The day after Jiang Jie returned home, people came to celebrate with him one after another.
Even the county magistrate sent someone to deliver congratulatory gifts and invited him to the county government office for a chat.
Three days later, Jiang Jie and his cousin Jiang Yuanbao went to the county town to pay a visit to the county magistrate and brought some specialties from their own shop.
Yingbao didn't go anywhere. After all the guests in the house left, she ran to the deer park to release a few horses.
After a period of intensive care, the injured horse has recovered, but can no longer be used as a mount.
However, it is no problem to carry something or pull a mill occasionally.
As for the dead horses, Yingbao also took the time to release them and let her father butcher them and sell their meat.
The two carriages were left in his cave until they were needed in the future.
"Sister, what are you doing?"
The little boy ran into Yingbao's room and tried to climb onto the kang with his butt sticking out.
"Don't come up here." Yingbao pushed him back: "Also, don't call me sister!"
The little boy blinked: "What do you call me?"
Yingbao ignored him and continued reading.
The little boy persevered and continued to climb onto the kang, squeezed next to Yingbao, poked his head out to look at the book in her hand, and asked, "Sister, what are you reading? Show it to Yuanbao."
Yingbao turned his head away and said, "I told you not to call me Yuanbao anymore."
The little boy pouted his lips in grievance: "Mother always calls me Yuanbao."
Yingbao frowned: "Then go find your mother."
"Okay, I'll call you Xiaotong from now on." Xiaotong finally compromised and looked at Yingbao eagerly: "You should give me candy now."
Yingbao was so annoyed by the child that she took out a candy from her bag and gave it to him: "Go and play with it, and don't bother me again."
The little boy took the candy, slid off the kang with a grin, and ran to find Mr. Wu.
"Daddy! Daddy! My sister gave me some candy, some ingots... I'll leave them for you to eat." The little boy threw himself into Mr. Wu's arms and stuffed the candy in his hand into his mouth.
Mr. Wu had no choice but to bite off half and give the other half to the child, saying, "You must call me Grandpa from now on."
The little boy seemed not to hear it. He took it and stuffed it into his mouth, then nestled in Mr. Wu's arms and said, "Daddy, do you miss mom? Yuanbao... I miss mom."
Mr. Wu sighed, patted him and changed the subject: "How about I teach you to read?"
The little boy was confused and nodded and shook his head: "Daddy, just read it. Little boy, listen."
So Mr. Wu recited a passage from the Three Character Classic, and when he looked again, the child had fallen asleep.
A few days later, Jiang Jie came back from the county town and brought back a lot of books, some of which were specifically asked by his sister to find.
"This is the Qinchuan County Chronicles. I asked the county magistrate for it." Jiang Jie took out a county chronicle and gave it to his sister.
Yingbao was very happy and opened it to read immediately.
This county annals records major events that have occurred in the county over the years, as well as important figures in the county, and some strange stories, but there is no record about Jiuyang Temple.
However, there is a strange story above, saying that more than a hundred years ago, a natural fire broke out in the area of Chuanhe Town, burning a large tract of forest, and the surrounding villages were not spared.
It was also said that the fire had been burning for more than two months and was finally extinguished by a heavy rain.
Yingbao frowned.
Since the Taoist temple was burned down by heavenly fire more than a hundred years ago, where did Chen Wan's memory come from
Chen Wan's meaning was very clear. She was abandoned as soon as she was born, and then picked up and raised by a Taoist priest or nun in a Taoist temple, and then recognized by Han.
This scene is very similar to my previous life or this life.
Anyway, no matter which life you are in, your fate is to be abandoned.
The plot is kept repeating the same plot of being abandoned and then being recognized again, but I'm just resisting all the time, so the plot can't get on the right track.
What on earth was that book asking her to do
Yingbao closed the county annals and decided to wait until spring to go to the mountains to look for the Taoist temple.
In a blink of an eye, it is the twelfth lunar month.
The county government suddenly sent a notice saying that in February of next year, the court would select warriors in various counties and asked interested families to register their children for the examination. Anyone between the ages of twelve and twenty could participate.
The court not only selected warriors, but also people with excellent medical skills, regardless of gender, and invited those with aspirations to sign up.
The notice was posted under the jujube tree at the entrance of Dongchen Village, and many villagers went to watch.
Yingbao was unmoved, but her brother Jiang Wu was very excited.
"Sister! I'm going to take the martial arts exam!" He will be twelve after the Chinese New Year. Well, he will be twelve in terms of age, which is just enough.
Yingbao: "Okay, if you pass the exam, our family will move to Jiankang."
My younger brother Jiang Jie has already passed the imperial examination and will definitely become an official in the future. He will definitely go to the capital when the time comes.
If Jiang Wu also passed the military examination, then his family would definitely be a family of officials, and it would be impossible for them to stay in the village.
For example, when Jiang Jie passed the imperial examination, all the gentry from other places who he didn't know came to give him gifts to establish a relationship with him. If he didn't accept any gifts, it would be considered as looking down on him.
If someone commits a crime or something else, it is likely that their doorstep will be broken down.
If you are not careful, your younger brother may be implicated.
Therefore, Yingbao hopes that Jiang Wu can also pass the military examination, and then the whole family will move to the provincial capital or the capital.
The military examination is held on the eighth day of the second lunar month, so you must bring your household registration to register in the twelfth lunar month.
Jiang Sanlang and Chen Zhu drove two horse-drawn carriages and took several children with them to the county town.
That’s right, not only Jiang Wu went to sign up, but Hu Zi, Wei Zhan, Wen Hengyin, Zhang Min and Xiao Yao also went.
Hu Zi and his friends took the military exam, while Wen Hengyin applied for the medical exam.
Fortunately, the new court's selection of talents is very broad. As long as you have a household registration and a local person guarantees you, you can participate.
That’s why Wei Zhan and Zhang Min were able to take the exam locally.
After registering, the young men began to practice riding and archery. At night they also had to learn military tactics and troop formations, all of which had to be tested.
Fortunately, Zhang Meng knew a little bit about it, and with the help of Mr. Wu who taught them military tactics, the young men made rapid progress.
The little boy had been living with Mr. Wu in Jiang Sanlang's house, eating and playing with Jiang Wu and others.
He would occasionally play with Niu Niu from Chu Chu's family, but Niu Niu would always make fun of him for being illiterate.
The little boy felt very aggrieved, and seeing that his "daddy" had no time to pay attention to him, he ran to find Yingbao.
"Sister, I want to learn to read." The little boy climbed onto the kang, squeezed in front of Yingbao, pointed at the book on the kang table and said, "Sister, teach me how to read."
Yingbao didn't understand why the child was not afraid of her and liked to be close to her, so she could only say, "If you can't learn, I will spank you."
The child subconsciously put his hands behind his back and whispered, "I can learn it!"
"Okay then, don't cry when I spank you." Yingbao took a copy of the Three Character Classic and taught him to read it word by word: "When a person is born, his nature is good..."
The child studied very seriously and could recite a few sentences quite well.
"Sister, I can read now!" He tilted his little head up to ask for praise.
Yingbao nodded: "Yeah, that's good. I have to read one every day from now on."
The little boy shrank his neck and responded in a low voice: "Okay, then sister will teach me every day."
Yingbao hummed and gave him a piece of milk cake: "This is a reward for you. Study hard in the future, and then you will be sensible."
The child happily took it, slid off the kang, and ran quickly to find Mr. Wu: "Daddy! My sister gave me the cake!"