He suddenly crossed class lines. Who wouldn’t want to have this kind of scenery?
Master Huang, who is currently in the private school, used to be Li Qiao's personal tutor, and Li Qiao didn't hide his secrets and openly published various learning tips.
In this kind of atmosphere, who doesn’t hope that their children can fly across classes and climb branches.
Reading is really useful, you must read!
Li Qiao was very satisfied that the villagers were willing to let their children study. Studying is indeed useful. Even if they fail to pass the imperial examination, it is still very useful in daily life.
Now Sanliu Village is no longer the small mountain village with few outsiders all year round. Sanliu Village is developing so fast, and the knowledge and vision of the villagers must keep up.
Pingcheng is also developing very well.
The arrival of a large number of foreign traders made all walks of life in Pingcheng a lot more lively.
However, after the New Year, Jiang Zhixian's three-year term of office has expired. He has already begun to receive the salary of a fifth-grade official. It is certain that he will leave Pingcheng next year.
It's time for Pingcheng to change to a new magistrate next year.
But the Holy One once wrote a short essay for vermicelli, praising Pingcheng for breaking out of the vicious circle of cheap grain, harming farmers, expensive rice, and harming the people. Pingcheng had only been wealthy for a few years, and the Holy One would definitely not send a corrupt official to come and harm the people.
Therefore, Li Qiao is not worried about Pingcheng's future.
Everything was fine. At the end of September, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu got on an ox cart. Amid the tears of their relatives and villagers, Li Qiao, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue followed the Han family's caravan on their way to the capital. .
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu led Li Ershan and Li Xia.
Li Xiaorui is too young and cannot live without Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian. For the rest of the Li family, the adult is the mainstay of the family, and the underage is too young, so it seems that Li Ershan and Li Xia are the right ones, no? Big or small, not married yet, just right.
There were many people traveling with him. After arriving in the capital, several people lived together and would act together if anything happened. Tao Zhu had someone to accompany him, so Li Qiao didn't bring more people with him.
The dealer was just like when he went to the capital, Zhuang Wen brought three people from Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun Manor.
Xu Ying took Shen Hua with her.
That day Shen Hua rejected Xu Ying's proposal of marriage. Xu Ying was anxious and sad. Before he went to Shen's house, he never thought that Shen Hua would reject him, but the pain in his heart was real. He wanted to marry Shen Painting, I really want to.
This time when he went to the capital, Shen Hua was not with him. He was actually a little uncomfortable with it, so when he came back, he was thinking about going to the Shen family to propose marriage.
Now that Shen Hua rejected him, he felt uncomfortable and blamed himself.
But it was impossible to leave. He was originally sorry for Shen Hua, so after calming down, he promised Shen Hua that after getting married, he would live in the Shen family and not go back to the Xu family.
But it's not a marriage.
The love and support the Xu family gave him over the years was not fake. He couldn't let go of his family, but he really wanted to get married to Shen Hua. In order to avoid Shen Hua being wronged, he decided to live in the Shen family after marriage. proposal.
Of course, there is another situation. If he wins the Jinshi this time and gets an official position, then whether he stays in the capital or is sent abroad, he and Shen Hua do not need to return to the Xu family.
In short, he would not let Shen Hua be wronged.
The Xu family's behavior of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge made the entire Shen family furious.
But Xu Ying is a good child, and Shen Hua is indeed not young, so Shen Xuezheng and Mrs. Shen worked tirelessly to make Xu Ying determined that she would never let Shen Hua be wronged or let the Xu family embarrass Shen Hua. After that, they hurriedly arranged a marriage for Xu Yingchenhua at the Shen family.
Shen Xuezheng and Mrs. Shen have watched Xu Ying grow up, especially in recent years, Xu Ying has been living in the Shen family, and they understand Xu Ying's temperament.
Now that the Xu family is forcing Xu Ying not to return to the Xu family, then Xu Ying can live in the Shen family. They will treat it as having an extra son, and Shen Hua doesn't have to leave home.
