The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

During the festival today, the townspeople crowded shoulder to shoulder, and the candy-making vendors were all surrounded by children. The adults next to them held the children's hands tightly to prevent them from getting lost, and the streets were blocked.

The whole town was bustling with excitement, and the most eye-catching thing was the acrobatic team in the open space next to it.

Topping bowls and vats, everyone will just watch the excitement, which is not a novelty.

Today is a special day, and the acrobats specially invited them to perform their grand finale.

A strong man, holding a three-foot long sword, gestured to the crowd next to him, and then swallowed the sword bit by bit in front of the crowd. The people around were dumbfounded and applauded.

Xiao Lian was riding on his elder brother's neck, seeing that the man swallowed a long sword, she couldn't help but lean forward, wanting to see how he swallowed it.

Feeling the person on his body leaning forward, his elder brother quickly helped him stabilize, and said: "Sit firmly, and be careful not to fall."

Xiao Lian stuck out her tongue and smiled embarrassedly.

She only has the chance to go to the town once or twice a year, so it's natural to see everything novel.

Lu Xiuyuan walked around with his family for a while, lined up by the side of the road to buy some snacks for Xiao Lian, and then separated from his family.

He walked to a gazebo on a high place alone, looked at the endless stream of people on the street, and had a panoramic view of the world, with a strong smell of fireworks blowing towards his face.

Lu Xiuyuan didn't stand here for a long time, but when he heard footsteps behind him, he turned around and looked.

Shi Yunchen was dressed in brocade clothes, waving a jade fan, and walked over with a smile on his lips.

Playing a fan in such a cold day is the behavior of peacocks.

"Master Shi didn't go shopping, why did he come here?"

Shi Yunchen closed his fan and said, "I saw you standing here alone, and I was a little curious, so I came over to have a look."

Lu Xiuyuan looked behind the other party, there was no servant following him, and this time he was the only one who came out.

"The lighting here is good, stand here and enjoy the scenery."

Shi Yunchen looked in the direction he pointed, except for the human head, there is nothing to see.

"What's so good about a human head? Why don't we go drink two glasses of winter wine together?"

Just as Lu Xiuyuan was about to agree, he saw Nan Xing and another servant running over panting.

"Young master, why did you disappear without saying a word, let us find it easily, the eldest and young master is already angry, and tell you to go back quickly."

Shi Yunchen was furious, he had just slipped out not long ago, and finally caught Lu Xiucai, and he was discovered before he even said a word.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, you go back first, the young master will be there in a while." Shi Yunchen waved his hand, wanting to send Nan Xing back.

"This, it's not very good..." Nan Xing looked at his young master in embarrassment.

Lu Xiuyuan saw that the other party seemed to be busy, so he said: "Master Shi is busy first, and about drinking, we will make an appointment next time."

Hearing this, Nan Xing couldn't help but widen his eyes, "What! You want to invite our young master to drink?"

This Lu Xiucai looked at the handsome man, but he didn't expect that in his heart... No, he has to go back and report to the young master!

Can Shi Yunchen not drink?What happened to drinking with him?Lu Xiuyuan looked bewildered.

Shi Yunchen was extremely embarrassed, and kicked Nan Xing, "Hurry up and go back!"

When their master and servant disappeared, Lu Xiuyuan also went to meet Mrs. Zhang and the others.

After shopping for a long time, Xiao Lian was also hungry, so I bought her some snacks to fill her stomach.

Thinking that there were only the old lady and Lu Dafu at home, Mrs. Zhang was a little worried. The family didn't stay in the town for too long, so they hurriedly got on the ox cart and went home together.

Back home, the yard was quiet and there was no one in the room.

Mrs. Zhang walked into the back room, saw Lu Dafu was still tinkering with his peach stick, and asked, "Dafu, why didn't you see mother?"

Only then did Lu Dafu raise his head, and said casually, "Mother has returned to eldest brother's house."

"Why did you leave so suddenly?" Mrs. Zhang was puzzled, "I still want to bring some soy beans for my mother. The ones sold in the town are not as delicious as the ones made by myself."

Lu Dafu glanced at Mrs. Zhang, and snorted coldly, "Stop pretending to be a good person. If you have the heart, mother won't be left alone at home by you to watch over the holidays."

"What do you mean leaving your mother alone at home? I don't understand what you mean?" Mrs. Zhang was puzzled.

"It's not easy for our mother to come back after so many years. You didn't take your mother to play together during the holidays, but let her look after the house. You can go out to play." Lu Dafu said angrily.

Mrs. Zhang was startled, and quickly explained: "I'm going to take my mother out in the morning, because my mother said that she was tired of seeing the town and didn't want to go."

"Today is a holiday, can the town be the same as usual during the holiday? Mother said she was tired of watching it, that was an excuse, she was afraid of causing trouble to you, so she didn't have the nerve to say it directly, can't you hear it?" Lu Dafu asked You looked at Mrs. Zhang with an expression that didn't even understand this.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang felt her chest was blocked by something. She explained: "In the morning, I planned to take care of you at home and let Da Lang and the others take mother out for a stroll. Your mother drove us out with a cane. Why did we abandon her again!"

