This day is the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the tenth year of the Holy Dragon.

Although spring has arrived, this winter is not warmer than last year, and the weather is still so cold that people are foggy.

In order to buy the old dilapidated house that opened a hot pot restaurant, the deposit on her body was almost spent, but just in time to open the store in Chang'an's marketing season, the hot pot restaurant made her earn more than half a year's money in less than three months, and the deposit came back.

With such a steady stream of income, Liu Chenxing is no longer petty, seeing that this winter is cold, she bought a wolf hair vest for herself, as well as Uncle Liu and Brother Liu, at the end of the year, and put it in the outer robe, so that you can have a cold winter without cotton.

To be able to become a township tribute, it already belongs to the scholars, unlike the beginning of wearing more white clothes, you can already wear more brown robes on weekdays according to the regulations of the imperial court, of course, in order to show your demeanor, there are still many people who wear white robes. But at official events, you have to dress uniformly.

Brown robes are indispensable, but because the lifters have not yet separated from the ranks of the common people, they have to cover the outside of the brown robes with a standard clothing of lifters - white linen.

Today is the provincial exam, which is an official event.

Liu Chenxing was wearing a brown cloth robe, with a warm wolf hair vest in the robe and a white linen coat outside, and a bamboo basket behind him, which contained some things needed for the exam.

In the main hall, Brother Liu Qingshan was dressed like her, and he was waiting to go.

Liu Wensu, who was dressed in a blue and blue nine-grade official robe, looked at the brothers and sisters who had been packed, and finally confirmed: "Have they all been checked?" Nothing is left behind. ”

The brother and sister nodded in unison.

Liu Wensu bowed, glanced at the still dark sky outside, and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

At this time, the morning drum had not yet sounded, and it was only about three or four o'clock in the morning, and it was pitch black outside.

Fortunately, the moon was still hanging high in the sky, and there were a few stars twinkling around, and a pale white moonlight barely shone on the rammed earth road on the ground.

I don't know if walking in the dark, and in the wee hours of the morning, the coldest and hottest time of the day, or today is an extremely cold day, as soon as Liu Chenxing came out, he was so cold that he was excited, and then his teeth "gurgled" up and down.

Liu Wensu closed the courtyard door with a "squeak" and said to Liu Chenxing: "It's a little windy today, and now it's dawn, so it's naturally colder. ”

At this time, although it is time for curfew, the doors of the 108 squares in Chang'an will be closed, prohibiting the people from entering and leaving the street and Chang'an City, but the squares where the people live can move freely.

In addition, commercial activities are restricted to the east and west markets, but food and drink are not commercial behaviors, so there are generally food and beverage shops in major squares, especially near the square gate, and several breakfast shops are often opened for people who get up early and go out as soon as the door opens.

Liu Chenxing listened to Uncle Liu's comfort, and his heart was still blocked, it was really unlucky.

When she took the provincial exam last year, it was clear that the wind was soft and the sun was warm, but this year, when she was finally able to participate in the provincial exam, it became this weird cold day.

Liu Chenxing looked at the sky speechlessly, and a few stars twinkled in the dark sky.

She silently withdrew her gaze again, but fortunately, the heavy weight on her shoulders gave her a hint of comfort in her heart, she was well prepared, just like the county test that year, with a newly bought small stove, a large bundle of charcoal, and a wolf's skin tie.

These should be able to withstand the chill and give her peace of mind for the exam.

But it's so cold!

Liu Chenxing didn't care that the roads in the workshop were rammed earth roads, and if the steps were heavy, it would bring up a burst of yellow sand, and she was so cold that she stomped her feet and rubbed her arms, and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle, it's too cold, I'll go and call for a morning meal first!" ”

Before he could close his mouth, a demonic wind suddenly rose, and the yellow sand on the ground also rolled in, and his face was full of mouths.

Yes, before I have eaten a bite of the morning food, I will eat a bite of yellow sand first.

At this moment, Liu Chenxing misses the modern asphalt road very much, even if it is a bluestone road in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is much stronger than the rammed earth road in the Middle Ages.

In order to eat less yellow sand, Liu Chenxing simply closed his mouth tightly, and did not wait for the two uncles and nephews, as she said, he trotted to the door to order food first.

They lived in the first alley in the south of the Xifang Gate of Yongchongfang, and they only trotted a few steps, then went out of the alley, and came to the cross street in the square, and saw the Xifang Gate not far away, and there were already small stalls that lit fires and lit lamps to do business.

Yongchongfang is just a very ordinary residential area in the east of the city where the powerful and rich gather, most of them live in the ordinary people, as well as very few poor people and sesame petty officials, the breakfast business in the square is also very general, there are a total of three breakfast stalls here in Xifangmen.

On the left side of the square door is the Wuhou shop, which is their Yongchongfang police station, and on the right side are three breakfast stalls lined up, one sells Hu cakes, one sells steamed cakes, and the remaining one is the glutinous rice that Uncle Liu said, selling noodles and soup.

"Uncle Cheng, bring me three bowls of mutton dumplings!"

has lived in Yongchongfang for more than a year, and Liu Chenxing is still very familiar with the breakfast stall at the door of her house, especially after her business has started, she has come out every month, and she will come out to buy ready-made ones every once in a while.

Cheng Bo is an old man fifty miles away, and he is also very familiar with Liu Chenxing.

Although he knows that Liu Chenxing is Yongzhou Xie Yuan, he is still a female lifter, and even has an uncle who is a Beijing official, but there are too many capable people in Chang'an, and there are too many scholars, so he has less reverence for Liu Chenxing, and he gets along more casually.

At this time, seeing Liu Chenxing trotting over, and because of the wind blowing last night, it was extremely cold this morning, so Uncle Cheng beckoned: "Liu Jieyuan, it's cold today, you sit on the table of the stove!" I'll make you a dumpling, eat my mutton dumplings, you are not afraid of the cold in the exam today, and you will be able to win the title of the gold list! ”

Liu Chenxing was not polite, he sat directly on the table closest to the stove, and felt the heat of the stove coming over, although there was still a cold wind blowing around, but there was a trace of warmth in the end, and then listening to Cheng Bo's authentic Chang'an accent, looking at the white mist from the pot where the noodles were cooking on the stove, she couldn't help but show a big smile.

She likes this feeling full of the taste of life, down-to-earth, and makes people feel very down-to-earth.

It's just a moment of effort, and the resentment of the cold day in my province is gone, and I just think that if the sky descends on the people, they must first suffer their minds and work their muscles and bones, right?

Well, it seems that her luck in the provincial test this time should be good.

Liu Chenxing thought about it by himself, and Uncle Cheng also brought a bowl of mutton dumplings with his hands and feet, and just when he saw his uncle and nephew also coming over, she hurriedly beckoned: "Hurry up!" The dumplings are all cooked! ”

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