Chapter XXIV Entrance Examinations

"Your Majesty..."Father-in-law Shi gently placed the tea bowl on the table. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Huh?" Emperor Jingtai picked up a piece of radish strip and put it in his mouth. Hmm~ The taste is acceptable, it's just... Too fresh, right?

This package of vegetable strips was made by Qinglan with fresh vegetables sent by the Ding family and the Qin family during the Chinese New Year.

First, wash the vegetables and cut them into slices or strips, put them on the kang where the grain is boiled, and then hang them in the sun to dry after only half of the water is left. There is not much in Weixian, but it is very windy, and after a few days of drying, those vegetables are dried and crunchy. The seasoning is made by Qinglan with the dried seafood in the grocery store, those old goods have no taste, the old man Pan brought it home to plan to eat at his own house, and was found by Qinglan, who wanted to use the pot of fried melon seeds to dry it over low heat, scooped it into a fine powder, and then mixed with fine salt and sesame seeds, and made a delicious dried vegetables.

"Your Majesty, do you want to clean your hands?" Father-in-law Shi cautiously reminded on the side. Your Majesty, you are too unsophisticated! Look at the ink on your dragon's claws! Grab it and eat it, it's really unhygienic!

"No," Emperor Jingtai turned a page of letterhead, didn't even give a side light to Grandpa Shi, and by the way, opened the small jar on the left, which was a can of cold rabbit.

"Bring me a pair of chopsticks," Emperor Jingtai commanded.

Father-in-law Shi: ...

Lord Shangshu is still waiting outside! You're still there to eat! Father-in-law Shi withdrew with resentment.

Lord Lou, who was waiting outside, saw Grandpa Shi coming out, thinking that he was calling him in, so he hurriedly stepped forward: "Shi..."

Gonggong Shi waved his hand at him, "The old slave is going to get things", and took away a cold wind after speaking.

Oh. Lord Lou continued to stand under the porch and wait.

This stinky boy, Emperor Jingtai, who read the letter, didn't wait for Gonggong Shi to bring chopsticks, and used a toothpick to tie up a piece of rabbit meat and stuff it into his mouth, hiss~~~ This taste is still a little interesting.

Rabbit meat was brought back by Uncle Pan when he went down to receive the goods, and the business of the Pan family's grocery store this year was unprecedentedly good, not yet out of the fifteenth, many goods were even sold out, and Uncle Pan had to hurry up to buy the goods. As for why the business is so good, Uncle Pan owes it to Qinglan, didn't he see the Ding family's Xiaobao and the noble son from the capital running to the Pan family every day, this is a celebrity effect!

This kid would actually take the initiative to ask to read? Emperor Jingtai added a circle of upper incisors and a piece of rabbit.

The rabbit meat is more fishy, so Qinglan marinated the ginger and garlic cooking wine with the ingredients for six hours. Chop the rabbit into small cubes, fry it in a pan of oil, then fry it with the dried chili sauce, and when the taste is almost complete, sprinkle with sugar, salt and sesame seeds, and you're done.

It should be noted that the garlic should be put more, and the rabbit will be more delicious when it is cooled, and the meat will be more tender and delicious. Li Shisan and Ding Xicheng killed a big bowl on the spot, and drank the apple juice that Qinglan had worked so hard to squeeze, you know, the apple juice was milled little by little with the small stone mill of the Pan family to grind sesame oil, she turned around like a donkey for more than an hour, and she didn't drink a sip!

Is it registered? Emperor Jingtai picked up another piece of rabbit ding, this stinky boy, I have to let me open the back door for him to open a Weixian household registration, is it so embarrassing for you to be a person in the capital! Emperor Jingtai increased the intensity of chewing between his teeth.

Shameless! Gonggong Shi, who came in quietly, saw Emperor Jingtai eating with a toothpick, and his heart trembled, Emperor Xian... Open your eyes and take a look!

Mr? I actually asked me to get him two good gentlemen, and I can't know his identity yet! Why, it's a shame to be a prince. Emperor Jingtai looked at the letter resentfully, and he didn't admit that he was actually a little jealous of his youngest son. Alas~~~ It's really happy to have a father like me, o(* ̄▽ ̄*)o

"Your Majesty, your chopsticks." I'll go! It's only been a while, and a small layer on top of this rabbit has been eaten! Is there a shortage of you in the palace to eat! Have you eaten it?!

Hum o( ̄ヘ ̄o#), then I'll send you two gentlemen, and when the time comes...

"Your Majesty, Lord Lou is still waiting outside." Shi Gonggong deliberately stirred up the emperor's leisure time, I told you to eat! It's no wonder that I let you eat comfortably!

"Well, tell him in." Can I still eat snacks happily, Emperor Jingtai covered the food box.

"Yes." Father-in-law Shi obediently withdrew from the palace gate, don't cover it if you have the ability! You have the ability to eat in front of the minister! This fragrance is so strong, anyone with a nose can smell it! Cover your ears and steal the bell!

