These words were not of substantial help to Fu Jinglin, who had suffered a little, and she said pessimistically: "Sister Yao, you are useless as a scholar, you won't understand." ”

After saying this, she hesitated for a moment and continued: "My brothers and sisters will only bury their heads in studying, but they will not do anything. And I and other female dependents, they are used to being served by people on weekdays, how can I know that there is no difficulty in serving the next person, and now they are just suffering from it."

Seeing that she was depressed, Li Yao didn't know what to say. The two sat opposite each other for a long time, and at this time, the cicadas chirped constantly, which seemed to be more secluded in the backyard of the post house.

At this time, Li Yao had a whim, she asked with a smile: "This year, when the new emperor ascends the throne, will there be an Enke test?" When is the autumn festival? ”

I don't understand why she asks this, and I don't understand why she doesn't know about the imperial examination, who was born in a scholarly family. However, Fu Jinglin understood these things, so she didn't have time to think about it, and after being stunned for a while, Fu Jinglin hurriedly responded: "There should be one." Although the vassal king is on the side of the Qing monarch, the new emperor Enke has basically not stopped in the past. Well...... Autumn is held every three years, and Enke takes an additional exam that year. The time is in August every year. From the ninth to the fifteenth day of August, there will be one every three days, a total of three. I don't know what Sister Yao is asking for? ”

Isn't there pre-exam counseling, pre-exam questions or key materials for sale in later generations? I guess there are some here. Since the Fu family can read, it is better to make money by selling key materials for the examination. Thinking about this, Li Yao didn't pay attention to the other party's confusion, she first felt that there was a way for this method, but after a while, she was a little difficult, and she didn't know if this method worked.

"I ask this, and it's naturally useful. Well...... I wonder if any of your brothers are going to participate in the Autumn Festival in the next two years? ”

Seeing that she was smiling, and after a while, she became worried again, Fu Jinglin's words were full of expectation, and she responded nervously: "It's self-contained." It's just that...... It's just that now in exile, being devastated by this exile, although you can also participate in the scientific examination when you become a military household, it is not as easy as in the past. Did you come up with something in mind? ”

Li Yao roughly talked to the other party, but Fu Jinglin thought about it after hearing it, but responded with a sad brow: "My grandfather once said that business is a cheap business, and most of our Fu family's ancestral property is field property, and it rarely involves the way of management. Like the previous dynasty, Gaozu emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, so most of the Fu family were not engaged in commercial economy. In this case, I wonder if I can convince my cousin. Among the brothers, he is the best at reading, he is not very old, but he already has a reputation as the head of the show. If it weren't for my grandfather pressing him, afraid that he would become famous as a young man, and be burdened by his reputation, he would actually win the lifting test, he is really a young talent! As for the rest of my family, they used to study, and if my cousin was around, he would do his best to tutor them. ”

Many literati will think that doing business is not doing business, which others cannot change all at once. But Li Yao felt that she couldn't starve to death, but she still clung to those pedantic concepts. She didn't agree with these, so she persuaded like this: "Selling some tutoring texts and the focus of the Four Books and Five Classics, because it is related to reading, it will not fall into the name of your Fu family, I think you can give it a try." If you were to do this business, in the name of your cousin Xiucai, someone would definitely buy these key points of the times. ”

"Hmm...... If your family is against it, you can persuade them to do so. After that, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I have to spend money all the time to buy medicine to prevent heatstroke. At that time, others will help you again and again, but others will be nothing, but I am afraid that your family will feel indebted to others, and they will act inconveniently. ”

"After all, the elderly in the family are struggling on this road of exile, and I think sooner or later I will have a headache and brain fever. If at that time, others are short of money and have no time to take care of themselves, and they want to lend money to help your family, they will also be powerless. Do you think about it? Anyway, whoever has it is better to have it yourself, what do you say, Sister Jinglin? ”

Her words made Fu Jinglin listen to it for a long time, and finally she seemed to have made a great determination, grabbed her hand and said excitedly: "Sister Yao, I know you will definitely come up with an idea!" In the past, I only listened to rumors, but I never came into contact with you, so I and others misunderstood you, but I never thought that you were such a flexible person. If you can make money from this business, then the people of my Fu family will be grateful to you! ”

"Huh...... You're too polite to speak. I just came up with an idea, but I don't know if it will work. You let your cousin try it first, if it doesn't work, it's mine! "Where is she flexible, it's just that Fu Jinglin, a noble family, doesn't touch business, and has little contact with this kind of thing!

