Domineering husband

Chapter 100 Arriving in the capital on the way

After Zhou Mingsheng was abolished, Li Qiao no longer had any major concerns.

But there is another Gao Zhiyuan.

Although Tao Zhu kept saying that the reason why Gao Zhiyuan went to Tao's house to propose marriage was just to find someone to work for, but his intuition told him that Gao Zhiyuan definitely had ulterior motives in following Tao Zhu.

However, he and Tao Zhu were inseparable, and even at night Tao Zhu had to get into his arms, as long as he didn't hold Tao Zhu, Tao Zhu would wake up easily.

In this case, he couldn't put Gao Zhiyuan's sack on.

It's even more unacceptable to open the door openly.

Zhou Mingsheng almost forced Li Chuntao to death, and he had a legitimate reason to come to find fault.

But Gao Zhiyuan only went to the Tao family to propose a marriage. If he went to the Gao family to bully others because of this matter, his image in the hearts of everyone would definitely become a bully.

He's not that stupid for ruining his reputation for a Gao Zhiyuan.

But it was like a thorn in his body, and he wanted to pull it out.

Or just kill Gao Zhiyuan directly.

This thought came out of his mind, but unfortunately, he didn't have a chance because it was time to set off.

When traveling in winter, we must consider the snow situation, so we will start at the end of September.

He could only accept his thoughts.

Forget it, with Gao Zhiyuan's ability, nothing major will happen.

Now the Li family is fine.

Li Chuntao and Li Dazhong, who used to have a bad day, now have a sweet life. The life of the other Li family members is also very good.

Sanliu Village is also very good.

In addition to the sweet potato workshop, bacon can also be made, and the corn in the village is also supplied to Wangyuelou. In addition, chickens and ducks are raised and sold to the duck workshop on weekdays, so everyone's income is very stable.

As the days get richer, everyone has higher pursuits. When the private school was first established, many people signed up just to join in the fun.

But now that Liqiao Zhuang Wendu has won the Juren, the enthusiasm for learning in Sanliu Village has suddenly increased.

Zhongju is good, and the officials in the county government and county school are called brothers and sisters, and landlords big and small from other towns have also come to congratulate.

All of a sudden, the class is crossed. Who wouldn't want to have this kind of scenery?

The current private school Master Huang used to be Li Qiao's private teacher, and Li Qiao didn't keep his secrets, and openly announced various learning tips.

In this atmosphere, who doesn't hope that their children can also fly across the class.

Reading is really useful, you must read!

The villagers are willing to let their children study, and Li Qiao is very satisfied. Reading is indeed useful, even if they don't pass the imperial examination, it is also very useful in daily life.

Now Sanliu Village is no longer the small mountain village with few foreigners all year round. Sanliu Village has developed so fast that the knowledge and vision of the villagers have to keep up.

Pingcheng is also developing very well.

The arrival of a large number of foreign traders made all walks of life in Pingcheng much more lively.

However, after the new year, the three-year tenure of Jiang Zhi County will expire, and he has already started to receive the salary of a fifth-rank official. It is a certainty that he will leave Pingcheng next year.

Next year, Pingcheng should be replaced by Xinxian County.

But the Holy One once wrote a small composition for vermicelli, praising Pingcheng for jumping out of the vicious cycle of cheap grain hurting farmers and expensive rice, and hurting the people. Pingcheng has been rich for a few years, and the Holy One will definitely not send a corrupt official to bully the people.

Therefore, Li Qiao was not worried about the future of Pingcheng.

Everything is fine, at the end of September, Liqiao Taozhu got into the bullock cart, and with the tears of relatives in the village, Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue followed the caravan of the Han family and set foot on the road to the capital. .

Li Qiao and Tao Zhu lead Li Ershan and Li Xia.

Li Xiaorui is too young to be separated from Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian. For the rest of the Li family, those who are adults are the pillars of the family, and those who are not adults are too young, so it seems that Li Ershan and Li Xia are suitable, not Big or small, not married, just right.

There were a lot of people traveling together, and after arriving in the capital, several families lived together, and they would act together if something happened, and Tao Zhu had someone to accompany him, so Li Qiao didn't bring many people with him.

The Zhuang family was the same as when they went to the capital. Zhuang Wen brought three people from Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun Manor.

Xu Ying took Shen Hua with her.

