The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

They stayed in Nanyang Mansion for two days, and on the third day they boarded the big ship to Qingzhenping.The weather in May was hot, and the cabin was a bit stuffy. Li Wen stood at the bow to enjoy the breeze, and Zhao Xiangyi came from behind and stood beside the boy.

The hem of the clothes of the two people was blown by the wind blowing from the river, making a sound.

"Why are you here?" Li Wen turned to look at the man beside him and asked.

"I didn't see you coming back, so I went out to have a look outside. I didn't expect to find you here." Zhao Xiangyi went back to the cabin and found the young man, so he searched here, and he found the young man at the bow of the ship.

"It's cool outside, I'll go outside to catch some wind." Li Wen glanced at Zhao Xiangyi, then turned to look in front of him.

The big boat was sailing in the water, and the mountains and mountains on both sides of the river were all familiar scenes. Li Wen's eyes were a little nostalgic, and he said, "Over the years, I have walked this river countless times, but every time I feel like returning home. it's the same."

Zhao Xiangyi knew that the boy missed his parents and relatives at home, so he said, "I understand."

Li Wen smiled and said, "Actually, I have been studying in Nanyang for the past few years, and I don't go home often. I only go back home for a few days every year during the New Year. I stayed in Nanyang to study. At first I thought Nanyang was far away from my home, but when I went to the capital, I realized that Nanyang is close to my home, and there are places farther away from my hometown.”

"Sometimes I think about going to the capital to become an official, and I'm still a little bit at a loss about this matter."

Although he had some thoughts about this in his heart, he didn't really put them into action, they just existed in his imagination.Before he suffered setbacks, Li Wen still had a lot of passion and ideas in his heart, wanting to implement his political ideals and ambitions, but he hadn't really experienced what would happen after becoming an official.

"You will know later, maybe this matter is not as difficult as you think." In the past, Zhao Xiangyi only thought that Li Liuyuan was a young scholar who could read, but in his eyes Li Liuyuan was just a scholar.

On that day, after walking around the Zhuangzi of Master Fu, Zhao Xiangyi had a completely different view of Li Liuyuan in his heart.If he used to doubt whether this young man could survive in a place like the capital, then after this, he actually no longer had such worries.

"Haha, I'm thinking too much." Li Wen said with a smile, he had indeed thought a little too much these days.

The two of them stood outside for a while, and after blowing away the boredom brought by summer, Li Wencai and Zhao Xiangyi went back to the cabin to rest together. The two of them lived in the same cabin.

There are few places to live on the boat, there are many people in their group, and there are some boatmen on board, so they can only live in one cabin with three or four people, and the cabin space on the boat is also very small. They have to stay here Four or five days.

A wooden bed can only accommodate the two of them lying side by side, and it is difficult to even turn over.

The moonlight came in through the small window in the cabin, and the two of them were lying together on the bed, the boy's muscles were sleeping soundly in his arms.Zhao Xiangyi put one hand on the boy's back and looked at the boy's sleeping face through the moonlight. The boy fell asleep quietly, with long eyelashes covering his eyelids.

This was not the first time he had looked at the sleeping boy so closely. Li Liuyuan when he was asleep was completely different from him during the day.

The boy's soft breath hit his neck, he could feel the rise and fall of the boy's chest, Zhao Xiangyi's throat rolled, and there was a different touch in his heart, so unfamiliar that he didn't know what it was.

After they lived in the cabin for four or five days, on the evening of the fifth day, at sunset, the big ship finally approached the wharf of Qingping Town slowly.

"We're finally here!" After getting off the boat and stepping back to this familiar land, Li Wen felt like crying.After so many days of carriage and boat rides, it was driving people crazy, but at last they came back.

Lu Zhishu and Li Wen stood together. He looked at this place, which was strange but familiar. He hadn't been back to this place for many years.

Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei stood behind them, followed by the crowd.

"Master!"

The Lu family sent servants to wait here at the pier every day, and the housekeeper had been waiting here for several days.Seeing a boat approaching the shore and someone getting off the boat, the steward brought the little slave over, took a careful look at it, and finally recognized that it was their young master who had returned.

"Young master, young master, is that you? It's the old slave, don't you remember the old slave? The master thinks that the young master should be here soon, so he sent the old slave here to wait for the young master to come back." The housekeeper of the Lu Mansion saw their house When the young master came back, he dived immediately

Then she burst into tears.

Their young master had been studying in the capital for so many years, and now that he saw someone coming back, the old housekeeper suddenly burst into tears with excitement.

Lu Zhishu nodded with a smile, he still remembered that this was the housekeeper of their Lu residence.

"Zhishu, you haven't come back for a long time. Your parents must miss you very much. You should go back with your family first. We will be separated here. Let's make an appointment when we have time." Li Wen saw the people in Lu Zhishu's family He came to pick him up, so he told Lu Zhishu.

"I'll ask Fuzhong to arrange a carriage to take you back," Lu Zhishu said.

"Don't be so troublesome. I'll let someone go to the town to rent a few carriages. You can go back first." Li Wen didn't want to trouble his friends, they came back with great difficulty, presumably the parents of Lu Zhishu's family can't wait to see each other Now that it's his time, he doesn't want to bother others so much.

