【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

As the drought continued, the three farms outside the city could no longer afford to raise pigs, and they had to save their silkworms first.

Yun Xi asked the head of the village to arrange for people to slaughter all the pigs. The pork fat and pig pancreas were used to make soap. As for the pork, the Yun family sent two pigs, and each of the relatives, whether it was the daughters' in-laws or the daughters-in-law's families, sent one pig. The three villages each kept one pig to eat, and the rest were taken back and five pounds were distributed to the servants and guards at home.

In the end, there were still seventeen pigs left, and they kept two for themselves. Yun Xi called the three meat stall owners from Dongzhu. By now, the stalls had run out of meat. One family asked for five pigs and one-third of the offal to sell, and they were all sold out in less than a day. Especially the offal of dozens of pigs, no one was dissatisfied and they all scrambled to get it.

In the past, a pig could only be sold for six or seven taels of silver. Today, a pig sold for twenty taels, and including the offal, the total was one hundred and forty taels. The purchase price was one hundred taels, and that was after cleaning it up...

Wow, what a huge profit! These 40 taels can buy more than 30 dan of grain, which will definitely be enough to last until the autumn harvest and survive the disaster year.

Before we knew it, the days passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the disaster relief funds from the imperial court arrived. Each villager was given 200 copper coins and 5 dou of grain. They were also given spring seeds according to the amount of land they owned. Although it was not much, with the donations from the prefect and wealthy gentry, the people's resentment was reduced a lot.

After God sent the first rain after the drought, Prefect Cheng began to distribute money to the people under his jurisdiction. Yes, he distributed money. There was still a lot of silver left from the donations of the rich, so he might as well distribute it to the people. Therefore, each household in Nancheng and the people under his jurisdiction received another 500 coins.

The people are now rushing to start spring planting. It is only April now, so it should be in time.

The farm outside the city saved the silkworms, and with the silk, the Qi family was able to recover some of their losses. Qi Xian had no place to collect the extra silk even if he wanted to. In the years of disaster, people would starve to death, so who would still raise silkworms?

On the contrary, Yun Xi's Zhuyan Pavilion business was stable. After all, she had so much inventory, which was secretly stored in the system space. There was no such thing as expiration, so she made a lot of money.

By autumn, Yun Xi had a deposit of 60,000 taels. In a good mood, Yun Xi promised directly, "Tell the servants and guards at home to be more vigilant and work hard. If the third young master passes the imperial examination this year, every one of them will be rewarded with 3 taels of silver."

When Dong Zhu heard this, he immediately went to pass on the message and scolded those lazy people. If they dared not serve the third young master well, they would be beaten up.

As spring goes and autumn comes, the sweet fragrance of osmanthus fills the air. It is also the day when Qi Yu and the other two will take the imperial examination. Everyone is quite nervous. After all, they still have the impression that Qi Yu is a nerd, and they don't know if he has real ability.

After sending the three people into the examination hall, Qi Xian, who was bored, simply waited outside the examination hall with his son in his arms. There was not much silk this year, and even if he sold it sparingly, it would not be enough to cover next year's harvest. He was worried that if his third brother could pass the examination and become a juren, then he would be fine with the loss of the business.

The fat son in his arms was called Qi Cheng. He was almost one year old and was at the age when he was making trouble. His wife was pregnant again and had severe morning sickness, so he took his son away to avoid making trouble for his wife.

"Little Sanzi, bring some goat milk. The young master is hungry."

"Hey, Master, the goat's milk is warm."

"diaper."

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"Clean clothes."

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Qi Xian and his men waited until dark, then returned home and came back the next day. He came for three days in total. The Jieshi (the provincial examination in the Qing Dynasty) was finally over. He picked up his third brother, who looked like he was half dead, and carried him on his back on the carriage with great heartache, and rushed all the way to the inn.

In the inn, the servants were very active. They quickly brought the boiled hot water to the bathroom and helped the third young master take a bath. The kitchen sent over a white fungus, red dates and lotus seed soup at just the right temperature. The softest bedding was placed in the bedroom. Qi Yu drank the white fungus soup first, then took a bath, and finally fell asleep on the bed, waking up at noon the next day.

Qi Xian sat in Qi Yu's room and asked with concern, "How are you feeling? Your eighth brother-in-law was so scary yesterday, so I asked the doctor to see him first and then you. The doctor said you're in good health, so there's no need to worry."

Qi Yu closed his eyes and felt it for a while. "Except for being a little hungry, everything else is fine."

"That's good. Come and have dinner. Today we have your favorite bear paws, which I found specially for you." Qi Xian stood up and went out first to let his brother put on his clothes.

After lunch, Qi Xian hurriedly asked, "Third brother, how did you do on the exam?"

Qi Yu paused, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Brother, this may be a little risky. I'm trying to be nice, but I've finished answering all the questions."

"Stinky number?"

Qi Xian frowned.

"You're so unlucky. I was wondering why you're so ugly."

Qi Yu sniffed and felt like crying, "Yeah, brother, I may have disappointed you."

"It's okay, you are still young, try again later. Besides, you are already a scholar, I am proud of you." Qi Xian comforted himself, at least he got a scholar.

"it is good."

After waiting for several days, the government office finally announced the results. Although Qi Xian felt it was impossible, he still asked his servant to go and take a look.

The two of them were playing with the children in the inn, and Qi Yu was exchanging exam experiences with his two brothers-in-law.

After almost half an hour, two servants with the same hippie faces came running over.

"Third Young Master, you've won! The last one!"

"Young Master, you also made it, 50th place, and Master Chen is 10th."

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The inn fell silent. Qi Xian was the first to react. "Wow! He passed the exam, son! Your third uncle passed! That's great."

"Wow."

Qi Cheng kicked his short legs and smiled, revealing his two round teeth.

All three of them passed the imperial examination without any trouble, which was really a happy thing. Qi Xian took out three bags of silver from his luggage and gave one to each of the three juren masters, saying, "Use this to prepare for the official who will bring the good news later."

There was no time to refuse, the officials outside had already arrived...

After attending the Luming Banquet, everyone hurried home.

Yun Xijue felt his sons were about to return and ordered the servants, "Open the gate as wide as possible to welcome our juren master."

Dong Zhu: "Come with me and check if the house is clean."

Xiaodong: "Come with me to tell all the relatives the good news."

Xiaoxi: "The Third Young Master can now have his own page in the family tree."

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The Qi family was in high spirits, all dressed in new clothes and gathered in the front yard, asking the servant to check again and again to see if the scholar had returned. The capital was not far from the south city, just over half a day's journey.

The head of the Qi family and the elders had also arrived. They stood at the gate with Qi Zhang and scattered wedding money. The kids at the gate who were grabbing the wedding money cheered non-stop. There were so many copper coins.

Qi Xian and his group arrived in the evening and were respectfully invited home by their neighbors and family members. This was the honor that a scholar deserved.

From then on, Qi Yu was no longer an ordinary person, but a member of the privileged class. He was the first in the Qi family and had to be celebrated and written into the family tree and worshipped.

It is really the blessing of our ancestors!