[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

In the evening, cooking smoke was gradually rising above Wangjia Village. Farmers carried farm tools and walked back along the field ridge while chatting. Playing children began to return home smelling the aroma of rice.

The children who went to school in the town also arrived home at this time. The children greeted the acquaintances they met with smiles, and walked and played all the way into the village.

Wang Yue came back home with a few boys from the village who went to school together. The private school in Wangjia Village is very small, so the boys in the village who want to read more have to go to the private school in the town. Time to go back together.

The Wangjia Village belongs to the capital city, and ordinary people dare not exploit it wantonly here, and the steward who manages the tenants is also close to the owner's house, and people often come to inquire, so they dare not deceive others and increase the rent at will, so the Wangjia Village fell. Also rich.

When there is a lot of spare money, people with a little knowledge will send their children and grandchildren to school, not seeking fame and fame, at least know a few words, and can do some calculations, so don't let people cheat you in the future.

There is a Mengxue in Wangjia Village, those who don’t want to take the imperial examination will study here. The old scholar who is in charge of Mengxue is also a flexible man. The students go to school here, and he doesn’t force them to learn the Four Books and Five Classics. , Just use the thousand-character text, the names of hundreds of families, and nine chapters of arithmetic to let them recognize their own names, and it is enough to be able to do the math.

The old scholar made up some commonly used contract laws and taught them to these students, so that they would not be deceived when they signed a contract with others in the future. The children at home were sent to school, and there were ten or twenty children in the school.

But if you want to take the road of imperial examination, this is not a good place to go, and with the skills of an old scholar, you can only teach students to read and write.

No, because Wang Yue was talented, his family intended to let him take the imperial examination, so they sent him to a private school in the town to attend classes.

The private schools in the town don’t have dormitories, and they have to get up early to go to class every day and go home after class in the evening. Wang Yue’s family is scattered. Only one son was born to him, and there was only one older sister besides him. The farm work of the family depended on his father, so no one could send Wang Yue to and from school every day, and Wang Yue could only go to school with those children in the village. Let's act.

Fortunately, everyone in the village has the surname Wang, and everyone is of the same clan, so naturally they help each other.Although Wang Yue's family is small in number, their ancestors are well-known and well-connected. Although the family has almost lost when it comes to Wang Yue's father, it is still much stronger than those farmers.

And Wang Yue's father is also a person who knows how to come, so he is very popular in the village, Wang Yue has also inherited this, even if Wang Yue is a few years younger than the children who go to school, no one bullies him , On the contrary, he took good care of him.

"Ban'er, your home is here." Wang Xin reached out and took off the bookcase on his body and handed him to Wang Yue, saying, "I'll go home first, and I'll go to your house later and let's do homework together. OK?"

"I'll go too, I'll go too!!" The other children also rushed to shout, Wang Yue nodded with a smile and said, "Then I'll wait for you at home!"

Several people bid farewell to each other, Wang Yue left the main road and took the trail, and arrived home in a short while.As soon as he entered the house, his grandma quickly came up to him and hugged him, kissed and touched him, and kept shouting "Dear baby", Wang Yue has long been used to this, and hugged grandma's neck very softly around him. Grandma acted like a baby in her arms.

Wang Yue's father, Wang Gou'er, and his mother, Liu Shi, watched with a smile on the side, and after a while, Liu Shi urged, "Mom, put the board down, let him come over and eat a piece of chicken cake, it's exhausting." It’s been a whole day, I’m afraid my stomach will be flattened from hunger!”

"That's right, that's right! It's all my fault, I forgot about it!" Grandma Liu smiled so that the chrysanthemums on her face were in full bloom. She didn't put Wang Yue on the ground, but carried him onto the kang, letting him Wang Yue sat down on the kang, brought a plate of chicken cakes in front of Wang Yue, and said, "My dear grandma, you are hungry, eat quickly!"

Wang Yue picked up a piece, didn't eat it immediately, but brought it to Grandma Liu's mouth and said, "Grandma, you eat first!"

The smile on Grandma Liu's face grew even bigger, but she didn't open her mouth to eat the egg cake in Wang Yue's hand, but held his little hand and brought the egg cake to Wang Yue's mouth and said, "Good boy, eat it , Grandma has eaten it!"

Wang Le glanced at the plate full of chicken cakes, and saw that there were no traces of human touch on it. He didn't know that it was grandma who deliberately lied to him again, so he purposely said: "Grandma is not Eat, I won't eat either!"

Seeing his resolute expression, Grandma Liu reluctantly opened her mouth to take a small bite, and opened her mouth to let him see the small piece of chicken cake in her mouth, and then coaxed: "Look, grandma has already eaten, you can eat it quickly! "

Seeing that she only took that small bite, Wang Yue felt helpless, but knew that this was the limit of what he could do, so he had to give up, and then said to his mother and father: "Father and mother also eat! "

Wang Gou'er and Liu Shi also quickly took a small bite like Grandma Liu did. Wang Gou'er had a big mouth, and one bite was worth twice as much as Liu Shi's and Liu Shi's bites, which caused Liu Shi to stare at Wang Gou fiercely. But Wang Gou'er was delighted with his son's filial piety, so he didn't pay attention to the mother-in-law's supercilious look.

Only then did Wang Yue start to eat the chicken cake specially reserved for him at home. While eating, he said: "Father, mother, grandma, I have good news!"

