The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

"They're all thinner." Sun Yi raised her hand to touch her son's small face, and said with tears in her eyes.

"Aniang, you must have touched it wrong. I obviously gained weight. You can touch me again to see if I am fat or thin." Li Wen smiled and took his mother's hand to touch his face , Rubbing his face against his mother's palm like a kitten.

Sun Yi touched her son's small face with her hand, and couldn't help laughing, "You don't know if you are thinner or fatter, you naughty little girl." Do you think the mother doesn't know?

"Hey..." It's been a long time since I saw A-Niang, and it's only when I come back that I feel at home. Li Wen coaxed A-Niang coquettishly with his A-Niang, knowing that A-Niang must have missed him since he hadn't seen him for so long.He hasn't seen A Niang for so long, and he misses A Niang too.

He has indeed lost a lot of weight over the past month. This is his first time traveling far away, the long journey, and his inability to adapt to the environment.As soon as they go there, before they get used to it, they enter the intense exam stage, and they come back as soon as the exam is over, and there is no time to stop and rest in the middle.

In fact, it wasn't just him who lost weight, the people who went to the exam with them all lost weight, and his father accompanied him to the exam. It was not easy.

"Brother, Sanbao, you are finally back. Brother, did Sanbao pass the exam this time? Did Sanbao pass the exam?" Li's second son came into their village with a carriage outside, wondering if his elder brother and nephew had returned, I hurried back and saw the eldest brother and nephew who really came back.

"Second Uncle." Li Wen called out.

Seeing that his eldest brother and nephew had returned, Second Li became concerned about his nephew's imperial examination.He heard that Li Xiulin from the village chief's family hadn't passed the exam this time, so he wondered if their family's Three Treasures had passed the exam.

"Three Treasures have passed the test, and they still get the first name." Li Shanshan said.

When Li Wang heard that his grandson had passed the No. 1 exam, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he was pleasantly surprised, and laughed, "Haha, I knew that my grandson would definitely pass the exam, ancestors bless you, ancestors bless you... ''

Li Laoer heard that his nephew said that he passed the exam, and that he took the No. 1 exam, and he became happy, "Haha, it's great that Sanbao passed the No. 1 exam. Li Xiulin didn't pass the exam this time. Our Sanbao I passed the exam, and I even got No.1, hahaha..."

Second Uncle, no one else has passed the test, but I have passed this test, Second Uncle, don't laugh so complacently, you will bring hatred to me!Li Wen thought in his heart that he would talk to his father about this when he turned around, so that his family members should keep a low profile as much as possible when they are outside.

Didn't he just pass a small government examination, and he wasn't even a scholar.

After all, the village head is their village head, and other people's children haven't passed the exam, so he passed the exam and preached everywhere, isn't this just adding salt to the victim's wound?It's not a good thing that the village chief's family he wants to offend doesn't want to see their family, and he must talk to his mother and his father about it later.

"Yes, is it? Sambo passed the exam, that's great." Li Dahua heard that Li Sanbao passed the exam again, and the smile on his face seemed a little insincere.How can this be?Li Xiulin couldn't even pass the exam, how could this kid pass the exam so easily? What kind of shit luck did this have, Li Dahua murmured in his heart.

Li Wang was very happy that his grandson passed the exam and got such a good grade. They didn't know in advance that their son and grandson would come back today, so they didn't have dinner for them at home.

Fortunately, there is still meat at home, which is to be cooked for the next day. Mrs. Li Wang ordered, "Second brother, go to the field to pick some beans and cabbage and come back, cut half a catty of meat out and fry it, and then eat it again." scoop out a bowl of flour to make a gnocchi

"Mother, Second Aunt can't do it alone, I'll help in the kitchen." Sun Yi said and went to help in the kitchen. Now that she is pregnant, she doesn't feel how delicate she is, and she will still go to the house. She can do it, as long as she doesn't do heavy work, she knows her body well.

"Well, let's go." Li Wang replied.

"Yes, Auntie, I'm going to pick vegetables in the field." Sure enough, it's a grandson, but it's different. This time, it's meat and noodles, and it's not usually so good for them.Li Dahua slandered in her heart, but didn't dare to say anything on the face, and walked out the door.

As soon as she went out, outsiders looked at her and asked, "Dahua, are your uncle and Sanbao back?"

"Yes, my uncle and the others are back, so my mother asked me to go to the field to pick more vegetables and fry them." Li Dahua chatted with someone outside, and twisted the waist of the bucket to pick vegetables in the field.

Smoke billows from the kitchen in the small mountain village, and every household is preparing dinner right now.

As soon as their dinner was finished, people from the village came to their house before the dishes and chopsticks were cleared away.Everyone knew that Li Shanshan and Li Sanbao had returned from the Fucheng exam, and everyone came to ask Li Sanbao how the exam was and whether he had passed it.

"Everyone, sit down and sit down."

