In the end, Xing'er chose the carpenter's son, the eighteen-year-old boy, who was a little older than Xing'er, and the two saw each other right after meeting, and the marriage was decided.

At the same time, the son of the old shopkeeper also made a marriage, and he was the daughter of a tailor shop in the town, and the shopkeeper of the tailor's shop was his old friend, and the two families were very happy.

Time flies, and when the marriage of Xing'er is decided, it is already mid-August, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is imminent. However, the most important thing for the Jiang family now is Qin Hao's preparation, and on August 19, he will go to the county seat to take the children's exam, preparing for the Xiucai exam.

This test is too important in the eyes of readers, equivalent to a threshold, once you cross it, you can really say that you are a reader. At that time, even if you meet the people of the government, you can make a little difference, and there is no need to kneel to the official, which is the most important point.

And once you can't get past it, you can either continue to study hard, or you can only choose to give up. People who have reached a certain age, if they still can't pass the exam, they can only choose to give up in the end.

Since twelve, the Li family has been preparing for Qin Hao's things to use in the exam.

Although it was a children's test, it also lasted several days. The six arts of etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics will not be less at all, and for readers, Liang attaches great importance to them.

"This is a quilt, it is said that it is cold at night, I have prepared two beds for you, and you can take them with you when the time comes. These are dry foods, which I personally went to the kitchen to make, and are all things you like to eat. I've heard people say that hot water is only given three times a day, and it's a thermos, made of several layers of cowhide, which can keep warm for a long time. And this, it's ......"

There were a lot of things piled up in the Li family's room, and they were introducing them to Qin Hao one by one.

Not to mention Qin Hao, even Jiang Xi's eyes are straight, so many things, it is also a loss to the Li family to be ready. She figured that it would have to be loaded in at least two wagons.

"Mother, do you plan to let Brother Qin Hao bring all this?"

"Of course, it's not easy to take a test. Oh, by the way, I'm ready for all the silver, do you think twenty taels is enough? ”

A few black lines appeared on Jiangxi's forehead, and the Li family was really too positive, but this was just a children's test, and it would not trap everyone in the examination room.

"Mother, you really don't have to prepare so much, Brother Qin Hao is going to take the Xiucai exam, not to take the Jinshi exam, these things are not needed. Candidates can only enter the examination room during the test, and they can live outside at other times. Our family has already bought a yard in the alley of the county seat, and Brother Qin Hao went over this time and lived in that yard.

I ordered someone to prepare the things early, and when the Mid-Autumn Festival was over, Brother Qin Hao would go directly to the county seat with the books to prepare for the exam. ”

"Yes...... Is that so? The Li family was a little blindsided, why did she remember that Jiang Chengze was different from what she said before, at that time, Jiang Chengze said that it was very pitiful and hard, so they took out most of the family's belongings and funded him to take the Xiucai exam. Later, when he took the exam, he asked for more things.

Now that his daughter said it, the Li family knew that what Jiang Chengze said at the beginning was false. Some of them are not tasteful, but she has been deceived too many times, so she is relieved. Jiang Chengze was originally that kind of person.

She quickly retracted her thoughts, she didn't have to be locked inside, Qin Hao could live in her own courtyard to take the exam, which was really a great thing.

"Naxi'er, should we go with us then?"

Qin Hao immediately arched his hand and said: "No need, mother, sister, this is the first time I have gone far away, I want to go by myself." The ancients said: Read 10,000 books, travel 10,000 miles. If I even want you to accompany me to a county seat, then how will I be independent in the future, and how will I become a useful person to the imperial court. ”

Jiang Xi also nodded, thinking that Qin Hao was right. Another point, she was also worried that if she went with the Li family, it would increase Qin Hao's psychological burden, and make him fail well in the exam.

"Mother, Brother Qin Hao is right, we just need to wait for him to come back at home."

Li sighed lightly, and finally nodded.

Jiang Xi saw Li's thoughts, and immediately said: "Mother, isn't this year running August, when Brother Qin Hao comes back from the exam, next August 15, our family will go to the county seat." I heard that the Mid-Autumn Festival lantern festival in the county town is very interesting, and our family will go to see it when the time comes. ”

There was a gleam in Lee's eyes.

"Yes, this year is August, and we want to have two Mid-Autumn Festivals, Cheng, our family will go to the county seat to watch the lantern festival when the time comes!"

Looking at Li's happy appearance, Jiang Xi and Qin Hao glanced at each other, they all knew that the Li family had been in this town all their lives and had never been to the county seat, so they wanted to see the scenery outside.

Early in the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the gate of Jiangxi's yard was full of people, especially the pond, which was almost crowded with people who came to buy fish and shrimp. It was very difficult for Jiang Xi to squeeze in by herself, but fortunately, someone recognized her and automatically gave way to her.