In the sixteenth year of Jingtai, the first day of February, Weixian.

Early in the morning, everyone in the Pan family was busy.

Today, Qinglan is going to take the entrance exam, and she was dug up by Pan Erniang early in the morning and put on beautiful new clothes. In fact, she has received several new clothes on the New Year, and one of them was given by her third uncle!

But Li still made a new light green jacket for Qinglan after he got out, and Fan made a new pink skirt for Qinglan, which made Qinglan's little face more and more white and pink. Shu Lao Er sewed a new schoolbag for his daughter with a thick canvas, embroidered with Qinglan's favorite lotus flower. At this moment, Old Man Pan and Pan Erniang were cooking breakfast for Qinglan in the kitchen.

Pan Dalang Pan Zeshan and Pan Erlang Pan Zeyi glanced at each other: We both picked it up...

Before the meal was served, Ding Xiaobao and Li Shisan came, and they were always very punctual.

Ding Xicheng was a little nervous, "Qingqing, can we pass the test?" Are the ones we reviewed okay? Zi decided to study Mei Ban with Qinglan, and Ding Xiaobao and Li Shisan also joined the pre-exam army and became members of Qinglan's pre-exam "self-made" team.

"No problem, you see that thirteen is more calm, you learn a little." Qinglan deliberately provoked him and picked up the second meat to burn.

Li 13: Of course you are calm, you have a back door!

The night before yesterday, he received a reply from his father, which contained his new household registration: Weixian County, Li Shisan!

After breakfast, I didn't even need a carriage, and I walked five minutes to the county school.

The servants applied for the Meiban directly, took the papers and walked to the examination room, and the chief of the guard Zhao and Shu Laoer, who asked for leave, were at the gate.

The test paper is simpler than Qinglan thought, the questions cover a wide range of content, and it seems that the person who wrote the question has a lot of life experience, such as this question: Where does "Yellow Flowers Like Scattered Gold" come from? What kind of flower is "Yellow Flower"? What is the market price? What is it used for?

Most people think that the yellow flower is a chrysanthemum, for which the three prospective candidates also had a dispute, Li Shisan and Ding Xiaobao both believe that it is a chrysanthemum, which is supported by Su Shi's poem "Nine Days of Rhyme Wang Gong": "You don't have to rush back when you meet, and the yellow butterfly will be sad tomorrow." ”

Qinglan disagrees with this view, which is supported by Zhang Han's (Jin)'s "Miscellaneous Poems" and the Tang Dynasty Sikong Tu's "Duwang": "If the green strips are always green, the yellow flowers are like scattered gold", "the green trees are dark in the village, and the yellow flowers are thin in the wheat", and the "yellow flowers" in the poem refer to rape flowers.

But Li Shisan and Ding Xiaobao have never seen rape flowers, where can they find rape flowers at this time? Weixian County can't grow this, Master Ding has no choice, so he had to spend a lot of money to ask someone to bring back a jar of rapeseed oil, which solved the vigorous and persistent curiosity of the two young masters.

In the afternoon, Mr. Zhang walked into the principal's office with a test paper. The principal's surname is Chen, a member of the Chen clan in Lao Wei County, who is almost a sixtieth year, and has a very kind smile and a gray goatee.

"Mountain Chief, look at these three exam papers." The test papers are named, and the three papers are next to each other.

Chen Shanchang put down the steaming teacup and looked through the test paper in front of him.

The handwriting on the first test paper is slightly sloppy, and the shape of the word is like a tree that has been blown crooked, but the answers are written in a decent manner, and there is reason for it.

The handwriting of the second test paper obviously has a solid foundation, and it may be that everyone has been guided by calligraphy, Chen Shanchang squinted his eyes slightly, when did Weixian have such a talent? The answer is remarkable, and it is quite stylish like a word.

The handwriting on the third exam paper is obviously much more beautiful, and although the skills are shallow, the structure is very good, and over time, you will be able to practice a beautiful hand. The answer... Chen Shanchang was a little surging when he saw this, there are successors in our hospital! If the first one is accurate, the second one is excellent, and the third one is perfect!

"This..."Chen Shanchang looked at Teacher Zhang suspiciously.

"Mountain Chief, one of these is written by Master Ding's only son, can you guess which one?"

Chen Shanchang shook the first scroll, this should be. I didn't expect the gentleman invited by the Ding family to be so powerful, and he could teach the eight-year-old baby so well, and he deserved to be the richest man in the county. No wonder he was willing to donate money to the county school and sent his children to take exams.

(Mr. Ding: Please allow me to cry for a while.) During the period of preparation for the exam, Mr. Ding was tossed by the two young masters, and the two of them together are 200,000 why! During this time, as soon as Mr. Ding heard the voices of the two of them, his heart burst out, and he was really scared! Those questions were so strange that Mr. Ding Jiajia had to consider whether or not to resign no less than five times. )

"Mountain Chief, this time, the thirteenth son of the Hakka Ding family has also come to take the exam."

