Red House Farm Stay

The No. [-] Scholar Cake was given away, and Ban Er got a piece himself. He held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and said with a smile: "It's just the first time, the county can't try to make the No. [-] Scholar Cake."

Even if it wins, it's not the number one pick.

Jia Zhuo pursed his lips and said happily, "It's a custom, as long as you end up steaming the champion cake, it's a good intention." He helped him sort out the things he was going to bring in.

He can only wear single clothes, and the weather in February is still a bit cool, so the family prepared two sets of single clothes for him.As for the brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, I still used the ones that Baner was used to, but I still put one of the writing brushes Wu Yan gave me, just as a good intention.

The hand stove should also be brought, as well as the silver frost charcoal that does not emit smoke and has no smell when it burns.Ban'er took out the stove silently, "I don't need to live in it. In broad daylight, I thought I was seriously ill with this."

Jia Zhuo glared at him, "What do you want to eat, grandma said to make it for you."

"Corn flour is fine." Ban'er thought for a while and replied.

For fear of soiling the test papers, no one dared to bring in soup or greasy things, whether it was pastry or bread, even the children of rich and noble families were the same.

There are five county exams, and every day you come in and go out at night. After the first day of the exam, you will mark the papers on the spot, and the names will be called early the next morning. Those who did not pass the previous day do not have to take the next exam.In other words, the number of people was the largest on the first day, and the number of people in the next four days was the same.The final scoring is based on the results of the five games, and those who win the exam can take the government exam in April.

In the early morning of the first county examination, the whole family got up early. Grandma Liu made the dough in person, made a tray of cornmeal pastry, put it aside and made him breakfast.Fearing that his stomach would not adapt, it was still the same as usual, mainly light, a bowl of porridge with a little side dish, baked a few egg pancakes, watched him eat, and Wang Gou'er personally drove him off.

Jia Zhuo and Qing'er also wanted to go, but they were stopped by Wang Gou'er, "There are many people outside, so if you go, Ban'er will remember you. There will be fewer people tomorrow, so you can go then."

"Come on, let's go tomorrow." Jia Zhuo was so clever that the whole family laughed.

The rest of the people didn't bother to eat breakfast. When Wang Gou'er came back, he explained the process in detail, how to call the name, and how to check the clothes and clothes, and finally went in.

When the family sat down to eat, they had to look in the direction of the county government after taking two mouthfuls of porridge.The county examination is presided over by the county magistrate Mr. Qin himself. An examination takes about one day, and it is time to hold candles.

"Can we pick it up?" Qing'er asked.

"Medium." Wang Gou'er couldn't help asking for compliments.

They left early in the car. Jia Zhuo put the small stove in the kitchen on the car, boiled hot tea on it, and explained: "I don't have any hot water for a day, so I can't bear it."

Qing'er nodded quickly, "Sister Xiaozhuo is still thoughtful."

A simple sentence made Jia Zhuo blush, and she nodded her head in a concealed manner, "Hurry up and get in the car, don't let Baner wait for us."

When the board came out, he looked calm, unlike some people whose family members stepped forward to support their backs, as if they had just run 800 meters.Seeing his own mule cart, he trotted over and said as he ran, "There are many people outside, so don't come down."

Jia Zhuo had already poured a cup of hot tea and waited, but Ban'er drank it all in one gulp, "There is really nothing more comfortable than having a cup of hot tea."

"Brother, guess whose idea it is to have hot tea." Qing'er booed from the side.

"Naughty." Ban'er tapped Qing'er on the forehead, looked at Jia Zhuo, and kept smiling.

Wang Gou'er pursed his lips and smiled, and caught up with the car to go home. Chicken soup had already been boiled at home to replenish Ban'er's vitality.

"Bring me a few more pastries tomorrow." Ban'er drank the chicken soup and then downed it with a bowl of white rice.

"Why, not enough." Upon hearing this, Grandma Liu and Mrs. Liu became anxious.Five big pastries are not enough, they obviously have enough to eat according to their appetite.

