The middle-aged man's name is Liu Hongyun, and his family is very good in Jiangwan Village, and he also has a grocery store in the town.

In order to give their son a better education, they moved to the town three years ago, and his son entered a famous elementary school, and his son worked very hard and was admitted to Yanying School last year.

Liu Hongyun smiled and said: "It's rare to see you today, let's go to lunch, I'll have a treat." ”

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, ordinary people have eaten only two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the evening.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, due to the great development of commerce, abundant food, and the proliferation of small restaurants, the eating habits of ordinary people began to change to three meals a day.

But this transformation was not achieved overnight, but a gradual process, and the era of Song Renzong happened to be the era of two meals and three meals coexisting.

Those with a poorer family, such as Fanning's family, have two meals a day, and their family is a little richer, like this Liu Yuanwai, who has already stepped into a well-off life where he can eat three meals.

At Fan Tiezhou's repeated insistence, they came to a restaurant near the pier.

Of course, this kind of small restaurant is not as elegant as a big restaurant, in fact, it is to build a grass shed against the wall, and put four or five tables underneath, which is ventilated on three sides.

Although the conditions are a little simple, they are better than the quantity and low price, which is very affordable, and is very popular with ordinary people.

The two families of four sat down at a table, and Liu Hongyun asked for two plates of steamed cakes filled with mutton, four plates of refreshing side dishes, a steamed white fish, a plate of yokan, a pot of roasted hooves, and four bowls of haggis soup.

These dishes cost at least five or six hundred yuan in a big restaurant, but in this kind of small restaurant, only one hundred yuan is enough.

Liu Hongyun greeted everyone, "Eat it while it's hot!" You're welcome, everyone. ”

Fanning was also really hungry, so he reached out and picked up a big steamed bun and nibbled on it.

In the Song Dynasty, as long as the noodles were made into food, they were called cakes, baked cakes were called baked cakes, boiled cakes were called soup cakes, steamed cakes were called steamed cakes, steamed cakes were called steamed cakes in the north, and steamed cakes were called steamed buns in the south.

The Taihu sheep of Pingjiang Mansion is quite famous in the world, and eating mutton in all winters has been the custom of Pingjiang Prefecture since ancient times.

Fanning drank the fragrant haggis soup again, and his whole body warmed up.

Liu Kang then continued to talk about the topic just now.

"I also learned after entering the school that there are four grades of interview questions, the easiest is to memorize "Hundred Family Names", followed by "Thousand Character Text", and then memorize "Analects" or "Mencius" in large paragraphs.

But the most difficult thing is that the examiner casually says a scripture, which is generally headless and tailless, you must accurately say its origin, this question is called tracing the roots, if you draw this question and answer it, then your interview score will be high, on the contrary, no matter how well you memorize "Hundred Family Names", even if you pass the interview, the score will not be too high. ”

Only then did Fanning understand that the topic of his interview was called tracing the roots, he thought about it and asked, "Is there any scope for this tracing of the roots?" ”

Liu Kang laughed, "Of course it's the Analects and Mencius, can you learn anything else in elementary school?" ”

Fan Tiezhou hurriedly asked, "Ning'er, what question did you draw?" ”

Fanning smiled, "What I drew was to find the roots, and I asked a sentence from "Mencius", which I happened to know very well, so I answered." ”

Fan Tiezhou was overjoyed, "Great! ”

Liu Kang also gave a thumbs up, "You're lucky!" ”

Fanning remembered something and asked, "Who is the chief examiner of that interview?" ”

"But an old man with a fair complexion and a long beard, he seems to be wearing a black gauze hat today, and he looks like an elegant person?"

"This is the man." Fanning said

Liu Kang said with a smile: "He is not a professor of Yanyingtang, but our Wu County Xuezheng Zhao Xiuwen." ”

Everyone was taken aback, how could Xuezheng come here to be the main exam?

Fan Ning is also very curious, Xuezheng is equivalent to the director of the county education bureau, but he came to Yanying Academy as the chief examiner, what is the reason for this?

"I don't know the specific reason, anyway, he has to come to Yanqing Academy every year to be the chief examiner for interviews, at least for five or six years."

Fanning was eating happily, when he suddenly felt something sharp and hard poking his back, he was suddenly unhappy, turned around and said angrily: "You are endless......"

He didn't say the rest of the words, behind him was not a little Lori, but two long legs, he slowly raised his head, and sure enough, it was the big sword woman.

