The next day, someone still went to Huixing Street to send charcoal, and the two heavy baskets were carried to the door of the house, Yu Shu came out to answer the door, and saw that the two porters who came to deliver the charcoal were sweating profusely, and they were embarrassed to ask people to carry it back.

Just in time for breakfast, several women in the alley washed the dishes and brushed the pot and came out to pour the rancid water.

For the ordinary people living in the south of the city, the charcoal used for burning in winter is picked from the cooking stove, and it is a very luxurious thing to buy charcoal from the charcoal kiln for heating.

"For the rest of your life, how much does this charcoal cost a pound, how can you buy so much, are you done burning?" Aunt Xu had dealings with Yu Shu's family, and asked her in a familiar tone.

"It's cold this year, it's right to be more prepared," Yu Shu hit Ha Lu Ha with the same people, and the more people surrounded the door, he hurriedly asked the porter to carry the charcoal basket in.

Xue Rui not only sent charcoal, but also thoughtfully attached two flat furnaces, hollowing out a charcoal pit in the middle of the box, which was very heavy with iron, and it was no wonder that the two porters were sweating.

Yu Shu asked people to put the charcoal basket and iron stove in a corner of the hall, went into the house and took a handful of copper coins, thanked the porter, and then sent someone away, closed the door and went back to the house, and saw Jingchen standing in front of the charcoal basket, curiously holding a charcoal to look at.

"Is this also used for fire?" Jingchen turned his head and asked Yu Shu.

"Well, for warmth." Yu Shu walked up to him and stared at the charcoal stove on the ground, feeling awkward.

Before, she could still regard Xue Rui's kindness as friendship and mutual assistance between friends, but she made her words clear last night, and she couldn't be at ease with his favor.

But people came all the way to pick it up, she refused to accept it, can she still let people pick it back? That's too pretentious.

She is grateful to Xue Rui, after all, she owes him a debt that is almost able to write an account book, there is a way to eat people with a soft mouth, and she really doesn't want to make things difficult with him unless necessary.

Jingchen learned about the new things, so he put the charcoal in his hand back into the basket and asked Yu Shudao: "Are these all sent by Xue Gongzi?" ”

"Hmm."

Jingchen said: "He takes good care of your brother and sister and brother, and he is a good person." ”

Yu Shu listened to Jing Chen's evaluation of Xue Rui, his face turned strange, and he tilted his head to look at him.

Jingchen didn't know why she looked at him like this, "What's wrong?" ”

"What a nerd," Yu Shu muttered in a low voice, bent down and picked up an iron stove, intending to carry it into the bedroom, Jing Chen saw that this thing was heavy, and hurriedly reached out to pick it up, Yu Shu turned sideways to avoid it, but it was not faster than him, Jing Chen took the iron furnace out of her arms with one hand, and asked her:

"Where?"

Yu Shu had no temper with his hard-working appearance, and seeing that he didn't need the injured hand, he pointed to the iron furnace left on the ground and said, "One in the house and one in Xiaoxiu, and one in your house." ”

Jingchen hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not afraid of the cold, so I don't need it." Put one in the hall and warm it up while eating. ”

He was not afraid of the cold, but Yu Shu was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he said: "It will be even colder in a few days, the mattress on your bed is not thick, it is better to put one in the house, burn it before going to bed, and then move it out of my house when eating." ”

So one of the two stoves still arrived in the Jingchen room.

Before Yu Shu came here, his family background was very ordinary, and he used a charcoal stove when he lived in a relative's house in the countryside when he was a child. She tried to burn a few sections of the coals sent by Xue Rui, and after tinkering for a long time, she found that there was no smoke, so she lit both stoves, closed the door, and it didn't take long for the room to become noticeably warmer.

Jinbao, the little guy didn't know where to get out of the corner, changed to squatting next to the stove, was dirty by Yu Shu, took the opportunity to catch it and pressed it in the hot water basin to wash it once, this little yellow hair was unwilling to take a bath in winter, chirped crookedly and almost didn't break his throat, and it was still difficult to escape a wash after the worst.

Carrying the semi-wet Jinbao to the side of the stove, Yu Shu baked it while talking to Jingchen about the safety matters of windshield ventilation when burning charcoal, and taught him how to extinguish the stove.

Yu Xiaoxiu returned home and saw that there was a stove in the house, which was very rare, and before the meal, he moved a stool around the stove to roast his hands, and smoked his little face red.

That night, Jingchen sat alone in front of the window, with the candle flame fluorescent, flipping through the Taoist classics that he had read several times on the bookcase, and heard the sound of Yu Shu's big house closing the door and bolting, so he put the book upside down on the table, got up and walked to the bed, the red stove that was burning at the foot of the bed was burned by Yu Shu in the house after dinner.

Jingchen bent down and lifted the iron lid and fastened it, waited for a while, and then opened it again, and saw that the fire in the furnace was extinguished, so he returned to the table and sat down, turned the pages of the book and continued to read.

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed, and on the first day of the lunar month, the Yike people in the entire Anling City have finally ushered in the triennial Great Evolutionary Test.

There was no vigorous prelude, but there was a different atmosphere everywhere in the city, and the six-subject unified examination became the biggest topic, and people from all walks of life set their sights on this year's Dayan Examination.

Yu Shu got up when it was hazy, she was the one who wanted to take the exam, Yu Xiaoxiu was more nervous than her, she didn't sleep well all night, as soon as she heard the movement of her getting up, she got up and hurriedly put on her clothes, and ran to the kitchen to plan to start the stove, but Jingchen got up earlier than their sisters and brothers, and had already lit a fire in the kitchen and boiled all the hot water.

