Qiao Song chuckled, "Silly girl, when you come to take the exam, the master will inform the place." "If the master doesn't say it, he will go through the information left by the previous examiners.

"I see. No wonder you know. Knowing the specific place, Qiao Xi directly instructed Furong and Lily to drive the carriage in the direction of the yamen.

Soon they came to the vicinity of the yamen, and when Lily got out of the car and inquired, the inn in this neighborhood was already full of people.

Rose told Qiao Xi the news she had heard, and the group could only look elsewhere, and when they were about to leave the city, they finally found an inn that was satisfactory in all aspects, Qiao Xi directly asked for the kind of first-class room with a yard, with a yard, quiet, and the eldest brother who lived in it could read books and prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

The shopkeeper saw that it was a little girl who paid the money, his face showed a look of surprise, and he looked at Qiao Xi curiously, Rao is well-informed, and he has never seen a girl in charge, but he just looked at it twice and then withdrew his gaze, "Guest officer, please come with me." "After paying, Xiao Er led them to the place where they lived.

"This is the high school courtyard, and there are only four rooms in this courtyard, so you can be absolutely quiet."

High School Academy, Qiao Xi almost laughed when she heard the name, isn't this too straightforward.

But as Xiao Erruo said, it was very quiet, and the shopkeeper led them into the room, "You guys are lucky, it's gone if you come a little later, and there are already people in the two rooms next door." is also a candidate, who is studying hard behind closed doors on weekdays, and the guest officer can rest assured that he will not quarrel with you. ”

This little two can really speak, and they boast vigorously How many shows of talent they have in this inn, everyone rushed to catch Yunyun, and they heard that Qiao Xi and their heads were about to explode.

"Xiao Er, we know what you said, we still have a carriage, I don't know where the backyard is, can we feed some grass conveniently."

"Yes, where your carriage stops, I'll lead you to the backyard."

"Fleur, you follow Xiao Er and let Rose drive the carriage to the backyard of the inn."

"Yes, girl."

"Also, little second brother, please send some water to the room." After speaking, he glanced at Furong, and Furong understood, and took out half a tael of silver and gave it to Xiao Er.

Xiao Er won the reward, his eyes narrowed into a line, and the corners of his mouth were raised high, "Girl, wait a while, just give an order where you can use it in the future." ”

"Big brother, you and little brother will rest for a while, and we'll go out to eat later." After Qiao Xi sent Xiao Er away, he said to his eldest brother.

"Okay, don't just take care of us, you can go and rest for a while." The little sister has more and more potential as a good wife and mother, and she has to worry about everything, so why don't she know how to worry about herself.

"Well, I'll go back to my room then." Actually, she's quite tired, and now she really wants to sleep.

Qiao Xi and the others slept late, fortunately they didn't miss dinner, but the original plan to go out was temporarily canceled, so the kitchen of the inn simply sent some food.

The next day, Qiao Xi took his little brother and Furong and Rose out of the inn, leaving the eldest brother to study in the inn, and promised him that he would bring him delicious food when he came back, Qiao Song listened to his sister's words, and laughed helplessly, his sister regarded him as a little brother, and used delicious food to coax him.

After walking around most of Liaoyun Mansion, when passing by the door of a pawnshop, he saw a middle-aged man holding a Western clock in his hand and scolding out of it, Qiao Xi guessed that the man should want to use the Western clock, either the price was not negotiated, or the pawnshop people did not know the goods.

Qiao Xi knows the goods, and the price is still easy to say, so he took the initiative to talk to him: "This uncle, do you want to take it seriously?" ”

"Yes, the little two in the pawnshop don't know, and they said that it's not gold or silver, only give me ten taels, if I don't have an emergency, I won't be it." When the man saw someone talking to him, he poured out a stomach of bitter water at Qiao Xi.

"Uncle, how many silver taels are you going to put in it?" Qiao Xi asked.

"At least thirty taels, something happened in my family, and I urgently needed silver, so I had to take it out as a last resort, which I got from a Westerner. Do you want to buy it? ”

"Uncle, can I take a look?"

"Yes, give it." The uncle was very bold and gave the Western clock directly to Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, the Western clock was about thirty centimeters long, twenty centimeters wide, and fifty centimeters high, with Arabic numerals written on the clock dial, and the surface was gold-plated.