"I won't tell you anymore, anyway, you are right, I can't say no to you." Lu Dafu threw away the mahogany stick, turned his upper body to the side of the wall, and turned his back to Mrs. Zhang, as if refusing to communicate.

Mrs. Zhang took a deep breath, tried her best to calm down, and turned back to the main room to pack her things.

His elder sister-in-law didn't know about it, and when she saw Zhang's stinky face, she asked concerned: "Mother, are you okay? Why is your face so ugly?" She looked around, "Why didn't you see grandma?"

The complaints in Zhang's belly turned around, and finally said: "Mother is fine, your grandmother has returned to town."

Forget it, let's not use these bad things to affect the mood of the junior.

Hearing that the old lady had returned to town, his sister-in-law was relieved and finally left. She didn't dare to breathe at home for the past two days, for fear of being disturbed and scolded.

When she first got married, because they lived together, the other party kept picking on her. Fortunately, the old lady moved to the town with her uncle's family not long after, and they managed to live a stable life for a few years.

I just don't know why the old lady brought so many clothes this time, why she only stayed for one day and then went back?

Seeing that his mother-in-law's face was really ugly, his sister-in-law quickly helped Mrs. Zhang to sit down, "Mother, I think your complexion is not good. It may be because you have been tired for the past two days. Sit down and have a rest. I'll get some brown sugar and add two more." Jujube make some brown sugar tea to drink." After saying that, he turned and went to the kitchen.

Coincidentally, Xiao Lian also came to the main room licking the candied haws. The little girl squeezed close to Mrs. Zhang without saying a word, nestled in her arms, and handed the jagged hawthorn in her hand to Mrs. Zhang's mouth, "Grandmother Eat candied haws! It’s so delicious!"

"Grandma won't eat it, Xiao Lian will eat it." She pushed the candied haws out.

Hearing this, Xiao Lian couldn't wait to continue licking immediately, and said humbly, it was already the limit of the little girl.

Seeing the scene in front of her, Zhang's anger disappeared no matter how angry she was. Why should she be angry? She still doesn't know about Lu Dafu, he is what his mother says, and he hasn't improved at all after so many years.

Fortunately, the old lady has returned to the town, and she hasn't come here for a few years. If she says something bad, she can just say something, and there is nothing to lose anyway.

After drinking the brown sugar water cooked by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhang became much more energetic. After playing games with Xiao Lian, they started preparing lunch again.

Mrs. Zhang intends to keep it simple. They had leftovers before, so they stewed a chicken, boiled a fish, and made two pots of dumpling for lunch.

After a delicious lunch, Lu Xiuyuan planned to go back to his room and continue writing his storybook. He was getting tired of always writing about imperial examinations.

This time he decided to test the waters by writing an illusory fairy tale.

The hero of Dianjia’s top-quality Tianlinggen, was jealous and calculated that his sea of ​​​​qi was destroyed, his fiancée who had been in love for decades switched to the arms of others, and was thrown into the cliff by his deadly rival, but in the end he accidentally got the golden finger grandpa, repaired his sea of ​​​​qi, and has been going all the way ever since Counterattack, embark on the pinnacle of life.

After conceiving, start directly and write a rough plot line first.

At this moment, he heard the sound of the bowl being overturned and broken outside.

It sounded like it was coming from Lu Dafu's house, Lu Xiuyuan was afraid of something, so he quickly put down his pen and prepared to go.

Then he heard noisy voices coming from the room, Mrs. Zhang, who was always good-tempered, was actually swearing, he paused, not knowing whether to go in or not.

"Lu Dafu, you used your son's exam money to lend to others, how dare you be so bold! That's 50 taels! What do you think if Erlang doesn't bother to go to Fucheng to take the exam next year!" Mrs. Zhang pointed at Lu Dafu and cursed angrily.

Being pointed at like this, Lu Dafu was also angry, "Who else? You woman, you are so cold-blooded, that's my elder brother! Their family is so poor that they need money urgently, we are brothers, what's wrong with helping him? "

"I'm cold-blooded? Your elder brother has been doing business in the town for so many years. Their family eats meat every day, and their children wear silk and satin. Look at what your children are wearing. How many times do you eat meat a year? How can you help me?" Is this busy?"

Seeing that Lu Dafu remained silent, Mrs. Zhang continued: "It's been so long since your leg was broken, have your elder brother and your mother visited you? They haven't even asked! Now that I want money, I'm coming to Baba to look for you again. Obviously, you are still fooled!"

Lu Dafu was not convinced, "Mother was busy before and didn't have time, didn't she just come to see me when she was free?"

"Is she looking at you? She just heard that Erlang is capable, and she wants to come and see if there is any benefit! Otherwise, she can come to see you?" Mrs. Zhang couldn't understand Lu Dafu's brain circuit.

Lu Dafu sneered, "You mean I'm just passing by? I'm just a waste that my own mother doesn't even care about?"

Mrs. Zhang took a deep breath and didn't want to continue arguing with the other party. Every time her mother-in-law came to their house, she would cause the couple to quarrel. She really didn't like this old lady.

