Imperial Exam Daily

Axi blushed, and fidgeted in the room, wanting to find a hole in the ground in embarrassment.

He really couldn't forget the way Xiao Er looked at him just now, and the sentence that Mr.'s husband is really bold, he is not such a Meng Lang person.

Yang Ye poured him a glass of water: "Drink some hot water to drive away the cold."

Axi was at a loss, and hurriedly explained: "I, I just want a room, not to live with you, no, no, that's not what I mean, I..."

When he was in a hurry, his speech became even more chaotic. Axi covered his face in embarrassment and lay down on the table, he didn't dare to look at Yang Ye's face.

Seeing that the young man was about to cry, Yang Ye comforted him, "Okay, I know what you mean, you only want one because you think it's too expensive to open two rooms."

A room of a local name costs two hundred Wen, which is indeed not cheap.

"Hmm..." Axi whispered, "I, I'll just sleep underground later."

Yang Ye smiled and shook his head, how could it be possible for him to sleep on the ground in the cold weather.

"I ordered some dishes, let's rest early after dinner."

Axi responded, and after a while there was a knock on the door, Yang Ye got up and went to open the door, Axi quickly ran to the cubicle blocked by the screen: "I, I'm going to wash my face."

Yang Ye knew that he was embarrassed to see Xiao Er, so he didn't say much, fearing that the child's thin skin would be punctured again, and he might not be able to coax him well.

Dinner was simple, one dish and one soup. After eating, Xiao Er came to clean up the dishes and brought hot water to the room. Yang Ye asked Axi to wash up first.

The room in the inn is not big, and there is a bathtub across the screen. Even if he sits with his back to the screen, he can’t see anything behind him, but the sound of water is not interesting, and it jumps into his ears frequently, even the sound of rain outside the window can’t cover it. live.

Yang Ye was distracted, Ah Xi's face was very fair, and his body should also be very white. He is not so tall. Today, he changed into a corset and tightened his waist casually with a belt, and his figure immediately appeared a lot. It can be held with only one hand, and the young boy looks more and more beautiful even if he doesn't look at his face.

After thinking about it for a while, he actually felt thirsty, picked up the cold tea on the table and poured it into his stomach, the small flame on his body was extinguished, he pinched his Jingming acupoint, men are really a shameful species, Ah Xi should not be fully developed at this age, and he actually...

The more he thought about it, the more ashamed he felt, he stood up and was about to open the door to go out to get some air, but Axi shouted behind him: "I, I'm done washing."

Yang Ye turned his head, the young man was covered with steam, his hair was still wet, he was only wearing white obscene clothes, and his almond eyes seemed to be stained with water vapor, which was pitiful. He exhaled, smiled gently, and took the Put a veil on top of Axi's head: "Dry your hair and go to bed, don't catch a cold."

A Xi said: "I, I sleep on the floor."

"I saw just now that there are only two quilts, not enough to make a bed on the floor. If you sleep on the floor and get sick, things will come out. Later, we will each cover a quilt. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you." Yang Ye Through the veil, he rubbed a few hands on Axi's head indiscriminately and then let go: "I'm going to wash up."

The inn is on the street, but there is no noise outside today, the rainy night is quiet, no one stays in the street, the sound of raindrops dripping from the eaves is very clear after the lights are turned on.

Ah Xi lay on the bed, not daring to move, he was afraid that his heartbeat would be too loud and the people around him would hear it.

The bed in the inn is much wider than the one at home, enough for two people to sleep peacefully, but it seems to be very narrow, so narrow that he can touch Yang Ye as long as he moves his hands a little. He has never felt like this moment I generally feel tormented and hope that time can pass slowly.

Yang Ye closed his eyes, and he couldn't fall asleep. He was used to sleeping alone, so it was natural to feel uncomfortable when there was another person beside him, but he didn't feel too much resistance. These days, Axi's meticulous care made him feel better. He regards the boy as the closest person in the world.

He has no time to think about the superfluous things now, he just thinks that after taking a bath, the baby smells delicious and is still very soft. If he hugs him to sleep, he will definitely have a good dream, but it's just... not so good.

Yang Ye touched his nose: "Axi, you..." Do you want me to hug you to sleep?

When the words came to his lips, he held back rationally. It would be too strange to say these words: "Are you asleep? You need to cover yourself with the quilt, so you don't catch a cold."

"I, I have it covered."

"That's fine."

Yang Ye gave a dry cough and turned over...

The next day, Yang Ye took Axi to have a simple breakfast in the county town, and sent him to the city gate to take a bullock cart back before going to work.

Recently, the business of the restaurant is not busy, and he is also brisk, looking for something to do, yesterday spent a lot of money to go out, Ah Xi felt sorry for the money, and persuaded him to spend less on food and clothing, and save money to go Ask a scholar, or buy more scientific examination books to read, in preparation for the scientific examination.

Yang Ye did intend to spend some effort on this.

He is still in the stage of the children's examination. The children's examination is divided into three sub-stages, the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination. Only after passing the first two stages of the examination can he become a child student. just do.

The first two exams are held every year, but the college exam is held twice every three years. This time, the exam will be held in August next year, and it will be October now, which is still a long time.

He is not in a hurry, he still has some confidence in the scientific examination, but no matter how confident he is, he still has to study. The road to the imperial examination is long, and the children's examination is only the last examination. Get the basics done early.

