return to the garden

After the [-]th day of the first lunar month, things gradually increased. First, Zhang Xiaolin and Xiao Yue's Tong Shengjian started to prepare things and set off.

"I don't think they need you there—" Zhang Xiaoli sat cross-legged on the bed, puffed out her cheeks and poked her belly while talking to Liao Qing—

"It would be more convenient if I went." Liao Qing raised his eyebrows.

"Then I want to go too." Zhang Xiaoli had been a cat for a whole winter, and it was really uncomfortable for the cat, so she wanted to go for a walk.

The main reason is that ever since Liao Qing found out that there was a child in her stomach, Liao Qing treated him like a piece of jade pendant that could easily break. .

How should I put it, Zhang Xiaoli felt that he was going to be free and sick.

"It just snowed a few days ago. If you go out, what if you slip on the road, what if something happens..." Liao Qing rubbed Zhang Xiaoli's hair.

Since Liao Qing played Zhang Xiaoli last time, Zhang Xiaoli never avoided Liao Qing's hair when he was about to touch him, just like at this moment when Liao Qing reached out to touch Zhang Xiaoli's hair, Zhang Xiaoli obediently waited on the spot. After touching Liao Qing——

Also very cute and cute...

Liao Qing touched and rubbed it, messing up Zhang Xiaoli's hair—"Shan, and. 氵, タ"

"What's wrong with me, I like to rub people's hair all day long, and it messes up my hair—" Zhang Xiaoli rolled his eyes, and seeing Liao Qing smiling happily, he couldn't help but get angry.

"How about combing your hair after you mess it up?" Liao Qing smiled good-naturedly. After all, with his family's system's dog temper, letting him rub his hair is already a very good improvement. You tie it up."

"I don't need to—" Zhang Xiaoli went to get a picture book to read, and lay down on the bed with her messy hair to read the picture book.

"Don't lie on your stomach like this—" Liao Qing directly turned into a housekeeper, "You're pressing your stomach. You just finished eating and pressing your stomach will make you want to vomit."

"Oh—" Zhang Xiaoli nodded, "But speaking of it, do you still want to go back?"

Zhang Xiaoli actually remembered that Liao Qing was quite obsessed with this, at least Zhang Xiaoli remembered that Liao Qing's obsession at the beginning was this——

"I don't want to—" Liao Qing raised his eyebrows, asked about his family, and hugged all kinds of disbelieving little wives...

"Really?" Zhang Xiaoli still didn't believe it——

Liao Qing rested his chin on the top of Zhang Xiaoli's head, and hugged his yearning daughter-in-law in his arms.

"But in fact, there are many things that don't need to be too urgent—" Zhang Xiaoli nodded. He thought that Liao Qing was worried that he might hurt the child in his stomach when traveling through time and space, so he chose to give up. "I'm with you." When it comes to going back, it’s not about going back now, it’s just that there is a plan first.”

"Hmm—" Liao Qing nodded.

Even if this matter is settled, Zhang Xiaoli felt much relieved as if a big rock was suddenly put down in his heart——

……

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xiaoli and Xiao Yue were going to the county seat to prepare for the exam, and Lin Qiu accompanied them there——

Because what Zhang Xiaoli said is that it’s really not easy to go out now, not to mention it’s freezing outside, it’s bad if there is another bump, so correspondingly, Liao Qing didn’t go either—

Under normal circumstances, the exam is at one o'clock in early February, so Zhang Xiaoli and Xiao Yue will probably live in the county for more than February, and then after the exam in February, the college exam will be held ten days later. So almost two people have to wait more than March to come back...

And Tan Weili said that he only took the college entrance examination, and he would leave in early February, and he would come back in more than March.

As soon as the three children left here, the whole Zhuangzi became much deserted and boring to the naked eye. When eating, there were three lonely people on the table——

Liao Qing, Zhang Xiaoli, Tang Yuechao...

Simply, on the second day after the three children left, Liao Qing told Nanny Song not to cook, but to start eating pots——

The weather is cold, and it happens that the pot is very warm while eating and cooking. It is also comfortable to eat in winter——

Zhang Xiaoli wrapped himself in a thick robe and a thick cloak before eating pot in the pavilion——

The mutton pot was made, which unexpectedly suits Zhang Xiaoli's taste and is easy to make.

Wash the lamb ribs, cut them into large pieces, put them in a pot of boiling water, add some white radish, cook for about [-] quarters of an hour, remove the smell of mutton, then wash them with clean water, wash the lamb bones with water, wash the stalks and seeds of the bell peppers, and cut them into pieces. Cut into small pieces, put them in a basin, add some salt and cold boiled water, mix well and marinate into salted peppers, wash the parsley and cut into sections.

