The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Shi Yunchen's indescribable eyes made Lu Xiuyuan feel a little uncomfortable. He put down the book in his hand and sent an invitation to the other party, "Shall we go out together tomorrow?"

Shi Yunchen pursed his lower lip, "It's only natural."

"Okay, I don't think about anything else for now, let's eat lunch first." Seeing that the other party was in a bad mood, Lu Xiuyuan took the opportunity to change the topic, "Let me see what I have for lunch today."

Lu Xiuyuan opened the food box and found that there were four or five hard dishes, including roasted duck, beeswax elbow, mutton in sauce, and shredded chicken in cold sauce.

"The food is so rich." He said with emotion, and began to place plates on the table, "Why did you bring the food today?"

"The cook in the small kitchen has returned to his hometown in the past two days, so he can't do it in the bookstore, so he can only bring it from the mansion."

Lu Xiuyuan helped the other party pack the rice and put it in front of him. Seeing that Shi Yunchen still looked worried, he comforted him: "It's useless to think about it now, fill your stomach quickly, and we can talk about anything after dinner."

Shi Yunchen frowned, feeling uneasy in his heart, "I don't know how the eldest brother and the second brother are doing now, I am nervous and have no appetite."

"My little master, it's useless for you to just think about it here." Lu Xiuyuan stuffed the chopsticks into the opponent's hand, "Eat first, and listen to my analysis while you eat."

Shi Yunchen obediently ate two mouthfuls of rice.

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the other party, and could understand his feeling of being worried about his family and being at a loss, "Since you said that your elder brother sent you a message a while ago, then they are not too dangerous now."

"Why are you so sure?" Shi Yunchen didn't believe it.

Lu Xiuyuan began to talk nonsense in a serious manner, "There is no chance to send a message to the real danger, and I can still send you a message, which means it's not too serious."

When Shi Yunchen listened, he felt that there was some truth, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Seeing that Yun Chen believed it, Lu Xiuyuan continued to work hard. He pinched his fingers and calculated, "It will take us about... well, if we travel fifty days a day, we can reach the border in about ten days."

When Shi Yunchen's attention was diverted to the date, he sighed, "Why did it take so long?"

Lu Xiuyuan shook his hand at him, "It's already very fast. After all, we don't have an empty car to go. In addition, the further north we go, the more difficult it may be to go. The average daily distance is 50 miles, which is about this time."

Shi Yunchen nodded in understanding.

"See if you can bring more dry food and warm clothes tomorrow, so that Dr. Xu can bring medicinal materials, and we can complement each other."

Shi Yunchen took two mouthfuls of rice, "Do you need me to go to other pharmacies to buy some herbs?"

Lu Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, "If you have enough money, you can bring some mugwort, herb and so on, and burn them over there for disinfection."

Shi Yunchen memorized these two names, and wanted to bring something while eating.

Seeing that the other party cheered up, Lu Xiuyuan was relieved. He took two mouthfuls of rice, picked up a piece of sauced mutton, and took a bite. The meat was fragrant and salty. It fits so well.

He couldn't hold back and picked up two more yuan. He was eating happily when suddenly the table was slapped.

Lu Xiuyuan raised his eyes and looked opposite, Shi Yunchen was staring at the void behind him with eyes full of fighting spirit.

"When this young master arrives at the border, I must ask my elder brother to explain to me!"

Lu Xiuyuan swallowed the rice in his mouth, pointed to the barely touched rice in the other party's bowl, "So, let's finish the meal first, bring good things, and set off to find your elder brother tomorrow."

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After dinner, Shi Yunchen went shopping and packing with high spirits. Lu Xiuyuan looked at the chapters and sentences of the four books in his hand, and thought of what Shi Yunzhang said when he borrowed the book, he could only read it here and not take it away. lay down.

Restoring the tables and chairs to their original positions, Lu Xiuyuan first went to Ping'an Hall to tell Dr. Xu about Shi Yunchen's trip together tomorrow, then went to the pastry shop to weigh a few pieces of candied dates, put them in his luggage and took them home directly.

Walking on the road, Lu Xiuyuan kept thinking about what kind of excuse he would make up for a while, and when he opened the door, he saw his elder brother piled up a simple stove in the yard and chopped bamboo beside him.

"Brother, did you do this for Xiao Lian?"

