For these ten ridges of vegetable fields, Rong Xia served extremely carefully, in addition to the daily regular watering of the spiritual well water, such as other loose soil, weeding and other tasks are also done by themselves, because of the careful service, within half a month, green seedlings began to grow on the vegetable ridges.

Finally, in anticipation of Rong Xia, the first batch of cabbage and lettuce can be eaten.

Rong Xia pinched and picked the vegetables.

In the kitchen, wash the lettuce, this lettuce is a special variety from Shanxi, it looks a lot smaller than the ordinary lettuce, but it tastes particularly crisp and raw, there is a strong lettuce flavor, Rong Xia is ready to make a garlic lettuce and a minced cabbage.

After hesitating, she still cut ten catties of pork from the space and came back.

The two pigs that can be put into the space by Rong Xia are all good things, these two pigs were raised by Rong Xia for more than two years before they were slaughtered, because they have eaten all kinds of good things since they were children, such as sweet potato vines, miscellaneous grains, swill, etc., and the most important thing is that these things more or less contain the Lingjing water that Rong Xia put in, so this also indirectly leads to these two pigs, which are particularly strong and strong, of course, the meat is also first-class and delicious.

Use the fat part to cook the lard out, wait for the oil to heat up, put in the cabbage cut into sections, stir-fry until Microsoft, put the pork chopped into the filling and fry, then sprinkle a handful of freshly picked shallots, and finally put a Rongxia homemade soybean paste, cover and simmer for a minute, and start the pot.

After loading the dishes, Rong Xia carried the food box to the front yard.

"Young Master, it's time for breakfast!" Rong Xia had a happy smile on his small face: "It's made with newly grown vegetables in the garden, you can taste it." Pei Jinzhi was stunned when he heard this, he glanced at Rong Xia's face, and found that this little girl seemed to be a little darker.

A square porcelain plate with a golden pattern holds two green dishes.

One was torn into thin pieces, drizzled with sesame oil and garlic, and it looked green and watery. The other was served on a plate, and the minced meat filled with sauce was finely covered with the aroma of the dish, and the room was skewered unscrupulously, so that even the saliva in the cheeks was secreted more and more quickly. Under Rong Xia's quiet and nervous gaze, Pei Jinzhi took a mouthful of minced meat and cabbage and put it in his mouth, and the moment the food entered his mouth, his whole body seemed to pause slightly.

This meal, Pei Jinzhi, did not spit it out again.

Rong Xia put the empty porcelain plate into the food box, and when he walked to the door, a call came from behind him.

"Axia...," Pei Jinzhi shouted.

Rong Xia turned around and looked at him suspiciously.

"Thank you, these days, hard work!"

Pei Jinzhi smiled at her.

Rong Xia's little face turned red instantly: "No thanks!" After thinking about it, he quickly added: "Second Young Master, don't worry, before you take the exam, I will definitely do a good job of logistics!!"

The tomato-like little face has a sworn expression, such a Rong Xia looks like a little milk cat meowing at the sky, which is really cute.

Pei Jinzhi nodded and said seriously: "That is the case, that's called please Xiaoxia!"

Rong Xia's footsteps were swaying, and he came out dizzy, and it took a long time to react, wondering, why did the second young master call me Axia?

Are they so familiar?

That's probably the beauty of food. Rong Xia thought a little happily.

Because I promised the other party's "please" , So in the next time, Rong Xia spent all his energy on the ten ridges of vegetable fields, as well as cooking skills, and tried his best to do it every day, I have to say that the second young master Pei has a very tricky tongue A plate of tomato scrambled eggs, he will eat the eggs produced in the space, and the tomatoes are picked aside, a plate of egg dumplings, he will accurately find the pork stuffed dumplings produced in the space, and the rest is not to look at it, although his picky eating behavior began to rise, but after a month of "picking" Pei Anzhi's complexion looked much better. In this regard, the most grateful person is He An, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who held Rong Xia's little hand vigorously, but his face cried like a cat.

Rong Xia had asked how long they would stay here. Pei Jinzhi told her that no matter whether they were in the exam this time or not, they would spend this year in Jinling. When Rong Xia heard this, she began to have some small ideas in her heart, she wanted to raise a few chickens, if she started feeding them now, she would be able to kill and eat meat by the end of the year.

It's just that the ancestral house of the Pei family is so quiet, if you raise a few thrushes or something, it's still an elegant thing, as for raising chickens......

"Yes!" Pei Jin said in a decisive tone.

So, Rong Xia happily grabbed the chicken~~~

Rong Xia got a total of ten chickens, not the kind of yellow fluffy chicks that have just broken their shells, but the kind that has been more than a month and began to grow white bristles, the chicken nest is made by He An, surrounded by a circle of high wooden boards, Rong Xia gave this group of chickens a sweet potato vine born by Lingjing water, and specially took out a bag of rice bran bran stored in the space and cooked it for them to eat. Every five days, the chickens can also come out to let the wind out under the care of Rong Xia and eat the small insects in the ground.