"No, I've had enough. I have a few. Oh, anyway, let's bring a few more." Ban'er saw a few that didn't even bring food, so he divided them into three and went out.

"This kid is fine." Hearing what he said, Grandma Liu couldn't bear to be harsh, and promised to make more tomorrow.

"Let's also eat white rice tomorrow morning." Ban'er thought about it and adjusted the recipe for tomorrow morning.

This is of course no problem. Now, as long as the board is mentioned, it is to pick the moon in the sky, and the Wang family has to think about the feasibility.

However, Baner's certainty also shows that he is very confident in today's exam, and he has never worried about whether he can pass the exam at all.Of course, the family will not spoil the fun, and even mention any worries.Just ask him to rest early, and there are still four full games. Even if Baner's body can bear it, he will still be under great mental pressure.

The second day, the third day, and the fourth day passed in peace and stability. Jia Zhuo also saw Wu Yan's carriage during the discharge time on the fourth day. After asking, he found out that Li Rong also participated in this round county test.

"Because it was a temporary decision, and he was not very sure, so he didn't make it known to others." Wu Yan explained it this way.

Jia Zhuo gave a "puchi" smile, "I think he is very lucky, since he married you, everything went smoothly."

Wu Yan covered her mouth with a smile and said, "You know how to make fun of me, ah, they came out."

Each had someone to pick up, and the two separated. Jia Zhuo jumped out of the car to pick up the basket in Ban'er's hand, but Ban'er didn't give it to him, so he picked it up with the other hand, "I'm not tired."

"Go back quickly, we made small wontons and jujube cake." Jia Zhuo clapped the board, and the two got into the car affectionately.

On the opposite side of the street, Wu Yan sat motionless in the car, letting Li Rong watch the Wang family's carriage drive away, and then said: "Although grandfather doesn't say anything on the surface, he is very worried about you in his heart. , Talk to him, let the old man rest assured."

"Okay." Li Rong nodded, when he was guilty, he was always very easy to talk to.

"Grandfather said that uncle and aunt will bring their cousins ​​and nephews to live for a while after the year." Wu Yan slowly started talking to him.

"The East Mansion is originally their eldest family's house. Since we are coming, we need someone to clean it up." Li Rong knew that Wu Yan was referring to the eldest family of the Li family.

Li Rong's grandfather's elder brother is the owner of Dongfu.But after many years of death, there is a son who inherited the East Mansion, named Li Shouzhong, who once offered wine to the Imperial College.

There are many sons and daughters below, but there is only one daughter from the first line. Back then, she was married to Sun Jiazhu, the head of the Rongguo Mansion, as his wife.The husband and wife have a strong relationship, but it is a pity that Jia Zhu is a hard-working person, leaving only Li Wan and his son Jia Lan to live on.

The Li family only thought that this was the worst outcome, and no one thought that the worst outcome was yet to come.The Rongguo Mansion fell apart overnight, so Li Jijiu naturally wanted to take care of his daughter, so he hurriedly took the mother and son back to his own house.

Li Jijiu is Li Rong's uncle, Li Wan is Li Rong's cousin, and Jia Lan is his cousin.Due to seniority, although Jia Lan is a cousin, he is two years older than Li Rong, and he is already 20 years old this year.

Wu Yan sighed, "You haven't thought about why it's such a good day, and it's not a special day. You don't bring others, but you bring them here to live."

"During the Chinese New Year, I realized that those sister-in-laws are not good people, and bullying the orphans and widows is nothing." Li Rong finally realized that there is something wrong here.

"I heard that the nephew of my cousin's family is both civil and military. He is already a scholar at this age. If he comes, you should ask him to give advice."

"What's reading? You don't know. He's good at archery. When we go out to hunt, every arrow is right." When Li Rong talked about Jia Lan, he immediately became happy, wishing that he would arrive tomorrow.

