As night fell, the pedestrians returned home, and after a quarter of an hour, it was completely dark. Thousands of lights were lit up one after another.

In the northeast of Chang'an City, many squares are close to the imperial palace, so here are mostly the residences of high-ranking officials and nobles, and in the northwest of Chang'an City, because of its proximity to the West Market, a large number of wealthy merchants and Hu people, Persians and other foreign people have gathered. Therefore, the pattern of Chang'an's fang market has always been said to be "rich in the east and expensive in the west".

The southwest foot of Chang'an City, Guiyi Fang.

It is far away from the bustling places, and is mostly a gathering place for some poor families.

In a dilapidated courtyard, lights are lit. Inside the house, a little boy about ten years old is holding a little girl's hand and teaching her to write hand in hand.

The little girl was about seven or eight years old, her face was a little yellow, and she was obviously malnourished. As if she thought writing was fun, a hint of an innocent smile leaked from her face from time to time.

"Hao'er, Yaya, it's time to eat!"

A woman dressed in coarse cloth and gray walked in with a vegetable bowl and said with a smile.

"Oh~, eat!"

The little girl cheered, broke free from the boy's arms, ran to the table, and drooled as she looked at the food in the bowl.

The boy shook his head amusedly, and asked the woman, "Mother, isn't Daddy coming back for dinner tonight?" ”

The woman in gray was stunned for a moment and said, "Your father is helping people unload the goods on the ba, I'm afraid he won't come back tonight, Hao'er, don't worry about that, let's eat first!" ”

The little boy whispered yes and silently returned to the table and sat down.

"Come, Hao'er, eat an egg, this is for the mother when she was working in Hu Yuanwai's house today, his little lady stuffed it for her mother, you eat to replenish your brain, so that you may be able to take the top prize in the next year!"

Madame carefully peeled an egg, put it in the little boy's bowl, and said lovingly.

The little boy looked at the eggs in the bowl, and then looked at the hungry girl next to him, he used chopsticks to put the eggs into the bowl, and said:

"Mother, the child has eggs to eat at noon in the country, so give this egg to the little sister!"

He thought in his heart: This monthly exam must get the first, so that he can take his father and mother, take his little sister, and go to Zuixianlou to have a big meal, I heard that the wine of Zuixianlou can be called a fairy wine, my father was a good wine a long time ago, but in order to study for himself over the years, I have never drunk wine again, I must take my father to taste it;

The little sister hasn't eaten meat for a long time, and the gnawed chicken, lion head, and braised pork in the drunken fairy building, the little sister must like to eat it;

The Dongpo meat and back pot meat of the drunken fairy building must be liked by A-Niang.

The woman in gray stretched out her hand to stop her, but when she heard her son say this, she could only give up, she sighed, and said:

"Hao'er, I heard you say yesterday that you want a new gentleman in your academy today, how about it? Is Mr. New Teaching Good? ”

This little boy is Meng Wenhao of the Arithmetic Museum, and Li Zexuan also called his name on the blackboard to do questions in class today.

Meng Wenhao said with a smile: "Mother, you must also know our new gentleman, he is the man from Lantian County who presented Quyuan plough to the imperial court a while ago. His arithmetic ability is in his own right, and he is the most knowledgeable man a child has ever seen. ”

The woman in gray was obviously taken aback, she was surprised: "It turned out to be Li Xiannan, this person is a great benefactor of our poor family, Hao'er, you have to learn hard with Li Xiannan, and you can't live up to his old man's teachings." ”

The corners of Meng Wenhao's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart, if Mr. knew that someone called him an old man, how would he feel.

..............

On the second day, the wind and the sun were beautiful.

"Mother, the child has gone to the national prison!"

After Meng Wenhao finished breakfast, he shouted at his mother who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen.

The woman walked out and asked, "Hao'er, didn't you say yesterday that you would rest today?" Why do you want to go? ”

Meng Wenhao turned around and said, "Mother, Mr. left a question yesterday, and the child is going to the Guozijian today to solve it." ”

So saying, he turned and ran.

The woman was in doubt and wanted to ask aloud, but her son was already far away.

.............

Guozijian.

Under the ginkgo tree next to the gate, there was a young man in blue.

The boy remained motionless, his head raised, and his eyes stared at the top of the ginkgo tree without blinking.

In the rush of Guozijian students, the young man was like a group of lone wolves with their heads held high, independent of heaven and earth, looking very different, and the passing crowd quickly noticed him.

"Hey, look, there's a fool over there, standing there motionless."

"Ha, really, why did our Guozijian come in and make a fool?"

"He's not a fool, I know this person, it's Meng Wenhao from the Arithmetic Museum, and his grades in the Arithmetic Hall have always been among the best."

"Huh? Isn't the Arithmetic Hall closed today? Why did he come back? ”

"Who knows! I didn't sleep at home early in the morning, and I ran here in a daze, which is really sick! ”

"It is said that the arithmetic hall is closed for eight days every month, so happy!"

"Yes, why can they take eight days off every month, I also have to protest with the gentleman of our library, and we also have to take eight days off every month!"

"Yes, we're going to protest!"

"If you don't leave quickly, you're all going to be late, be careful if you're late, Mr. slap your palm!"

"Ahh Come on! ”

...........

The onlookers suddenly dispersed, and the gate of Guozijian was quiet again.

Meng Wenhao has always been motionless, not affected by the noise outside, if the question is done well this time, but he can add two points in the monthly exam, if he can get these two points, then the certainty of getting the first place in the monthly exam will be much greater.

There were a lot of crazy thoughts in his mind, but they were all denied by himself one by one, no, this is not good, this is definitely not the best plan, there must be a better one!

Meng Wenhao had already fallen into a daze at this time, and he didn't feel the passage of time at all, Kong Yingda passed by him at this time, glanced at him, shook his head and sighed: "Persistent child, I hope you can come out as soon as possible!" ”

After that, he didn't bother Meng Wenhao, so he went straight away.

Time passed, and it was noon in a blink of an eye.

"Wow, why is this Meng Wenhao still standing here?"

"yes, he doesn't seem to have moved his feet."

"Don't stand up for problems!"

"I think this person has a problem with his brain!"

"Let's go, leave him alone, go to dinner!"

"Yes, yes, eat!"

..........

The surroundings fell silent again, Meng Wenhao's lips were chapped, and his body was a little shaky, but he didn't have the slightest intention of moving, and was still pondering in place.

From the morning to now, he has thought of hundreds of methods in his mind, such as building ladders, measuring tree trunks piece by piece, tying ropes to the treetops, measuring the length of ropes, etc., but he has rejected them one by one, and his intuition tells him that these are not the best methods, and there must be easier ways!

There must still be, I can definitely think of it! Meng Wenhao thought firmly in his heart.

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Thank you for the Instant Darkness Five Peaks for another reward!

(End of chapter)