"Ahem." Lord Shanggong is a little older, and his figure will naturally be more plump, and he can't stand it on such a hot day, looking at a little master who is like a river, and he is still a person under his own hands, he has to express his attitude.

Because although the top leaders of the six bureaus are all of the same official rank, they are still headed by the Shanggong Bureau by default, if they don't make a sound, it is estimated that these people will have to pretend to be deaf and dumb for a while.

"Lord Shanggong, do you have anything else to add?" When the head teacher heard the cough of the person behind him, he quickly turned his head, and his heart suddenly felt a little twitched.

The impatience on the faces of these adults made the head of the sect immediately know that he was in trouble again.

"It's nothing, it's just spring flowers, they will continue to assess tomorrow, if there are two heatstrokes on such a hot day, what will happen to tomorrow's assessment? We are officials, and we should also consider the people below. Shang Gong rolled his eyes, but still patiently mentioned something.

"Yes, yes, yes." Sect Leader Wang Chunhua hurriedly replied.

Qiao Ruoli didn't plan to listen carefully to their hidden officialdom, he only listened to the exam questions somewhere, and then with the word "opening the exam", he hurriedly joined forces with the bell.

The exam questions this time are not difficult, it is a relatively ordinary white jade ink fragrant square cake, to put it bluntly, it is a square cake made of glutinous rice and black sesame seeds.

It's just that it's hard to finish in three hours, which means they can't make mistakes in the whole process, because this dessert, from grinding rice milk to making fillings, needs to be completed independently, and the final product needs to be soft and glutinous, sweet and delicious.

Qiao Ruoli neatly soaked the rice in water, and then whispered to the bell: "I remember you said two days ago that your upbringing aunt gave you and Yuanyuan a small half jar of lard. ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Bell said with a puzzled expression.

"Bring it here, it will be of great use in a while, I'll keep an eye on it here." Qiao Ruoli neatly put the black sesame seeds into the stone mortar and pounded them carefully.

"What? Lard is a rare thing, I ......" Bell looked at Qiao Ruoli and said with some embarrassment.

"Look at your stingy appearance, didn't you promise me half of it before, which half of me did you take?" Qiao Ruoli looked at the bell's mellow little face angrily and said.

"But didn't you say you didn't want to?" Bell pouted.

"Do you still want to go to the Shang Food Bureau, if you want to, hurry up, by the way, see if your aunt has any peanuts, and if so, bring a handful. By the way, I almost forgot that there were osmanthus and honey, I almost forgot, remember to bring it together. Qiao Ruoli lowered his voice and said with a bell.

"Good, good, the opportunity to exchange a small can of lard for the Shangshi Bureau is worth it." When the bell heard this, he hurriedly went to report to the examiner and left.

Qiao Ruoli shook his head and smiled when he saw her departing figure.

Bell's upbringing aunt Zhi Ling is the steward of the dining room, and it shouldn't be a problem to get a handful of peanuts. And some other palace maids who had ideas also began to act to find some raw materials they needed, and Qiao Ruoli was not worried that he would be scolded for this matter.

Because this matter is tacitly approved by the assessment, as long as the things are taken and done, there are no mistakes in the drug testing stage. Otherwise, these palace maids all take the same raw materials, even if they make flowers, there will be no difference, but Qiao Ruoli is still a little inexplicably flustered, but he doesn't know what the reason is.

After a while, the bell came back with things, and the two of them divided labor in an orderly manner, the bell was responsible for grinding the rice, and Qiao Ruoli was responsible for sifting the powder of the black sesame seeds.

After a while, the bell grinded half of the rice, and just as he wanted to take the next step, Qiao Ruoli took his hand and began to grind the remaining rice.

"Ruoli, what are you doing here, these are enough." Bell said anxiously.

"You go and mix the stuffing first, I'm not sure I will make a mistake today, so I will prepare some more in case of emergency." Ruoli continued his movements without turning a deaf ear, and the bell knew that he couldn't resist Qiao Ruoli's bullish temper, so he could only mix the filling according to what Qiao Ruoli said, and tasted the bitterness of a lot of sesame seeds, and couldn't help but be surprised.

"Ruo Li!" The bell shouted out in a loud voice, and half of the people in the audience looked at them, fortunately, the adults of the six Shang have gone to the side hall, and the people present are the palace maids and insiders of each bureau, otherwise they will definitely have to deduct impression points.

"Noise." Liuli said coldly, and the bell originally wanted to return two sentences, but she didn't pick up Liuli's words when she thought that Qiao Ruoli didn't like her bickering for no reason.

The bell cautiously ran to Qiao Ruoli's side, lowered his voice and said, "Ruoli, what have you added to this, it feels sweeter than we ate according to the method taught by Master Zhangshan, and the bitter taste of sesame seeds is also reduced a lot." ”

"What did you just take? Think for yourself. Qiao Ruoli couldn't help but shake her head when she looked at the bell with a cute look, and the bell was about to blurt out as soon as she slapped her brain, Qiao Ruoli quickly blocked her mouth.

"Bell!" Qiao Ruoli shouted in a low voice.

"Woo woo...... The sound of the bell was quickly suppressed, and Qiao Ruoli took it away with his hand.

With a sigh of relief, the bell asked softly, "It's peanuts, isn't it?" ”

"Well, stop talking, hurry up and press the square cake down the mold, and I'll go and burn the fire here." Qiao Ruoli looked at the place where the bell was stunned and said with some disgust.

It's just that when Qiao Ruoli picked up the firewood, he suddenly noticed some problems, because there were some white foams on these firewoods, but before Qiao Ruoli could check it in a fine step, the bell was about to come, Qiao Ruoli was afraid that she would have extraneous branches, so he simply wiped the foam on it with a dry rag, and then began to live.

The water is boiling, and it is good to steam the square cake Qiao Ruoli looked at the burning incense pillar and nodded with satisfaction, because there is still some rich time in this time period.

It's just that I didn't expect that the fire next to Qiao Ruoli suddenly exploded in the next second, and even the stove collapsed together, Qiao Ruoli fortunately ran away quickly, but his leg was smashed, otherwise it is estimated that his face would be injured.

The bell hurriedly ran over from the other side and asked Qiao Ruoli how he was, but Qiao Ruoli pressed the bell's hand and said, "Bell, this matter is not small, you have to put the responsibility on me in a while." ”

"That's not going to work......" Bell said eagerly.

"Listen to me, just now I found some white powder on the firewood, I thought it was because of the charcoal, but now I think it may be saltpeter powder, this matter is a bit strange, we must have someone to pick up the blame, for the other person to find a reason to be exonerated, just now I lit the fire, everyone saw it, so that person can only be me.

And our materials are enough to make another plate, you must finish our things in a while, only if you are outstanding in all the assessments this time, I can be exempted from punishment, you know! Remember to accompany it with a plate of osmanthus nectar, which will also be delicious. Qiao Ruoli quickly distributed the bell to do for a while, and as soon as the words fell, the adults in the side hall arrived.

"What's going on?" Wang Shanggong looked at Qiao Ruoli in the examination room, and couldn't help frowning and asked.