She stood outside the hut, holding a large three-foot-long sword, with a cold expression.

Fanning suddenly understood where little Lori's bad habit of poking people in the back with a short sword came from.

Fanning snorted, turned around and continued to drink his haggis soup.

The other three people on the table glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but marvel in their eyes, there was such a tall woman.

Fan Tiezhou reacted first, people are looking for their son!

He hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong with this girl looking for my son?" ”

"My master asked him to come over."

The woman pointed at Fan Ning with a big sword, Fan Tiezhou's face twitched, although the sword has a sheath, but it is a bit too much to use it to point at people.

He hurriedly arched his hand and said, "May I ask what advice your master has for my son?" ”

"Daddy, don't pay attention to her, her master is the little girl on the boat."

Fan Tiezhou is a little confused, which little girl? He didn't recognize Lori as a woman disguised as a man at the time.

"It's the one who got into the carriage, and you said that the rich and noble family has nothing to do with us."

Fan Tiezhou suddenly realized, it turned out that the child was actually a little lady, he really didn't see it, he heard that it was a little girl looking for his son, he was immediately relieved.

"Since the little lady of the family has come to invite you, you will go over, you are a scholar, and a scholar must not be rude."

It's also a shame that Zhang Sanniang is not there, otherwise she would definitely ask someone to count the eight characters as a marriage.

Fan Ning really didn't want to go over, but this big sword woman was Xiao Loli's bodyguard, and if she made a move, she might have to suffer.

Anyway, a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses, so it doesn't hurt to go over and take a look.

Fanning reluctantly said to the woman: "I didn't want to go, but my father's order cannot be violated, so I will go with you." ”

Fan Ning slowly stood up, set up his shelf, and walked towards the restaurant opposite.

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The restaurant opposite is called Shuncheon Restaurant, which is the largest restaurant in the town, three stories high, and there are several courtyards in the back.

At this time, the exams have all ended, and the restaurant is full of guests, all candidates and their parents, who gather in groups to drink and chat.

Fanning followed the big sword woman to the second floor, only to see little Lori standing alone in front of the stairs, Fanning stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Could it be that the little official wants to invite me to dinner?" ”

Little Lori pouted, "Don't be sentimental, it's not like I'm looking for you!" ”

Fanning was stunned, "Who is that?" ”

"Just follow me!"

Fanning followed her up to the third floor, and when she came to a private room, little Lori pushed the door directly and entered.

Fanning followed her into the room, and saw a huge screen dividing the room into two, and there were five or six people sitting inside, as if they were discussing something.

There was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man standing at the door, very handsome, his name was Xu Shouchun, and he was the third in this year's exam.

When Xiao Lori saw him, she immediately smiled and said, "Cousin, I brought someone here." ”

"Shh

The young scholar raised his finger and whispered, "Wait a minute, they will finish discussing it soon." ”

He smiled apologetically at Fanning again, and Fanning had a good impression of him.

There were several old men's voices behind the screen, one of which seemed to be the voice of the examiner Zhao Xuezheng, who turned out to be looking for himself.

"The name Taihu Spring is not very good, although it is distinctive, it is too ordinary, not elegant enough, and then change it."

"What about Pingjiang Xiaomei tea?"

"It's not very good, it's a bit petty, and our Pingjiang Mansion has always been called Suzhou or Wu County, and this Pingjiang is not enough to represent."

"Cousin, what are they talking about?" Little Lori asked in a whisper.

"They're giving the spooky a new name!"

Fan Ning immediately understood that it was the tribute tea that Fan Zhongyan brought to Ouyang Xiu, which was called Biluochun in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it was called new blood tea in the Song Dynasty, and the locals called it terrifying incense.

The name of New Blood Tea is indeed not very elegant, and it is even more vulgar to scare people, so it is understandable that the local gentry want to change their names.

At this time, an old man with a burnt yellow face smiled and said: "It should still be named after the place of origin, like Hangzhou Baoyun tea, Baiyun tea, and Xianglin tea are all named after the place name, and our tribute tea is planted in Dongting Mountain, I suggest it is called Dongting Spring." ”

Another old man shook his head, "But the name 'Dongting' already exists, isn't the tea grown in Yuezhou and Changsha called Dongting tea?" ”

"I think it's better to be called Biluochun!" A young man's clear voice came from outside.