That day when Shen Hua rejected Xu Ying's marriage proposal, Xu Ying was anxious and sad. Before he went to Shen's house, he never thought that Shen Hua would reject him, but the pain in his heart was real. He wanted to marry Shen I want to draw very much.

This time when he went to the capital, Shen Hua was not with him, he was actually not used to it, so after returning, he thought about going to the Shen family to propose marriage.

Now that Shen Hua rejected him, he felt uncomfortable and blamed himself.

But it was impossible to leave, because he was sorry for Shen Hua, so after calming down, he promised Shen Hua that he would live in Shen's house and not return to Xu's house after getting married.

But it's not a marriage.

The care and support that the Xu family has given him these years is not fake. He can't let go of his family, but he really wants to marry Shen Hua. In order to prevent Shen Hua from being wronged, he has a marriage. proposal.

Of course, there was another situation. If he had won the Jinshi this time and had an official position, then he and Shen Hua didn't have to go back to Xu's house no matter whether they stayed in the capital or were released.

In short, he will not let Shen Hua be wronged.

The Xu family's act of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge made the entire Shen family very angry.

But Xu Ying is a good child, and Shen Hua is indeed not young, so Shen Xuezheng and Mrs. Shen will not stop doing two things, so that Xu Yingli will not let Shen Hua be wronged in this life, and will not let the Xu family embarrass Shen Hua. After that, they hastily married Xu Ying and Shen Hua at the Shen family.

Shen Xuezheng and Mrs. Shen watched Xu Ying grow up, especially in recent years, Xu Ying has been living in Shen's house, they understand Xu Ying's temperament.

Now that the Xu family forced Xu Ying not to go back to the Xu family, then Xu Ying could just live in the Shen family, and they would treat it as having an extra son, and Shen Hua didn't have to leave home.

As for whether it will provoke ridicule from outsiders, Shen Xuezheng and Mrs. Shen are too lazy to think about it.

Even if the world laughed, it was laughing at the Xu family.

They had an extra son, and Brother Hua was living a happy life. Outsiders could laugh at them if they wanted to, it wouldn't affect their lives.

Since Xu Ying and Shen Hua are married and they are newlyweds, when Xu Ying goes to Beijing to take part in the examination, Shen Hua will naturally go with him.

Besides Shen Hua, the Xu family was also there.

Xu Ying's uncle and elder brother followed Xu Ying to Beijing this time, ten people in total, more than when they went to the capital.

The Xu family and Shen Hua did not like each other, but in front of many outsiders, the two sides just ignored each other and did not argue in public.

Meng Yue didn't want to take the exam at first, his foundation was really too weak, he felt that it was pure luck that he was admitted to Juren this time.

However, Li Qiao, Xu Ying, and Zhuang Wen were all going to take the test, so he changed his mind.

He had to go, he didn't want to be left alone.

After winning the exam, many people went to Meng's house to give gifts, and his relatives were a hundred times more enthusiastic than before. Countless people wanted to sponsor him to go to Beijing to participate in the examination.

But he refused everyone's gift.

This year his sweet potatoes sold for a lot of money, so he bought an ox cart, borrowed money from Xu Ying, and then took his elder brother and younger brother to Beijing for the exam.

He used to live in Xu's family when he went to Fucheng for the exam, and also lived in Xu's family when he went to the capital. Although he also paid for the fare and food, his little money couldn't pay for the treatment that Xu's family provided him.

This time he wanted to bring his elder brother and younger brother with him. He was embarrassed to rub the Xu family's car, so he bought an ox cart and borrowed money, planning to live alone after entering Beijing.

He was admitted to Juren, Xu Ying helped him a lot, and he had already said countless words of thanks, but at this moment, he was unable to repay this friendship, so he could only keep it in his heart and repay him when he had the opportunity.

The Han family already had few hands, and this time there were four more children from Li Qiao, so the Han family only transported fifty carriages of vermicelli, so as to free up manpower to take care of Li Qiao and others, and also reduce the burden by the way. hurry up.

Han Ning's thinking is very simple, if Li Qiao wants to go slowly, the caravan will follow slowly, but if Li Qiao needs to enter Beijing quickly, then the caravan must have the ability to enter Beijing quickly. Therefore, this time, less vermicelli will be transported to ensure that the team can meet the different needs of Li Qiao.

