Yingzhou.

May of the first year of Zhihe.

It was the hot summer, and a team of people and horses were about to set off in Yingzhou City Gate. Outside the city gate, officials bid farewell to each other, two carriages were loaded, one was carrying salutes and the other carriages.

The thin middle-aged man said goodbye to his colleagues one by one, then returned to the carriage and scanned his wife and children. Both of his wives and children were there. He nodded with satisfaction: "Get up."

The coachman in front responded, and the carriage started slowly, and a cool breeze poured in, which made it much more refreshing.

The middle-aged man, Ouyang Xiu, was a prefect in Yingzhou for five years. A few days ago, he received an imperial edict from Kaifeng and his family packed their luggage and prepared to rush to Bianjing.

The Qingli Admiral, who was full of energy and strong back then, is now "with white hair and dark eyes."

The wife Xue in the car has been married for more than ten years and gave birth to his eldest son Ouyang Fa, 11 years old this year, the second son Ouyang Yi, 9 years old this year, the third son Ouyang Fen, 7 years old this year, and the youngest son Ouyang Bian, who is only five years old this year, and Ouyang Bian was born when they came to Yingzhou.

Ouyang Xiu looked excited and looked at the scenery flying past outside greedily. It has been ten years, ten years, and Bianjing, which has been away for ten years, is finally returning again.

Ten years ago, he was expelled from the court on a charge that he still felt ashamed and angry when he remembered it. He was first exiled to Chuzhou and then moved to Yingzhou. It was like a blink of an eye for a whole decade.

He looked at the view outside the window and turned around and saw his little son staring at him with big black eyes open, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

His three older sons look quite similar to him. Although they are nutritious and have a slightly fat face, they look quite blessed, but their eyes are slightly smaller and their teeth are slightly bucked, which is not ugly, but they have nothing to do with being handsome.

On the contrary, this young son looks like his mother, with big eyes and tall nose, laughing before he speaks, and is quite liked by him.

"Monk, what are you thinking?" Ouyang Xiu said with a smile.

Ouyang Bian's nickname is monk.

When Ouyang Bian saw Ouyang Xiu talking to him, he immediately smiled sweetly: "Dad, I'm wondering what delicious food is in Bianjing."

Ouyang Xiu couldn't help laughing: "You lazy guy, you don't want to memorize the book, you will know how to eat it every day."

When Ouyang Bian saw Ouyang Xiu laughing, he also laughed.

His name is Ouyang Bian, but he is not a native Song Dynasty native. His soul came more than 900 years later.

As a college student from rural origin, he became a struggle in the words of his colleagues who lived a mediocre life in order to gain a foothold in the city. 996 is a common thing, and sometimes even 007 is there.

After working hard for more than ten years, I finally settled down in the city. Unfortunately, I had not had time to enjoy life, and my long-term hard work could no longer withstand it. I died suddenly during an overtime work all night, and when I woke up, I had arrived in the Song Dynasty.

But there is nothing wrong with it. In the past few years, although I have not been able to run around at such a young age, I can finally have a good rest.

My mother, Xue, always worried about her young son. Other children like to play and run around. The young son doesn’t talk much all day long and doesn’t like to go out to play. He either stays at home or finds a place to sit quietly every day. Fortunately, he still has the habit of children, and he likes to eat.

Of course, it is impossible to memorize. In his previous life, he has been studying for more than ten years, memorizing books for more than ten years, and has worked as an editor. He either reviews books or reads books every day. He has long since reads and vomits. He never wants to read books anymore. His biggest wish now is to be a second generation quietly.

Fortunately, he also has this condition now. Although his father Ouyang Xiu has some setbacks when he returns to Beijing this time, he is generally positive. At that time, his power will grow and support his son will be too easy. When he grows up, his father will make up for his shortcomings and be more than enough to be a wealthy and idle person.

When he grew up, relying on the reputation of Ouyang, he found a wealthy daughter to marry, and he would have a chance to get married in the second half of his life. He was either for the money of others, but mainly because of the unruly temper of a rich lady.

As for state affairs and the country and the people, these are not something that a little man like him can argue with.

Reading, haha, just let the three brothers go to study.

Ouyang Bian thought very well.

The journey from Yingzhou to Kaifeng is not far from later generations, but Ouyang Xiu's family walked for twenty days before they arrived in Kaifeng.

The Ouyang family has been away from Kaifeng for ten years and there is no house to live here, so they can only go to Xue’s house to live first.

Then Ouyang Bian learned from Ouyang Xiu and his mother Xue that they said they were hiring, but in fact they just couldn't afford a house!

Ouyang Bian was struck by lightning.

So, is it a dream to be rich and idle?

Ouyang Bian's dream was shattered before it was formed.

Ouyang Bian finally started his brain that had not been active for a long time. After thinking about what was going on, he realized that it was not easy for the Beijing officials of the Northern Song Dynasty to buy a house in Bianjing.

Although the salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty were the most abundant in ancient China, in addition to their regular salaries, officials also had clothing, grain, tea, wine, kitchen materials, carbon, salt, extra money, office money, ministerial money and rewards.

Local officials also have jobs and fields, officials have subsidies, that is, business trips and subsidies, etc.

But it is not easy to live in the capital.

The Northern Song Dynasty did not speculate on housing, but Bianjing was the best place, and the housing prices here were naturally high.

Ouyang Xiu has made a lot of money after running around over the years.

But Ouyang Xiu is a fun person. He is rich and has many sons. He also needs money to run around.

Experienced people know that when a poor family is rich, everything costs money on the road.

However, it is not because of this that I can’t afford a house. Ouyang Xiu is now only a middle- and senior official. It is normal that he can’t afford a house, because even the prime minister may not be able to afford it.

Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucianist of the Southern Song Dynasty, once said, "All officials did not live in the ancestral dynasty, and even the priests held a house." The "ancestral dynasty" here refers to the Northern Song Dynasty. This sentence means that many officials did not own their own property during the Northern Song Dynasty, and some even the prime ministers lived by renting houses.

Ouyang Xiu and his wife discussed that they would temporarily stay for a few days, then take the time to rent a house, and then... if there is any future, save money to buy a house.

The reason for saying this is because Ouyang Xiu and his wife are not sure how long they can stay in Bianjing. With Ouyang Xiu's own ability to cause trouble, it is normal that they were kicked out in three months.

The Xue family is Ouyang Bian's mother's family. Xue's father is Xue Kui, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, Xue Kui has been dead for many years.

Now the head of the Xue Mansion is Xue Zhongru. Xue Zhongru is not Xue Kui's biological son. Xue Kui's son died early and only had five daughters, so he adopted the son of his clan's brother Xue Shu.

Ouyang Xiu's wife Xue is Xue Kui's third daughter. Ouyang Xiu's family has been away from home for many years, so the Xue family naturally attaches importance to it. Several daughters of Xue also came to the Xue mansion to welcome Ouyang Xiu's family.

Xue Kui's five daughters, the eldest daughter, married a wealthy businessman named Zhang Qi, and her life was very prosperous, but it was just ordinary compared to the other two sons-in-law.

The second son-in-law was Wang Gongshou. In the palace examination in the eighth year of Tiansheng, Wang Gongshou, who was only 19 years old, passed the top scorer. Then he asked Xue Kui, the first master of the Northern Song Dynasty to capture his son-in-law, to tie him up and drag him home, and married his second daughter to him. Later, his second daughter died, and Xue Kui married his fourth daughter to him.
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