The peasant family lives a budget-conscious life. In order to save lamp oil, the sun began to set in the west, and at most around five o'clock in the afternoon in modern times, the Liu family had already gathered in the hall and waited for dinner.

There was no male and female defense of Cheng Zhu Lixue in the Song and Ming dynasties, not to mention that the small courtyard of the farmhouse did not pay attention to any etiquette and religion. I saw a large square wooden table in the hall, and the men and women of the Liu family sat around this big wooden table. However, in the words of the uncle, they eat around the table like this, which is the most popular new fashion in Chang'an, and it is more lively and joyful than the "food sharing system" of one person and one table.

But even if everyone sits and eats together, the dishes on the table are not something that can be eaten casually.

The highest status of the Liu family is Liu Laozhang, the head of the Liu family. Although he is over half a hundred years old, his hair and beard are almost all white, but his body is very strong, but when he was young, he did a lot of farm work, and he has served a lot of labor, and now his back is seriously rickety, and he is a thin old man who is in good spirits. He was sitting at the table, holding a bowl of turbid wine in his hand and a plate of vinegar-pickled celery in front of him, both of which were exclusive to Uncle Liu.

The old woman in gray sitting with Uncle Liu is Grandma Liu's An. The age is similar to that of Mr. Liu, he is also black and thin, his half-white hair is neatly combed, and he wears a polished and smooth wooden hairpin, and he is also clean and neat.

As the saying goes, "The eldest grandson and the youngest son are the lifeblood of the old lady." This is the same in the strange Daqi, Grandma Liu's favorite is her youngest son, Liu Baili.

Next to Grandma Liu, sitting on the right side of the wooden table, it was Liu Baili, the third child of the Liu family. It's no wonder that Grandma Liu prefers it, the mother and son are at least seven points similar, especially a pair of drooping triangular eyes, which can be described as the same, revealing shrewdness.

The third uncle is indeed clever, because he recognized writing with his uncle, and was sent to the county as an apprentice since he was a child, and now he is a wine doctor in the largest wine shop in the county, that is, the second child who sells wine. Since childhood, he has been married to Grandma Liu's cousin Xiao An, don't look at it as a close marriage, but in his early twenties, he is already the father of three sons. A four-year-old eldest son Qinghai, and a pair of twins who are only two years old, the older one is called Qinghe, and the younger one is Qingjiang. The three sons have occupied the sea, the river, and the river, and it is estimated that the next son can only be called Qingxi.

This An family gave birth to three sons in a row, and they are still Grandma Liu's mother's family, and they are proud of themselves in the Liu family. It can be said that the three-room family of five is the object of Grandma Liu's favoritism. At this moment, the third uncle and three aunts sat at both ends, and the three sons sat from left to right in the middle.

Sitting across the table from the third room is the big house.

Uncle Liu Wanli has an outstanding status in this family, and his food and clothing are unique, even the third uncle who was hurt by Grandma Liu in his heart can't compare. Although the uncle has long passed the age of establishment, he has not even passed the county test, and he is still a white body, but he can't stand up to him as the only scholar in the family, and he is considered by the old couple of the Liu family to be the hope of the glory of the ancestors. And now there is also a saying, called "Thirty old Ming Jing, fifty less into the earth." It means that the Ming Jing at the age of thirty is too old, and the Jinshi at the age of fifty is already young.

There is this saying, because the Great Qi Imperial Examination is very different from later generations, like the Ming and Qing dynasties of the Celestial Dynasty, "enter the Shiman Street, show more talents like dogs" situation does not exist at all. Even the Xiucai course, because it was too difficult, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, there was a year when no one could pass the exam, and it was gradually abolished. Yes, the Great Qi Imperial Examination has only two ways: Jinshi and Mingjing. The content of the Ming Jing subject is shallow, and it is easy to pass the exam, of course, the future prospect is average. Jinshike is the opposite. This is like the difference between modern Chongben University and ordinary universities, Mingjing is a third-rate university, while Jinshi is 985 and 211.

