The night before departure.

It was late at night, outside the curtain of the big house.

Song Fuling heard her father complain to her mother: "Why did this August come in a blink of an eye, I still have a lot of books to read." ”

Mother: "Don't look at it, you've been sharpening your gun for a long time, just don't be nervous." ”

Dad: "I'm not nervous, then Zeng Guofan only failed the list six times, what happened in the end?" A very good minister. What am I doing, in case I don't get in, daughter-in-law, this is normal, isn't it? Can I be better than Zeng Guofan? ”

Song Fuling outside the door thought:

Dad, don't you just watch people fall off the list six times? Why don't you look at people who have passed the exam so many times, and they are only twenty-one or twelve years old.

looked at the newly sorted out knowledge points in his hand that could be consolidated and consolidated by my father, and smiled.

Forget it, before I could take the exam, my father began to look back to find a way out, Zeng Guofan was all nagging out, and I was scared, Song Fuling went back to the house.

In the hut, Mi Shou wore his hair loose and slept crookedly.

I don't know what I dreamed of, but my white little toes still move from time to time.

Mrs. Ma also slept in a fragrant place, it was hot, and she only had a quilt sheet on her body.

Before dawn on the second day, it became Mrs. Ma observing the sleeping posture of her granddaughter and fake grandson.

The old lady bird quietly went down to the kang, gave this cover list, and gave that Zhengyi body.

She went out of the room, yawned, and gently scooped water in the yard to wash her face and teeth, and added firewood to the small clay pot erected in the yard.

Since the weather was warm and she also stepped back into the dim sum world, the old lady got up early to cook for herself.

Otherwise, if you get up too early, you will always make a noise when you cook with firewood in the house, which will easily affect the sleep of San'er and his family.

Besides, it's hot now, light a pot in the house, the kang is hot, and the children should be on fire.

The old lady sat on a small bench, waiting for the noodles in the pot to be cooked, and patted her neck vigorously with a snap.

Early in the morning, let the mosquito bite, you look, shoot it to death, it's all blood, it's all her blood.

Qian Peiying came out in a daze, her eyes were not fully opened, she held a small bowl of pickles in her hand, yawned and whispered, "Just eat this?" ”

"It's not that you don't have to get up, you go into the house and sleep, don't wake me up. I'll take a bite and go into the city to eat something good. ”

The old lady pickled vegetables and boiled noodles in white water, ate a small bowl and left.

At this time, there were already many figures shuttling back and forth under the bridge, and the people who were responsible for loading a lot of snacks for her and feeding the cattle in the morning glory cart had come over.

Especially today, the bridge is particularly lively, because it is accompanied by quarrels.

Mrs. Ma hurriedly stepped forward: "What's the matter?" ”

Song Fusheng's uncle said: "Brother and sister, tell me about this old man, he has to go, what do you say he is doing at such an age?" Besides, it's my turn. ”

He hasn't entered the city yet, and his nephew Fusheng will take the exam tomorrow, and he should go as an uncle.

Ge Erniu hurriedly echoed her wife: "Yes, the two of us must accompany us this time." ”

Mrs. Ma glared at Ge Erniu, "You're not opening a store?" Are you picking on Yunzhong County for me? ”

"No, the second sister-in-law of Song took her old man to pull snacks and left, I said hello to them, let her old man give me a few days, and his uncle and I will go with you these days."

Mrs. Ma hadn't finished the lawsuit yet, and her eldest son Song Fucai said: "Mother, I'll go with you, these days are very important to the third brother, I want to wait outside." ”

"Don't you fry the chili sauce? You're the master master, let your daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law follow me, ah? You leave your home to earn money. ”

Mrs. Wang: "Actually, I should too?" ”

Mrs. Ma: "Don't actually, you can set off for me to sell snacks in Jia County, when is it time to leave!" ”

In short, almost all of them, all clamoring to enter the city, and there were people in the village who got up early when they saw this scene and sighed:

I don't know, I think the "Song Nine Clan" is going to move away.

Also, there is a lot of business in the city.

Mrs. Ma held the whip in her hand and said to Grandpa Song under the car: "Old man, go back and guard them to work, then building a house is inseparable from you, I really can't do without it, there are so many big girls left in the oven room at home, in the field, in the mountains, you need your old guidance, ah?" Let's go back. ”

Even coaxed and discussed, so that the newly dressed Grandpa Song gave up entering the city.

The head car started, and Mrs. Ma flicked her whip: "Sit down." ”

Six ox carts carrying a lot of snacks and a lot of "family members" left the village and headed for Fengtian City.

