The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After eating two steamed buns, barely filling his stomach, he also came to the place where Lu Xiuwu was working in the town.

The venue was full of dust, and the sky was dazzled by the dust. The original owner didn't have so much dust last time, so I don't know what's going on now.

Lu Xiuyuan covered his nose with his cuff and squinted his eyes.

A few young laborers trotted all the way carrying the wood, and the dust splashed made the nearby people choke and cough.

There are more than a dozen shirtless people shouting slogans beside them, dragging stones that are many times larger than them. In such a cold day, they are sweating profusely, panting heavily, and what they inhale are dust in their lungs. , the stone only moved a short distance.

The supervisor next to him was dissatisfied, and gave orders: "Have you not eaten yet! Can't work harder! If this continues, you will lose your wages!"

The workers couldn't help it, and they didn't care to wipe off the sweat. They just wiped the sweat towel around their necks, and then continued to work hard with their heads yelling.

This environment is really bad enough. If you work in this kind of place for a long time, you will definitely get pneumoconiosis. Lu Xiuyuan frowned, looked around, and finally saw Lu Xiuwu who was also shirtless and pulling stones beside him.

The two brothers look alike, except that his elder brother has been working as a coolie all year round, and his body and momentum are much stronger than his, who is a student.

His elder brother also saw him, but he couldn't leave now, and waited for the supervisor to call for dinner before he ran over to greet him when he had time.

"Erlang, are you feeling better? Why are you in town? You don't want to rest much." Lu Xiuwu was very nervous about his younger brother, and wanted to get closer to check him, but because he was covered in dirt and sweat, he took a step back and didn't move.

"It's cured, brother don't have to worry." He handed over the steamed bun wrapped in oil paper in his arms, "I don't have much to buy, let's eat something to pad my stomach."

His elder brother glanced at the steamed stuffed bun, his Adam's apple twitched, and he pushed it back, "I won't eat it, you can take it home and share it with your family."

"You can eat first, and you can buy it later at home." He forced it into his elder brother's hand.

Without waiting for his elder brother to back down, Lu Xiuyuan told him about the ginseng. Their family is rich now. At the same time, he opened the money bag in his arms and showed him the 100 taels of silver.

Lu Xiuwu's eyes widened in shock, and he hurriedly looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he was relieved, and quickly put the money bag back into his arms.

"If you bring so much money, don't hurry home. What if you mess around? What if it is stolen?" His elder brother whispered to this worried younger brother.

"After delivering the clothes to you, I'll go back and buy something for the family." Lu Xiuyuan put away the purse, not caring about carrying so much money at all.

"You, you..." Lu Xiuwu said with emotion, his younger brother has always had big ideas, and he is not good at interfering, "I will see if I can talk to the supervisor later, and I will take you back in the afternoon."

"No way, I'll go back by myself in a bullock cart later." Lu Xiuyuan felt that the other party was making a big fuss, and seeing the supervisor's appearance, it would definitely not be easy to ask for leave.

The worker next to his elder brother came back after grabbing the meal, and handed his elder brother two rough pancakes. When he heard that he was going to send Lu Xiuyuan home, he said in surprise: "Da Wu, you want to ask the supervisor to tell you to go home in the afternoon? Are you crazy? Stone today If we can't finish it, he won't let us sleep."

Lu Xiuwu was silent, the man was right.

"The supervisor can't wait to treat us like bullshit. How could he let you go home, and your brother is an adult, so he can't go back by himself? It won't be worthwhile not to be fired by then."

After weighing it for a while, Lu Xiuwu finally felt that it was more important to send his brother home. After all, it was the first time he saw so much money, and his brother was still very weak. He didn't feel at ease letting him bring so much money home.

His coworker didn't know what was going on, so seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, he rolled his eyes, sat down carelessly on the ground, and started to chew on the pancakes. Seeing the oiled paper bag in Lu Xiuwu's arms, he was very envious.

"Your brother brought you Wangsan's steamed stuffed bun. Your brother is so kind to you. No wonder you care so much about your brother's affairs."

Lu Xiuwu smiled, and after eating the two pancakes and four buns in one go, he felt full of strength again.

After work started in the afternoon, his elder brother went to the supervisor to tell him about going home. The supervisor wanted to refuse without hesitation, since he didn't finish the work, why go home.

