The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Ninety-one is over, and it's New Year's Eve.

The last day at the end of the year is the division of the year, which means the division of the year and the replacement of the new year.The most important day at the end of this year is the day of family reunion, when wandering businessmen who are away return home and reunite with their relatives at home.

This year is their first year in Beijing.

In the past, he studied in Nanyang, and he could go home to reunite with his relatives during the Chinese New Year. Now that he has become an official in the capital, the journey back to his hometown is far away, and it has become a luxury to go back and reunite with his relatives.Fortunately, there are younger brothers and sisters by his side, not alone, Li Wen feels a little bit of comfort in his heart, but it's a pity that his younger brothers and sisters are in the capital with him, and cannot go back to reunite with his family for the New Year.

The sun in the east rose early in the morning, and the sunlight filled the entire small courtyard, adding a touch of warmth to this winter day.

They set up tables in the yard and spread red paper to write couplets.

Ever since he learned how to read and write, the couplets at home during the Chinese New Year were all written by Li Wen. When he arrived in Beijing this year, the task of writing couplets also fell on his shoulders. He was dragged to write couplets early in the morning.

"The days increase, the years increase, and the life increases, and the spring is full, and the heaven and earth are full of happiness."

The horizontal batch is: Four Seasons Chang'an.

The last word fell, and the pen was closed.

"Brother, your handwriting is really beautiful."

"Wow, brother, your writing is so beautiful."

While he was writing, a few young people around him praised him, and Li Wen was a little bit dumbfounded.

Back then, for the imperial examination, he practiced xiaocai for more than ten years, and his handwriting was correct and beautiful.I just don’t know if I’m used to it, or if he’s pursuing something higher now, looking at his own handwriting, he feels that his handwriting is correct, but he always feels that something is missing.

Li Wen said, "You two also write a few words to see."

Seeing that his brother's handwriting was so beautiful, and comparing it with his own handwriting, Li Xiaobao felt a little ashamed, "No, brother, I don't write, my handwriting is not good-looking."

"It would be nice to write a few more. I write better than you because I am older than you and I have written more than ten years of handwriting. Handwriting needs to be written and practiced to be good. You want If you don’t write frequently, how can you write well in the future? Next year, the task of writing couplets will have to be handed over to you two.” Li Wen wrote the word "Fu" on the red letter, and asked the two younger ones to come and write.

is that so?Li Haopeng looked suspicious.

Li Wen looked sure, that's it, that's right.

Today is the last day of the year, and tomorrow is the new year. On this day, every household cleans the courtyard, pastes couplets, window grilles, hangs red lanterns, etc.

In previous years, they celebrated the New Year at home, and they had to worship their ancestors at home and welcome their ancestors home for the New Year. There were many red tapes.This year they are celebrating the New Year in the capital, and they will avoid some unnecessary red tape, just keep it simple.

"Brother, why didn't Brother Chen come today?"

"Maybe it's something at home that I can't leave. I'll be here in two days."

The General's Mansion and Liuyuan Mansion are not far away. Since the day when the children came to play at their mansion, Brother Chen would come to play with them every day in the past few days. Every day Zhao Xiangyi sent people over and went there I'm busy with him, and I'll come pick him up when I'm done.

The three children played together for a few days, and they developed feelings for each other. No wonder their children saw that Brother Chen didn't come, and no one came for a day, so they talked about it.

Li Wen knew that for a family like the General's Mansion, all kinds of complicated etiquettes were inevitable during the Chinese New Year. Presumably, there must be some business in the mansion and they couldn't leave, otherwise Brother Chen would definitely come to their house.

After finishing writing the pair, there was nothing to do with them, Li Wen called Bai Yu over, took the two younger ones and went to the street together.This day the street is still very lively, there are many small business stalls on the street, pedestrians come and go, and many adults on the street bring their children out to play.

On the road, I saw candied haws for sale, and the boy yelled to buy candied haws.

"Okay, let's go then.,'

The two boys ran in front, Li Wen and Bai Yu followed behind, watching that the children would not be abducted by traffickers.He glanced at Bai Yu's feet and asked, "Do you still feel any discomfort when you walk on your feet?" Later, he invited the imperial doctor to come over to show Bai Yu twice, and now Bai Yu's feet are much better than before , Walking no longer needs crutches to walk, if you don't look carefully, he walks like an ordinary person.

But when he observed carefully, he could still find that one of Bai Yu's feet was exerting less force than the other, so Li asked

You can feel that his injured foot is still slightly different from the other foot.

Bai Yu shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing uncomfortable."

Li Wen knew that this person was not telling the truth, but he also knew that in this era of backward medical skills, it was only because he invited the imperial physician from the palace to come over for diagnosis and treatment that he could be cured to such an extent. Otherwise, Bai Yu would still be able to walk in the future Had to walk with a cane.If this is done in modern times, it can be restored to normal with just a small operation.

"Brother, here it is."

