After a day of tossing, Cheng Wenhan was really tired, and Hongzhu said a few words to him, and he fell asleep in the car. Seeing this, Hongzhu also took a nap. After entering the city, Second Uncle Li sent the two of them home directly, Hongzhu got out of the car with Cheng Wenhan to say goodbye to him, and went into the house.

Cheng Wenhan was woken up, he didn't have much energy, Hongzhu couldn't see it, so he sent him to rest in the house first. She had also been out for a day, and she happened to have time today, so she went to boil water and take a shower to wash herself, and even her hair was untied and washed.

After changing into clean clothes and wrapping her hair in a handkerchief, Hongzhu pondered that this was the time to make dinner. Li didn't know that they would eat at the bottom of the mountain, even if she had food in the restaurant, she would go home to cook and eat with them, and thought that Cheng Wenhan had eaten this half afternoon, maybe she would be hungry again in the evening, so she went to the kitchen to clean up the bone broth......

This bone broth is still the one she said before that Cheng Wenhan studied hard to make up for her body, and the Li family specially found the big bones collected by Zhang Butcher, and the taste was very good. Hongzhu is just like this, while burning the fire, and drying his hair.

The bones were almost boiled, and Li came back from the restaurant. As soon as she saw Hongzhu sitting there with her hair scattered, she couldn't help but say, "There is no girl in these towns and villages who loves cleanliness like you." It wasn't good in Zhu's house before, but now that I have moved, I have been washing my hair for three days and two days. As he spoke, he stepped forward and touched it, and felt that it was almost dry, so he was relieved.

Hongzhu said with a smile: "Don't I love clean? When I was in the Zhu family before, my grandmother used more hot water to talk about it, and said that Fei Firewood was hot and roasted her, but I was not afraid of her, but I was afraid that she would pull her mother, so I endured it." Now that we are all in charge of our own homes, we can boil hot water if we like it, how good. ”

Li didn't spare those firewoods, but felt sorry for her body, and said one more thing: "It's good to be clean, but it's too early and late now, and it's still making trouble with your hair, and you don't have a sun to bask in the wind, and you will know that it's uncomfortable in the future." ”

Hongzhu said: "I know." Didn't I go out today, and my face was covered with dust, and I just happened to wash it together. ”

Li couldn't see that his daughter's hair was messy, and when he saw that it was all dry, he asked her to tie it up quickly. Hearing that they had a meal in the middle of the afternoon, Cheng Wenhan rested in the house again and breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Hongzhu boiled soup again, I didn't want to cook seriously, so I made some noodles. She asked about the day as she did it.

"How about the entrance test today? Just now your second uncle went to the restaurant with Nan Xing, and I was not very happy when I looked at Nan Xing's face...... I was too embarrassed to open my mouth to ask, and I was worried about you again, so I hurried back. Tell my mother, is this entrance exam too difficult?" Li was in awe of this knowledge, and he didn't accompany his son up the mountain today, so he was worried for a long time, and he showed uneasiness when he said it.

Hongzhu fiddled with her hair, combed her braids idly, and only said: "I saw that this Wenhan was okay, I asked him, and I answered everything that I would, and I didn't remember the fork." After a pause, she said again: "On the way, I vaguely heard the second uncle asking my cousin, I didn't listen to how cousin Nanxing responded, but then the second uncle couldn't help but say two words to him, and the words were not heavy, almost the same as usual." ”

Previously, Second Uncle Li said more than once that his son was not a piece of reading material, and he also said that he was not allowed to read, and it was better to follow him to set up a stall or go to a store to be an apprentice, so that he could be a shopkeeper in the future.

After hearing this, Li's face was suddenly happy and sad, and he sighed and said, "I am happy if Wenhan is good, but if Nanxing is not good...... Your second aunt wants him to study for more than a year or two, Nanxing is like that, she is anxious and uncomfortable. ”

Hongzhu persuaded: "Mother, he also took the letter of recommendation, and he accepted it almost after leaving the academy, and the second uncle is not worried." If not, wouldn't the gentleman who wrote the recommendation lose his eyes and lose face?"

