Fu Zhenyu found that Li Zongyan was wrong, so he stopped judging from Cang Zijian's childishness, and asked him, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Cang Zijian replied lukewarmly: "Do you think he should be able to win, so you want him to take the township test at the age of seventeen or eighteen, how can he be calm?" ”

For Li Zongyan, prudence is part of it, and more importantly, it is a matter of money.

"Foreigners like us, after a township test, we must use fifty taels of silver. Thirty taels is the required examination fee, and twenty taels of carriages and horses are lodging and eating. I don't have that much money at home for me to try, so I am not sure enough that I am not ready to take the test. Li Zongyan explained, and was afraid that Fu Zhenyu would misunderstand, so he added, "When I say this, I don't mean to borrow money from the mountain chief." ”

Fu Zhenyu and Cang Zijian looked at each other.

The exam registration fee, as well as the carriage fee, whether it is Fu Zhenyu or Cang Zijian, who is already a lifter, has no experience. And, if you are sure enough about the exam, what is it like to be sure enough?

Fu Zhenyu couldn't say it, but said: "Before that, I only told one person that I should be able to pass the test in other places." ”

Li Zongyan looked at her, obviously interested.

"Yuan Zizhou." It was Cang Zijian who answered him. After speaking, no matter how shocked Li Zongyan was, Cang Zijian himself said, "I am a lifter, and I also think that if nothing else, you can pass, even if you only take thirty people, it is difficult to say the ranking." ”

Li Zongyan gasped.

The knowledge of Mr. Kura of the academy is recognized by everyone, but he has never heard of his identity. Now, Mr. Cang personally admits that he is a lifter. This lifter, at least not in the past few years.

"Mr. Cang, this year, Gui Geng?" Li Zongyan heard himself ask.

"No matter how old you are, lifting people is not the test now. In short, seventeen or eighteen-year-olds are few, but they are not impossible. Both of us think you have the ability, but you just don't want to try, and we don't object. But there is one thing, I would like to remind you. Learning is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Two years ago, Qiao Zengzhi was much better educated than now. If you study while taking care of your livelihood, you will probably not be as good as you are now in three years. Cangzi talked eloquently and showed his demeanor.

After Li Zongyan pondered, he said, "Thank you, Mr. Cang, I'll think about it again." ”

While talking, it was time for dinner.

For the New Year, except for the meat brought by Fu Zhenyu, the others are just more scrambled eggs. Even the old and the young took nine people and ate four plates of dishes. The most hearty was the plate of oiled pickles. Salty and fragrant, drinking porridge is quite right.

Compared to the simplicity of the meal, it is much more difficult to sleep at night. Fu Zhenyu, who was already a little sick with choosing a seat, shrunk in the quilt with a special taste, snoring at Mother Li's mother, and chatting with Jasmine who couldn't sleep. It's a pity that the little girl is young after all, and she fell asleep after a while, leaving only the lonely Fu Zhenyu.

"It's hard to go from luxury to frugality."

After sighing, Fu Zhenyu, who had been running around for a day, also fell asleep.

The next day, Li's mother got up early to cook, and Li Zongyan heard the movement and got up to help with her clothes.

"It's still early, my mother will be alone in time, you can go into the house and sleep again." Li's mother urged her son into the house.

"I've slept enough."

Saying that, Li Zongyan fetched water and lit a fire, and his methods were rusty. Mother Li saw it in her eyes, understood in her heart, and said with a smile: "Strange Dao protects your sister, and you are different from before." Still, I see that some of them haven't changed. You, as long as you have something in your heart, your eyes are not bright. Tell me, what's going on in your heart? ”

Li Zongyan came back to his senses and chuckled.

This is his mother.

Although he is illiterate and does not know much, he is very observant. Those simple words always taught him a lot of feelings.

When Mother Li saw her son smiling, she immediately said in a more relaxed tone, "Have you forgotten what I said?" There are two kinds of things, those that can be solved and those that cannot be solved. If you can solve it, don't take it seriously if you can't solve it, just put it aside. Therefore, nothing in this world is a thing. ”

Inexplicably, Li Zongyan's mood was much lighter, and he naturally told Mother Li the truth: "I told the mountain chief yesterday afternoon that I want to be a master. ”

Mother Li suddenly said affirmatively: "She didn't agree." ”

"How did my mother know?"

"Isn't that easy? If she had said yes, you would have told me last night. After showing her understanding of her son, Li's mother asked Li Zongyan, "Then what did she say?" ”

Li Zongyan said the words of Fu Zhenyu and Cang Zijian.

"Half a year, isn't it?"

Muttering in her mouth, Mother Li's working hand stopped and began to calculate.

I will go to Kaifeng in July, and the autumn grain will not come down at that time, so I can only count on the spring grain. At most, ten taels will be in the account, plus the rice of the eldest son Xiucai, and in July, there will be ten taels of silver. There are still four taels of silver and five hangings in the house. can only make up thirty taels, or when there is no chewing at home......

Li Zongyan didn't bother her, while renewing the firewood, he stirred the porridge in the pot.

I don't know how long it took, Mother Li came back to her senses and said, "I'll think about it with your father when I go back." ”

Fu Zhenyu, who had breakfast to experience life, applied to do things.

Father Li smiled: "What can happen during the New Year?" ”

Li Zongyan didn't know why Fu Zhenyu had nothing to do, but seeing that she was so urgent, he said, "You can go to the mountains and forests to collect firewood." However, the mountains and forests are seven or eight miles away, and there is still snow on the mountains. ”

The time-saving solution is to drive a horse-drawn cart to collect firewood.

If you do this, it's like driving a BMW to the morning market ten miles away to buy two pieces of tofu and smoke it slightly.

Fu Zhenyu looked at Cang Zijian.

Cangzijian is very open. People like them can only feel the fireworks as a formality. So, he directly decided: "Just drive the carriage." ”

Father Li opened his mouth and finally closed it.

The carriage space is limited, Li Zongyan is the co-pilot to lead the way, and Fu Zhenyu and Jasmine sit inside. Jasmine mainly plays along, and Fu Zhenyu is not much worse.

Li's mother took the opportunity to discuss matters with Li's father.

Father Li was so worried that he stumbled on the grass, and the scene of Cang Zijian driving a carriage to collect firewood flashed in his mind, and he blurted out with emotion: "It's good to have money, and all your troubles will be gone." ”

"You can't say that." Mother Li disagreed, and slowly expressed her opinion, "It's good for rich people to have trouble without money; But there must be something else. Or, this Chinese New Year, can the two children come to our house? ”

It is enough to say that Fu Zhenyu, who is one year younger than Li Zongyan, is a child, but it can be said that Cangzijian, who is so big, is still a child, and he can't bear it.

Father Li held his head high, glared, and refuted his wife's words: "I can ask, Mr. Nacang is twenty-four years old this year, only eight years younger than me, how can he be a child?" ”

Mother Li glanced at her man.

When has this been, the child's father still holds on to such small details? How did I get over for most of my life? After sighing silently for a long time, Li's mother revealed the topic and got down to business: "What I mean, the family will find a way to make up thirty taels and put together the money for the exam." Eat and drink, let the child figure out what to do. ”

Father Li suddenly felt a big mountain fall on his head.