Jiang Ying drew the drawings, and Tan Qi took the drawings and went to the homestead to inspect them.

When he passed, he saw Tan Bi and Tan Jiao pushing a cart of stones piled up in the ground.

Tan Qi's curious past: "Brother, what are you two doing?" ”

Tan Bi raised his head and smiled, with a sincere smile: "If there is nothing to do now, I will get some stones with my third brother, and help you build a low wall first, and other families in the province will occupy your place." ”

Tan Qi's homestead is quite large, and there is no obvious boundary, if some families take advantage of the fact that he has not yet started construction to pull a piece of land over, he is reasonable and unclear.

Tan Qi's heart warmed and he went over to help move the stones: "You don't have to work so hard to build a low wall, just use stones to make a boundary." ”

As he spoke, he found tools to dig the earth, trying to bury some stones as a boundary.

Tan Bi also came to help.

Tan Jiao is bored to move stones.

It was freezing cold, and the soil was frozen, and the brothers had to dig a pit with great effort.

Tan Qi buried the stone boundary according to the measured distance, he took out the drawing, and put some stones according to the drawing, indicating where the house is and where the yard is.

By the time all this was done, it was getting dark.

Tan Qi looked at the sky and hurriedly said to Tan Bi: "I have to go back quickly, this land is like this first, and I have to ask my brother for help when I want to build a house in the spring." ”

"My own brother, it should be." Tan Bi said in a sullen voice and patted Tan Qi's shoulder: "Be careful on your way." ”

Tan Qi hurried back in a hurry.

He was anxious, thinking that if he didn't go back in time, Jiang Ying wouldn't be able to cook, maybe he would be hungry at this time.

When he returned home, he saw Jiang Ying lighting a candle and reading under the lamp.

Her expression was calm, her complexion was stunning, and her eyes were bright, and she did not show any hunger.

"I'm coming back late, what did you eat?"

Tan Qi sat down and asked, and while asking, he took out a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts from his arms and two big chicken thighs bought from a restaurant outside.

Jiang Ying didn't raise his head: "The soup cakes I ate, as well as the barbecue and steamed fish sent by the restaurant." ”

After reading a page of the book, she looked up at Tan Qi: "What, you thought I would be hungry?" I'm not stupid, won't you let the restaurant deliver some food when you're not at home? ”

It's not okay to talk about Qi being choked.

He couldn't find anything to say for a while.

Jiang Ying smiled: "You really don't need to worry about me, I'm not a child, let alone a weak woman, I can live a good life alone." ”

Tan Qi hung his head, and the brilliance in his eyes gradually dimmed.

Jiang Ying continued to look down at the book, and looked at a few more pages before saying: "Aren't you determined to take the imperial examination and be a very popular minister, why don't you know how hard to work now." ”

Tan Qi was silent.

Jiang Ying didn't look at him either: "In this world, it is not enough to be talented and learned, you have to learn to build momentum, just like us at that time, you have to learn to sell yourself, you have to be appreciated by someone in order to obtain the qualification for the exam, in order to be invincible." ”

Although Jiang Ying had severe morning sickness during this time, she has always been a very determined person, even if she can't eat, even if she is uncomfortable, she is not idle.

She collected a lot of history books and travel records of this world, took time to read a lot of books, and also had a general understanding of this world.

She also knows that it is not easy to take the imperial examination in this world.

Many people have no talent to learn, but lack of recommendations, and end up depressed.

Tan Qi's background is not good, he is not a family, he is not a scholar, he is just the origin of ordinary people, Tan's family has no reputation in the countryside, and Tan Qi has no mentors and friends, it is really difficult for him to get ahead.

Jiang Ying thought that she had pushed people, and whatever she was determined to do, no matter what difficulties she experienced, she had to do it.

She felt that Tan Qi was the same, so she reminded Tan Qi that he must find a way.

Tan Qi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

Sure enough, it is Jiang Ying's style, no matter how many generations it has passed, no matter what point it has reached, Jiang Ying's upright and rigorous temperament cannot be changed.

"Thanks for the reminder."

