Chapter 145: County Exam
Lamei and Chuntao had just attended their wedding in March, and within a few days, Zhou Kuiruo was about to start the county exam.
Chun Tao didn't know the rules of the county exam, and she didn't know where she needed her help, so if Zhou Kui didn't say it, she didn't want to ask too much. After all, he is a man, and he must have the ability to solve it on his own.
Yuyang County has a total of five county examinations this year, each one day, and the results will be announced a few days after the test.
Zhou Kuiruo and Lin Tian rushed to the county seat before dawn, and after being named by the county officials, he entered alone with an examination basket full of stationery and food. Lin Tian was a scholar and couldn't enter, so he watched at the door for a while, and only left after seeing Zhou Kuiruo's figure.
If Zhou Kuiruo went to participate in the county exam, not only the people of the Zhou family were nervous, but also the people of the March family were also nervous. Lin Tian was stopped by September halfway through. "Lin Tian, wait a minute!"
Because of Chun Tao, the relationship between September and Lin Tian is not very good, in September's opinion, Chun Tao is equivalent to her idol and cannot be bullied. In addition, there is not much age difference between the two, and September does not give Lin Tian face.
"What? I'm in a hurry to go back! ”
"Brother Zhou..."Before the September words were asked, March Niang appeared.
"Did your brother Zhou enter the examination room? Is he nervous? ”
"Go in, don't look nervous, don't worry!" Lin Tian obediently replied to March Niang's words, which was far from his attitude towards September.
September pouted, too lazy to see him, and turned to leave. "That's good, I'm still worried. Chun Tao, they are still waiting for news at home! Then you hurry back! "March Niang said a long list of things and let Lin Tian go.
Lin Tian returned to Zhou's house, Aunt Zhou asked as soon as he grabbed him, and asked several times in a row, even Lamei was concerned, on the contrary, Chun Tao was much calmer, and she didn't come forward to ask at all, and she didn't look very interested.
When Chun Tao was planning a vegetable planting business in the yard, Lin Tian moved to her side.
"Hey! Don't you worry! "Since the incident before Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Tian has been on a par with Chun Tao, and the two always talk with a * taste.
"What?" Chun Tao didn't even glance at Lin Tian, thinking that it was a reflexive answer.
"Worry about Brother Zhou! Don't you even ask? Even Aunt Zhao and Sister Lamei asked, why didn't you ask a word? ”
Chun Tao turned her head and looked at him inexplicably. "You think he's useless?"
"It's... When did I say this? I'm asking why you don't care about him, when do you say he's useless? Don't talk nonsense. ”
Chun Tao stood up and didn't want to pay attention to him, but as soon as he took a step on his feet, he immediately retracted it. "You want to know?"
Lin Tian looked at Chun Tao's calculating eyes, and knew that she was playing with her own idea, but he was really curious about Chun Tao, so he jumped even though he knew that there was a pit. "Want to know, what do you ask me to do, you say!"
"Turn these over and over again." Chun Tao pointed to the clearing.
"All?" Chun Tao nodded slightly, and Lin Tian hesitated for a moment. "Okay, then you can say it!"
"The first scene is so simple, I believe he will pass, what is there to worry about." Chun Tao did what he said, and said his thoughts as he was.
"Yes! But you're too cold! Lin Tian found that she was becoming more and more unable to see through Chun Tao, saying that she was very attentive to Zhou Kuiruo, but sometimes she felt that the two were not husband and wife, and they were very indifferent.
"Go get the hoe." Chun Tao didn't want to dissect Lin Tian by herself, so she replied coldly. Lin Tian turned his head and turned around, angrily looking for a hoe.
As Chun Tao said, Zhou Kuiruo passed the first game smoothly, and several families were very happy. But before Zhou Kuiruo had time to experience this happiness, he immediately threw himself into the next exam.
Chun Tao relied on the dividends from the hot pot restaurant and the prayer building to finish the Spring Festival tightly, and paid off the ten taels of silver from the shopkeeper Qi.
Of course, during this period, Chun Tao also made some small pastries to sell in the county, but because it was a mobile stall and the pastries were fragile, the business was not very good.
Therefore, Chun Tao slowly had the idea of opening a store, but for now, she does not have so much money and no suitable manpower. Most importantly, she doesn't want to work with others, she wants to do it alone, which gives her more control, but makes it more difficult to achieve.
The idea is to be realized slowly, but now the priority is to grow vegetables. After eating radish, cabbage and sweet potatoes for almost a season, spring peaches are going crazy.
I asked March Niang for vegetable seeds that could survive at this time, and she planted them on the second day after Lin Tian turned over the ground.
There are a lot of seeds, so everyone will help together. Lin Tian sprinkled the vegetable seeds very casually, instinctively doubting the spring peach. "Can these live?"
"It should be possible, I've planted some spring peaches before, haven't I?"
Chun Tao didn't answer Lamei's words, because she had watched it for two or three days before, and then Aunt Zhou was taking care of it.
"It's okay, I'm watching! I'm sure I'll be able to live, and I'm wondering if I can buy a few more chicks after a while. "Aunt Zhou's condition has stabilized again during this time, on the one hand, she takes medicine every day, and on the other hand, Chun Tao is taking care of the family's affairs, she doesn't have to worry about it, but at the same time, she is a lot more idle.
