"I'm tired of writing books, so I need to do some activities."
Qin Zhao leaned over and covered Cao Xi's clothes with his own clothes, and covered them with another basin.
Qi Qige's eyes flashed when he saw the clothes in the basin. He didn't expect that Cao Xi's clothes were also washed by Qin Zhao. This was beyond his expectation.
"You sit down first and I'll get you some snacks."
Qin Zhao asked Qi Qige to sit under the jujube tree, while he went to the bedroom to take out the snacks Cao Xi made for him.
Looking at the plates of snacks in front of her, Qi Qige clicked her tongue twice.
"I didn't expect that Brother Qin Zhao, who looks cold and cold, would actually like to eat snacks."
"Cao Xi made it all himself. It's not enough if you don't eat it. It's delicious if you try it."
Qin Zhao smiled, not showing off at all.
"Childish" Qi Qige picked up the spicy rabbit meat and put it in her mouth, the aroma filled her entire mouth
"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's even better if it's spicy." Chiqige reached out to eat the cat ears again.
Qin Zhao: "Cao Xi knew that I couldn't eat spicy food, so he didn't eat more."
The crunchy cat ears made a crunching sound when being chewed. Qi Qige was too lazy to pay attention to Qin Zhao, picked up the teapot next to her and poured herself a cup of tea.
Qi Qige: "Why is this tea sweet?"
Qin Zhao smiled, "There is licorice in it. Cao Xi was afraid that I would get angry, so he used licorice instead of tea."
"Tsk, my teeth are sore from you. You show off like this and you are not afraid that Cao Xi will be snatched away by others."
Qi Qige was about to reach out for the winter melon candy when Qin Zhao moved her away.
"What are you doing?" Qi Qige asked, looking at Qin Zhao with a displeased face.
Qin Zhao: "Take back what you just said, otherwise don't blame me for falling out."
"Okay, okay, I was wrong." Qiqige surrendered immediately. He was convinced.
Qin Zhao: "What are you doing here today?"
"It's okay, I just missed you when I was bored." He said and reached for the cat's ears again.
Seeing that he was fine, Qin Zhao didn't ask any more questions, and the two of them chatted here and there.
Ever since Qi Qige found out where Qin Zhao lived, he would come over for a meal from time to time. Qin Zhao's home became his second favorite place, the first being the academy.
Time flies by. Today is the day when Qin Zhao releases the list. The place where the list is released is crowded. Qin Zhao asks Cao Xi to wait outside. He can just squeeze in. But before he can get to the front of the list, he is pulled by Qi Qige who is squeezing out. come out.
Qi Qig: “I’ve seen it.”
"What's the result?" Qin Zhao asked
"What else can I do? If I win, you are first and I am second." Qi Qige didn't take it seriously.
Qin Zhao: "Oh, let's go back then"
Now that you know the result, there is no need to rush around with a group of people.
Cao Xi saw Qin Zhao coming back and said, "It's so fast. Did you see it?"
Qin Zhao explained, "I didn't see it, Qi Qige said I was hit."
"Really? That's great."
Cao Xi was beaming with joy, clapping and spinning around on the spot.
"No, I have to take a look in person, don't use the same name."
After saying that, Cao Xi rushed to the front of the list, regardless of the two people around him.
Qi Qige quickly stopped her, "Sister, it's not the same name. How could I recognize the wrong person? We are next to each other."
Although she knew he wouldn't lie, Cao Xi still wanted to see it with her own eyes. In the end, Qin Zhao couldn't hold her back and had to squeeze in to see it again.
Cao Xi felt relieved when he heard the news Qin Zhao brought back.
He proudly said to Qi Qige: "I knew Qin Zhao would definitely pass the exam, he is the smartest."
Qi Qige: .........It’s not that one family doesn’t enter the same house, the ancients sincerely don’t deceive me.
While they were talking, a boy ran over and said, "Young master, I want you to go home."
The visitor was a young boy from Qi Qige's family. He probably heard that he had passed the examination as a scholar, so he asked him to go home. Qin Zhao said goodbye to Qi Qige and went home with Cao Xi.
"When will you announce our relationship?"
Qin Zhao has wanted to ask this question for a long time, and finally asked it today.