Lu Xiuwu wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Xiao Lian started to cough again in the morning, I'll follow what you did last time, and boil some bamboo water for her to drink."

When Lu Xiuyuan heard this, his heart tightened, "Is Xiao Lian okay? Is it serious? Can't you send her to the town?"

"It's all right, I'm more energetic after drinking the medicine, and I'll probably feel better after drinking two more meals of bamboo water."

Lu Xiuwu placed the bamboo in the middle of the stove, started to light the fire, placed bowls on both ends, and began to wait.

Lu Xiuyuan saw his sister-in-law in the main room, so he said to Lu Xiuwu, "Brother, I'll go to your room to see Xiaolian."

Lu Xiuwu wiped the sweat off his forehead, without turning his head, he said directly: "Go, go."

After asking the master for instructions, Lu Xiuyuan opened the door and entered the room of his eldest brother and sister-in-law. Without looking around, he went directly to Xiaolian's bed.

The little girl was lying on the bed, using her hand as a pen to trace and write, when the other party heard footsteps, she turned her head with a smile, "Father, I almost have all these words..."

Xiao Lian's smile froze when she saw that it was Lu Xiuyuan.

Stuffing the paper into the quilt indiscriminately with her hands, the little girl sat up straight in an instant.

"Uncle, why are you here!"

Lu Xiuyuan took out the bag of candied dates from his backpack, opened it and shook it in front of the other party's eyes.

Xiao Lian's eyes brightened instantly, ah, it's the candied dates bought in the town!

Lu Xiuyuan stuffed the packaging bag into the opponent's arms, "If the medicine is too bitter, just take one."

The little girl was holding candied dates in her arms, her face was moved, she wanted to rush up and hug Lu Xiuyuan for a rub, but thinking that she was sick now, she had no choice but to stop.

Lu Xiuyuan rubbed Xiao Lian's head, and said, "Drink your medicine well."

The little girl nodded obediently.

Lu Xiuyuan didn't stay in his eldest brother's room for too long, so he went back to the main room.

In the room, Mrs. Zhang and his sister-in-law are sitting at the door holding a piece of indigo cloth, sewing and mending there. It looks like they are making clothes?

When Lu Xiuyuan entered the room, Mrs. Zhang asked curiously, "Why did Erlang come back so early today?"

His sister-in-law had a teapot by her hand, picked it up, poured a glass of water, and handed it over.

Lu Xiuyuan took the water glass, took a sip, summed up his language, and then said: "Mom, I may have to go out to study for a while."

Mrs. Zhang stopped what she was doing and looked over suspiciously, "Study tour? What is study tour?"

Holding the water glass, Lu Xiuyuan looked down at the ground, "I want to change places, go to a bigger place to study for a while, see the customs there, and the articles written by other talented people..."

Although Mrs. Zhang doesn't quite understand what it means, but as long as it is related to study, she supports it, but...

"Erlang, if you want to study abroad, how much will it cost? If our family doesn't have enough, mother can help you think of other ways."

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan quickly waved his hands, "No, no, mother, we are a poor traveler, and we will eat and drink with a few classmates from the former academy, taste different lives, and see if we can write simple articles. need money."

"How can this be done? Erlang, you are weak, how can you bear this." Mrs. Zhang frowned, deeply disapproving.

"It's said to be eating and sleeping in the open, but those classmates have carriages and servants to accompany them when they travel. I only need to bring two taels of silver, which is enough for daily meals."

Mrs. Zhang was still not at ease after hearing this, but in the end it was Lu Xiuyuan who talked for a long time before finally letting the other party feel at ease.

The family has dealt with it, and then he will go back to his room to tidy up his clothes.

The original owner didn't have many clothes, and the frontier was cold. After removing some thin clothes, there were only three clothes that fit well in winter.

For the convenience of traveling, he didn't carry a bamboo basket this time. He packed up and folded all the clothes he could use and stuffed them into the bag.

On the second day at Maoshi, Lu Xiuyuan continued to get up early to run and exercise, and ran around the yard for a few laps before returning to the yard to start the Wu Qin Xi.

Just as he was posing and preparing to start, he suddenly found that the lights in the main room were on?

According to the previous rules, it is usually at the beginning of the morning, when it is dawn, Mrs. Zhang or his sister-in-law will get up to cook. I don’t know why I got up so early today?

