Lu Xingchuan's family lives in Shulu Village, which is slightly north of Baiyun Village, close to Zhaozhuang, and less than five miles away from Baiyue Village.

His father was the obese old man Zhou Zhi saw in Qiu Huichunlang's house, named Lu Qiushan. In the early years, Lu Qiushan co-operated with others to do several horse selling businesses, accumulated some family assets, and bought land in Shulu Village.

By now, the Lu family already has more than 200 acres of fertile land, and although the life is not magnificent, it is not as rich as the Chen family and the Yue family in Baiyue Village, but it can be regarded as a solid and high-class family.

Lu Xingchuan was thin and thin when he was a child, and he couldn't follow his father to do business, so Lu Qiushan sent him to his sister's house in Xinxian County to study and read, and planned to go all the way to the imperial examination. Lu Xingchuan studied hard since he was a child, and when he was eighteen years old, he went home to take the primary exam, and successfully passed the county and government exams, but he was blocked in the hospital examination, and thus fell into the identity of a child.

Speaking of which, it's really good to have the identity of a child at the age of eighteen. Study hard at home, wait for the next year to take the exam again, and read less than two more years, so isn't it a sure thing to get the show in the exam?

The small test is taken twice every three years, but Lu Xingchuan has been admitted to the middle school child since he was 18 years old until he is 38 years old this year.

Whenever he talked about this matter with someone, Lu Xingchuan was extremely embarrassed and worried. In these years, Lu Xingchuan met Bo, the master of the county government, and found a group leader. Lu Xingchuan was devoted to the imperial examination and didn't care too much about the position of this group of chiefs, so he studied hard at home almost all the year round and didn't like to show his head.

Lu Xingchuan finished saying these things to himself, and finally sighed for a while.

Zhou Zhi was also embarrassed when he heard it, "white-haired children" and "birthday stars" are not casual words, living examples are in front of him.

Lu Xingchuan studied hard and failed the exam repeatedly, and Zhou Zhi had no choice. The imperial examination is so difficult, the only way is to study hard, study hard and study hard.

Zhou Zhi thought for a moment and comforted, "The younger brother is just reading randomly, and now he hasn't even finished the four books, and he doesn't know anything about the eight strands of making art, and he can't help Brother Lu."

Brother Lu naturally reads a lot of books, and he must have memorized it fluently, in the younger brother's opinion, Brother Lu has never been in the show, and it may still be time yet. After all, the road to the imperial examination is extremely difficult, but it is also undemanding.

Since Brother Lu has decided to take the road of the imperial examination, he doesn't have to worry about not winning all day long, calm down, and think it would be better to take things lightly. ”

can only be comforted like this, but anyone can say this, but it really makes Lu Xingchuan completely let go, and there is no pressure in his heart to go to the exam without any burden, it depends on Lu Xingchuan's personal psychological quality.

Lu Xingchuan was silent, and asked for a long time, "If you want to come to my junior brother to study, you are also going to participate in the scientific examination?" ”

What he asked was actually nonsense, what do you do if you don't participate in the scientific examination and study? But in his mind, after all, Zhou Zhi's family is such a poor family, and it costs a lot of money to study, can the Zhou family afford it?

There are no ten or eight years of hard study behind closed doors, and if you want to make a name for yourself, it is no different from dreaming. But Zhou Zhi is a farmer's child, and he must also work in the fields. "Ignore what is going on outside the window with both ears, and only read the books of sages and sages" Zhou Zhi categorically can't do it.

There is no time, and his family background does not allow it, so it is not feasible for him to study and take a scientific examination.

Lu Xingchuan didn't expect Zhou Zhi to nod heavily without thinking about it, "Hmm! The younger brother really wants to participate in the imperial examination, although his family background is like this, but the younger brother's ambition has been set, and he will definitely be determined and work hard. ”

Zhou Zhi and Lu Xingchuan hit it off at first sight, and there was no need to hide his ambitions. Zhou Zhi spoke at this time, his eyes were firm, and he seemed to be full of confidence.

