The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After the apprenticeship was over, Lu Xiuyuan resumed his previous review life.

In the morning at Yinshi and when the sky is slightly brighter, I will exercise with Dr. Xu and learn medical skills.

When Chen finished his work, he went to Shifu to study the questions and recite other people's articles. He studied until the end of Youshi, and only returned to Dr. Xu's place for dinner and rest when it was getting dark.

After dinner, it was almost exactly five o'clock. At night, Lu Xiuyuan did not light up the lamp to read at night, but went to bed early to rest.

He uses his brain too much every day now, so he naturally needs to keep enough sleep time, and he would rather get up early than go to bed late.

It went on like this for a while, and his writing skills improved rapidly. Looking at the article in his hand, Lu Xiuyuan nodded in satisfaction.

If we talk about the first article at the beginning, he has sufficient thoughts, but the words are limited, and the expression is not enough.

But after reciting other people's beautiful articles during this period of time, his ability to control words has finally improved, and when he writes articles again, he can also express seven to eight points.

After receiving the article, Lu Xiuyuan walked out of the study to stretch his body.

It was the rainy season at this time, and he looked at the vat of water lilies in the middle of the yard, which had been devastated by the previous torrential rain.

Thinking that I have not been home for half a month because of the weather.

After moving his body, Lu Xiuyuan raised his head and looked at the clouds above his head. Although the sun was not out, it seems that it will not rain again today.

While it was still early, he was going to go home, and by the way, he would introduce Shi Yunchen to his family for a light meal.

They found Nan Xing and asked him to go to the bookshop next door to call Shi Yunchen, and it happened that the other party was not very busy, so the two were ready to go.

Since it was the first time to visit, the young master was very nervous and prepared a carriage of gifts.

Lu Xiuyuan was shocked when he saw the dazzling array of gifts in front of him, and quickly stopped him, "Ah Chen, it's too exaggerated, you don't need to bring so many."

"Shouldn't you bring more for your first visit?" The young master looked at him suspiciously.

"You don't need so much, if you really take so much, maybe my mother and the others will be scared..." Lu Xiuyuan covered his face.

In the end, the two discussed the gifts again, and finally they set off with only four simple gifts. Because of the carriage, they arrived at Jinshan Village just in time for lunch.

At that time, Mrs. Zhang was washing the green vegetables to be prepared at noon outside the gate. She looked at the two people who came back suddenly, and then saw the other dressed in extraordinary clothes, holding a vegetable basket in a daze, and quickly got up to entertain.

After leading the young master into the courtyard, Mrs. Zhang followed behind and held Lu Xiuyuan, complaining in a low voice.

"Erlang, you are really serious. You don't even say hello in advance when you bring friends over, and you don't buy any good wine or food at home now. How can you entertain them!"

"Mother, everyday meals are fine, you don't need to be so particular about it." He reassured Mrs. Shi Yunchen was not that kind of person anyway.

"You are stupid, Erlang." The other party gave him a slanted look, "Even if you are a friend, you must be treated with good wine and good food when you come to the door for the first time!"

"Isn't it?" He murmured in a low voice, anyway, sooner or later we are a family, why do Mrs. Zhang and the young master both care about this?

Seeing that Lu Xiuyuan was so clueless, Mrs. Zhang didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

Lu Xiuwu was not at home, Xiulan's pregnancy was a little unstable, and she needed to stay in bed more, and the only girl who could help now was Xiaolian.

Mrs. Zhang simply ordered Xiao Lian to come over to bring some melon seed snacks, and then went to boil hot water to make tea, while she went to the neighbor's next door to borrow some dishes to entertain the guests.

Lu Dafu looked at Shi Yunchen with a somewhat embarrassed expression. He pushed the melon seeds plate forward, "Come and eat some melon seeds. I fried them with sand and soil. They are delicious."

The young master sat on the chair, nodded obediently, grabbed a few melon seeds and put them in his palm.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere in the main room, Lu Xiuyuan simply took the other party to his own room.

"Father, you eat first, I'll take Ah Chen to my house."

When Shi Yunchen heard this, he quickly got up from the chair, and followed him to his room impatiently.

When he closed the door and saw the young master like this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "It's okay, my family is pretty easy to get along with, and I'll get used to it after coming here more often."

The two stayed in the room for a while, and the other party thought it was quite boring, so they picked up what Lu Xiuyuan had written before at the desk and read it.

Among them was the first draft of the storybook, how could Lu Xiuyuan still save it?

He didn't care what the young master was doing, but he wrote questions and wrote articles there.

Just finished conceiving the thoughts in her mind, and before she started to write, Xiao Lian walked in with a teapot.

"Uncle, let me pour water for you."

Seeing this, Lu Xiuyuan quickly put down his pen and went over to take the teapot.

"Slow down, be careful of the hot water."

After receiving the teapot, he noticed that the little girl had changed into a beautiful dress, and also put on the hairpin and ear clips that he bought for her before. She was dressed in a cute lolita, and he praised her.

"Xiao Lian is so beautiful today!"

The other party smiled and narrowed his eyes, then rushed into Lu Xiuyuan's arms and began to act like a spoiled child.

He blocked the little girl's head, then pointed to the side: "See, the guest is still here."

"Huh?" Xiaolian looked at Shi Yunchen, stuck out her tongue, and stood upright.

