The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Could there be anything more dramatic than this in the world?

Lu Ming's cheeks were flushed, and the top of his head was almost steaming. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to disappear in place.

When Yan Shuming saw Lu Ming's appearance, his heart skipped a beat. It couldn't be what he thought!

"A Ming, are you okay?" Yan Shuming asked with concern.

When Lu Xiuyuan saw that his cheap cousin was blushing like bleeding, he looked very weak and easy to bully, and felt a little guilty in his heart. Was he a little too much, but it was just a little .

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Lu Ming patted his cheek, calmed down, and said to Lu Xiuyuan.

"It turned out to be my cousin. Please forgive me for the offense. Please wait here for a while. When I go home and ask my grandmother, I will give my cousin a satisfactory explanation."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran away all the way. During the process, he tripped over the threshold and staggered a bit.

Yan Shuming looked at Lu Ming's back with a bit of embarrassment, "Brother Lu, Ah Ming is a good person, there must be something inside this matter..."

Lu Xiuyuan nodded, "Well, let's talk about it when he comes back."

After finishing speaking, he sat down and continued to read his paper, while Yan Shuming fidgeted and waited for Lu Ming to come back.

The streets outside were full of traffic, and it was clearly the twelfth lunar month, but Lu Ming felt that his body was extremely hot, especially his face, which was so hot that it was about to smoke.

He has never had such a shameful moment since he was a child. When he thought of how confident he was to help Lu Xiuyuan before, he turned around and realized that his own family was the culprit of all the troubles. He was so embarrassed that he wished he could get under the ground.

And what made him so embarrassed was because of his grandmother.

After running for half a street, Lu Ming was exhausted and out of breath. He raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He couldn't wait to go home and ask his grandmother the truth.

After being exhausted, he finally returned home. When he opened the door, he saw his grandmother shelling peanuts in the yard. Lu Ming couldn't help frowning when he saw the other party put on the old cotton coat again.

"Grandma, why are you wearing this again? Didn't my mother buy you two new clothes?"

Hearing the movement, the old lady looked up and found that her little grandson had returned. She quickly put down the peanuts in her hand and greeted her kindly: "Mingming is back? You see that you are sweating profusely. Come inside Rest."

The old lady took Lu Ming back to the living room, picked up the teapot and poured a cup, and handed it to him, "Drink it quickly, it's still hot, and it's always ready for you."

Feeling the temperature of the teacup, Lu Ming became more and more confused. Their family is not short of money at all, and the pocket money for the old lady is several hundred cash every month!Without spending money on food and accommodation, it is enough for one person's entertainment expenses.

He looked at the grandmother in front of him who loved him since he was a child, and he really couldn't figure out that she would be the kind of person who lied to his uncle for money and almost ruined his cousin's future.

Looking at the figure of the old lady carrying the teapot to pour water for herself, Lu Ming's questioning words were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Seeing Lu Ming standing still, the old lady felt that his face was a bit strange, she hurriedly put down the kettle, reached out and touched his forehead, "It's a little hot, and my face is also very red, it's just the twelfth lunar month, so it won't catch a cold, right? "

After the old lady finished speaking, she wiped her hands on her waist, "Mingming will wait here for a while, and grandma will make ginger tea for you to get rid of the cold."

"No need..." Reaching out to stop the old lady, Lu Ming bit his lower lip and said with difficulty, "Grandmother, did you borrow money from my uncle's family?"

After hearing this, panic flashed in the old lady's eyes, and she quickly regained her composure, "Mingming asked why? We have been separated from your uncle's family for many years, and your heartless uncle didn't even know to come to see her." Grandma, I get angry thinking of this, let's not talk about him!"

Seeing that the old lady wanted to leave, Lu Ming quickly reached out and grabbed her arm, and asked again: "Grandmother, what do you care about my uncle's family borrowing so much money? He will also give it to my father if I need money?"

Being questioned by her most beloved grandson, the old lady looked a little unnatural. She waved Lu Ming's arm away and pretended to be calm.

"Mingming, you are still young, don't worry about adults' affairs, read more books if you have nothing to do, and prepare well for the scholar's exam. Grandma guarantees that you will pass the exam this time!"

In Lu Ming's eyes, the old lady is very frugal on weekdays. Except for buying things for herself, she spends nothing at all other times. She has saved a lot of money over the years, so why would she go to her uncle's house to borrow a few dozen taels? ?

What is the reason that the old lady was in a hurry to use the money, and she had to hide it from their family, and even went back to the village to ask her uncle's house to borrow it.

After all, it is his grandmother who has loved him for many years. Lu Ming is eager to know the truth, but the old lady keeps talking about it, which makes him a little broken.

"What kind of book do you want to study? I don't plan to be a scholar at all. Grandma, can you tell me the truth? I want to hear the reason. What did you do with so much money? Is there really something urgent? Don't worry your grandson, okay?" ?”

