The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After Shi Yunchen left, it was evening, and Lu Xiuyuan walked home slowly.

At home, his sister-in-law was cooking, his mother Zhang was mending clothes in the afterglow of the setting sun, and Xiao Lian was studying beside Zhang.

Seeing Lu Xiuyuan come back, Mrs. Zhang beckoned, "Erlang, if you're not busy, take Xiaolian out for a walk. I don't know what's wrong with this girl. She works with us every day, and she's probably bored."

The little girl shook her head and refused, "Xiao Lian wants to learn how to work as a maid from grandma, so she won't go out to play."

Lu Xiuyuan glanced at Xiao Lian's face, he was indeed not as active as in the past few days, although he was a little tired now, but his little niece was still important, so he nodded.

"Let's go~ Uncle will make you a very interesting gadget to relieve Xiaolian~"

He originally wanted to lift Xiaolian with both hands and let her sit on his shoulders, but he didn't have enough strength, so he had to hold hands instead.

Xiao Lian took a look at Zhang's face, and then grabbed Lu Xiuyuan's hand, "Thank you, uncle~"

Well, looking at the top of Xiao Lian's head, it seems that the other party has really changed a lot recently. Didn't she recover from being scared by Hua'er before?

I don't know, so let's ignore it for now.

He planned to chop a bamboo first, and make a bamboo figurine for her, the kind that can move, children's attention changes quickly, and he hopes to regain their vigor soon.

As the sun set and the temperature began to drop, he was afraid that Xiao Lian would catch cold, so he hugged her up.

The little girl's soft body is not heavy at all, making people want to take care of her. Looking at Xiaolian, he wants to have a daughter in the future.

"Do you want to read, Xiaolian? How about uncle teaching you how to read tomorrow?"

"Studying costs money, Xiao Lian doesn't read it." The little girl shook her head sensiblely.

Not knowing who taught her, Lu Xiuyuan hurriedly corrected this thought.

"Uncle teaches you to read for free. Do you want to learn, Xiaolian?"

The uncle and nephew were talking, and a strong smell of wine wafted along the cold wind.

After looking around, beside the big tree on the right hand side, he saw Lu Shengcai, the son of his third aunt's family, Hua'er's elder brother, only wearing a middle coat, lying on the ground drunk and unconscious.

In this kind of weather, if you fall asleep here, you will probably freeze to death in the second half of the night. I don't know if their third aunt knows.

Lu Xiuyuan gently put down Xiao Lian, and walked over there, Xiao Lian followed two steps in a ignorant manner, and cried out in fright when he saw Lu Shengcai spread out on the ground.

He quickly knelt down and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, Xiaolian, he is the uncle of your third grandma's family. It's cold, and he hasn't worn a coat yet. If he falls asleep here, he will freeze to death."

Xiao Lian still hid behind him in fear, clutching the hem of his clothes tightly and not letting go.

Helpless, Lu Xiuyuan had no choice but to take Xiaolian to the place together.

He shook Lu Shengcai's shoulder, "Brother Shengcai, brother Shengcai, can you still walk? Why are you falling asleep here?"

Under his shaking, Lu Shengcai narrowed his eyes slightly and took a closer look, "Huh? Erlang? Why are you here?"

"Let's go home first, and you'll catch a cold if you stay any longer." Lu Xiuyuan lifted him up with all his strength, barely standing up.

Drunk people are really dead, he lay in Lu Shengcai's ear and shouted: "Brother Shengcai, wake up, go home!"

"Huh?" Lu Shengcai finally opened his eyes this time, and he looked around, "Why am I here? Am I drinking in Zuixianlou?"

Lu Xiuyuan was speechless, "You're still drinking. Brother Shengcai, why did you come out dressed like this? It's so cold now."

Lu Shengcai giggled, "It's bad! It's not cold, it won't be cold after drinking wine! Erlang, you don't know how to drink wine, next time I take you to play, you will know hiccup"

The other party hiccupped and continued: "Don't worry about the money, you can still go to the Zhao family to get it if you don't have it. My little sister died, and he only paid 20 taels, so why should I pay 50 taels!"

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He didn't know what to say, Lu Shengcai had always been a messy person, and he couldn't bear to see him freeze to death before coming to help.

Seeing that he was really out of tune, he didn't bother to say anything, thinking that as long as he was sent to the third aunt's house, it would be the best of humanity.

