The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After such an interruption, the story of Lu Xiuyuan sneaking to the border was over. Mrs. Zhang didn't stay in the room for too long after waking up.

"Erlang, let's go home first, your father doesn't know about this yet, you have to tell him the good news when you go back."

Lu Xiuyuan noticed Zhang's movements, and quickly stepped forward to help him up carefully.

"Mom, you've been lying down for a long time. Slow down when you stand up straight."

Helped Mrs. Zhang to the outside room, Dr. Xu was not there, only Shi Shi was left in the lobby.

"Where's Master?" He couldn't help asking.

Quartz was checking whether the medicinal materials had returned to moisture. Hearing Lu Xiuyuan's voice, he turned around and explained, "Doctor Xu and shopkeeper Li went outside to buy new medicinal materials."

"So that's how it is," Dr. Xu just came back, and he didn't want to take a good rest, why was he busy again.

"Then you tell Master, I will use the carriage to pull back the goods brought by Longmenguan."

Quartz thought for a while and replied: "The things you bought, it seems that Dr. Xu arranged for the carriage in the morning and asked your elder brother to take them back together."

Could it be that the elder brother took it away?Lu Xiuyuan ran to the backyard to take a look, and sure enough it was gone.

"Then you tell my master, and I will come back tomorrow when I have time." After explaining, he helped Mrs. Zhang out of the Ping'an Hall and walked to the place where Li Shun was driving the ox cart at the entrance of the town.

Crossing the street, Mrs. Zhang stopped at the pork shop, "Erlang, wait a minute, mother, go and cut a catty of pork, let's go home and make dumplings."

Lu Xiuyuan thought of the special products he brought, and quickly stopped the other party, "Don't mother, I brought a lot of beef back this time, so I won't buy pork for now."

"What kind of beef can be kept for so long? Why don't you get some fresh pork?" Mrs. Zhang looked at the pork belly hanging on the hook of the vendor, and was very moved.

"Beef jerky of various flavors, as well as smoked beef, horse meat, and mutton. I brought back a lot this time, enough for our family to eat for a long time." Lu Xiuyuan gestured aside.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help laughing, "Then buy some big bones and make soup for you to make up for it."

It seemed that Mrs. Zhang couldn't be persuaded anymore, and Lu Xiuyuan didn't stop him anymore, but waited for the vendor to weigh the weight and rush to pay.

After buying the pork bones, Mrs. Zhang went to buy some vegetable seedlings, "Now is the time for planting. Wait for a while for the courgettes to grow well. It's the coolest to eat in summer."

Lu Xiuyuan nodded yes, ready to take the courgette seedlings from the opponent's hand.

Mrs. Zhang turned her body sideways, dodging his movements, "The seedlings are all dirt, so mother should hold the dirty ones."

Lu Xiuyuan stretched out his hand again, "Let me hold it, mother, and see if there are any other things missing at home? Let's buy some more."

The other party thought about it, and finally exchanged the seedlings into his hands, "Then you take it for a while, and we will exchange it after Mom finishes buying vegetables."

After buying everything, they also came to the bullock cart at the other side of the town.

There were not many people riding in the bullock carts today, and after they boarded the carts and paid the money, they had to chat with Li Shun on the road.

The other party curiously asked why no one was seen during this time, but he casually explained his study tour experience, and did not tell them about his trip to the border.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lu Xiuyuan lay on his side in the ox cart to bask in the sun, feeling the swaying forward of the ox cart, he couldn't help feeling that this is life.

Seeing his comfortable appearance, Mrs. Zhang hurriedly moved the pork bone next to him to the side, so as to save the smell from infecting him again.

The ox cart moved forward slowly, and finally arrived at Jinshan Village at the end of the time.

Awakened by Mrs. Zhang, Lu Xiuyuan sat up and yawned.

There are white clouds floating in the blue sky in the distance, and the towering mountains look old and simple under the scorching sun. Looking at the fields under the nearby mountains, the green wheat is like a sea of ​​green, which makes him feel relaxed and happy.

A sense of sight of a paradise came over his face, and he couldn't help feeling that his hometown was better.

Mrs. Zhang picked up the things she bought in the car, saw Lu Xiuyuan still parked where she was, and urged, "Go home, what are you doing standing there?"

When he heard the call, he came back to his senses, and quickly took two steps to catch up with Mrs. Zhang.

"Mother, let me take the weight."

The other party refused with a smile, "It's only two steps away, mother, take it, you can take a good rest."

Lu Xiuyuan snatched the vegetable seedlings and the big stick bone forcefully, "I still take it."

Mrs. Zhang couldn't hold him back, so she had no choice but to let go, "You don't think it's dirty with so much seedling soil."

Lu Xiuyuan held vegetable seedlings in his arms and turned around to tilt his head at Mrs. Zhang with a big stick in his hand, "My son grows up, and I can help my mother do whatever is dirty and tired."

Seeing his funny appearance, the other party couldn't help laughing, "My Erlang has really grown up."

