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"Milk, why don't you just wait at home? Why did you come all the way? You've been feeling uncomfortable these past few days. What if you're tired?" Jiang Shiyan heard He Hua say that the old lady was here, and hurriedly greeted her. go out.
"Grandma has been looking forward to such a big happy event for so long. How can she still sit still after hearing the good news? Whatever discomfort she felt became more comfortable." Old Mrs. Jiang was really in good spirits and spoke They were all confident and didn't look uncomfortable at all.
"Grandma Jiang, you must be tired after traveling all the way. Come inside and have a rest." After hearing the news, Sister Zhu and Mrs. Lin hurriedly went out to support her.
When Boning and Shuanzi came back from school, Hehua sent them to ask Yang to come over and talk with them.
Jasmine didn't expect that the old lady would come in person, and she looked a little frightened. She was holding her hands on the kang and didn't know whether to get up or lie down. As a result, as soon as she moved, she got another mouthful of sour water. When he came up, he lay down on the edge of the kang with a sound of vomiting and vomited.
Mrs. Jiang hurried forward and sat next to Jasmine. She held her arm with one hand and patted her back with the other to calm her down. Fang tried to take over but was blocked by her. She could only bring some water for Jasmine to rinse her mouth. .
"Jasmine, once you have a body, you have to take good care of it. You can instruct the girl to do anything at home. Just open your mouth and say what you want to eat and use. Don't wrong yourself, let alone mine." Great-grandson!" Old Mrs. Jiang took Jasmine's hand, "I have always said that your child is too thin, but no matter how hard you try, you can't gain weight. You will have to suffer when you are so thin and give birth to a child. I am on my way here. Thinking about it, since the sedan has been brought, we will go directly to the city tomorrow and find a good doctor to see what anti-fetal medicine and body-replenishing medicine we should prescribe. Let's buy some good ones and take them home. Just look at her pale face and it will make you feel distressed."
Old Mrs. Jiang made arrangements, and naturally no one had any objections. She said a few words to Jasmine and gave her instructions. When she saw Yang entering the room, she stood up and said, "Grandma, let's go to another room to talk. Don't disturb the child. Chapter 101: Take a rest during the tense rural exam. This happy event is unexpected. No one expected to go back to your parents' home and even have a diagnosis of a happy pulse. Your home is really a treasure. But It was too hasty. I received the letter to announce the good news before I handed it over. I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it all until tomorrow. I am an old woman who was thinking about it and ran here first. Don't be surprised."
"Look at what you said. How can I be offended? You love my Jasmine so much that it's too late to be happy!" Mrs. Yang accompanied Old Mrs. Jiang to the east room to sit and talk.
Sister Zhu and Mrs. Lin quickly helped Mr. Fang prepare dinner. Her daughter and son-in-law were at home with her in-laws, and the standard of preparation had to be greatly improved. Mrs. Fang went out to buy vegetables again. When Hehua saw Jasmine vomiting violently, she asked her again According to the food prepared for Xiao Xiu, I bought a big winter melon and prepared to make a winter melon cup. I washed the winter melon, cut the top and took out the pulp. I saw that the green skin of the melon was very dull, so I took the initiative to use a knife. The sharp point outlined two fat boys wearing bellybands. They carefully peeled off part of the melon rind, and cut a piece of red pepper on the bellyband part. I liked it very much when I looked at it, and smiled and asked Mr. Fang to come and see, " Mom, look, don’t I make it look so good?”
Mrs. Fang also liked it and said yes again and again, "It's only a little brain like yours that can come up with such an idea. It's so beautiful and suitable for the occasion."
The lotus flower was obsessed with the winter melon, and some decorative flowers and plants were added next to the two little figures. On the other side, a small field of lotus leaves was depicted. The green melon skin was used as the leaves, and the surrounding parts were carefully cut off. However, I couldn't find suitable materials to make lotus flowers, so I simply carved out a few lotus pods, and the lotus seeds were connected with each other, which was also a good sign.
