The rest of the journey went much smoother, and they never encountered such a situation again.

Xiao Qiu had been vigilant for several days. Seeing that it was indeed a smooth journey, he would run into the forest from time to time and catch a few game animals to eat.

The capital was not a small town like theirs. Walking along the road, you could see the gorgeous carriages coming and going, and the people were all wearing silk and satin. Even the coolies were wearing clothes of beautiful colors.

Mother Deng was a little nervous. She originally brought her best clothes, thinking that in the capital, she would be considered average and would not be embarrassed.

But… looking at the fine cotton on her body, although the color was acceptable, the style was really ugly.

Mother Deng was a little embarrassed and walked a little timidly. Wen Xiuer was the same, and the others were either big-hearted or indifferent.

“Let’s go find a yard to live first. There is still two before the exam,” Liao Tingyu said.

He observed the people around him. Many students came from all over to take exams.

People hadn’t gathered yet, and they had arrived quite early, so it was better to book a house as soon as possible. If they were late, there wouldn’t be a place to sleep.

Liao Ming also had this plan, and he didn’t ask for much! As long as there was room for a family, it would be good, preferably closer to the examination venue.

But even so, it was difficult to find even a slightly better yard, and Mother Deng wanted the price to be reasonable.

They were unfamiliar with the place and asked questions all the way, their legs almost lost consciousness as they ran, but they couldn’t find anything that suited their liking.

“How about we make do with it, just buy something expensive?” Liao Ming suggested.

“Old man, do you know how to settle the accounts? You live in a small shabby courtyard for just one month, and he actually charges ten taels, not one tael, but ten taels. How can you charge like this? What do you think of that courtyard? It’s okay to have a blue brick house, or close to your examination room, but a shabby thatched house, remote and far away, but so expensive, who would do it! Let’s take a look around and see if there is anything reasonable,” Mother Deng mentioned, feeling a pain in her heart.

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Along the way, she originally thought that Liao Tingyu was good with money, but after seeing how generous he was, she now found her eldest son very pleasing to her eyes.

But no matter how prodigal you were, you shouldn’t be treated like a fool!

“In my opinion, we might as well buy a house in Beijing. We are not short of money anyway,” Huang Zilan suggested, feeling that finding a better yard in the capital was challenging due to exorbitant prices.

After all, this capital city, everything was completely asking for high prices.

Instead of renting, it would be better to buy a house and live in your own home, which was better than anything else.

“I’m afraid it’s not good to buy a house now. It’s so expensive to rent a house, let alone buy it!” Liao Ming was a little worried.

“When I asked about renting a house, I saw that the house price was similar to that of a shop in Fucheng. People nowadays want to rent a house cheaply, and no one is interested in buying one. Moreover, the price of rental is high, but there are not many people buying a house. So, the housing prices actually don’t fluctuate much, it’s better if we bought it and waited until the exam was over, then sold it,” Huang Zilan said.

Madam Deng stared at her youngest daughter-in-law with wide eyes. Sure enough, different lifestyles determined different ways of doing things.

There was nothing wrong with Huang Zilan’s statement, and it was a very good suggestion.

Several people sat together in the bullock cart and counted their money: “The total money we have is still more than 1,000 taels. We didn’t spend too much money along the way.”

Mother Deng looked at their money and said with full of confidence: “How about we buy one here. Buy a small one. It’s still cost-effective no matter how you calculate it. It will take several months to rent it, and it will cost dozens of taels of silver.”

The more Mother Deng thought about it, the more it seemed like a good deal, and she returned to the rental place with great mood.

“Hey, are there any houses for sale here? We want to buy a house.” Mother Deng said arrogantly.

Because they were buying a house, it was relatively easy to find a house. A few people spent more than 200 taels to buy a small yard.

The price was actually quite expensive. It was not as big as the yard where they bought it and it was a small yard. This rental one was a few small shabby houses that could barely accommodate people.

Mother Deng looked at the house in front of her and saw straw flying down from time to time, secretly saying that it was a loss.

Liao Ming shook the foundation pillar and found that it was still very solid. He only needed to take care of the roof above.

Although she was angry with the house, Mother Deng did not dare to make a blatant noise. After all, this was what she wanted to buy.

Liao Tingyu asked her to buy something more expensive, but she was greedy for cheap.

Good products were not cheap, and cheap products were not good.

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Time passed day by day, and Liao Tingyu had reached the most critical moment of the exam.

Now he basically gathered with his fellow villagers or stayed at home to study.

Because she has her own house, Mother Deng went out every day to buy some good things for Liao Tingyu to supplement.

On the day of the exam, the family arrived at the exam room together. Mother Deng didn’t say anything but looked at him with concern.

Liao Ming handed him the things and said: “Son, take the exam well and don’t be nervous. Your father and mother are waiting for your good news.”

