The shopkeeper took out a few more furs and introduced them one by one: "This is a rabbit skin, if you want to use rabbit skins to make a man's cloak, five or six are enough; This is a squirrel skin, which is not suitable for making a man's cloak, and the two ladies can buy it to make a leather skirt if they are interested; There is also this, here is a dog's skin, which is best used to make a mattress for the elderly, and can also be used as a cloak. ”

Chen Xiaoshu and Chun Niang asked the price one by one, and Chen Xiaoshu looked at Chun Niang looking at the gray squirrel's reluctant gaze, and had an idea in his heart.

"Chunniang, you choose first." Chen Xiaoshu said to her.

Chun Niang knew that Chen Xiaoshu was afraid of being embarrassed when she said this, so she shook her head with a smile and said, "It's okay, Xiao Shu, I think the rabbit skin is excellent." ”

"Shopkeeper, can you make fur into capes and skirts here?"

Chen Xiaoshu asked.

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "This is natural, otherwise what would you do with this leather shop?" It's just that the rest of the fabrics needed to make the garments need to be borne by the two ladies themselves, and in addition to that, there is a small amount of labor costs. ”

Chen Xiaoshu nodded when he heard this, and said, "Then please ask the shopkeeper to help me make a rabbit skin cape." ”

Then Chen Xiaoshu carefully told the shopkeeper about Chen Linxiao's height and size, and Chunniang also smiled and told the shopkeeper of Wang Chun's height and size.

"In fact, if the two ladies still have money left, they might as well buy some leather goods and save them first." The shopkeeper said after writing down the size.

Chen Xiaoshu said: "I have this intention, I don't know if the wolf skin can be cheaper?" ”

Seeing that Chen Xiaoshu seemed to really want to buy, the shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "Thirteen taels, this is the lowest price." ”

Chen Xiaoshu felt that it was cost-effective to buy this piece of wolf skin for thirteen taels, so he said: "Then bother the shopkeeper to help me wrap it, and teach me some knowledge of storing leather goods by the way." ”

"It's nature." The shopkeeper has made a big business today, smiling like a flower on his face, and informing Chen Xiaoshu of the knowledge of how to store and maintain leather goods in great detail.

A piece of shaved rabbit skin is less than one tael of silver, and the cost of making a rabbit skin cloak, plus other fabrics and labor, is only six or seven taels.

Although this price is not cheap, it is affordable for Chen Xiaoshu and Chunniang.

After the two handed over the money, they came out of the leather shop and went directly to the cloth village.

Chen Xiaoshu was dazzled as soon as he entered, and now it is the time of the spring cloth, and the colorful cloth seems to be swaggering to the guest officer who came in: "Come and buy me, come and buy me!" ”

Because Chen Xiaoshu has kept his filial piety for three years, he has never worn any bright clothes during these three years, so now when he sees these colorful clothes, he can't control his desire to buy.

When Chen Xiaoshu reacted, he found that he had already selected more than ten pieces of fabric at hand.

When he raised his head and saw Chun Niang's playful eyes, he explained embarrassedly: "The cloth here is so beautiful." ”

Chun Niang covered her mouth with her hand, laughed twice, and said: "Yes, yes, you are right, you are right, it's all because of this cloth, it's too attractive." ”

Seeing this, the proprietress of this cloth village smiled and said: "The two ladies are both flower-like ages, if they don't dress up at this time, then when will they dress up?" Is it difficult to wait until I'm old and yellow to dress up, wouldn't that be a joke? ”

Chen Xiaoshu nodded very approvingly when he heard this: "The boss lady is right, if you want me to say, we women should be kind to ourselves, this Shaohua is fleeting, and when the past few years have passed, no matter how much you dress up, you won't have the current state of mind." ”

"You have a lot of crooked reasoning every day." Chun Niang said angrily.

The two of them chose a few more handkerchiefs, and finally settled the bill, sent the materials for making the cloak to the leather goods store, and went home together.

…………

Not long after Chen Xiaoshu returned home, Chen Linxiao also went home.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaoshu hurriedly poured a cup of hot water for Chen Linxiao and asked, "It's all done?" ”

Chen Linxiao had just come back from outside, his body was cold, he took a sip of hot water and nodded: "Thanks to the dean who took us there personally, otherwise I don't know how long it will be delayed, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back tomorrow." ”

Chen Linxiao and the students who were going to take the exam together this time went to Qitong County yesterday.

