Let the people in the front yard think whatever they like.
In the front yard, Li Dashan was sitting in front of the stove, lighting the fire and reading the husband-chasing guide specially written for him by his uncle under the oil lamp.
His brother-in-law and Uncle Zhu are so in love with each other, he has to work harder and get in love with Brother Qian as soon as possible!
After this rain, the temperature rose again. Zhuang Wen went to Fucheng, and Li Qiao continued to study hard.
Now he already knows the importance of the Three Histories, but he knows that there are too many words, and after the short-term happiness, there will be pain.
As the temperature rises, his house is much busier than before.
For families who hatched chicks and ducklings during the Chinese New Year, after half a year of careful feeding, their chickens and ducks have begun to lay eggs.
Every day, many people come to sell eggs and duck eggs.
This is just the beginning. In the future, more people will come to sell eggs and duck eggs.
Tao Zhu hired four permanent workers, specializing in pickling eggs and duck eggs.
In addition, making dim sum requires a lot of eggs, so currently Li Qiao’s family doesn’t have to worry about having too many eggs.
In Li Qiao's hard study day by day, in the bustle of Li's business day by day, the wheat matured.
Li Qiao is about to travel back in time for a year.
To celebrate, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went to the county to buy land.
In the past six months, I relied on vermicelli to make more money. Later, the vermicelli disappeared and my income dropped, but I still made nearly 20 taels a day.
Because of the participation of Li Shuniang and Wang Xiaoya and Chen Zaoer, the number of snacks made every day increased.
The more snacks, the more money.
With money, you can buy land.
Li Qiao's dream is to be a local landlord, so that even if she doesn't make dim sum, she can still make money by renting a house.
This time he and Tao Zhu bought top-grade farmland in Zhujia Village. They bought a total of 30 acres, and one acre of land cost thirty taels of silver. They spent nine hundred taels at once.
But looking at the field deeds in their hands, the couple couldn't stop smiling. With these fields, they no longer have to buy food and can grow whatever they want.
A few days after buying the land, good news came:
Zhuang Wen was admitted as a scholar.
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Chapter 67 Policy Topics for the College Examination New Articles from the Holy Spirit
After the results of the hospital examination come out, they will be sent to each county by the government office for registration by the magistrate of each county.
As for going to each scholar's home to announce the good news, the court did not have a strict requirement. However, if the government officials want to ask for a reward, they can go and report the good news on their own.
The speed of the government officials was faster than that of Zhuang Wen's ox cart. Before Zhuang Wen came back from Fucheng, Pingcheng already knew that he had passed the scholar examination.
And my test scores were pretty good.
According to Dasheng's regulations, except for the first-placed case, the remaining scores in the college examination are divided into third grades.
Zhuang Wen ranked first, that is, he was a proper junior student. From now on, Zhuang Wen went to the county school and could get sixty pounds of wheat every month.
You can also get four taels of silver every year.
Lin, food.
Linsheng refers to scholars who are provided with meals by the government.
If Zhuang Wen can obtain this status, he will be able to save some food and money for his family by studying in the county school.
Of course, the banker doesn't care about the grain and money. What the banker cares about is the scholar's status.
There is a scholar in the family, and Zhuang Wen has finally achieved good results after thirty years of hard study. This is a great joy for the banker.
As the village chief, Zhuang Fengshou knew all the yamen servants, so two yamen servants took the initiative to go to Sanliu Village to report the good news to the villagers.
On the second day after the government officials drank wine and took the wedding money and returned to the county government office, Zhuang Wen, along with Zhuang Wu and Zhuang Quan (Zhuang Wen's eldest son), returned from the city after a long journey.
The banker stood under the willow tree at the entrance of the village, waiting for them happily. The stove at home was already on, and they wanted to cleanse the three of them.
But who knew that when Zhuang Wen came under the willow tree, he did not go back to the banker's house, but drove the ox cart straight to Li Qiao's house.
When he arrived at Li Qiao's house, Li Qiao was making wheat straw.
The three acres of high-quality land that Li Qiao's family bought last year were planted with wheat. Now that the wheat in these three acres of land is mature, Li Qiao plans to make a few wheat sickles.
He now reads every day. To prevent myopia and cervical spine problems, he cannot sit at his desk all day long.
So he decided to cut the wheat himself.
He was not in a hurry and cut slowly, just to stretch his muscles.
While he was busy, noisy sounds came.
Not only the bankers came, but also some villagers who were watching the fun.
Zhuang Wen was the first scholar in Sanliu Village. After passing the examination to become a scholar, he did not return to the village but came to see Li Qiao. Why?
Zhuang Wen got off the bullock cart and walked into the yard. When he saw Li Qiao sitting under the grape trellis, his eyes suddenly turned red: "Brother, my benefactor! You are the great benefactor of my banker."
