Mr. Niu was already thinking about who to talk to to tell this interesting story about Jiang Mixia's family before going to Babaofang to work later.
Sister-in-law Ma? She has the fastest mouth and loves talking nonsense to others.
Aunt Chen is not bad either. She knows the most people. As long as she can spread the word, this matter can spread to several nearby alleys.
Yes, yes, and that...
Niu suddenly felt a sting in his throat.
cough!
Niu hurriedly coughed a few times, trying to cough up the thing that caused the sting in his throat, but after trying several times, it still had no effect, and he even felt more and more painful.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yaosheng was a little unhappy.
There was really no etiquette at all in this appearance at the dinner table.
"I, I..." Niu's voice was hoarse, "The fish bone is stuck."
Just treat it as a big deal.
Zhang Yaosheng frowned and handed the steamed buns on the table to Niu, "Just take two bites."
Yes, usually when someone gets stuck on a fish bone, they usually eat something dry and choke on the fish bone.
Mr. Niu hurriedly took the steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth.
Eat big mouthfuls, not daring to chew too much, just swallowing it like a jujube.
The steamed buns were a little dry, and it was quite difficult to swallow them. Niu had to stretch his neck, and finally went to scoop out a ladle of cold water, trying to swallow the choking steamed buns.
After a lot of effort, I swallowed the steamed buns and drank the water. However, the stinging sensation in my throat never eased. Instead, it became more serious. The whole throat felt as if it had been stabbed open with a knife, and it was burning.
Such pain made Niu subconsciously scratch his neck, and even use a ladle to scoop cold water from the water tank to drink.
In the twelfth lunar month, the sky is almost frozen with drops of water, and the water tank is also covered with thin ice. Zhang Yaosheng is frightened when he pours cold water into his mouth.
"Is everything okay..." Zhang Yaosheng stood up to take a look.
Niu opened her mouth, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make any sound out of her throat!
Are you going to become mute?
Niu was startled, and tried to shout more and more desperately, but in the end he still made a hoarse "ah, ah" sound like a white goose being pinched by the neck.
It’s over…
I'm really going to be mute.
Niu immediately collapsed on the ground.
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It snowed twice in succession.
There was only one day in between.
Both events were covered by heavy snow, and the intervals were short, so that the snow was almost half a foot thick, making walking very difficult.
For Song Jingyun, the distance from home to the academy was relatively short, but even so, most of his shoes and socks would still be wet when traveling in such thick snow.
Regarding this situation, Jiang Michia called Zhucui to study together how to make a pair of special shoes for Song Jingyun and Cheng Mao to step on the snow to make it easier for the two of them to go out.
But before the two of them could figure out how to use snow boots, Song Jingyun and Cheng Mao came back with bags on their backs.
"Why are you back at this hour?" Jiang Michia and Zhu Cui hurriedly prepared hot tea and a hand stove for the two of them.
"It snowed so much that many houses in the academy leaked when the snow melted. In addition, two houses were so heavily weighed down by the snow that there were some cracks in the beams and pillars. The mountain chief was afraid that something would happen, so he asked his family to stay nearby. Let’s go back to study first, and then let us go back after the academy has been repaired.”
Song Jingyun said, "I guess it will take seven or eight days."
On the 7th or 8th, it’s almost time for the exam.
Jiang Michia nodded, "That's good, so as not to run back and forth in the past two days."
And because Jiang Michia felt that the weather was not good before it started to snow, she asked Zhucui and Chengmao to prepare more vegetables and meat at home.
Now there is plenty of charcoal fire at home, as well as enough food and water, so I am not afraid at all even if I stay at home.
Moreover, because it was freezing outside, the family became more and more greedy at home. In addition, Zhucui's cooking skills were really good now, so she started cooking in different ways.
Today we will make noodles with meat, tomorrow we will make braised mutton, today we will have chicken noodle soup at noon, tomorrow we will have hot dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork...
In short, the fragrance above Jiang Michia's home can be said to last forever.
This caused the neighbors on both sides to sniffle their noses and smack their lips from time to time.
"Don't tell me, Mrs. Jiang and Mr. Song are living a very comfortable life at home, and the food they eat is really good."
"There is a reason for eating well. I have heard that Mrs. Jiang is very capable. She has business dealings with Zheng Ji in the county. She also seems to have a cooperative relationship with Qiu Ji."
"That's what happened. When I went to Qiu Ji that time, I heard from relatives who worked in Qiu Ji that the pictures Mrs. Jiang gave Qiu Ji were worth several taels of silver each. There were more than ten pictures in a stack. , you can get it for dozens of taels of silver."
"Tsk, tsk, it's right for someone who makes money quickly and drinks spicy food to be popular all day long."
"This is nothing. I also heard that Mrs. Jiang has a farm in her home. Every year, the tenants and the tenants are so filial that they can't finish the food and drink, let alone a workshop in the home."
"So, there is a reason why people go to restaurants to buy food all day long. It's not a waste of money or anything like that. We can't follow Niu's example and make irresponsible remarks behind his back."
"No, Mr. Niu got his throat pierced by a fish bone. I don't know if it was because of his bad mouth and talking nonsense. God can't stand it anymore."
"It's not safe. There are gods at the top of your head. It's hard to say this. To put it bluntly, if my family was so wealthy, I would eat and drink like this all day long."
"Then I'm different. I don't eat and drink like this. I eat more than Mrs. Jiang's family. I have to buy more dishes..."
…
After several days of sunny weather, the snow gradually melted.
The roof and walls of the academy have also been repaired and returned to normal.
At this time, it was already time for the exam.
The exam took three days to pass, and several masters set questions one after another. The students answered the questions and submitted them within the specified time.
These exams were somewhat modeled on the regular examinations, with the Four Books and Five Classics being tested first, then the rhymes and verses, and finally the current affairs policy.
The first two will be easier to take the test if you read more books. However, when it comes to dealing with current affairs at the end, the topic chosen by Master is "No one is a great sage, and there are few complete materials that can be applied."
This question is a bit cliché, but it is precisely this kind of topic that makes it even more difficult to answer. It is not easy to answer it well.
So much so that by the time they finished the last test, many people were like eggplants beaten by frost, a little wilted.
Only Song Jingyun looked energetic, even cheerful.
"It seems Mr. Song is quite confident in this exam." Wei Liangji's face was full of envy.
It's no wonder that Song Jingyun's study progress is faster than theirs. In an exam like this, if nothing unexpected happens, Song Jingyun will definitely get the first place.
(End of chapter)