As soon as this dish was served in the evening, it really attracted everyone's praise. Mrs. Jiang looked at the pattern on it and praised it happily: "Hey, your lotus hands are really clever and your mind is clever. It's hard for a child to come up with it." , Jasmine, you should eat more, such a good thing has such a good meaning, it’s so good, so good!”
Everyone was very satisfied with the pumpkin cup for dinner. Jasmine also thought it tasted light and refreshing and added another bowl. Mrs. Jiang quickly asked Hehua for the recipe of this dish and said that she would go home and ask the cook to make it for Jasmine. Made and eaten.
It was already quite late after finishing the meal in the house, so Fang hurriedly went to prepare food for the carriage and sedan bearers who came from the Jiang family. She put the remaining vegetables back into the pot, stir-fried some slices of pork, gourd, leeks and eggs, and made a big meal. A pot of sorghum rice was brought to the west wing for those people to eat. Fortunately, it was summer and there was no need for blankets at night. Otherwise, so many people would not know how to accommodate them.
Mrs. Jiang was placed in the east room to rest by Mrs. Fang, but she insisted on sending the personal girl she brought to serve Jasmine. Mrs. Fang finally had no choice but to say that she would sleep with Jasmine and let the old lady stay with Jiang Shiyan in the east room. The girl kept watch for them all night, and then they were properly settled. The two boys had no choice but to live in the west room with Hehua. Zhu Yongxin was driven back to the old courtyard and dealt with by himself for the night.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Jiang asked the girl to help Jasmine get into the sedan. It happened that Fang was going back to the city, so they followed the car together. In the afternoon, someone sent a message back, saying that Jasmine went to see the doctor and everything was fine, and he only prescribed some nourishing medicine to reassure her family.
Because Mrs. Fang was too busy in the city and couldn't get away for the time being, Sister Zhu and Zhi'er started making clothes, shoes and hats for the children when they had nothing to do. They also went to Hehua's house to do work on the kang. Hehua pretended not to see them once and ignored them twice, but she couldn't stand them coming every day. She was really embarrassed to watch others working for her, but she sat aside and read a book, so she had no choice but to go up and lend a hand to help, leaving behind those who came and went. After a long period of needlework, she became much more proficient, which made her have to suspect that this seemed to be a conspiracy between Fang and Sister Zhu to plot against her.
Without so many worries in the city, Hehua lived a carefree life. In addition to cooking and cleaning at home every day, she helped with needlework and read recipes. She read through all the cookbooks she bought. After a while, Lotus began his own new attempt.
Various kinds of medicinal porridge are made in different ways every morning. In addition to eating it at home, she also delivers it to the three old people in the old yard every day. She is also hospitable to serve a bowl to anyone who comes to visit. And no matter who it was for, she would hold the table and watch them finish eating, patiently asking and recording the Italian food. Half a month had passed, and Shuanzi could hardly bear to drink these strange-tasting porridge every day. When she woke up in the morning, she saw the pot. There was still porridge in it, and his little face suddenly turned green, and he went to Zhu Yongxin with a sullen mouth and complained: "Dad, you don't talk about the second sister, there is nothing wrong with us, why do we have to add it to the porridge every day?" Adding medicinal ingredients...it tastes weird every day..."
Zhu Yongxin has always been content with stuttering. After hearing what his son said, he patted him and began to reminisce about his hardships and said sweetly: "Our family's life is so good now. You are still picky about what you eat and what you wear when you were a child. But you can’t have enough to eat. I think it’s just that you haven’t been hungry since you were a child. After a few days of starvation, you will feel that everything is delicious. Besides, the rice and other things are all bought in the city... They are more expensive than millet and corn. Your sister said they are all good things to replenish the body, you are a boy who is so blessed that you don’t know how to be blessed.”
Shuanzi couldn't get support, so he had no choice but to sit back at the table and wait for the meal.
Hehua brought breakfast and looked at Shuanzi with a sad face. Although Bonin didn't show any obvious displeasure, he only ate a bowl of porridge and said he was full.
"Why...is it really so bad?" He Hua picked it up and took a bite, then put down the bowl and chopsticks and sighed.