The man thought that Qiao Xi didn't understand, so he specially taught her how to wind up, and after teaching Qiao Xi, he saw that she was generous, so he asked: "Little girl, I still have some good things, shiny stones, green, red, and blue, all of which were exchanged from foreigners, if you want it, I will sell it to you cheaper?" ”

When Qiao Xi heard this, her heart moved, she guessed that it should be rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, which are indeed good things, "How many do you have?" How much silver? ”

As soon as the man heard the joke, he reported the number of gems, "There are about twenty red ones, ten green ones, and fifteen blue ones, if you want, four taels each, what do you think?" ”

"Can I go and see the goods first, and if I'm satisfied, I'll come at the price you said." If this gem is made into jewelry, the price is dozens of times the tumbling, four taels is too cheap, but she has to see the size of the gem first, whether it is worth four taels. Yiyun Chinese

"No problem, you come with me."

The man took Qiao Xi home, took out those gems, and poured them all on the table, making a crisp sound, the color was very bright, very good-looking, and the size was not small, if it was made into jewelry, she would definitely make a profit, four taels was too worthwhile, but on the face, Qiao Xi didn't show it at all, and she felt that she was okay.

"Uncle, just at the price you said."

"Okay."

All the gems were handed over to Furong to hold, and Qiao Xi led her younger brother out of the man's house.

Afraid of being followed, he didn't go back to the inn immediately, and continued to wander the street, look here, look at that, no one was followed along the way, so Qiao Xi took someone back.

Back at the inn, Qiao Xi showed the booty she bought to her eldest brother like a treasure, Qiao Song asked in surprise: "Little sister, you say this is the Western clock described in the book?" ”

"Yes, it's much easier for us to look at the time, so we don't have to estimate it. And these, all of them are Western gemstones, do you look good? "She once had a book about Western things, so she wasn't surprised, but I didn't expect her to meet it so soon.

"Little sister, you're not afraid of being deceived, more than two hundred taels." It's just that his little sister is bold, how dare someone else.

"I'm not stupid, of course I have to look at the goods first, I know the goods." She has seen a lot of these good things in her previous life, and she can tell if they are true or false at a glance.

"Yes, you're the smartest." Qiao Song poked Qiao Xi's forehead with his finger.

"That's, and don't look at who I am."

Qiao Xi's arrogant look made everyone present laugh.

"Sister, you're the best."

"Of course, it's still the younger brother who knows heroes and has vision." Reaching out and ravaging his hair on top of his head.

"Sister, how does this Western clock look at the time?" Qiao Bai was very curious, and his head came directly to the Western clock.

"Come, I'll teach you, do you see that there are three needles here, and they are of different lengths? There are a few other words on it that you don't recognize? Qiao Xi pointed to the minute hand, the hour hand, the second hand, and Arabic numerals and asked his brother.

"Hmm."

"The longest is called the second hand, the second longest is called the minute hand, and the shortest one is called the hour hand, and these twelve numbers are our one to twelve, but they are simpler and easier to remember, this is 1, this is 2,...... Do you see that the hour hand is now pointing above ten and on six? ”

"Uh-huh."

"Yes."

A few people listened very carefully. Even Qiao Song, who was opposed, looked like a good student and listened carefully.

"Then it's half past ten, and it's half past ten in the morning, which is three minutes when we're here. Let's see if it's true. With that, he pointed to the hourglass on the table.

"Really, in this way, this Western clock is really much more accurate than an hourglass." Looking at the comparison between the two, it is indeed a Western clock that looks simple and easy to understand.

"Yes, we can only estimate the time we usually say, but Western clocks are different, you see that it can be accurate to the minute." In the Celestial Empire, I am used to looking at the clock, looking at the hourglass or looking at the sky, it is really a very tiring thing, but now it is good, it is much more convenient to have a Western clock.

"Then will this Western clock be broken, and how should it be repaired if it is broken?" Convenience is convenience, if it is broken, how to fix it, they are all laymen.

"It's basically not bad, it's been ordered for a long time." Just remember to wind it every day, it will last for ten years.

"That's good, that's good." Qiao Song patted his chest with affection.

The college examination started on August 12, a total of three exams, each two days, the content of the examination covers a wide range of topics, what specific ones she has not paid attention to, anyway, she does not participate in the imperial examination, it is good to know the time of the examination.

They arrived in Fucheng early, and now there is still more than half a month before the exam, my brother's foundation is very solid, and he is basically immersed in books every day, only Qiao Xi takes his younger brother to walk around Fucheng every day, and there is a lot of harvest in this half a month, and the two men in the family shake their heads frequently, and the money in the family is earned by the little sister (sister), They just want to oppose it, they can't talk about it, they can only suffer silently, fortunately, a few days before the exam, someone settled down, devoted himself to taking care of his eldest brother's diet.

Then the atmosphere in the inn also became anxious, fortunately, Qiao Song's meals were all taken care of by his little sister, and there was no need to eat in the hall outside with other people, so the anxious atmosphere did not affect them.