Since the day before yesterday, her family has released rumors that she will catch fish and shrimp early this morning, and of course, plump hairy crabs.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a big festival in this era, but it is slightly weaker than the New Year, and under normal circumstances, everyone will make a sumptuous meal, and the family will get together to celebrate.

Even some poor families, who don't even dare to get oily on weekdays, have prepared money early to buy fish and meat.

Jiangxi's family is the only one in the town who raises fish and shrimp, and after they let out the news, many people rushed over, just to be able to buy fresh fish and shrimp this morning.

As for some wealthy merchants in the town, they came to buy hairy crabs, and the rice wine with crabs in the Mid-Autumn Festival is simply a beautiful thing in life.

Jiang Xi walked into the center, and at a glance, he saw Huzi and several teenagers were busy working, netting out a large number of fish and shrimp from the pond one by one, and Huzi himself was in charge of the crab. This thing was the most valuable, and he did not dare to give it to anyone else.

Just this hairy crab, each one is worth fifty yuan, if someone accidentally touches one away, it is really difficult to find.

"Girl." Seeing her coming, many people nodded at her, and Jiang Xi signaled that they didn't need to be polite, just do what they do with peace of mind.

"Everyone who buys fish and shrimp comes here to line up!" Lianzi shouted not far away, and saw five long-term workers standing in front of her, each of whom had two large baskets of fish and a large scale.

Lianzi and Xing'er were standing next to them, holding many copper plates in their hands, they came to help settle the accounts, most of the long-term workers were not very good at arithmetic, and they were still handy with this simple business account under the teaching of Jiangxi. Seeing this, Jiang Qian looked at Jiang Xi, Jiang Xi nodded at her, and she also ran quickly.

Soon, there were five long queues over there, all waiting to buy fish and shrimp.

Here, hairy crabs have also been fished up and are ready to be sold.

Jiang Xi rolled up his sleeves and planned to settle the accounts of the hairy crabs. But there were too many people who came to buy, and the people in the town who had a little money sent people to buy it, and she was really a little busy alone.

"I'll do it too." A warm business sounded, and Jiang Xi looked up and saw that it was Qin Hao.

"Why did you come out, didn't my mother stop you?" Jiang Xi laughed, the Li family has been too concerned about Qin Hao recently, for fear that he will catch a cold or delay the exam.

Qin Hao smiled helplessly: "I ran out secretly to breathe." ”

With him joining, Jiangxi's side is a lot easier.

It was busy until noon, and the long dragons were dispersed, Jiang Xi rubbed his waist, he was really tired today.

"Girl, this is our ledger over there." Jiang Qian and the three of them ran over, still holding an account book in their hands, recording today's business. Jiang Xi took it and took a look, and suddenly the whole person was stunned.

"This ...... Is this really what was sold this morning? "The numbers above are so staggering that they scare her.

Qin Hao hooked his lips and smiled, and took the account book here to her. "If you look at this, your eyes will fall out."

"Shhh On the crab's ledger, the number was even more amazing, and Jiang Xi couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Jiang Qian and the others all leaned over to take a look, and then a huge smile bloomed on their faces.

"Girl, you are really right to make this pond, who would have thought that with just a few ponds, you would buy a few hundred taels of silver in one day. Moreover, I heard from Huzi just now that there are still a lot of fish and shrimp in this pond that have not been caught, and if they are all sold, they may be able to sell for three or four hundred taels of silver. ”

Jiangxi knew that the fish pond would definitely make money, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this is probably because the whole town has a fish pond for their family, plus the reason why they raise hairy crabs, after all, most of today's heads come from hairy crabs. The hairy crabs alone were sold for more than 140 taels of silver, while the fish and shrimp were sold for 90 taels together, adding up to nearly 240 taels.

Looking at the remaining fish and shrimp in the pond, Jiang Xi thought that there should be no problem selling three hundred taels.

However, she will not sell all of these for the time being, in addition to keeping them for her own family to eat, there are also some of them she plans to give away.

In the evening, under the moonlight in the courtyard, Jiangxi brought out the wine and took out two cans. On the table, in addition to the home-cooked dishes made by Erzhu's daughter-in-law, there was also a large plate of hairy crabs.

These hairy crabs are very large, and when you peel them off, you can see the yellowing of the crab roe, which is very attractive.

In addition to hairy crabs, there is also a plate of stir-fried crayfish, and the taste alone attracts people to drool.

Today, everyone in the family is on the table, including Jiang Qian and Xing'er, the long-term workers are all sitting at the same table, and the mothers-in-law are also sitting together to spend this Mid-Autumn Festival together.

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