Rebirth Red Mansion Planting Farms

When Zhou Fuxiang saw her like this, she thought it was reckless to ask, so she hurriedly stepped forward to pat her on the back, and said with an embarrassed smile: "If you don't want me to go, then I won't go, why are you so bluffed? "

Qiao'er was still coughing and wheezing, she was eager to open her mouth and choked her breath again, so she leaned on the edge of the table and coughed, "Who's bluffing? I just ate too fast, but you will joke I"

Zhou Fuxiang smiled and didn't argue with him, Qiaoer was glad that he didn't continue to ask, and his heart was at ease as before.Soon, after Zhou Fuxiang went back to take a rest after studying, Qing Ping looked at the bright moon and blew out the candle, then returned to Qiao'er's place and quietly crawled to bed.Qiao'er has not yet fallen asleep, she is lying on her side, her eyes are shining brightly, Qingping is startled, she nods her forehead and said: "Why are you still not asleep?"

Qiaoer shook her head: "I can't sleep."

"What's the matter?" Qing Ping loosened her hair, lay down, and said to her sideways, "Tell me, maybe I can give you an idea."

Qiaoer's eyelashes fluttered, covering half of her pupils, and she said in a low voice after a long time: "Sister, did I make a mistake, making up a sister of a compatriot, and now I don't know how to end it."

Qing Ping was surprised when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Has anyone seen your identity?"

"That's not true." Qiao'er shook her head indifferently, turned over and lay down on her back, with her snow-white arms resting on the quilt of the big red silk, a little moonlight glowed in the night, "It's just that Yanqing asked where my family lives in the capital." In one place, I also asked about sister Gaotang and sister at home, so I don’t know how to answer him.”

"So it's for this." Qing Ping smiled, turned over with her, and lay down on her back, her eyes lingered on the lotus-colored curtain above her head, her watery eyes were tactile, as agile as the deepest mind, and it took a moment for her to vomit. In a low voice, he covered the back of Qiao'er's hand with one hand, and said in a low voice, "If you say something, don't be annoyed, girl."

Qiaoer chuckled and said, "Sister, just talk."

Qing'er then said: "I have watched with cold eyes these days, Mr. Fu treats girls more affectionately than others, but every word a girl says can't be remembered by others, but he remembers it clearly. Just ask the girl, what do you think? How is Uncle Fu?"

"Huh?" Qiao'er looked back in a daze, she couldn't see Qingping's expression in the blurry night, only the lingering warmth on the back of her hand, let her know that Qingping's question was sincere, she silently pondered for a moment, It took a long time for Qiao'er to gently open her red lips, and said with a smile, "Sister, I'm worrying too much, Yanqing and I are just friends of gentlemen."

The corners of Qing Ping's lips were slightly pulled up, a half-smile, half-sweet, "It's really nothing to worry about. The girl is now 12 years old, and it's the year of the golden hairpin. I think Grandma was also It's just that at your age, there are people who come to propose marriage. If it were normal, the people who came to our house to propose marriage would be extremely lively, but it's just that people are not as good as heaven. There is only one thing I want to tell the girl, find a way out for yourself in everything. I think Mr. Fu has also reached the age of marriage. I think he treats the girl well, gentle and considerate, and Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou at home are also easy to get along with. , if Uncle Minger is admitted to the Juren again, and if Miss and Uncle Fu are together, the rest of her life can be regarded as having no worries about food and clothing."

After she finished speaking melancholy, Qiao'er could not stop listening for a long time.She understood that Qing Ping's words came from the bottom of her heart, but she felt ashamed just because she understood. Is this the only way left between her and Zhou Fuxiang?

Unexpectedly, there was a bitterness on the tip of her tongue, and even her heart became sour, she turned her head unhappy, Qiaoer turned over impatiently and said: "Sister's words are becoming more and more confused. How can there be any reason to make decisions privately with the words of the matchmaker ordered by the parents? I just heard it today, and my sister should stop saying these things in the future."