Uncle is a seven-foot man, with a white face and beard, and he thinks that he is a talented talent, of course, he wants to be admitted to the bachelor's department and become a graduate of a key university, how can he deign to the Ming Classics?

If you want to ask her a modern person with a core, how can she know so clearly with the appearance of a peasant little Lori. It's all up to the uncle every year after the county test fails in February, he has to tell the whole family how difficult it is to enter the science department. So, in the uncle's rhetoric, it is normal for him to fail repeatedly in such a difficult scientific examination as Jinshike, who is already thirty and five. In other words, the uncle still has to continue to give birth, relying on the support of the whole family, and continue to read only the books of the sages.

This is not?

According to the modern age, the uncle who has stepped into middle age is wearing an exquisite beige round-necked robe and a blue-black flat head on his head, which is a typical appearance of a scholar. In front of him, there was a shelled egg.

Probably the taste of the eggs is positive, and the white egg whites are too smooth and tender, Liu Chenxing swallowed his saliva when he saw it.

Afraid that he would really drool over the boiled white eggs, Liu Chenxing quickly closed his eyes and said silently in his heart: "One boiled white egg a day, it is the grandmother who replenishes the uncle's body, only the uncle has it!" Don't think! Don't think! ”

Just did a good job of construction in his heart, and was about to open his eyes, only to hear a clear "grunt", Liu Chenxing wondered, could it be that she swallowed saliva so loudly!?

"Third brother and sister, some etiquette still has to be taught to children. It's not that they didn't have food, if the voice of the twin nephews was seen by outsiders, wouldn't they be laughing at our old Liu family. At this moment, sitting at the uncle's hand, a woman of thirty-four or five years old frowned and said softly.

As soon as I heard the sound of deliberately slowing down the speed of speech, almost pinching my throat, I knew that it was the eldest aunt Wang who was talking.

Looking at this level of speech, first the word "etiquette" was pressed, and then the Liu family's reputation was used to hold the banner to cover up the intention of preaching and arranging the score, which is not what ordinary peasant women would say.

However, the Wang family does have some origins, and she is the daughter of Wang Juren in the next village.

At this time, the lifting of people was also different from that of later generations, and in a sense it was only equivalent to the Xiucai of the Ming and Qing dynasties. As we all know, the imperial examination of the Celestial Empire began in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the imperial examination in this world was also only available in the previous dynasties, and it is not too perfect so far. Therefore, the imperial examination of Daqi is still in the stage of development, the Jinshi Department has three examinations, the first is the county examination, the second is the state examination, as long as these two have passed, it is a person, and has the qualification to participate in the provincial examination in the capital, and the person who wins the examination is the Jinshi, and the first is the champion. Unlike the Ming and Qing dynasties, where the imperial examination system has been perfected, there are six examinations before and after, which also leads to a great reduction in the gold content of the Great Qiju people.

Although the lifting of people in Daqi is not as great as the right to raise people in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there is no substantial benefit, in the countryside where there are no big characters everywhere, it is enough to deter the neighbors. As the daughter of a lifter, Wang has always been very self-assured, and he likes to use the identity of the eldest sister-in-law to oppress others to show that he is different.

But how can Xiao An's get along well?

When the third aunt heard this, she immediately hugged one of the nearest twins and cried, "My poor son! You are twins, you are weak in the womb of a mother, and you have never eaten a good bite after birth, if you want to taste what eggs taste, you have to go back to our old home! It's all useless, A-Niang is sorry for you! ”

Thinking that it was sadness, Xiao Anshi hugged his son and cried as he spoke.

The other two sons who were sitting next to each other also cried with a "wow" when they saw Xiao An's hugging his younger brother and crying.

In the blink of an eye, the quiet farmhouse courtyard was enveloped by the cries of women and children.

Liu Chenxing watched helplessly.

Here we go again, when will we be able to eat?