"Then I'll check it out in a few days." Chun Tao is also afraid that Aunt Zhou will be too idle, and always recalls the past.
Compared with the leisureliness of Chun Tao and the others, Zhou Kuiruo became more and more busy, and his face became more and more haggard.
"You don't look like you're in great shape." Chun Tao put down the tea and walked around behind him. Zhou Kuiruo leaned back in the chair, and Chun Tao's fingers pressed his temples.
"Tired?"
"It's okay, but I feel a little irritable and can't see it." Zhou Kuiruo's voice was weak.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Zhou Kuiruo suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Chun Tao. "That's not going to work, I promise you, you must do it."
Chun Tao instinctively avoided his eyes, but the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously, and the roots of his ears were slightly hot.
Zhou Kuiruo's eyes lit up when he saw her like this, sat up straight, and looked at Chun Tao face to face. "What are you blushing for?"
There was a smile in Zhou Kuiruo's words that couldn't be hidden, and Chun Tao knew that he was teasing himself when she heard it, so she reached out and pushed him. "Look at your book."
Zhou Kuiruo was very excited about Chun Tao's reaction, and couldn't stop nodding and smiling. Holding a book in his hand, his eyes kept staring at Chun Tao. "Good! I read books, I read books! ”
Chun Tao was a little overwhelmed by his rippling appearance, the corners of his mouth twitched, he touched his neck, opened the door and left.
"This..."Zhou Kuiruo didn't expect Chun Tao to leave at all, looked at the open door, and sighed lowly.
After a while, Lin Tiancai slowly walked in and closed the door. "Why did she leave so quickly today?"
Lin Tian and Chun Tao didn't deal with Zhou Kuiruo, but several adjustments had no effect. Later, he went with them, Lin Tian was really close to Zhou Kuiruo, and he liked him from the bottom of his heart, so he never scolded Chuntao in front of him, but his tone was very ordinary.
"If you have something to do, just leave, if you have nothing to do, just read the book over there, practice the words, I haven't had time to care about you recently, you have to remember it yourself." Since Lin Tian became his scholar, he has studied with him, after all, it is more convenient to be a literate scholar.
Lin Tian also quickly accepted Zhou Kuiruo because of this, "I know, don't worry!" I'll learn on my own. ”
"Hmmm! Go ahead! Lin Tian didn't dare to disturb Zhou Kuiruo, he sat quietly on the side and read, even when he turned the book, he was cautious, for fear of disturbing him.
Finally, the last exam came, and even Chun Tao was worried, and Aunt Zhou kept walking around the hall until she was dizzy before sitting down.
"Mother, don't worry, it's only the exam now, and there hasn't been a case yet!" Chun Tao herself was worried, but she didn't show it.
"Do you think he's going to miss something at home? Could it be..."
Chun Tao held down Aunt Zhou's hand and stopped her. "No, I checked it several times before leaving, and it won't be missed."
Chun Tao finally understood why her parents had to gather outside the examination room during the college entrance examination. Because only then will they be reassured. Looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looking forward to Lin Tian coming back, Aunt Zhou asked as soon as she saw Lin Tian: "How is it?" Did it go well? Did you get in? Is there anything missing? ”
"No, it's going well, it's the way it used to be." It was good to be like that before, and the normal heart is the best, so that it will not play abnormally. Chun Tao breathed a sigh of relief. But then I thought about it, what if he was pretending to be calm!
"That's good, that's good." Lin Tian's words finally gave Aunt Zhou an injection of tranquilizers.
Lamei rescued Lin Tian's hand from Aunt Zhou. "Auntie, you can rest assured now! Brother Zhou is so smart, it must be no problem. ”
Chun Tao finally came back to her senses. "Yes! Now just wait for him to come back and wait for the results together. ”
When Zhou Kuiruo returned home, his face was full of stubble and his face was haggard.
"Let's get some sleep!" Chun Tao knew that he was using his brain too much, and there was nothing wrong with his body.
Zhou Kuiruo heard Chun Tao's voice, opened his eyes and looked at Chun Tao, and then looked at Aunt Zhou. "I'm fine, don't worry, just sleep for a while."
"Okay! Hurry up and rest! Lin Tian, hurry! Help him in. Aunt Zhou wanted to ask a lot, but Zhou Kuiruo was like this, she just wanted him to rest quickly.
Lin Tian helped Zhou Kuiruo in, and Chun Tao and Lamei comforted Aunt Zhou. "It's okay, don't worry!"
"Xianggong thinks too much all day, and suddenly relaxes like this, and tomorrow will be fine."
"It's okay, my mother knows, my mother just can't help but worry. It stands to reason that Quill is willing to participate in the county exam, and I am happy. It can be seen that he is so tired, and he thinks about it again! Hey~"
Therefore, Zhou Kuiruo's own character flaws may be due to the fact that he is not accompanied by his father! Chun Tao complained in her heart, but she forgot that her problems were more serious.
"Since Xianggong has already chosen this path, then we will accompany him."
"Hmm!" Aunt Zhou looked at Chun Tao kindly and patted her hand gently.