Zhu Yongxin held the bowl and ate without feeling anything at all. When He Hua asked...he raised his head blankly and said, "Whatever tastes good or bad, as long as you can eat enough."
Hehua turned her neck stiffly and looked at Shuanzi and Bonin. Shuanzi had already eaten enough, and most honestly shook his head like a rattle. Bonin hesitated, nodded, and then shook his head again. , as if he didn't know what he wanted to express, he scratched his head and stood up and said: "It's getting late... let's go!"
He Hua understood it directly, nodding her head to mean yes, shaking her head to mean it didn't taste good. Alas, she looked at the porridge and side dishes on the table with frustration, and thought with a sad face... If you want to make food, you must first have food. If the food is not tasty, it will be difficult to attract customers.
Seeing that Hehua was in a low mood, Shuanzi felt that what he had expressed just now was too straightforward. He scratched his head and said, "Actually, it's nothing else. It's just that why do you have to put medicinal materials in the porridge and vegetables? When you eat it in your mouth, you always feel like you are drinking. I just don’t want to take the medicine... ｀…”
"Okay, I understand, sister, let's go with your second brother!" Hehua nodded, cheered up and packed the things on the table. If this road doesn't work, then try another one. There is no need to get discouraged so quickly. .
The lotus side had not yet come up with a satisfactory finished product. Fang had already asked someone to send a message back saying that the shop in the city had been closed down. Sun Jianyu was not embarrassed and terminated the contract readily. Borong and Qiaoran helped Fang carry many things back to Qijia Village. Xiaoxiu, who was almost five months pregnant, was also brought back. Fang had to go back to the city to take care of Borong. After all, she would be here soon. It was autumn, and she was worried about letting her go back to the village. Lotus accompanies Xiaoxiu every day, and her life suddenly becomes a lot busier.
In the middle of July, the whole family came back to worship their ancestors. Mr. Zhu knelt in front of the ancestral tablet and recited: "I wish all the ancestors of the family, may Borong be able to go to high school this time, and may the ancestors be honored."
Afterwards, Hehua asked Bo Rong how he felt at that time. Bo Rong smiled helplessly and said: "I feel like a stone is weighing on my heart, for fear of myself..."
"You're saying depressing things before you even take the exam." He Hua scolded him, "Ten thousand steps back, what will you do if you don't pass the exam? You're not working hard to become an official, so what are you worried about?"
"If we win the lottery, our family's land will not have to be rented or taxed, and we will be able to honor our ancestors. When my parents go out, someone will salute them. No one should be respectful when they see them..." Bo Rong said in one breath.
Lotus stretched out his hand and handed over a bowl of lotus heart tea: "You are still talking even though your voice is hoarse. There are so many things in your heart, how can you not weigh them down like a big stone? If you ask me, you just think too much, and you will grit your teeth." My heart skipped a beat, there was nothing to worry about. My sister-in-law's pregnancy this time was different from the last time she was pregnant with the baby. Doctor Zheng said that Xu was probably a boy. You were going to have a son and a daughter soon. You had to set a good example. Okay. Otherwise, I will have to hug my eldest nephew and say, Nephew, when you grow up, you must study hard, but you can’t be like your father’s coward... "
"You're still a coward. I think you're going to have to go to the house without a fight for three days!" Bo Rong put his arm around Hehua's waist, clamped her whole body horizontally under his arm, and shook her around a few times. Then he put it down, looked at the dizzy He Hua and said with a bad smile, "Now, let's see which one of us is a coward?"
Xiaoxiu stood at the door, watching the brother and sister laughing and playing in the yard, with her hand on her rounded belly, a gentle smile on her face.
The Provincial Examination is in August, and the whole family loves and fears this day. We don’t know whether we are looking forward to it coming soon so that this suffering can end, or whether we are looking forward to it coming later so that Bo Rong can memorize a few more pages of books. Good. But whether you like it or hate it, one day will eventually come.
