"Okay." Li Qiao smiled and hugged the person in his arms.
"Go to sleep, tomorrow will be another hard day." Tao Zhu urged him to close his eyes.
Li Qiao said "Hello" again and input all kinds of knowledge intensively every day. Now his mind is indeed confused and his eyes are sore.
Bai Jiaoyu was really interested in him. He gave him a booklet the day before yesterday, which contained real questions from past years and articles by many successful candidates.
These things are of great reference value, so after class in the past two days, he not only read the books he bought in Fucheng, but also studied the real test questions and other articles about people.
He is not a talented player. Although his memory is good, it cannot reach the level of photographic memory, so he is really tired after a whole day.
Now he didn't even think about making stuffed rice with Tao Zhujiangjiang. He just wanted to hold Tao Zhu and have a good sleep.
After a good night's sleep, his exhaustion was gone. He had breakfast, put on the academy uniform, carried the backpack that Tao Zhu had sewn for him, and prepared to leave for the academy.
He wanted to kiss Tao Zhu before going out, and Tao Zhu's cheeks turned red. Only then did he let go and hurried out to go to school.
When I arrived at the academy, I entered the senior class and a full day of study began.
There are many people in the academy, and Bai Jiaoyu alone cannot teach so many people. Therefore, Shen Xuezheng and several tutors will act as lecturers and teach many students.
However, Shen Xuezheng and several tutors only teach the proliferative and epiphyseal classes, while Bai Jiaoyu is the only one in charge of the junior high school class.
In fact, in the past, Bai Jiaoyu would not be so obvious about his partiality, but who allowed Li Qiao to be in the current junior class? Bai Jiaoyu was reluctant to give up this short opportunity to get along with others, and he was just and fair in his partiality.
If Li Qiao hadn't refused to let him be his personal trainer, he would have really wanted to give Li Qiao one-on-one tutoring.
Bai Jiaoyu's enthusiasm has benefited the entire junior class. Xu Ying, Meng Yue, Zhuang Wen and the others are very happy, especially Xu Ying. He has Shen Xuezheng as his personal trainer, and now he has another Bai Jiaoyu. , the two candidates taught each other everything they could, and he had a little more confidence in this provincial examination.
There is really only a trace of it, and that's a national examination, and only forty people are admitted in the entire province every three years.
This admission rate is too cruel. How could a young man like him pass the exam?
He is self-aware.
However, Li Qiao's words are also reasonable. Since you have chosen to end up, you must not leave any regrets, otherwise you will definitely regret it for three years.
Li Qiao was not stingy and always shared his learning experiences with him, Meng Yue and Zhuang Wen. He was also not stingy and shared Shen Xuezheng's experience.
In this kind of mutual discussion, the days passed quickly, and the wheat harvest was over in a blink of an eye.
There is only half a month left before departure for the capital.
Li Chuntao is also getting engaged to Zhang Tiansheng.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu returned to Sanliu Village one day early.
Now they live in the county town, so Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian moved to the front yard with Li Xiaorui and were responsible for looking after the house.
As soon as they arrived home, they were warmly welcomed by Li Xiaorui.
Because Zheng Qianqian didn't make snacks and had more free time, she took Li Xiaorui to the county town every few days to look for Tao Zhu. The more times she searched, Li Xiaorui remembered Tao Zhu. At this time, she saw Tao Zhu enter the yard. Her body fluttered vigorously in Zheng Qianqian's arms, and she stretched out her short hands for Tao Zhu to hug her.
Tao Zhu fell in love with Li Xiaorui so much that he quickly walked over and took him from Zheng Qianqian's arms.
"I haven't seen you for a few days and it's getting worse again."
Tao Zhu hugged Li Xiaorui, weighed it, and said to Zheng Qianqian with a smile.
"No! Now the milk of one sheep is not enough for him, so Dashan bought two more sheep."
Zheng Qianqian rubbed his arms as he spoke. When Li Qiao and Tao Zhu just returned from Fucheng, he could easily carry Li Xiaorui with one hand.
Now that two months have passed, it is already difficult for him to carry it with one hand. The little fat guy is growing so fast!