Everyone was not polite, looking for a place to sit one after another, and someone couldn't wait to ask, "You and I heard that your three treasures passed the exam this time, but it's true."

Just now Li Dahua's big mouth went out and came back. Everyone knows that Li Sanbao passed the exam.

"Thanks to the blessings of the ancestors, my grandson passed this time by luck, and my grandma is also happy." When it comes to the fact that the grandson has passed the exam, Li Wang has lived half his life. She hasn't passed the exam, but her good grandson has passed the exam, so the old lady knows how to say this.

Your grandson passed the exam by fluke?

Hearing Li Wang's words, everyone muttered in their hearts, and said with a smile on their faces, "I watched Sanbao grow up, and Sanbao was smart, so I knew he was not an ordinary child. From now on, I will definitely It is to be able to come back as a scholar."

"It would be nice to have one of my grandchildren who is half as good as your family's three treasures. I have to wake up happily when I sleep."

Hearing his grandma's conversation with others, Li Wen felt relieved, knowing that even without his reminder, his grandma always had a measure in her mind when talking to others.

The only person in their family who doesn't have a mouth to talk to is his second aunt, but thinking that they are now separated from the second uncle's family, they will be able to move to the new house soon after the new house is built.

"Daughter-in-law of the Valley family, your belly is four months old, right? It looks like you're pregnant with a kid." The experienced woman said with a smile when she saw Sun Yi's belly.

Sun Yi smiled and said, "Yeah, it's been four months, I don't know, I don't know, I have to wait until I'm born."

"It's good to give birth to a grandson for your mother. How smart is someone like your three treasures."

As the sun sets, the tired birds return to their nests.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the people who came to sit in their house also went back one by one, and they closed the gate of the yard.

After everyone had left, Li Shanshan asked about his family affairs during the time when his mother and second child were not at home.The two brothers were talking about the business. Fortunately, during the time he was not at home, the business was still going on like that, and nothing happened.

It's just that his eldest brother and nephew were not at home during this time, and Li's second brother didn't go to the town to sell things, but was helping out at home.

"Third brother." Li Siya finally found a chance to talk to her third brother alone.

"Si girl, did you study hard while brother was not at home?" Li Wen asked.

"There are third brothers." Li Siya nodded and said.

"Oh, is that so? Then I'll test you." Li Wen randomly checked what Li Siya had learned, and basically the little girl could answer all the questions. It can be seen that the little girl persisted during his absence. Review the knowledge he taught every day.

Li Wen nodded in satisfaction, and said, "That's right, learning means constantly reviewing the past in order to learn the new."

"Siya knows." Hearing her brother praise her, Li Siya smiled and rolled her eyes.

In the past few years, the life of their family has become better, their stomachs can be full, and there is still oily water in their stomachs from time to time. The little girl who used to be thin and flat has now grown a little flesh, she has grown taller, and her sallow skin has turned white. It looks a lot better.

Among the three sisters, only Li Siya persisted in studying and studying with her brother. Da Ya and Er Ya had no interest in studying and learning, and now they are learning from female celebrities.Li Siya wasn't very interested in those things. Whenever she was free, she would draw and write on the ground, practicing the words and arithmetic that her third brother had taught her.

"I'll teach you new knowledge after two days when I'm free." Li Wen saw the little girl's positive and studious attitude towards learning, and he found that Siya is a smart child who responds quickly in learning. Especially for arithmetic, she has a very good brain.

It's a pity that being in this era restricts Li Siya's development.

But Li Wen believes that as long as she doesn't admit defeat, the future will definitely be better than many women in this era.This is also the purpose of teaching Siya to read and count. This is the only thing he can give to this younger sister. Even without the protection of his brother in the future, Siya will not be bullied.

As night fell, it was getting late, and everyone went back to their respective houses.

"Aniang, don't be too busy, I'll do it myself." Li Wen lit up the oil lamp in the room, otherwise the room would be dark, seeing his aunt busy around with her stomach full, I was afraid that his aunt Accidentally knocked, "Mother, go to bed and rest, if you have anything to do, wait until tomorrow."

"Soon, I'll pack up these clothes and I'll go to sleep, Sanbao, lie down and sleep." Sun Yi is packing the clothes of the man and his son. The man and his son have been away for a month, and even the child's birthdays are outside

Over.

The child's birthdays from childhood to adulthood were always spent by her mother with him. This time, she, the mother, was by the child's side on the child's birthday. Thinking of this, the woman sighed.

"You go and sit down. Let me do whatever you want." Li Shanshan came in from the door and said when he saw his daughter-in-law busy.

"No, no, I'm fine."

The oil lamps in the house were blown out, and everyone went to bed.

The man and son returned to her side, and finally she was no longer alone in this room, and Sun Yi finally felt at ease.

After coming back after such a long time outside, lying in this dilapidated small house at night, lying on the small bed he was familiar with, Li Wen dared to be unexpectedly satisfied, and he fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while.

I had no dreams that night and had a good night's sleep.