When she heard that she didn't intend to take the exam for scholar, the old lady was stunned for a moment, and then immediately frowned, "No, no, no! Mingming, you must take the exam this time! You must take the exam!"

"What kind of test is the test? I'm not expected to study. I want to be Master Qian Gu to settle accounts for others!"

The tone of the old lady's order made Lu Ming very irritable. Before giving up the scientific examination, he had mentioned it to his father. Although his father disapproved of him giving up studying, if he could become a master, he would just turn a blind eye and close it. Only eyes.

Unexpectedly, the old lady seemed to be possessed suddenly, and she held Lu Ming's arm tightly, and her thin fingers could feel the strong force through the cotton-padded coat.

"Mingming, try again. You will definitely pass this time. Believe in grandma, try again. You have worked so hard to study for so many years, but don't waste all your efforts..." The old lady's eyes were full of panic, and her tone was full of anger. plead.

Seeing the scene where the old lady lost her composure, a ridiculous thought suddenly flashed in Lu Ming's heart.

It's almost time to take the county exam in February, the old lady won't be...

"Grandma, tell me, did you use the money to buy county test questions?!"

Seeing being discovered, the old lady panicked for a moment, then forced herself to calm down, and persuaded Lu Ming, "Don't worry about Mingming, grandma bought it from a reliable person. Many people bought test questions from him before and then took the exam. If you get selected as a scholar, that person told me that you will be absolutely faithful, that you will never be deceitful, if you persist, we will definitely be admitted as a scholar this time!"

Lu Ming was speechless, he really didn't understand what the old lady was thinking, "Grandma, those are all lies! You have been deceived!"

"Impossible!" The old lady quickly retorted, "That was recommended by your classmates in the academy, how could you lie to me!"

"What classmate?" Lu Ming was left speechless by the old lady, "Grandmother, where did you find out about it? Now that you've reached this point, tell your grandson the truth, okay? Let's solve the problem first. "

Under Lu Ming's repeated questioning, the old lady had no choice but to tell the whole story.

It turned out that some time ago when she went to the street to buy vegetables, a group of sons and sisters almost knocked her down. The old lady was about to yell at her, but when she saw the clothes she was wearing, she swallowed all the dirty words she hadn't said.

Fortunately, a son was very kind to help her up, saying that they are students of Qingyu Academy, and they are too tired to study, so they want to indulge in riding a horse, and asked whether they should be sent to the hospital with concern.

As soon as the old lady heard that it was Qingyu Academy, she thought of her little grandson, who also belonged to this academy. She immediately lost her temper, praised them all, and even told them to be careful when riding horses in the future, without even noticing The impatience and disgust in the other party's eyes.

After the old lady finished talking, she wanted to ask how her grandson was doing in the academy, but the young man changed the subject, saying that he almost bumped into the old lady, felt sorry, and decided to give her a chance.

When the son rode away on horseback, the old lady opened the so-called chance, and found a sticky map drawn on it, followed the instructions on it to the end, and saw someone selling the imperial examination questions for the county exam!

The old lady walked over and was fooled by someone before she could speak.

Thinking that my grandson failed the exam for many years, he gritted his teeth and paid the deposit, went home and found all his money, and found that there was still a shortfall of 40 taels.

She didn't dare to tell her family that at this time she thought of Lu Dafu who lived in the village and hadn't contacted him for many years. He must be rich, so he ran to his youngest son's house on the important festival of winter solstice.

Fortunately, the hard work was not in vain, and I brought 50 taels, and got together the 100 taels to buy the test questions as I wished.

After listening to the explanation, the old lady also took out the test questions. Looking at the test questions bought for 100 taels, Lu Ming only felt his eyes go dark, and he barely stood still by holding on to the chair next to him.

Confused!How confused!

He thought that something happened to the old lady, she was in urgent need of money, and he was embarrassed to bother them, so he had no choice but to go to his uncle's house to borrow money, but he didn't expect it to be for such an outrageous reason!

"Those who sell test questions are all fake! Don't believe it! Even if it is true, if you report it afterwards, all those who pass the exam will have to retake the exam. If you fail the exam, you will be punished as cheating. It is very likely that you will never be able to take the imperial examination again in your life!" Lu Ming collapsed a little.

When she heard that she might have been cheated, the old lady panicked. She covered her chest, feeling extremely distressed, "How could this happen? It cost 100 taels of silver to buy..."

Thinking of this, she hurriedly asked, "Mingming, let's go to that person now and ask him to refund the money..."

Lu Ming was helpless, "They probably change places every time they make a fortune, and they will definitely not be able to catch anyone now."

At this point, the old lady can only rejoice that she didn't lose too much money, "Fortunately, only 50 taels were lost, and the remaining 50 taels is a big loss, and it has nothing to do with us."

