I really wanted to eat the rabbit's legs in one go, but Qin Muwen didn't let him eat so fast, and he had to drink some vegetable soup during the period.
In the end, when I was traveling, most of the vegetables were dug wild vegetables. After cooking, there was only a slight salty taste, which was not as delicious as my father's soup.
It is not as crisp and juicy as barbecued meat. It has been marinated in wine in advance. Even if only salt is sprinkled when roasting, it also has a umami flavor. The little bun likes it very much.
But Dad said so, so the little bun had to do the same, drink soup and eat meat, very well-behaved.
In fact, compared to Li Jin and Qin Muwen, Xiao Baozi listened more to his father's words.
If Daddy said that, the little bun may have a wrinkled face in the 'acting school', and said in a milky voice: "The soup is for Daddy."
But the person watching him eat is Dad, and he knows his little routine, so Baozi can only do it obediently.
After eating, the Qianhu appeared at the right time and took Li Jin's family to the tent to rest.
And the fifth is squatting outside the tent silently reciting "Wan (Wan) Orchid", which is from "Book of Songs, Wei Feng".
Although the children of the General's Mansion mainly practice martial arts, at least the Four Books and the Five Classics must be memorized, and the characters must be written with style.
But the fifth is only eight years old this year. His mother urged him to memorize "Xuan Lan" half a year ago. He has been in the barracks for more than half a year, and he has soaked the Book of Songs long ago.
"The branch of the orchid, the boy Pei, Pei, Pei... What is it down there!"
The fifth is scratching his head, and the second, third, and fourth are helpless. They haven't learned these things for more than half a year, how can they remember them.
But the eldest brother said that he has been too outgoing recently, either reciting the latest poem he learned in the "Book of Songs", or reciting the "Sacred Encyclopedia".
Otherwise, you will be fined ten times when you go back.
The fifth one didn't want to copy the book, but he couldn't remember either of them.
However, in comparison, the stuff of "Sacred Mandate Guangxun" is too eloquent, and the seventh or eight-year-old fifth doesn't like it very much. On the contrary, he still has some impressions of "Xianlan".
"The branch of the orchid, the boy wears the gong. Although he wears the gong, can I know." The little bun took his father's hand and added to him.
He had read this poem to his younger brother and recited it.
The fifth one had just seen Xiao Baozi hiding in the distance, and when he saw him again, he recognized him at a glance.
His eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, what's next?"
The little bun was frightened by the old fifth who suddenly rushed in front of him, took a step back, and after a while, said two words: "Forget it."
The fifth child wanted to take another step forward, but Mo Zixuan stopped his younger brother: "Don't be rude."
If he didn't speak, Li Jin would have to pick up the little bun and go back to the house.
The fifth said, "Brother, you didn't say you couldn't ask others just now. Uncle Quan didn't tell me. The second uncle is resting again. Finally someone will do it. You can't stop me."
The black line on Mo Zixuan's face didn't say that he couldn't ask, but it wasn't to ask the question on the person's face either.
The little bun wrinkled his nose, really frightened, and there was a cry in his voice: "I really forgot."
The old fifth was in a hurry at the moment, "You, don't cry. I won't go, I'll go back, don't cry. I admit my mistake."
Li Jin asked Xiao Baozi to enter the tent first, and told the housekeeper about the misunderstanding.
Although Mo Zixuan has a distinguished status, but he is a child after all, Li Jin still prefers to communicate with adults.
The housekeeper was extremely reasonable and said, "I hope I don't scare the little brother."
That night, the five young masters of the General's Mansion lived in a tent, Mo Zixuan lifted Ye Ye to relieve him, and heard the fifth son muttering in his sleep, "Don't cry, I will never dare again".
After a while, Mo Zixuan went back to sleep, and the fifth man said again, 'Your eyes are so beautiful, show me a smile, and I'll show you a monkey fishing for the moon'.
Mo Zixuan raised his eyebrows, and with the moonlight he could see the corners of his fifth brother's lips raised.
After a while, Mo Zixuan was about to go to sleep, but suddenly his body froze. Uncle Li's tent was next to his own. He, he couldn't hear it, right
No one knows whether Li Jin can hear the fifth son's dream.
It's just that in the next few days, the little buns were no longer allowed to come out and play alone.
The group has been running around like this for eleven days, and they can finally see the capital.
Not surprisingly, you should be able to enter the city before noon.
When he was on his way, Uncle Quan, the housekeeper, occasionally chatted with Li Jin and talked about the style of the streets of Beijing.
In order to avoid Li Jin's unfamiliar life hitting a soft nail as soon as he arrived.
When there was still some distance from the city gate, Li Jin also took the initiative to propose to leave the team of the General's Mansion.
After all, he was just a juror who came to Beijing to take the exam, and there was no reason to go directly to the big tree in the General's Mansion.
The housekeeper, Uncle Quan, is also a sensible person. After Li Jin's carriage left the team, he directly instructed others to speed up the pace, and soon opened the gap with Li Jin.
The old fifth tried to lift the curtains several times to see the trace of the carriage, but was pushed back by his eldest brother.
Until now, he did not know the name of the child.
The location of the house given by Mr. Pang was really good, and there were servants sent by the General's House to clean it every day.
Li Jin's family came in after noon, and every room was clean and spotless.
Li Jin gave the coachman a few pieces of silver as a reward, and the coachman immediately surrendered: "Don't worry, sir, the little one will definitely not say a word."
