Mrs. Ding sneered: "Ju Ren Yan wants to work in the yamen, so he doesn't want to continue the imperial examinations? I remember you said he wanted to pass the imperial examinations."

Juren of the Great Wei Dynasty could also seek a job in the yamen, but once he had a public office, he could not continue the imperial examination, and his fame and fortune would be limited to Juren.

Compared with Jinshi and Jinshi, they are like concubines and priests, not to mention Juren. Therefore, anyone who wants to make progress in his career wants to take the Jinshi further.

When Lord Ding was still a county magistrate, he thought about recommending Yan Zhaoshi as the county magistrate, but Yan Zhaoshi declined on the grounds that he wanted to continue the imperial examination.

Now Yan Zhaoshi wants to be the county magistrate again, so he asks him to come to Lord Ding again. Unfortunately, Lord Ding is too busy to take care of himself and is powerless.

Lord Ding sighed: "Jun Yan's clothes are worn and thin. He said that his mother and brothers are still in Pingcheng. In my opinion, the Yan family is ruined. Otherwise, why would Li divorce him and climb up a high branch?"

Mrs. Ding snorted coldly: "Did Li despise the poor and love the rich and live together? I remember that Li opened a restaurant in the capital, but the Yan family came from the countryside. Maybe it was because Li and he lived together that Yan Juren would be poor."

Mrs. Ding thought of the beads on Li Qiniang's head and her clothes that looked plain but actually luxurious, and she felt even more sad. She was also women. Li went to the lantern festival with her bright and beautiful wife, but she wanted to take a maid to be disliked.

But Lord Ding did not let her go and said, "Since you have a conversation with Li, I will go to Li Shiji tomorrow. Come and go two or three times. Even if our two families are moving, you and Li are used to be old acquaintances, but now they are both in the capital. Li is a merchant and I don't think they know the officials. If you are willing to interact with her, she will not be able to ask for it."

Mrs. Ding spat in her heart, "Who do you think you are? A royal relative or a first-rank official?" She still wants to ask for it. I'm spoiling, what can Li ask for you? I beg you to see you sell your daughter, and sell one after another?"

The more Mrs. Ding thought about it, the more angry she became. Lord Ding returned to Tong's house to spend the night, but Mrs. Ding was so angry that she didn't sleep all night.

Li Qiniang naturally didn't know that she would cause a huge uproar in the Ding family today.

After the Spring Festival, she arranged for her return to Pingcheng in great detail. In addition, there were also Xiaoman and Zhou Xiaobai's admission.

The academy starts on the third day of the second month. Xiaoman and Zhou Xiaobai cannot go to Pingcheng with them. This is the first time Li Qiniang wants to be separated from Xiaoman for so long. Although Cai Bo and Xia Erjie, Zhou Wanqian is also staying in the capital, and Xiaoman and Zhou Xiaobai will not be hungry and thirsty, Li Qiniang is still worried.

Xiaoman was very calm, and he comforted Li Qiniang: "Don't worry, mom, after you and my sister leave Beijing, I will move to the Duke's Mansion."

Li Qiniang was surprised: "You went to the Duke's Mansion? What did the Duke tell you?"

Xiaoman said: "The Duke of the Kingdom and Brother Yan both invited me to the house. Dabai wanted to go to Brother Yan's house, but I wanted to go to the Duke of the Kingdom. Brother Yan's house had too many fun things, which would make people lose their ambitions and affect their studies."

Li Qiniang felt that her son was really amazing. She was worried that she would lose her ambition at a young age. This was a perfect candidate for the top scorer.

"But the Duke of the State is busy with business, so I'm afraid I don't have time to take care of you."

The academy can be boarded, but it is limited to older students, such as Xiaoman and Zhou Xiaobai, who can only go to school and the academy is not responsible for taking care of the children.

Xiaoman obviously had already made arrangements. He took out a few pieces of paper from his schoolbag and explained to Li Qiniang word by word: "The Duke of the State is only two days a month, one hour earlier than me, and can go out with me at the same time at other times. There is a chef in the Duke of the State, so breakfast can be eaten in the mansion or taken on the road;

There is lunch in the academy, so you don’t have to worry about this. In the afternoon, Dazhuang picked me up from school. Dabai and I could go to Qianweiju to cushion my stomach, and then go back to the Duke’s Mansion. There was a Mr. Liu in the Duke’s Mansion. Brother Fusheng was also studying with him. I asked Brother Fusheng to ask on my behalf. Mr. Liu promised to tutor Dabai and me for my homework.

We can have dinner at the Duke's Mansion or bring it back from Qianweiju. I asked Wanqian's cousin, and she said we could keep accounts and give a 20% discount for the sake of relatives.

We can wash clothes, shoes and socks by ourselves, or ask the mother of the Duke's Mansion to help wash them. I have prepared twenty seals of red, ten five cents of silver, and ten two cents of silver. At that time, we can use them as rewards to the maids and mothers in the Duke's Mansion. These seals of red are from my own New Year's money, so my mother doesn't have to give them.

I have calculated the life. It will take at least three months for you and my sister to go to Pingcheng. During these three months, Dabai and I, each of us, had six taels of silver, three taels of pocket money, and one tael of spare for emergencies, so that each person would have ten taels of silver. My cousin said that if it was not enough, you could ask her for interest, but she would ask for interest. When Brother Yan came over, I asked him, if he didn't want interest, we would borrow it temporarily from him."

Li Qiniang looked at the dense pages of paper and listened to her son's precise arrangements, and she was so amused that she didn't know what to say.

This is too difficult for children.

"No need to borrow. I will leave twenty taels for each of you. I will also leave money for my uncle Cai. If you ask me to buy expensive books in the academy and you don't have enough money, I will ask my uncle Cai to get money. The money is given by my mother and there is no interest."

Li Qiniang hugged Xiaoman and kissed him on his little forehead. The baby son was so cute.

Xiaoman was embarrassed to be kissed. He was already a man and could not kiss him anymore.

The matter was settled like this. Qi Wei would take Xiaoman and Zhou Xiaobai to the Duke's Mansion for a temporary stay. Zhou Hong originally wanted Mr. Lu to take care of these two children, but Xiaoman was unwilling. He was not familiar with Mr. Lu, and even Zhou Xiaobai would not agree. He actually wanted to go to the Seventh Prince's Mansion and Chai Yan's treasures. He had not had enough fun, but Xiaoman insisted on going to the Duke's Mansion, so Zhou Xiaobai had no choice but to agree.

Anyway, Chai Hao is here, they can still go to the Seventh Prince's Mansion if they want to go to.

In a blink of an eye, a few days later, with the betrothal gift from the Duke's Mansion, it caused another heated discussion in the capital. The reason was that Qi Wei gave him a full 72-carried betrothal gift!

After the appointment was issued, the date of invitation was to be invited, and the wedding date was set at the end of June. In other words, Li Qiniang and her daughter came back from Pingcheng and would be married in more than a month.
Chapter completed!