"Don't talk about other useless things, what about Erlang's exam money next year? If you can't make up the money, can you afford the responsibility?"

Hearing this, Lu Dafu felt a little guilty. Thinking of what his mother said before, he regained confidence in an instant, "Mother said that she will return the money to us when the big brother gets over this difficulty. There should be time for the exam."

Mrs. Zhang didn't believe it at all, "A person like your elder brother, the money went into his pocket, and he still wants to get it back? Don't you remember how many losses you have suffered from him since you were young?"

Lu Dafu patted the edge of the bed angrily, "Then what can I do? My mother told me that my eldest brother is too poor to eat, and asked me to help. If I don't give it, then won't others poke my spine and call me unfilial?!"

"You have to be able to borrow money? The 50 taels of silver was earned by Erlang himself, and it is his money! How can you be his master?" Mrs. Zhang was in a hurry. If she had known earlier, she might as well not have kept it for Erlang. , now it's all gone!

"The family hasn't separated yet. I'm his father. What's wrong with using his money?" Lu Dafu said with a look of reason, seeing that Mrs. Zhang was still angry, he was a little impatient, "Oh, don't worry. Well, my mother promised me that I will definitely pay back when the big brother gets over this difficulty."

Zhang was about to collapse in anger, "Then what if your eldest brother doesn't pay back next year, and Erlang doesn't make enough money to go to the township exam?"

Lu Dafu pondered for a moment, then said: "No, we'll just wait for the next exam. Anyway, Erlang is smart, so I'll definitely be able to make it up for him next time."

"What next time? You said it so lightly, it's once every three years!"

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she had a splitting headache. Seeing that she couldn't make sense with Lu Dafu, she didn't clean up the mess on the ground, so she went outside directly.

Lu Xiuyuan slipped back to his room when the voice disappeared, so as not to embarrass Zhang.

He also felt quite speechless. After getting along with him for this period of time, he felt Lu Dafu's optimistic, simple, and kind personality. He didn't expect that he was so foolish and filial.

But this seems to be quite common in ancient times?Regardless of right and wrong, blindly obeying the elders, I think this is filial piety.

And the elder who was filial is basically the kind who is very selfish, very scheming, arrogant and unreasonable, and even very shameless.

However, there are ways to deal with this kind of people.

He looked outside. Mrs. Zhang had just arrived in the courtyard, and he hadn't stood there for long before seeing his sister-in-law come out and drag Mrs. Zhang back to his room.

Lu Xiuyuan was inconvenient to enter his sister-in-law's room, so he simply waited for Mrs. Zhang to come out.

Turning around, he went back to the desk and continued to write his own story.

Now that the family has returned to the poor and white period, we still have to work hard to make money.

When it was almost time for dinner, Mrs. Zhang came over with a pot of tea.

"Erlang, don't be too busy, drink a cup of tea and rest, don't tire your eyes out."

"Okay." Lu Xiuyuan put down his pen, picked up the teapot and poured himself a glass of water, and swallowed a little.

Thinking of what he was going to say soon, Mrs. Zhang was a little hard to say.

Seeing what Mrs. Zhang was thinking, Lu Xiuyuan also poured a glass of water for Mrs. Zhang and handed it over, "Mother, I know everything about it. It's a big festival, it's not good to be angry."

Mrs. Zhang sighed, "I really don't understand what your father is thinking. He only cares about that heartless elder brother, but he doesn't care about his son's future. It's not that your uncle's family has no money, and they still need money." He helps?"

Lu Xiuyuan opened his mouth, and was about to express his opinion, but stopped quickly. In this world where filial piety is bigger than the sky, it is still impossible to say too much.

"Father is too kind and won't refuse people. That's why grandma asked for the money. If it was a neighbor who borrowed money, Dad would definitely give it without hesitation."

Mrs. Zhang nodded, "Yeah, I married you just because of your father's good intentions. Who would have thought that your father is so old and doesn't think about the consequences of doing things. Why doesn't he think about lending money out? What if his family has no money?" Do, some time ago our family was really unable to eat, who came to help?"

Mrs. Zhang sighed, and said with emotion, "Fortunately, Mother is used to splitting up the money, so not all of them suffered this time."

"Mom, it's better like this," Lu Xiuyuan tentatively suggested: "In the future, you can hide the money in another place, so that you don't get caught by daddy, and then you only report your worries but not the good news in front of daddy, and eat a few simple meals, daddy will definitely never give up. help others.”

Mrs. Zhang glanced at him in surprise, and he felt a little flustered. What he said was euphemistic enough, so he shouldn't be labeled as rebellious.

"Erlang, you have a good idea." After thinking for a while, Mrs. Zhang frowned again, "No, then you will suffer as well, it's not worth it."

Before Lu Xiuyuan could speak, Mrs. Zhang began to add: "But it's okay if you just eat it for a few days. Isn't he the most soft-hearted? Then let Xiaolian cry in front of him and want to eat meat. He has no money to see what he will do. Be careful." Squeeze him."

After all, it is a family, and this is the most appropriate way at present.

The author has something to say: the festival is over, the plot will start in the next chapter, and the identity of the subject will soon be exposed, it will look like a chapter or two!

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