The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Tomb-sweeping day is approaching, the willows are swaying, the hard winter has passed, and people are coming and going on the street, preparing sacrifices for the festival in a few days.

The two brothers, who were lucky enough to recover two lives from Longmenguan, are now walking towards Jinshan Village with large and small packages of gifts in a bullock cart.

The young one was called Ding Er. He was sitting behind the slow-moving bullock cart, looking at the receding scenery on both sides, he couldn't help himself, turned around, and asked the person in front of him.

"Brother, are you sure we're on the right path? Why haven't we seen them in Jinshan Village after so long?"

Ding Da, who was driving the ox cart, heard this, and turned around to scold him, "It's only been a while since I left the town, what are you in a hurry for?"

Ding Er scratched his hair in embarrassment, "I'm not afraid that you will go the wrong way and delay the time. Aren't we going back to buy goods tonight?"

"Hehe," his elder brother sneered, "didn't you insist on following here? If you went to buy the goods yourself first, then our time would not be so tight."

"Lu Xiucai also saved our lives, don't I want to thank his family face to face!"

Ding Da snorted in front and continued to drive the ox cart without speaking.

Time passed, and they arrived at Jinshan Village just before noon.

Around the Qingming Festival, when melons and beans were planted, it was the busy season for farming. As soon as they drove the ox cart into the village, they attracted the attention of a group of people.

Seeing the large and small packages of gifts on the bullock cart, everyone was guessing their identities and what they were doing here.

Ding Da drove the old scalper to one of the fields, and asked an old man on the field: "Big brother, I want to ask you something."

The old man stopped the hoe in his hand and wiped the sweat from his brow, "If you want to know anything, just tell me."

"This is Jinshan Village, right? How can I get to Lu Xiucai's house in the village?" Ding Da asked politely.

It turned out that he was looking for Lu Erlang. When the old man heard this question, he turned around and pointed to the farthest place at the foot of the mountain, "Here, this is the road. You can go straight along the road and you will find Lu Erlang's house at the end. gone."

"Okay! Thank you, big brother!" Ding Da clasped his fists in thanks, then drove the ox cart and walked in the direction pointed by the other party.

Seeing the other party leaving, the villagers next to him couldn't help but leaned forward and asked, "Master, what did they tell you just now? Who are you looking for with a cart full of things?"

"I just asked Lu Erlang's family how to get there, and didn't say anything," the old man continued to hoe the ground after he finished speaking.

"What did that man ask Lu Erlang for? He also brought so many expensive things?" The man asked curiously.

Hearing this, the old man impatiently raised his hoe and tapped it on the ground, "Why do you inquire so much? Hurry up and do your work! If you don't search all these fields today, you don't want to eat at noon!"

"Master, you are too cruel!" The man pulled his face, and reluctantly went back to work in the field.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang was taking her daughter-in-law to plant vegetables in the vegetable garden at the door.

Thanks to the bamboo pipes used to divert water, they now have no shortage of drinking water. When Mrs. Zhang gets tired of needlework at home, she will come out to dig the ground. Over time, she has also opened up a large vegetable garden.

"Da Lang said he always eats radishes and cabbage, and he's tired of eating it. This year, we'll have an empty space. Let's buy some cucumber seedlings in two days." Mrs. Zhang looked around the size of the vegetable garden and divided it into areas.

The sister-in-law Xiulan next to her smiled, "Mother is too used to Dalang, what's wrong with carrots and cabbage, just him being picky every day, some people may not be able to eat it if they want it."

"Bad, anyway, cucumber seedlings are not expensive. When the time comes, my mother and I will go to the town and sell the veils we embroidered during this time to exchange for something."

"Good mother." Aunt Xiulan replied with a smile.

They are watering the vegetable garden here, and Ding Da Ding Er over there is also driving the cattle to their door.

Sister-in-law Xiulan heard the creaking sound of the wheels from a distance, she put down the gourd ladle in her hand, stood up and looked into the distance, just in time to see Ding Dachong waving.

"Mother, look quickly, that man is greeting us, is he some relative of our family?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang also stood up and looked over. She squinted her eyes and looked around, then shook her head, "I don't know, our family doesn't have such a relative, and I don't know what they are here for, so let's go and have a look first. "

After finishing speaking, he put down the wooden barrel in his hand, wiped his hands, and greeted him.

"Two big brothers, who are you?" Mrs. Zhang asked.

Ding Da directed the old scalper to stop, then got out of the car and asked politely, "Is this Lu Xiucai's home?"

Mrs. Zhang looked around at the gift on the car, and replied with a puzzled expression: "Exactly, but my Erlang is not at home now, I wonder what the two big brothers are looking for him for?"

When Ding Da heard that it was Lu Xiucai's house, he clapped his hands happily, "Then you found the right one! We brothers came here specially to thank you."

After speaking, he quickly winked at Ding Er behind him, and the two of them began to move bags into the yard.

"Hey, hey! What are you doing! You can't do it!" Mrs. Zhang was dumbfounded when she saw this, and quickly rolled up her sleeves to stop her.

The sister-in-law Xiulan next to her saw this, and quickly dropped the gourd ladle in her hand, and trotted over to help Mrs. Zhang.

Lu Dafu, who was recovering on crutches in the yard, was stunned when he saw two strange men rushing into his yard carrying things.

"Who are you? What are you doing here with these things?"