As for whether it would arouse ridicule from outsiders, Shen Xuezheng and Mrs. Shen were too lazy to think about it.
Even if the world laughs, it is only laughing at the Xu family.
They have a son, and Hua Ge's life is going well. Outsiders can laugh at him if they want, it won't affect their life.
Since Xu Ying and Shen Hua are already married and they are newlyweds, when Xu Ying goes to Beijing to participate in the examination, Shen Hua will naturally accompany her.
In addition to Shen Hua, the Xu family was also there.
The people who followed Xu Ying into Beijing this time were still Xu Ying's uncle and brother. There were ten people in total, more than when they went to the capital.
The Xu family and Shen Hua disliked each other, but in front of many outsiders, the two sides just ignored each other and did not argue in public.
Meng Yue originally didn't want to take part in the examination. His foundation was really too weak. He felt that he was just lucky enough to pass the examination.
However, Li Qiao, Xu Ying and Zhuang Wen had to take part in the examination, so he changed his mind.
He had to go, he didn't want to be alone.
After he won the exam, many people went to Meng's house to give gifts, and his relatives were a hundred times more enthusiastic than before. Countless people wanted to sponsor him to go to Beijing to take the examination.
But he refused everyone's gift.
This year, his sweet potatoes sold for a lot of money, so he bought a bullock cart, borrowed money from Xu Ying, and then took his eldest brother and younger brother to Beijing to take the exam.
He had previously stayed at the Xu family when he went to Fucheng to take exams, and also stayed at the Xu family when he went to the capital. Although he also paid for transportation and food, his little money could not pay for the treatment provided by the Xu family.
This time he wanted to bring his eldest brother and younger brother with him. He was too embarrassed to use the Xu family's car anymore, so he bought a bullock cart and borrowed money, planning to live alone after entering Beijing.
Xu Ying helped him a lot when he was able to pass the exam, and he had said thanks countless times. But at this time, he was unable to repay this friendship with his small actions. He could only keep it in his heart and repay it when he had the opportunity.
The Han family already had few hands, and this time they had four more Li Qiao children, so the Han family only transported fifty carriages of vermicelli, so as to free up manpower to take care of Li Qiao and others, and at the same time reduce the burden. Hurry up.
Han Ning's idea was simple. If Li Qiao wanted to go slowly, the caravan would follow suit. But if Li Qiao wanted to enter Beijing quickly, the caravan must have the ability to enter Beijing quickly. Therefore, less vermicelli will be transported this time to ensure that the fleet can meet the different needs of Li Qiao.
The total number of people in the convoy totaled more than a hundred vehicles. These vehicles lined up in a long line on the official road from Pingcheng to Fucheng, heading to Fucheng in the cold wind of late September.
After arriving in Fucheng, Li Qiao, Zhuang Wen, Meng Yue and Xu Ying first went to the government office to stamp the official seal. After finishing their business, they visited the Ming Prefecture.
They continued on their way without stopping in Fucheng.
After leaving Fucheng, there was a bumpy dirt road, and the speed of the team slowed down.
This time, we were not taking the official road to the capital, but the bumps were still there. It was impossible to study when an ox cart was driving on this road.
Li Qiao didn't want to become short-sighted, but the test was about to happen. He could only study in every possible way, while eating, staying in an inn, and when the road was not so bumpy. In short, he used all available time.
Li Qiao's hard work could easily infect other people. Meng Yue and Xu Ying learned from him and also studied every opportunity. They were both young and strong.
But Zhuang Wen can't.
After sitting in the car shaking all day, by night his body felt like it was falling apart, and he was so tired that he just wanted to sleep.
He was really powerless when it came to studying.
He was extremely glad that he came this time. If he took the exam again three years later, his condition would only be worse.
After leaving Hexi Prefecture, the convoy entered the territory of Hedong Prefecture, crossed Hedong Prefecture, and then left the original He Province.
