The ancient life of a master craftsman

At noon, Li Enbai asked for a bowl of hot water, drank the hot water, and ate the cakes and vegetables Fu Lang brought him, feeling very nourished.The examinee on the opposite side looked at his broken steamed buns and had no appetite at all. Looking at Li Enbai's delicious food, he felt a little inexplicable envy in his heart.

The person opposite must have a wife who is good at cooking and caring. She is a lucky person.While forcing himself to eat something, the examinee was thinking this way in his heart.

After a short break at noon, Li Enbai checked the contents of the draft and found that the logic was smooth, and then began to transcribe it on the examination paper.

The candidate opposite who originally wanted to take a nap: ...

He didn't sleep anymore, took out a handkerchief and put it in the copper basin in the corner, wiped his face with wetness, and continued after he regained some energy. He still had some content to write down, let alone transcribed.

So in this kind of competition, Li Enbai and the candidates facing each other became a unique scenery in this row of test houses. The two people were writing hard and facing each other. There was no tension on their faces, only concentration.

Compared with other candidates who were either drowsy or looking like sifting chaff, it was so obvious that even the examiners who made the rounds noticed the two of them, so they took the opportunity to pass by their test rooms a few times to see clearly After what they wrote, they stroked their beards and walked away, unable to tell whether it was good or not.

However, Li Enbai and the examinees opposite him did not notice the scene where the examiners passed by, stayed, and left in front of their examination dormitory, they only focused on transcribing their own answers, and they were the first to write a complete paper that day.

Putting down the pen, Li Enbai stretched his limbs and sat for a whole day. It was indeed a bit uncomfortable. When he looked up, he found that the examinee opposite had just written a pen. It seemed that he was also a well-prepared person.

They took a serious look at each other, and then each stretched their limbs. In fact, the examinee opposite was imitating Li Enbai. For some reason, the opposite always felt that Li Enbai was a powerful person. When they saw what he was doing, they couldn't help but follow suit.

So the patrolling officers and soldiers saw a mirror-looking action when they made a mistake, but Li Enbai didn't dare to move too much. If someone thought it was cheating, he would be in trouble, so he just stretched a little and then stopped to continue checking the test paper.

When the person on the opposite side saw it, he quickly lowered his head to check his test paper. Time passed by, and soon it was time to hand in the paper.

"No—I'll write one more word! I'm about to finish! My lord, please!" A heart-piercing cry came from the exam hall not far away, and all the candidates around became nervous.

Some people heard the shouting, and wrote with trembling, trying to fill up the test paper, but before he could write a few words, the little official came to him, one took out his pen, and the other Quickly took away the test paper, before he could react, the test paper had already been taken away.

He hurriedly leaned out, "My lord, I haven't finished writing—"

There were one or two such people in each row. For a while, the whole examination room was bustling like a vegetable market. It was not until the patrolling officers and soldiers drew their knives on the howling candidates that they suppressed their cries.

Li Enbai pinched the bridge of his nose, he didn't expect that the first day would be so lively, wouldn't it be the last day that would turn the world upside down?He didn't know what happened to those who didn't finish writing. Although the amount of questions was huge, he could finish writing enough if he arranged the time for rest and answering questions.

After collecting the test papers, Li Enbai could stand up and move his hands and feet with confidence. He took off his shoes, stood on the quilt and did a set of stretching exercises. After a little exercise, he felt his whole body came alive.

At this time, he also found that the examinee on the opposite side was imitating him, but what he was doing was very basic stretching exercises, which would not strain the muscles. The person on the other side was willing to imitate, so he just let him go.

At night, everyone was about to go to bed. At this time, complaints began to sound one after another. The sound was not loud. It was just a buzzing sound when it spread to other exam rooms. The candidates opposite Li Enbai also had difficulties. He It smelled sour and smelly on the quilt allocated by the examination institute.