Mrs. Zhang also rushed in at this time, holding the things in her arms and was about to send them out. It's better not to take these things of unknown origin at home!

"Hey! Sister-in-law, please don't!" Ding Dalian hastily stopped, "We are here to thank you, these things are thank you gifts, don't push them away!"

Zhang's refusal attitude was very firm. These two inexplicable people came and asked for their names and gave them something. Although she could not read, she still understood some truths.

"Even if you want to thank you, how can you send so many things, you can take them back quickly, our family doesn't want it."

When Ding saw the situation, he quickly explained the whole story, "Lu Xiucai saved the lives of our two brothers outside! It's normal for us to come back to thank you now, big sister, don't move out."

After hearing this, Zhang's hands stopped, "Help? What kind of life?"

"Listen to our brother's explanation first!" Ding Da went over and snatched the box from the other party's hand, and put it on the ground first.

"A few years ago, our two brothers went to other places to sell goods and buy goods. We wanted to make a difference and live a good year comfortably, but it turned out that we were not lucky. The blizzard trapped our brothers at the border, and it turned out to be bad luck. When the plague was raging again, our brothers were unfortunately recruited."

"What? Frontier?" Mrs. Zhang felt that her brain was not enough. Didn't her family, Erlang, go to study in the south of the Yangtze River?

"Yes, that's right," Ding Da nodded and continued: "At that time, our brothers were both sick, especially me, who had diarrhea and thought that the end was coming. When I was desperate, thanks to Dr. Xu and Lu Xiucai's careful treatment made me lucky to get this life back, how can we not be grateful for this!"

Mrs. Zhang's face was a bit ugly, "Are you sure you met my Erlang at the border?"

Ding Da didn't understand why the other party asked such a question, but he still replied: "Yes, the situation was critical at that time. Many people died of the plague in the city, and the Goudai tribe attacked every day outside the North City Gate. It was really terrible."

Thinking of the situation at that time, Ding Da couldn't help shivering. At that time, he thought that the Goudai clan was going to break through the city gate and come in. The two brothers were desperate and prepared to die. Unexpectedly, things turned around again.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but stepped forward to support Lu Dafu's shoulders next to him, and said excitedly: "Young Master is still amazing! On the day he first arrived, the Goutai tribe attacked the most fiercely, and they had already started to smash into the city gate. Now, when all of us were about to despair, it was your son who came up with a good solution! Let us all repel the Goutai people together!"

Lu Dafu's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Is this true? Is Erlang really that good? Is he just a scholar?"

"Damn! Brother Lu, look at what you said, can this be a fake? Lu Xiucai is now very powerful. Not only has he helped the general retreat from the enemy, but he has also cured the plague on the border with Dr. Xu!"

Ding Da said with a look of excitement, "When I came, I also met him and the general who went up the snow-capped mountains to find the origin of the plague. I heard that your son is now a brother and brother with the general over there, it's amazing! "

"Okay, okay!" Lu Dafu patted the armrest of the chair excitedly, "As expected of my son!"

Compared to Lu Dafu's excitement, Mrs. Zhang seemed much calmer.

The son traveled thousands of miles and the mother was worried. Erlang originally said that he would go to the south of the Yangtze River for a study tour, but he went to the border for some reason. There were snowstorms and plagues there. I couldn't help but pick up my heart with worry.

"Did Erlang ask you to report? The snowstorm and plague on the border are so serious, is he okay there?"

Ding Da reflexively replied: "No, we two brothers wanted to come by ourselves."

Mrs. Zhang's eyes flickered when she heard this, guessing that their family's Erlang should be trying to hide his whereabouts so that they don't have to worry, but unexpectedly, Ding Da came to the door on his own initiative.

When it came to finding the door, Mrs. Zhang suddenly realized, "If you are grateful, just say no to Erlang over there. Do you still need to bring so many things to the house?"

"It's not that Lu Xiucai didn't give me a chance," Ding Da spread his hands, "I was fine the day before we left, but we happened to be sick on the day we left, and we didn't catch up when we said goodbye..."

In the middle of speaking, Ding Da was interrupted by the sharp pain in his toes, he stared at Ding Er in confusion, and saw Ding Er winking wildly at him.

Ding Da turned back and saw the other party's pale face, and then realized that he said something wrong!

He stretched out his hand awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

Mrs. Zhang pinched her fingers hard, pulled herself together and asked, "Why is Erlang sick? Was he infected by other people? Is the condition serious?"

Hearing this, Ding Da looked at his brother with some embarrassment. It's like this, so do you want to continue talking?

As soon as Zhang saw the other party's reaction, her heart immediately became aroused. She stepped forward and grabbed Ding Da's arm uncontrollably, "What's wrong with Erlang? Brother, you should make it clear!"

Feeling the pain in his arm, Ding Da understood Zhang's reaction very well, but he didn't know whether Lu Xiucai's illness was serious or not. answer.

"When our brother was looking for Lu Xiucai, another drug boy said that he was sick and recuperating in the yard." Ding Da scratched his head and thought for a while, "It seems that there is nothing else to say..."

Upon hearing what the other party said, Mrs. Zhang felt even more uncertain. She staggered and was about to fall. It was the sister-in-law Xiulan who was behind her who saw something was wrong and hurried forward to support her.

"Mom, are you okay?!"

Mrs. Zhang's footsteps were flimsy, her face was pale and she said: "Mother is fine, Xiulan, hurry up to the town and call Da Lang back."

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