The horse is indeed very old, but it is an old horse who knows the way, and he can walk without their control, but he is slow and not in a hurry. Fortunately, Mu Qing was not in a hurry, and he didn't care whether it was fast or slow.

Mu Qing was still wrapped in his coat and sat outside, the carriage was dark inside, and the sun was abundant outside, so it was easier to read a book. There are no glasses here, and if you are nearsighted, you don't know how to treat it.

Originally, Annu was unwilling to let his master drive the carriage, but Mu Qing was stubborn and refused to let the place. An Nu is used to taking care of him, but Mu Qing doesn't want to be served blindly, and it's not that he has no hands or feet, this horse doesn't need him to control it at all, and it will go forward by itself.

"Master, are you hungry?" Anu asked, poking her head out of the curtain.

Mu Qing leaned against the carriage with a grass in his mouth, and turned his head after listening to Annu's words, and said, "Don't be hungry, half of the steamed buns in the morning haven't been digested yet, if you're hungry, eat first." ”

Anu shook his head, but he pulled the curtain out and sat next to Mu Qing.

"It's cold outside." Mu Qing looked at the only cyan gown on Annu's body with disapproval.

"I'm not afraid of the cold." Anu smiled, her fair little face warmed up even more in the warm light of the autumn afternoon.

Mu Qing pulled the felt on the side and covered Annu, and Annu didn't shirk, pulling one side of the felt, and said, "How long will it take?" ”

"In the morning, I saw the stone monument of Shilipo, and I thought I would be there today."

Anu nodded, leaning into the carriage and saying no more.

It's been almost ten days since I left Yizhou, and those steamed buns were roasted into dried steamed buns by Mu Qing with fire, but they can be topped down, and I will occasionally pass by some villages on the way, and I will exchange some silver money for food, but I can still survive it.

Annu silently calculated in his heart, he didn't actually spend much money on this way, but he did have a few hundred yuan in expenses. More than four taels, enough to eat and drink, but to find a place to live, the master will also have to take the exam in the future and also have to pay a registration fee.

"Bear with me, when you arrive in Guizhou, I will invite you to a big meal." Mu Qing said with a smile, holding the grass in his mouth and cocking it.

Anu also let go of the worries in her heart and nodded with a smile. It's all natural straight to the bridge, so let's walk and see.

Just as Mu Qing thought, in the evening, he saw the tall city wall, on which was the word "Guizhou".

Driving the carriage in, the soldiers guarding the city did not embarrass them when they saw the sign on the carriage, but let them into the city after a few questions.

Not far from the city gate is a large wooden board, which is divided into grids, whether it is the opening of the stage or the opening of the restaurant, a list will be pasted on it, similar to the advertising board in the future. The board is so high that you can see it even from a distance. Mu Qing looked up and looked for them one by one.

First find a place to live where you can rent, although there is no need to post a note here if the house is in a good location, but Mu Qing, who is not familiar with the place, can only get this source of information.

One by one, he finally found a rental house.

"The second ...... east of Yangliu Lane" Mu Qing saw the location clearly, asked someone, first went to the car dealership to return the car, and then walked to Yangliu Lane with Annu Hiking Net.

Yangliu Lane is on the west side of Guizhou, it is a small alley that is not long, and the owner's surname is Qian, and she is a very capable-looking woman. Her family opened a tavern, not big, but because of the cheap people who go there a lot, in order to take care of the business in another large yard not far away, this small place does not live and wants to rent out.

When Mu Qing and the others came to see the house, it happened that the Qian family was packing up their things, and they were a little surprised to see that someone was coming, the list of renting the house had just been posted, but they didn't expect to have tenants so soon.

smiled and greeted him, "The two of you are here to rent a house?" ”

"Exactly, I don't know what Madame is called?" Mu Qing laughed, looking up at his little face a little cute. But his eyes looked left and right without a trace.

The yard is not big, but it is enough for two people. There are two rooms in the house, and there is also a kitchen, which is clean and tidy from the outside, and it looks many times better than what they live in Mu Mansion.

Just looking at it, I heard Qian say: "The slave family's surname is Qian, and everyone else calls me Sister Qian." ”

"Sister Qian." Mu Qing shouted crisply, and then pulled Annu's sleeve, and Annu hurriedly called "Hello Sister Qian". Qian originally had a son of seven or eight years old, and now she was naturally surprised to see two and a half children shouting so obediently, she knew how noisy that little thing in her house was, and now she naturally felt that it hurt to see obedient children.

The eyebrows softened a lot, and Qian bent down slightly to look at them and said, "Two little boys, are you renting to live by yourself?" ”

"Yes." Mu Qing looked at Qian and added, "I'm here for the exam, my father said that if I can't pass the exam, I won't go back, and no one at home will follow me......"

Annu was stunned, but she was very well-behaved and did not speak.

When Qian heard this, he guessed that this little boy was afraid that he would bring a scholar to take the children's exam, and this child's test was said to be good and easy to test, and it was not easy to take the test, but he was afraid that he was only about ten years old at his age.