Qing Ping saw that she didn't pay much attention to it, and what she said was so indifferent, she couldn't help smiling bitterly, thinking that she was still young, maybe she didn't understand the hardships and dangers of the world, so she stopped talking.After a long while, she heard the sound of slow breathing beside the pillow, knowing that Qiao'er had already slept soundly, and lovingly tucked her in the cool summer quilt, and closed her eyes herself.

Since then, as the exam was getting closer, Qiaoer and Zhou Fuxiang didn't go out much, and stayed in the room to study.The attackers in the front yard all knew that Zhou Fuxiang was going to drive away Qiu Wei, and they had already issued an order that they were not allowed to make loud noises when entering the door, and they were not allowed to walk around at will. Therefore, Zhao Si's little thoughts can't be started.

It was the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, and the moon was waiting for Zhou Fuxiang to get up and wash before Maoshi. Qingping Qiaoer wondered if he had prepared all the things, and got busy when she heard the movement.After breakfast for a while, Mingyue saw that Kao Lan, curtains, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and baskets were all ready, Fang called Zheng Yue, Huo Zhen, four children, Wu'er, and said in detail what his wife had ordered before leaving.

Si'er and Wu'er agreed in a hurry, Qingping Mingyue Qiao'er watched Zhou Fuxiang go out and board the car.

Along the way, the crowds rushing for the exam filled the streets and alleys. It was the first time in Si'er Wu'er's life that he saw this formation, and he couldn't help but secretly stunned, wondering why there were so many students who failed the exam every year.Zheng Yue, who was driving the car in front, heard it, sat outside the curtain and laughed and cursed twice, scolding them for not being able to speak auspicious words.Zhou Fuxiang didn't care about this, half opened the curtain of the car, and looked out. There were scholars from all walks of life riding tall horses, and some were walking in carriages with their sleeves in the wind, and many came in carriages like himself.

When the chariots and horses arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan, Zheng Yue helped Zhou Fuxiang get out of the car. Zhou Fuxiang looked up for a while. Because of the limited financial and material resources at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Kyoto Gongyuan was built in a rather shabby state. Build a test shed.All around was at first a wall of thorns.There are five gates, called "Dragon Gate", which means carp jumping over the Dragon Gate.There are horizontal plaques on the three gates in the middle, the inscription on the middle gate is "Tiankai Wenyun", the inscription on the east gate is "Selecting Scholars from Mingjing", and the inscription on the west gate is "Seeking talents for the country".In recent years, thanks to the great grace of the emperor, the whole country is safe and healthy. The original city wall has been overturned several times. This unique tribute courtyard has been preserved as a commemoration because it has cultivated a large number of pillars of the dynasty.

According to the usual practice, Qiuwei presides over the examination with two examiners, four examiners at the same time, one person who is promoted, and several other officials.The exam will be divided into three sessions, which will be held on August [-]th, [-]th and [-]th.The first test is stereotyped essays, the second test is official application essays, and the third test is strategy questions. Since there are two changes in the middle, the three tests will take a total of nine days and seven nights.

Zheng Yue and Huo Zhen counted the things again and again before handing them over to Zhou Fuxiang. Zhou Fuxiang saw the nervousness of the two of them, so he couldn't help laughing: "It's me who took the test, not you, but you are more nervous than me who took the test. Don't stand here, the students from all over the place have already started to enter the Gongyuan, I can't delay any longer, after I go back, tell Sister Mingyue and Sister Qingping, and Brother Qiaoer, I still need to go It's been a while since I came back, don't let them wait at the inn, go home. After the exam is over, you will pick me up again."

Both Zheng Yue and Huo Zhen laughed and said, "Master, go in quickly, we are the ones to do things outside, so don't bother you."

Just as they were talking, Wen Rushui and Fang Datong also happened to arrive at the gate of the Gongyuan. Zhou Fuxiang didn't say much, so he went in with the two of them.Entering, you can see the famous Mingyuan Building, Jukui Pavilion and Huijing Hall on the middle road in the Gongyuan.There is an ancient locust tree of the Yuan Dynasty next to the Mingyuan Building. It is said that this is the place where Wenguang shot the bullfight, so it is called "Wenchang locust tree".Its roots grow in the east of the road, and the trunk bends west, so the crown of the tree is on the west side of the road.This locust tree grows like a crouching dragon. It is said that this locust tree is related to the literary fortune of candidates.Therefore, when all the candidates come here, they all have to worship, in order to get the meaning of climbing the Dragon Gate, and Zhou Fuxiang and others also worshiped for a while.

