The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Two days later, they were finally ready to start making lotus leaf rice.

Before going to bed at night, Sun Yi soaked the rice and used it to make lotus leaf rice tomorrow morning. After finishing the kitchen, she went back to the house.The man sitting on the bed waited for his daughter-in-law to come back, and asked, "Is the kitchen ready?" "Well, soak the rice, and it will be fine when you wake up tomorrow morning. Let's go to bed first." Sun Yi went to look at the child, Seeing that the child is still there, let the child hurry up before she goes to bed.

The wind blows in from the window at night, and the sun cools down at night, so it doesn't feel particularly hot. It's just right to sleep without a quilt on this day.

Li Wen was lying on his own little bed, still not asleep at the moment, thinking about tomorrow's affairs, wondering if the lotus leaf rice they made would sell well in the town, and whether it would make money.

Tomorrow morning, his father will send him to the academy, so he has to prepare the lotus leaf rice before they go out. His father and second uncle will sell it in the town. The division of labor in the family is that the women are in charge of the house, and the men are in the house. .

This night, she was always thinking about tomorrow's work, so Sun Yi didn't sleep well, and woke up very early the next day.

As soon as the daughter-in-law beside him moved, Li Shanshan woke up.

"You woke up anyway, just sleep a little longer, I'll fix it." Sun Yi said when she saw that the man was about to get up.

"I'll go with you to get it done." Li Shanshan got up from the bed, took the coat hanging on the bedpost and put it on.

Sun Yi knew her man's temperament, and knew that he was going to help when he said he wanted to help, so he could only let him.The child on the bed was still sleeping, they walked out of the room lightly, without waking the child up, it was still early, let the child sleep for a while, and get up later to go to the academy.

After the child went to the academy to study, Sun Yi found that the child was losing weight day by day, and as a mother, she felt very distressed.

The sky was full of stars, and it was still dark outside. The man walking in front carried an oil lamp out of the house and walked into the kitchen. Sun Yi followed behind the man.

Soon the fire in the stove was lit, and white smoke came out of the chimney.

Li Wangshi heard the voice outside, thinking about making lotus leaf rice, Li Wangshi also got up from the bed, went out of the room, and went to the kitchen.Seeing that only the eldest and his wife were busy here, Li Wang said angrily, "I'll call the second and the others to get up."

What time is this, and I still want to sleep late on the bed, the eldest couple get up early to work, and the second child's family are still sleeping in bed.

"Slap one"

"Get up!"

Li Lao Er got up and went to open the door. He saw A Niang outside the door, knowing that his elder brother and sister-in-law were already busy in the kitchen, he said, "A Niang, let's get up now. I'll call Dahua to get up. Just go and help."

"Come here quickly, don't dawdle." Li Wang has a lot of opinions on Li Dahua who is still sleeping on the bed, but the eldest and second are all the flesh that fell from her body. To her own son, the old woman has no So harsh.

"Understood, aunt, let's go there now." Li Laoer entered the room, and patted the lazy woman sleeping on the bed several times before waking up.

"Yao Shou Kiss, this early in the morning..." Li Dahua, who was slapped awake in her sleep, sat up from the bed, only to start yelling, seeing that it was her man calling her, Li Dahua stopped her voice .I haven't had enough sleep yet, and I still want to lie down and go back to sleep, "What are you doing, it's still dark so early in the morning, why are you waking me up?"

"Get up and help with the work, if you don't get up again, I'll let Auntie come and call you in person." Li Laoer looked at the slut who was lying back again and felt angry. Why did he marry such a slut in the first place? return?

"I started working so early in the morning, isn't it too early?" Li Dahua got up from the bed as soon as she heard her mother-in-law, not daring to delay for a moment.

At this moment, everyone in the family woke up except Li Sanbao and the youngest girl who was breastfeeding. Li Daya brought her second and third younger sisters to help with work.

In the kitchen, Sun Yi was frying meat, and a smell of meat wafted out. The rice in the pot was steamed, and it was just taken out and wrapped in lotus leaves^

As soon as he smelled the smell of meat, Li Dahua's stomach growled, and he frequently looked at the meat being fried in the pot.

The mother-in-law watched in person, and Li Dahua didn't dare to steal it, so she had to endure it.

Everything is placed on the big table in the yard where everyone eats. Everyone sits outside and wraps the meal in lotus leaves. Sun Yi teaches her mother-in-law and aunt to make it. It will be faster if everyone does it together. She does it by herself Don't know when to do it yet.

Wrapped with lotus leaves in the front, put it in the pot for steaming, and then continue to wrap it and wait for it to be steamed.

Um?Li Wen woke up in a burst of fragrance. He opened his sleepy eyes and looked out the window. Seeing that everyone in the yard was up, he also climbed down from his little bed, put on his clothes and went out.

"Sambo, get up. Auntie is still trying to call you, so you get up by yourself." Seeing her son who woke up, Sun Yi told her mother-in-law, and took her son back to the house. The son combed his hair in a bun.

After changing his hairstyle, Li Sanbao's curly head immediately turned into a cute baby.

At this moment, the lotus leaf rice was ready, and Li Wang and his daughter-in-law put everything into the burden.Today is the first day to do it, to test the water first, they don't dare to do too much, if they can't sell it, they will lose money.

They don't know whether the business will be successful or not.

It's almost time, they are going to go out now, all the prepared lotus leaf rice is packed in the burden, and Li Shanshan is carrying the burden.Li Sanbao was carrying his small schoolbag, standing beside his father, waving goodbye to his grandmother and mother.

