After walking around the south of the city for half a circle, Yu Shu and the four of them found the inn recommended by the dart master, this inn is slightly old, not more spacious than the place where they lived in Kaifeng Mansion, but considering the price, Yu Shu asked Xiao Er to take the second floor to see the room, and finally selected two adjacent third-class rooms to live in, and paid a five-day fixed fee, the same is Yu Xiaoxiu and Jingchen a house, Yu Shu and Xia Mingming a house.

There are two beds in the room, the layout is not very exquisite, fortunately, the bedding is clean, and there are summer mats, and the windows are open on the back street, which is relatively quiet, which makes Yu Shu very satisfied.

Putting down his bags, Yu Shu walked to the basin shelf to wash his hands, Xia Mingming endured all the way, and when he saw that there was no one around, he was finally able to ask the words:

"You are so good at learning, why don't you take the test for Dayan?"

Yu Shu shook the water droplets on his hands, took a hand towel to wipe it, turned his head and asked, "Am I easy to learn?" ”

"Of course!" Xia Mingming was a little excited and said, "You know how to do six tricks!" I dare say that with this, you will definitely be able to make a splash in Dayan! ”

Yu Shu smiled and said, "It's true that I know the six lines, but when have you ever seen me use the six lines to divinate others?" ”

"This ......" Xia Mingming thought about it carefully, as if he really hadn't seen her use the six lines to tell them who had a hexagram, and even when Yu Shu taught her along the way, he didn't use the six lines to calculate it for her.

But...... For what?

Seeing the doubts on Xia Mingming's face, Yu Shu immediately answered for her:

"I don't have good qualifications, and I can only ask for divination for myself if I barely learn the six yao, and it is not accurate to use it on others."

"Huh?" Xia Mingming opened his mouth wide, looked stunned, and blurted out: "Isn't this a waste?" ”

Yu Shu snorted lightly, and said in her heart that she didn't care about children, anyway, she was poorly qualified, what's wrong with rotten bones? Who's in the way? She doesn't depend on it for food.

Seeing that Yu Shu's face was wrong, Xia Mingming realized that he had said the wrong thing, his face flushed, and he rubbed his hands and said: "I, I didn't mean that, don't be angry, I want to say that you can use Liuyao but you can't use it, it's a pity, it's a pity, yes, it's a pity!" ”

Of course Yu Shu wouldn't get angry because of a word, Xia Ming was straightforward, and even Yu Shu himself felt that he had ruined the strange science of Liuyao, but there was no way, who made her unreliable, so she could only use Liuyao to make up for it.

Xia Mingming saw that Yu Shu didn't speak, thinking that she was really angry, and she was in a hurry, so she stepped forward and sat down beside her, took her hand and said:

"Ah Shu, don't be uncomfortable, this qualification is talented, it's born with it, and it's not up to us to decide, you see I'm not the same, I can know dreams, but it's useless at all, my fourth sister has laughed at me for being a waste since I was a child, I'm not the same as growing so big, what's the big deal, aren't they born a little stronger than us."

As she spoke, she felt a little sympathy for Yu Shu, hooked Yu Shu's shoulder with one hand, and said in a hard voice:

"There are several subjects in the Dayan exam, you don't need Liuyao, just don't take the thaumaturgy subject, and if you pass the test in other subjects, you will have the same chance to enter the Taishi Academy, by the way, don't you have a Ji family in Yiyang City, I heard that there is a young lady in the Ji family, who is very good, and three years ago, she was selected into the Taishi Academy by only relying on the astrological subject. How is your Feng Shui? You can't meet each other, so what about arithmetic? ”

Yu Shu saw that Xia Mingming was talking energetically, and poured tea to drink, this three-year big test is indeed an opportunity for the carp to jump into the dragon gate, she also thought about it at first, but when she thought about it, she felt that it was inappropriate.

The Dayan test was ordered by the emperor to be held by Si Tianjian and linked to the Taishi Academy.

If she remembers correctly, the eldest man of the Ji family is now serving in Si Tianjian, and his position is not low, and Ji Xingxuan is a famous "top student" in Taishi Shuyuan. As for her, her predecessor was a poor worm who died in the Ji family, she was kicked out of the house twice by the Ji family, and almost replaced Ji Xingxuan as a concubine.

If she participates in Dayan, she will spare no effort and strive for a place to come out, and she dare not say anything else, at least she will be in the top three. But what about after you win? If she is not noticed by the Ji family, it will be fine, if they are asked to find out, based on the character of the Ji family, she doesn't believe that they will let her go to her own devices, once they find out that something is wrong, they will definitely pinch her to death in swaddling clothes in the morning.

I'm afraid that when the time comes, she will be busy dealing with the Ji family, not to mention anything about studying and finding books, even housing is a problem.

Getting ahead is not an overnight achievement, she is still too young now, the big test is a shortcut, but it is not suitable for her to go, or rather, it is not suitable for her to go now, in the case of completely unable to protect herself, premature exposure will only bring her danger and obstacles, relatively speaking, the temptation of jumping into the dragon gate is not enough for her to gamble.

For the reference to this year's Dayan test, she used the six lines to divinate a few hexagrams for herself before, and when she returned, she was lucky and hidden, which made her make up her mind not to rush in.

