Imperial Exam Daily

The next day, before Yang Ye went to Fuxizhai, he brought a small box of Guodanpi. He didn't rush to the shop, but first went to Fengxianglou to call Xiaoliu out.

Xiaoliu is a clever person, and he knows many Xiaoer in restaurants and teahouses, and has a wide network of contacts at his level.

Yang Ye found someone to pass the food box over, Xiao Liu put the rag on his shoulders, and took the food box with both hands: "Mr. Yang, what is this?"

"There's a new product, I'll bring it for you to try."

Xiao Liu smiled slyly, and hurriedly opened the food box. It was indeed a pastry he had never seen before. In front of Yang Ye, he tasted a piece of chopped fruit skin: "It tastes delicious!"

"Well, I'm going to open a shop. The business is not good recently. Let's see if the new bakery business can improve."

Xiao Liu understood what Yang Ye meant: "Don't worry, sir, I will take care of it for you."

Yang Ye nodded in satisfaction, this new product still has to rely on publicity, if customers don't know there are new ones, naturally they won't come here.

The mistresses serve tea and water to the guests every day, and they still spend a lot of time in contact with the guests. How can a few words make sense? A lot of news and gossip in the county come from the mouths of these mistresses , but a group that should not be underestimated.

After the matter was settled, he went back with peace of mind.Yang Cheng has already opened the shop at this moment, and Axi posted a blueprint of the new product launch at the door, and a small picture of hawthorn cake was also drawn on it.

When it arrived at Si time, some customers had already started to come, but these customers didn't know about the new products, but the little maids who usually love to patronize, saw the notice posted on the door and asked.

Yang Cheng knows that these little maids with baskets are all doing things for the young lady at home, and they are often the most generous characters. As long as you pick a few words at random, these little maids will keep fighting to buy them. At least, after going back, a group of ladies competed again, and the business came like this.

If not, today I heard that there are new products, and everyone rushes to squeeze into the shop when they arrive at the door.

Yang Ye still used the old trick, he didn't prepare much jujube cakes and fruit peels, and kept the quantity tightly in order to prevent many people from buying them.

After Xiaoliu shared the new product with some friends, and because of Yang Ye's favor, they were bragging to the guests intentionally or unintentionally, but soon someone heard about it.

At four o'clock, the shop returned to its former prosperity, but at this time the new products were sold out, and the customers were murmuring everywhere.

"I'm sorry everyone, the business in the shop has not been very good recently, and I haven't prepared many new pastries. If you like it, you can come back tomorrow."

On the second day, customers came to line up early in the morning, and the newly released pastries were sold out before they arrived. Yang Ye changed a new set of excuses: "The production process of hawthorn cakes is complicated, and I really can't make too many. Please forgive me." .”

The late guests tried several times to no avail, and finally wanted to order in advance. The shop still didn’t accept orders for hawthorn cakes, and the guests scolded angrily.

For a few days, people lined up at the entrance of Fuxizhai even before it opened, and the shop ignored them, selling as much haw jelly as they should, not at all.

Huang Jin came to Fuxizhai to look for Yang Ye, saw the grand occasion outside the shop, and said: "You Fuxizhai only have this kind of treatment, which shop in the county can toss like you, now it's jumping people's feet for a taste of fragrance, When I go back, I should talk to the master about the way your shop is run, maybe you can drive Zuixiaolou away."

Yang Ye said with a smile: "Fu Xi Zhai is a small business, how can it compete with a big restaurant, don't let me down."

"I'm telling the truth, the pastry shop's business is good, and the pockets are bulging fast."

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and then Huang Jin said the business was serious. Pang Zhanzhong was going to the provincial capital to meet some business friends. Every time he went out, he had to bring gifts. Naturally, they had prepared yuba, but the gifts were too thin , and prepare more unusual ones.

This time, Pang Zhanzhong asked him to come over and order a batch of pastries, which he was going to take to the provincial capital.

"I wonder if Mr. Yang can prepare some hawthorn jelly and fruit peel for convenience."

He knew the current rules of Fu Xi Zhai, and he was afraid of breaking the rules of other people, so he had to find out first.

Yang Ye said: "Why are you polite, you take care of Fuxizhai's business, there is no reason for you to come here early in the morning and line up."

