Outsiders of Mianjia Dyeing Workshop

"My lord, my lord, you are easy to find for a slave." A bookboy about 12 years old with a double bun tied his arms crossed to salute outside the Mian's carriage, bowed and panted heavily.

"Huh? I see~" Yong Pei instructed the book boy, then turned to Mian Li and smiled.

"Senior Mianli, I'm really bothering you. I wanted to discuss knowledge with you, but it seems that we can only see each other next time. Next time, my little sister will go to Zuixiangju to entertain my senior!" Yongpei bowed his hands after speaking, Then he stood up and got out of the carriage, and said goodbye to the Mian family sisters solemnly, before Shi Shiran turned around and took his own book boy into a carriage with a small red flag with the word "Yong" on the outside.

Mianyu looked at the flag, sighed in her heart, and told Mianli: "Sixth sister, your classmate's family is also amazing!"

Mianli followed Mianli's gaze, but was not moved, because she only focused on her studies before, and Mianli was not very clear about the power distribution in the county, so she shook her head at Mianyu and said, "Sister, You are a little bit wrong, Yong Pei is not my classmate."

Mianyu was taken aback when she heard Mianli's negative answer, Mianli looked at Mianyu and smiled: "She's just taking the same exam this time, I didn't expect that guy to be familiar."

Mianyu heard the word Zilaishu, it was very vivid, and when he thought about eating in the car, he also had a laugh: "Then this is strange, I heard that the Yong family has eyes higher than the top, and they can see it." You, too, are weird."

After hearing Mianyu's words, Mianli smiled noncommittally.Turning around, I watched the carriage of the Yong family go away, and looked at the appearance of the carriage of the Yong family, and there was nothing different from other houses.

Mianyu looked at Mianli's appearance, and she could roughly understand the thoughts of her sixth younger sister, so she explained her doubts: "The Yong family was honored in the previous dynasty. Although the ancestors lived here, most of the clan members were officials in the court. , has a history of a hundred years, it can be regarded as a scholarly family, a family of Changsheng."

"Oh? That's amazing!" Mianli exclaimed in admiration. A family that can be an official for several generations without accidents is really amazing.

"Sixth sister, if you want to pursue an official career, you'd better make friends with more such officials' children. In their eyes, a business like ours is no better than a mud leg." Mianyu said.

Mianli smiled and nodded: "Yes, sister is right. If necessary, I will go to make friends, but this is not a word, don't worry, sister, let's go back to rest. I have some I'm tired, I want to take a good shower and sleep."

Mianyu heard that Mianli said that she was tired, so she hurriedly told the handlebar Shi: "Xiaolu, hurry back to the inn, and let your sixth master have a good rest, Xiaoying, you ride back and prepare the meal first."

Xiaoying stepped on the horse and took the order to leave, while the carriage carrying Mianyu and Mianli wobbled on the road.In fact, Mianli didn't have much interest in being in the officialdom, but he didn't want to talk too much with Mianyu, so as not to induce her persuasion and waste more time, so Mianli closed his eyes and rested his mind.Mianyu looked at her and thought she was very tired, and she became more and more quiet. She wished she could put all the partitions on the carriage, but because of the hot weather, she was afraid that the partitions would accumulate heat, so she left the four sides open for ventilation.

Mianli had eaten and washed, and was lying on the bed, while Mianyu and the others had gone back to their rooms.After taking a shower, Mianli felt a lot more energetic. She lay on the bed thinking about her own thoughts, and she had a little ghost in her mind about how to walk in the future.After all, if you want to live well in the feudal era, it is good to have an official status, but Mianli doesn't want to work too hard. I have a batch of gold and silver in my hand, so that my small family will not be short of food and clothing, so there is no need to worry about money. work hard.If she was running around for money, then it wouldn't make much sense to do it all over again. If she had a choice, she really wanted to indulge in the mountains and rivers, and dyeing and dyeing cloth was also pretty good.After thinking about it, Mianli fell asleep.

The rest time always passes quickly. In the second exam, because of the previous experience, the cakes that Mianyu helped prepare were all made into small pieces, so that it was easy to pass the inspection, and there was no leakage. In the case of broken pieces, I prepared two more tubes of mint water in the test basket. Because the weather was much hotter and the room was stuffy, I also prepared some more crushed ice, and specially placed some in the wooden space.After the same process, Mianli allocated the number room.Mianli tidied up and looked around, and it was a joy. Although she changed places, the seat facing her was still Yongpei. She bowed her hands to Mianli, and Mianli smiled and bowed her hands in return when she saw it. It was also a kind of fate to be assigned to the opposite side twice.

The topic of this main examination policy is similar to what is the use of water virtue in the people's livelihood in the world.It should have something to do with flood control. Mianli thought about it for a long time, thinking that this is a county test after all, and he couldn't write too profoundly, nor could he make too much allusion to the court, so he described his thoughts from the perspective of water virtue and benefiting the people.The surname of Dayue Kingdom is Shui, and it basically attaches great importance to the virtue of water, because the water is clear and colorless. When the country was founded, officials from the Ministry of Rituals wanted to use white as the main color of royal clothing, but white was the color worn by commoner Bai Ding in the past. , so the founding emperor Yongde used black as the main color. In his words, if you can't be white, then black, and don't compete with the people for profit.Therefore, the court robes from the saints to the various enfeoffed kings are mainly black gold trim, with one to five-clawed golden dragons.

