Zhang Luoyi only persisted in doing embroidery for three days before she couldn't continue. Of course, her explanation was that her finger was pricked by needles too many times and she had to heal the injury first.
Wu Shichu was well aware of her excuse, but she had no objection. After all, she was definitely not the one who would be anxious when she ran out of money.
The time for the scholar's exam came soon. Wu Shichu asked Sister-in-law Song to pack some ready-made dry food and give it to Han Ji. He had to go to the county two days in advance to prepare for the exam. In order to save money on the way, he could only eat dry food.
"Ms. sir, you must pay attention to safety, and be careful not to get separated when you set off with your classmates..." Zhang Luoyi reluctantly told Han Ji, "How about I give you some more money? You can't be separated when you are away from home." Don’t be too frugal.”
This time, Zhang Luoyi paid for Han Ji's travel expenses and registration fee for the scholar examination. There was no way, the little money Han Ji earned himself was negligible, and Wu Shichu stopped doing embroidery work because of "poor health", so Zhang Luoyi had to pay for it. If he didn't use his dowry again, there would be two things like this. Since he spent more than a dozen taels of silver to buy a servant girl, and then spent dozens of taels of silver to test Han Ji's talent, Zhang Luoyi convinced herself faster this time.
Although Han Ji didn't want to use his wife's dowry, he didn't even have the money to travel without him, so he had no choice but to accept his wife's kindness.
"No, the money is enough for me. Don't worry too much. I won't wrong myself when I go out. You have to take good care of your mother at home." Han Ji said goodbye to Zhang Luoyi reluctantly.
When sending Han Ji to the oxcart in the village, Zhang Luoyi's eyes were red and she was extremely reluctant to leave. Wu Shichu patted Han Ji on the shoulder in an unusual way and said, "Just go all out, mother and you." My wife is waiting for your good news at home."
"Mom, I won't let you down." Han Ji said with great enthusiasm and longing for the future.
The bullock cart soon took Han Ji away. The villagers asked Wu Shichu, "How sure is Han Ji of taking the exam this time?"
"About 60% to 70%." Wu Shichu replied, "His father and son at the academy said that if there are no accidents, he has a high chance of being admitted as a scholar this time."
"Hey, then let's wait to drink Xiucai Gong's wedding wine!" The villagers said in a flattering manner, but they would not deliberately say bad things to bring bad luck to others at this time.
"I appreciate your words! If Han Ji really succeeds in becoming a scholar, he will definitely entertain guests!" Wu Shichu said without hesitation.
Everyone walked to their homes talking and laughing. When they reached a relatively remote place, they suddenly saw a tall man outside a thatched house that was about to collapse. He was bending down to tidy up the weeds in front of the house. .
"Who is that person? Why are you pulling weeds in front of that broken house?" An old woman with gray hair and blurry eyes asked, trying hard to keep her eyes open.
"I don't know him. I haven't seen him before. Is he from our village?" said another villager in his thirties.
"Hey, why do I feel familiar?!" A sixty-year-old man slapped his head, frowned and tried to recall. After a while, he shouted excitedly, "Isn't this? Is he the son of the Gao family? Gao Orion who fled to our village more than 40 years ago. That shabby house belongs to Gao Orion's family. This man must be the son of Gao Orion. Didn't he go somewhere? Why? Come back again? I thought he died outside..."
"So he is the son of Gao Orion's family? Then he must be thirty or forty years old now, right?"
"Do you want to ask? Find out what he is doing when he comes back."
"Then go and ask?"
…
So a group of people really walked towards that man. When the man saw a group of people coming, he nodded to the elders and said, "Hello, uncles and aunties, I am Gao Li. I have just returned home from the army. Wait. I’ve tidied up the house, and then I’ll invite all the elders to drink warm house wine.”
"Are you really Gao Orion's son? Did you join the army before?" the leading old man asked curiously.
Gao Li nodded: "Yes, I used to fight everywhere and have no stable place to stay. Now that the war is finally over and the emperor has graciously allowed us to disband and return to our fields, I have come back."
"Oh, that's not easy. War is dangerous, isn't it? Have you ever been injured?" The younger man is more interested in war. Their village is far away from the border where wars often occur, and almost no wars happen here. , so there are many curious people.
"Of course I was injured, and even almost died, but the King of Hell refused to accept me and let me come back alive." Gao Li raised his thick black eyebrows and said in a very relaxed tone.
Wu Shichu looked at the tendons all over his body. This guy was about 1.85 meters tall. In this era when the average man was over 1.6 meters tall, he was truly outstanding. His arms were as thick as other people's thighs, and his waist was lean. He is very powerful, his legs are long and straight, and the thin trouser legs cannot cover his smooth leg muscles.
Such a man should be very brave on the battlefield, right? Otherwise, there would be no life left to wait until they were disarmed and returned to the field.
Gao Li suddenly felt a line of sight that was obviously different from ordinary people and had a strong sense of probing. He suddenly looked at the source of this line of sight, but was shocked to find that it was not some sharp-eyed and unpredictable country man, but A woman in her thirties with fair skin and a soft face looked at him like this.
When Wu Shi first saw Gao Li looking at him, he smiled and nodded at him. Gao Li was surprised for a while, then nodded, and then continued talking to others.
Zhang Luoyi couldn't help but approach Wu Shichu at this time, and lowered her voice and said: "Mom, this man looks really fierce. Is he really returning from the army, instead of being a bandit and becoming a good man?"
When Wu Shichu heard what she said, he couldn't help but chuckle. Gao Li was indeed quite fierce-looking, with high eyebrows and deep eyes, sharp and dark eyes, a high nose bridge, clear facial contours, and neat lines. In addition, there was a sharp eye at the corner of his right eye. There is a scar that can make a child cry.
But in fact, if you look closely, you can see that he is quite handsome, with good facial features, and together he has a handsome face. Unfortunately, his dark skin color and scars cover up his handsomeness, leaving him only fierce.
"Don't talk nonsense. Look at his figure. If he hadn't been a soldier who had been trained for a long time, he wouldn't have such a straight waist." Wu Shichu replied.
"But he is tall and powerful, so scary." Zhang Luoyi's favorite type is a white-faced scholar like Han Ji, who is gentle and handsome. When she sees a wild and tough man like Gao Li, she naturally feels intimidated.
But no matter how scary he was, he couldn't scare Wu Shichu. After Gao Li greeted everyone for a while, he said goodbye to everyone on the grounds that he still needed to clean up the house and was very busy.
His return has aroused everyone's heated discussion, and he has been the talk of the town recently.
