The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Knock knock—"

"Come on, who is knocking on the door?"

When Li Wang heard the knock on the door, she walked over and opened the door. Seeing that it was the village head, the old lady was still a little surprised, not knowing what everyone was talking about.Mrs. Li hurriedly led people into the yard, "Come in and sit down."

"Auntie, are you the only women and children at home? The valley and the mountain people have gone to work in the town?" Li Mao came with a few people and saw that there were only a few women and children in the courtyard. They all stood outside without any intention of entering the house.

The head of Li Mao's village knew that some men in the village would go to the town to work at this time of year.

"Well, yes, the boss and the second child have gone to work in the town. There is not much work in the field at the moment, so they will go to the town to do work. If they earn a little more money, they can take care of the family." Li Wang Lead everyone into the yard, and the gate in the yard is opened and closed.

There are only a few of their wives and children at home, and no man is at home. It is not good to spread the word after closing the door, so the door has to be opened.

The man in the back sent the things he brought to the Li Wang family. The largest share here belonged to the village head, and several other families also gave some to them, "It's such a big deal for your family to send Sanbao to study, why not?" Didn’t even tell us anything, we only found out about it after hearing what people in the village said, this is our little thought, please accept it.”

"Hey, you're being polite, why don't you send something back." Mrs. Li couldn't refuse, so she had to catch the things sent by everyone, asked the eldest daughter-in-law to take the things in, and poured out a bowl of water for the big guy. .

Li Mao, the head of the village, asked Li Wang a few things about her family with concern, and asked about her grandson going to the academy to study, and Li Wang answered them all one by one.

Hearing this, Mrs. Li knew what the village chief and the others meant by coming to their house.

But seeing that everyone sent things over, it didn't mean that they shouldn't send their children to study, Wang Li felt relieved.In front of outsiders, the old woman wouldn't boast about her grandson, on the contrary, there was a bit of humility in her words.

Mrs. Li just knew that her grandson was admitted to the academy to study, but she didn't know that the academy was difficult to get into. While talking with everyone, Mrs. Li now knew that her grandson was admitted to the school in the town. How powerful the academy is.So the old lady understood in her heart that the reason why everyone came to her house was not because they sent their grandson to study, but because her good grandson was admitted to a good college to study.

But for Li Wang, the reasoning of both is the same, knowing that her grandson will be promising in the future makes Li Wang very happy.

"I won't bother you today, we'll go back first." The village head and the others came over to say a few words, and everyone drank a bowl of water before leaving.

When he was leaving, Li Mao took out two liang of silver from his pocket and handed it to Li Wang. Li Wang shook his hand hurriedly and said, "It's impossible, it's impossible. You sent so many things. The old woman's heart is already broken." very……"

"Auntie, just take it. I'm just being careful. In the future, if Sanbao can be admitted as a scholar, it will also be a matter of glory for our Li family." Li Mao stuffed the silver into Li Wang's hand, and took the money with him. A few people left.

Li Wang sent everyone out, stood at the door and watched everyone go away, and asked his daughter-in-law to close the door.

Xiao Liwen, who was still studying in the academy, didn't know that he had become the hope of the whole family at this time.

"Ah--" Li Wen sneezed, stretched out his hand and rubbed his nose, wondering who was thinking about him

Until it was getting dark, the man in the family came back from the town with the child and the second uncle.After everyone had eaten, Sun Yi went to wash the dishes and chopsticks, put them back in the kitchen and put them away.Back in the house at night, Sun Yi talked about today's events with the man at home.

Li Shanshan sat by the bed, listening to the woman's words in silence.

After the woman finished speaking, he said, "Let's take this thing first when it is delivered, and we can send it back when we have a chance in the future."

"Yes." The woman replied.

Li Wen on the bed stretched his limbs into a "big" character, sleeping like a pig.

Maybe it's because I went to school recently, I'm too tired every day, and I'm honest when I go to bed, and I don't roll around all over the bed, and I fall on the bed to sleep.

Li Shangu didn't have to go to the ground to pick up his son when he got up in the morning.

The next morning Li Shanshan was going to work in the town, knowing that his son didn't have to go to the academy today, he didn't wake him up when he left.As soon as the door was opened and closed, Li Wen on the bed gave a jolt, and woke up suddenly, flustered for a moment...

After a while, Li Wen remembered that he was on vacation today and didn't have to go to the academy, which scared the baby to death!

Li Wen fell back on the bed again, sleeping soundly while hugging the quilt.

This time he slept until it was almost dawn, his mother got up to cook, and Li Wen also got up.His mother was cooking in the kitchen, and Li Wen was running in the courtyard, doing leg raises, leg presses and stretching, to see if he could grow tall and handsome like his father in the future.

A new day begins in the small village.

After a summer rain, the lotus leaves in the pond are emerald green and beautiful, like a small open umbrella with water droplets on it.In the past, in summer, Li Wen would often pull off the lotus leaves and wear them as hats. When the lotus blossoms bloomed, he could pick off the lotus pods and dig out the lotus seeds inside to eat as snacks.

Seeing lotus leaves two days ago, Li Wen remembered the usefulness of lotus leaves. In addition to being used as medicine, lotus leaves can clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding. Many women also use lotus leaves to boil water to drink as weight loss tea. .In addition, lotus leaf has another important use, that is, it can be used to make various delicacies, such as lotus leaf rice and lotus leaf chicken.