Huang Jin was also happy, but whenever his family came to Fuxizhai to buy things, Yang Ye would pick up freshly baked goods every time, and two of the three times they came, they were all discounted. Who in the county could not feel comfortable making such a friend .

"Okay, I will ask Xiao Liu to deliver the gift box later, and I have to ask Axi to help, but I know he is very good at decorating."

Ah Xi had seen Huang coming in a long time ago, he took some haw jelly and fruit peels from the shop, and was about to give them to Huang Jin, when he happened to overhear the conversation between the two.

"Did you hear that, Manager Huang asked you to help?"

Ah Xi's almond-shaped eyes opened slightly: "Boss Huang, Manager Huang wants to give the cakes to someone. If it's convenient, please send them along with the list of cakes. When the time comes, you can sort them and decorate them."

Huang Jin was a little surprised, he and Axi had met several times, and now they were considered acquaintances, but he seldom listened to Axi speak, and this was the first time he heard such a long talk.

Yang Ye was also a little surprised that Ah Xi could speak, he knew that Ah Xi was relatively silent in front of outsiders, except for responding and simple answers, it was rare.

He turned to Huang Jin and said, "It's a little inconvenient for Ah Xi to speak, and he doesn't like to talk on weekdays. He only tells people who are familiar with him. Don't take offense at Guanshi Huang."

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Huang Jin said to Axi generously, "I'll write it up and let Xiaoliu send it over, and I have to worry about it."

Axi smiled lightly, and handed the prepared new product to Huang Jin: "This, this is a new product from the shop, the steward will take some back to try."

"Oh, what an embarrassment!" I heard that some customers didn't buy it for several days, and he gave it away as soon as he came. I'm afraid few people have such a big face.

When Huang Jin walked, his steps were a little fluttering.

Yang Ye took Ah Xi's hand to the yard, Ah Xi said: "Ah Ye, do you think I've made your face so weak?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm glad you're like this. You're generous and know how to behave in the world."

Yang Ye felt that the opening of Fuxizhai was indeed not in vain. After staying in it for a long time, Ah Xi's temperament was obviously more outgoing, and he was really relieved.

Ah Xi was overjoyed when he received the praise, he said: "That's because Ah Ye did a good job, I, I've been fascinated by it."

Yang Ye's brows tightened slightly, and he turned to smile and said, "I'm getting better at talking, wait for Xiao Liu to bring the gift box over in the evening, we'll pack the cakes together, and you can teach me the skills too."

In the evening, after Fu Xi Zhai closed, Xiao Liu brought seven excellent gift boxes over, and Yang Ye and A Xi stayed in the shop, preparing to pack pastries for the evening.

There were still some fragments of cakes left in the shop, which seemed to have been accidentally smashed when they came here, and they had not been sold for a long time. Yang Ye pretended to bring some to Xiaoliu. Thank you.

Xiao Liu himself was not a wealthy family, and he was very happy to get these broken pastries, so he said it was good to work with Yang Ye, so that Yang Ye could find him for such errands in the future.

The afterglow of dusk sprinkled half of the bluestone street, and there was no heat in the peripheral vision. The women in the small streets and alleys called for their children to go home for dinner. With a gentle look, Yang Ye's heart moved, he stepped forward and hugged the boy from behind.

"What, why, there are people on the street!"

Yang Ye turned a deaf ear: "Little friend, what do you want to eat tonight?"

Ah Xi thought for a while, and said: "The mutton noodles last time were really delicious, no, but I don't want to go to the restaurant today, why not eat, eat dumplings."

Yang Ye raised his eyebrows. After the family opened a shop, he didn't cook for some time to cook something delicious. When Ah Xi mentioned it, he thought it was very satisfying: "Okay, then let's go out and buy some meat and ingredients together."

"Hmm!" Axi rolled his eyes.

The two first went to the meat market to buy two taels of pork belly and some leeks, and then bought green onions, ginger and garlic, and then went back to the rice noodle shop to buy flour. They usually bought pastries from this shop, and they were regular customers. The owner of a small amount of fine noodles also gave them a very favorable price.

Back in the shop, Yang Ye and the noodles were milled, and Axi was in charge of washing the vegetables, chopping the ingredients and chopping the stuffing. The huts in the county towns were not as spacious as those in the countryside, and they had to bump into each other after a few U-turns. After preparing the dough and stuffing, , The two moved their things to the yard.

