Chapter 36, Preparation for the County Examination
Walking into the room, Xing Lin was taking a nap, sleeping very lightly, and noticed that someone came in, opened his eyes, and saw that it was Xing Meng, and said happily and complainingly: "Little brother, you haven't been here for a few days." ”
"I went out during this time, and when I came back, I went into retreat, so I came to see you as soon as I got out." Xing Meng said with a smile.
"I heard Aunt Lin say a lot of things about you, you have really grown up, with you, our Xing family will definitely be fine in the future." Xing Lin smiled weakly.
"Haha, if the family is stable, everyone is safe." Xing Meng said, stretched out his hand to hold Xing Lin's wrist, and said, "Second sister, you relax, I'll show you if your physical illness is better?" ”
"Don't bother, little brother, so many doctors have no recruitment, I am destined to spend my life in bed in the future, this is fate, I also admit it." Xing Lin sighed softly and said.
"Second sister, don't be pessimistic, the doctor is right, that's because your illness is caused by a strange breath, and ordinary medicine is useless. The martial arts I practice have the effect of nourishing the body, so maybe it will be useful. ”
"Alright then, you can try it, if it doesn't work, forget it." When Xing Lin heard this, she didn't want to hit Xing Meng, after all, Xing Meng was also thinking about her body.
Laugh at!
Xing Meng departed a small internal force and infiltrated Xing Lin's body along the meridians, running along her main meridian route for a week.
"Oh huh~"
Xing Lin let out a happy moan.
The whole body is warm and comfortable, like soaking in a hot spring in winter.
Hearing this moaning sound from herself, Xing Lin's face was flushed, and even the roots of her ears were red, this sound was so strange, just like ...... Oops, what a shame!
Xing Meng didn't have any thoughts, and after he concentrated on running for a week, he hurriedly asked, "Second sister, how is it?" How does it feel? ”
Xing Lin put away her heart, came back to her senses, calmed down and felt for a moment, and suddenly her face was full of surprise.
"It's amazing! It seems to be much better! ”
She used to have tingling sensations in her body from time to time, she was very tormented, and she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, but now these tingling sensations have disappeared.
"Seems to work." Xing Meng breathed a sigh of relief.
This shows that his guess is correct, when his internal strength reaches a certain level, he may not be qualified to fight against the power of the demon slayer, or the demon element.
"Then I'll give you a treatment every few days." Xing Mengdao.
"Hmm." Xing Lin blushed a little, although the two were sisters and brothers, the experience of this treatment was too intimate, which made her very embarrassed.
Xing Meng doesn't care, after all, he is a five-good young man who grew up under the influence of modern education, and this consciousness is still very pure.
After chatting with Xing Lin for a while, Xing Meng got up and left.
……
In two months, the county test will begin!
It was a very important thing for countless scholars.
Xing Meng certainly has many classic masterpieces from his previous life, which are vast and endless, filling his mind.
But the basic classics of this world are not clear, the original owner has a very poor accumulation in this regard, although Xing Meng has read a lot of books in the past few months, but there is still a big gap from the level of proficiency.
He instructed Ah Zhong to move the cultural classics and classic works of all dynasties to the study one by one and start the sprint mode.
"I didn't expect to escape the college entrance examination in my previous life and usher in the imperial examination in this life...... What a cap! Xing Meng smiled wryly and teased himself.
However, he is now practicing martial arts, his physical fitness is superhuman, and his memory has also improved a lot, even if he only rests for three or four hours a day, he will not feel tired.
Therefore, I devoted myself to the revision before the prefectural exam, and I was completely fine physically.
So, in the following days, Xing Meng went out of the room to nourish the body of his second sister Xing Lin, and the rest of the time was used to study.
In the past, he studied in order to obtain a literary degree, increase his fame, and facilitate his own publication of various works, so that his fame continued and rolled stronger.
But now, he has other ideas. If you take the path of practicing martial arts, you are likely to encounter the shackles that Chen Peng said, and you can only stop at the innate realm, and if you can take the imperial examination to high school, at least your status can be improved. It is equivalent to an extra layer of protection.
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In the blink of an eye, the time is at the end of December, approaching the end of the year.
In a few days, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated!
Snowflakes covered the earth, and the whole world was white. Wrapped in silver, it is extremely enchanting, but for the ordinary people of Hanjiang County, it is really a bit miserable.
This snow is really a bit heavy.
Xing Meng put down the scroll, walked to the window, and watched the goose feather snow fall from the sky, and the ground was piled up into a thick layer, and the cold air was blowing and rolling.
"This kind of heavy snow has not been encountered once in decades......"
Xing Meng walked out of the warm room, stretched out his hand and measured it, the thickness of the snow was thirty centimeters, almost buried to his knees.
When I think of the books I read these days, it is usually a lot of snow of more than 10 centimeters. Thirty centimeters, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a snow disaster.
In particular, this is the third such snowfall this month.
In addition, this year's summer was relatively dry, and the harvest in the fields was thin, and after deducting the field tax, the peasants basically did not have a few rations left.
If there is no food, there will be no money, and life will naturally be tight.
Now after the blizzard, many people are hungry and cold at home, and they can't eat enough and can't wear warm clothes, and many people will die.
However, under the blizzard, all the grain grown in the fields will die before the beginning of spring, and the famine will be even more serious in the coming year.
"This won't work......" As soon as the thought came to mind, Xing Meng walked to discuss with his father.
After inquiring about the people, a landlord from the countryside came to the house today, and the father was receiving him in the main hall.
Xing Meng's eyes moved, and he went directly to the main hall.
At this time, the representative of the tenant farmers in the main hall was asking Xing Gui'an.
The Xing family is mainly engaged in business, but they also have thousands of acres of land in the countryside, and they have to collect tenant rent every year. Many wealthy businessmen are in this way.
"Master Xing, there is little rain and drought this summer, and since the beginning of winter, there have been several snowfalls, and there have been three or four heavy snowfalls, and our people in Lijiatun are freezing to death and starving to death, you see if this year's rent can be delayed." A dark-skinned man with a cramped face said.
"Hey, I know it's difficult for you, but you Li Jiatun didn't pay off the rent last year, and you owe a lot, and if you still owe it this year, it's not appropriate." Xing Gui'an frowned.
It's not that he is not kind, it's really not good this year, the Xing family's business is not as hot as in previous years, the tenant rent is not even collected, dozens of people in the Xing Mansion, plus the people employed by various shops, hundreds of mouths have to eat, and it is also difficult to provide for them.
Hearing this, the swarthy man was also very embarrassed.
The Xing family was already very benevolent, and tenant farmers in other villages could not afford to pay their rent, and there were cases of being beaten to death from time to time.
Especially in the year of famine, grain is a hard currency, the price is very expensive, many merchants and nobles wait for the price to sell, want to make a fortune, do not care about the life and death of the people.
The Xing family did not persecute it, and compared with other big landlords, it was already a good owner.
"But ......" The man was a little nervous, not knowing how to express himself.
"Hey...... If we can give some more time, let's get together and see if we can make it up. ”
“…… Yes. ”
Seeing Xing Gui'an nodding, the swarthy man thanked him, and then left with several other tenant farmer representatives.