The two of them talked and laughed and came to the door of the house.

Mrs. Zhang took two steps to push open the door, and shouted inside: "Dafu, hurry up and see who's back?"

Lu Xiuyuan walked into the gate with his things in his arms. Lu Dafu was recuperating on crutches in the yard. He happily shouted at the other party: "Father! I'm back!"

The other party was caught off guard when he saw his youngest son come back, so he leaned on crutches excitedly and was about to jump this way.

Seeing that the situation was dangerous, Lu Xiuyuan quickly put the things in his hands on the ground, ran over to support Lu Dafu, "Slow down, Dad, be careful not to fall."

Finally bumping into his son, Lu Dafu threw the crutch in his hand, and patted his shoulder vigorously with both hands, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back! Father knows that you'll be fine if you're so smart!"

After hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan felt a little complicated in his heart, as expected, there is a big difference between being a mother and being a father.

Helping Lu Dafu to sit in the yard, Westinghouse's sister-in-law also came out.

"Mother, the lunch has already been prepared and kept warm in the pot. Wash your hands, I'll bring it over and let's start the meal."

Mrs. Zhang looked at the sun in the sky, "Why don't you eat it first after ordering this? What are we waiting for?"

His sister-in-law smiled gently, "Little brother-in-law came back safely, it's better for us to have a meal together to celebrate."

"Don't do this next time, just serve dinner at some point, how can you wait hungry." Mrs. Zhang reprimanded the other party, "Have Xiaolian's lunch been delivered to her?"

"I've already asked Da Lang to send it over."

Hearing their discussion, Lu Xiuyuan asked curiously, "Where's Xiaolian? What lunch?"

Mrs. Zhang replied with a smile: "You don't know yet, Xiao Lian was sent to study in the next village at the expense of your elder brother, and she has been studying for a month now."

"Unexpectedly, big brother still has this awareness?" Lu Xiuyuan laughed.

"Isn't it thanks to the words you taught before, after Da Lang saw it, he thought that since Xiao Lian is so smart, he might as well go to a private school to learn it, anyway, the family is not short of money now."

"Anyway, it's a good thing to learn more." Lu Xiuyuan gave his elder brother a thumbs-up, but he suddenly thought of something, "By the way, mother, did you change her into men's clothing for Xiao Lian to study? It's better to keep a low profile in the countryside." .”

"There is a change," Mrs. Zhang pointed to the clothes drying in the yard, "In addition to these, mother also found out the old clothes that you two brothers had when they were young, and sewed them up for Xiao Lian. That girl came back every day to complain about herself. Dress like a little old man."

"Hahaha, everyone has a love for beauty, let alone a seven or eight year old girl."

After talking and laughing, Lu Xiuyuan picked up the crutches on the ground and handed them to Lu Dafu. After washing their hands, they went to the table.

Hearing the shouts, his elder brother brought a large basket of pancakes into the room and put them on the table, "This is the staple food."

Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help standing up and lifted the bamboo cover on it, which was full of dead dough cakes, "So many!"

Mrs. Zhang gave him a sideways look, "How dare you say that? If you come back later, your elder brother will bring these pancakes to the border to find you."

He shrank his neck guiltily and didn't speak.

Seeing his sister-in-law put several plates of meals on the table, the family sat down and started eating while talking and laughing.

After listening to what Zhang said about what happened at home during this period, the other party also began to ask about his experiences at the border.

"Erlang, how are you doing at the border? Mother heard that the road was blocked by heavy snow, and besides the snow disaster, it was the plague. What kind of foreigner attacked outside? Are you okay in the end?"

Seeing that everyone's attention was on him at the dinner table, Lu Xiuyuan picked up a few situations that were not dangerous at the time and told the other party.

"Mother doesn't believe it," Mrs. Zhang knocked on the table, "At that time, Da Da Ding said that the situation was so dangerous, how could it be so easy for you to say."

Lu Xiuyuan covered his face, but he didn't get in the way. Seeing that Mrs. Zhang and the others really wanted to know the ins and outs, he directly omitted the part about his personal risk, and began to tell the other party that when the city was about to break down, the people spontaneously petitioned to go to the city. The deeds of supporting the defenders and finally successfully defending Longmen Pass.

After hearing that General Shi signed an armistice contract with the other party later, Zhang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This is a good general. He really considers the people. With such a good general guarding the border, we northerners can feel at ease. .”

He patted his chest and assured the other party: "Mother, don't worry, General Shi usually looks dull and dull, but he is still very reliable in leading troops to fight."

Hearing Lu Xiuyuan say this about General Shi, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but glared at him, "Don't slander General Shi behind his back!"

"Ham, what's the matter, my son knows him very well~" Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help but proudly said.

"It's okay, don't get involved with these people. How do you know what they really think?" Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but give him a sideways glance, "Don't be taken advantage of by others and you won't even know."

Seeing Zhang's serious face, Lu Xiuyuan muttered inwardly.

If you knew that General Shi was my future second uncle, you would definitely not say that.

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