"It's work."
When the General's House bought the yard, it was very low-key, and Mr. Pang had never come to live there, so the surrounding neighbors did not know the real identity of the owner.
At this moment, Li Jin moved in with his family and his family, and they just came to congratulate him according to etiquette.
Li Jin returned the salute and explained his situation by the way: "In Xia Li Jin, the word is repaired. This house belongs to a relative, and I came down to the capital to take the exam, so I temporarily borrowed it for a year."
The neighbor is a gentleman from a private school. I have seen many white-haired seniors coming to Beijing to take the exam. It is really rare for Li Jin to be so young.
He smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, there are many people around us who are rushing to take the test. Your next post, everyone will get together another day."
The neighbors saw that Li Jin was not very old, but the children were not young. One was very well-behaved in talking and doing things, and the other, although still in an infancy, seemed to be too old to speak.
In this dynasty, it was customary for a scholar who passed the exam to marry a wife and have children. Neighbors thought that Li Jin had passed the exam when he was a teenager, and praised him a lot.
Li Jin explained with a smile: "No, I am a scholar of Ren Yinnian. The marriage came first, and the imperial examination came later."
"Then your determination is really admirable."
After the neighbor went back, he thought deeply that Li Xiu, who had just moved in, was a talented scholar in the previous year, and he came to the capital this year to prepare for the exam. Does this mean that he passed the exam in just two years? !
Last year's Zhengke, this year's Enke, I don't know which year Li Xiuzhi passed the exam.
But no matter which year he was in high school, this speed can be said to be very fast.
The family settled down in the capital just like that. The price of goods here is half higher than that of Ningxing House, but there are more kinds of things that can be bought.
Milk, beef, crabs and other things that are basically impossible to see in Ningxing House, are all available in the capital.
Li Jin only bought some necessary fruits, vegetables and firewood that afternoon, and bought the rest of the decorations later.
In the evening, he wrote a few more letters of worship and sent them to the academies and literati circles outside the capital.
Now that it is the end of October, Li Jin can only review and prepare for three months at most, including the time for the Chinese New Year.
In fact, if you really pass the exam, you don't have to stick to studying in the academy.
Under normal circumstances, a few times before the township examination, they would worship the examiner who was selected for that year's township examination as a teacher, and after entering Beijing, they would often visit the master's door.
Like many ordinary juren, Li Jin did not worship the chief examiner as his teacher. His only master was teaching calligraphy.
But Li Jin still had to send letters of worship to the literati circles and academies in the capital.
There are also his own considerations. You must know that literati are all about their character. It was Li Jin's mistake that he didn't send a letter of worship in Fucheng before. He couldn't make the same mistake again.
Even if people don't look down on him as a small solution, he is very polite.
Although there are only about 2,000 people in the whole country every three years, most of them come to participate in the examination.
The literati circles in the capital are really disdainful of ordinary Juren.
Sure enough, there was no news of Li Jin's letter of worship for three days, like a stone sinking into the sea. Not to mention the echo, not even a splash of water splashed out.
Li Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and he was also happy at this time.
Every day, I warm the book and water the flowers, come out to exercise when I’m tired of writing, and occasionally watch the little bun earnestly endorse, life is very happy.
For him, the purpose of his trip to the capital was to participate in the examination. Instead of making friends through banquets and fame.
After all, there is only a short three-month period, and it is difficult to know the bottom line.
Therefore, in the past few days, Li Jin has been keeping a serious attitude.
It is said that Taoism is good at diligence, and it takes too much time to travel. At this moment, Li Jin is urging himself not to slack off for a moment.
But Li Jin didn't know that the letter of worship he sent to the Beijing Academy was almost presented to the mountain chief.
It's not that Li Jin's fame has been developed in the capital, because the two tutors in charge of recruiting have doubts about the authenticity of 'Li Jin'.
"It should just happen to have the same name and surname. This person is from the same city as Li Jin who compiled the "Mengxue Suanjing", not the real compiler."
"I think it's me, Juren, Ningxingfu, Li Jin, and twenty-two years old. All these points are in line, and there will be no mistakes."
"But Ningxing Mansion is so far away, most of the students will come next year, and Li Jin is from a peasant family. How can there be money to come to the capital to live for a few months?"
"Don't bully the poor. Besides, there is still a pen fee for "Mengxue Suanjing" and "Nongsang Suanjing". Don't talk about people's background all day long." This teaching is similar to Li Jin's background. Having suffered too many losses of low status, when I heard others say that I was from a poor family, I didn't look good.
Another teacher knew about his situation, but he was not angry, and explained: "I didn't belittle him because of my background. This matter should wait for the teachers to come three days later, and then make a decision."
Three days later, the teachings of the Jingcheng Academy sat around the hall.
They continued to discuss the issue three days ago. Some people believed that this was him, while others felt that 'Li Jin' should just have the same name and surname.
A well-to-do teacher suddenly stood up and said, "Everyone, stop arguing and listen to me. I'm sure, I have evidence to prove that this person is Li Jieyuan, the author of those two books."
"What evidence?"
"My cousin is the shopkeeper of the bookstore in the General's Mansion. The general's mansion has already sent someone to this Li Jieyuan's house for the writing fees of Mengxue Suanjing and Nongsang Suanjing."
Originally, he was always ready to refute this person who just happened to be called Li Jin's other teachings: "..." There was nothing to say.