Then put the pot on the fire, first put the base vegetables on the bottom, then put the mutton pieces, lamb intestines, and lamb tripe, then put in rice wine, green onion, ginger slices, boil without boiling, pour in appropriate amount of water to cover Bring the meat to a boil over a high heat, skim off the foam, boil for two quarters of an hour to half an hour, the soup will turn white, then use a low heat to simmer for half an hour to an hour, until the mutton, lamb intestines, and tripe are soft Overcooked, fish out, let cool and tear into small pieces respectively.

When eating, take out some mutton, lamb intestines, and lamb tripe pieces, put them in a hot soup pot, heat them up, put them in a bowl, scoop them into the hot mutton soup, add appropriate amount of salt and monosodium glutamate to adjust the taste, sprinkle with coriander segments, and then take them out Put part of the salted pepper into a small bowl and serve at the same time for consumption.

While Liao Qing was eating, it began to snow slowly outside. On their side, they were burning charcoal fire and eating pots. It was very warm, but it was hard for Xiao Yue, Zhang Xiaoli and Lin Qiu——

The three of them live in the county seat. Although it is said that they live in the backyard of Zhang Xiaoli's fruit teahouse, it is indeed convenient, but because they have never lived in it before, they have to clean up the room now. Many things are not so tidy. It will take two days to deliver it, the room is cold, but I still have to study...

Finally, it was time to eat at noon. The food was already a little cold after being served in the corridor, and my stomach felt uncomfortable after eating it...

The three began to miss the warm rooms and warm meals in Zhuangzi——

Speaking of which, Liao Qing was someone who would enjoy himself. He ate the following rice in summer, winter rice in winter, and cold dishes in summer, such as porridge, drinks, etc., and even put ice cubes in it, while winter food Qing is more inclined to eat those particularly warm meals, such as eating pots, hot pots, soups, etc., a big warm pot, lit with charcoal fire, the whole room is warmed up, and the meals are hot. There is nothing more comfortable in the stomach——

Xiao Yue took a sip of the white fungus and lotus seed soup, feeling a little aggrieved...

"Are you guys good at cooking?" Xiao Yue pushed the white fungus and lotus seed soup to the side, his posture was as high as the sky, and he looked like he would immediately get angry, curse and beat others and provide one-stop service...

Xiao Er, who brought a soup, couldn't help shrinking his head...

"This..." Xiaoer was also wronged, mainly because he didn't cook the food, he just helped to bring it over, why did he look like he was going to be beaten instead?

"Do you know what is a dish to eat in winter, and what is a dish to eat in summer?" Xiao Yue rolled his eyes and patted the table vigorously——

"We didn't prepare anything on the first day, and he didn't make it. Why are you so angry with him?" Zhang Xiaolin rolled his eyes, putting on airs for Xiao Yue's picture all the time, wishing that everyone in the world would People around him want to roll their eyes...

"I was about to freeze to death after studying all morning, and I had to eat cold and cold things. My stomach hurts and I can't eat." Xiao Yue didn't understand why he came to take the imperial examination. I won't be able to be admitted to the top prize one day...

As a bourgeois exploiter, Xiao Yue said that he just needs to take this tiring and annoying road...

"Shut up, our food tomorrow will be much better." Zhang Xiaolin rolled his eyes, didn't he also read all morning?Seeing the dishes satisfying the finger, although I felt a little cold, I still ate some honestly, and I still have to study in the afternoon.

As for Xiao Yue's temper as a young master, and the delicate body of a young master all his life, Zhang Xiaolin was a little afraid of that delicate and expensive body.

The main reason is that he has not been severely beaten by the society and has not suffered much. Zhang Xiaoli remembers that he was always very hungry when he was young, and then there was nothing to eat at home. Zhang Xiaolin would often lie on the edge of the water, and occasionally caught a small fish. There is a thin strip no longer than the fingertips, and I often pick off the hair, squeeze out the contents of the stomach, wash it, and then stuff it into my mouth...

"I'll just talk casually..." Xiao Yue grinned in embarrassment, spontaneously picked up a piece of cold dish and put it in a bowl, and ate honestly.

