The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

On the day of Mrs. Lu's birthday, there was an endless stream of cars and horses in front of the gate of Lu's mansion, and guests came and went. The gentlemen from all the mansions came to celebrate Mrs. Lu's birthday. Humanely, "Master Chen, please come inside

The servant in the mansion stepped forward to lead the man in.

"Butler Zhang."

"Master Zhao has a request, a request..."

On this day, Mrs. Lu sat in front of the hall to accept the congratulations from everyone. The old lady's face was full of radiance, and she was full of responsibility.The daughter-in-law and children and grandchildren were all on the sidelines, and the house was full of female relatives. Lu Zhishu stayed by his grandmother's side for a while before going out, and asked the servant who was waiting on him, "Have Li Wen and Zijing arrived yet? "

"Master, I haven't seen Mr. Li and Mr. Shen coming." The servant replied.

"Go out and have a look." Lu Zhishu asked people to go out and have a look.

"Yes." The boy replied, and went out the door.

When he came to the gate of the Lu Mansion and saw so many horses and people, Li Wen was still a little nervous.

Lu Zhishu invited them to attend his grandmother's birthday together, but he couldn't go empty-handed, he couldn't afford to give too expensive gifts, and it would make people laugh if he sent too cheap things, he didn't lose his face, It was Lu Zhishu's face that was lost.

So for the past two days, Li Wen was racking his brains on what gift to give. After thinking for a long time, he really thought of one, and it took him half a day to prepare the gift.

"Mr. Li." The boy who came out to look around saw the father and son of the Li family at a glance. The boy who served by Lu Zhishu's side would go to the academy on weekdays. He was a classmate and friend who knew their young master, and he was also familiar with Li Wen. .

He was relieved to see his acquaintance Li Wen, and bowed his head to say something to his father.

"Come in, come in quickly, the young master asked me to come out to see if you have arrived." But it was arrived, the young master had asked him several times, the servant greeted the butler, and then led the people inside.

"This is?" Seeing Father Li carrying such a big box, the boy asked.

"This is a gift I prepared for the old lady." Li Wen said with a mysterious smile on his face, "Take me to Zhishu first, is Zhishu busy?"

"The young master just came out from the old lady. I think he should be outside. I'll take you to find him." The young man led people in familiarly, asked someone on the way, and took the Li family father and son to their young master. Passing there, I saw people at a glance, "Master, Mr. Li and Mr. Li are here."

"Uncle Li, Li Wen, you are finally here." Lu Zhishu saw Li Wen approaching with a smile on his face.

"Zhishu." Li Wen stepped forward to greet Lu Zhishu, and whispered something in his ear.Lu Zhishu beckoned to two servants, took the big box from Father Li's hand, "Take it and put it away."

Li Wen didn't see Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, and asked, "Are Zijing and Su Yuan here yet?"

"I haven't seen them yet. I don't know if they will be in front. Let's go and have a look." Lu Zhishu took Li Wen out and saw his father, "Father, this is Li Wen, my classmate in the academy."

"Boy Li Wen met Uncle." Before this, Li Wen had never met Lu Changqing Lu San Master. Seeing this serious middle-aged man, he knew that this was Lu Zhishu's father, so he went forward and bowed. .

Lu Changqing is a person who pays attention to etiquette. Seeing the boy saluting to him in front of him, he nodded in satisfaction.Lu Changqing had a little impression of the name Li Wen. He didn't expect that he was still so young. He won the first place in the county and government examinations at such a young age, which should not be underestimated. He said, "So you are Li Wen. , I heard Zhishu mentioned you."

Li Wen didn't know that Lu Zhishu would mention him to his family, so he glanced at Lu Zhishu out of the corner of his eye, Lu Zhishu's face was expressionless.

"Zhishu, treat your classmates well," Lu Changqing said.

"Yes, father." Lu Zhishu replied.

Outside, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan followed their father to the Lu residence. Both of them received the invitation from the Lu residence, so they came with their fathers.

Knowing that Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were here, Lu Zhishu asked the boy to bring them over.

There are a lot of people in the Lu Mansion today. Apart from the guests who came to celebrate the birthday, there are also quite a few people from the Lu Manor’s own family, and many people from the side branch also came to celebrate the old lady’s birthday. In the inner courtyard, the female relatives gathered to talk In the place where the young masters of the younger generation were playing in the outer courtyard, Lu Zhishu brought people over here.

The entire Lu Mansion is very large, and walking inside feels like a maze. Li Wen finally saw what a wealthy family is.

"Zhishu, these are your friends?"

"Third cousin."

Lu Zhishu, as the third son of the family, was raised by the old lady since he was a child, and the old lady also dotes on this grandson very much. In addition, Lu Zhishu himself is very good, so everyone in the Lu family is very polite to Lu Zhishu.

It's just that this third cousin has been at odds with Lu Zhishu since he was a child. Tang Zhijiao is Mrs. Lu's grandson, but the relationship here has always been separated by a layer, far from the close relationship between Lu Zhishu and his grandmother.This third cousin never liked Lu Zhishu since he was a child, but every time he couldn't please Lu Zhishu.

"Which mansion is this young master? Why haven't I seen it before?" Tang Zhijiao's eyes rolled around behind Lu Zhishu and landed on Li Wen. Looking at this attire, he looked like a poor boy .

Damn, I am messing with someone!As soon as Li Wen saw the other person's eyes falling on him, he knew that this person was looking for trouble for him.

"This is our classmate of Anlu Academy, you should not know him." Lu Zhishu's words were ironic that Tang Zhijiao could not be admitted to Anlu Academy. Didn't the Tang family not take Tang Zhijiao to Anlu Academy at the beginning? Send his cousin to Anlu Academy to study, but Anlu Academy doesn't accept him.

