The monsters were expelled in the mountains for midnight. Ouyang Ziyu did not avoid suspicion and lived with Ye Xingyuan in the ruined temple until dawn. Ye Xingyuan bent on the side and found out that Ouyang Ziyu had already determined that his family was Ye Xingyuan's creditor, and was afraid that he would run away.

The other party insisted on following him without making a fuss. Ye Xingyuan had no choice but to go with her. What's more, Ye Xingyuan couldn't stop her, and there was still a gap in his strength.

He continued on the road at dawn. When it was dark, it was less than thirty miles away from the city. Ye Xingyuan found a farmer to stay and planned to visit his sister's cousin of the Shilipu Lu family the next day.

Now he is studying in the palace, and he has his own food hall and a house, so he doesn't have to go to relatives and friends to rely on others. However, Ye Cuizhi advised him that when he arrives in the palace, he should visit relatives. If he wants to ask for help in anything, he has specially prepared some local products as gifts.

Although Ye Xingyuan was impatient with these low-level relationships, he was unwilling to ignore his sister's kindness. Anyway, he just followed the way and just took that opportunity.

However, it is always unreasonable to bring a strange woman to visit relatives, so she still has to explain it clearly to Miss Ouyang. Fortunately, although Ouyang Ziyu was stubborn, she was not completely unreasonable. Ye Xingyuan explained the words, so she agreed to wait outside on the roadside.

But Miss Ouyang was still thinking about her identity as a creditor. Ye Xingyuan smiled and said, "I am an open-minded person and straightforward person. What's the need to escape when I enter the city?

Ouyang Ziyu thought it made sense and felt relieved. The next day, Ye Xingyuan walked with her to the small woods outside Shilipu. Seeing a fork in the road turning towards a manor, he agreed that Ouyang Ziyu would wait here, wait for Ye Xingyuan to come out of the Lu family and then walk all the way to the city.

Ye Xingyuan asked a few locals and found out the location of the Lu family. He walked through an alley to a small courtyard next to a big willow tree. He saw that the gate of the courtyard was closed, and when he walked outside the door, he reached out and knocked on the door.

After knocking for a few times, a sharp and quick voice came from inside, "It's so urgent, it's like a star in the door. If it disturbs my young master's study, can you afford it?"

With a creaking sound, the courtyard door opened, and a healthy woman with a blue cloth towel wrapped in her head proudly stepped out of the door. She had a yellow mole the size of a bean on her face, and two black hairs fluttered on it, making her look even more and more fierce and mean.

Ye Xingyuan was stunned and thought to himself that this was the Lu family's cousin's aunt? But I heard from my sister that my cousin's aunt was from Fucheng. She was called a flower in the east of the city when she was young. She was delicate and weak. She never grew into such a burly appearance in more than ten years.

He did not call him randomly, so he quickly reported to his home, "Is this the home of Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu? Here is Ye Xingyuan, Qianshan Village, Guiyang County. His father is famous for his father, his mother, Li, and Mr. Lu are cousins..."

This cousin is actually not too far away. Ye Xingyuan's grandmother's surname is Lu, and his father is a sibling and brother. The Lu family originally lived in Donghui Village where Yu Xiucai was. Later, Lu Zhenfu went to the capital city to make a living and married a local woman. Then he moved to Shilipu to settle down.

The healthy woman looked at Ye Xingyuan up and down and muttered, "I didn't see so many poor relatives at first. After my young master was in high school, so many people came to my house. You wait, I'll report to my wife."

It turned out to be a servant, no wonder he was so rude. Ye Xingyuan didn't care about her, but he was a little surprised when he heard the word "high school". It turned out that the child of his cousin's family was also a scholar? Did he pass the scholar or a juren? This is a good relative, so he has to ask more clearly. He will be able to speak later when he meets his cousin's cousin and aunt later.

He quickly called the servant lady and asked, "Sister, do you think my cousin is in high school? I wonder what kind of fame is now?"

The healthy woman turned around and raised her head proudly, "My young master Nai Wenquxing came down to earth. He just won the ninth Tongsheng in the mansion a few days ago!"

Ye Xingyuan was ridiculous and ridiculous. The ninth place Tong Sheng was Wenquxing, so wouldn’t he be the head of the county be Ziwei Emperor? However, Tong Sheng’s test in the mansion was fierce. I don’t know whether this cousin or cousin performed well. The family felt sorry for him and cherished him more, and it was inevitable that he would be too much. This is human nature.

The servant lady had gone for about a stick of incense. Ye Xingyuan was a little impatient when he saw her coming late, but his expression on his face was even more disdainful than before, "Young Master Ye, please come in."

This servant is Mrs. Lu's wet nurse. After he was young, he followed Mrs. Lu. After he got married, he didn't look down on the poor relatives of the Lu family. He learned from Mrs. Lu that the Ye family was in ruins and that he was a villager in the mountain village, so he didn't care even more.