He smiled and thanked Jiang Ying: "I will find a way." ”

Now that Tan Qi has a number in his heart, Jiang Ying will no longer talk nonsense.

She looked down again.

Tan Qi stood up, and only then did he say that he wanted to add some charcoal to the brazier in the house, when he heard a knock on the door.

There was a knock on the courtyard door, and the sound was heavy, and Tan Qi hurriedly ran over to open the door.

When the door opened, I saw an old woman in her forties and fifties standing in the doorway.

She was thin and had a sad look on her face, but there was a bit of bitterness in her eyes.

"Who are you?"

Tan Qi had never seen this old woman, and he asked suspiciously: "What's the matter with you?" ”

The old woman took a deep breath before she spoke, and as soon as she spoke, she startled Tan Qi.

The old woman's voice was old and hoarse, but the back voice was indescribably sharp.

This sound is like the sound of some kind of metal friction, which makes people extremely uncomfortable after listening to it.

"My chickens are gone, have you seen them?"

Tan Qi shook his head: "I haven't seen it." ”

The old woman sighed again, and her sorrow was even greater: "How is this good? I have asked all the neighbors have never seen it, my chicken is laying eggs, my little grandson must eat every day, now that the chicken is gone, what should the little grandchild eat eggs tomorrow? ”

The more she talked, the more sad and anxious she became, and finally even cried: "My daughter-in-law is not easy to get along with, if you know that I didn't give my little grandchildren eggs, I'm afraid that I will make a big fuss, it's really ......."

Saying that, the old woman raised her head and looked at Tan Qi as if she was looking at a life-saving straw: "Lang Jun's family has eggs, if there are any, can you give up a few of me, and when my family has it, it will definitely be returned." ”

"Where is your family?"

Tan Qi didn't say anything about whether to give eggs or not, and first asked the old woman where she belonged to.

The old woman pointed to a family: "This is this, it is very close to Lang Jun's family, if Lang Jun doesn't believe it, you can inquire about it." ”

Tan Qi smiled: "I believe it, but unfortunately there are no eggs at home, you go to another house to borrow and see." ”

After saying this, Tan Qi looked at the old woman again: "The weather is cold, and it is inconvenient to talk to you more, you should hurry up and borrow eggs and go home, the province is frozen, if it is frozen, you will suffer." ”

Without waiting for the old woman to react, Tan Qi directly closed the courtyard door.

After closing the door, the corners of Tan Qi's mouth rose, revealing a hint of a smile.

I didn't ask who he was talking about Qi, and he wanted to take advantage of him.

Tan Qi locked the door from the inside and got some charcoal for Jiang Ying, and then went back to the house to study.

He closed the door, and the old woman's face outside the door changed greatly, and the sad color of the house immediately changed, revealing a sour look: "When the real iron rooster doesn't pull out a hair, why don't you kill it, but don't give a few eggs, and wait, sooner or later you will suffer a big loss." ”

Of course, these words were heard.

He is an anomaly, his physical fitness is different from ordinary people, his eyesight and hearing are much better than ordinary people, and the old woman's voice is not small, even if it is separated by a courtyard, Tan Qi can still hear it clearly.

If this was put in the past, Tan Qi would not let others insult him like this.

With his character, he will definitely give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

But now his temperament is much better, and he has to ponder the scientific examination, so he can't hear these words of the old woman.

But in the end, I felt a little uneasy.

Jiang Ying also heard the old woman's scolding.

She closed the book and wanted to wait to see how Tan Qi would go.

Jiang Ying clearly remembered that there was a person who scolded Tan Qi in high school, and even scolded Jiang Ying's parents for deserving to die, what happened to the person in the back?

The man was isolated by Tan Qi and his classmates, and finally changed schools in a gloomy manner.

Even if he transferred to another school, he couldn't be at peace, Tan Qi made a lot of fox friends and dog friends, some of his friends were mixed up outside, and he didn't know how to get it, and he transferred the person who scolded Jiang Ying to school several times in a row, and finally came back to apologize to Jiang Ying after admitting his mistake and apologizing.

What puzzled Jiang Ying was that this time Tan Qi did not retaliate back.

That's it?