Seeing that he was happy, Wu Yan also laughed. Fortunately, Fatty Xu was not in Wannian County, and the rest of Mo Hunzi, who was tall, were all ordered by Wu Yan not to disturb Li Rong's study if they had nothing to do.His deceitful husband is not bad in nature, he used to be careless in making friends, if he can associate more with people like Jia Lan, it will only be good for him.

The two carriages gradually drifted away, and there was only the last day of tomorrow, and almost half of the people in the Wang family were tossing and turning, unable to close their eyes.

Even though Ban'er was in excellent health, after four days of suffering, he was exhausted both physically and mentally, with bloodshot eyes, obviously he didn't sleep well last night.

Jia Zhuo took well water for him to wash his face and apply to his eyes, and secretly said: "Don't be nervous, we don't need to care too much about the result, and we don't rely on this fame to eat."

"Don't worry, I won't be nervous." Ban'er took the towel with a smile. He knew that Jia Zhuo was afraid that he was under too much pressure, so he relieved him.His pressure is not what Jia Zhuo imagined, he just hopes that he can be more worthy of her, but he will never say these words.

Wang Gou'er didn't go out to work, so he took the two sisters to wait outside early.

"Wow, Miss Zhuo, look at that horse." Qing'er exclaimed several times when she saw someone riding a fiery red tall horse approaching.

Jia Zhuo sized it up for a long time and commented, "This horse is worth at least 300 taels of silver. It's either rich or expensive, brother."

Qing'er slammed her mouth, "Tsk tsk, I heard that rich people feed their horses with finer food than humans. I didn't believe it before, but I think it is credible when I see this horse. Such a beautiful horse, I would give it anything to eat."

Jia Zhuo nodded, and while talking with Qing'er, the rider got closer and closer, and even jumped off his horse.The face of a white-faced boy was completely exposed, a long face, with extremely delicate features, but the burly figure weakened the trace of femininity on his face, and he only looked heroic.

Qing'er covered her mouth excitedly, and pulled Jia Zhuo's sleeve. Jia Zhuo was amused by her, and went to scratch the tip of her nose, "When did Wannian County have such a romantic person, and I have never heard of it."

Wannian County is not big, who would come out of such a young man without being rolled on the tip of his tongue by a bunch of women, repeating it seven or eight hundred times a day.I haven't heard anyone read it before, probably from outside.

"It must be someone's relative." Qing'er also agreed.

It's time for the discharge, and the son walked over to meet a scholar who came out. First, he bowed his hands and saluted, and then the two laughed and patted each other's shoulders, "Why didn't you say earlier that you will end this year? Although my nephew is not knowledgeable enough, I don't know what to say." I can tell you about my experience."

"You are laughing at me again, you are not good at learning, so what am I? Have your uncles, aunts, and elder sisters arrived? How is the house, but you can still live in it. If there is anything wrong, just ask someone to take care of your aunt. want."

"Grandfather and grandmother haven't arrived yet. My mother and I came here ahead of time and have already visited my great-grandfather and my grandmother. The house is tidy up very well, and my cousin is also very nice. She gets along well with my mother and is about to get married. sister."

Jia Lan smiled and pointed to his horse, "The road is not far, let's go together."

Li Rong looked at Jia Lan's horse enviously, and muttered, "Grandfather would never buy me such a good horse."

"If you can win, let alone a horse, they will answer no matter how much you ask." Jia Lan laughed loudly, got on the horse, stretched out his hand and pulled Li Rong, and the two rode together. leave.

Li Rong even forgot to take a peek at the Wang family's mule cart. When he remembered to look back, the Wang family's mule cart had already picked up the board and walked far away.

The Wang family was full of joy, Liu couldn't help but kept asking Ban'er, "Do you think you can win?"

"Of course." Qing'er hurriedly replied.

Ban'er just laughed, "I tried my best, but whether I get it or not, that's the examiner's business."