Li Wen asked Li Tong to rent a few carriages from the horse shop in the town.

It was getting late at this time, and Li Wen didn't see his family members still waiting for him here. Originally, their return time was uncertain, so Li Wen didn't mind whether his family members were here waiting for him.

It's not too far from the town to go back to his house, even walking back is not a problem.

It's just that he brought a lot of things back from Nanyang, so it's more convenient to find a carriage to take them back.The big boat they turned in Nanyang, the original carriages and horses stayed in Nanyang. When they returned, they took a boat to Nanyang Mansion, and then took a carriage back to the capital from there.

Li Tong quickly went to the horse shop to rent several carriages and came back.

"Let's leave it at this point, and make an appointment later." Lu Zhishu insisted on waiting for his carriage to arrive, and now Li Tong rented the carriage, Li Wen and Lu Zhishu said.

"Okay." Lu Zhishu got into the carriage that came to pick him up. After the two said goodbye, Li Wen got into the carriage and waved to his friend.Lu Zhishu's carriage went back to Lu's residence, and Li Wen and his group of carriages went to Li's Village.

The road from the town to Lijia Village has been repaired, and they can see the entrance of Lijia Village from a distance.

Now the sun was going down, and the village gates were closed, and two people were left upstairs to guard the village gates.

"Who's that down here?" Seeing a carriage approaching, the man on the guard asked.

"Brother Guangping, it's me, Sanbao." Li Wen got off the carriage, looked up at the man above, and shouted, "Brother Guangping and Brother Guangmao, are you guarding the village gate today? Brother, please come down." Open the door for me."

"Three treasures!" The people above shouted.

The two men came down from the upstairs in a hurry, opened the door and shouted to the inside, "Come on, it's the Three Treasures who are back."

"Is the Sambo back?"

"Sambo is back..."

"Our number one scholar is back!"

At this moment, the people in the village had just had dinner, which was the most leisurely time of the day. They heard someone shouting "Sambo is back" at the entrance of the village. Isn't this the champion of their Li family village?People in the village passed on the news one by one, and everyone knew that it was Li Sanbao who had returned, and that it was the number one scholar of their Li family village who had returned.

"Everyone, come out and welcome our No. [-] scholar..."

This matter has to start three days ago. Li Wen asked someone to send a letter back home. The elders, as well as the entire Li family village, knew that there was a number one scholar in their Li family village.

On that day, the Li family opened the gate of the ancestral hall and held a grand ancestor worship.

In the past ten years, the gate of the ancestral hall has been opened almost every few years to worship the ancestors. First, the ancestors were informed that there was a scholar in the clan. After a few years, the gate of the ancestral hall was opened again to tell the ancestors that there was a scholar in the clan. .Then within a few years, the patriarch led Li Shanshan and the people in the clan to open the gate of the ancestral hall again, and a tribute came out of their village, and then, Li Sanbao became the champion of high school!

This time, their Li family village has a champion!

"..." Li asked standing at the gate of the village. He saw people in the village running towards the gate one by one. Should he continue to stand here, or should he continue to stand here?He actually prefers to go home.

But at this moment, the gates of the village were blocked by the people in the village.

"Three treasures are back, the number one scholar of our village is back."

"Fangzhu, Fangzhu, our village champion is back..."

Mrs. Li, who was in the courtyard, heard the shouts from outside. Mrs. Li’s hearing has been a little poor these years, and the old lady still heard someone calling her grandson outside, "It’s my grandson, it’s my grandson, come back!" gone."

"Aniang, it's the Three Treasures who are back!" Sun Yi heard the voice outside and stood up.

"Quick, help me go back quickly." Li Wangshi stood up, and Sun Yi hurriedly went to help her mother-in-law.Lee Valley knows

The son came back, hurried out, and rushed to the entrance of the village. Li Haopeng followed his father and ran a step ahead.

''elder brother……,,

Li Wen heard the voice of that brat Li Haopeng from a distance, and then saw that brat rushing towards him, Zhao Xiangyi wanted to go forward to stop the rushing kid, Li Liuyuan took a step forward and caught him .

"Wow... Brother..." Li Haopeng hugged his brother, and burst into tears, "Brother, why did you come back, wow... Brother, I miss you..."

"..." Li Wen hugged the brat. He almost wanted to cry when he howled twice. He patted the brat on the shoulder and said, "Brother is back. Brat, you have grown up!" You're still crying at this age, with so many people here, you're not afraid of people laughing at you!"

Li Haopeng paused and turned his head to see that there were uncles, uncles, aunts and aunts in the village behind him. Then he saw his own father who had rushed over, and buried his face in his brother's arms, refusing to come out for life or death. .

"Father." Li Wen raised his head, saw his father, his eyes turned red, and shouted.

"Hey, it's Daddy, Sambo is back, okay, okay, okay." Li Shanshan saw the son who had returned, and the father and son looked at each other with longing for each other.Li Wen stepped forward, gave his father a hug, and said, "Daddy, I'm back."

"Yeah." Li Shanshan's throat was a little choked, and the man's eyes were red.