Traveling in ancient times cannot be compared with Li Qiao's previous life. Even if you take the official road, you may not see a village for a long time.
If the Han family's own convoy is on the road, it usually eats dry food and makes do with what they can, but now with the four comrades like Li Qiao, the convoy must make a fire to cook every day.
At noon that day, the motorcade left the official road and stopped to rest by a small river.
It's time to make lunch.
Tao Zhu carried the iron stove from the ox cart, Li Ershan carried the iron pot with kitchen knives, oil, salt and other seasonings, and Li Xia carried the small table and chopping board, and the three of them went to the river.
Li Qiao wanted to read a book, and the three of them made lunch.
Although it was in the wild, Tao Zhu didn't want to make do with it, so he brought all the pots and pans, rice noodles, dried vegetables, and seasonings.
The Zhuang family, Xu family, and Meng family also started cooking.
The Zhuang family and the Meng family cook for themselves, while the Xu family and Shen Hua have servants, so they don't have to do it themselves.
Xu Ying was also reading. Shen Hua and the Xu family were disgusted with each other, so they brought maid Xiaoqiu over to find Tao Zhu.
"Brother Zhu, what do you want to cook?" Shen Hua asked before he reached Tao Zhu.
"Make braised noodles."
Tao Zhu was scooping flour into the pottery basin and said something without raising his head when he heard the words.
Li Qiao was afraid that it would be hard for him, so he always said that he could just make a big pot of stew, but he didn't want to save trouble. Li Qiao was in a hurry and studying, and he wanted Li Qiao to eat better.
In order to have fresh vegetables to eat, he used soybeans to make bean sprouts. When he passed through a town yesterday, he also bought pork. With both meat and vegetables, he could eat braised noodles.
"Wow, I want to eat it too. Let's eat together later. Aunt Zhang made steamed rice, and the side dish is cabbage and fried bacon."
Aunt Zhang is his family's cook, so he specially brought her with her.
"Okay." Tao Zhu smiled and nodded.
The Shen family's bacon is made by people from Sanliu Village. It tastes good and both he and Li Qiao like to eat it.
He also brought bacon, but the bacon had to be boiled before eating. He was making braised noodles, so he didn't have enough free time.
In fact, he brought two pots, but Li Qiao had a big appetite, and Li Ershan had a big appetite, so both pots had to be used to steam braised noodles and couldn't cook bacon.
It's just right to have dinner with Shen Hua now. In addition to braised noodles, Li Qiao can also eat bacon.
"Xiao Qiu, go tell Aunt Zhang and ask her to do more." Shen Hua told Xiao Qiu.
After Xiao Qiu left, he walked to Tao Zhu and planned to help Tao Zhu.
During the more than two years of his depression, he actually thought about it a lot.
After thinking about it, he felt that what Zheng Qianqian said was right. He needed to do something. This was not necessarily for Xu Ying. He wanted to find something for himself.
On the one hand, it was to kill time so as not to focus on Xu Ying all day long.
On the other hand, he really wanted to learn something.
Brother Youyou has been learning how to manage a farm, a shop, and grow crops since he was a child, but he has been hanging around Xu Ying since he was just eating and playing, and he is like a loser.
He doesn't want to be a waste anymore, he wants to change.
So, he learned cooking skills, needlework, and how to manage a shop and village.
However, his cooking skills are average and not as good as Tao Zhu's, so he can only serve as a starter.
"Just rest. Ershan and Brother Xia are here." Tao Zhu shook his head.
"I have nothing to do anyway."
Shen Hua rolled up his sleeves.
Seeing that Li Xia was going to wash the bean sprouts and pork, he wanted to wash them too.
Seeing this, Tao Zhu didn't stop him anymore. When he and Li Xia came back together, their little hands were all red from the ice on the river.
"Go and warm yourself up over the fire." Tao Zhu said while making noodles.
Li Ershan has already lit up the stove and is going to boil a clay pot of hot water to make tea.