"Do your best and obey the destiny. If you have anything to ask, serve the food quickly and let me have a drink with Ban'er." Wang Gou'er half scolded and half jokingly drove Mrs. Liu to the kitchen.

Jia Zhuo and Qing'er also drank half a cup each, and their faces were flushed.

"Don't drink anymore, go to bed quickly, I've been tired for several days." Grandma Liu couldn't help but say something, and everyone dispersed.

Wang Gou'er was helped away by Mrs. Liu, and Qing'er went to help grandma.Jia Zhuo went to clean up the dishes, but Baner sat still, staring blankly at Jia Zhuo and giggling.The hand that wanted to go to Raja Zhuo was slapped away by Jia Zhuo, "Don't make trouble, wait for me to clean up."

"Sister, go wash your hands and help my brother. He keeps calling for you. I'll clean up the rest."

Qing'er helped her grandma back to the house, and went to the kitchen to take Jia Zhuo's hand.

"Go back and rest." Jia Zhuo reached out to support the board.

Ban'er smiled "hehe", stretched out his hand and dragged Jia Zhuo into his arms.

"Hey, you're crazy." Jia Zhuo was startled, and beat him with his hand.

"I'm crazy, I miss you crazy." Ban'er buried his face in her arms, took a deep breath, wrapped his hands around her waist, and locked her in his arms.

Jia Zhuo put his hands on his shoulders, feeling the heat of his hair under his clothes, as well as his bulging muscles.Biting her lip, her voice was like a gnat, "That's right, that can't be like this."

"My father said that as long as your father agrees, we will settle the marriage for us." Ban'er's eyes were bright, and he looked at her with joy.

Jia Zhuo widened his eyes, restrained his shyness, and said angrily: "What do you mean, he sold me once, and will he sell me a second time? If you go to him, tell him to change into a different person." Come out and marry your daughter, it has nothing to do with me anyway."

As he spoke, he struggled to stand up, and really used his strength to push the board.Ban'er was caught off guard for a moment and was pushed away by her.Seeing her walking out angrily, she was so frightened that she was mostly sober.

Chasing him out, he wrapped Jia Zhuo in his arms, no matter how hard she struggled, she refused to let go.He admitted his mistake without a word: "I was wrong, I was wrong, don't be angry with me, my heart is in a mess when you are angry, I can't think of anything, and I can't think of anything."

"No one can be the master of my own affairs." Seeing that he knew he was wrong, Jia Zhuo stopped struggling, leaned on his chest, and whispered: "No one can make the decision for me, I don't need it." He never needs it."

The one who wants to be with Ban'er is Jia Zhuo, not sister Qiao, let alone Jia Lian's daughter.Jia Zhuo can't say anything, but can only emphasize over and over again that she doesn't need any outsider to make such an important matter in her life for her.

"So, what about you, are you really willing to spend the rest of your life with this silly boy in front of you? You know, he has a lot of strength and won't let people bully you, but he only has this ability It's just strength."

"Then, are you willing? Let me always bully you like this, always bear with me three points, and always love me as much as now. You have to understand that the danger on my body cannot be truly relieved even if Prince Zhongshun is alive. This is not Just kidding, not to show some fearless bravery, Baner, if you are afraid, I completely understand, really..."

Jia Zhuo couldn't say anything else, her fiery lips were blocked, pressing and rubbing on her lips, it was hot and wet.

Ban'er understood it quickly, or this is the instinct hidden in the human body.When the tip of his tongue came out to test, the two of them heard Qing'er's voice at the same time, "Is my brother asleep? I fetched water and came in."

Jia Zhuo pushed the board away violently, and the two of them panicked and didn't know what to do.In the end, Jia Zhuo came to his senses, what were they panicking about, this was outside Ban'er's room door, and they didn't go in at all.

After tidying up the corners of his clothes and smoothing the frizzy hair that was rubbed by the board, Jia Zhuo said in a loud voice, "Come here quickly, your brother hasn't entered the room yet."