"Really?" asked Lee.

Hongzhu didn't know if it was or not, so he just persuaded it, and it was vague.

No matter how good Li's heart is, he can't care about Li Nanxing's study, so he knows the details when he asks, and reminds Hongzhu to speak more clearly in front of the Li family in the future, which is it.

After a while, the meal was ready, and the Li family went to the house to call Cheng Wenhan, and only said: "Get up first, drink a bowl of soup and sit for a while, otherwise you will be hungry and unable to sleep in the middle of the night." Seeing that he was crooked when he took off his coat, he couldn't help complaining about him: "This kid just doesn't have a girl in a hurry." Look at you, I went out to blow the wind today, it was cold and dirty, and when I came back, I wiped my face with hot water, and then soaked my hands and feet to warm up, and I just lay down like this, not to mention that I was uncomfortable, and I had to clean up your quilt when I went back!"

Cheng Wenhan was stunned, Hongzhu smiled and put a hot cloth on his face, which immediately woke him up, he babbled twice, and said, "I'm going to burn me!"

Li slapped him in disgust, "How did you speak?"

Cheng Wenhan grabbed the hot handkerchief and wiped his face, Li put on his coat, and was afraid that his son would be cold like this, so he turned around and brought a small square table into his room, and the family of three happened to sit next to his bed to eat.

Cheng Wenhan drank a few sips of hot soup, his whole body was warm, he smiled proudly, and only said, "Mother, I want to go to school in Xishan Academy!"

Li couldn't help but laugh, "Really?"

Hongzhu couldn't see him like this, and glanced sideways, "This is not accurate, you are so proud, don't say that I am your sister." And he said, "Besides, even if you become you, you are just entering the door." ”

Cheng Wenhan flattened his mouth, "Sister, I know, don't you allow me to be happy first." ”

Li's heart was somewhat settled at this time, so he also echoed Hongzhu and said, "Okay, listen to your sister." Turn around so that others can hear it, and when you show off. Thinking of Li Nanxing, he added another sentence: "You Brother Nanxing is not happy." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Wenhan didn't understand anything, his eyes rolled, "Mother, sister, I took three exam papers in the entrance test today, one is the Sutra, all of them are questions about excerpts and interpretations, one is a policy theory, and it is a selection of talents, this is an old question, even if you can write with sentences." Only at the end there is a small volume, but it is a miscellaneous study, asking about current affairs, anecdotes, arithmetic, and criminal law. The miscellaneous scroll had not been mentioned before, and I did not know. When I said that I was going to take the exam today, I saw that many people's faces turned pale. After a pause, he said again: "I look at Brother Nanxing's little paper, and he didn't answer well." ”

Hongzhu understood as soon as he heard it, I heard that there were many kinds of imperial examinations in the previous dynasty, what kind of Ming Jing, Ming Fa Ming Calculation, etc., according to Hongzhu's understanding, it is divided into arts and sciences and majors. This is also to the current dynasty, only to lack the poetry, the scriptures, and the meaning of the Moyi, and to focus on the scriptures, theories, and strategies, that is to say, to test the policy theory, and this policy theory also set the format, referred to as the eight strands. Now the entrance test of Xishan Academy is like the previous dynasty, and there are many more tricks.

She couldn't help asking, "Cousin Nanxing can't, are you going to answer it all?"

Cheng Wenhan shook his head and said, "Mr. Invigilator said, but only one of the miscellaneous questions can be chosen. He grinned, "My sister is a money string, and she always plans to count money and silver at home, and I have learned one or two points, so I wrote and learned." ”

When he said this, there was something that Hongzhu didn't understand, if you want to say that she can't compare to the gentlemen of the academy, when it comes to arithmetic, the entire Xishan Academy can't match her. I don't believe anyone who has ever heard of calculus these days...... Her brother was taught by her, and he learned a little bit from what he had heard.

