161, considerate and meticulous Saburo (2 more)
September is coming in a blink of an eye, and the exam begins at the eighth day of the lunar month.
The provincial capital is far away, and Song Wei is afraid of an accident and plans to leave at the beginning of the month.
Seeing that Wenwan was going with her, Mrs. Song advised, "Aren't that boy Xie Zheng accompanying me this year? Otherwise, let your wife stay at home. Her little body, I'm really worried that she can't stand such a long journey."
Song Wei was considering it, and Wen Wan stood aside and shook her head.
Every time my husband took the exam, he seemed to have stepped into the gate of hell. If she didn't follow him, if he couldn't survive, he would have been in vain for so much effort before.
For other things, Song Mama said that Song Wei could consider anything, but this matter was not possible. He disagreed and said that Wanwan had to follow her. At most, he would walk in advance and slow down the road so that Wanwan could have enough rest time so that she would not be too tired.
Mrs. Song looked at her son and daughter-in-law. She remembered the incident of punishing the old Taoist priest a few days ago, and knew that Wen Wan's ability was real.
Now that I feel sorry for my grandson, I have to let my daughter-in-law follow me, otherwise if there is no "prediction" of her, Saburo will have something to do, so where can she cry as a mother?
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This time I went to the provincial capital, and I had two more companions, Xie Zheng and his wife Yang.
Xie Zheng had no intention of taking Yang, but before leaving, his mother disagreed, saying that Saburo would bring his young wife with him every time the exam. He did better every time, so he must have a wife followed him, taking care of him, and was at ease, and he was confident when he got off the court. He asked Xie Zheng to take his wife with him, and he had a long way to go to the provincial capital and had no one to take care of food and clothing. He was worried too much, so he had no extra time to review books? The warmth of the book was not good, and he looked at him in the exam room, which was definitely blind.
Xie Zheng was convinced by his mother.
No matter how unhappy he is, he will bring his wife.
Yang is a frugal and family-oriented woman. Before going out, she arranged her husband's food and clothing properly. She didn't take her dry food and water, for fear of being tired, so she carried her back.
Looking at Song Wei and his wife, Wen Wan was empty-handed and didn't take anything. In addition to books, Song Wei also carved some dry food and half a bag of fresh fruit and water in her book basket.
Mrs. Song said that her daughter-in-law is a body-friendly person and she is not useful to eat dry food. She brings a few pancakes to respond to the emergency. When she arrives at a place where she can rest, she asks Song Wei to take her to eat some hot and nutritious things, and not to starve her grandson when she is hungry.
The conditions of the Song family are beyond the reach of others. Even if the Xie family digs a fish pond and does some fish and shrimp business, the capital is all derived from Song Wei.
The Xie family is not separated, and Aunt Xie is strict in managing the family. She is all in charge of money. She is used to the poor life she used to, but now she is not afraid to be generous. She almost calculated the money for Xie Zheng to take the exam in the provincial capital, and she can't even get rid of it if she has one more son.
Yang knew that he did not have the good fortune of Wen Wan, so he was envious, but he did not compare himself with her. Anyway, he could not compare himself with her. If he had too many, he would only make him feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, she seemed very polite when facing Wen Wan.
Wenwan has a good impression of this cousin and sister-in-law. She is not stingy on the way to the county town, and takes out her fresh fruit and eats it with her.
There are a few fruits that Yang cannot name, and they have only seen them in the street market. They are very expensive. She has never dared to look at them but not buy them. Now Wen Wan gives them several of them, all of which are put into her hands.
Yang handed it to the man, Xie Zheng didn't like to eat fruits and said no.
Yang sucked his saliva, picked up one and took it and took a bite.
Sweet, so sweet!
I couldn't help but sigh that it was so happy to be the daughter-in-law of the Song family.
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To take care of Wenwan, Song Wei did not agree with Xie Zheng's proposal to follow the caravan. When he arrived at the county town, he spent a few taels of silver to hire a carriage directly to the provincial capital. Seeing that Wenwan had eaten almost the same food, he gave him several kilograms of fresh fruit, all of which were very expensive.
Seeing this, Xie Zheng also decided to buy a few kilograms for Yang.
After marrying into the Xie family for so many years, it was the first time that a man took care of him. Although Yang felt sorry for Jinzi, he was more moved in his heart. Looking at Xie Zheng, his eyes turned red for a long time.
Xie Zheng was not completely unfeeling in Yang, but he was more "straightforward" and could not compare to Song Wei's considerate and meticulousness, nor could he hold his wife in his hand to spoil her. One reason was that he didn't have that condition, and the other was that he didn't have that habit.
In Xie Zheng's opinion, women should be born to serve men, and the heroine is the inner and outer. It is natural.
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The carriage this time was more spacious than what I had hired before, and it didn't feel crowded if the four of them sat on it.
After the first three months, Wen Wan was infertile and was prone to sleepiness. She had to sleep when she was sleepy. From leaning on Song Wei's shoulder to leaning on his legs, Wen Wan no longer cared about her image.
Yang couldn't help but speak, "My cousin is pregnant, why doesn't her let her rest at home? She will be unable to bear the road to the provincial capital so far and it's bumpy."
