Chapter 17: Rushing for the Exam
Li Bokang, who waited for the person to leave, slowly opened his eyes, although he did drink a lot of alcohol, but it was not to the point of being unconscious, and some of them were also pretending to be intentional. He had always been curious about how she replied to Mr. Wu, and there was no follow-up to this matter after such a long time, but he was still sixty or seventy percent sure that she refused.
When he expressed his heart to her before, he heard that she wanted to agree, and now there is no follow-up, so he probably knows the result. He also felt that most of the reason why she would refuse was because of him, so he wanted to test her while he was drinking today, so he had today's play. But it seemed to him that the result was not very good, and it could even be said that there was no result, but he was not discouraged, at least she still had him in her heart, he had a chance, he told himself.
Look at Yang Xue again, since Li Bokang's room came out, she went directly back to her room. Lying on the bed, thinking about Li Bokang's words just now, she asked herself: Does she like him? Like this child who has lived together for four years? Do you like this child who was raised like a younger brother when he rescued himself? No, it shouldn't be said that he is a child, he has grown up and knows that he likes to know about marriage. It's that she has always treated him as a child, in fact, he has already grown up, otherwise he can't live in the town alone for so many years, although he also returns every month, but obviously there are many more times when he is alone in the town. Also, many people here have already married and had children at the age of sixteen, and she is the only one who still treats him as a child.
In the end, she thought: She should like him, otherwise she wouldn't have given up such a good man because of his words, a man who was willing to regress for her, and a man she herself liked. But then she asked herself: Then why did she like him? What do you like about him? And when did you like him? She didn't know it, and if he hadn't said those things she wouldn't have noticed that she liked him. But maybe it's the care he has taken care of her over the years, or maybe it's the friendship that has lived together in the past few years, or maybe it's because of the warmth he brought to her.
In short, she could feel that she had different feelings for him, before she just thought it was just the same feelings for her brother, but after he said those words, she knew that it was not. But she can't be sure if she really likes him between men and women, and she still has some ignorance about emotional matters.
In the end, she asked herself again: Is this really good? After all, he was raised by her as a younger brother, and others knew that he was her younger brother. With these questions, I slowly fell asleep.
The next day, both of them woke up late and woke up almost noon. Today, the two of them chatted as if nothing had happened last night, or maybe they both subconsciously avoided it. Then I cleaned up the stall left last night, and the leftovers were all packed up and put aside, there were still a lot of leftovers, and I basically didn't eat much, but fortunately, the weather is cold now, and it won't be bad.
After being busy, because it was the first day of the new year, they couldn't do anything, so they took a stool and read a book outside the door, so that it seemed that there was still a feeling of quiet years. They had always followed this custom, even when it was so hard the year she first came. This is what the people in her family said when she was a child, and all the people at that time were like this, no matter when things were busy at that time, they would rest and not do things on the first day of the new year, and then they would be busy and finished.
They sat down until the evening, and the leftovers were eaten hot at dinner, and the first day of the new year passed like this. Because Li Bokang is going to take the exam this year, he has been reviewing his textbooks for the rest of the time to prepare for the next exam.
In February, Li Bokang participated in the county examination in the county, passed the exam, and his ranking was not bad, ranking third. Next, he had to prepare for the government exam, but since the government exam had to go to the city to take the exam, he had to leave early. The prefectural test was in April, and since none of them had ever been there, they inquired about the distance to the city and the time it would take, and then they were ready to go on the road in early March.
This time the two of them went together, firstly, she was not worried that he would go alone, afraid that he would have no one to take care of him if something happened. Second, she also wanted to go out to see, she couldn't go out to see in her previous life, and now she wants to go out when she has the opportunity. As for her status as a woman, she can also dress up as a man when she goes out, and she also has several years of experience.
Before leaving, she thought that it would take at least a month or two to go this time, and there was no one to take care of her at home, so she thought about selling the chickens at home. The piglet hasn't been bought this year, so there is less of this matter, and there is the family's dog 'Dou'er', and finally sent the dog to Li Tiegen's house in Lijiaao, and asked their family to help raise it for a while, and they gave him some food.
As for the cattle at home, they decided to get on the car directly and drive to Fucheng by themselves, although they may be tired and slower. But you can also take in the scenery on the road by the way, and you can also have more knowledge, she has not been out of such a far door for so long. The most important thing is that they can save a lot of money on the road, and now is the time to save money.
When she used to read novels, she also saw that the ancients had to spend a lot of money on a test, sometimes more expensive than the money spent on reading, so she thought about how to get more money. In the end, I decided to sell one of the two Ganoderma lucidum at home, and only these two were left of the few Ganoderma lucidum I picked up when I first came. And the previous one she sold for a hundred taels of silver, the two flowers in the family are in better condition than that, and they should be worth more money, maybe even the money to buy the mountain will be there at that time.
In addition to selling Ganoderma lucidum, she told Li Bokang about these ideas, and Li Bokang agreed, but said: "There is still time, as long as it doesn't delay time." ”
The more than ten chickens in the family were sold for a total of more than one or two silver, and as for the Ganoderma lucidum, she was going to take it to Fucheng to sell. It's not that she doesn't believe in Dr. Shi, it's just that she thinks that the city is bigger, and she may sell it for more money at that time, and they are indeed short of money now.
After arranging all the things at home, the two of them took their luggage and drove to Fucheng, because they also had a lot of experience in driving before, so the journey was still very smooth. So there is the current scene: two men driving an ox cart on the road slowly, one driving the cart and the other sitting on the side, and exchanging things from time to time.
Before they left, she made a carport to install on the bullock cart, mainly because although it was already March, the weather was still a little cold. If you have a carport, you can also block the wind, and when you are tired, you can rest in it, and she also prepared a mattress and a quilt. Also, because it was a long time to go to Fucheng, she also prepared some food spices and water, and also prepared a small stove and a clay pot, a small iron pot, and two pairs of dishes and chopsticks. The stove and clay pot pot can be used to boil water or make some simple meals, so you don't have to spend extra money to buy food, and you can save a lot of money. And the stoves, pots, and clay pots are all recyclable and will not waste money.
In this way, except for the accommodation that costs money, there is basically no need to spend money on anything else, and these things are still what she learned from reading novels before. This time she brought some vermicelli and rice, as well as steamed steamed buns and bacon, which were easy things to make.