble," Zhou Jia pondered for a moment, "Yu'er, how are our wheat and rice harvests this year?"

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and smiled proudly, "After the wheat is sorted out for seeding, there are more than 600 shi left. There will be a lot of millet this year. The average yield per mu is five shi. Do you calculate, how much grain did we harvest?"

Zhou Jia calculated and looked at Li Yu in surprise, "With so much food and fish, you are so capable! You don't even know that the victims who came from Qingzhou said that those locusts laid their eggs in the soil. As soon as the weather gets warmer, locusts burst out of the ground, and the crops they finally planted are eaten up, and the victims peel off the bark of the trees and eat them."

After hearing this, Li Yu thought for a moment, "The yamen must distribute some poultry to the villagers to raise, and raise more geese, ducks and chickens. These poultry like to eat bugs. Especially ducks, they like to eat in the soil. If there is no shortage of water, , put some water in the field, put the ducks in, and the locust eggs and larvae will be picked up and eaten by the ducks."

"Well! Your method is good, but do those officials care about the lives of the victims? If they really care, they should ask a farmer. The court has no money, and officials from all over the country just want to make money in their own pockets. Those with money either only want to keep their political achievements or get promoted, and there are a few who care about the lives of the people."

There is one more chapter that will be finished later!