The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

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It was still early in the morning, and someone's big rooster started to crow.

The man on the bed woke up first, and Li Shanshan got up from the bed and glanced at his son's crib.The two pillows blocking the bed had already fallen to the floor. The boy on the bed rolled up the quilt, his upper body hung on the bed and slept on his stomach, his lower body was on the ground, and his buttocks were still sitting on the pillow that fell to the floor. They all fell to the ground.

I don't know how this kid sleeps at night, but when he thought of his son sleeping with them in the past, and his face eating so many son's feet, this guy Li Shanshan fell silent immediately.

Li Shanshan got off the bed, put on shoes on his feet, walked over, carried his son back to the bed, and covered him with a quilt.

As soon as he got on the bed, the boy rolled into the bed, and his body was pressed against the guardrail of the bed. It would not be so easy to fall off if he was not outside.Li Shanshan picked up the clothes hanging at the end of the bed, put them on one by one, then gently opened the door, and went out of the room.

Hearing the sound of opening the door, the woman on the bed opened her eyes, just in time to see the back of her husband going out, her eyes searched for her son on the small bed, and a smile appeared on her face.The woman closed her eyes again, coughed twice, her chest heaved up and down, and her breathing was a bit heavy.

The air in the small mountain village is fresh in the morning, and there are crystal dewdrops on the grass and trees on the ground, which will hang on them before the sun rises.The birds in the forest were chirping, jumping from tree to tree, singing cheerful songs.

The early risers went out to fetch water with buckets on their shoulders.

There is an old well in their village, and all the people in the village go there to fetch water. For example, in the rainy season, it is good.If there is a dry season, so many people pick up the water from a well, and if they don’t go to the well, the water in the well will be drained by others, so in the dry season, they have to fetch water in the middle of the night.

At this time, many people in the village got up and opened their doors, and many people carried buckets to fetch water and go home to eat.

After the husband got up, the woman also got up after lying on the bed for a while.

She went to look at the child who was still sleeping on the small bed, and seeing the child's innocent and lovely appearance, the corners of the woman's mouth curled up, and there was a smile in her eyes.Seeing that the child was sleeping well, she gently opened the door and went out, letting the child continue to sleep on the bed for a while.

The child on the bed was sleeping on his back, but luckily he didn't roll out of bed again.

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The man who came back from carrying the water poured the water into the tank.

The young woman washing rice next to her took a look at her man, smiled, her eyes were very beautiful, and asked, "I have fetched a load so soon. Are there many people fetching water today?"

The man who poured the water in turned around and looked at his wife, only to find that she was looking at him with a smile, Li Shanshan's face flushed suddenly, but fortunately the man's face was dark, so he lowered his head and said, "It's okay, not much .”

"Oh, then you can go again, and bring back two loads." Sun Yi said.

"Yeah." The man carried a pole and a bucket, and went out to fetch water.

Early in the morning, he brought two buckets of water back, and after walking such a long distance, Li Shanshan was covered in thin sweat.

At this moment, all the girls in the room woke up. The sisters helped each other comb their hair. The girl is going out to help the aunt with work.

Si Ya was young, and now she woke up and followed behind in a daze, with a look of sleeplessness.

Sun Yi saw that Si Ya's eyes were not yet wide open, so she touched the little girl's face and asked, "Si Ya, do you want to go back to sleep for a while?" At this moment, her family's three treasures are still sleeping in the room Well, Siya is one year younger than her Sanbao, and she wakes up with her sisters every morning.

"Ma'am, I'm not sleepy, so I won't go to sleep." Si Yatou shook her head, Grandma would scold her for being lazy if she knew about it, Si Yatou dared not go back to sleep in the house even if she was sleepy.

At this moment, the fire in the stove was on, the rice porridge in the pot was boiling, and white smoke came out of the chimney in the kitchen.Er Ya was sitting in front of the stove watching the fire, and Da Ya was busy with the housework with her aunt. The family lived together, and there were many things to do every day.

At this moment, the door of Li Wang's room also opened, and the old lady came out of the room. Seeing the eldest son returning from carrying water, the eldest daughter-in-law was also busy with work, and a few young girls were following along.I didn't see my grandson, but I knew that my grandson was still sleeping in the house.

But looking at the closed door of the second room, the old lady's face was not very good.

"Wow wow..."

In the family, only Uncle Li's room had not been opened, and the sound of a child crying and a woman scolding the child came from inside.Second Uncle Li was getting dressed in the room. He was woken up by the crying of the child, and his complexion was not very good at the moment. After getting dressed, he went out with a gloomy face.

Second Aunt Li in the room untied her belt, pulled off her clothes, and was holding the baby while breastfeeding. The baby opened its mouth to suck the milk, and then stopped crying and stopped crying.

Li Wen, who was sleeping in the room, was woken up by the sound of the baby crying. He was the only one in the room at the moment, and Li Wen knew that his parents had already woken up to work.It was just dawn outside, and it was six or seven o'clock in the morning. I don't think he had gotten up so early before studying.

Li Wen sat up from the bed, holding the quilt in his hands, opened his mouth and yawned, his eyes were sleepy, and his little yellow hair was wildly curled up.