Ye Xingyuan was too lazy to pay attention to this servant's attitude, and followed her into the yard.

At this time, a lady was sitting in the main room, slim and looked up at Ye Xingyuan coming in, with a perfunctory smirk on her face, "Good nephew, I haven't seen you for many years, I've been so old in the blink of an eye. I hugged you when I was a child, do you still remember?"

She said politely, but she didn't act like welcoming. Ye Xingyuan heard the tone of this cousin's aunt and knew that the world was cold and warm. Although he was a little unhappy, he didn't care much. Anyway, he was just asking a relative to his sister today.

If the other party is not considerate and enthusiastic, then at worst, you will stop interacting, and you will be more worried. The less distraction you are in the road to fame, the better.

Making up his mind, Ye Xingyuan took two steps forward and bowed: "We siblings have always cared about our uncle and aunt. This time I am going to enter the palace school. I happened to pass by here, so my sister asked me to bring some local products. I would like to ask my aunt not to dislike you for my little care."

The bag contains nothing more than some Pueraria root, wolfberry and other things. Although it is not valuable, it is the mountain goods that Ye Cuizhi dug in the mountains and washed and dried and accumulated by herself, and she is sincere.

Mrs. Lu looked at the gift and handed it to the wet nurse. The wet nurse muttered something in her mouth, and went out for a walk, not knowing where she threw the thing away.

However, when Mrs. Lu heard the word "官网" and said with a hint of enthusiasm, "Did my nephew look for something in "官网"? I don't know who recommended it, but it's a big happy event."

Ye Xingyuan was speechless. How did this aunt speak? Could it be that if his son was admitted to the Tongsheng school, he could only work in the school?

However, after all, he is an elder, so it is not easy to argue with her, a female person. Ye Xingyuan could only explain patiently, "My nephew was lucky to be defeated by Tong Sheng this time. He was recommended by the juren of the county to enter the prefecture to practice. He just heard that his cousins ​​also won Tong Sheng. If he was also in the prefecture, he could take care of each other."

Ye Xingyuan really couldn't remember whether the child of Cousin Lu's family was older or younger than him, so he had to say something vaguely.

Can you also be a Tongsheng? Mrs. Lu was shocked and almost suspected that Ye Xingyuan was bragging and it took a long time to calm down.

She looked at Ye Xingyuan's clothes carefully, thought about it for a while, then nodded slightly, "You seem to be a tiger, your cousin is half a year younger than you. He is a rabbit. He is talented but does not seek much understanding. It is different from your hard work in studying in the countryside. I am afraid that the foundation is unstable, and I will ask my nephew to give him good advice in the future."

As he spoke, he asked for advice, Mrs. Lu's tone was all about my heart. She could even become a child without serious study. It was different from the fame that you rural children had to study wildly based on the tactics of the sea of ​​questions.

Ye Xingyuan continued to be speechless. It seemed that this aunt's sense of superiority was born with her, and her love for this son was boundless. In addition to being unable to care about the servants, she could not care about her.

He looked around and asked again, "I wonder if my cousin is at home? My nephew is here to pay a visit. When he meets his cousin, he still has to rush to go. It is not far from the city. You can still go to the prefecture school in the afternoon."

If the Lu family is friendly, it would be okay for him to delay for a while. Originally, he wanted to hang Ouyang Ziyu in the woods for a long time. Now it seems that instead of being rude to the Lu family, it is better to talk nonsense to Miss Ouyang, at least every word will not make people feel angry.

Mrs. Lu frowned, "Your cousin went to settle accounts with your neighbor next door and returned at noon. You are so busy that you finally came to the city. You have seen your uncle and have a meal at home. Although there is nothing good, it is much better than the sufferings in your countryside. I will let the wet nurse cook and add a few dishes."

The invitation was not sincere, and the person invited was also unhappy. Ye Xingyuan knew that she had no interest in her country nephew, just by looking at the expression of this aunt.

He also felt uncomfortable all over, but due to etiquette, his aunt had invited her, and she could not leave immediately without any face.

So the atmosphere was even more awkward. While waiting for Cousin Lu to come back, Aunt Lu and Ye Xingyuan had nothing to say, and knitted a pair of velvet gloves for their son on their own. Occasionally, I remembered that there were still guests at home, and raised my head and said a few heart-wrenching words, nothing more than "How hard it is in your hometown, how hard it is, it's so hard, oh, it's so pitiful..."

Ye Xingyuan was as if he was sitting on pins and needles, so he could only half close his eyes, meditate on the saint's knowledge, pretending that he could not hear or see anything.

It was not until noon that I heard an excited voice from outside the door, "Madam! I'm going to invite Mr. Tang back! Call Wei'er out to greet him. Isn't he all the time to find Mr. Tang?"

Ye Xingyuan felt that he had been over, and that his cousin must have been back.
Chapter completed!