Yu Xiaoxiu went into the house and took out a string of copper coins, held a large bowl, and ran to the street to buy breakfast.

The only one in the family who is still lying in bed is Jinbao, who sleeps soundly under Yu Xiaoxiu's pillow.

The candidate is the largest, Yu Shule has to enjoy special treatment, after freshening up, she wears a new dress, although she no longer has to hide her gender in front of Jingchen, and the person who is printed on the Dayan exam is also a female student, but she is still a beautiful young man, and she has not changed back to women's clothes.

First, because she was short of skirts for the winter, she didn't have to change them, and secondly, she felt that wearing a robe was easier than a skirt, so she didn't waste money to buy it.

Yu Shu put all the pen, ink and paperweight to be used in the exam into a small bookcase, checked it carefully, and put the most important exam post close to her, she leaned against the door of the bedroom, quietly looking at Jing Chen, who was placing dishes and chopsticks in front of the dining table in the outhouse, and Yu Xiaoxiu, who was squatting by the stove to add charcoal, and her heart was at ease.

I can't help but think of many years ago, when she was still an immature student, the big exam was in full swing, and her parents and younger brother were also like this, carefully surrounding her alone, for two days and two nights, that was the most nervous and timid after she said goodbye to her youth.

The same scene, but now it is a different state of mind, after years and growth, for a person who has spanned 500 years of history, she feels more fortunate at the moment.

I'm glad to live a long life, and I'm glad to have this day.

"Brother, come and eat." Yu Xiaoxiu pulled out the stool and beckoned Yu Shu to come over.

Yu Shu walked to the table and sat down, took the spoon he handed to him, looked up at Jingchen who was taking the soup, and turned his head to Yu Xiaoxiu:

"Call sister, your brother Jing already knows the way."

Jingchen's movements stopped.

̈Ahh Yu Xiaoxiu's mouth opened wide unconsciously, and Yu Shu put a bun into his mouth and said:

"Eat quickly."

Putting the sweet porridge in front of Yu Shu, the corners of Jing Chen's mouth lifted lightly, revealing a smiling face.

Although Xue Rui said that she would send someone to pick up Yu Shu, she still rented a carriage in advance, just in case, it turned out that she was doing too much, as soon as she got out of the alley, she saw that there was a carriage waiting for her in the north, and the vermilion lacquer canopy pulled by a strong horse was clearly not supposed to stop in a place like a house in the south of the city

Although it was not the one that Xue Rui always sat on, but the tall and thin coachman standing outside the car, Yu Shu had seen Xue Rui a few times, and that time Xue Rui took her to visit Xia Jiang's house, which was driven by the coachman named "Lao Cui".

Yu Shu wanted to take a detour, but the coachman was sharp-eyed, and he waved his arm at her from afar, making her want to pretend that she didn't see it, so she had to walk up with a smile.

"Old Cui."

"Girl, please get in the car, and send you to Taichengji." Lao Cui smiled and rolled up the curtain of the car door.

Yu Shu didn't want to embarrass a subordinate, so he got into the carriage, the car was smoked and warmed, and it was two different days from the outside, there was a small round table in it, the tea was warm, and the dim sum was put on two plates, and the appearance was exquisite, so that people couldn't bear to eat, and the bunk was lined with a thick layer of skin, I don't know what animal it was, smooth and soft.

Yu Shu sat on it for a while, feeling comfortable and uncomfortable. She is indeed a person who is happy to enjoy, she did a lack of virtue in her previous life, and most of the money she earned was spent on Lei, but she never treated herself badly, what she should eat and what she should wear, as long as she can afford it, she is rarely reluctant to spend, she has become picky, or after passing through.

However, the enjoyment she likes is self-sufficiency, even if she earns black money, that is also her ability, not like this, sit back and enjoy it.

Fortunately, the carriage ran fast, and it arrived in the north of the city.

Si Tianjian is divided into five divisions, this Taicheng Division is one of them, and it is also the largest one in the courtyard, located on Xihuafu Street, occupying ten acres of land, a spacious road in front of the door, which can accommodate four or five carriages in parallel.

But today this street is very congested, all the candidates who come, not to mention the carriage, people are not easy to squeeze in, Yu Shu got off the car at the street entrance, carried the bookcase, and followed the crowd to the gate of Taichengsi.

There are two rows of twelve officials in front of the gate, with swords at their waists and sticks in their hands, which are very majestic, so the front of the door is empty, and no one is allowed to approach until the time of the entrance examination.

There is a notice posted on the wall of the list outside the door, many people are looking around, the people are boiling, it is not noisy, Yu Shu held the bookcase and took a lot of effort to squeeze to the front, looking up at the list, it turned out that what was posted was an official document ban, similar to the precautions for candidates, Yu Shu wrote them down one by one, and if there was something unclear, he asked others with a smile.

After a long time of trouble, the women's school exam was about to enter through another door, Yu Shu hurriedly asked for directions, squeezed out again, and found the west gate of Taichengsi at the end of the street.

There are many fewer people here, and they are all women, of course, there are a few like Yu Shu who are wearing Yike robes and wearing soap buns on their heads.

After waiting for about two minutes, Yu Shu heard a bell ringing, ringing from the inner courtyard, and there was a commotion all around, all rushing to the door, Yu Shu tiptoed, and saw a group of seven or eight officials coming out of front of the door, all wearing black yarns, wearing blue and brown official uniforms, and one of them holding a water leak in his hand.

"Prepare - candidates are admitted!" Clear