"Mingming, you don't have to comfort me, I won't go to this year's Dayan test," Yu Shu interrupted Xia Mingming's words, his attitude was very resolute, he took down her hand on his shoulder, put it on the table, patted it, and said, "You prepare well, if you can win, it will be better." ”

Yu Shu got up, left Xia Mingmin, who was in high spirits, went to the baggage and took out a small abacus, as well as a stack of silver tickets and half a bag of broken silver, and sat on the edge of the bed to settle the score, the more he calculated, the more worried he became.

She now has all her belongings, there are more than 310 taels left, two rooms in the hotel are two taels of silver a day, the food expenses of four people are saved by 200 wen a day, and the food and accommodation for ten days is 22 taels, plus Jingchen's medicine money, they will be on the street in two months.

Xia Mingming sat on the bed with Yu Shu, and after being quiet for a while, he couldn't help it, "Ah Shu, will you accompany me to the Peiren Pavilion tomorrow?" ”

Yu Shu dialed the abacus, and said without raising his head: "Didn't you say that I have something to do tomorrow, you go by yourself, you can still lose such a big person, don't you dare to go to the capital alone, why did you become a coward when you get to the place." ”

She can take care of Xia Mingming and help Xia Mingming, but she doesn't want to get used to her and protect her, she doesn't have the leisure or obligation.

"Who is cowardly," Xia Mingming said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't I want to take you to see and see, the Peiren Pavilion is a must-go place for Yike who come to the capital, if you are lucky, you can meet the Great Yishi there, what do you have to do?" ”

Yu Shu said: "I want to find out if there are any houses for sale in the city, and find a place to settle down and move in as soon as possible, the guest house is really a waste of money, and it is not cheap to eat outside." ”

Xia Mingming looked surprised and said, "Are you going to buy a house?" ”

"Well, it's not that big, just two rooms." There are four of them, and the place is too narrow, just like the small courtyard where Cao Zixin lived when he was still in Yiyang City.

Inadvertently thinking of that person, Yu Shu lost his mind slightly, and was called a few times by Xia Mingming before responding.

“…… Ah Shu, Ah Shu? ”

"Ah, what did you just say?" Yu Shu lowered his head and emptied the chaotic abacus in his hand, thinking to himself, he had already returned to the Xue family, and now he should be in the capital.

"I said, you just said that eating outside is expensive, do you have to cook your own food after you buy a house? I'll tell you first, I don't know how to cook. ”

"Didn't expect you to."

Anling City is so big, they shouldn't be able to see each other, and even if they do, there's nothing to say, after all, they ...... that day

Yu Shu sighed lightly, she would rather not see him again, than to be embarrassed to meet again, whether it was Brother Cao or Xue Dashao, she didn't know how to face him.

"What are you sighing, is there not enough money to spend?" Xia Mingming said with concern, under Yu Xiaoxiu's several unintentional ridicules, she is now very self-aware, and she knows that she has to rely on Yu Shu for food and shelter.

"Just save a little, wait until I think of a way to make money," Yu Shu sorted out the scattered silver tickets, took out the top one with a denomination of ten taels, took out a few pieces of broken silver, and handed it to Xia Mingming.

"What is this for?" Xia Mingming didn't answer it, and the fox asked.

Yu Shu smiled: "Aren't you going out tomorrow, are you going to walk?" If it's too far, rent a carriage, but don't waste it, and buy some divination equipment for the rest, don't you even have a compass now. ”

Hearing that Yu Shu was thinking about her so much, Xia Mingming's eyes were hot, and he took the thin silver ticket, wanting to say thank you, but he was afraid of hypocrisy, and when he was moved, he heard Yu Shu say:

"It's not the money that was given to you for nothing, keep an account for you, and you have to pay it back to me in the future, don't forget to give me an IOU later, and you will be able to repay the account when the time comes."

Xia Mingming's face turned green, and he said angrily: "Return, I'll pay you back tenfold!" ”

Yu Shu stretched out his hand and flicked it vigorously on her head, "Let's talk about it when you have money." ”

"Ahh Xia Mingming screamed in pain, covered his head, and wanted to reach out and bounce back, but he didn't dare, so he had to swallow his mouth and stare at Yu Shu with a pair of big eyes.

She interrupted like this, so that Yu Shu forgot the depression when she remembered someone, Ha Luha smiled and put away the silver ticket again, went next door to see if Yu Xiaoxiu and Jingchen had cleaned up, and called them to eat downstairs together.

didn't put any more big fish and meat, only ordered four bowls of sauce noodles, Yu Shu asked Yu Xiaoxiu to buy six baked cakes on the opposite street, and the four of them made do with it, Jingchen and Yu Xiaoxiu didn't complain at all, although Xia Mingming was dissatisfied, he was embarrassed to mention it.

Like Xia Mingming, there is also Jinbao, Yu Shu asked Yu Xiaoxiu to take half of the baked cake back to the room to feed it, Jinbao was fed hungry a while ago, it smelled the smell of the baked cake and turned around and pouted its ass to Yu Xiaoxiu, silently protested, was poked in the head by Yu Shu to warn him to be honest, shaking his ears and eating half a small piece aggrievedly.

Yu Xiaoxiu looked at it pitiful, and didn't dare to coax it in front of Yu Shu, and as soon as Yu Shu returned to the room, he took a small piece of silver from his private collection to it, and the little guy suddenly had the spirit again, and rolled twice on the table with the broken silver, and affectionately swept Yu Xiaoxiu's fingers with his little tail, and screamed happily.