The day after selling the embroidery, it was the first day off when Qiao Song came back after going to study.

Early in the morning, Qiao Xi took the ox cart of Qiao Siye's family to the county seat, and bought a lot of them before going home.

Although she had not studied in Daqian, she had studied in the Celestial Empire for many years, and she knew very well what the school food was like.

"Wow, sister, what are you going to do today?" As soon as Qiao Bai entered the kitchen, he saw that there were a lot of ingredients on the low table, including fish, meat, and chicken.

"You little gluttonous cat, you want to eat." Qiao Xi snorted at his younger brother.

"Who made it delicious?" Originally, he wouldn't, but since his sister cooked, he liked his sister's cooking, and he couldn't eat what others cooked. "Sister, you haven't said what to eat?"

"Stewed chicken with shiitake mushrooms, braised pork, braised eggplant in oil, and a stir-fried greens." Qiao Xi was dealing with the matter in his hand while talking about the dishes to be made tonight.

"......" knew that it was delicious as soon as he heard it, and the greedy Qiao Bai almost drooled down.

"Don't get in the way here, go and see, is the eldest brother back?" Before this dish was made, he was so hungry that he looked at the wolf who looked like he was hungry, and his eyes lit up.

"Okay." He hasn't seen his eldest brother for half a month, he misses him, and he doesn't know how his eldest brother is doing in the county school?

Qiao Song ran to the entrance of the village, where he was waiting for his eldest brother.

"Qiao Bai, why are you here alone?" Xiao passed by the entrance of the village and saw Qiao Bai alone there, so he stepped forward and asked.

"Hello Aunt Xiao, I'm here waiting for my eldest brother to come back." Qiao Bai looked up and saw that it was Xiao, and hurriedly stood up to greet her.

"Isn't your eldest brother at home? Where did it go? "She hasn't paid much attention to the Qiao family in the past half a month, she has been digging herbs in the mountains to sell, not to mention, the income is quite good.

It's just that there are more people digging up, and the nearby herbs have basically been dug up by them.

"My brother went to the county to study."

"Ah, I'm going back to school. Then you and your sister are the only ones left in the family. "It seems that they have made a lot of money doing business with Juxian Building, so they actually let Qiao Song go back to the school to continue studying.

"Yes, I won't tell you aunt, I see my eldest brother." Qiao Bai's sharp eyes found the figure of his eldest brother not far away, hurriedly bid farewell to Xiao, and ran towards Qiao Song.

"Big brother, big brother ......"

"Little brother, slow down." Qiao Song saw his younger brother from a distance, but he didn't expect the little guy to come to the entrance of the village to pick him up.

"Big brother, you're finally back, my sister and I miss you so much." Qiao Bai looked at the eldest brother eagerly.

"Let's go, let's go back."

"Big brother, sister knows that you are coming back today, and I want to make a lot of delicious food." When he said something delicious, his eyes lit up.

"You gluttonous cat, it's hard to become a day when your eldest brother is not there, your sister is hungry for you." Qiao Song unceremoniously knocked on the little brother's head.

"No, it's just me and my sister, she doesn't cook much, it's usually just one dish." When the three of them are there, my sister will generally cook more, and that's what makes it cool.

"Who told you to eat less, and if you don't eat more, it will be wasted." This little brother, when it comes to eating, he can't stop, this mouth is really raised by his sister, if he goes out alone in the future, it will be difficult for his sister to accompany him. He had to adapt.

But when it comes to food, he also misses his sister's craftsmanship, the food in the county school is already good, but it is much worse than his little sister.

The younger brother didn't say anything, but as soon as he said it, he himself felt greedy, knowing that it was not good, but he was still greedy.

"What's the matter, I'm eating a lot now." He's obviously very good at eating.

The two of them talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the door of the house.

"Sister, the eldest brother is back, I took the eldest brother back." opened the door and happily rushed towards the kitchen, leaving Qiao Song behind.

Qiao Xi was cooking braised pork, and when she heard her little brother's voice, she hurriedly threw the shovel away, ran out of the kitchen, and saw that her eldest brother was already standing in the yard.

"Big brother. Welcome back. ”

"Little sister has worked hard."

"It's not hard, big brother, you sit in the hall for a while, and we can have dinner in a while." After speaking, Qiao Song pushed into the hall, and went back to the kitchen, her pot was still cooking braised pork.

It's really like Qiao Xiruo said, soon the table was full of food, and the three of them ate with relish, and a few dishes were almost divided between the three of them.

After dinner, the three of them cleaned up together, and after cleaning up, they sat in the hall and chatted with tea.

"Big brother, are you used to studying, can you keep up with the progress?" This is what she is most concerned about, her eldest brother is still short of the last child exam, if the last one passes, he will be able to participate in the hospital exam.

