As soon as Fanning got home, he was entangled by his two-year-old sister Addo, and he was looking for his brother everywhere except for the little one sleeping.

"A-Ning, take your sister out to play!" Zhang Sanniang stood at the gate of the side courtyard and shouted.

"Got it!"

Fan Ning reluctantly put down his pen, he was replying a letter to Zhu Pei, Zhu Pei's letter had arrived ten days ago, and the letter instructed Fan Ning to reply to her as soon as he finished the exam.

Fan Ning got up and came to the courtyard, only to see that Ah Tao was already waiting at the door with her sister in her arms.

Ado wears a small green jacket and skirt, with two small braids on her head, she is only two years old, her hair is yellow and thin, and she can only tie two small braids for the time being, and when she is four or five years old, she will be able to comb double screw buns.

The little guy is extraordinarily well-behaved, with big flexible eyes, snow-white pink skin, arms like little white lotus, and a 'grinding and drinking' in his arms.

Mo Drink Le is the doll of the Song Dynasty, is a popular fashion doll of the Qiqiao Festival, there are many kinds, there are dozens of ivory carvings that are expensive, or dolls carved with ambergris Buddha's hand incense, with red sand and blue cage as a cover.

Of course, there are also straw lotus leaf dolls that are cheap for only a few pennies.

Ado's Mojiule was bought by Fan Ning in Changzhou County, 300 yuan, carved from boxwood wood, wearing a small dress made of cloth, lifelike and extremely cute.

Ado held it in his arms yesterday and couldn't put it down, and he also hugged the wooden doll when he slept.

As soon as Ado saw his brother, his little face immediately smiled, and he stretched out his little arm and shouted, "Ah Guo, hug!" ”

Fan Ning took her, nodded her little nose and smiled: "How many times have I told you, it's not Ah Guo, it's Ah Ge!" ”

Ado hugged his brother's neck, kissed him on the face a few times like a chicken pecking rice, and smiled sweetly: "Ah Guo, let's go on a boat!" ”

"Don't go near the river!"

Zhang Sanniang stood outside the courtyard gate and said with a gloomy face: "Last time she fell into the river, she almost scared us to death. ”

"Mother, there is water all around our house, how can you not let her touch the water?"

"She's so naughty, you can't stand her."

After Zhang Sanniang finished speaking, she turned around and left, and said from afar: "Ado will be handed over to you, you can do it yourself!" ”

Fanning looked at her sister and said with a smile: "My mother won't let you touch the water, so you can't take a boat today." ”

The little guy pouted, threw himself on his brother's shoulder, and cried, "Duoduo wants to take a boat!" ”

Fanning was helpless, so he had to pat his sister on the back, "Okay! Brother will take you to the boat. ”

Fanning led his sister out of the house, and a dozen paces ahead of him was a small river, with a small private dock tied to two small boats.

"Ah Tao, you row, I'll pull her."

"Good! I'll take care of the rowing. ”

The little maid Ah Tao hurriedly ran over and untied a small boat, and Fanning led her sister to the boat.

Ah Tao skillfully rowed the boat, the water was rippling, the river was clear, the two sides were thick green trees, the boat slowly headed east, Ah Duo was on the side of the boat, stretched out his little hand to touch the water, giggling happily.

"Ah Tao, how is your eldest sister?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"Thanks to the petty officials!"

Ah Tao said to Fan Ning with a grateful face: "According to the idea of the little official, my father promised to marry the eldest sister to Brother Shuigen, on the condition that the first son would have our family name, and Brother Shuigen also agreed." ”

Ah Tao smiled again: "My eldest sister and Brother Shuigen also said that they wanted to come to thank the little officials!" ”

"Thank me?"

Fanning smiled dumbly: "I have something to be thankful for." ”

"It's a petty official's idea! Otherwise, Daddy would definitely not have agreed to be together. ”

Fanning shook his head, "This is actually a bad idea, it's okay for your eldest sister to have two sons, but if you only give birth to one son, you will have trouble in the future." ”

"Whatever! I'll talk about it later, as long as the eldest sister marries the person she likes. ”

Fanning laughed, this little maid is a cheerful and optimistic person.

At this moment, the boat turned a corner, and Fanning saw the high wall of the Zhou Scales Mansion, which was crawling with plants and the moss was thick, and it could be seen that no one had taken care of it for a long time.

Last spring, Zhou Liang had a serious illness, Fanning also went to Changzhou County to visit him, and later after his condition improved, he lived in Changzhou County to recuperate, and rarely returned to the countryside of Jiangwan Village.

"Little official, a few days ago, the housekeeper of this family brought some snacks to the eldest mother, it seems that their master is here."

Fan Ning was pleasantly surprised, is Zhou Liang back?

"Ah Tao, the boat is parked on the shore, I'll take a look!"