Along the way, the sky became brighter and brighter, and you could see the begging children set out, one by one.

These beggars had fled from the south after a previous battle or after a war.

This group of new refugees is much worse than Song Fusheng at the beginning.

Because the imperial court is poor, it is calculating to feed the soldiers and generals, not to mention that it has not yet been completed, and it is still guarding the garrison, and seeing that the military rations in Renjia Village have not stopped working, it is impossible to open a warehouse to receive relief, and the relief food distributed is very limited.

Therefore, some refugees are just asking them to open up the wasteland, and you will not have enough to eat before the food is planted, so what should you do? When the adults were reclaiming the wasteland, they sent out all the babies in the house.

Mrs. Ma walks outside every day, and she has long been accustomed to it, especially on this road, the city is not allowed to enter.

Seeing that the five children were wearing tattered clothes and had the intention of stopping her car, she took the lead in grabbing the ox rope, and casually pulled out a bag and took out a small piece of Leba from it.

"The big ones take the small ones to dig wild vegetables, pick up firewood, this can be exchanged for one or two copper plates, remember to be self-reliant when you grow up, drive!"

This set of knocks and talks, from giving the little babies to the action of driving again, it is even smoother, and it is only delayed for three or two minutes.

Mrs. Ma, her eldest brother, her second daughter-in-law who had never been out of the village, etc., were all dumbfounded.

Fengtian City, enter the city from the corner gate.

The guards of the city interrogated others: "Where? What to do in town? ”

When it came to Mrs. Ma: "Yo, old lady, here." ”

Mrs. Ma nodded.

Her eldest brother, her second daughter-in-law and others looked at her back: "......"

"Don't always look at the excitement, help the old petunia cow." Ge Erniu reprimanded her old man.

"Belch", Song Fusheng's uncle hurriedly responded, but he couldn't control his gaze on both sides of the street.

That drawer of buns is stacked so high, can you sell them all in one day?

Looking back at his ox cart, uncle: Yes, we can sell those dim sum snacks.

"Hu spicy soup oil cakes, tofu brain oil cakes, please in the guest officer."

"Sheep soup and sheep soup, newly out of the pot."

"Make sure you're full with a bowl of belly, noodle soup wontons and big dumplings."

That's what are you waiting in line to buy?

The high butcher told the uncle: "Roast chicken, it's fragrant." ”

When he made up for Mrs. Ma's snacks and delivered them, he bought one for his twins and Fat Ya, Mi Shou, and Jinbao. He called him to the house, and as soon as the door was closed, these children had eaten secretly, and he gnawed on the edges and corners.

"Hey, people in the city eat chicken early, hehe, it's different from our village, it's really lively."

Mrs. Ma's second daughter-in-law, Zhu, felt that her eyes were not enough.

Pointing to a small platform on the second floor, he asked He, "Sister-in-law, what is that for?" "There are two people there, and the paintings look like ghosts.

He glanced at it: "That's a dummy, a theater, using a dummy to disguise it, it's time to sing, and the real person will come out and you will beat me and I will beat you." ”

"Yo, sister-in-law, that's where we sell face oil, right? I've heard them babble that it's not far from the dim sum shop. ”

"yes." He thought to himself: It's the second brother and sister where you beat the eldest girl and the second girl, and you bought the can of face oil for you, can you still lick your face and ask?

In He's heart, these two brothers and sisters are not satisfied at all, and the two daughters can still be beaten to buy and wipe their faces, and they all cry, saying that they can't spend money without consent.

Oh my God, you said that at that time, including the village, many men and half of the children were working at home, and they all heard it, the eldest girl and the second girl were so faceless, and they were not children.

I've never seen such an unreasonable one, so distressed mother is still distressed? The two girls are reluctant to dress up and buy them for you.

If you want to replace her, you have to pull out the cold, anyway, she didn't give birth to a daughter, and sometimes she is very envious of the second brother and sister and the third brother and sister.

Look at the three brothers and sisters of the family against the fat girl.

On this matter, the He family, who is the eldest uncle, has a lot of opinions about the Zhu family.

That day, the He family also dragged her to the eldest girl and the second girl, and she was not allowed to fight, and the second brother and sister asked why they interfered? There is no reason, my mother is not at home, I am your sister-in-law, you have to listen to me.

At this time, Zhu also remembered this stubble, glanced at his sister-in-law, and his face was scornful.

He didn't let her go: "Look at it, how good the things sold in such a small building are, how willing and filial your two daughters are to you." ”

Li Xiu, who had been listening to the side, also turned his head to follow.