Chen Shanchang knew in his heart, the second test paper was this Li Gongzi's, which explains why this son is well-informed and sways vertically and horizontally with a pen, and there is no calligraphy on the national surname.

"This third one..."Looking at Teacher Zhang's but smiling silence, he refused to say it for a long time, and Chen Shanchang asked.

"You wouldn't have guessed it, but it was written by a woman."

Chen Shanchang was surprised, the woman... It won't be... It can't be, she's only a few years old...

"Could it be the granddaughter of the shopkeeper of Pan Kee's grocery store?" Chen Shanchang asked hesitantly.

Weixian County is not big, and there are not many secrets in the county, and everyone has heard about Ding Xiaobao and Li Shisan's daily stay in the Pan family.

"That's her!" Teacher Zhang smiled, he was very proud that such a student would soon enter his class.

"That little girl is only six years old, isn't she?" Chen Shanchang remembered that when he went to attend the wedding of the eldest prince of the county a few days ago, he saw the girl, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he smiled when he saw people, which was quite rare.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Chengzhi, the eldest cousin of Aunt Shu's family, got married and married the daughter of the general judgment of Qingzhou Mansion. After returning home that night, Shu Lao Er told his daughter that Uncle Zhao might become the next county magistrate.

"Yes, it's a sixth-year-old birthday in June, and I'm seven years old." After reading the papers, Mr. Zhang checked Qinglan's registration information again.

When registering, you have to fill in your date of birth, which must be consistent with your household registration, for fear that some candidates will conceal or lie about their age.

"Okay, you can bring that little girl to me alone tomorrow afternoon."

Teacher Zhang nodded in response, and Chen Shanchang touched his sparse goatee happily.

At the time of application, the ranking table of the exam and the list of admitted students came out. Chen Ling came over to wait after lunch, and was crowded at the front at this time, although he didn't know much words, he still recognized the names of Miss Qing, Young Master Ding, and Young Master Thirteen.

Ding Xiaobao couldn't sit still and walked around boringly, while Li Shisan and Qinglan sat at the table playing chess.

"Haha, double cannon! I'll see where you're hiding! Qing Lan stabbed the second cannon behind the first cannon with a bad heart, she admitted that she deliberately lured Li Shisan to eat her horse, hehe, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, boy, you learn something!

"Ye has never disdained to hide, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and there will be another game." Li 13 admits defeat generously.

The two of them each took back their chess pieces and continued to set up a formation, and when Old Man Pan came in, he saw such a scene, and he suddenly thought of a person: Xie An. It's just that Xie An was playing Go at the time.

"Qingqing, the exam rankings are out." Old Man Pan smiled and walked over to the children.

"I'm me, I'm in, did I get in?" Ding Xiaobao was nervous and stumbled.

"Xiaobao Gongzi not only got in, but also ranked among the best!"

Huh~~~ It's good to be admitted, and finally I didn't embarrass my grandfather and father, or the scholarship was really in vain. Ding Xiaobao patted his chest and exhaled.

"How many did Xiaobao take the test?" Qinglan never called Ding Xicheng's brother, although he was two years older than her.

"Third." Old Man Pan smiled and stretched out three fingers.

"Thirteen must be second?" Qinglan's tone was cheerful, and she also felt that Li Shisan's knowledge was so strong than Ding Xiaobao's.

(Li 13: Ye is much stronger than him, okay!) )

"Why is Ye second?" Li 13 was not convinced.

"Are you sure you can beat me?" Just kidding, my sister's doctor is not reading for nothing!

Little girl... Li 13 decided not to bother with her.

"Qingqing took the first exam, what reward do you want?" Mr. Pan was very happy, his granddaughter took the first exam, and he felt that his old waist was much straighter.

The Pan family has been busy for their exams for more than half a month, and during this time, they have been making them all kinds of brain-tonifying soups and water every day, and Qinglan is already very grateful.

"Then the old man will make me sauce and explode crabs~~~" Qinglan was coquettish, the Ding family sent a big basket of crabs at noon today, in fact, Ding Xiaobao knew that Qinglan loved crabs very much, so there was no one left at home, and all of them were sent.

"Good!" Old Man Pan walked to the kitchen with a smile.

"You love crabs so much?" Li Shisan was puzzled, that thing was picked up hard, and the meat was just a mouthful, and the fishy smell on her hands lingered for a long time after eating, which point made her like that!

"Of course!" Qinglan is true love for the crab cliff!

"And how many of them did you eat at one time?" Ding Xiaobao had only seen that Qinglan could eat a lot of crabs, but he was a little curious about how much.

Qinglan held out a finger.

"A pound?"

Qinglan shook her head.

Ding Xiaobao: "Ten? ”

Li 13: "A hundred? “

Qinglan smiled and continued to shake her head.

"How much is that?" Li 13 frowned.

"Eat all the time." Qinglan licked her lips happily.