Sitting beside Zhou Zhi and feeling the confidence exuded by Zhou Zhi, Lu Xingchuan couldn't help but secretly sigh, his family is poor and does not fall into his ambition, and he has confidence despite adversity, which is really a model for me Lu Xingchuan to learn.

A poor farmer can still be so confident, why did I, Lu Xingchuan, get discouraged? If I continue to study hard behind closed doors, I will not believe in this life, and I will not be able to take the exam.

At this time, Lu Xingchuan thought about it a lot, his face calmed down, and he chatted with Zhou Zhi for a few more words before saying goodbye to Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi and Lu Xingchuan can be said to be familiar at first sight, and they fell in love, Zhou Zhi hurriedly stood up, and wanted to leave Lu Xingchuan to eat at his house, but there was really nothing to eat at home, so he had to smile apologetically and let it go.

When Lu Xingchuan was leaving, he told Zhou Zhi to give birth to the official horse well, and the official horse should find a way as soon as possible. Although he is the leader of the group, the death of the official horse has to be reported to the county, and he can't bear it.

He knew that the Zhou family was poor, and in the end he generously took out a few taels of broken silver to give to Zhou Zhi, firstly, to let Zhou Zhi hurry up to treat Guanma, and secondly, to see if the little brother Zhou Shaocheng's stomach pain could get better as soon as possible, if not Zhou Zhi could not take him to the town every few days for diagnosis.

Lu Xingchuan regarded Zhou Zhi as a brother, he came to Zhou's house, in fact, he still benefited a lot, at least Zhou Zhi's confidence infected him and made him excited.

There is no merit, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, how can Zhou Zhi ask for Lu Xingchuan's silver for no reason, and the two of them pushed it in the courtyard.

At this time, Wang Qi, the leader of the group, carried a small cloth bag with sixty eggs in his left hand and a fat hen in his right hand into the hospital.

Seeing Lu Xingchuan treating Zhou Zhi like this, he was even more panicked, I can't interfere with the officials of the Zhou family in the future. If you think that the official horse is dead, the family will not necessarily lose anything this week. This week is a young master, my Wang Qi can't afford to mess with it.

Zhou Zhi was extremely resolute, and Lu Xingchuan had no choice but to give up in the end.

Wang Qi handed over the eggs and fat chicken to Zhou He, and then trotted away behind Lu Xingchuan like a pug.

took back the eggs, got the fat chicken, and saw that Zhou Zhi and the elders of the group called them brothers and sisters, and they had a great relationship, Zhou He and Zhou Luyun were already full of joy. After Zhou Zhi entered the house, the mother and daughter praised Zhou Zhi naturally.

"Xiao Zhi has really changed so much since he fell into a coma, and he can't believe it."

I don't know how many times my mother has said this, but Zhou Zhi can only smile indifferently.

Naturally, the lunch is to stew the hen. With Zhou Zhiqing's method of stewing wild geese last time, my sister Zhou Luyun rushed to kill chickens and cook.

Although the matter of the group head checking the official horses has been resolved, the Zhou family still has two worries now. Can the little brother Zhou Shaocheng's stomach ache get better as soon as possible, and can the official horse be fed by frying sorghum noodles again.

The little brother's stomach pain needs to be observed at any time, and if it still hurts like this for a few days, then it is necessary to find a good doctor.

For the official horses, Zhou Zhi fried more sorghum noodles in the afternoon and fed them, and carefully observed them for a long time, if they did not get better, then the matter would be really difficult to do.

There is no veterinarian near Baekak Village, but it is said that there is a veterinarian in Gyeongdo County, not to mention that the medical skills are not high, and the fees are quite expensive.

Zhou Zhi's heart was always carried, but fortunately, in the evening, the barley horse finally got better and no longer pulled loose dung, which made Zhou Zhi suddenly ecstatic.

Just as he was in a good mood watching the barley horses eating forage, a voice sounded in the courtyard, "Is the Zhou family kid at home?" ”

Although the voice was not loud, Zhou Zhi heard it clearly, and when he turned his head, it was Uncle Wang, the "mystery boy".

Uncle Wang didn't come to the door easily, and he didn't know what was going on with him erasing the black, so Zhou Zhi hurriedly greeted him.