He wanted to endure the sleep and let it go, but as a result, he had just completed his mental preparation when Li Enbai took out a ball from the bamboo box and gently lifted it away. It was a piece of clean cloth.He watched as Li Enbai spread the cloth on top of the quilt, covering even the pillow, and then took out a purse-like thing, which should be a sachet, and put it beside the pillow. Pull it back and cover your body.

Seeing other people sleeping cleanly, the examinee looked at his sour and smelly quilt again and couldn't help it.But it is impossible not to sleep, he can only imitate Li Enbai, cover his body with his own clothes, put the only sachet next to the pillow, and put the quilt under his body, this is slightly better than before.

The next day's exam came as scheduled, and Li En continued the steps of yesterday in high spirits, while the examinee opposite him had two dark circles under his eyes because he didn't have a good rest.That night, the already exhausted candidates lost the energy to worry about whether the quilt was smelly or not, and fell asleep.

After the exam on the third day, many people were like wandering ghosts, mourning like a ghost crying for the test questions that they didn't finish or didn't write correctly.

Even with the help of the system, Li Enbai had a deep sleep for two nights, but the high-intensity answering questions for three consecutive days still made him a little tired, but it was much better than the last county test, at least this time he did not suffer from odor attacks .

When the examination room opened, everyone left quietly under the urging of the officers and soldiers. Li Enbai saw Yunli from a long distance away, and saw that he was stepping on his feet and stretching his neck trying to find himself.

In the next second, the husband and wife looked at each other, and the joy on Yunli's face could hardly be suppressed. With a bright smile, he walked quickly to Li Enbai's side, held his hand, "Brother Enbai!"

Li Enbai only thought that Yunli was fast, but he didn't notice that he was also walking very fast. The smile on his face was too conspicuous among the anxious and numb candidates, "Lizi."

"Brother En, how have you eaten these few days? Did you sleep well? Are you tired? Let's go back and rest!" Yunli tightly held Li Enbai's hand, and her restless heart suddenly became more at ease, and at the same time became more I feel sorry for Li Enbai, seeing that his face is sallow, he must be too tired.

Being dragged to the carriage, Li Enbai showed him the bamboo box that was already much lighter, "Eat well, sleep well, look, I've eaten all the cakes and vegetables you brought me."

He was carrying the box and couldn't open it, what Yunli could see, he also discovered this problem, and after uncovering it, "I was quite tired at first, and I wrote too much these days, but when I saw you , I'm not tired at all."

Yunli smiled again, "Hahaha, then you should look at me more, to relieve fatigue."

"Okay, I'll keep watching you." Li Enbai also smiled.

The husband and wife took a carriage to the courtyard where they lived temporarily. Li Enbai was pushed by Yunli to take a bath, ate a bowl of hot noodles, and was driven to sleep by Yunli.

"Look at the bruises under your eyes, and your sallow and sallow face, and you said you didn't sleep well? Go to bed quickly, sleep enough, and recharge your energy." Yunli pushed Li Enbai to the bedside, and then Push him down on the bed, cover him with a quilt, and say fiercely, "Go to sleep!"

Li Enbai looked at the cute Fulang who pretended to be fierce, the pampering in his eyes almost turned into reality, touching Yunli's heart.He pulled back the quilt, "Baby, come up and sleep with me."

Looking at the still early sky, Yunli was a little hesitant, but also a little moved. Li Enbai was not the only one who couldn't sleep well, he was also thinking about it every day in this yard.

Seeing his hesitation, Li Enbai said softly, "Come on, baby, I can't sleep well without you."

His purposefully low voice got into Yunli's ears like a hook, making him take off his shoes and coat in a daze, and climbed onto the bed, and was hugged by Li Enbai into his arms.

"Hoo..." Li Enbai let out a complete sigh, and kissed Yunli's forehead, "The exam is finally over..."

Yunli also raised her head and kissed his chin, "Well, go to sleep, I'll be with you."

"Hmm..." Li Enbai fell asleep with his eyelids glued together after he said a few words.Even Yunli yawned, adjusted a comfortable position in his arms, pressed against him tightly, and fell asleep too.

The results of the government examination were released a little later than the county examination, probably on the third day after the examination, so Li Enbai and the others still had time to wander around in Shicheng.