The children here can not be counted as the imperial examination, but can only be regarded as the preparation for the imperial examination, and there are local officials, county magistrates and prefects presiding, and only after passing the examination and obtaining the qualifications of the children, can they go to participate in the college examination.

But the children's test is not so good, it must be five times to be considered a real child, her eldest brother has passed four times, and there is another time, as long as this time you can participate in the college test, and pass the test of the college test, in order to become a showman,

Once every three years, there is an autumn examination, and there will be a hospital examination in August in Liaoyun Mansion this year. If the eldest brother was studying last year, he would definitely be able to pass the last children's exam, and after that, he would be able to participate in this year's college exam, but unfortunately......

"I've been reading all the time, and there's nothing I can't keep up with, so Master asked me to take the last child exam next month, and if I do, I can take the college exam in August this year." The main thing for Qiao Song to come back this time was to tell his little sister and younger brother about it, and he knew the reason why his little sister let him continue to study.

As soon as the master said this, he was also very concerned, and he was going to specialize in the last child exam in the next month, and he didn't plan to come back, so this time he came back to talk about the exam, but also not to come back to live in the academy to prepare for the exam.

"Really? Are you sure? Qiao Xi didn't expect the hope to come so quickly, she was still thinking about it just now, the surprise came so quickly.

"Really, if you take the children's exam this time, in order to prepare for the exam, you can't come back until the end of the child's exam." Qiao Song said apologetically. In fact, he is also entangled in his heart, a month, too long, he is worried that there will be something at home, and he is worried that his sister will not be able to come alone.

"Big brother, you concentrate on preparing for the exam, and you can rest assured that nothing will happen to you at home. Ever since I taught the people in the village about herbal medicine, you know how they have changed about us, and it won't be the same anymore. "How can you miss such a good opportunity, not to mention a month, even half a year, she agreed, after all the exams of Tongsheng, is it still far from Xiucai? If the eldest brother really won the show, no one would dare to shake their status in Qiaojia Village, and if anyone dared to beat their family's idea, Li Zheng would be the first to let go. In his heart, he wanted Qiaojia Village to have another show, but unfortunately, Qiaojiacun has not so far, there are people in the village who have passed the children's examination, but only once, and they have to pass all five times to be eligible to participate in the college examination.

Once every three years, I don't know how many people have taken the exam again and again, and in the end they still didn't succeed, and there are only five chances to get a show, and they are not allowed to take the exam again after five times.

"......"

"Big brother, my sister is right, if you pass the Xiucai exam, there will be no one in the village to bully us anymore." Dad was already a talent when he came to Qiaojia Village, so they were very repulsive and unwilling to befriend our family.

"That's right, because the information that my brother filled in during the exam belonged to Qiaojia Village, if he won Xiucai, this good news would also be reported to Qiaojia Village, and it would be a face for Qiaojia Village, how could they reject us again and be unfavorable to us." Xiucai has many benefits such as being exempt from forced labor, not kneeling when he sees the county order, and in the eyes of the farmers, Xiucai is equivalent to an official, which cannot be offended.

"Little sister. You really don't have a problem. ”

"Really, don't you see that you have been gone for half a month this time, have we had an accident? No, so big brother, you can relax and prepare for the last children's exam. "The eldest brother is responsible for fame and fortune, and she provides him with the expenses he needs along the way to make a fortune.

"Come on, big brother."

"Big brother still wants to say something in front, even if I haven't taken the test, it doesn't matter, I don't force it. I just want our family to be happy and happy together, and it's a big deal that you come back and do business with me. When we have saved enough money, we will open our own shop, and I am afraid that this day will become more and more prosperous. Although she also hopes that her eldest brother can live, she also does not want to put pressure on her eldest brother and make him feel psychologically burdened.

"You girl, I haven't even taken the test." Do you want him to live or not?

"I just want to say don't put too much pressure on yourself, it's not just the test show that is the only way out. Although the merchants were at the lowest level, their livelihood was at least guaranteed. Besides, those who looked down on the merchants were the most useless, they ate the grain grown by the farmers, but they also sold it to various places through the hands of the merchants, and the silkworms spun silk into cloth, and still relied on the merchants to bring them to various places. Don't those so-called officials have no shops in their hands, aren't they also businessmen, and looking down on others is also looking down on themselves. "In the Celestial Empire, the status of merchants is high, families, wealthy families, how many people want to marry in, in order to get what they want, what about the blood flow. I once saw a sentence on the Internet that I would rather sit in a BMW and cry than laugh on a bicycle, how realistic this must be!

"That's a lot of reason for you." It's obviously crooked, but I think what she said is right, and I can always be led astray by my sister unconsciously.