The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

"Master, a letter and things from Nanyang."

Just a few years ago, a letter came from Nanyang, and along with the letter came several carloads of New Year gifts from his teacher entrusted by the caravan. Seeing so many things sent, Li Wen was a little dumbfounded, and took it. After looking at a long list, he said to the masters who brought the things, "It's a long journey, thank you masters."

He asked someone to give some money to the men who escorted the things, and said, "With this money, I will invite some of the masters to have a drink."

Several people took the reward money from the master's family, completed their tasks, and left.

"Put these things away first." Li Wen asked someone to pack up the things. He opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, and read each word carefully.

No matter when he was studying in the past or on the way to become an official now, the teacher is to him a bright light on the way forward. When he has doubts in his heart and feels confused about the way ahead, His teachers can answer him one by one and guide him in the right direction.

Li Wen suddenly understood why His Highness the Crown Prince went to Nanyang several times to find his teacher.His teacher is indeed a rare good teacher, presumably His Royal Highness also knows this.And he didn't know what kind of luck he had, he would be seen by his teacher at the beginning, and he would be accepted as an apprentice, and he would take him by his side and teach him for so many years.

He only hopes that he will not disappoint the teacher's expectations of him in the future.

The letter from Xiangzhou mentioned the incident in Xiangzhou. Presumably his teacher got the news from other sources. Regarding what he did, the teacher supported him in the letter, and at the same time reminded him to act in the future Be cautious.From this letter, Li Wen could see the teacher's concern and worry for him.

Li Wen actually understood that he took this step too hastily, and if he was a little careless, he might fall badly.

But the emperor must push him in the middle, otherwise he would not be able to rise to the position of the fifth rank all at once.

Thinking of the hidden meaning hidden in the words the emperor called him into the palace that day, Li Wen stretched out his hand and pinched the center of his brows.He knew that he was just a pawn in the emperor's hands, a sharp sword, and he had no right to refuse whatever the emperor wanted him to do, so he could only move forward.The position he is standing in now is too passive, and it is not his turn to decide for himself.

"Hey..." He couldn't help but sighed, Li Wen worried for himself in his heart.

But teacher, you don't have to worry about me, if he can get into Liuyuan, he won't be so stupid as to kill himself.Even if the emperor wants to abandon him, he has to weigh in his heart whether it is worth the six yuan value of abandoning him. After all, the emperor often wants to be famous, and he can win a good reputation for the emperor. Presumably, at present, the emperor should be reluctant to abandon him pba? .

After reading the letter, Li Wen carefully put it away and put it back in the envelope. Behind the wall next to the bookshelf was a dark cabinet. Only he knew this place.

Opening the dark cabinet, he took out a box and put the letter in it.

There is nothing shameful in this box, but it is the letters between him and his teachers, family and friends. He is reluctant to tear them up, so he keeps them all and puts them in this box.Even if the things inside are taken away by others, it won't have any bad influence on him.

And the gift he gave to his teacher and family was sent back long before he went to Xiangzhou, so they must have received it long ago.

Since he arrived in the capital, his family has sent him several times, from food and clothes to clothes made by his mother.When the things from home arrived, he was still in Xiangzhou and hadn't come back yet. There was also a letter from his mother to him. Li Wen also read it carefully when he came back.The letter mentioned that the old village chief was old, and after discussions between the clan elders and everyone in the village, his father was elected as the village chief of Lijia Village.

His father has now become the village chief, hehe...

Great, his father!

When he was studying in Nanyang before, he could go back once or twice a year to visit relatives at home.Now that he is in the capital, the journey home is too far away, and he doesn't know when he will be able to go back to visit his parents and grandmother, as well as the elders in the village who watched him grow up.

Thinking of his parents getting old year by year, and his grandma's body getting worse year by year, the older he gets, the farther away he is from home and relatives, who will always be there watching him, waiting for him to go back , Li Wen felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. In fact, he sometimes wondered whether it was right or wrong for him to come to the capital to become an official.

But since he chose this path at the beginning, he can't turn back now, so he can only grit his teeth and walk down.

After sitting in the study for a long time, Li Wen touched his face before coming out of the study.

I didn't know what was going on in the kitchen, but there was a scent coming from a distance, and the two children couldn't wait to run to the kitchen.

When Li Wen came out of the study, the dim sum in the kitchen had just been baked. Li Jinwan came in with the dim sum, saw her brother, and said with a smile, "Brother, come and try, the red bean cake and mung bean cake I just made, and these The stuffing is made of plum blossoms and nuts, covered with a layer of sesame seeds, and fried in oil."

This sesame cake is delicious, but it consumes too much oil, so she is a bit reluctant to use it, but thinking that everyone will like to eat it and eat happily, she is reluctant to use it no matter how much oil is consumed.