"It's a blessing to be able to eat. Children are cuter when they are white and fat." Tao Zhu said, reaching out and pinching Li Xiaorui's fat face. The touch was extremely good.
Li Xiaorui was pinched and smiled even more happily. He grinned and kept ahhing at Tao Zhu, which was quite similar to Li Dashan's silly smile.
Tao Zhu wanted to laugh but was also a little worried. This child must inherit Zheng Qianqian's cleverness. He is the hope of Zheng Qianqian and Li Dashan.
Soon, Li Gu, Li Liang and others came.
Li Gu went to the county before and after the wheat harvest to tell Li Qiao and Tao Zhu about this year's wheat harvest. Now that Li Qiao and Tao Zhu are back, he wants them to go to the warehouse to see the newly collected wheat.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu really wanted to see their harvest, so they went to the warehouse for a walk.
Their family planted 200 acres of wheat this year, and one acre of land produced more than 300 kilograms. This year, they harvested a total of just over 70,000 kilograms of wheat.
This much wheat is still not enough for this year's snacks and meals, but Li Qiao doesn't plan to grow more crops. The land in his hands is limited, and he still needs to grow sweet potatoes and watermelons.
You must have a variety of sweet potatoes, this is the most profitable.
Last year's watermelon also gave him a lot of surprises, so this year he planted 80 acres.
However, he and Tao Zhu were in the capital when the watermelons were ripe.
By the time he and Tao Zhu came back, the watermelons had almost been sold out, and the two of them could only catch up with the little tail eating the watermelon.
Thinking of watermelon, Li Qiao suddenly felt melancholy.
He and Tao Zhu bought so many fields, but they were no longer in Sanliu Village soon. Land in the capital was expensive, so if you wanted to buy fields in the capital, you would have to spend a lot of money.
Thinking about the housing and land prices in Beijing, the money he has is actually nothing...
Still need to make more money.
The market in Fucheng is very large, so you might consider selling dim sum in Fucheng as well.
The night passed quickly, and the next day was the engagement banquet of Li Chuntao and Zhang Tiansheng.
Although it was an engagement, because Zhou Mingsheng was there, the engagement banquet was extremely lively. Not only did they beat gongs, drums and set off firecrackers, they also invited the whole village to eat together. The grandness was comparable to other people's weddings.
Li Chuntao was dressed up, wearing the hair and face given to her by Tao Zhu, wearing brocade clothes, and makeup on her face. Her facial features alone were not very beautiful, but with the calm and confident temperament she had developed in recent years, the whole People are so beautiful that others can't take their eyes away.
Seeing Li Chuntao like this, Baiyou praised him, and then talked about Zhou Mingsheng's current situation.
The news that Li Chuntao was going to be engaged to Zhang Tiansheng had spread out a long time ago, and the quarrels in Zhou Mingsheng's family got even worse, reaching the level of quarrels every day.
Li Qiao was very satisfied after hearing this. This is the plot of Shuangwen. Li Chuntao is getting better and better, while Zhou Mingsheng is getting worse and worse.
However, the scumbag has not yet received the retribution he deserves. Before he leaves for the capital, he must find an opportunity to get Zhou Mingsheng to tell the truth.
After Li Chuntao's engagement party, the Zhang family came to Sanliu Village.
Li Chuntao made it clear that it was impossible for her to marry into the Zhang family. Even if she got married, she would stay in Sanliu Village.
Zhang Tiansheng also wants to stay in Sanliu Village.
Of course, Zhang Tiansheng did not count as a wife, but Li Chuntao was in a special situation and could only do this.
Zhang Tiansheng had no objection to this. How many people wanted to come to Sanliu Village but couldn't yet come. It happened that Li Qiao needed manpower, so he asked his family to come over.
First, they rented a house in Sanliu Village, and then bought a homestead and built a house in Sanliu Village. The Zhang family saved some money from sweet potatoes and could afford to build a house.
After the house is built, the Zhang family will stay in Sanliu Village.
Zhang has a large family, more than 20 people old and young, and Tao Zhu asked them to learn how to make snacks.
As for the duck goods workshop, we also need to recruit more people.
Things are expensive in the capital, so he and Li Qiao need to save more money.
After all this was arranged, it was time for Li Qiao to set off for the capital.