Liao Tingyu looked at the concerned eyes of his family and said, “Don’t worry, I will do my best. Go back!”

Entering the examination for seven days, without seeing each other, Huang Zilan had to look outside the examination room every day, feeling anxious about his husband.

Something happened on the third day. He was playing with Mi Gao just now, and the next second, he fainted in my yard.

Mi Gao was so frightened that he cried loudly. Wen Xiuer ran out immediately after hearing the sound, “Son, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?”

Then she saw Huang Zilan fainted on the ground.

Mi Gao pointed at her uncle’s wife with her short finger, unable to say a complete sentence, “Little…Aunt…”

Wen Xiuer hurried over, almost crying, “Oh my God, what’s going on, my God!”@@novelbin@@

“Oh, what’s going on? Why did you faint suddenly?” When Mother Deng came out and saw this scene, she immediately helped Huang Zilan back into the house. She quickly called to Wen Xiuer beside her.

“Stop crying, daughter-in-law, hurry up and find a doctor to check on him. Don’t let anything happen.”

Wen Xiuer looked at Huang Zilan’s pale face, nodded quickly, and staggered to call Liao Shi over: “Hurry up, find a doctor quickly. Zilan has fainted. I’ll go to the kitchen to get some sugar water.”

The doctor came over and drove the family outside. Everyone was worried about the situation, so they simply sat down outside the house, looking sad.

Mother Deng sighed dejectedly: “What on earth is going on? How could such a good person be like this? What will happen when our son comes back? this shuanger never got sick before but he got sick at this time. Alas! Why am I so unlucky!”

“What unlucky? You talk nonsense, this is a pampered person. We had good food and drink along the way, but he actually fainted now. What the hell is this? People in this town are so squeamish.” Liao Ming looked at the room and felt very irritable.

“It’s been several months, and I haven’t seen him get pregnant. If Tingyu didn’t like him so much and I would have…” Mother Deng stopped mid-sentence.

The doctor came out of the room, and Liao Ming hurried forward and asked: “Doctor, what’s going on? What’s wrong with my daughter-in-law? Why did he faint?”

“Congratulations, your family is about to have a baby again,” the doctor said beamingly, “Your accent sounds like you’re not from here. He’s in good health, but he’s been stressed out recently, so he fainted. Give him a good supplement and he’ll be fine. I’ll give you a prescription for replenishing gas and miscarriage. Yes, just drink it twice a day, and you’ll be fine.”

“Doctor, you mean he’s pregnant.” Mother Deng slapped her on the leg, “That’s good, but it doesn’t look like he’s pregnant, and I didn’t see him vomiting or anything like that.”

“Everyone’s reaction to pregnancy is different, and he didn’t realize he was pregnant, so he was no different than before. But now the child is three months old.”

Mother Deng calculated the time and realized that her son was a great person.

“Then what should he avoid? This child is pampered and not as tough as those of us who dig in the ground.” Mother Deng asked after thinking for a while.

“It’s okay for him to just drink a few doses of medicine. It’s best to relax his mood,” the doctor said.

After receiving the good news, the family happily sent the doctor out.

Mother Deng said happily: “I just talked about having a baby, and he got pregnant. This house was bought right. Son, you follow the doctor to pick up the medicine first. Pick up a few more pairs. Old man… forget it, just keep an eye on your eldest grandson. I’ll go out and buy an old hen and come back and give him a makeup food.”

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Liao Tingyu, who was far away in the examination room, didn’t know everything about his family.

He was concentrating on doing the questions. It was hot summer, and the small thatched house was like a steam oven.

Sweat flowed down like rain. Liao Tingyu took a sip of cold water, wiped the sweat from his face, and looked at the sun in the sky, which was so hot.

He should be lucky that it didn’t rain. It would be raining heavily outside the shed and light rain inside.

In the past few days, he would silently recite the Heart-Cleaning Mantra after finishing his work to keep himself calm.

But he didn’t know what he was feeling today, he was excited for no reason.

“What’s wrong today? Why can’t my heart calm down?” Liao Tingyu said.

“Sir, please give me another pot of water.” Liao Tingyu stopped the servant and handed over the money.

This was the second time today that he had called for water.

“Okay, but sir, you still have to drink less. You have to take the next exam soon.” The guard kindly reminded me.

Liao Tingyu nodded, “Thank you for reminding me!”

The water the servant poured was hot water, and Liao Tingyu poured part of the water into the bowl.

The remaining water from yesterday was placed where the sun shines.

Now that it was hot, Liao Tingyu carefully poured the hot water into the palm of his hand and applied it to his face and body. It was indeed much cooler.

This ancient examination was really painful. There were trees in the place where scholars were originally tested, but now it was all gone.

There were rows of examination rooms here, and no one was shaded.