Looking at the east and west sides, there are low test sheds. This is an independent test room in the tribute courtyard allocated to each candidate, called the "number house".They are all lined up in the south direction, with nearly a hundred rooms long and fifty or sixty rooms short. There is a big book at the entrance of the alley, and there are lights and water tanks for candidates to walk at night and drink water during the day. .A long alley about four feet wide is left between the two rows. The roof of the house is covered with tiles, and there is a brick wall at every interval. The outside is six feet high, four feet long, and three feet wide. Place a small stove for hot tea, and the candidates will prepare their own food during the exam.Because the rural examination takes a long time and the weather is sultry, the food will quickly deteriorate, so candidates generally only bring dry food to satisfy their hunger.The two brick walls on the left and right of the hall are between one and two feet above the ground, and two upper and lower brick brackets are built to place the upper and lower wooden boards on it.During the exam during the day, the upper plank is used to replace the table, and the lower plank is used as a bench for candidates to sit and answer questions. At night, the upper plank is taken out and incorporated into the lower plank, which is used as a bed for sleeping.But because the length of the dormitory is only four feet, a person cannot even straighten his legs when he sleeps.

Because it is too rudimentary, the dormitory does not have a door. Candidates need to bring their own oilcloth as a curtain to protect against wind and rain.During the nine days and seven nights of the exam, the candidates answer the questions and have all the board and lodging in the dormitory.At the end of each row of dormitories there is a dung cell, in which there is a dung bin, and whoever goes to the toilet cannot speak, and can only be indicated by a sign, with words on both sides of the sign, one side reads "Entering Tranquility", On the other side it says "Chu Gong".The invigilation in the Gongyuan is very strict. When entering the gate of the Gongyuan, a strict body search must be carried out to prevent candidates from being "entrained".The so-called "entrainment" means hiding the answers or outlines of the exam on your body.If there is entrainment, it will be sent to the Ministry of Punishment for strict punishment.When candidates enter the examination room of the examination room, they must lock the door.It is called "Suoyuan Tribute Examination", and the outer periphery of Yingong Court is surrounded by thorns.That's why it's also called "lock-thorn tribute test".Candidates each have a test shed, a pot of charcoal fire, and a candle.When the test questions were issued, there was a sound of drums upstairs in Mingyuan, and the candidates for the test began to light incense as a timer, thinking hard and writing stereotyped essays.

Leaving aside how Zhou Fuxiang took the exam, Mingyue Qingping and others outside Shandao passed the word early in the morning because he entered the exam, saying that the exam would take nine days and seven nights. After discussing with Zhou Fuxiang, several people followed Zhou Fuxiang's wishes and wanted to go back to the Zhou mansion by car and wait for the results to be announced. .

Zhao Si heard from the front that Mr. Zhou's family in the backyard had returned the registration book, and his heart became more and more fueled, and he scratched his head anxiously.I hate that since Jia Huan came that day, because Jia Lan was transferred to the Tribute Academy to invigilate the examination, the political master thought that there were few males in the family, and he was afraid that he would take advantage of this to cause trouble, so he watched him more and more strictly. He was called a servant when he escaped several times They found an excuse to go back.Zhao Si didn't know what to do here, he just thought that this business could not be done, and when he thought about the cat buried under the bed after being strangled by himself, he just sighed in his heart that it would be better to blackmail the shopkeeper as the little brother said. Yes, but I'm afraid of being caught and it's not easy to trust me.Unable to advance or retreat, suddenly remembered that Zhou Fuxiang had already left for the exam, and there were only two maids and a book boy in the room, and it was getting late, so they had to wait until tomorrow morning if they wanted to leave, so it would be better to steal a fortune from him tonight. It can be regarded as worthy of my own hard thinking and meditation for a few days.