The two boys went to buy candied haws and didn't forget to buy their portion. Li Wen took it and held it in his hand without eating it.On the way, he also bought a lot of snacks, all of which were paid for by his family. He will give the child a little pocket money every month. As for how to use it, he doesn't care about the child.

It was almost noon, and they sat down at a noodle shop and each ordered a bowl of noodles.

When the woman served them noodles, Li Wen asked casually, "Is your store open for business during Chinese New Year?"

"Hehe, we are open for half a day today, and we will close in the afternoon to go back to celebrate the New Year. Our store will not open for business until the third day of the new year." The woman answered him with a smile.

"Yeah, it's Chinese New Year, and we have to go back to celebrate the New Year." Li Wen nodded and thanked the woman who came to give them the noodles.

At noon, there were customers in the store who came to eat noodles, and the woman was busy to greet the customers.

On this day, the stalls on the street closed earlier than usual. Many hawkers in the city were people from the villages near the capital. I went home to celebrate the New Year with my mother-in-law and children at home.

On the way back after eating noodles, they saw some hawkers cleaning up their stalls, and some shops on the street were also closed, presumably it was because the owner had a holiday and asked the guys to go back to celebrate the New Year.

When they returned to the mansion from the outside, red couplets were pasted on the door, red lanterns were hung, and lights and festoons were decorated everywhere in the mansion.

Seeing her elder brother and younger brother coming back, Li Jinwan asked with a smile, "Brother, Bai Yu, Xiao Bao, Yang Yang, you are back, have you had lunch? Do you want the kitchen to make you something to eat?"

"No need, we just came back after eating out, so we won't be hungry." Li Wen handed over the uneaten candied haws and said, "Here, I have worked hard at home for the past few days, and I will reward you." .”

"Thank you brother. It's nothing hard or not. I can help you. I'm too happy." Li Jinwan took it with a smile and took a bite. The sugar on the outside was sweet, and the hawthorn inside was sour. Sour and sweet, she narrowed her eyes happily.

She remembered that the first bite of candied haws she ate when she was a child was also brought back by her brother, who was really kind to her.Thinking of some things when she was a child, because her brother was there, she didn't feel that her childhood was hard, so this is why after she followed her brother to the capital, she never said that she wanted to go back to her hometown, where only her brother was. It just felt like home was there.

"Little girl, you still look like you won't grow up." Just a bunch of rock candy cute reeds is enough.

In Li Wen's eyes, this teenage girl is just a half-grown child, but in this day and age, girls of fifteen or sixteen are already at the age to marry and have children.Such a good sister, he is really reluctant to marry her, so let's stay by his side and raise her for another three or two years.

"Brother, I have grown up, don't keep treating me like a child." The little girl snorted, still not convinced

Li Wen smiled and said, "Oh, is that so? Then return my candied haws."

"I don't, you gave it to me, it's mine." Li Jinwan protected the candied haws in her hand, so she refused to give it.

The two brothers and sisters bickered and walked into the house.

"Brother." Xiao Yangyang looked up at his brother, Bai Yu hummed, and reached out to touch the child's head.

books

Today is the holiday, and the family naturally has to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

The kitchen was busy early on, the meat was stewed in the cauldron, bubbling and bubbling,

The aroma is overflowing.Today is the holiday, and dinner is served early at home. There is a table in the house for the master to eat, and a table for the people below to eat in the kitchen. What the master eats, the servants also eat. Li Wen, this master never treats the people around him badly. servants.

Everyone sat around a table to eat, and during the meal, Li Wen could tell that the little brother was not in a good mood, his mouth was closed, his eyes were red, as if someone had bullied him.Li Wen pulled the child over, held him in his arms, and asked, "What's wrong with Xiaobao? Is the food not to Xiaobao's appetite?"

The child buried his face in his elder brother's stomach, shook his head, and did not speak.

Li Wen actually knew what was wrong with the child. He probably missed Auntie. He hugged the child for a while, and when the child calmed down, he rubbed the child's head and said, "Okay, we are men. Man, don't act like a little girl.

Let's eat first, shall we?You see everyone is looking at us, if you don’t eat, Yang Yang also looks at you, Yang Yang doesn’t eat anymore. "

Several pairs of eyes were looking at them, and everyone stopped their chopsticks.

"Mmm 0" Li Haopeng looked up at Xiao Yangyang, and found that everyone was looking at him, he felt a little embarrassed, children also want to save face, so he wiped his eyes and pretended nothing happened.

"Come on, have a piece of braised pork. Don't you like braised pork the most? The fourth sister cooked it for us. Do you think it tastes good?" Li Wen took a piece of braised pork for the boy. I learned it from his mother, and the taste of it is somewhat like his mother's.

"Yes, Xiaobao, let's see if Fourth Sister is doing well." Li Jinwan coaxed.

Seeing the little boy eating meat, Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up the cup on the table and clinked it with Bai Yu.

He left home to study when he was young, and he actually understands how children miss their loved ones.Including up to now, Li Wen often misses his parents and grandma at home, but as he grows older, that kind of longing for his relatives is hidden in his heart, and he rarely shows it.

After a meal, it was dark outside.