But when he saw Lu Xiuyuan standing next to him, he thought for a while, and in order not to offend potential scholars in the future, he took a roundabout way to refuse, pointing to the big rocks in the distance.

"As long as you move those few stones into the other courtyard this afternoon, you will be allowed to rest." After saying that, he shook off his sleeves and left.

Lu Xiuwu was disheartened when he saw the boulder next to him, but he was worried that it would not be safe for his younger brother, who had just recovered from a serious illness, to bring so much money home.

The worker next to him sighed, "This is simply impossible. I don't think we have time to rest tonight."

The workers resigned to their fate and put ropes on the boulder.

The small worker carrying the wood trotted past, once again setting off a cloud of dust and smoke.

Lu Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, these logs were also round, why didn't the workers use these rolling logs to transport boulders?He walked forward covering his mouth and nose, and told his elder brother the principle of this method.

Naturally, Lu Xiuwu supported his younger brother unconditionally, and the workers next to him were skeptical after hearing this.

In the end, it was his eldest brother who stopped the small worker who was transporting the wood, put the logs side by side on the ground, slowly moved the big stones to it, and Lu Xiuyuan commanded him to stuff the logs on the way forward without stopping, and quickly and easily put them away. This boulder was transported into another courtyard.

The workers around were stunned, is it okay? !

This method is actually very common, but in ancient times, no matter what things were passed down, experience was not shared. In this era of poor information circulation, even if there are any skills, it is not easy to popularize.

These workers have never read a book, and only know how to use their strength to move the stone. The limitations of their thinking, it is normal that there is such a way.

With this method, everyone easily transported all the stones in a short while, and the supervisor who came back after drinking tea saw a few huge stones in the other courtyard and froze in place.

According to the current progress, it should be delivered in the evening. How can it be so fast?

Immediately, the supervisor rushed up to explain the confusion to the overseer. After hearing this, the overseer looked at Lu Xiuyuan seriously, and secretly wrote down the name in his heart. Then he waved his hand, gave Lu Xiuwu and the others a half-day rest, and agreed to go home.

The workers were all very excited, and his eldest brother went back to pack his things excitedly.

On the way back, Lu Xiuyuan suddenly saw an old man in front of him selling candied haws.

The bright red hawthorns are like exquisite rubies, lined up one by one on the straw pile in an orderly manner, looking very attractive.

His mouth had already started to emit sour water, he hurriedly tugged at Lu Xiuwu's arm beside him, and pointed to the front.

"Brother, let's buy a string of candied haws for Xiaolian to eat, she doesn't seem to have eaten it yet."

His eldest brother originally wanted to take the money and go home quickly, but he was hesitant when he thought that he had never bought anything for his daughter.

While he was struggling, Lu Xiuyuan had already picked out two strings and paid for them.

His elder brother looked at the candied haws in his hand, feeling a little distressed, "Why buy two, the kid just give her a bunch to try."

"Just a bunch of kids can't get enough of it!" Lu Xiuyuan said confidently.

His elder brother couldn't agree, but he thought that two bunches of candied haws didn't cost much, so he agreed.

After buying candied haws, Lu Xiuyuan thought about what the family needed at the moment, and then pulled his elder brother to start shopping.

He first ran to the dim sum shop to weigh a catty of brown sugar for Mrs. Zhang and her sister-in-law, and then bought a bag of rice for Lu Dafu at the grain store. He passed by the butcher's house and cut a piece of fat and thin pork belly.

Just when he was about to buy something else, Lu Xiuwu hurriedly stopped him, "Don't buy it, you've already bought enough, Erlang, you can't buy any more!"

His little brother is really worrying. If you earn some money, you should save it to marry a wife later. How can there be such a way to spend it!

It was rare to see his elder brother being serious once, Lu Xiuyuan didn't dare to refute, and followed his elder brother obediently and left.

The two went to get on the ox cart in the village together, and the journey was calm and safe, and they returned home safely.

At home, Xiao Lian was sitting and playing at the gate, when she heard footsteps, she looked up and found that her father had returned, and rushed into Lu Xiuwu's arms like a cannonball.

"Father! You're back!"