"The day after tomorrow, let's go buy some vegetables. Let's invite everyone over for a meal the day after tomorrow to celebrate your passing as a scholar and also announce our relationship. How about it?" Cao Xi raised his head to ask Qin Zhao for his opinion.
If Qin Zhao had an opinion, he wanted to announce it to the public right now.
"Listen to you." Qin Zhao smiled sweetly, which made him happier than being admitted as a scholar.
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The banquet was held under the jujube tree, and Cao Xi specially rented a large round table. Most of the meals were ordered from the restaurant, but Cao Xi cooked a few special dishes himself, and invited Qi Qige, who was familiar with them from the Tutu Temple. Old man, nine people fit into a table.
On the day of the banquet, Qi Qige was the first guest to arrive. This young master was active in everything except going home.
Qi Qige circled Qin Zhao for a while, then Cao Xi for a while, and finally stopped in front of the dishes waiting to be served.
Look at him sitting around those plates of food without moving.
"I didn't do anything, but I had the nerve to say that I was here to help." Qin Zhao glared at him fiercely.
Qiqige stared at him in confusion. Didn't he work? After thinking about it, it seems that I really didn't do it.
He laughed and said, "Then I'll put the table." After saying that, he left the kitchen.
Cao Xi looked amused and said, "Go and help him. The table is too big for him to fit alone."
When Qin Zhao heard what Cao Xi said, his eyes were filled with sadness, as if it was written how could you do this to me. Finally, he found that Cao Xi was indifferent, so he could only take a deep breath and go out to help Qi Qige put the table.
"I knew you had to come out and help me." Qiqige rolled the round table with difficulty
Qin Zhao rolled his eyes at Qi Qige, "I'm afraid you'll damage the rented table and I'll have to pay for it."
"No, you are afraid that I will mess up the identification party."
After saying that, he couldn't stop laughing. He looked like he wanted to be beaten. It really made people's hands itch.
"Your family," Qin Zhao paused mid-sentence, thinking for a moment, "Has there been a banquet for you?"
“I heard it was done”
On the day she was called back, Chichige had a long talk with her father in the study. As a result, there was no protagonist at the celebration banquet.
Hearing what he said, Qin Zhao didn't know what to say, so the two of them worked together to arrange the tables and chairs, and put some tea and fruit plates on them.
People attending the banquet arrived one after another.
"congratulations"
Li Feng smiled on his face, but there was no joy in his heart. In the same living environment and different life trajectories, he could always see hope in Qin Zhao and reality in himself.
Qin Zhao: "Thank you for coming to the banquet." Only they themselves know about their relationship, and it is very rigid.
When Da Zhuang and Dayong came over, they picked up four baskets of charcoal.
Dayong smiled naively, "Please order some charcoal by the way, so I won't have to make a separate trip next time." The two of them took the charcoal into the woodshed with ease.
"Brother Zhao, congratulations on being admitted as a scholar. This is the purse I embroidered for you."
Xiaorui ran to Qin Zhao when no one was paying attention, and carefully handed over the purse. The emerald green purse was very beautiful with mandarin ducks embroidered on it.
"Thank you, I already have my wallet." Qin Zhao declined politely.
Xiao Rui looked at Qin Zhao with her big watery eyes, and never put down the hand holding her purse.
"You can change your belt"
The purse was taken away from her eyes. Xiaorui hurriedly turned around and found the buffalo turning over the purse.
"I happen to be short of a purse. Since he doesn't want it, just give it to me." After saying that, he put it in his arms and turned around to leave.
Xiaorui grabbed the buffalo and was so anxious that tears almost flowed out.
"Give it to me quickly, I made this for Brother Zhao"
They were still fighting, but Qin Zhao had already come to the kitchen
"Everyone is here, it's time to serve the food." He wanted to start dinner early and announce their relationship early so that the group of people could rest their minds.
Cao Xi: "Okay, ask them all to come over and serve the food."
They are all acquaintances and they are not so polite. One person carries a plate and the food is almost ready.
There was a circle of people sitting around the dining table, and the atmosphere was relatively harmonious. But just after eating for a while, Cao Xi was kicked. Cao Xi looked at Qin Zhao in confusion, with "Why are you kicking me?" in his eyes.