Ban'er stood where he was, watching Jia Zhuo go back to the foolish way he just stared at her.

"What are you doing in a daze, go in." Jia Zhuo gave him a gesture of anger, and went to pick up Qing'er's water basin.

"I'll do it myself." Ban'er pushed open the door, but instead walked in front of Jia Zhuo, and took the water basin from Qing'er who had just turned a corner and approached.

Qing'er stretched her waist, suddenly pointed to the moon in the sky and said: "Sister, look quickly, the moon is really round today."

Jia Zhuo raised his head and touched his lips involuntarily, "Really, it's very special...round."

Baner didn't rest, and went to school as usual the next day, because the master wanted to see how they answered the questions these days.

Bring the answers written silently when you come back every night, and silently hand them over to the master.

"It's not bad. It will be listed in a few days. Once you are selected, you will have to take the government examination in April. You must not relax." The master looked at Wang Tianzuo deliberately. This student is by no means a genius, regardless of his age. You can't be regarded as a young talent, you must know that the youngest person who died this year was only 13 years old.If I had to describe it, it would be solid enough.

If he was asked to recite it once, he recited it at least three times, being meticulous and never lazy.Like other students, Chang Jiandao Pianfeng put forward wildly contradictory theories to debate with his master.Rather, it is like a thick land, absorbing all knowledge and insights, and fermenting alone.

Judging from his theory, what finally precipitates out is clean well water.It is neither fine wine nor alcohol, but water that everyone should drink and must drink.Unbiased, neither aggressive nor procrastinating, really cuts to the point, divides and transforms it little by little, just like the power of water, a little bit of savings will eventually wear through the stone.

Although because of his young age, he has not dealt with any general affairs, let alone government affairs.The proposed solution is not perfect, even a bit naive.But the intention and ideas are clear at a glance, which is already a very rare exposition.

The other students may be better than him, but in terms of theory, not to mention my own college, even those who participated in the county examination this time, the master believes that few people can beat him.

"It seems that there will be a few more children this year." The master narrowed his eyes happily.

After resting for a few days, Wang Gou'er started to run out again. He took on a job to help someone find a small village.

Grandma Liu waved to Jia Zhuo, "Girl, come to grandma quickly."

Jia Zhuo went over according to his words, and Grandma Liu pulled her to sit next to her, looked at her little face carefully, and couldn't help laughing, "Our little girl has grown up, there are some things that I shouldn't tell you, but Grandma knows that you are not a twitchy girl. Our farmers live a real life, and we don’t have the time to be embarrassed. If it is related to you, grandma will ask you directly. "

"Yeah." Jia Zhuo's face suddenly burned, and he knew in his heart that the Wang family wanted to expose this matter.

"Do you think Baner..."

"Qiaojie, Qiaojie, come with me quickly, what happened, why are you here?" Qing'er just opened the gate of the courtyard, and saw a person swept in like the wind, shouting Qiaojie's name all the way. name.

Qing'er closed the courtyard door tightly with a bang, and Jia Zhuo walked out quickly, almost colliding with the person who was walking in.

"It's you." It's not the first time Jia Zhuo saw him, but she really didn't expect to hear the word "Qiaojie" from his mouth.

"You are Qiaojie, yes, you really are. What is the matter with Second Uncle Lian, why did he let you live here." The visitor calmly glanced at the clothes Jia Zhuo was wearing, feeling sore in his heart.How could the eldest daughter of the Jia family become an adopted daughter in the peasant family's turn? What happened in the middle?

"Don't you know me? I'm Jia Lan. I hugged you when you were young." Seeing her staring blankly at herself, Jia Lan said anxiously.

"Jia Lan..." In Jia Zhuo's almost blank mind, the family relationship of the Jia family slowly emerged.Jia Lan is Li Wan's son and Li Jijiu's grandson, so with Li Rong, damn it, that guy Li Rong must have exposed himself.