A small building that sells faces can be so beautiful outside, but I feel that people in the city don't know how to be happy, and they can really live.

And what are Mrs. Ma going to do when these people go into the city?

These people stood in the dim sum shop with an excited face: we are the army of escort exams, and we must accompany the exams on important days.

Mrs. Ma:, you are at most a corps that sells dim sum for the imperial examination, and you all work for her.

"Yang Kang"'s mother walked into the cake shop: "I heard that you sell hungry snacks here?" ”

"Yes, come, big sister, look," it doesn't make money to sell this thing, but Ge Erniu still doesn't lose her enthusiasm.

……

On the other side of Renjia Village, it was not until noon that Song Fusheng's family set off.

I'll take the exam tomorrow and I'll live in the city tonight.

Song Fusheng's examination room was divided into Nanxi Institute, such as the "F4" led by Lu Pan, which was also disrupted and assigned to different test centers.

Ren Gongxin persuaded Grandpa Song: "Old man, don't pour things into the car, it's really useless, the test show will only go in the morning and come out in the evening, and the test will take three days." It's not like the examiners live in it. ”

He's an experienced man.

Grandpa Song: Go up, hold the watermelon, and dodge.

Song Fusheng was rushing to Uncle Ren and Uncle Ren and Seventh Uncle Ren and said, "Why are you coming back?" "These men came back from the earth on purpose.

"Come back and take a good test."

Neighbor Zhai Pozi: Leader, you take the test well, only if you pass the test, my dog can be taken home, otherwise I have to send it away.

Song Fucai put the trolley box of the test basket into the carriage and hugged Mi Shou in the car, who has never been very expressive, especially who always feels much worse than his younger brother, suddenly patted Song Fusheng's arm.

When the carriage passed by the bridge, Song Fuling smiled: "Dad, look, my sisters are here." ”

Thanks to no jokes and saying that I want to wear purple pants, purple cheeks are right.

Otherwise, all the "Song Nine Clans" would have to wear purple today, and the purple cloth would be able to buy out.

The eldest girl and the second peach blossom, a group of girls deliberately stopped work at this hour, standing at the end of the bridge, looking at the carriage of the third uncle and third uncle.

Song Fusheng didn't get into the car at all, and as he walked, he followed people behind him.

At the entrance of the village, there are many villagers, pepper houses, milk brick houses.

"Commander, take the test well."

"Commander, you must take the test well."

Song Fusheng's psychology was: holding the grass and wiping the sweat on his face.

He wiped his sweat and the carriage drove away, but Grandpa Song looked at the car and wiped his tears.

Ren Gongxin pouted, did he also send the exam? No, this hasn't been tested yet, if that post says that you have been admitted, you won't faint, old man? Why are your hands still shaking?

Grandpa Song scolded him: "You know six." ”

He cried because he thought:

Fusheng, Grandpa's baby, you are the first person sent by Grandpa personally, and the first person in our big family to take the exam, but by no means the last.

He wants to send them out one after another in person, Jinbao, Mishou, until Xiaobao (Li Xiu's son), he wants to live well.

Thinking of these, the old man wanted to cry, and the mood was agitated, like the big waterwheel by the river setting off water waves.

In the afternoon, it was almost evening, and Song Fusheng took his family into the "dart game", and lived in this backyard for exams in the past few days.

Everyone in the dart game gave up their hands, "Head, head." ”

In the middle, the cattle shopkeeper is clicking the card stamp, out of a transport team card stamp, back to get the bill change, next to the two bars against the policy and the account book, the abacus has flown off, how much is the gross profit in the past seven days.

There are still men in the courtyard who are comparing their crafts with each other before they have a task, and Si Zhuang is supervising with his arms, and he has only been back from a mission for two days.

Hearing the movement, the men hurried towards the door.

At this time, Song Fusheng had already introduced to the men who had never seen his family, that was his daughter-in-law, your boss lady, referring to Song Fuling: that was the pearl in his palm, referring to Mi Shou: that was the baby pimple.

"Miss, young master." Song Fuling and Mi Shou became young masters again, and neither of them felt that there was anything to be called, so they naturally entered the inner courtyard one after the other.

Qian Peiying went directly into the account room where the cattle shopkeeper was located and asked about the receipts.

At home, she is in charge of money, and her husband is only responsible for earning money.

Shopkeeper Niu: Well, I'm used to it, but my uncle has no real power now.

Very early on the second day, Song Fusheng was about to wash up, when he found that his daughter and Mi Shou were gone.