After staying in Guizhou for a long time, Qian has seen many old men who are already dying of old age also follow a group of young people to take the children's exam. Listening to his words, he must have lived until he was admitted, and it would take two years to complete the examination in this county and government examination institute at the earliest, and I don't know how many years it will take to see if there are more, not to mention that this little boy is a scholar, in this great Zhou Dynasty that emphasizes literature and light martial arts, renting to a scholar is always definitely more faceless than renting to others. It's okay to rent it to them.

After thinking about it, Qian had an idea. Smiled and led the two into the house, and Mu Qing took the opportunity to look inside the house. The tables and chairs are clean, and the quilts and pillows on the bed look like they have been replaced, and there are no other shortcomings except for being small.

"This little boy ......"

"My surname is Mu, and my single name is a blue character."

Qian nodded and said: "Little Master Mu, the slave family's house is facing east and south, it is definitely blessed, and the neighbors are all quiet people, so they will definitely not disturb the little boy's reading and writing." And the Wang family, which is not far from us, had a showman, but he was admitted at the age of six. ”

"What happened to Xiucai?" Mu Qing seemed to be very interested in asking.

Qian hesitated and didn't speak, and Mu Qing knew that the show was a typical example of "it's been an hour, and it's not necessarily good".

There was some hesitation on his face, Mu Qing pursed his lips and didn't speak, Qian Shi looked at it and said: "The little boy is naturally different from the nerd surnamed Wang, at first glance, he is a smart person, and he will naturally go all the way to high school." ”

Mu Qing was happy when she heard this, this eldest sister Qian's mouth was sharp and her brain turned fast, and she let her say it with two skins.

No longer going around in circles, Mu Qing asked, "Then how much is this yard?" ”

Qian stretched out two white fingers: "The number of a month." ”

Mu Qing groaned, two dollars of silver a month, it is not expensive. He smiled and asked, "If I rent it directly for two years, can Sister Qian give me a cheaper price?" ”

Qian thought for a moment and said, "Yes, you can be exempted from four months' rent." ”

"Sister Qian is refreshing." Mu Qing laughed, picked up the brush on the table neatly and wrote a list for renting a house. In the past few months in the Mu family, he has not only read the account books, but also read a lot of those contracts, but it is written in a good way at this time. Qian Shi took a closer look, and when he was sure that there was no problem, he pressed his handprint, and Mu Qing also pressed it, and this was done.

Mu Qing took out a money bag from his arms, took out two taels of silver and put it in Qian's hand. Qian put it away and said with a smile: "The slave family lives behind the wine shop not far away, and the officials of the slave family are the master bookkeepers in the government office. ”

Mu Qing naturally knew what she meant, this woman was not without support, the master book was not a big official, but she was also a person who ate imperial food in the system, this was to sue Mu Qingmo to deceive him.

It's okay to make it clear like this, Mu Qing smiled and arched his hand: "Then if there is trouble to Sister Qian's place in the future, please forgive Sister Qian when you arrive." ”

"Little boy is polite."

Qian said a few more polite words to him before leaving the courtyard.

"I didn't expect it to be so smooth." Mu Qing fell into the chair and exhaled. In fact, those two taels of silver were also the last money on Mu Qing's body, and if he gave it out like this, he really became penniless.

Annu was not as relaxed as him, it was already night, Annu lit the candle and walked behind Mu Qing and pressed his shoulder: "Why is it that the master rents for two years?" I only have two taels of silver and some copper plates on me, which I am afraid will not last more than a few months. ”

The reason for this is that Mu Qing is reluctant to say it. If he remembers it well, next year, there will be a big drought and countless people will go south, and then I am afraid that renting a house will no longer be at this price.

Natural disaster**, the latter Mu Qing may try to change something, but the former, he won't do it, and he can't do it.

Mu Qing tilted his head back to look at Annu, and when he looked at each other, Mu Qing curled the corners of his lips and asked him, "How do you recognize words?" ”

Annu nodded, he almost recognized the words on the thousand-character text, but then shook his head: "I recognize, but I'm afraid it won't look good when written." ”

"It's okay, it's good to write too much." Mu Qing jumped out of the chair, took Annu's hand and pressed him to the chair, and he went to the side and began to grind the ink. Annu didn't know what he was going to do, and his expression was a little panicked, but he listened to Mu Qingdao, "Does Annu like to listen to stories?" ”

“…… Like. ”

"Then I'll tell you a story, just to practice calligraphy, can you write it down?" Mu Qing was still smiling.

Annu did not doubt that he had him, and nodded obediently.

Mu Qing was still laughing, but he was a little cunning. He slowly grinded the ink, the familiar words in his head flashed one by one, and finally, he watched Annu slowly say a few words.

Anu nodded, picked up the pen, and dropped three words on the paper one by one.

The Legend of the West Chamber.

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The children's test, also called the "children's test"; In the Ming Dynasty, the local imperial examination presided over by the scholar and the Qing Dynasty was presided over by the provincial academic administration, including the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination. Test takers are called children regardless of age. "Zuo Zhongyi's Affair" "and the test, the official calls the name to Shi Gong", here refers to the children's examination, in this examination, Zuo Guangdou admitted Shi Kefa as a student (Xiucai), Shi Kefa was twenty years old at the time. "Promoting Weaving" "There are famous people in Yi, the children's industry", and "the children's industry" means that they are preparing to participate in the children's examination.