He said and walked quickly towards Li Qiao, came to Li Qiao, and gave Li Qiao a deep bow.
Before Li Qiao stood up to help him with a dumbfounded expression, he straightened up again, laughed and put his arms around Li Qiao's shoulders: "Let's go to my house and let's have a drink!"
"...I haven't congratulated Brother Wen yet. First, congratulations to Brother Wen for passing the scholar examination. From now on, he will be blessed with fame."
Li Qiao said with a smile as he followed Zhuang Wen to the door.
"Hehe." Zhuang Wen smiled with a red face and tightened his grip on his shoulders: "Brother, this all depends on you. We must have a good chat later."
"Yeah." Li Qiao nodded.
From the moment he learned that Zhuang Wen was a scholar, he became curious.
What is this year’s policy topic?
Are you going to hell again?
So Li Qiao took Tao Zhu to the dealer.
Today is a small banquet for the banker, and tomorrow the banker will invite the whole village to celebrate together.
When we arrived at the banker's house, the food had not yet been prepared. The woman and her husband were busy in the kitchen, while the men sat in the yard and talked about the college examination and the excitement of the city.
Soon, the food was ready and everyone sat at the dining table. Two large tables were put together, enough to seat everyone.
They are all members of the family, so no one advises them to drink, so they can drink whenever they want.
Zhuang Wen didn't know how to drink, so the sweet rice wine was placed in front of him.
Li Qiao didn't like drinking either. He felt that his body smelled bad after drinking. He would go home with Tao Zhu later, so the rice wine was also placed in front of him.
He picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Zhuang Wen. Zhuang Wen was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Li Qiao's head was really long.
"Brother, you must have a bright future. If I say that you will be my blood-related brother from now on, then I am taking advantage of you."
"I won't say such things anymore, but it's really thanks to you that I can pass the exam this time."
"I've used all the grain-soy milk and egg-filled pancakes you mentioned! So I have to buy this recipe and I can't let you suffer."
"Has it really been used?" Li Qiao was surprised.
"Of course! The questions you bet on are accurate. After the results were released, Master Xuezheng called me to Xuezheng and asked me to make him grain-soy milk and egg-filled cakes."
"Making grain and soy milk requires the use of your meat grinder, which can't be done on site. But you can make egg-filled pancakes, so I borrowed the government's kitchen to make one."
After Li Qiao taught him how to make grain-soy milk and egg-filled pancakes, he practiced hard for a long time, so he knew how to make egg-filled pancakes.
Now that he has decided to take the path of "solving practical problems", he can't just talk on paper, he has to do it.
"After the Master Xuezheng tasted it, he praised it repeatedly and said that what I wrote in the article was indeed true."
"Tell me, should I thank you?"
Zhuang Wen became serious as he spoke.
Thank you for sure!
"...In order to taste egg-filled pancakes, Master Xuezheng actually summoned you in person?"
Li Qiao was very surprised.
"Yes. It can be seen that my article is wonderfully written, and it has aroused the appetite of the scholar just by describing it! However, more importantly, I have solid basic skills, and I am one step ahead of others in the article, so this time Be among the best.”
Zhuang Wen said, stroking his beard and explaining with a smile.
The academic master had never seen him before, let alone tried egg-filled pancakes, but he answered other questions well, and his policy essay also wrote about a small business in a unique way. Taken together, he was able to outperform other candidates.
After the exam, the Academic Affairs Master summoned him to taste the egg-filled pancake and confirmed that the taste was indeed as written in his article. Naturally, everyone was happy.
"Brother Wen is awesome!" Li Qiao immediately gave a thumbs up.
"You are so good, why don't you guess what the topic of this policy discussion is." Zhuang Wen said with a smile.
"I definitely can't guess it. Brother Wen, just tell me." Li Qiao also laughed.
"Hey! It's the mudslide you emphasized to me before."
As Zhuang Wen said this, he couldn't help but raise his hand and pat the table. What a wonderful policy topic!
Because Sanliu Village is located near a mountain, Li Qiao focused on mudslides when discussing various disasters with him.
We live at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain is at our doorstep. We must understand natural disasters like mudslides.
Whoever expected it actually encountered it. The policy topic this time was about a mudslide that occurred in the south last year. The exam question asked the candidates what they should do.
When Zhuang Wen saw this title, he was so excited that he could hardly hold his pen. He was filled with ecstasy. After he calmed down a little, he listed all the preventive measures for mudslides and disaster relief measures that Li Qiao had told him. come out.
Then I contacted the Four Books and Five Classics, and then stuffed two kinds of snacks, such as grain and soy milk and egg-filled pancakes.