Li Wen remembered the time when he was in elementary school in the last life, he would buy a lotus leaf rice at the school gate every day on his way home from school and eat it home.Lotus leaf rice, as the name suggests, is rice wrapped in lotus leaves. Put mushrooms and meat into the rice and steam it in a pot. When the lotus leaves are opened, the rice grains inside are soft and delicious, with the fragrance of lotus leaves. But very fragrant.

My mouth is watering just thinking about it...

Li Wen probably knows how to make lotus leaf rice, which is similar to making zongzi, except that Zongzi is wrapped in zongzi leaves, and lotus leaf rice is wrapped in lotus leaves. The two methods are similar.When his grandmother was still alive in the previous life, every Dragon Boat Festival his grandmother would make rice dumplings. Li Wen helped his grandmother make Zongzi since he was a child, so he remembered the general steps.

In fact, lotus leaf chicken is more delicious, but it is not easy to eat chicken these days, but if you have money in the future, what kind of lotus leaf chicken, scallion chicken, beggar chicken... a hundred times of chicken recipes, every kind Come all over again, one of each kind of chicken!Thinking about dreaming can wake up with a smile.

But now they have to find a way to make money first, this is the most important thing.

Thinking of lotus leaf rice, Li Wen had an idea in his heart, maybe they can try it.If this method worked, his father and second uncle would not have to go to the wharf to do hard work.

Ever since his father went to work in the town, Li Wen has been thinking about ways to make money. Is there any way for the family to earn some money and more income, instead of having his father and second uncle go to the wharf to do coolies? Not to mention less than a few dollars, the work is still very hard.Coupled with the fact that he needs to spend so much money every year after going to the academy to study, Li Wen found that his father worked harder than before. Although he got a little more money, it also worked harder.

Wouldn't it be better if there was a good way to make money than going to the wharf to carry goods and do coolies?

The academy had classes for five consecutive days, and then there was a fixed day off, which happened to be a day off for the academy to not go to class.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Wen talked to his aunt about making lotus leaf rice, "Aniang, wrap the rice in leaves and put it in a pot to steam. When the rice is cooked, the rice will be fragrant and soft. , and the scent of lotus leaves. Eating lotus leaves in summer has the benefits of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and steamed rice will make it even more fragrant, Aniang, why don't we try it?"

He can only eat but can't cook, so let's not mention his hands-on ability, but fortunately his mother is dexterous, he can move his mouth and his mother can do it, isn't it just a mother-child match, isn't it tiring to work?

The lotus leaf was picked up by him a few days ago, and it was hung on the wall of the yard to dry. After washing it, it can be directly used to make lotus leaf rice. Li Sanbao even brought the lotus leaf to his mother.

"Is this leaf edible?" Sun Yi saw the dried lotus leaf. Why didn't she know that this leaf was edible? She only knew that lotus seeds and lotus root were edible, but she had never eaten this leaf.

Aunt, you have misunderstood!This reminded Li Wen of a joke he had heard before. It was the first time a foreigner ate zongzi and ate the leaves of the zongzi. Afterwards, he said that your zongzi was delicious, but the leaves on the outside were too hard.It is estimated that if you give a lotus leaf rice to foreigners who have never seen their Chinese cuisine, they will eat the leaf as well.

Li Wen took the trouble to tell his mother again, "The leaves are not edible, we eat the food inside." He only found out today that people from the village brought food to their family yesterday because he passed the exam. Regarding An Lu Academy's study, it seems that these people are investing in him as a potential stock?

Even if you have vision, Li Sanbao thought that you will not let me down if you take a fancy to me!

But now Li Sanbao only has lotus leaf rice in his eyes, he wants to eat lotus leaf rice, he really wants to eat lotus leaf rice.It would be even better if there is ready-made meat at home. He also prepared the lotus leaf. He just used it to make lotus leaf rice. Wrap the rice in lotus leaf and steam it together. Put meat inside, it is delicious!

"All right, all right, my mother will cook for you whatever the three treasures want to eat." How to cook this meat, Sun Yi still had to go to her mother to ask her, and she dared to do it only with her mother's consent.

"In the future, you can do whatever the three treasures want to eat. You don't have to tell me everything. For the eggs delivered yesterday, you can eat them every day."

Cook one for my grandson. "Li Wang's words are equivalent to handing over half of the family power to the eldest daughter-in-law.

She is such a precious grandson, and she is still so smart.The old lady is now holding her grandson in her hands for fear of falling, and holding her grandson in her mouth for fear of melting. Isn't the grandson going to read so many heavenly books and come back to eat meat?Just cook it.

Dare to love Li Sanbao is not the same as going home every day!

This is because the grandson does not come back until it is almost dark every day, and he can only see his grandson once a day. When it gets dark, everyone goes back to the house to rest.The grandson went to study early in the morning of the second day, and he had to wait until evening to come back. Fortunately, he could be released from the academy every few days and let his grandson rest at home. Li Wang felt relieved when he saw his grandson at home. Be sure.

"Yes, mother." Sun Yi was very happy when she got her mother-in-law's words. She knew her mother-in-law loved her grandson a long time ago, and now it hurts even more than before.

Li Sanbao got bored with his grandma for a while, then ran to the kitchen to watch his grandma make lotus leaf rice.He remembered the general steps of making lotus leaf rice, so he made it while talking about his mother. The mother and son were busy inside, and Li Wen helped his mother.