The rural examination has to be taken at Gongyuan in the provincial capital. There are three exams in total... one exam is held every three days, and each exam takes three days. The time is the ninth, twelfth, and fifteenth of August. The academy will give exams to students who want to take the exam in early August. Going home for the big vacation... Fang made the final decision at home. Zhu Yongxin and he took Hehua to accompany Bo Rong in the exam. They also risked spending money to stay in an inn, so at least they had to have someone to take care of them.
But He Hua said very worriedly: "Even if we go now, we won't be able to book a room at the inn, right? All the students in the Taoist government have gone to Gongyuan to take exams. There are so many rich and powerful people at home, where can we wait? Shall we find a place to live?”
"You don't have to worry about that... Jianyu's family has a house in that city. They sent people to clean it at the beginning of the month. Jintang also joined us. It's enough to live in." Bo Rong's words dispelled Fang's worries. , she packed a lot of things and got into the family car, saying that she would have to leave as soon as the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. She would have to get used to the soil and water, prepare food, etc... If she left late, it would be too late.
On the evening of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Lotus weighed rice and soaked it in water until the next night. Then he cooked another pot of white rice... mixed it together and ground it into a paste, and gave it to Borong, Qi Jintang and Sun Jianyu each time. I made two kilograms of white rice flour pancakes. This kind of pancake is more affordable than those pancakes and pastry. It is delicious and reduces hunger. And the most important thing is that it is eaten cold. It is easy to store and is the most suitable. Take it to the exam. The night before, I fried a few more vegetables that were not afraid of getting cold, boiled salted duck eggs... cut pickles, and brought them to them so they could wrap them in pancakes and eat them.
On the day of the exam, they gathered at the gate of Gongyuan at midnight, waiting for the examiner to call their names. Zhu Yongxin, Fang and Hehua walked to the gate together. The part circled by the yamen in the middle was relatively loose, but there were already many people standing there. But not all of the book-looking people are young, there are also people in their thirties or forties, and there are even two with gray hair. Outside the circle were all the family members who came to see the candidates off, and they surrounded the entrance of the Gongyuan with three floors inside and three floors outside.
There was a square table at the entrance of the Gongyuan. When the time was about to come, the examiner led the other officials to sit down and spread out the roster in front of them. After the regular drum beat, the examiner picked up the red pen and circled the names while calling the names. After the candidates answered the call, they went to the table and the Linbao checked the household registration and the certificate issued by the college. After looking at forty or fifty people, Zhu Borong's name was called.
Bo Rong turned around and smiled at his parents and He Hua, "I'm going in, you guys go back, you can still have a good sleep when you go back." After saying that, he walked forward with the examination basket and handed Lin Bao the household registration certificate and the college certificate. , after checking it was correct, he received a sealed examination paper, turned around and waved to his family, and when he entered, he had to be held in his hands by the official, including the examination basket, bedding, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, all the food, and even the clothes, shoes, and hair he was wearing. After checking everything inside and seeing that there were no prohibited items, someone stepped forward to guide Bo Rong, found the room according to the seat number on his test paper, and asked him to enter the room and lock it.
Bo Rong looked around the room. There was a covered bucket in the corner. In addition, there was a simple wooden bed facing north and south. He put his luggage on the bed and spread it with his hands. There were pens, inks, paper and inkstones in the examination basket. Take it out, put it on the table according to your own habit, sit on a chair and take a deep breath slowly to calm your mood.
There was a guard standing not far away outside the room, and other candidates were brought over from time to time. Bo Rong looked at a few and none of them were from his own academy. He must have arranged this deliberately to avoid letting acquaintances get too close and create confusion. Other incidents.
After the sun showed most of its face, all the candidates finally entered the room and took their seats. Someone above them read something. Bo Rong was a little far away and couldn't hear clearly. He was thinking about the exams in the next few days. For the subjects, the four books in the first test, the discussion in the second test, and the five classics, history, and strategies in the third test, the teacher has already explained them in detail. As long as you calm down and solve the problems carefully, the drums will sound loudly when the time comes. , the guards all around also reminded the candidates to open the envelopes and answer the questions.