Sitting next to each other at the table, we stuffed the dough together. The round dumplings were placed in the Shau Kei one by one. The dumplings made by ourselves were willing to put stuffing, unlike the little stuffing in the restaurant, all of them were full and very full. It looks gratifying.

Yang Ye has never participated in such joyful family activities like making dumplings. During Chinese New Year this year, the neighbors thought it was pitiful for him to be alone for the New Year. It was never sent again.

While he was in a trance, his fingertips suddenly felt warm, his fingernails were pressed, and his nimble fingers manipulated his hand: "Yes, please pinch it tightly like this, then gather it together and press it on both sides. It's only when it's cooking, It won't disperse."

Axi's hair smelled of saponin, which was very refreshing. He leaned forward to teach Yang Ye how to make dumplings. His head was on Yang Ye's chin. He didn't hear the answer for a long time, so he asked again: "You know, do you know?" ?”

Yang Ye still didn't answer, Axi turned his head, saw the scholar's eyes were deep, suddenly tightened his arms and hugged him onto his lap.

A Xi was taken aback, his eyelashes trembled: "What are you doing! Don't make dumplings properly."

Yang Ye put his arms around him, and kissed the kid on the face: "You teach me, and I'll be good at it."

Ah Xi had flour in his hand, so he was afraid of getting his clothes dirty, so he had to push him with his elbow: "Stop making trouble."

"Kiss me once and I'll let go."

"No, no."

The two quarreled for a while, and when Yang Ye stood up, he was covered in flour. He touched his chin and felt a sharp pain. It was probably bald. Unexpectedly, the docile little rabbit also has fangs, and they are very powerful: "You are really good at talking, what should you do now that you are disfigured?"

Ah Xi said angrily: "Who, who told you to be dishonest."

After finishing talking, Shau Kei, who was wearing dumplings, turned around and went into the small kitchen, leaving Yang Ye grinning alone in the yard.

These days, I've been going around the business of the shop, and before I know it, it's the day to release the rankings.

On the day when the list was released, there was a lot of excitement. There were people squatting at the place where the red list was posted very early, just to see the red list at a glance. Scholars and their family members swarmed over, stepping on their feet, squeezing to and fro, even the yamen servants reprimanded them, it didn't work, so no one cared.

Of course, there are also some candidates who dare not look at the red list, for fear that the result will not be acceptable to them, so they wait for others to pass on the news.

In fact, Yang Ye doesn't want to crowd people, if he wins, someone from the government will come to announce the good news, but Ah Xi is not as calm as him, so he dragged him over early in the morning, even though he got up very early. , but it was obviously too late when he arrived at the scene. Yang Ye was afraid that others would step on Ah Xi, so he protected him and walked towards the edge: "No hurry, I will leave after reading the previous one."

Ah Xi jumped on his feet twice, looking at the pile of heads, he was very discouraged because he was so short.

Yang Ye couldn't help laughing and said, "Is that why you want to know the result?"

"After working so hard for so many days, I, naturally think about it."

"Then what if I don't pass the exam?"

Axi paused and said: "I, I don't care about your fame and fortune."

"Quick, get out of the way!" Suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd, Yang Ye hurriedly hugged Axi in front of him, and saw that the crowd moved out of the way, and two men half-armed and half-supported an old man with gray hair to come out.

"Zheng Tongsheng took the college entrance examination for most of his life, and this time he finally won a scholar. It's a great joy, don't be too happy, something wrong with his body."

After decades of being obsessed with one thing, once a dream comes true, it is really hard to hold back.

After Lao Tongsheng was sent away, the crowd returned to normal again, obviously they were used to such things.

"Mr. Yang! Mr. Yang!"

Hearing the shouting, Ah Xi poked his head out of Yang Ye's arms, turned his head to look at the crowd, and saw Xiao Liu jumping and waving his hands to squeeze out from the inside, and when the people came out, he was already sweating profusely, Yang Ye looked at him He also held a gong in his hand.

"You are..."

Before Yang Ye finished asking, Xiao Liu shouted out of breath, "Yang, Mr. Yang, No. 2!"

Ah Xi's apricot eyes brightened: "First, second?"