"What good news? Did your husband praise you again?" Wang Gou'er asked immediately, and sat up at the same time. His father did not live up to him, and a good family business has fallen into the current situation. He is not successful. Well, the future of the Wang family depends on his son.

"No," Wang Yue shook her head: "Master, I can end next year's childbirth test!"

"Really!" Wang Gou'er was overjoyed, and Mrs. Liu hurriedly asked him, "What does this children's test mean?"

Surprised by Wang Gou'er, he quickly explained the meaning of the Tongsheng Examination, but Mrs. Liu and Grandma Liu could only hear it in a vague way, and they didn't understand it, but they knew what it meant. I have something to do.

Hearing the news that Wang Yue brought back, the Wang family was immersed in surprise, and at this time the children who had made an appointment with Wang Yue to do their homework had already arrived at the door, and shouted at the door: "Baner, Baner, we Come!"

When Liu heard the sound of the door, she hurried forward, grabbed the unfinished chicken cake from Ban'er's hand and put it on the plate, then turned around and locked the plate into the cabinet. After finishing this series of actions, she Then he turned around and said kindly: "Ban'er, let's go out with Hu'er and the others."

Wang Yue didn't respond to Liu's actions just now, he said calmly: "I see, Mom."

As he spoke, he slid down the kang with a grunt, and said to his mother, "Mom, I'm going back to my room first!"

After finishing speaking, he plopped out without waiting for Mrs. Liu's response, causing Mrs. Liu to curse behind him: "This devil is slippery!"

Hearing what she said, Grandma Liu hurriedly scolded her: "How old is he? I'm already tired enough to be forced to study by you every day. It's hard to play hard for a while, so why not let him relax?"

After talking, Grandma Liu went to open the window again, and saw that Ban'er had brought the children into his room, she was even happier, and said, "Ban'er came in with them to do homework!"

"I knew Ban'er was willing to work hard." When she heard that her son didn't go out to play, but went to do his homework, Liu also laughed.

Grandma Liu rolled her eyes angrily, and said, "You guys are too strict with this kid, Ban'er. You work so hard every day, so you have to pay attention to your health! I'm going to bring him a glass of water. I've been tired all day. , I didn’t even drink a glass of water when I came back.”

She straightened her clothes, got off the kang, picked up the kettle on the kang table, tried the temperature of the water, felt that the water in the kettle was already cold, took the teapot outside, poured the water on the porch, and then went into the teapot again. After leaving the house, I poured half a pot of water from the kettle on the stove, took another cup, and said, "It's so cold today, and Ban'er was caught in the cold outside, so it's time to drink boiling hot water to warm your stomach." That's good!"

But Wang Gou'er stopped her and said, "Mom, I have another idea about what you just said."

Grandma Liu was taken aback when she heard this, and hurriedly put the teapot back, and asked, "What are you thinking again, did you change your mind? I was the one who got involved in this matter, and you sold my old face, what are you talking about?" ?”

Wang Gou'er quickly rolled off the kang and stretched out his hand to help her, saying: "Mom, don't be angry, I'm not changing my mind, I'm just thinking, or I'll wait until February next year, Tongsheng will try it, and your old man will take the board to his house again." Wouldn't it be better to go?"

Seeing that Grandma Liu's complexion was loose, Wang Gou'er said again: "Mom, you don't know that a seven-year-old child is extremely rare even in a big family. When the time comes, you will take the boy who has already won the child to the past, don't you?" Wouldn't it be more decent? Maybe his family will be more generous when they see that Ban'er is so promising."

When Grandma Liu heard that Wang Gou'er was well planned, she was a very shrewd person, so she recollected Wang Gou'er's words carefully in her heart, and after thinking about it again, she felt that what her son-in-law said was reasonable, so she slapped her thigh and said: : "When the time comes, we don't say we're going to pay a visit, but we just say we're coming to announce the good news. Don't we have to give some money when we come to announce the good news? Chong Ban'er is so young that he was a child, and they don't look down on us. "

"That's right, that's right, Mom is knowledgeable, so what she said is beautiful." Wang Gou'er quickly complimented, Grandma Liu laughed loudly, and the atmosphere in the room was much more relaxed than before.

Wang Gou'er was happy with his thoughts, took out the wine jug that had just been put away and drank two cups, while drinking, he urged Liu Shi to fix some food with wine, Liu Shi had been listening just now, she had no knowledge, so she She only listened to what her husband and mother said, and when she saw that the two of them were happy, she also became happy, but when she heard that Wang Gou'er wanted to drink and asked her to fix the food, she became angry and said: "Drink too much wine, save it!" How about some money to make up for Ban'er? I don't think you need to eat food anymore, I'll kill a chicken and make a mess of it, and make a bowl of chicken soup for Ban'er to drink!"

When Wang Gouer heard Liu's words, he became happy again, and said, "You go to find firewood, and I'll kill the chicken!" Humming a tune and going out, Liu complained to Grandma Liu: "Look! Look at him, what is he going crazy for!"

But complaining like this, Mrs. Liu had a smile on her face. Without waiting for Grandma Liu to reply, she turned around and went to the kitchen. Ban'er loves stewed chicken with mushrooms the most. There is still a lot left, and this time it just happens to be stewed for Baner.

Grandma Liu smiled in the room. The family has hope, and as a mother-in-law, she has the confidence to live in her son-in-law's house, and everything depends on her kindness.

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