Supporting the drunkard, he staggered and walked for a while, and he was almost vomited out by the smell of alcohol on the other party's body.

And Lu Shengcai was a fat person, and it was very difficult to carry it, so Lu Xiuyuan wanted to just let it go.

Holding his breath, he dragged forward vigorously.

Unexpectedly, a certain person was drunk and dishonest, seeing that he didn't reply to his words, he even put his mind on Xiao Lian.

"Hey, I remember Brother Wu still has a daughter, she can be sent to Zhao's family as a maid, it's worth a month or two, and if she dies, she can earn at least 20 taels."

As soon as the words fell, Lu Xiuyuan threw the drunk on his body to the ground, fuck you.

Xiao Lian was frightened when she heard this, and wanted to run away with a scream.

He quickly hugged Xiaolian and kept coaxing: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't listen to him, Xiaolian is the best, we like Xiaolian the most."

The little girl was so frightened that she buried herself in his arms and cried.

Lu Xiuyuan took two quick steps and hurried away from this wrong place.

He had a guess, the reason why Xiao Lian was so scared now was because Lu Shengcai had said something similar to her in private, otherwise the little girl couldn't be so sensitive.

After all, this little girl was still so lively before this period of time.

But he didn't dare to ask.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and saw that Lu Shengcai was curled up on the ground as if he had fallen asleep again, so he turned his head and left.

Xiao Lian lay on his shoulder, sobbing, "Uncle, uncle wears so little, what if he freezes to death?"

"If you freeze to death, you will freeze to death. Whoever told him to scare us, Xiao Lian, deserved it."

He patted Xiaolian's head, she was really a kind little girl, even if she was afraid, she would worry about others.

Thinking about Hua'er, he felt a little pity, she obviously could have a better life, it's really not a pity for someone like Lu Shengcai to die.

At this time, he suddenly felt a little lucky that he was still a man in ancient times, he could make good money, become the family's reliance, and protect his family members from being tortured because of money.

And the words of Qin Orion in the morning, in this world, it is really difficult for women from poor families to be with brothers.

Looking at the cute little girl in his arms, he still has to work hard to make more money.

After this incident, he was not in the mood to cut bamboo and become a villain, so he went straight home.

In order to prevent Mrs. Zhang and the others from seeing the crying Bao Xiaolian and questioning her, he carried her directly to his room.

Although the little girl was not heavy, she was still heavy after holding her for a long time. He put Xiaolian on the seat and rubbed her arms.

Then, under Xiaolian's curious eyes, she found a scrap manuscript, flipped it up and down with her fingers, and a vivid little frog was freshly released.

He put the frog on the table in front of Xiao Lian, patted his palm, and the little frog jumped along, instantly attracted Xiao Lian's attention, and started to play there with relish, even making giggles from time to time .

Lu Xiuyuan felt that his day's fatigue was washed away by this childlike laughter.

He held his chin and watched her play for a while, the little girl was so happy that he seemed to have forgotten what happened just now, so he was relieved.

When Mrs. Zhang called them to eat, Xiao Lian mustered up the courage to tug at the hem of his clothes.

Lu Xiuyuan quickly knelt down and looked at her and asked, "Huh? What's the matter, Xiaolian?"

"Uncle, why don't you go to Third Grandma's house and say something...I'm worried that Uncle will freeze to death..." The little girl's voice was soft, pleading.

Lu Xiuyuan pretended to be unhappy and asked: "Why, he is so bad, and you still scare Xiao Lian, wouldn't it be good to freeze him to death?"

Xiao Lian was a little anxious, and shook her head frantically, "It's not good, Aunt Hua is gone. The third grandma has been crying for a long time, and she doesn't want to make the third grandma sad anymore."

Squeezing the baby fat on the little girl's cheeks, she agreed, "Okay, listen to Xiao Lian, then let's go tell the third grandma after dinner, okay?"

Xiao Lian was a little hesitant. Could it be too long?

Scratching the tip of the little girl's nose, she pampered and said: "Don't worry, no one can die, whoever told him to frighten us Xiaolian and let him freeze for a while will be regarded as punishment."

"Yeah!" The little girl nodded and agreed to the result.

Looking at the dark night outside, Lu Xiuyuan's inner thoughts surged.

If it wasn't for worrying about Xiaolian's shadow in the future, he really planned to stand by and watch. A garbage man like this would be less of a scourge if he died.