There were more than one hundred vehicles in the convoy. These vehicles lined up on the official road from Pingcheng to Fucheng, and went to Fucheng against the cold wind at the end of September.

After arriving in Fucheng, the four of Li Qiaozhuang, Wen Mengyue and Xu Ying first went to the government office to stamp the official documents. After finishing their business, they visited Mingzhi's mansion.

They continued on their way without staying in Fucheng.

After leaving Fucheng, there was a bumpy dirt road, and the speed of the convoy slowed down.

This time I did not take the official road to the capital, but the bumps still felt, and it was impossible to read books when the ox cart drove on this road.

Li Qiao didn't want to become short-sighted, but the exam was coming soon, so he could only read books by stitches. When eating, staying in hotels, when the roads were not so bumpy, in short, he used all available time.

Li Qiao's hard work can easily infect other people. Meng Yue and Xu Ying learned from him, and they also read books from time to time. The two of them are young and can hold on.

But Zhuang Wen can't.

Sitting on the car shaking all day, at night his body seemed to be falling apart, and he was so tired that he just wanted to sleep.

When it comes to reading, he is really powerless.

He was very glad that he came with him this time. If he took the exam three years later, his condition would only be worse.

After leaving the Hexi Mansion, the convoy entered the boundary of the Hedong Mansion, crossed the Hedong Mansion and left Yuanhe Province.

Traveling in ancient times can't be compared with Li Qiao's previous life. Even if you take the official road, you can't see a village for half a day.

If the Han family's own convoy was on their way, they usually ate dry food and made do with what they could, but now that there were four candidates like Li Qiao, the convoy had to light a fire to cook every day.

At noon that day, the convoy left the official road and stopped to rest by a small river.

Time to make lunch.

Tao Zhu took the iron stove off the bullock cart, Li Ershan carried the iron pot with kitchen knives, oil, salt and other seasonings, Li Xia carried the small table and chopping board, and the three went to the river.

Li Qiao wanted to read, and the three of them made lunch.

Although it was in the wild, Tao Zhu didn't want to make do with it, so he brought a complete set of pots and pans, rice noodles, dried vegetables, and seasonings.

The Zhuang family, the Xu family, and the Meng family also started cooking.

The Zhuang family and the Meng family cook for themselves, while the Xu family and Shen Hua have servants, so they don't have to do it themselves.

Xu Ying was also reading, and Shen Hua and Xu's family hated each other, so they brought their maid Xiaoqiu to look for Tao Zhu.

"Brother Zhu, what are you going to do for dinner?" Before reaching Tao Zhu's side, Shen Hua asked.

"Make stewed noodles."

Tao Zhu was scooping flour into the clay pot, and said without raising his head.

Li Qiao was afraid of his hard work, so he always said that he could make a big pot of stew, but he didn't want to save trouble, Li Qiao was on the road and studying, he wanted Li Qiao to eat better.

In order to have fresh vegetables to eat, he made bean sprouts out of soybeans, and when he passed by a town yesterday, he also bought pork. There were meat and vegetables, and he could eat stewed noodles.

"Wow, I want to eat it too. Let's eat together later. Aunt Zhang steamed rice, and the side dish is fried bacon with cabbage."

Aunt Zhang is the cook of his family, so he brought it specially.

"Okay." Tao Zhu nodded with a smile.

Shen's bacon is made by people from Sanliu Village, it tastes good, he and Li Qiao both love it.

He also brought bacon, but the bacon had to be cooked before eating. He was making braised noodles, so he couldn't move his hands.

In fact, he brought two pots, but Li Qiao had a big appetite, and Li Ershan had a large appetite, so both pots had to be used to steam stewed noodles, not bacon.

It's just right to eat with Shen Hua right now, Li Qiao can also eat bacon in addition to stewed noodles.

"Xiaoqiu, go and tell Aunt Zhang to do more." Shen Hua explained to Xiaoqiu.

When Xiaoqiu left, he walked to Tao Zhu, intending to help Tao Zhu.

During his more than two years of depression, he actually thought a lot.

After much deliberation, he felt that what Zheng Qianqian said was right. He needed to do something. This was not necessarily for Xu Ying. He wanted to find something for himself.

On the one hand, it is to pass the time, lest one's heart be on Xu Ying all day long.

On the other hand, he really wanted to learn something.

Brother You has learned how to manage farms, shops, and grow crops since he was a child, but he has been wandering around Xu Ying since he was a snack and playful, a real waste.

