Chapter 004: I want to take the Xiucai test
When Lu Cheng returned to the house, he saw his mother limping out of the back room, hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "Mother, you have an injury on your leg, why don't you sit inside to rest, what are you doing when you come out?" ”
Lu Wang looked at him lovingly and said with a smile: "Silly boy, what time is it, my mother is going to come out to cook for you." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Lu Cheng hurriedly stopped: "Mother, you can rest well, and I'll take care of the cooking." ”
"How can you do this?"
"Mother, don't underestimate me, let me cook tonight's meal."
Lu Cheng said. In his previous life, although he lived alone for many years and rarely cooked by himself, he still made a meal, but his skills were not very good.
"No, no, you are a scholar, how can you do such rough work?"
Lu Wang's mouth refused, and he was about to walk to the stove room. For a long time, these housework have been handled by her, even when her daughter-in-law is married, she rarely asks the other party to help.
Lu Cheng found that the concept of people at this time was indeed too old.
What happened to the readers?
Readers are baby bumps, they don't have to do anything, they come to their mouths to reach out for food?
With his original memory, he also understood what his mother meant, which was nothing more than some theories such as "a gentleman is far away from cooking". It is believed that if a scholar does the menial work that only these women do, he will lose his identity.
If you think about it carefully, many families in modern society do still have such theories, but they are not as serious as they are now.
Children who study at home are generally very accustomed to it, and their parents usually just urge them to go to school, but never let them help with some household chores. Even if the child really has this heart and takes the initiative to help, it will be discouraged by some doting parents.
It's not that Lu Cheng likes to do housework, it's just that his mother still has a foot injury, how can he bear to let her work?
"Mother, just sit down and let the child cook for you today."
Lu Cheng said insistically. Then, he helped his mother to sit on the chair beside him, and he went to the stove to cook.
When my father was there, the conditions of the family were quite good, and there were three houses, which was considered medium in the village. But the serious illness of my father consumed the family's savings, and all the things that the family could sell for money were sold. In the current situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that the family is surrounded by four walls.
Lu Cheng opened the rice bowl and saw that there was not much rice left in it, so he took some rice out and washed it and cooked some gruel.
At this time, the rice production in He1 Nan is not small, and the people of He1 Nan do not eat pasta every day, and they will also eat some porridge on weekdays. Historically, after many devastating catastrophes, the He1 people of later generations actually migrated from other places, and they cannot be confused with this time.
The original Lu Cheng really had no experience in making a fire to cook, and he spent a long time tinkering in the stove room before he figured out how to make a fire. After all, this era is different from the environment in his previous life that used gas stoves, natural gas and other methods to start fires.
Lu Cheng was busy working in the stove room, but when he saw his mother walking in with a wooden stick, he seemed to be not very worried about him, afraid that he would not only not be able to cook the food for a while, but would cause something like a fire.
"Mother, why are you here?"
Lu Cheng said helplessly, so he trotted out and brought a chair and asked her to sit on the side and watch herself cook.
Half an hour later, Lu Cheng made a meal, the taste was not very delicious, but it would not make people feel difficult to swallow.
When Uncle Wang Lin left, he left two fish for their family, which were not very big, but they were enough for the mother and son. In addition, there is only a plate of turnips and pickles, and these are the only things that can be eaten at home.
Looking at the meal made by his son on the table, Lu Wang's tears couldn't help but flow out. She knew that her son had really changed, and he was like two people before, and he knew how to hurt people more than his father who died early.
Lu Cheng saw his mother crying, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while. Although I knew very well that my mother was moved to tears, I couldn't bear to watch my mother cry like this, so I had to say as if I was reassuring: "Mother, don't worry, next time, I will definitely come back after taking the exam!" ”
Lu Wang wiped his tears with the back of his hand, nodded and said, "My mother also believes that you will definitely be able to be admitted to Xiucai!" ”
In this era, there was no electricity, there was no entertainment at night, and people went to bed very early at night.
After eating, Lu Cheng hurriedly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, sat and chatted with his mother for a while, and when he saw her tired, he took her back to his room to rest.
blew out the oil lamp and lay on the bed in his room, but Lu Cheng didn't feel sleepy at all.
One is that the habit of going to bed late has not been changed, and the other is that he has just arrived, and he has encountered this kind of unbelievable thing, and he needs to sort out some thoughts.
It is now the sixteenth year of Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, and his current identity is a weak scholar in Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, South of He1. In this era, it seems that the only way to get ahead is to be an official. And if ordinary people want to become officials, the only way seems to be through the imperial examination, and they generally have to pass the examination.
Alas, I don't know if the imperial examination will be difficult, with that thing in my head, can I get into a jinshi?
Forget it, I don't want to think so much, it's hard to say about Jinshi, Xiucai should still be okay, let's take a show before coming back, but I have to wait another three years. Well, I'll have to go to the city tomorrow and see if we can do something to make some money.
The next morning, when Lu Cheng woke up, it was already bright outside.
After turning over and getting out of bed and putting on shoes and socks, Li Xiuwen came out of the room and saw that the breakfast made by his mother had been placed on the table, which was a few pancakes and a bowl of noodles, and there was no meat in it, only a few wild vegetables.
Even so, Lu Cheng also knew that this was already the best that his mother had left for him. She ate it herself, and it certainly didn't have such a portion, and there were no wild vegetables.
At this moment, Lu Wangshi came in from outside with a stick and said with a smile: "Up?" Let's have breakfast. ”
Lu Cheng wanted to cry very much, from yesterday to now, this is the second time, and there has never been such a situation before.
He blinked desperately, ran to fetch an empty bowl, and split the noodles in his bowl in half. Seeing this, Lu Wang's hurriedly stopped him: "What are you doing here?" My mother has already eaten it. ”
"Mother, I can't eat so much, you can sit down and eat some together."
Lu Cheng said, and without saying anything, he pulled his mother to sit down at the table, and urged: "Eat quickly, if you don't eat, you will waste it." ”
"Okay, okay, my mother will accompany you to eat some more."
Lu Wang sighed, took the lead in grabbing chopsticks, picked up a noodle, and ate it with tears. She knew that this son was a little tough now, and if he didn't move his chopsticks, he wouldn't eat it.
After eating breakfast, Lu Wang said: "Cheng'er, today is the day of the trial case in the hospital, why don't you go to Fucheng to take a look?" ”
Lu Cheng then remembered that today happened to be the day of the first case of the college examination, and those who passed the first exam could continue to take the second exam, and those who were admitted after that could become students, that is, show talents.
In the past, Lu Cheng couldn't pass the first exam at all, and he didn't have much hope this year.
He really planned to go to Fucheng to have a look today, but he didn't go to the crime. But such words naturally cannot be said to the mother. I had to answer with a smile: "I know my mother, I'll go to Fucheng now." ”
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