Lu Xiuyuan didn't think too much. After finishing the Wu Qin Xi twice, he started to practice calligraphy on the stone slab under the faint light.

I didn't stop until Mrs. Zhang called him to eat.

He got up and put away the slate, and put the brush back in place.

Come to the main room and sit at the dining table. Today's breakfast is still the same, a bowl of wheat porridge, a few pieces of noodle pancakes, and a plate of stewed tofu.

Lu Xiuyuan just took a few bites of the noodle cakes when he saw Mrs. Zhang coming over with a bundle, "Erlang, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it outside. There are pickles and some scallion pancakes for you. It's cold now. , you can keep it for a long time, don’t forget to bring it with you later.”

Lu Xiuyuan took the burden and saw that it was full of two big bags of pickles and scallion pancakes, his heart softened and he was very moved.

Mrs. Zhang sat next to him and watched him eat. After he finished eating, he went back to the room and took another piece of clothing.

"Erlang, come here and try on the clothes to see if they fit?"

When Lu Xiuyuan saw the thick indigo robe in front of him, he thought of the indigo cloth he saw after returning home yesterday afternoon.

"Mom, what clothes?"

Before Lu Xiuyuan could say anything, Mrs. Zhang had already stuffed the clothes into his arms, "Quickly try it on first, if it doesn't fit, mother will change it quickly."

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the bloodshot eyes of Mrs. Zhang in front of him, and thought of the lights in the main room in the morning, why did the other party get up early today, probably because the other party knew that he was going to go on a long journey in the afternoon, so he stayed up all night and hurriedly threw away his clothes come out.

Holding the clothes in his hands, he felt sore in his heart.

Finally, under the urging of Mrs. Zhang, Lu Xiuyuan went back to the house and changed into new clothes. After turning around twice, the size was suitable. Mrs. Zhang also used cotton to make it thicker inside, which was very suitable for traveling outside.

Lu Xiuyuan touched the densely packed needles and threads on his clothes, feeling Zhang's love and care for him, and he felt indescribably complicated for a while.

Mrs. Zhang glanced at the side and sighed, "It fits quite well, not bad."

Lu Xiuyuan took off his new clothes, put them in a parcel, carried two parcels on his back, and Mrs. Zhang stuffed him another ten taels of silver.

Lu Xiuyuan took a look, and quickly pushed back and refused: "Mother, didn't you give me two taels of silver yesterday, it's just right now, I don't need so much."

Mrs. Zhang didn't listen to him, and stuffed it into his package forcefully, "Two taels of silver is enough for what, two taels of silver is the most important thing to take with you when you go out for self-defense."

"Ten taels are too much, and it's inconvenient to carry, mother." Lu Xiuyuan said helplessly.

The two pushed and shoved for a long time, and finally decided that Lu Xiuyuan took five taels of silver and set off.

Sitting on the bullock cart, Lu Xiuyuan looked back and saw that Mrs. Zhang's figure had gradually become smaller. He was holding the two packages in his arms, and his heart was full of reluctance.

When he reached the town, he walked directly towards the Ping'an Hall.

They made an appointment to meet at Dr. Xu's side, and then set off together.

When Lu Xiuyuan arrived, four carriages had already been set up at the gate of Ping An Hall. Lu Xiuyuan saw a group of guards with knives guarding beside the carriages, and instantly felt that the trip was much safer with bodyguards around.

While he was looking at it, the curtain of the carriage in front of him was lifted, revealing Dr. Xu's face that had experienced many vicissitudes, "Don't stand there stupidly, get in the carriage and get ready to go."

Lu Xiuyuan responded, and was about to get into the carriage when he heard a familiar voice from behind.

"Lu Erlang, you misread the carriage, it's over here!"

He turned his head and found the carriage behind him, behind the curtain was Shi Yunchen's delicate face.

The footsteps stopped.

Seeing that Lu Xiuyuan stopped again, Dr. Xu hurriedly extended his hand and said, "Hurry up and get in the car, Lu Xiucai. On the way, let the old man talk to you about the benefits of practicing medicine."

Lu Xiuyuan looked around, feeling a little embarrassed for a while.

Who is he going to ride with?

The author has something to say: Thanks to X2, recalling the nutrient solution of Changan X1!I love you =3=