In the afternoon, Second Uncle Li felt that the time was about the same, so he beckoned Uncle Liu and Hongzhu and the others to go up the mountain together. It was just the right time for them to arrive, and as soon as they evened their breaths, the entrance examination of the academy was over in a few moments, and students came out of it one after another.

They waited for a while, but the first to come was the son of Uncle Liu's family and the nephew of another Uncle Jiang.

Uncle Jiang's nephew is called Jiang Xinyue, about eleven or twelve years old, not very stable and steady, as soon as he saw his uncle, he shouted with a smile, and then ran over in small steps.

Uncle Liu's son is called Liu Zheng, tall and thin, now thirteen years old, old in appearance, but extremely shy. He came out with Jiang Xinyue, obviously he was older, but he was walking behind. Seeing that his friend was in a hurry to walk away, he looked at his father in a daze, and then walked over with his head down and hesitated.

Uncle Liu frowned when he saw his son so depressed, but in the end he couldn't help but sigh, and only whispered to Second Uncle Li: "My son is not angry, and his heart is broken." Let you see the joke. ”

Second Uncle Li said: "Wherever it is, it's the same in my family, and it can't be on the table." ”

The entrance of this academy is still messy, and it is not easy to ask people how the exam is, so Uncle Liu opened his mouth to introduce Second Uncle Li and Hongzhu, and said that they still have to wait for people.

That Jiang Xinyue smiled and talked to them generously, but Liu Zheng replied in a low voice, he was fine when he saw Second Uncle Li, and when he saw the red beads in a blink of an eye, his face turned red, and Ai Ai said hello.

Hongzhu was a little surprised, but she restrained herself and responded to him with a calm expression.

Looking at this situation, Hongzhu probably guessed this Liu Zheng's temperament. According to Liu Zheng, who is weak and embarrassed, no matter how good he reads, he really enters the academy, and there are a few more people around him to help him. I wanted Uncle Liu to greet them so warmly today, invited more than one lunch, and made an appointment for the evening, isn't it just to worry about his son and plan for him.

Listening to what they said in the restaurant before, the Liu family is in the timber business, at this time, the wood that can be used is not to build a house and repair the garden, or to prepare furniture and wood for the marriage of children, these things are not much capable of small families, Uncle Liu does this business, in addition to soliciting business here in Tong'an, he also has to go around from time to time, even the capital is also frequent.

Uncle Liu has traveled extensively over the years, knows many people, and is also a bold and proud person. However, because of his wide business, he often goes outside, so he has to keep his old mother, wife and children at home, and his only son Liu Zheng can't take care of it. This Liu Zheng grew up in the inner house, and he cultivated a silent and weak temperament, and Uncle Liu now feels annoyed when he looks at it. He has no other way, he just wants to let his son go out to see more people, make more classmates and friends, and see if he can change some of them.

After waiting for a while, Li Nanxing and Cheng Wenhan came out of it. At this time, most of the people began to go down the mountain, and they didn't know why Cheng Wenhan and they fell behind.

Hongzhu couldn't help but look at his face when she saw Cheng Wenhan, even if it was not good to ask him directly, but she wanted to know how he did in the exam earlier. Cheng Wenhan also knew his sister's thoughts, and smiled at her with a little face. Hongzhu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled back at him.

Second Uncle Li originally wanted to ask his son, but he looked at Li Nanxing with a somewhat depressed and tired expression, and he opened his mouth but was still speechless.

After a short time, they went down the mountain together and went to a restaurant.

When they were half the size of the children, they had eaten a lot, and they didn't have a good time to eat in the academy at noon, and they were already hungry. Uncle Liu looked at the menu of the restaurant and ordered seven or eight dishes in a row, although most of them were simple and home-cooked dishes, but they all ate them very quickly as soon as the dishes came up. But Hongzhu didn't use chopsticks much.

That Liu Zheng ate faster at the beginning, but when he saw that they didn't use the red beads, he was stunned and slowed down.

Uncle Liu glanced at him, didn't say anything, and just sandwiched a piece of chicken for him with his own hands.

Uncle Jiang stared at his nephew and persuaded: "What's the hurry, if you want to eat, just call more, don't choke on yourself." ”

Jiang Xinyue grinned.

After they were half-full, Uncle Liu asked the store to serve a pot of tea, and Uncle Jiang first asked his nephew about the entrance test.

Jiang Xinyue said first: "It's not that good, Brother Lobby also told me a lot of questions before, and it is generally the same, most of them will be able to." There are some ...... which I can't remember," he smiled, and said to his uncle, "I don't have time, but I thought of some words and phrases to write down, thinking that if I met a kind gentleman, I might be able to make a better impression of me, and give me an excellent grade." ”

Uncle Jiang snorted and said, "You just be naughty, I asked you to read more books before, so you couldn't calm down and work hard, and you didn't want to live or die." Don't give me a hippie smile, I'm not good at cleaning you up, turn around and tell your parents to know, and you'll be fine. ”

Jiang Xinyue laughed and begged for mercy: "Uncle, you have pity on me, go back and say more good things to my father." ”

Cheng Wenhan on the side smiled, Jiang Xinyue listened, then bumped him with an elbow, and asked with a smile: "How did you do in the exam?