Rong Xia felt in his heart that this kind of life of cooking, farming, and raising chickens was really very good.

She thought: If one day she can leave the Hou Mansion, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and live quietly with her father and sister, it will be good!

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was November 18, which was the triennial township test of the Darui Dynasty.

Children's test, township test, meeting test, palace test. These four exams are the thorny fences that must be stepped over for every student who studies hard in the cold window, and after passing the exam, he will be able to embark on an official career and realize his life ambitions. And among the four examinations, the saddest thing is the "township examination", each time the township examination of the whole country to participate in the students are more than 10,000, the students pass the township examination, they become "lifting people" to be eligible to enter Beijing to catch up with the examination, to participate in the "meeting examination" and "palace examination" even if they do not participate in the "meeting examination", there is also a chance to pass the guò selection of "vacancies", become officials, so the value of the people is really not low.

Before dawn, Rong Xia learned that Suo Suo got up, and after washing her hands and face, Rong Xia went into the kitchen to prepare this morning's meal, no porridge, Rong Xia made noodles, today's meal, she gritted her teeth and planned to let go, all with the things in the space. The snow-white and fine flour that exudes a thick wheat fragrance and water are kneaded into a dough, cut into four petals, Rong Xia dragged the two ends and began to roll up the dough, the quality of this flour is excellent, that is, there is no need for ramen at all, and the dough will not be broken when it is stretched. Winter melon, Jinhua ham, fungus shreds, shiitake mushrooms, shallots, coriander, boiled into a fragrant soup, and finally a few drops of golden sesame oil, Rong Xia also deliberately lay a big poached egg in the noodles - the kind of double egg yolk.

When the noodles were served, it immediately attracted He An's saliva.

Putting down the soup bowl in his hand, Pei Jinzhi had a gentle expression on his face, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked very comfortable.

"Asha's craft is getting better and better!" he said a moment later.

Rong Xia smiled shyly.

He An over there couldn't speak at all, because his whole face had been buried in the soup bowl.

After eating the hot and delicious noodles, it feels so good to have a full stomach.

A low chuckle sounded, and Pei Jinzhi thought happily: How long has it been since he felt this obvious idea that it was better to be alive?

"Young Master, you will definitely succeed!!!" Rong Xia raised his small fist high, with a look of swearing.

Pei Jinzhi smiled, stretched out his hand, and pressed the little head that didn't even reach his chest, and then patted it.

The wheeling carriage drove towards the place of the tribute courtyard, and Rong Xia stood at the door and watched until he could no longer see it, and then returned to the house with a nervous face.

*****

There are three township examinations, each for three consecutive days, and candidates cannot go out freely during the examination, which means that they have to stay in the Gongyuan for nine days before they can come out. So in addition to stationery, candidates also need to bring food and bedding. There is a "number room" in the examination room, which is three feet square, and there are coal, firewood and other things in the room, Pei Jinzhi is a person with strong hands-on ability, and after settling the things he brought very quickly, he sat down in front of the examination table. An hour later, the gate of the tribute courtyard was closed, and a column of officers and soldiers guarded it. From now on, until the end of the exam, no matter who you are, you don't want to go in or out. Pei Jin was dressed in green clothes, and sat indifferently with a calm face, compared with other students who were excited or anxious, he had a calm momentum.

Exams are about to start..................

"Sister Xiaoxia. The five or six-year-old boy ran over with his feet, hugged Rong Xia's thighs at once, tilted his head, and his eyes exuded a cute light wave full of desire. This little boy's name is Gensheng, is the youngest grandson of the housekeeper, and now lives in the old house with his parents and grandfather, because he is afraid that the child will be noisy and disturb Pei Jinzhi's study, Yu Butler fortunately detains the child and does not let him come to the front yard. Gensheng is not very old, but he is a solid one, and the more he is not allowed to do anything, the more he wants to do it, so once, while the adult was away, he ran over by himself, but he happened to meet Rong Xia.

"Sister Xiao Xia, Gensheng is so hungry!" Xiao Hesheng licked his face and showed a pitiful expression. Rong Xia smiled and touched his head, went into the stove and took out the soft bud rice from the pot that had been boiled for a few years. When Xiao Gensheng saw this, he immediately let out a cheer, and the one-year-old bud was picked up like a puppy and gnawed.

"The things made by Sister Xiaoxia are delicious, much better than my mother!"

Rong Xia handed the child a glass of warm water and motioned for him to eat more slowly.

"My grandfather said that the good-looking big brother went to the exam, right?"

Rong Xia sighed softly.

"Sister Xiaoxia, don't worry~~~ Big brother won't be muddled~~~"

Rong Xia smiled and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.