Chapter 250: The Palace Exam
The people in the house rushed to escape, for fear that if they stayed longer, they would be used as a punching bag by King Xiang.
A few days have passed, and the day of leaving the list is getting closer and closer, and Li Ji, who can't sit still, still came to Lin Huiru and Xu Ziqiao to relieve his boredom, "The more I wait, the more unsteady I become, or I should go back early, maybe I can catch up with Mr. Teach's work." ”
"Aren't you afraid of being disciplined by that Mr. Liu?" Lin Huiru was holding a cup of tea and drinking it with relish, this is a cup of fruit tea that she specially bought to make when she saw that the fruits in Beijing were selling well in the past few days.
Although it is green and healthy, it always lacks a little bit of flavor, which makes her feel a little regretful.
If you don't add a little juice to it, it's no different from soaking in water.
"Anyway, it's better than waiting for my name to be made public, I always felt that I wasn't the one who read, and I finally followed Brother Lin for ten years, and I didn't feel that I had made any progress. But it's okay, although you can't be an official, but it's much easier to go back to being a teacher than farming, isn't it? There was a hint of regret in Li Ji's tone.
If what he said made sense. In modern times, the college entrance examination is already a single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops, not to mention the probability that you can only choose three in ancient times, but these people are here with dreams, if you give up lightly, I am afraid that you will waste a lot of time.
"Ladu is here, and there is a miracle happening, not to mention that it is not good to stay for a few days so often, isn't it okay for the Ministry of Rites to live for you until the day of the opening of the list, what is the hurry." Lin Huiru frowned and drank the tea to the bottom, knowing why Xu Ziqiao had finished the exam, as if he had finished the exam, he was relaxed, and he was not worried about whether he would fall off the list.
After all, it is now for her to be admitted or not. It's not that different. Life may be better at night, but if he is afraid that he will not be able to pass the exam, he and Xu Ziqiao will be able to support themselves by doing a business.
"But the cost in the capital is too big, the Ministry of Rites does not provide food, I have eaten steamed buns for seven days, and I dare not buy anything else." Li Ji was a little crying, at that time, he and Xu Ziqiao's plan was to carry two pockets of dry food on their backs, and ten taels of silver back and forth must be enough.
But now that I think about it, if Lin Huiru has been helping them, I am afraid that they will lose half their lives when they arrive in the capital.
"Endure it for two more days, it's a big deal that you come to eat with us in the next few days, but just one more mouth, you and my little black eat about the same, speaking of which, I miss Xiao Hei, I don't know if he has grown up..."
But Li Ji's face darkened after hearing this, it turned out that he had been playing the role of a dog, "Brother Xu, why don't you say a word?" Could it be that he didn't do well in the exam? It's okay, you see how optimistic I am, it's a big deal, let's go back and find a private school to teach together. ”
"No, I don't know if I can pass the exam, but the questions are all insightful, are you sure you didn't nap during the exam?" Xu Ziqiao was sipping tea and reading a book, but when Li Ji mentioned it, he suddenly turned back.
Li Ji was choked lightly, and scratched his head in embarrassment, "At least I answered them all, some of the questions are too urgent, and those questions on how to deal with the disaster are more than in previous years." ”
"You can't expect all the questions to be the same." Xu Ziqiao said lightly.
Lin Huiru listened and snickered for a long time, she was also hungry at noon, and she suddenly became hungry at a moment's notice, "Today at noon, let's go eat roast duck together!?"
"Roast duck? Okay, good, I haven't eaten it for a long time, and I really have a good mouth with my sister-in-law. Li Ji's mood suddenly turned cloudy, and he cheered excitedly.
Xu Ziqiao put down his books and nodded, because he had no academic burden in the past two days, he and Lin Huiru went out to eat for a few days, and almost visited the downtown area of the capital, of course, it cost a lot of silver, so now at least he has no desire to eat a lot.
"If you want to eat, let's go." Xu Ziqiao rubbed the top of Lin Huiru's hair, and the sour smell of love smoked Li Ji so much that he couldn't bear to look at it directly.
After being full of wine and food, Lin Huiru came to a jewelry shop that he hadn't noticed before, and happened to meet Qi Zhengxi when he entered the door.
"Xu Gongzi is accompanying Miss Lin to buy jewelry, right?" Qi Zhengxi put down the bracelet he was looking at in his hand, turned his head and asked friendly.
Xu Ziqiao nodded, "I don't know why the son of the world is here?"
"My aunt's birthday is approaching, and I want to come here to pick up something, but there is nothing suitable for it, after all, she doesn't lack these things, so she is a little overwhelmed." Qi Zhengxi smiled awkwardly, there were several open boxes on the counter behind him, and the jewelry contained in them was very eye-catching, just by looking at the dazzling color, he knew that it must be the best.
But this Qi Zhengxi's aunt...
Today's queen mother?!
Lin Huiru was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Qi Zhengxi meant, yes, as the mother of a country, what twists and turns can there be? There is also a constant supply of jewelry, and it is really difficult to give her a gift.
"Miss Lin is also a woman, I don't know what advice you have in this regard?" As soon as Qi Zhengxi raised his hand, the shopkeeper understood what he meant.
If you don't like it, put it all away.
"These things are all good, but the prince's aunt should really not lack these, but... I have a novel gift here, and the prince is willing to sell it so many times to help, so I will go back and get it and send it to your house. Lin Huiru's mind turned, it had only been half a month since she came to the capital, and she had already received a lot of favor and help from Qi Zhengxi. There has been no reason to send anything to Qi Zhengxi, and besides, she is afraid that what she is sending is not too ordinary, so she has been hesitating.
"Don't bother Miss Lin, it's not suitable to send valuable things at this time, a few days ago there was an inexplicable perfume that was popular in Beijing but she loved it very much, but unfortunately those bottles are unique to the world, I'll find a few valuable books as gifts." Qi Zhengxi bent his eyes and smiled, but what he didn't expect was that the thing that swept the capital turned out to be sold by Lin Huiru here.
The speaker has no intention of listening, Lin Huiru nodded quietly, this is indeed a good opportunity to repay Qi Zhengxi, she just changed a bottle of perfume, what a big deal, but the perfume is too ordinary, it is better to send two sets of skin care things, one set for Mrs. Hou, and another set for Qi Zhengxi to borrow flowers and offer Buddha.
I just don't know if her jade will not be able to hold it again.