The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

There was an autumn rain and a cold one, and last night there was another heavy rain, the temperature dropped sharply, and Lu Xiuyuan was woken up once in the middle of the night by freezing. When he got up in the morning, he felt a little stuffy, so he hurriedly put on more clothes.

After washing up, I sat at the dining table and ate the steaming buckwheat porridge and wheat bran cakes for breakfast this morning. After eating the warm porridge and rice, my body warmed up.

Mrs. Zhang heard the north wind howling outside, holding a spoon and looking out the door worriedly: "Why is the weather so cold this year, I don't know how Dalang is doing."

In the poplar forest outside the door, the cold wind took away the last few leaves on the treetops. The abnormal temperature made people have a bad feeling that this winter would be colder than previous years.

Lu Xiuyuan took a sip of porridge and said, "Mother, don't worry, after dinner, I'll send some thick clothes to elder brother."

Mrs. Zhang nodded, "When you go out later, Erlang, you should wear more."

Lu Xiuyuan said yes, then glanced at Xiao Lian who was struggling to cook, and asked, "Is there anything Xiao Lian wants, uncle will buy it for you."

The little girl thought for a while, swallowed, and shook her head, "Uncle, I don't want to eat."

Pfft, Lu Xiu couldn't hold back Yuan's laughter, "Okay, uncle knows."

"Yeah." The little girl lowered her head in frustration and continued to drink the porridge.

He patted her head and said, "Uncle, I'll bring you delicious candied haws again, okay?"

"Yeah! Good!" The little girl's eyes lit up, and her face turned cloudy.

His sister-in-law smiled helplessly beside her and said, "Erlang is too used to Xiaolian."

After breakfast, he put away all the clothes he needed to bring, and set out to drive the ox cart.

Probably because of the cold weather, not many people went to town today, and there were only two or three people sitting on the ox cart.

Li Shun was trembling from the wind, and turned his head to complain to Lu Xiuyuan.

"This bad weather, why does it feel like it's winter, it's obviously not long after harvesting the crops."

"It's really cold this year, and it's probably going to be even colder during the Chinese New Year." Looking at the cloudy weather above his head, he said.

The other party hugged his shoulders and shrank his head, "Oh, I'm most afraid of the cold, and I really can't live through the days when winter comes."

Lu Xiuyuan looked at his muscular body and expressed sympathy for it. Being afraid of the cold is a kind of constitution and has nothing to do with being fat or thin.

But to his surprise, when he passed the field at the entrance of the village, he found that all the pokeweed in the field had been planed clean.

Although I don't know who did it, at least there is no need to worry about children eating by mistake.

When he arrived in the town, Lu Xiuyuan got out of the car and stomped his feet. It was still quite cold after being blown all the way by the wind.

After tidying up his clothes, he hurried to the place where his elder brother worked.

The field was still full of yellow sand like last time, Lu Xiuwu and his group were working hard there, so he just stood far away and waited.

He actually didn't want to stand here and blow the cold wind, but the atmosphere when he parted with Shi Yunchen yesterday afternoon was a bit weird, thinking of the expression on the other party's face, he felt embarrassed to go to Zhenyuan Bookstore to drink tea again.

He hadn't been waiting here for a long time. The last time the supervisor had finished directing the people below, he turned his head and found him, with a suspected expression of surprise on his face, walking over here.

"How come Lu Xiucai is free today?"

Glancing at the thick clothes in the package behind him, "So it's for your brother, it's so cold standing here, let's go inside and talk?" The supervisor rubbed his hands and suggested.

Although he didn't know what the other party meant, but it was indeed a bit windy outside, Lu Xiuyuan followed him into the room.

The small square space in the house should be the supervisor's rest room, and there is still cold overnight tea on the table next to it.

There is no cold wind here, and the small room is very warm. He straightened the hem of his clothes that was blown by the wind, and asked directly.

"I don't know why you called Lu to come here?"

The supervisor politely led him to the seat next to him, and then said: "Last time, thanks to Lu Xiucai's method, the progress of the work has been accelerated a lot, and I haven't had time to thank you."

Lu Xiuyuan didn't care about these at all, "It's nothing to worry about."

The supervisor felt that Lu Xiuyuan seemed to be more credible, so he tentatively said: "Lu Xiucai can understand account books."

"Know a thing or two."

The supervisor doesn't intend to let himself be his accountant, does he?

"The accountant at another venue can't come home to visit relatives this month, so I want to ask Lu Xiucai to do it for a month."

Unable to see Lu Xiuyuan's expression, the supervisor hurriedly added: "Don't worry! The treatment is better than one."

The remuneration is really good, although it is only a month, but the wages are generous, ten taels of silver, including food and housing.

If it weren't for the people above to be knowledgeable, smart and not troublesome, and not very curious, and the series of requirements were too high, he would have thought of doing it himself.