When Lu Ming heard what the old lady said, he was a little stunned. He grew up so big, but he didn't expect his grandmother to have such a face!

Seeing Lu Ming's body shaking, the old lady panicked, "Mingming, are you okay, don't scare grandma!"

Lu Ming looked at the tense and concerned face in front of him, and thought of how Lu Xiuyuan was a grandson, why the gap was so big, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, "Grandmother, do you know that because of your matter, my cousin might miss the provincial examination, The future is tantamount to being ruined!"

When the old lady heard him mention Lu Xiuyuan, she frowned, "What kind of cousin, if you don't see each other, what kind of relatives are you talking about?"

Lu Ming thought that before Lu Xiuyuan generously imparted his knowledge, the other party was so powerful, but he couldn't go to the country test because he didn't have money to ask.

And the chief culprit of this incident is the grandmother who loves her in front of her.

But after all, he is an elder. In the ancient times when filial piety was the heaven, Lu Ming couldn't criticize anything. In the final analysis, the other party was also for his own benefit, so he could only smash his teeth and swallow.

In desperation, he shook off the opponent's hand and went back to his room.

The old lady was a little worried, so she couldn't help but follow. When she opened the door, she saw Lu Ming walking out with a jade pendant.

"Mingming, what are you doing with that jade pendant?" the old lady asked nervously.

Lu Ming turned his head and looked at the old lady with complicated eyes, "Change it into silver and return it to my cousin."

Hearing this, the old lady turned pale with shock, "This is a good product that Dagui managed to find in other places. I wish you safety, how can you sell it as soon as you say it!"

Lu Ming's face was exhausted, he no longer had the energy to entangle with this grandmother, and left home around the old lady's body.

In the bookstore, Lu Xiuyuan and Yan Shuming waited for more than half an hour before seeing Lu Ming's belated figure.

The other party rushed in trotting all the way, holding his knees with both hands and panting non-stop. After resting, he took out a money bag from his arms and handed it to Lu Xiuyuan.

"A total of 50 taels, cousin, please count."

Lu Xiuyuan took the money from the bumped purse and put it in his bosom. He really didn't expect that the money would come back after going around and around by accident.

Thinking of this, he looked at Lu Ming. The other party had just paid off the money for his grandmother, and his heart was much lighter. On his face, he could see that he was a good, upright and sunny boy.

Lu Xiuyuan felt a little emotional, reading makes people wise, this is not just a talk!

Just when the lobby was silent, Yan Shuming's stomach suddenly sang "Empty City Strategies" beside him.

It was past noon at this time, and seeing everyone looking over, Yan Shuming laughed, "I'm already hungry, let's go, I'll treat you brothers to dinner!"

Just when they thought the matter had been resolved, the old lady rushed over with a cane.

As soon as the other party entered the door, he pointed at Lu Xiuyuan with a cane, and said fiercely: "I am the one who borrowed the money, Lu Erlang, return the money to Mingming."

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the old lady with lowered eyes and cold eyes. Being pointed at with a cane like that would put anyone in a bad mood. Before he could speak, Lu Ming hurriedly dragged the old lady out of the house.

Yan Shuming exchanged glances with him, and they followed.

In the remote alley outside the door, Lu Ming earnestly persuaded, "Grandmother, the matter has been settled, so don't make any more trouble, okay?"

The old lady glanced at Lu Xiuyuan at the entrance of the alley, and said in a very dissatisfied tone, "I borrowed money from my son, and if I want to pay it back, I will pay it back myself. It doesn't count if you pay it back for me. I'll ask him what's wrong when he comes back!"

"Grandmother! It's not that our family doesn't have money, why do you do this!" Lu Ming looked helpless.

The old lady winked at Lu Ming and whispered, "Although I was cheated of 100 taels for the test question, but with their 50 taels as a backing, my grandmother can barely accept it at a loss of 100 taels. If you return it to him, you will lose [-] taels of silver." , Grandma can't sleep at night!"

Lu Ming saw the old lady's appearance for the first time, and felt that it was really strange, so he couldn't help asking, "Are you really my grandmother?"

"Silly Mingming, what are you talking about, of course I am!" Seeing Lu Ming's question, the old lady panicked.

"But you make me so strange that I dare not recognize you..." Lu Ming said with a trembling tone.He looked at the old lady like a stranger.

The old lady's heart skipped a beat, and she wanted to reach out to hold Lu Ming, but was dodged without a trace.

"Don't be so obsessed, grandma, it's all for your own good!"

Lu Ming was really heartbroken by his grandmother, and he didn't want to discuss this topic, "There are many cars on the street, and grandma is getting old, so let's go back early and have a rest."

After finishing speaking, he stopped paying attention to his back and turned around to leave the alley.

The old lady who was left behind sat on the ground with a dazed expression, and murmured: Mingming, grandma, this is all for you. "

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