"Where's it going?"

"Let them go."

"And what about their grandmother?"

Yes, Song Fusheng doesn't know anything, and he doesn't let him know what everyone has been busy with lately.

Qian Peiying handed him a holster, and said while gesturing to Lao Song Zha for his hair, "Don't ask yet, wash your face and brush your teeth and eat first." ”

Kitchen.

Qian Peiying looked at Lao Song with a smile and said: "Someone will give you a new schoolbag when you enter the examination room," I paid for it."

"The pork and green onion stuffed dumplings you love to eat, someone she will wrap them for you."

"I guess, if you fail the test, someone will wipe your grievance tears for you."

"Ah, this person is my mother."

Song Fusheng couldn't hold back a smile: "Gotta got, stop singing, why do you still read the lyrics." ”

Qian Peiying sneered and laughed, wiped her hands with her apron, pointed to the dumplings and said:

"The old lady gave you the bag before she left, and if you look at what time it is, you can guess what time she has to get up.

People said that these 100 dumplings are not allowed to be touched by others, and they must be eaten by you.

One of them is wrapped in sugar, and if you can eat it, you can go to high school in one hundred miles. ”

Song Fusheng pointed to the middle of the curtain, and there was a dumpling the size of a bun and laughed:

"It's funny, it's such a big pestle, fools know there's sugar in it."

When they went out, the cattle shopkeeper was just about to open his mouth to encourage, but Song Fusheng "stopped".

Only then did he wear a robe, pull a lever basket, take his wife and Sizhuang, and strode away.

The corner of the test center, Nanxi Institute, is not very far from the entrance of the test room, just turn around.

Song Fusheng pulled the box and suddenly stopped.

Just look at the corner of the street has already set up a "companion examination shed".

In the shed, there is a long table that has been picked up, and on the table are all kinds of snacks that have been packed in oiled paper, and on the top are small pieces of sample products with toothpicks inserted, and many of them have been tried and eaten.

There are also two tables dedicated to the big lieba, and there is a red paper and black letters pasted on the front of the table, which reads "Four Money", a large piece of four money.

He knew that these four articles were really not profitable, and they were pasted with red paper and black letters, and they should be afraid that the shy candidates in their pockets would be embarrassed to come forward and ask, and write them directly and clearly.

In addition, there are many benches in the shed, and there are many people sitting in them, and some of the people who don't know them have to help light the fire, and Mrs. Ma is busy in them.

The old lady was boiling water for free for the parents who were sitting in the shed waiting, and the examinee didn't bring water in the pot, and there was no nonsense to provide it, and the tip of her nose was already sweating.

The most important thing is that his daughter is dressed in men's clothes and carries Mi Shou, and she is standing in front of a box to exchange money.

What money? Before answering the questions and submitting the examination papers, all candidates need to pay a fee of three coins to seal the papers.

For the convenience of candidates, I am afraid that some candidates are not just three coins of silver, or the copper plate they take is easy to enter and be disliked by the examiner, and they have to trouble others to count the money, can the examiner not dislike it? The girl is giving the exchange.

"Yang Kang", who was standing behind Song Fusheng, also stopped to watch this scene.

His heart was warm, and he also brought "Lieba of Ma Lao Tai Cake Xingxing Store" this time. ”

Today, on the shore of another test center, I came to the outside of the test room at this time.

As soon as he got out of the carriage and looked up, he saw "Mrs. Ma's public welfare scene." ”

Song Fusheng's uncle happened to be talking to the old man who thanked him, handed the other party a fan and said:

"Thank you, it should be, it's too hot, you are all in a hurry to accompany you, we also have the test in our own house, my own nephew."

So, I know you too well, it's not easy, this is to send one for the test, it's really rare in the whole clan, the whole village, and even in your county, right? ”

Junzi carried the examination basket with a very emotional face: "Young master, this is Miss Poria's family, every sentence is simple." I've heard that there are sheds like this outside every exam room."

Lu Pan: "...... I'm going in, you and I mention Poria, do you want to make me upset?" I was in a hurry to see her.

Yes, it's time to enter the market.

The "students" are lined up for inspection.

The parents in the shed, each looking at the probe with anxiety.

Qian Peiying looked at the back of Song Fusheng pulling the small box: This is really the Internet saying "live a long time", sending her husband into the examination room, and she can't imagine beating her to death in modern times.

And after Song Fusheng put on his shoes, he didn't have to take off his shoes for inspection.

Before entering, he pulled the box and looked back, his eyes were full of family members waving to him, and he walked in with a proud face.