This has always been a heart disease of Tang Zhijiao, and when he heard Lu Zhishu's words now, he became furious.Cousin Tang raised his chin and let out his breath through his nostrils, snorted and said, "I thought Anlu Academy was a good place, but it turns out that Anlu Academy accepts everyone no matter what."

"Heh!" Lu Zhishu looked down on his cousin from the bottom of his heart, laughing at his ignorance.

"What are you laughing at!" Tang Zhijiao wanted to let go and tear Lu Zhishu's face as soon as he saw Lu Zhishu's appearance like this, but he couldn't move Lu Zhishu's finger, and he was really mad at him.

"You're wrong. Our Anlu Academy really doesn't accept everyone, but only students with good qualifications." Shen Zijing saw that this cousin came here to trouble Lu Zhishu. Difficult, brother should stand up, and this fat man is still aiming at Li Wen.

Do you know that Li Wen is now regarded as the treasure of our Anlu Academy?If this person dared to go to Anlu Academy, he would be drowned by the spit of everyone.

Li Wen, who was the party involved, was watching a play, and it was funny to see this cousin who was speechless by the angry face of Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing. How dare he show such a little fighting power?

A gentleman uses his mouth but doesn't move his hands, but if he can't say it, can he still want to do it?

"Third cousin, if you're okay, don't block our way." Lu Zhishu said with impatience in his eyes.

"Young master, why don't we go back first." Seeing this, the young servant at the back stepped forward to persuade him.

"Hmph! I'm asking you to be troublesome." Tang Zhijiao glared at Lu Zhishu, and then led the others away.

"Zhishu, who was that person just now?" As soon as the watchman left, Shen Zijing approached Lu Zhishu and asked.

"An irrelevant person, don't worry about it." Lu Zhishu didn't even lift his eyelids, and led the people inside, not paying attention to that cousin.

Instead, the other party went back to the seat, telling others that Lu Zhishu was arrogant and rude, and didn't take his cousin seriously.Everyone just listened to these words, and no one spoke to him.

When the banquet started, Mrs. Lu came out with the female relatives, and the seats for men and women were separated.Mrs. Lu took her third daughter-in-law to sit at the main table, and Lu Zhishu went to accompany her grandmother.

Li Wen, Shen Zijing and the others sat at the table next to them, and when they saw the dishes being served, they really deserved to be from the Lu Mansion, and they prepared such a sumptuous banquet.They just came here today to eat and drink. If they don't eat for nothing, they just let go of their stomachs and eat.

When the banquet was halfway through, Lu Zhishu beckoned two servants to bring up a big box and put it in the center of the table, where everyone's eyes fell on it.Mrs. Lu asked her grandson curiously, "Zhishu, what is this?"

"This is a gift from one of my classmates to my grandmother. This thing is called a cake. On it is a birthday peach, which means to wish my grandmother a blessing like the East China Sea and a longer life than Nanshan." Lu Zhishu moved his hand, and the servant next to him Lifting the top lid off to reveal the cake inside, he said to his grandmother.

This cake is naturally the one that Li Wen sent, a six-story cake with red flowers on the corners, a big red heart in the middle, and a big "longevity" written on it.

Today is Mrs. Lu's birthday, it's just right for him to send a cake, and the meaning of longevity peach is also very good.

Li Wen didn't expect that Lu Zhishu would take out the cake in front of everyone at this time. This kid was so interesting that he helped their family to play a free advertisement.He plans to launch a new product called cake later, and now that there is a living signboard of Lu Mansion, is he afraid that no one will come to their house to order cakes in the future?

"Okay." Mrs. Lu said two good words in a row. The old lady has never seen such a good thing in her life. There are not many things that can make her say two good things. Obviously, this gift is very valuable. her heart.

"Grandma, do you want to taste it?" Lu Zhishu asked someone to bring a small knife. He had never eaten this thing, but just now Li Wen told him that this thing is a cake, and it tastes sweet when you cut it out. .

"Old lady, this thing is so beautiful, I don't know how it tastes." Someone said.

"Okay, let's cut a piece for each person." Mrs. Lu said generously with a smile all over her face.

When the six-story cake is cut out, only the people at the front tables can get a small piece, and the people sitting outside cannot get a piece.Someone's eyes light up at the first bite of the cake. Is this soft, fragrant and sweet thing a cake?

"Really delicious."

"Delicious, but unfortunately there are too few."

When a cake is divided equally, each person has only a small bite, and many people have not even tasted the taste.

Their table was close to the main table, and Lu Zhishu specially asked someone to send them some.Shen Zijing ate it in one bite, and he was still a little bit unsatisfied after eating, "It's delicious, but it's too little."

He remembered that Lu Zhishu said that this item was given by his classmates just now, and the three of them came here, and it wasn't from him and Su Yuan, so it was only Li Wen.Shen Zijing turned his head to look at Li Wen, and asked, "Did you send it?"

Li Wen smiled and said nothing, which was a tacit consent, he whispered to Shen Zijing, "If you like it, I will treat you to eat your fill next time."

"Really?" Shen Zijing's eyes lit up and asked.

"Pearls are not that real." Li Wen nodded.

"Li Wen, and me, I want too." Su Yuan has always loved sweets, and he really likes this cake. After eating a small bite, he stretched out his little tongue and licked his lips, eyes staring. Looking at Li Wen, I still want to eat

"Okay, okay." Li Wen promised to treat them to a full meal next time.

By the end of the banquet, many people were asking where they bought this thing called cake. It was really delicious. They didn’t even taste the taste after only taking a small bite. Eat until your stomach is full.

After the banquet was over, they left the Lu residence, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan went back with their father, Li Wen also went home with his father.

On the way back, the father and son discussed the matter of opening a bakery shop.