Song Wei looked at the little wife who was sleeping on her legs, with a feeling of distress in her doting eyes, but she didn't explain.
Xie Zheng frowned and stuffed a pancake into her hand, "You can't even get your mouth?"
Yang was afraid that the man would be really angry, so he didn't dare to talk too much and lowered his head to chew dry food.
Just like the government examination and the school entrance examination, after a few people arrived at the provincial capital, they immediately found an inn to stay in.
Finally, I arrived at a place where I could stay with peace of mind. Wen Wan was not busy eating, so she lay down and took a nap.
Yang in the next room washed Xie Zheng's clothes that he had changed. The man wanted to read a book, but she was afraid of disturbing her, so she wanted to come over to chat with Wen Wan for a while.
When she knocked on the door, Song Wei told her that Wen Wan was sleeping and had not woken up yet.
When Yang saw that Song Wei's hands were wet, he was a little surprised and took a look inside. He had clothes soaked in the wooden basin, including Song Wei's and gentle ones.
Mrs. Yang asked, "You are still washing your own clothes? Anyway, I'm idle, why don't you give it to me and I'll wash it for you."
He said this, but he was wondering in his heart. His mother-in-law said Wen Wan was here to serve her man's food and clothing so that he could take the exam with peace of mind. Why doesn't he look like this? It seems that my third cousin brought a trouble to the provincial capital. Not only did he ask for a review, he had to take care of her, and even the clothes had to be washed by a man...
Of course, it was just a whisper in my heart. Yang didn't dare to say this, and the enthusiasm on his face was still very sincere.
Song Wei said no, thank you for your concern.
After Yang returned to the house, he told his man about this.
Xie Zheng paused when he read the book and looked at her, "Did you really see that your third cousin helps your third cousin wash clothes?"
Yang said, "I just came back from the next door. I saw it really. Can it be fake? My third cousin's wife guessed that she hadn't woken up yet, and the clothes were washed by my third cousin himself."
Xie Zheng looked puzzled.
Although he took his wife with him and spent more money, it was convenient at least. What does the third cousin mean to bring a little ancestor to serve him?
He couldn't figure it out, and told Yang, "You can't say this in front of your third cousin's wife. She is young and has little face. Maybe you will make people cry as soon as you open your mouth. My third cousin won't let me go."
Yang said that he knew, and would not talk nonsense in front of his third cousin's wife. "I just can't figure it out. Since they are all taking care of each other, why don't you keep people at home? My aunt is a veteran, can't take care of a pregnant woman well? I heard from my mother that my aunt personally stewed a bowl of bird's nest for her third cousin's wife every now and then. She had nowhere to find her treatment with lanterns."
Xie Zheng couldn't figure out the key here either. He shook his head and told Yang not to talk about it, which would affect him reading.
Yang did not make any more noise. He had nothing to do with his hands. He was bored and did not dare to run around. So he went into the inner room and lay down until dinner.
Song Wei was worried that Wen Wan would walk the stairs and didn't go down to eat dinner. He asked the inn servant to deliver it to Xie Zheng and the others. It was quite rich, with fish and meat.
Xie Zheng was sorry and insisted on giving him money.
Song Wei knew this man well and did not refuse, but he did not directly charge the money. "Didn't you still owe me some money? If you want to pay it back, you will pay it back together in the future."
Xie Zheng heard that Song Wei didn't want to take the money and smiled, "I have to pay more interest if I count it. My husband, your plan is too loud, right?"
Song Wei smiled but said nothing.
After dinner, the two were about to gather together to study the research. Wen Wan suddenly came out of the inner room with an uneasy expression. Seeing that Xie Zheng was not leaving, she glanced at Song Wei, with a slight desire to speak but stopped.
Xie Zheng smiled and greeted her, calling him cousin's wife.
Wen Wan smiled back, but the smile didn't last long and soon turned into uneasiness.
Song Wei guessed that her premonition this time was probably not simple, so he just found an excuse to send Xie Zheng out.
Wen Wan sat down and started writing with Song Wei's not yet closed.
It roughly means that the inn will burn in the second half of the night tonight. As the provincial examination is approaching, the guests are already full by the evening, and more than 90% of the guests are students. After the inn caught fire, half of the students were burned to death. Most of the escaped people were injured, and Song Wei was one of them.
After hearing this, Song Wei was silent.
Since he knew in advance that such a big disaster would happen, he could not take Xie Zheng and his wife out alone and watch others die inside.
But if I tell the students now, the inn will get a fever tonight and ask them to check out and leave, not only will no one believe him, but he will think that he has bad intentions.
"Can Wan Wan see what caused the fire?" Song Wei asked.
Since human nature cannot be solved, then solve the source of the disaster. As long as the cause can be found and avoided in advance, the disaster will not happen.
Wen Wan shook her head and said that she only saw a terrifying fire. Among the fire were the students' painful wailings and cry for help. No one could save her, so she could only watch.
Song Wei was silent again.
If the cause of the fire cannot be found, they must evacuate the inn before dark, so what should everyone else do?
Chapter completed!