Hongzhu also looked at her younger brother curiously.

"Isn't it just a question, everyone looks the same. Cheng Wenhan also laughed, and said softly in a vague voice: "Did you pass the test, it's about the same." After that, he winked at Hongzhu, and then slightly rolled his eyes to look at Li Nanxing.

He said this lightly, and only Jiang Xinyue and Hongzhu next to him could hear it. Hongzhu saw that look, and immediately understood, thinking that Cheng Wenhan did well in this introductory test, but Li Nanxing was a little inappropriate. Knowing this, Hongzhu didn't open his mouth to ask.

And Jiang Xinyue didn't understand the reason, but he didn't pay much attention to reading, so he just asked a question, but talked to Cheng Wenhan softly.

On the other hand, Uncle Liu knew his son's temperament, and he didn't want to ask about his son in front of everyone, for fear that he would make a fool of himself if he didn't do well in the exam. He smiled and said, "If you pass the exam, you will get it, I see that everyone is tired, so let's not talk about it." ”

Second Uncle Li also wanted to speak, but Li Nanxing didn't say much except for greeting Liu Jiang and his uncle at the beginning of the day, and then going down the mountain and eating at the restaurant. He only felt his heart sink straight down, and he didn't want to speak at this time.

For a while, only Jiang Xinyue was complaining to Cheng Wenhan that he had been forced to study recently, and he didn't even leave his house in the New Year, only saying that he didn't look like he was himself.

Cheng Wenhan also nodded and agreed, only saying that he had been stuffy recently. He is young at all, even if he is dedicated to learning, he wants to do well in this entrance exam, but he is so forced to study diligently day and night, and he feels tired.

Uncle Liu looked at the few teenagers sitting around, and his heart moved when he heard Jiang Xinyue's words, and said: "I see that you are of the same age, and you are also in love with your speech, and this entrance exam has also been completed, and it will take a few days to know the results, so it is better to make an appointment to go out and have fun." ”

He looked at his son Liu Zheng and said, "Didn't your cousin say that he had two hunting dogs when he came to the house a few days ago, and said that he wanted to take you on an outing and let the hunting dogs run with him?

As soon as Uncle Liu said this, before Liu Zheng could speak, Jiang Xinyue was already cheerfully applauding, only turned around and grabbed Liu Zheng's arm and said with a smile: "Why don't you tell me about such a thing? Now that you can hear it, I will definitely go." ”

Uncle Jiang knocked on his nephew's head, but Jiang Xinyue still pestered him after shouting that it hurt, "Uncle, I'm going." Uncle Jiang smiled and only said, "Brother Zheng hasn't invited you yet." ”

Liu Zheng hesitated, looked at his father, and invited them obediently.

Uncle Liu saw him open his mouth, so he was relieved, and said: "His uncle's house is in Yishan County, there is a mountain forest for the boss, and it will take less than an hour to get there. Don't worry, I just had time, and I went with me, so I didn't let them mess around. ”

Cheng Wenhan only looked at the red beads, although there was no expression on his little face, as if he was indispensable, but there was hope in his eyes.

Hongzhu also feels sorry for her younger brother, she has to pay attention to this study, Cheng Wenhan really doesn't go out at all, so she doesn't want to. At the moment, he nodded at Cheng Wenhan, and said: "My younger brother can't be idle, and it would be better if Uncle Liu took him to see and see." ”

Uncle Liu smiled and said: "I still have two girls in my family, who are the same size as you, if you don't bring them on the spring outing, you can't talk about it." He smiled triumphantly and said, "If you have time, come with your brother." Thinking that the girl's family was different from the boy's baby, he added: "I asked your mother first." ”

Hongzhu smiled, nodded and said, "Just ask when you turn around." ”

Jiang Xinyue and Cheng Wenhan were the most happy, and they talked and discussed when they got together, while Liu Zheng was the host, so he took the initiative to talk about the situation at his uncle's family and introduced his cousin.

The three of them were happy and couldn't wait to go immediately, but only Li Nanxing was not very happy. Before he refused, Second Uncle Li had already accepted it for him, and only said: "He has nothing to do at home, so let's go together." ”

The people said that they would go the day after tomorrow, and then they went to look for the carriage and return to the city.

Before leaving, Jiang Xinyue was very reluctant to Cheng Wenhan, and pulled him to say a few more words. On the way back to the city, Hongzhu asked his younger brother curiously, Cheng Wenhan pursed his lips and only said: "He said that his family has a few good slingshots, all of which are made of cow tendons, and they will be brought to me to play with the day after tomorrow and teach me to hunt rabbits." ”

Hongzhu saw that although he pretended not to think so, in fact, the corners of his lips had already curled, and he didn't feel funny, "Okay, you are so good to practice, you bring me a rabbit back." ”

Cheng Wenhan nodded embarrassedly in agreement.