The capital is quite far from Pingcheng. If you want to take the official road, you have to go to Fucheng first and follow the official road from Fucheng to the capital. Such a trip would still take five days, even if there is an adobe road between Pingcheng and Fucheng.
If you don't take the official road, you have to take a remote path, but the path is not only bumpy, but also takes no less time than taking the official road.
Li Qiao was not interested in Xiaolu, and Xu Ying, Meng Yue, and Zhuang Wen, who also planned to give it a try this year, were not interested in Xiaolu either. The group all decided to take the official road.
The luggage was packed quickly, but one day before departure, Han Xiaoyan suddenly came looking for him.
Han Xiaoyan came to admit his mistake.
She cried with tears, snot and tears, and Li Qiao couldn't tell whether she was sincere or fake.
However, Li Qiao didn't care whether she was sincere or fake, so he dealt with it according to Li Shu and Tao Tao's experience.
Let it dry first and let time prove whether she has corrected herself or not.
If he doesn't become a demon in the next two years, he can naturally go back to work in the sweet potato workshop.
After handling Han Xiaoyan's matter, the next day, facing the morning glow, he and Tao Zhu sat in an ox cart and set foot on the road to the capital under the watch of everyone.
Chapter 94 Arriving at the capital and entering the examination room
Different from the previous two trips to Fucheng, this time there was an ox cart from the banker and less carriage from the Shen family.
This time Shen Hua did not go to the capital, he stayed in Pingcheng.
Li Qiao and Taozhu still brought Li Ershan and Li Xia with them, but Li Gu and Li Liang felt that they were too young to do the job and had to let them bring Li Chunsheng with them, so in the end, the five of them went to the capital together.
They drove four ox carts, and more than half of the luggage contained Li Qiao's books.
After the group arrived in Fucheng, the four scholars, Li Qiao, Zhuang Wen, Meng Yue, and Xu Ying, first took the official certificate issued by the county government to the government office and asked the officials of the government government to stamp the official certificate. This was required for them to register for the provincial examination. What they must have is not only the admission ticket, but also a guide and proof of their identity.
After taking care of business, the group did not stay in Fucheng for long. They headed to the capital under the leadership of the Xu family.
The Xu family is in the wine-making and pawnshop business, and has a branch in the capital, so it's just a matter of following the Xu family.
Xu Ying is the hope of the entire Xu family. Although he himself has no confidence in this provincial examination, his family still attaches great importance to him. His third uncle, three brothers and sisters-in-law, a total of seven family members, traveled with him to take care of his daily life during this trip. .
Regarding the Xu family's battle, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu felt that it was not easy for Xu Ying, but at the same time they were worried about Shen Hua.
Tao Zhu regretted a little. He should have called Shen Hua. What was the point of him and Li Qiao choosing a scholar better than Xu Ying? The most important thing was that Shen Hua liked it.
After leaving Fucheng, a group of people set foot on Fucheng - the official road of the capital. This official road is a dirt road that has not been repaired in three years. There are many large and small potholes on it, and oxcarts without tires walk on it. The turbulence was so severe that I couldn't read at all.
Li Qiao sat on the shaft of the carriage and drove the carriage with Tao Zhu.
In the summer, the sun was shining brightly. However, before setting off, Li Qiao built a simple wooden frame on the carriage. Freshly cut branches and leaves were tied to the wooden frame. It could not only cover him and Tao Zhu on the carriage shaft, but also the front of the carriage. All the cattle can be covered.
This shape is a bit weird, but the effect is very good. Sitting on the shaft of the cart, holding a big cattail leaf fan in your hand, and placing a basin of ice cubes made of saltpeter behind you, the journey is not too difficult.
Following the official road, they first entered Yongxing County. After walking for two days, the group left Yongxing County and entered the boundaries of the capital.
It was the first time for Tao Zhu to be so far away from home. He was a little surprised. This was a trip out of the house.
However, after watching it for a long time, his interest gradually faded away.
Although I left the mansion, there were farmlands on both sides of the official road. Most of these farmlands grew sweet potatoes. In addition, there were also corn, millet, yellow rice, sorghum and other miscellaneous grains.
