If this is an exam question, there must be someone nearby who is hiding it, observing their words and deeds. Even if Xu Xi had a guess in his heart, it was not easy to say anything to Xu Xue, so as not to be self-defeating.

Anyway, Xu Xue, this little girl, is a good character, and she doesn't need to remind her of anything, just act according to her nature.

After Xu Xue finished talking to her, she looked around, and muttered, "Who lost the purse?" ”

Xu Xi also followed her to look around.

The surroundings were quiet, except for the sound of the wind blowing bamboo leaves, there was no sound, and there was no shadow of a person.

Xu Xue looked at Xu Xi: "Sister, what should I do?" ”

Xu Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "We were the first to come in, so it was definitely not lost by the person who came in for the exam, the owner should be the person here." If it's normal times, we're not in a hurry, so it's okay to wait here. But we're here for the exam, so naturally we can't wait here. Or ......"

She looked at Xu Xue: "Let's pick it up and give it to the examiner in a while, and let them ask who threw the purse." ”

"Uh-huh, that's good." Xu Xue nodded again and again.

Saying that, she didn't need Xu Xi to do anything, ran up and picked up the purse.

"Take out the contents and take a look, make sure we know it." Xu Xidao.

Xu Xue hurriedly untied the rope tied to the purse and poured out the contents inside.

And inside were three minas of silver. It seems that it should be one ingot and one tael, a total of three taels.

Xu Xi sighed in his heart, if this is an exam question, the organizer will inevitably be too generous.

You must know that in this era, a family of five like the Xu family is self-sufficient in food, vegetables, chickens and ducks, and if there is no need for the children to go to school, two taels of silver a year is enough for the whole family's expenses.

If someone hides the money and doesn't pay it, won't the academy lose a lot?

At the thought of this, she laughed dumbly.

There are people here watching, who picked up the purse and who didn't, and the people in the academy are naturally clear. When the time comes to go inside, it will be clear who has paid the purse and who has not.

Those who haven't paid it will drink it directly when the time comes, let her take it out and be done, this silver can't be lost.

"Wow, three taels of silver." Xu Xue, a stupid white sweet, saw the silver, just sighed on the side, her eyes were shining, "It's the first time I've seen so much silver." ”

In order to prevent the hidden people from thinking of Xu Xue, Xu Xi glanced at Xu Xue with disgust: "Do you have any ideas about this silver?" ”

"No, no, no." Xu Xue hurriedly waved her hand, "How is it possible?" I'm just talking. It's someone else's stuff, how can we ask for it? The one who loses the money may be in a hurry. ”

Xu Xi knew she would be like this.

She pursed her lips and smiled, "That's right." Although our family has no money, we are not so shallow-eyed that we can't damage our conduct. Our elders can teach us again and again to behave rightly and debly. ”

She put the purse into her sleeve pocket: "Let's go, let's go in and hand it in quickly, so as not to worry about the person who lost the purse." ”

"Let's go." Xu Xue didn't think much about it, and followed Xu Xi to walk forward quickly.

But when they turned a corner, a woman came over to them, looking at the ground anxiously, and muttering, "Where are you going?" Why is it gone? ”

Seeing this, Xu Xue hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Mother-in-law, have you lost your purse?" ”

When the mother-in-law heard this, she was immediately overjoyed and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, I lost a purse." Girl, did you see it anywhere? ”

"Yes." Xu Xue turned her head and looked at Xu Xi.

Xu Xi really wanted to touch his forehead: Xu Xue's stupid and sweet performance, I don't know if the academy will care.

She ignored Xu Xue and asked her mother-in-law, "Mother-in-law, what is your purse?" What's inside? ”

Although Xu Xue is naïve, she is not stupid. Hearing her cousin ask, she also reacted.

In case the purse they picked up was not the mother-in-law's, and the mother-in-law saw the silver in it and directly ignored it, then wouldn't they have done something stupid?

She immediately looked at her mother-in-law as well.

The mother-in-law smiled: "The purse is made of red satin with some embroidered flowers. ”

Xu Xi saw that she stopped talking, so he asked again, "What's in it?" ”

It's no wonder that she is so careful, picking up the purse is an exam question from the academy, so this exam question will not be as simple as "picking it up - handing it in", and she will always make a fuss about it.

The previous test was conduct, but now it should be insight and judgment.

Sure enough, hearing her ask like this, the mother-in-law's expression was a little wrong. Her eyes flickered, her expression was flustered, but she still pretended to be calm and said: "This is the master's reward for me, and I lost it before I could see it." ”

As she spoke, she blessed the two of them: "If the two girls find the purse, please return it to me quickly." I still have to cook for my master in a while, but I can't afford to delay the hour. ”

Her performance made Xu Xi can't help but shout in his heart.

If this is an exam question, this woman's performance naturally can't be too superb, so that people can't see any flaws; On the contrary, it should not be too clumsy so that people can see at a glance that something is wrong. She needs to act just right, so that people can find out, but it can't be too obvious.

And this mother-in-law's performance just now, in Xu Xi's opinion, is definitely at the level of a movie queen. The one who played was called a good one, and his eyes were flustered, but it was not obvious, just for those who were careful to see.

Although Xu Xue is a little sweet and sweet, she is a careful heart. Only then did Xu Xi not take out the purse directly, but interrogated the mother-in-law, which gave Xu Xue a hint: the purse is not necessarily the mother-in-law.

So the little panic that the mother-in-law revealed just now was also seen in Xu Xue's eyes. She immediately became alert, and her intuition was that something was wrong.

"You can't tell what's in your purse, and we can't give it to you." Xu Xue said, "You go in with us, when we hand over the purse to the examiner, you can confirm it." If it is really your master who rewarded you, the examiner will naturally return the purse to you. ”

"Hey, why are you so wordy, little girl? I said that I was in a hurry to cook for my master, how could I waste time? Hurry up and hand over your purse, and as a token of gratitude, I will reward you with five cents of silver. Otherwise, I'll tell the examiner that you stole my purse! The mother-in-law changed her pleasant words just now, her expression became vicious, and her mouth was threatening.

"It's only a short time to go in, and there is a reason for it, your master has just rewarded you, even if you delay a little time, she will be considerate of you. Alright, let's go, let's hurry. ”

Xu Xi said and whispered to Xu Xue: "Run." He took her and ran.

The mother-in-law originally had another scene, that is, if the threat could not be met, she would use force. Usually such a little girl has no strength, let alone courage. Once the mother-in-law wants to use force, the little girls will soften down, give their purses, and calm things down.

Anyway, the silver taels in the purse are not theirs, and they don't need to put their lives on the line for the purse.

She really didn't expect that these two little girls didn't play their cards according to the routine, and they started running without saying a word, and they ran fast. By the time she was about to catch up, the two had turned a corner and were gone.