Don't be afraid of anything else, the most important thing for him is to practice calligraphy well. Good handwriting is very important. In the past, he has been a professor for so many years, covering a wide range of fields, but his calligraphy is not very good.

In the afternoon, he went to buy pens. The man who opened the shop of Four Treasures of the Study was a scholar. I heard that he was still teaching in the county school. On weekdays, the students of the school would buy pens in his shop, and the business was good.

When he entered, Xiucai received him very politely, and recommended some pens and papers to him. Usually, the quality of calligraphy practice paper does not need to be very good. Usually, white hemp paper is used. This kind of plant fiber paper has low whiteness and rough surface. It is not smooth, so it is sold cheaply among various papers, and it is the first choice for poor scholars to practice calligraphy and articles.

The scholar recommended it authentically, and Yang Ye bought a stack of white linen paper and added a brush.

When paying the bill, the scholar asked Yang Ye: "Do you study in the school?"

"Never."

The scholar said: "It's been a long time since I left the hospital. If I want to pass it safely, I have to go to the school to study. Our Baowen School had two scholars the year before last, and a new student last year. The teacher in the school is very knowledgeable. , and treat people generously, which is very helpful to students, do you intend to enter the school?"

Yang Ye has no plans to go to school at the moment, and the time is long, so if he enters the school early, he has to pay the money early, and now he has to go to work, so he might not be able to find time to go, even though he has no intentions now, he still didn't say anything dead: "Let me think about it. If I want to enter the school, I will definitely trouble you."

"It's not troublesome, I just provide some convenience for scholars, so I'll wait for your news."

Yang Ye nodded and said goodbye. After walking away, he turned his head and glanced at the bookstore. It was really good that he could sell things and recruit students.

Later he went back in an ox cart, and the small courtyard was a bit lively, he opened the door and went in, and Yang Cheng came back!

"A Ye, I'm off work, come in!" Yang Cheng was overjoyed, and quickly pulled Yang Ye into the room.

Yang Ye said: "It's only been half a month, why did the eldest brother come back so soon?"

The two entered the room and sat down around the table. Axi poured Yang Ye a cup of hot water and added some to Yang Cheng, with a smile on his face.

"That's not due to you. Zhao Yong and I first arrived at Pingda County, which is the closest to our county seat. It took four days to get there. We sold some jujubes to passers-by on the way, and arrived at Pingda County. It was almost dark, but we were eager to see if the bean curd sticks could be sold well. We didn’t rest when we arrived at the place where we stayed, so we soaked the bean curd sticks immediately, and used the hot sauce you gave to accompany a plate of bean curd sticks to sell on the street. There are not many people in Pingda County, but there are still some people who hang around the tavern."

"They tasted the bean curd sticks and said it was a good dish for drinking, but they wanted to take our tasting plate. We refused, and they also thought it was troublesome to make bean curd sticks, so they were eager to drink and refused to buy dry ones. You insisted on selling them after we finished them. I saw that you prepared a lot of chili sauce, which was full of oil and water, and we had to process it, so you insisted on the price and said that the bean curd sticks would be four cents a piece. I really agreed, and most of the people in the tavern bought it that night, and we sold about ten catties of bean curd sticks when we opened."

It was also the first time for Yang Cheng to see a kind of food so popular, and he was very excited when he said it, and continued without panting: "The people in these taverns are also rich people, and they will be waiting for me and Zhao Yong the next day. , Some came to buy three or five stalks after listening to the introduction, and some bought a pound or two after tasting it, and then the owner of the tavern also came forward and bought a full ten pounds to go back."

"In less than two days, half of the bean curd sticks were sold, but no one asked about the jujube. After a long time, the bean curd sticks became more and more popular in Pingda County, and there were even repeat customers who not only bought bean curd sticks from us, but also bought chili peppers. Sauce. Zhao Yong and I calculated that we should be able to sell out the bean curd sticks in Pingda County. To our surprise, a local master found us the next day and bought all the remaining bean curd sticks. The jujubes are also collected. We can sell all the things so quickly, so we gave the remaining half jar of chili sauce to this master."

Yang Ye chuckled, it was indeed a good thing to be able to get a big sale, the weather was cold, everyone in the family was worried that Yang Cheng didn't bring enough clothes when he went out, and when the time came when he was caught in the wind and cold outside, he came back early.

Yang Cheng grabbed a cloth bag from his pocket, untied the rope, and it was full of money.

During this trip, Yang Ye’s family made [-] catties of bean curd sticks, and Yang Cheng’s family made [-] catties of bean curd sticks. Not counting Yang Cheng’s other miscellaneous money for selling jujubes, the bean curd sticks alone earned more than a tael of silver. Originally, according to the price set by Yang Ye, only It sold for about [-] Wen, but Credit Sales raised the price, which was more than the estimate.

"I made an agreement with your sister-in-law. We will give you all the money for the yuba. After all, it is the prescription you taught."

Yang Ye said: "Brother said that these are too outlandish, the thirty catties of bean curd sticks were made by you yourself, and you also sold them, if you want to give me all the money, I won't feel at ease, how about this?" , we split half of the yuba's money."

Yang Cheng frowned: "How can this work?"

"Brother, we are a family. Don't need to talk about this. You need to save some money for your nephew so that you can send him to study in the future." Yang Ye saw that the bean curd sticks were selling really well. A lot of income.

There are many poor people these days, but there are also rich people. They are willing to eat and wear, and this business can be done.

"Brother, you don't have to sell bean curd sticks in other counties in the future. We will sell them directly in this county."