He doesn't want to be trash anymore, he wants to change.

So, he learned cooking skills, needlework, and how to manage the shop and Zhuangzi.

However, his cooking skills are mediocre, not comparable to Tao Zhu, so he can only be a helper.

"You just need to rest, there are Ershan and Brother Xia." Tao Zhu shook his head.

"I have nothing to do anyway."

Shen Hua rolled up his sleeves.

Seeing that Li Xia was going to wash the bean sprouts and pork, she also wanted to wash them.

Seeing this, Tao Zhu didn't stop him, and when he came back with Li Xia, both of their little hands were covered with ice by the river.

"Go to the fire." Tao Zhu said while kneading the noodles.

Li Ershan had already started the stove, and was going to boil a clay pot of hot water to make tea.

Shen Hua responded, and squatted in front of the stove, ready to help light the fire.

Li Xia is going to cut pork, his cooking skills are not as good as Tao Zhu's, he is only responsible for these chores.

Shen Hua was holding a fire stick to scribble on the ground, but her eyes were on her own carriage.

Xu Ying was riding in his family's carriage, not in the Xu family's carriage. At this time, the Xu family was standing in front of his family's carriage and talking to Xu Ying.

He couldn't help but pursed his mouth, and his face was full of dissatisfaction.

The Xu family is so hateful, do you have to choose when his cousin is studying to talk? I don't know if his cousin is busy with business!

"As long as Xu Ying's heart is on you, it's fine. I think Xu Ying is quite assertive, so don't worry."

Tao Zhu followed Shen Hua's gaze, and couldn't help but comfort him.

Hearing this, Shen Hua retracted her gaze, pouted her lips and snorted: "Whatever he wants, even if he wants to listen to the Xu family, that's okay, at worst, I'll learn from Brother You." "You can't think like this, feelings are managed

. How is Xu Ying treating you now?" Tao Zhu asked.

Anyway, based on what Tao Zhu saw, Xu Ying treated Shen Hua much more than before.

In the past, Shen Hua revolved around Xu Ying, and Shen Hua shared everything with Xu Ying about what to eat and play.

Xu Ying would also respond, and would not be perfunctory, but at that time Xu Ying only regarded Shen Hua as a cousin, close or not.

But this time when he went to the capital, it was Xu Ying who revolved around Shen Hua.

In the past, when Shen Hua got out of the carriage, he just jumped down, but now Xu Ying put a stool under the carriage, and he took Shen Hua's hand and let Shen Hua step down on the stool.

Moreover, Xu Ying always held Shen Hua's hand wherever he went.

When eating, he also took the initiative to pick up vegetables and soup for Shen Hua, you must know that it was the other way around in the past. Shen Hua curled her lips: " It's okay for

him to treat me." " Since it's okay, let's take care of it. The two of you are already married." "I'm not reconciled." Shen Hua pursed her mouth again. He rejected Xu Ying at the time because he was really afraid of getting married, but Xu Ying made such a good promise and was willing to make written evidence. Of course, the more important thing was that he himself was not reconciled. He has liked Xu Ying for so many years, now that Xu Ying has finally proposed marriage, if he really refuses, then he will definitely have regrets in his life. He wanted to try marrying Xu Ying. "I married him to avoid any regrets. If he treats me badly in the future, then I will make peace with him. I don't have to hang on his tree. Brother You is my role model!" Tao Zhu: " ..." After a moment of silence, he boasted, "Your attitude is very good. It was indeed Xu Ying who was wrong in the past. You should let him go." " However, even if you are ready to make peace, you must manage it well." .Emotions are created."



















"Okay, Brother Zhu, don't worry, you and Brother You are both my role models!"

Shen Hua said with a smile.

Brother Zhu and Brother You are both oiled with honey, which makes him very envious. If he and Xu Ying can become like this, how can he get along with each other.

He just reminded himself all the time that he had to leave a way out, and he couldn't put all his mind on men.

Soon, lunch will be ready.

Xu Ying and Shen Hua came over with meals, and the two families had lunch together.

Being in the wild is not as good as at home. It is winter now, and the food is easy to cool when the wind blows over, so they made a quick decision and finished the meal very quickly.

The Zhuang family and the Meng family also fought quickly. As for the Han family's convoy, they were simpler, just eating steamed buns and pancakes with hot water.