The reality is held in February, but you have to go to the county office under the ceremonial room one day in advance to handle the confession, mutual knot and make a bond.

The so-called pro-confession is to fill in the candidate's name, place of origin, age, appearance and physical characteristics, and to write the names of the candidate's ancestors of the three generations of relatives clearly, if there is an adoptive situation, the stepparents and biological parents need to be written together, which is a bit like the political examination form and candidate information of the college entrance examination in later generations.

The so-called mutual tie means that the five candidates who take the exam guarantee each other, and if one of them cheats, the five will sit together.

The so-called affidavit refers to finding a student from the county to guarantee the candidate. It proves that the candidate is not impersonated, not replaced, and has a clean family background.

All of the above measures can avoid the possibility of substitute exams and impersonation to the greatest extent.

This is the requirement of the lowest county examination on the road to the imperial examination, and if it is the prefectural examination, the township examination, and even the general examination, it is even more than several times stricter.

So now the plot of those TV dramas that easily fool around and find someone to take the exam is basically impossible to happen in real society.

Because once the substitute examination incident occurs, it will inevitably be furious, and many relevant officials, including the chief examiner, deputy examiner, promotion officer, and academic administration, will inevitably have a big change.

"I made a knot with Brother Guan, Brother Wang, Brother Gao, and another classmate, and asked Mr. Li to make a knot for me." Chen Linxiao told Chen Xiaoshu about the situation.

"Is the time set for the exam?" Chen Xiaoshu asked.

The actual timing is not uniform, but is determined by the prefectural ordinance of each prefecture on a case-by-case basis.

Chen Linxiao nodded and said, "It's set, it's the sixteenth of next month." ”

Chen Xiaoshu calculated the time in his heart: "If this is the case, then I will leave for the county on the seventh and eighth days of the next month, and you are not in a hurry to follow Mr. to study for a few more days, and it is not too late to wait until the thirteenth or fourteenth day comes." ”

Chen Linxiao nodded and said: "Xiao Shu has really worked hard for you, if you haven't been taking care of all this for the past two years, how can I instinctively concentrate on studying?" ”

Chen Xiaoshu shook his head with a smile and said, "If you really want to be grateful to me, try to win it in one fell swoop!" ”

Chen Linxiao nodded, took Chen Xiaoshu's hand and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely be able to do it." ”

As the two were talking, they heard someone knocking on the door, Chen Linxiao walked over and opened the door, but unexpectedly the person who came was Chen Linmu.

Chen Linmu saw Chen Linxiao's unhappy expression and said, "Fourth brother, I don't know when you will leave for the county seat to take the exam, why don't you join our brothers?" ”

Chen Linxiao said in a deep voice: "At that time, I think the students of the academy will go together, and we will naturally be together." ”

Chen Linmu reluctantly smiled when he heard this: "That, fourth brother, I came this time to ask for something, you also know that the eldest brother and sister-in-law have been more and more strict with me in the past two years, even if I go to the county to try, I'm afraid the eldest brother will not give me too much entanglement, third brother, I am really shy, I know that younger brother, you have a house in the county, I don't know if you can let the third brother live with you?" ”

Chen Linmu said and looked at Chen Linxiao expectantly.

Chen Linxiao pondered for a moment and said, "Okay! ”

Chen Linmu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you Brother Si, thank you Fourth Brother." ”

"What is he here for?" After Chen Linmu left, Chen Xiaoshu asked.

Chen Linxiao said Chen Linmu's request again, and sneered: "Even if Chen Linying is more and more strict with him, but this county test will not give him a shadow, I'm afraid he still has the idea that I can get inside information." But in the eyes of outsiders, we are still brothers after all, and if I do too much, my reputation will not be good. It's really annoying to this set of theories of the ancient clans. ”

Chen Xiaoshu shook his head helplessly when he heard this, this Chen Linmu has not been serious about studying at all in the past two years, but he has more and more thoughts about the crooked path of the evil sect.

In his opinion, Chen Linxiao is Mr. Zhufeng's personal disciple, and he is good friends with the children of high-ranking officials like Guan Luxin, so there will definitely be some inside information.

"Let him go." Chen Linxiao shook his head and said, "Whether he can pass the county exam at his current level is a question, even if he is lucky enough to pass the county exam, then the government exam in two months will not be so easy, and I don't know what kind of moths will come out of the Chen family's old mansion at that time?" ”