I don't know what happened to the accountant before, can't I find a replacement in advance when I go home to visit relatives?As a result, all post stations are now looking for suitable candidates, hoping that I will be the first to find them, after all, there is still a bounty.

Lu Xiuyuan was still hesitating, wondering if the current account books were the same as those old account books kept by their family, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get started.

Seeing his hesitation, the supervisor hastily added another condition, "You can also let your brother go with him. That is our largest post station and the most promising."

Hearing that Lu Xiuwu can also go there, and thinking about his elder brother's current working environment, he was moved, but he asked cautiously: "After January is over, my elder brother won't come back here, right?"

"No, no, Lu Xiucai, don't worry." Seeing his promise, the supervisor immediately smiled and promised.

"That's good, where is the other station?" Lu Xiuyuan nodded and asked.

"Lu Xiucai, please wait, I'll find someone to take you there right away." The overseer's heart fell to the ground, this temporary task was finally completed, he was in a better mood, and he was more pleasing to the eye.

They went out to find someone to call Lu Xiuwu over, packed their luggage, and their fellow workers in the same village patted his elder brother on the shoulder and blessed him, and the group of them took a carriage to another post station.

After bidding farewell to the long yellow sand field, his elder brother looked at the blurred shadow behind him, feeling a little bit reluctant. Although he didn't stay there for long, he still missed him.

The carriage drove for about a quarter of an hour before stopping, and when they got off, Lu Xiuyuan looked at the post in front of him.

The venue looks very large, and the environment is better than before. The goods to be transported are still small boxes with fancy packaging, and they don’t seem to be very heavy. Dozens of carriages are coming and going in an orderly line to unload the goods. , a busy scene.

Unexpectedly, there is such a place in their county-level town, but it's a pity, if their town is close to the sea, they would have become rich long ago.

Seeing that Lu Xiuyuan was calm and not surprised, the supervisor immediately felt that he had seen the right person, and only such a person could hold the field.

So he first took his elder brother to find the supervisor of this post station, and asked him to arrange for Lu Xiuwu, and then led Lu Xiuyuan to the post manager here to receive the reward.

The destination was at the center of the post station, and they arrived within a short walk.

The manager is an old man who knows his destiny, his eyes are sharp, and he looks very shrewd.

The supervisor stepped forward and introduced him roughly. He said that he was the younger brother of a worker over there. He had a reputation as a scholar and was quite smart.

The manager looked around at Lu Xiuyuan and asked, "Have you ever learned Nine Chapters of Arithmetic?"

Lu Xiuyuan thought for a while, he has been admiring the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic for a long time, although he has never read it, but when it comes to calculation knowledge, he used to calculate various formulas for patients in the hospital, so he was not too proficient, so he nodded.

Seeing that he admitted it happily, the manager was a little skeptical, so he immediately asked a question, intending to test him.

"I drive horse-drawn carts to transport goods between post stations. Empty cars travel seventy miles a day, and heavy vehicles travel fifty miles a day. Now the goods are transported from Ping'an Town to Linshan, and there are three round trips in five days. Ask: How far is Ping'an from Linshan?"

Lu Xiuyuan thought for a while and replied, "Of course it's 100 kilometers."

The supervisor at the side was very surprised. He hadn't figured it out after listening to it, but Lu Xiucai figured it out so quickly?Didn't he even think about it?

The manager stroked his beard and asked a few more questions.

"There is a man who is good at walking and a man who is not good at walking. The man who is good at walking takes one hundred steps while the one who is not good at walking can only take sixty steps. Now the man who is not good at walking takes one hundred steps first. If a man who is good at walking chases him, how far must he walk to catch up with him?"

Lu Xiuyuan didn't even think about it, "250 steps."

The supervisor took a breath, and quickly looked at the supervisor's expression.

The other party then asked: "One hundred monks, one hundred buns. The big monk eats three buns, and the three young monks eat one bun. How many people are there in the big monk? How many people are there in the young monk?"

"25 senior monks and 75 junior monks."

"Good! Good!" The manager finally clapped his hands in satisfaction, and instantly made up his mind, "It's just you!"

The supervisor was so impressed that he couldn't speak. He had read books and could read a few words, but if you asked him arithmetic problems, he would be at a loss!

Unexpectedly, the scholar he picked up at random still has real talents. He has already seen the bounty beckoning to him!

The manager is also very excited, this kid has the brains to be a top accountant, such a high talent, even stronger than the previous accountant.

He is a talent, so he needs to be recruited well. Thinking of this, he eagerly pulls Lu Xiuyuan away.

"Come on, let me take you to familiarize yourself with the place first, as well as the accounting process and the like. If you don't understand anything in the future, just come here and find me."

The supervisor looked at the backs of the two of them leaving, and suddenly froze. Should he follow or not?

He came to receive the reward, how could he go back if he didn't give the money?But what if someone reports laziness if you don't go back?Don't worry too much about it.