After Mianli figured it out, he wrote down calmly, and at the end he also wrote that the royal family of Dayue went up to Cheng Wude and went down to Ze Wanmin, long live long live long live long live.The whole article is basically praising the virtues of water, and she is also happy to write it. She feels that she is writing a paper filled with water. Although she is suspected of flattering, she may not have the highest score, but at least she will not be rejected, Mianli thought. To be able to win a scholar, the exemption from taxation and labor is what she wants most now.

Mianli wrote down her name and place of origin carefully, looked at the timing sundial outside, and waited carefully for the ink to dry, then she herself looked around with her cheeks off, all the students were rustling writing, and there was a person diagonally opposite Brother Big Ear, he was writing with a pen, his forehead was still dripping with sweat. From time to time, he could watch him lift up his sleeve and wipe it. After a while, there were ink marks on his face. Stained with ink, the other party raised his head and looked at Mianli. He squeezed the flesh on his face and smiled. Mianli looked at the man kindly and smiled back, then looked down at his ink scroll, seeing nothing. Question, she put away the test basket and rang the bell.

The same inspector came over and took her to hand in the paper. This time the county government directly read her paper and only gave one sentence: "Although poetry is a small way, it can see people's character. You should work hard to prepare." Go back Prepare for the exam carefully, don't be greedy for pleasure."

After hearing this, Mianli hurriedly bowed her waist and saluted, thinking about the words of the county government while walking in her heart. These words revealed a lot of information. Too many, and the county magistrate has no relationship with him as a teacher and apprentice, so how could he raise something.

After leaving the gate of the county mansion, Mianyu and Xiaoying picked up Mianli and got into the carriage. This time Mianyu was a little nervous looking at Mianli. Last time it was only more than an hour earlier, but this time it was two hours earlier. Many, her expression was very tangled, wondering if Liumei did not do well in the exam?

Mianli saw her tangled up, and decided not to explain, but she would still be tangled after explaining, so it's better to let her feel at ease after the list is released.

Mianli followed Mianyu without much delay and went back to the inn to rest. Mianyu did not dare to appear in front of Mianli because of her worries in order to prevent her emotions from affecting Mianli's preparation for the exam, but after thinking about it, she still wrote a letter To Mianjia.

"My mother told me that the sixth younger sister was in better health than the other students when she entered the arena. It was just that she lost her strength in the first round, but after a night of rest, she was still in good condition. The child has always followed the mother's instructions and did not ask about the sixth younger sister's scientific examination situation. But Erguan's other examinees are not in very good condition. Compared with Liumei, she is only in the middle. When I go back, I hope that the mansion will not ask too much about Liumei's situation, so that Liumei can prepare for the exam. Sincerely, Yu'er .”

Mianyu thought for a long time, but decided to give the mansion a psychological preparation. He was afraid that when Mianli returned to the mansion to wait for the list, the concern and inquiries from the top and bottom would become a burden for Mianli, so he gave the mansion a reminder in advance, so that even if this subject If you don't have a mid-term exam, you can also prepare for the autumn exam in a few months.

What the Mian family sisters didn't know was that after their carriage left, Na Yongpei went around to check the Mian family's carriage after leaving the examination room.

"Master, are you waiting for someone?" Shutong Xiaoling asked.

"Well, what about the carriage where I went to eat after the game last time? Did you watch it?" Yong Pei asked.

Xiao Ling thought for a while before nodding: "Oh, that one! My little one saw it. I guess that lady did not do well in the exam, and she will be out of the exam room in two hours. I looked at the elder sister of the master's house. Walk away with a sad face."

Hearing this, Yong Pei nodded, grinning his teeth, "That's weird, that senior looks like a confident person."

Xiao Ling was puzzled: "Could it be that the young lady is a classmate of the young master? How come I don't have any impression?"

Yong Pei rubbed the finger in his hand and chuckled lightly: "Master just thinks that young lady is very suitable for my temperament, she might be my best friend by nature."

Although Xiaoling didn't quite understand his young master's thoughts, but when he heard Yongpei said that he could be a friend, he said happily: "That's really a good thing, the old master always said that you are lonely and have no one to get along with, that's great. If you have a close friend, the old master can also be happy."

"What do you know, go back to the house, I decided to prepare well for the end, I always feel that that guy is not easy, I don't fall behind her, let me lose my reputation." Yongpei narrowed his eyes, and he didn't feel like a competitor for a long time up.

"Ah, young master, you must have grown her ambition. If you want to be the chief student of the Gongyuan, can you be afraid of that muddy leg?" Xiaoling proudly raised her chest and raised her head, not cutting others for her master.

Yong Pei shook his head: "You should know that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky. Didn't my uncle write to me to teach me not to be blind, why are you still turning your eyes to the sky?"

Xiao Ling scratched his head: "Our servants all know that the young master is the most powerful!"

Yongpei saw that he couldn't understand her, so he let her go, he lifted his clothes and went to the carriage, but he didn't see the person he wanted to meet, so let's make friends after the scientific examination, it's rare to find someone who catches his eye.