His elder brother was hit hard this time, after all, he was still carrying a bag of rice on his shoulder.

Lu Xiuyuan hurriedly pulled the little girl aside, put his right hand behind his back, and asked with a smile: "Uncle brought us something delicious for Xiao Lian, guess what it is?"

The little girl frowned and thought about it with her fingers, but she couldn't think of anything delicious, so she shook her head.

"Xiao Lian can't guess, uncle, what is delicious?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan's heart softened, he couldn't bear to tease her, he quickly took out the candied haws, "Dangdangdang~ this is it!"

The little girl's eyes lit up, "Wow! It's candied haws! I saw Xiaojuan eat it before!"

The little girl took the candied haws and couldn't wait to stuff them into her mouth. She was caught off guard by the hawthorn, and grinned. She quickly covered her mouth with her hand to prevent the hawthorn inside from falling out.

Then they moved the things into the yard. Mrs. Zhang in the house heard the movement and came out. Seeing that the two brothers not only came back together, but also brought so many things, with a smile on their faces, they hurried forward to take them.

"What's the matter? Where did you get so many good things?"

As soon as his elder brother told about Lu Xiuyuan's money making, Mrs. Zhang covered her mouth in surprise.

When she saw the real gold and silver in the purse, she was still in a daze, so she snatched it up and bit it, and after confirming that it was real, she was very excited.

Then when she saw the things on the ground again, she instantly felt distressed: "Oh! You can't spend it like this after earning money, how much does it cost!"

Lu Xiuyuan pointed to something, and introduced: "We cooked the pork belly today, and the rice is good for the spleen and stomach, which is suitable for dad to eat. This catty of brown sugar is for the mother and sister-in-law to replenish energy and blood. You have worked hard during this time."

Mrs. Zhang was very moved when she heard that, but she still felt sorry for the money, so she took the rest of the money and collected it.

"Mother will keep it for you first, and give it to you when you use it, so as not to waste it again."

Lu Xiuyuan smiled helplessly, "It's going to be cold soon, mother, let's see what's missing at home, let's buy some more."

Holding the silver in her hand, Mrs. Zhang sighed as she thought of Lu Dafu's legs.

"Your father's leg is just like this. Now that we have money, we can prescribe some good medicine for him. Let's take care of the internal injury first."

Mrs. Zhang didn't have much hope for curing Lu Dafu's leg, but this money was a life-saving straw for their current family situation.

Without waiting for Lu Xiuyuan to say more, Mrs. Zhang planned the use of the money, daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, winter clothes and quilts, all of which need to be purchased, and tomorrow she will go to town with Xiulan to buy them.

The family got together again, and they decided to make something delicious. Mrs. Zhang greeted his sister-in-law with a smile to make dinner together, and Lu Xiuyuan finally had his first belly roll since time travel.

After the meal, I left space for my elder brother and sister-in-law. After all, his elder brother was going to the town in the middle of the night, and time was precious. .

Rubbing his stomach, he returned to his cubicle, found the two story books from his back basket, and read the story again in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The story happened when Lin Xiucai was on his way to take the Juren examination. He rescued a woman from an official family who fell into the water. The woman fell in love with him at first sight and promised him with her body. Admitted to Juren, and finally won the champion!

The emperor cherished his talent and betrothed his daughter to him, but Lin Xiucai refused, so he had no choice but to let the official girl be the concubine. Coupled with the dowry room, from now on, Yingying Yanyan in the backyard of the hero is very lively. From then on, the Lord also went to the peak of his life.

The story is clichéd and bloody, and the supporting characters and the girls have no IQ at all, but the description of sex in the text is mostly replaced by scenery, which seems to be euphemistic and reserved. For a surgeon like Lu Xiuyuan who is serious on the surface but sullen inside I scratched my heart itchy, I really liked this style of writing, I couldn't help but read it again.

Anyway, the plot of this story is not the key point. Generally speaking, it is successful as that kind of reading material. Shi Yunchen is not very old. Although his personality is aloof and seems difficult to get in touch with, young people of this age are also the most innocent and impulsive. The idea is also easy to guess.

The male lead and his brother will be a couple for life, and at the same time, they will have some meat to enjoy. He is gearing up and waving his hands, probably thinking about how to change it.