After saying this, Li Yao muttered again: "It's just that these things like paper and pen may cost some silver." ”

As she spoke, she took out more than nine taels of broken silver in her sleeve pocket: "This is the money I invested!" If I can't get my money back, then I'll lose my money. If you can earn it back, you must remember to pay me back this money. Nine taels is not enough, if you still need silver, you can come to me again. It's just that I have a silver thing here, and I hope you don't make a noise. ”

Nine taels of silver is not much or less, but I can buy some paper and pencils to open the trade. This money was broken silver that Han Jin helped her exchange for a silver ticket, so she brought some with her. With such a silver body, even if she doesn't spend it, it makes her feel safe.

At this time, the pen and paper stationery is not cheap, and there are few people who read at this time.

For these more than nine taels of silver, Fu Jinglin was very embarrassed when she received it. But for the sake of the future, she did not pretentiously push out these silver coins. She was very grateful to Li Yao, and took the money and said many words of gratitude. This money was not enough for the box of rouge money she bought before, but now she can only buy some cheap paper, ink, pen and inkstone.

Li Yao only said that Fu Jinglin remembered it. She said this just to maintain the other party's self-esteem and reduce the burden of borrowing money.

Later, Fu Jinglin said that she wanted to learn tea and rice skills from Li Yao.

Li Yao said to Fu Jinglin: "I don't know what the situation will be in the future. My family takes turns cooking, and I don't cook much. I don't think it's better to go to the penal colony, and then you follow me to learn systematically? On weekdays, if I cook and you want to learn it, you can learn it on the side. ”

Food, housing and transportation are all together, Fu Jinglin naturally knows some of Li Yao's situation. In addition, Mrs. Li had proposed not to let Li Yao cook before, and she could understand Li Yao. So she agreed without complaint.

Seeing that his cousin was not in the house, Fu Jingheng knew that his cousin went to find Li Yao alone. He didn't tell anyone, but he looked for it. So Li Yao's words happened to be listened to by him in the second half. At this time, he was not ungrateful to Li Yao.

The next day, the group hired a donkey cart and hit the road. Thanks to the hiring of a donkey cart, the group soon arrived at the next escort place. When they got there, the officials who had been deported first did not see anything wrong. But after a few days of departure, Han Jin's master and servant were driven away and not allowed to follow. And Li Yao and the others entered the situation that the daily dry food ration was insufficient, and they began to rush before dawn every day.

The escort officer also had an excuse for them, saying that it was too hot at noon, and if they didn't get on the road early in the morning, they would have to hurry at noon. The escort officials had to follow the path of the exiles, but when there were orders from above, the officials had to be strict with these exiles. Officialdom is like this, once you become a criminal, then you can't blame others for wearing small shoes for you.

Li Yao and the others are in such a situation, when they meet her grandfather and Fu Ge's protégés, they can still take care of them. If you encounter a force that is not one, and you have to give them small shoes, then this exile will inevitably be harder.

In this way, when staying at the official post to rest, Han Jin's master and servant can spend some silver to dredge up and meet Li Yao and them. But everyone was guarded by officials, and the kitchen of the post house was no longer allowed to be used by them at will. It's just that with water, these pipes don't stop it. If you have to block the water, in this summer, life is really unbearable!

The weather is very hot, but even so, after walking fifty miles every day, everyone definitely has no feeling of not wanting to eat, only the problem of eating more and eating less. Fortunately, the officials didn't stop them from buying food. And in the group, no matter how good the health is, there will still be a heat stroke from time to time.

As June was about to pass, another group of officials was replaced, but this time it became even more intensified. In addition to boiling water, they are not allowed to use it on weekdays. If they spend money on food or anything, it will be confiscated.

In order to prevent the silver from being found, everyone had to hide the silver close to their bodies. If you want to entrust Han Jin's master and servant to keep the silver, you have to be able to access it, right? Fortunately, in order to make it easier to carry, most of the people are carrying silver tickets, and this silver ticket is also convenient to hide closely.

Later, in order to fill their stomachs and not be hungry, everyone had to resume eating wild vegetables again. And Han Jin's master and servant were still driven away and could not approach them.

It was very hot and hot, and the dust on the road looked like it was going to be sunburned, and it was shining brightly in the sun. The leaves of the trees beside the road were curled in the sun, and occasionally they shook themselves twice in the hot wind that everyone was expecting.

In addition to the non-stop, the hissing constantly makes people feel irritated, and it is rare to see people or other creatures along the way. But even so, the official said that he was in a hurry. Every day at noon, they were urged to hurry, but the accident happened at this time.

The incident happened suddenly, which caught people off guard, and when everyone else realized what was going on, Li Jimin had already enthusiastically stepped forward to give Ji Runshu a pulse. Ancient scholars more or less knew some basic pulse medicine, so Li Jimin would take the pulse: "This pulse is not heat stroke." ”

At this time, Ji Runshu, who was unconscious, had already been carried to the shade under the roadside tree.