"Tired, aren't you? Hurry up and eat something first, then take a shower and get a good night's sleep. Zhu watched his daughter get off the carriage, his face full of tiredness, and he said distressedly.

The policy questions for the third session of the government examination cannot be written in one day. Even if Zhao Ruxi can finish writing, he doesn't want to be too eye-catching, so he submits the paper one day early. Therefore, she stayed in the examination room all night, and returned the paper at about noon the next day.

In modern times, in order to catch up with the drawings, it is common for her to stay up late. But in ancient times, life was too healthy and green, sleeping as soon as it was dark, getting up at dawn, and never staying up all night.

After staying in the exam room all night, although I could sleep on the table, I was still very uncomfortable, and I felt unbearable when I came out.

She said yes, ate something, took a shower, and went to sleep.

"Alas, the government exam is like this, if you take the hospital exam, the township exam, and the general exam, won't you stay in the exam room for a few days? If you don't eat well and sleep well, it's not only hard, but also very inconvenient. Zhu said to Zhao Yuanxun.

Although there is a mother-in-law in the examination room, and the mother-in-law is accompanied to the toilet, several big men who supervise the examination are staring at each other, and the female candidates are very uncomfortable no matter what they do. If you want to sleep on the table when you are tired, you have to take into account the etiquette. Therefore, even if the examination room for girls is much better than that of boys, their psychological fatigue is not comparable to that of boys.

"Our family is also a small industry, and Sister Xi'er has a lot of industry in her own name. She sells a painting for a few years, so why does she need to work so hard? Zhu continued.

After Zhao Ruxi auctioned the painting to the palace, he gave Zhu 10,000 taels of silver. The Zhu family used it to buy three shops in the capital and a big Zhuangzi in the surrounding counties, intending to use it as a dowry when Zhao Ruxi got married.

The original Zhuangzi of Suiping Bofu made rice into dry vermicelli, and the dried vermicelli was not sold in the capital, but was shipped to the south of the Yangtze River. Southerners have always liked to eat rice, and this kind of vermicelli is convenient and quick, and the taste is also very good, which is especially popular with the locals.

Seeing that the profits were huge, Zhu simply asked the steward to collect rice locally for processing, bought a few small shops, and opened a rice noodle shop according to Zhao Ruxi's model in the capital.

After asking the Xu family if they planned to sell fried goods outside the capital, she opened a fried goods shop next to the Jiangnan rice noodle shop.

The steward sent by the Zhu family to Jiangnan was also very capable, and found that the rice noodle shop and the roasted food business were really good, and after returning to report, he also opened these two shops in the surrounding cities and towns in Jiangnan.

Although some locals follow suit, whether it is the brine formula or the mystery of quartz sand, they can't learn it for a while. Therefore, this alone has made a lot of money for Suiping Bofu for most of the year.

Originally, after the separation, most of the expenses in the government were reduced, and the economy was much more prosperous. With these inputs, Suiping Bofu suddenly changed from making ends meet to having a small surplus. Every year, he used the surplus money to buy family property, and the days of Suiping Bofu were better again.

This is not counting the property in Zhao Ruxi's hands and the dowry of the old lady and the Zhu family themselves.

Now that her husband has an official position again, Zhu is very confident when she says this.

"What Sister Xi wants to do, she has her own reasons. She doesn't work hard herself, so let's not nag her. Zhao Yuanxun said.

Zhu nodded: "I'm just saying that, I definitely can't persuade her." ”

Two days later, the government tried to release the list, and the couple was listening to the news from the old lady, when they heard the excited voice of the little girl coming from the courtyard gate: "Old lady, uncle, madam, the list is released." Second place in the girl's high school. ”

Zhu stood up and said happily, "Come in." ”

This time, it was still the clever guy who was sent to see the list, and after entering the house, he bowed, and told the situation in detail without waiting for the master to ask.

He added: "This time, it was posted with the list, and there were also test papers. The villain listened to everyone's discussion there for a long time, and everyone was convinced by the girl's ranking, and they all praised the girl's article for being good, and no one objected. ”

As he spoke, he took out a stack of paper from his arms and handed it to the maid on the side: "These are the rankings copied by the villain and the two articles posted by the first place." ”

Zhu was very satisfied with this little guy.

She motioned to Mama Zhou: "Give him a reward." ”

There were ten taels of silver on the upper seal, and when the little guy heard it, he was immediately so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. It's not in vain that he copied articles in a crowded crowd, which is really not a human thing.

The three of them took turns to look at the things copied back by the little guy, and found that not only could they not tell the quality of the article, but they were the names of the people on the list, except for Xu Chongwen, no one else knew them.

"Okay, you can't understand it, hurry up and send it to Sister Xi'er, she should be in a hurry." The old lady spoke.

Zhu hurriedly asked the maid to send the list and articles to the Xiuzhu Academy.

She also instructed Mama Zhou: "Prepare a gift and send it to Xu's house to congratulate Brother Wen on being a child in the middle school entrance examination." ”

Mama Zhou went out in response.

Looking at Mama Zhou's distant back, Zhu sighed with emotion: "Brother Wen won in one fell swoop, and his ranking is not low, and the Xu family and his wife can be regarded as having survived." ”

Xu Chongwen won the 31st place in the government examination. The house has tried, and it is a child. At his age, it is very good to be admitted to the middle school boy, at least the future is promising.

"Not really." The old lady said, "The Xu family has made a lot of money doing business for most of the year, not only bought Mrs. Zhao Shi's yard, but also bought a shop in the north of the city, which can be regarded as a small property." Xu Chongwen is now a child, and his family affairs don't have to worry. ”

"Don't worry." Zhu said with a smile, "A few days ago, someone in the Zhao family asked me about Brother Wen. Looking at it like that, just wait for him to finish the children's exam and ask someone to be a matchmaker. Xu Xue even had several matchmakers come to the door. The Xu family and his wife were very calm, and they wanted to wait for Brother Wen to be a child before they would discuss marriage to the brothers and sisters, and they would be more confident. ”

Hearing the small talk of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, thinking of the four nephews and nieces of the same age in the second room, not only did they lose their fame, but also their family affairs were not settled, Zhao Yuanxun couldn't help but sigh secretly.

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In the bamboo cultivation courtyard, Zhao Ruxi saw the copied ranking table, but he didn't have much idea about his second place.

She has only been focusing on the Four Books and the Five Classics for more than half a year, and she has not spent much time on this for most of the year. Being able to take the second place in the government exam is already because she has a good memory and high understanding. There was no shortage of ancients with high IQs.

She looked through the list and found that Xu Chongwen had passed the exam, and she was very happy for him.

"Girl, are the names of the two people in the Beijing Women's Academy on the list?" Qingfeng craned his neck to look at the list and asked.

Zhao Ruxi had finished reading it, and gave the list to Qingfeng: "I didn't see it, I guess I didn't get in." ”