Soon, summer goes to autumn, autumn falls and winter solstice, in a blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the next year is the day of the imperial examination.

Because Zhao Kangcheng has already participated in the township examination and become a lifter, he only needs to wait until the spring of the next year to participate in the general examination and the palace examination.

Both the examination and the palace examination have to be taken in the capital, and it will take at least a month to travel from them to the capital, so Zhao Kangcheng needs to prepare early to leave for the capital.

Cai Xiaoxiao naturally wants to go with him. Because the recipes for some pastries and the recipes for the hot pot soup base have been told to Zhao Wu and Zhang Mu, Cai Xiaoxiao naturally doesn't have to worry about the situation in the small city.

said before that Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli would be sent to Qingshan College in the town to study, Zhao Kangcheng had already completed the relevant procedures before leaving, and Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli just had to wait for the year to pass at any time.

"Mother, don't you really want to live in the town?" If Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli went to the town, then only Zhao Wang's family would be at home alone, although there were still Zhao Lan and Cai Yun, but Zhao Kangcheng felt that it was more comfortable for Zhao Wang's family to go to the town to live with Zhao Wu and them.

But Zhao Wang's family was naturally reluctant to go to the town, she said impatiently: "Don't go, don't go, I'm fine at home, don't you still have Xiaolan and Xiaoyun to take care of me?" What do you have to worry about? You'd better check your and your daughter-in-law's luggage, you're about to leave, aren't you? Don't leave anything behind. Did you bring enough silver? The capital is not as expensive as ours, and you have to live there for a long time, so you must bring enough money to know. ”

"Mother-in-law, don't worry, I have enough silver, no matter how bad it is, I can go to the capital and continue to open a small city house to sell things." Cai Xiaoxiao smiled.

"Can you sell those things in the capital?" Zhao Wang asked a little uneasy. After all, in her opinion, there is nothing in the capital? Although Cai Xiaoxiao's work is very rare here, it doesn't mean that it will be popular in the capital.

"Of course you can sell it, mother-in-law, you have to believe in my craftsmanship." Cai Xiaoxiao said confidently.

She is really confident, no matter how big the capital is and how complete the things in it are, but the things she sells, the capital will never have! This is her self-confidence as a modern person!

But: "Mother-in-law, you better go to the town and live, you have to take care of the two shops for me." ”

"What do I take care of? Aren't there Zhang Mu and Xiao Wu? Zhao Wang said.

Cai Xiaoxiao: "But there must always be someone in the store who can sit in the town, don't you say?" If they have any difficult problems, they have to have someone to help them. ”

"Then I don't need it, they are more experienced than me, and they can handle things better than me, and if I go, they will cause them trouble." Zhao Wang's family didn't eat Cai Xiaoxiao's set at all, and refused without hesitation.

Helpless, Cai Xiaoxiao and Zhao Kangcheng glanced at each other, and then sighed, they could only choose to compromise helplessly.

Zhao Lan saw it and said on the side: "Master, madam, you can rest assured, I will take care of the old lady." ”

"Well, then please leave it to you and Xiaoyun." That's all there is to it.

In the evening, Cai Xiaoxiao and Zhao Kangcheng were discussing in the room what to bring to the capital, and Zhao Kangcheng asked Cai Xiaoxiao if he planned to open a restaurant as soon as he arrived in the capital?

Cai Xiaoxiao shook her head and said, "Of course not, Xianggong, you haven't decided yet, how could I open a restaurant in the first place?" I'm going to set up a stall to sell breakfast first, and make a little money first, enough for us to live. And, I wondered, what about the chestnut trees and the cows? ”

"There's no way for the chestnut tree, but can't the cow just bring two heads over?" In half a year, the previous two cows had each given birth to a calf.

Cai Xiaoxiao shook her head: "No, the little cow is too small to produce milk for the time being." Well, even if we don't have cows or chestnut trees, it doesn't matter, we can do something else. "Anyway, just by relying on hot pot, she can gain a firm foothold in the capital! What's more, she still has so many secret weapons.

"It's up to you." Anyway, he doesn't know much about these business things.

Finally came to the day of departure, I don't know whether it was auspicious or unlucky, even if it was already spring, on the day of their departure, there was still a drizzle, although the snowflakes were not very big, but it still made people a little worried.

Zhao Wang said: "Do you want to start another day?" It would not be good if the snow fell heavily in the middle of the journey. ”

Zhao Kangcheng said: "Due to the relationship of time, we can't change the day. ”

Cai Xiaoxiao comforted: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, if the snow is heavy, we will find an inn nearby to stay." ”

Zhao Wang's family also knew that the imperial examination was imminent, and they couldn't change their days casually, so they could only nod helplessly and said, "It's only like this." ”

Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli said to Zhao Kangcheng: "Brother, you have to come on, you will definitely be able to win the title of the gold list!" The tone was full of trust in Zhao Kangcheng.

Zhao Kangcheng nodded, touched the heads of the two, and said, "When you go to Qingshan Academy, you have to study hard, don't be greedy." ”

"Hmm!"

"Mother, let's go."

"Mother-in-law, you have to take care of yourself."

When the time came, Cai Xiaoxiao and Zhao Kangcheng waved goodbye to Zhao Wang's family, and then got into the carriage and began to set off for the capital - this carriage was specially bought by Cai Xiaoxiao for this entry into Beijing, and it was the best and most comfortable to buy.

There is also a baffle on the driving position in front of the carriage, which Cai Xiaoxiao specially asked people to get up, the original purpose was to block the sun and rain, and now it can be used to block the falling snowflakes.

"Xianggong, give." Cai Xiaoxiao took out his specially knitted gloves and plush hat for Zhao Kangcheng to put on, and at the same time put the small stove beside him, so that he could get a little warmth.

Because of the reason for lifting the curtain, the snowflakes fell in with the wind, Zhao Kangcheng saw it, and hurriedly let Cai Xiaoxiao in, and said: "I'm fine, you stay in it by yourself, don't open the curtain again, the snowflakes all floated in." ”

"I'm fine." Cai Xiaoxiao stuffed a thick quilt over and asked Zhao Kangcheng to cover his lap, and then let Zhao Kangcheng put the curtain down, and said, "It's very warm here, but you, if it's cold, you must tell me, and remember to change me to drive the carriage later, you know!" Originally, she wanted to hire someone to drive the carriage, but Zhao Kangcheng said that he wanted to live in a two-person world, and he could also drive a carriage, so he didn't let her hire someone, but who knew that it would snow on the day of departure.

Although he agreed with Zhao Kangcheng that the two of them would take turns to drive the carriage at that time, they didn't have to think about it to know that Zhao Kangcheng would definitely not want to when he fell. So now Cai Xiaoxiao feels sorry for Zhao Kangcheng.