Nothing else, in Hongzhu's opinion, his ability is much more practical than a nerd who only knows how to endorse, well, a talent. It doesn't make sense for the gentleman in the academy not to take him!

Hongzhu was determined, but she couldn't say it directly.

She coughed heavily, raised her hand and slapped Cheng Wenhan hard, "Who is the money string! Look at your arrogant and proud appearance, I can't do it if I don't clean you up!"

Even Li Shi slapped him, and his face showed anger, "It's all nonsense here! It's thanks to your sister's hard work in the past to teach you and urge you to study, and this is just a little bit of a grade, if you don't thank her, forget it, and still arrange your sister here!"

Cheng Wenhan screamed twice, his little face wrinkled, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Mother, sister, I'm just happy and joking...... I'm talking nonsense, I answered the question thank you, sister, it's all my sister's credit to be able to do well in the exam today! If it weren't for my sister, I would have to hand in a blank paper. ”

Hearing that he was pitiful, Hongzhu just gave up, and snorted: "What you said is all my credit!"

Cheng Wenhan said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I will be out in the future, I have a share, and I will have a sister share." ”

Although he said this with a smile, Li nodded seriously, and only said: "I helped your sister remember this, don't think about regretting it." You are just two sisters and brothers, and if you don't help each other, who can rely on......? And they rejoiced. ”

Hongzhu heard her unfinished words, her heart moved, and she only took the conversation and said: "I have nothing to do at the bottom of the mountain today, I looked through the book brought by Wen Han, but I accidentally found something. And he said that he had told him about the time of the denomination.

Li Shi thought for a while and said, "Yes, it seems that I heard your father mention that Shen Yue Shen Shizhi is such a person." ”

Hongzhu mentioned the list of palace exams in the previous two years, and asked Cheng Wenhan if he remembered.

Cheng Wenhan was very interested at this time, he lowered his head and frowned, but he couldn't remember it after thinking about it for a long time, so he suddenly jumped out of bed and went to look through the text he had copied before.

Li was frightened by him, and only hurriedly asked him to put on his shoes.

Hongzhu helped him turn over for a while before finding out, Cheng Wenhan looked at it, and really patted his head and said: "Yes, there is a Shen Shizhi who has become a second-class heir, and he is a person from Yuezhou!" He smiled, "I said, I remember the three people in the first class firmly, and the first name of the second class is a little difficult to remember." ”

Li was also surprised, "Could it really be that your father knows Mr. Shen?"

Hongzhu thought to herself, the name and origin are right, and most of them are almost the same, so she smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if it's not big now." But we inquired about it, if it was really the same person, we would have another chance in the future. ”

Li Shi was silent for a while, but sighed deeply.

Hongzhu also felt a little emotional in her heart, and silently felt sorry for her father. Her father is no longer in his prime, and if he is carried by someone, he is afraid that he will not be able to create a family business, but an accident will cost him his life in vain.

Cheng Wenhan didn't think so far, but he was also sad when he saw this, put down the booklet at that time and sat back on the bed, and suddenly mentioned something again: "Mother, I met someone else when I went up the mountain today." As he spoke, he mentioned Liu Jiang's two families, and said that Uncle Liu made an appointment to go to Yishan County for a youth tour the day after tomorrow.

Li is not the kind of narrow-minded woman who keeps her son at home, as soon as she heard that Li Nanxing was going, and there were serious elders watching, she should also go down, but when she talked about Hongzhu, she was still not at ease, and hesitated and asked Hongzhu: "Do you want to go too?"

Hongzhu shook her head and said, "I can't take care of it in the restaurant for a few days, so I won't go." ”

Cheng Wenhan was a little unhappy when he heard that his sister didn't go, but when he thought that there were Jiang Xinyue and Liu Zheng, he agreed.