Zhang Xiaolin smiled, nodded to the waiter who brought the food and let him go down——

Xiao Er naturally looked at Zhang Xiaolin with a grateful face, and hurried away with the tray——

Zhang Xiaolin only knows Xiao Yue's character, he is not a bad person, but the young master's temperament is a bit annoying, but it is quite fun to bully the weak and fear the hard...

……

Lin Qiu also had dinner with the two of them, and after the meal, the two of them drove them to the study to read...

"It's too cold—" I was expecting to have a lunch to warm my body, but I didn't say that after a lunch, I felt that the room was even colder when I came back...

Zhang Xiaolin also stomped his feet, but he still took the book and started to read. Xiao Yue saw that Zhang Xiaoli had already started, talking and complaining for a long time, it was boring, and he also took the book and read honestly.

Lin Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Liao Qing roughly revealed Xiao Yue's identity to Lin Qiu before, and then also told Lin Qiu that Xiao Yue's words were mainly to teach him, and the imperial examinations were not so important, so Lin Qiu always talked about Xiao Yue's homework. I don't pay much attention to it, but on the contrary, I attach great importance to his daily behavior, thinking that I can give him a good correction...

But Zhang Xiaolin is really different, Zhang Xiaolin wants to take the imperial examination route, so at this critical moment, Lin Qiu hopes that Xiao Yue will not disturb Zhang Xiaolin——

The three of them were busy, not reading books and reading files, and there was harmony in the study for a while——

Unexpectedly, it was snowing heavily outside, and the snow was falling down like goose feathers. The cold spring was so cold that Zhang Xiaolin felt that he could not hold his book steadily, and his hands were so stiff——

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaolin couldn't help but worry, if this bad spring doesn't go away, what if he can't hold his pen steadily during the exam?

Originally, he had only practiced calligraphy for less than a year, and if his hands were to freeze again by then, his calligraphy would definitely be a big penalty for him.

Zhang Xiaolin couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Seeing Zhang Xiaolin's frown, Xiao Yue swallowed silently, and read the book obediently.

I don't know why the longer Xiao Yue and Zhang Xiaolin stayed together, the more he felt that Zhang Xiaolin was more and more like Liao Qing now, which gave him a strong feeling of oppression...

But fortunately, in the middle of the afternoon, a shopkeeper from Tang Yuechao's chamber of commerce came, saying that he had heard that his boss' younger brother was here, so he came to ask by the way, and sent some carbon over...

Xiao Yue was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes for a moment. Speaking of charcoal fire, he really gave away a lot. At least it will last for ten days or eight days. The charcoal sent to them will arrive when the time comes. Batch can be regarded as an emergency.

Naturally, the three couldn't stop thanking them, but Xiao Yue and Lin Qiu were both naive and the other had never been in contact with these things, so they just kept saying thanks. When I was giving it away, it was stuffed in the past...

The charcoal fire was lit in the room, and Xiao Yue finally shrank his head and neck from the cold, and he seemed to be in a much better mood, with a smile on his face looking like he was about to be beaten, "What did you stuff him just now?" Zhang Xiaolin.

"A purse." Zhang Xiaolin perfunctorily said something to Xiao Yue while reading the book.

"Oh——" Xiao Yue nodded, he didn't think of it just now, but in fact, if a servant does something well, the master will give some rewards, "I didn't think of it just now."

"I hope you remember, the sun can come out from the west." Zhang Xiaolin rolled his eyes.

Just as Xiao Yue wanted to refute, just like that, Zhang Xiaolin waved his hand to signal him not to speak...

Uh……

Swallow a meal in vain?

This is obviously not Xiao Yue's style.

But Xiao Yue looked at Zhang Xiaolin's sitting posture, and then at Zhang Xiaolin's expression, the shadow that coincided with Liao Qing's...

Xiao Yue expressed his heart in a second...

After studying in the county for ten days, it was the beginning of February, and the exam was on the second day of February——

Zhang Xiaolin is slowly getting used to it. On the day of the exam, he felt that he was in good shape——

"Generally, when you enter the examination room, you have to wear a thin shirt to facilitate the body search, so it is relatively cold. If you bring dry food, you have to break it open for inspection. Generally, only water and hot water are provided in the examination room. Do not Don’t drink it if you feel it’s not clean. You’ll have to take the test for three days. If you don’t drink it, your body will definitely not be able to hold it. When the time comes, break the dry food you prepared and soak it in hot tea. After three days, the rest will be fine. ..." Zhang Xiaolin and Xiao Yue were full of confidence, and they didn't look nervous, but Lin Qiu was different, he started to be nervous since the middle of the morning, nagging and dragging the two of them to talk non-stop...