Xiao Liu nodded affirmatively: "It's written on the red list that Yang Ye is second!"

Yang Ye also showed a smile: "Come out like a monkey, just to join in the fun?"

Xiao Liu gathered the gong in Ju's hand: "I'm not on duty today, so I came to see the rankings early, and announce the good news to the candidates who have won the scholar in front of the government. I can ask for some happy money!"

Yang Ye laughed and said, "It's your cleverness, you know how to read?"

"Sir, you underestimated me. In the early years, I stayed outside the school and listened to the master's lectures. I could still read the characters on the red list. Even if my family was poor, otherwise I would have been sent to study."

Axi tugged at the corner of Yang Ye's clothes: "Don't, don't bother talking about it, I still won't give you any money."

Xiao Liu hurriedly waved his hands when he heard the words: "I don't want to collect money from sir, I just want to say hello to you."

Yang Ye still took out a string of money from his body and threw it to Xiao Liu: "Just to be happy, besides, my husband has already spoken, so there is no reason not to give it. You go to announce the good news, and the people from the government will leave later. .”

Xiao Liu was holding a bunch of copper coins, there were dozens of them so heavy, his mouth was going to crack his ears, if everyone could be as generous as Yang Ye, then he might be able to earn a full month's wages for today's announcement. He congratulated Yang Ye several times, and after thanking him, ran wildly with the gong in hand.

After running for a few steps, she came back as if remembering something: "Mr., do you know Wen Han? Those little friends of mine didn't even find out which inn he was in."

Yang Ye frowned: "What's his grade?"

"He is the head of the case, just in front of Mr."

Yang Ye showed a smile: "He lives in the village, not in the county seat, and it would be very late if he came here."

"That's a pity."

After Xiaoliu ran away, Yang Ye said to Axi: "Wen Han would be very happy if he knew that he was the head of the court trial case and now became a little Sanyuan."

Living up to what was entrusted was naturally a great joy, and he was right about Wen Han.

Axi let Yang Ye hold him back, and the smile on his face never faded: "Aye has good eyesight, let's go back quickly and tell the good news to Big Brother and them."

Scholars are also divided into three grades. The category with the best grades is called linsheng, and the government will distribute food on a monthly basis. Both of them are limited.

In the future, candidates who sign up for the exam Yang Ye will be eligible to be a guarantor, and they will also be offered tea and gifts. This is an honor that many people can't ask for.

Like the fainted old boy, it took most of his life to pass the exam. Yang Ye's nineteen-year-old is already very good in the exam. Although he can't compare with those little geniuses who are eleven or twelve years old, they are rare after all. , and such young geniuses generally have a strong family background, and have been influenced by their parents since they were young. How can some scholars in small rural counties compare.

The couple went back happily, but when they arrived at Yunjie, they saw people from the government going to announce the good news from a distance, and they were waiting at the door now.

The two hurried over.

Yang Cheng rushed forward anxiously: "Let the officials and gentlemen wait, hurry, hurry."

"Brother Yang, wait for me!"

Suddenly both sides were shouting, Yang Ye had no choice but to turn his head first, it was Wen Han who came over, seeing the mouth that was not closed, he guessed that the person must have read the list.

The man from the government said: "Hey, it will save you an extra trip."

Wen Han was a little embarrassed, he knew that people in the government would announce the good news, and rewards would be indispensable at that time, so he rushed to find Yang Ye this morning, just to borrow some money to solve his urgent need, but now it's good, he bumped into a bunch.

People from the government congratulated the two of them together. One was the head of the case and the other was the second. They knew each other unexpectedly. This was the first time they had such a happy event. As for the reward money, as for the small three yuan, it looks a bit shabby.

"It's hard work for the official to make a trip, we two brothers have a little heart."

Each of them was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts, Yang Ye had a bright eye, how could he not know what these people were thinking, with a smile on his face, he stuffed a bag of silver for the leader, and no one else could see how much it was, but the people in the government The spirits are used to receiving gifts, and they can get a general idea when they shake their weight, and their smiles suddenly become brighter.

"Okay, the two scholars are interested. Now if you are selected as a scholar, you can go to the school in the county to study. The chances of winning the exam are very high. We have to go down one step in this direction, so we won't stay any longer."

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