"Sambo, are you awake? When did you wake up? Why didn't you call A Niang?" Mother Li would pay attention to her room from time to time to see if the sleeping child in the room woke up.Seeing the child sitting on the bed, she opened the door and walked in. She put a plate of water on the table and wrung out a towel to wipe the child's face.

"Aniang, I'll do it myself." Li Wen had woken up at this moment, but he was still not sober, so he asked his aunt to wipe his face, and he took his aunt's towel to wipe it himself .Then he took a cup of clean water to rinse his mouth with a small cup, brushed his teeth with his fingers, and sprayed the water out of his mouth.

There is no such thing as toothpaste in this world. There should be powder for brushing teeth or something, but ordinary people don’t spend money to buy those things, and they don’t have them at home.He would rinse his mouth with water sooner or later, to clean his mouth. He was used to brushing his teeth before, otherwise he would always feel that something was wrong if he didn't brush his teeth.

The biggest discomfort in coming to this world is probably the inconvenience in life.

"Sanbao sit down, Madam will comb your hair." Seeing the messy little yellow hair on the top of the child's head, the woman picked up her comb to help the child comb the hair.

This comb was bought by her husband as a gift to her when she first married into the Li family. Sun Yi has always cherished this comb, and it was one of the few things that her husband bought for her.

Li Wen sat obediently on the small stool and let his mother comb his hair.

He hasn't learned how to comb his hair yet, and it's Aniang who combs his hair every day when he wakes up.Under the woman's ingenious hands, the little messy little yellow hair of the child was combed out in no time, and he tied two small buns and said, "It's done."

"Thank you, Ma'am." Li Wen reached out and touched the little bun on the top of his head. If it weren't for the ancient people who said that the body, hair and skin are controlled by their parents, and even the hair can't be cut casually, he would actually want to cut this little yellow hair It was cut off so that he wouldn't have to comb his hair with his mother when he got up in the morning.

"Our family's three treasures are really good-looking." The woman looked at her child carefully and said.

"That's right, I look like A Niang. If A Niang is so good-looking, Sanbao is naturally good-looking too." Li Wen said narcissistically, touching his small face.While he was praising himself, he didn't forget to bring his mother, who was the most beautiful woman.

Sun Yi covered her mouth and laughed, how could this child speak so well.

When Li Wen went out from the house, his grandma saw him mouthing a "good grandson", Li Wen obediently called "Grandma", and let his grandma hold him, kissing and hugging him as if it was a The elder was kissing him, so he didn't resist.

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At this time, the breakfast at home has been cooked.

They ate rice porridge and steamed buns for breakfast. There were only a few grains of rice in a pot of porridge, and there was also a bowl of pickles for the porridge. The family sat around the table and had breakfast.The second aunt also got out of bed this morning and went out to eat.Farmers are not so particular. Many women with good health get out of bed and work the next day after giving birth.

"Aunt, why did you get out of bed, why don't you stay on the bed for two more days?" Sun Yi asked in a low voice when she saw that her aunt got out of bed the next day.

"I can't lie down, I want to get down and take a walk." Second Aunt Li said.

Li Wen saw that his aunt's complexion was not very good, and her whole body was still swollen.His second aunt originally belonged to the kind of woman with a relatively large frame and a fat body, but now this kind of fat is not the same as the usual fat, and there is a little dust on her face, which looks strange. After having a child, a woman is devastated.

He used to hear people say that a woman's childbirth is like walking through the gate of hell, so this also shows that it is not easy for a woman to have a child.Modern women will confine themselves to confinement after giving birth, which means that they can recuperate their bodies after giving birth.It's just that in this society, it is almost impossible for a woman to stop working for a month after giving birth, and the food is not good. Every day there is clear soup and little water, and there is not even a bite of meat.

He saw that his aunt's health was so poor now, and he was afraid that in addition to the difficult labor when she gave birth to him, and the lack of confinement to recuperate her body after giving birth, she would suffer from all kinds of problems at a young age.Li Wen could only sigh in his heart, it was not easy for his mother, and for the women in this society.

When Li Wang saw his second daughter-in-law got out of bed, his face looked a little better, and he said, "Since you can get down, don't stay on the bed all day. Whose woman doesn't have children, how can she be so delicate?" gone."

"Yes, mother, I know." The second aunt replied.

After the family had breakfast, the men in the family went to work in the fields. Sun Yi packed up the clothes she changed yesterday and was going to take them to the river outside to wash.In March, the water in the river was still cold, and it was not suitable for the second aunt to wash clothes by the river after she had just given birth.Fortunately, the two maids in her family were able to help with the work. Da Ya and Er Ya held a wooden basin filled with dirty clothes, and followed their aunt to wash the clothes.

Before leaving, the woman did not forget to say to the child, "My mother went to the river to wash clothes, don't follow me, your daddy is going to pull out the cows in the clan, you can go and see them later, don't Do you know how to run around? When Auntie finishes washing her clothes, she will come back home, and you will come back after you go out to play."

"Yeah, aunt, I know, you and sister go to wash the clothes, I'll go to see the cows later." Li Wen knew that he was young, and he had better not go to dangerous places, even though he could swim Yes, but it is still a little dangerous if you accidentally fall.

He swallowed when he thought of fish in the river. He even forgot when was the last time he ate fish. When he was older, he could catch fish in the river.

When his aunt and sisters went out to wash clothes, Li Sanbao took Li Siya to herd cattle.

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