The moment his hand touched the test paper, Bo Rong felt that the previous tension and pressure suddenly disappeared. He devoted himself completely to solving and answering the questions.
Ms. Fang stood outside and watched as everyone closed the gate of Gongyuan, but she still refused to leave for a long time. Most of the people around the door had dispersed. Zhu Yongxin and Hehua persuaded her to go back to the inn to catch up on some sleep first, and don't let Borong return. Before finishing the exam, Fang fell ill again. The two of them talked for a long time, and then Ms. Fang followed her back to her residence uneasily.
Zhu Yongxin has always been restless. After staying here for a few days and having nothing to do, he actually ran to the streets during the day and found a job that paid for the same day. Big cities are indeed different from small places. He did a day's work His son could earn more than a hundred coppers, and besides the food and drink for three people, he still had more to earn. Now Zhu Yongxin was even more motivated. Seeing this, Mrs. Fang couldn't help but scold him for being so big-hearted, and her son took the provincial examination. He didn't even care about such a big thing.
"I'm not a capable father. I can provide him with food and drink. He has to rely on himself for everything else. What good is it to him if I'm so anxious outside?" Zhu Yongxin was stunned. A few words came out of the ground, but they were quite interesting.
Mrs. Fang smacked her lips at what she said. It really made sense. She cheered up and went shopping with Hehua to buy some hot goods for her family that were not available in the village. She was in a good mood. Things have turned a lot better, and I am not as worried about it as before.
The two of them walked around the city a lot, and it was inevitable that they would hear some rumors about the provincial examination. The examinee there today was so nervous that he fainted and was carried out, and tomorrow the examinee there was beaten for carrying something with him. People in the city seemed to be very enthusiastic about the rural examinations held every three years, and they talked about it all the time. Some gossips about the examiners and students were also spread, but within two or three days, Hehua had already heard about it. By the fourth or fifth version, the "reliable news" that gradually escalated over time made people really dumbfounded.
After finally waiting until the end of the exam, Fang stared at the top of the tent the first night without feeling sleepy. She tossed and turned all night without sleep. She was even more distracted during the whole day, thinking about what she did wrong, what she took and what she dropped, and so on. After throwing three large porcelain bowls, Hehua coaxed and persuaded them to get them back into the house. It was still much early, so she rushed to guard the gate of Gongyuan. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, she heard the sound of firecrackers inside. The gate of Gongyuan suddenly opened, and the candidates filed out, and the family members waiting outside also came forward to greet them. , the scene suddenly became noisy and noisy.
Zhu Yongxin held up his arms to protect Fang and Hehua. It took a lot of effort to find Borong who came out a little late. Fang rushed up to take the basket. He murmured a few times but did not dare to ask how the test went. He just held Bo Rong's hand and said, "You can't eat well or sleep well in there? You've lost a lot of weight just now. Are you tired of eating pancakes? Go back quickly, mother will make them for you. delicious."
Seeing that Bo Rong looked good, He Hua plucked up the courage to ask, "Brother, how did you do in the exam?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Fang's heart suddenly rose to her throat. She reached out and grabbed Zhu Yongxin's clothes tightly to stand firm, and looked at Bo Rong with nervousness and expectation.
Bo Rong rubbed his nose and said: "I think my answer is pretty good, but it still depends on how the examiners evaluate it. The results will be released in three days, and we will know then."
"If you think you can do it, then you can do it." Seeing that Bo Rong didn't say he failed in the exam, Ms. Fang relaxed a little, "Go back quickly and don't stand outside talking in the sun. Alas, I don't know what Mr. Qi and Mr. Qi are doing." How did Mr. Sun do in the exam
Both of them had only servants following them, and no family members to accompany them and care about them, which looked pitiful. "
"Their grades are already better than mine. I think they did well in the exam, and they have no problem. If when the results are released, all three of us are on the list, then it will be God's blessing." ." Bo Rong looked around for a while but still didn't see the two people, "I guess he was picked up by his family, let's go back too!"! ! !
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