After lunch, Li Qiao went back to the carriage to read, while Tao Zhu, Li Ershan and Li Xia were in charge of cleaning the pots and dishes.

The convoy quickly moved again.

The road was bumpy and unable to read, so Li Qiao got out of the carriage and drove with Tao Zhu.

He wrapped him and Tao Zhu with a big cloak, which was sewn by Tao Zhu before departure, and the hat was also very big, which could wrap them tightly and only show one face.

Li Qiao was very willing to drive like this, either he leaned against the carriage and let Tao Zhu sit in his arms, or the two sat side by side, he hugged Tao Zhu or leaned on Tao Zhu.

Anyway, the official road is narrow, and it is rare for two cars to run side by side. In addition, there are not many pedestrians on the road this season, so Li Qiao is very bold.

Besides, even if you do meet someone, you only need someone to cover your face and hide in a cloak.

Just like now, he was sitting side by side with Tao Zhu, he grabbed Tao Zhu's cold hand with his big hand and rubbed it a few times, then took out the good suet paste and carefully applied it to Tao Zhu's hand, after applying it, he just Interlocking with Tao Zhu's fingers, the whole body was tilted on Tao Zhu's body.

He stayed at the inn last night. He didn't sleep and read all night. Although he got a good night's sleep in the morning, he was still a little sleepy after eating.

"You sleep for a while." Tao Zhu straightened his back so that he could lean more comfortably.

"Then you lean against the carriage, it will be more comfortable."

Li Qiao really wanted to catch up on sleep.

So Tao Zhu moved back a bit, leaning against the carriage, Li Qiao leaned on his shoulder, and fell asleep after a while.

Li Qiao was taller than him, and soon fell asleep a little uncomfortable. Out of instinct, Li Qiao fell into his arms.

He rolled his legs up and let Li Qiao rest on his thigh.

Li Qiao only woke up for a moment, and immediately adapted to this posture. His tall body was curled up into a ball, facing Tao Zhu's lower abdomen, wrapped in a thick cloak, and his breath was full of Tao Zhu's breath.

He soon slept soundly again.

When I woke up again, it was almost dark.

The drowsiness dissipated completely, he rested on Tao Zhu's leg, his body shook from time to time with the bumps of the ox cart, the sound of horse's hooves, the slight sound of the carriage and ox cart, and occasional human voices could be heard in his ears. After a while, he stretched out his hand Poked Tao Zhu's stomach.

"Are you awake?"

Tao Zhu immediately lifted a corner of the cloak.

The cold wind came in, and he couldn't help shrinking his neck. Seeing this, Tao Zhu immediately covered the cloak tightly again.

He couldn't help smiling.

This sleep was comfortable, and my drowsy brain was awake.

But his body was also very stiff.

While stretching out his legs from the cloak to move around, he stretched out his arms to wrap around Tao Zhu's neck.

Tao Zhu understood what he meant and lowered his head to kiss him.

He hugged Tao Zhu and fell into the carriage.

The carriage was covered with thick mattresses, it was dark, and wrapped in a cloak, he kissed Tao Zhu.

This kiss contained no desire, he just simply wanted to be intimate with Tao Zhu, when the kiss was over, the two hugged each other tightly, did not speak, but held hands tighter.

Leaving his familiar hometown and going to an unfamiliar capital, the journey was tiring and his future was uncertain, so he could only put in all his hard work.

In this case, Tao Zhu was there, and everything was worth it.

The bullock cart was swaying, and even if no one was watching, he followed the carriage in front of him obediently. This walk quickly left Yuanhe Province and entered Jibei Province.

It was November, and they had been gone for a month.

Because they had to light a fire and cook every day, the convoy moved slowly. According to this speed, it was already the twelfth lunar month when they reached the capital.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is snowing. The snow in this world is very heavy, and it is half a meter thick at every turn.

In this kind of snowy weather, you can't go on your way, so you can only stay in the inn.

When staying in the inn, Li Qiao even studied day and night. The closer he was to the capital, the more anxious he felt. His background was too weak, and he had no choice but to work hard.

Fortunately, he is a supernatural being with good physical strength, so he can bear this kind of hardship.

Apart from caring for him, Tao Zhu took care of his daily life.

Fortunately, there is not much snow this year. When the third snow fell, the convoy, which had been walking for two months, finally arrived in the capital.

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