Mrs. Li stood at the door and watched her two sons take their grandson out.

On the way, the two brothers took turns to carry the burden, and they walked all the way to the town.Li Shanshan wanted to send his son to the academy first, and asked his second brother to take a seat at the pier with his belongings first. There would be more people at the pier, and if they went to the pier to do business, the business might be better.

"Sure, I'll take it first." Li Er Er carried the burden and walked towards the pier.

After sending his son to the academy, Li Shanshan turned around and went to the pier, but this time he didn't go to the pier to work, but to the pier to do business. This man walked faster than usual.

Studying in the academy today, Li Wen was a little absent-minded, thinking that it was his father and the others who went to sell things.In class, he was called by the teacher and stood up. He didn't know what question the teacher asked, so he subconsciously looked at Zhishu Lu who was at the side.

Seeing Li Wen looking at him, Lu Zhishu turned over the book, clicked on it, Li Wen understood, and answered the question asked by Mr.

"Sit down." The gentleman glanced at the student and said.

"Yes, sir." Li Wen sat down, and then tried his best to concentrate and listen to the teacher's lecture.

From the morning class to noon, they have an hour to eat and rest in the middle, and the teacher will continue to give them lectures in the afternoon.

Li Wen ate here in the cafeteria every day, and he was able to eat to his full every day. He was the happiest when he was eating, but today he seemed to lack interest in eating.

"You don't seem to be paying attention today, what are you thinking?" Lu Zhishu and Li Wen walked relatively close, so he and Li Wen also had a good relationship.This morning he watched the teacher give a lecture, but Li Wen didn't listen very seriously, so when school was over, he just asked.

"Hehe, is that right? I didn't think about anything." Li Wen saw Lu Zhishu staring at him, and he and Lu Zhishu laughed.These are all matters of his family, Li Wen didn't intend to tell others.

Lu Zhishu saw that Li Wen was unwilling to tell him, so he stopped asking.

From that day on, Lu Zhishu went home and told his mother that there was no need for the servants to bring him food to the academy, and he ate the lunch provided by the academy.The taste of the food was not very good, but seeing how delicious Li Wen ate every day, he felt that the taste was acceptable and he could eat it.

Taking advantage of this time at noon, Li Wen would take a walk to the Library Pavilion, read books here for half an hour, and then go back to take a nap for a while, and continue to attend the afternoon class after he has enough nerves.

The originally anxious heart gradually calmed down in the back. Instead of thinking wildly here, it is better to finish the class well. After school is over in the afternoon, his father will come to pick him up, so he will know whether his father's business is good today ?

The sun is scorching hot, and there are ships docking here at the pier every day, and men work here to carry goods.At noon, the foreman will leave work and let everyone go to rest for a while. The working men will find a place to sit down, eat something, drink water and rest for a while, and wait for a while to continue working.

Today, there is an extra stall here at the pier, and many people gather around to buy things.

A man who came out got the food he bought, opened the outer leaves, and took a bite of the rice inside. The rice was soft and fragrant, and the rice was mixed with meat and vegetables. It was delicious after a bite. !

The acquaintances saw the man eating this thing, they had never seen this thing before, and someone asked, "What kind of food are you eating? Why haven't I seen it before?"

"Hey, you don't know, this is called lotus leaf rice. There are rice and meat dishes in it. It tastes delicious even after a bite. I managed to squeeze in and buy one. Do you want to eat it? Then, just There are a lot of people there, take a quick look, I don’t know if there will be any ^”

"You boy, if you have something good, don't ask your buddies to go with you."

Their business was not very good in one morning, because no one has seen this food, let alone eaten it

Yes, only curious people who passed by came to ask, bought a few to taste, and there are still a lot left here.

Li Laoer was also worried that they would not be able to sell.

Compared to Li Lao Er's restlessness, Li Shangu's heart is much calmer. They have been working at the dock for so long. He knows that the dock will be off work at noon, and everyone will have lunch when they rest. He This is the time to wait.

"Boss, what are you selling here? Why haven't I seen it?" It's noon and everyone will be off work, and everyone has worked all morning, and they are all hungry by this time.

Seeing that there was an additional stall selling food at the pier, which they hadn't seen before, someone asked curiously what it was.

"Ours is called lotus leaf rice. There are rice, meat and vegetables in it. Would you like to try one?" Li Er Er asked with a smile when he saw that there was a business coming.

"How did you sell it?"

"One for three pennies, two for five pennies. If it's not delicious, you won't be charged. If you've eaten delicious food, I'm sure you'll come back to us tomorrow. Brother, come for one?"

"Then let's have two."

They cost two or three copper coins to buy any food in the town. With these three pennies, they can buy rice, meat and vegetables, which is not expensive.

Seeing that someone sold it away, the people next to him hesitated for a while, and heard that the rice had meat and vegetables in it, and it cost three Wen each, which was enough for a meal, and it was a good deal.

Seeing that the people who bought it in the front said it was delicious, some people also paid for it, and passed on one by one, and everyone looked good at the back, and it was crowded with people to buy, and it was cheaper to buy two. .

In this way, their business opened up all of a sudden and got better.

"Boss, give me one."

"Good good."

The lotus leaf rice in the basket was running out one by one, and the copper coins in the pocket were getting more and more, but Li Laoer was so happy that he took the copper coins and passed the lotus leaf rice to others.

Li Shanshan was selling things and collecting money in silence.