"Well, it smells good." Li Wen walked over and saw several kinds of snacks on the plate, stretched out his hand to pinch a piece, took a bite, and said, "It's crispy on the outside, but it smells like flowers inside."

"It's pretty good." He is very sure of his sister's craftsmanship, whoever marries his sister in the future will be lucky.

Li Haopeng reached out and took two yuan, and stuffed one for Xiao Yangyang.

"You two ate a lot in the kitchen just now, don't think I didn't see it, you can't eat any more after eating this piece. If you continue to eat, I don't think you two need to eat dinner." Li Jinwan Seeing that the two little things were still eating dim sum, I wanted to hit the two boys on the head, "Li Xiaobao, it's fine if you steal it yourself, and you're going to spoil Yang Yang, tell me how many dim sum you've eaten these past two days gone?"

It's not that she doesn't feed the child, or the child does not eat if the child eats too much. Is it okay to not eat?

"...Uh..." Li Haopeng looked up at his fourth sister, and found that she was staring at him, so he quickly showed a flattering smile.

"..." Li Jinwan.

"Brother, Fourth Sister, I will eat the last piece, and I promise not to eat it today." Seeing his brother looking at him, Li Haopeng's skin tightened, and he quickly promised.Knowing that he wanted to make his brother angry, he couldn't even eat a bite, his brother was much scarier than the fourth sister.

"Heh!" Li Wen sat down and asked the two boys to stand upright, "Tell me how many dim sum you have eaten these two days."

"Brother..." How can I count this!Li Haopeng also doesn't want to count with his brother, this is the time to count, will they still have snacks in the future?

Seeing this, Xiao Yangyang quickly put on a pitiful expression, and his pitiful eyes looked at the adults.

Seeing the kid who came over to act like a spoiled child, Li Wen already knew that the kid would use this trick, "It's useless to act like a spoiled child, brother, I will teach you a lesson today, what does it mean to be 'leniency in confession and strictness in lying'".

"..." Li Xiaobao.

"..." Bai Xiaoyang.

Seeing these two poor little things, Li Wen really didn't want to punish them. He turned to his sister and said, "Put away all the snacks you have made, and don't let this brat get it." Looking at the two boys in front of him, Li Wen sneered, and said, "From now on, the two of you can only eat six dim sum a day at most, regardless of size or variety, three in the morning and three in the afternoon, any more I can't."

Only six dollars a day...

"Oh." Li Haopeng was obviously not very willing.

Bai Xiaoyang gave me a look of happiness, and they will have six yuan a day for snacks from now on.

Obviously, the two children have different degrees of satisfaction.

At this time, in General Zhao's mansion.

Ever since his brother took him to play in Zhuangzi, Zhao Ruichen sat in the room every day waiting for his brother to come back, thinking that his brother would take him outside to play.However, Zhao Xiangyi, the eldest brother, goes out early in the morning and comes back at midnight every day. He doesn't sleep in his own room. Except for his servants who are close to him, even the housekeeper can't see the young master once a day. , not to mention Zhao Xiaodi who was raised in the house.

The poor child waited eagerly for his brother every day, but he still couldn't wait for anyone.

"Is Chenchen looking at something? Tell Aniang, okay?"

In the past two days, Mrs. Wang saw the child always looking at the door, and after coaxing for a long time, she heard the youngest son say "wait for brother".

The woman thought that the eldest son took the younger son out to play a few days ago, and thought that the younger son wanted to go to the Zhuangzi to play, and the Chinese New Year would be in two days, so it must be difficult for the younger son to go to the Zhuangzi to play. Wang coaxed, "Chenchen wants your elder brother to take you to Zhuangzi to play, right? Let's go after the Chinese New Year, shall we?"

"Don't go to Zhuangzi." Zhao Ruichen turned his head, looked at his mother with a pair of bright black eyes, and said, "Look for Master Li.

"..." Mrs. Wang, Mr. Li is an official, how can he have time to play with your child!Wang didn't know that the youngest son liked Mr. Li so much. She thought that the youngest son just liked to play with the younger brother of Mr. Li's family. Didn't it mean that the two children were about the same age?Should be able to play together to ah.

"Chenchen likes Master Li?" asked Wang.

"Yeah." The kid nodded.After nodding his head, he felt a little sad when he thought that his brother promised to take him there, but didn't come back to take him there.

"...''Wang Shi.

Seeing the sad look on her youngest son's face, Wang's heart followed the melancholy. If she likes to play with the youngest brother in Master Li's family, she can invite someone to play with her youngest son in the next post, but the little one Son wants to play with Master Li? This post is really difficult to post.

Seeing her youngest son staring in the direction of the gate every day, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it anymore, and turned around to tell the housekeeper, "Young master wants to come back, let him come to my place."

"Yes, Second Madam." The housekeeper replied.