Lu Xiuyuan was about to introduce the young master to the little girl, but was interrupted by the noise outside the yard.

"Lu Lian! Come out!"

The voice sounded very immature, probably not very old, Lu Xiuyuan pulled Shi Yunchen to the window and looked out.

A little boy who looked to be eight or nine years old, wearing a long gown for reading, was clamoring in the yard with a book in his arms.

Lu Dafu in the main room heard the movement, opened the door and walked out.

"Little baby, who are you?"

Seeing the adult come out, the child didn't show any timidity, and said eloquently, "I'm here to look for Lu Lian! He hasn't gone to class for several days, and the master sent me to see what's going on? Is he at home now?"

After hearing the other party's explanation, Lu Dafu shouted towards Lu Xiuyuan's room: "Xiao Lian, your classmate has come to look for you."

In the room, Xiao Lian glanced at her attire and was obviously a little flustered. Why did this hateful Lin Zhi come here at this time!

Seeing the little girl's embarrassment, Lu Xiuyuan came over and suggested, "Do you want my uncle to help you back?"

Before Xiaolian could answer, that Lin Zhi trotted all the way to the door.

"Lu Lian! Lu Lian! I'm here to find you!"

Seeing that she couldn't hide, Xiao Lian simply pushed open the door and said impatiently to the other party: "It rained a few days ago, and I have already asked my master for leave. I don't know why you are using my master as an excuse to come to me?!"

"Eh?" The other party was full of explanations, but disappeared after seeing Xiao Lian.

This quiet and beautifully dressed little girl in front of me is Lu Lian? !

"You're actually a girl?!" Lin Zhi shouted in surprise.

"What are you yelling!" Xiao Lian gave him a hard look.

Although Lin Zhi was stared at, his heart was turbulent, and he couldn't believe what he saw.

The bully in the school is actually a woman?Still such a cute girl? !

Originally, Lin Zhi was number one in the village, but after Lu Lian from the next village passed by, he overpowered him in everything. It was useless for him to be unconvinced.

Now Lin Zhi had resigned himself to his fate and acknowledged the position of the other party's boss, but by accident, he discovered that the other party was actually a daughter!

Thinking of the various competitions in the past, he could not even compare with a girl, Lin Zhi had the urge to grab the ground with his head.

"I didn't expect you to be a girl..." The other party was in a trance, and this was the number of times he murmured in a low voice.

"Bang!" Xiao Lian knocked heavily on the table with her teacup, "How many times have you said it? Are you finished?!"

Seeing Xiaolian getting angry, Lin Zhi immediately kept quiet and sat down obediently, not daring to cast a glance at her.

Sitting in the back and seeing this scene, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing and fell on Shi Yunchen.

It was the first time he saw the other side of the well-behaved Xiaolian, and it was so funny.

Finally, when Mrs. Zhang came back, the child named Lin Zhi didn't dare to stay for long, so he offered to leave. Mrs. Zhang wanted to let him sit for a while, but the other party ran away like a jackal, tiger and leopard staring behind him. .

Reluctantly, Mrs. Zhang came back to continue washing vegetables and preparing to cook, and it was almost noon when she finished her work.

During the meal, Lu Xiuyuan told Mrs. Zhang that he might go to the provincial capital to take the county test in advance.

Due to the recent continuous torrential rain, he was a little worried about accidents in the exam next month, so he set off one month earlier.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang was also very worried: "If you don't hurry up, let's go early."

When the family heard the news, their hearts were lifted.

Lu Dafu put a peanut in his mouth, and comforted him: "Calm down during the exam, don't be too nervous, it's just a rural exam, dad believes you can do it."

……

After the family members expressed their opinions one by one, after confirming that Lu Xiuyuan was going to leave next week, Mrs. Zhang started to help him make clothes for the summer exam.

He wanted to say that he didn't have to work so hard, but he couldn't open his mouth to reject his mother's love for You Zi.

After Lu Xiuyuan had dinner, he stayed with Shi Yunchen until the evening before leaving. When he returned to the mansion, he had just sat down and hadn't taken a breath when Nan Xing ran in with a flustered face.

"Master! Master is not good!"

Holding a few pamphlets high in his hand, the other party rushed in front of the two of them nervously.

Shi Yunchen frowned tightly: "Why are you in such a panic?!"

Nan Xing hurriedly handed over the booklet in his hand, stamping his feet anxiously while explaining.

"Boss Qian from Ruyi Bookstore not only imitated our scripts! He also poached the old gentlemen who wrote the scripts!"

"What?!" Hearing this, Shi Yunchen quickly grabbed the booklet from the other party's hand and opened it.

The font on the booklet is square and round, and the content is obviously a script compiled based on the elements he provided to those book writers!

The young master threw the booklet on the ground and patted the tea table angrily.

"Is this Ruyi Bookshop unable to write a good story?! How can it follow suit everywhere?!"

"Master, the key issue now is not following the trend!" Nan Xing said with a mournful face, "Our book writer has been poached, what should we do?!"

Hearing this, Shi Yunchen thought of the sky-high liquidated damages he signed when he hired these book writers, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and gave orders to Nan Xing next to him.

"Nan Xing, don't worry, you go find the contract you signed before, and we will go to those people to ask for liquidated damages."

"Okay..." The other party didn't understand why his young master was not in a hurry, so he could only look for the deed in a hurry.

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