Some people also took the opportunity to invite other students to hold poetry gatherings, tea parties, chess parties, etc., but such people were still a minority, and most of them concentrated on resting, waiting for the results to be released, and preparing to take the September entrance examination.

Li Enbai remembered that he wanted to buy a few servants, so he took Yunli to the human market the next afternoon to choose. In fact, he didn't like this kind of behavior of buying and selling people, but he really needed it now, so he could only buy it. After that, just return the deed of sale to me.

When they arrived, it was already evening in the west of the sun, and the people in the market were already in a state of depression, but they still picked out two suitable people, a couple, about thirty years old, who looked relatively Clean, man's eyes also have spirit.

"Master and husband have good eyesight. This man is the best in my hands. He used to be the steward of a big family. He sold a group of servants when the master fell into poverty. If you two like it, he will sell you for 30 taels." , you can take it away immediately."

Ren Yazi was selling desperately, "You have also made a round, and you must know the price, this price is definitely the lowest price."

"There is also his husband, who used to serve the mistress specially. The rules are that first class is better, and he is also good at female celebrities, and he is also good at cooking. It is more cost-effective for two people to buy together!"

Yunli was a little moved when he heard that the husband was good at female celebrity and cooking. Although he can be female celebrity, he is not good at it. Now the clothes at home go directly to Qianxiu Pavilion to ask Brother Jin to make them. I'm very sorry.

Ren Yazi saw that Yunli's heart was moved, and he worked hard to sell it, boasting these two servants to the sky, and he was reluctant to cut the flesh, "Well, the market is about to close today, if you two sincerely want to buy, husband The husband and wife have a total of 50 taels of silver!"

"If I hadn't wanted to make a deal, I would never have sold it at this price. The two of you have taken advantage of it!"

Li Enbai saw that Yunli's heart was moving, and ignored Ren Yazi's words, and asked the man, "What's wrong with your husband? How long has he been sick?"

The man glanced at Li Enbai and Yunli, hugged his husband tightly with both hands, and said numbly, "If you want to buy, you have to buy both of us, otherwise I don't want to."

Ren Yazi waved his hand, "Oh, sir, don't talk nonsense, this little brother is fine, but he is not full and doesn't want to move, he is not sick."

"Really? I look like I'm going to die of illness, 40 taels." Li Enbai said sarcasm in the first half of the sentence, and he also ruthlessly bargained, cutting off a fifth of it.

"Hey? That's not okay, master, we can't lose money, 50 taels for two people is already very cheap."

"39 taels." Li Enbai continued to lower the price calmly.

Ren Yazi resisted stubbornly, "Why did you lower the price? You can add more, can you add more, 45? 45 is the lowest."

"38." Li Enbai continued to lower the price.

It just so happened that the so-called hungry and boring husband seemed to be awake, coughing, his face flushed abnormally, and he was about to pass out of breath, the man didn't dare to say anything, he could only hug him and pat his back Angry, red eye sockets.

Without waiting for his teeth to speak, Li Enbai said directly, "30 taels, two people, I'll take them away, otherwise this little brother won't be able to survive."

The man glared angrily at the coughing little brother, this bereaved star, when he can't cough, he has to make a sound at this time, and he lost eight taels of silver!However, he was also afraid that these two people would fall into his hands, so he had to take the shot unfortunately.

"Cheng Chengcheng, 30 taels, you take him away!" Ren Yazi said angrily, but his eyes rolled quickly.

The smile on the corner of Li Enbai's mouth remained unchanged, and he took out 30 taels of silver from his bosom, "The deed of sale?"

Ren Yazi saw that this person was a shrewd person, he didn't pay the money if he didn't see the contract, and his idea of ​​making a fortune was also in vain, so he gritted his back molars and said, "You two come with me."

After getting the deed and reading it was all right, I asked the names of the two people, went to Guan Yazi to go through the formalities, Li Enbai took the two people away.

"Go to the clinic." Li Enbai said to the coachman.