Ah Tao slowly docked the boat, and Fanning hugged her sister to the shore and led her to the gate.

As soon as I arrived at the door, the door creaked open, and the butler appeared at the door with a smile on his face.

"I just saw the little official get off the boat, so I guess I'm here to find the master."

"Is the old man there?"

"In! Petty officials, please come with me. ”

"Ah Guo, where are we going?" Addo asked in a whisper, hugging Fanning's neck.

"Go see a grandfather, he will give you something to eat."

Fan Ning walked into the Zhou Mansion and saw Zhou Liang sitting in the courtyard watching the Taihu Lake Stone, he was not in good health, he was still on crutches in his hand, he was not yet sixty years old, but he looked old, like a seventy-year-old.

"A-Ning, the imperial examination is over?" Zhou Yan asked with a slight smile.

"After the exam, I don't know how I did in the exam, and it's useless to think about it, so I just go home and relax!"

Zhou Liang glanced at the little lady who was timidly hugging her brother's neck, and asked with a smile, "This is your sister?" ”

Fanning nodded, "Her name is Ado, she is just two years old, Duoduo, call her Ah Gong!" ”

"Ah Gong!" Addo barked like a kitten.

"The eyebrows and eyes are very similar to you, what a Peugeot little lady."

Zhou Yan praised from the bottom of his heart, and then turned back and instructed the housekeeper, "Go and bring the sandalwood box on my desk." ”

In a moment, the butler took a small sandalwood box.

Zhou Yan opened the box, and inside was a jade lion carved from dark green jadeite, about the size of a fist.

"This is for your sister, the first time we met, it was my gift to her."

Fanning was startled and waved his hand again and again, "Old man, this can't work, it's too expensive." ”

This dark green jadeite has no impurities, it is as pure as glass, and it is worth at least two or three thousand yuan, and his sister can't afford it.

"You take it!"

Zhou Liang shoehorned the jade lion to Fanning.

"This is Pan Yulang's carving, I won't give it to ordinary people."

Fanning had no choice but to accept it and said to his sister: "Say it quickly, thank you, Grandpa!" ”

Ado stretched out his little hand and arched his fist, and said in a milky voice: "Thank you, Grandpa!" ”

Zhou Liang laughed, "My granddaughter is a little older than her, and the child is the cutest at this time." ”

The two said a few more words, and Fan Ning asked in a deep voice, "Are the old man and Pan Yulang very familiar?" ”

"It's a little friendly, do you have something to do with him?"

Fan Ning nodded, "I want to ask him to carve an item, you know, Pan Yulang is old and doesn't take jobs easily." ”

"Something is important?"

Fanning nodded, "It's the old man who gave me that water tank-sized Shou Yamada topaz." ”

Zhou Liang suddenly, he looked at Fan Ning for a moment, untied half of the jade from his belt and handed it to Fan Ning, "Take this piece of jade to his shop, Pan Yulang will help you carve a thing, this is a favor he owes me, carve a big piece, don't waste this opportunity." ”

"Thank you, old man!"

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Fanning stayed at home for two days, and early on the fourth morning, he sailed to Cheung Chau County.

At the same time, the marking is coming to an end.

The examiner has finished everything, and now it is the examiner who selects the final papers for the list.

The quota for the liberation test in Pingjiang is fifty people, which is already a very high index in the Great Song Dynasty, of course, it cannot be compared with Kaifeng Mansion, which has a quota of one hundred and ten, which is high.

Pingjiang Mansion belongs to the second echelon, and Henan Mansion, Daimyo's Mansion, and Yingtianfu are on the same level, which is also because Pingjiang Mansion has developed education, and many Jinshi can be admitted in every imperial examination.

According to the regulations, the examiners have finished marking the papers, but they cannot leave, and they must wait for the results to be released before they can complete the examination papers and end their 'house arrest' status.

Zhang Ruoying sat at the table and drank tea, patiently waiting for the examiner's call at any time, he was also a little nervous in his heart, I don't know how many county schools can be admitted this time?

At this time, his friend and review partner Yue Qing walked over quickly.

He sat aside and said to Zhang Ruoying quietly: "I'm afraid that what you are worried about has really happened, I heard Professor Yang say that he only counted forty-nine volumes, and he said that he may have made a mistake." ”

"What!"

Zhang Ruoying stood up suddenly, he didn't expect Zhang Xian to really be so despicable and shameless, and held Fan Ning's roll.

This was the only opportunity for Wu County to seize the tribute, and he was actually personally vendetted by Zhang Xian.

He turned around and left, Yue Qing grabbed him, and said in a deep voice: "Calm down first, the gains will outweigh the losses if there is a dispute." ”

Zhang Ruoying nodded, "Don't worry!" I'm not going to make a big deal out of it, I'm going to count the papers first. ”

"I'll go with you!"

The two got up and walked towards the examiner's room.......

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